FOOTBALL • • games to match Bisons win SIX Harding approached the 1966 football season with expectation. Seven seniors and twice as many juniors were r eturning from the 1965 team that had rebounded from the cellar to post a respectable 5-3-1 record. All-AlC team members Jim Howard and Pete Henry were returning a t halfback and center. Fleet footed junior Harry Lisle would be eligible for the first time. Things looked bright. The Bisons proceeded from there to justify their hopes by posting a 6-3 record, a tie with the 1962 mark for Harding's best ever. The Bison's first game quickly erased any doubts of whether the momentum and talent inherited from the year before would keep the Bisons rolling in 1966. Harding soon found itself near the top of the conference standings in both offense and defense. After the early wins, however, the Bisons were plagued by fumbles and lost several disappointing games to conference foes. Fumbilitis fullgrown had struck, and for several weeks victory and defeat alternated, depending on whether the defense could make up for the offense's ball handling blunders. The climax came in the final game as the offense racked up points, in spite of fumbles. to post the Bison 's first win over Arkansas Tech. While the Bisons were on their way to a record season, Jim Howard and Kenny Glass also made new entries in the record book with marks in rushing yardage and pass receptions. 200 • best prevIous
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