Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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'--.5 rl, Turning the corner on the Kan- sas jayhawks is Ed Smith HB2 abovel as Worley Taylor scouts for defenders. The 1980 Cow- boys donned solid black head: gear and black jerseys for a short time during the season. OSU Football 9

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After winning seven games in 1979, limmy johnson had high hopes for his 1980 Cowboy football team, but los- ing the opening five games of the sea- son, with a team ranked by some poll- sters as top twenty material probably left johnson wondering what had hap- pened tothe team he had talked about in August. There were few things for Cowboy fans to cheer about in 1980 but there were bright spots as Mel Cambell led the Big Eight conference in pass receiving and linebacker Ricky Young was named to the all-Big Eight first defensive team. Despite a losing season OSU students remained uncan- nily loyal as an average of 16,000 stu- dents attended Cowboy football games at Lewis Stadium. The Pokes only home victory came in a 48-7 rout of Colorado in the finale to a week of Homecoming activities on campus. 8 GSU Football Cowboy fans were awed by outstanding receptions made by the Big Eight's leading pass-catcher, Mel Cambell itopb. Chris Patton ibottomi celebrates OSU's Homecoming victory with a little Cotton- eyed-joe.

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Homecoming on the campus of OSU means lots of work, lots of color, and lots of fun. Residence halls and Greek houses spent countless hours preparing yard decorations and parade floats. Thousands of dollars were spent on projects that took a week to build and one day to tear down. Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi sorority were rewarded for their efforts by hav- ing their decoration chosen as 1980's outstanding entry. For many, however, the satisfaction of a completed decora- tion was reward enough. The Home- coming theme for this year's extrava- ganza was Our Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys. The theme seemed only appropriate as Pistol Pete for this year was portrayed by Homecoming chairman Kurt Carter. Attending all OSU games and making special appearances makes the job of portraying Pistol Pete very time consuming. Kurt Carter, Okla- homa City senior, shared time with Stillwater sophomore Don Giles playing OSU's mascot this year. Also sharing time were OSU quarter- backs john Doerner, lim Traber, and Houston Nutt lbelow rightb. lanna lay from TV's Hee Haw lbelowl performed during the halftime show at OSU's Homecoming game. 10 Homecoming