Big East Conference football individual awards
Offensive Player of the Year -- Winners
Table:
Season

Player

School

Position

Class

1991
Gino Torretta
Miami
QB
Jr

1992*
Gino Torretta (2)
Miami
QB
Sr

1993
Glenn Foley
Boston College
QB
Sr

1994
Billy West
Pittsburgh
RB
So

1995
Marco Battaglia
Rutgers
TE
Sr

1996†
Jim Druckenmiller
Virginia Tech
QB
Sr

1996†
Donovan McNabb
Syracuse
QB
So

1997
Donovan McNabb (2)
Syracuse
QB
Jr

1998
Donovan McNabb (3)
Syracuse
QB
Sr

1999
Michael Vick
Virginia Tech
QB
Fr

2000†
Antonio Bryant
Pittsburgh
WR
So

2000†
Santana Moss
Miami
WR
Sr

2000†
Lee Suggs
Virginia Tech
RB
So

2001†
William Green
Boston College
RB
Jr

2001†
Ken Dorsey
Miami
QB
Jr

2002†
Ken Dorsey (2)
Miami
QB
Sr

2002†
Willis McGahee
Miami
RB
So

2003
Larry Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh
WR
So

2004
Rasheed Marshall
West Virginia
QB
Sr

2005
Brian Brohm
Louisville
QB
So

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The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season was the main college football season sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The season began on August 28 , 1991 , and ended on January 1 , 1992 . For the second consecutive season , there was a split national championship . Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated ( 12-0 ) and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll . Under the conference-bowl selection alignments of the time , the Hurricanes and Huskies could not meet in a decisive title game because Washington was slotted into the Rose Bowl as the Pac-10 champions , and the other spot in the Rose Bowl was automatically given to the Big Ten champions ( Michigan ) . The Rose Bowl 's selection terms later thwarted potential title matchups of undefeated teams following the 1994 and 1997 seasons . Following the 1998 Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) realignment , several Pac-10 and Big Ten teams were able to play in a BCS title game instead of being forced to play a non-title contender in the Rose Bowl ; these include the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2002 , 2006 and 2007 , the USC Trojans in 2004 and 2005 and the Oregon Ducks in 2010 . Miami closed the 1991 season with a 22-0 shutout over No . 11 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl , but their season was defined by a dramatic November victory over then No . 1 ranked and perennial rival Florida State . That game ended with the FSU place kicker missing a field goal , wide right , which would become a theme in the Florida State-Miami football rivalry ; this game later took on the moniker Wide Right I. Nebraska lost to both national champions in 1991 and finished at 9-2-1 , ranked No . 15 in the AP poll .
Gino Louis Torretta ( born August 10 , 1970 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League ( NFL ) for five seasons . He played college football for the University of Miami , won the Heisman Trophy in 1992 , and was a member of the Miami Hurricanes ' national championship teams of 1989 and 1991 . A seventh-round pick in the 1993 NFL Draft , he was a member of several NFL teams , but never became a regular starter as a pro . He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010 .
The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in the sport of American football . The Hurricanes compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships ( 1983 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 2001 ) . The Miami Hurricanes are among the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history . Miami is ranked fourth on the list of All-time Associated Press National Poll Championships , tied with Southern California and Ohio State and behind Alabama , Notre Dame , and Oklahoma . Miami also holds a number of NFL Draft records , including most first-round selections in a single draft and most consecutive drafts with at least one first-round selection . Two Hurricanes have won the Heisman Trophy and nine have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame . The team plays its home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens , Florida . The Hurricanes ' head coach is Manny Diaz .
The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition and concluded with Alabama 's first national championship in thirteen years - their first since the departure of Bear Bryant . One of Bryant 's former players , Gene Stallings , was the head coach , and he used a style similar to Bryant 's , a smashmouth running game combined with a tough defense . The members of the Bowl Coalition were the Sugar Bowl , Orange Bowl , Cotton Bowl Classic , and Fiesta Bowl . Under the agreement the Sugar Bowl , Orange Bowl , and Cotton Bowl Classic hosted the Southeastern Conference , Big 8 , and Southwest Conference champions , respectively , and then a pool of at large teams was formed between the Atlantic Coast Conference champ , the Big East champ , Notre Dame , and two conference runners-up from the Big 8 , SWC , ACC , Big East and Pac-10 . The highest ranked host team would play the highest ranked at-large team . If the two highest ranked teams were both at-large