INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™

The Historian ™

ISSN: 1526-233x Vol. 1...No. 2 Established: Jan. 2008

Tex Noel, Editor ([email protected])

The Last Football the Big 12 officiating crews next year.” Roundup: Though that probably was not the Departed with Great case, there was some animosity among teams that suddenly found Memories open dates on their 1996 schedules and had to scramble to find other By Bo Carter conferences after the announcement of the future dissolution of the SWC No great surprise here: , which and formation of the Big 12 on Feb. won or shared 25 Southwest 25, 1994. Conference football titles from 1915- 95, finished 7-0 in league play to Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and capture the final SWC crown. Texas Tech amalgamated with the old – an Not that it took any suspense from offshoot of the Missouri Valley, Big the wild and wooly last year of SWC Six and Big Seven conferences over grid play: it was a 1995 season filled a 1907-1960 time span. Houston with drama, helmet-splitting football joined Conference USA for 1996 and many humorous moments. football while Rice, SMU, and TCU headed for the 16-member Western One of the most hilarious events Athletic Conference. occurred during the Texas-Rice contest, a 37-13 victory by the The latter three eventually changed Longhorns in Austin on Oct. 7 during leagues again in the 21st Century as the second week of conference Division I-A football (current known games. as the Football Bowl Subdivision) continues to evolve with Bowl “These darn SWC game officials are Championship Series revisions and hosing the teams that aren’t going to other terrain differences. the ,” yelled an angry Rice official as he threw a But the ’95 season produced 10 first pencil across the press box at a team All-America choices, several Southwest Conference office staffer choices, numerous attending the contest after a certain call.” They’re all jockeying to get on The College Football Historian -2- successful business and Texas Tech, playing under Texas professional student-athletes, and Sports Hall of Fame head coach five bowl-eligible teams (Baylor and Spike Dykes, flexed its postseason TCU ran out of selection options in muscles with a 55-41 lashing of Air the pre-32 bowl era but finished Force in the Weiser Lock Copper above .500). Bowl in Tucson, Ariz., to help the Red Raiders knot 9-3 Texas A&M for The league that historically produced the second-best overall mark in the recipients Davey final year of SWC competition. O’Brien (1938) of TCU, (1948) of SMU, All-Everything LB Zach Thomas (1957) of Texas A&M, spearheaded the Red Raiders’ (1977) of Texas, and fortunes all year, and soph RB Byron (1989) of Houston continued its Hanspard (the 1996 Doak Walker proud tradition intersectionally and Award winner) joined Texas A&M’s through the conclusion of an eventful Leeland McElroy (one of the all-time campaign. national leaders in kick returns) and Baylor’s soph Jerod Douglas as one Wideouts Albert Connell of Texas of the SWC’s top all-time groups of A&M, Mike Adams of Texas and all-conference running backs. John Washington of TCU put up respectable numbers in a season The Aggies of coach R.C. Slocum when run-n-shoot offense went by were in the running for a share of the the boards, and rugged defenses circuit title all the way until the final seemed to prevail. Dec. 2 weekend when Texas edged A&M 16-6 in College Station, Texas. All-America Pat Fitzgerald and offensive lineman Dan Neil of All-America DL Brandon Mitchell, Texas helped elevate the talents of a fellow A-A DB Ray Mickens and LB sophomore named Reggie Brown paced a bruising Ags’ James Brown (no, not the soul defense with allowed less than 19 singer), who later gained fame in points per game (226 in 12 contests) piloting UT’s 37-27 upset over and scored program-building wins Nebraska a year later in the over every SWC opponent except inaugural Dr Pepper Big 12 Football the Longhorns and Texas Tech – Championship at St. Louis. falling 14-7 at Lubbock on a fourth quarter pass interception runback for That trio headed a total of six a TD by the inimitable Thomas. Longhorns on the consensus All- SWC team, and the Horns led the Texas A&M later utilized five field conference with 390 points in 13 goals from kicker Kyle Bryant to games for a 30-point average. Texas knock off Big Ten power Michigan set the tone for its final SWC season by crunching SMU 35-10 at 22-20 in the Alamo Bowl at San on Sept. 30. Antonio. The College Football Historian -3- 21 over Houston and 33-28 at Rice While coach ’s crew in uncharacteristically high-scoring swept all seven of its SWC foes and fracases before closing at 6-5. lost a tough decision 28-10 in the conference’s designated Bowl Houston, which won the 2006 Alliance slot to Virginia Tech in the Conference USA crown under Nokia , the Longhorns longtime high school coaching actually were taking another step legend and Texas Tech grad Art toward their 2005 national Briles, fought throughout ’95 to find championship in the 1994 bowl an identity after scoring (and giving appearance. Texas edged North up many times) points galore during Carolina 35-31 in the ’94 Sun Bowl, the previous era of coach John but a young North Carolina head Jenkins. ‘90s grid boss Kim Helton at coach named left a UH suffered through a rash of lasting impression on Texas director illnesses and dismissals and closed of athletics DeLoss Dodds. the year at 2-9 overall (2-5 SWC).

