Philadelphia Eagles QB Davey O’Brien led the NFL in passing yards in 1939. The former Heisman trophy winner from TCU was a media darling in the City of Brotherly Love that year. But O’Brien would have been nothing without his Eagles supporting cast. That cast included center Maurice Harper, who hiked the football to O’Brien,
This is a cool pic. It’s a pic of Austin College Kangaroo Lee Burnett (#45), a shooting guard for Bob Mason’s AC squad in 1970-71. AC faced the SMU Mustangs at Moody Coliseum that year. The Roos would put up 76 points against the Southwest Conference (SWC) juggernaut in the loss. Despite transferring from junior
Who you rootin’ for today? The San Francisco 49ers of Kangaroo Gene Babb? Or the Dallas Cowboys of Kangaroo Gene Babb? The photo of Cowboy Gene Babb comes from October 23, 1960. Babb had multiple carries in a reserve role, as Coach Tom Landry’s Cowboys fell to the Cardinals at old Sportsman’s Park in St.
Former Cowboys QB Troy Aikman mentioned that the Cowboys “might be looking for a new kicker after tonight” after Cowboys kicker Brett Maher missed four extra points in a playoff win against Tom Brady & Tampa Bay. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, however, says there will be no change. If you find yourself agreeing with Aikman
I don’t have any 1949 AC Centennial commemorative plates to offer in the AC Alumni Group, but I’m not surprised that Roo John Landolt did. The Landolt family name is synonymous with Austin College. But I do have something else to offer! It’s basketball season, so here’s a 1958 newspaper clipping of the AC basketball
The AC-TCU football rivalry 100 years ago was surprisingly competitive. From TCU’s move to Fort Worth in 1910 to their acceptance into the Southwest Conference in 1923, the Horned Frogs held only a pedestrian 6-5 record against the Roos. That period included a bitter 7-0 TCU victory in 1912, when both schools had two of
To paraphrase the end of the 1992 movie A River Runs Through It, “eventually, all things merge into one. And a Roo Tale runs through it.” I think back to 1992 from time to time. It was the senior year at Austin College for me and John Talley, my AC fraternity pledge brother and the
The “1979 TIAA Champion Kangaroos” story has been added the book “Roo Tales: The Stories of Austin College Football.” I’ve shared a link for the hardcover & kindle options in the comments (if you want paperback, I’ll need to email you that link directly). The book now includes stories from 7 different years/seasons: 1893 1920
I’ve got a Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches) story up in the AC Alumni Group. The AC Alumni Group is the place for AC non-sports stories. This group is for AC sports stories, so I’m sharing a 1935 picture from the SFA yearbook. The Lumberjack football team hosted the Roos in Nacogdoches and got crushed by
