OFFICIAL PROGRAM 50¢ tulane vs. llorida SPONSORED BY WEST COAST BOWL ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 11, 1969 TAMPA STADIUM AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE -··-111111111111111 • II II • IDB-iiii •IIA11a• B • j~IJ~lll111111111111 jH~~IUIHHII 11111111~11:111'llilUIJ~IUll~III More Americans carry BankAmericard than any other charge card in the world. If you don't have a BankAmericard, apply today! Marine Bank&ltust Company Madison and Franklin, Tampa, Florida or call the BankAmericard Center at 229-9301. s. contents Super Saturday _________________________4 Gator Roster -------------------------------17 19 New Image --------------------------------- 6 Tod a y' s Game ___________________________ Tulane University ____________________8 University of Florida __________________20 The Green Waves ____________________10 Stadium Information _________________26 Today 's Lineup ------·----------------- 14 Tampa Stadium Records 26 The Tulane Program is an official publication of the Florida West Coast Bowl Association. Editor: Jerry Brockway Graphic Design and Printing by Hillsboro Printing Company, Tampa. Cover design (Tampa Stadium) by Richard Lewis - Courtesy Tampa Magazine 3 super saturday corded doubleheaders in Atlanta, tiations are underway with- a num­ Birmingham and Jackson. ber of schools for later years . The Tulane-Florida contest, orig­ It has already been publicly an­ inally scheduled for New Orleans, nounced that these negotiations was brought to Tampa by the Flor­ have resulted in the signing of a ida West Coast Bowl Association, contract for the Florida-Army game a non-profit organization created in in 1978, and that discussions are 1965 to seek a NCAA permit to in progress with reference to an J . W. KYNES play a post-season game in Tampa Air Force-Army game between T. C. MacDONALD GEORGE A. LEVY J . H. WILLIAMS GEORGE T. VASS ART PEPIN NELSON ITALIANO The game this afternoon be­ Stadium. Such a permit is a pre­ 1972 and 1975. James W. Kynes, tween Tulane and Florida com­ requisite for the playing of a game president of the association, a for­ mences the first college football between NCAA member teams, un­ mer Gator football captain , and doubleheader played on the Flor­ like all-star games. Because of the now vice-president of Tampa­ ida Suncoast. Dubbed "Super present moratorium on such per­ based Jim Walter Corporation, now Saturday", this event concludes ap­ mits, the FWCBA, without abandon­ confidently predicts that Tampa propriately tonight with the Tampa­ ing vigorous pursuit of the post­ Stadium will feature one or more T'ulsa contest. Without question the season event, added to its aims the major college games each year offensive fireworks to be supplied sponsoring of one or more major over the next decade under spon­ by John Reaves of Florida and Jim college regular season games in sorship of the FWCBA. Del Gaizo of Tampa, together with Tampa Stadium each season. Other directors and officers of the presence of the Golden Hurri­ Last year the group sponsored FWCBA are: J. H. Williams, Jr., canes of Tulsa who have estab­ the Florida-Air Force game, the Vice-President; Thomas C. Mac­ lished many of the NCAA passing first sellout at Tampa Stadium . In Donald, Jr., Secretary; George T. records over the years, will keep addition to this year's Tulane­ Vass, Treasurer; George A. Levy, the air filled over Tampa Stadium Florida game the group has signed Director; Arthur Pepin, Director; today. Advance ticket sales indi­ Kentucky and Florida for November and Nelson A. Italiano, Director. To cate that Super Saturday, wi,11 14, 1970, the first SEC game on comply with NCAA requirements achieve the same success ac- the West Coast in 21 years. Nego- two directors from NCAA member 4 super saturday events lutbol liesta·dos! 11 a.m. - 1 :30 p.m. Al Lopez Field Giant pre-game luncheon and pep rally in Al Lopez Field, next to Tampa Stadium. Sponsored by Uni­ versity of Florida Alumni Club of institutions are required and Greater Tampa, and open to the FWCBA is fortunate to include on public. Delicious lunch, catered by world famous Columbia Restaurant. its Board as NCAA Institution Di­ Some people rectors Dr. Robert Earnest, Faculty thought we Athletic Chairman at Florida State Dorida vs. tulane University, and Coach Ray Graves, were sticking 2 p.m. Head Football Coach and Director our necks out of Athletics at the University of Tampa Stadium Florida. Eddie Card of Tampa when we The first half of the double­ serves the association as ticket promisedyou header will feature the Florida sales director. Gators and the Tulane Green Wave. the best Adding to the significance of heating and Super Saturday is the fact that it coincides with Legislative Appre­ super supper air conditioning ciation Day in Tampa. The