Friday, September 23, 2011

Some Top 25 College Trivia and Scores


September 23, 2011 - Here are a few trivia nuggets for this week in college football.

The #1 Oklahoma Sooners welcome the Missouri Tigers to Norman.  The Sooners dominate the series 66-24-5.  Missouri won last year’s game, but haven’t beaten Oklahoma two times in a row since 1965-66.  The Sooners are 33-5 against the Tigers since then.

In a battle of undefeated teams, the #9 Nebraska play the Wyoming Cowboys in Laramie.  Nebraska is undefeated in the series 5-0 and this is the first time the two teams play each other in Laramie.  Except for a close 13-10 game in 1968, Nebraska has never scored less than 42 points on Wyoming and scored as high as 56 in 1983.

#12 South Carolina play the Vanderbilt Commodores at home.  The Gamecocks lead the series 16-4.  Steve Spurrier is 4-2 against the Commodores. 

Kentucky hosts the #15 Florida Gators.  Florida leads the series 44-17.  The series began in 1917.  By 1956, the Wildcats led 12-4.  The Gators have dominated since and have gone 30-1 since 1980, winning 24 straight against Kentucky.

And now for a few scores…

On this day in…

1939 – Texas A&M shut out Oklahoma State 32-0.
1983 – Oklahoma State rolled over Texas A&M 34-15.
2000 – Florida spanked Kentucky 59-31.
2006 – Arkansas edged Alabama 24-23.
2006 – Florida easily beat Kentucky 26-7.

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