Recently I have been looking for some good NCAA Facts, but the information is so scattered, incomplete and unreliable that I simply had to do something.. Finally i said to myself Damnit Tgemayel, you parents didn’t raise you to be Nick Saban(or, as other people call it, a quitter). I don’t think your parents raised you that way either Internet. If you have any facts you would like to add, email me the fact andthe source. Bare with me while i compile them together
- Alabama is one of the most storied programs in college football history, claiming 12 national, championships 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992
- Alabama has won a total of 25 conference championships, including 21 SEC Championships. The school has won more SEC football titles than any other school, with two coming since the conference split into separate divisions adding a Championship Game.
- Alabama leads the NCAA in undefeated, untied seasons with 8 seasons of perfect records, andis second behind the Oklahoma Soonersinnumber of ten-win seasons, with 28.
- Alabama leads the SEC West Division with its 5 appearances in the SEC Championship game, and has a winning record against every other SEC team.
- The Associated Press (AP) ranks Alabama 5th in All Time Final AP Poll appearances.
- Alabama has 787 wins over 112 years of football, Alabama ranks 6th all-time in win-loss records in the NCAA.
- Alabama plays its home games at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and has a capacity of 92,138. .
- There are 16 former players and 3 former coaches of Alabama inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
- The Arizona State Sun Devils football team was founded in 1897
- Sun Devil Stadium has a capacity of 73,656
- Arizona State has played in 24 bowls, and has a record of 12-11-1
- The Sun Devils have played in the Fiesta Bowl six times
- The Sun Devils have won 1o conference titles (3 PAC-10, 7 WAC)
- Arizona State has an all time record of 527–329–24
- Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium has a capacity of 87,451. It is the ninth-largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA.
- Auburn has an all-time winning percentage of 676-388-47 (.630)
- Auburn’s bowl record is 19-13-2
- Auburn’s first bowl appearance was in the 1936 season. They played in the Bacardi Bowl played in Havana, Cuba
- The Tigers have twenty-four 9+ win seasons,
- The Tigers have eleven undefeated seasons
- Auburn has won ten conference championships (6 SEC)
- The Associated Press poll statistics show Auburn with the 11th best national record of being ranked in the final AP Poll
- Since the Coaches Poll first released a final poll in 1950, Auburn has 33 seasons where the team finished in the top 20 in both the AP and Coaches Polls
- Auburn has the 13th most wins in D-1A college football
- Auburn has two Heisman trophywinners, Quarterback Pat Sullivan (1971), and Running Back Bo Jackson (1985)
- The Heisman is the namesake award of former Auburn coach John Heisman
- Auburn has 62 All-Americans
- Auburn Heisman winner Bo Jackson is the only pro athlete to ever be named an All-Star in two sports (NFL and AL)
- Gameboy made Bo Jackson his own gane, Hit andRun. It featured both baseball and football
- The Broncos have been a part of six different conferences
- Boise State was featured in a Jordan Brand commercial
- Boise State has been to 9 total bowl games, all in the past 9 seasons.
- Boise State’s bowl record is 6-3
- Boise State’s Junior College Record was 199-61-9 (.757)
- Boise State’s Overall Record is: 328-142-2 (.698 )
- Boise State’s WAC Record is 52-4 (.929)
- Boise State has won two national championships. One Junior college in 1958, and one Division I-AA in 1980
- Boise State has 13 conference titles ( 6 Big Sky, 2 Big West, and 5 WAC)
- Boise State has only one retired jersey, number 12, quarterback Jim McMillan
- Boise State has 29 All-Americans
- Boise State only has one college football hall of famer, Defensive Tackle, Randy Trautman
- Boston College began its football program in 1892
- Boston College has an All-Time record of 601-419-36 (.589)
- Boston College has a postseason bowl record of 13-6
- Boston College has won two conference titles ( Big East 2004, and ACC 2007)
- Boston College played its first official game against the St. John’s Literary Institute of Cambridge
- Notre Dame is the only other Catholic university playing NCAA Division I-A football
- Boston College has only one Heisman trophy winner, Quarterback Doug Floutie, 1984
- BYU holds the NCAA record for most consecutive games without being shutout ( 361 games over 28 years)
- BYU’s record All-Time is: 470-367-26
- The Cougars have won 23 conference championships
- BYU won the national championship in 1984
- BYU has played in 26 bowl games and has a record of 9-16-1
- BYU has played in the Holiday Bowl 11 times (4 wins, 6 losses, 1 tie)
- BYU has 15 top 25 finishes
- BYU played in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on December 21, marking the only time a national champion played in (and won) a bowl game before New Year’s Day
- BYU has only one Heisman winner, Quarterback Ty Detmer in 1990
- BYU has 5 members in the college football hall of fame. Four quarterbacks, and one coach.
