Team Records By Year

YEAR	WINNER	SCHOOL	OVERALL RECORD
1935	Jay Berwanger	Chicago	4-4-0
1936	Larry Kelley	Yale	7-1-0
1937	Clint Frank	Yale	6-1-1
1938	Davey O'Brien	Texas Christian	11-0-0
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa	6-1-0
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan	7-1-0
1941	Bruce Smith	Minnesota	8-0-0
1942	Frank Sinkwich	Georgia	11-1-0
1943	Angelo Bertelli	Notre Dame	9-1-0
1944	Les Horvath	Ohio State	9-0-0
1945	Doc Blanchard	Army	9-0-0
1946	Glenn Davis	Army	9-0-1
1947	John Lujack	Notre Dame	9-0-0
1948	Doak Walker	Southern Methodist	9-1-1
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame	10-0-0
1950	Vic Janowicz	Ohio State	6-3-0
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton	9-0-0
1952	Billy Vessels	Oklahoma	8-1-1
1953	John Lattner	Notre Dame	9-0-1
1954	Alan Ameche	Wisconsin	7-2-0
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State	8-2-0
1956	Paul Hornung	Notre Dame	2-8-0
1957	John David Crow	Texas A&M	8-3-0
1958	Pete Dawkins	Army	8-0-1
1959	Billy Cannon	Louisiana State	9-2-0
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy	9-2-0
1961	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	8-3-0
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State	9-2-0
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy	9-2-0
1964	John Huarte	Notre Dame	9-1-0
1965	Mike Garrett	Southern California	7-2-1
1966	Steve Spurrier	Florida	9-2-0
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA	7-2-1
1968	O.J. Simpson	Southern California	9-1-1
1969	Steve Owens	Oklahoma	6-4-0
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	9-3-0
1971	Pat Sullivan	Auburn	9-2-0
1972	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	9-2-1
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State	12-0-0
1974	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	11-2-0
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	11-1-0
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	12-0-0
1977	Earl Campbell	Texas	11-1-0
1978	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	11-1-0
1979	Charles White	Southern California	11-0-1
1980	George Rogers	South Carolina	8-4-0
1981	Marcus Allen	Southern California	9-3-0
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia	11-1-0
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska	12-1-0
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College	10-2-0
1985	Bo Jackson	Auburn	8-4-0
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami (Fla.)	11-1-0
1987	Tim Brown	Notre Dame	8-4-0
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	10-2-0
1989	Andre Ware	Houston	9-2-0
1990	Ty Detmer	Brigham Young	10-3-0
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	10-2-0
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami (Fla.)	11-1-0
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	11-1-0
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado	11-1-0
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State	11-2-0
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	11-1-0
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan	12-0-0
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	9-3-0
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	10-2-0
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State	11-2-2
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska	11-2-2
2002	Carson Palmer	USC	12-2-2
2003	Jason White	Oklahoma	12-2-0
2004	Matt Leinart	USC	12-0-0
2005	Reggie Bush	USC	12-1-0