The Team Trophy Case

This case is dedicated to Team trophies garnered through the ages, from the Missouri Valley through the Big XII Conferences, Bowl Trophies, and National Championships.  This page will be slow in development, as good photos of all of the trophies are hard to come by.  Click the Trophy/Bowl/Award name to go to the official site for each. In some cases, unofficial or historical sites are referenced in the case of defunct awards (ie Gotham Bowl).

National Championships (5- 18 trophies)

GrantlandRice_FootballWriters_1971.jpg (41999 bytes)

Grantland Rice Trophy

1970-1971-1994-1995

Football Writers Association of America

Click to view the AP Trophy page AP_National_Champs_1995.jpg (42957 bytes)

AP Writers' Poll
1970-1971-1994-1995

Bowl_Alliance_1998.jpg (92930 bytes) 

Bowl Alliance Trophy
1997

 

AFCA Coaches (Sears) Trophy

1994-1995-1997

CNN thru '96, ESPN from '97

McArthur_Trophy.jpg (75156 bytes)

MacArthur Bowl Trophy  
1971-1994-1995 
Nat'l Football Foundation
 
ACFF_NationalChamps_1994.jpg (58876 bytes)  ACFF_NationalChamps_1995.jpg (65461 bytes)
Association of College Football Fans  
1994-1995 
Nat'l Football Foundation

The Coaches' Poll was sponsored by the UPI from 1950-1957, UPI from 1958-1990.

There was no trophy associated with this poll.

  

UPI Coaches' Poll

1970-1971

(no UPI site)

Other NC Awards:

1915 - Billingsley Report

1980 - Sagarin Ratings

             FACT*

1981 - Nat'l Championship

             Foundation

1982 - Berryman

1984 - Litkenhous

1993 - Nat'l Championship 

             Foundation

 1983: 

    Berryman

    Chicago Tribune Fan Poll

    DeVold

    FACT

    Litkenhous

    Matthews Grid Ratings

    Poling System

    Sagarin Ratings

*Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions &Tournaments

 ChicagoTribune 1983 Fan's National Championship Trophy

Bowl Trophies (24)

 
Alamo
2000, 2003, 2005
 
BluebonnetBowl_1976.jpg (66390 bytes)
Astro-Bluebonnet
1976
 
CottonBowl_1974.jpg (100405 bytes)
Cotton
1974
 
FiestaBowl_1996.jpg (62481 bytes)
Fiesta
1996, 2000
 
QB Joe Ganz - 2009 Gator Bowl MVP
Gator
2009
 
GothamBowl_1962.jpg (53459 bytes)
 Gotham
1962
 
Holiday2009_2.jpg (322762 bytes)
Holiday
2009

liberty_trophy.jpg (208712 bytes)

Liberty
1977
 
 
Orange
1964, 1971, 1972, 1973
1983, 1995, 1996, 1998
 
1969 Sun Bowl Trophy1980 Sun Bowl Trophy
Sun
1969, 1980
 
1985 Sugar Bowl Trophy1987 Sugar Bowl Trophy
Sugar
1974, 1985, 1987
 

    		
  

  

    
      

      
Conference
      Championship Trophies (46)

      

    		
  

  

    
    
Western
    Inter-State University

    
Football
    Association (3)

    
1894*, 1895*, 1897

    
 

    
Missouri
    Valley (12)

    
1907*, 1910, 1911*,

    
1912*, 1913*, 1914,

    
1915, 1916, 1917, 1921,

    
1922, 1923

    
 

    
Big 6 (9)

    
1928, 1929, 1931, 1932,

    
1933, 1935, 1936, 1937,

    
1940

    
 
    
*
    
    = Co-Champion
    
    

    
    
1975 Big 8 Conference Football Trophy1984 Big 8 Conference Football Trophy

    
Big 8 (20)

    
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966,

    
 1969*, 1970, 1971,

    
1972, 1975*, 1978*,

    
1981, 1982, 1983,

    
1984*, 1988, 1991*,

    
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

    		
    
    

    
Big
    XII (2)

    
1997,
    1999
    
 
    

    
    

    2006 Big XII North Champions; 5-0 in the Division, 6-2 Conference
    
Big
    XII North Division (7)
    
1996,
    1997,
    1999, 2006, 2008*, 2009, 2010
    

  

  

    
    

    		
  

  

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    

  

  

    
      

      
Other
      Team Trophies and Game Balls

      

    		
  

  

    
    
NotreDame_1925.jpg (45360 bytes)

    
Notre
    Dame Game Ball

    
1925
    

    
    
CocaColaClassic_1992.jpg (67626 bytes)

    
Coca-Cola Bowl

    
1992 

    		
    
    
NU holds overall series advantage of 65-36-3

    
Victory
    Bell (Nebraska-Missouri)

    
1927-2010
    

    
    
HeroesTrophy2011.jpg (72863 bytes)

    
Heroes
    Game Trophy (Nebraska-Iowa)

    
2011-