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1969 NCAA University Division Football Rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1969 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Legend AP Poll Final Coaches Poll The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in early December.One coach on the 35-member board did not vote.Texas received 28 of the 34 first-place votes; Penn State received four and one each went to USC and Nebraska. * Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl. * The Ivy League The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
The 1969 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. The defending national champion Buckeyes compiled an 8–1 record. Top-ranked all season, the Buckeyes lost the rivalry game at Michigan on November 22 and dropped to fourth in the final AP Poll. There was no bowl game for Ohio State, because prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl, and prior to 1972, a team could not represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons. Schedule Depth chart 1970 Ohio State Football Media Guide Coaching staff * Woody Hayes – Head Coach (19th year) * Earle Bruce – Offense (4th year) * George Chaump – Offense (2nd year) * Hugh Hindman – (7th year) * Rudy Hubbard – Running Backs (2nd year) * Dave McClain – (1st year) * Lou McCullough – Defensive Coordinator (2nd year) * John Mummey – Quarterbacks (1st y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Tennessee Volunteers Football Team
The 1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Florida in the Gator Bowl. Tennessee's defense featured Jack Reynolds and All-American Steve Kiner while the offense featured quarterback Bobby Scott throwing to end Ken DeLong. Chip Kell was an All-American guard on the offensive line. Florida Gators coach Ray Graves' final game saw his club beat the SEC champion Volunteers, 14–13, in the Gator Bowl. The game, which marked the Gator Bowl's silver anniversary had added drama because two days before kickoff word leaked out that Volunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Kansas State Wildcats Football Team
The 1969 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Vince Gibson. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. The team was again led by quarterback Lynn Dickey and finished the season ranked as the top passing offense in the Big Eight Conference for the second straight year. Kansas State also led the Big Eight in rushing defense. Despite the good statistics, 1969 saw the Wildcats finish with an even record of 5–5, and a 3–4 record in the Big Eight. The Wildcats did, however, post the school's first victory over a ranked team, rolling over #11 Oklahoma, 59–21. Schedule Roster References Kansas State Kansas State Wildcats football seasons Kansas State Wildcats football The Kansas State Wildcats football program (variously Kansas State, K-State or KSU) is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team
The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. In his first year as offensive coordinator, Tom Osborne instituted the I formation. The Huskers lost the opener at home to fifth-ranked USC, and were 2–2 after a loss in the conference opener at #7 Missouri. They won their final six regular season games to tie for the Big Eight championship, were invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, and decisively beat the Georgia Bulldogs to finish the season at 9–2. The Huskers' strong finish in 1969 was followed by consecutive national championships in 1970 and 1971; after the rout of second-ranked Alabama in the 1972 Orange Bowl, Nebraska's unbeaten streak reached 32 games. Schedule : Roster Coaching staff Game summaries USC USC had a fight on their hands, despite jumping o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Wyoming Cowboys Football Team
The 1969 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Lloyd Eaton, they were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. The Cowboys were three-time defending conference champions and outscored their opponents 242 to 118. Wyoming won its first but dropped the last four in a season tainted by a racial controversy. "Black 14" controversy During the season in mid-October, head coach Eaton dismissed 14 black players from the team for asking to wear black armbands during the upcoming home game against the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars. At the previous year's win over BYU at Provo, Cougar players had subjected them to racial epithets. A week before the game, the team's black members were reminded of the incident and also informed about the racial policies of the Church of Jesus Christ of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Team ...
The 1969 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. West Virginia completed the regular season with a 9–1 record and traveled to the Peach Bowl, where they beat the South Carolina Gamecocks, 14–3. They finished with a ranking of 17 in the AP Poll and 18 in the Coaches Poll. Schedule Roster References {{West Virginia Mountaineers football navbox West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers football seasons Peach Bowl champion seasons West Virginia Mountaineers football The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University (also referred to as "WVU" or "West Virginia") in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Milan Puskar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 LSU Tigers Football Team
The 1969 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Despite a 9–1 record, Tigers did not participate in a bowl game after they were shut out of the Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl, and refusing overtures from the Bluebonnet, Gator and Peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ... bowls. LSU hoped to appear in the Cotton Bowl, because the winner of the Texas-Arkansas game would be ranked no lower than No. 3 in the Associated Press poll, and quite possibly No. 1. However, when Notre Dame voted to participate in bowl games for the first time since 1924, the Cotton snapped up the Irish. The Sugar Bowl, peeved by a perceived snub from a school just 80 miles away, instead chose Ole Miss, which, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Michigan Wolverines Football Team
The 1969 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled an 8–3 record (6–1 Big Ten), played in the 1970 Rose Bowl, and finished the season ranked No. 9 in the final AP poll and No. 8 in the final UPI poll. The 1969 Michigan vs. Ohio State football game was considered one of the biggest upsets in college football history, as Ohio State came into the game with a 22-game winning streak and the No. 1 ranking in the polls. Michigan intercepted six Ohio State passes and defeated the Buckeyes, 24–12, in front of a crowd of 103,588 at Michigan Stadium to win the Big Ten Conference's berth in the 1970 Rose Bowl. The game was also the first in a series that came to be known as "The Ten Year War". Bo Schembechler suffered a heart attack the night before the 1970 Rose Bowl game against an undefeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Team
The 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their 12th season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled an 8–2 record (6–1 against WAC opponents), won the WAC championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 383 to 179. The team's statistical leaders included Joe Spagnola with 1,488 passing yards, Dave Buchanan with 908 rushing yards, and Calvin Demery with 816 receiving yards. Schedule References Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ... Arizona State Sun Devils football seasons Western Athletic Conference football champion seasons Arizon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Florida Gators Football Team
The 1969 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The season was the tenth, last, and arguably most successful season for Ray Graves as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Graves' 1969 Florida Gators finished their regular season with an overall record of 8–1–1 and an SEC record of 3–1–1, placing fourth among the ten SEC teams. Florida concluded the year with a Gator Bowl victory over SEC-champion Tennessee. Afterwards, Graves resigned from the head coaching position to become the university's athletic director, and was replaced by Tennessee head coach Doug Dickey. 2016 Florida Gators Football Media Guide', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015. Graves' final Gators squad was led by a surprising group of second-year offensive players known as the "Super Sophs", that included quarterback John Reaves, wide recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Auburn Tigers Football Team
The 1969 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 78th overall and 36th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph Jordan, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 5–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. Schedule *Source: 1969 Auburn football schedule Personnel Game summaries Clemson Alabama Auburn's first win versus Alabama since 1963. Stats Passing * Pat Sullivan 123/257, 1686 yards, 16 TD, 16 INT Rushing * Pat Sullivan 205 yards Receiving *Terry Beasley 34 receptions, 610 yards (LG: 42), 6 TD Defense *Buddy McClinton 9 INT (school record), 92 yards (LG: 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Team
The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 190. End Ray Paron received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Parson was also named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker Noel Jenke, halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten. The team included offensive lineman, Richard Fliehr, better known as professional wrestler Ric Flair. Total attendance at six home games was 272,449, an average of 45,417 per game. The largest crowd was against Ohio State. Schedule Roster References {{Minnesota Golden Gophers football navbox Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons Minnesota Golden Gophers football The Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |