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INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™

The Historian ™

Reliving College Football History Today!

ISSN: 1526-233x Vol. 2 No. 8 Established: Jan. 2008

Tex Noel, Editor ([email protected] )

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He Turned Lemons Into four-sport lettermen. Following a few coaching positions, Erk Lemonade arrived with new head coach at Georgia in 1964 By Patrick Garbin to coordinate the Bulldogs’ defense. The Georgia football program needed to be revitalized September 8, 2009: Three years as it had suffered seven losing ago, the seasons the previous nine years. football program lost one of its greatest Bulldogs of all time. Through the 1980 season with

Russell as a major contributor, Erskine “Erk” Russell was football was turned into one Georgia’s defensive coordinator of the better programs in the for 17 seasons and, during this country. Erk then went off on his time, became one of the most own to small, Division III Georgia highly-regarded and renowned Southern College where he assistant coaches in the game. helped elevate a second football

program to national prominence. In the late 1970s, I actually met

Erk once, sort of, when I was just In the 17 seasons and 192 games a few years old. His wife was a while at Georgia, Erk’s defenses friend of my mother’s and the held more than 43 percent of the Russell’s were invited to our opposition to 10 points or less, house for dinner. Even today, including 26 shutouts. The my father often reminds me how Bulldogs also finished in the lucky I was to sit in the lap of the nation’s top 10 in scoring defense great Coach Russell. in five seasons. Russell’s

defenses were normally not all While in college, Russell earned that physically talented but were 10 letters at Auburn University extremely emotional and and still remains the school’s last aggressive. His “Junkyard Dogs” The College Football Historian-2- was not until mid-November, although asked to attend, Erk defensive unit of 1975 and thought it would be better if he “Runts” of 1976 were small in did not make an appearance at stature but gritty and determined Georgia’s first game versus and strained their full potential Tennessee in Athens. The bald to help Georgia win 19 of 22 Russell was tempted, however, regular-season games. and joked he might go to the game in disguise if he “could Foremost, Erk was a master at wear a toupee.” communicating with and motivating his players. He As the Bulldogs began the 1981 devised Georgia’s big “TEAM” season by allowing only 225 little “me” t-shirts, proclaiming yards per game and three the team is always bigger and through the first five more important than an contests, Georgia’s defense individual player. His shaven, seemed as dominant as it had bald head was often bleeding, while under the guidance of Erk. since he frequently rammed it against the helmets of players A newspaper reported that during pre-game drills to although Russell was physically motivate them for the game at absent from the Dogs, he surely hand. Russell was “like an had a “vicarious presence” with institution,” according to ABC-TV the ’81 defense. New defensive color analyst in coordinator Bill Lewis was 1981. “I kind of miss him along speaking almost weekly to the sidelines with that bald head Russell and asking his advice. of his that was always bloodied.” “He’s a true authority on our His last game at Georgia was a defense,” said Lewis. “As far as 17-10 win over Notre Dame in I’m concerned, he wrote the book the 1981 for the on the Split 60 defense (Georgia’s national championship. In the defensive formation).” spring of 1981, he accepted the head coaching position at Head coach ’s first Georgia Southern College (later game in 1981 was against Florida Georgia Southern University) in State’s junior varsity. Since it Statesboro. With it he acquired was a lower division football an inactive football program that program, Georgia Southern could had not fielded a team since not grant football scholarships. 1941. Erk had left the Bulldogs Florida State’s JV, on the other to pursue and tackle a much hand, had several scholarship bigger challenge. players. Erk’s squad surprisingly led late in the game until Florida Although Georgia Southern’s State scored two touchdowns in exhibition season opener of 1981 the final 90 seconds to win, 30- The College Football Historian-3- seasons, winning three. Most significantly, he took a once lifeless football program and built 20. After the loss, Russell was it into excellence, an achievement not satisfied with the moral similar to what Erk assisted with victory and declared, “I hope our at Georgia a quarter-century people don’t ever feel good about prior to his retirement in 1989. losing.” On September 8, 2006, Erk While Erk coached Georgia Russell passed away in Southern, the “people” likely Statesboro at the age of 80. A day never felt good about losing later, in honor of Russell, Georgia because they rarely had to players wore a black “ERK” decal endure defeat. The Eagles moved on the back of their helmets to Division II in 1983 and then against in onto Division I-AA the following Columbia. Georgia paid a fitting season. In only its fourth season tribute to Russell by shutting out of football after four decades of the Gamecocks 18-0, reminiscent being dormant, Georgia Southern of Erk’s “Junkyard Dogs” of three won the national title in 1985. decades before. It was Georgia’s first shutout over a conference For an encore to the opponent on the road since 1980, championship season, Erk’s Erk’s final season at the Eagles won their second University of Georgia. consecutive national championship in 1986. Following It was in 1980 when a newspaper a 9-4 campaign in 1987, Georgia article mentioned Erk had the Southern won 12 games in 1988 following motto on his office’s and made another appearance in bulletin board—one certainly the national title game, losing to suited for the coach and likely Furman. In Erk Russell’s final had been posted for years: “If life year in 1989, the Eagles recorded deals you lemons, turn it into a perfect 15-0 record, including a lemonade.” I like to think I’ll get defeat of Stephen F. Austin 37-34 to see Coach Russell again in for a third national person one day. If so, I’d asked if championship in only five he is aware of the great number seasons. Four days following the of football fans astonished how title win, Erk decided to retire at he often turned hindered and the age of 63. undersized players to over- achieving, spirited, and In just eight seasons as Georgia determined all-stars. Southern’s head coach, Russell compiled an 83-22-1 (.788) Understanding what I know overall record and made four about Erk Russell, he would trips to the Division I-AA national probably respond with one of his title game in his final five The College Football Historian-4- R.I.P., ERK. acclaimed quips, like “I’d rather be lucky than good.”

