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Each week, ESPN.com's panel of experts casts its votes for the top Heisman candidates. The panel consists of analysts, former players, former coaches and ESPN.com's college football staff.

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Hornung, Walker win Heisman Trophy

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...4, 1956 Exactly five years to the day after Kazmaier's triumph, another Golden Boy wins the Heisman. Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung becomes the only player from a losing team (2-8) to ever...

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Nebraska ends six season drought by beating OU

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...ball six times. Billy Sims, the unbeaten Sooners' 6-foot, 205-pound running back, will win the Heisman Trophy later this year, but this is not one of his better games even though he rushes...

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LSU's 19-game winning streak ends at Tennessee

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...point conversion in the fourth quarter against Tennessee in Knoxville. But Billy Cannon, who will win the Heisman Trophy this season, is gang-tackled short of the goal line and the Bayou Bengals lose 14...

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Bo begins "hobby" with ordinary day for Raiders

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...he begins his hobby. It's no home run, but neither is it a strikeout. The 1985 Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn has an ordinary debut, rushing eight times for 37 yards in the Raiders...

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Packer-less effort results in player fines

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...will fine the entire personnel one-half of a game's salary and waive two players, 1941 Heisman-winning halfback Bruce Smith and tackle Jim Kekeris. "The Packers have always had a spirited club, even...

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Allen has NCAA record 5th-straight 200-yd. game

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...2,000-yard barrier. He will average 36.6 carries a game on his way to the Heisman Trophy

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Heisman gets revenge in record form - 222 points

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Oct. 7, 1916 In the spring, John Heisman was angry when his Georgia Tech baseball team was walloped 22-0 by Cumberland, with the story...

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Throw out the records - Bruins shock Huskers

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...first game as the Bruins' wishbone quarterback, Mark Harmon, a transfer from Pierce College and son of Heisman Trophy winner Tom, throws for a 46-yard touchdown, runs two yards for another TD and leads...

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Davis, 23, succumbs to leukemia

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...this morning in a Cleveland hospital. In 1961, Davis became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. A two-time All-American halfback, he rushed for 2,386 yards in 360 attempts (6...

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Eagles pick Berwanger No. 1

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...player east of the Mississippi in 1935. (The name of the award will be changed to the Heisman Trophy in 1936.) The Chicago Bears will acquire Berwanger's rights and owner-coach George Halas meets...

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Steelers pick Bradshaw No. 1

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...quarterback from Louisiana Tech over more publicized college stars, such as Oklahoma running back Steve Owens, the Heisman Trophy winner who is picked 19th by the Detroit Lions. Bradshaw is the first No. 1 draft...

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Plunkett won't trade this opportunity

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...when Dan Pastorini suffered a broken leg in the fifth game, Plunkett took over and the former Heisman winner at Stanford leads the Raiders to the Super Bowl. On the third play from scrimmage of...

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Baker's 99-yard run serves Liberty for OSU

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...15, 1962 Oregon State's Terry Baker had become the first West Coast player to win the Heisman Trophy after leading the nation in offense. Today, the senior quarterback accounts for the only points in...

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Capper - A Heisman Trophy for Joey

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Dec. 13, 1973 In the most touching scene in Heisman history, Penn State running back John Cappelletti dedicates the award to his 11-year-old brother. "The...

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Berwanger the best east of Mississippi

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...player east of the Mississippi River. By the next year, the award will be known as the Heisman Trophy -- named after the late John Heisman, the DAC's first director of athletics and a famed...

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