I change my vote from the 61 Bama defense to the 1908 LSU defense. 11 points given up in 10 games is mighty impressive. Thanks bhelm.
1908 Season Head Coach - Edgar R. Wingard Overall Record 10-0 Conference Record 2-0 Oct 3 New Orleans YMGC W 41-0 Baton Rouge Oct 11 Jackson Barracks W 81-5 Baton Rouge Oct 17 Texas A&M W 26-0 New Orleans Oct 26 Rhodes W 55-0 Baton Rouge Oct 31 Auburn W 10-2 Auburn Nov 7 Miss State W 50-0 Baton Rouge Nov 10 Baylor W 89-0 Baton Rouge Nov 16 Haskell Institute W 32-0 New Orleans Nov 23 La Tech W 22-0 Ruston Nov 26 Arkansas W 36-4 Arkansas
Terry, here is a good site for you. I know you could use it for future debates here and other boards. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/ScoresIndex.htm
2 points? 4 points? Ok...question, were field goals worth 2 points back then? Or was that 1 and or 2 safeties (thas assuming or course they had safties back then)
History In the early days of football, kicking was highly emphasized. In 1883 the scoring system was devised and field goals counted 5 points while touchdowns and conversions counted 3 each. In 1897 the touchdown was raised to 5 points while the conversion was lowered to 1 point. The field goal was changed to 4 points in 1904 and then to the modern 3 points in 1909. The touchdown was changed to 6 points in 1912. In 1924 the conversion was spotted at the 3 yard line. In 1925-1928 it was moved to the 5 yard line. In 1929 it was moved to the 2 yard line. Finally, in 1968 it was moved back to the 3 yard line. The goalposts were originally located on the goal line; this led to many injuries and sometimes interfered with play, and the NCAA moved the goal posts to the rear of the end zone in 1927. The NFL, however, had goalposts on the goal line until 1974. In 1959 the NCAA goalposts were widened to 23'4". In 1988 the NCAA banned the kicking tee, requiring kicks from the ground. In 1991 the college goalposts were reduced in width to 18'6", the width of NFL goal posts. In 1991 and 1992, this meant severe angles for short field goal attempts, since the hashmarks were still located 53'4" apart. In 1993, the NCAA narrowed the distance between the hashmarks to 40' (which was the width of hashmarks in the NFL until 1972, when they were narrowed to 18'6"). Like the collegiate goalposts, the NFL goal posts were located on the goal line. They were moved to the rear of the end zone in 1974, as a result of the narrowed hashmark distance of 1972, which had made for easier field-goal angles. In 1967, the NFL adopted the "slingshot" goalpost, with a single post curving to support the crossbar. The NCAA later adopted the same rule, but later allowed the use of "offset" goalposts, with two posts rather than one. Three schools in Division I-A currently use two posts instead of one for goalposts in their stadiums: Florida State, LSU, and Washington State.
After 1991, that's when FSU starting going wide right and wide left. Interesting how a simple rule change may have caused Bowden a couple of national championships.
Tigerdad, Thanks for clearing that up. You are a wealth of knowledge here on the old forum, hats off to you sir...(or leather helmets) whichever you prefer of course. :hihi:
