Senior Bowl

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Senior Bowl
Stadium	Ladd Peebles Stadium
Location	Mobile, Alabama
Previous stadiums	Gator Bowl Stadium (1950)
Previous locations	Jacksonville, Florida (1950)
Operated	1950–present
Sponsors
Delchamps (1996–2001) Food World (2002–2006) Under Armour (2007–present)
2010 matchup
North vs. South (North 31–13)
2011 matchup
North vs. South (South 24–10)

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.

Beginning in 2007, the telecast of the game moved to the NFL Network from ESPN, and added Under Armour as their title sponsor.

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 was played as the college football season's penultimate game on January 26, followed by the Texas vs. The Nation Game February 1. The 2010 game was played on January 30.

The single-season record for number of players sent to the Senior Bowl from one school is ten players by Alabama in 1987, followed by nine players sent by Auburn in 1988 and Southern California in 2008.^[1]

Game results

• Winning team in bold
• Tie game denoted in italics

Year	Winning team		Losing team		North team coach	South team coach	Notes
1950	South	22	North	13	Bo McMillin, Detroit Lions	Steve Owen, New York Giants
1951	South	19	North	18	Bo McMillin, Detroit Lions	Steve Owen, New York Giants
1952	North	20	South	6	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns	Steve Owen, New York Giants
1953	North	28	South	13	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns	Steve Owen, New York Giants
1954	North	20	South	14	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns	Steve Owen, New York Giants
1955	South	12	North	6	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns	Steve Owen, New York Giants
1956	South	12	North	2	Buddy Parker, Detroit Lions	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1957	South	21	North	7	Joe Kuharich, Washington Redskins	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1958	North	15	South	13	Joe Kuharich, Washington Redskins	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1959	South	21	North	12	Joe Kuharich, Washington Redskins	Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
1960	North	26	South	7	Jim Lee Howell, New York Giants	Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1961	South	33	North	26	Jim Lee Howell, New York Giants	Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1962	South	42	North	7	Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys	Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1963	South	33	North	27	Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys	Weeb Ewbank, Baltimore Colts
1964	South	28	North	21	George Wilson, Detroit Lions	Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
1965	North 7, South 7				George Wilson, Detroit Lions	Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys
1966	South	27	North	18	Mike Holovak, Boston Patriots	Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
1967	North	35	South	13	Norm Van Brocklin, Atlanta Falcons	Otto Graham, Washington Redskins
1968	South	34	North	21	Mike Holovak, Boston Patriots	Hank Stram, Kansas City Chiefs
1969	North	27	South	16	Allie Sherman, New York Giants	Charley Winner, St. Louis Cardinals
1970	North 37, South 37				Lou Saban, Buffalo Bills	Don Shula, Baltimore Colts
1971	North	31	South	13	Lou Saban, Buffalo Bills	Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
1972	South	26	North	21	Alex Webster, New York Giants	J. D. Roberts, New Orleans Saints
1973	South	33	North	30	Lou Saban, Denver Broncos	Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets
1974	North	16	South	13	Mike McCormack, Philadelphia Eagles	Don McCafferty, Detroit Lions
1975	North 17, South 17				John Ralston, Denver Broncos	Dick Nolan, San Francisco 49ers
1976	North	42	South	35	Chuck Fairbanks, New England Patriots	Jack Pardee, Chicago Bears
1977	North	27	South	24	Forrest Gregg, Cleveland Browns	Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
1978	North	17	South	14	Don Coryell, St. Louis Cardinals	Leeman Bennett, Atlanta Falcons
1979	South	41	North	21	Walt Michaels, New York Jets	Dick Nolan, New Orleans Saints
1980	North	57	South	3	Bud Grant, Minnesota Vikings	Ray Perkins, New York Giants
1981	North	23	South	10	Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers	Red Miller, Denver Broncos
1982	South	27	North	10	Marv Levy, Kansas City Chiefs	Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers
1983	North	14	South	6	Frank Kush, Baltimore Colts	Bum Phillips, New Orleans Saints
1984	South	21	North	20	Kay Stephenson, Buffalo Bills	Don Coryell, San Diego Chargers
1985	South	23	North	7	Jim Hanifan, St. Louis Cardinals	Forrest Gregg, Green Bay Packers
1986	North	31	South	17	Dan Reeves, Denver Broncos	Leeman Bennett, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1987	South	42	North	38	John Robinson, Los Angeles Rams	Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
1988	North	21	South	7	Chuck Knox, Seattle Seahawks	Jim Mora, New Orleans Saints
1989	South	13	North	12	Dan Reeves, Denver Broncos	John Robinson, Los Angeles Rams
1990	North	41	South	0	Marty Schottenheimer, Kansas City Chiefs	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	Rich Kotite, Philadelphia Eagles	Don Shula, Miami Dolphins
1995	South	14	North	7	Dan Reeves, New York Giants	Ted Marchibroda, Indianapolis Colts
1996	North	25	South	10	Dennis Erickson, Seattle Seahawks	Dave Wannstedt, Chicago Bears
1997	North	35	South	14	Norv Turner, Washington Redskins	Marty Schottenheimer, Kansas City Chiefs
1998	South	31	North	8	Ted Marchibroda, Baltimore Ravens	Norv Turner, Washington Redskins
1999	South	31	North	21	Jon Gruden, Oakland Raiders	Tony Dungy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2000	North	24	South	21	George Seifert, Carolina Panthers	Gunther Cunningham, Kansas City Chiefs
2001	South	21	North	16	Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers	Mike Sherman, Green Bay Packers
2002	South	41	North	26	Mike Holmgren, Seattle Seahawks	Dave McGinnis, Arizona Cardinals
2003	North	17	South	0	Dom Capers, Houston Texans	Marty Mornhinweg, Detroit Lions
2004	South	28	North	10	Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals	Marty Schottenheimer, San Diego Chargers
2005	North	23	South	13	Norv Turner, Oakland Raiders	Jon Gruden, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2006	North	31	South	14	Jeff Fisher, Tennessee Titans	Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers
2007	North	27	South	0	Jon Gruden, Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers	notes
2008	South	17	North	16	Lane Kiffin, Oakland Raiders	Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers	notes
2009	South	35	North	18	Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals	Jack Del Rio, Jacksonville Jaguars	notes
2010	North	31	South	13	Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions	Tony Sparano, Miami Dolphins	notes
2011	South	24	North	10	Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals	Chan Gailey, Buffalo Bills	notes

