This Week in College Football history

-Courtesy of the Natinal Football Foundation

FEATURED MOMENT:

Sept. 16, 1989: SMU rallies late in the fourth quarter (17 points in the final five minutes) in a comeback engineered by QB Mike Romo for the "Miracle on Mockingbird" 31-30 win over Connecticut. It is the Mustangs' first victory since being suspended from football play by the NCAA in 1987 and then taking a voluntary year off the gridiron in '88. Coach Forrest Gregg calls it one of his most enjoyable wins in the college and pro ranks as the Mustangs overcome a 23-7 halftime lead by the Huskies. Romo tosses a four-yard TD pass to WR Michael Bowen on the final play of the game for the one-point win. The win is listed as the No. 8 moment in SMU football history among the Top 90 school happenings all-time.

OTHER NOTABLE DATES:

Sept. 11, 1913: NFF Hall of Fame head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant is born in Moro Bottom, Ark. He stars as an end at Alabama, begins his coaching career as an assistant at Union (Tenn.), Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Navy North Carolina Pre-Flight programs along with armed service in World War II and later wins 328 games as head coach from 1946- 83 at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, and Alabama.

Sept. 12, 1964: UCLA becomes the first West Coast team to win a game at Pitt Stadium in 11 all-tie intersectional meetings in a 17-12 edging of Pittsburgh. QB Larry Zeno put the Bruins ahead early with a 61-yard TD pass to HB Steve Durbin, and second half comeback attempts by the Panthers fell just short.

Sept. 13, 1913: 1955 NFF College Hall of Fame inductee Clint Frank of Yale is born in Evanston, Ill., and goes on to be named both 1937 Heisman and Maxwell Trophy recipient after a standout four-year career for the Bulldogs.Sept. 14, 1991: Marshall Faulk rushes for 388 yards as San Diego State takes care of Pacific 55-34 en route to a 8-4-1 mark and berth in the Freedom Bowl.

Sept. 15, 1973: NFF Hall of Fame RB Archie Griffith has the first of 31 consecutive 100-yard rushing performances as the Buckeyes outlast Minnesota. The skein lasts for through Nov. 22, 1975.

Sept. 17, 1966: Former LSU head coach Paul Dietzel returns to Baton Rouge, La., as head coach at South Carolina for the two teams' '66 opener. The Tigers prevail 28-12 as the Gamecocks cannot overcome drives of 80 and 74 yards by the Tigers in the opening half.