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In no way were Paul “Bear” Bry
ant’s Aggies supposed to defeat sev
enth-ranked Texas Christian when
they tangled with Abe Martin’s
Horned Frogs on Oct. 15, 1955, at
Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort
Worth.
The Aggies had overcome an
opening 21-0 loss to defending na
tional champion UCLA by winning
three games in a row, but seemed no
match for the highly-touted Frogs.
TCU was led by All-American
running back Jim Swink and All-
SWC quarterback Chuck Curtis. The
Frogs definitely had intentions of us
ing the Aggies as a springboard to
higher national status.
But A&M junior lineman Dennis
Goehring and friends didn’t exactly
see things that way.
“Even now I can clearly remem
ber that while on the bus headed to
Fort Worth, our quarterback Jimmy
Wright said, ‘These guys aren’t any
better than we are. All we need to do
is go in there and do the best we can
do and not be intimidated either by
their ability or national ranking,’
Goehring said Thursday. “We had
only lost 21-20 the year before when
we were 1-9, and really felt that we
could play them man for man.”
Bryant always felt that his team
could play like that, and Goehring
noted 32 years later that the lessons
he taught the players were more
than a Tittle responsible for the Ag
gies’ 19-16 upset win that day.
“Back then you had to go both
ways, and if you came out of the
game in the first quarter, you
couldn’t re-enter until the second
quarter,” Goehring said. “It was
more than a game of skill; a man’s
endurance was tested for you had to
play the whole time regardless if you
were injured.
“For instance, I played against
guard Vernon Ueckels for eight
straight years, the first four when I
played at San Marcos High School
while he was at New Braunfels High
School, then when I was at A&M and
he played for TCU.
“We knew just about everything
each other could do on the field, so it
came down to who wanted it the
most. He outweighed me about 20
pounds, but I feel like I held my
own.”
One of the keys to A&M’s startling
victory was the outstanding play of
the offensive line, whose starters
were Jack Powell, left tackle, Jim
Stanley, left guard, Lloyd Hale, cen
ter, Goehring, right guard, and
Charley Krueger, right tackle.
Against a team that was fifth in
the nation in total defense, giving up
about 150 yards a game, the Aggies
picked up an incredible 407 yards
(351 on the ground, 51 in the air).
Making the feat more unrealistic
was the fact that running back John
David Crow, a future Heisman Tro
phy winner, was injured early in the
first period, something that Goehr
ing said may have adversely affected
the Frogs.
“When John David went down,
they seemed to let up a little, but I
can honestly say that his replace
ment, sophomore Bill Dendy may
well have played the game of his
life,” Goehring said. “Bill picked up
some tough yards for us (74 on 8
carries) and scored our second
touchdown.”
Indeed Dendy scored behind a
great block that Goehring had put
on Curtis. The Aggies had inserted
some misdirection plays into their
game plan, and scored two touch
downs on them.
“Our fullback, Jack Pardee, would
lead one of the halfbacks to one side,
then the other guy would delay be
fore receiving the handoff from
Wright,” Goehring said. “On that
play, Dendy got through a big hole, I
was fortunate enough to take Curtis
out of the play.”
After TCU had overcome a 12-3
deficit, taking a 16-12 lead, halfback
Don Watson provided the winning
tally with a nifty 51-yard run off the
same kind of misdirection play
Dendy had scored on.
Watson broke back off left guard,
and according to newspaper ac
counts, picked up a convoy of block
ers, including Goehring, on his way
to the end zone.
“One thing Coach Bryant taught
us was that even if we had already
blocked our initial man, we were to
get off the ground and try to find
someone else to hit,” Goehring said.
“And you can be sure that even in
practice, nobody stayed on the turf
any longer than it took to get up.
And we scored some touchdowns as
a result of such effort, including
Watson’s against TCU.”
Watson finished the game with 98
yards rushing on 7 carries, while Ed
Dudley gained 62 on 6 carries, half-
hack Lloyd Taylor 48 yards, and
Pardee 38.
Swink picked up 85 tough yards
on 17 rushes, scoring on a 16-yard
run, but for the most part the Aggies
kept the wraps on him.
! Bryant’s young Aggies picked up
momentum from the huge win, in
creasing their own standing in the
Associated Press poll to 12th af
terwards.
Had they not tied Arkansas 7-7 up
in the hills, the Aggies would have
tied TCU for the SWC title, even
though they finished the season with
a disappointing 21-6 loss to Texas.
“You know, I can still see them
(Texas) throwing a touchdown pass
just before halftime,” Goehring re
called. “That seemed to take the
wind out of our sails, and even
though I thought then — and still do
now — that we had the better talent,
the Longhorns beat us soundly that
day.”
Goehring noted his pride in the
success of the current A&M athletic
program, including the overall
achievement of A&M’s women’s
teams.
“We have two ladies in our athletic
hall of fame now, and I’m very
proud of their success,” Goehring,
who also is a member of the hall,
said.
Oliver
(continued from page 6)
Mickey Washington were moved
to the defensive backfield. To re
lieve some of the pressure off
starting split end Percy Waddle,
flanker Rod Harris was moved to
split end in front of him and Oli
ver was promoted to first-string
flanker.
“I’m just a redshirt freshman,
so my goal this year was just to
work hard, make the traveling
team and maybe make some spe
cial teams,” he said. “Things have
just worked out for me pretty
good.
“It doesn’t really matter who
starts. They try to shuffle us in
and out. I like being called the
starter, but really we all split
time.”
Oliver’s play this season has
pleasantly surprised the A&M
coaching staff.
“He’s been very much of a sur
prise,” Pugh said. “We knew the
kid had talent and ability, but we
weren’t really expecting him to
Jeffery
step in and start. He’s starting be
cause he’s been more consistent
than some of the other guys we
have.”
The Aggies will travel to Fort
Worth this weekend to take on
Texas Christian Universiy on Sat
urday at noon at Amon G. Carter
Stadium. Oliver expects the
Horned Frog defense to play
tough, sound, fundamental de
fense.
“They’re just going to line up
with you, play technique and let
you make the mistakes,” he said.
“They don’t do a lot of the blitz
ing or fancy stuff. But they’ll line
up and hit you.”
Oliver turned down schol
arship offers from Baylor, Rice,
Houston and Texas Tech to at
tend A&M, which was unable to
offer him a scholarship. In fact,
he still has not received a schol
arship.
“He just proves that anything
you want bad enough, you can ac
complish it if you set your mind
to it.”
(continued from page 6)
“I think the award needs to be
put in the right perspective,” he
added. “It’s what that particular
player meant to that football
team. Probably the player who, in
my opinion, exemplified what I
hope the award means, in recent
history, was Doug Flutie.
“You take Doug Flutie away
from Boston College and what’ve
they got? And they won and were
successful.”
Brown has received a lot of
hype this season which has put
him in the nation’s eye. He was on
the cover of Sports Illustrated’s
college football preview and the
subject of a lengthy feature in
that same issue. Several networks
and independent broadcasters
have highlighted Notre Dame’s
games and kept close tabs on
Brown’s statistics.
Jeffery has not been the subject
of such a media blitz and believes
that will hurt his chances of win
ning the Heisman.
“I think if we had won when we
played Boston College in the
East, my name probably would
have come up because the East
has a lot of media,” he said.
Crow, who like all past winners
has a vote in the selection, agrees
that publicity plays a big role in
whether or not a player wins the
award.
“Unfortunately I think a lot of
it comes from the publicity these
days,” he said. “I don’t think it’s
right, but it’s true. Obviously I
hate to say it, but it will probably
sway my thinking somewhat.”
Publicity played a big role in
Crow’s Heisman selection. That
year A&M Head Coach Paul
“Bear” Bryant publicly touted
Crow for the award when he said,
“If John David doesn’t win it,
they ought to stop giving it.”
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