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CFP Trivia Challenge Question Game 50

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:02 am
by Spence
From Mountainman or Billybud or both,

The tied game was eliminated in Division 1-A under rules that went into effect with the 1996 regular season.

What two teams played in the last scoreless tie in D-1A college football history, before the NCAA instituted overtime to avoid ties?

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:10 am
by ktffan
scoreless tie, eh?

There were 9 scoreless ties in the 1970s involving division I teams. How many can you guys name?

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:17 am
by ktffan
Plus, does anyone want to take on the last scoreless tie in NCAA history?

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:41 am
by ktffan
MECU wrote:
ktffan wrote:Plus, does anyone want to take on the last scoreless tie in NCAA history?

I'll venture a guess it was Oregon vs. Oregon State on November 19, 1983. I dunno why, but that just seems like the answer to me.


No, it was in 1995.

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:09 pm
by ktffan
[quote="MECU"]Are you sure it was 1995 and not 1985? That same record book has Div I-AA Oct. 26, 1985â€â€

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:06 pm
by ktffan
[quote="MECU"]Div III recordbook says Sept. 10, 1988â€â€

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:45 pm
by ktffan
MECU wrote:I must admit defeat. That's a good trivia question.


Naw, you're on the right trail. You looked in the 2000 version of the NCAA record book. Somewhere in a link near where you were, you'll find that starting in the 2002 book, the record has been corrected and the correct game is there.

One hint. NESCAC

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:49 pm
by ktffan
MECU wrote:
ktffan wrote:There were 9 scoreless ties in the 1970s involving division I teams. How many can you guys name?

09/18/71 Louisville at Vanderbilt
10/07/72 Columbia at Princeton
09/29/73 Long Beach State at North Texas
09/29/73 Bucknell at Columbia
xx/xx/76 ? My sources tell me there was a scoreless tie in 1976 but I can't find it.
09/10/77 Air Force at Wyoming
09/09/78 Northwestern at Illinois
10/06/79 Northern Illinois at E Michigan

Also, the NCAA statbook says there were only 8 scoreless ties in the 1970s. I looked through 70, 74 & 75 and didn't see any those years.


Since division I includes division-IAA, I felt obliged to mention the one that occured there.

That tie in 1976 was between a division I and division III team.

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:41 pm
by colorado_loves_football
ktffan wrote:Plus, does anyone want to take on the last scoreless tie in NCAA history?
TCU vs. Air Force, 1958?

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:12 pm
by colorado_loves_football
MECU wrote:Not even close. It was in 1995, it took me forever to discover it but it's back in this thread already.

And I don't like your sig kttfan!
OK, so I wasn't in the ballpark, but how often do scoreless ties happen, anyway?
I thought this question was 'limited' to I-A, not when ever any two teams play, so I might have been in the ballpark.
Unless I'm mistaken I think there was another 'major' bowl game that ended in a scoreless tie (besides TCU & Air Force). Anyone want to take a crack at it?

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:55 am
by ktffan
For the record, the scoreless tie in 1976 was Davidson vs. division III Randolph-Macon.

In 1979, I-AA Bucknell tied I-AA Lafayette 0-0.

Re: CFP Trivia Challenge Question Game 50

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:56 am
by Spence
Spence wrote:From Mountainman,

The tied game was eliminated in Division 1-A under rules that went into effect with the 1996 regular season.

What two teams played in the last scoreless tie in D-1A college football history, before the NCAA instituted overtime to avoid ties?


The original question was limited to D-1A.

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:57 pm
by colorado_loves_football
[quote="MECU"]Actually, that question wasn't limited to I-A. And scoreless ties...
And in bowl games there were 4:
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:48 pm
by billybud
Huh!!! I thought I submitted this one....i guess Mountainman must have too...

I had Amherst vs Williams

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:30 pm
by Spence
The answer submitted was Oregon -Oregon St. This question was limited to D-1A.

I could have made a mistake on who submitted it, if I did I apolgize.