No. Notre Dame 7, USC 6 The game was postponed to December because of 9/11. The Cougars trailed 45-25 with 3:57 left, but they recovered an onside kick and blocked a punt to fuel an improbable comeback. 1 Miami 30 Stroud says he's top player, defends run ability, Alabama QB Young undeterred by size questions, NFL draft questions, predictions for combine workouts: Potential risers, top QBs and burners to watch, panel of 150 media members, athletic administrators and former players and coaches, The 150 greatest teams in college football's 150-year history, The 50 best college football programs over 150 years, How to watch every My Story, ESPN's CFB150 video series. The Los Angeles Lakers center won three consecutive NBA championships between 1975 and 1977. Mississippi State forfeited games to LSU in 1975 and 1976. Saturday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m. But Army scored a touchdown, recovered an onside kick and drove to Navy's 2-yard line. Cotton Bowl, Jan. 1, 1979 67. 2 Crimson Tide by blocking two punts in the final six minutes to come from behind. The No. 7 Miami 27, No. 1 Notre Dame 39 Both teams finished undefeated with one tie; the AP voted the Irish national champions. "It's not what they eat and tote off," he said. 16. Tobacco Road also involves North Carolina and NC State. Miami outgained Penn State 445-162 but had little to show for it. No. Josh Mabin. Arkansas 50, at No. Sept. 25, 1982 Danny Wuerffel drove the Gators down for the win, scoring on a 2-yard pass to Chris Doering. Southern California, on the other hand, is 12-4 in the games listed. The Fighting Irish took advantage of Stanford's turnovers to win their first bowl game and first national championship in the 11th Rose Bowl. Lehigh and Lafayette are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). 9 Florida 24 At No. No. No. Notre Dame took the ball at its 30 and Parseghian ran out the clock. 25 Georgia 38 In the Kickoff Classic the following year, Nebraska beat defending national champ Penn State, 44-6. The No. If approved, the changes would go into effect for the 2023 season. The Buckeyes did, and the game continued. George Teague's 31-yard interception return for a TD in the third quarter effectively ended it. 5 UCLA 14, No. Lehigh and Lafayette are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Nov. 10, 1984 The Tigers went for two and failed, which left the door open a crack. Michael Crabtree caught a 28-yard toss from Graham Harrell, shook off a defender and raced into the end zone for the winning touchdown with only one second on the clock. But Tom Osborne didn't want to finish No. Fans from both sides will never forget the "Bush Push." He told his team about his first All-American, George Gipp, who died at the end of the 1920 season. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Dec. 7, 1963 Nov. 19, 1988 No. Stanford outgained Columbia 264-101 on a rainy, sodden day in Pasadena, but the Lions made "KF-79" famous. No. No. A tweak in clock operating procedures is likely the first step. These two teams also faced in the CWS Final in 2009, which LSU won to capture its sixth national championship. A UK defender deflected the ball into LSU receiver Devery Henderson's hand, and he ran into the end zone for a 74-yard touchdown with no time left to complete the "Bluegrass Miracle. No. And if he played during the Playoff . Bear Bryant tried to pin Notre Dame deep and force a late punt. California 25, Stanford 20 1 Florida State 46, No. Fifty years earlier, Cornell beat Dartmouth, 7-3, by scoring on fifth down. Wildcats quarterback Michael Bishop had 446 yards of offense with four touchdowns, and Jeff Kelly's 24-yard TD return of an Eric Crouch fumble with three seconds left sealed it for Kansas State, which improved to 10-0 under Bill Snyder. The No. Pat Haden tossed a 38-yard TD pass to J.K. McKay with 2:03 left. But the Nittany Lions, leading 49-35 with 1:55 left in the third quarter, lost their mojo. At No. 88. A huge part of the Wolverines' renaissance, especially last season when the . The first Orange Bowl in prime time wasn't decided until Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis stuffed quarterback Joe Namath short of the goal line late in the fourth quarter. Riegels graciously acceded to being called "Wrong Way" for the next 64 years. 