INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™

The Historian ™

ISSN: 1526-233x Vol. 1...No. 7 Established: Jan. 2008

Tex Noel, Editor ([email protected])

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CHARLEY TRIPPI: More memorable seasons in Bulldog football history. than a football legend For each notable season, I By Patrick Garbin spotlight a player or coach who was instrumental in the success In Athens, , I recently had of each campaign. Charley is the pleasure of meeting the great featured for Georgia’s 1946 , who had agreed undefeated and untied, Sugar to write the foreword to my third Bowl-winning season. book on Georgia football, The 50 Greatest Plays in Georgia An excerpt from About Them Bulldogs Football History. Dawgs! (published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc.): Within minutes of my conversation with this living Following his acclaimed high sports legend, it soon became school football career in Pittston, apparent Charley was much Pennsylvania, Charley Trippi was more than one of football’s finest approached by Harold “War during the 1940s and 50s. He Eagle” Ketron to play football on was truly humble, a gracious the collegiate level at the host, and in every sense a . War Eagle gentleman, who had generously played center and captained welcomed me, a complete Georgia’s 1903 squad and was stranger, in his home. living at the time in nearby Wilkes-Barre. Trippi accepted Even before I met Charley, I was Ketron’s offer and following one very familiar with his season at LaSalle (NY) Military extraordinary football career. In Academy was an instant star on one of my books on Georgia Georgia’s 1941 freshman team. football being released this summer, About Them Dawgs! Entering the 1942 season Georgia Football’s Memorable overshadowed by and a reserve Teams and Players, I recap to , there was still what I consider the 24 most high expectations for the The College Football Historian-2- Even today, the 85-year-old Trippi is extremely active. On any sophomore halfback. Trippi did given day, you may find him not disappoint, rushing for 672 working on top of the roof of one yards on 98 carries, six of his many rental homes or in touchdowns, and completing 30 of the middle of playing two full 58 passes for 567 yards. rounds of golf.

He also intercepted four passes, The and Athens returning two for scores, and are certainly fortunate that finished second in the nation with Charley Trippi is affiliated with a 6.9 rushing average. His such an outstanding football sensational sophomore season program and wonderful city. was capped with a 115-yard rushing performance on 27 From About Them Dawgs!: carries, 96 yards passing, and an Georgia football can thank Harold against UCLA in the Ketron for approaching Charley Rose Bowl. Trippi and recruiting one of the best football players to ever wear Following the Rose Bowl, Charley the red and black and perhaps served in the Air Force for nearly the greatest all-around athlete three years before completing his ever at the University of Georgia. collegiate football career in 1945 It may be the only time in history and 1946. In his senior year, he when Georgia football appreciates was the recipient of the Maxwell and values a “War Eagle.” Award, was runner-up for the , and was This August 29th, as part of eventually the first overall UGA’s “First Friday: Day with the selection in the 1947 NFL Draft— Dawgs” and the night before the the second of only three Bulldogs Bulldogs season opener against ever to earn the recognition. Georgia Southern, it will be my good fortune to once again be A brilliant, nine-season stint in joined by the legendary Charley the NFL concluded in 1955 and Trippi. 13 years later Charley was inducted into the Pro Football As mentioned elsewhere in this Hall of Fame. To date, he is only newsletter, we will be signing one of two Georgia alumni (Fran copies of The 50 Greatest Plays Tarkenton the other) to be in Georgia Bulldogs Football bestowed the honor. Herschel History at the University of Walker may be Georgia’s most Georgia’s campus bookstore from outstanding player of all time; 5-7:00 p.m. If you are in the notwithstanding, Trippi is area, come by and meet not only recognized by many as the one of the greatest players to ever school’s greatest athlete. grace any gridiron, but shake hands with a true gentleman who The College Football Historian-3- as you will his. will value your presence as much

• Career Statistics: • Georgia Ranked by AP…

Rushing Yards: 1737… 1942—2nd*…1945— Passing Yards: 1765 18th…1946—3rd Total Offense Yards 3502 *Named by 8 selectors as National Champions—including 5 actual sources. Scoring: 31 TDs-186 Points

