The best and one of the best in CFB history.
Also, arguably, had the ballsiest call in the history of the sport. At least in the top 5. National championship Game on the line. 4th and 3. Final minutes of the game. A team that runs 85% of the time out of the wishbone and elects not only to throw for the first down, but to try and execute a really difficult pattern. Perfect, perfect pass. And Royal had some rather large stones.
At 2:30 if you can see through the fog. Love me some Chris Schenkel.
James Street told me directly that when he went to the sidelines and Royal told him the play call, he asked Royal
"Are you sure?"
Randy Peschel was the ONLY potential target, there were no safety valves in pattern period.
It was 4th and 3 and Texas ran a straight wishbone running offense.
The defensive head coach, Mike Campbell, whose son later became Texas Head Coach, heard Royal give Street the play call and he yelled:
"Defense, get ready."
Then Street said he got back in huddle and did this:
"I got in the huddle and I told the players this; "I'm looking at you Jim (I think it was the half back Jim Bertelsen) because I want them to think the ball is coming to you, but I am talking to you Randy." He then gave them the play call "53 Veer Pass." He then told the O line "Keep these guys off me now." The play had not worked all year. The rest is history.
Here is a quick 3 minutes of SWC History with hall of of fame coaches
Darrel Royal and
Frank Broyles commenting & showing the scoring plays. James Street is also interviewed and was his usual funny self.
Texas was down 14-0 and came back to win the game. It was then known as
"The Game of the Century"
People forget our kicker with the greatest name ever in sports who had to make the extra point.
Happy Feller
College career
Feller played
college football for the
Texas Longhorns. He beat out Rob Layne, who started in 1967, for the starting
kicker job before the start of the 1968 season.
[2] In 1968, Feller went 8-of-16 for field goals and 30-of-32 for
extra point attempts.
[3] He made a 53-yarder against
Oklahoma, a school record.
[2]
In the season-opener in 1969 against the
California Golden Bears, Feller kicked a 32-yard field goal in the third quarter and went two-for-two for extra point attempts.
[4] In week two against
Texas Tech, he converted all seven extra points.
[5] He went seven-for-seven for extra point attempts on October 4 against
Navy.
[6] In the
Red River Shootout against Oklahoma on October 11, Feller kicked two field goals of 27 and 21 yards and converted all three extra point attempts as the Longhorns beat the Sooners 27–17.
[7] He had a 24-yard field goal and converted all four extra point attempts against
Rice on October 25.
[8] Feller made a 32-yard field goal and converted all six extra point attempts against
SMU on November 1.
[9] Against
Baylor on November 8, he made all five extra point attempts.
[10] He went five-for-six on extra point attempts against
TCU on November 15.
[11] Against the
Texas A&M Aggies on November 27, Feller made a 43-yard field goal and converted four-of-seven extra point attempts.
[12] He converted on his only extra point attempt to give the Longhorns the win in the
"Game of the Century" against
Arkansas on December 6.
[13] In the
Cotton Bowl Classic against
Notre Dame on January 1, Feller went three-for-three for extra point attempts.
[14]
NFL career
Feller was drafted in the fourth round of the
1971 NFL Draft by the
Philadelphia Eagles. He was the first kicker selected in the draft. He played in 21 total games. He attempted 20 kicks in his rookie season, making just six. His longest field goal was from 50 yards out. It was his only season with the Eagles, as he spent the other two seasons with the Saints. In his second season, he went 6-for-11 in field goals, with his longest being from 46 yards. The 1973 season was his last professional season. He went 4-for-12 on field goals, with his longest being from 18 yards out.
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