102 2018 Ohio State Football

1942 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – ASSOCIATED PRESS

Front Row: William Durtschi, Robert Frye, Les Horvath, Thomas James, Lindell Houston, Wilbur Schneider, Richard Palmer, William Hackett, George Lynn, Martin Amling, Warren McDonald, Cyril Lipaj, Loren Staker, Charles Csuri, Paul Sarringhaus, Carmen Naples, Ernie Biggs. Second Row: William Dye, Frederick Mackey, Caroll Widdoes, Hal Dean, Thomas Antenucci, George Slusser, Thomas Cleary, Paul Selby, William Vickroy, Jack Roe, Robert Jabbusch, Gordon Appleby, Paul Priday, Paul Matus, Robert McCormick, Phillip Drake, Ernie Godfrey. Third Row: Paul Brown (Head Coach), Hugh McGranahan, Paul Bixler, Cecil Souders, Kenneth Coleman, James Rees, Tim Taylor, William Willis, William Sedor, John White, Kenneth Eichwald, Robert Shaw, Donald McCafferty, John Dugger, Donald Steinberg, Dante Lavelli, Eugene Fekete.

Though World War II loomed over the nation, Ohio State football fans reveled in one of the most glorious seasons ever. The Buckeyes captured the school’s first national championship as well as a Big Ten title, finishing the year 9-1 and ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll. Led by a star-studded backfield that included Les Horvath, Paul Sarringhaus and Gene Fekete, OSU rolled to 337 points, a record that stood until 1969. The only loss of the season, a 17-7 decision at Wisconsin, even had an asterisk as several key players and coaches caught a debilitating virus from a drinking fountain on the train from Chicago to Madison.

SEPT 26 Fort Knox W 59-0 OCT 03 Indiana W 32-21 10 Southern California W 28- 12 17 Purdue W 26-0 24 at Northwestern W 20-6 31 at #6 Wisconsin L 7 - 17 NOV 07 Pittsburgh W 59- 19 14 vs. #13 Illinois W 44 -20 21 #4 Michigan W 2 1 -7 28 Iowa Seahawks W 4 1 - 12

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EIGHTNATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS

103

1954 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – ASSOCIATED PRESS

Front Row: Hubert Bobo, Kenneth Thompson, James Roseboro, Morris, William Cummings, Raymond Williams, William Jobko, Jack Archer, David Richards, Jerry Trabue, James Wassmund, Richard Guy, Richard Slicker, Robert Lilienthal, Robert Cole, William Michael, Ernie Godfrey. Second Row: Zahler, Gene Fekete, James Parker, Howard Cassady, Raymond Riticher, Carroll Howell, Gerald Glenn Krisher, Dave Leggett, Richard Hilinski, John Borton, Richard Brubaker, Jack Gibbs, Bobby Watkins, Dean Dugger, Thurlow Weed, David Williams, Paul Ludwig, Donald Swartz, James Reichenbach. Third Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Esco Sarkkinen, James Young, Jan Shedd, Andrew Okulovich, Gage, William Collmar, Thomas Spears, William Booth, Robert Bond, Francis Machinsky, Kenneth Vargo, Robert Thornton, David Weaver, Jerry Harkrader, Donald Stoeckel, Donald Vicic, Shingledecker, William Hess, Doyt Perry, Harry Strobel, Lyal Clark. Fourth Row: Lee Williams, Thomas Dillman, Aurelius Thomas, Lee Nussbaum, Thomas Quinn, Edward Howley, Stanley Humbert, Elbert Ebinger, Donald Frank, Karl Sommer, Lalo Blazeff, Charles Robson, Frederick Kriss, Franklin Ellwood, Franklyn Theis, Richard Ramser.

Ohio State claims its second national championship with a perfect 10-0 season, beating Southern Cal, 20-7, in a rainy, mud-soaked Rose Bowl game. The rift between West Coast writers and Hayes is born when the OSU coach criticizes the Tournament of Roses Association for not covering the field before the game and allowing the bands to perform at halftime. The team forced 35 turnovers during a season in which the Buckeyes knocked off six ranked teams.

