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NBC Radio presents first coast-to-coast Rose Bowl
January 1, 1927
Graham McNamee and Phil Carlin call the first coast-to-coast Rose Bowl radio broadcast on NBC Radio, featuring Stanford and Alabama, which ends in a 7-7 tie.

NBC presents first Army vs. Navy football broadcast
December 1, 1945
NBC presents the first Army vs. Navy football broadcast to a four-city network of New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Schenectady, N.Y., and Washington D.C.

NBC Begins Presenting the Rose Bowl
January 1, 1952
The Illini score 27 points in a Rose Bowl record-setting fourth-quarter performance and defeat Stanford by a score of 40-7. Mel Allen and Jack Brickhouse call the game.

NBC acquires rights to NCAA football
1952
NBC Head of Sport Tom Gallery leads negotiations of a one-year NCAA football contract. The deal allows NBC to select one game a week to broadcast on Saturday afternoons, with the assurance that no other NCAA college football broadcast will appear on a competitive network.

Kansas defeats TCU in first NCAA football game on NBC
September 20, 1952
In the first college football game broadcast on NBC under the new NCAA contract, Kansas defeats TCU 13-0.

NBC presents first color college football telecast
September 17, 1955
NBC presents the first color college football telecast, as Georgia Tech defeats the University of Miami 14 – 6.

NBC airs first color Army vs. Navy game
November 26, 1955
NBC presents the first color Army vs. Navy football telecast, with commentators Lindsey Nelson and Harold “Red” Grange.

NBC broadcasts first college football game in color to national audience
January 1, 1962
The 1962 Rose Bowl, featuring Minnesota vs. UCLA, is the first college football game nationally broadcast in color, as the Golden Gophers defeat the Bruins 21-3. The game airs 10 years to the day after the first national college football broadcast (Rose Bowl on NBC).

NBC introduces the first instant replay in color
January 1, 1965
NBC introduces the first instant replay in color during the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl twin bill. Lindsey Nelson and Terry Brennan call the Rose Bowl, in which the Michigan Wolverines defeat the Oregon State Beavers 34-7. Later that evening, announcers Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman cover the Texas Longhorns’ win over the Alabama Crimson Tide with a final score of 21-17. This is NBC’s first broadcast of the Orange Bowl.

NBC brings 1967 Sugar Bowl to Hawaii via satellite
January 2, 1967
The 1967 Sugar Bowl, in which Alabama defeats Nebraska 34-7, is the first sporting event to be televised via satellite, and is sent to Hawaii.

1971 Orange Bowl
January 1, 1971
Following losses by Texas and Ohio State earlier in the day, the No. 3 Nebraska Cornhuskers defeat the No. 5 LSU Tigers 17-12 in the Orange Bowl on NBC to become the national champions with an 11-0-1 record. The game is also the final televised sporting event to carry cigarette commercials.

Nebraska-Miami – An Orange Bowl for the Ages
January 2, 1984
Widely recognized as one of the most exciting conclusions in college football history, Nebraska moves within a point of Miami with 48 seconds to go in the 1984 Orange Bowl, after scoring on 4th-and-8 from the 24-yard line. Instead of kicking an extra point, head coach Tom Osborne elects to go for the win and the National Championship, but RB Jeff Smith is unable to catch Turner Gill’s pass. Miami wins the National Championship 31-30.

NBC moves Fiesta Bowl to primetime in No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup
January 2, 1987
The 1987 Sunkist Fiesta Bowl features the No.1 Miami Hurricanes against the No.2 Penn State Nittany Lions, with both teams boasting 11-0 records. In what amounts to the National Championship game, NBC decides to move the contest to primetime. The game lives up to the hype, as Penn State’s defense intercepts Miami QB Vinny Testaverde on 4th down in the final seconds to clinch the win. The game also features a live interview with President Ronald Reagan at halftime. Charlie Jones, Jimmy Cefalo and Bob Griese call the action.

NBC presents its Final Rose Bowl broadcast
January 1, 1988
NBC concludes its 37-year partnership with the Rose Bowl when Michigan State defeats USC 20-17.

