Posted on 08/13/2019 1:59:57 PM PDT by C19fan
Whether it's a colossal upset, a shocking play or a historical result, the best games of all time will always stick in our minds. In honor of the 150th anniversary of college football, here is an all-time ranking of the best games in the history of the sport.
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Texas A&M vs. LSU 2018
A&M 74
LSU 72
SEVEN overtimes. The NCAA changed the rules on overtimes because of this game. When the fans stormed the field, the NCAA hit A&M with a healthy fine. A couple of alums (Ole AGS) paid the fine. No school money was used to pay it.
“I can’t remember the year but it was in the 60’s. Alabama vs Ole Miss. Archie Manning against Scott Hunter. Howard Cosell said that it was the greatest game ever.”
I remember that game (1969, I think). It was a night game, and I watched it on TV in Los Angeles. It was a passing rodeo, and in the 4th quarter the receivers were exhausted, barely able to stand by the end of the game. IT WAS A GREAT GAME! Definitely one of the best I’ve ever seen.
When I was young, people talked a lot about the 1934 Rose Bowl Game won by Columbia over Stanford. (I didn't start watching these games until about 20 years after that one.)
ML/NJ
The team that played for a tie was MSU.
Ya know, I just realized that game was Bama v Penn St! The linebacker was Barry Krause though ...
I laughed my head off when that happened. I remember a couple of Stanford band members went flying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhn2CGFQ9I
I see you forgot to mention 1966 ND vs. USC. 51-0. I was at that game at the Coliseum. One of the happiest days of my life.
I was obviously not there but from what I have read the 1926 Rose Bowl was a great one.
Washington was heavily favored and had a lead at half time. Alabama took the lead in the third quarter and held on to win.
MVP was Johnny Mack Brown thr Dothan Panther.
Yep, saw that one.
Epic.
After that game, USC Coach John McKay told his players, "forget it. After all, there are 700 million Chinese who don't even know the game was played."
They inadvertently threw a key block.
I’d go with your #2
Wvu was not overrated in 1988. They were picked to play for the title by Beano cook before the season started. Most forget that the star player Major Harris the qb went down with a separated shoulder in the first drive of the game after a late hit.
Had Harris not been injured that game probably would have had a different result. Besides all of that why would miami deserve a second chance? Getting a second chance when another team is undefeated is ridiculous.
Yeah, McKay (as much as I despised him) was a damn good coach, and he did have the knack of the quip.
Right before the 1966 ND vs. USC game, when all the hype was on Notre Dame’s side (and rightfully so, since they had a phenomenal team and won the national championship), McKay quipped, when asked about meeting ND, “Notre who?”
I hate USC, but I’ve liked some of their players.
I’m a UCLA fan and a Notre Dame fan, so obviously USC is anathema to me.
That’s not what Ara said.
Glad someone remembered Johnny Mack..
Back then they all played both ways. Real athletes.
At halftime Johnny Mack was in the stands with a couple of his female fans.
That year Alabama forced the snobby press to finally cover a team from the South.
Nobody has anything to say about #3?
Man, Boise State don’t get no respect.
My memory of college football games goes back to 1964, when I was 9 years old. I’ve been a Notre Dame fan since then (I am also an ND alum), and I’ve read significant amounts of history about the Irish. Here are ND games that are legendary:
1909 — Notre Dame 11 Michigan 3. This was the first victory by ND over the scum in 9 tries dating back to 1888. Fielding “Hurry Up” Yost cancelled the 1910 rematch while the ND team was on the train from South Bend to Ann Arbor.
1913— Notre Dame 35 Army 13. Knute Rockne played end, and Gus Dorais was his quarterback. Although the forward pass had been legal for a few seasons, this was the game that brought passing plays to the fore, and put Notre Dame in the national consciousness. It was played on All Saints’ Day (November 1) at West Point.
1924—Notre Dame 13 Army 7. This game was on October 18 and I believe it took place at the Polo Grounds. Sports writer Grantland Rice immortalized the “Four Horsemen” ( Don Miller, Elmer Layden, Jim Crowley and Harry Stuhldreher) “outlined against a Blue Gray October Sky”).
1925—Notre Dame 27 Stanford 10. The only time ND was ever invited to play in the Rose Bowl. ND won its first national championship against a Stanford squad led by the great Ernie Nevers.
1928—Notre Dame 12 Army 7. This one was at Yankee Stadium, and involved Knute Rockne’s immortal “Win One for the Gipper” speech.
1935—Notre Dame 18, Ohio State 13. This was the original “Game of the Century”. ND, lead by quarterback Bill Shakespeare, scored 3 touchdowns late in the game to stun the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium.
1946—Notre Dame 0, Army 0. This was at Yankee Stadium, and involved the two top teams in America. Johnny Lujack, ND’s Heisman winning QB, made the most famous play in this game as a defensive player by tacking Doc Blanchard short of the goal line.
As for games involving other teams, I would rank the 1969 Texas Arkansas game (Texas overcame a 14-0 deficit to win 15-14) easily in the top 10 games ever played.
Cal vs Stanford. The impossible ending
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