Presented here are 60 games featuring some of the most outstanding efforts in history--dramatic comebacks (such as USC's 1974 triumph over Notre Dame), stunning upsets (Columbia's 21-20 win over Army in 1947 or Appalachian State's over Michigan, 34-32, in 2007--see front cover), great individual efforts (Jim Brown's 43 points in a single game), bizarre plays (Roy Riegel's wrong-way run that helped Georgia Tech defeat California), and Yale-Harvard, 29-29, in 1968 (the latter scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds). Each story includes the highlights of the games, with quotes from many of the principals, a look at the contest's effects on football overall, career follow-ups for the key participants, and seasonal wrap-ups for the teams involved.

Presented here are 60 games featuring some of the most outstanding efforts in history--dramatic comebacks (such as USC's 1974 triumph over Notre Dame), stunning upsets (Columbia's 21-20 win over Army in 1947 or Appalachian State's over Michigan, 34-32, in 2007--see front cover), great individual efforts (Jim Brown's 43 points in a single game), bizarre plays (Roy Riegel's wrong-way run that helped Georgia Tech defeat California), and Yale-Harvard, 29-29, in 1968 (the latter scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds). Each story includes the highlights of the games, with quotes from many of the principals, a look at the contest's effects on football overall, career follow-ups for the key participants, and seasonal wrap-ups for the teams involved.

The sport of collegiate football is unlike any other sport in the world. It was first played by students who saw it as a recreational activity. However, little did they realize at the time that it would evolve into a multi-billion dollar industry that is played by thousands and watched by millions. "College Football's Most Memorable Games" is a tribute to the pioneers and innovators who created and developed the sport and helped make it what it is today. The game has become a part of who we are as a society and how involved we have become with it's progress and enormous popularity. This is the story of the 150-year evolution of the greatest amateur sport in America.

The sport of collegiate football is unlike any other sport in the world. It was first played by students who saw it as a recreational activity. However, little did they realize at the time that it would evolve into a multi-billion dollar industry that is played by thousands and watched by millions. "College Football's Most Memorable Games" is a tribute to the pioneers and innovators who created and developed the sport and helped make it what it is today. The game has become a part of who we are as a society and how involved we have become with it's progress and enormous popularity.This is the story of the 150-year evolution of the greatest amateur sport in America.

In 2015, when Ohio State took on the University of Oregon in the first College Football Playoff championship game, millions of sports fans tuned in. But back in 1869, when Rutgers University and Princeton University played the first-ever college football game, no one predicted the national spectacle that a college football championship game would become. Author Matt Doeden takes readers on a journey from the disorganized games of the early years to the most recent playoffs to determine the best college team in the nation. Along the way, discover some of the most incredible moments, games, blunders, and statistics in the history of college football championships.

In Bowl Games: College Football's Greatest Tradition, historian Robert M. Ours shows how these games established college football as a national sport. Bowl games were also used as charity events and morale boosters during the Great Depression and both world wars, and were among the first public forums that challenged segregation in the South. In addition, Ours traces the steady march toward using bowls to determine a national championship as well as the increase in payouts. The book includes period photographs, year-by-year bowl game summaries, and a complete list of every major NCAA-sanctioned bowl played up to 2005.

This book takes a historical look at past College Football games. Game of the Century, Memorable games, Great comebacks, great games of the 20th Century, When number 1 played number 2, when number ranked teams lost to an unranked team. A must read for all College Football fans.