Senior Bowl

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The Senior Bowl is a post-season college football exhibition game played in Mobile, Alabama which showcases the best NFL draft prospects of those collegiate players who have completed their eligibility. First played in 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida, the game moved to Mobile's Ladd Peebles Stadium the next year. Produced by the non-profit Mobile Arts & Sports Association, the game is also a charitable fund-raiser benefiting various local and regional organizations with over US$5.9 million in donations over its history.

The telecast moved to the NFL Network from ESPN beginning in 2007, and has Under Armour as their title sponsor.

Contents 1 Background 2 Past Senior Bowl results 3 Past Senior Bowl MVPs 4 50th Anniversary Senior Bowl All-Time Team 5 Senior Bowl Hall of Fame 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Background

Two teams, representing the North and the South, are coached by select coaching staff from two NFL teams.

The week-long practice that precedes the game is attended by key NFL personnel (including coaches, general managers, and scouts), who oversee the players as possible prospects for pro football. At one point the Senior Bowl was the first chance its participants had to openly receive pay for participation in an athletic event. This was one reason that participation was limited to seniors whose eligibility for further participation in collegiate football had expired, and the game was also their first exposure to the slightly different professional rules. Players who wished to participate in collegiate spring sports had to avoid participation in the Senior Bowl. The significance of all of this has waned in recent years as there has been some lessening of the former strict separation of professional and amateur athletes.

Its scheduling has varied even though since 1967 it has been traditionally set for the week before the NFL's Super Bowl (which itself is now played in February). It is usually established as the final game of the season, but for a period during the 1980s and 1990s, it was the next-to-the-last game (followed the following week by either the Hula Bowl or the now dormant Gridiron Classic). The 2008 Senior Bowl is tenatively scheduled to be the college football season's penultimate game on January 26, followed by the Texas vs. The Nation Game February 1st.

The single-season record for number of players sent to the Senior Bowl from one school is 10 players by Alabama in 1987, followed by 9 players sent by Auburn in 1988 and Southern California in 2008. The selection process has changed over the years, previously because of their superior talent and thorough knowledge of the game (as opposed to the lack luster talent and performance of their west coast counterparts) local seniors from Alabama and Auburn were more likely to get an invite to participate.^[1]

