Major CFB Moments

[outofyourmind]

Still considered one of the greatest bowl games ever.

 

[Kburjr]

Yep. You can look it up.

Down 42–14 in the fourth quarter, Vander Kelen put together a number of drives to score 23 unanswered points and put the Badgers in position to win the game. Due to the historic #1 versus #2 bowl match-up, the number of Rose Bowl records set, and the furious fourth quarter rally by Wisconsin, this game frequently appears on lists of "greatest bowl games of all time

1963 Rose Bowl - Wikipedia

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The List: Greatest bowl games

Page 2 runs down the greatest bowl games in history.

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Scout.com: Tuesday Question - Ten Greatest Bowl Games

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[78Cyclones]

11-8-1975
Barry Switzer lost his first football game as a Head Coach with a record of 28-1-1 up to that point with 1 National Championship
Kansas beat the Sooners that day.

Oklahoma went on to win the National Championship in 1975 Defeating Michigan in the Orange Bowl 14-6

True Story: I went camping with the Boy Scouts that weekend. When my mom picked me up on Sunday, she told me Oklahoma lost. I did NOT believe her until I saw the score in the paper.

 

[Wizardhawk]

Here is a list I have come up with so far...

Aug 22 - Colorado State at Virginia (2002)
Aug 23 - Fresno State at Wisconsin (2002)
Aug 24 - Arizona at Hawaii (2019)
Aug 26 - Colorado vs Tennessee in Anaheim (1999)
Aug 27 - Cal vs Hawaii in Australia (2016)
Sept 1 - Appalachian State at Michigan (2007)
Sept 8 - Miami FL at BYU (1990) - Detmer leads BYU in upset over Miami
Sept 8 - Clemson at Virginia (1990) - Clemson loses winning streak, UVA's only win of season.
Sept 10 - Texas at Ohio State (2005)
Sept 12 - Georgia Tech vs Alabama (1981) - biggest upset in Bear Bryant's career
Sept 25 - Oklahoma at USC (1981) - #1 vs #2
Sept 29 - Oklahoma at USC (1973) - First season coach Switzer beats 14th season McKay
Oct 7 - Florida State at Miami (2000) - Wide Right
Oct 8 - West Virginia at Pittsburgh (1921) - 1st CFB game broadcast live on radio
Oct 8 - Oklahoma at Colorado (1980) - High scoring game
Oct 11 - Oklahoma vs Texas (2003) - record breaking RRSO
Oct 17 - Arkansas at Texas (1964) - Arkansas upsets Texas
Oct 18 - Navy vs Notre Dame (1924) - "Four Horsemen Ride Again"
Oct 20 - CFB committee have meeting to create official football rules (1873)
Oct 26 - BYU at UTEP (1985) - Miners upset BYU
Oct 29 - Centre at Harvard (1921) - huge upset
Nov 2 - Rutgers at Columbia (1872) - first ever tie game, which was 0-0
Nov 6 - Princeton at Rutgers (1869) - first ever football game
Nov 9 - LSU at Kentucky (2002) - Bluegrass Miracle
Nov 14 - Sewanee's Road Trip (1899) - Sewanee played 5 road games in 6 days (Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, LSU, and Ole Miss) and outscored them 91-0.
Nov 18 - UNLV at TCU (2000) - Tomlinson's 400 yard game
Nov 19 - Oregon State at Oregon (1983) - "Toilet Bowl", considered one of the worst CFB games ever
Nov 21 - Princeton at Yale (1885) - Greatest CFB play of 19th century
Nov 23 - Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh (1918) - Heisman's team went into game Unbeaten, Untied, Unscored on vs Pop Warner's team with a 30-game winning streak.
Dec 1 - Pittsburgh at West Virginia (2007) - 100th Backyard Brawl has BCS Championship berth on the line (WVU was #2 going into game).

You need one in January.
Jan 2nd 2016 Alamo Bowl

TCU 47-41 Oregon (Jan 2, 2016) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the TCU Horned Frogs vs. Oregon Ducks NCAAF game, final score 47-41, from January 2, 2016 on ESPN.

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Oregon Blows a 31 point half time lead to end up losing to TCU in triple OT


One of the greatest comebacks of all time. Frogs were making 4th down plays all over the place and the ducks entirely soiled themselves over and over.
Bonus material:

Game Thread: - Alamo Bowl: #15 OREGON DUCKS vs #11 TCU

When? Saturday January 2, 2016 Where? San Antonio Texas in the Alamodome Time? 6:45 PM EST ESPN. Well this one was a bit exciting to see on paper, until Patterson looked at Oregon film and realized he had no chance at beating Oregon. So he told his players to go get suspended. This one is...

sportshoop.la

The game thread from Eurohoop. 12 pages for the first half, 70 total. Not entirely the best of the OD meltdown threads, but given the scope and depth of the game/loss it's a worthy addition to the annals of history.

 

[Kburjr]