List of Kappa Alpha Psi brothers
Table:
Name

Original chapter

Notability

References

Hubbard Alexander

Alpha Theta

Longtime NFL and College Running Back coach for multiple teams

[citation needed]

Jaire Alexander

Alpha Omicron

Green Bay Packers defensive back

[citation needed]

Willie Alexander (American football)

Gamma Pi

Former Houston Oilers cornerback;

[citation needed]

Houston Antwine

Gamma Upsilon

Former AFL defensive tackle for New England Patriots, and Philadelphia Eagles; 6 time AFL All Star

[citation needed]

Nnamdi Asomugha

Gamma Alpha

Former Oakland Raiders All-Pro cornerback; philanthropist

[54]

Chris Barclay

Omicron Sigma

Former NFL running back

[2]

Lem Barney

Delta Delta

Former Detroit Lions All-Pro safety; Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1992

[4]

Odell Barry

Beta Xi

Retired wide receiver Denver Broncos; former of mayor Northglenn, Colorado

[2]

Reggie Barlow

Jacksonville (FL) Alumni

Former Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver; Head Coach Virginia State University

[2]

Albert Bell (American football)

Eta Chi

Former NFL wide receiver

[54]

Latin Berry

Delta Alpha

Former NFL defensive back with Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns

[2]

J. J. Birden

Delta Alpha

Former NFL wide receiver

[2]

Harry Boatswain

Nu Gamma

Former NFL offensive tackle for New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles; member of the Super Bowl XXIX champion San Francisco 49ers

[citation needed]

Keith Bostic (American football)

Sigma

Former Houston Oilers defensive back;

[citation needed]

Jim Braxton

Beta Epsilon
(Charter Member: Epsilon Chi)

Former Buffalo Bills fullback; blocking back for OJ Simpson;

[citation needed]

Johnny Bright

Omega

Former CFL running back, College Football Hall of Fame, 1984, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1970, Three time Grey Cup Champion

[2]

Dana Brinson

Eta

Former wide receiver for NFL San Diego Chargers and Atlanta Falcons and the London Monarchs of the World League

[2]

Marlin Briscoe

Alpha Eta

Former AFL quarterback and AFL/NFL wide receiver; 2-time Super Bowl Champion as a wide receiver on Miami Dolphins, the first African-American to start at quarterback for a major professional football league game with the 1968 AFL Denver Broncos

[citation needed]

Bob Brown

Eta

Former Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, and Oakland Raiders offensive tackle; Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2004 and College Football Hall of Fame, 1993

[citation needed]