teams , the championship game would be hosted by the Fiesta Bowl . So for this year , ( host ) SEC champ Alabama played ( at-large ) Big East Champ Miami-FL , the Orange Bowl featured ( host ) Big-8 champ Nebraska and ( at-large ) ACC champ Florida St. , the Cotton Bowl Classic featured ( host ) SWC champ Texas A & M and ( at-large ) independent Notre Dame , and the Fiesta Bowl featured ( at-large ) Big East runner up Syracuse and ( at-large ) Big 8 runner up Colorado . The 1992 season also saw the expansion of the SEC and the first conference championship game to be played in the country . Before the 1992 season , the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Carolina Gamecocks joined the SEC , which expanded the conference to twelve teams . The conference then split into two divisions , and the winner of each division would face off in the SEC Championship Game in Birmingham 's historic Legion Field ( later moved to Atlanta 's Georgia Dome , in 1994 ) . In the first year of the new system , Alabama won the SEC West , Florida won the SEC East , and the Tide won the match-up 28-21 on an Antonio Langham interception return for a touchdown in the closing minutes . In the Sugar Bowl , to decide the national champion , Miami came in a heavy favorite with even heavier swagger .
The 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions , in both the AP and Coaches poll . Under the Bowl Coalition , undefeated Big 8 champ and # 2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and # 1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl . This produced a clear champion in the Coaches Poll and the AP poll , despite Florida State 's loss to Notre Dame 31-24 during the regular season , in a game known by many as the Game of the Century . This much hyped clash between # 1 and # 2 was the site of the first ever live broadcast of the ESPN College GameDay show and did not fail to live up to expectations as Irish defensive back Shawn Wooden batted down a Charlie Ward pass in the end zone with three seconds left to play . Despite the win over Florida State , Notre Dame 's title chances ended the very next week when the Fighting Irish lost to # 17 Boston College . Further controversy surrounded the inclusion of one-loss Florida State in the national title game over undefeated West Virginia , who was ranked # 2 ( ahead of Florida State ) by the final regular season coaches ' poll but not the AP ( Nebraska was # 2 in the AP ) . Despite beating Florida State in the regular season , Notre Dame finished # 2 in the two major polls . Florida State , during the 1993 regular season played # 2 Notre Dame , # 2 Nebraska , # 3 Miami , # 7 Florida , # 13 North Carolina , # 15 Virginia , and # 17 Clemson . FSU went 3-1 vs top 7 teams while playing only 1 home game in the 4 contests . Florida State 's Charlie Ward threw for 3,032 yards , completed 70 percent of his passes and became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy and the national championship in the same season since Pittsburgh 's Tony Dorsett in 1976 . The Alamo Bowl played its inaugural game . The Sunshine Classic was no longer sponsored by Blockbuster Entertainment , and was now known as the Carquest Bowl .
Glenn Foley ( born October 10 , 1970 ) is a former American football quarterback . He played professionally in the National Football League ( NFL ) with the New York Jets from 1994 to 1998 and the Seattle Seahawks in 1999 and in the Arena Football League with the New Jersey Gladiators in 2002 .
The Boston College Eagles football team represents Boston College in the sport of American football . The Eagles compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . Formed in 1892 , Boston College 's football team was one of six Major College football programs in New England as designated by NCAA classifications , starting in 1938 . By 1981 , and for the remainder of the twentieth century , BC was New England 's sole Division I-A program . It has amassed a 632-454-37 record and is 99-54 since the turn of the 21st century . [ citation needed ] After Steve Addazio was fired as the team 's head coach , they hired Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley on December 14 , 2019 . Boston College is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the other being Notre Dame . The Eagles ' home games are played at Alumni Stadium on the Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts . In addition to success on the gridiron , Boston College football teams are consistently ranked among the nation 's best for academic achievement and graduation . In 2005 , 2006 , and 2007 , the football team 's Academic Progress Rate was the highest of any school that finished the season ranked in the AP or ESPN/USA Today Coaches ' polls .