• All-time series: South (29–26–3); AFC (2–1)
• From 1991 to 1993 the two teams were designated "AFC" and "NFC" 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.

Game 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

Year Name College 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 2009 Pat White West Virginia 2010 Brandon Graham Michigan 2011 Christian Ponder Florida State

50th Anniversary Senior Bowl All-Time Team

The following team was selected by fan voting:^[2]

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, USC, 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, 1973 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 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

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.

• 1988 – Joe Greene, Lee Roy Jordan, Steve Largent, Joe Namath, Walter Payton, Pat Sullivan, Jim Taylor, Travis Tidwell
• 1989 – Ed Jones, Ozzie Newsome, John Stallworth, Gene Upshaw, 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, Bear Bryant, Ralph Jordan, Tom Landry, Marty Schottenheimer, Lynn Swann
• 1994 – Robert Brazile, Rickey Jackson, Mark Rypien, Jim Simpson^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• 1995 – Bob Baumhower, Pat Dye, Bo Jackson, Gene Washington
• 1996 – James Lofton, Dick Steinberg, Kellen Winslow
• 1997 – Bob Hayes, Sterling Sharpe, Doak Walker
• 1998 – Jim McMahon, Ray Nitschke, 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
• 2008 – Dean Kleinschmidt, Kevin Mawae, Brian Urlacher
• 2009 – Jason Taylor, Shaun Alexander
• 2010 – Larry Johnson, Terrell Owens

See also

• Cactus Bowl
• List of college bowl games

References

1. ^ Chris Low, Former Trojans happy to be reunited with Kiffin, ESPN.com, January 22, 2008.
2. ^ http://www.seniorbowl.com/2007/alltimeteam.htm

External links

• Official website