Phil C
12-09-2006, 11:48 AM
This book was published in 1964 and is about the SWC football from its' beginning to 1963. It has great insite in those years by a man whol lived it and was a regular radio broadcaster of those game for about 40 years. It is a book about all the teams and players in the SWC. I highly recomment you get it or read it by a library interloan. On page 204 there is a write up of SMU rb Johnny Roderick who played on the 1963 SMU team as a surprise. He was a track star that ran the 100 in about 9.4 but he played football to stay in shape. That year with his punt and kickoff returns as well as running for 146 personal yards was a big factor to SMU beating Navy during the regular season 32 to 28 for Navy's only loss during the regular season. It was a key win because had SMU not beat Navy the AP may have let them overtake Texas in the polls for No. 1 and then UT may not have proved they were really No. 1 in the Cotton Bowl which UT won 28 to 6 because Navy may have refused to play in a bowl game.
Pittsburgh wound up No. 3 in the country because Navy had beaten them during the regular season.
What was ironic was that after SMU took the lead in the game 32 to 28 Navy moved deep into SMU's territory lead by Navy QB Roger Stauback. On the last play of the game Stauback threw a pass to the endzone that was knocked down by an SMU defender preserving the win. Stauback was to lead the Dallas Cowboys to many last minute wins but he was not successful on this day against SMU.
Pittsburgh wound up No. 3 in the country because Navy had beaten them during the regular season.
What was ironic was that after SMU took the lead in the game 32 to 28 Navy moved deep into SMU's territory lead by Navy QB Roger Stauback. On the last play of the game Stauback threw a pass to the endzone that was knocked down by an SMU defender preserving the win. Stauback was to lead the Dallas Cowboys to many last minute wins but he was not successful on this day against SMU.