**The 2009 Season is just • Elected to the College days a way….Hope your Football Hall of Fame, in team does well! 1959. * * *

times the No. 1 team dropped The AP College from first place even after winning and seven other times Football Polls 1936- when they were in a bye week 2007: Playing Against (idle) situation. This summary The No. 1 Team looks at the success of both individual coaches and colleges By George Macor when they have played the No. 1 team. In the 72 years of the COACHES Associated Press College Football Polls, the No. 1 at Penn State has ranked team has won 651 played the No. 1 team on 11 times, lost 116 games and occasions, winning four of tied 13 for an outstanding those games against 0.843 winning percentage. (1981), Georgia (1982), Miami- Currently, Notre Dame and FL (1986) and Notre Dame Oklahoma each have been No. (1990). 1 ninety-five times, the most of any colleges. Lou Holtz’s teams played No. 1 Ohio State is in third place with six times, winning four while ninety-tree No. 1 rankings and coaching Arkansas against Southern California, with its Texas (1981) and three more 2003-2005 record run of 33 at Notre Dame against Miami- consecutive weeks at No. 1, is FL (1988), Colorado (1989) and in fourth place with eighty-six Florida State (1993). No. 1 rankings. Eighty-four The Miami-FL Hurricanes have The College Football Historian-4- defeated the No. 1 team nine times out of 16 games Jimmy Johnson, while at including eight in a row Miami-FL, won all four times starting with Penn State in that he faced No. 1, beating 1981. The wins include two Auburn (1984), Oklahoma against preseason No. 1 teams: (1986 & 1987) and Florida Auburn in 1984 in the Kickoff State (1988). His only loss Classic at Giants Stadium and was to number-one ranked Florida State in 1988 in the Nebraska in 1983 while season opener at Miami. coaching at Oklahoma State. Notre Dame has defeated No. 1 Purdue’s Jack Mollenkopf also on eight occasions and their won four times against No. 1 total of 25 games against No. while losing only twice. 1 is the most by any college. Michigan State (1957), In their first try, they beat Minnesota (1960) and Notre Northwestern in 1936 but then Dame (1965 and 1967) were lost nine times, plus the his victims. famed 0-0 tie with Army in 1946 at Yankee Stadium, before their second win, Three-time winners against No. denying Texas the National 1 include Paul “Bear” Bryant, Championship in the Cotton Dennis Erickson and Barry Bowl at the end of the 1970 Switzer who also had two ties season. in his seven meetings with the No. 1 team. Purdue, Oklahoma and Southern California each have Other notable coaches who seven wins and Arkansas, beat the top-ranked team were Ohio State, Penn State, Texas ’s Notre Dame and UCLA each have four. team over “Pappy” Waldorf’s Alabama, Auburn, Illinois, Northwestern Wildcats, who Michigan, Michigan State, three weeks earlier beat Minnesota and Wisconsin have Minnesota in the very first defeated the No. 1 team on 3 loss of No. 1 in 1936, and occasions. Harry Stuhldreher, Layden’s Four Horseman teammate who beat ’s 1942 Ohio A total of 47 colleges have State National Champion team enjoyed beating the No. 1 in a game played at team. The worst defeat of No. Wisconsin.

COLLEGES

The College Football Historian-5- Legend (Houghton Mifflin) spins the remarkable story of Red 1 was in the 1942 game at Grange, the fleet-footed college Boston College won by an football player who inspired poetry and dazzled fans as he unranked Holy Cross team felled opponents on the field, and with a score of 55-12. who, aided by his unscrupulous and utterly Northwestern has played the brilliant manager, the notorious top-ranked team 18 times Charles "Cash and Carry" Pyle, without a victory, Indiana 15 helped launch professional and Pittsburgh 14 games football, changing American without a win and in 1948, sports forever. Indiana lost in consecutive weeks to Notre Dame and Journalist Gary Andrew Poole Michigan. The Wolverines are 3- draws on exhaustive archival 17-1 against the No. 1 ranked research and interviews to evoke team. the 1920s and the golden age of sports in all their splendor and outrageousness. He transports On 19 occasions, the No. 1 readers from college team has lost in bowl games football rallies to barnstorming and BCS title games, denying tours, from the locker room to them the National the White House and Hollywood, Championship. Before the as he recounts Grange's rise and Final Poll was taken AFTER ultimate, tragic fall. the bowl games, Oklahoma

(1950 season), Tennessee The book is available for pre- (1952), Maryland (1953), order on Amazon.com. It will be Alabama (1964) and Minnesota available in Bookstores on (1960) all lost in bowl games September 10. after being voted National

Champion. For more information, visit Poole's Website: Notre Dame remained No. 1 www.garyandrewpoole.com after losing to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team in * * * 1943 and Army (1946) and Notre Dame (1966) remained The World of Sport Outing, 1913 No. 1 after tie.

