A Few More Top 25 College Football Trivia Nuggets

September 30, 2011 – Here are some trivia nuggets for the rest of the Top 25 and the opponents they face tomorrow.

UCLA visits #6 Stanford for the 82^nd time.  UCLA leads the series 45-33-3.  The Cardinal won the last two games in the series and can make it three in a row.  The last time Stanford won three in a row or more against the Bruins was in the beginning, when Stanford won the first five games from 1925-31.  The last tie at UCLA was in 1974 and the last tie at Stanford was in 1969.

The #9 Oregon Ducks host the California Bears.  Cal leads the series 39-32-2.  However, the Ducks are 11-5 against the Bears since 1992.  During the early part of the series, Cal shut out Oregon nine times out of ten between 1918 and 1938, including six games in a row from 1927-38.  Outside of the 0-0 ties in 1905 and 1953, the lowest scoring game in the series was when Oregon beat Cal 2-0 in 1900.

The #10 South Carolina Gamecocks take on the Auburn Tigers at home.  Auburn dominates the series 8-1-1, winning the last six straight.  The Gamecocks’ only win against the Tigers was a 16-14 victory in 1933.  Their only tie occurred the previous season.  After South Carolina’s win, the next time these two teams played each other was 63 years later, in 1996.

The #11 Virginia Tech Hokies host the #13 Clemson Tigers.  Clemson leads the series 17-12-1, but Virginia Tech won the last six since 1998.  The Tigers won most of their games against the Hokies between 1935 and 1989, going 16-2 in that span.  Virginia Tech last shut out Clemson in 1998, winning 37-0 and Clemson last shut out Virginia Tech in 1979, winning 21-0.  Their lone tie was a 0-0 score in 1906.

The #14 Texas A&M Aggies go to Arkansas to take on the Razorbacks.  Arkansas leads the series 40-24-3, winning the last two games.  Texas A&M is 12-5 against Arkansas since 1977.  The last time the Razorbacks won three straight against the Aggies was a 6-0 run from 1977-82.  The last time the Aggies won three in a row against the Razorbacks was also a 6-0 run from 1938-43, including five consecutive shutouts after a 13-7 win in 1938.

The #19 Michigan Wolverines host the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Ann Arbor.  Michigan owns the series 70-24-3.  The only time Minnesota dominated Michigan was when they won nine straight from 1934-42.  Since 1968, the Wolverines are 36-3 against the Golden Gophers.

The #20 TCU Horned Frogs welcome the SMU Mustangs.  TCU leads the series 44-40-7, winning the last four.  SMU went 19-2 from 1966-86, including the Eric Dickerson years.  TCU has gone 17-5 since then. 

Here are a few historical scores on September 28 of this week’s top 25 games…

1933 – Stanford 3 – UCLA 0

1950 – California 28 – Oregon 7

1989 – TCU 28 – SMU 10

2006 – Florida 28 – Alabama 13

2006 – UCLA 31 – Stanford 0

2006 – Baylor 17 – Kansas State 3

2006 – Michigan 28 – Minnesota 14

A Few College Football Trivia Nuggets - The Top 5 Edition

September 28, 2011 – Here are a few trivia nuggets for the top 5 college football teams this week.

#1 LSU faces Kentucky this weekend, but had only played each other three times ever in September.  The Tigers lead the series 38-16-1.  However, the Wildcats lead the September series 2-1, both of their wins shutouts.  Kentucky’s September wins are from the first two times the teams ever played each other in 1949 and 1950.  LSU’s September win came in 1955.

The #2 Oklahoma Sooners play the Ball State Cardinals this weekend for the first time ever.  May it be a great game.

The #3 Alabama Crimson Tide goes to Gainesville the week to take on the Florida Gators.  Alabama leads the series 23-14 and lead at Florida 9-2.  The series goes in streaks, with one team winning a couple to several in a row against the other.  There was only one time in the series when each team scored a single win among a streak of losses.  Florida’s happened between 1925 and 1950.  The Crimson Tide went 7-1 during that time, with the Gators’ lone win coming in 1927.  Alabama’s happened between 1987 and 1998.  The Gators also went 7-1 during that time, with the Tide’s lone win coming in their national championship year in 1992.

#4 Boise State faces Nevada at home on Saturday.  In recent years, this has been a high scoring rivalry.  It became more heated after the Wolf Pack crushed the Broncos’ hopes of a national championship with an upset win last season.  The rivalry is famous for games such as Boise State’s 69-67 win in 2007 and even a 59-52 Nevada win in the Division I-AA Semi-Finals in 1990.  The last time neither team scored 30 points or more in a game was in 1986 when Nevada won 21-16.  The Broncos should dominate the Wolf Pack in Saturday’s game, but never count Nevada out.

The Kansas Jayhawks visit Stillwater to take on the #5 Oklahoma State Cowboys.  The series is tied 29-29-3.  Like the Alabama-Florida series, this is one that tends to run in streaks.  The Jayhawks’ 2007 win broke a five game win streak in the series by the Cowboys from 1998-2006, but that streak broke a six game series win streak by the Jayhawks from 1990-95, which broke a 14-0-3 streak by Oklahoma State from 1973-89.  The teams faced each only one time in September.  The Cowboys won the game in 1998 38-28.

Here are a few historical scores on September 28 of this week’s top 25 games…

1935 – Clemson 28 – Virginia Tech 7

1985 – SMU 56 – TCU 21

2006 – Auburn 24 – South Carolina 17