Felix “Doc” Blanchard Archives - Heisman https://www.heisman.com/tag/felix-doc-blanchard/ 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 Felix “Doc” Blanchard Archives - Heisman https://www.heisman.com/tag/felix-doc-blanchard/ 32 32 Heisman and national champion? https://www.heisman.com/articles/heisman-and-national-champion/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:44:35 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/heisman-and-national-champion/ The College Football Playoff’s championship game is upon us. Newly-crowned Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow will lead his LSU Tigers against the Clemson Tigers Monday night in a battle to determine which team is college football’s No. 1 for the 2019 season. The senior quarterback has a chance to put himself in some rare company […]

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]]> This Week in Heisman History: Heismans galore in ’44 https://www.heisman.com/articles/this-week-in-heisman-history-heismans-galore-in-44/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/this-week-in-heisman-history-heismans-galore-in-44/ The race for the 1944 Heisman was one of the greatest in the trophy’s history. No one knew it back then, but this week in Heisman history (75 years ago), the top three finishers in the balloting would each go on to win the coveted award — the only time that’s happened in the Heisman’s […]

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]]> Transfers and the Heisman https://www.heisman.com/articles/transfers-and-the-heisman/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:12:05 +0000 https://www.heisman.com/?post_type=articles&p=9677 When Felix “Doc” Blanchard won the Heisman Trophy in 1945, he accomplished a series of firsts. He was the first junior to win the trophy. He was the first service academy player to win the trophy. And he was the first player to win the Heisman after transferring in from another college. It would take […]

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]]> Circuitous paths to the Heisman https://www.heisman.com/articles/circuitous-paths-to-the-heisman/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:59:45 +0000 https://www.heisman.com/?post_type=articles&p=9231 The vast majority of Heisman winners followed a fairly common path to football glory: They went to high school and then attended a four-year university on scholarship before winning the trophy. But the last couple seasons have been different. Each of the last two Heisman winners started their college careers at another school before transferring […]

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]]> Chasing the three-timers https://www.heisman.com/chasing-the-three-timers/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:30:17 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/chasing-the-three-timers/ A side story in this year’s Heisman race is the possibility that Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield could join some prestigious names in college football history — even if he doesn’t win the 2017 trophy. Mayfield, who finished fourth in the 2015 Heisman vote and third in the 2016 vote, has a shot to become just the seventh player to […]

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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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]]> Hollywood Heismans https://www.heisman.com/articles/hollywood-heismans/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:28:29 +0000 http://www.heisman.com/articles/hollywood-heismans/ Playbill recently announced that Eddie George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner from Ohio State, will make his Broadway debut in January of 2016. It’s a rare thing for someone to excel in a sport as a brutal and violent as football and yet show the versatility to flourish in the arts. But George is far from the only […]

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