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The 1976 College All-Star Game remains, as of 2023, the last time an NFL team has played any team from outside the league. One aspect of the College All-Star Game was later revived: the concept of the league champion playing in the first game of the season was adopted in 2004 with the National Football League Kickoff game. Since then, the first ...
The Coaches All-America Game was a postseason college football all-star game that served as the concluding game of the college football season, held from 1961 to 1976. The all-star game was sponsored by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and profits from ticket sales and television rights went to fund AFCA scholarships.
The 1976 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1976. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1976 season.
The North–South Shrine Game was an annual postseason college football all-star game played each December from 1948 to 1973 in Miami, and a final time in 1976 in Pontiac, Michigan. [1] The game was sponsored by the fraternal group Shriners International, with proceeds used to support the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children.
Chicago College All-Star Game football game (held at Soldier Field 1934–1942 and 1945–1976) Chicago Prep Bowl football game (held at Soldier Field 1927, 1933–2001; 2003–2015) [1] [6] German Day (1925–1937) [1] Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performances in the stadium's parking lot (1931–1932, 1935–1946, 1947–1955) [1 ...
The all-star contest plans to invite over 100 college athletes from historically black colleges and universities for a showcase game and “a week-long celebration of Black culture and history.”
From 2014 to 2016 it followed a draft format, similar to the 2011–2015 format of the NHL All-Star Game (see above). Note: In professional American football, the term "all-star game" can also refer to the American Football League All-Star game, played from 1961 to 1969; or the College All-Star Game, played from 1934 to 1976.
The Blue–Gray Football Classic was an annual American college football all-star game held in Alabama, usually in late December and often on Christmas Day.The brainchild of Alabama college football legend Champ Pickens, [1] the contest began in 1939 and was held annually through 2001, with the exception of 1943 due to World War II.