SEPT 25 Indiana W 28-0 OCT 02 #18 California W 2 1 - 13 09 at Illinois W 40-7 16 #13 Iowa W 20- 14 23 #2 Wisconsin W 3 1 - 14 30 at Northwestern W 14 -7 NOV 06 #20 Pitt W 26-0 13 at Purdue W 28-6 20 #12 Michigan W 2 1 -7 JAN 01 vs. #17 USC W 20-7

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1957 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – UPI AND FOOTBALL WRITERS

Front Row: Gerald Bowsher, James Schultz, David Kilgore, J. Jones, Leroy Cowans, William Beam, Leonard Fontes, Via, William Wentz, Jerry Fields, Kenneth Seilkop, David Zuhars, Birtho Arnold, Lemon, Don Crowl, Paul Ballmer. Second Row: William Hess, Leroy Carr, Alex Nagy, Larry Disher, Raymond Beerman, Ronald Cook, Herbert Jones, Joseph Cannavino, William Jobko, John Martin, Galen Cisco, Leo Brown, Donald Sutherin, Aurelius Thomas, Joseph Trivissonno, Charles Zawacki, Thomas Crawford, Thomas Baldacci, Russell Provenza, Edward Breehl, Thomas Dillman, David Weaver. Third Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), John Dresser, Andrew Okulovich, James Marshall, James Houston, Loren White, Bruce Schram, Fred Schenking, Richard Schafrath, Ernest Spychalski, Daniel James, Albert Crawford, Donald Clark, Francis Kremblas, Russel Bowermaster, Tommy Joe Morgan, Daniel Fronk, David Wagner, Phillip Robinson, Gary Ballenger, Charles LeBeau, Ernie Godfrey, Harry Strobel. Fourth Row: Clive Rush, Gene Fekete, Esco Sarkkinen, Casimir Adulewicz, Walsh, Ralph Gage, Ralph Bailey, John Lord, Preston McMurry, Richard Michael, Clifford Wilson, James Rowland, George Craig, James Samuels, Harvey Herrmann, James Matz, Gene Bryant, Thomas Kreakbaum, John Moran, Richard Anders, Lyal Clark.

After dropping the season opener, 18-14, to TCU at home, the Buckeyes win nine-consecutive games to capture the school’s third national championship – the second under Woody Hayes. Ohio State knocked off Oregon 10-7 in the Rose Bowl for its third-consecutive win in Pasadena. The Buckeye defense only allowed six fourth-quarter points all year.

SEPT 28 Texas Christian L 14 - 18 OCT 05 at Washington W 35-7 12 Illinois W 2 1 -7 19 Indiana W 56-0 26 at Wisconsin W 16 - 13 NOV 02 Northwestern W 47 -6 09 Purdue W 20-7 16 #5 Iowa W 1 7 - 13 23 at #19 Michigan W 3 1 - 14 JAN 01 vs. Oregon W 10 -7

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

104 2018 Ohio State Football

1961 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – FOOTBALL WRITERS

Front Row: Jack Wallace, Daniel Connor, Dennis Clotz, Charles Wittmer, Bob Ferguson, Ronald Houck, George Tolford, Charles Bryant, Samuel Tidmore, Thomas Perdue, Robert Ingram, Roger Detrick, Larry Stephens, Paul Martin, Jack Roberts, Howard Lambert. Second Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Kenneth Johnson, Ben Jones, David Katterhenrich, Rodney Foster, Edward Ulmer, Gary Moeller, Billy Armstrong, Robert Vogel, Robert Middleton, William Mrukowski, Daryl Sanders, William Hess, Robert Klein, Von Allen Hardman, Richard Haupt, Ernie Godfrey. Third Row: David Tingley, Wayne Betz, Raymond Krstolic, John Mummey, David Francis, Norman Vanscoy, Thomas Jenkins, Dean Fronk, James Bearss, Ormonde Ricketts, Charles Mamula, Matthew Snell, Joseph Sparma, Paul Warfield, William Jones, Robert Bruney. Fourth Row: Elwood Rayford, Richard Laskowski, Robert Butts, Stewart Baffer, Karl Kumler, Robert Lister, Richard Mangiamelle, Richard Van Raaphorst, Chester Mirick, Dennis Hullinger, Douglas Lyons, Larry Marmie, Albert Parker, Ronald Carter, Albert Zima, Douglas Fortney. Fifth Row: Harry Strobel, Alan Fiers, William Gunlock, Esco Sarkkinen, Dale Sunderhaus, William Unger, Bernie Stanley, William Hall, Dennis Carter, Glenn Schembechler, James Herbstreit, Lyal Clark, William Wentz, Ernie Biggs.

