1998: When Shame Masks collide

SMIII: Central Michigan: 10/4/97-9/26/98

Central Michigan began the season with a loss to Iowa, but then they beat non-Div. IA Western Illinois and then beat Kent State 46-7.

OSM: Northern Illinois: 8/30/98-10/17/98

Entering the season losers of 18 straight, Northern Illinois lost their first 5 games of 1998 before Central Michigan came to town. The Huskies won 16-6.

OSM: Central Michigan: 10/17/98-10/24/98

Central Michigan spent three weeks without wearing a Shame Mask, and they grew to like it. Thus, the next week they beat Western Michigan 26-24. The Chipawahs finished the season 6-5 despite wearing a Shame Mask for 4 weeks in 1998.

OSM: Western Michigan: 10/24/98-10/31/98

Western Michigan gained the Orignial Shame Mask at the perfect time to set up the match up of be-Shame-Masked teams on Halloween, no less, when the Broncos travelled to Kent State. Western Michigan beat the winless Flashes 48-23. Western Michigan went on to go 7-4 in 1998.

Kent State: 9/26/98-end of the season

After the loss to Western Michigan, Kent State took the Original Shame Mask in favor of Shame Mask III, which is finally retired to the broom closet in Evanston, IL. Kent State finished the season by losing their final two games, running their losing streak to 13 games.

GGSM: 1998

Rutgers: 10/18/97-9/26/98

Though their win over non-Div. IA Richmond to begin the season did snap their 14-game losing streak, Rutgers had to wait through loses to Boston College and Syracuse before they got revenge on Army, beating them 27-15.

Army: 9/26/98-10/10/98

Army lost to East Carolina before beating Houston 38-28.

Houston: 10/10/98-10/24/98

Houston had a bye week to get ready for North Texas, whom they beat 31-9.

North Texas: 10/24/98-11/21/98

North Texas lost their next three games after the loss to Houston, but they avoided spending the offseason in the Golden Gopher Shame Mask by beating New Mexico State in their final game of the season.

New Mexico State: 11/21/98-end of the season

New Mexico State had no more games to play in 1998.

OSM: 1997

Central Michigan: 11/9/97-8/30/97

Luckily Central Michigan got to begin 1997 hosting Northern Illinois. They beat the Huskies 44-10.

Northern Illinois: 8/30/97-end of the season

Northern Illinois ended 1996 by losing their final 7 games. The losing continued throughout 1997, when they went 0-11.

SMIII: 1997

Louisiana Tech: 11/9/96-8/30/97

It took them a long time before Louisiana Tech had the chance to lose the Shame Mask, but they did at the first opportunity, beating Bowling Green 30-23. They went on to have a very respectible 9-2 season.

Bowling Green: 8/30/97-9/6/97

Bowling Green also won in their first time wearing the masked, beating Miami (OH) 28-21. However, they only had two more wins the rest of the season.

Miami (OH): 9/6/97-9/13/97

More usage of the Shame Mask as a motivational tool when Miami (OH) beat Akron 49-20. Miami (OH) went on to finish the season 8-3.

Akron: 9/13/97-10/4/97

Unfortunately for Akron, the tend did not continue. After getting the mask, they lost to Bowling Green and LSU before the old standby Central Michigan came to town. Akron won 53-14, but they only won one more game in the rest of the season.

Central Michigan: 10/4/97-end of the season

The Chipawahs started 1997 2-1, but that one loss was a pretty significant--82-6 at Florida. But then the losing started. They were 2-3 when they went to Akron, and they didn't win a game after getting the mask.

GGSM: 1997

Duke: 10/21/96-9/20/97

Duke entered the 1997 riding a 13 game losing streak did nothing to change this in the first two weeks of the season losing to North Carolina State and Northwestern. Unfortunately for Duke, they did not schedule the Air Force Academy in 1997. In week 3 they handed the Golden Gopher Shame Mask to Army and then beat Navy the following week. Unfortunately they lost their final seven games of the season, so undefeated against service academies, winless against all other schools in 1997.

Army: 9/20/97-10/18/97

Army lost to Miami (OH) and Tulane before Rutgers came to town. The Rutgers on a 9 game losing streak. Army won 37-35 and finished 4-7.

