This is a log of the greatest SCAB games by year. Rather than a list of players or teams, records or stats abstracted from the competitions, this is a hall of fame for the games, an account of the most significant or dramatic or thrilling moments, events, situations and the players and teams involved. It includes regular season as well as tournament games, not just the championship games. The main log is in chronological order, descending by year, to keep the progression of the season for those games as well. The games were not ranked and re-ordered.

Moonshine St. 35, Little Bighorn 28

September 4
Little Bighorn got the pre-season #1 ranking on the basis of their previous year victory over Heroes of Polar Exploration Memorial College, and hosted #5 Moonshine St. starting life without Cody Pendant. But the Bootleggers were not ready to decline. Freshman QB Macon Dew was more than ready with the veteran squad remaining, and Moonshine jumped out to a 21-0 lead, thanks also to surprising power from their rush, with RBs Trey Selament and Bennet Theophus scoring on runs of 31 and 49 yards, respectively. But the Ambushers rallied back across the 2nd and 3rd quarters to tie. Then the teams traded scores at the end of the 3rd -- there were 4 TDs in the 3rd quarter altogether -- Little Bighorn RB Buster Capp setting up the latter with a 45-yard run. The teams held the deadlock through most of the 4th, until the Bootleggers intercepted Ambusher QB Major Day to start at their own 15-yard line. It took them 5 plays to cover the distance, the last 4 a 26-yard pass from Dew to TE Lewis Leaky-Fawcett, a 17-yard Theophus run, a 19-yard pass to WR Thurston Ten, and the 24-yard scoring run by Theophus. Day threw for 254 yards and 3 TDs, to 241 yards and a TD for Dew. Theophus rushed for 125 yards and 2 TDs and had 35 yards receiving. Capp rushed for 111 yards and a TD, and had 37 and a TD receiving. Little Bighorn WR Luke Lively led all receivers with 99 yards, and had a TD.

UPRNY 29, Northwestsoutheastern 31

September 4
#4 Northwestsoutheastern was ready to take off with QB Lawton Common, but #20 Puerto Rico in New York QB Sultan Pepper put on his own show and gave the Fighting Pacifists a big scare. Common showed off his running with a 39-yard run to open scoring in the 1st quarter. He led them to 17-0 before the quarter was done. Then Pepper connected with WR Seymour Seitz on a 42-yard TD pass in the 2nd, to serve notice. There were 4 TDs in the 3rd, the teams exchanging as Nwse extended the lead to 24-7, then 31-14, only to have Pepper come back with a 29-yard TD pass to WR Angel Wichu, to close to 21-31. In the 4th, the Sharks held tough until with under 3 minutes remaining, Pepper scored on a 12-yard run, then threw to TE Felipe Diddleswich for a 2-point conversion, to make it 29-31, where a field goal could win. The Sharks then recovered the onsides kick at the Pacifist 43. But the Pacifists held. Pepper passed for 237 yards and 3 TDs, to just 180 for Common, who also had 3 interceptions, but ran for 89 yards and a score. Diddleswich had 94 yards receiving.

