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Heisman Voting Records

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Posted: Saturday December 11, 1999 09:35 PM

Largest margins of victory

1968 -- 1750, O.J. Simpson, USC, over Leroy Keyes, Purdue, 2853-1103.
1993 -- 1622, Charlie Ward, Florida State, over Heath Shuler, Tennessee, 2310-688.
1991 -- 1574, Desmond Howard, Michigan, over Casey Weldon, Florida State, 2077-503.
1998 -- 1563, Ricky Williams, Texas, over Michael Bishop, Kansas State, 2355-792.
1986 -- 1541, Vinny Testaverde, Miami, over Paul Palmer, Temple, 2213-672.
1955 -- 1477, Hopalong Cassady, Ohio State, over Jim Swink, TCU 2219-742.
1963 -- 1356, Roger Staubach, Navy, over Billy Lothridge, Georgia Tech, 1960-504.
1951 -- 1353, Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, over Hank Lauricella, Tennessee, 1777-424.
1959 -- 1316, Billy Cannon, LSU, over Rich Lucas, Penn State, 1929-613.
1974 -- 1101, Archie Griffin, Ohio State, over Anthony Davis, USC, 1920-819.
1975 -- 1070, Archie Griffin, Ohio State, over Chuck Muncie, California, 1800-730.
1960 -- 1062, Joe Bellino, Navy, over Tom Brown, Minnesota, 1793-731.
1999 -- 1048, Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, over Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech, 2,042-994.

1976 -- 1011, Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, over Ricky Bell, USC, 2357-1346.

Narrowest Margins

1985 -- 45, Bo Jackson, Auburn, over Chuck Long, Iowa, 1509-1464.
1961 -- 53, Ernie Davis, Syracuse, over Bob Ferguson, Ohio State, 824-771.
1953 -- 56, John Lattner, Notre Dame, over Paul Giel, Minnesota, 1850-1794-x.
1989 -- 70, Andre Ware, Houston, over Anthony Thompson, Indiana, 1073-1003.
1956 -- 72, Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, over John Majors, Tennessee, 1066-994-y.
1964 -- 74, John Huarte, Notre Dame, over Jerry Rhome, Tulsa, 1026-952.
2000 - 76, Chris Weinke, Florida State, over Josh Heupel, Oklahoma, 1,628-1,552.
1978 -- 77, Billy Sims, Oklahoma, over Chuck Fusina, Penn State, 827-750.
1962 -- 89, Terry Baker, Oregon State, over Jerry Stovall, LSU, 707-618.
x-Jay Berwanger, Chicago, defeated Monk Meyer, Army, by 55 in 1935 but vote totals of 84-29 were considerably smaller.
y-Hornung's margin over third place finisher over Tom McDonald, Oklahoma, was 93 (1066-973), the slimmest margin between first-third place.

Most Points

1968 -- O.J. Simpson, USC, 2853.
1976 -- Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, 2357.
1998 -- Ricky Williams, Texas, 2355.
1993 -- Charlie Ward, Florida State, 2310.
1984 -- Doug Flutie, Boston College, 2240.
1970 -- Jim Plunkett, Stanford, 2229.
1955 -- Hopalong Cassady, Ohio State, 2219.
1986 -- Vinny Testaverde, Miami, 2213.

First-Place Vote Leaders

1968 -- O.J. Simpson, USC, 855.
1993 -- Charlie Ward, Florida State, 740.
1998 -- Ricky Williams, Texas, 714.
1976 -- Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, 701.
1984 -- Doug Flutie, Boston College, 678.
1986 -- Vinny Testaverde, Miami, 678.
1991 -- Desmond Howard, Michigan, 640.
1955 -- Howard Cassady, Ohio State, 594.
1999 -- Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 586.
1988 -- Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, 559.
1982 -- Herschel Walker, Georgia, 525.
1959 -- Billy Cannon, LSU, 519.
1963 -- Roger Staubach, Navy, 517.
1970 -- Jim Plunkett, Stanford, 510.
1951 -- Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, 501.

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