INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™ The College Football Historian ™ ISSN: 1526-233x Vol. 2 No. 1 Established: Jan. 2008 Tex Noel, Editor (
[email protected] ) http://www.secsportsfan.com/college-football-association.html With this issue of The College Football games (now 8-10-1 after the Historian , we start our second year narrow loss in Ft. Worth). collectively known as the Intercollegiate Houston has played 63 years with 19 postseason contests Football Researchers Association —83 (same record now at 8-10-1) and members strong!! a tradition which includes over 60 first team All-America selections, 1989 Heisman Trophy 2008 Armed Forces recipient QB Andre Ware, and Bell Helicopter Bowl almost 100 alumni in the NFL Mirrored ranks since 1946. Recent Traditions of At that current rate the Academy Football Powers could sport as many as 33 bowl appearances in its first 100 years By Bo Carter, NFF of football while UH is on pace for 29 bowls by its 100th season. These numbers compare Air Force and Houston have favorably with three-century established themselves as football traditionalists such as national college football powers Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, in spite of probably playing just Michigan State, Missouri, and half as many seasons as tradition others. In many cases, the Air NCAA FBS universities. Force and Houston percentages are even higher. Amazingly, AFA and UH had played 18 bowl games each AFA has similar numbers in 36 before the Cougars' 34-28 standouts receiving some All- triumph on Dec. 31, 2008, at Ft. America mentions, 39 first team Worth's Amon Carter Stadium College Sports Information during the 18th game of the Directors of America Academic All- 2008-09 bowl season.