Kootsville Tech. 24, Whooperville A&M 20

September 25
It took 20 years for Whooperville A&M to return to power and make the SCAB'S original rivalry a contest again. But in 2020, Kootsville Tech. still pulled out a close contest to continue their domination. Fighting Junebug RB Elwood Juno, their major recruiting coup that had turned their program around, scored on a 77-yard run to open that contest and serve notice. This time, Whooperville was ranked #4 when they came into #11 Kootsville Tech's house, but the Spitters had scored an 11th-hour recruiting coup of their own with RB Earl Baron. The two backs would put on a contest worthy of the great games of this rivalry in the 70s and 80s. Juno would strike first again, with consecutive runs of 27 yards and then 39 for a TD on the Junebug's 2nd series. Baron followed right up with a 26-yard run on Kootsville's next possesion, and then QB Jerome Damfalt, who'd been the 100-yard rusher for the Spitters the year before, led them to the tying score, with a 10-yard pass to TE Bruce Dribbs.
      The teams traded field goals in the 2nd quarter, then after another Whooperville field goal in the 3rd, traded TDs. The Spitters went ahead 17-13 on a 4-yard pass to WR Elias Smith-Jones, the Junebugs took back the lead 20-17 on a 15-yard pass from QB Luke Ford Tuitt to WR Dennis Head Komoff, their latest ace recruit. It turned into as thrilling and dramatic a defensive struggle, with the teams trading interceptions on the next two possessions going into the 4th, then punts. The Junebugs then stalled at the Kootsville 39 and gambled on a 56-yard field goal, to try to extend the lead to a TD. K Thather Doohickey missed, and on the next play Baron became a part of the lore of this game and Kootsville Tech. He ran 61-yards for the winner, and Whooperville had still not beaten the Spitters since their rise. The Junebugs would get the last laugh, winning the Little 10 championship, but their fans would have to suffer another year without beating the Spitters. Baron finished with 124 yards and a TD rushing, Juno with 139 and a TD. Neither QB topped 200 passing, and Dribbs led all receivers with 96 yards.
      Baron's run echoed the 2014 Kootsville game against Northwestsoutheastern, when Doug Wells broke a 48-yard run to win the game, considered one of the greatest games of all (see here), and the 2015 SCAB Championship winner, TE D.O. Durant's 64-yard run on a reverse. But it also echoed the greatest games of this rivalry, the 1986 and 1987 entries, won by the Fighting Junebugs in dramatic fashion, 25-24 and 31-28.

Pencilmania 23, Bleeding Heart 24

September 25
Pencilmania was ranked #13 and was making their bid for contention in the Non-Conference, and unranked Bleeding Heart was one of the former powers the Big Lead had surpassed. They scored on a 58-yard field goal in the 4th quarter to extend their lead to 23-10, having taken control with their new stars, RB Dudley Dull, QB Luther Marbles who passed for 281 yards, and TE Stacy Ted Pleese who had 118 yards receiving. But right after that score, the Doves QB Elwood U. Kehr sparked two quick scoring drives, one with 4 straight passes, including the 9-yard TD to WR Victor Victoria, then the 2nd with a 43-yard run of his own to set up the 2-yard score by RB Leary O'Trouble. Pencilmania drove to the Bleeding Heart 14, but then Marbles was picked off at the 3 to seal the deal. Kehr finished with 245 yards passing, Victoria with 10 catches for 146 yards.

Porkbelly 28, Northwestsoutheastern 28

October 9
Northwestsoutheastern was ranked #8, and Holy Grail was upset this same day by Footmouth, giving the Fighting Pacifists a chance to take the Pack lead. But Porkbelly's unranked status didn't keep them from making things messy for their chief rival. The Swine would not stay down, and rallied to lead 14-13 at half, then 21-20 in the 4th quarter. With about 4 minutes left in the game, Porkbelly blocked a Nwse punt and recovered on the latter's 2-yard line, then scored on the next play, a run by RB Amal Inne, to stretch the lead to 8. QB Lawton Common then showed why he had been a top recruit, even playing another position for a year to wait for the QB role to open up at Nwse. Common carried the ball 4 times, for 2, 2, 22 and 29 yards. Then he threw 20 yards to TE Visal Durispekt. Then he threw to RB Caesar Christ for the 2-point conversion, to tie the game. The Pacifists had to salvage a tie, but it would be the difference for them to finish ahead of Cretin and Holy Grail for the conference title. Porkbelly got 110 yards rushing from freshman RB Macon Money, and 123 yards receiving from WR Etienne Dovetoday. Common had 199 yards and 2 TDs passing and ran for 86 yards, while Nwse WR Micah Moshun had 90 yards and a TD receiving.

Birddrops 20, Moonshine St. 17

October 16
Moonshine St. had moved up to #1 when they went to face #3 Birddrops. It was the next big Little 10 clash after the Kootsville Tech v. Whooperville A&M game. The Bootleggers had freshman QB Macon Dew, rated #9 in the recruiting class, replacing Cody Pendant, but Birddrops had the 2nd best rated QB and #4 overall recruit in Amos True. Some thought he was the best QB. On this day he showed why. Moonshine was in control 17-6 at half, but in the 3rd quarter, True finished a 9-play drive with a 32-yard scramble for a TD. Then in the 4th, after Birddrops forced a turnover on downs on a botched Moonshine St. punt play, True led them in again, scoring on a 9-yard pass to RB Bayer Leeve. True passed for 235 yards and a TD and rushed for 82 yards and a TD. Dew was held to 167 yards and a TD, and intercepted twice. Moonshine RB Bennett Theophus rushed for 101 yards and a TD and had 50 yards receiving.

Bleeding Heart 28, Puke 21

October 16
Puke would go on to win the conference title and the SCAB championship, but they would've been undefeated if it hadn't been for this game, when, ranked #2, they travelled to #19 Bleeding Heart and were handed their only loss of the season. It was the only time freshman QB Vince Spleen was held under 200 yards passing (197), and he had no TD passes but was intercepted 3 times. RB Yuri Pulsiv held up the Mess offense with 156 yards rushing and 3 TDs, but it was Doves who ruled this day, with QB Elwood U. Kehr completing 21 of 33 passes for 238 yards and 3 TDs and rushing for 62 yards and another TD, and RB Hugh Manatee pounding away for 104 yards rushing and 37 receiving. Puke star WR Ellis Dee was held to 3 catches for 30 yards, while Bleeding Heart's Victor Victoria had 8 catches for 65 yards and 2 TDs. The Doves led 14-7 at half, then responded to each tying Puke score with another TD to take the lead, including a 4-yard run by Kehr at the beginning of the 4th quarter that proved the winner. Puke was held from the end zone for the 4th and even finished the game at the Dove 34-yard line.

Cavalry 24, Little Bighorn 25

November 6
#13 Cavalry nearly derailed #8 Little Bighorn's showdown with HPEMC for the Clan title, but the Ambushers pulled it out in a thriller. Deadlocked 10-10 at half, the teams didn't score again till the end of the 3rd, when they went on a 4-score streak that decided the game. The Galloping Ghosts took the lead again on a 1-yard run by star RB Dudley Pale after a drive that included a 33-yard pass from QB Charlie Doan-Serf to WR Jason Crooks. The Ambushers struck back in 2 plays: a 27-yard pass from QB Major Day to WR Luke Lively, then a 60-yard run by Day himself for the TD. He also kept it for a 2-point conversion and gave Little Bighorn the lead 18-17. Cavalry cooled it off with a 10-play drive to another Pale TD run, this of 6 yards. The Ambushers took it right back in 7 plays, including a 33-yard pass to TE Luther Weeper, a 19-yard run by star RB Buster Capp, and a 9-yard pass for the TD to RB Skender Lyve. Day finished with 238 yards and 2 TDs passing, 66 and a TD rushing, and Weeper led all receiers with 108 yards. Pale had 53 yards and 2 TDs rushing, Capp 67.

Cavalry 30, Bigfoot 35

November 13
A week after nearly upsetting Little Bighorn, #13 Cavalry suffered a more improbable defeat at the hands of unranked Bigfoot, in an even wilder game. The Galloping Ghosts scored a field goal on their first possession, but after the Trackers scored a TD on a 20-yard pass from QB Buck Hunter to WR Albee Amonki Sunkle near the end of the 1st quarter, they never gave up the lead again. There was a score on every possession of the 2nd half except the first and last, both of those ending with an interception. After Cavalry pulled to 23-28 in the 4th on a 2-yard pass to Crooks, but a failed 2-point attempt, the Trackers scored on a 74-yard pass to TE Albee Gottamt. The Galloping Ghosts then drove 81 yards in 11 plays including a 36-yard Crooks reception and a 4th-down conversion, to a 6-yard TD pass to TE Warren Ng. Bigfoot recovered the onsides kick to win the game. Hunter surprisingly surpassed Cavalry's freshman sensation QB Doan-Serf in passing, 359 yards and 4 TDs, to 335 and 3. There were four 100-yard receivers in the game: Cavalry's Crooks 189 and a TD, and WR Luca Giftors 101 and a TD; Bigfoot's Gottamt 111 and a TD, and Amonki Sunkle 141 and a TD. Bigfoot WR Fazir Banni also had 81 yards and 2 TDs in receptions.

