Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The 1946 NCAA football season finished with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish crowned as the national champion in the AP Poll, with the United States Military Academy named as national champion in various other polls and rankings. The two teams both had won all of their games, with the exception of their November 9 meeting at New York’s Yankee Stadium, where they had played to a 0-0 tie in a #1 vs #2 matchup regarded as a "Game of the Century".During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of the Associated Press poll of sportswriters (the UPI Coaches poll would not start until 1950). The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions.Georgia and UCLA would finish the regular season as the only unbeaten and untied teams. Georgia would even hammer this point home with a decisive Sugar Bowl win, while UCLA lost big in the Rose Bowl. Both Notre Dame and Army would not play in a bowl. Most third party observers would consider them National Champions.Several new bowl games would debut, among them the Tangerine Bowl (later known as the Citrus Bowl and currently known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl)."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 1 of
1
with 100 triples per page.
- 1946_college_football_season abstract "The 1946 NCAA football season finished with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish crowned as the national champion in the AP Poll, with the United States Military Academy named as national champion in various other polls and rankings. The two teams both had won all of their games, with the exception of their November 9 meeting at New York’s Yankee Stadium, where they had played to a 0-0 tie in a #1 vs #2 matchup regarded as a "Game of the Century".During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of the Associated Press poll of sportswriters (the UPI Coaches poll would not start until 1950). The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions.Georgia and UCLA would finish the regular season as the only unbeaten and untied teams. Georgia would even hammer this point home with a decisive Sugar Bowl win, while UCLA lost big in the Rose Bowl. Both Notre Dame and Army would not play in a bowl. Most third party observers would consider them National Champions.Several new bowl games would debut, among them the Tangerine Bowl (later known as the Citrus Bowl and currently known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl).".