Ohio State finishes 8-0-1, wins at Michigan, 50-20, claims the Big Ten crown and is named national champions by the Football Writers. A bitter dispute among the school’s faculty council erupted when a Rose Bowl invitation arrived. By a narrow margin, the council voted not to accept the invitation and skip the bowl game. A livid Hayes claimed for years the decision hampered his recruiting efforts.

SEPT 30 Texas Christian T 7-7OCT 07 UCLA W 13-3 14 Illinois W 44-0 21 at Northwestern W 10-0 28 at Wisconsin W 30-21NOV 04 #9 Iowa W 29-13 11 at Indiana W 16-7 18 Oregon W 22-12 25 at Michigan W 50-20

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1968 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – CONSENSUS

Front Row: James Roman, Gary Roush, Jaren Bombach, Gerald Ehrsam, John Muhlbach, Mark Stier, Dirk Worden, Nicholas Roman, Rufus Mayes, David Foley, Victor Stottlemyer, William Long, Bob Smith, John Stowe, Edward Bender, John Sobolewski. Second Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Daniel Aston, Butch Smith, Mike Polaski, Alan Jack, David Whitfield, Paul Schmidlin, Charles Hutchison, Ted Provost, William Urbanik, William Nielsen, Paul Huff, Jim Otis, Arthur Burton, David Brungard, Kevin Rusnak. Third Row: Bruce Jankowski, William Hackett, Jim Gentile, Ray Gillian, Michael Radtke, Steven Crapser, Tom Backhus, Randall Hart, William Pollitt, Jan White, Leophus Hayden, Theodore Kurz, Horatius Greene, Robert Trapuzzano. Fourth Row: James Stillwagon, Mike Sensibaugh, Larry Zelina, Larry Qualls, Rex Kern, James Conroy, David Cheney, Charles Aldrin, Brian Donovan, Richard Kuhn, James Opperman, Richard Troha, Gerald King, John Brockington, Thomas Ecrement. Fifth Row: Steven Page, Michael Dale, Vince Suber, Bruce Smith, Ralph Holloway, Tim Anderson, Charles Waugh, Ronald Maciejowski, Ed Lapuh, Henry Hausman, James Marsh, Mark Debevc, James Coburn, Dennis Laws. Sixth Row: Lester Wells, Jack Tatum, Philip Strickland, Doug Adams, Tim Wagner, Hugh Hindman, William Mallory, Esco Sarkkinen, Louis McCullough, Earle Bruce, George Chaump, Lou Holtz, Rudy Hubbard, Tiger Ellison.

Arguably the finest Ohio State team in history uses a dominating 50-14 win over Michigan and a 27-16 come-from-behind victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl to earn the school’s fifth national championship. Before the final polls crowning the Buckeyes champions are released, Coach Hayes departs for Vietnam for a volunteer trip to talk football with U.S. servicemen. Later, the Sporting News called this team one of the 10 greatest college football teams of all-time. The Ohio State offense averaged 32 points per game and 440 yards per contest.

