Carol Ann Laverne Morris is an American actress, model and beauty queen who was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956. She was crowned by Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955, of Sweden.
WQAD-TV is a television station licensed to Moline, Illinois, United States, serving the Quad Cities area as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Park 16th Street in Moline, and its transmitter is located in Orion, Illinois.
The Miss Iowa competition is the official preliminary for the state of Iowa in the Miss America Scholarship Competition.
Jim Walden is an American former gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington State University from 1978 to 1986 and Iowa State University from 1987 to 1994, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 72–109–7 (.402) over 17 seasons. Walden played college football as a quarterback at the University of Wyoming and professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, and Edmonton Eskimos
Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais was an American football player, coach, and athletic administrator.
Stanley Hugh Campbell was an American football player. He played college football at Iowa State College from 1949 to 1951 and professional football as an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions in 1952 and from 1955 to 1958 and for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1959 to 1961 He concluded his football career with the American Football League (AFL)'s Oakland Raiders in 1962.
Charles Sumner "Cy" Sherman was an American journalist and is known as the "father of the Cornhuskers" after giving the University of Nebraska football team the name "Cornhuskers" in 1899. At his suggestion in 1936, Associated Press (AP) sports editor Alan J. Gould created the first AP Poll for ranking college football teams. Sherman began his career writing at the Nebraska State Journal in Lincoln, spent a short time at the Red Lodge, Montana Pickett before returning to Lincoln and the Lincoln Star where he spent most of his career. At his death he was called by the Star the "Dean of American Sportswriters".
The 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the Big Eight Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixteenth season under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners were 8–2 in the regular season and played their home games on campus at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.
The 1964 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, sharing the IIAC with Western Illinois. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
The 1932 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa in the 1932 Big Ten Conference football season. In its first season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 1–7 record, finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference, and was outscored by a total of 171 to 62. The team played its home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
The 1930 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University as a member the Big Ten Conference during the 1930 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Harlan Page, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 2–5–1, with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing seventh. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.
The Las Vegas Cowboys were a professional American football team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their roots can be traced to the independent Quad City Raiders, who joined the new Professional Football League of America as the Rock Island Raiders in 1965. The Raiders remained in the PFLA until its merger with the Continental Football League in 1968. After losing their first two regular-season contests in 1968, the Raiders were set to play the Indianapolis Capitols in Indiana. Instead, Indianapolis businessman Thomas Redmond swiftly purchased the club and announced the team would be known as the Las Vegas Cowboys
The 1892 Iowa Agricultural Cardinals football team represented Iowa Agricultural College as an independent during the 1892 college football season. The 1892 season was the first in which an organized group of athletes represented Iowa State in football. However, the team did not engage in intercollegiate football, playing only two non-collegiate teams and compiling a 1–0–1 record. The team played a town team from State Center to a 6–6 tie and defeated a team representing the Des Moines YMCA by a 30-0 score.
The 1972 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Johnny Majors, the Cyclones compiled a 5–6–1 record, finished in seventh place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 319 to 238. They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.
Leo Boyd Jensvold was an American football quarterback and halfback who played one season in the National Football League (NFL). He played in one game for the Chicago Bears before joining the Cleveland Indians and finishing the season with them. He played college football at Iowa and played alongside his twin brother, Lloyd.
The 1934 Haskell Indians football team was an American football that represented the Haskell Institute—now known as Haskell Indian Nations University—as an independent during the 1934 college football season. Led by Gus Welch in his second and final year as head coach, Haskell compiled a record of 3–6–1. Tackle Fred "Jug" Miles was the team captain.
The 2002 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with an 11–2 record overall and a 6–1 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round and lost to Western Kentucky in the quarterfinal. The team was ranked No. 5 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of Division I-AA.
The Professional Football League of America (PFLA) was an American football minor league that operated in the Midwest region of the United States from 1965 through 1967. With franchises based in the Midwest, the league played three seasons before merging some teams into the Continental Football League.
The Quad City Raiders were a professional American football team based in the Quad Cities region, which includes Rock Island, Illinois and neighboring Davenport, Iowa. In 1965, the Raiders joined the Professional Football League of America (PFLA) as the Rock Island Raiders became charter members. The Quad City Raiders remained in the PFLA until its merger with the Continental Football League in 1968, with the franchise evolving to become the Las Vegas Cowboys.
The 1992 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Terry Allen, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 12–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the Gateway title for the third consecutive season. Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Eastern Washington in the first round and McNeese State in the quarterfinals before falling to Youngstown State in the semifinals.
