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College Station, Texas
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Might Be Best To Forget
'62 SWC Football Flopped
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Writer
It might be best to just forget
the 1962 Southwest Conference
football campaign. Frankly it
wasn’t, very successful. For the
first time in years it finished be
hind in intersectional football,
winning 8, losing 11 and tying 1.
Texas’ victories over Oregon and
Oklahoma were the only triumphs
of importance. Rice tied Louisiana
State for another bright mark.
But lickings were absorbed from
Southern California, Maryland,
Louisiana State (two), Oregon,
Florida, Pittsburgh, Miami, Penn
State, Boston College and Air
Force. So the' league just didn’t
win many of the big ones that
would have given it national
prestige.
THEN, CAPPING it all off, the
conference lost its two bowl games
•—Texas falling before Louisiana
State and Arkansas succumbing to
Mississippi.
It was obvious from the start
that the conference was down in
strength but Texas and Arkansas
looked like they might stand up
with the top teams. They didn’t.
A check of the rosters shows
that no school has fewer than 31
players with experience returning.
Rice and Texas show 51 apiece,
Texas Christian 47, Texas Tech
45, Baylor 42, Arkansas 37, Texas
A&M 34 and Southern Methodist
31. And there were some pretty
bright names among the freshmen
of last fall. Texas, for instance,
will have the biggest linemen it
ever got from its first-year team.
Texas again appears to be the
most-loaded outfit but Baylor
could be the greatest improved
team in the league with its Don
Trull, who should be the big man
of the conference next fall. There’s
no reason to believe that every
team in the conference won’t be
better.
THE TOP PLAYERS of 1963
appear to be Don Trull and Larry
Elkins of Baylor, Walt McReynolds
of Rice, Danny Thomas and John
Hughes of Southern Methodist,
Tommy Joe Crutcher of Texas
Christian, David Parks of Texas
Tech, Jerry Lamb and Bill Gray
of Arkansas and Duke Carlisle,
Tommy Wade, Ernie Koy, Tommy
Ford, Scott Appleton and Sandy
Sands of Texas.
With what they had, it appears
the conference coaches did a good
job indeed. Jess Neely of Rice
managed some showings, such as
ties with Texas and Louisiana
State, although he had only 12
lettermen—the smallest number of
experienced boys in the league.
Hayden Fry of Southern Meth
odist turned in an outstanding job
with little material and a dearth
of manpower.
Darrell Royal at Texas cer
tainly did a lot with what he had.
Any team able to go through the
season undefeated without a single
breakaway threat has accomplished
plenty.
FRANK BROYLES at Arkansas
did a fine job but, of course, he
has done it so many times it seems
like routine for this young coach.
John Bridgcrs made a fine
finish with his injury-wracked
squad at Baylor. Hank Foldberg
at A&M did wonders with a team
that had little offense. Texas
Christian was as good as expected.
There was no lack of effort at
Texas Tech.
FROM THE
ined
By Van Conner
Football hardly seem an appropriate subject what with
basketball season in full swing- and. the Aggies possessing
the top team in the conference and one of the better teams
in the nation. However, an Associated Press story (adjoin
ing column) received at the sports desk prompted a few
comments.
It seems to this writer that the poor showing by the
Southwest Conference in intersectional football clashes points
up the fact that the SWC is far from the best conference in
the country. Texans appreciate SWC football because of its
unpredictable finishes, hard-fought battles and stirring dis
plays of school spirit. This makes for interesting football.
But to expect national championships, undefeated sea
sons and sky-rocketing scores from teams that are out
weighed by more than half the teams they play is pretty
unrealistic.
A,look at professional football stars gives a vivid illus
tration of the strong and weak points of the SWC. Pro
rosters abound with Texas grads—John David Crow, Bobby
Layne, Don Meredith, Bobby Joe Conrad, Ray Berry, Ronnie
Bull just to name a few. But the big boys in the line that
make a great football team come from the East and Midwest
or the deep south.
On the bright side, and there always is one to Texans,
the losses came at the hands of the top squads in the coun
try—Southern Cal, Penn State, LSU, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida and Miami, all of which played in bowl games.
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