Aggies Win Rose Bowl
Cameron Aggies, a courageous band of Oklahoma Junior College football players, smashed the huge Renegades of Bakersfield College 28-20 before 49,000 fans in the Rose Bowl. The Aggies victory was the first Junior Rose Bowl triumph for an Oklahoma Team.
On the first play from scrimmage, Bob Kelly took a pitchout from Bill Harper on the 31-yard line and passed a 38-yard strike to end Jack
Mars on the Renegade 32. Two plays later Harper, who received the game's outstanding player award, raced through most of the Bakersfield squad for the six-pointer. Stuart Tonemah kicked the extra point to give the Aggies a 7-0 lead.
After the ensuing kick-off, Ron O,Rear intercepted a stray pass and Cameron scored a half a dozen plays later on a Harper to Ulysses Kendall pass. Less than three minutes later, Bakersfield blocked Joe Don Looney's quick kick and scored for the first time. With less than a minute left to play in the first half, Dick Jones ran 52 yards to set up Cameron's next touchdown. The first half ended with the tie score of 14-14.
In the third quarter a poor punt by Bakersfield set up Cameron's next score. All-America Bob Kelly capped a 14-play, 41-yard drive with a one-yard plunge to pay dirt.
Bakersfield took the kickoff and started up field but a jarring tackle by tackle James Poole shook the ball loose and recovered the pigskin. The top juco giants traded touchdowns as Looney powered for a marker and the Renegades marched 62 yards to tally.
Bakersfield tried an onsides kick but it went out of bounds, and from then on it was just a matter of time, and Bakersfield had too little time. The clock ran out with the final score 28-20.
1961 Results (11-0)
Game 1 - Cameron 20, Dodge City 14
Game 2 - Cameron 25, Trinidad 25
Game 3 - Cameron 46, Connors 46
Game 4 - Cameron 28, Grand Rapids JC 14
Game 5 - Cameron 27, New Mexico Military Institute 24
Game 6 - Cameron 54, Northern Oklahoma 0
Game 7 - Cameron 39, Northeastern 34
Game 8 - Cameron 33, Murray 12
Game 9 - Cameron 38, Eastern 12
Game 10 - Cameron 21, Pratt Junior College 7
Game 11 - Cameron 28, Bakersfield 20$
$- Junior Rose Bowl
