Bobby (Sheepherder) Wilkinson, speedy Lion wingback, made history in a city that is famous for it November 13 when he sparked East Texas to a 7-7 tie with the highly favored Trinity Tigers in Alamo Stadium at San Antonio.

Wilkinson's contribution to the grid-thrill history of the Lone Star Conference was an amazing 87-yard kick-off return to paydirt. The San Antonio eleven drew first blood in the opening period when their heralded quarterback, Gerald Levermann, scored from the ten-yard line. It was, however, one of the shortest-lived leads ever enjoyed by a football team for exactly 12 seconds later the little Sheepherder was hauling the pigskin down the muddy field on his thrilling trip to the crossbar. Bobby Griffin's talented toe sent the water-soaked hide squarely between the uprights for the tying point. And that was it. That brief minute covered all the scoring and for all practical purposes the fans could have gone home. Had they done so, however, they would have missed some nerve-racking action that saw the Tigers time and again surge toward the Lion goal, only to be beaten back by a determined East Texas forward wall.  The most serious Tiger penetration came early in the second period, paced by Levermann and halfback Lloyd Parker. A fumble on the Lions' five-yard line killed the immediate threat and Griffin, standing in the shadows of the goal post, kicked out to mid-field to pull East Texas out of the hole. Each team tried to break the tie with a field goal, Trinity from the East Texas 15 and the Lions from the Tiger 22. The last Lion threat came in the third period when their running game, sparked by fullback Roy Hendrix, carried to the Tiger 20-yard line before bogging down. Outstanding up front for the Lions were guard John Dial and tackle Clint Shipman. As far as East Texas was concerned, the only play of the game came early in the first period just seconds after the Trinity Tigers had scored. The above shot shows Bobby WILKINSON as he broke through the entire Tiger team and was almost loose. ^ Eighty yards and a few seconds later SHEEPHERDER stepped across the goal line with the entire team scattered the length of the field. The play was sensational and brought some color to a dull and slippery game played on a wet, muddy field.