SEPT 28 Southern Methodist W 35-14OCT 05 Oregon W 21-6 12 #1 Purdue W 13-0 19 Northwestern W 45-21 26 at Illinois W 31-24 NOV 02 #16 Michigan St W 25-20 09 at Wisconsin W 43-8 16 at Iowa W 33-27 23 #4 Michigan W 50-14 JAN 01 vs. #2 USC W 27-16

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

105

1970 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

Front Row: Richard Kuhn, Jack Tatum, Larry Zelina, William Anderson, Mike Sensibaugh, Bruce Jankowski, David Cheney, Ronald Maciejowski, Rex Kern, James Stillwagon, Jan White, Doug Adams, Leophus Hayden, Philip Strickland, Brian Donovan, Mark Debevc, John Brockington. Second Row: Woody Hayes (Head Coach), Jim Gentile, Richard Simon, Richard Troha, James Oppermann, Gerald King, Michael Dale, James Marsh, Bruce Smith, James Coburn, Charles Waugh, David Wright, Roger Burrows, Timothy Harman, James Conroy, Ralph Holloway, Jimmie Harris. Third Row: Dan Givens, David Long, Greg Mountz, Milan Vecanski, Richard Wakefield, Donald Lamka, Ward Cappell, Thomas Houser, Stanley White, Thomas Campana, Thomas DeLeone, Harry Howard, Glen Mason, Robert Sapanaro, Ken Luttner, William Conley. Fourth Row: Thomas Battista, Gary Lago, George Hasenohrl, Kirk Jones, Ross Moore, Jeff Brown, Lawrence Graf, Fred Pisanelli, Michael Scannell, Rick Seifert, Gary Sloan, Fred Schram, Marvin Kinsey, Thomas Rabatin, Richard Ferko. Fifth Row: Roger Zuene, Richard Galbos, Gary Zetts, Shad Williams, Charles Beecroft, Thomas Nixon, Anthony Pitstick, John Doll, John Cummings, Frank Andrulis, Randall Cowman, Martin Lucki, Earl Belgrave, Charles Bonica. Sixth Row: R. Conroy, Daniel Sivinski, Ken Dixon, Terry Strong, John Hicks, Timothy Wersel, Jon Breuleux, Willie Teague, John Hughes, Kevin Fletcher, John Bledsoe, Thomas Baxa, Elliot Rice. Seventh Row: T. Steel, George Chaump, Ralph Staub, Esco Sarkkinen, Richard Walker, Earle Bruce, Louis McCullough, Rudy Hubbard, David McClain, John Mummey.

Jim Stillwagon wins both the Outland and the first Lombardi Award. Ohio State rolls to nine-consecutive wins – including a 20-9 triumph over Michigan that has been called one of the most emotional games in Ohio Stadium history – before falling to Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State still was awarded a national championship by the National Football Foundation. A senior class featuring six All-Americans and nine all-Big Ten selections leaves OSU with a three-year mark of 27-2.

SEPT 26 Texas A&M W 56-13OCT 03 Duke W 34-10 10 at Michigan State W 29-0 17 Minnesota W 28-8 24 at Illinois W 48-29 31 #20 Northwestern W 24-10NOV 07 at Wisconsin W 24-7 14 at Purdue W 10-7 21 #4 Michigan W 20-9JAN 01 vs. #12 Stanford L 17-27

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2002 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – CONSENSUS