The 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season , play of college football in the United States at the NCAA Division I-A level , began in August 1994 and ended on January 2 , 1995 . Nebraska , who finished the season undefeated , ended the year ranked No . 1 in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls . This was the first national championship of coach Tom Osborne 's career at Nebraska , despite coming close in two prior attempts ; in 1983 , his team lost to Miami after Osborne , with his team trailing 31-30 late in the game , elected to try for the lead instead of the tie and failed . In the previous season , Osborne 's team lost to eventual national champion Florida State on a missed field goal as time expired . Although Osborne 's team finished the season unbeaten , the national championship picture again was engulfed in controversy . For much of the second half of the season , Nebraska and Penn State were regarded as the top two teams in the country . This raised the possibility of a split national championship for the third time since 1990 , due in large part to the system in place that had been concocted to avoid a split title . Following the 1991 season , where Miami and Washington split the national championship in the AP and Coaches ' polls , the Bowl Coalition was founded . The Coalition consisted of six bowls , with the Orange , Fiesta , Cotton , and Sugar bowls were all considered potential hosts for a national championship game . Since three of these bowls already had specific tie-ins with conferences , an agreement was struck where the conferences would agree to release those teams from their contractual obligations in order to achieve a # 1 vs # 2 matchup . For the first two years of the Coalition , this did occur without incident as the Sugar and Orange Bowls in 1993 and 1994 featured # 1 vs. # 2 matchups in their respective games .
The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh , often referred to as Pitt , located in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Traditionally the most popular sport at the university , Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football competition , now termed the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , since the beginning of the school 's official sponsorship of the sport in 1890 . As of the 2013 season , Pitt competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . Pitt claims nine national championships and is among the top 20 college football programs in terms of all-time wins . Its teams have featured many coaches and players notable throughout the history of college football , including , among all schools , the twelfth most College Football Hall of Fame inductees , the twelfth most consensus All-Americans , and the fourth most Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees . The Panthers are currently coached by Pat Narduzzi . Pitt plays home games at Heinz Field which they share with the National Football League Pittsburgh Steelers and utilize the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Performance Complex as their practice facility .
The 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Alliance . Tom Osborne led Nebraska to its second straight national title with a victory over Florida in the Fiesta Bowl . This matchup was only possible because of the new Bowl Alliance . Under the old system , Nebraska would have been tied to the Orange Bowl and Florida to the Sugar Bowl . The Bowl Alliance created a national championship game which would rotate between the Orange , Sugar , and Fiesta Bowls free of conference tie-ins and featuring the # 1 and # 2 teams as chosen by the Bowl Alliance Poll . The Pac-10 and Big Ten chose not to participate , keeping their tie-ins with the Rose Bowl . Nebraska was showing signs of dynasty , playing in its third consecutive national title game , and became the first school to claim back-to-back titles since the 1970s . This was a dominant Nebraska team , averaging 52 points per game and a 39-point average margin of victory , including a 62-24 victory over Florida . This lopsided victory came after Florida was picked by many sportswriters to win the game . Ohio State almost created a national title controversy , going into its final regular season game against Michigan undefeated and ranked # 2 . Had they finished the season # 2 the Bowl Alliance would have been unable to pit # 1 vs. # 2 as the Big Ten champ was tied to the Rose Bowl . However , Michigan upset Ohio State .
Marco Antonio Battaglia ( born January 25 , 1973 ) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League who played for five different teams . Battaglia played college football at Rutgers University and was recognized as an All-American . He was chosen in second round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals , and he played professionally for the Bengals , Washington Redskins , Pittsburgh Steelers , Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers of the NFL .
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association ( NCAA ) . Rutgers competes as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference . Prior to joining the Big Ten , the team was a member of the American Athletic Conference ( formerly the Big East Conference ) from 1991 to 2013 . Rutgers plays its home games at SHI Stadium , in Piscataway , New Jersey . The team is currently led by head coach Greg Schiano . The Rutgers football team is notable for playing in what is considered to be the first ever intercollegiate football game in 1869 , in which they defeated Princeton University by a score of 6-4 . For this reason , Rutgers has been described as the birthplace of college football .