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Hubbard Lindsay Axe Alexander ( February 14 , 1939 - August 28 , 2016 ) was an American football coach . He won three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ( NFL ) and two national championships at the University of Miami . He played college football at Tennessee State University .
Tennessee State University ( Tennessee State , Tenn State , or TSU ) is a public and historically black land-grant university in Nashville , Tennessee . Founded in 1912 , it is the largest and only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee . It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund . Tennessee State University offers 41 bachelors degrees , 23 master 's degrees , and eight doctoral degrees .
The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) . The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL 's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season . After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings , a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966 . Following an agreement to merge the NFL with the American Football League ( AFL ) , the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970 . Today , the NFL has the highest average attendance ( 67,591 ) of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States . The Super Bowl is also among the biggest club sporting events in the world , with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the Nielsen 's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015 . The Green Bay Packers hold the most combined NFL championships with 13 , winning nine titles before the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowls afterwards . Since the creation of the Super Bowl , the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots both have the most championship titles at six .
Jaire Zakar Alexander ( born February 9 , 1997 ) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football at Louisville , and was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft .
The University of Louisville ( UofL ) is a public research university in Louisville , Kentucky . It is part of the Kentucky state university system . When founded in 1798 , it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains . The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a Preeminent Metropolitan Research University . The university enrolls students from 118 of 120 Kentucky counties , all 50 U.S. states , and 116 countries around the world . The University of Louisville School of Medicine is touted for the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery as well as the first successful hand transplantation in the United States . The University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance , the nation 's first accident services , now known as an emergency department ( ED ) , and one of the first blood banks in the US . Louisville is also known for its Louisville Cardinals athletics programs . Since 2005 , the Cardinals have made appearances in the NCAA Division I men 's basketball Final Four in 2005 , 2012 , and 2013 ( vacated ) , football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl in 2007 ( champions ) and Sugar Bowl in 2013 ( champions ) , the College Baseball World Series 2007 , 2013 , 2014 , 2017 and 2019 , the women 's basketball Final Four in 2009 ( runner-up ) , 2013 ( runner-up ) , and 2018 , and the men 's soccer national championship game in 2010 . The Louisville Cardinals Women 's Volleyball program has three-peated as champions of the Big East Tournament ( 2008 , 2009 , 2010 ) , and were Atlantic Coast Conference Champions in 2015 and 2017 . Women 's track and field program has won Outdoor Big East titles in 2008 , 2009 and 2010 and an Indoor Big East title in 2011 .
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay , Wisconsin . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL , dating back to 1919 , and is the only non-profit , community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States . [ a ] Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957 . The Packers are the last of the small town teams which were common in the NFL during the league 's early days of the 1920s and 1930s . Founded in 1919 by Earl Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun , the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896 . Between 1919 and 1920 , the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest , before joining the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) , the forerunner of today 's NFL , in 1921 . Although Green Bay is by far the smallest major league professional sports market in North America , Forbes ranked the Packers as the world 's 27th most valuable sports franchise in 2019 , with a value of $ 2.63 billion . The Packers have won 13 league championships , the most in NFL history , with nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories . The Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 and were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League ( AFL ) prior to the AFL-NFL merger . The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named after the Packers ' coach Vince Lombardi , who guided them to their first two Super Bowls . Their two subsequent Super Bowl wins came in 1996 and 2010 .
Willie Alexander ( born September 21 , 1949 ) is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for the National Football League 's Houston Oilers from 1971-1979 . Before his professional career , Alexander played for Alcorn State University .
Alcorn State University ( Alcorn State , ASU or Alcorn ) is a public , historically black , land-grant university in rural unincorporated Claiborne County , Mississippi . It was founded in 1871 by the Reconstruction-era legislature to provide higher education for freedmen . It is the first black land grant college established in the United States . Its main campus is approximately 80 miles southwest of Jackson , Mississippi . One of Alcorn 's most notable alumni , Medgar Evers , a civil rights activist , graduated in 1952 . Students at the college were part of the mid-twentieth century civil rights movement , working to register residents for voting and to end racial inequality . Other alumni have been activists , politicians and professionals in Mississippi and other states . The university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund . Alcorn State 's athletic teams known as the Braves and compete in the NCAA 's Division I . All teams compete as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference ( SWAC )
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team who played in Houston , Texas from 1960 to 1996 before relocating and becoming the Tennessee Titans . The Oilers began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ) . The team won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger in the late 1960s . The Oilers competed in the East Division ( along with Buffalo , New York and Boston ) of the AFL before the merger , after which they joined the newly formed AFC Central . The Oilers throughout their existence were owned by Bud Adams and played their home games at the Astrodome for the majority of their time in Houston - Jeppesen Stadium and Rice Stadium hosted the Oilers for their first eight years . The Oilers were the first champions of the American Football League , winning the 1960 and 1961 contests , but they never won another championship . The Oilers appeared in the 1962 AFL Championship , losing in double overtime to their in-state rivals , the Dallas Texans ; they also won the AFL East Division title in 1967 and qualified for the AFL Playoffs in 1969 , both times losing to the Oakland Raiders . From 1978 to 1980 , the Oilers , led by Bum Phillips and in the midst of the Luv Ya Blue campaign , appeared in the 1978 and 1979 AFC Championship Games ( but lost both ) . The Oilers were a consistent playoff team from 1987 to 1993 , an era that included both of the Oilers ' only division titles ( 1991 and 1993 ) , as well as the dubious distinction of being on the losing end of the largest comeback in NFL history . For the rest of the Oilers ' time in Houston , however , they compiled losing seasons in almost every year outside the aforementioned high points . The Oilers ' main colors were Columbia blue and white , with scarlet trim , while their logo was a simple derrick . Oilers jerseys were always Columbia blue for home and white for away .