- The University Of California Bears have an All-Time record of 590-458-51
- The University Of California Bears have an All-Time conference record of 257-291-21
- The University Of California Bears have played in 17 bowl games and has a record of 8-8-1
- The University Of California plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium. Built to honor Berkeley alumni, students, and other Californians who died in World War I.
- California Memorial Stadium is modeled after the Colosseum in Rome
- California Memorial has a stadium capacity of 73,347
- The University Of California Bears have won 14 conference titles
- The University Of California Bears have had 26 All-Americans selections
- The University Of California Bears have 18 players and coaches in the college football hall of fame
- The University Of California Bears have had 19 coaches in its history
- The University Of California Bears currently have 36 players in the NFL
- The University Of California Bears have won two National Championships (1920 and 1937)
- The Central Michigan Chippewas have an All-Time record of 551-348-36
- The Central Michigan Chippewas have a bowl record of 1-3-0
- The Central Michigan Chippewas have won 16 conference titles (6 MAC)
- The Central Michigan Chippewas have won only one national title. It was division II in 1974
- The Central Michigan Chippewas currently have 8 players in the NFL
- Central Michigan quarterback Dan LeFevour became the second player in FBS history to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in the same season (Vince Young was the first)
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The Clemson Tigers have an All-Time Winning record of 625–426–45 (.591)
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The Clemson Tigers play in Memorial Stadium. It has a capacity of 80,301
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The Clemson Tigers have played in 30 bowl games and have a record of 15-15
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C.J. Spiller is the only Clemson Tiger to return kickoffs for touchdowns in back to back games
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The Clemson Tigers have won 18 conference titles
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The Clemson Tigers currently have 6 members in the college football hall of fame
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The Clemson Tigers currently have 15 members in the NFL
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John Heisman coached the Clemson Tigers for 5 years, leading them to a 19-3-2 record, including their first undefeated season. John Hesiman is the namesake of the Heisman Trophy.
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The Colorado Buffaloes play at Folsom Field. It has a capacity of 53,750
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The Colorado Buffaloes have an played at Folsom Field since 1923
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The Colorado Buffaloes have an All-Time record is 658-419-36 (.608 )
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The Colorado Buffaloes have an All-Time home record of 283-146-14
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The Colorado Buffaloes are 16th on the all-time win list and 22nd in all-time winning percentage.
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The Colorado Buffaloes have played in 27 bowl games and have a record of 12–15
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The Colorado Buffaloes have won 26 conference titles
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The Colorado Buffaloes have 5 members in the college football hall of fame (4 players, 1 coach)
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The Colorado Buffaloes have had 23 coaches throughout their history
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The Colorado Buffaloes won the national championship in 1990 (shared with Georgia Tech)
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The Colorado Buffaloes have 61 All-Americans
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The Colorado Buffaloes have one Heisman Trophy winner, Tailback Rashaan Salaam
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The Colorado Buffaloes currently have 21 players in the NFL
- The 2007 University of ConneticutHuskies team is just the secondin Big East History to finish with 7 home wins in a season (1993 West Virginia is the other)
- The University of Connecticut Huskies beat their first ranked in opponent in 2007 against USF
- The Huskies have been to two bowl games
- For the first time since the BCS inception, Uconnfinished with a top 25 ranking (#25)
- The Fresno State Bulldogs have an All-Time record of 522-356-27
- The Fresno State Bulldogs have played in 16 bowl games, with a record of 9-7-0
- The Fresno State Bulldogs have won 23 conference titles
- The Fresno State Bulldogs play their home games at Bulldog Stadium. It has a crowd capacity of 41,031
- The Fresno State Bulldogs are members of the WAC