Rutgers: 10/18/97-end of the season

Rutgers ended 1997 with a four additional losses to run their losing streak to 14 games.

OSM: 1996

Kent State: 9/16/95-10/5/96

After terrible season-opening 64-6 loss at Miami (OH) and a not quite so terrible 52-14 loss at Pittsburgh, Kent State ended its 10 game losing streak with a win over non-Div. IA Youngstown State. They lost again the next week to Nevada Reno, but then they were able to send the Zips back to Akron wearing the Shame Mask with a 32-17 win. It was their last win of the season.

Akron: 10/5/96-10/19/96

Akron lost in convincing fashion at Central Michigan 42-0, but then they were able to edge Miami (OH) 10-7.

Miami (OH): 10/19/96-11/2/96

After a home loss to the Army team that went 10-2 that year, Miami (OH) went to Toledo and left the Shame Mask there with a 27-7 win.

Toledo: 11/2/96-11/9/96

Toledo wasted no time and got rid of the Shame Mask at their first opportunity, beating Central Michigan 23-20

Central Michigan: 11/9/96-end of the season

The Chipawahs had no more games to play after getting the mask.

SMIII: 1996

Northern Illinois: 10/14/95-9/21/96

Nothing says shame like losing your first three games of the season by a combined score of 96-6, especially when one of the losses is to non-Div. IA Western Illinois. However, the Huskies did manage to squeeze out a 31-30 victory at Arkansas State. It was their only win of the season.

Arkansas State: 9/21/96-11/9/96

Arkansas State went 3-3 during this stead in Shame Mask III. They beat non-Div. IA Central Arkansas and Southeast Missouri State before knocking off Louisiana Tech for their only win over a Div. IA team of the season.

Louisiana Tech: 11/9/96-end of the season

Louisiana Tech had no more games to play in 1996.

GGSM: 1996

Wake Forest: 10/28/95-9/7/96

After a shameful 1-10 1995 season, Wake Forest kicked off the 1996 in the right fashion. They got revenge with a win over Div. IAA Appalachian State, and then an even bigger win the following week over Northwestern 28-27.

Northwestern: 9/7/96-9/14/96

In the twelve years since Northwestern's horrid losing streak gave rise to the Shame Mask, the Wildcats had greatly improved. In 1995, they went 10-2, earning a trip to the Rose Bowl after an undefeated Big Ten season. It took them a while to get used to their winning ways because they lost their first game in 1996 to Wake Forest. But lucky for them, they had a return trip to the state of North Carolina the following week to face Duke. Northwestern won 38-13. They finished the season 9-3.

Duke: 9/14/96-end of the season

Duke took a three game losing streak into their Shame Mask game with Northwestern and just kept on losing. They finished the season a dismal 0-11.

OSM: 1995

1995 was the last year before the NCAA began playing overtime so that there would be no more ties after this season. So naturally, there would be a tie involving the team wearing the Shame Mask. But I find it interesting to see how long it will take for all the Shame Masks to converge.

Ohio: 11/19/94-10/21/95

Ohio started the season with a loss to Iowa State and then a win over non-Div. IA Illinois State before Kent State paid them a visit. They tied 28-28. After that, they lost their next three games before heading to Akron. Ohio won 29-23.

Akron: 10/21/95-10/28/95

Really they only bright spot in the Akron season was that the week after they got the Original Shame Mask, Kent State game to town wearing a Shame Mask of their own. Akron won 14-6.

Kent State: 9/16/95-end of the season

After their tie in their third game of the season, Kent State lost their remaining 8 games of the season to finish 1-9-1.

SMIII: 1995

Arkansas State: 11/19/94-9/2/95

Arkansas State wasted no time in 1995 when they beat Utah State 21-17 in their first game to get rid of the Shame Mask.

Utah State: 9/2/95-10/14/95

Utah State started the season by digging themselves a very large hole. They lost their first five games. However, when Northern Illinois came to town, they righted their ship with a 42-7 win, starting their 4-2 run to end the season.