Part of this article is a revised feature from Garbin’s book About Them Dawgs! (Scarecrow Press—2008). For more information on Garbin’s books and writing, please visit the author’s website at www.patrickgarbin.com and his blog at www.patrickgarbin.blogspot.com.

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A Backward Glance at the Wooster game, and depending on Livy's ability to listen to his players, Forward Pass: the Denison eleven adapted Giving Credit Where marvelously to the new rules and Credit is DU! went on to an outstanding remainder of their 1912 football © Anthony J. Lisska season. This Denison team had several sophomores who jelled in the Denison University next two years to produce the Granville Historical Society famous 1914 Ohio Conference Championship football team. Used by permission The Big Red Adapt to the New The Denison University Marching Passing Rules Band, circa 1913 Livy had watched Dave Reese's all-round athletic under Livy did was get its own copy ability when he played for Doane of the new rulebook. With this new Academy [then the preparatory strategic possibility, the passing school at Denison expertise of halfback Roudebush University]. Thinking that a blossomed. player should be a good man to catch passes, Livy devised a Roudebush himself noted that shift so that Dave, our center, while Denison "scored 19 points in our still centering the ball, was at one first three games. In the next five, end of the line and thus was eligible we scored almost 200! "The passing to receive passes. In the case of strategy had begun in earnest. Black, a tackle, the problem was easier; Roudebush remarked that the to become an eligible pass receiver, football was "fatter" in 1912 than it all he had to do was to line up is today and hence it was outside his end.

Observing the possibility of deftly using the forward pass at the The College Football Historian-5- Virginia University 6. The passing arm of George Roudebush carried the day—and the season—for the difficult to handle. Many players Big Red of little Denison University entrusted to pass the football would in try to "palm it in the middle. Granville, Ohio. "Roudebush, who also played for the Big Red, drew upon Newspapers of the day provide skills that had been finely honed by factual accounts of the great ability throwing those stones and corncobs of Roudebush to be a forward passer from his early days on the farm in of distinction. The Columbus Newtonsville. He passed the ball by Dispatch in reporting on the gripping it near the end and Wittenberg game noted that "the throwing it to his intended receiver Springfield bunch was outclassed with a pitching motion. and seemed to have no idea ... how to break up the forward pass. This new passing weapon was so successful that the next week "Another example of stellar forward Denison beat the Otterbein passing came a week later when Cardinals 60-3 and the Tigers of Denison beat Cincinnati 31-13; The Wittenberg 68-0 in short order the Advocate sports writer reports that" following week. Reporting on the Granville's well trained and match with Wittenberg, the conditioned athletes showed too Columbia Dispatch in its November much dazzling work in the forward 2, 1912, edition noted that pass for Cincinnati to cope with." "Roudebush again starred by throwing passes for all sorts of Following the second to the last distance with wonderful accuracy." game with Miami University, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that The Newark Advocate for the same "Denison by Brilliant forward passes day offers the following account: The defeated Miami 13 to 0."A forward pass was worked time and description of the final game of the time again, giving enormous gains to season against West Virginia played Denison. The game was featured by in Fairmont, W.Va., noted that "the the wonderful passes of Roudebush, forward passes and long end runs of which were the best seen on the Denison bewildered..."the West Denison gridiron for many years. Virginia Mountaineers. Five or six passes for 30 or more yards were successfully made.'° In describing for Denison 's own institutional history the very The following three games that successful 1912 gridiron season, the closed out the season were all Adytum, which is the college victories and against larger yearbook, focuses much attention institutions: Denison 31-University on the role of the forward pass in of Cincinnati 13; Denison 13-Miami of Ohio 0; and Denison 17-West

The College Football Historian-6- This Adytum summary conjoined with the newspaper accounts provide substantial evidence that Denison's football success that the Denison football team of 1912, year. using the passing skills of George Roudebush, executed with The striking feature of the season distinction the craft of throwing the was the development of the open forward pass accurately and used style of play. "Livy" started out by this newly justified strategy deftly to running the team much as it had win football games, some played been the year before, but after the against larger institutions. Ohio State and 'Wooster games, the team were drilled in the use of the The 1912 Adytum description of forward pass until it became the Roudy the passer is explicit about leader in this style of play. his football throwing abilities and this contribution to Denison's The Adytum comments on the winning ways on the gridiron: This dramatic change after the Wooster year's style of play brought out a game. new star in the person of "Roudy." "Roudy" went out for The Otterbein game showed a and since he couldn't very well take change in Denison’s style of play, Deeter’s place, he made his the forward pass being used to such presence so felt on the second team advantage that the game that Livy was forced to give him a resulted in a walk-away 60 to 3. place at half on the regular team, where his beautiful long forward The Wittenberg game was a passes furnished all sorts of the repetition of this and gave us our spectacular element to the team’s highest score of the season, 68 to work. 0. Cincinnati could do little better and were easily taken into camp to Here's hoping that "Roudy's" arm is the tune of 31-13. Miami fought working as well next year. hard but the Denison bunch succeeded in chalking up a 13-0 These events occurred one full year score in one of the season's best before the Dorais/Rockne passing games. The West Virginia team duo mesmerized the could not solve our system of offence and were forced to yield to Cadets of Army in that fateful the better team, 17-6. November 1913 football match.

