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On October 25, 1884, Yale defeated Dartmouth 113–0, becoming the first team to score 100 points in a game. [1] The next week, Princeton defeated Lafayette 140–0. [2] The most points scored by a single team, and the most lopsided final score in college football history, occurred on October 7, 1916 when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222–0. [3]
Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League (NFL), college football has remained extremely popular throughout the U.S. [4] Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs – the highest level – playing in ...
The Valdosta State Blazers has the D-II record through the end of the 2023 season with 378 games with a score since September 21, 1991. [7] The Mount Union Purple Raiders has the D-III record through the end of the 2023 season with 521 games with a score since November 7, 1981. [8]
April 23, 2013 - The College Football Playoff is announced as the name of the new system to replace the BCS. October 16, 2013 - The names of the 13 members of the selection committee are announced.
In 2014 the College Football Playoff made its debut, facilitating a multi-game single-elimination tournament for the first time in college football history. Until 2024, four teams were seeded by a 13–member selection committee rather than by existing polls or mathematical rankings. [43]
The game — which has a stated mission to “celebrate the heritage, legacy, pageantry and tradition” of HBCUs — is considered the de facto national championship of Black college football.
The listed record is for "Most passes intercepted by against a major-college opponent". The unrestricted "Most passes intercepted by" is held by Brown, with 11, in a game versus Rhode Island, Oct. 8, 1949.
It was daunting. In the end, none made the four-team field. Back then, the way to college football dominance was to stack a series of top-five, or maybe top-10 recruiting classes on top of each other.