Kickoff Classic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kickoff Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1983 to 2002.

The first contest, held on August 29, 1983, was the first regular-season college football game to be played in the month of August. It was carried by a number of TV stations across the country via sydnication, including WKBS-TV, Channel 48 in Philadelphia. It was the Kickoff Classic's first game, but WKBS' last: the station signed off for the final time immediately after the contest.

Rules changes by the National Collegiate Athletic Association brought an end to the series.

Year Attendance Winning Team Losing Team MVP
1983 71,123 Nebraska 44 Penn State 6 Turner Gill QB Nebraska
1984 51,131 Miami 20 Auburn 18 Bernie Kosar QB Miami
1985 51,227 Brigham Young 28 Boston College 14 Robbie Bosco QB Brigham Young
1986 68,296 Alabama 16 Ohio State 10 Chris Spielman LB Ohio State
1987 54,681 Tennessee 23 Iowa 22 Reggie Cobb RB Tennessee
1988 58,172 Nebraska 23 Texas A&M 14 Steve Taylor QB Nebraska
1989 77,323 Notre Dame 36 Virginia 13 Tony Rice QB Notre Dame
1990 57,293 Southern California 34 Syracuse 16 Todd Marinovich QB Southern California
1991 77,409 Penn State 34 Georgia Tech 22 Tony Sacca QB Penn State
1992 46,251 North Carolina State 24 Iowa 14 Terry Jordan QB North Carolina State
1993 51,734 Florida State 42 Kansas 0 Derrick Brooks LB Florida State
1994 58,233 Nebraska 31 West Virginia 0 Tommie Frazier QB Nebraska
1995 62,711 Ohio State 38 Boston College 6 Eddie George TB Ohio State
1996 77,716 Penn State 24 Southern California 7 Curtis Enis TB Penn State
1997 51,185 Syracuse 34 Wisconsin 0 Donovan McNabb QB Syracuse
1998 59,232 Florida State 23 Texas A&M 14 Peter Warrick WR Florida State
1999 73,037 Miami 23 Ohio State 12 Kenny Kelly QB Miami
2000 78,902 Southern California 29 Penn State 5 Sultan McCullough TB Southern California
2001 41,517 Georgia Tech 13 Syracuse 7 Kelly Campbell WR Georgia Tech
2002 72,903 Notre Dame 22 Maryland 0 Nicholas Setta PK Notre Dame

Source: New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority.


 This college football-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../k/i/c/Kickoff_Classic_e3a4.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.