have any of you ever ran across team #1? if so, where are they from and are they still in the competition?
Juggernauts
Pontiac, MI
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/team.php?team=1
Not really the first team, but when FIRST decided to stop shuffling numbers every year, they got #1.
Please search though, this question is asked like twice a week it seems.
They’re the Juggernauts, %@$!*. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Here’s the information on them from FIRST’s site. They’re going to Detroit, St. Louis, and the Championship.
But the current team numbering system was established around 1998, and they’re not really one of the first FIRST teams from 1992.
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So, who was assigned #1 in1992?
They are right next door to us, so we see it every day.
But the juggernauts are a good team and represent the number well 
Numbers were not assigned in 1992. The current number system started back in 1998 when all the teams had their permanent numbers that we all know today assigned.
So there were no temporary numbers for that year, or were teams known only by their name.
As far as I know teams were know by their high school and/or sponsor in 1992. I’m pretty sure I’m right but someone correct me if I’m wrong.
Mike M.
I believe it went by sponsor name (alphabetically)
We used to be team 8 for our rookie year because we were sponsored by BASF originally.
Starting back in 1998 teams were allowed to keep their numbers. Prior to 1997 teams got new numbers each year.
So in 1997 Team 47 was team 46. In 1996 we were team 32.
I like 47 better!
From the looks of the old pictures there were no team numbers in 1992.
And in the years following that teams were assigned numbers every year by alphabetical order (I think it was by sponsor name. That’s why while while we may be an original FIRST team we have a rather large number because Xerox starts with an X).
I think we have a robot with a 47 on it.
I have to admit I like 191 better.
I saw a list once and it was by sponsor name, alphabetically, with 3M being the first sponsor–for the current team #1, Juggernaut.
330 was originally 82, but a sponsor switched names or something like that and they got a new number. I like 330 better.
319 is an original 1992 team. (according to my mentor, we were the 6th team to register)
Looking at the '92 competition bracket there were definitely no team numbers.
Mike M.
Thanks for that clarification. I want to learn more about the history of FIRST.
for some strange reason i think both of 121’s bots from both 96+97 were in fact team 94… at least… aquatread was 94 =X
*note… did some digging… found a team 121 lab coat from 1996 when the bot was named Ragnarok… i found no team number on the coat… meaning no team numbers were formed until 97??? i could be wrong just complete speculation…
According to The Blue Alliance 319’s rookie year was 1999.
That’s weird: a number in the 300s usually indicates a rookie year of 1999 or later (by which time the numbers were being assigned by the current method). Is it possible that the team skipped 1998 and 1999, and when they rejoined, 82 was already assigned, and 330 was available? Or was it one of those situations where the team and sponsor split up, and the school ended up re-forming a team under a different identity?
(If FIRST’s site were accessible today, I would check their records…)
Aside: Apparently this makes a thousand posts for me…over seven years. Meanwhile, Ed just keeps going, and going…
Can any of you name who the four teams are in the final four today (by number)?