Grizzly Football Yearbook, 1963
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gAME NUMBER TEH, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Novem ber l6 , 1963 at Missoula, Montana. Starting time at 1:30 p.m. Head Coach: Mike Lude Assistants: Paul Lanham, B ill Graver, Joe Cribari, and Lou Baker. Athletic Director: Robert Davis Sports Information Director: Dick Smelser } Office Phone: 491-6208 Trainer: Jim Stultz School Colors: Green and Gold School Nicknames: Aggies, Rams Expected Enrollment: 8,000 1962 Win-Loss Record: 0-10 1962 Conference Record: No affiliation in 1962 Offensive System: Winged-T S ig n ific a n t Changes in O ffense: None Returning Lettermen: 13 Letterm en L ost: 20 Returning Squadmen: 8 Newcomers and T ra n sfe rs: 52 Two 1962 Leading Scorers Returning: John Christensen ( 2 6 ) Phil Jackson (12) Two 1962 Leading Rushers R eturning: Jackson (31^-) Christensen ( 187 ) Two 1962 Leading Passers Returning: Christensen Two 1962 Leading Pass Receivers Returning: John Swanson Gary Schroeder Series Record: 6 - 9-0 in Colorado State University's favor. Series began in 19^6. Last Year's Score: 16-15 for Montana at Ft. Collins. COLORADO STATE 1963 SCHEDULE S e p t. 21 University of Pacific Stockton, California S e p t. 28 A ir Force Academy AF Academy, Colorado THE ( Oct. 5 Arizona State University Ft. Collins, Colorado and 1 Oct. 12 Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Missc O ct. 19 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah O ct. 26 Texas Western Ft. Collins, Colorado (Homecoming) f ir s t Nov. 2 New Mexico Ft. Collins, Colorado years Nov. 9 Utah State University Ft. Collins, Colorado but 1 Nov. 16 Montana State University Missoula, Montana Nov. 23 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah Monte Confe didn1 1962 RESULTS Colorado State Schedule Opponents Calif 0 A ir Force Academy 3b of 0 Arizona State University 35 7 Brigham Young University 28 7 UCLA 35 0 Utah State University 21 Bears 7 Wyoming 28 8 New Mexico 21 Monte lb Oregon State University 25 15 Montana State University 16 accoi Calif PAUL under gridn MSU FOOTBALL HISTORY THE ORIGINATION OF "GRIZZLIES" (Note: The following article is written "by John Campbell, a 19^-0 MSU graduate and form er MSU sports publicist. John is presently sports director of KYSS radio in Missoula and is well known for his participation in MSU athletic affairs.) Montana's first football team was organized in 1897, and the sideliners dubbed the first eleven the "varsity." This was the name of Montana grid teams for more than 10 years. Somebody liked the name of "Bruins," so this appellation was tacked on in 1909, but proved to be short-lived. When Montana played Utah University in 1912, a sports writer called the marauding Montanans the "Grizzlies." Since then, until the time Montana entered the Pacific Coast Conference, Montana football teams bore the name of Bruins, Grizzlies, or Bears--it d id n 't seem to make any d iffe re n c e . , It did make a difference, however, to two California schools. The University of California at Berkeley and the University of California at Los Angeles also carried portions of the bear Phylum and demanded that the situation be cleared up. It was determined that the University of California would be given the title of Bears, which later was changed to Golden Bears. UCLA adapted the nickname of Bruins, and Montana was well satisfied to take the Grizzly nickname. Of the three types, the Grizzly is the most ferocious, strongest, and smartest, according to Webster. He, of course, was not aware of Montana's record against the California schools. PAUL LOGAN DORNBLASER (Note: The following story appeared in the Montana Kaimin in the fall of 1959, under Judy McVey's byline.) The University football field bears the tradition of a Grizzly grid star. The gnidman, an Aggie hater, a law graduate of MSU, and son of a Civil War veteran, distinguished himself with the Marines in the Argonne Forest in France. For a bit of ribbon and bronze he traded his life in 1917. It happened when th e 36th was coming in to relieve the Marines, who had been under fire for six days. Losses had been heavy, but the MSU grid star and his p a l had escaped in ju ry . The 36 th and the ferines supposed they had "mopped up" the woods in good style, when the gridder and his friend decided to venture forth to an adjacent dugout for some thing to eat. They reached the top of th e parapet, when a