NUMBERING * * * FOOTBALL PLAYERS The Galloping Ghost: , An THIS is a step which is

great satisfaction that he now has in assuring the The College Football Historian-6- young lady with him that the young man who just advocated by Parke H. made that great tackle was Davis, the patron saint of Jim Jones. To be sure, Jim football at Princeton, and Jones was probably sitting Albert Sharp, late of Yale, on the side lines wrapped up and now the guarantee of in a blanket and swearing "better times to come" at under his breath at the Cornell. coach because he wasn't being given a chance, but The reform would probably that is a small matter. be acceptable to many people, but it is to be Editor’s note: The NCAA doubted if it would be of Football Records Book great service. makes the following references to uniform Most of us are too intent on numbers: watching the play to bother with constant reference from 1908—First documented player to program. jersey numbers used by & Jefferson. The enthusiasts for the Blue are not so much concerned 1915—Numbers added to in knowing who carried the jerseys. ball over as in seeing that it Scores for 1941 Plainfield is carried over. Teachers College

Furthermore, it would * * * deprive the onlooker of the Hoax of 1941; now Bob Kirlin has provided a In the May 2008 issue of schedule with scores to add The College Football further to the information Historian, member Don we have on Plainfield Vollmer shared his personal Teachers. knowledge of the Plainfield Teachers College and the

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20-0 Benson (Sept. 17) 1899 Pat O'Dea vs Scott (date unknown) Northwestern 6-0 St. Joseph (date unknown) ?-? Chesterton (date unknown) Wisconsin on Thanksgiving 27-3 Winona (Oct. 25) annihilated Northwestern by a 35-0 Randolph Tech (Nov. 1) score of 47 to 0. After two 13-0 Ingersoll (Nov. 8) minutes of play O’Dea made a 20-2 Appalachian Tech (Nov. 15) drop goal, standing sixty yards 40-27 Harmony Teachers away from the posts, without any wind, and all but two or three of (Thanksgiving) his punts were over fifty yards.

If anyone can fill in the missing info, please email the editor.

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As I stated previously, I am using WHICH TEAM IS THE Tex Noel’s rankings to pair these BEST? champions, with the proviso that HBCU (1956-2007) no individual school is represented more than once in By Patrick M. Premo each tournament.

THE FIELD: In the previous issue, we saw

1960 Lenoir-Rhyne, NC, capture Since there were only 15 different the NAIA Division I (1956- schools from 1956 through 2007, 1969/1997-2007) all-time best the number one seed received a crown. 1960 Lenoir-Rhyne, NC, bye in the first round. then accepted the challenge of

the the NAIA I Champ from 1970- 1. 1961 Florida A&M 1996, 1976 Texas A&I, but lost 16. BYE 26-41. 1976 Texas A&I (the all-

NAIA Division I champion) then 8. 1967 Morgan St. defeated 1997 Mount Union (the 9. 2003 Southern NCAA Division III champ) 44-31

and advanced in the Champions 5. 1994 Hampton Round. 12. 1964 Prairie View

This issue will feature HBCU

(Historically Black Colleges and

Universities) teams from 1956

through 2007.

The College Football Historian-8- 1964 Prairie View’s Cinderella team was outgunned by 1966 13. 2006 North Carolina Central Tennessee St., 48-40, in an 4. 1966 Tennessee St. extremely high scoring game. 2005 Grambling also stopped 3. 2007 Tuskegee 1984 Alcorn St.’s upset plans, 14. 1984 Alcorn St. 37-30. The second Cinderella team, 1968 North Carolina A&T, 6. 2005 Grambling put up a valiant fight, but fell to 11. 1977 South Carolina St. 1962 Jackson St., 26-22.