[edit] Past Senior Bowl results

Winning Team In Bold
Italics Denotes Tie Game

Year	Winning Team		Losing Team		Coaches
1950	South	22	North	13	North: Bo McMillin, Detroit Lions South: Steve Owen, New York Giants
1951	South	19	North	18	North: Bo McMillin, Detroit Lions South: Steve Owen, New York Giants
1952	North	20	South	6	North: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns South: Steve Owen, New York Giants
1953	North	28	South	13	North: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns South: Steve Owen, New York Giants
1954	North	20	South	14	North: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns South: Steve Owen, New York Giants
1955	South	12	North	6	North: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns South: Steve Owen, New York Giants
1956	South	12	North	2	North: Buddy Parker, Detroit Lions South: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1957	South	21	North	7	North: Joe Kuharich, Washington Redskins South: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1958	North	15	South	13	North: Joe Kuharich, Washington Redskins South: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1959	South	21	North	12	North: Joe Kuharich, Washington Redskins South: Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1960	North	26	South	7	North: Jim Lee Howell, New York Giants South: Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1961	South	33	North	26	North: Jim Lee Howell, New York Giants South: Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1962	South	42	North	7	North: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys South: Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1963	South	33	North	27	North: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys South: Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1964	South	28	North	21	North: George Wilson, Detroit Lions South: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
1965	South	7	North	7	North: George Wilson, Detroit Lions South: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
1966	South	27	North	18	North: Mike Holovak, Boston Patriots South: Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
1967	North	35	South	13	North: Norm Van Brocklin, Atlanta Falcons South: Otto Graham, Washington Redskins
1968	South	34	North	21	North: Mike Holovak, Boston Patriots South: Hank Stram, Kansas City Chiefs
1969	North	27	South	16	North: Allie Sherman, New York Giants South: Charley Winner, St. Louis Cardinals
1970	South	37	North	37	North: Lou Saban, Buffalo Bills South: Don Shula, Baltimore Colts
1971	North	31	South	13	North: Lou Saban, Buffalo Bills South: Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
1972	South	26	North	21	North: Alex Webster, New York Giants South: J.D. Roberts, New Orleans Saints
1973	South	33	North	30	North: Lou Saban, Denver Broncos South: Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
1974	North	16	South	13	North: Mike McCormack, Philadelphia Eagles South: Don McCafferty, Detroit Lions
1975	South	17	North	17	North: John Ralston, Denver Broncos South: Dick Nolan, San Francisco 49ers
1976	North	42	South	35	North: Chuck Fairbanks, New England Patriots South: Jack Pardee, Chicago Bears
1977	North	27	South	24	North: Forrest Gregg, Cleveland Browns South: Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
1978	North	17	South	14	North: Don Coryell, St. Louis Cardinals South: Leeman Bennett, Atlanta Falcons
1979	South	41	North	21	North: Walt Michaels, New York Jets South: Dick Nolan, New Orleans Saints
1980	North	57	South	3	North: Bud Grant, Minnesota Vikings South: Ray Perkins, New York Giants
1981	North	23	South	10	North: Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers South: Red Miller, Denver Broncos
1982	South	27	North	10	North: Marv Levy, Kansas City Chiefs South: Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers
1983	North	14	South	6	North: Frank Kush, Baltimore Colts South: Bum Phillips, New Orleans Saints
1984	South	21	North	20	North: Kay Stephenson, Buffalo Bills South: Don Coryell, San Diego Chargers
1985	South	23	North	7	North: Jim Hanifan, St. Louis Cardinals South: Forrest Gregg, Green Bay Packers
1986	North	31	South	17	North: Dan Reeves, Denver Broncos South: Leeman Bennett, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1987	South	42	North	38	North: John Robinson, Los Angeles Rams South: Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
1988	North	21	South	7	North: Chuck Knox, Seattle Seahawks South: Jim Mora, New Orleans Saints
1989	South	13	North	12	North: Dan Reeves, Denver Broncos South: John Robinson, Los Angeles Rams
1990	North	41	South	0	North: Marty Schottenheimer, Kansas City Chiefs South: Buddy Ryan, Philadelphia Eagles
1991	AFC	38	NFC	28	AFC: Marty Schottenheimer, Kansas City Chiefs NFC: Jim Mora, New Orleans Saints
1992	AFC	13	NFC	10	AFC: Art Shell, Los Angeles Raiders NFC: Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears
1993	NFC	21	AFC	6	AFC: Ted Marchibroda, Indianapolis Colts NFC: Bill Belichick, Cleveland Browns
1994	South	35	North	32	North: Rich Kotite, Philadelphia Eagles South: Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
1995	South	14	North	7	North: Dan Reeves, New York Giants South: Ted Marchibroda, Indianapolis Colts
1996	North	25	South	10	North: Dennis Erickson, Seattle Seahawks South: Dave Wannstedt, Chicago Bears
1997	North	35	South	14	North: Norv Turner, Washington Redskins South: Marty Schottenheimer, Kansas City Chiefs
1998	South	31	North	8	North: Ted Marchibroda, Baltimore Ravens South: Norv Turner, Washington Redskins
1999	South	31	North	21	North: Jon Gruden, Oakland Raiders South: Tony Dungy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2000	North	24	South	21	North: George Seifert, Carolina Panthers South: Gunther Cunningham, Kansas City Chiefs
2001	South	21	North	16	North: Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers South: Mike Sherman, Green Bay Packers
2002	South	41	North	26	North: Mike Holmgren, Seattle Seahawks South: Dave McGinnis, Arizona Cardinals
2003	North	17	South	0	North: Dom Capers, Houston Texans South: Marty Mornhinweg, Detroit Lions
2004	South	28	North	10	North: Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals South: Marty Schottenheimer, San Diego Chargers
2005	North	23	South	13	North: Norv Turner, Oakland Raiders South: Jon Gruden, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2006	North	31	South	14	North: Jeff Fisher, Tennessee Titans South: Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers
2007	North	27	South	0	North: Jon Gruden, Tampa Bay Buccaneers South: Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers
2008	South	17	North	16	North: Lane Kiffin, Oakland Raiders South: Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers

All-Time Series: South (27-25-3); AFC (2-1)

• From 1991 to 1993 the two teams were designated "NFC" and "AFC" to distinguish where their coaching staffs were from and to stress the professional nature of the game. This was confusing to some, as the game occurred well before the NFL draft and there was no way of determining which conference the players were actually going to wind up in to start their professional careers. In 1994 this was dropped and the designations were reverted to the traditional "North vs. South" format.

• The first game in 1950 was played in Jacksonville, Florida. All subsequent games have been played in Mobile, Alabama.

