T h u n d e r i n g H e r d
Football Facts
--is the first team to have a winning season in its first year in Division 1-A
--has had 3 Heisman Trophy top 6 finishers, 2 finalists
--had the MOST wins of any Division I college in the 1990s (114)
--had the third best winning percentage of any Div 1 college in the 1990s (82.01%)
--Randy Moss went here -- Heisman finalist -- wide receiver at the Minnesota Vikings
--Chad Pennington went here -- Heisman finalist -- quarterback at the New York Jets
--Troy Brown went here -- Superbowl XXXVI Champ -- New England Patriots 2001-2002 MVP
--Byron Leftwich went here -- Heisman candidate -- Jacksonville Jaguars Quarterback
--The team just come off a close loss to East Carolina University and was on its flight home when the plane crashed killing all 75 people on
--defeated East Carolina University in the highest scoring bowl game in college football history-(125 pts.)--on December 19, 2001.
--hasn't had a losing season since 1984
--finished off the 1999 season ranked 10th.
--finished off the 2001 season ranked 21st.