1986 Georgia Bulldogs Football Team
The 1986 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Penn State winning the national championship. Coached by Joe Paterno, they defeated Miami (Fl) 14–10 in the Fiesta Bowl. This Fiesta Bowl was the first in the game's history to decide the na .... Led by 23rd-year head coach Vince Dooley, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SEC. Schedule Roster References Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football seasons Georgia Bulldogs football {{Collegefootball-1980s-season-stub ...
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Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states, three additional public land-grant universities, and one private research university. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in sports competitions; for football it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A. Members of the SEC have won many national championships: 43 in football, 21 in basketball, 41 in indoor track, 42 in outdoor track, 24 in swimming, 20 in gymnastics, 13 in baseball (College World Series), and one in volleyball. In 1992, the SEC was the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game (and award a subsequent title) for football and was one of the foundin ...
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Williams–Brice Stadium
Williams–Brice Stadium is the home football stadium for the South Carolina Gamecocks, the college football team representing the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. It is currently the 16th largest on-campus college football stadium in the NCAA and is located on the corner of George Rogers Boulevard and Bluff Road adjacent to the South Carolina State Fairgrounds. Carolina football teams consistently attract standing-room-only crowds to Williams–Brice Stadium. The atmosphere on game days has been voted "the best" by SECsports.com, and has been noted as being among the loudest environments to play in by opposing players. The stadium has been the site of many concerts, state high school football championships, and various other events. It hosted the annual Palmetto Capital City Classic between Benedict College and South Carolina State University until the last game in 2005. The stadium is sometimes called "The Cockpit" by Gamecock fans and local media, and ...
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Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by population, 57th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's List of United States cities by area, 28th-largest city. The city is also known as "Horse Capital of the World". It is within the state's Bluegrass region. Notable locations in the city include the Kentucky Horse Park, The Red Mile and Keeneland race courses, Rupp Arena, Central Bank Center, Transylvania University, the University of Kentucky, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 322,570, anchoring a Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area, metropolitan area of 516,811 people and a Lexington-Fayette-Frankfort-Richmond, KY Combined Statistical Area, combined statistical ar ...
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Kroger Field
Kroger Field, formerly known as Commonwealth Stadium, is a stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky that primarily serves as the home field for the Kentucky Wildcats football team. The stadium is located at the corner of Alumni Drive and University Drive in Lexington. The playing surface is named C.M. Newton Grounds in honor of retired UK athletic director and former baseball and basketball player C.M. Newton. Built in 1973, it is the newest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference, as measured by date of original construction. The original capacity for the stadium was 57,800. In the stadium's first game, played on September 15, 1973, the Wildcats defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 31–26. History Renovations Both ends of the stadium were enclosed in 1999 and 40 suites were added, 10 in each corner of the stadium, resulting in a symmetrical oval bowl seating 67,530. The total cost of the expansion was $27.6 million. ...
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1986 Kentucky Wildcats Football Team
The 1986 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Wildcats compiled a 5–5–1 record (2–4 against SEC opponents), finished in a tie for seventh place in the SEC, and outscored their opponents, 228 to 206. The team played its home games in Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul .... The team's statistical leaders included Bill Ransdell with 1,610 passing yards, Ivy Joe Hunter with 621 rushing yards, and Cornell Burbage with 331 receiving yards. This season was the last time Kentucky defeated Florida until 2018 and the last win over Florida at h ...
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Georgia–Vanderbilt Football Rivalry
The Georgia–Vanderbilt football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Bulldogs and Vanderbilt Commodores. Both universities are founding members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and currently members of the SEC's Eastern Division with a total of 81 meetings. This rivalry is both Georgia and Vanderbilt's fourth longest football rivalry. Georgia leads the series 60–20–2.College Football Data WarehouseGeorgia vs Vanderbilt. Retrieved July 15, 2014. History When the rivalry first started, Georgia only won two games by less than four points until the 12th match-up between the two teams. Georgia and Vanderbilt have played annually since 1968. Both Georgia and Vanderbilt have shut out the other nine times. Georgia has won 19 of the last 22 games with the three losses in 2006, 2013, and 2016 by four points or less. Notable games 1895: Vandy wins on a fumble Georgia's Pomeroy fumbled and Vanderbilt's Elliott recovered the fumble and scored a t ...