Notre Dame captures National Championship at Fiesta Bowl
January 2, 1989
The No.1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish face the No. 3 West Virginia Mountaineers in the de facto National Championship Game, as Notre Dame jumps out to a big lead and holds on for a 34-21 victory to clinch its 11th National Championship. The game is called by Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen.

NBC presents the first game of its new Notre Dame football package
September 7, 1991
NBC presents the first game of its new Notre Dame football package when the Fighting Irish host Indiana. The $38 million, five-year contract establishes a landmark relationship with the University of Notre Dame, and gives NBC the rights to telecast the University’s home games through 1995. Twenty-two years later on April 18, 2013, the University of Notre Dame and NBC Sports Group extend their historic football partnership through the 2025 season, which will be their 35th together.

Notre Dame defeats Florida State in “Game of the Century”
November 13, 1993
In a game that truly lives up to the hype, the No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeat the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles 31-24 in South Bend, dubbed as a “Game of the Century.” Bob Costas voices the game open, and Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen call the game.

Florida State wins the National Championship at Orange Bowl
Jan. 1, 1994
In another thrilling conclusion with the national title on the line on NBC, Nebraska’s Byron Bennett misses a 45-yard field goal as time expires to give coach Bobby Bowden and Florida State an 18-16 win.

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1952- (NBC)
September 20- Texas Christian @ Kansas- 3:45pm
September 27- Princeton @ Columbia- 1:25pm
October 4- Michigan @ Stanford- 4:40pm
October 11-Texas A&M @ Michigan State- 1:45pm
October 18- Cornell @ Yale- 1:45pm
October 25- Purdue @ Illinois- 2:15pm
November 1- Ohio State @ Northwestern- 2:15pm
November 8- Oklahoma @ Notre Dame- 2:15pm
November 15 - Alabama @ Georgia Tech- 2:15pm
November 22- U.C.L.A @ Southern California- 4:45pm
November 29-ARMY-NAVY Game- 1pm

1953- (NBC)

September 19- Oregon @ Nebraska-3:45pm
September 26-Dartmouth @ Holy Cross(@ Lynn. MA)1:45pm
October 3-Ohio State @ California- 4:45pm
October 10-Oklahoma @ Texas- 2:30pm- (from Dallas,TX)
October 17-Tennessee @ Alabama- 2:45pm
October 24-Mississippi @ Arkansas, Princeton @ Cornell,
Syracuse @ Illinois or Indiana @ Iowa- 2:45pm
October 31-Pittsburgh @ Minnesota- 2:45pm
November 7-Wisconsin @ Northwestern- 2:45pm
November 14-Michigan @ Michigan State- 1:15pm
November 21-Southern California @ U.C.L.A- 4:15pm
November 26-Brigham Young @ Utah- 2:45pm
November 28-Army-Navy Game- 1:15pm(PHI)

1954- (ABC)
September 18-Oklahoma @ California- 5pm
September 25-Michigan State @ Iowa- 4:30pm
October 2-Illinois @ Stanford- 5pm
October 9-Rice @ Wisconsin- 2:30pm
October 16-Southern California @ Oregon- 5:15pm
October 23-Northwestern @ Pittsburgh-1:45pm
October 30-Penn State @ Pennsylvania- 1:45pm
November 6-Texas @ Baylor- 2:55pm
November 13-Alabama @ Georgia Tech- 2:25pm
November 20-Michigan @ Ohio State- 1:25pm
November 25-Missouri @ Maryland- 1:55pm
November 27-ARMY-NAVY Game- 1:25pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 4-Notre Dame @ Southern Methodist- 2:55pm


