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This Week in CSU Football History -- Rams upset Lobos in 1965
10/4/2017 2:19:00 PM | Football
Randy Beverly’s record-breaking 92-yard kick return for touchdown seals CSU win
by John Hirn
ColoradoAggies.com
October 2, 1965 – The New Mexico Lobos had won the football championship of the Western Athletic Conference each year since its inception in 1962. CSU had been left out of the new conference because of their poor facilities and years of bad football. To say the match-up between New Mexico and a CSU football team that had gone 11-42 for the 1960s was mis-matched, was an understatement. Coach Mike Lude had begun to turn around a program in his second season of 1964, but the Rams were still looking to have their first winning season since 1959.
The Lobos visited an old run-down Colorado Field as heavy favorites behind their outstanding quarterback Stan Quintana, who was named the WAC player of the year in 1964. The previous meeting between CSU and New Mexico was a 42-0 blowout in Albuquerque and the Lobos, still stacked with seniors, were ready to do the same again that October night.
The Lobos took the ball after the opening kickoff and drove the field 70-yards to a quick 7-0 lead on Carl Bradford's three-yard touchdown run. Late in the first quarter the Rams recovered a Lobo fumble at the New Mexico 20-yard line and five plays later Oscar Reed plunged in the end zone for a touchdown to tie the score. Another New Mexico fumble early in the second quarter at their own 37-yard line allowed the Rams to drive to the 4-yard line, setting up an 11-yard field goal by Bob Wolfe.
With the Rams leading 10-7 in the second quarter, things were looking good for the underdogs until Quintana drove his Lobos 62-yards before Carl Jackson ran in for a two-yard touchdown. As the second quarter came toward its end, the Lobos blocked a CSU punt by Jerry Richardson who recovered the ball and threw it into the back of the end zone for a safety. As the gun sounded at the half, New Mexico led CSU 16-10.
The third quarter would prove to be a defensive struggle, but the Rams chipped back with a Bob Wolfe 25-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 16-13 in favor of UNM. The fireworks really began in the 4th quarter as the Lobos, with 13:40 remaining in the game scored their third touchdown on Jackson's second of the night. New Mexico kicker Mickey Williams missed the PAT and the Lobos remained in the lead at 22-13.
On the ensuing kickoff, Rams senior Randy Beverley received the ball at the CSU 8-yard-line, ran up the middle to the 40, cut to the right and ran it back 92-yards for a touchdown. His feat broke the school record for longest kickoff return for a touchdown and stood until Gil Sanford broke it in 1970. Beverley's return remains as the 7th longest in CSU history today.
The Rams defense tightened up and forced a Lobo fumble at the CSU 45-yard line. Rams quarterback Bob Wolfe then drove his team to the 28-yard line on a brilliant pass to Bruce Weeter. Don Simon then caught a 28-yard pass from Wolfe to the end zone and the Rams went up 27-22 for their first major upset of the 1960s. The game ball from this historic contest can be seen in the display cases at the CSU Hall of Fame in Moby Arena today; a trophy to an outstanding victory.
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October 2, 1965 – The New Mexico Lobos had won the football championship of the Western Athletic Conference each year since its inception in 1962. CSU had been left out of the new conference because of their poor facilities and years of bad football. To say the match-up between New Mexico and a CSU football team that had gone 11-42 for the 1960s was mis-matched, was an understatement. Coach Mike Lude had begun to turn around a program in his second season of 1964, but the Rams were still looking to have their first winning season since 1959.
The Lobos visited an old run-down Colorado Field as heavy favorites behind their outstanding quarterback Stan Quintana, who was named the WAC player of the year in 1964. The previous meeting between CSU and New Mexico was a 42-0 blowout in Albuquerque and the Lobos, still stacked with seniors, were ready to do the same again that October night.
The Lobos took the ball after the opening kickoff and drove the field 70-yards to a quick 7-0 lead on Carl Bradford's three-yard touchdown run. Late in the first quarter the Rams recovered a Lobo fumble at the New Mexico 20-yard line and five plays later Oscar Reed plunged in the end zone for a touchdown to tie the score. Another New Mexico fumble early in the second quarter at their own 37-yard line allowed the Rams to drive to the 4-yard line, setting up an 11-yard field goal by Bob Wolfe.
With the Rams leading 10-7 in the second quarter, things were looking good for the underdogs until Quintana drove his Lobos 62-yards before Carl Jackson ran in for a two-yard touchdown. As the second quarter came toward its end, the Lobos blocked a CSU punt by Jerry Richardson who recovered the ball and threw it into the back of the end zone for a safety. As the gun sounded at the half, New Mexico led CSU 16-10.
The third quarter would prove to be a defensive struggle, but the Rams chipped back with a Bob Wolfe 25-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 16-13 in favor of UNM. The fireworks really began in the 4th quarter as the Lobos, with 13:40 remaining in the game scored their third touchdown on Jackson's second of the night. New Mexico kicker Mickey Williams missed the PAT and the Lobos remained in the lead at 22-13.
On the ensuing kickoff, Rams senior Randy Beverley received the ball at the CSU 8-yard-line, ran up the middle to the 40, cut to the right and ran it back 92-yards for a touchdown. His feat broke the school record for longest kickoff return for a touchdown and stood until Gil Sanford broke it in 1970. Beverley's return remains as the 7th longest in CSU history today.
The Rams defense tightened up and forced a Lobo fumble at the CSU 45-yard line. Rams quarterback Bob Wolfe then drove his team to the 28-yard line on a brilliant pass to Bruce Weeter. Don Simon then caught a 28-yard pass from Wolfe to the end zone and the Rams went up 27-22 for their first major upset of the 1960s. The game ball from this historic contest can be seen in the display cases at the CSU Hall of Fame in Moby Arena today; a trophy to an outstanding victory.
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