MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
Year Winner, School
2000: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
1998: Brian Griese, Michigan
1997: Joe Germaine, Ohio State
1996: Keyshawn Johnson, USC
1995: Ki-Jana Carter, Penn State; Danny O’Neil, Oregon
1994: Brent Moss, Wisconsin
1993: Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan
1992: Steve Emtman, Washington; Billy Joe Hobert, Washington
1991: Mark Brunell, Washington
1990: Ricky Ervins, USC
1989: Leroy Hoard, Michigan
1988: Percy Snow, Michigan State
1987: Jeff Van Raaphorst, Arizona State
1986: Eric Ball, UCLA
1985: Tim Green, USC; Jack Del Rio, USC
1984: Rick Neuheisel, UCLA
1983: Don Rogers, UCLA; Tom Ramsey, UCLA
1982: Jacque Robinson, Washington
1981: Butch Woolfolk, Michigan
1980: Charles White, USC
1979: Charles White, USC; Rick Leach, Michigan
1978: Warren Moon, Washington
1977: Vince Evans, USC
1976: John Sciarra, UCLA
1975: Pat Haden, USC; J.K. McKay, USC
1974: Cornelius Green, Ohio State
1973: Sam Cunningham, USC
1972: Don Bunce, Stanford
1971: Jim Plunkett, Stanford
1970: Bob Chandler, USC
1969: Rex Kern, Ohio State
1968: O.J. Simpson, USC
1967: John Charles, Purdue
1966: Bob Stiles, UCLA
1965: Mel Anthony, Michigan
1964: Jim Grabowski, Illinois
1963: Pete Beathard, USC; Ron VanderKelen, Wisconsin
1962: Sandy Stephens, Minnesota
1961: Bob Schloredt, Washington
1960: Bob Schloredt, Washington; George Fleming, Washington
1959: Bob Jeter, Iowa
1958: Jack Crabtree, Oregon
1957: Kenneth Ploen, Iowa
1956: Walter Kowalczyk, Michigan
1955: Dave Leggett, Ohio State
1954: Billy Wells, Michigan State
1953: Rudy Bukich, USC
1952: William Tate, Illinois
1951: Donald Dufek, Michigan
1950: Fred “Curley” Morrison, Ohio State
1949: Frank Aschenbrenner, Northwestern
1948: Robert Chappuis, Michigan
1947: Claude “Buddy” Young, Illinois; Julius Rykovich, Illinois
1946: James Gilmer, Alabama
1945: Jim Hardy, USC
1944: Norman Verry, USC
1943: Charles Trippi, Georgia
1942: Donald Durdan, Oregon State
1941: Peter Kmetovic, Stanford
1940: Ambrose Schindler, USC
1939: Doyle Nave, USC Alvin Krueger, USC
1938: Victor Bottari, California
1937: William Daddio, Pittsburgh
1936: James Moscrip, Stanford; Keith Topping, Stanford
1935: Millard “Dixie” Howell, Alabama
1934: Cliff Montgomery, Columbia
1933: Homer Griffith, USC
1932: Erny Pinckert, USC
1931: John Campbell, Alabama
1930: Russell Saunders, USC
1929: Benny Lom, California
1928: Clifford Hoffman, Stanford
1927: Fred Pickhard, Alabama
1926: John Mack Brown, Alabama; George Wilson, Washington
1925: Elmer Layden, Notre Dame; Ernie Nevers, Stanford
1924: Ira McKee, Navy
1923: Leo Calland, USC
1922: Russell Stein, Wash. & Jeff.
1921: Harold Muller, California
1920: Edward Casey, Harvard
1919: George Halas, Great Lakes Navy
1918: Hollis Huntington, Mare Island Marines
1917: John Beckett, Oregon
1916: Carl Dietz, Washington State
1902: Neil Snow, Michigan
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