When Mackovic was fired after the Rice, which shared the highly- 1997 season, Brown answered the contested 1994 SWC championship call to Austin and has produced 10 at 4-3 with Baylor, Texas, TCU, and consecutive powerhouse teams Texas Tech in a first-ever five-way associated with the burnt orange. tie at the top, lost heavily from its ’94 senior class which allowed just 203 Baylor, coached by Chuck Reedy points in 11 contests. Coach Ken after he succeeded College Hall of Hatfield’s Owls began the rebuilding Fame mentor Grant Teaff (1972-92) process for an eventual 8-4 edition in in ’93, enjoyed what was to be its 2002. Future NFL star LB Larry Izzo most successful season over the last capped his Owls’ career 12 years. The 7-4 Bears rode the running of the speedy Douglas and SMU, still fighting through the aggressive defense by LB LaCurtis repercussions of the NCAA Death Jones and DL Darryl Gardener to a Penalty in 1987 and ’88, wound up at 5-2 record and tie for second in SWC 1-10 under head coach Tom Rossley standings. but developed one of the top SWC defensive headhunters all-time in all- TCU under former Heisman Trophy loop LB and current Mustangs’ winner and mentor Pat Sullivan football radio analyst Craig Swann. boasted one of the better defensive squads under his watch and lost at The Dallas university competed well Texas 27-19 and at Texas A&M 34-6 for several years in the WAC and in the Horned Frogs’ final two SWC tussles (the schedule maker did not Conference USA under coaches do TCU any favors….). The Fort and Phil Bennett and Worth-based current Mountain West recently hired program turnaround Conference power won its first two magician from Hawai’i to conference contests of the year 31- launch ’08 fortunes. The College Football Historian -4- The Cotton Bowl and SWC Possibly the biggest irony of the ’95 contracted one of the first major bowl campaign was the SWC’s first tie-ins with the SWC champ absence of a representative in the receiving the Classic invitation Cotton Bowl since the 1940 Classic annually from 1942-95 – an (Clemson 6, Boston College 3). agreement that precluded the Rose Bowl’s then-annual Pacific-Eight/10- Due to a new agreement with the Big Big Ten Conferences’ match-ups by 12 Conference and Bowl Alliance, four years. future Big 12 member Colorado served as host representative to The conference went out regally with Oregon of the Pacific-10 Conference 5-of-8 competing schools becoming in the 1996 Cotton Bowl and downed bowl eligible in both the 1994 and ’95 the Ducks 38-6. campaigns.