In all, Denison amassed a total of Roudebush's passing skills 211 points to our opponents 65. transformed football for Denison and ultimately for everybody. Here's to the Championship in 1913! o If you look at ONLY regular The College Football Historian-7- season games Mount Union has won 89 straight dating back to a This young Denison sophomore led 21-18 loss in 1991 at Baldwin- the "revolution" in modern football Wallace. by elevating the forward pass to a significant offensive weapon. At the * * * time, the Denison home football games were played on old Beaver Field, which was located where the present Denison University heating NAIA Pre-Season Poll plant stands on South Main Street. Notes

* * * By Chad Waller NAIA Director of Sports Mount Union College Information & Media Won-Lost records: home Services and away In the last eight preseason polls,

Sioux Falls (S.D.) has been ranked By Leonard Reich, SID in the Top 5 on all occasions with a No. 1 billing twice (2007 and • Since 2000, 74-2 at home 2009)… The last time a team other than Carroll (Mont.) and Sioux Falls • Since the start of the 1993 was ranked at No. 1 was Saint season (first national title), Francis (Ind.) on Nov. 12, 2006 – a 125-3 streak of 29 polls.

• Since 1990 , 141-4-1 Carroll has now been ranked in the Top 5 in the last 53 straight polls Coach Larry Kehres’ home record dating back to November, 2004… St. since he took over as head coach in Francis boasts the longest 1986, 153-9-3 consecutive stretch of being named in the Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – now Remember the first rule of this … Is standing at 119 straight mentions. that the Stagg Bowl is a neutral site game NOT a road game by this The last time St. Francis was not calculation … mentioned in the Top 25 was Oct. 19, 1999… Carroll is the next team o Mount Union has won 71 in line with 106 straight Top 25 straight road games at an rankings while Sioux Falls stands at opponent’s home stadium dating 105 straight mentions… Sioux Falls back to a 34-33 loss at Albion heads into 2009 with the nation’s (MI) in the 1994 NCAA Playoffs longest winning streak at 14 games. The College Football Historian-8- Memorable Games of the Southwest Conference; through the eyes of: Since 2004 when Ohio Dominican started varsity football, the Panthers Six veteran observers of the have been ranked in 37 of a possible Southwest Conference Football 66 polls – those 37 polls happen to be the last 37 straight weeks. Rice: Oct. 11, 1919: Rice 8, Baylor 0 (RU's first SWC win after returning Since 2000, Carroll has been ranked to conference); Nov. 3, 1990: Rice No. 1 53 times, the highest amount 19, at Arkansas 11; Nov. 26, 1994: of any program during that time Rice 31, Houston 13 (to tie for SWC span; Sioux Falls is second with 31 title); Nov. 16, 1957: Rice 7, Texas mentions at No. 1 followed by A&M 6; Oct. 16, 1994: Rice 19, Georgetown (Ky.) with 14, Texas 17 (to break 28-game Texas Northwestern State with series winning streak from 1966-93) 11 and St. Francis with three. Baylor: Oct. 8, 1915: Baylor 8, Rice USF continues its recent trend of 0; Nov. 9, 1974: Baylor 34, Texas success in the polls with being 24; Nov. 22, 1980: Baylor 16, ranked now either No. 1 or No. 2 for Texas 0; Oct. 29, 1994: Baylor 52, the last 32 consecutive polls. Houston 13; Nov. 10, 1956: Baylor Overall, Sioux Falls has been ranked 10, Texas 7 in the Top 25 in the last 105 straight polls. SMU : Nov. 1. 1947: SMU 14, Texas 13; Nov. 13, 1982: SMU 37, Texas th With its 11 straight Top 10 Tech 27; Nov. 29, 1923: SMU 16, ranking, Lindenwood (Mo.) comes in Baylor 0; Nov. 5, 1966: SMU 21, at No. 3; No. 4 Saint Francis (Ind.) is Texas A&M 14; Nov. 24, 1984: SMU seeking its eighth straight season of 31, Arkansas 28. Also Nov. 30, 10 or more wins. No. 5 Morningside 1935: SMU 20, TCU 14. (Iowa) lists 16 returners overall and was the No. 1 scoring offense last Oklahoma: Oct. 23, 1915: OU 14, season with 48 points per game. Texas 13; Nov. 13, 1916: Oklahoma 14, Arkansas 13; Oct. 20, 1917: Checking in at No. 2 is Carroll Oklahoma 14, Texas 0; Nov. 16, th (Mont.) is gunning for their 10 1918: Oklahoma 103, Arkansas 0; straight Frontier Conference title Oct. 18, 1919: Oklahoma 12, Texas under head coach Mike Van Diest. 7.

* * * Oklahoma State (then Oklahoma A&M): Nov. 29, 1917: OSU 9, Oklahoma 0; Oct. 22, 1921: OSU 7, Arkansas 0; Nov. 30, 1922: OSU 13, The College Football Historian-9- 23, A&M 22; Nov. 12, 1988: Arkansas 25, A&M 20; Oct. 18, 1986: Arkansas 21, Texas 14. Arkansas 0; Oct. 20, Oct. 20, 1923: OSU 13, Rice 0; Nov. 22, 1924: OSU Southwestern and Phillips also 20, Arkansas 0. participated in the SWC, but didn’t have any significant SWC football TCU: Nov. 7, 1936: TCU 27, Texas wins in their three seasons in the 6; Nov. 12, 1955: TCU 47, Texas 20; conference. Nov. 10, 1984: TCU 27, Texas Tech 16; Oct. 22, 1994: TCU 31, Houston * * * 10; Nov. 14, 1959: TCU 14, Texas 9.

Texas: Dec. 6, 1969, Texas 14, (PRELIMINARY) COLLEGE Arkansas 13; Dec. 1, 1990: Texas SOCCER CHAMPIONS 28, Texas A&M 27; Dec. 2, 1995: 1857/58-1909/10 Texas 16, Texas A&M 6; Nov. 25, 1920: Texas 7, Texas A&M 3; Nov. 3, By Mel Smith 1945: Texas 12, SMU 7; Nov. 7,

1959: Texas 13, Baylor 12. This listing is a first attempt to

include college champions playing in Texas A&M: Oct. 18, 1986: A&M the early seasons of the Kicking 31, Baylor 30; Dec. 1, 1984: A&M Game/Association Football/Soccer 37, Texas 12; Nov. 26, 1987: A&M up to 1909/10. The kicking game of 20, Texas 13; Oct. 14, 1967: A&M foot-ball became known as the 28, Texas Tech 24; Nov. 20, 1917: association game when American A&M 7, Texas 0. colleges began to use the London

Football Association code written in Houston: Nov. 20, 1976: Houston 1863. No carrying of the ball was 27, Texas Tech 19; Nov. 11, 1978: allowed. By the end of 1905, many Houston 10, Texas 7; Oct. 21, 1989: big city American newspapers began Houston 95, SMU 21; Nov. 19, to use the term ‘socker’, or ‘soccer’ 1988: Houston 30, Texas Tech 29; for association football game Nov. 10, 1984: Houston 29, Texas descriptions. 15.

Most college national champions’ Texas Tech: Dec. 4, 1976: Texas listings of the soccer game begin in Tech 24, Baylor 21; Oct. 29, 1994: 1904. Presently, the first accepted Tech 33, Texas 9; Oct. 24, 1964: intercollegiate soccer game is played Tech 12, SMU 0; Oct. 23, 1965: between Haverford College and Tech 26, SMU 24; Nov. 4, 1989: Harvard University on April 1, 1905. Tech 24, Texas 17. This game is called the first

‘modern-era’ soccer by Haverford; Arkansas: 1936: Arkansas 6, Texas see: 0; Oct. 17, 1964: Arkansas 14,

Texas 13; Nov. 24, 1989; Arkansas The College Football Historian-10- 1870/71 Princeton (NJ) 1871/72 Princeton (NJ) 1872/73 Princeton (NJ) www.haverford.edu/athletics/soccer 1873/74 Stevens Tech (NJ) m/history.php 1874/75 Yale (CT) 1875/76 Princeton (NJ) The first college foot-ball club (now 1876/77 Princeton (NJ) called varsity) was formed by the 1877/78 U Vermont (VT) College of New Jersey (now 1878/79 Syracuse Medics (SUNY- Princeton) after the class games Upstate) (NY) were finished in the fall of 1857 (see 1879/80 Pennsylvania ‘The Princeton Book; Chapter on (Gettysburg) (PA) Foot-ball’, D. Stewart, 1879). The 1880/81 Washington & Lee (VA) Christian Brothers College High 1881/82 Washington & Lee (VA) School in St Louis, MO, lists their 1882/83 Richmond (VA) predecessor, the college, as national 1883/84 U Iowa (IA) champions in 1901 and 1904. The 1884/85 Virginia Military Inst (VA) Christian Brothers College of St 1885/86 U Iowa (IA) Louis was selected to play in the 1886/87 Christian Brothers (MO) association football games at the 1887/88 U Iowa (IA) Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, 1888/89 Virginia Military Inst (VA) NY, in 1901. This college also won 1889/90 Christian Brothers (MO) the Silver Medal in the association 1890/91 Christian Brothers (MO) football games played at the III 1891/92 Christian Brothers (MO) Olympiad in St Louis, MO, in 1904. 1892/93 Christian Brothers (MO); St Bonaventure (NY) VARIATIONS OF THE KICKING 1893/94 Christian Brothers GAME “Paulians” (MO) 1894/95 Christian Brothers 1857/58 Coll New Jersey “Paulians” (MO); Princeton (NJ) (Princeton) (NJ) 1895/96 Christian Brothers (MO) 1858/59 Coll New Jersey 1896/97 Christian Brothers (MO) (Princeton) (NJ) 1897/98 Christian Brothers (NO) 1859/60 Coll New Jersey 1898/99 Christian Brothers (MO) (Princeton) (NJ) 1899/00 Christian Brothers (MO) 1860/61-1865/66 N/A 1900/01 Christian Brothers (MO) 1901/02 Christian Brothers (MO); ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL Haverford (PA) 1902/03 Christian Brothers (MO) 1866/67 Carroll (WI) 1903/04 Christian Brothers (MO) 1867/68 Coll New Jersey 1904/05 Christian Brothers (MO); (Princeton) (NJ) Haverford (PA)** 1868/69 Coll New Jersey (Princeton) (NJ) SOCCER 1869/70 Coll New Jersey (Princeton) (NJ) 1905/06 Haverford (PA)++ The College Football Historian-11- The Paulians seem to be the better of the two teams.

