After a couple members of the 1980 Minnesota Duluth football team died suddenly a few years ago, the remaining members made it a point to get together more often, not at funerals, but at celebrations.

In college football, games and legacies can be decided by a matter of inches. Throughout much of college football history, even a single loss could derail a team’s hopes for a national championship. A ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. In 1980, Georgia won its only modern national title thanks to a key freshman (all-time running back ...

Dave Shipp has a lot going on at Vintage High School. He keeps busy as the Crushers’ athletic director and the new head football coach. He bounces between two offices, one in the auxiliary gym and the ...

The success of 1979 and 1980 was soon forgotten as the Patriots could only muster two wins in 1981. The franchise had become a laughing stock of the league and always found new ways to lose. The team ...

In 1980, South Carolina running back George Rogers ran his way to the Heisman Trophy and a place in college football history. With Rogers stampeding all over the field, the Gamecocks put together a ...

Bill Lewis, Georgia’s secondary coach in the glorious football season of 1980, was in Athens recently to see the grandchildren, the ones living in Oconee County where his son, Geoff, is a teacher and ...

Daniel Wilco has worked at the AJC, Sports Illustrated, and SEC Country. His writing has also appeared on SI.com, Men’s Health, and The Cauldron. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the ...

It’s time for a new era of Mississippi State football. Zach Arnett became the head coach of the Bulldogs under tragic circumstances last December when head coach Mike Leach suddenly passed away just ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Chicago Tribune Silver Football — 100 years later — remains one of the highest honors a Big Ten player can receive. The list of winners includes future ...

The United States Football League, which challenged the NFL‘s dominance in the 1980s before collapsing after just three seasons, will attempt a comeback in the spring of 2022. Fox Sports has signed on ...