Northern Illinois: 10/14/95-end of the season

Norhtern Illinois had a week off to lick their wounds after getting Shame Mask III, but it did them no good as they finished the season with five straight losses.

GGSM: 1995

Tulane: 11/5/94-9/9/95

Tulane began the 1995 season with a home loss to Maryland, but then they were fortunate enough to have Wake Forest come to New Orleans. The Demon Deacons lost 35-9 before crawling back to Winston-Salem wearing the Golden Gopher Shame Mask. Tulane won the following week over Rice, but then finished the season with eight straight losses.

Wake Forest: 9/9/95-9/23/95

It was a rough year for Wake Forest in 1995. First they started with a home loss to Div. IAA Appalachian State, then the next week they got the Shame Mask. The week after that, they lost to Clemson; however then they played at Navy and won 30-7. It was their only win of the season.

Navy: 9/23/95-9/30/95

Navy's time in the Shame Mask did not last long for they got to go to Durham to take on Duke the following week, returning the mask to the state of North Carolina with a 30-9 win.

Duke: 9/30/95-10/28/95

Duke started 1995 by thoroughly losing to Florida State 70-26; however, they bounced back impressively, beating Rutgers and Army before backsliding with a loss to Maryland and then the loss to Navy to get the Shame Mask. The losing ways continued with losses to Georgia Tech, Virginia, and North Carolina State, but then Blue Devils got the perfect tonic--Wake Forest came to town. Duke won 42-26.

Wake Forest: 10/28/95-end of the season

Since getting rid of the Shame Mask, the Demon Deacons had lost their next five games before the Duke loss made it six. They ended the season with losses to Georgia Tech and North Carolina State to finish the season 1-10.

OSM: 1994

Kent State: 10/16/93-9/17/94

Kent State entered 1994 on a 16-game losing streak. That went to 17 in a row after losing to Rutgers, but then Akron came to town. Kent State won 32-16.

Akron: 9/17/94-11/19/94

The loss to Kent State was Akron's 5th in a row and 3rd of the season. They went on to lose their next 7 setting up a wonderful season ending match-up of 0-10 teams when Ohio came to town. Akron won that game 24-10 to finish 1-10 and snap their 12 game losing streak.

Ohio: 11/19/94-end of the season

The loss to Akron was Ohio's final game of the season

SMIII: 1994

Northern Illinois: 10/30/93-10/8/94

The Huskies started the 1994 season with losses to Oklahoma State, Louisiana Lafayette, Illinois, and Nevada with a win over non-Div. IA Eastern Illinois. But then they got to go play New Mexico State. Northern Illinois won 48-27.

New Mexico State: 10/8/94-11/5/94

New Mexico State had improved since the last time they had to wear a Shame Mask and were only 2-3 when they lost to Northern Illinois. They followed that up with losses to Nevada Reno and New Mexico. But then they knocked off San Jose State to get rid of the Shame Mask.

San Jose State: 11/5/94-11/12/94

When San Jose State lost to get the Shame Mask, they ran their record to 1-8. However, getting the mask turned their season around, and SJSU won their final two games, beating Louisiana Tech and Pacific.

Louisiana Tech: 11/12/94-11/19/94

Louisiana Tech was 2-8 after losing to SJSU, leaving them with only one game to try to get rid of the Shame Mask. Fortunately, that was against 1-9 Arkansas State. They won 20-14.

Arkansas State: 11/19/94-end of the season

It was a pretty miserable year for Arkansas State. Their only win came against non-Div. IA Southern Illinois, and they had no chances to get rid of the Shame Mask in 1994.

GGSM: 1994

East Carolina: 10/23/93-9/17/94

After spending nearly the whole 1993 season wearing a shame make, the Pirates were eager to start winning in 1994. While they did lose their first game to Duke, they beat Temple 31-14 in week 2. They finished the season 7-5.

Temple: 9/17/94-9/24/94

The Temple Owls picked the right time to get their second win of the season. Before getting the GGSM from ECU, they beat Akron. Then, the week after getting the mask, they were able to pass it along to Army, beating them 23-20. Unfortunately that was their last win of the season and they finished 2-9.

Army: 9/24/94-10/15/94

The Black Knights of the Hudson lost to Wake Forest and then Rutgers before beating Louisville 30-29.