1955-(NBC/CBS)
September 17- Miami @ Georgia Tech- 3:15pm- (NBC)
September 24- Boston University @ Penn State- 1:15pm- (CBS)
Pittsburgh @ Syracuse- 1:15pm- (NBC)
October 1-Ohio State @ Stanford- 4:45pm- (NBC)
October 8-Villanova @ Boston College- 1:45pm- (NBC)
Holy Cross @ Colgate- 2pm- (CBS)
October 15-Notre Dame @ Michigan State- 2:45pm- (NBC)
October 22-Princeton @ Cornell- 1:45pm- (NBC)
Harvard @ Dartmouth- 2pm- (CBS)
October 29-Iowa @ Michigan- 2:15pm- (NBC)
November 5-Notre Dame @ Pennsylvania- 1:15pm- (NBC)
Syracuse @ Penn State- 2pm- (CBS)
November 12-Navy @ Columbia- 1:15pm- (NBC)
Brown @ Harvard- 2pm- (CBS)
November 19-UCLA @ Southern California- 4:15pm- (NBC)
November 24-Texas @ Texas A&M- 2pm- (NBC)
November 26-ARMY-NAVY game- 1:15pm- (NBC)
December 3-Duke @ North Carolina- 1:45pm- (NBC)

1956- (NBC)
September 22-Georgia Tech @ Kentucky- 3pm
September 29-Cornell @ Colgate- 1:45pm
October 6-Arkansas @ Texas Christian- 4pm
October 13-Holy Cross @ Penn State- 1:45pm
October 20-Army @ Syracuse- 1:45pm
October 27-Oklahoma @ Notre Dame- 2:45pm
November 3-Notre Dame @ Navy- 1:45pm- (from Baltimore)
November 10-Iowa @ Minnesota- 2:15pm
November 17-Princeton @ Yale- 1:45pm
November 22-Cornell @ Pennsylvania- 1:45pm
November 24-Southern California @ U.C.L.A- 4:15pm
December 1- ARMY-NAVY game- 1:15pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 8- Pittsburgh @ Miami- 2:15pm

1957- (NBC)
September 21- Maryland @ Texas A&M- 4:45pm- (from Dallas,TX)
September 28-Northwestern @ Stanford- 4:45pm
October 5-Michigan State @ California- 5:15pm
October 12-Notre Dame @ Army- 1:45pm- (from Philadelphia)
October 19-Minnesota @ Illinois- 2:15pm
October 26-Penn State @ Syracuse- 1:15pm
November 2-Iowa @ Michigan- 1:15pm
November 9-Duke @ Navy- 1:45pm- (from Baltimore)
November 16-Notre Dame @ Oklahoma- 2:45pm
November 23- Harvard @ Yale- 1:15pm
November 28- Colgate @ Brown- 1:15pm
November 30-ARMY-NAVY game- 1:15pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 7-Pittsburgh @ Miami- 3:45pm

1958- (NBC)
September 20- Vanderbilt @ Missouri- 4:45pm
September 27-Tennessee @ Auburn- 4:45pm
October 4- Washington State @ California- 4:45pm
October 11-Ohio State @ Illinois- 2:15pm
October 18-Penn State @ Boston University- 1:15pm
October 25-Army @ Pittsburgh- 1:15pm
November 1-Michigan State @ Wisconsin- 1:15pm
November 8-Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh- 1:15pm
November 15-Princeton @ Yale- 1:15pm
November 22-Notre Dame @ Iowa- 2:15pm
November 27-Texas A&M @ Texas- 2:45pm
November 29-ARMY-NAVY Game- 1:15pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 6-Holy Cross @ Boston College- 1:15pm

1959- (NBC)
September 19- Rice @ Louisiana State- 4:45pm
September 26-Oklahoma @ Northwestern- 3:15pm
October 3- California @ Texas- 5:15pm
October 10-Pennsylvania @ Princeton-1:45pm
October 17-Notre Dame @ Michigan State- 2:15pm
October 24-Iowa @ Purdue- 3:15pm
October 31-Army .vs. Air Force- 1:45pm- (from Yankee Stadium
in New York)
November 7-Pittsburgh @ Boston College- 1:15pm
Air Force @ Missouri- 4pm- (DOUBLEHEADER)
November 14-Pittsburgh @ Notre Dame- 1:15pm
November 21-Wisconsin @ Minnesota- 2:15pm
November 26-Duke @ North Carolina- 1:45pm
November 28-ARMY-NAVY Game- 1:15pm- (from Philadelphia)