Houston J. Antwine ( April 11 , 1939 - December 26 , 2011 ) was a college and professional American football player from Southern Illinois University . He was drafted by the American Football League 's Houston Oilers , then traded to the Boston Patriots in 1961 . He is in the Southern Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame and the Patriots Hall of Fame . A former NAIA wrestling champion , as a defensive tackle , the stocky Twine was nearly impossible to move out of the middle . Antwine was cited by fellow Hall of Famer Billy Shaw as one of the American Football League 's best pass rushers , athletic and very quick on his feet . He usually drew double-team blocking . He was an American Football League All-Star six straight years , from 1963 through 1968 , was named to the All-Time All-AFL Team , and to the Patriots All-1960s ( AFL ) Team . He led the Patriots in sacks 3 times in his career . Houston recorded 39 sacks , recovered four fumbles and had one interception in 142 regular season games for the Patriots . He returned an interception two yards in a 28-20 win over the Broncos on December 12 , 1965 . Houston led the team in sacks in 1967 , 1968 & 1969 . Houston was the AFL Defensive Player of the Week as he sacked Dan Darragh three times in the Patriots ' 16-7 win over the Buffalo Bills at War Memorial Stadium on September 8 , 1968 .
Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois . Its headquarters is in Carbondale , Illinois .
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The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia . The Eagles compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . In the 2017 season the team won Super Bowl LII , their first Super Bowl win in franchise history and their fourth NFL title overall , after winning the Championship Game in 1948 , 1949 , and 1960 . The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets , when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia . Bell , Chuck Bednarik , Bob Brown , Brian Dawkins , Reggie White , Steve Van Buren , Tommy McDonald , Greasy Neale , Pete Pihos , Harold Carmichael , Sonny Jurgensen , and Norm Van Brocklin have been inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame . The team has had an intense rivalry with the New York Giants . This rivalry is the oldest in the NFC East and is among the oldest in the NFL . It was ranked by NFL Network as the number one rivalry of all-time , Sports Illustrated ranks it as the fourth-best rivalry in the NFL , and according to ESPN , it is one of the fiercest and most well-known rivalries in the American football community . They also have a bitter rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys , which has become more high-profile since the 1960s , as well as a historic rivalry with the Washington Redskins . Their rivalry with the Pittsburgh Steelers is another bitter rivalry known as the battle of Pennsylvania , roughly dating back to 1933 . It mostly arises from the two teams ' statuses as being from opposite ends of the same state . The team consistently ranks among the best in the league in attendance and has sold out every game since the 1999 season .
Nnamdi Asomugha ( /ˈnɑːmdi ˈɑːsəmwɑː/ NAHM-dee AH-səm-wah ; born July 6 , 1981 ) is a Nigerian-American actor , producer and former American football cornerback . He played college football for the University of California , Berkeley , and was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders . He also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers . For many years he was considered one of the best shutdown corners in the NFL . In his 11-year career , he was voted All-Pro four times , including two times to the first team . Asomugha was selected as a member of Fox Sports 's NFL All-Decade Team 2000-2009 and USA Today 's NFL All-Decade Team 2000s , and is considered one of the greatest Oakland Raiders of all time . Asomugha received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Carl King in the film Crown Heights ( 2017 ) . He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and he was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture . Variety named him one of the seven breakout performers of 2017 .
The University of California , Berkeley ( UC Berkeley , Berkeley , Cal , or California ) is a public research university in Berkeley , California . Founded in 1868 , it is the flagship campus and the oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California . Berkeley has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world . Berkeley is one of the 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities and had $ 789 million in R & D expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 2015 . Today , Berkeley maintains close relationships with three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory - and is home to many institutes , including the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Space Sciences Laboratory . Through its partner institution University of California , San Francisco ( UCSF ) , Berkeley also offers a joint medical program at the UCSF Medical Center . As of October 2019 [ update ] , Berkeley alumni , faculty members and researchers include 107 Nobel laureates , the third most of any university worldwide , as well as 25 Turing Award winners , and 14 Fields Medalists . They have also won 19 Wolf Prizes , 45 MacArthur Fellowships , 20 Academy Awards , 19 Pulitzer Prizes , and 207 Olympic medals . In 1930 , Ernest Lawrence invented the cyclotron at Berkeley , based on which UC Berkeley researchers along with Berkeley Lab have discovered or co-discovered 16 chemical elements - more than any other university . During the 1940s , Berkeley physicist J. R. Oppenheimer , the Father of the Atomic Bomb , led the Manhattan project to create the first atomic bomb . In the 1960s , Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the anti-Vietnam War movement led by its students . In the 21st century , Berkeley has become one of the leading universities in producing entrepreneurs and its alumni have founded or co-founded many companies worldwide , including five classified as Fortune 500 Companies as of 2017 .
The professional American football team now known as the Las Vegas Raiders played in Oakland , California as the Oakland Raiders from 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to Las Vegas , Nevada . Between 1982 and 1994 , the team played in Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Raiders .
Chris Barclay ( born October 15 , 1983 ) is a former American football running back who last played for the New York Sentinels . He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2006 . He played college football at Wake Forest . He is currently the running backs coach for Purdue . Barclay has also been a member of the Berlin Thunder , Tennessee Titans , New Orleans Saints , and Atlanta Falcons .
Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem , North Carolina . Founded in 1834 , the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest , north of Raleigh , North Carolina . The Reynolda Campus , the university 's main campus , has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956 . The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center campus has two locations , the older one located near the Ardmore neighborhood in central Winston-Salem , and the newer campus at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter downtown . The university also occupies lab space at Biotech Plaza at Innovation Quarter , and at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials . The university 's Graduate School of Management maintains a presence on the main campus in Winston-Salem and in Charlotte , North Carolina . Wake Forest has produced 15 Rhodes Scholars , including 13 since 1986 , four Marshall Scholars , 15 Truman Scholars and 92 Fulbright recipients since 1993. Notable people of Wake Forest University include author Maya Angelou , mathematician Phillip Griffiths , Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan , former sportscaster and athlete Billy Packer , athletes Chris Paul , Tim Duncan , Muggsy Bogues , Brian Piccolo and Arnold Palmer , and CEO Charlie Ergen . Wake Forest student athletes are known as the Demon Deacons and compete in the NCAA Division I - Atlantic Coast Conference .