Lousiville: 10/15/94-10/22/94

After getting the Shame Mask from one service academy, it did not take the Louisville Cardinals to return to a service academy when they took on Navy and won 35-14.

Navy: 10/22/04-11/5/94

Since Navy took on Notre Dame the following week, they would have to wait two weeks for a realistic chance to pass on the Shame Mask. They sailed to Tulane where they won 17-15.

Tulane: 11/5/94-end of the season

Tulane got their one and only win of the 1994 season in week 2 when they beat Rice 15-13. After gaining the Golden Gopher Shame Mask, they had only two more games to lose, home contests against Ole Miss and LSU.

OSM: 1993

Ohio: 10/24/92-10/16/93

Ohio continued their losing ways to start 1993 with loses to UNC, Central Michigan, Ball State, Toledo, Virginia, and Bowling Green. But then Kent State provided just the right tonic. After losing thier final 5 games of 1992, Kent State went on to lose their first 5 games of 1993, leading them into their match-up with Ohio. Ohio won 15-10. For Ohio, this signaled a turn-around, going 4-1 in their final 5 games.

Kent State: 10/16/93-end of the season

Kent State however could not right their ship after their match-up with Ohio. Once they got the Shame Mask, they proceded to finish their winless season with losses to Central Michigan, Toledo, Bowling Green, Miami (OH), and Ball State.

SMIII: 1993

East Carolina: 11/21/92-10/16/93

The Pirates of ECU started 1993 with a loss to Syracuse, a win over Central Florida (which was in Div. IAA at the time), and then losses to Washington, Memphis, and South Carolina. Then Louisiana Tech rolled into Greeneville. ECU won 31-28, but they lost the rest of their games to finish the season 2-9.

Louisiana Tech: 10/16/93-10/30/93

Louisiana Tech also finished the season 2-9, but luckily for them their second win of the season came two weeks after taking on Shame Mask III, when they beat Northern Illinois 17-16.

Northern Illinois: 10/30/93-end of the season

Northern Illinois ended their seasons with two more losses, one 54-20 at Iowa and another 44-0 at Ole Miss.

GGSM: 1993

Louisiana-Lafayette: 10/17/92-9/18/93

Louisiana-Lafayette started the season with back-to-back losses to Utah State and Miami (OH), but then they really turned their season around with a 17-15 win over Memphis. La-Lafayette finished the season 8-3, although the only other team they played that finished with more than 4 wins was Florida, who beat them 61-14.

Memphis: 9/18/93-9/25/93

Memphis for the second straight season Memphis headed into its game against Arkansas wearing a Shame Mask, and for the season Arkansas left wearing that Shame Mask, this year losing 6-0.

Arkansas: 9/25/93-10/2/93

Arkansas wasted no time in disposing of their Shame Mask the following week by beating Georgia between the hedges 20-10.

Georgia: 10/2/93-10/9/93

The Bulldogs continued the streak of good play by teams wearing the Golden Gopher Shame Mask by beating Southern Miss 54-27.

Southern Miss: 10/9/93-10/23/93

Southern Miss unfortunately broke the string of four straight wins by the Golden Gopher Shame Mask wearing team when they lost at Louisville 35-27. Fortunately for them, though, the next week they got to play East Carolina and won 24-16.

East Carolina: 10/23/93-end of the season

East Carolina could catch no breaks in 1993. The week after getting rid of Shame Mask III, ECU lost to Southern Miss to take the Golden Gopher Shame Mask. They finished out the season with losses to Virginia Tech, Tulsa, Kentucky, and Cincinnati.

OSM: 1992

Another year of Shameful football at the bottom of the MAC standings.

Eastern Michigan: 11/16/91-10/24/92

Eastern Michigan started the 1992 season by in a manner befitting a team wearing the Shame Mask, losing their first 7 games of the season. But in week 8, they managed to pull the upset, knocking off 1-6 Ohio. They finished the season 1-10.

Ohio: 10/24/92-end of the season

Ohio beat Kent State in the second week of the season, but that was their only win. After their 7-6 loss to Eastern Michigan, they rounded out the season with losses to Ball State, non-Div. IA Youngstown State and Colorado State.