Pencilmania 28, Old Diehard 29

November 20
Although Pencilmania was unranked at this point and Old Diehard was just #18, there wasn't a wilder finish to a regular-season game than this one. The Big Lead had seen their contender hopes go up in smoke and the Codgers had been one of the teams to step back over them. After scoring field goals on 2 straight possessions in the 4th quarter, Old Diehard had a 23-7 lead and it seemed over. Pencilmania then scored in 3 plays, including a 31-yard pass from QB Luther Marbles to WR Kostandin Dakorna, and the 17-yard TD run by star RB Dudley Dull. Marbles then threw to TE Stacy Ted Please for a 2-point conversion. The Big Lead then recovered an onsides kick at the Old Diehard 47. Marble threw to Dull for 22 yards, then Dull carried it in from 25. They failed another 2-point try, and Old Diehard's lead was 23-21. But then incredibly Pencilmania recovered another onsides kick, this time at the Codger 42. They scored in 4 plays, 3 runs by Dull, one by Marbles, including the 16-yarder by Dull for the TD. The straight up extra point made it 28-23, Pencilmania. The next kickoff was also straight and a touchback. From the 20, Codgers QB Micah Lamity threw for 16 yards to WR Casey Crokes. Then on the next play, RB Harrison Fashion covered the 64 yards to the end zone, as time ran out! Fashion had 140 yards and the winning TD to trump Dull's 119 yards and 3 TDs.

Fish Bowl: Puke 24, Mooshine St. 23

December 4
After their only loss was one of the best games of the regular season, Puke would be utterly charmed in the tournament part of their campaign. Their first game was this one, Moonshine St. coming in after putting aside Holy Grail in the Salad Bowl. Puke had the #1 recruit and now Demetrius Award winner in QB Vince Spleen, but Moonshine St., who had had also recruited Spleen, had the veteran receiver squad that had helped Cody Pendant to one of the greatest passing seasons ever, now backing up their freshman QB Macon Dew. Just as Spleen had done with other senior opponents, he posted the Mess to a 17-3 lead midway through the 3rd quarter. But then the Bootleggers rallied and scored on 3 straight drives into the 4th. Dew hit TE Lewis Leaky Fawcett for 45 yards for the first TD at the end of the 3rd quarter. In the 4th, he found star WR Lew Dax for a 12-yard TD pass. RB Trey Selament was dropped for a loss on the 2-point attempt, and Puke held the lead 17-16. But after forcing a Puke punt, the Bootleggers drove 50 yards in 9 plays, with Dew throwing to RB Bennett Theophus 7 yards for the TD. But Moonshine St. was short-sighted in settling for the extra point this time. On the first play from scrimmage after the kickoff Puke star WR Ellis Dee ran 48 yards on a reverse. On a 3rd down, RB Serge Ahead got to the Moonshine 10-yard line, but short of a first down by a yard. Needing more than a field goal, Puke went for it on 4th: Spleen threw to Dee in the end zone. TD and game. Puke would advance to even more greatest game glory. Dew outgunned Spleen, 245 yards and 3 TDs passing to 215 and 3. Fawcett had 113 yards to lead all receivers, Puke TE Danko Hole had 106 yards and a TD. Theophus led all rushers with 70 yards.

Galactic Soup Bowl (championship): Puke 34, HPEMC 27

December 18
Head Coach Lance Boils took Puke to its 2nd and 3rd championships as QB in 1991 and 92. As coach he had revived their legacy by bringing in top recruit QB Vince Spleen, who won the Demetris Award his first year. Boils won the award twice. Now Puke was going up against the Heroes of Polar Exploration Memorial College, who had played in the championship two years earlier and were still looking to claim their title. The two would produce a thriller that would top all the games of the season and match the most exciting championship games, with a score to tie in the final minute, and another to win it immediately after. See the full account here.