1906/07 Haverford (PA)++ Much more research is needed to be 1907/08 Haverford (PA)++; done in this early period of the Yale (CT)++ kicking game. Up to the present, 1908/09 Columbia (NY)++ there has never been any interest to 1909/10 Columbia (NY)++ follow the colleges playing the association football/soccer games ** Haverford also won the after 1876. That year saw many of Cricket Club Soccer the large colleges in the League. northeastern United States switch to ++ Also selected; the Intercollegiate the carrying or rugby game. But not Soccer Football League Titlists. every school followed the crowd. St Bonaventure College beat the big Therefore, this listing is only done to Toronto Ass’n team 2g-0 on drum up more interest and research November 24, 1892. Princeton into the early kicking College lost to a strong professional game/association football/soccer association football team, known as games played by the colleges up to the Philadelphia Phillies Association the accepted beginning of college Football Club 1g-7g on November soccer in 1904/05. 24, 1894. The association football varsity program at the Christian * * * Brothers College in St Louis, MO, divided into two teams, the Paulians and the Athletics in 1893 and 1894. College Hall of Fame (NFF) has IN MEMORY of been named the 2009 recipient of George Olsen , 82, executive director the Omar N. Bradley "Spirit of emeritus of the Independence Award." Association...Robert Buschman, 83, TCU... Wiles Hallock , 91, former Since its inception in 1978, the Pac-10 Commissioner... Walter Omar Bradley "Spirit of Cronkite , 92, who, in 1937 college Independence Award," presented by football season was the broadcaster the Independence Bowl in for the .... Marvin Shreveport, La., has been bestowed “Moose” Stewart , 97, LSU and upon outstanding American citizens Dave Smith , 76, SMU's coach from or organizations that symbolize the 1973-1975 spirit of freedom and independence on which our country was founded.

INININ HONOR ofofof With a mission to promote and The AdvoCare V100 Independence develop the power of amateur Bowl announced today that the football in developing the qualities of National Football Foundation & leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and for The College Football Historian-12- * * *

academic excellence in America's Winning the Heisman young people, the National Trophy and Playing for a Football Foundation becomes the National Champion 33rd recipient of the award.

ESPN commentator and former Compiled by Dave Thomas Fresno State QB has and Tex Noel won the annual American Century Award, Community IFRA member Dave Thomas Service awareness...the FWAA's Bert writes… McGrane Award to longtime Journal-Constitution writer and Mr. On the ESPN show, “Outside the College Football Tony Barnhart Lines” (aired Sept. 3, 2009) it stated that: Fred Martinelli will have Ashland's (Ohio) new Fred Martinelli Field is the 5 th Heisman dedicated... Wisconsin's 2009 winner since 1950 to play 2 ON Athletics Hall of Fame class includes National Championship teams. winner and former lineman Dave added: The 2009 ACC Football Championship Game Legends Naturally they did NOT show the class which includes: Heisman other 4. I think 3 of them are Trophy winners Johnny Rogers, and (Florida State) and Vinny but I can not find the Testaverde (Miami); Coach Danny 4th one. I also realize the some Ford (Clemson); Bill Barnes ( Wake years there are multiple “crowned” Forest); Jim Bakhtiar (Virginia); national champs with the AP being Bob Pascal (Duke); Mike Mayock the most accepted till the BCS in (Boston College); Bob Schweickert 1998. (Virginia Tech); Kevin Glover (Maryland); Eddie Lee Ivery Checking the NCAA 1A/Bowl (Georgia Tech); (N.C. Subdivision National champions State) and Kelvin Bryant (North and Heisman Trophy winners, 1950- Carolina)... All ten members of the 2008, Editor Tex Noel found the SWAC will be wearing No. 9 stickers same 3 players Dave did. on their helmets to commemorate former Alcorn State star Steve Then with subsequent research, McNair... Michigan State will wear more than likely, a fourth such special helmet stickers in support of player was found. the state of Michigan.

