Robert J. Reid

The Unanimous Champions of College Football, 1869-2019

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the 150 years of college football history, the national championship has been decided by unanimous vote only 33 times. This book analyzes the various methods of selecting these champions and what made the teams special. Drawing on archives and early published works, a firsthand description of the 1869 inaugural game between Princeton and Rutgers is provided, along with details of how these earliest teams were managed. The contributions and innovations of Walter Camp, the "Father of Football," are explored, as is the evolution of the game itself. Each unanimous season since the turn of the 20th century--from Yale in 1900 to LSU in 2019--is covered in detail, with a brief history of each school's football program. The question "is there a best ever team" is explored.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 637g
• ISBN-13: 9781476683553
• ISBN-10: 1476683557
• Artikelnr.: 64186500

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Reid, a former research technician in biology, lives in Syracuse, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction
1.
Polling and Mathematical Selection Systems
2.
Why Were Certain Teams Not Unanimous?
3.
The Early Years
4.
Yale 1900
5.
Yale 1909
6.
Georgia Tech 1917
7.
Notre Dame 1943
8.
Michigan 1948
9.
Texas 1963 10.
Nebraska 1971 11.
Southern California 1972 12.
Nebraska 1995 13.
Tennessee 1998 14.
Florida State 1999 15.
Miami 2001 16.
Southern California 2004 17.
Texas 2005 18.
Alabama 2009 19.
Florida State 2013 20.
Ohio State 2014 21.
Alabama 2015 22.
Clemson 2018 23.
LSU 2019 24.
Summary and Conclusions 25.
Is There a "Best Ever" Team? Appendix A: Walter Camp Appendix B: Awards and Coaches Appendix C: Francis Gordon Brown Letters Appendix D: Service Teams of 1943 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index