Retired numbers

Name: Retired numbers
Creator: Wikipedia
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Every program’s retired jersey numbers: the player, his years, the year it was retired, and whether he’s in the College Football Hall of Fame.

351 rows, 1927–⁠2026. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). On the site: Team record books.

351 rows, page 1 of 8. Click a column to sort.

team	school	number	player	tenure	first year	last year	retired	hof	ord	season	player
Akron	Akron	89	Chris Angeloff	1974–⁠1975	1974	1975	1975	0	1	1974
Alabama A&M	Alabama A&M	22	John Stallworth	1971–⁠1974	1971	1974	1974	0	2	1971	9608002746
Alabama A&M	Alabama A&M	55	Robert Mathis	1999–⁠2002	1999	2002	2012	0	3	1999	9838436518
App State	Appalachian State	14	Armanti Edwards	2006–⁠2009	2006	2009	2023	1	4	2006	190009
App State	Appalachian State	23	John Settle	1983–⁠1986	1983	1986	1986	0	5	1983
App State	Appalachian State	32	Dexter Coakley	1993–⁠1996	1993	1996	2005	1	6	1993	9059190438
App State	Appalachian State	38	Dino Hackett	1982–⁠1985	1982	1985	2005	0	7	1982	9338435570
App State	Appalachian State	71	Larry Hand	1960–⁠1964	1960	1964	2006	0	8	1960
Arizona State	Arizona State	11	Danny White	1971–⁠1973	1971	1973		1	9	1971	9543900261
Arizona State	Arizona State	27	Bobby Mulgado	1954–⁠1957	1954	1957		0	10	1954	9319363303
Arizona State	Arizona State	33	Wilford White	1947–⁠1950	1947	1950		0	11	1947	9766603221
Arizona State	Arizona State	40	Mike Haynes	1971–⁠1975	1971	1975		1	12	1971	9570920875
Arizona State	Arizona State	42	Pat Tillman	1994–⁠1997	1994	1997	2004	1	13	1994	9050151071
Arkansas	Arkansas	12	Clyde Scott	1946–⁠1949	1946	1949	1949	0	14	1946	9097388350
Arkansas	Arkansas	77	Brandon Burlsworth	1994–⁠1998	1994	1998	1999	0	15	1994	9640368882
Army	Army	24	Pete Dawkins	1956–⁠1958	1956	1958	2008	1	16	1956	9749893002
Army	Army	35	Doc Blanchard	1944–⁠1946	1944	1946	2009	1	17	1944	9212006536
Army	Army	41	Glenn Davis	1943–⁠1946	1943	1946	2005	1	18	1943	9101170586
Army	Army	61	Joe Steffy	1945–⁠1947	1945	1947	2009	1	19	1945	9129149343
Auburn	Auburn	2	Cam Newton	2010	2010	2010	2025	0	20	2010	232016
Auburn	Auburn	7	Pat Sullivan	1969–⁠1971	1969	1971		1	21	1969	9067269177
Auburn	Auburn	34	Bo Jackson	1982–⁠1985	1982	1985		1	22	1982	9585548890
Auburn	Auburn	88	Terry Beasley	1969–⁠1971	1969	1971		1	23	1969	9310159543
Austin Peay	Austin Peay	30	John Ogles	1963–⁠1966	1963	1966		0	24	1963
Austin Peay	Austin Peay	84	Harold Roberts	1967–⁠1970	1967	1970		0	25	1967
BYU	BYU	6	Marc Wilson	1975–⁠1979	1975	1979	2017	1	30	1975	9673966580
BYU	BYU	6	Robbie Bosco	1981–⁠1985	1981	1985	2017	0	31	1981	9513983931
BYU	BYU	8	Steve Young	1980–⁠1983	1980	1983	2003	1	32	1980	9908672746
BYU	BYU	9	Jim McMahon	1977–⁠1981	1977	1981	2014	1	33	1977	9771825107
BYU	BYU	14	Gifford Nielsen	1973–⁠1977	1973	1977	2007	1	34	1973	9625208471
BYU	BYU	14	Ty Detmer	1987–⁠1991	1987	1991	2007	1	35	1987	9065691601
BYU	BYU	40	Eldon Fortie	1960–⁠1962	1960	1962	1963	0	36	1960	9452432322
BYU	BYU	81	Marion Probert	1952–⁠1954	1952	1954	1977	0	37	1952
Boise State	Boise State	12	Jim McMillan	1971–⁠1974	1971	1974	1978	0	26	1971
Boston College	Boston College	22	Doug Flutie	1981–⁠1984	1981	1984		1	27	1981	9319079762
Boston College	Boston College	68	Mike Ruth	1982–⁠1985	1982	1985		1	28	1982	9500444940
Bowling Green	Bowling Green	29	Paul Miles	1970–⁠1973	1970	1973		0	29	1970
Cal Poly	Cal Poly	45	Osbaldo Orozco	1996–⁠1999	1996	1999		0	38	1996
Cal Poly	Cal Poly	74	John Madden	1957–⁠1958	1957	1958	2026	0	39	1957
California	California	12	Joe Roth	1975–⁠1976	1975	1976	1977	0	40	1975	9827604707
Central Michigan	Central Michigan	62	Jim Podoley	1952–⁠1956	1952	1956		0	41	1952	9038676400
Clemson	Clemson	4	Steve Fuller	1975–⁠1978	1975	1978	1979	0	42	1975	9266177837
Clemson	Clemson	28	C.J. Spiller	2006–⁠2009	2006	2009	2010	1	43	2006	192151
Clemson	Clemson	66	Banks McFadden	1937–⁠1939	1937	1939	1987	1	44	1937	9898930665
Colorado State	Colorado State	14	John Mosley	1939–⁠1943	1939	1943	2024	0	45	1939
Colorado State	Colorado State	21	Eddie Hanna	1947–⁠1949	1947	1949	1949	0	46	1947
Colorado State	Colorado State	48	Thurman McGraw	1946–⁠1949	1946	1949		1	47	1946	9492222251
Drake	Drake	43	Johnny Bright	1949–⁠1951	1949	1951	2006	1	48	1949	9281566397
East Carolina	East Carolina	16	Robert Farris	1965–⁠1967	1965	1967		0	49	1965
East Carolina	East Carolina	18	Norman Swindell	1963–⁠1965	1963	1965		0	50	1963

The CSV and JSON hold the rows these filters find, up to 50,000, with the ids that link them to other datasets; the JSON also describes each column.

Columns (12, what each one holds)

Column	Type
`team_id`	whole number	The team’s id; links to its team page
`school`	text	The school’s name
`number`	text	No description yet.
`player`	text	The player’s name, as the source gives it
`tenure`	text	No description yet.
`first_year`	whole number	No description yet.
`last_year`	whole number	No description yet.
`retired`	whole number	No description yet.
`hof`	whole number	No description yet.
`ord`	whole number	Order within its group
`season`	whole number	first_year, for name matching
`player_id`	text	The player’s id; links to his page

How to cite

"Retired numbers." CollegeFootballDigest, from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://collegefootballdigest.com/data/retired-numbers. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

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