Austin College - Chromascope Yearbook (Sherman, TX)

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Victorious Season Fred Maples booted 41 punts for a 38.8 yard average . . . Don Fields made five interceptions and Curtis Tillett picked off four . . . Leading rusher was Mike Maloney with 635 yards, followed by Bengel with 423, Hill with 251. Maples with 161, and Bob Smith with 145 . . . Don Fields returned 3 punts for 128 yards and two TD's . . . Leading scorer was Dick Hill with 68 points on eleven touchdowns and two extra points . . . Maloney had 8 TD's and Bengel, 5 . . . Place-kicker, Joe Johnston, scored 30 points with his toe . . . Linernen Ken Gentry and Jack Morrison each scored a touchdown . . . Eleven Kangaroos were selected to the all-opponent team selected by Washington University at St. Louis-namely, Dwight Johnson, George Cox, Jim Jarratt, Barry Faulkner, Jerry Bishop and Dick Hill on offense, and Sandy Staley, Tommy Eustace, Tom Whelan, Neill Crockett, and Ronnie Ferguson on defense . . . Jerry Bishop, Gerald Thompson, and Dick Hill were selected to the All Texas College team for the second straight year. AUSTIN COLLEGE 32 MILLSAPS 0 Millsaps, team was heavier and faster this year but it was to no avail as Jerry Bishop, top small college passer, and Dick Hill, holder of NAIA all-time receiving records, proved to be too much and the Hoppers marched to a 32 to 0 score over the Majors. Barker and Crockett high- lighted the defense with two pass interceptions. AC's offense and de- fense outplayed Millsaps and won its first victory. .v. -.-rn-'qv -1 Menefee, freshman end, gathers one in deep in Millsaps territory. Jerry Bishop Joe Johnston ' Ronnie Ferguson Fred Maples Curtis Tillett Quarterback 4-L Quarterback IL Q t b k lL ' Quarterback IL Quarterback lL Tri-Captain v y-1 ir' sb 1

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i,4 ' .?': 1 P 1 0 I T t , P V y r .- me i 1 . it A 2 fi ' 1 if ,Q fQ3:f'gfg V -. 2333121 ' 7,7 N qv- . vi Mike Nelson Assistant Coach Bill Peteet Assistant Coach if .-Y Alan Bollman Manager Bill Da Y Manager Bob Thomas Manager Hoppers jump to Enthusiasm might well have been the key to success for Kangaroo footballers in 1965. Seventy-one athletes-the largest squad ever for AC-proved once again that a non-subsidized athletic program is a meaningful and worthwhile supplement to a liberal arts education. The underdog Hoppers completed the season with a com- mendable record of seven victories and two defeats. Forty-three varsity letter awards and twenty-eight reserve awards were given to the team members who contributed to the successful season. 1965 was a memorable season: Austin College finished ahead of the eight other independent colleges in Texas with a .778 won-lost percentage . . . Defensively, the Hoppers allowed only 120 points to be scored against them, the best defensive work among independents . . . At the 1965 Homecoming game ceremonies, twenty-two former AC coaches and athletes were inducted into the Hall of Honor, newly created by the Alumni Athletic Association . . . jerry Bishop completed 137 of 262 passes for 1,727 yards and 16 touchdowns this season . . . In his four year career, Bishop amassed 5,992 yards with 486 completions in 852 attempts, good for 49 TD'sMall of which are school rec- ords . . . Dick Hill was the leading receiver with 45 catches for 585 yards and 8 TD's . . . Dwight Johnson caught 25 passes for 370 yards, Ronnie Hagood grabbed 14 for 240 yards, Mike Maloney snatched 12 for 146 yards, John Bengel snagged 17 for 144 yards, and John Menefee made 10 catches for 131 yards . . . Dick Hill caught a career total of 112 passes for 1,568 yards . . . Gary Whitfield caught two passes. With his, and AC's, goal in sight Dick Hill plunges across the line for another AC TD.

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