1995 FINAL STANDINGS FULL SWC STANDINGS SEASON W L T POINTS OPP W L T POINTS OPP *Texas 7 0 0 236 88 10 1 1 380 227 Baylor 5 2 0 177 96 7 4 0 273 166 **Texas A&M 5 2 0 139 79 8 3 0 301 166 ***Texas Tech 5 2 0 169 146 8 3 0 330 206 TCU 3 4 0 138 180 6 5 0 217 242 Houston 2 5 0 137 232 2 9 0 188 360 Rice 1 6 0 134 194 2 8 1 215 284 SMU 0 7 0 103 139 1 10 0 132 352

Final AP-UPI-UT Polls: *14-15-14 **15-14-15 ***23-20-23

1950s Colorado- Editor’s Note: Since this story covers the Colorado-Oklahoma games of the Oklahoma: An Odyssey 1950s and because of its length, it will be divided into two parts: 1950-54 in this issue and the 1955-59 seasons in the By Bill Cox April issue. The Colorado-Oklahoma football series of the 1950s played out like a (Worth Noting: Oklahoma won every Big 7 ten act Greek drama. title during the 1950’s and was National Champion, 1950-55-56, compiling a 58-1- Oklahoma’s Sooners were the 1.record.) dominant team of the decade. They finished three seasons ranked first and were in the top five eight times The College Football Historian -5- ranking and two consensus All- in both big polls, Associated Press Americans, fullback and and United Press. The Sooners had tackle . The Sooners four perfect campaigns and put hadn’t lost a conference game since together a record 47-game winning back in ‘46. streak. Along the way, they were the perennial Big Seven champions, The record 29,000 onlookers filling ordinarily disposing of this neighborly Colorado’s had come opposition by lop-sided scores. not so much expecting a game, but a spectacle, maybe something along Oklahoma came into the decade at the lines of a bullfight. Even the full speed, topping off a perfect 1949 teams’ uniforms fitted a pageant – season by beating State Oklahoma’s snazzy “crimson and 35-0 in the January, 1950 Sugar cream” vividly contrasting with the Bowl. Their popular young coach, home team’s mustardly gold. , was selected as 1949’s Coach of the Year. However, what happened was not only a game, but a heck of a one. On the other hand, Colorado’s The Sooners had trouble containing Golden Buffaloes were an Ward’s single wing and particular unpretentious Big Seven newcomer. trouble stopping Colorado fullback They began conference play in 1948 Merwin Hodel. Colorado led early joining longtime members Iowa before finally succumbing 27-18. It State, Kansas, Kansas State, was Oklahoma’s closest Big Seven Missouri, Nebraska - and Oklahoma. game of the year. Dallas Ward, a former assistant at Minnesota, had been brought to the Oklahoma went on to another perfect Boulder campus to lead this former season, winning its first national Rocky Mountain Conference team championship before being upset by into the new era. ’s Kentucky team in the Sugar Bowl. Colorado aside, The Buffaloes’ Big Seven start had Oklahoma’s average league score not been auspicious. Their total was 40-12. Colorado was 2-2-0 in league record for 1948 and 1949 the league going into the Oklahoma was three wins and seven losses – game and finished 2-4-0. and the schedule had spared them Oklahoma. 1951

