3. The first college football game was played between
Rutgers College (Now Rutgers University) and
College of New Jersey (Now Princeton University)

4. Michigan has the most wins all time with
877

6. Given to the most prestigious player in the
nation!

7. Known originally as the
DAC Trophy when it was
first presented to Jay
Berwagner, the legendary
“one man gang” of the
University of Chicago on
December 9, 1935.
However, reference to the
award as the DAC Trophy
was only used once.
Following the death of John
Heisman in October 1936,
who at the time was the
Director of Athletics at the
Downtown Athletic Club,
the award was renamed the
Heisman Memorial
Trophy. Now, yearly, is
given to the top College
Football Player in America!

8. Eight of the seventy four Heisman Trophy winners are in the Pro
Football Hall of Fame!

9. Four have been named MVP of a
Super Bowl!

10. -There have been
140 National
Championship
Trophies
Awarded!
-Princeton was
the first title
winner!
-Princeton has
won the most
titles of all time
with 28
-Yale is second
with 26,
followed by
Michigan with
22!

11. 1936…
The Poll
Championship
Era Begins!!!

12. ALABAMA … 8 NOTRE DAME … 8

13. Most National Championships by conferences
since 1936
Big 12 - 18
SEC - 18
Big 10 - 15
Independents - 10
ACC - 10
PAC 10 - 9

14. B C S
Instated at the beginning of the 1998 season, became the new way
for determining who should play for a National Championship.

15.  Oklahoma has 16 times
been ranked No. 1 in the
BCS standings, followed
by USC and Ohio State at
15. Florida State and
Miami have been first
seven times. Interestingly,
Oklahoma has lost its last
four BCS bowl games and
has won only one BCS
title, in 2000.
 The team that has gotten
the most bang for BCS
buck is Louisiana State,
which has won two
national titles despite
having spent only two
weeks at the No.1 position
during the regular season.
In 2003, LSU finished
second behind Oklahoma
and beat the Sooners and
last year LSU finished
second behind Ohio State
and beat the Buckeyes.

16.  That would be our
one-hit wonder UCLA
Bruins, who were the
first No. 1 team in
BCS history. UCLA
fell behind Ohio State
the next week and has
never returned to the
top.
 The only schools that
started No. 1 and
ended up winning the
national title were
Florida State in 1999
and USC in 2004.

18. College football’s largest margin of victory came in
1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by
a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15
minutes.

20. Following a number of deaths, President
Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban college
football in 1906.
In 1905, 18 men were killed in college football
games, and 159 were permanently injured.