The College Football Historian-13- § 1952 , Oklahoma...1950 § 1955 , Ohio In addition, the following was found: State....1954 Pre-1950 Heisman Trophy winners § 1959 , that were members of at least 2 AP LSU...1958 National Championship teams were: § 1961 , , {HT: 1941}, Minnesota, Syracuse...1959 1940-41; , {HT: § 1964 , Notre 1947}, Notre Dame, 1943-46-47; Dame…1964 Felix “Doc” Blanchard {HT: 1945} § 1968 O.J. Simpson, and {HT: 1946}, both USC...1967 Army, 1944-45; , {HT: § 1972 , 1949}, Notre Dame, 1946-47-49. ...1970-71 § 1976 , Single-season Heisman ...1976 Trophy/National Champions prior to § 1978 , 1950 include: Davey O’Brien, TCU, Oklahoma...1975 [HT/NC]; (1938/1938); Angelo § 1979 Charles White, Bertelli, Notre Dame, (1943/1943) USC...1978 , (1944/1942) and Leon § 1981 , Hart, Notre Dame, (1949/1949). USC...1978 § 1982 , Below is a list of Heisman Trophy Georgia...1980 winners that were members of a § 1986 Vinnie Testaverde, National Championship Team, since Miami FL...1983 (redshirted) 1950—but it must be noted, without § 1992 , Miami actual rosters, there is no way to FL....1989-91 determine if the players were even § 1993 , Florida actually on the team when the State....1993 school was No. 1! § 1994 , ....1990 Players in italics played for a § 1996 , National Champion and won the Florida...1996 Heisman Trophy in the same season. § 1997 , Michigan… 2004 Matt Leinart, Year---Heisman Trophy, Player USC...2003-04 Team...Year of National § 2005 Reggie Bush, Championship* USC...2003-04 § 2007 Tim Tebow, Florida...2006-08

Ø Players below were members o 1937 Marshall Goldberg, of that season’s National Pittsburgh, 3 rd Championship teams and also o 1940 , won the Heisman Trophy. Minnesota, 3 rd The College Football Historian-14- o 1977 Ken McAfee, Notre Dame, 3 rd o 1944 Glenn Davis, Army, 2 nd o 1978 Charles White, USC, 4 th and , Army, 3 rd o 1989 Herschel Walker, o 1945 Glenn Davis, Army, 2 nd Georgia, 3 rd o 1946 Johnny Lujack, Notre o 1984 , BYU, 4 th Dame, 3 rd o 1990 Eric Bieniemy, Colorado, o 1951 Hank Lauricella, 3rd Tennessee, 2 nd o 1991 , o 1953 , Washington, 4 th Maryland, 4 th o 1995 Tommy Frazier, o 1954 Howard Cassady, Ohio Nebraska, 3 rd State, 3 rd o 2000 , Oklahoma, o 1956 Tommy McDonald, 2nd Oklahoma, 3 rd o 2001 , Miami FL, o 1958 Billy Cannon, LSU, 3 rd 3rd o 1960 , Mississippi, o 2008 Tim Tebow, Florida, 3 rd 3rd o 1966 Nick Eddy, Notre Dame, *National Champions as selected by AP, 3rd UP/UPI, FWAA, NFFHF and USA Today, o 1967 O. J. Simpson, USC, 2 nd 1950-2008. o 1970 Steve Wooster, Texas, 4th o 1974 , * * * Oklahoma, 3 rd

Ø 1956 Notre Dame, projected to be among the Bob Kirlin writes: eleven best elevens, went 2-8. The new Ø 1967 Michigan State, College Football Issue is out; picked number 6, went 3- I thought I'd offer my humble 7. and subjective list of the top Ø 1975 Auburn, picked ten worst preseason number six, went 3-6-2. projections in the history of Ø 1976 Arizona State, Sports Illustrated college picked number three, football magazines, listed in went 4-7. chronological order. Ø 1984 Pittsburgh, picked number three, went 3-7- Ø 1954 Illinois, projected to 1. be among the eleven best elevens, went 1-8. The College Football Historian-15- states like Ohio, Illinois, Louisiana, and Arkansas, among many. Yet Ø 1989 UCLA, picked others have too many, the big states number seven, went 3-7- like California, Texas, and Florida. The results from compiling this list 1. were either feast or famine, but as Ø 1989 LSU, picked promised, here's your smorgasbord. number eight, went 4-7. Ø 2000 Alabama, picked We're going to use a little different number three, went 3-8. format to rank the rivalries this Ø And 2001 Oregon State, time. In the interstate rivalries, I picked number one, went used a matrix based on teams' historic rankings in relation to all- 5-6. time winning percentage, strength of Ø Honorable mention ... schedule, and national 1969 Kansas, picked championships. I tried the same number 20, went 1-9. formula with this poll, but the results came out eerily similar to * * * another thread earlier in the year Originally post on Fanblogs.com, July 23, looking at the best duo of teams 2008; and it is used by permission of the coming from one state. author This ranking of intrastate rivalries Brother Against Brother: will have subjective rankings assigned in each of five different The Top Intrastate categories. Each category will rate College Football Rivalries from 1-5, with 5 being the highest in the Country mark. The totals will then determine the winners. Other basic criteria that must be met: Division 1-A By Greg Goodwin (FBS) teams with a minimum of 50 games played in the series.

