INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™ The College Football Historian ™ Presenting the sport’s historical accomplishments…written by the author’s unique perspective. ISSN: 2326-3628 [January 2016… Vol. 8, No. 12] circa: Feb. 2008 Tex Noël, Editor ([email protected]) Website: http://www.secsportsfan.com/college-football-association.html Disclaimer: IFRA is not associated with the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA or their colleges and universities. All content is protected by copyright© by the original author. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/theifra Happy New Year...May it be your best year in all that you do; wish and you set-out to accomplish; and may your health be strong-vibrant and sustain you during your journey in this coming year!!! THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OUTSTANDING YEAR! How Many Jersey Numbers of Heisman Trophy Winners Can You Name? By John Shearer About four years ago, I wrote a story about the jersey numbers that the Heisman Trophy winners have worn. I decided to write the article after noticing that 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III of Baylor wore No. 10, and I began wondering which other Heisman Trophy winners wore that number. That started an online search, and I was able to find everyone’s number, or at least a number the player wore during part of his career. I wrote the story in chronological order by year and mentioned the jersey number with each player, but someone emailed me and said he would like to see a story if I ever listed the Heisman Trophy winners in numerical order. After I thought about it, an article written that way would make for a more The College Football Historian-2 - interesting story. So, here it is – four years later as the bowl season is back in full swing. See what numbers seem easily recognizable to you, or what surprises you have over the jersey numbers that the Heisman Trophy winners of long ago wore. As a University of Georgia alumnus who was in school in the early 1980s, I will likely never forget what number 1982 winner Herschel Walker wore, just as many Auburn fans will never forget that 1985 recipient Bo Jackson wore the same No. 34. But I have already almost forgotten that 2010 winner Cam Newton wore No. 2 at Auburn, not the No. 1 he now wears for the Carolina Panthers. And who remembers that 1988 winner Barry Sanders wore No. 21 at Oklahoma State, even though he became more famous for donning No. 20 for the Detroit Lions? But a few Heisman winners – Paul Hornung, Roger Staubach, O.J. Simpson, Eddie George and Johnny Manziel among them – wore the same jersey numbers in college that they did or do as pro players. Can you guess what two jersey numbers have claimed the most Heisman Trophy winners to date at five apiece? Or do you know what numbers have never been worn by a winner? Also, did you know that 20 of the Heisman Trophy winners have been the only recipients to wear those numbers so far? Do you know that current Heisman winner Derrick Henry of Alabama switched this season to No. 2 from No. 27 because God and his family are the ―two‖ reasons he plays football? It also happened to be his high school number. And, for Tennessee fans, do you know what number 1997 winner Charles Woodson of Michigan wore while edging out Peyton Manning? It was not the same as the No. 24 he now wears in his last season with the Oakland Raiders before his retirement. The College Football Historian-3 - Below are the Heisman Trophy winners by their numbers: Jersey No. 1 – no winner Plunkett, Stanford (1970 winner); and Chris Weinke, Florida State (2000 winner) 2–Charles Woodson, Michigan (1997 winner); 17–Charlie Ward, Florida State (1993 winner) Cam Newton, Auburn (2010 winner); Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (2012 winner); and 18–Jason White, Oklahoma (2003 winner) Derrick Henry, Alabama (2015 winner) 19–Larry Kelly, Yale (1936 winner); and 3–Carson Palmer, Southern Cal (2002 winner) Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (1994 winner) 4 – no winner 20–Billy Cannon, LSU (1959 winner); Mike Garrett, Southern Cal (1965 winner); Johnny 5–Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (1956 winner), Rodgers, Nebraska (1972 winner); Earl Reggie Bush, Southern Cal (2005 winner, Campbell, Texas (1977 winner); and Billy although award later vacated for recruiting Sims, Oklahoma (1978 winner) violations); and Jameis Winston, Florida State (2013 winner). 