1952- (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Henry
September 20- Texas Christian @ Kansas- 3:45pm
September 27- Princeton @ Columbia- 1:25pm
October 4- Michigan @ Stanford- 4:40pm
October 11-Texas A&M @ Michigan State- 1:45pm
October 18- Cornell @ Yale- 1:45pm
October 25- Purdue @ Illinois- 2:15pm
November 1- Ohio State @ Northwestern- 2:15pm
November 8- Oklahoma @ Notre Dame- 2:15pm
November 15 - Alabama @ Georgia Tech- 2:15pm
November 22- U.C.L.A @ Southern California- 4:45pm
November 29-ARMY-NAVY Game- 1pm

1953- (NBC) Mel Allen, Lindsey Nelson

September 19- Oregon @ Nebraska-3:45pm
September 26-Dartmouth @ Holy Cross(@ Lynn. MA)1:45pm
October 3-Ohio State @ California- 4:45pm
October 10-Oklahoma @ Texas- 2:30pm- (from Dallas,TX)
October 17-Tennessee @ Alabama- 2:45pm
October 24-Mississippi @ Arkansas, Princeton @ Cornell,
Syracuse @ Illinois or Indiana @ Iowa- 2:45pm
October 31-Pittsburgh @ Minnesota- 2:45pm
November 7-Wisconsin @ Northwestern- 2:45pm
November 14-Michigan @ Michigan State- 1:15pm
November 21-Southern California @ U.C.L.A- 4:15pm
November 26-Brigham Young @ Utah- 2:45pm
November 28-Army-Navy Game- 1:15pm(PHI)

Georgia-Florida-Lindsey Nelson, Bill Munday

1954- (ABC) Jack Drees, Tom Harmon
September 18-Oklahoma @ California- 5pm
September 25-Michigan State @ Iowa- 4:30pm
October 2-Illinois @ Stanford- 5pm
October 9-Rice @ Wisconsin- 2:30pm
October 16-Southern California @ Oregon- 5:15pm
October 23-Northwestern @ Pittsburgh-1:45pm
October 30-Penn State @ Pennsylvania- 1:45pm
November 6-Texas @ Baylor- 2:55pm
November 13-Alabama @ Georgia Tech- 2:25pm
November 20-Michigan @ Ohio State- 1:25pm
November 25-Missouri @ Maryland- 1:55pm
November 27-ARMY-NAVY Game- 1:25pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 4-Notre Dame @ Southern Methodist- 2:55pm

Mississippi-Arkansas (Little Rock)

1955-(NBC/CBS)
NBC-Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
CBS-Joe Hasel/Bob Neal. Mal Stevens
Jack Drees, Francis Wallace
Tom Harmon, Gil Stratton
September 17- Miami @ Georgia Tech- 3:15pm- (NBC)
September 24- Boston University @ Penn State- 1:15pm- (CBS) Hasel/Stevens
Michigan St @ Indiana (CBS) Drees/Wallace
Illinois @ Cal (CBS) Harmon/Stratton
Pittsburgh @ Syracuse- 1:15pm- (NBC)
October 1-Ohio State @ Stanford- 4:45pm- (NBC)
October 8-Villanova @ Boston College- 1:45pm- (NBC)
Holy Cross @ Colgate- 2pm- (CBS) Neal/Stevens
Wisconsin @ Purdue (CBS) Drees/Wallace
Colorado @ Oregon (CBS) Harmon/Stratton
October 15-Notre Dame @ Michigan State- 2:45pm- (NBC)
October 22-Princeton @ Cornell- 1:45pm- (NBC)
Harvard @ Dartmouth- 2pm- (CBS) Neal/Stevens
Michigan @ Minnesota (CBS) Drees/Wallace
October 29-Iowa @ Michigan- 2:15pm- (NBC)
November 5-Notre Dame @ Pennsylvania- 1:15pm- (NBC)
Syracuse @ Penn State- 2pm- (CBS)
November 12-Navy @ Columbia- 1:15pm- (NBC)
Brown @ Harvard- 2pm- (CBS)
November 19-UCLA @ Southern California- 4:15pm- (NBC)
November 24-Texas @ Texas A&M- 2pm- (NBC)
November 26-ARMY-NAVY game- 1:15pm- (NBC)
December 3-Duke @ North Carolina- 1:45pm- (NBC)

