NATIONAL TITLES NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS JOHN W. HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY BILETNIKOFF AWARD OUTLAND TROPHY PITT’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RATING SYSTEMS Presented to the nation’s most Presented to the nation’s outstanding Presented to the nation’s most MEDIA YEAR RECORD COACH SE LEC TOR To settle countless ar gu ments, Sports Il lus trat ed in 1967 outstanding player by the Heisman college receiver by the Tallahassee outstanding interior lineman by the researched the first and only complete and wholly ac cu rate list Trophy Trust Quarterback Club Foundation Football Writers Association of America 1976 12-0 Majors Unan i mous ever com piled of college foot ball’s myth i cal national champions. 1976 Tony Dorsett 2000 Antonio Bryant 1980 Mark May 1937 9-0-1 Sutherland AP, DS, LS, IFA, WS, TFT Ev ery rec og nized authority that ever presumed to name a No. 1 2003 Larry Fitzgerald 2013 Aaron Donald was included: MAXWELL AWARD 1936 8-1-1 Sutherland IFA, TFT Presented to the college player of the year BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD PREVIEW Associated Press (1936-current): poll of sports writ ers and 1934 8-1 Sutherland Davis by the Maxwell Football Club Presented to the nation’s most Presented to the nation’s outstanding broad cast ers. 1976 Tony Dorsett outstanding defensive player by the college lineman or linebacker by the 1931 8-1 Sutherland Davis 1980 Hugh Green Charlotte Touchdown Club Rotary Club of Houston Parke H. Davis Ratings (1889-1935): cho sen by Davis, a player at 2013 Aaron Donald 1980 Hugh Green 1929 9-1 Sutherland Davis Princeton in 1889 and a former coach at Wis con sin, Amherst and 2013 Aaron Donald Lafayette, and first published in the 1934 Spalding’s Foot ball Guide. WALTER CAMP AWARD 1918 4-1 Warner Unan i mous Presented to the nation’s most CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD Dickinson System (1924-40): chosen by Uni ver si ty of Illinois outstanding player by the Walter Camp Presented to the college defensive player 1916 8-0 Warner Unan i mous Note: In 2016, the Rotary Lombardi Award STAFF eco nom ics professor Frank G. Dickinson; based on system that Foundation of the year by the Maxwell Football Club was changed to honor an overall player of 1976 Tony Dorsett 2013 Aaron Donald 1915 8-0 Warner Davis awarded var i ous point totals for wins over teams with winning or the year regardless of position. 1980 Hugh Green (first defensive player non-win ning records. to win the award) ALL-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Dunkel System (1929-cur rent): a power index rating system 2003 Larry Fitzgerald (first sophomore to win the award) PROFILES PLAYER devised by Dick Dunkel and syn di cat ed to news pa pers around 1. Notre Dame 17 the nation. 2. Alabama 15 Football Writers As so ci a tion of Amer i ca (1954-current): chosen 3. USC 13 by a panel rep re sent ing membership. Yale 13 Helms First Interstate Bank Athletic Foun da tion (1889-1982): 5. Princeton 12 orig i nal ly found ed in 1936 as Helms Athletic Foundation and changed in the early 1970s to Citizens Savings Athletic Foun da tion 6. Pittsburgh 9 be fore the most recent name was adopted in 1981. SEASON 2017 Illustrated Football An nu al (1924-41): an “azzi ratem” system pub lished in this highly re gard ed magazine by William F. Boand. Litkenhous System (1934-1984): a “dif fer ence-by-score” method syn di cat ed by Fred Litkenhouse and his brother Edward. National Football Foun da tion and Hall of Fame (1959-1995): BOOK RECORD chosen annually by com mit tee rep re sent ing membership. The Football Thesaurus (1927-58): sys tem devised by Duke Houlgate and published in book of same title. United Press International (1950-1995): poll of 35 col lege coaches. (Became the USA TODAY coaches poll.) HISTORY Williamson System (1932-63): system of syn di cat ed power ratings HISTORY chosen by Paul Williamson, a geologist and member of the Sugar Bowl com mit tee. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) (1998–2013): Determined a national champion by matching the country’s two top-rated teams in the BCS Standings against each other in a title game. PRO FOOTBALL PRO College Football Playoff: For the fifth consecutive season, the Football Bowl Subdivision will utilize a four-team playoff format to determine the national champion. A selection committee will choose the four playoff teams based on their performance during the regular season, including strength of schedule, head-to-head Pitt’s 1976 national championship was trumpeted on the cover of results, championships won and other factors. The teams will be Sports Illustrated. seeded so that #1 will play #4 in one semifinal and #2 will meet #3 PITT IS THIS in the other. This year’s semifinal games will be played at the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl on December 29, 2018. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be played on January 7, 2019, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Los Angeles Rams tackle Aaron Donald, the 2017 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, was the most decorated defensive player in college football as a Pitt senior in 2013. 156 PITT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 157 PITT AND THE HEISMAN TROPHY FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS YEAR NAME POS. Legendary tailback Tony Dorsett was selected as the winner of the Heisman Trophy in MEDIA 1976, the same season he led the Panthers to the national title with a 12-0 record. While 1914 Rob ert Peck C Dorsett is Pitt’s lone winner of the Heisman, the Panthers have had eight total players 1915 Rob ert Peck* C finish in the top five in the final balloting. Pitt players have finished in the top 10 of the 1916 Rob ert Peck* C Heisman voting 14 times. 1916 James Herron* E PREVIEW 1916 Andy Hastings F 1916 Claude Thornhill G 2003 1975 1937 1917 H.C. Carlson E 1. Jason White Oklahoma 1. Archie Griffin Ohio State 1. Clint Frank Yale 1917 Jock Sutherland* G 2. Larry Fitzgerald Pittsburgh 2. Chuck Muncie California 2. Byron White Colorado 3. Ricky Bell Southern 1917 Dale Sies* G 3. Eli Manning Mississippi 3. Marshall Goldberg Pittsburgh STAFF California 1917 George McLaren F 4. Chris Perry Michigan 4. Alex Fordham 4. Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh Wojciechowicz 5. Darren Sproles Kansas State 1918 Leonard Hilty* T 5. Joe Washington Oklahoma 5. Joe Kilgrow Alabama Quadree Henderson was a 2016 consensus All-America return man. 1918 Tom Davies* B 1987 PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER 1. Tim Brown Notre Dame 1938 YEAR NAME POS. YEAR NAME POS. OTHER TOP 10 HEISMAN FINISHES BY 1918 George McLaren* F 1. Davey O’Brien TCU PITT PLAYERS: 1938 Bill Daddio E 1981 Dan Marino QB 2. Don McPherson Syracuse 1920 Tom Davies B Matt Cavanaugh (seventh, 1977) 2. Marshall Goldberg Pittsburgh 1941 Ralph Fife G 1981 Julius Dawkins SE 3. Gordon Lockbaum Holy Cross 1920 Herb Stein* C 3. Sid Luckman Columbia Mike Ditka (sixth, 1960) 4. Lorenzo White Michigan 1949 Bernie Barkouskie G 1982 Jimbo Covert* OT 1921 Herb Stein* C State 4. Bob MacLeod Dartmouth Bill Fralic (sixth, 1984; eighth, 1983) 1952 Eldred Kraemer T 1982 Bill Maas DT 1925 Ralph Chase* T 5. Craig “Ironhead” Pittsburgh 5. Vic Bottari California Edgar “Special Delivery” Jones (seventh, 1941) 1952 Joe Schmidt LB 1982 Bill Fralic OT Heyward 1927 Bill Kern T 2017 SEASON 2017 Dan Marino (ninth, 1982) 1956 Joe Walton# E 1983 Bill Fralic# OT 1981 1927 Gil bert Welch# B 1. Marcus Allen Southern 1958 John Guzik* G 1984 Bill Fralic# OT California 1928 Mike Getto* T 1960 Mike Ditka# E 1986 Randy Dixon* OT 2. Herschel Walker Georgia 1929 Joe Donchess# E 1963 Paul Martha* B 1986 Tony Woods* DE 3. Jim McMahon Brigham 1929 Ray Montgomery* G Young 1963 Ernie Borghetti T 1987 Ezekial Gadson LB 1929 Toby Uansa H BOOK RECORD 4. Dan Marino Pittsburgh 1973 Tony Dorsett RB 1987 Craig Heyward* RB 1929 Thomas Parkinson B 5. Art Schlichter Ohio State 1974 Tony Dorsett RB 1988 Mark Stepnoski* OG 1931 Jesse Quatse* T 1980 1974 Gary Burley MG 1988 Jerry Olsavsky LB 1932 Joe Skladany* E 1. George Rogers South 1975 Tony Dorsett RB 1989 Marc Spindler DT Carolina 1932 War ren Heller# B 1976 Tony Dorsett# RB 1990 Brian Greenfield* P 2. Hugh Green Pittsburgh 1933 Joe Skladany* H HISTORY HISTORY 1976 Al Romano* MG 1994 Ruben Brown OT 3. Herschel Walker Georgia 1934 Charles Hartwig* E 4. Mark Herrmann Purdue 1977 Matt Cavanaugh QB 2000 Antonio Bryant* WR 1934 George Shotwell* G 5. Jim McMahon Brigham 1977 Randy Holloway* DT 2003 Larry Fitzgerald# WR Young 1934 Isadore Weinstock C 1977 Bob Jury* DB 2006 H.B. Blades LB 1935 Art Detzel T 1976 1977 Tom Brzoza* C 2008 Scott McKillop LB FOOTBALL PRO 1. Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh 1936 Averell Daniell* T 1978 Hugh Green* DE 2009 Dorin Dickerson TE 2. Ricky Bell Southern 1936 Wil li am Glassford G California 1978 Gor don Jones WR 2010 Jabaal Sheard DE 1937 Frank Souchak E 3. Rob Lytle Michigan 1979 Hugh Green# DE 2013 Aaron Donald# DT 1937 Bill Daddio E 4. Terry Miller Oklahoma 1980 Hugh Green# DE 2014 James Conner RB State 1937 Tony Matisi* T THIS IS PITT IS THIS 1980 Mark May# OT 2016 Quadree Henderson* KR 5. Tom Kramer Rice 1937 Marshall Goldberg* B 1981 Sal Sunseri* LB 2016 Dorian Johnson OG 1938 Marshall Goldberg# B Tony Dorsett was the runaway winner in the 1976 Heisman Trophy balloting with 2,357 points.