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Answers to Trivia Quiz 1

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1) Who won the first football game of the 1998 season? Bobby Newcome ran for a pair of scores and threw for another, leading the Nebraska Cornhuskers to a 56-27 victory over Louisiana Tech in the Eddie Robinson Classic.

2) During the first full weekend of action, how many AP Top 25 teams were upset? Eight teams in the Associated Press Top 25 were vicitims of defeat on Sept. 5.

3) What team did Penn State beat to give Joe Paterno his 300th career coaching victory? The Nittany Lions defeated Bowling Green 28-3 to give make Joe Paterno the sixth coach in NCAA history to reach the mark.

4) Against what team did Prairie View A&M get their first win since 1989, snapping an 80-game losing streak? The Panthers stopped a two-point conversion in the final minute for a 14-12 victory over Langston on Sept 26.

5) What team ended Nebraska's 19-game winning streak on Oct. 10? Sedrick Curry picked off Bobby Newcombe with 59 seconds remaining as Texas A&M downed the Huskers 28-21.

6) What Division II running back broke the NCAA record for most career rushing yards this season? Emporia State tailback Brian Shay became college football's career rushing leader on Oct. 24, running for 213 yards and scoring four second-half touchdowns in a 56-24 victory over Central Missouri State.

7) Ricky Williams became the leading rusher in NCAA Division I-A history on Nov. 28. Against what team did he set the mark? Williams ran 44 times for 259 yards to break the record as Texas upset the rival Aggies of Texas A&M 26-24.

8) Whose record did he break? The old mark was held by former Pitt and Dallas Cowboys star Tony Dorsett.

9) UCLA suffered their only loss of the season to the Miami Hurricanes on Dec. 5. Who scored the winning touchdown? Edgerrin James scored on a one-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds left to give the Hurricanes a 49-45 win.

10) Who won the 1998 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award? K-State QB Michael Bishop.

11) Who won the Chuck Bednarik Trophy as the defensive player of the year? Texas A&M linebacker Dat Nguyen.

12) What team won the Division I-AA National Championship? The Massachusetts Minutemen rebounded from a 2-9 campaign in 1997 to upset top-ranked Georgia Southern 55-43 and win the first ever Division I-AA championship in school history.

13) What team won the Division II National Championship? The Bearcats of Northwest Missouri State got a pair of touchdown passed from Chris Greisen en route to a 24-6 victory over Carson-Newman in the Division II championship.

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