7. 1991 Alabama St. ROUND THREE: 10. 1962 Jackson St. 1961 Florida A&M and 1966 15. 1968 North Carolina A&T Tennessee St. continued on their 2. 1989 Central St., OH high scoring ways with A&M winning, 43-35 to earn a place in ROUND ONE: the Championship game. Even more points were scored in the 1967 Morgan St. squeaked out a second game as 2005 Grambling, win over 2003 Southern, 21-20. trailing by 3 points late in the 1964 Prairie View smashed 1994 game scored a touchdown as Hampton, 45-18, in an upset. time ran out to win 51-47. 1966 Tennessee St. easily disposed of 2006 North Carolina THIRD PLACE: Central, 35-18. The second upset of the tournament saw the 1966 Tennessee St., the number number 3 seed, 2007 Tuskegee, 4 seed, had no trouble with the fall to the number 14 seed, 1984 10 seed, 1962 Jackson St., Alcorn St., 35-24. 2005 winning 36-21. Grambling downed 1977 South Carolina St. in a scoring CHAMPIONSHIP: showdown, 38-29. 1962 Jackson St. defeated 1991 Alabama St. in 1961 Florida A&M, the top seed, a minor upset, 35-25. The poured it on the hapless 6 seed, biggest upset saw the 15 seed, 2005 Grambling, 49-26, to claim 1968 North Carolina A&T hold off the all-time HBCU the number 2 seed, 1989 Central Championship. St., OH, 23-15. CHAMPIONS ROUND: ROUND TWO: 1976 Texas A&I, the NAIA 1961 Florida A&M, the number 1 Division I champ, and 1961 seed which had a bye in the first Florida A&M, the HBCU winner, round, struggled against 1967 were considered to be equally Morgan St., but won 39-30. matched and most felt this game

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOARD GAME, your results will most likely vary. Just as in real life, The College Football Historian-9- when two teams play one another twice (or more) in the same was a toss up. A&M put 35 season, the results are not points on the board, but A&I always the same. answered with 45, to advance in the Champions Round. [NOTE: After 40 years of NEXT MONTH: designing and distributing sports board games, I have decided to In the upcoming issue we shall discontinue operations; annual feature the College Division updates will no longer be teams from 1958 through 1974. prepared. My web site will soon be featuring a half-price close-out And the winner of that sale (except the computer games) tournament will take on 1976 that will be on a first-come, first Texas A&I, which is proving to be serve basis. Some games are in a very tough opponent. The very short supply. My web site following issue will have the address is: NCAA Division I-AA teams from members.tripod.com/newaction. 1978 through 2007. If you have any questions, please See you then! do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] Remember, if you were to conduct these tournaments again * * * using my FAST-ACTION of 24 of the school's most notable “About Them Dawgs! seasons. Each of these seasons is covered with game highlights, Georgia Football’s facts, statistics, and photographs Memorable Teams and relating to the Bulldogs. Players” (Published by Following each season's recap is Scarecrow Press) a section highlighting the career of an outstanding Georgia player By Patrick Garbin or coach who contributed to the team's success. Some of the most In “About Them Dawgs!” Patrick important players and coaches in Garbin, a freelance writer, author all of college football are profiled of three books on UGA football, here, including Fran Tarkenton, and member of the IFRA, George Woodruff, Vernon provides a game-by-game recap "Catfish" Smith, ,

The College Football Historian-10- The Increased Value of

the Kicking Game , Champ Bailey, Erk Russell, , Garrison By Walter Camp Hearst, , and Heisman-trophy winner Herschel WHILE football, the present Walker. American game, has usually many attributes other than that Packed with fascinating details, a of kicking, nevertheless the art of comprehensive records and using the foot in propelling the ball is still a large factor in the statistics section, and extensive result of games. information on players, legends, and lore, About Them Dawgs! How large, only those can realize recreates the most exciting who have faced an accurate moments in Bulldog history. placement kicker and seen three or four field goals mount up "About Them Dawgs!” includes against them, or who find a foreword written by , themselves short of sufficient a legendary member of UGA’s kicking ability in their teams to athletic staff since the 1940s and protect themselves in an the one of college football’s most interchange of punts notable historians. . In the first place, one side or the “About Them Dawgs!" will be other, by the toss of a coin, has available at most major possession of the ball in mid- bookstores throughout the field, but by modern rules they southeastern United States by are not allowed to scrimmage it mid-August, can be ordered there, but must kick off. online (i.e., Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.), or for a discounted This means that the side price, can be ordered directly receiving the kick-off always has from the author's website the first opportunity to make a (www.patrickgarbin.com). Any try of their running game, but book purchased from Garbin's that opportunity, provided the website can also be signed by the side that kicks off has a good author if desired. kicker, is minimized by the fact that the best those receiving the * * * kick can do is to begin their running game under the shadow Baseball Magazine/ 1908…[as is] of their goal posts, and with something like 100 yards of steady gains to make in order to put the ball across the opposing