Lemuel Joseph Barney ( born September 8 , 1945 ) is a former American football player . A native of Gulfport , Mississippi , he played college football at Jackson State from 1964 to 1966 . He was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League ( NFL ) and played for the Lions as a cornerback , return specialist , and punter from 1967 to 1977 . He was selected as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1967 , played in seven Pro Bowls , and was selected as a first-team All-NFL player in 1968 and 1969 . He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992 . He has also been inducted into the Detroit Lions Hall of Fame , the Jackson State Sports Hall of Fame , the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame , and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame .
Jackson State University ( Jackson State or JSU ) is a public , historically black university in Jackson , Mississippi . The university is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi . The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund . It is classified as a research university with high research activity . Jackson State University 's athletic teams , the Tigers , participate in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference ( SWAC ) . The university is also the home of the Sonic Boom of the South , a marching band founded in the 1940s . Their accompanying danceline , the Prancing J-Settes , are well known for their unique style of dance , known as J-Setting .
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . The team plays its home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit . Originally based in Portsmouth , Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans , the team formally joined the NFL on July 12 , 1930 and began play in the 1930 season . Despite success within the NFL , they could not survive in Portsmouth , then the NFL 's second smallest city . The team was purchased and relocated to Detroit and subsequently renamed the Lions for the 1934 season . The Lions have won four NFL championships . However , their last was in 1957 , which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals ( who last won in 1947 ) . They are one of four current teams and the only NFC team to have not yet played in the Super Bowl . They are also the only franchise to have been in operation for all 54 seasons of the Super Bowl era without having appeared in one ( the Cleveland Browns were not in operation for the 1996 to 1998 seasons ) .
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football , located in Canton , Ohio . Opened in 1963 , the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football , including players , coaches , franchise owners , and front-office personnel , almost all of whom made their primary contributions to the game in the National Football League ( NFL ) ; the Hall inducts between four and eight new enshrinees each year . The Hall of Fame 's Mission is to Honor the Heroes of the Game , Preserve its History , Promote its Values & Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE . As of 2020 [ update ] , there are a total of 346 members of the Hall of Fame , 189 of whom are living . Members are referred to as Gold Jackets due to the distinctive gold jackets they receive during the induction ceremony . Between four and eight new inductees are normally enshrined every year . In 2020 , an additional 15 members , known as the Centennial Slate , were inducted into the Hall of Fame to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the NFL .
Odell Barry ( born October 10 , 1941 ) is a former American college and professional football player . He played college football at Findlay University under head coach Byron E. Morgan , where he was a wide receiver . He played professionally in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos in 1964 and 1965 . Barry became a real-estate agent ; mayor of Northglenn , Colorado from 1980 to 1982 and served as a delegate to the 1980 Democratic National Convention .
The University of Toledo ( UToledo or UT ) is a public research university in Toledo , Ohio . The university also operates a 450-acre ( 180 ha ) Health Science campus , which includes the University of Toledo Medical Center , in the West Toledo neighborhood of Toledo ; a 160-acre ( 65 ha ) satellite campus in the Scott Park neighborhood of Toledo ; the Center for the Visual Arts is located in downtown Toledo at the Toledo Museum of Art ; and a research and education facility , known as the Lake Erie Center , is at the Maumee Bay State Park . The university was founded in 1872 in downtown Toledo as the Toledo University of Arts and Trades . It closed after six years and was eventually turned over to the city of Toledo to reopen in 1884 as the Toledo Manual Training School and developed from a vocational school into a university through the late 1800s . The university moved to its current location in the Ottawa neighborhood in 1931 . Since its establishment , the university has physically expanded to include more than 100 major buildings with a combined area of more 1,400 acres ( 570 ha ) and transformed its academic program from a vocational and secondary education into a comprehensive research university , known for its curriculum in the science , engineering , and medical fields . Toledo has over 100,000 living alumni and has a current enrollment of over 20,000 students . The university has over 300 student organizations and its athletic teams , called the Rockets , are members of the Mid-American Conference .
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver , Colorado . The Broncos compete as a member club of the National Football League ( NFL ) 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) West division . The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970 . The Broncos are owned by the Pat Bowlen trust and currently play home games at Empower Field at Mile High ( formerly known as Invesco Field at Mile High from 2001-2010 , Sports Authority Field at Mile High from 2011-2017 , and Broncos Stadium at Mile High from 2018-2019 ) . Prior to that , they played at Mile High Stadium from 1960 to 2000 . The Broncos were barely competitive during their 10-year run in the AFL and their first seven years in the NFL . They did not have a winning season until 1973 . In 1977 , four years later , they qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history and advanced to Super Bowl XII . Since 1975 , the Broncos have become one of the NFL 's most successful teams , having suffered only seven losing seasons . They have won eight AFC Championships ( 1977 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1997 , 1998 , 2013 , 2015 ) , and three Super Bowl championships ( 1997 ( XXXII ) , 1998 ( XXXIII ) , 2015 ( 50 ) ) , and share the NFL record for most Super Bowl losses ( 5 - tied with the New England Patriots ) . Thirteen players who have played for Denver are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame : John Elway , Floyd Little , Shannon Sharpe , Gary Zimmerman , Willie Brown , Tony Dorsett , Jerry Rice , Andre Reed , Terrell Davis , Brian Dawkins , Ty Law , Champ Bailey and Steve Atwater , along with late club owner Pat Bowlen .
Northglenn is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado . As of the 2010 census the city 's population was 35,789 . It was built as a master planned community in 1959 by Jordon Perlmutter . The city is directly connected to Downtown Denver via the forthcoming Regional Transportation District N Line at Northglenn/112th station .
Reggie Devon Barlow ( born January 22 , 1973 ) is an American football coach and former player . He is head football coach at Virginia State University . Barlow served as the head football coach at Alabama State University from 2007 to 2014 . He is a former professional wide receiver in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played eight years in the league , five for the Jacksonville Jaguars and two for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and spent one year with the Oakland Raiders . He was used as a secondary wide receiver and punt returner . In 1997 , he led the NFL in punt return yards with 555 yards on 43 returns .
Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida as well as the southeastern United States , and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States . It is the seat of Duval County , with which the city government consolidated in 1968 . Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits . As of 2018 , Jacksonville 's population was estimated to be 903,889 . The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,523,615 and is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Florida . Jacksonville is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River in the First Coast region of northeast Florida , about 25 miles ( 40 km ) south of the Georgia state line and 328 miles ( 528 km ) north of Miami . The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast . The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people , and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline , one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States . Under British rule , a settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed , known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British . A platted town was established there in 1822 , a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain ; it was named after Andrew Jackson , the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States . Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major military and civilian deep-water port . Its riverine location facilitates Naval Station Mayport , Naval Air Station Jacksonville , the U.S. Marine Corps Blount Island Command , and the Port of Jacksonville , Florida 's third largest seaport .
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional football franchise based in Jacksonville , Florida . The Jaguars compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) South division . The team plays its home games at TIAA Bank Field . The Jaguars and the Carolina Panthers joined the NFL as expansion teams for the 1995 season . Since their inception , the Jaguars have won division championships in 1998 and 1999 ( as members of the now-defunct AFC Central ) and 2017 ( as members of the AFC South ) and have qualified for the playoffs seven times , most recently in 2017 after a ten-season playoff drought . From their inception until 2011 , the Jacksonville Jaguars ' majority owner was Wayne Weaver . The team was then purchased by Pakistani-born businessman Shahid Khan for an estimated $ 770 million . In 2015 , Forbes estimated the team value at $ 1.48 billion .
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa , Florida . The Buccaneers currently compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) South division . The club joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team , along with the Seattle Seahawks . Tampa Bay played its first season in the American Football Conference ( AFC ) West division as part of the 1976 expansion plan , whereby each new franchise would play every other franchise over the first two years . After the season , the team switched conferences with the Seahawks and became a member of the NFC Central division . During the 2002 league realignment , the Buccaneers joined three former NFC West teams to form the NFC South . The club is owned by the Glazer family , and plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa . The Buccaneers are the first post-merger expansion team to win a division championship , a playoff game , and to host and play in a conference championship game ; all three accomplishments occurred during the 1979 season . They are also the first team since the merger to complete a winning season when starting 10 or more rookies , which happened in the 2010 season . In 1976 and 1977 , the Buccaneers lost their first 26 games . They would not win their first game in franchise history until Week 13 , of 14 , in 1977 . After a brief winning era in the late 1970s and early 1980s , the team suffered through 14 consecutive losing seasons .
Virginia State University ( VSU or Virginia State ) is a historically black public land-grant university in Ettrick , Virginia . Founded on March 6 , 1882 ( 1882-03-06 ) , Virginia State developed as the United States 's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for black Americans . The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund .
Albert Bell II ( born April 23 , 1964 ) was a wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers . Bell played collegiate ball for the University of Alabama before playing professionally for one season in 1988 .
The University of Alabama ( Alabama or UA ) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . Established in 1820 , the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the flagship of the University of Alabama System . The university offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor 's , master 's , education specialist , and doctoral degrees . The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA . Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology , communication and information sciences , metallurgical engineering , music , Romance languages , and social work . As one of the first public universities established in the early 19th century southwestern frontier of the United States , the University of Alabama has left a cultural imprint on the state , region and nation over the past two centuries . The school was a center of activity during the American Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement . The University of Alabama varsity football program ( nicknamed the Crimson Tide ) , which was inaugurated in 1892 , ranks as one of the ten most winningest programs in US history . In a 1913 speech then-president George H. Denny extolled the university as the capstone of the public school system in the state [ of Alabama ] , lending the university its current nickname , The Capstone . In addition , The University of Alabama has produced a total of 56 Goldwater Scholars , 15 Rhodes Scholars , 16 Truman Scholars , 33 Hollings Scholars and 11 Boren Scholars .
Latin Dafonso Berry ( born January 13 , 1967 ) is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for four seasons for the Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns .
The University of Oregon ( also referred to as UO , U of O or Oregon ) is a public flagship research university in Eugene , Oregon . Founded in 1876 , the institution 's 295-acre campus is along the Willamette River . Since July 2014 , UO has been governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon . The university has a Carnegie Classification of highest research activity and has 19 research centers and institutes . UO was admitted to the Association of American Universities in 1969 . The University of Oregon is organized into five colleges ( Arts and Sciences , Business , Design , Education , and Honors ) and seven professional schools ( Accounting , Architecture and Environment , Art and Design , Journalism and Communication , Law , Music and Dance , and Planning , Public Policy and Management ) and a graduate school . Furthermore , UO offers 316 undergraduate and graduate degree programs . Most academic programs follow the 10 week Quarter System . UO student-athletes compete as the Ducks and are part of the Pac-12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . With eighteen varsity teams , the Oregon Ducks are best known for their football team and track and field program .
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area . The Rams compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) West division . The club has won three NFL championships , and is the only one to win championships representing three cities ( Cleveland in 1945 , Los Angeles in 1951 , and St. Louis in 1999 ) . Starting in 2020 , the Rams will play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood , which they will share with the Los Angeles Chargers . The franchise began in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams , based in Cleveland , Ohio . The club was owned by Homer Marshman and featured players such as William Bud Cooper , Harry The Horse Mattos , Stan Pincura , and Mike Sebastian . Damon Buzz Wetzel joined as general manager . The franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1946 following the 1945 NFL Championship Game victory , making way for Paul Brown 's Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference and becoming the only NFL championship team to play the following season in another city . The club played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving into a reconstructed Anaheim Stadium in Orange County , California in 1980 . The Rams left California and moved to St. Louis , Missouri , following the 1994 NFL season . Five seasons after relocating , the team won Super Bowl XXXIV in a 23-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans . They then appeared in Super Bowl XXXVI , where they lost 20-17 to the New England Patriots .
