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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 1961 UA19/17/1/4 WKU Football Press Guide WKU Athletic Media Relations Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Recommended Citation WKU Athletic Media Relations, "UA19/17/1/4 WKU Football Press Guide" (1961). WKU Archives Records. Paper 780. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/780 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WESTERN 1 9 KENTUCKY 6 1 F o o , B A L For Press, Radio And TV L GENERAL INFORMATION NAME ------ ------------------------------. WESTERN KENTUCKY STATE FOUNDED- - - - - - .-- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - . ---- - - - - -- - -- - ---- - 1906 LOCATION--- --- ---- - ---- --- ----------- ---. BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY PRESIDENT-------------------------------------- DR. KELLY THOMPSON DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS -------------------------------- E. A. DIDDLE HEAD, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH & ATHLETICS-- ------------------------------ TED HORNBACK HEAD FOOTBALL COACH----------------------------------- NICK DENES ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH-------------------------- TURNER ELROD ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH-------------------------- FRANK GRIFFIN ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH--------------------------------- JIM FEIX COLORS -- - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - ---- - -- - - - SCARLET AND WHITE NICKNAME - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - ------ - - - - ------- HILLTOPPERS PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR- ------------------- · ROBERT G. COCHRAN STADIUM - -- - - - - - - ----- - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - ---- - - - - --- WESTERN CAMPUS CAPACITY- -------------------------------------------------------5, 500 CONFERENCE __________ ______________ ____________________ OHIO V ALLEY N. C. A. A. DAILY NEWS LOCAL PRESS-------------------------------- Bert Borrone, Sports Editor COLLEGE PRESS- --------------------------·COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD LOCAL RADIO STATIONS-----------------------. WLBJ - DAY AND NIGHT WBGN - DAY AND NIGHT -1- WESTERN K'ENTUC KY ST AT E COLL EGE Serving the citizens of the Commonwealth from South-Central Kentucky in Bowling Green is Western Kentucky State College, where progress is the key note .... and constant growth and expansion an actuality. Although a relatively young institution dating from the time of its founding in 1906, Western Kentucky has taken giant strides in irs short 55 year history. Originally created for the sole purpose of teacher tr aining, Western Kentucky now offers three undergraduate degrees and rhe maste r 's degree with course offer ings in twenty-four different departments. The Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Music and the Master of Arts degrees are offered. In addition, pre-professional work leading to e ntrance in professional and technical colleges for advanced study is also offered. Now with an enrollment of more than 3,800 students, Western Kentucky as a co-educational institution is in the midst of the gr eatest building program in its history. Buildings completed for occupancy this fall include a $1. 5 million Science Building and a $780,000 dormitory with a combined grill and snack-bar, Construction has begun on a $2 . 5 million academic-athletic building and a six-story women's dormitory, with plans near ly completed for two more dor- mitories and a new trainin g school on the near horizon. Presenting an excitingly beautiful view from any entrance to the city, the Western Kentucky campus s tands on the crest of a hill overlooking the city of BowHng Green and the Barren River Valley. The campus embraces an area of 120 acres on which thirty college buildings are located. The Western Stadium, located in a natural setting on the east s ide of the campus, has a capacity of 5,500. Crowned by a majestiC colonnade at the top of the Stadium, the football arena is one of the mas t s triking attractions on the Western Kentucky campus. In addition to football, a complete schedule of intercollegiate athletics is played in basketball, bdseball, track, tenniS, and golf at Western Kentucky. -2- HILLTOPPER COACHES Heading the Hilltopper football coaching staff in 1961 for the fifth consecutive season is the affable Nick Denes, one of Kentucky's most successful coa- ches for the past three decades. Now in his thirty-second year in the coaching profession, Denes entered the college ranks after - --- _ .. _--. _-_. .» NICK DENES collecting practically all of the honors offered in the high school coaching of athletics in the state. The highlights of the successful Denes' career were fashioned at Louisville Male High School where he was named "Coach of the Year" for 1951 after guid- ing his Male football team to the state championship. Denes also grabbed seven stace track crowns while at Male, served as line coach on twO more champion- ship football squads, and led