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Post by Motown Monty on Dec 27, 2010 20:35:16 GMT -8
the beatdown of Oklahoma in mid-90's was a doozy. Problem is that win was against the worst Oklahoma team since the 1960s. I'd have to agree with JYP that the 1977 Florida State win is still the best in Aztec history. Bobby Bowden's Noles came in here ranked in the Top 15 and fully expecting to kick our sorry Southern California asses and were sent home with their tails between their legs after a 41-16 beat down. I don't know how many people were there that night and I was pretty young but I remember it was REALLY loud. I don't think there was an atmosphere like that in the stadium until the 1991 BYU game and that includes the 1986 Holiday Bowl. |
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Post by Motown Monty on Dec 27, 2010 20:47:28 GMT -8
Dwayne Crutchfield and Co. Was at that game, how did they get to #12?! The highest ranked team we ever beat was Iowa State (ranked #12) and yet it is rarely mentioned. Iowa State has finished in the polls only three times (1971, 1976 & 2000) and SDSU never played them those years (actually I take that back, we lost to the 1971 team). Aztec victories in the series were 1972, 1973 and 1981. The Cyclones finished 5-6-1, 4-7 and 5-5-1 in those years respectively. In '72 and '73 we played them in December and I seriously doubt they were ranked. It's certainly possible that when we beat them in 1981 they may have been ranked #12 with a 3-0-1 record but considering they finished with a .500 record that year I'm not so sure you could count that as a "great" win. And I actually think we beat BYU one year when they were ranked 8th or something but I could be wrong. Think it was in 1988 and they were 7-1 when we beat them at home. |
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Post by Motown Monty on Dec 27, 2010 21:32:10 GMT -8
Ok, I checked and Iowa State was indeed ranked #12 in the AP when we beat them in 1981 but they finished out of the Top 25 that year. BYU was ranked 20th in the AP Poll (Not 8th) when we beat them in 1988 they also finished outside the rankings.
Other teams SDSU has defeated when that team was ranked:
Florida State in 1977 (#13) finished #14 ... SDSU finished ranked #16! (the ONLY time SDSU has finished a season ranked in the AP Top 25)
Hawaii in 1992 (#23) finished #20
Wyoming in 1996 (#16) finished #22
Air Force in 2010 (#23) finished ?
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