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland . Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown , they compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) North division . The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium , which opened in 1999 , with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea , Ohio . The Browns ' official club colors are brown , orange , and white . They are unique among the 32 member franchises of the NFL in that they do not have a logo on their helmets . The franchise was founded in 1945 by Brown and businessman Arthur B. McBride as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) . The Browns dominated the AAFC , compiling a 47-4-3 record in the league 's four seasons and winning its championship in each . When the AAFC folded after the 1949 season , the Browns joined the NFL along with the San Francisco 49ers and the original Baltimore Colts . The team won a championship in their inaugural NFL season , as well as in the 1954 , 1955 , and 1964 seasons , and in a feat unequaled in any of the North American major professional sports , played in their league championship game in each of the Browns ' first ten years of existence . From 1965 to 1995 , they qualified to play in the NFL playoffs 14 times , but did not win another championship or play in the Super Bowl during that period . In 1995 , owner Art Modell , who had purchased the Browns in 1961 , announced plans to move the team to Baltimore . After threats of legal action from the city of Cleveland and fans , a compromise was reached in early 1996 that allowed Modell to establish the Baltimore Ravens as a new franchise while retaining the contracts of all Browns personnel .
LaJourdain J. Birden Sr. ( born June 16 , 1965 ) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the 8th round of the 1988 NFL Draft . A 5'10 , 157-lb . wide receiver , Birden graduated from Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego , Oregon , and the University of Oregon . He played in 9 NFL seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons from 1988 to 1996 .
Harry Boatswain ( June 26 , 1969-August 8 , 2005 ) was a professional American football player who played Offensive Tackle for five seasons for the San Francisco 49ers , Philadelphia Eagles , and New York Jets . Harry graduated from UNH with degrees in both marketing and business administration . He was also a professional wrestler . He died in 2005 .
The University of New Haven ( UNH ) is a private university in West Haven , Connecticut , which borders the larger city of New Haven and Long Island Sound . Between its main campus in West Haven and its graduate school campus in Orange , Connecticut , the university is situated on approximately 122 acres of land . The university comprises six degree-granting colleges and schools : the College of Arts and Sciences , the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts , the College of Business , the Tagliatela College of Engineering , the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences , and the School of Health Sciences . From 2006-2011 , the universitys undergraduate and graduate student enrollment increased by 28% and as of fall 2011 totaled over 6,000 students . The university is a member of the Northeast-10 Conference and its mascot is the Charger , a medieval war horse .
The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The team is headquartered in Florham Park , New Jersey . In a unique arrangement for the league , the Jets share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey with the New York Giants . The franchise is legally and corporately registered as New York Jets , LLC . The team was founded in 1959 as the Titans of New York , an original member of the American Football League ( AFL ) ; later , the franchise joined the NFL in the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 . The team began play in 1960 at the Polo Grounds . Under new ownership , the current name was adopted in 1963 and the franchise moved to Shea Stadium in 1964 and then to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in 1984 . The Jets advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 1968 and went on to compete in Super Bowl III where they defeated the Baltimore Colts , becoming the first AFL team to defeat an NFL club in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game . Since 1968 , the Jets have appeared in the playoffs 13 times , and in the AFC Championship Game four times , most recently losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010 . However , the Jets have never returned to the Super Bowl , making them one of three NFL teams to win their lone Super Bowl appearance , along with the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Apart from the Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions , who have never reached the Super Bowl ( although both won NFL championships prior to 1966 ) , the Jets ' drought is the longest among current NFL franchises .
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) West division . The team currently plays its home games at Levi 's Stadium in Santa Clara , California , located 38 miles ( 61 km ) southeast of San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley . Since 1988 , the 49ers have been headquartered in Santa Clara . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) and joined the NFL in 1949 when the leagues merged . The 49ers were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco . The name 49ers comes from the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush . The team is legally and corporately registered as San Francisco Forty Niners . The team began play at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco before moving across town to Candlestick Park in 1970 and then to Levi 's Stadium in Santa Clara in 2014 . The 49ers won five Super Bowl championships between 1981 and 1994 , led by Hall of Famers Joe Montana , Jerry Rice , Ronnie Lott , Steve Young , and coaches Bill Walsh and George Seifert . They have been division champions 20 times between 1970 and 2019 , making them one of the most successful teams in NFL history . The 49ers have been in the league playoffs 27 times : 26 times in the NFL and one time in the AAFC .
William Keith Bostic ( born January 17 , 1961 ) is a former professional American football player who played for seven seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) . During his career he played safety for the Houston Oilers and the Cleveland Browns . Bostic served as the Oiler defensive captain under Jerry Glanville . He earned one Pro Bowl selection and missed another based on a tiebreaker for the last safety chosen . In his Pro Bowl season , he led the American Football Conference in interceptions . Prior to playing in the NFL , he played for the Michigan Wolverines football team of the Big Ten Conference from 1979-1982 NCAA Division I-A football season . During this time Michigan won two Big Ten Conference Championships and Bostic was named first team All-Big Ten . While at Michigan , he accumulated fumble recovery and interception statistics that continue to rank among the leaders in school history . Bostic had a reputation as a very physical safety .
The University of Michigan ( UM , U-M , U of M , or UMich ) , often simply referred to as Michigan , is a public research university in Ann Arbor , Michigan . The university is Michigan 's oldest ; it was founded in 1817 in Detroit , as the Catholepistemiad , or University of Michigania , 20 years before the territory became a state . The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres ( 16 ha ) of what is now known as Central Campus . Since its establishment in Ann Arbor , the flagship university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet ( 780 acres ; 3.2 km2 ) spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus , two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn , and a Center in Detroit . The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities . Considered one of the foremost research universities in the United States with annual research expenditures approaching $ 1.5 billion , Michigan is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 25 Nobel Prize winners , 6 Turing Award winners and 1 Fields Medalist have been affiliated with the University of Michigan . Its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in the humanities , social sciences , and STEM fields ( science , technology , engineering , and mathematics ) as well as professional degrees in architecture , business , medicine , law , pharmacy , nursing , social work , public health , and dentistry . Michigan 's body of living alumni comprises more than 540,000 people , one of the largest alumni bases of any university in the world . Michigan 's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Wolverines . They are members of the Big Ten Conference . More than 250 Michigan athletes or coaches have participated in Olympic events , winning more than 150 medals .
