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This Week In College Football History, Nov. 20-26
Courtesy of The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc.
November 19, 2007
FEATURED MOMENT:
Nov. 20, 1935: SMU edges College Football Hall-of-Famer Sam Baugh and TCU 20-14 in a battle of Nos. 1 and 2 at Fort Worth, Texas. The Mustangs use a 45-yard pass from Bob Finley to All-SWC back Bobby Wilson for the deciding score to advance to the Rose Bowl versus Stanford.
OTHER NOTABLE DATES:
Nov. 21, 1925: Indiana and Purdue meet for the first time with the Old Oaken Bucket Trophy on the line. The teams tie 0-0 in this contest and share the trophy six months each for the next year. It also marks the dedication of IU’s original Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.
Nov. 22, 2003: Utah becomes the first school to shut out Brigham Young in an NCAA-record 361 games with a 3-0 blanking in Provo, Utah. The victory also gives the Utes their first Mountain West Conference football crown.
Nov. 23, 1968: Still remembered as “The Game of All The Games,” Harvard roars back from a 29-13 deficit in the final 42 seconds to tie Yale 29-29. The teams also tie for the Ivy League championship as they are each 8-0 entering “The Game.” Harvard’s student newspaper, the Crimson, headlines its story: “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.” One of the noted participants in the game is Crimson lineman and future acting great Tommy Lee Jones.
Nov. 24, 1994: Florida races to a 31-3 lead over Florida State with 13 minutes left in the game before the Seminoles stage one of their greatest comebacks in school history to end the contest in a 31-31 deadlock. FSU quarterback Danney Kanell completes 18-of-22 passes for 232 yards in the final period, and the Seminoles go for a tying extra-point kick with 1:45 remaining after a four-TD quarter.
Nov. 25, 1972: Oklahoma topples Nebraska 17-14 to capture the Big Eight Conference title and close the regular season at 9-1. Coach Chuck Fairbanks’ final OU squad features 2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductee center Tom Brahaney opening holes for OU backs and sparking a comeback from a 14-0 deficit in Lincoln, Neb. Hall of Famers Johnny Rodgers (53 yards rushing) of Nebraska and Greg Pruitt (missed game due to an injury) of Oklahoma also are members of these teams.
Nov 26, 1896: At the Chicago Coliseum - indoors and lighted - Michigan falls to Chicago 7-6. It is at this game that Maroons’ head coach and NFF College Hall of Fame member Amos Alonzo Stagg tells his team to call its plays about 10 yards behind, instead of at, the line of scrimmage. He instructs Chicago players to put their arms over each others’ shoulders and “huddle up” offensively because of the noise of the enclosed arena. Many credit the modern-day huddle to this game. |
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