AFCA National Championship Trophy
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AFCA National Championship Trophy
| AFCA National Championship Trophy | |
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 Florida's 2008 Championship Trophy |
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| Awarded for | the winner of college football's BCS National Championship Game |
| Presented by | American Football Coaches Association |
| Location | BCS National Championship Game (rotates cities) |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1986, awarded retroactively to schools finishing #1 in the Coaches' Poll prior to that date |
| Currently held by | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| Official website | http://www.afca.com/ |
The AFCA National Championship Trophy (Coaches' Trophy) is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the winner of college football's BCS National Championship Game, which determines the national champion for purposes of the Coaches Poll. The trophy has been awarded since 1986 and has been contractually tied to the winner of the BCS National Championship Game since 1998.
The trophy consists of a Waterford Crystal football[1] affixed to an ebony base, and carries a value of over $30,000. The winning school retains permanent possession of the trophy, as a new one is awarded every year. The football portion of the trophy weighs approximately 8 pounds and together with the stand, it weights about 45 pounds and stands 34 inches tall. It is handmade by master craftspeople at Waterford Crystal and reportedly takes nearly 3 months to complete.[2][3]
The trophy has undergone several sponsorship changes over the years. It was sponsored by the Gerrits Foundation during the initial 1986 and 1987 seasons. Pepsi came aboard as a co-sponsor in 1988 and 1989. McDonald's was the sole sponsor from 1990 until 1992. Sears became the trophy's sponsor in 1993 and remained so until 2001. Circuit City assumed sponsorship duties for the 2002 season. ADT Security Services, was the title sponsor from 2003 to 2005.
Its current name is actually "The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) National Championship Trophy (or The Coaches' Trophy)," which was given this permanent name by the association in 2006.
In 2009, the AFCA issued the trophy to schools whose teams were voted number one by the Coaches' Poll in years before the trophy was issued.
The trophy awarded to the University of Alabama for the 2011 season was reportedly shattered on April 14, 2012.[4]
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Winners
^1 †USC would later be stripped of their 2004 Coaches' Poll championship due to NCAA sanctions.
- Schools with an asterisk were not voted #1 in the AP Poll at the end of the season.
By school
| School | Number | Seasons |
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| Alabama | 7 | 1961, 1964, 1973, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 1950, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1985, 2000 |
| USC | 5 | 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, (2004) |
| Miami (FL) | 4 | 1983, 1987, 1989, 2001 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 |
| Texas | 4 | 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 |
| Florida | 3 | 1996, 2006, 2008 |
| LSU | 3 | 1958, 2003, 2007 |
| Notre Dame | 3 | 1966, 1977, 1988 |
| Ohio State | 3 | 1957, 1968, 2002 |
| Florida State | 2 | 1993, 1999 |
| Penn State | 2 | 1982, 1986 |
| Michigan State | 2 | 1952, 1965 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 1951, 1998 |
| Auburn | 1 | 2010 |
| BYU | 1 | 1984 |
| Clemson | 1 | 1981 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1980 |
| Georgia Tech | 1 | 1990 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1953 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 1960 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 1976 |
| Syracuse | 1 | 1959 |
| UCLA | 1 | 1954 |
| Washington | 1 | 1991 |
See also
- AP National Championship Trophy
- MacArthur Trophy
- Grantland Rice Award
- BCS National Championship Game
- NCAA Division I FBS national football championship
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