9 Boise State 43, No. At Marshall 15, Xavier 13 LSU is just 2-7 in its last nine games in Austin, most recently suffering a sweep in 2019. Notre Dame 12, Army 6 The most-played Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) series is the Minnesota-Wisconsin football rivalry, at 132 games. Nov. 20, 1993 The score was tied at 10 after three quarters and 17 at the end of regulation. . At No. No. Georgia broadcaster Larry Munson screamed. At USC 20, No. With just over a minute to play in a rain-soaked game and the score tied 21-21, the Seminoles lined up to punt from their own 20. Amid the handwringing over the future of the bowls in the era of the College Football Playoff, the Trojans and Nittany Lions reminded everyone that there's always magic in The Granddaddy of Them All. 1 Texas 21, No. Craig Fertig threw the winning 15-yard touchdown pass to Rod Sherman on fourth down with 1:35 remaining. 137. This article lists the all-time win/loss NCAA Division I FBS sanctioned bowl game records for all NCAA college football teams.. Win-loss records are current as of the 2022-23 bowl season.The columns for "last bowl season" and "last bowl game" have been updated to reflect 2022-23 bowl appearances for all games played through January 9, 2023. The Buckeyes' chance to win ended when quarterback Art Schlichter threw a late interception to Tigers linebacker Charlie Bauman. The fan celebration literally shook the ground, as registered by a campus seismograph. 12. [a], Series listed here are not necessarily continuous series, and several of the series listed below were ended (or interrupted) by either the 20102014 NCAA conference realignment or the COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Davis put Alabama ahead on a field goal with 3:23 left. 2 Nebraska 24 After beating Arkansas in the Game of the Century the previous month, the No. Until the first FIFA World Cup was played in 1930, the Olympic Games football tournament would rank as the most prestigious on a national level. [93], *Mike Singletary (Baylor) Recorded 232 tackles in 1978 but the NCAA did not begin collecting defensive statistics until 2000, *Joe Norman (Indiana) recorded 199 tackles in 11 games in 1978 for an 18.09 average, but the NCAA did not begin collecting defensive statistics until 2000. However, the LafayetteLehigh series has been played in each. At No. 35. Nov. 22, 1969 Underdog Ohio State took a 7-3 third-quarter lead on an 85-yard Tom Campana punt return, but Bill Taylor's 21-yard TD scamper with 2:07 left preserved the Wolverines' first unblemished regular season since 1948. The Huskers celebrated on the field when Colt McCoy's pass sailed out of bounds and the clock ran to to all zeros on the previous play. The Gators led the Seminoles 31-3 entering the fourth quarter. The No. Penalties and sanctions are an unfortunate and rather large part of college football. He's the only Heisman winner ever to play in the NBA. 20 Ole Miss 32 The Vols would go on to win the first BCS national championship. After the Trojans rallied from a 14-0 deficit, Johnny Baker kicked a 33-yard field goal with one minute left to win it. Miami defensive back Ken Calhoun tipped Turner Gill's 2-point pass to Smith, and the Hurricanes dynasty was born. Nov. 2, 1935 The Sooners hadn't lost since the Irish beat them, 28-21, in the 1953 opener. They stalked out of a steak fry honoring both teams in part because a Penn State player told a racially tinged joke. Football, not baseball, is America's pastime. 25. Nov. 5, 1988 Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 18, 1924 The Volunteers rallied from 31-7 down in the first half to go up 35-34 with 4:03 left on an Andy Kelly-to-Aaron Hayden TD pass. 5 Michigan 32 2 matchup in the history of "The Game" was so good that the Wolverines argued they should have played it again in the BCS National Championship. 2 Alabama 14, No. Oct. 6, 2007 The Buckeyes took a 13-0 lead into the fourth quarter at home. 2 Midshipmen, who were undefeated and led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Roger Staubach, took an early 21-7 lead. 16 LSU 33, at Kentucky 30 At LSU 7, No. The matchup of heavyweights at Yankee Stadium ended in a scoreless tie, which one newspaper headline dubbed, "Much Ado About Nothing-Nothing." 6 Miami 40 The big, bad Hurricanes swaggered into the Valley of the Sun. Johnson's 63-yard pass to Jacquez Green set the Gators up for the winning score, and Dwayne Thomas intercepted a third-down pass to clinch the game. The 1978 and 1979 games were both forfeited by Oregon, giving two wins for Washington State. Black players 3 Alabama 11, at Tennessee 10 1 Miami 24 (2OT) 9 - Brent Sands, Cornell College, 1992 Most interceptions returned for a touchdown, career FBS: 6 - Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State, 2020-22 FCS: 6 . At No. Your program's prestige plays a part in whether your invitations to big name schools are accepted or rejected. Americansparticularly Black Americanssupport allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness (known widely as NIL). 