The College Football Historian-11- running game, establish themselves in a position where goal line and thus secure a drop-kicks or kicks from touchdown. placement are possible at the opponent's goal, and where, As the side which wins the toss whenever the opponents are usually takes the wind, thus forced to a touchback, fair giving the opponents the kick-off, catches are possible with more that kick-off is made against the tries at goal. wind, which, if it is direct and strong, plays a considerable part This is all on the supposition in the struggle. that the sides are equally matched in both respects, that is, It is easy to see, if the two sides in the running and in the kicking are equally matched in kicking game. ability, that the side which receives the ball when kicked, If one side is stronger than the having the wind in its favor, will other in the kicking game, and it usually gain when they come to happens to be the side that kick, and will thus put the ball receives the kick-off, the gain past the center of the field on a may be more rapid. If, on the punt. other hand, the side that kicked off has the stronger punter, that Now, if both sides are equally side may be able to so neutralize matched in both the running the effect of the wind as to keep game and the kicking game, the the ball in the enemy's territory chances are that, barring flukes, the greater part of the half. certain exchanges of punts will take place always favoring the Even then, however, the side which has the wind, and, superiority in the kicking against therefore , after a certain length a strong wind does not usually of time, the position of the two establish a position for a try at teams will be reversed, that is, goal such as is secured by the the sides that received the kick- side that has the wind favoring it. off in their own goal will have possession of the ball in mid- But there are several other field, having gained, by the elements entering into the benefit of the wind, say eight to kicking game which may turn the tem yards by five or six tide. interchanges of punts. For instance, if a punter, when This takes place early enough in kicking with the wind, kicks so the half so that the side having far that he outkicks his ends, secured the advantage with the that is, his ends cannot get down wind can, by making let us say in time to stop the man who fifteen or twenty yards on their receives it from running the ball

back of kicks gets a certain The College Football Historian-12- amount of start, for when once under way he may gain twenty or back, that individual may not thirty yards, which will then only neutralize the effect of the count for additional gain to that wind's advantage, but may even he may later make by a kick. turn it to his own advantage if the man who is a good runner * * * 0.42290 (82- * * * (18.3- (1707-400- 8. Penn St. 115-5)-- 20.9) 34)--0.805 0.41832 Top 25 Teams vs AP (87- 128- (17.1- (1997-424- 9. Tennessee Ranked Teams, 1936- 15)-- 20.8) 47)—0.819 2007 (at Kick-off) 0.41087 (91- (17.0- (1997-405- 10. Texas 135-5)-- 21.5) 50)—0.825 By Jeff Bovee, College 0.40476 Football Trivia/Sports Link (78- (17.4- (1785-386- 11. Miami (FL) 125-2)-- Network 22.5) 39)—0.817 0.38537 (77- Opponents (18.8- (1831-386- 12. Nebraska 133-4)-- OSA- Record: 23.2) 37)--0.821 Pos Team Record 0.36916 DSA Head-to (87- Head (18.5- (2165-475- 13. Florida 155-6)-- (115- 22.6) 46)--0.815 Notre (18.5- (2165-456- 0.36290 1. 137-9)-- Dame 21.2) 68)--0.818 (71- 0.45785 (14.4- (1932-425- 14. Auburn 145-8)-- (104- 21.8) 53)--0.813 0.33482 128- (18.2- (2006-431- 2. USC (4-8-0)- 10)-- 19.3) 51)--0.817 (24.4- (115-24-0)- 15. Boise St. - 0.45041 37.3) -0.827 0.33333 (93- (19.7- (1869-374- 3. Oklahoma 115-6)-- (70- 21.6) 42)--0.827 (14.1- (2005-467- 16. LSU 158-9)-- 0.44860 21.0) 48)--0.805 0.31435 (69-90- (22.2- (1457-309- 4. Florida St. 3)-- (64- 23.3) 27)--0.820 0.43519 148- (18.1- (1871-430- 17. UCLA 14)-- 23.5) 54)--0.806 (97- (17.7- (1901-400- 0.31416 5. Michigan 128-8)-- 18.5) 48)--0.819 (62- 0.43348 (16.1- (1783-434- 18. Georgia 142-9)-- (99- 22.7) 55)--0.797 (17.6- (2041-448- 0.31221 6. Alabama 132-7)-- 18.8) 48)--0.814 (59- 0.43067 Georgia (13.3- (1852-441- 19. 160-6)-- (84- Tech 22.0) 61)--0.800 (17.0- (1736-402- 0.27556 7. Ohio St. 117- 19.3) 47)--0.805 13)-- 20. South Fla. (4-11- (18.5- (144-31-0)-

