History of College Football

Today we discuss the day Harvard beat Yale 29-29, Nov 23rd, 1968. On Nov 23rd, 1968, the Harvard Crimson entered ‘The Game’, 8-0. The Yale Bulldogs entered ‘The Game’ 8-0. The Ivy League title was at stake for arguably the Ivy League’s and quite possibly, college football's most intense rivalry. The Crimson trailed the game 29-13 late in the 4th quarter. Then the Crimson went on a 14 play, 86 yd d...

Today we discuss the first Division I schools to play college football, 1869-1889.

Today we discuss the game on Nov 5, 1949 when Wyoming defeated Northern Colorado (then Colorado State Greeley) 103-0. Since that day no Division 1-A team has scored more points.

Today we offer a comparative look at the greatest Notre Dame coaches.

Today we discuss the 1929 Ohio Bobcats, one of the most dominant teams in college football history, undefeated, united and nearly un-scored upon.

Today we discuss the 1922 West Virginia  Mountaineers, 10-0-1, as dominant a team as Morgantown ever produced, that included a 6-game run where they outscored opponents 150-0.

Today we discuss the 1954 season of the UCLA Bruins, about as unappreciated a team as any in history.

Today we discuss the 1973 college football season, a season where after the bowl games and the dust settled, 6 teams still remained undefeated.

Today we discuss Coach Jake Gaither 's Florida A&M Rattlers remarkable 1959-1962 seasons.

Today we discuss 35 moments in CFB history that no one ever wants to see repeated, No. 18 to 35 from 1940 to present. There were moments in CFB that were difficult to watch, hard to comprehend and we knew we never wanted to see them again. We will cover some of these moments and please understand they cover broad range in the long history of college football. From the desolate to the tragic, from...

Today we discuss 35 moments in CFB history that no one ever wants to see repeated, No. 1 to 17 from 1869 to 1939. There were moments in CFB that were difficult to watch, hard to comprehend and we knew we never wanted to see them again. We will cover some of these moments and please understand they cover broad range in the long history of college football. From the desolate to the tragic, from the...

Today we discuss legendary coach Mike Donahue, Auburn Tigers, 1904-06 & 1908-1922. Mike Donahue coached the Auburn Tigers for 18 seasons, for all but one year from 1904-1922 and compiled a 99-35-5, winning 73% of his games. He forged two legendary teams, one national championship, another that was un-scored upon, a 23-game beaten streak, and an epic upset.

Today we discuss the Princeton football team of the 1800s, a dominance like no other.

Today we discuss Tommy Nobis, Texas Longhorns, 1965 Outland Trophy winner.

Today we discuss Doak Walker, SMU Mustangs, 1948 Heisman Trophy winner and one of only three players to finish in the Top 3 in Heisman balloting 3-times.

Today we discuss the 1961 Rose Bowl, a Rose Bowl like no other.

Today we discuss the memorable 1963 season of Sherm Lewis, Michigan State Spartans.

Today we remember the now defunct Bluebonnet Bowl. There once was a time when in the state of Texas, in the city of Houston, a team from Texas more often than not faced off against all comers. The bowl rose in popularity on the 1960s, and then by the 1980s, attendance dwindled. And finally, the bowl became just another defunct bowl. But, there was a time.

Today we discuss the 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions, one of the greatest teams of all-time who did not win a national championship. The Penn State Nittany Lions were 12-0, led the nation in scoring, 47-ppg, and boasted the number 2 and 4 players in Heisman balloting. 

Today we discuss the mysterious 12th man who came out of the stands to play defense for Dartmouth against Princeton in 1935. In the long history of Princeton Tiger football, no game was as strange as the game when on Nov 23, 1935, a fan suddenly jumped out of the end zone stands to play defense for Dartmouth to try and stuff Princeton at the goal line.

Today we discuss the two-game NCAA record rushing barrage by Rueben Mayes, Washington State Cougars. Reuben Mayes, the 6-foot, 208-pound junior from North Battleford, Saskatchewan, rushed for 216 yards in a game where the Cougars scored a whirlwind of 35 points in just 15:14 seconds of game time, and then Mayes topped that achievement the next week as he set an NCAA rushing record of 357 yards and...

Today we discuss legendary coach Eddie Hurt, Morgan State Bears, who compiled a 57 game unbeaten streak from 1931-1938, posting a 54-0-3 record, 57 games without a loss. In this time span, his Bears won 2 HBCU national championships. In 1943, Coach Hurt 1943 team went undefeated-untied-unscored upon. In all, coach Hurt’s Bears won 6 HBCU National Championships in a 17-year span from 1933-1949, inc...

Today we discuss the Houston Cougars from 1962 to 1992, an offensive machine like no other in modern day college football. Bill Yeoman coached the Cougars from 1962-1986, He was followed by Jack Pardee, 1987-1989 and then by John Jenkins 1990-1992. For this 30-year stretch, these 3 coaches put up numbers, points, yards and touchdowns at a frantic, phrenetic rate.

Today we discuss the  most stunning win for each team in the Conference USA in their illustrious history.

Today we discuss undefeated, quarterback Chuck Ealey, Toledo Rockets who is arguably the greatest college football quarterback of all-time. Chuck Ealey is the undefeated quarterback that holds the longest QB winning streak in amateur football history. Chuck Ealey was 18-0 at Notre Dame High School in Portsmouth, Ohio and 35-0 at Toledo.