SMIII 1992

Southern Miss: 11/16/91-9/5/92

Southern Miss had to wait a long time for their first chance to lose Shame Mask III, but they did manage to lose it in their first opportunity when the Memphis Tigers came to Hattesburg. Southern Miss won 23-21.

Memphis: 9/5/92-9/26/92

I believe they were actually still known as Memphis State at the time, but either way, it took the Tigers a few weeks to get going in 1992. After the openning week lost at Southern Miss, they then lost 16-15 at Cincinnati and at home 20-16 to Mississippi State. Then in week 4, the Arkansas Razorbacks came to Memphis and the Tigers won 22-6.

Arkansas: 9/26/92-10/10/92

1992 marked the first year that Arkansas played football in the Southeastern Conference. It was not a great all-around season for the Razorbacks. Although they lost their season opener at home to the non-Div. IA Citadel, they won their first SEC game beating fellow SEC newcomer South Carolina 45-7 at Columbia before losing to the Alabama team that would finish 13-0 and then losing to Memphis to get Shame Mask III. Then they lost to the Georgia team that went 10-2 before traveling to Knoxville to take on the undefeated Tennessee Volunteers. The Razorbacks managed to pull the upset, winning 25-24.

Tennessee: 10/10/92-11/14/92

Stunned by their first loss of the season to Arkansas, the Vols were not able to bounce back the following week against undefeated Alabama, losing 17-10. After a bye week, their struggle continued with a 24-23 loss at South Carolina. After another bye week, they travelled as far from Knoxville as they could get without leaving Tennessee and beat Memphis 26-21.

Memphis: 11/14/92-11/21/92

Memphis got Shame Mask III for the second time in 1992, but they didn't keep it long, beating East Carolina 42-7 in their next and final game of the season. They had a 6-5 record, much better than one might expect for a team that wore a Shame Mask on two different occassions.

East Carolina: 11/21/92-end of the season

ECU had no more games to play in 1992.

SMII: 1992

Northern Illinois 11/2/91-9/19/92

Northern Illinois began the season with a loss at (non-directional) Illinois before beating non-Div. IA Illinois State. Then they traveled to Arkansas State and came home Shame Mask-less after their 31-0 win.

Arkansas State 9/19/92-11/21/92

After getting Shame Mask II from Northern Illinois, Arkansas State beat Southern Illinois (non-Div. IA) before losing at home to two non-Div. IA opponents, Northwestern Louisiana and Troy State. Then they "improved" by losing four straight noncompetetive road games to mediocre Div. IA teams, Memphis, Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech and East Carolina. However, their final game of the season took them to Louisiana-Lafayette, losers of 8 straight games against Div. IA teams and wearing the Golden Gopher Shame Mask. Arkansas State won 20-7 and sent Shame Mask II back to broom closet in Evanston, IL.

GGSM: 1992

Cal State Fullerton: 1/1/92-10/17/92

After a brief break while the Cal State Long Beach program ended, Cal State Fullerton had to return to wearing the Golden Gopher Shame Mask in 1992. They started the season with a win over non-Div. IA Cal State Northridge, and then lost to UCLA, Georgia, Cal State Sacramento, and San Jose State. Then they beat Louisiana-Lafayette 14-10. Even though they went on to lose their next and final 4 games, this win did allow them to rid themselves of any shame masks when they cancelled the program at the end of the season.

Louisiana-Lafayette: 10/17/92-end of the season

La-Lafayette finished out their 2-9 season with losses to Auburn, Tulsa, Northern Illinois, and Arkansas State, who happened to be wearing Shame Mask II at the time.

OSM: 1991

Well, that unity of the Shame Mask didn't last long. Ohio began the 1991 season by tying Central Michigan 17-17, and so Shame Mask II is dusted off and locked around the head of the Chippawahs.

SMII: Central Michigan: 8/31/91-9/7/91

Central Michigan does not like wearing the mask, and so they quickly passed it along to Louisiana-Lafayette, beating them the next week 27-24.

