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Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:17 pm
10/5/1940 - First time plastic helmets were used in a game (Northwestern @ Syracuse)
10/16/1941 - First use of the penalty flag (Oklahoma City University @ Youngstown University - Now called Youngstown St.)
1/1/1948 - First interracial bowl game (Cotton Bowl - SMU vs. Penn State)
9/29/1951 - First nationally broadcasted college football game (Duke @ Pitt)
9/29/1951 - First college football game broadcasted in color (Cal @ Penn)
1957 season - Facemask penalty introduced
1958 season - 2 Point Conversion introduced
1959 season - Distance between goal post uprights widened to 23' 4"
12/7/1963 - First use of instant reply during a college football TV broadcast (Army-Navy game)
9/11/1965 - First college football game played on artificial turf (Tulsa @ Houston). Also first college football game played indoors (Astrodome)
1967 season - Integration of the SEC (Nate Northington - UK)
12/30/1968 - First Peach Bowl played (LSU vs. Florida St.)
1988 season - Defensive 2 Point Conversion introduced
12/27/1971 - First Fiesta Bowl played (Arizona St. vs. Florida St.)
1991 season - Distance between goal post uprights reduced to to 18' 6"
1992 season - First season of the Bowl Coalition
12/9/1992 - First major college conference championship game (Florida vs. Alabama)
1993 season - Facemasks required in college football
1993 season - Current hash mark place introduced
1995 season - First season of the Bowl Alliance
12/14/1995 - First Overtime game in Division 1-A (Las Vegas Bowl - Toledo vs. Nevada)
1998 season - First season of the Bowl Championship Series
8/30/2001 - First woman plays in an NCAA football game (Ashley Martin - Jacksonville St.)
2004 season - Officiating instant replay introduced into college football
2011 season - Targeting penalty introduced
2014 season - First season of the College Football Playoff
2018 season - Fair catch introduced for kick offs
We discuss the Transfer Portal and NIL enough already, so I didn't add it in.
10/16/1941 - First use of the penalty flag (Oklahoma City University @ Youngstown University - Now called Youngstown St.)
1/1/1948 - First interracial bowl game (Cotton Bowl - SMU vs. Penn State)
9/29/1951 - First nationally broadcasted college football game (Duke @ Pitt)
9/29/1951 - First college football game broadcasted in color (Cal @ Penn)
1957 season - Facemask penalty introduced
1958 season - 2 Point Conversion introduced
1959 season - Distance between goal post uprights widened to 23' 4"
12/7/1963 - First use of instant reply during a college football TV broadcast (Army-Navy game)
9/11/1965 - First college football game played on artificial turf (Tulsa @ Houston). Also first college football game played indoors (Astrodome)
1967 season - Integration of the SEC (Nate Northington - UK)
12/30/1968 - First Peach Bowl played (LSU vs. Florida St.)
1988 season - Defensive 2 Point Conversion introduced
12/27/1971 - First Fiesta Bowl played (Arizona St. vs. Florida St.)
1991 season - Distance between goal post uprights reduced to to 18' 6"
1992 season - First season of the Bowl Coalition
12/9/1992 - First major college conference championship game (Florida vs. Alabama)
1993 season - Facemasks required in college football
1993 season - Current hash mark place introduced
1995 season - First season of the Bowl Alliance
12/14/1995 - First Overtime game in Division 1-A (Las Vegas Bowl - Toledo vs. Nevada)
1998 season - First season of the Bowl Championship Series
8/30/2001 - First woman plays in an NCAA football game (Ashley Martin - Jacksonville St.)
2004 season - Officiating instant replay introduced into college football
2011 season - Targeting penalty introduced
2014 season - First season of the College Football Playoff
2018 season - Fair catch introduced for kick offs
We discuss the Transfer Portal and NIL enough already, so I didn't add it in.
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Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:19 pm to Murph4HOF
Can I add that it was the last time that aggy can claim a national title
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:25 pm to TrNabs
It’s actually a split national title. USC finished the season undefeated and blanking #1 Tennessee in the Rose Bowl
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:26 pm to Murph4HOF
quote:Damn, I did not realize it took so long to integrate the SEC. Ohio State football was integrated in 1891. Hard to believe it took you guys 76 years to follow our lead.
1967 season - Integration of the SEC (Nate Northington - UK)
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:26 pm to Murph4HOF
Cool facts and good thread. 
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:27 pm to Murph4HOF
quote:
1993 season - Facemasks required in college football
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Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:27 pm to Murph4HOF
quote:The last aggie championship predates plastic helmets and penalty flags?
10/5/1940 - First time plastic helmets were used in a game (Northwestern @ Syracuse)
10/16/1941 - First use of the penalty flag (Oklahoma City University @ Youngstown University - Now called Youngstown St.)
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:28 pm to Shea Vinnerbush
The last time Aggy won, Adolf Hitler was running Germany BEFORE World War 2.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:30 pm to BuckI
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BuckI
Let me clear that one up for you. This is from the lantern
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William Bell was the first black varsity football player in the 1930s. Bell suffered at the hands of both his teammates and opponents each game, when they used their metal cleats on his legs, leaving them bloody during each game
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:52 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Bell began his career at Ohio State in the 1920's, nearly 40 years before the SEC. He was not allowed to play against any Southern teams. Each of Ohio State's national champions had a black player star for the Buckeyes.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 5:57 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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Let me clear that one up for you.
What are you clearing up here?
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:06 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
1939 for Texas A&M is outright. USC went 8-0-2. The national title was decided at the end of the regular season. USC has no claim.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:19 pm to LSUNWO1988
quote:WW2 began when Hitler and Stalin invaded Poland in September 1939.
The last time Aggy won, Adolf Hitler was running Germany BEFORE World War 2.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:28 pm to Murph4HOF
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First interracial bowl game
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Cotton Bowl
How ironic
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:31 pm to deltaland
quote:Like rain...
How ironic
On your wedding day.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:34 pm to deltaland
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How ironic
It is interesting to me how the Cotton Bowl has escaped the ire of the word police.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 6:35 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:He felt ashamed and embarrassed and tried to downplay Ohio State.
What are you clearing up here?
Posted on 2/13/24 at 7:11 pm to clamdip
quote:It is.
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