"Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner, will compete in the national title game with hopes to bring home a championship trophy back to Bloomington against Miami, along with a perfect 16-0 record. The only other major college program to achieve the feat was Yale ... in 1894. However, Mendoza will look to join an exclusive club of Heisman Trophy winners who have finished the season with a national title."
"With four quarterbacks who have won both the Heisman and the national championship, Mendoza is looking to become the fifth man on the list, with the most recent being then- Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston in 2013. But there's also a chance Mendoza could slip and join another exclusive club. Since the start of the BCS era, Heisman Trophy quarterbacks have gone only 4-7 in the national title game."
"Year: 2021 In his sophomore season at Alabama, Young won Heisman honors after leading the nation with 4,872 passing yards and 47 touchdowns while throwing only seven interceptions. He became the first quarterback in Crimson Tide program history to win the honor, beating out Aidan Hutchinson among other competitors. Alabama faced Georgia in the national championship, where Young threw for 369 passing yards for a touchdown, but with two interceptions -- both of which came in the second half."
Fernando Mendoza won the 2025 Heisman Trophy and will face Miami in the national championship with a chance to finish 16-0. A perfect 16-0 season would match Yale's 1894 achievement among major programs. Mendoza can become the fifth Heisman-winning quarterback to also win a national title; four quarterbacks have already done so, most recently Jameis Winston in 2013. Since the start of the BCS era, Heisman-winning quarterbacks hold a 4-7 record in national title games. Examples include 2021 Alabama’s Young, who won the Heisman but lost to Georgia after two second-half interceptions.
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