Calif_Eagle
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I once emailed Drew Pasteur & asked him if he was aware of an Ohio 1-9 team ever defeating a 9-1 team. He replied & said not to the best of his knowledge, but he didn't know for sure. Thought I'd throw it out here & ask the Yappi community, what's the biggest spread between 2 teams regular season records that they were aware of, at seasons end. Where the "worse" team defeated the "better" team during that season.
Closest thing I know is something I noticed in the old All-American Conference glossy magazine* I used to have (wish I still did). In 1945 Massillon finished unbeaten but suffered a tie against Steubenville. Final score was 7-7. Finish that season Massillon a very odd 5-0-5! And Steubenville, a season Big Red faithful probably like to forget, 0-9-1. So a winless team tied an unbeaten team. That Tiger season record equates to 7-2-1 % wise, so that's 7 full levels of WLT record better than Big Red that year. This result is verified by both the Steubenville and Massillon excellent football history websites they each have.
Does anyone have anything similar or more, with preferably a win not a tie? Many here probably even don't recall the pre-overtime days, but if you have a good example, I'd appreciate seeing it.
* Sold in AAC stadiums around 1970 or so. I know some of you have it, because I have seen it mentioned here by posters. Assuming those posters are still here. Hope so!![Thumbs up (y) (y)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Closest thing I know is something I noticed in the old All-American Conference glossy magazine* I used to have (wish I still did). In 1945 Massillon finished unbeaten but suffered a tie against Steubenville. Final score was 7-7. Finish that season Massillon a very odd 5-0-5! And Steubenville, a season Big Red faithful probably like to forget, 0-9-1. So a winless team tied an unbeaten team. That Tiger season record equates to 7-2-1 % wise, so that's 7 full levels of WLT record better than Big Red that year. This result is verified by both the Steubenville and Massillon excellent football history websites they each have.
Does anyone have anything similar or more, with preferably a win not a tie? Many here probably even don't recall the pre-overtime days, but if you have a good example, I'd appreciate seeing it.
* Sold in AAC stadiums around 1970 or so. I know some of you have it, because I have seen it mentioned here by posters. Assuming those posters are still here. Hope so!