FWCBA 5-7 p.m. SERVICE joins the sponsoring Greater Tampa the area had Chamber of Commerce in welcom­ Al Lopez Field ing the contingent of some 500 leg­ Anita Bryant, star of records, ever seen. islators, their families and guests. stage, and tv, will highlight a great Having enjoyed the bean soup between the game show. Boxed and arroz con polio of Futbol Fiesta Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Dos, the second pre-game spec­ naming of "Miss Quarterback" will tacular of the local University of be featured at the event sponsored Florida Alumni Association, stand­ by the University of Tampa Alumni by now for the Green Wave of Jim Association, Tampa Quarterback Pittman and the Gators of Ray Club and Sword and Shield Club WE WEREN'T! Graves, but save some adrenalin, and open to the public. and procure sustenance at the Super Supper sponsored by the University of Tampa Alumni Asso­ tampa vs. tulsa J. H. ciation between games. The smash 8 p.m. encore of the Spartans of Fran Tampa Stadium WILLIAMS Curci and the Golden Hurricanes of Tulsa is bound to require it. Ending a great football day on OIL CO. In all events, enjoy both games Florida's West Coat is the nightcap and return often to attend the game between the University of events scheduled in Tampa Sta­ Tampa Spartans and the University e/ Unl!f!.ision dium during the remainder of 1969, of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes. Such which collectively present the best stars as Jim Del Gaizo and Leon TAMPA in prep, college and professional McQuay will sparkle for Coach football. Fran Curci's Spartans. 5 lootball-~est coast's ne~ i1nage By TOM KELLY Sports Editor, St. Petersburg Times If you listen closely, you may be able to hear an image cracking. No longer is the West Coast of Florida "a nice place to live, but you wouldn't want to visit there." No longer is Tampa-St. Petersburg­ Clearwater "the place where the action isn't." Football and Tampa Stadium are changing all of the tired, old cliches about the Florida Suncoast-and changing them for the better. License plates from all over Florida jam the stadium parking lots today. Motels from Dale Mabry to the Gulf Beaches are filled with football fans. Restaurants have laid in extra provisions for the weekend. Suncoast businessmen are learn­ ing that big-time college and pro­ fessional football games make cash registers ring and turnstiles click. Miami learned this fact of economic life years ago. So did Jacksonville. Now it's our turn, and the evi­ dence of the past two years shows that we're not going to miss our chance. Since the Suncoast and football got together at the stadium's in­ augural Tampa-Tennessee game in November, 1967, with a so-so crowd of 21,000 fans in attendance, the emphasis has been on big ideas and even bigger successes. But it hasn't just happened by accident. The University of Florida and Air Force Academy never would have pulled a record crowd of 52,626 fans into Tampa Stadium a year ago if it hadn't been for the per­ A sistence of the Florida West Coast Bowl Association, a group of aware WINNING young executives with a penchant. for making things happen. The FWCBA is responsible for today's TEAM Florida-Tulane game, which was originally scheduled to be played in New Orleans. Next season, Flor­ ida and Kentucky will play at Tampa under FWCBA auspices and a Gator-Army game has been booked for 1978. Mostly, the men who arranged these games were motivated by a simple desire to see big-time foot­ ball in their own backyard and by a fierce pride in their community. The only profits will be made by the participating teams and by the sports fans of the Suncoast, who have never been overwhelmed by HILLSBORO PRINTING COMPANY the quantity of quality attractions available to them. Tampa, Florida Football may turn out to be the best device for unifying the Tampa­ St. Petersburg megalopolis since the Gandy Bridge was built in 1925. Mayors Dick Greco of Tampa and Don Spicer of St. Petersburg have endorsed the notion that inter­ city cooperation in support of CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, sports events at Tampa Stadium may lead to unified action in other, INDUSTRIAL,MINING AND more urgent civic responsibilities. Most important of all, however, CONCRETE EQUIPMENT is the new spirit of excitement­ the special exhilaration that a col­ lege football weekend brings to a community-that we're experi­ encing on more fall Saturdays each year. SERVICE W I T H W I N G S Forget that old saw about Tampa ~ being the home of the blue collar worker and the bowl of bean soup. Throw out the libel that St. Peters­ burg and Clearwater are nothing I .. but old folks' homes. LINDER Thanks to football and Tampa Stadium, the Suncoast is fast LAKELAND AND MIAMI, FLORIDA becoming a place where things happen.