21–Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (1942 winner); Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (1988 winner); 6 – no winner and Desmond Howard, Michigan (1991 winner) 7–John Huarte, Notre Dame (1964 winner); 22–Les Horvath, Ohio State (1944 winner); Pat Sullivan, Auburn (1971 winner); Danny John Cappelletti, Penn State (1973 winner); Wuerffel, Florida (1996 winner); and Eric Doug Flutie, Boston College (1984 winner); Crouch, Nebraska (2001 winner) and Mark Ingram, Alabama (2009 winner) 8–Davey O’Brien, TCU (1938 winner); and 23 – no winner Marcus Mariota, Oregon (2014 winner) 24–Nile Kinnick, Iowa (1939 winner); and Pete 9 – no winner Dawkins, Army (1958 winner) 10–Troy Smith, Ohio State (2006 winner); and 25 – no winner Robert Griffin III, Baylor (2011 winner) 26 – no winner 11–Terry Baker, Oregon State (1962 winner); Steve Spurrier, Florida (1966 winner); Andre 27 – Joe Bellino, Navy (1960 winner); and Ware, Houston (1989 winner); and Matt Eddie George, Ohio State (1995 winner) Leinart, Southern Cal (2004 winner) 28 – no winner 12–Roger Staubach, Navy (1963 winner); and Charles White, Southern Cal (1979 winner) 29 – no winner 13–Gino Torretta, Miami (1992 winner) 30–Mike Rozier, Nebraska (1983 winner) 14–Clint Frank, Yale (1937 winner); Johnny 31–Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (1950 winner) Lattner, Notre Dame (1953 winner); Vinny Testaverde, Miami, Miami (1986 winner); Ty 32–Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (1947 Detmer, BYU (1990 winner); and Sam The College Bradford, Oklahoma (2008 winner) 15–Tim Tebow, Florida (2007 winner) Football Historian-4 - 16–Gary Beban, UCLA (1967 winner); Jim winner); and Ernie Davis, Syracuse (1961 winner) winner); and O.J. Simpson, Southern Cal (1968 winner) 45–Archie Griffin, Ohio State (1974 and 1975 winner) 33–Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (1976 winner); Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (1981 winner); and Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (1999 winner) 46 – no winner 34–Herschel Walker, Georgia (1982 winner); 47 – no winner Bo Jackson, Auburn (1985 winner); and Ricky Williams, Texas (1998 winner) 48–Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (1943 winner) 35–Doc Blanchard, Army (1945 winner), Billy 49 – no winner Vessels, Oklahoma (1952 winner), and Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (1954 winner) 54–Bruce Smith, Minnesota (1941 winner) 36–Steve Owens, Oklahoma (1969 winner) 55-80 – no winners 37–Doak Walker, SMU (1948 winner) 81–Tim Brown, Notre Dame (1987 winner) 38–George Rogers, South Carolina (1980 82 – Leon Hart, Notre Dame (1949 winner) winner) 83-97 – no winners 39 – no winner 98–Tom Harmon, Michigan (1940 winner) 40–Howard Cassady, Ohio State (1955 winner), 99–Jay Berwanger, Chicago (1935 winner) 41–Glenn Davis, Army (1946 winner) [email protected] 42–Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (1951 winner) * * * 43 – no winner 44–John David Crow, Texas A&M (1957 Source: http://goldenrankings.com/streakbusters1.htm 1947: Southern @ Grambling When Eddie Robinson became head coach at Grambling in 1946, the rural school in north central LA had never beaten Southern of Baton Rouge on the gridiron. There were many reasons for this. • Southern had started its football program in 1915 while Grambling didn't begin until 1926. So when the schools started playing each other in 1933, Southern won the first three games by a combined 93-0. The College Football Historian-5 - • Southern University, considered by some as the Harvard of Southern black colleges, was started by the Louisiana legislature in 1880 in New Orleans and moved to Baton Rouge in 1914. • Founded in 1901 as an agricultural school, Grambling State was a quasi-public institution for many years, not becoming a four-year college until 1943. • "They were the big school and the most powerful in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)," Robinson said of the Baton Rouge school coached by one of the early giants of black football, "Ace" Mumford, for whom Southern's stadium is named. • The series had aspects of a class war: the more sophisticated, better educated blacks of Southern vs the country blacks from Grambling. • A Baton Rouge native, Robinson said, "Southern used to treat Grambling like the little brother. There were times when they were not interested in playing us." To add to the disparity, most of the administrators and professors at Grambling were Southern grads. Robinson lost his first Southern game in 1946, 38-0. He used Southern as the benchmark to measure the improvement of his program. He also knew that his Tigers would probably have to defeat the Jaguars multiple times to earn an invitation to join SWAC. When the Tigers defeated the Jaguars 21-6 in 1947, "they were really upset," said Robinson. "As far as games go, that 1947 game was really the Big Game for Eddie Robinson," according to Collie Nicholson, longtime sports information director at Grambling. "They came into Grambling highly touted, the SWAC champ, and we beat them with two long touchdown runs. It was something they thought could never be done." Southern won the 1948 game, 18-0, but a "huge fight" that broke out caused a cease fire in the series for eleven years and postponed acceptance of Grambling by SWAC. So the Tigers joined the Midwest Conference. The College Football Historian-6 - Robinson produced his first undefeated, untied team in 1955. Finally, Grambling joined SWAC in 1959. Reference: Football Feuds: The Greatest College Football Rivalries, Ken Rappoport & Barry Wilner * * * Listed in Football: Facts and Figures ©1945 Dr.