Champions of years past
 

This is my second year in FIRST, and Iwas wondering, who were the winning alliances pre-2002?

2001 it was 71,27,56 and 365

Nope, sorry Mike in 1995, our rookie year, we won nationals, not sure what number we were the or who our partners were...

Cory

The alliance concept wasn't around in '95... so that win was just your team!

99 was the first year for alliences


So we were the last team to win the championships all by ourselves :D

Correction
 

Actually 2001 was my rookie year, so I know the national champion teams were Beatty (71), Beach Cities Robotics (294), Nutrons (125), Miracle Workerz (365), & Tech Fusion (279) (in that order). Finalists included Wildstang (111) and Cheesy Poofs (254).

It was actually team 71, 294, 125, 365, and 279. 71 was the picking team, balancer, and big ball robot, 294 was the 5th seed and handled resetting the bridge, 125 was the big ball limbo bot, and 365 transported the human goal across the bridge. I don't remember what 279 did when they played.

I guess I can forgive a typo of your own team number :p

Just to summarize every one that I know:

1992 - modern day 126 (team numbers weren't permanent then)
1995 - modern day 100
1996 - modern day 73 :D
1997 - modern day 71
1998 - 45
1999 - 176, 1, 48
2000 - 255, 232, 25
2001 - 71, 294, 125, 365, 279
2002 - 173, 71, 66
2003 - 111, 469, 65

Note: 71 is the only team to win multiple times (3) and the only team to do it back to back.

I'm sure someone else can fill in the 2 years I'm missing.

Hey its not my fault, the shouldnt have made the 2 and the 3 so close together on the keyboard.... yea thats it yea.... (plus i edited it:p) Thats my story and i am sticking to it

*exhibits shifty eyes and runs away*

Actually, MOE (365) handled the bridge resetting (big arm) and the Human player goal filling and transporting. 294 transported the Human goal once in a Newton match. 294 did reset the bridge occasionally but it took longer than when MOE did it with his arm b/c the two bots would get in each other's way. 294 was a good limbo bot. 279 was a big ball bot. It couldn't limbo but it filled in well when Nutrons broke their arm (they repaired it later if I remember correctly). In 2001, alternate teams did not have to play but 279 did.

This Alliance could consistently balance two goals (one human player filled), with two big balls on top, and 4 bots in the end zone in under a minute.

In 92- 126 won
93- Nashua BG who is now team 811 won
94- Procter & Gamble & Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, OH)
95- Raychem Corporation & Woodside HS (Menlo Park, CA)
96- 73 won
97- 71 won
98- 45 won
99- 1, 48, 176 won
00- 25, 232, 255 won
01- 71, 125, 279, 294, 365 won
02- 66, 71, 173 won
03- 65, 111, 469 won
04- ???

Finalist were
92- Dorhery High/ WPI now team 190 (I think)
93- Sorry dont know
94- Texas Instruments, Inc. & Denison High School (Sherman, TX)
95- 126
96- E-Systems ECI Division & Lakewood High School (St. Petersburg, FL)
97- Sorry dont know
98- 121
99- 45, 84, 111
00- 102, 126, 131
01- 33, 111, 144, 254, 349
02- 180, 308, 311
03- 25, 343, 494
04- ???

I wasn't able to find the 92, or 97 finalist but here is everything else.
As you can see 71, 111, and 126 have the most national metals.

Excellent history.

I can add a few bits:

1992:

126 won (as mentioned before)
190 finalist (as said by nickma)
45 finalist
111 finalist*

* - This Motorola-sponsored team then did not participate in the program until they got back in during the '95 season (is that right?), when they emerged as "Wildstang".

I find it interesting that all 4 teams in the final match of '92 are still in FIRST.

1997: runner up - ChiefDelphi - 47

That was quite a year for the Chief - they also won Chairman's Award.

Andy B.

Correction...
 

If my memory serves me correct, this is not correct. I believe it was Texas Instruments and Greenville High School who won Rug Rage. (current team 148?) Nashua won the Chairmans that year I think.

Andy you could be right about Nashua BG I am not 100% sure about that, however it was the X-Cats the won the Chairmans in 94, Nashua High (team 151) won it in 95.

Close. The 1992 team was Wheeling HS and two Motorola engineers. The new team started in 1996 with Wheeling HS and Rolling Meadows HS.

Some more history:
1994 Champions : P&G and WHHS (modern team 144)
1996 Chairman's & Autodesk: P&G and WHHS
1998:
Team 144 went to a new school, Northwest High,
and thanks to great alliance partners:
2001 National Finalists
2002 Division Champs & National Semi-Finals
2003:
Spun off new team #1038, Lakota East High School

We (1038) have the same mentors from P&G that have been in it since 1994.

The original powerhouses...
 

With his last post, iheartlinux outlined one heck of a team. Most people remember Sunny Delight from the Tower Power video and beyond. Back when I first started, they were the team to beat. I've always called them the original powerhouse team. Which brings up another question...who would you consider to be the original powerhouse teams in FIRST?

Re: The original powerhouses...
 

The Technokats.
Chairman's award winner, national champion and a founding team.
ANyone else in FIRST who can match their resume?

Re: Re: The original powerhouses...
 

Thanks, Ed... but to clarify:

National champ, yes
Founding team, yes
Chairman's Award Winner - Regional only (Midwest, 2002)

We were close to the Chairman's Award in '95, but did not get it.

Andy B.

Re: Re: Re: The original powerhouses...
 

Hmmmm. I thought I had read somewhere you guys had won a Chairman's award. Ah well....

What a help!
 

Guys, a LOT of information can be found on this true internet gem:

Internet Time Machine

The best links are the 98-99 ones, which contain info from the 1992 competition and on. :)

Hope that helps. :D

this is pretty goofy. we arent from TROY. we're from pONTIAC. hehe. =P

http://web.archive.org/web/199712101...l_winners.html

Is the Delphi office in Troy, though? I know our team was registered in Troy at one point, too, because that's where our sponsor was from.

Also for the Technokats you forgot honorable mention for Technical Excellence in the AutoDesk Visualization Award.

I still enjoy watching those tapes :-) (I wasn't on the team at the time). We still keep "The Champ" as we now call it in working order, and it served as a good prototype for this years robot, limboing and all. It's on its last legs now, we had an emberassing breakage during an exhibition a month back.

I wonder why nobody from my team ever told me we were former champions...What a bunch of crap heads...They never tell me anything...

original powerhouse
 

to answer Andy Grady's question....

We started in 1997, and from watching tapes of the '96 competition we really thought of Tigerbolt (RIT-Edison Tech) as the powerhouse team.

When we got to our first regional ever (Rutgers, '97, what a blast) they were pretty near us in the pits, so we often looked over their way to see what they were up to. (This was pre-alliance days so imho teams were not as forthcoming about their capabilities and weaknesses.)

We were geared for decent speed, and in one of the early matches they pushed us around with their better torque. Because of that, we geared it down for Nationals.

Ah, memories of the days when the window motor was considered powerful....

Ken

Is the Delphi office in Troy, though? I know our team was registered in Troy at one point, too, because that's where our sponsor was from.

in your response. yes, our Delphi office was there. still there too. =P lols. what was really weird was, we used to be TEAM 32 . sounds crazy!

wow
 

awesome, thanks for all the responses. FIRST hasa really great history of winners. I was suprised to learn that only 71 has repeated a Championship! Cool:D