Talk:AP Trophy

Multiple trophy designs
Looks like this was not the original design of the trophy:
 * 1958
 * 1970-71
 * 1997
 * 2003, 2006 (photo 8 of 33)
 * 2021 - is the one in the article even the current design?

Raises the question of the current trophy's provenance. Woodshed (talk) 08:11, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

AP Trophy designs
Attempting to track the various iterations of the AP Trophy. When we find the start and end date of each design, we can add them to the article. CC @Woodshed, @Oluwasegu

Please edit my comment here to add any others you find!

Williams Trophy (1941–1947)
AP traveling trophy #1. (Traveling trophy #3 following the lineage of the two Dickinson System trophies.)

Retired by Notre Dame in 1947.

O'Donnell Trophy (1948–1956)
AP traveling trophy #2: Rev. J. Hugh O'Donnell Memorial Trophy

Retired by Oklahoma in 1956


 * 1950 Oklahoma: https://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Watchf-AP-S-FBC-OK-USA-APHS472424-Oklahoma-Gets-/c56a8684b11349fe9131a3d078cbc47f/4/0
 * 1954 Ohio State: https://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Watchf-Associated-Press-Sports-College-football-/7b9df974bd1040c2a26b25928710e9f6/3/0
 * 1955 Oklahoma

Bryant Trophy (1957–1965)
AP traveling trophy #3.

Named the 'Associated Press Trophy', not given a name by Oklahoma. Renamed the Paul W. Bryant Trophy upon retirement by Alabama.


 * 1957 Auburn head coach Ralph Jordan with AP Trophy
 * 1958 https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc326913/m1/1/
 * 1961 Alabama
 * 1962 USC
 * 1965 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109866452/still-retiring-ap-trophies-1978/

Retired permanently by Alabama in 1965. Currently in the collection of the Paul W. Bryant Museum.

AP Trophy (1966–1977)
AP traveling trophy #4.

Won permanently by Notre Dame in 1977. Does it have a name?


 * 1966 Notre Dame (Different trophy??)
 * 1967 USC
 * 1971 Nebraska Plaque
 * 1972 USC
 * 1973 Notre Dame
 * 1975 Oklahoma
 * 1977 Notre Dame

Retired by Notre Dame in 1977. In 2013, resided in the trophy case at the Joyce Center.

Bryant Trophy (1978–1989)
AP traveling trophy #5. Named "Bryant" after the death of the coach in 1983.


 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109866452/still-retiring-ap-trophies-1978/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109866709/ap-trophy-traveling-in-1989/


 * 1981 Clemson
 * 1983 Miami
 * 1989 Miami

Retired by Miami in 1989. Currently in the collection of the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.

Wooden Obelisk

 * 1990 Colorado
 * 1991 Miami
 * 1994 Nebraska
 * 1995 Nebraska
 * 1996 Florida
 * 1997 Michigan

Silver football, black pedestal, glass octagon surround

 * 1998 Tennessee
 * 1999 Florida State
 * 2000 Oklahoma
 * 2001 Miami
 * 2002 Ohio State
 * 2003 USC

Golden football, triangular, round glass "AP"
new underlined "AP" logo: no underline logo:
 * 2006 Florida
 * 2007 LSU, with the other trophies
 * 2008 Florida
 * 2009 Alabama
 * 2011 Alabama
 * 2012 Alabama
 * 2013 Florida State
 * 2014 Ohio State
 * 2015 Alabama

Golden football, hourglass shaped, multiple tubular prongs

 * 2020 Alabama
 * 2021 Georgia

Golden football, hourglass shaped, 3 flat prongs

 * 2023 Michigan

PK-WIKI (talk) 03:02, 1 September 2022 (UTC)