October, 17th 1942 - The day four different college football teams only managed to score a Safety. (2024)

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October, 17th 1942 - The day four different college football teams only managed to score a Safety.? ›

I hope you enjoyed reading this and if anyone asks you for a weird College Football fact, just tell them Harvard, Nebraska, Kansas State and Texas A&M all were only able to score a safety on the same day, October 17th, 1942.

There are two other known occurrences of the conversion safety in Division I college football – a November 26, 2004, game in which Texas scored against Texas A&M, and the 2013 Fiesta Bowl in which Oregon scored against Kansas State.

From the east coast Rose Bowl game in 1941 to the Army-Navy and Notre Dame - Great Lakes games in De- cember of 1945, college football provided both a physical and vicarious escape from the exigencies of World War II.

The Michigan Wolverines and Rutgers Scarlet Knights lay claim to being the two oldest football programs in FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) history, with the former first playing in 1879 and the latter even earlier in 1869.

Usage. The fair catch kick rule is very rarely invoked, and is one of the rarest plays in football. The rule has been regarded as "obscure", "bizarre", and "quirky".

He added that there was nothing in the rule books to suggest that safeties were ever not worth 2 points or to explain the origins of the kick after the score. Technically, teams can drop-kick, punt or place-kick the ball from their 20-yard line.

The college football team with the most wins in history is the University of Michigan. The Wolverines have accumulated 962 wins since their first season in 1879. Yale has won the most championships in college football history with 18. Alabama and Princeton are tied for second with 15 each.

The Yale-Princeton rivalry is the oldest in college football, dating back to 1873.

After a safety, the team scored upon must put the ball in play by a free kick (punt, dropkick, or placekick) from its 20-yard line. An artificial or manufactured tee cannot be used.

An NFL final score of 6-1 is possible. 6 to 1 was unviable until the one-point safety was introduced in 2015. However, it's such a rare situation under NFL rules that it likely won't happen any time soon.

Is 1 0 possible in football? ›

If Nebraska somehow picks off the other teams quarterback at the 1-yard line and proceeds to run back into the end zone and get tackled, the other team would win 1-0. Sure it is very unlikely, but it is possible. They all involve at least 4 OT and multiple 1 point safeties making them incredibly improbable.

Similarly, five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0. Again, this has not happened post-merger, with the last such game coming in 1938 between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The lowest NFL score in the post-merger history is 3-0.

Rules in high school, college and professional football dictate that when a safety occurs during a two-point conversion or point-after kick (officially known in the rulebooks as a try), it is worth one point.