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National champions

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1959 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The team gave up only 21 points all season, and were crowned national champions by Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel and Sagarin.

Serbian Figure Skating Championships

The Serbian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro prior to 2006 and Yugoslavia prior to 2002).

Stub Allison

His 1937 squad, dubbed the "Thunder Team", won the 1938 Rose Bowl, was named the national champions by a number of selectors, and is considered by some sportswriters to have been the best team in school history.


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1963 college football season

In the preseason poll for 1963, the University of Southern California Trojans (USC), who had been the 1962 national champions, were #1 with 484 points, followed by the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) at #2 with 389 points

1965 Cotton Bowl Classic

The Razorbacks were selected as national champions by the Football Writers Association of America and the Helms Athletic Foundation as the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide lost their bowl game against the Texas Longhorns in the Orange Bowl.

1973 college football season

In its inaugural season, Division I had two NCAA-recognized national champions, and they faced each other at year's end in the Sugar Bowl.

1996 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped.

1999 New Zealand island soccer leagues

The two leagues, one for the North Island (the NISL) and one for the South Island (the SISL) were followed by a play-off between the two champion sides to determine the national champions.

2010 British Figure Skating Championships

In addition to determining the national champions, the results of the event was also among the criteria to determine the British teams for the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 World Figure Skating Championships, the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships.

2011 British Figure Skating Championships

The 2011 British Figure Skating Championships were a national competition in the 2010–2011 season to determine the national champions of the United Kingdom.

2012 British Figure Skating Championships

The 2012 British Figure Skating Championships were a national competition in the 2011–2012 season to determine the national champions of the United Kingdom.

2013 British Figure Skating Championships

The 2013 British Figure Skating Championships was a national figure skating event in the 2012–2013 season to determine the national champions of the United Kingdom.

Carquefou

In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on March 19, putting the town in the national headlines.

Cécilia Rodhe

The 6'11" Joakim played college basketball for the 2006 NCAA national champions and repeat 2007 NCAA champions, the University of Florida Gators, and was drafted by the Chicago Bulls of the NBA as the 9th overall pick.

Glenn Bassett

While at UCLA, he has worked with some of tennis’ most recognized players, including national champions Arthur Ashe, Ian Crookenden, Billy Martin and Jimmy Connors, and 1992 Olympian Mark Knowles.

Jerame Tuman

Tuman was the starting tight end for the 1997 undefeated team named National Champions by the Associated Press, and scored the decisive touchdown in the 1998 Rose Bowl victory over Washington State which secured their undefeated season.

Junior Olympic Gold

There were 538 bowlers in the inaugural championships, with Rory Kalanquin of Davison, Michigan, and Melissa Bellinder of Fullerton, California as the first national champions.

Kamëz

The basketball team BC Kamza Basket are 6 times national champions and play their home games at the Salla Sportive Bathore.

Kevin Ashman

The Milhous Warriors, most of whom are based in Swindon, England, have often emerged victorious in the team elements of events run by Quizzing.co.uk, becoming National Champions at Old Trafford football stadium in 2004 and Silverstone in 2005 as part of those years' UK leg of the World Quizzing Championship event.

Lorne Sam

Sam was the starting quarterback for the 2008 National Champions, Coventry Jets.

Macon Speedway

Macon has been the home track of several National Champions over the years, most notably 1999 NASCAR Heartland Regional, NASCAR Winston Racing Series Champion, and NASCAR Winston Racing Series National Champion, Jeff Leka.

Manchester Wheelers' Club

They were world famous, attracting Olympic, World and National Champions from around the world including Tom Simpson, Cyril Peacock, Patrick Sercu, Sid Patterson, Arie van Vliet, Mario Ghella, Russell Mockridge and Jef Scherens.

Maseno School

Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) National Rugby 7 Sevens Champions – 2011; Kenya Secondary Schools National Champions Basketball 2nd position team nationally in the 'O' Level category; and Kenya Secondary Schools Provincial Swimming Champions.

Miracle Workerz

MOE was one of the FRC national champions in the 2001 competition, Diabolical Dynamics.

Orange County Blue Star

Blue Star easily advanced to the post-season playoffs where, after beating Fresno Fuego and Northwest champions Cascade Surge, they fell by the odd goal in three to the eventual national champions, Des Moines Menace.

Robert Woodhead

As a hobby, he builds combat robots, and his children, James Ueki and Alex Ueki, are the 2004 and 2005 Robot Fighting League National Champions in the 30 lb Featherweight class.

St. John Fisher College

Fisher received an at-large bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament, in which they defeated Union College, Springfield College, and Rowan University to reach the national semifinals, which they lost to Mount Union College, the defending national champions, by a score of 26-14.

Te Atatu

Perhaps the most successful is the Te Atatu Roosters rugby league team who were national champions in 1988.

U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships

The U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual synchronized skating competition, sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, held to determine the national champions of the United States.

Ulrik Wilbek

He was reappointed as coach for Viborg HK's elite women, and again he showed his excellence: The team became national champions for four consecutive years and reached the final in the 2001 EHF Champions League.