Here you go Old Coogs. Don’t bring out the windbreakers or get the Dot Matrix printers started.
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Wish we’d scored a thousand on them… I HATE SMU!!
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I was at that game and remember the crowd roaring when UH hit the 1,000 yard mark. I also remember Shasta having to do so many push-ups there was an article about in the newspaper.
I remember cheerleaders having to assist Shasta by the 4th quarter.
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I was in attendance that day. Our seemingly unstoppable offense had just been held to 13 points in College station leading into that game. Was there too… that one hurt losing 17-13!
My #1 observation during that SMU game remains vivid to this day…and yet, rarely do I hear anybody talking about it (then or now).
Its this…
On almost every UH offensive play (maybe literally every single play), the SMU defenders on each eligble UH receiver, COMPLETELY crowded the line of scrimmage. They were actually right on the line of scrimmage, with no gap, no buffer, NOTHING. Constantly at the snap. And clearly no adequate speed or strength to warrant it.
And of course, the run-n-shoot premise was to respond to what the defense gave you (at the snap and even beyond that).
So you had the perfect storm consisting of defenders (that were not up to the task for that), a scheme designed to exactly respond to make you pay with a “ok, get around that bump and go long” response and a motive to respond to the prior game’s disappointing lack of scoring. It happened the entire game. SMU refused to do anything differently and to this day, I contend Forrest Gregg caused the 1,000+ yard record due to that.
Sure, Coogs were going to win that game by 50 regardless and gain 700+ yards. But it didn’t have to be 95-21 and quadruple digit yards.
Yet, it actually could have easily been triple digits with Coogs (Klingler as backup since Ware played only in the first half) not running a play as the clock was allowed to run out in the red zone.
The outrage against that score by SMU fans and the media never set well with me (running up the score). In the very least, be smart enough to not crowd the line of scrimmage against THAT Jenkins’ offense in that circumstance.
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Dang Lee Corso looking young!
The story is that Ware was under center yelling at SMU “Get out of man!!”
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Great game but let me address the elephant in the room…UH would’ve, could’ve and should’ve scored 100 that day. And gone for two after the last TD.
I remember on one drive, Ware was sacked and hit so hard his helmet was knocked off. Ware was still down on the ground after the hard hit to the head and the defender grabbed Ware’s helmet, straddled Ware, and held his helmet high in the air like a gladiator that just vanquished an opponent. I was expecting to see a taunting flag, but none came. I wondered why since the taunting penalty was being used extensively then.
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There was also a play where we stripped the ball from the RB but the ref said he blew the play dead even though he was still clearly moving forward.
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Yes. It was a great moment for the Aggies, like Hulk Hogan or conquering gladiator moment ha ha. But it was rough for us.
I also remember a kickoff return in the 4th quarter I think, where our returner returned it straight up the middle and was one shoe string tackle away from returning it for what would have been a TD (maybe game-winning TD). Oh so close there!
But of course the whole country was crucifying UH for running up the score to add to their stupid perception of other UH games during this era.
Had UH been found guilty for what SMU was penalized for then they would have been celebrating in the streets had UH suffersd the same type of loss.
But bad, bad, evil UH. 3 years probation with no TV. Rightfully deserved for those evil coaches buying a bus ticket for a player to return home for a funeral.
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That’s always been my point with SMU fans. They ran the same offense as us so they knew what would happen.
They also packed the box which generated passing plays. They expected us to run anyways. On top of that we only had 2 RBs on our roster. No reason to risk our RBs’ health because of their poor decisions and ego.
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Dumb defensive gameplan by SMU just like when Case threw 9 tds vs Rice and the Nerds over and over had a safety trying to cover Patrick Edwards one on one.
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SMU HC Forrest Gregg fueled part of the national outrage by refusing to shake Jack Pardee’s hand after the game and his post-game complaints/comments.
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If it hasn’t been mentioned already, UH hsd pulled their starters no later than by halftime.
So the 2nd and 3rd stringers were just supposed to lay down it seemed.
I took my 3-year old son who wanted to walk everywhere — so we did — up to the Jumbotron where he touched the pixels (light bulbs, they came down to just above the highest row of seats), down to the field to high-five Shasta, around the concourse.
When the game was over I remember a young band member walking by me as they came off the field who said “I’m so disappointed we didn’t score 100” 
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Later that season, SMU played #1 Notre Dame. Notre Dame offensive players started running out of bounds early on purpose and doing other intentional actions to prevent the 59 - 6 rout from getting any worse. After the game, SMU players whined to the press how they were embarrassed because Notre Dame didn’t try their hardest. Hey, Ponies, you can’t have it both ways - either take your a** kicking like men or quit whining about your opponent not trying their hardest.
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I had a neighbor who lived across the street from me about 10 years ago or so who was on that SMU team. He echoed that sentiment. He said the ND game was worse.
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We couldn’t sub many WRs. I think we only had 7 available due to scholarship restrictions and 2 or 3 of them were hurt. When you line up 4-5 per play, you really can’t sit starters. I believe Anders even lined up as WR for several plays.
Funny stat: everyone said we should have run more at the end. Spoon averaged more yards per carry than we averaged yards per passing attempt. He had 3 TDs on 19 touches. He just ran over their defensive players
Kimble Anders got moved to IR that year because we had so many injuries at the position.
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