1950 In mid-season, the Buffaloes paid their first Big Seven visit to Norman, But the day of reckoning was coming Oklahoma. They didn’t like it. and on November 4, 1950 it arrived. Oklahoma raced to a 41-0 halftime The mighty Sooners were in lead and won, 55-14. The Sooners Boulder. They brought with them a 5- had lost close early games to Texas 0-0 record, a 26-game winning streak, the number three national The College Football Historian -6- game conference winning streak. It and Texas A&M so had a was a prodigious Colorado lackadaisical 8-2-0 season. Colorado achievement, but the big win had was outmatched by two Big Ten slipped away. opponents, Northwestern and Michigan State, but finished a good The Buffaloes lost to Kansas the 7-3-0. next week and wound up 2-2-2 in the Big Seven. Oklahoma later lost a 1952 close one at Notre Dame, but won all the rest of its games by The Sooners were back in Boulder 21 points or more. The average for their opener. They brought a Sooner score for the season was 41- veteran team featuring an all-star 14. backfield of , Buddy Leake, All-American Buck McPhail 1953 and the year’s Heisman winner, . Present and future All- Back in Norman for a mid-season Americans dotted the line. The week game, Colorado was expected to before, the Golden Buffaloes had pay dearly for its 1952 effrontery. barely escaped San Jose State 20- But, belying an 0-3-0 league record, 14 at Boulder. A repeat of the 1951 the Buffaloes and Ward’s single wing Norman travesty would have been again gave Oklahoma fits. With a no surprise. minute and a half to go, Colorado forged another stunning tie, 20-20, But this contest, played on a on Roger Hunt’s 26-yard buck lateral beautiful late September day, turned touchdown and Don Piper’s kick. out to be one for the ages. It ended The Sooners seemed almost in a 21-21 tie. Colorado tailback supernaturally saved when, with 36 Zack Jordan rocked the Sooners seconds left, Merrill Green zipped 51 back on their heels with quick kicks yards to a touchdown handing the of 72, 77 and 78 yards, the last into Buffaloes an anguishing the end zone, all of them leading to 27-20 loss. Colorado touchdowns. The Buffaloes went ahead 21-14 early in the fourth Colorado complained later that an quarter and when they recovered a Oklahoma guard had been offside on fumble at the Oklahoma 29, seemed Green’s run. The affable Wilkinson to have closed the door on a explained that the guard was okay, it monumental upset. But, on the very was just that the rest of the line had next play, Oklahoma intercepted a moved a step slow. This was just chancy pass at its 22. On fourth and one of several calls and no calls that two at the 30, Vessels went for 18 haunted the Buffaloes in their yards. The Sooners hurried on their Oklahoma games. way, Vessels going into the end zone with a little under two minutes These 1953 Sooners had lost their left. Leake’s kick salvaged the tie. opener to Notre Dame, were tied by The draw ended Oklahoma’s 26- Pittsburgh and The College Football Historian -7- then won the rest. After the Colorado 1954 squeaker they went on a tear outscoring their remaining five Wilkinson’s Sooners had the usual opponents by 167-21. Then they excellent backfield and four present beat Maryland’s powerful national or future All-American linemen, Kurt championship team 7-0 in the Burris, , . Colorado finished 2-4- and . They arrived at 0 in the conference. Boulder 5-0-0 and solidly in the running for the national Missing Information on championship. Colorado featured Members Submitted of by the Richard College Topp “touchdown twins” Carroll Hardy and F ootball Hall of Fame is Frank Bernardi. 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remembered that authors Hugh Moffat and Frank Presbrey had included rosters and lineups as part of their game-by-game reviews clear back to the first game in 1869. Sure enough, a partial roster of players was published. But no luck; Weir is not among those listed in 1869 or over the following few years.

The authors indicated that those were the only known players. So, it was still possible that Colonel Weir was on the team. I tried to continue my search in other books and Is Col Weir on this list of players from that historic first game….read Brad’s story and records. I searched in book after find out. book again with no luck.