- The Fresno State Bulldogs display a green “V” on their helmets, uniforms, and on the field symbolizing the agricultural valley from which they draw their support
- The Fresno State Bulldogs first established a football team in 1921
- The Fresno State Bulldogs currently have 20 players in the NFL
- The Fresno State Bulldogs have had 16 coaches
- The Florida State Seminoles have an All-Time record of 450–215–17 (.677)
- The Florida State Seminoles have played in 35 bowl games. They have an overall record of 20–13–2
- The Florida State football team began in 1899
- The Florida State Seminoles play their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. It has a capacity of 82,300
- The Florida State Seminoles finished in the top five of the AP Poll for 14 straight years (1987-2000)
- The Florida State Seminoles have won 15 conference titles (3 dixie, 12 ACC)
- Doak Campbell Stadium is named after after former Florida State President Doak S. Campbell
- Doak Campbell Stadium had an original capacity of 15,000
- Doak Campbell Stadium is the largest football stadium in the Atlantic Coast Conference
- The Florida State Seminoles have had 9 coaches
- Bobby Bowden has coached more seasons (33) then all other Seminole coaches combined (8 coaches, 32 seasons)
- The Florida State Seminoles have won two national championships (1993 and 1999)
- The Florida State Seminoles have two Heisman Trophy winners. Quaterbacks Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke
- The Florida State Seminoles two most common bowl opponents are the University Of Oklahoma (1-3 record) and The University Of Nebraska (4-0)
- The Florida State Seminoles have been to the Orange Bowl 8 times
- Actor Burt Reynolds played for the Seminoles
- Florida State currently has 53 players in the NFL
- The Florida State Seminoles have 7 retired jerseys ( #2 Deion Sanders, #16 Chris Weinke, #17 Charlie Ward, #25 Fred Biletnikoff, #28 Warrick Dunn, #34 Ron Sellers, #50 Ron Simmons)
- At the age of 28, Chris Weinke is the oldest player to ever win the Heisman
- The University Of Illinois started a football program in the year 1890
- The Fighting Illini have an All-Time record of 595–456–49 (.541)
- The Fighting Illini have a played in 15 bowl games and have a record of 6-9-0
- The Fighting Illini play their home games in Memorial Stadium. It has a crowd capacity of 65,143
- The Fighting Illini have won four national championships. (1914, 1919, 1923, and 1927)
- The Fighitng Illini have won 15 conference titles (All Big-Ten)
- The Fighting Illini have had 15 All-Americans
- The Fighting Illini have two retired jerseys (#50 Dick Butkus, #77 Harold “Red” Grange)
- The Fighting Illini have 15 players in the college football hall of fame
- The Fighting Illini have 6 players in the pro football hall of fame
- The Fighting Illini currently have 24 players in the NFL
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have an All-Time record of 554–538–58 (.507)
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have played in 11 bowl games and has a record of 5-6-0
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have won 4 conference titles
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have had 12 All-Americans
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks play their home games in Memorial Stadium. It has a crowd capacity of 50,071
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have had a football team since 1890
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have played an annual game with the University Of Nebraska since 1905
- Memorial Stadium was built in 1921
- From 1969-2004 the Huskers compiled 36 consecutive victories against Kansas, second longest in NCAA Division I
- Kansas beat Nebraska 76-39 in Memorial Stadium on November 3, 2007. This was the largest number of points ever surrendered by a Nebraska team
- The University of Kansas Jayhawks have the all-time NCAA Division I-A record for number of tie games with 57
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have appeared in the Orange Bowl more then any other bowl game (3)
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have 3 retired numbers (#21 John Hadl, #42 Ray Evans, #48 Gale Sayers)
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks currently have 8 players in the NFL
- The University Of Kansas Jayhawks have had 36 coaches
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals have an All-Time record of 431–411–17 (.510)
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals have played in 14 bowl games. They have a record of 6-7-1
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals have won 6 conference titles
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals play their home games in Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium. It has a crowd capacity of 42,000
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals started their first football season in 1912
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals have been to the Liberty bowl (4 appearances) more then any other bowl game.
