Alan Ameche Archives - Heisman https://www.heisman.com/tag/alan-ameche/ The most prestigious award in college football. Mon, 28 Dec 2020 21:56:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.heisman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-heisman_site_icon_2023-32x32.png Alan Ameche Archives - Heisman https://www.heisman.com/tag/alan-ameche/ 32 32 This Week in Heisman History: Alan Ameche and Wisconsin blank Michigan State https://www.heisman.com/articles/this-week-in-heisman-history-alan-ameche-and-wisconsin-blank-michigan-state/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:45:23 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/this-week-in-heisman-history-alan-ameche-and-wisconsin-blank-michigan-state/ Alan Ameche was nicknamed the “The Horse” or “The Iron Horse” for his physical running style. In four years at Wisconsin, he gained 3,212 yards (then an NCAA record), scored 25 touchdowns and averaged 4.8 yards per carry. Later, in the NFL, he was a four-time Pro Bowl fullback for the Baltimore Colts. So it […]

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]]> Video: Doug Flutie honored by Ed Koch in 1984 https://www.heisman.com/articles/video-doug-flutie-honored-by-ed-koch-in-1984/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:18:42 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/video-doug-flutie-honored-by-ed-koch-in-1984/ Has it really been 34 years since Doug Flutie won the Heisman? The Boston College quarterback broke up a long string of running back Heisman winners in 1984, throwing for 3,454 yards and 27 touchdowns on his way to capturing his school’s first Heisman. We recently uncovered a video of Flutie and 15 other Heisman winners being […]

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]]> Did you know? The 1970s Heismans https://www.heisman.com/did-you-know-the-1970s-heismans/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:01:37 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/did-you-know-the-1970s-heismans/ Time for the latest in a series of trivia tidbits about Heisman Trophy winners.  Today, a few notes on Heisman winners from the 1970s. Did you know … … 1970 was known as, “the year of the quarterback,” and Stanford’s Jim Plunkett beat out noted signal callers such as Notre Dame’s Joe Theismann and Mississippi’s Archie Manning. […]

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]]> Did you know? The 1950s Heismans https://www.heisman.com/did-you-know-the-1950s-heismans/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 22:35:11 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/did-you-know-the-1950s-heismans/ Time for the latest in a series of trivia tidbits about Heisman Trophy winners.  Today, a few notes on Heisman winners from the 1950s. Did you know … … 1950 Heisman winner Vic Janowicz decided to play baseball instead of football and eventually played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates before he returned to football as a […]

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]]> What states produce the most Heisman winners? https://www.heisman.com/what-states-produce-the-most-heisman-winners/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:21:34 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/what-states-produce-the-most-heisman-winners/ When Lamar Jackson won the Heisman in 2017, it marked the second-consecutive year that a player born in the state of Florida took home the trophy. It was the first time the same state has produced Heisman winners in back-to-back seasons since 1989-90. But what states have produced the most Heisman winners over the years? Here’s a […]

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]]> The Buzz: Heisman news and views https://www.heisman.com/articles/the-buzz-heisman-news-and-views-47/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:29:12 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/the-buzz-heisman-news-and-views-47/ Week two of the college football season is in the books. Time for our traditional weekly feature that rounds up the latest Heisman news and updates from around the media world. The Buzz — Lots of quarterbacks had Heisman-type weekends. — Kirk Herbstreit discusses sleeper candidates with Newsday. — Athlon says that the Heisman race, not the national title picture, was the […]

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]]> Video: Alan Ameche and Wisconsin vs. Purdue in 1954 https://www.heisman.com/articles/video-alan-ameche-and-wisconsin-vs-purdue-in-1954/ Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:22:15 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/video-alan-ameche-and-wisconsin-vs-purdue-in-1954/ Bruising fullback Alan Ameche won the 1954 Heisman Trophy for Wisconsin after rushing for 641 yards and nine touchdowns to lead the Badgers to a 7-2 record. Today’s video shows highlights of Ameche carrying 18 times for 73 yards and a touchdown as Wisconsin beat Purdue, 20-6, on Oct. 16, 1954.

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