Every line that ever earned it.

The Wall.

Since 2015, the Joe Moore Award has gone to the most outstanding offensive line unit in college football. Not a player. A room.

No individual has ever won it, and no individual ever will. That is the point of the award and the point of the position: five men, one job, one name on the trophy. Every unit on this wall earned it the only way the trenches recognize, together.

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The record book

Every winner, year by year.

IOWA
2025

Iowa Hawkeyes

8-4 · ReliaQuest Bowl
×2
2025 Iowa offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
Two-time Joe Moore Award winner (2016, 2025)

A throwback, run-first, low-mistake unit that out-rushed its opponent in nine of twelve games and converted 76% on third-and-short. It posted one of the slowest average times-to-pressure in the country, springing a backfield that lived ahead of the chains.

Did you know

  • The five starters combined for roughly 120 career starts.
  • A converted ex-defensive lineman, Logan Jones went the entire season without an offensive holding penalty.
  • Three of the five were drafted in 2026 (Jones, Dunker, Stephens). Iowa is one of only three programs ever to win the award twice, with Michigan and Alabama.
Head coach Kirk Ferentz · O-line George Barnett
ARMY
2024

Army Black Knights

12-2 · AAC Champions · Independence Bowl
2024 Army offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
First service academy / Group of Five unit ever to win

The engine of the nation’s No. 1 rushing attack at 314.2 yards per game, 47 more than any other team, at 5.7 yards a carry. They produced the lowest rate of stuffed runs in the country and powered the first 12-win season in Army’s 134-year history.

Did you know

  • The same five linemen started all 13 games, a full season of unbroken continuity.
  • They cleared the way for QB Bryson Daily, who set the FBS career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.
  • An undersized flexbone wall (~6-2, ~300 lbs) that faced eight-plus defenders in the box on 80% of snaps yet allowed just six sacks all season.
Head coach Jeff Monken · O-line Mike Viti & Matt Drinkall
UW
2023

Washington Huskies

14-1 · Pac-12 Champions · CFP Runner-Up
2023 Washington offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
The Pac-12’s first and only Joe Moore Award winner

An elite pass-protection unit for a Heisman-finalist offense, they surrendered just 11 sacks all season while the offense ranked No. 1 nationally in passing. Their stated identity: take the fight to the defender first.

Did you know

  • The line started four different five-man configurations through injuries and still won the award.
  • Both starting tackles were drafted in the first two rounds the following spring.
  • A true-freshman 290-lb center anchored the wall that protected Heisman runner-up Michael Penix Jr. to a 14-1 national-runner-up finish.
Head coach Kalen DeBoer · O-line Scott Huff
MICH
2022

Michigan Wolverines

13-1 · Big Ten Champions · CFP
×2
2022 Michigan offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
First program ever to win the award in back-to-back years

A repeat of pure run-game dominance, 243 rushing yards per game behind All-American back Blake Corum, while allowing roughly one sack a game. Center Olu Oluwatimi swept the sport’s top interior honors.

Did you know

  • The first offensive line in Joe Moore Award history to repeat as champion.
  • Oluwatimi was Michigan’s first-ever Outland Trophy winner.
  • Cleared the way for All-American back Blake Corum behind a run game averaging 243 yards a game.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh · O-line Sherrone Moore
MICH
2021

Michigan Wolverines

12-2 · Big Ten Champions · CFP
2021 Michigan offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
First Big Ten title since 2004; first CFP berth in program history

A power-run identity that led the nation with 39 rushing touchdowns and allowed the fewest tackles-for-loss in all of FBS (27). The signature day: 297 rushing yards on rival Ohio State.

Did you know

  • Surrendered the fewest tackles-for-loss of any team in the country (27).
  • It was Sherrone Moore’s first season as Michigan’s offensive line coach.
  • Captain and center Andrew Vastardis was a former walk-on, the only one of the five starters never drafted.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh · O-line Sherrone Moore
BAMA
2020

Alabama Crimson Tide

13-0 · SEC Champions · National Champions
×2
2020 Alabama offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
Engine of the No. 1 scoring offense in the Power Five (48.2 ppg)

A veteran wall with 126 combined career starts that allowed just nine sacks in twelve games and blocked for three Heisman finalists in one offense. It produced the same season’s Outland and Rimington winners.

Did you know

  • The unit produced both the Outland (Leatherwood) and Rimington (Dickerson) winners in the same year.
  • It paved the way for Heisman winner DeVonta Smith, QB Mac Jones, and RB Najee Harris.
Head coach Nick Saban · O-line Kyle Flood
LSU
2019

LSU Tigers

15-0 · SEC Champions · National Champions
2019 LSU offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
Protected the most prolific offense in school history

The line powered an offense that led FBS at 554 yards per game and set a school record of 47.8 points a game, protecting Heisman winner Joe Burrow through a record-shattering season, and did it while shuffling personnel all year.

Did you know

  • Part of the second 15-0 team in modern FBS history.
  • Only two linemen started all season at the same position, yet the unit never slowed down.
Head coach Ed Orgeron · O-line James Cregg
OU
2018

Oklahoma Sooners

12-2 · Big 12 Champions · CFP
2018 Oklahoma offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
First Big 12 program ever to win the award

The line in front of the nation’s most explosive offense, a country-best 49.5 points and 577.9 yards per game, protecting back-to-back Heisman quarterbacks. Four of the five starters were later NFL-drafted.

Did you know

  • Blocked for Heisman winner Kyler Murray, the second straight Sooner QB to win it behind this group.
  • Broke the Big 12’s shutout: the conference had never won the award before.
  • All five starters were drafted into the NFL.
Head coach Lincoln Riley · O-line Bill Bedenbaugh
ND
2017

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

10-3 · Citrus Bowl win
2017 Notre Dame offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
Turned a 4-8 season into a 10-win year

A genuinely elite unit anchored by two consensus All-Americans. Notre Dame finished seventh nationally in rushing at 279 yards per game, and the voters cited the line’s technique and finishing as the separator.

Did you know

  • Nelson (6th) and McGlinchey (9th) were both top-10 picks. Notre Dame’s first two top-10 selections in one draft since 1978.
  • Coached by Harry Hiestand, himself part of the offensive-line coaching lineage the award celebrates.
Head coach Brian Kelly · O-line Harry Hiestand
IOWA
2016

Iowa Hawkeyes

8-5 · Beat No. 2 Michigan 14-13
2016 Iowa offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
A toughness-over-stats résumé

Not a stat-sheet juggernaut but a resilience story, the unit overcame heavy early injuries and started seven different line combinations, yet kept opening lanes. The citation leaned on the trench values the award was built on: toughness, teamwork, and finishing.

Did you know

  • Iowa used seven different starting line combinations and still won the national O-line award.
  • Their defining image: blocking for the fourth-quarter drive that beat No. 2 Michigan at the gun.
Head coach Kirk Ferentz · O-line Brian Ferentz
BAMA
2015

Alabama Crimson Tide

14-1 · SEC Champions · National Champions
2015 Alabama offensive line. Joe Moore Award champions
The inaugural Joe Moore Award unit

The first unit ever to win the award. They cleared the road for Heisman winner Derrick Henry, who set the SEC single-season rushing record at 2,219 yards, and finished fourth nationally in time of possession, a direct product of the line.

Did you know

  • The very first Joe Moore Award winner, chosen over Stanford, Notre Dame, Iowa and others.
  • Henry’s 2,219 rushing yards behind this line still rank among the most ever in an SEC season.
Head coach Nick Saban · O-line Mario Cristobal

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