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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 1, 2009

Selected highlights from the football programs at Iowa and South Carolina.

IOWA

•The Hawkeyes have five appearances at the Rose Bowl - with victories in 1957 (35-19 against Oregon State) and 1959 (38-12 against California). The Hawkeyes also reached Pasadena in 1982, 1986 and 1991.

•The Hawkeyes had a school-record 11 victories in 2002 and actually tied for the Big Ten title with eventual national champion Ohio State (the Hawkeyes and Buckeyes didn't meet that season). Iowa lost to USC at the Orange Bowl.

•Iowa reached the nation's No. 1 ranking in 1985, a season highlighted by a 12-10 home victory against No. 2-ranked Michigan.

•RB Nile Kinnick (1939) is Iowa's only Heisman Trophy winner. DL Alex Karras (1957), QB Randy Duncan (1958), QB Chuck Long (1985) and QB Brad Banks (2002) finished second.

S. CAROLINA

•South Carolina's best season was 1984 (10-2). The Gamecocks began 9-0, including a 38-26 home win against Florida State, and reached the nation's No. 2 ranking. But the following week, they lost at Navy, 38-21, and settled for the Gator Bowl (a 21-14 loss against Oklahoma State).

•The Gamecocks lost the first eight bowl games in school history before defeating West Virginia 24-21 in the 1995 Carquest Bowl to cap Brad Scott's first season.

•RB George Rogers (1980) is South Carolina's only Heisman Trophy winner.

•Rogers was the NFL draft's first pick in 1981 (Saints). The next-highest South Carolina players to be drafted: WR Sterling Sharpe (1988, Packers) and WR Troy Williamson (2005, Vikings), both selected seventh overall.

Joey Johnston
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