Front Row: Tim Anderson, Bryce Bishop, Jason Bond, Drew Carter, Adrien Clarke, Ivan Douglas, Cie Grant, Scott Kuhnhein, Kenny Peterson, Andy Groom, Donnie Nickey, Mike Doss, Matt Wilhelm, Chris Vance, Michael Stafford, David Thompson, Jack Tucker, Ben Hartsock, Jesse Kline, Craig Krenzel, Maurice Lee, Scott McMullen, Richard McNutt. Second Row: Jim Tressel (Head Coach), Redgie Arden, LeAndre Boone, Will Allen, Bobby Britton, Jason Caldwell, Bam Childress, John Hollins, Josh Huston, Harlen Jacobs, Pat O’Neill, Fred Pagac, B.J. Sander, Michael Jenkins, Thomas Matthews, Shane Olivea, Robert Reynolds, Darrion Scott, Will Smith, Alex Stepanovich, Angelo Chattams, Ryan Cook. Third Row: Kevin Groom, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Chris Gamble, Marcus Green, Roy Hall, Ryan Hamby, Mike Nugent, Adam Olds, JaJa Riley, Lydell Ross, Brandon Schnittker, Andree Tyree, Maurice Hall, Maurice Clarett, Mike Roberts, Bobby Carpenter, R.J. Coleman, Mike D’Andrea, Doug Datish, T.J. Downing, Tyler Everett, Pat Fuller. Fourth Row: A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Brandon Mitchell, Joel Penton, Quinn Pitcock, Jay Richardson, Nate Salley, Tim Schafer, Rob Sims, Troy Smith, E.J. Underwood, Stan White, Jr., Justin Zwick, John Adams, David Andrews, Kyle Andrews, Mike Bogart, Chris Conwell, Bryce Culver. Fifth Row: Chris Kaeding, Ray Pongonis, John Lombardo, Michael DeMaria, Steve Graef, Mike Kne, Jamal Luke, John McLaughlin, Jeremy Miller, Jim Otis, Roshawn Parker, Scott Petroff, Jeremy Uhlenhake, Mike Young, John Conroy, Rob Harley, Steven Moore, Steve Winner, Antonio Smith, Bob Sweeney, Doug Calland. Sixth Row: Jim Bollman, Bill Conley, Joe Daniels, Mark Dantonio, Luke Fickell, Jim Heacock, Mark Snyder, Tim Spencer, Mel Tucker, Bob Tucker, Dick Tressel, Allan Johnson, Bernardo Amerson, John Hill, Sori Kanu, Mark Staten, Jeff Ryan, Mike Tressel, Mark Quisenberry. Not pictured: Branden Joe, Joe Bradley.

Ohio State captures the school’s seventh national championship and the Big Ten’s first unanimous crown since 1968 by compiling a 14-0 record and defeating Miami in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3. The 14 victories set an NCAA Division I-A record. The Buckeyes begin the season ranked 13th in the Associated Press Preseason Poll, but gradually work their way up to the No. 2 spot prior to their showdown with the previously unbeaten and top-ranked Hurricanes. Their 31-24 double-overtime victory over Miami is typical of a heart-pounding season in which they win five games by six points or less.

AUG 24 Texas Tech W 45-21SEPT 07 Kent State W 51-17 14 #10 Washington St. W 25-7 21 at Cincinnati W 23-19 28 Indiana W 45-17 OCT 05 at Northwestern W 27-16 12 San Jose State W 50-7 19 at Wisconsin W 19-14 26 #18 Penn State W 13-7 NOV 02 #23 Minnesota W 34-3 09 at Purdue W 10-6 16 at Illinois W 23-16 OT

