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That's only because you're so young. Way back in 2016 Lamar Jackson, the Louisville QB, was awarded the Heisman Trophy after his team finished the regular season 9-3, including losing the last two games of the season against Houston and Kentucky. Louisville would go on to lose the Citrus Bowl against LSU, 29-9. Louisville won no conference, divisional, or national championship that year, they just happened to have the most dynamic player on college football that year.

I’m not that young. I said “a lot”. I didn’t say that there haven’t been others. Maybe read more closely?

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Posted by WildTchoupitoulas

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Posted on 12/3/23 at 11:12 am to Notrub14

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I’m not that young. I said “a lot”. I didn’t say that there haven’t been others.

Heisman Winners on Teams with Three Regular Season Losses
1950 Vic Janowicz Ohio State 6 – 3 – 0
1961 Ernie Davis Syracuse 7 – 3 – 0
1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford 8 – 3 – 0
1980 George Rogers South Carolina 8 – 3 – 0
1981 Marcus Allen So. California 8 – 3 – 0
1985 Bo Jackson Auburn 8 – 3 – 0
1987 Tim Brown Notre Dame 8 – 3 – 0
1998 Ricky Williams Texas 8 – 3 – 0
2007 Tim Tebow Florida 9 – 3 – 0
2011 Robert Griffin III Baylor 9 – 3 – 0
2016 Lamar Jackson Louisville 9 – 3 – 0

Winners on Teams with Four Regular Season Losses
1969 Steve Owens Oklahoma 6 – 4 – 0

Winners on Teams with a .500 Record
1935 Jay Berwanger Chicago 4 – 4 – 0

Winners on Teams with a Losing Record
1956 Paul Hornung Notre Dame 2 – 8 – 0