7 Michigan State 27, at No. ESPN's promotion machine was in full force last Sept. 1, when two of the most hallowed names in college football, Alabama and Michigan, kicked off the season in a prime-time Saturday game . The No. 24. Appalachian State 34, at No. In the second quarter, Trojans tailback Charles White took off on a leap toward the goal line from the Michigan 3. Note: The longest field goal ever made in collegiate competition was 69 yards by Ove Johansson of Abilene Christian University, which at the time (1976) was competing as an NAIA, not an NCAA, school. 26. Michigan 9, at No. I mean tie," was Bowden's postgame Freudian slip. TCU 6, at No. 48. Though it looked much more like the style of football the rest of the world plays (soccer) than the brand of pigskin most of us are familiar with, the first game of intercollegiate football was played 150 years ago today. Wisconsin quarterback Ron Vander Kelen, who averaged 131 passing yards per game, threw for 401 yards. No. The greatest Iron Bowl not decided by a fluke: four lead changes in the fourth quarter, the third coming with 57 seconds left when Auburn's Reggie Ware scored from a yard out. The No. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Maryland 42, at No. At No. Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Florida, Nov. 8, 1980 SMU 20, at TCU 14 Here are 15 college football stars whose careers ended far too soon. Coach Howard Jones took the USC team to visit Knute Rockne's grave after the game. According to the Omaha World-Herald, one Cornhuskers player said: "By God, they've got a horseshoe; they've got a damned swell horseshoe." on pace for at least The voters opted for what they saw with their own eyes -- as the vast majority of selections came from the televised era. 110. Kansas claims a very narrow interpretation of NCAA statistical guidelines that don't reference games that conference committees vacate. Cardinal senior John Elway led one of the greatest drives of his career, college or pro, to put Mark Harmon in position to kick a 35-yard field goal with :04 to play. The Spartans rallied from a 13-3 deficit in the fourth quarter to take the lead over the No. TCU's defense stopped UT on three drives inside the Horned Frogs' 5 and knocked out Texas star James Saxton, and QB Sonny Gibbs connected with Buddy Iles on a 50-yard TD pass. * Away/Neutral Games qualifier is The teams broke 11 Rose Bowl records. No. Florida State coach Bobby Bowden called the "Puntrooskie": The snap went to one blocker, who handed it forward between the legs of LeRoy Butler, who took off running 78 yards around left end. With the score tied at 21, the momentum tilted toward the Gators. 21 Northwestern 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 31 * Conference Games qualifier is The teams combined for nearly 1,200 yards of offense in a wild shootout that came down to the wire. 7 Florida State 31 89. That's exactly what Davis did, and his 102-yard return for a score was the first of 49 straight points for the Trojans in the game that's still known as "The Comeback.". Todd Blackledge tossed a 2-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Kirk Bowman with :04 left, but that's not the play Huskers remember. But the Trojans lost their only game ranked in the top 10. Nevertheless, even talented players can't be entirely sure they will win a game. Professional gamers inspire people to play. 22 Nebraska 12 Behind Moses on this list . In the final minute, Yale led, 29-13, and the visitors' fans erupted. 2 Miami 17, at No. 1 USC 42, No. At No. 49. Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, 1979 The most recent contest came last season at the Shriners College Classic, which Texas took 6-1. 12 Michigan 24, No. Maybe the outraged forgot the Irish played without quarterback Terry Hanratty for most of the game and halfback Nick Eddy for all of it, because of injuries. Colorado scored with 2:16 to play, and Michigan committed a false start penalty that turned a third-and-2 to clinch the game into third-and-7. 15 Pittsburgh 44 on pace for at least Enter Uwe von Schamann. 10 Florida 32, No. The Big Ten athletic directors voted to send Ohio State to the Rose Bowl, and Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler never forgave them. The Tigers lost to Bama 55-0 in 1948, which was the first Iron Bowl in 41 years, and entered the season finale with only one win. 70. The officials signaled touchdown, anyway. 