Searching for the elusive Colonel Weir Somewhere along the line in my past, I thought I had casually read By Brad Fuqua something that made reference to a Colonel Weir who was from Finding information on early football Kentucky and played for Princeton. I players is certainly a challenge. just could not remember where that While attempting to compile a list of reference originated. It would come possible top players from the 1869 back to me later. Princeton and Rutgers teams, I came across a statement by Dr. L.H. With Kentucky in mind, I decided to Baker in his notable historical work, take my search to the U.S. Census. I Football Facts and Figures. Baker found some Weirs of his probable mentioned both Jacob Michael and age range and had about four “Colonel Weir.” possibilities. I then cross-referenced those names with Civil War records From his book published in 1945: to see if I could find a Weir who “Despite the fact that Princeton had served as a colonel. two powerful players in Big Mike Michaels and Colonel Weir, a Civil One of the most promising War veteran, besides other strong possibilities was Edward R. Weir Jr., players, the team lacked kicking skill who served on the Union side as a and imagination,” Baker wrote. lieutenant colonel. From the prominent line of the Weir family in But that’s it, no other details on Weir. With a copy of “Athletics at Owensboro, Ky., he is found in Princeton: A History” available, I several Civil War records with the The College Football Historian -9- Now that I had a specific name, I 35th Regiment of the Kentucky found reference to a John G. Weir Infantry. After the war, it appears that who graduated from Princeton in he worked as a lawyer. Well, that’s a 1874. The only John Weir that profession that could come about achieved rank of colonel in the Civil from a Princeton education, so War served for the Confederacy and Edward was looking good. was from Mississippi. So, maybe it was him, maybe not. No proof. I Still, I couldn’t link him to Princeton mean, this football player could’ve ... not enough evidence to believe been known as Colonel Weir for he’s the right Colonel Weir. other reasons. Perhaps Baker Another avenue of research led me assumed that he served in the Civil to a Colonel Levi C. Weir, who held a War. Or, maybe he did serve in the prominent position with the Adams war but he’s not indexed as a Express Company. This Colonel colonel. Weir would’ve been about 27 years old at the time of the Princeton- Anyway, I checked Princeton’s Rutgers games of November 1869. “General Catalogue” index, which Born in New Haven, Conn. (home of lists graduates. Sure enough, I found Yale), he served on the Military John G. Weir graduating with the Telegraph Corps and had Class of 1874 (listed on the same connections with people in high page with Alexander Van places. Although he had no Rensselaer). The only fact that didn’t Kentucky connections, he was quite match up was the graduating known widely as Colonel Weir and class. But I did find him referenced it’s possible that a man in his as “John G. Weir ‘71” in an issue of position would’ve attended Princeton Alumni Weekly published Princeton. in 1900.

But again, no concrete evidence. It’s possible that he received a At this point, I remembered one book bachelor’s degree in 1871 and then that I had failed to check – “Football: his law degree in 1874. The American Intercollegiate Game” by Parke H. Davis, published in Further, this name took me back to 1911. I don’t know why I hadn’t Owensboro, Ky., and that line of the checked it sooner but it also had a Weir family. partial roster of Princeton players. And the last name on the list on Again searching through Census page 47 – “J.G. Weir, ’71.” records, I found John G. Weir living in Owensboro in 1880, 1900 and There it was in black and white in a 1910 married to Elizabeth and father second book. Both Baker and Davis to six children. confirmed his existence, and these two historians were among the best His full name was John Green Weir, when it comes to early football. born in June 1849 and died in 1911.

player was a hulking Kentucky The College Football Historian -10- veteran known as ‘Colonel Weir.’ He was indeed a lawyer. He would’ve been very young to serve in And when one of the participants the Civil War (ages 12-16 from 1861- came to describe the game, he used 65). On the 1910 Census, the a wholly military vocabulary,” wrote question is asked, “Whether a Weeks, at the time a doctoral survivor of the Union or Confederate candidate at Penn State. Army or Navy?” John G. Weir left this box blank. In the end, I still don’t know much more about Colonel Weir beyond By the time 1869 rolled around, John that original statement that I had would’ve been at the college football- found in the Baker book. That fact playing age of 20. Considering his that I found reference to him in three chosen profession, prestigious family independent works that appear valid background and Kentucky was enough for me to include him on connections, it seemed probable that my college history Web site. I had the right man. If anyone reading knows more about At this point, I wanted to try another a J.G. Weir, John G. Weir or search for him on the Internet using “Colonel Weir” who played on the different combinations and variations 1869 Princeton team, please contact of his name. And I hit the jackpot. me at: From “Football as a Metaphor for [email protected]. War” by James Weeks in the September/October 1988 issue of (Brad Fuqua is a sports writer in American Heritage Magazine: Prescott, Ariz. He publishes the “Princetonians cheered their boys to online college football history Web defeat with a ‘booming rocket call, site at www.gloryofthegridiron.com) hissing and bursting,’ adapted from a Union cheer, and their strongest

WHICH TEAM IS THE PART I:

BEST? DIVISION III As I stated in the last issue, I am using Tex Noel’s rankings to pair the Top 16 By Patrick M. Premo NCAA Division III National Champions, with the proviso that no In the last issue, I promised to provide team is represented more than once. single elimination tournaments to Here is the field: determine the best team in the history of each college football division. This 1. 1997 Mount Union issue will feature NCAA DIVISION III 16. 1987 Wagner teams. 9. 1973 Wittenberg Let the tournaments begin! 8. 1999 Pacific Lutheran

The College Football Historian -11- upset, 1980 Dayton squeaked by 1982 12. 1991 Ithaca West Georgia, 24-21. 1986 Augustana 5. 1980 Dayton topped upset-minded 2007 WI- Whitewater 18-15. 1977 Widener 13. 1990 Allegheny continue on its upset ways as it easily 4. 1982 West Georgia defeated 1995 WI-LaCrosse, 28-10.

3. 1976 St. John’s, MN Round 3: 1980 Dayton gave 1997 14. 2007 WI-Whitewater Mount Union all it could handle, but in the end lost 12-22. 1977 Widener, the 6. 1986 Augustana, IL number 15 seed, once again surprised 11. 1978 Baldwin-Wallace everyone as it got by 1986 Augustana, the number 6 seed, 19-16. The stage 7. 1994 Albion was set for the number one seed to take 10. 1995 WI-LaCrosse on the upstart number 15 seed in the Championship game. 15. 1977 Widener 2. 2004 Linfield Third Place: 1980 Dayton, the number 5 seed, had little trouble with 1986 Once again, my FAST-ACTION Augustana, the number 6 seed, winning COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOARD 24-10 to claim third place. GAME will be used to stage all of these games. All games will be played at Championship: 1977 Widener played neutral sites. its heart out and scored 17 points, but 1997 Mount Union was just too tough as Round 1: 1997 Mount Union easily it scored 44 points to dominate the title disposed of 1987 Wagner, 26-14. 1999 game and lay claim to being the best Pacific Lutheran was no match for 1973 NCAA Division III team of all-time. Wittenberg, falling 16-34. In a close game, 1980 Dayton nipped 1991 Ithaca, PART II: 14-9. 1982 West Georgia defeated 1990 Allegheny 20-10. In the first major This section is at the request of Tex Noel upset of the tournament, 2007 WI- who asked why we couldn’t have a Whitewater defeated 1976 St. John’s, tournament of only Mount Union teams. MN, 31-21. 1978 Baldwin-Wallace Ask and you shall receive. There have could not hold off 1986 Augustana, been nine Mount Union teams to win losing 10-17. In a low scoring game, Division III national tournaments, but 1995 WI-LaCrosse defeated 1994 only eight of them finished the season Albion, 14-3. The second major upset unbeaten. I decided to take those eight occurred when 1977 Widener nipped unbeaten teams and see which one 2004 Linfield 29-28. would emerge as the all time Mount Union national tournament winner. The Round 2: It was closer this time, but teams were seeded based upon ratings once again the number one seed, 1997 for my FAST-ACTION COLLEGE Mount Union, won, defeating pesky FOOTBALL GAME as follows: 1973 Wittenberg, 30-27. In a minor The College Football Historian -12- 1. 1997 Round 2: The 1997 Mount Union team 8. 1998 won easily over the 2000 team, 42-25. The first minor upset occurred when 5. 1996 2006 Mount Union defeated 1993 20-18 4. 2000 when the latter went for two points late in the game and failed to tie. 3. 2006 6. 2002 Championship: 2006 Mount Union could not contain 1997 Mount Union as 7. 2001 the latter won 28-12 to claim the all-time 2. 1993 Mount Union National Championship.

All games will be played at neutral sites. 1997 Mount Union certainly proved itself in these two tournaments, defeating Round 1: 1997 Mount Union had little all comers. trouble with the 1998 team, beating it 32-14. The 2000 team demolished the Stay tuned for the next issue when we 1996 team, 42-20. 2006 Mount Union shall stage the NCAA Division II All- squeaked by 2002, 26-24. Lastly, the Time Championship! 1993 team had little trouble with 2001, 20-6.

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