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What's Included in the CFE?
Detailed yearly team records, bowl summaries, coaching records, team and individual award and trophy winners, top 10 listings. See summary of what is included.

Conferences and Schools Included

Encyclopedia Preface

Introduction: A Brief History of College Football

Abbreviation Keys

Author's Biographical Sketch

CFE Accolades

See sample conference and team entries:

SEC logo: link to SEC conference entries
Southeastern Conference

Navy logo:link to Navy entries
Navy

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What Is Included

See a complete listing of conferences and schools included.

Entries for each school include:
  • Yearly Records (scores of all games played, star players, noteworthy
  • achievements and bowl games);
  • Bowl Summary and Bowl Record (complete list of bowl appearances, scores and records of opponents);
  • Conference Titles;
  • Top 25 Ranking;
  • Major Rivals (opponents met at least 10 times);
  • Coaches (records of top coaches);
  • Miscellanea (records of 1st game, highest scores for and against, both all-time and since World War II, longest unbeaten and winless strings, complete lists of consensus All-Americans and Academic All-Americans, national award winners).
Introductions are included for each conference. These include information on the formation of the conference, team and individual accomplishments and anecdotal material.

Also included are the following listings:

Appendix A
  • Heisman Trophy winners 1935-2001
  • Maxwell Award winners 1937-2001
  • Walter Camp Award winners 1937-2001
  • Outland Trophy Award winners 1946-2001
  • Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award winners 1970-2001
  • Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award winners 1981-2001
  • Dick Butkus Award winners 1985-2001
  • Jim Thorpe Award winners 1986-2001
  • Doak Walker Running Back Award winners 1990-2001
  • Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award winners 1992-2001
  • Fred Biletnikoff Award winners 1994-2001
  • National Coach of the Year winners
  • American Football Coaches Association award 1935-2001
  • Football Writers Association of America award 1957-2001
Appendix B - Team National Champions
  • Associated Press 1936-2001
  • United Press International 1950-1990
  • ESPN/USA Today/CNN 1991-2001
Appendix C - All-Time Coaching Records
(coaches with at least 200 victories mostly at Division I-A schools)

Appendix D - Top 10 Team Listings
Top 10 for:
  • Total All-Time Victories (Division I-A and Division I-AA members)
  • All-Time Winning Percentage (Division I-A and Division I-AA members)
  • All-Time Winning Percentage for former Major Powers
  • Single-Season Total Offense (per game average)
  • Single-Season Passing Offense (per game average)
  • Single-Season Rushing Offense (per game average)
  • Single-Season Scoring (per game average)
  • Single-Season Total Defense (per game average)
  • Single-Season Rushing Defense (per game average)
  • Single-Season Passing Defense (per game average)
  • Single-Season Scoring Defense (per game average)
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Also includes team listings for:
  • Total Bowl Victories
  • Bowl Winning Percentage (minimum 10 bowls)
  • Consensus All-Americans (Division I-A)
  • Academic All-Americans (Division I-A)
  • Teams with at least 20 bowl appearances
  • 10 Longest Winning streaks
  • 10 Longest Unbeaten strings
  • 10 Most-Played Rivalries (Division I-A and Division I-AA)
Top 10 Individual Listings for:
  • Single-Season Total Offense (yards per game and total yardage)
  • Single-Season Passing (yards per game and total yardage)
  • Single-Season Passing Efficiency
  • Single-Season Pass Receiving (catches per game, total catches, yardage)
  • Single-Season Rushing (yards per game and total yardage)
  • Single-Season All-Purpose (toal yardage and yards per game)
  • Scoring Totals
  • Field Goal Totals
  • Pass Interception Totals
  • Punting Average
  • Punt Return Average (Top 6)
  • Kickoff Return Average (Top 5)
Top 10 Coaches Listings for:
  • Division I-A career winning percentage (minimum 10 years)
  • Total bowl victories
  • Total bowl appearances
  • Bowl winning percentage

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By Robert M. Ours, the first thorough history of bowl games has been published by Westholme Publishing. It includes year-by-year bowl game summaries, a complete list of NCAA-sanctioned bowls played, bowl records, and much more.
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