Posts Tagged ‘College football history’
This Week in College Football History
This Week in College Football History: Nov. 15 - Nov. 21 As part of an ongoing series throughout the fall, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame posts This Week in College Football History, which takes a look back at some of college football's landmark moments over the last 141 years. FEATURED MOMENT: November 19, 1983- Historic rivals Harvard and Yale met for the 100th time in New Haven, Conn. Harvard topped the Elis, 16-7, to ... Full Story
This Week in College Football History: Nov. 8 –
As part of an ongoing series throughout the fall, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame posts This Week in College Football History, which takes a look back at some of college football's landmark moments over the last 141 years. FEATURED MOMENT: November 14, 1959- In Athens, No. 12 Georgia came from behind to upset No. 8 Auburn and clinch their first SEC title in a decade. College Football Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton found ... Full Story
This Week in College Football History
Nov. 1 - Nov. 7 FEATURED MOMENT: 1, 1880- National Football Foundation tri-founder Grantland Rice was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Considered one of the greatest American writers and poets of the first half of the 20th century, Rice penned arguably the most famous line in college football history when he wrote, "Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again," dubbing the famed Four Horsemen of Notre Dame in 1924. Rice combined with ... Full Story
This Week In College Football History: Oct. 11 –
This Week in College Football History: Oct. 11 - Oct. 17 As part of an ongoing series throughout the fall, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame posts This Week in College Football History, which takes a look back at some of college football's landmark moments over the last 141 years. FEATURED MOMENT: October 14, 1961- Led by its captain, future NFF board member and Campbell Trophy namesake Bill Campbell, Columbia snapped Yale's 11-game winning streak ... Full Story