[edit] Past Senior Bowl MVPs

Year	Name	College
1950	Travis Tidwell	Auburn
1951	Bucky Curtis	Vanderbilt
1952	Al Dorow	Michigan State
1953	Harry Agganis	Boston University
1954	Gene Filipski	Villanova
1955	Bobby Freeman	Auburn
1956	Don Goss	SMU
1957	Don Bosseler	Miami (FL)
1958	Jim Taylor	LSU
1959	Theron Sapp Norm Odyniec	Georgia Notre Dame
1960	Jacky Lee	Cincinnati
1961	Dick Norman	Stanford
1962	Earl Gros Ronnie Bull	LSU Baylor
1963	Glynn Griffing	Ole Miss
1964	Ode Burrell	Mississippi State
1965	Steve DeLong	Tennessee
1966	Howard Twilley	Tulsa
1967	Bubba Smith	Michigan State
1968	Kim Hammond	Florida State
1969	Jerry Levias	SMU
1970	Terry Bradshaw	Louisiana Tech
1971	J.D. Hill	Arizona State
1972	Pat Sullivan	Auburn
1973	Chuck Foreman	Miami (FL)
1974	Bill Kollar	Montana State
1975	Steve Bartkowski	California
1976	Craig Penrose	San Diego State
1977	Tommy Kramer	Rice
1978	James Lofton	Stanford
1979	Willie Jones	Florida State
1980	Marc Wilson	Brigham Young
1981	Neil Lomax	Portland State
1982	John Fourcade Steve Clark	Ole Miss Utah
1983	Dan Marino Terry Kinard	Pittsburgh Clemson
1984	Walter Lewis Doug Smith	Alabama Auburn
1985	Paul Ott Carruth	Alabama
1986	Napoleon McCallum	Navy
1987	Don Smith	Mississippi State
1988	Thurman Thomas	Oklahoma State
1989	Cleveland Gary	Miami (FL)
1990	Blair Thomas	Penn State
1991	Alvin Harper	Tennessee
1992	Tony Smith	Southern Miss
1993	Eric Hunter	Purdue
1994	Stan White	Auburn
1995	Derrick Brooks	Florida State
1996	Bobby Hoying	Ohio State
1997	Pat Barnes	California
1998	Dameyune Craig	Auburn
1999	Cade McNown	UCLA
2000	Chad Pennington	Marshall
2001	LaDainian Tomlinson	TCU
2002	Antwaan Randle El	Indiana
2003	Larry Johnson	Penn State
2004	Philip Rivers	NC State
2005	Charlie Frye	Akron
2006	Sinorice Moss	Miami (FL)
2007	Tony Hunt	Penn State
2008	Matt Forte	Tulane

[edit] 50th Anniversary Senior Bowl All-Time Team

Selected by fan voting.[1]

Offense QB- Joe Namath, Alabama, 1965 RB- Walter Payton, Jackson State, 1975 RB- Bo Jackson, Auburn, 1986 RB- Franco Harris, Penn State, 1972 WR- Steve Largent, Tulsa, 1976 WR- Lynn Swann, Southern Cal, 1974 WR- Art Monk, Syracuse, 1980 TE- Ozzie Newsome, Alabama, 1978 OL- Gene Upshaw, Texas A&I, 1967 OL- Jerry Kramer, Idaho, 1958 OL- Mike Webster, Wisconsin, 1974 OL- Randall McDaniel, Arizona State, 1988 OL- Tom Banks, Auburn, 1970 PK- Morten Andersen, Michigan State, 1982

Defense DL- Joe Greene, North Texas State, 1969 DL- Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Tennessee State, 1974 DL- Bubba Smith, Michigan State, 1967 DL- Jack Youngblood, Florida, 1971 LB- Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama, 1963 LB- Ray Nitschke, Illinois, 1958 LB- Derrick Thomas, Alabama, 1989 LB- Ted Hendricks, Miami, 1969 DB- Paul Krause, Iowa, 1964 DB- Dale Carter, Tennessee, 1992 DB- Albert Lewis, Grambling, 1983 DB- Roger Wehrli, Missouri, 1969

[edit] Senior Bowl Hall of Fame

Established in 1987 the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame seeks to pay tribute to the many outstanding former Senior Bowl players who have made lasting contributions to the game of football. The Senior Bowl Hall of Fame also allows enshrinement to former coaches, administrators and other individuals whose efforts helped the Senior Bowl.

Class− Inductees
1988− Joe Greene, Lee Roy Jordan, Steve Largent, Joe Namath, Walter Payton, Pat Sullivan, Jim Taylor, Travis Tidwell
1989− Gene Upshaw, Ed Jones, Ozzie Newsome, John Stallworth, Jack Youngblood
1990− Paul Brown, Tucker Frederickson, Jerry Kramer, Neil Lomax, Wellington Mara, Finley McRae, Jack Pardee, Rea Scheussler
1991− Morten Andersen, James Brooks, Dave Butz, Weeb Ewbank, Doug Williams
1992− Franco Harris, Mike Holovak, Sam Huff, Dan Marino, Don Shula, Pat Swilling
1993− Cornelius Bennett, Paul "Bear" Bryant, Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Tom Landry, Lynn Swann, Marty Schottenheimer
1994− Robert Brazile, Rickey Jackson, Mark Rypien, Jim Simpson
1995− Bob Baumhower, Pat Dye,Bo Jackson, Gene Washington
1996− James Lofton, Kellen Winslow, Dick Steinberg
1997− Bob Hayes, Sterling Sharpe, Doak Walker
1998− Ray Nitschke, Jim McMahon, Thurman Thomas
1999− Tom Banks, Dale Carter, Paul Krause, Albert Lewis, Randall McDaniel, Art Monk, E.B. Peebles, Jr., Derrick Thomas, Roger Wehrli
2000− Hanford Dixon, Brett Favre, Chuck Howley
2001− William Andrews, Ron Jaworski, Eddie Robinson
2002− Todd Christensen, Bert Jones, Steve McNair
2003− Terry Beasley, Jeremiah Castille, Ted Hendricks
2004− Derrick Brooks, Christian Okoye, Richard Todd
2005− Larry Allen, Al Del Greco, Ray Perkins
2006− Curtis Martin, Tony Nathan, Michael Strahan
2007− E. J. Junior, Jake Plummer, Hines Ward

[edit] See also

List of college bowl games

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Senior Bowl Website
• Senior Bowl 2007 Rosters

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