The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions , but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped . Florida defeated Florida State in the Sugar Bowl , which was the designated National Championship that year . Florida had faced Florida State earlier in the year , when they were ranked # 1 and # 2 , and lost . Were it not for Texas beating Nebraska , then # 3 , in the first ever Big 12 Championship Game , Florida would n't have even been in the bowl game . And even once they were there , it was n't certain a victory would mean a national championship . The Rose Bowl game featured # 2 Arizona State and # 4 Ohio State . Florida St. and Arizona St. were the only unbeatens going into bowl season , so a Rose Bowl victory would give the Sun Devils a legitimate chance on winning the title . This scenario looked plausible as Arizona State 's Jake Plummer scored with 1:40 left to play in the game , making the score 17-14 . But Ohio State 's backup quarterback Joe Germaine marched down the field to pull out a heart stopping 20-17 win . On the one hand , this meant the national title game the following night would produce an incontrovertible champion . On the other hand , it left doubt to whether or not Ohio State deserved a stake in the national title , as evidenced by the team 's 1½ first place votes in the final AP poll . The Pac-10 and Big Ten could no longer afford to hold on to tradition while the rest of the country wanted a clear national champion .
James David Druckenmiller , Jr. ( born September 19 , 1972 ) is a former American football quarterback . In his career , Druckenmiller played for the San Francisco 49ers , Miami Dolphins , and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League , as well as the Memphis Maniax of the XFL and the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League .
The Virginia Tech Hokies football team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the sport of American football . The Hokies compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They previously competed in the Big East . Their home games are played at Lane Stadium , located in Blacksburg , Virginia with a seating capacity of over 65,000 fans . Lane Stadium was [ when ? ] considered to be one of the loudest stadiums in the country , being voted number one in ESPN 's Top 20 Scariest Places to Play . Also , it was recognized in 2005 by Rivals.com as having the best home-field advantage in the country . It is currently the 31st largest stadium in college football . In 124 seasons , the Hokies have won over 700 games and appeared in 32 bowl games , including the 2000 BCS National Championship game . The Hokies currently rank 23rd among all Division I college football teams for most wins . With 25 consecutive bowl appearances , beginning in 1993 , the Hokies currently have the longest bowl game streak in the country recognized by the NCAA . The program has also claimed ten conference titles ( 2 South Atlantic , 1 Southern , 3 Big East & 4 ACC ) and produced eight All-Americans .
Donovan Jamal McNabb ( born November 25 , 1976 ) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League ( NFL ) for 13 seasons , primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles . Before his NFL career , he played football and basketball for Syracuse University . The Eagles selected him with the second overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft , and McNabb went on to play 11 seasons with the team , followed by a year each with the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings . McNabb was the Eagles ' starting quarterback from 1999 to 2009 . During his tenure with the Eagles , he led the team to eight playoff appearances ( 2000-2004 , 2006 , 2008 and 2009 ) , five NFC East division championships ( 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , and 2006 ) , five NFC Championship games ( 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , and 2008 ) , and Super Bowl XXXIX , which the Eagles lost to the New England Patriots , 24-21 . He also became the Eagles ' all-time leader in pass attempts , pass completions , passing yards , and passing touchdowns . McNabb was the fourth quarterback in NFL history to amass more than 30,000 passing yards , 200 touchdown passes , 3,000 rushing yards , and 20 rushing touchdowns in his career . The first three quarterbacks to accomplish this feat were Fran Tarkenton , John Elway , and Steve Young . His 3,469 career yards rushing ranks eighth all-time for NFL quarterbacks .
