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Zach Curlin
Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Background and career Curlin attended Christian Brothers University, Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and the Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee), Webb School. and played piano in the band. He was a Halfback (American football), halfback and quarterback on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1910 to 1913, and the starting quarterback in 1912 and 1913, leading Vandy to an Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, SIAA title in 1912. He made kicks on both Harvard Crimson football, Harvard and Michigan Wolverines football, Michigan. Curlin was pulled for his backup Rabbi Robbins in Vanderbilt's largest win its history, a 105–0 win over Bethel Wildcats football, Bethel in 1912 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, 1912, the muddy conditions better suited to the other's talents. Curlin later served as the Memphis Tigers men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxora, Arkansas
Luxora is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 942 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 1,178 in 2010 United States census, 2010. History The city was originally settled as the community of Elmot Landing in the 1880s next to the Mississippi River. By 1897, the town had moved inland, behind the federal levee and was incorporated as Luxora, named after the daughter of a local businessman. During World War II, the Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aeronautics Authority operated an intermediate landing field in the vicinity of Luxora. This field was also utilized by Air Cadets at Blytheville Air Force Base, Blytheville Army Airfield and Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge, Walnut Ridge Army Air Field during the war. Geography Luxora is located in eastern Mississippi County, Arkansas. It is bordered to the southeast by the Tennessee state line, which follows a side channel of the Mississi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard Crimson Football
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873. The Crimson has a legacy that includes 13 College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships and 20 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including the first African-American college football player William H. Lewis, Huntington Hardwick, Huntington "Tack" Hardwick, Barry Wood (American football), Barry Wood, Percy Haughton, and Eddie Mahan. Harvard is the tenth List of winningest college football teams, winningest team in NCAA Division I football history. The Crimson play their home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston. History Early history Though rugby football, rugby style "carrying game" with use of hands permitted (as oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 West Tennessee State Teachers Football Team
The 1928 West Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that represented West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis) as a member of the Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1928 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Zach Curlin Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Background and career Curlin attended Christian Brothers University, Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and th ..., West Tennessee State Teachers compiled an overall record of 5–3–2 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the MVC. Schedule References West Tennessee State Teachers Memphis Tigers football seasons West Tennessee State Teachers football {{collegefootball-1928-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 College Football Season
The 1928 football season had both the USC Trojans and the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado claim national championships. USC was recognized as champions under the Dickinson System, but the Rose Bowl was contested between the No. 2 and No. 3 Dickinson-rated teams, California and Georgia Tech. The game was decided by a safety scored after Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels ran 65 yards in the wrong direction. Vance Maree blocked the ensuing punt which gave Georgia Tech a safety deciding the 8–7 win. The Florida Gators led the nation in scoring as a team, led by its "Phantom Four" backfield, with 336 points. They were remembered by many sports commentators as the best Florida football team until at least the 1960s. NYU halfback Ken Strong led the nation in scoring as an individual, with 162 points, and tallied some 3,000 total yards from scrimmage. Conference and program changes Conference changes * Six conferences began play in 1928: ** '' Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference'' – an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 West Tennessee State Teachers Football Team
The 1927 West Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that represented West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Zach Curlin Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Background and career Curlin attended Christian Brothers University, Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and th ..., West Tennessee State Teachers compiled a 5–3–1 record. Schedule References West Tennessee State Teachers Memphis Tigers football seasons West Tennessee State Teachers football {{collegefootball-1927-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 College Football Season
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1926 West Tennessee State Teachers Football Team
The 1926 West Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that represented West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under head coach Zach Curlin Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Background and career Curlin attended Christian Brothers University, Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and th ..., West Tennessee State Teachers compiled a 1–8 record. Schedule References West Tennessee State Teachers Memphis Tigers football seasons West Tennessee State Teachers football {{collegefootball-1926-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 College Football Season
The 1926 college football season was the first in which an attempt was made to recognize a national champion after the season. Stanford, coached by Pop Warner, was the top team in the U.S. under the Dickinson System and was awarded the newly established Rissman Trophy. Unbeaten Stanford (10–0) faced unbeaten Alabama (9–0) in the Rose Bowl, and the two teams played to a 7–7 tie. Some prominent retroactive rankings have recognized Navy as the season's champion. Seven years after the season Parke H. Davis, a renowned football historian and football rules committee member, retroactively ranked Lafayette (9–0), where he had previously coached, a "National Champion Foot Ball Team" in ''Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide''. Conference and program changes Conference changes *Five new conferences began play in 1926 **'' Buckeye Athletic Association'' – a conference active through the 1938 season ** Pacific Northwest Conference – an active NCAA Division III conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 West Tennessee State Teachers Football Team
The 1925 West Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that represented West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In their second season under head coach Zach Curlin Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Background and career Curlin attended Christian Brothers University, Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and th ..., West Tennessee State Teachers compiled a 0–7–1 record. Schedule References West Tennessee Teachers Memphis Tigers football seasons College football winless seasons West Tennessee Teachers football {{collegefootball-1925-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 College Football Season
The 1925 college football season ended with no clear national champion. At the close of the season, noted sports writer Billy Evans described the championship contest as "a dead heat" among Dartmouth, Tulane, Michigan, Washington, and Alabama. Dartmouth, led by halfback Andy Oberlander, compiled an 8–0-0 record and outscored its opponents by a total of 340 to 29. Having defeated Harvard, Cornell, and Chicago, was declared the national champion at the end of the season by the Dickinson System, and retroactively by Parke H. Davis. Alabama compiled a 10–0-0 record and has been recognized (retroactively) as national champion by the Billingsley Report, Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, and others. In an intersectional game between undefeated teams, Alabama (9-0-0) defeated Pacific Coast Conference champion Washington (9-0-1) by a 20–19 score in the 1926 Rose Bowl; that game has been called "the game that changed the Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 West Tennessee State Normal Football Team
The 1924 West Tennessee State Normal football team was an American football team that represented West Tennessee State Normal School (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their first season under head coach Zach Curlin Zachary Henry Curlin (January 31, 1890 – June 3, 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. Background and career Curlin attended Christian Brothers University, Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis and th ..., West Tennessee State Normal compiled a 1–7–1 record. Schedule References West Tennessee State Normal Memphis Tigers football seasons West Tennessee State Normal football {{collegefootball-1924-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 College Football Season
The 1924 college football season was the year of the Four Horsemen as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne, won all of its games, including the Rose Bowl, to be acclaimed as the best team in the nation. Notre Dame and Stanford were both unbeaten at season's end, with the Fighting Irish winning the Rose Bowl contest 27–10. The Penn Quakers were retroactively awarded a national championship by Parke H. Davis. Red Grange's Illinois team upset Michigan. The Illini were upset by Minnesota, which in turn was upset by Vanderbilt. Fred Russell's ''Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football'' dubs 1924 "the most eventful season in the history of Vanderbilt football." Centre claimed a southern title in its last season of national relevance, upsetting Wallace Wade's first SoCon champion Alabama team. Alabama did not lose another game until 1927. Conference and program changes Conference changes *Three new conferences began play in 1924: ** Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
