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The Football Thesaurus
The Houlgate System was a college football ranking method based on strength of schedule that was syndicated nationally in the 1930s through 1950s. The system was created by Carroll Everard "Deke" Houlgate (May 8, 1905—July 31, 1959), a Los Angeles-based college football statistician and historian. Starting in 1945 Houlgate selected competitors for the Futility Bowl, a hypothetical post-season matchup between the nation's two lowest-ranked teams. This bowl game to determine the country's worst team would be held in Death Valley in an empty stadium. Houlgate was the author of ''The Football Thesaurus'', a leather-bound compilation of game scores, football history, and team facts. The thesaurus was released in two editions in 1946 and 1954. Houlgate released annual supplements for the 1954–1958 seasons until his death in 1959. The NCAA recognizes the Houlgate System as a "major selector" of college football national championships and lists the system's post-bowl selections, as pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strength Of Schedule
In sports, strength of schedule (SOS) refers to the difficulty or ease of a team's/person's opponent as compared to other teams/persons. This is especially important if teams in a league do not play each other the same number of times. Computation The strength of schedule can be calculated in many ways. Such calculations are the basis of many of the various tie-breaking systems used in Swiss-system tournaments in chess and other tabletop games. In the National Football League (NFL), the strength of schedule (SOS) is the combined record of all teams in a schedule, and the strength of victory (SOV) is the combined record of all teams that were beaten in that schedule. For example, opponents of the 2016 New England Patriots had a combined record of 111–142–3 (a win percentage of 0.439, the SOS), and Patriots' wins came against teams with a combined record of 93–129–2 (a win percentage of 0.420, the SOV). Before the 2004 season, in the American college football Bowl Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 College Football Season
The 1885 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Princeton as having been selected national champions National champions are corporations which are technically private businesses but due to governmental policy are ceded a dominant position in a national economy. In this system, these large organizations are expected not only to seek profit but als .... The season was notable for one of the most celebrated football plays of the 19th century - a 90-yard punt return by Henry "Tillie" Lamar of Princeton in the closing minutes of the game against Yale. Trailing 5–0, Princeton dropped two men back to receive a Yale punt. The punt glanced off one returner's shoulder and was caught by the other, Lamar, on the dead run. Lamar streaked down the left sideline, until hemmed in by two Princeton players, then cut sharply to the middle of the field, ducking under their arms and breaking loose for the touchdown. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Yale Bulldogs Football Team
The 1891 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1891 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0 record and a 488–0 season score. It was retroactively named as the College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. Yale's 1891 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began with the final game of the 1890 season and stopped at the end of the 1893 season. Five Yale players were selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1891 College Football All-America Team, 1891 All-America college football team: halfback and team captain Lee McClung; ends Frank Hinkey and John A. Hartwell; tackle Wallace Winter; and guard Pudge Heffelfinger. Camp also selected the following Yale players to his second team: quarterback Frank Barbour; halfback Laurie Bliss; guard Samuel Morison; and center George Sanford ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 College Football Season
The 1891 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1891–92 academic year. The 1891 Yale Bulldogs football team, led by head coach Walter Camp, compiled a perfect 13–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 488 to 0, and has been recognized as the College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. Yale's 1891 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began at the end of the 1890 season and continued into the 1893 season. In the Midwest, 1891 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Kansas led the way with a 7–0–1 record. In the South, 1891 Trinity Blue and White football team, Trinity (now known as Duke University, Duke) was recognized as the champion. Ten of the eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1891 College Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Harvard Crimson Football Team
The 1890 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University in the 1890 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0 record, shut out nine of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 555 to 12. The team also won Harvard's first national championship, receiving retroactive recognition as national champion from the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. On November 22, Harvard defeated Walter Camp's previously-unbeaten Yale Bulldogs to secure the championship; it was Harvard's first football victory over Yale since 1875. Harvard did not play Princeton (11–1–1) during the 1890 season. Five Harvard players were selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1890 All-America college football team: quarterback Dudley Dean; halfback John J. Corbett; end Frank Hallowell; center John Cranston; and tackle Marshall Newell. Other players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 College Football Season
