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I just found my Winter 1970, "The North Texan" .. interesting material in it. UNT was scheduled to be the first team to use Texas Stadium but that did not happen as it was not finished in time. (a UNT/Memphis game) --- Steve Ramsey was the UNT (NTSU) QB in those years .. and played in the NFL for Denver and was replaced later by Craig Morton (former Dallas Cowboy)... On the back cover is a list of NCAA records Ramsey set while playing at UNT for those three years [ Freshmen were not allowed to play on varsity then ] ....... Former record is in ( - ) 1. Most total yards --- 6568 -- ( 6354 ) 2. Most TDs responsible for { either scored or by passing) -- 71 -- ( 69) 3. Most points responsible for . ---- 436 --- ( 429 ) 4. Most pass completions --- 491 --- ( 448 ) 5. Most passing yards ----- 7076 --- ( 6495 ) 6. Most TD passes ---- 69 --- ( 51 ) 7. Most pass attempts ---- 1015 -- ( 943 ) 8. Most touchdown passes by a passer/receiver combination --- 30 (receiver was Ron Shankin who later played for Steelers in a winning Super Bowl) ________________________________ NCAA football has changed a lot since then it more a run, run league.. UNT, Tulsa, Louisville, and Cincinnati of the Missouri Valley were running an offence more like exists today. Also mentioned in this issue are "Mean" Joe Green plus players that were scheduled to play in college all star games that year --- Cedric Hardman, Ron Shanklin, and Glenn Holloway. . At the time this was published UNT was 8-3 in Basketball with wins over Cincinnati and Arizona.... Also stated is the official enrollment of that year 16,501.. 15,024 on Campus and 547 at extension centers. Graduate students made up a bit over 18%. 1 O'clock Lab band was going to tour Switzerland and Germany in June.