- The University Of Louisville Cardinals have made 9 straight bowl appearances
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The LSU Tigers have an all-time record of 693–378–47 (.640)
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The LSU Tigers have played in 39 bowl games, and have a record of 20-18-1
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The LSU Tigers played their first football season in 1893
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The LSU Tigers play their home games at Tiger Stadium, which has a crowd capacity of 92,400
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The LSU Tigers have the 12th most wins in NCAA history
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The LSU Tigers have the 4th most wins in the SEC
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The LSU Tigers have been members of the SEC conference since 1932
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The LSU Tigers have won 13 conference titles (10 SEC)
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The LSU Tigers have won 7 divisional titles
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The LSU Tigers have won the national championship in 1958, 2003, and 2007
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The LSU Tigers are the only team to win the BCS national championship twice
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The LSU Tigers have been named national champions by outside polls in the years of 1908, 1935, 1936 and 1962
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The LSU Tigers have had 52 All-Americans
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The only year the Tigers did not have a football team was in 1918 due to WW1
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The first time LSU defeated a #1 ranked team was in 1997 against the Florida Gators
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When LSU beat #4 ranked Auburn, the crowd reaction was so intense, that it registered as an earthquake on the seismograph in LSU’s Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex
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The LSU Tigers have 6 players in the college football hall of fame
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The LSU Tigers have 5 coaches in the college football hall of fame
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The LSU Tigers have one Heisman Trophy winner, running back/tight end Billy Cannon
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The LSU Tigers have had 32 coaches
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Former LSU coach Charles McClendon holds coaching records for longest tenure (18 seasons) most wins (137) most bowl appearances (12) and most bowl wins (7)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have an All-Time record of 545–302–19 (.644)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes started their football team in 1926
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes are the winningest program of the last quarter century
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes play their home games at Dolphin Stadium. It has a crowd of capacity of 76,500
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have played in 31 bowl games, and have a record of 18-13
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have had 72 All-Americans
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have won 9 conference titles (All Big-East)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have had 20 coaches
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have won 5 national championships (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes hold the record for the longest home winning streak in NCAA history with 58 straight victories
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Andy Gustafson had the longest coaching tenure with the Miami Hurricanes (16 seasons)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes were originally called the Miami Warriors
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes first bowl game was January 1st, 1933
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes had their first college All-American in 1950 (Al Carapella)
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The University Of Miami’s first and only 3 time All-American was Defensive end, Ted Hendricks
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Ted Hendrick’s 327 career tackles is the most ever by a UM Lineman
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes became the first major college in the Deep South with an African-American football player on scholarship with the addition of Wide Reciever Ray Bellamy
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes own the record for the longest home winning streak in NCAA history, winning 58 straight games at the Orange Bowl.
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The University of Miami Hurricanes are one of two universities to snap four opponents’ win streaks of 20 games or more in its history. The other is Princeton
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have had 39 consecutive regular season wins (2000-2003)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes went 188 Consecutive Games without being shut out: (1979-94)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes set an NFL Draft Record for the most players drafted in the first round in a single year with 6 in 2004
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have the record for the most first-round draft picks in a two-year period with 11 from 2003-2004
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have the record for the most first-round draft picks in a three-year period with 15 from 2002-2004
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have the record for the most first-round picks in a four-year period with 19 from 2001-2004
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During the the past 14 years, the University of Miami Hurricanes have had at least one player selected in the first round of the NFL draft. This is the longest record in NFL draft history
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes most common bowl destination is the Orange bowl (9 times 6-3)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes most common bowl opponent is Nebraska (6 times 4-2)
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes hold the edge with their Rival, University Of Florida Gators, 28-25
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Universities 1988 game starred an unbelievable 57 future NFL pros on the combined rosters.
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The University Of Miami Hurricane and Florida State Universities rivalry is a television ratings bonanza, having accounted for the two highest rated college football, regular season or bowl game telecasts in ESPN history
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes have two Heisman Trophy winners, quarterback Vinny Testaverde (1986) and quarterback Gino Torretta
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Gino Torreta holds the University Of Miami Hurricanes record for passing yards in a single game with 486 against San Jose State
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes smoke screen entrance was originally developed in 1950 by school transportation director Bob Nalette. It has since been copied by many NFL and college teams
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Since 1985, the The Miami Hurricanes have gone 196-6 (97%) in regular-season games in which they held a lead entering the fourth quarter
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The University Of Miami has earned the designation of ‘Quarterback U’ as a result of the football program turning out a number of high-profile quarterback prospects in succession, including Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Walsh, Craig Erickson, Gino Torretta, and Ken Dorsey.
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As of the 2006 season, the University of Miami has more of its alumni on active NFL rosters than any other college or university in the nation.
