MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 7, 2006 – As part of an on-going series throughout the fall, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame circulates in advance This Week in College Football History, which takes a look back at some of college football’s landmark moments over the last 138 years. During the season, many of these events are featured in a changing exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.
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Featured Moment:
November 14, 1970: A charter jet carrying Marshall’s football team crashes near Huntington, W.Va., on a return trip from a game with East Carolina. All on board, including head coach Rick Tolley, team members, coaching staff and several Thundering Herd boosters, perish in the single worst air tragedy in college sports history.
The new movie, “We Are Marshall” from Warner Bros. Pictures, will have a special screening at the College Football Hall of Fame on November 14, 2006 in South Bend, Ind., on the 36-year anniversary of the event. The motion picture will be released publicly on Dec. 22.
Other Notable Dates:
November 13, 1982: Southern Miss downs Alabama 38-29 in Tuscaloosa to end the Crimson Tide’s 57-game winning streak at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The defeat marks Bama’s first loss at home since 1963.
November 15, 1969: Tennessee LB Steve Kiner terms Mississippi as a “bunch of mules, not football horses” in a preseason interview. The comments spur 1989 College Football Hall of Fame QB Archie Manning and the Rebels to a 38-0 blitzing of the No. 3 Volunteers in Jackson, Miss., during the 100-year anniversary of college football.
November 16, 1991: Brigham Young and San Diego State play to a 52-52 tie in San Diego, the highest scoring tie ever in NCAA history. The tie was the only blemish on the Cougars’ Western Athletic Conference 7-0-1 worksheet, ending BYU’s seven-game winning streak.
November 17, 1916: Rice establishes a still-standing school record with 146 points in a 146-3 win over future Southwest Conference opponent SMU. The Owls and Mustangs later become partners in the Western Athletic Conference and Conference USA.
November 17, 1923: Kansas City University falls to St. Mary’s (Kan.) 131-0 to cap a 0-6 season, in which KCU was outscored 623-0.
November 17, 1934: Yale upsets previously undefeated Princeton 7-0. The Bulldogs’ 11 starters played the entire 60 minutes, the last time in college football this iron-man feat took place. Heisman Trophy winner Larry Kelley caught the winning touchdown pass as documented in retired New York Times writer Bill Wallace's book “Yale's Ironmen.”
November 18, 1922: Dick Dunn of California sets an 84-year-old individual mark by scoring 36 points (six touchdowns) in the Golden Bears’ 61-13 victory over Nevada en route to a final 9-0-0 mark.
November 19, 1966: An injury-prone Notre Dame team runs out the clock in the fading seconds to preserve a 10-10 tie with Michigan State in the “Game of the Century.” One week later, the Fighting Irish win 51-0 at Southern California to close 9-0-1 and win the wire services’ national championship.
