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
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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-