Some Top 5 College Football Trivia Nuggets For This Week's Games

October 3, 2011 – Once again, it’s time to view a few trivia nuggets for Top 5 teams playing this week.

The #17 Florida Gators go into Death Valley to take on the LSU Tigers.  The Gators lead the series 30-24-3.  Although Florida has dominated the series in recent years, LSU is 5-4 against them since 2002.  It’s been a while since either team shut out the other.  The last time Florida shut out LSU was in 1991 when they won 16-0, during the days of Shane Matthews, Errict Rhett, and Kevin Carter.  The last time LSU shut out Florida was in 1963, when they won 14-0, during the days of Billy Truax, Remi Prudhomme, and Doug Moreau.  It was their third consecutive shutout of the Gators and fourth in five years.

The #2 Alabama Crimson Tide host the Vanderbilt Commodores in Tuscaloosa.  Alabama owns the series 60-18-4.  The last time Vandy beat Bama was 30-21 in 1984.  The Tide have gone 20-0 since then and are 43-2 against the Commodores since 1960.  Three of the four ties happened in consecutive years, from 1957-59, 6-6, 0-0, and 7-7 respectively.  The last time Bama shut out Vandy was 20-0 in 1997.  Outside of the 0-0 tie in 1958, the last time Vandy shut out Bama was 7-0 in 1941.

The #3 Oklahoma Sooners take on the #11 Texas Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.  Texas leads the series 59-41-5.  The rivalry tends to run in streaks, the last two (more than two game win streaks) a five game win streak by Oklahoma from 2000-04 and a three game win streak by Texas from 1997-99.  The last time Oklahoma shut out Texas was 12-0 in 2004.  The last time the Longhorns blanked the Sooners was 19-0 in 1965, the last of an eight game win streak from 1958-65.

The #4 Wisconsin Badgers have a bye this week.  They play the Indiana Hoosiers on October 15.

The Fresno State Bulldogs host the #5 Boise State Broncos.  Boise State leads the series 9-4.  The Broncos lost their first three against the Bulldogs, but have gone 9-1 since.  Their first meeting was a 42-7 drubbing by Fresno State in 1977.  The only shutout in the series was last season when Boise State nailed Fresno State 51-0.

Here are a few historical scores for this week’s top 25 matchups played on October 3,…

1925 – Kansas 13 – Oklahoma State 3

1942 – Texas A&M 19 – Texas Tech 0

1953 – Alabama 21 – Vanderbilt 12

1959 – Vanderbilt 7 – Alabama 7

1964 – Alabama 24 – Vanderbilt 0

1964 – Texas Tech 16 – Texas A&M 12

1981 – Florida 24 – LSU 10

1981 – Texas A&M 24 – Texas Tech 23

1987 – LSU 13 – Florida 10

1987 – Texas Tech 27 – Texas A&M 21

1992 – Texas A&M 19 – Texas Tech 17