The Eddie Robinson Classic was a college football "kickoff" game played in late August from 1997 through 2002 at various sites. The game was named after legendary Grambling coach Eddie Robinson. Until 2002, the NCAA only allowed for teams to play a 12-game regular season schedule if the first game were a licensed Classic such as the Eddie Robinson Classic, the Pigskin Classic, or the Kickoff Classic. In 2002 the NCAA ended the allowance of an extra 12th game, thus effectively ending the Classics.[1] Kickoff games would later see a revival in 2008, when the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game was organized as a neutral-site game held in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the Cowboys Classic in Arlington, Texas in 2009.

Game results

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamSite
August 28, 1997 No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes24 Wyoming Cowboys10 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
August 29, 1998 No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers56 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs27 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
August 28, 1999 No. 18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish48 Kansas Jayhawks13 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN
August 26, 2000 No. 8 Kansas State Wildcats27 Iowa Hawkeyes7 Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO
August 25, 2001 No. 22 Wisconsin Badgers26 Virginia Cavaliers17 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
August 24, 2002 No. 3 Florida State Seminoles38 Iowa State Cyclones31 Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO

Rankings from AP Poll prior to game. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Street&Smith's SportsBusinessJournal: ‘Kickoff’ aims for college football spotlight
  2. ↑ "Football - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football, Basketball, and Softball Polls and Rankings".
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