his 1936 Corbin, Kentucky, basketball team to the state title. Born Nicholas George Denes on February 22, 1906, in Garrett, . Indiana, where he spent his youth, Denes began his brilliant coaching career after grad- uaring from the University of Illinois in 1929. Prior to coming to Western in 1957 as head football coach, Denes had a one-year stint as an assistant coach of the Hilltoppers under Coach W. L. Terry during the 1939 season. Now with a great high school record behind him, an overall record in ath- letics of 456 victories, 143 losses and 10 ties, and just about even in the coll- egefootbaUcoaching rankswith aI6-18-2 record, Denes figures to give oppos- ing coaching a fair share of trouble for a while yet. An excellent recruiter in addition to his talents as coach, Denes has accom- plished one of the most creditable jobs of recruiting outstanding prospects for Western this year that has been done in many seasons. Appreciated as a fr iend by his associates, Denes is a credit to his profes- sion. -3- Serving as line coach of HUltopper (earns s ince 1948 has been the popular Frank G"iffin. A talen- ted end hi mself on Western football teams in the years just preceding World War II , Griffin is a native of Ashland, Kentucky. He joined the Wes - rern staff in 1946 as trainer. follow ing a five year FRANK GRIFFIN tour of duty with the U. S. Navy, and was elevated to hi s present position two yea rs later. A real task- master who drives his linemen hard, Gr iffin demands , and gets, hard work from his men. The tough conditioning pays off , though, as the Hill- toppers are the firs t to admit. Another major coaching ar ea for Griffin is intercollegiate golf, with his Wes - tefn reams always serious contenders for the Ohio Valley Conference title year after year. A Bowling Green native , backfield coach Tur- ner Elrod is one of the outs tanding sports alumni of Western Kentuc ky . From 1927 until 1930 EI- rod was a triple threat at Western, le ttering in football, basketball, and baseball. Prior to joining the Wester n coaching staff in TURNER ELROD 1949, Elrod coached high school athletics in the stare for many year s, formerly serving as athletic director and assistant foot- ball coach at Barrett High School, Hender s on, Kentucky. An adVQC8re of strong defensive play, Elrod drills his men well in fundamen- ta ls . He is a strict disciplinarian, yet is res pected and we ll liked by th e men he coaches. A veteran of World War II , Elrod is also coach of th e Western {rack {ea rn in the spring sports pr ogram. - 4- A Little AU-America quarterback at Western Kentucky during the 1952 season, Jim Feix was named to the post of quarterback coach of his former team in 1958. During the 1957 season while completing requirements for the M. A. deg- ree, Feix served as a student assistant. JIM FEIX While a member of Hilltopper teams himself, Feix ranked among the top passers in the nation during both his junior and sen- lor years . He gained national recognition for his quarterbacking of Western Kentucky's Refrigerator Bowl champions in 1952. Feix uses his own past quarterbacking experiences to advantage in coach- ing the Hilltoppers. A frie ndly, engaging person, he is one of the most pop- ular members of the Western coaching staff. A native of Henderson, Feix served as a pilot in the U. S. Air Force from 1953 until 1957 when he returned to Western Kentucky to begin graduate work. COLONNADE AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO WESTERN STADIUM -5 - 1961 WESTERN KENTUCKY OPPONENTS FIRST GAME Southeast Missouri at Cape Girardeau, Mo. - September 16 - 8:00 p. m. (CST) Head Coach: Kenneth Knox, S. E. Missouri '48 Nickname: Indians j 960 Record: 6 - 4 - 0 Series Record: Western - 4 S. E . Missouri-l SECOND GAME East Tennessee at Bow ling Green, Ky . - September 23 - 7:30 p. m. (CST) Head Coach: Star Wood, Milligan, '35 Nickname: Buccaneers 1960 Record: 3 - 4 - 2 Series Record: Western - 5 East Tenn.- 2Tie -1 THIRD GAME Middle Tennessee at Murfreesboro, Tenn. - September 30 - 7 :30 p. m. (CST) Head Coach: Charles Murphy, Middle Tennessee '38 - Nickname: Blue Raiders 1960 Record: 5 - 5 - 0 - Series Record: Western - I S Middle Tenn. -11 Tie- 2 FOURTH GAME Austin Peay State College at Clarksville, Tenn. - October 7 - 8:00 p. m. (CST) Head Coach: Art Van Tone, Miss . So. '42 Nickname: Governors 1960 Record: 2 -' 8 Series Record: Western - 6 Austin Peay - 0 FIFTH GAME Tennessee Tech at Bowling Green, Ky. - October 14 - 2:00 p. m. (CST) Head Coach: Wilburn Tuc ker , Tenn Tech, '43 Nickname: Golden Eagles 1960 Record: 8 - 2 - 0 Series Record: Western - 9 Tech - 13 Tied - I -6- SIXTH GAME Univers ity of Louisville a t Louisville, Ky. - October 21 - 2:00 p. m . (EST) Head Coach: Frank Camp, Transylvania, '30 Nickname: Ca rdinals 1960 Record: 7 - 2 Series Record: Western - 11 U. L. - 9 SEVENTH GAME Eastern Kentucky State College at Richmond, Ky. - October 28 - 2:00 p. m. (EST) Head Coach: Glenn Presnell, Nebr aska, '28 Nickname: Maroons 1960 Record: 3 - 6 - 1 Serie s Recoru: Western - 22 Easte rn - 11 EIGHTH GAME Morehead State College at Bowling Green, Ky. - November 4 - 2:00 p.