11. Football is US: The College Player Saturday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m. Watts-Jackson recovered; Michigan still suffers. In the fourth quarter with the score 14-14, on fourth down from the TCU 39, the Mustangs' Bob Finley went back to punt but instead threw a touchdown pass to Bobby Wilson. Jennifer Bubel. With 11 championships, Bill Russell holds the record for most in a single lifetime. No. 130. Who were the fastest defensive backs? After so many near misses, FSU coach Bobby Bowden finally won his first national championship in his 18th season with the Seminoles. The rest is 109 yards of glorious Iron Bowl history. No. *The NCAA lists two different records for team interceptions in a game. 2 Player Games. Yankee Stadium, New York, Nov. 10, 1928 Soccer Random. 135. And threw a right cross at Bauman's neck. 142. With Alabama trailing in the second half of the SEC championship game, backup quarterback Jalen Hurts came off the bench to throw for one touchdown and run for another. 2 Michigan State 10 5 USC 18, No. Oklahoma scored on five drives of at least 69 yards against a defense that didn't allow more than 17 points to anyone else. They had lost twice, something they had done only once in Knute Rockne's previous 10 seasons as head coach. 5 Oregon 42 Oct. 4, 1969 -- had to play in the inaugural SEC championship game before playing for a national title. For instance Brown's series with Harvard and Yale, and Oregon State's series with Washington and Washington State. 19 SMU 45 9. It was wide right. Nov. 9, 1974 Disputed series record: Vanderbilt records show that Tennessee has 76335 series lead due, including Vanderbilt's 1918 victory. Most extra point attempts, game . No. RJ Young explains why Cam Newton ranks atop his list of the 10 greatest players in college football history. This player, Derrick Johnson, is receiving well-deserved recognition for his outstanding time as a longhorn. [102], *Shay Muirbrook (BYU) recorded 6 sacks in the 1997 Cotton Bowl, but the NCAA did not start collecting official defensive statistics until 2000 and does not recognize bowl game statistics for any category prior to 2002. 2 Michigan 39 BCS National Championship, Glendale, Arizona, Jan. 11, 2011 Four plays later, Florida State's Richie Andrews kicked the winning 19-yard field goal. It ended at the Army 4 when Navy, out of timeouts, frantically tried to get off a final snap to win but failed. 9 Houston 34 Nov. 2, 2008 No. At No. 97. 3 Michigan 10, Ohio State 7 Individual and Team Statistics (Old System, ending 2012; All Divisions) Previous years' statistics. 15 Football Knocks off No. 1 Nebraska 35, at No. No. 63. The Hurricanes went on to win a share of their fourth national championship. 56. But Notre Dame had one more game, and after taking guff for a week, the Irish walloped USC, 51-0. The Canes would have won their 37th consecutive regular-season game, not to mention its second consecutive national championship. Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 1, 2007 11 Auburn 30, No. No. The four-touchdown-favorite Mountaineers, who committed five turnovers and had only 183 total yards, couldn't recover after QB Pat White was knocked out of the game in the second quarter. 7 USC 7, No. Landry Jones 201020112012. 6 Florida 24, No. 136. Texas needed a 17-play drive in the final minutes, which included two fourth-down conversions, to win on Billy Dale's 1-yard TD run with 1:08 left. 1 Ohio State 12 During the 2021 season, Texas Tech lost 0-23 to Oklahoma State [1] to end their streak at 302. Currently the SEC is divided into two divisions in football (East and West), and every team plays eight conference games each season: six against the division, one permanent and one rotating . Scott spun to the left sideline and won a footrace to glory. Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston rallied the Seminoles back from an 18-point deficit and threw the winning 2-yard touchdown to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left in the last BCS National Championship. Did he ever. 93. No. 115. Statistical data provided by Gracenote. 1. George Ranager caught a late 14-yard, fourth-and-goal TD pass from Scott Hunter to lift Alabama to the win. Tennessee arrived in Pasadena without giving up a single point all season, but it was the Vols who came up empty against USC. But Iowa State scored a touchdown with 5:30 left to tie it. (Gators coach Steve Spurrier complained that FSU hit him late, too.) 2 Ohio State 31, No. 4 USC 21, No. 2 Alabama 32, No. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) revenue 2012-2021, by segment. Arkansas 53, at No. And then all hell broke loose. Ohio State vacated all of its wins during the 2010 season due to NCAA violations. Date: 1947 Record Holder: Penn State Record: 17 yards per game Penn State's 1947 rush defense is the most prolific in college football history, allowing a total of 153 rushing yards in nine games.