23 #12 Michigan W 14-9 JAN 03 vs. #1 Miami (Fla.) W 31-24 2OT

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

106 2018 Ohio State Football

2014 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – CONSENSUS

Front Row: Noah Spence, Kyle Clinton, Russell Doup, Chad Lindsay, J.T. Moore, Darryl Baldwin, Steve Miller, Curtis Grant, Doran Grant, Jeff Heuerman, Braxton Miller, Michael Bennett, Devin Smith, Evan Spencer, Rod Smith, Joel Hale, Rashad Frazier, Peter Gwilym, Nic Sarac, Taylor Decker, Joshua Perry. Second Row: Urban Meyer (Head Coach), Nick Vannett, Warren Ball, Devan Bogard, Ron Tanner, Jacoby Boren, Joe Burger, Chris Carter, Chase Farris, Bryce Haynes, Armani Reeves, Adolphus Washington, Tommy Schutt, Antonio Underwood, Cameron Williams, Corey Smith, Nick Snyder, Jeff Greene, Craig Fada, Chris Rock, Kevin Niehoff, Kato Mitchell. Third Row: Joey Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott, Dontre Wilson, Vonn Bell, Cam Burrows, Michael Cibene, Kyle Dodson, Bri’onte Dunn, Michael Thomas, Tyvis Powell, Pat Elflein, Cardale Jones, Khaleed Franklin, Trey Johnson, Cameron Johnston, Darron Lee, Aaron Mawhirter, Devlin McDaniel, Aaron Parry, Joe Ramstetter, DeVonte Butler. Fourth Row: Mike Maduko, Luke Morgan, James Clark, Eli Apple, J.T. Barrett, Marcus Baugh, Gareon Conley, Michael Hill, Tyquan Lewis, Jalin Marshall, Evan Lisle, Donovan Munger, Billy Price, Tracy Sprinkle, Chris Worley, Johnnie Dixon, Curtis Samuel, Reakwon McMillan, Stephen Collier, Marcelys Jones, Kyle Trout, Logan Gaskey, Dylan Thompson. Fifth Row: Jeffie Johnson, Kyle Berger, Dante Booker, Noah Brown, Parris Campbell, Jalyn Holmes, Malik Hooker, Sam Hubbard, Jamarco Jones, Demetrius Knox, Marshon Lattimore, Terry McLaurin, Sean Nuernberger, Darius Slade, Erick Smith, Brady Taylor, Damon Webb, Isaiah Williams, Kosta Karageorge, Guy Ferrelli, R.J. Morris. Sixth Row: Sean McMickle, Brett Burger, Lew Holder, Mark Quisenberry, David Trichel, Greg Gillum, Ryan Stamper, Mark Pantoni, Stan Jefferson, Vince Okruch, Doug Calland, Chris Kaeding, Ray Pongonis, Jim Borchers, Bob Sweeney, Mike Sypniak, Shaun Barnhouse, Tony Laurenzi, Kevin Ries, Sam Staley, Brendan Bishop, Kristen Holbrook. Seventh Row: Jon Carpenter, Vince Oghobaase, Jeff Uhlenhake, Kenny Parker, Anthony Schlegel, Phil Matusz, Mickey Marotti, Kerry Coombs, Tim Hinton, Stan Drayton, Larry Johnson, Chris Ash, Luke Fickell, Tom Herman, Ed Warinner, Zach Smith, Adrian Mayes, Quinn Tempel, Hiram Defries, Brian Voltolini, Fernando Lovo.

Urban Meyer’s 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes captured the eighth national championship in school history to cap its 125th season of football. Led by eight senior starters, the Buckeyes won their final 13 games to win the first College Football Playoff national championship while tying the NCAA record for wins in a season with 14.

A youthful team that featured four new starters on the offensive line, a freshman quarterback, a new running back and a defense that improved every week took each game one at a time and dismantled its opponent week after week by an average margin of victory of 23 points.

The Buckeyes stayed perfect in Big Ten play under Meyer by winning all eight games to extend their conference record-winning streak to 24 games. Then with Cardale Jones replacing the injured J.T. Barrett at quarterback, the Buckeyes pounded Wisconsin, 59-0, to win the school’s 35th Big Ten Conference championship; a win so convincing the team earned one of four positions in the first College Football Playoff.

In the CFP semifinals at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Ohio State came back from a 21-6 deficit behind outstanding defense and 230 rushing yards from Ezekiel Elliott to defeat No. 1 Alabama, 42-35, and claim the Sugar Bowl championship and a date in the national championship game vs. No. 2 Oregon.

And 11 days later in the CFP National Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Ohio State defense was again dominant and Elliott led an offensive charge with 246 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the 42-20 victory over the Ducks.

AUG 30 at Navy W 34-17 SEPT 06 Virginia Tech L 21-35 13 Kent State W 66-0 27 Cincinnati W 50-28 OCT 04 at Maryland W 52-24 18 Rutgers W 56-17 25 at Penn State W 31-24 2OT

NOV 01 Illinois W 55-14 08 at #8 Michigan State W 49-37 15 at #25 Minnesota W 31-24 22 Indiana W 42-27 29 Michigan W 42-28 DEC 06 vs. #13 Wisconsin W 59-0 JAN 01 vs. #1 Alabama W 42-35 12 vs. #2 Oregon W 42-20

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS