NCAA Football Frequently Asked Questions

Answer: Skip Hicks

In the second overtime on the first play from scrimmage, Skip Hicks ran 25 yards, breaking several Southern Cal tackles.

Answer: LaVell Edwards

Many people think LaVell Edwards is one of the greatest coaches of all-time, because he stayed with one team for 29 years, and led that team to over 20 Conference Championships, over 20 bowl games, and a national championship in 1984.

Answer: Bellevue(Washington)

Bellevue snapped the De La Salle Sparten's 13 year win steak on Sept 4th at Seahawk Stadium in Seattle. It was De La Salle's first loss since 1991.

Answer: Princeton and Rutgers

Princeton and Rutgers played the first ever college football game on November 6, 1869. The teams, consisting of mostly Civil War veterans, fought a hard battle as Rutgers won the contest by a slim margin of 6-4.

Answer: 26

Probably the most amazing stat about Trung Canidate is that on his 26 touchdown runs he gained 1139 yards. That is an average of 43.8 yards per touchdown carry. His final touchdown run -- in 1999 at Arizona State -- went for 80 yards.

Answer: Tennessee

Tennessee scored 20 points in the forth quarter to beat UVA 23-22 in one of the better Sugar Bowl games in the history of the bowl. UVA started the season 7-0 and ranked #1 but finished the season at 8-4 after losing the Sugar Bowl.

Answer: Terry Donahue

Donahue was a defensive tackle on the squad that beat Michigan State in the 1966 Rose Bowl, and he was the head coach when the Bruins won the Rose Bowl in 1983, 1984, and 1986. Maybe someday Karl Dorrell can become the 2nd. I guess Lincoln would have been a good coach, but his stove pipe hat would have never fit under a helmet.

Answer: Aaron Brooks

If Marcus Vick, a redshirt freshman at Virgina Tech makes it to the NFL as a QB, it will be interesting to see 3 QB's from the same family playing in the NFL.

Answer: 1999-2000

He redshirted his freshman year of college (1999-2000).

Answer: Mount Union

Mount Union won the D-III National Championship in 1993, 96, 97, 98, 00, 01.
Youngstown won the D-IAA National Championships in 1991, 93, 94 and 97.
Findaly won the NAIA National Championships in 1979, 1992, and 1997, tied in 1995 and lost in 1978.

Answer: 12

It was expanded to 14 tams with the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M.

Answer: Georgia

Tony Dorsett played his first game at Pitt against Georgia, which was a tough opponent. Despite this, Dorsett managed to rush for 86 yards on 14 carries, showing his incredible talent and potential. Dorsett went on to have an amazing career at Pitt, becoming the school's only Heisman Trophy winner in 1976. He finished his college career with 6,082 rushing yards and 59 touchdowns, setting numerous records along the way. Dorsett's success at Pitt helped him become a first-round draft pick in the NFL, where he continued to excel as a running back for the Dallas Cowboys.

Answer: Auld Lang Syne

Who wrote the lyrics of "The Good Ole Song" is unclear with some sources suggesting Edward A. Craghill and other sources suggesting a group of students that included Craghill. In either case, the lyrics seem to date from the 1890s. The song is often sung with students embracing and swaying as a group. It is sung after field goals, extra-point/two-point conversions for touchdowns, and (rarely) for safeties.

(sung) That good old song of Wah-hoo-wah-we'll sing it o'er and o'er / It cheers our hearts and warms our blood to hear them shout and roar / We come from old Virginia, where all is bright and gay / Let's all join hands and give a yell for the dear old UVA.
(Chant) Wah-hoo-wah, wah-hoo-wah! Uni-v, Virginia! / Hoo-rah-ray, hoo-rah-ray, ray, ray-UVA!

Answer: 1914

Mississippi State University opened an on campus football facility called New Athletic Field for the 1914 season. In 1920, the facility was renamed Scott Field after star athletic alumnus Don Magruder Scott. In 2001, the stadium was named Davis Wade Stadium after a massive contribution from a school donor named Floyd Davis Wade, Sr.

Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field opened in 1913 making it the oldest stadium in NCAA Division I FBS. In 1915, Ole Miss's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium opened.

Answer: Bobby Dodd

Bobby Dodd Stadium was so named in 1988 in honor of the superb Georgia Tech football coach. Dodd led the Jackets to an overall record of 165-64-8, and he coached one of their four national title winning teams.

Answer: Halfback

Bierman played halfback from 1913 to 1915. He was head coach of the Gophers from 1932-1941 and 1945-1950. In his 16 coaching seasons, the Gophers won 8 conference titles and had 5 undefeated seasons. The team went 93-35-6 under his reign.

Answer: Queensmen

Although scarlet was not officially adopted as the school color until 1900, the Rutgers players did wear scarlet handkerchiefs as a team "uniform" during the 1869 games. Scarlet had been proposed as the school color by the student newspaper, "The Daily Targum" earlier in 1869.

The original name of the Queensmen refers to the original name of Rutgers, Queen's College.

Answer: Hell

The famous quote from Dutch Meyer was "Fight 'em until Hell freezes over, then fight 'em on the ice." Dutch Meyer led TCU to national championships in 1935 and 1938.

Answer: 41

After wearing number 41 and rushing for over 500 yards his freshman season, Locke switched to number 20 his sophmore year.

Answer: LA Coliseum

The LA Coliseum was opened on May 1, 1923, and seats about 93,000 people. It hosted the Olympic games twice, in 1932 and 1984.

Answer: Paul Bryant

Although he would gain much more fame as the head coach at Texas A&M and Alabama, Paul "Bear" Bryant led UK to 8 straight winning seasons and four bowls during his tenure. Miller was the first coach at UK, Shively was the coach before Braynt, and Collier had the unenviable task of replacing him.

Answer: 1958 Sun Bowl

Louisville beat Drake 34-20.

Answer: 2006

They beat Rice in the New Orleans Bowl 41-17 in 2006.