0)-- 28.1) -0.823 0.26667 The College Football Historian-13- (53- (16.8- (1734-414- 21. Washington 152-6)-- 25.1) 55)--0.800 for a few minutes threatened to 0.26540 throw the whole contest out of (52- Michigan (15.9- (1685-422- gear. That factor was Abe, the pet 22. 154-3)-- St. 24.3) 52)--0.792 0.25598 dog of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (25-76- fraternity men, who, dashing out (20.0- (898-218- 23. Arizona St. 1)-- into the field of play from the 29.1) 14)--0.801 0.25000 side-lines, reached the immediate (46- scene of action just as Michigan (16.3- (1715-394- 24. Colorado 147-4)-- 28.9) 29)--0.809 fumbled the ball in a scrimmage. 0.24365 (48- (13.9- (1814-421- Instantly Abe seized the thongs of 25. Arkansas 160-5)-- 23.6) 36)--0.807 0.23709 the pigskin with his teeth and started at top speed across the gridiron. The players on both * * * teams joined in the laugh with the spectators while the referee Outing/1909 and four or five assistant managers headed off the dog.

The Funny side of football * * * By George Jean Nathan In Memory of… This story was part of a full feature written by the author on the humorous Jim "Hoss" Brock, a longtime side of the college; the other stories will appear in future issues. executive director of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, dies • ABE SEIZED THE Aug 14. He was 74. THONGS OF THE PIGSKIN WITH HIS John Vincent "Jack" Rockne, the last remaining child of legendary TEETH AND football STARTED AT TOP coach , died Aug. SPEED ACROSS THE 10. He was 82. GRIDIRON. * * *

During one of Michigan's mid- season games in 1903, while the IFRA is growing…it now has score was a tie and both elevens 63 members; keep passing were on tiptoe for the slightest the word! Thank you! advantage, a factor appeared that

Well, if you always wanted to The College Football Historian-14- know the progression of players catching the ball, your wait has Career Catches come to an end.

By Tex Noel/1st-N-Goal (Editor, This compilation will also The College Football Historian included will be players from the Pre-1937 era of college The annual NCAA Football football; as well as current Records Book shows players with at least 200 career progression of players with the receptions and are within reach most career rushing, passing of the mark of 316 catches, and total offense yardage; why held by Taylor Stubblefield, not the number of receptions? who ended his four-year career at Purdue, in 2004; after latching on to 316 balls.

Player Team Seasons Receptions Length of Played Record Bernie Kirk Notre Dame 1918-19 28 1918-20 Eddie Anderson Notre Dame 1919-21 43 1921-28 Wear Schoover Arkansas 1927-29 46 1929-35 Walter Roach TCU 1934-36 63 1936-45 Neil Armstrong Oklahoma A&M 1943-46 118 1946-48 Johnny "Red" O'Quinn Wake Forest 1946-49 124 1949-61 Hugh Campbell Washington State 1960-62 176 1962-64 Tulsa 1963-65 261 1965-85 Mark Templeton Long Beach State 1983-86 262 1986-85 Terrance Mathis New Mexico 1985-87,89 264 1986-91 Aaron Turner Pacific 1989-92 266 1992-97 Geoff Noisy Nevada 1995-98 295 1998-99 Trevor Insley Nevada 1996-99 298 1999 Arnold Jackson Louisville 1997-2000 300 2000-03 Taylor Stubblefield Purdue 2001-04 316 2004-current

Within reach…heading into 2008—Min. 200 catches:

• Davone Bess, 293……….Dorien Bryant, Purdue 292 • Jason Rivers, Hawaii 292…………Ryan Grice-Mullen, Hawaii 237 • Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt 236……Donnie Avery, Houston 210 • Jordy Nelson, Kansas St. 206…….Jarett Dillard, Rice 205 • Danny Amendola, Texas Tech 204