James Robert Braxton ( May 23 , 1949 - July 28 , 1986 ) was a professional American football fullback in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins .
The University of Pittsburgh ( Pitt ) is a state-related research university in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Pitt was founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on the edge of the American frontier . It developed and was renamed as Western University of Pennsylvania by a change to its charter in 1819 . After surviving two devastating fires and various relocations within the area , the school moved to its current location in the Oakland neighborhood of the city ; it was renamed as the University of Pittsburgh in 1908 . Pitt was a private institution until 1966 when it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education . The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus , home to the university 's central administration and 28,391 undergraduate , graduate , and professional students . The university also includes four undergraduate schools located at campuses within Western Pennsylvania : Bradford , Greensburg , Johnstown , and Titusville . The 132-acre Pittsburgh campus has multiple contributing historic buildings of the Schenley Farms Historic District , most notably its 42-story Gothic revival centerpiece , the Cathedral of Learning . The campus is situated adjacent to the flagship medical facilities of its closely affiliated University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ( UPMC ) , as well as the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh , Schenley Park , and Carnegie Mellon University . The university has an annual operating budget of approximately $ 2 billion . This includes nearly $ 940 million in research and development expenditures as of 2017 , the 16th-highest in the nation . A member of the Association of American Universities , Pitt is the third-largest recipient of federally sponsored health research funding among U.S. universities in 2018 and it is a major recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health .
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area . The Bills compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) , as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park , New York . The Bills are the only NFL team that plays its home games in the state of New York . The Bills conduct summer training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford , New York , an eastern suburb of Rochester . The Bills began play as an original franchise of the American Football League ( AFL ) in 1960 . The club joined the NFL as a result of the AFL-NFL merger for the 1970 season . The 1964 and 1965 Bills were the only teams representing Buffalo that won major league professional sports championships ( back-to-back American Football League Championships ) . The Bills are the only team to win four consecutive conference championships and are the only NFL team to lose four consecutive Super Bowl games . The team was owned by Ralph Wilson from the team 's founding in 1960 , until his death in 2014 at the age of 95 . After his death , Wilson 's estate reached an agreement to sell the team to Terry and Kim Pegula , which was approved by the other NFL team owners on October 8 , 2014 . The Bills formerly possessed the longest active playoff drought in any of the four major professional sports in North America : they did not qualify to play in the NFL playoffs from 1999 until 2017 and were the last NFL team ( and last team in the major North American professional sports leagues overall ) to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the 21st century .
Johnny D. Bright ( June 11 , 1930 - December 14 , 1983 ) was a professional Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League . He played college football at Drake University . He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame , the National Football Foundation 's College Football Hall of Fame , the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame , the Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour , the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame , and the Des Moines Register 's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame . In 1951 , Bright was named a First Team College Football All-American , and was awarded the Nils V. Swede Nelson Sportsmanship Award . In 1969 , Bright was named Drake University 's greatest football player of all time . Bright is the only Drake football player to have his jersey number ( No . 43 ) retired by the school , and in June 2006 , received honorable mention from ESPN.com senior writer Ivan Maisel , as one of the best college football players to ever wear No . 43 . In February 2006 , the football field at Drake Stadium , in Des Moines , Iowa , was named in his honor . In November 2006 , Bright was voted one of the CFL 's Top 50 players ( No . 19 ) of the league 's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN . In addition to his professional and college football careers , Bright is perhaps best known for his role as the victim of an intentional , racially motivated , on-field assault by an opposing college football player from Oklahoma A & M ( now Oklahoma State University ) on October 20 , 1951 , that was captured in a widely disseminated and Pulitzer Prize winning photo sequence , and eventually came to be known as the Johnny Bright incident .
Drake University is a private university in Des Moines , Iowa . The institution offers undergraduate and graduate programs including professional programs in business , law , and pharmacy . Drake 's law school is among the twenty-five oldest in the country .
Dana Brinson ( born April 10 , 1965 ) is a former professional American football wide receiver . He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the eighth round of the 1989 NFL Draft . He played college football at Nebraska . Brinson has also played for the London Monarchs of the [ [ World League of American .
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln ( Nebraska , UNL , or NU ) is a public research university in Lincoln , Nebraska . It is the state 's oldest university and the largest in the University of Nebraska system . The state legislature chartered the university in 1869 as a land-grant university under the 1862 Morrill Act , two years after Nebraska became a state . Around the turn of the 20th century , the university began to expand significantly , hiring professors from eastern schools to teach its new professional programs and conducting groundbreaking research in agricultural sciences . The Nebraska method of ecological study developed during this time pioneered grassland ecology and laid the foundation for research in theoretical ecology for the rest of the century . The university is organized into eight colleges on two campuses in Lincoln with over 100 classroom buildings and research facilities . Nebraska 's athletic programs , known as the Cornhuskers , compete in NCAA Division I and are a member of the Big Ten Conference . NU 's football team has won 46 conference championships and claims five national championships , with an additional nine unclaimed . The school 's volleyball team has won five titles and appeared in the national semifinal nine other times . NU plays its home football games at Memorial Stadium and has sold out every game since 1962 . The stadium 's capacity of 91,585 people is famously larger than the population of Nebraska 's third-largest city .
The professional American football team now known as the Los Angeles Chargers previously played in San Diego , California as the San Diego Chargers from 1961 to 2017 before relocating back to Los Angeles where the team played their inaugural season . The Chargers franchise relocated from Los Angeles to San Diego in 1961 . The Chargers ' first home game in San Diego was at Balboa Stadium against the Oakland Raiders on September 17 , 1961 . Their final game as a San Diego-based club was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on January 1 , 2017 against the Kansas City Chiefs , who defeated the Chargers , 37-27 .
