what college football team has produced the most heisman winners?
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Since 1935, the Heisman Trophy has been awarded to college football's most outstanding player. Ohio State, Oklahoma and Notre Dame are tied for the most recipients by a single program with seven each. In other words, those three programs account for nearly 25 percent of all winners.
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The program with the most consecutive winning seasons since 1937 is Nebraska, who rolled up 40 straight from 1962-2001. Statistics courtesy of CFBStats and Sports Reference-College Football.
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TCU began playing football in 1896 and claims national championships in 1935 and 1938. TCU has one Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien, and has had eight former players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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1 LSU player has won the Heisman Trophy -- RB Billy Cannon in 1959. Cannon swamped Richie Lucas, the Penn State QB who was the runner-up. Cannon collected 519 first-place votes, 147 second-place votes and 78 third-place votes for 1,929 points. Lucas totaled 613 points.
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For most of its history, most winners of the Heisman have been seniors. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman in 2012. ... Only a few juniors have won the award, starting with the eleventh winner in 1945, Doc Blanchard.
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In American college football, the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the Oklahoma Sooners, who won 47 consecutive games between 1953 and 1957.
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["Clemson. Dabo Swinney's Tigers are Athlon's pick to win it all in 2020.", 'Alabama. In 2019, the Crimson Tide missed the CFB Playoff for the first time since the inception of the four-team bracket in 2014. ... ', 'Ohio State. ... ', 'Oklahoma. ... ', 'Penn State. ... ', 'Florida. ... ', 'Georgia. ... ', 'LSU. ... ']
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The three finalists for the Heisman Trophy will be revealed on Monday, December 9. The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner will be announced at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 14 on ESPN, live from New York City.
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['Penn State. ... ', 'Clemson. ... ', 'Oklahoma. ... ', 'Notre Dame. ... ', 'Michigan. ... ', 'Georgia. ... ', 'Alabama. The Crimson Tide are the national champions and the best program in the country. ... ', '2 Ohio State. The Buckeyes are one of the top teams in the country on a yearly basis.']
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Brown, Howard stand alone Only two wide receivers have won the Heisman since it was first awarded to the University of Chicago's Jay Berwanger in 1935 -- Notre Dame's Tim Brown in 1987 and Howard in 1991.
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In American college football, the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the Oklahoma Sooners, who won 47 consecutive games between 1953 and 1957. The longest FCS winning streak is held by the North Dakota State Bison, who have an active streak of 37 consecutive wins, ongoing since November 2017.
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['10. ( Tie). ... ', 'Nebraska (24 bowl wins) ... ', '7. ( ... ', '4. ( ... ', 'Oklahoma (28 bowl wins) ... ', 'USC (33 bowl wins) ... ', 'Alabama (35 bowl wins)']
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['Auburn Tigers. Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports. ... ', "Penn State Nittany Lions. Matthew O'Haren-USA TODAY Sports. ... ", 'Florida Gators. © Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports. ... ', 'Oklahoma Sooners. Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports. ... ', 'LSU Tigers. © Derick E. ... ', 'Oregon Ducks. Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports. ... ', 'Alabama Crimson Tide. ... ', 'Georgia Bulldogs.']
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Notre Dame has the most undefeated seasons with six, followed by Nebraska with five, then Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio State with four each.
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Since 1995, Ohio State has finished in the top six of the AP poll 15 times with two national championships and two runner-up finishes. Michigan is the winningest program in the history of college football.
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The closest that a player outside the modern Division I FBS came to winning the Heisman is third place; in both cases, the players involved played for schools in what was at the time Division I-AA, now Division I FCS. ... Only three high schools have produced multiple Heisman trophy winners.
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2008, OU 47, OSU 41: In the highest-scoring Bedlam ever, soon-to-be Heisman winner Sam Bradford passes for 370 yards and four TDs as OU forges a controversial Big 12 South tie that puts the Sooners in the Big 12 championship game and eventually the BCS title game.