The Syracuse Orange represent Syracuse University in the sport of American football . The Orange compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . Formed in 1889 , the program has over 700 wins and has achieved 1 consensus Division I Football National Championship , winning the championship game over the Texas Longhorns in the 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic , for the 1959 season . Syracuse has had 2 undefeated seasons , 5 conference championships since 1991 , and has produced a Heisman Trophy winner , over 60 first team All-Americans , 18 Academic All-Americans including Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductee Tim Green , and over 240 NFL players . Syracuse has had 18 members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame , 2nd-most in the ACC , including former players Ernie Davis , Tim Green , Don McPherson , Art Monk and former coaches Vic Hanson , Ben Schwartzwalder , and Dick MacPherson . The Orange boast 8 inductees in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame , tied for the 4th-most of any school , including Jim Brown , Marvin Harrison , Larry Csonka , and Floyd Little . The Orange have 26 bowl appearances , 10 of which are among the New Year 's Six Bowls . Syracuse has finished in the Final Top 25 rankings 21 times in the national polls , and finished in either the AP or Coaches Polls a combined 35 times since 1952 . Syracuse has appeared in over 200 AP Polls including 7 weeks at AP number one . The Orange play their home games in the Carrier Dome on the university 's campus . The stadium is also known as The Loud House , as when it opened in September 1980 , it was made clear just how loud it was inside ; and so the soon famous nickname was coined .
The 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season , play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level , began in late summer 1997 and culminated with the major bowl games in early January 1998 . The national championship was split for the third time in the 1990s . The Michigan Wolverines finished the season atop the AP Poll after completing a 12-0 campaign with a Big Ten Conference championship and a victory in the Rose Bowl over Washington State . The Nebraska Cornhuskers garnered the top ranking in the Coaches ' Poll with a 13-0 record , a Big 12 Conference championship , and a win over Tennessee in the Orange Bowl . Michigan 's Charles Woodson , who played primarily at cornerback , but also saw time on offense as a wide receiver and on special teams as a punt returner , won the Heisman Trophy , becoming the first primarily defensive player to win the award . The 1997 season was the third and final season in which the major bowl games were organized under the Bowl Alliance system . The Bowl Championship Series was instituted the following year . In Tom Osborne 's last season as head coach , Nebraska took over the # 1 ranking in the nation after defeating Texas Tech midway through the season . Three weeks later , despite winning at Missouri in an overtime game against an unranked Missouri football team , Nebraska slipped to a # 2 ranking in the polls , as voters were n't impressed by the way the Cornhuskers won the game ( a controversial kicked ball that was caught for the game-tying TD as time expired in regulation ) ; Michigan moved ahead of Nebraska after its 34-8 victory over # 3 ranked Penn State . The consensus # 1 team going into the bowl season was undefeated Michigan , ranked # 1 in both the AP and the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll . Led by coach of the year Lloyd Carr and Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson , Michigan went into the 1998 Rose Bowl against # 8 Washington State . Michigan defeated Washington State 21-16 .
The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season , play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level , began in late summer 1998 and culminated with the major bowl games in early January 1999 . It was the first season of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) , which saw the Tennessee Volunteers win the national championship , one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the National Football League ( NFL ) . Tennessee defeated the Florida State Seminoles , 23-16 , in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe , Arizona , to secure the inaugural BCS National Championship . The BCS combined elements of the old Bowl Coalition and the Bowl Alliance it replaced . The agreement existed between the Rose , Fiesta , Sugar , and Orange bowl games , with the Cotton Bowl Classic diminishing in status since the breakup of the Southwest Conference . Like the Bowl Alliance , a national championship game would rotate between the four bowls , with the top two teams facing each other . These teams were chosen based upon a BCS poll , combining the AP Poll , the Coaches Poll , and a computer component . The computer factored in things such as strength of schedule , margin of victory , and quality wins without taking into account time ( in other words , a loss early in the season and a loss late in the season were on equal footing ) . Like the Bowl Coalition , the BCS bowls not hosting the national championship game would retain their traditional conference tie-ins . The first run of the Bowl Championship Series was not without controversy as Kansas State finished third in the final BCS standings , but was not invited to a BCS bowl game . Ohio State ( ranked 4th ) and two-loss Florida ( 8th ) received the at-large bids instead . Also , Tulane went undefeated , but finished 10th in the BCS standings and was not invited to a BCS bowl because of their low strength of schedule .
The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions , defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS Sugar Bowl . Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason # 1 and remain there through the entire season . Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the '90s , the most for any decade . Virginia Tech also had a remarkable season behind freshman quarterback Michael Vick , who was being touted as college football 's best player . Vick was outshined in the national championship game by Florida State wide receiver Peter Warrick . Warrick had early problems with the law , charged with a misdemeanor he sat out two games early in the season . But he scored three touchdowns in the title game , earning MVP honors . The BCS adopted a new rule after the previous season , nicknamed the Kansas State Rule , which stated that any team ranked in the top four in the final BCS poll is assured of an invitation to a BCS bowl game . A lot of teams faced debacles . East Carolina faced Hurricane Floyd , and in that same week , faced the # 9 Miami Hurricanes . The Pirates were down , 23-3 , but scored 24 unanswered points to win the football game , 27-23 . Kansas State finished 6th in the BCS standings but again received no BCS bowl invitation , this time being passed over in favor of Michigan ( ranked 8th ) .
Michael Dwayne Vick ( born June 26 , 1980 ) is a former professional American football quarterback who played 13 seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) , primarily with the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles . He played college football at Virginia Tech and was selected by the Falcons as the first overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft . During his six years with the Falcons , Vick was regarded as having transformed the quarterback position with his rushing abilities and was named to three Pro Bowls . He was the first NFL quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and holds the record for the most career rushing yards by a quarterback
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer . Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was in his second season as head coach , having been the defensive coordinator of Steve Spurrier 's 1996 National Champion Florida Gators , and also having helped Bill Snyder turn the Kansas State Wildcats around in the early 1990s . Stoops erased a three-game losing streak against rival Texas by a score of 63-14 , one of the worst defeats in Texas ' football history . Despite the lopsided victory , this game marked a return of the Red River Shootout to a rivalry game with national title implications . The BCS title game was not without controversy , as the system shut fourth-ranked Washington out of the championship game , despite being the only team who had beaten each # 2 Miami and # 5 Oregon State and having the same 10-1 record as # 3 Florida State during the regular season . 10-1 Miami , who handed # 3 Florida State their only loss , was ranked higher in both the AP Writers ' Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches ' Poll , and had the same record as the Seminoles , was also seen as a possible title contender . Virginia Tech also was left out of the BCS bowls , despite being ranked higher than one of the at-large teams , Notre Dame . The South Carolina Gamecocks broke a 21-game losing streak , stretching back into 1998 , to go 8-4 including a win over Ohio State in the Outback Bowl . Two new bowl games began in the 2000 season : the Silicon Valley Bowl , which had a contractual tie-in with the WAC , and the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl .
Antonio Bryant ( March 9 , 1981 ) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for University of Pittsburgh , and was recognized as an All-American and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner . The Dallas Cowboys picked him in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft , and he played professionally for the Cleveland Browns , San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL .
Santana Terrell Moss ( born June 1 , 1979 ) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League ( NFL ) for fourteen seasons . He played college football for the University of Miami , where he earned All-American honors . Moss was picked by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft , where he spent 4 seasons with the team , before playing for the Washington Redskins for 10 seasons . Moss was selected as an All-Pro in 2005 .
Lee Ernest Suggs , Jr. ( born August 11 , 1980 ) is a former American football running back for Virginia Tech the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins in the National Football League . Suggs attended high school at William Fleming High School . During his 1998 senior year in high school , he rushed for 2,918 yards and 30 touchdowns , capping a prolific high school career and helping boost his ranking among running backs to fourth in the state and 19th in the nation , according to the SuperPrep scouting organization . While at Virginia Tech he set , and still holds the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision records for most games scoring a touchdown in a single season ( 14 games in 2002 ) , and for most consecutive games scoring a touchdown ( 27 consecutive games , from September 2 , 2000 through December 31 , 2002 ; 57 touchdowns ) . His accomplishments at the university earned him a spot in the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame . Suggs was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the 18th pick in the fourth round and 115th overall of the 2003 NFL Draft . He was unable to play a full season due to several injuries as well as the acquisition of Reuben Droughns . On Monday , August 14 , 2006 , Suggs was traded to the New York Jets for defensive back Derrick Strait , but the trade was voided when Suggs failed his physical , and subsequently returned to the Browns . He was then subsequently cut by the Browns . Suggs was claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins on September 3 , 2006 . He was released by the Dolphins on October 10 , 2006 . Suggs is currently the quarterbacks coach for Division III Catholic University of America .
The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time . The Hurricanes were led by Larry Coker , who was in his first year as head coach after five years as Miami 's offensive coordinator under Butch Davis and became the first head coach since 1989 's Dennis Erickson from the University of Miami to win a national title in his first season . Coker had the benefit of inheriting a star-studded program that Davis had rebuilt in the aftermath of NCAA sanctions in the mid-to-late '90s . Miami completed a perfect 12-0 season , which culminated in a 37-14 win over Nebraska in the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game . In yet another controversial season for the BCS , ( AP ) # 4 Nebraska was chosen as the national title opponent despite not having even played in the Big 12 championship game . The Huskers went into their last regularly scheduled game at Colorado undefeated , but left Boulder having lost the game by a score of 62-36 . The Buffaloes went on to win the Big 12 championship game . The BCS computers , among other things , did n't weigh later games any more heavily than earlier games , and one-loss Nebraska came out ahead of two-loss # 3 Colorado and one-loss , # 2 Oregon . Some fans chanted number 4 at the title game held at the Rose Bowl . Florida State did not win the ACC championship for the first time since joining the conference in 1991 , losing out to Maryland . Steve Spurrier left the Florida Gators at the end of the season to coach the Washington Redskins , accepting what was then the largest salary for an NFL head coach . The season had one of the more competitive Heisman Trophy races with Eric Crouch of Nebraska winning by only a small margin over Rex Grossman of Florida .
William Green ( born December 17 , 1979 ) is a former American football running back . He played college football for the Boston College , and received consensus All-American honors . The Cleveland Browns chose him in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft and he appeared in 46 games for Cleveland between 2002 and 2005 .
Kenneth Simon Dorsey ( born April 22 , 1981 ) is a former American football quarterback . He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Dorsey played college football for the University of Miami , where he was a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist . He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft , and played for the Cleveland Browns from 2006 to 2008 . He was then the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers from 2013 to 2017 .
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a double overtime national championship game . Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated . The underdog Buckeyes defeated the defending-champion Hurricanes 31-24 , ending Miami 's 34-game winning streak . Jim Tressel won the national championship in only his second year as head coach . Rose Bowl officials were vocally upset over the loss of the Big Ten champ from the game . Former New England Patriots coach Pete Carroll returned the USC Trojans to a BCS bid in only his second season as head coach . Notre Dame also returned to prominence , as Tyrone Willingham became the first coach in Notre Dame history to win 10 games in his first season . Beginning with the 2002 season , teams were allowed to schedule twelve regular season games instead of eleven leading to additional revenues for all teams and allowing players the enhanced opportunity to break various statistical records .
Willis Andrew McGahee III ( born October 21 , 1981 ) is a former American football running back . He played college football at Miami , where he was recognized as a consensus All-American , and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft . In addition to his time with the Bills , McGahee played for the Baltimore Ravens , Denver Broncos , and Cleveland Browns . In 2015 , McGahee signed on as an athlete for the Miami Surge of the National Pro Grid League .
The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy , resulting in a split national championship . This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS , something the BCS intended to eliminate . At season 's end , three BCS Automatic Qualifying ( AQ ) conference teams finished the regular season with one loss , with only two spots available in the BCS National Championship Game . Three BCS Non-Automatic Qualifying ( Non-AQ ) conference teams also finished with one loss , TCU , Boise State and Miami ( OH ) , stirring the debate of the BCS being unfair to BCS Non-AQ conference teams . LSU defeated Oklahoma in the 2004 Sugar Bowl , securing the BCS National Championship , as the ESPN/USA Today Coaches ' Poll was contractually obligated to vote the winner of the BCS National Championship Game # 1 . Meanwhile , when AP # 1 USC beat ( number 5 ) Michigan in the 2004 Rose Bowl , the AP voters kept USC in the top spot , and USC secured the AP title . Army became the first team in NCAA Division I-A football modern history to finish the season 0-13 . The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award sponsored by ESPN chose USC coach Pete Carroll as their award recipient , while the Paul Bear Bryant Award , voted on by an association of sportswriters , chose LSU coach Nick Saban . The Orange Bowl game was noteworthy in that Miami and Florida State previously had scheduled to play each other on Labor Day in 2004 . Playing in the Orange Bowl ensured that their next meeting would be each of their very next games and their first of the 2004 season .
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. ( born August 31 , 1983 ) is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football at Pittsburgh , where he earned unanimous All-America honors . He was drafted by the Cardinals third overall in the 2004 NFL Draft . Fitzgerald has been selected for the Pro Bowl eleven times . He was named First-team All-Pro in 2008 and Second-team All-Pro twice in 2009 and 2011 . As of September 29 , 2019 [ update ] , he is second in NFL career receiving yards , second in career receptions , and sixth in receiving touchdowns . Fitzgerald is a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association .
The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The regular season began on August 28 , 2004 and ended on December 4 , 2004 . The postseason concluded on January 4 , 2005 with the Orange Bowl , which served as the season 's BCS National Championship Game . USC defeated Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl by a score of 55-19 , which earned the Trojans their second consecutive AP title and first-ever BCS title . The Orange Bowl win and accompanying BCS title were later vacated as part of the sanctions levied against USC following an NCAA investigation . USC appealed the decision but was denied by the NCAA , and the 2004 BCS title was officially vacated on June 6 , 2011 .
Rasheed Malik Marshall ( born July 11 , 1981 ) is a former American football wide receiver . He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round ( 174th overall ) of the 2005 NFL Draft . He played college football for West Virginia University . He was also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers , St. Louis Rams and the Columbus Destroyers .
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University ( also referred to as WVU or West Virginia ) in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of college football . West Virginia plays its home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown , West Virginia . The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference . With a 752-495-45 record as of the conclusion of the 2018 season , WVU ranks 14th in victories among NCAA FBS programs , and has the most victories among those programs that never claimed nor won a national championship . West Virginia was originally classified as a College Division school in the 1937 season , and joined the University Division , forerunner of Division I , in 1939 . It has been a member of Division I FBS since 1978 ( known as Division I-A until 2006 ) . The Mountaineers have registered 82 winning seasons in their history , including one unbeaten season ( 10-0-1 ) in 1922 and nine seasons with at least ten wins ( 1922 , 1969 , 1988 , 1993 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2011 , 2016 ) . The Mountaineers have won or shared a total of 15 conference championships , including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles .
The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association
Brian Joseph Brohm ( born September 23 , 1985 ) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the quarterback coach and co-offensive coordinator for Purdue University . He played college football at Louisville and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft . He also played in the National Football League ( NFL ) for the Buffalo Bills , as well as the Las Vegas Locomotives , Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers .
The Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in the sport of American football . The Cardinals compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference .