Pag-e 6
College Station, Texas
Thursday, November 7, 1968
THE BATTALION
Gilbert May Leap To Top Of NCAA Rushing Lisl
AUSTIN (A 3 )—Texas’ Chris Gil
bert burst through a strong
Southern California line and was
sent spinning with a solid tackle.
He checked his fall by pushing
off the ground with his hand and
sped 15 more yards before being
whacked out of bounds.
The Southern Cal game of
Sept. 17, 1966, was the debut of
Gilbert, a 180-pounder whose
this-way, that-way i - unning style
has made him the greatest ground
gainer in Southwest Conference
history.
In his senior year, with three
regular season games to go, Gil
bert has a chance to leap to the
top of the list of all-time NCAA
rushing leaders.
He’s 16 now with 2,874 yards,
507 behind the national leader,
Art Luppino, who played at Ari
zona in 1953-56.
Between Gilbert and Luppino
are such former rushers as Mike
Garrett, in second place and the
three-year rushing leader with
3,221 yards; Alan Ameche, Ollie
Matson, Glenn Davis, Larry
Csonka and Ray McDonald.
“Watching Chris run is like a
film strip with several frames
missing.” said his coach, Darrell
Royal. “You see him hit a hole
here and all of a sudden he’s way
over there and you don’t see him
get over there.”
“I’m his No. 1 fan other than
this week,” Texas Tech Coach
J. T. King said just prior to the
Texas-Texas Tech game. “I think
he’s one of the all-time greats
to play in this conference.”
“There isn’t any doubt in my
mind that he has run successfully
against better defenses than a
lot of people you may have read
about in the old days. I mean the
Doak Walkers, the Jim Swinks,
the Jack Crains, the Bohn Hil-
liards,” King added, listing form
er SWC stars. “He has gone
against better defenses Saturday
after Saturday than then they
ever did.”
“It is amazing,” said Royal,
“that he has yet to be picked on
an All-American team. I realize
there are other great ones, but
there has to be a backfield picked
somewhere with Gilbert on it.”
Statisticians have worn out
packages of pencils recording
Gilbert’s exploits.
He started the 1966 season, his
sophomore year, as a sub against
USC and didn’t carry the ball
until the second half but finished
with 103 yards in 14 carries.
Since then he has gained more
than 100 yards in 15 games, in
cluding a SWC single game rec
ord of 245 against Baylor in 1966.
He piled up 1,080 yards in 206
carries as a soph, for a 5.2-yard
average and tacked on an extra
156 against Mississippi in the
1966 Bluebonnet Bowl, which f
not counted in the NCAA static!
tics-
As a junior, he raced for!
yards in 205 carries, a 5-yarl
average, although he missed til
equivalent of two full games i:|
to shoulder and hip injuries.
His 96-yard run from scriil
mage against TCU in 1961 m|
a conference record.
Texas was only a so-so 6-4 tm|
both years.
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