The 1890 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1890–91 academic year. The 1890 Harvard Crimson football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 555 to 12, and was recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. In the Midwest, the Baker Methodists defeated the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 22–9 in the first college football game played in Kansas. In the South, Vanderbilt Commodores defeated Nashville (Peabody), 40–0, in the first college football game played in Tennessee. As the popularity of the sport increased, several notable programs were established in 1890, including Ohio State,Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Vanderbilt. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney for the 1890 All-America col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Princeton Tigers Football Team
The 1889 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a perfect 10–0 record, shut out six of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 484 to 29. The team captain and quarterback was Edgar Allan Poe (Maryland attorney general), Edgar Allan Poe, the second cousin of his namesake, the writer Edgar Allan Poe. There was no contemporaneous system in 1889 for determining a College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. It was Princeton's 15th national championship. Five players from the 1889 Princeton team were selected by Caspar Whitney for the 1889 College Football All-America Team, first All-America college foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 College Football Season
The 1889 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1889–90 academic year. The 1889 Princeton Tigers football team, led by team captain Edgar Allan Poe, compiled a perfect 10–0 record and was recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. In the South, defeated Furman in the first intercollegiate game played in the state of South Carolina. The game featured no uniforms, no positions, and the rules were formulated before the game. As the popularity of the program increased, new football programs were established in 1889 at Iowa, Syracuse, and Washington. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney for the first All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard). Four of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Yale Bulldogs Football Team
The 1888 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1888 college football season. In its first season under head coach Walter Camp, the team compiled a 13–0 record, did not allow a single point, and outscored opponents by a total of 694 to 0. The team has been retrospectively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. Yale's point total was the largest ever made by a Yale team. The team scored 126 touchdowns and kicked 69 goals from touchdown and eight goals from the field. Ten of the starting 11 players on the 1888 Yale team went on to accept positions coaching other teams. Head coach Walter Camp and five players — Corbin, Pudge Heffelfinger, McClung, Amos Alonzo Stagg, and George Washington Woodruff — were subsequently inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Schedule Game summaries Wesleyan (first game) On September 29, 1888, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 College Football Season
The 1888 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Yale as having been selected national champions. October 18 saw the first intercollegiate game in the state of North Carolina when Wake Forest defeated North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ... 6–4. The first "scientific game" occurred on Thanksgiving of the same year when North Carolina played Duke (then Trinity). Duke won 16 to 0. Conference and program changes Statistical leaders *Player scoring most points: Knowlton Ames, Princeton, 243 Conference standings The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings: Independents References {{collegefootball-1880s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Yale Bulldogs Football Team
The 1887 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as a member of the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA) during the 1887 college football season. The team compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 515 to 12. Quarterback Harry Beecher was the team's captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1887 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. Schedule Roster * Baker, FB * Harry Beecher, QB * William T. Bull, FB * G. R. Carter, G * William Herbert Corbin, C * S. M. Cross, T * Foster, FB * Charles O. Gill * Graves, HB-FB * Mason, HB * Morrison, HB * F. C. Pratt, E * William Rhodes, T * Robinson, E * Amos Alonzo Stagg, HB * Frederic W. Wallace, E * Williams, HB * George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 College Football Season
The 1887 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Yale as having been selected national champions National champions are corporations which are technically private businesses but due to governmental policy are ceded a dominant position in a national economy. In this system, these large organizations are expected not only to seek profit but als .... In the West, the 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team compiled a 5–0 record, including three wins over Notre Dame (who was playing its first game ever and did not have a varsity team yet ), and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 102 to 10. Statistical leaders *Player scoring most points: Knowlton Ames, Princeton, 219 Conference standings The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings: Independents References {{collegefootball-1880s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |