Trivia about NCAA Football

Answer: Marshall

"The decade, the Dynasty". The Thundering Herd not only produced great NCAA teams, but some great NFL talent including Randy Moss and Chad Pennington.

Answer: Joe Aillet Stadium

"The Joe" was opened in 1968 and has a capacity of 30,600.

Answer: 3

Dennis Michie coached the team in 1890, and again in 1892. Ernest Graves served as co-head coach (with Henry Smither) in 1906, and was again head coach in 1912. Charles Daly served as coach from 1913-16 and again from 1919-20. Michie posted a 3-2-1 record. Graves had a 7-2-1 record. Daly had a 58-13-3 record.

Answer: Aggies

In 1911, the school was known as the Aggies, because it was an agricultural school. The name changed to the Gorrillas in 1925, which became the Warriors in 1930, and eventually a name that stuck (Indians) their debut in 1931.

Answer: Al Michaels

Michaels graduated from ASU in 1967 and began his broadcasting career in Hawaii in 1968, calling the games of the Hawaii Islanders baseball team in the Pacific Coast League.

Answer: Team went 2-0

In 1903, the Wildcats coached by Orin A. Kates, completed the school's second straight unbeaten season. They posted two victories, both over the Tucson Indians. They opened the season with a 28-0 victory, and closed the season with a 21-10 victory. Both were home games.

Answer: Heisman was neither an employee nor a student at Butchel College.

This was the only football game that Heisman ever coached for Butchel College. This was also the only game that Butchel played that season. He was hired in 1893 to coach the baseball team and to be the gymnasium director, but the board of directors eliminated his position before the football season started, so he was no longer a college employee.

Answer: Bill Parcells

In 1978, Bill Parcells posted a 3-8 record in his only season as the AFA coach. The team started out 2-0 with wins over Texas El-Paso (34-25) and Boston College (18-7) before losing 5 straight games and 8 of their last nine games. They team also beat Kent State (26-10) that season.

Answer: Linebacker

Smith was an All American linebacker for Georgia Tech.

Answer: Marvin Goodwin

UCLA avoided the come-from-behind loss when safety Marvin Goodwin intercepted a pass in the end zone on a third and goal play in the final seconds of the game.

Answer: Brandon Doman

Brandon Doman went to the NFL and played two seasons, before returning to BYU in 2005 to be the Quarterback's Coach.

Answer: Demetris Summers

Summers rushed for over 100 yards in 46 straight games. He later became a running back for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Answer: Tom Tunnicliffe

Tom Tunnicliffe gained 7618 yards from 1980-83. He also holds the record for most career TD passes, with 46.

Answer: Gutty Little Bruins

UCLA often overcame its lack of physical size with speed, determination, teamwork, and the trickery of coach Tommy Prothro.

Answer: Dave Jorgensen

He was out past the midnight curfew with Dave and as a result was benched early on. Rex played the second half of the second quarter and the Gators dismantled the Maryland Terps (56-23) that game.

Answer: He was not drafted

Tailback Damien Anderson signed with the Cardinals as a free agent. He was not drafted because of a shoulder injury in 2001.

Answer: Aggies

In 1925, when Michigan Agricultural College was renamed Michigan State College, the college had a contest to replace the old nickname of "Aggies". The nickname Michigan Staters was chosen. George S. Alderton (sports editor of the Lansing State Journal), decided the name was not good for newspaper writing and he wanted to find a better one. Alderton found "Spartans" in the left over contest entries and selected that one. Unfortunately, he forgot to write down the name on the entry, so no one knows who really came up with the nickname.

Answer: Yeomen

Oberlin College is located in ... Oberlin, Ohio, SW of Clevlend.

Answer: Charlie Ward

Quarterback Charlie Ward of Florida State was drafted as a point guard by the New York Knicks in the 1994 draft.

Answer: Colorado

Not only did they need five downs but the got a generous spot on the fifth down touchdown by Charles Johnson.

Answer: Arizona

Washington is the Huskies, Oregon State the Beavers, and Arizona State the Sun Devils.

Answer: Navy

Tony Dorsett set the then NCAA career rushing record of 6,082 yards while playing for the University of Pittsburgh. He achieved this feat during a game against Navy in 1976. Dorsett went on to win the Heisman Trophy that same year, becoming Pitt's only Heisman winner to date. Interestingly, Dorsett's record stood for over two decades until it was broken by another Pitt running back, Ricky Williams, in 1998.

Answer: George Welsh

George Welsh (1933-2019) was not only the first Virginia coach to reach 100 wins, but he was the first to reach 50 wins. The most successful Virginia coaches before Welsh was Frank Murray who had a record of 41-34-5 (1937-1945) and Art Guepe (1946-1951) with a a record of 41-17-2. His record (1982-2000) was 134-86-3 overall and 85-51-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Interestingly, during his time as head coach of Navy (1973-1981), he was the then-most successful coach in Navy's history, with a record of 55-46-1. He would lead the Cavalier to a 12 Bowl Games, winning 4 and co-championships of the ACC in 1989 and 1995.

Dick Bestwick (1976-1981) had a record of 19-46 at Virginia. George Blackburn (1965-1970) had a record of 28-33 at Virginia.

Answer: 1941

The Mississippi State University football team win its only Southeastern Conference football championship. The team had a record of four conference wins, no conference losses and one conference tie that season. In 1998, Mississippi State University football team lost the Southeastern Conference football championship game to the University of Tennessee football team.