Sports Illustrated Highlights Texas QBs

[NTXCoog]

Nice article. However, the state of Texas was known for producing QBs and wide open offenses long before the time mentioned in the article. SMU and TCU were known for throwing the ball back in the 30s and there was at least one high school coach, Jewel Wallace, in the 40s and 50s who was known for highly innovative offenses.

Is that the same Jewell Wallace who was the 1st UH football coach from 1946-1947? It's funny because his teams hold the UH records for fewest passes in a season (82 in 1946) and fewest completions in a season (19 in 1947).

How much has the game changed... Manny Hazard had 2 games with 19 receptions each which is as many completions as the entire 1947 team for the entire season.

[rich59]

It is the same Jewell Wallace. He won a state championship in football at San Angelo and San Antonio, Thomas Jefferson and a state championship in basket ball at El Paso. When we played Corpus Christi Ray in 52, we threw 43 passes if my memory is correct. In 1950, Jefferson averaged 49 points a game for ten games. Our base offense in 1952 was the split T but we also ran some single wing, double wing and a spread with both ends split out.