Billy Vessels

I'd sit in a car with him.

You know, Billy Vessels, you know, Oklahoma, uh, uh, From Vernon, Texas, my hometown, you know, there you go, too.

Everyone has statistics in high school.

I couldn't believe it either, man.

In the decade, they were 93-10-2 and won three national titles.

In those days, OU had great players like Billy Vessels, Jim Weatherall, and Kurt Burris.

But the Sooners were best known for their three straight perfect seasons beginning in 1954 and a 47-game winning streak that stretched from 1953 through most of the 57 seasons.

But three games from their fourth straight perfect campaign, OU lost to Notre Dame, the last team to beat them four years earlier, ending the win streak and getting shut out for the first time in an amazing 123 games.

Their first meeting, a very famous one, a young Coach Paul Bear Bryant defeated Bud Wilkinson in a Sugar Bowl for Kentucky with Babe w-, uh, Babe really I th- might've been his quarterback.

I know Billy Vessels was the quarterback for, for Oklahoma, but Babe may have been gone.

But, but Coach Bryant won that game against Bud Wilkinson and, and if Will Stein can go in there, and he's being very favorably compared to a first year coach at Kentucky in, in Coach Bryant.

Uh, Coach Bryant was 32, and I think Will Stein's 37, but still first year at a really tough job, and he, he, he's doing a great job.

East bound tackle, three yard Culliver has carried the ball seven times for 40 yards.

It's gonna be interesting to see if Billy Vessels was right, to see if Alabama comes back to their speed, which they have to do to get back in this ballga- Todd wants to pass.

He's got a man, and the pass is too high.

Trying to get it to his tight end, George Pew.

Alabama will get the football at their own 47-yard line.

Four minutes and 29 seconds remaining in this game.

Well, certainly while I have the opportunity, Paul, I would like to thank all of the great folks here at the Orange Bowl for just giving us so much help and a wonderful week it has been, to President Dr. Rentz of the Orange Bowl committee, and our old friends Ben Benjamin and Stuart Patton, Jack Balwin, Billy Vessels, who joined us here at halftime.

A great show and a great game.

Josh Heibel is not on here.

I'll tell you number five is Kyler Murray, six is Steve Owens, seven is Billy Vessels.

Okay.

Okay.

It's like, oh, yeah.

Spencer Tillman, JC Watts.

I think Billy Vessels was on there, wasn't he? Steve Owens should be on there.

He's number six, but he should be higher.

Hi, everyone, and a very pleasant welcome to Miami for the playing of the 31st Orange Bowl game.

This is Jim Gibbons along with Billy Vessels, and it'll be our pleasure to share with you the thrilling play-by-play of what promises to be a tremendous football game between two great teams, Alabama and Texas.

The Crimson Tide of Paul Bear Bryant, the number one college team in the land, against Coach Darrell Royals, Texas Longhorns, the team that was number one last year and number four this season.

The weather, a balmy 70 degrees, partly cloudy, slight possibility of showers.

Some with sweaters, some with jackets, and a few with raincoats because there is a possibility of a few showers.

But indeed, it is a beautiful and colorful setting.

And it'll be my pleasure, as I mentioned, to share this microphone with Billy Vessels, the All-American from Oklahoma.

Billy, I know it's a thrill for you living here in Miami to see this site, the first of the bowl games ever to be played at night.

We were lucky.

This place is 40 times harder to find." Instead, they sent Billy Vessels, a former football star, one of Robert's most trusted corporate relation aides, and a close friend.

At 11:25 PM, the suitcase of $500,000 was packed in the Mackle's car.

An FBI agent also came along this time.