SMII: Louisiana-Lafayette: 9/7/91-11/2/91

After taking on the mask, La-Lafayette lost to Wyoming, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Miami (OH), and Tulsa before tying Louisiana Tech 14-14, causing Shame Mask III to be needed again. The next week, La-Lafayette beat Northern Illinois 13-12.

SMII: Northern Illinois: 11/2/91-end of the season

Norther Illinois beat non-Div. IA Illinois State and then lost to Toledo to end the season 2-9.

SMIII: Louisiana Tech: 10/26/91-11/16/91

Louisiana Tech beat two non-Div. IA opponents, Louisiana-Monroe and Southern Illinois, before beating Southern Miss in a game that could remove the Shame Mask.

SMIII: Southern Miss: 11/16/91-end of the season

Southern Miss had no more games to play in 1991 after getting the mask.

OSM: Ohio: 10/20/90-10/26/91

After their season opening tie, Ohio beat non-Div. IA Tennessee Tech, before losing to Ole Miss, Western Michigan, Toledo, Bowling Green, and Miami (OH). Then they beat Kent State 45-40.

OSM: Kent State: 10/26/91-11/2/91

Kent State only kept the Shame Mask for one week this time. They beat Toledo 14-13.

OSM: Toledo: 11/2/91-11/16/91

Toledo lost to Ball State 9-3 before beating Eastern Michigan 21-14.

OSM: Eastern Michigan: 11/16/91-end of the season

Eastern Michigan had no more games to play in 1991.

GGSM: 1991

Cal State Fullerton: 11/17/90-11/23/91

The 1990s were not kind to Cal State Fullerton. They started the decade by beating non-Div.-IA Sonoma State but finish 1990 1-10. Then wearing the GGSM in 1991, they lost their first two games, then beat non-Div. IA Cal State Northridge, then lost there next 7 games before ending the season with a win over Cal State Long Beach.

Cal State Long Beach: 11/23/91-end of their program.

1991 was final season of football at Cal State Long Beach. And so the Golden Gopher Shame Mask reverts to Cal State Fullerton, but we will not make them wear it until 1992, giving them a five week break.

OSM & SMIII: 1990

SMIII: North Carolina: 9/30/89-9/1/90

After a thoroughly dreadful 1989 season, UNC kicked off their 1990 season by beating Miami (OH) 34-0. They ended the season 6-4-1, with the tie being the only blemish on Georgia Tech's 11-0-1 national championship (according to UPI) season.

SMIII: Miami (OH): 9/1/90-9/22/90

The Redmen (as they were known at the time) of Miami (OH) lost to Toledo and LSU before beating Cincinnati 16-12.

SMIII: Cincinnati: 9/22/90-9/29/90

When Cincinnati donned Shame Mask III, it was with their 12th loss in a row, but thankful for them, the next week they faced the Original Shame Mask wearing Kent State Golden Flashes, losers of their last 14. It was Kent State that continued their losing ways, reducing the number of active Shame Masks to just two.

OSM: Kent State: 10/21/89-10/20/90

Kent State after uniting the various strains of the Northern Illinois Shame Mask went on to lose to two more MAC teams, Central Michigan and Ball State, before sending it back to Ohio with a 44-15 win. They finished the season 2-9.

OSM: Ohio 10/20/90-end of the season

Ohio was 1-4-1 when they "won" the Shame Mask again, and they finished the season 1-9-1 after losing to Western Michigan, Youngstown State, Central Michigan, and Ball State.

GGSM: 1990

Kansas State: 11/5/88-9/15/90

Things started to look up for Kansas State in 1990, Bill Snyder's second season. They won their first game of the season, beating non-Div. IA Western Illinois 27-6. Then in week two, they beat New Mexico State 52-7. It was their first win over a Div. IA team other than Kansas since they beat 1-10 Missouri on 10/26/1985. Nearly 5 years! They ended up 5-6.

New Mexico State: 9/15/90-11/17/90

New Mexico State took off the Golden Gopher Shame Mask when they beat Kansas on October 1, 1988. They then lost their next 27 games. The last 7 of those were while they were wearing the GGSM. But in the final game of the 1990 season, they hosted Cal State Fullerton and won 43-7.