1956- (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
September 22-Georgia Tech @ Kentucky- 3pm
September 29-Cornell @ Colgate- 1:45pm
October 6-Arkansas @ Texas Christian- 4pm
October 13-Holy Cross @ Penn State- 1:45pm
October 20-Army @ Syracuse- 1:45pm
October 27-Oklahoma @ Notre Dame- 2:45pm
November 3-Notre Dame @ Navy- 1:45pm- (from Baltimore)
November 10-Iowa @ Minnesota- 2:15pm
November 17-Princeton @ Yale- 1:45pm
November 22-Cornell @ Pennsylvania- 1:45pm
November 24-Southern California @ U.C.L.A- 4:15pm
December 1- ARMY-NAVY game- 1:15pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 8- Pittsburgh @ Miami- 2:15pm

1957- (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
September 21- Maryland @ Texas A&M- 4:45pm- (from Dallas,TX)
September 28-Northwestern @ Stanford- 4:45pm
October 5-Michigan State @ California- 5:15pm
October 12-Notre Dame @ Army- 1:45pm- (from Philadelphia)
October 19-Minnesota @ Illinois- 2:15pm
October 26-Penn State @ Syracuse- 1:15pm
November 2-Iowa @ Michigan- 1:15pm
November 9-Duke @ Navy- 1:45pm- (from Baltimore)
November 16-Notre Dame @ Oklahoma- 2:45pm
November 23- Harvard @ Yale- 1:15pm
November 28- Colgate @ Brown- 1:15pm
November 30-ARMY-NAVY game- 1:15pm- (from Philadelphia)
December 7-Pittsburgh @ Miami- 3:45pm

These are the Eastern regional CBS games only; pxp was Joe Hasel Sep 24 and Bob Neal thereafter; analyst was Mal Stevens; other regional CBS crews were Tom Harmon/Gil Stratton in the West and Jack Drees/Francis Wallace in the Midwest

These were the Eastern Regional and National Games; for Midwest Regional annoucers were Mel Allen/Bill Voights, and in West Lee Giroux/Leo Durocher; regional games were shown on 5 Saturdays Sep 29, Oct 13, 20, Nov 3, 17

on Oct 12, 26, Nov 9, 23 and 28 NBC showed regional games with:

Mel Allen/Bill Flemming midwest
Jim Simpson/Charley Harville southeast
Chick Hearn/Lee Giroux west

1955 cbs

sep 24 mich st-indiana drees/wallace; illinois-cal harmon/stratton
oct 8 wisc-purdue drees/wallace; colorado-oregon harmon/stratton
oct 22 mich-min drees/wallace; wash st-ore st unknown; usc-cal unknown
nov 5 minn-iowa drees/wallace; ucla-pacific unknown; wash-cal harmon/stratton
nov 12 ill-wisc drees/wallace; oregon-stanford harmon/stratton; usc-cal unknown

1956 nbc

sep 29 ucla-mich giroux-durocher; iowa-ind unknown
oct 13 ohio state-ill allen/voigts; cal-ore st giroux-durocher
oct 20 mich st-n dame allen/voights; wash-sc giroux-durocher
nov 3 illinois-purdue allen/voights; oregon-cal giroux-durocher
nov 17 mich st-mich allen/voights; wash-stanford giroux-durocher

1957 nbc

oct 12 iowa st-kansas unknown; wake-md simpson/harville; ill-o state allen/flemming wash-ucla hearn/giroux

oct 26 was st-usc hearn/giroux; duke-nc st simpson/harville; min-ill allen/flemming

nov 9 no car-so car simpson/harville

nov 23 not dame-iowa allen/flemming; missouri-kansas hearn/giroux

nov 28 wyoming-denver hearn/giroux texas a&m-texas allen/flemming; brown-colgate nelson/grange

oct 22 mich-min drees/wallace; wash st-ore st unknown; usc-cal unknown

November 9th, Iowa State at Nebraska on NBC. Announcers unknown.


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