He won player of the year awards (Maxwell and Camp), and QB of the year (Unitas and O’Brien).
He was 1st team All-America and led the NCAA in TDs (39) and set a SEC record with 3,625 yards.
Wuerffel set a SEC championship game record with 401 yards and 6 TDs in a 45-30 rout of #11 Alabama.
He helped UF past #9 Tennessee with 4 TD passes.
He had 277 yards and 3 TDs in the Gators 56-13 pounding of #12 LSU, and 346 yards and 3 scores the following week against #24 Auburn.
In the rematch with bitter rival and undefeated then #1 Florida St., Wuerffel torched the Seminoles for 306 yards and 3 TDs. He also ran 10 yards for another TD as Florida routed FSU 52-20.
Florida won their first ever national championship. They won their 4th straight SEC Championship and was 12-1. They outscored their opponents by 390 points (30 per game).
2. Jake Plummer: He was PAC-10 Offensive Player of the Year. He was 2nd team All-American.
He finished 3rd in the Heisman voting.
He threw for 2,575 yards and 23 TDs.
The “Snake” led Arizona St. to stunning upset over then #1 Nebraska 19-0. The win broke the Cornhuskers 26 game winning streak. He was 20-36 for 292 yards and a TD.
He threw for 3 TDs in an opening win over #16 Washington. He single handily carried the Sun Devils to a 42-35 win over UCLA. He threw 275 yards and three scores. He also ran for a TD and caught 16 yard TD on a halfback pass.
In the Rose Bowl against #2 Ohio St. Plummer tied the score at 7 in the second quarter with a 25 yard scoring strike. He gave ASU the lead with his iconic 11 yard TD run with 1:40 to go.
He finished with 201 yards passing on 19-35.
Arizona State was the Pac-10 champion and went 11-0 in regular season (#2 before the bowls). They lost 20-17 in the Rose Bowl to Ohio St and finished #4 in the final poll.
3. Peyton Manning: He was the MVP of the Citrus Bowl with a record breaking performance.
He threw for 407 yards and 4 TDs (still Tennessee bowl records) with then school record 27 completions. His first 3 TDs gave UT a 21-0 lead over #15 Northwestern. He added a 10 yard TD scamper in the Vols 48-28 romp.
Manning was named third team All-American (behind Wuerffel and Plummer) and second team All-SEC. He finished 8th in the Heisman voting.
He was twice named SEC Player of the Week. He threw for 371 and 2 scores vs. Georgia and 362 and two more TDs vs. South Carolina.
For the season, he passed for 3,278 yards and 20 TDs while completing 64% of his passes.
He set a school record with 492 yards and had 4 TDs vs. #1 Florida but the Volunteers fell behind 35-0, only to lose 35-29.
They were 10-2 overall and 7-1 in SEC play. Tennessee finished ranked #9 in the final polls. Manning directed an offense that put up over 36 points per game.
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