Last month we took a look at the top Here are the categories: interstate rivalries in CFB, but this week, we take a look at the fight for • state supremacy, bragging rights Competitiveness of the over your friends and family for the rivalry--this will separate the close ones from the next 365 days. Rivalries between blowouts. Most intrastate states are a little easier--all you need are two good teams and a rivalries aren't really that border! But rivals within the state close. are a different matter. Most states don't have two well qualified teams • Duration of the rivalry--how to make any one's discerning list, long they've been playing. The rivalries on this list can The College Football Historian-16- 14) Notre Dame-Purdue, 2-4-4- 2-3--- 15 points. Dominance by the Irish and no conference differ in age by over 50 crown at stake against an years. Independent hurts this one.

• Historical Significance of 13) Virginia Tech-Virginia, 4-4- the teams--similar to the 2-3-3--- 16 points. They've standard used for interstate played this one close for a while. rivalries. Most of these Certainly helps that they're both teams will be historical top in the Coastal Division of the 25 programs. ACC now.

• What's at Stake --the fallout 12) Ole Miss-Mississippi State, from the meeting. Teams 3-4-2-3-4--- 16 points. They like that are in the same to tee it up in the Magnolia State, division and/or conference but there's usually nothing at are going to have more on stake in the SEC west other than the line with the match up pride--and a little Egg... than teams that are not or teams that no longer play 11) Clemson-South Carolina, 2- on a regular basis. 5-2-3-4--- 16 points. They played this one in Columbia for • Bitterness--Ahhh ...What the first 60 years or so. Didn't turns a rivalry into Good matter. Clemson dominates this Old-Fashioned Hate. No one. And it's been a while since further explanation they were conference foes. required... 10) Penn State-Pittsburgh, 4-5- And here are the results, with the 3-2-3--- 17 points. One of the leading team in the series listed classics for so long, but they first, then the scores for each haven't played this century, category in order, with the total, which kills the stakes. Doesn't followed by my comments. For help that Penn State's in the Big teams who's scores are tied, I 10(11) now either. have broken any ties with my own subjective preference. 9) Florida-Florida State, 3-3-3- 4-5--- 18 points. Not the longest 15) Oklahoma-Oklahoma State, rivalry out there, but the Gators 1-5-3-3-3--- 15 points. The most gave the Noles a shot when the lopsided rivalry on the list. The Noles were only about a decade Cowboys' weak historical into their program. Good thing. standing doesn't help either. The game so nice, they played it twice--within a month to conclude the 1996 season. The College Football Historian-17- be cross-town rivals. The stakes are always high as UCLA can be a perfect stumbling block for 8) Michigan-Michigan State, 2- USC's Rose Bowl's dreams. 5-4-3-4--- 18 points. One of the classics, but the Victors have 3) Miami-FSU, 4-3-4-5-5---21 been hailing this one for so long. points. Again, small Miami gave Curiously, the only one of the Big fledgling FSU a chance years ago- 10(11) states to have a ranked -a rivalry that has grown rivalry between two conference incredibly over the decades. It teams. was the rivalry of the 1980s. It placed special emphasis on the 7) Georgia-Georgia Tech, 3-5-4- kicking game. Curiously, not as 3-4---19 points. The only two hot as it once was now that the Division 1-A programs in the teams are both in the same whole state. This series revolves conference, but a resurgence around momentum, which comes can't be far off. in 4-8 year spurts. Hasn't come back around to Tech lately. It 2) Texas-Texas A&M, 2-5-5-5-5- also doesn't help that these two --22 points. One of the all-time haven't been in the same best, and the longest rivalry on conference for 43 years. the list. Outsiders can't even imagine the joy and pain 6) California-Stanford, 4-5-3-4- contained in this one. Would 3---19 points. One of the longest seriously challenge for number and closest rivalries--also helps one except that the Aggies that they play in the same haven't traditionally held up their conference. What else would you end of the bargain and won more expect from the series that gave games. You can't say they us the greatest play in CFB haven't tried, though. history in 1982? And (#1) Alabama-Auburn, 5-4- 5) Oregon-Oregon State, 4-5-4- 5-5-5---24 points. (You don't 3-4---20 points. These guys know how it hurts me to put started playing immediately them in that order) You may following the formation of their accuse me of being a total homer teams. They don't get a lot of for ranking this rivalry number press, but they have very quietly one, but there's more method had one of best rivalries in the here than madness. The only land for a very long time. thing preventing this one from being perfect is the duration-- 4) USC-UCLA, 3-4-5-5-4---21 these two teams went over 40 points. The battle between the years from 1908 until 1948 best two historic teams in the without playing, due to many Golden State, who just happen to disputes. They were finally forced The College Football Historian-18- Princeton and Harvard. With Mel’s research from his book, discovered to play again by the Alabama it should have been Columbia State Legislature and then instead of Colgate. promptly made up for lost time. Mel also passes along this blurb: This one ranks #1 because it's There was an early interracial game the closest of all the rivalries on of football played December 7, 1889 the list (5 games) and features by a Princeton 'Colored' Team vs the the best historic tandem of teams Princeton 'Town' team. The 'Colored' to come out of any state in the team won 5-0. [It is listed on page whole country. Sure, it gets top 448 in my book, 'Evolvements of billing by many CFB experts, but Early American Foot Ball: it does not fail to live up to the Through the 1890/91 Season' .] hype. They say that upon birth in the state, you have to declare your allegiance--you take it from *** *** *** the cradle to the grave. I'm more like an adopted son, not being an Interested what’s happening in the Alabama native, but brother, let sports world; but no time to read the me tell you it's true. entire story? Then a subscription based highlights in the daily reading So there you have it. You can see of Short Rutts is what you’re the rankings I gave for each looking for . category. I think you guys wanted to see a little subjectivity New member Mike Higgins from me after all...If you disagree publishes a Monday-Friday synopsis with any of the rankings, please with a different twist—and often, a back up your assertions with historical look-back --of the day’s detail. sport’s happenings and it is email directly to your in box for a fore a *** *** *** subscription of $15 per year.

