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What is the greatest college football game of all time?

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Asked by: Scott Marshall

November 25, 1971: Nebraska vs. A then-record 55 million viewers watched the game on ABC. In the immediate aftermath, the contest was regarded as the greatest college football game played, a distinction it still holds with many historians.

What is the most popular college football game?

Here are the 12 most-viewed college football games of 2021 according to Stewart Mandel of The Athletic.

  • Penn State vs. Auburn. USA TODAY Network. …
  • Ohio State vs. Oregon. …
  • Florida State vs. Notre Dame. …
  • Florida vs. Alabama. …
  • Baylor vs. Oklahoma State. …
  • Texas A&M vs. Alabama. …
  • Clemson vs. Georgia. …
  • Michigan State vs. Michigan.

What is the greatest game in football history?

NFL 100 Games

Rank Date Game
1 December 28, 1958 1958 NFL Championship
2 January 10, 1982 1981 NFC Championship
3 December 31, 1967 1967 NFL Championship
4 January 2, 1982 1981 AFC Divisional

Has there ever been a 0 0 college football game?

Oregon football game.

What was the biggest comeback in college football history?

1. Michigan State vs. Northwestern

  • Date: Oct. 21, 2006.
  • Deficit: 35 points.
  • Score: 38-3.
  • Time remaining: 9:54 in the 3rd quarter. Michigan State didn’t just complete the biggest comeback in FBS history in October 2006, but the Spartans did so in just less than 25 minutes of game time.

Has a college football game ever ended 2 0?

While CFB has had its share of even 2-0 games back in the run-heavy era 100 years ago, as well as more than a few low-scoring ties throughout the 20th century, we narrowed our search, with the help of Sports-Reference.com’s impressive database and season archives, to games in the last 20 seasons during which neither

What is the biggest college football rivalry game?

Ohio State. The granddaddy of all college football rivalries is the University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University. These two midwestern Big Ten powerhouses have been at it since 1897, with the Wolverines and Buckeyes meeting for “The Game” around Thanksgiving weekend for over a century.

What is oldest college football rivalry?

Yale vs.
18 Princeton 51-. The Yale-Princeton rivalry is the oldest in college football, dating back to 1873. Yale and Princeton dominated the college football scene when this rivalry began, with Yale claiming 13 outright national titles and Princeton claiming eight between 1869 and 1894.

Has there ever been a football game where nobody scored?

Surprisingly the last 0-0 game was more than 70 years ago. It was played on 7 November 1943 between the Detroit Lions and New York Giants.

What is the lowest NFL score ever?

Lowest-scoring Super Bowls in NFL history

Super Bowl (Year) Winner (Score) Combined points
37 (2003) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (48) 69
27 (1993) Dallas Cowboys (52) 69
52 (2018) Philadelphia Eagles (41) 74
29 (1995) San Francisco 49ers (49) 75

Is there a toilet bowl in football?

Watch clips of the 1983 “Civil War,” the annual match-up between the University of Oregon and Oregon State. The game resulted in major college football’s last scoreless tie and was so bad that it’s still referred to as the “Toilet Bowl.” The day was Nov. 19, 1983.

Has a college football game ever ended in a tie?

College football coaches who have coached college teams to 20 or more tie games are included in the list. College football has since established tiebreaking rules—the last tie game at the top level of college football occurred on November 25, 1995, between Wisconsin and Illinois.

What is the lowest scoring college football game?

Lowest scoring games

  • 1981 Rutgers 3 Virginia 0 The Meadowlands, on a late FG before a missed FG.
  • 1987 Rutgers 7 Duke 0 One of only two times HC Steve Spurrier was ever shut out.
  • 2004 Iowa 6 Penn State 4 Same score as the first college football game ever played, Rutgers and Princeton (1869).