Austin College - Chromascope Yearbook (Sherman, TX)

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This year's TooTball Team probably had The mosT i comTorTable road Trips oT any Team ever To pass Titel:-'-' gg' Y ' ' v Q Aix my Through The porTals oT AusTin College. They Tlew To 1 7 ' Three oT Their Tour ouT-oT-Town games. IT would have -im JL, ,M 'AF' if 40134 been much beTTer To have sTayed aT home, however. AC won only one oT iTs road games llvlillsaps, 29-l4l. AC won all oT iTs home games giving Them a home game winning sTrealc oT Twelve. AUSTIN COLLEGE played one oT iTs besT games This year in avenging The only loss oT The i959 season. The Kangaroos ToughT Trom behind in The lasT quarTer oT This Thriller To sTop a rugged Miss. College Team, 20-I8. AC was Two Touchdowns behind aT The beginning oT The TourTh quarTer, and iT Took a deTermined Team eTTorT and a loT oT desire To make Two scores wiThin Tour minuTes and win The game. All in all iT was a good day aT AusTin College. Two-Thirds oT ThaT l-lominy, Okla., crew.

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Larry McCullough Glen Kirlc Senior Tackle Sr. l-lahcbaclc Tl-IE SEASCN slarled wilh a bang as lhe well organized loolball machine from AC opened lhrollle and complelely oulclassed Soulheaslern Olcla. Slale, 27-7, in lhe annual Texoma Bowl. The Viclory Bell slays in good hands lor The second year. I 'T an if ,mf A Jaclcle Edwards John Gregg Sr. l-lahfbaclc Senior l-lahfbaclc The nexl' weelc almosl saw disasler when AC barely squealced pasl Henderson Slale, I4-I3, in lhe Tirsl game ever lo be played ln Louis Calder Sladium. Auslln pulled lhe game oul of lhe fire wllh an exclllng score in lhe lasl lhree seconds of play. ALL WE NEED IS THE SCOR The: fans are ready, The cannon is X 1992-Ig 2 ' 3 L Easel- .T 1.5, T 52 , Hff ,lf L - - i 4 - V . r 1 i' '?f,J, .. ? 'Q ,ffm r as 'Q' V Y L H M - E ..,ak ' -.-fumes' X The bell is ready, and Almost rea

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Jerry Shaffer RoberT Richardson Sophomore l lalTback Sophomore Tackle T TAKING To The air Tor Their TirsT real Trip, To Louisiana College, The l-lop- pers' spiriTs were high wiTh a 3-O rec- ord under Their belT. The Louisiana Col- lege WildcaTs wiTh Their 29 reTurning Ie++ermen proved l True To Their na'me, n however, and hand- Jolm HTH' ed The Kangaroos Their TirsT loss, I6-6. They were helped somewhaT by The I3O yards oT penal- Ties againsT The l-Toppers. Junior Tackle AFTER 64 years oT TooTball aT AC and 6I years oT TooTloall aT The UniversiTy oT T h e S o u T h aT Sewanee, Tenn., The use Two Teams meT on The Tield Tor The TirsT Time. The Kangaroos Tlew To Sewanee, and They Tlew To Their deTeaTl Sewanee Took an early lead in The oTTensive duel, kepT iT, and won The game, 32-22. Things were noT looking Too good Tor AusTin as iT headed Tor The homecoming game. HOMECOMING was quiTe a day Tor The parenTs, The old grads, and The plain old Tans who love To waTch a good TooTball game. The game was one OT The mosT exciTing, TasTesT moving oT The year. The EasT CenTral Tigers broughT a big, TasT Team ThaT wanTed To win. BuT, AC was iusT as big, iusT as TasT, and iusT a liTTle biT meaner. lT was anoTher oTTensive baTTle wiTh The lead changing hands many Times. AC's pro-Type oTTense leTT The crowd breaThless and The Tigers on The bad end oT a 38-28 score. Donnie Duncan Junior Guard Gary Clark