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For our new subscribers, in the NCAA Football Records Book under * * * Parke Davis’ 1875 National Champions it is listed Colgate, The College Football Historian19- Conn’s entry into fame was achieved through the medium of a run of 101 Where you aware that…St. Paul's yards for a after having Poly (Va.), 1946-1953, compiled a seized a fumble a yard behind his 2-58-1 record, while being outscored own goal line. 114-2057; and had a 41 game losing streak. Conn’s run was one of the most 1946 0-7-0 0-248 sensational seen in years. Dow V. 1947 0-6-1 12-206 Walker, superintendent of the 1948 1-5-0 7-152 Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, 1949 0-8-0 7-308 of Portland, Ore., is credited with a 1950 0-10-0 12-449 run of 105 yards from a fumble for a 1951 0-9-0 6-316 touchdown, but that was when the 1952 0-8-0 34-277 gridiron was 110 yards in length 1953 1-6-0 36-101 instead of 100 as a present.

--Thanks Richard Topp for Conn is, a "native son" of California, providing the correct, detailed having been graduated from the information for this blurb. Pasadena, Cal., High School and going north with Joseph A. Pipal, * * * now coaching the Oregon Aggies. Last year Pipal was with a Southern Sporting Life, 1917 California institution.

George W. "Tuffy" Conn, Conn made a big name for himself in his first game with the Corvallis, of Oregon Agricultural Ore., School, when he kicked two College, Sets Record for field goals against the famous Season With Run of 101 Washington State College eleven, the team that whipped Brown last Yards for a Touchdown. year 14 to 0 at Pasadena on New Year’s Day. The Aggies won from BY EARL R. GOODWIN Washington State, 13 to 0, surprising all followers of foot ball in THE Northwest produced a player in the Northwest, as Coach William H. 1915 who has entered Foot Ball’s ("Lone Star") Dietz’s aggregation was Hall of Fame through a brilliant thought to be invincible. individual exploit. Long runs were numerous in the This bright star, is George record of Conn, although he was Washington Conn, better known as eligible in but a few games played by "Tuffy" Conn, the brilliant halfback the Aggies last fall. He is a of Oregon Agricultural College, of freshman, so he was automatically Corvallis, Ore. barred from the game with the University of Washington and University of Oregon, as well as The College Football Historian—20- Angles, Cal., with “Tuffy” kicking a goal. against University of California if the * * * contest had been scheduled. The Daily Home News , New Brunswick, In the game against the Multnomah NJ…………….Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1917 Amateur Athletic -Club he made a 70-yard run for a touchdown, Column: Sporting Topics Edited by during which lie ran more than 120 Harold E. O’Neill yards, zig-zagging and and around. It was on a return Though knowing we are liable indictment punt. He was playing with the for prolong the football season we can not Oregon freshman team, which won allow the 1917 Rutgers 11 to become from the clubmen, 16 to 6. enveloped in the war hysteria, without treating at some length on many interesting Against Whitman College Coach facts brought by the statistics recorded and Pipal tried out the team that he was compiled by Fred A. Hart, and he has just forced to play without freshmen. furnished to us. When the first half ended the score was 0-0, so "Tuffy" was sent in soon We know of no one who has a great mania after the third period began, he for keeping football statistics, and who gives started off with an 18-yard run, more time and attention to the work than soon followed by a 26-yard dash. “Pop,” unless it is Parke H. Davis, the Princeton football authority. The two great Then he came through with one for statisticians happened to meet at the 51 yards and wound up with a 62- Lafayette-Rutgers contest, and Mr. Davis yard on the return of a punt. said he was giving –up the statistical work. He did not make touchdowns after It required too much time and entailed an each run, of course, but he was usual amount of preparation. Mr. Hart’s records cover five years or the period which taken out just before the third has been reputation making since G, F, S period was completed, and the score came to Rutgers, but this treatises details read 23 to 0. It remained so only with the facts in this season’s throughout the remainder of the performances. The statistics only match. substantiate what has been said and written

many times that—Rutgers had one of the Conn also kicked a field goal. Conn best elevens in the country. was selected on the All-Northwest team along with Johnny Parsons, of TCFH Editor’s Note: Thankfully, Davis the University of Oregon, for the half continued his work with stats…as he back positions. compiled statistical information right up to the time of his death in 1934. On Thanksgiving Day the Oregon Aggies won from the University of Southern California, 16 to 7, at Los