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta , Georgia . The Falcons compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) South division . The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team , after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League ( AFL ) . In their 53 years of existence ( through 2018 ) , the Falcons have compiled a record of 368-466-6 ( 358-452-6 in the regular season and 10-14 in the playoffs ) , winning division championships in 1980 , 1998 , 2004 , 2010 , 2012 , and 2016 . The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls , the first during the 1998 season in Super Bowl XXXIII , where they lost to the Denver Broncos 34-19 , and the second was 18 years later , a 34-28 overtime loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI . The Falcons ' current home field is Mercedes-Benz Stadium , which opened for the 2017 season ; the team 's headquarters and practice facilities are located at a fifty-acre ( 20 ha ) site in Flowery Branch , northeast of Atlanta in Hall County .
Marlin Oliver Briscoe ( born September 10 , 1945 ) , nicknamed The Magician , is a former American football quarterback and wide receiver . In October 1968 , after being drafted by the Denver Broncos of the American Football League ( AFL ) , he became the first starting black quarterback in professional American football and established a Denver rookie record of 14 touchdown passes that season . He played professionally for nine years . From Omaha , Nebraska , Briscoe played high school football at Omaha South High School and college football at Omaha University , now known as the University of Nebraska at Omaha .
The University of Nebraska Omaha ( Omaha or UNO ) is a public research university in Omaha , Nebraska . Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college , the university was originally known as the University of Omaha . Originally meant to provide a Christian-based education free from ecclesiastical control , the university served as a strong alternative to the city 's many successful religiously affiliated institutions . Since the year 2000 , the university has more than tripled its student housing and opened a 450-bed student dormitory and academic space on its south campus in 2017 . It has also recently constructed modern facilities for its engineering , information technology , business , and biomechanics programs . UNO currently offers more than 200 programs of study across 6 different colleges and has over 60 classroom , student , athletic , and research facilities spread across 3 campuses . The Omaha Mavericks compete in 15 NCAA Division I sports in both the NCHC and Summit League conferences . The ice hockey , basketball , and volleyball teams compete in the new Baxter Arena located on the university 's Center street campus . Softball and baseball facilities are currently under construction . UNO enjoyed national attention in 2015 , when its men 's hockey team reached the national semifinal ( Frozen Four ) of the NCAA tournament for the first time .
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area . The Dolphins compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The Dolphins play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium , located in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens , Florida . The Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in Florida . Of the four AFC East teams , they are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ) . The Dolphins were founded by attorney-politician Joe Robbie and actor-comedian Danny Thomas . They began play in the AFL in 1966 . The region had not had a professional football team since the days of the Miami Seahawks , who played in the All-America Football Conference in 1946 , before becoming the first incarnation of the Baltimore Colts . For the first few years , the Dolphins ' full-time training camp and practice facilities were at Saint Andrew 's School , a private boys boarding prep school in Boca Raton . In the 1970 AFL-NFL merger , the Dolphins joined the NFL . The team made its first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl VI , losing to the Dallas Cowboys , 24-3 . The following year , the Dolphins completed the NFL 's only perfect season , culminating in a Super Bowl win , winning all 14 of their regular season games , and all three of their playoff games , including Super Bowl VII .
Robert Stanford Brown ( born December 8 , 1941 ) , nicknamed The Boomer is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League from 1964 through 1973 . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as the second overall pick in the 1964 NFL draft . He played for the Eagles from 1964 to 1968 , the Los Angeles Rams from 1969 to 1970 , and the Oakland Raiders from 1971 to 1973 . He played college football at Nebraska . Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004 .
Larry Brown , Jr. ( born November 30 , 1969 ) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders . He is mostly known for being named the MVP of Super Bowl XXX . He played college football at Texas Christian University .
Texas Christian University ( TCU ) is a private Protestant Christian university in Fort Worth , Texas . It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College . [ citation needed ] The campus is located on 272 acres ( 110 ha ) about 3 miles ( 5 km ) from downtown Fort Worth . TCU is affiliated with , but not governed by , the Disciples of Christ . The university consists of eight constituent colleges and schools and has a classical liberal arts curriculum . It is classified among R2 : Doctoral Universities - High research activity . TCU 's mascot is Superfrog , based on the Texas state reptile -- the horned frog . For most varsity sports , TCU competes in the Big 12 conference of the NCAA 's Division I . As of February 2016 [ update ] , The university enrolls around 10,394 students , with 8,892 being undergraduates .
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex . The Cowboys compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . The team is headquartered in Frisco , Texas , and plays its home games at AT & T Stadium in Arlington , Texas , which opened for the 2009 season . The stadium took its current name prior to the 2013 season . The Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1960 . The team 's national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive sell-outs . The Cowboys ' streak of 190 consecutive sold-out regular and post-season games ( home and away ) began in 2002 . The franchise has made it to the Super Bowl eight times , tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos for second most Super Bowl appearances in history , just behind the New England Patriots record eleven Super Bowl appearances . This has also corresponded to eight NFC championships , most in the NFC . The Cowboys have won five of those Super Bowl appearances , tying them with their NFC rivals , the San Francisco 49ers ; both are second to Pittsburgh 's and New England 's record six Super Bowl championships . The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 straight winning seasons ( 1966-85 ) , in which they missed the playoffs only twice ( 1974 and 1984 ) . In 2015 , the Dallas Cowboys became the first sports team to be valued at $ 4 billion , making it the most valuable sports team in the world , according to Forbes .
Super Bowl XXX was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1995 season . The Cowboys defeated the Steelers by the score of 27-17 . The game was played on January 28 , 1996 , at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe , Arizona , the first time the Super Bowl was played in the Phoenix metropolitan area . Both teams entered the game trying to tie the San Francisco 49ers for the record for most Super Bowl wins by a franchise ( 5 ) . The Cowboys , who posted a 12-4 regular season record , were making their eighth Super Bowl appearance , while the Steelers , who recorded an 11-5 regular season record , were making their fifth appearance . This game was also the fifth rematch between Super Bowl teams . Moreover , it was the third meeting between the two longtime rivals in a Super Bowl ( after Super Bowl X and Super Bowl XIII ) , the most between any two NFL teams . Dallas became the first team to win three Super Bowls in four years , while Pittsburgh 's defeat was their first Super Bowl loss in team history . Dallas ' Larry Brown , a 12th-round draft pick , became the first cornerback to be named Super Bowl MVP by recording two interceptions in the second half , which the Cowboys converted into two touchdowns to prevent a Steelers comeback . Dallas built a 13-0 lead in the second quarter before Pittsburgh scored with 13 seconds left in the half to cut their deficit to 13-7 . Midway through the 3rd quarter , Brown made his first interception and returned it 44 yards to the Pittsburgh 18-yard line to set up running back Emmitt Smith 's 1-yard touchdown run . The Steelers then rallied to cut their deficit to 20-17 in the 4th quarter .