A picture of a football on a field.

As students head back to school this fall, there is a brewing excitement for college football season! There’s something special about supporting your alma mater. And in honor of our sports photo frames, we wanted to share fun college football facts for those ready to get back out to the stands! Let's see how many of these you know:

Fun College Football Facts

  • The record for longest winning streak in college football is held by The University of Oklahoma. The team won 47 consecutive games from 1953 to 1957. Impressive!
  • The college football record for longest field goal ever kicked is held by Ove Johannson, who kicked a 69-yard field goal in 1976.
  • The shortest Division I college football player is Jayson Carter from Rice University who stands at 4-foot, 9-inches
  • You’ve heard of the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl, but in the 1940’s other bowl games included the Raisin Bowl, Salad Bowl, and Oil Bowl.
  • The college football team with the most wins in history? The University of Michigan. Go Wolverines! 
  • The college football team with the most championship wins? Yale. Go Bulldogs! Followed closely by The University of Alabama. Roll Tide! 
  • Alabama takes their college football seriously! Nick Saban is the highest paid coach in college football. His yearly salary is 7.5 million
  • Louisiana State University mascot, Mike the Tiger, lives in a pen behind Tiger Stadium. They move his cage near the visiting team’s locker room for home games to intimidate visiting players. 
  • The colors orange and white were chosen to be the official colors of the Tennessee Volunteers because of the daisies that grow on the Knoxville campus. 
  • The largest college football stadium in the U.S. is Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. It has a capacity of 107, 601.

Frame Your Football Memories

Now that you know fun facts about one of our favorite sports, show your teams some extra love this year! At GiftWorksPlus, we offer college themed photo frames that can be customized for your own alma mater. Plus, we offer plenty of football and sports photo frames for all of your tailgating memories!