Cal State Fullerton: 11/17/90-end of the season

Cal State Fullerton did not play any more games in 1990.

OSM: 1989

1989 was a strange year in that it only saw a team wearing a Shame Mask win 3 times.

Ohio: 11/19/88-10/21/89

Ohio began their season with losses to Toledo, Iowa State, Eastern Michigan, Vanderbilt, LSU, and Bowling Green. Then things began to look up when they tied Miami (OH) 22-22, to give Miami (OH) Shame Mask II. The next week, Ohio beat Kent State 31-14. The finished the season 1-9-1.

SMII: Miami (OH): 10/14/89-10/28/89

After gaining Shame Mask II, Miami (OH) lost to Toledo, but then they beat Bowling Green.

SMII: Bowling Green: 10/28/89-11/4/89

Bowling Green got the Shame Mask just in time to set up a match-up of two Shame Mask wearing teams on November 4 when Bowling Green hosted Kent State and won 51-28, sending Shame Mask II back to the broom closet in Evanston, IL.

OSM: Kent State 10/21/89-end of the season

1989 was a horrible year for Kent State. They went 0-11.

SMIII: 1989

Navy 9/17/88-9/30/89

Navy became the first team to wear a Shame Mask for more than a calendar year straight after their season opening loss to BYU. They followed that up with a home loss to The Citadel. But then they got relief in a trip to Chapel Hill, knocking off the Tar Heels 12-7.

North Carolina 9/30/89-end of the season

UNC began the 1989 season with a thoroughly convincing 49-7 win over non-Div. IA VMI. However, after this warm up, they only scored 89 points in their final ten games of the season. After getting the Mask, they lost to Wake Forest, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Clemson, and South Carolina before capping the season with a 41-0 loss to Steve Spurrier's Duke team.

GSM: 1989

Kansas State 11/5/88-end of the 1989 season

Wow, a tough year for Kansas State. After going 0-11 in 1988, they went 1-10 in 1989 with the only win coming in their fourth game, beating North Texas (which was not in Div. IA) at home 20-17. They also lost 10-8 to the non-Div. IA opponent Northern Iowa. In their games against Div. IA opponents, they never scored more than 20 and never allowed fewer than 21. Ouch.

OSM & SMII: 1988

UNLV: 11/28/87-9/24/88

UNLV and Ohio must have spent the offseason looking ahead to their September 24 Shame Mask match up because UNLV started with losses to Baylor and Cal State Fullerton and Ohio started with losses to Marshall and Purdue. Unfortunately for Ohio, what happened in Vegas in this case did not stay in Vegas, and Ohio returned home having traded up to get the Original Shame Mask and return Shame Mask II to the broom closet in Evanston, IL.

Ohio: 11/14/87-10/1/88

Ohio didn't keep it long though. In their first chance, they passed the Original Shame Mask by beating Toledo 24-14.

Toledo: 10/1/88-10/8/88

Toledo also did not like wearing the Shame Mask, and beat Northern Illinois the following week 33-20.

Northern Illinois 10/8/88-11/12/88

Northern Illinois went 3-2 in this stretch wearing the Shame Mask, sweeping the directional Illinois (Southern and Western) but losing to the Div. IA teams Louisiana-Lafayette and Ball State, before finally beating Western Michigan 15-7 in their final game of the season.

Western Michigan 11/12/88-11/19/88

Luckily, while Western Michigan had only one game remaining in the season, it was against Ohio, and they won 23-16.

Ohio 11/19/88-end of the season

Another offseason of shame for Ohio.

SMIII: 1988

Alabama 1/2/88-9/10/88

In 1987, Alabama peaked too early. They ran their record to 7-2 by becoming the only team to beat 10-1-1 LSU, but then they lost to Notre Dame, Auburn, and Michigan, in which they gained the Shame Mask. Starting their 1988 season a week late, they had to plenty of time to prepare for Temple and beat the Owls 37-0.

Temple 9/10/88-9/17/88

Temple only wore the mask for one week before beating the Naval Academy 12-7.

