Former Ohio State lineman Jim Houston has been selected to the College Football Hall of Fame. The announcement was made today at a press conference in New York City.
This year's class of 11 players and two coaches will be inducted in New York in December and enshrined into the College Hall of Fame in South Bend in August of 2006. There were 75 players on this year's ballot, including quarterback Rex Kern, linebacker Chris Spielman and running back Keith Byars.
Houston was a three-year starter in 1957, '58 and '59 for Coach Woody Hayes. He helped lead the '57 Buckeyes to a 9-1 record and the national championship. He won first-team All-Big Ten and first-team All-America honors as both a junior and a senior. He also was the team MVP in 1958 and '59 and the team captain as a senior.
The 1957 Buckeyes began the season with an 18-14 loss to TCU, but then
reeled off nine consecutive victories, including a 31-14 win at Michigan
to clinch the Big Ten title and a 10-7 win over Oregon in the Rose Bowl
to claim the national championship. Houston was 2-1 against Michigan
during his stay at Ohio State.
Following his career at Ohio State, he played 13 years with the
Cleveland Browns and was selected to the Pro Bowl four times.
Houston, a native of Sagamore Hills, Ohio, is the 20th Ohio State player
selected to the College Hall of Fame. The Buckeyes also have eight
coaches in the Hall of Fame.
Southern California's defending national co-champions left no doubt as to whom the college football champion was in 2004. The 12-0 Trojans led both major polls throughout the regular season, then trounced unbeaten No. 2 Oklahoma 55-19 in the FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 for their 13th victory.
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Junior quarterback Matt Leinart, winner of both the Heisman Trophy and the Walter Camp Award, passed for 332 yards and an Orange Bowl record five touchdowns as USC won its 22nd consecutive game and confirmed its 10th national title. don't forget to go see Ohio State Buckeyes Football.
Auburn fans were disappointed that the Tigers (12-0 in regular season), winner of the SEC and victor over Virginia Tech 16-13 in the Nokia Sugar Bowl, had to settle for a final No. 3 ranking behind USC and Oklahoma. Utah fans, however, were delighted to see their Utes (11-0 in regular season) not only make it to a BCS bowl but clobber Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Mountain West champions finished with a No. 5 national ranking. The nation's other major unbeaten team, Western Athletic Conference champion Boise State (11-0), fell to Louisville (10-1 in regular season) 44-40 in the highest-scoring Liberty Bowl game ever. The Cardinals, in their last year in Conference USA before heading to the Big East, had led the nation with a 49.8 scoring average, while Boise State had averaged 49.7. Utah and Auburn shared the national Coach of the Year awards, Urban Meyer of Utah winning the Football Writers award and Tommy Tuberville of Auburn taking the Football Coaches award. Oklahoma may have finished with a disappointing loss in the Orange Bowl, but quarterback Jason White, the 2003 Heisman Trophy winner, won the 2004 Maxwell Award as well as the Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas quarterback awards. The Outland Trophy went to another Oklahoma player, offensive tackle Jamaal Brown, while defensive end David Pollack of Georgia won the Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award along with the Chuck Bednarik Award.