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The University Of Miami Hurricanes currently have 54 players in the NFL
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In highschool Ed Reed was a state champion in the javelin. Reed also participated in javelin at Miami and was all Big East
- Michigan’s Stadium has the NCAA’s largest stadium capacity holding 107,501
- Michigan has the most all-time (869) wins and highest all-time winning percentage (.745) in NCAA Division I-A history
- Michigan began competing in intercollegiate football in 1879
- Michigan has won or shared 42 league titles, more than any other football program in any conference in NCAA history
- Michigan has he most winning seasons (110)
- Michigan has the most undefeated seasons in Division 1-A football (25)
- Michigan is one of only three schools with a winning record against every Division 1-A conference, including independent schools such as Notre Dame.
- The 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team is the only undefeated, untied, and unscored-upon football team to also win the Rose Bowl without being scored upon.
- Michigan has the largest scoring delta (points for minus points against) in college football history
- Michigan has the highest all-time strength of schedule rating in college football
- Michigan has the highest NCAA home attendance every year since 1974, except for 1997[
- Michigan has the largest crowd to ever attend an NCAA football game: 112,118 on November 22, 2003, at Michigan Stadium vs. Ohio State
- Michigan has the longest current streak of over 100,000 in attendance at home (208 games)
- Michigan has the most televised school in college football history (382 televised games)
- Michigan has the longest current streak of non-losing seasons (40 seasons; 1968-present)
- Michigan has the longest current streak of bowl game appearances (33 seasons; 1975-present)
- Michigan has the longest current streak of games in Division 1-A since last being shut out (287 games; last time on October 20, 1984, at Iowa)
- Michigan has A nine game winning streak over rival Penn State, the longest winning streak any school has held over Joe Paterno.
- The number one sports rivalry: Michigan-Ohio State, according to ESPN’s “10 Greatest Sports Rivalries”
- The Victors, Michigan’s fight song, is one of the few fight songs in the Hall of Fame
- Michigan has three Heisman winners Running Back Tom Harmon (1940) Wide Receiver andReturn Specialist Desmond Howard (1991) and Corner back Charles Woodson (1997)
- Charles Woodson is the only primarily defensive player to ever win the Heisman
- The Michigan State Spartans have an All-Time record of 592–403–44 (.569)
- The Michigan State Spartans have played in 18 bowl games and have a post season record of 7-11
- The Michigan State Spartans play their home games in Spartan Stadium which has a crowd capacity of 75,005
- Spartan Stadium was completed in the fall of 1923 and had an original capacity of 14,000
- The Michigan State Spartans have won and shared a total of six national championships (1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965 and 1966
- The Michigan State Spartans have won 9 conference titles (6 big ten)
- The Michigan State Spartans have had 73 All-Americans
- The Michigan State Spartans are one of three Big Ten teams to have an annual non-conference football game against the University of Notre Dame.
- The Michigan State Spartans and arch rival University Of Michigan Wolverines play yearly for the Paul Bunyan Trophy
- The Michigan leads the series 34-19-2
- The Paul Bunyan Trophy started in 1953
- At Michigan State football started as a club sport in 1884, and gained varsity status in 1896
- In 2006, The Michigan State Spartans set the NCAA record for biggest comeback in a game against the Northwestern Wildcats. The Michigan State Spartans, after falling behind to the Wildcats 38-3 with 9:54 remaining in the 3rd quarter, rallied to score 38 unanswered points to defeat the Wildcats 41-38
- The Michigan State Spartans have 9 players in the college football Hall of Fame
- The Michigan State Spartans have 2 players in the NFL hall of fame
- The Michigan State Spartans have 1 player in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
- The Michigan State Spartans currently have 34 players in the NFL
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs have an All-Time Record: 481-519-39
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs have appeared in 13 bowl games and have an all-time record of 7-6
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs have produced 14 All-Americans
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs have produced 54 All-SEC members
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs have won one conference championship (SEC 1941)
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs have been affliated with 5 conferences (Independent, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Southern Conference, Southeastern Conference, and the Southeastern Conference (western division)
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs play their home games in Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. It has a crowd capacity of 55,168
- Davis Wade Stadium is the second-oldest football stadium in NCAA FBS football
- The Mississippi State Bulldogs made history by hiring current head coach Sylvester Croom in 2003. He was the first African-American to coach in the SEC
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43 current FSU players in the NFL
-3 from Steelers: Lawrence Timmons, Willie Reid & Bryant McFadden
82 football hall of famers from FSUUUU
peace out.
Who are the top 5 NCAA Division 1 all time leader’s in career tackling? And, how many tackles did each person have?
Who are the top 5 NCAA Divsion 1 single season leader’s in tackles? And, how many tackles did each person have?