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1986 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Team
The 1986 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his first season and finished with a record of one win and ten losses (1–10 overall, 0–6 in the SEC). Schedule References Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Commodores football seasons Vanderbilt Commodores football The Vanderbilt Commodores football program represents Vanderbilt University in the sport of American football. The Commodores compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the East Divis ...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states. Since 2020, it has been the 99th-most-populous city in the United States and the second-largest city in Louisiana, after New Orleans; Baton Rouge is the 18th-most-populous state capital. According to the 2020 United States census, the city-proper had a population of 227,470; its consolidated population was 456,781 in 2020. The city is the center of the Greater Baton Rouge area—Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area—with a population of 870,569 as of 2020, up from 802,484 in 2010. The Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. This allowed development of a business qu ...
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Tiger Stadium (Louisiana)
Tiger Stadium is an outdoor stadium located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the campus of Louisiana State University. It is the home stadium of the LSU Tigers football team. Prior to 1924, LSU played its home games at State Field, which was located on the old LSU campus in Downtown Baton Rouge. Tiger Stadium opened with a capacity of 12,000 in 1924. Renovations and expansions have brought the stadium's current capacity to 102,321, making it the third largest stadium in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), sixth largest stadium in the NCAA and the eighth largest stadium in the world. Testimonials Despite being 14–2 at Tiger Stadium, famed Alabama head coach Bear Bryant once remarked that "Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." In 2001, ESPN sideline reporter Adrian Karsten said, "Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the loudest stadium I've ever been in." In 2002, Indiana coach Terry Hoeppner said of Tiger Stadiu ...
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1986 LSU Tigers Football Team
The 1986 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by Bill Arnsparger in his third season and finished with an overall record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 5–1 in the SEC), as Southeastern Conference (SEC) champions and with a loss against Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl. Schedule Personnel Rankings Season summary No. 7 Texas A&M Ole Miss at No. 6 Alabama Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Nebraska (Sugar Bowl) References LSU LSU Tigers football seasons Southeastern Conference football champion seasons LSU Tigers football The LSU Tigers football program, also known as the Fighting Tigers, represents Louisiana State University in college football. The Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Th ...

College Football On TBS
''College Football on TBS'' was the American presentation of the TBS cable channel's regular season college football television package. History Initial coverage TBS became the first cable station to nationally broadcast college football live when it began airing games during the 1982 season. The games were aired under a special "supplemental" television contract with the NCAA. ESPN followed later the same year, starting with a simulcast of the Independence Bowl match-up between Kansas State and the University of Wisconsin on December 11, 1982, which was the first college football game shown live on ESPN. When TBS (or WTBS as it was officially known at the time) first broadcast college football in 1982, they aired a package of live Division I-AA games on Thursday night and Division I-A games on Saturday. games. WTBS was only able to show teams that had not been on national television in 1981. There were a maximum of four teams that had been on regional television on two o ...
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1986 Ole Miss Rebels Football Team
The 1986 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the sport of American football during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team won eight games, lost three, and had one tie. It concluded the season with a 20–17 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the 1986 Independence Bowl. During the season, Ole Miss was charged with recruiting violations and placed on a two-year probation, which was to take away 10 scholarships and bar the team from a bowl game in 1987. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Mark Young with 1,154 passing yards, running back Willie Goodloe with 526 rushing yards, wide receiver J.R. Ambrose with 578 receiving yards, and placekicker Bryan Owen with 52 points scored. Schedule Personnel References Ole Miss Ole Miss Rebels football seasons Independence Bowl champion seasons Ole Miss Rebels football The Ole Miss Rebels football program represents the University of Mississippi, also ...
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