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THIS WEEK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY
October 31 – November 6
MORRISTOWN, NJ – October 30, 2004 - This Week In College Football History steps back in time to look at some of football's greatest highlights, record-breaking performances, and interesting facts, which have shaped the game into what it is today. Throughout the season, many of this column’s items are depicted in a changing exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
This Week In College Football is researched and compiled by Pat Harmon, National Football Foundation Historian. *If you choose to use this content in whole or in part, as a courtesy, please credit The National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame.
October 31, 1959: October 31, 1998: November 1, 1913: November 2, 1990: November 2, 1996: November 3, 1990: November 3, 2001: November 3, 2001: November 4, 1916:
In a match of the nation’s #1 and #2 teams, Louisiana State beat Mississippi, 7-3, on Billy Cannon’s 89-yard punt return. Tee Martin Tennessee completed 23 of 24 passes against South Carolina. His percentage, .958, set a record. Notre Dame, featuring passes from Gus Dorais to Knute Rockne, upset favored Army, 35-13. Rockne was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 1951. Nevada, down 49-14 in the third quarter, beat Weber State, 55-49. A.J Pittorin of Hartwick rushed for 436 yards against Waynesboro. In the same game, Matt Voglef of Texas Christian passed for 690 yards, and David Klinger of Houston for 563. Houston won, 56-35. Arkansas beat Mississippi, 58-56, in seven overtimes. Joey Harrington of Oregon threw six touchdowns passes against Arizona State. Going in, Minnesota was 4 having won 41-7, 47-7, 81-0 and 69-0. Afterward, Minnesota would -0, play two more games, winning 54-0 and 49-0. Going in, Illinois was 2-2, averaging 13 points a game. Afterward, Illinois would play two more games, losing one, tying one. The game was played on Minnesota’s home field. The score was a shock: Illinois beat Minnesota, 14-9. The Chicago Herald carried this headline on its game story: “HOLD ON TIGHT WHEN YOU READ THIS.” Wyllys Terry of Yale had a record 115-yard run against Wesleyan. Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4, at Rutgers in college football’s first game. Byron “Whizzer” White of Colorado scored all his team’s points in a 17-7 win over Utah. He had touchdown runs of 95 and 51 yards. White was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Kliff Kingsbury of Texas Tech threw 6 touchdown passes against Texas.
November 5, 1884: November 6, 1869: November 6, 1937:
November 6, 2002:
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