Navy 9/17/88-end of the season

Navy started 1988 with two wins, but they were both over the non-Div. IA schools James Madison and Delaware. Then they lost to Temple to take the Mask. The following week they lost to The (non-Div. IA) Citadel in a shootout 42-35, and then beat up on non-Div. IA Yale, winning 41-7. However, the next week, their Div. IA schedule began in earnest with losses to Air Force, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Syracuse, South Carolina, and Army to end the season.

SMIII: 1987

Purdue 9/19/87-10/10/87

The "Boilermaker Strain" of Shame Mask III has an interesting life. Unlike the others, which spend much of their time in the MAC or lesser conferences out west, Shame Mask III is worn by members of powerhouse conferences. After tying Louisville to bring the mask out of storage, Purdue followed with a 44-20 home loss to Notre Dame and then a 21-19 loss at Minnesota. Then Illinois came to West Lafayette, lost 9-3, and went back to Champaign wearing the Shame Mask

Illinois 10/10/87-10/17/87

The Illini wasted no time and passed the mask to Wisconsin with a 16-14 home win.

Wisconsin 10/17/87-11/7/87

The Badgers lost to Northwestern and Purdue before they pulled an upset, beating The Ohio State 26-24.

The Ohio State 11/7/87-11/21/87

The 1987 season started well for the Buckeyes, going 5-1-1 in the first seven games. However, then they lost to Michigan State (finished 9-2-1) the week before losing to Wisconsin. Then next week, they lost to an Iowa team that finished 10-3, before righting the ship and securing a great season by beating Michigan 23-20 in Ann Arbor and forcing them to wear the Shame Mask.

Michigan 11/21/87-1/2/88

Michigan became the first team to wear a Shame Mask in a bowl game when they took on Alabama in the 1988 Hall of Fame Bowl (now the Outback Bowl) in a match up of 7-4 teams. Michigan won that game 28-24.

OSM: 1987

Cincinnati 11/15/87-9/12/87

Cincinnati began the season with a 10-7 loss to Rutgers, but they beat up on Louisville 25-0 the following week.

Louisville 9/12/87-10/24/87

The week after getting the Shame Mask for the first time, the Louisville Cardinals traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana, to take on Purdue. They played to a 22-22 tie. Thus Shame Mask III returns to service locked around the head of the Purdue Boilermakers. Louisville won the following week against non-Div. IA Murray State, but then followed with losses to Southern Miss, Marshall, and Florida State before beating Akron 31-10.

Akron 10/24/87-11/7/87

Akron beat non-Div. IA Nichols State the following week, and then won again the next week over Northern Illinois 27-21.

Northern Illinois 11/7/87-11/28/87

The Huskies beat non-Div. IA Western Illinois the week after being forced to wear the mask, and then after a bye week took on UNLV and won 34-31.

UNLV 11/28/87-end of the season

UNLV would have to wait until 1988 to get rid of the Original Shame Mask.

It is interesting to note that while every team that wore the Original Shame Mask in 1987 lost at least 7 games except for Northern Illinois which finished at 5-5-1, the team wearing the Shame Mask went 7-4-1.

SMII: 1987

Ball State: 11/15/86-10/10/87

Ball State began their 1987 campaign by losing the first four times they played. But then they went to Kent State on October 10, and turned the season around. Kent State was 3-1, but Ball State pulled the upset winning 24-23.

Kent State 10/10/87-10/17/87

Kent State rebounded well and only wore the Shame Mask for one week, during which they prepared well for Western Michigan, beating them 27-13.

Western Michigan 10/17/87-11/7/87

Western Michigan lost to Eastern Michigan (which finished 10-2) and Central Michigan (which finished 5-5-1) before hosting Ball State on 11/7. Of course Ball State lost to regain Shame Mask IV.

Ball State 11/7/87-11/14/87

Having spent the previous two offseasons wearing Shame Mask IV, Ball State was not too kean on making a third straight. Luckily for them, their final Div. IA opponent of the season was Ohio, who had only beaten Div. IAA Marshall on the season. Ball State won 30-17. They lost to Indiana State the next week to end the season 4-7.

Ohio 11/14/87-end of the season

Ohio ended their miserable season with a loss to Western Michigan, giving them their second consecutive 1-10 season.