machine gun opened up on the p a i r . Hit with two bullets in the hip, the gridder turned to his friend and said, "Well they got me--give me a cigaret." The friend helped him to an evacuation area. Four days later he was dead. Years later, an NEA writer, Gene Cohn, saw the Marine!s father at Romaine, France, a large burial ground just outside the Argonne Forest. Cohn wrote: 1 In the company of a guide, he was threading his way through the tens of thousands of crosses--looking for one. And at last they found it. He opened a little box and took out a bit of earth, dropping in in the soil of France into which long ago had flowed the olood of his son. Afterwards, I learned he had gotten the soil from Gettysburg and brought it with him on his long pilgrimage--which was quite a trip for a man of 86. The grid star was Paul Logan Dornblaser. The Field which always w ill honor his name i s D ornblaser S ta d iu m ..." WILD BILL--GREATEST GRIZZLY (Note: The following story appeared in the Kaimin of Dec, 5> 1950, under Stan Ronnie1s byline.) The greatest football player Montana has ever had--that is the label Wild B ill Kelly carried off this campus after the last home game of his career on Nov. 13; 1926. Kelly played one of his most spectacular games that day, gaining an astonishing t o t a l o f 365 yards by himself. He ran 71 and 90 yards for touchdowns, and scored two others on short romps. He kicked four extra points, too. Montana drubbed Whitman that day, 56 to J. This total boosted his season's scoring from 32 to 60 and put him first in scoring in the Pacific Coast.' Montana University students and alumni generally hear of some of Kelly's exploits every season. What was so special about this smiling black-haired Irishman who was a native son of Missoula? Let’s go over some of the highlights of his career to see why he is considered Montana's only claim to All-America fame. Kelly quarterbacked an unbeated Montana Cub team here in 1923* Then, in the first game of his varsity career, the Irishman came into the game with Montana trailing Mount Saint Charles, 7-0. He ran 58 and 12 yards for scores, then flipped another on a sleeper play for a third tally. Montana won, LO-7. In the third game of that 192h season in Seattle, sophomore Kelly was outstanding in a 52-7 loss to Washington. Reporter George Scherck said in the Missoulian: "It was Kelly here and Kelly there and Kelly everywhere. Once he intercepted a Husky pass and galloped 70 yards to the goal, but the referee ruled he went out of bounds on the 12-yard line. With the crowd still gasping from this feat, a moment later he took a Washington punt and went 75 yards for the score." The next week at Butte a crowd of 2,000 saw the Grizzlies roll up a score of 106-6 over Montana Mines. Wild B ill ran the opening kickoff the length of the field for a touchdown, scored on a 35-yard end run, and generally led the team that racked up 635 yards against the Miners. After the Stanford-Montana game in Palo Alto, Ed Hughes, then dean of the coast sports w riters, said, "If this Montana Kelly was on some big team, Walter Camp would be watching him closely. But as he plays for Montana, all he will get is a gold football and nine rahs from the population of Montana. "If ever a player deserved credit for doing everything in the deck of football stunts, Kelly is that man. He ran the mediocre Montana team to perfection, he passed, ran the ends, bucked the line, pulled deceptive plays perfectly, and coached the team in the bargain." In the Idaho game of 192b Montana was drubbed, bl-13, but Kelly and Russ Sweet each scored a touchdown, and Kelly's tackling was vicious. Six times a Vandal back came through with a clear field, but each time Kelly made the tackle to avert a touchdown. Kelly scored three times as Montana dumped Pacific University, 6l-7. He also scored twice to lead Montana to its first victory over Whitman on the enemy field, 20-0. In 1925 Kelly got revenge on Idaho for the drubbing of th e year b e fo re . Now a junior, he ran 70 yards for the winning score in the last few minutes. He also scored in the first half, then passed to Pat Sugrue for another goal as th e G riz z lie s won, 20-lb . Kelly, who had racked up 20 touchdowns in 192b, had only three going into the Bobcat game on Thanksgiving of 1926 . In that game the star quarterback outgained the whole Bozeman team. He ran 68 , b2, l 8 and b yards for a l l four touchdowns as Montana beat MSC, 28-7.