This is going to be a little off the subject, but Cumberland Law School moved to Samford University (then Howard College) during the early sixties when I was there. I don't know the particulars, but I have always thought that this was the same Cumberland that got beat by Georgia Tech 220-0.
For some reason, someone in this thread had brought up Sewanee -- I guess because Sewanee used to have such a good football team, one that scored a lot of points, during the early 20th century.
Sewanee played Howard College (later Samford)in the early sixties when Bobby Bowden was the Howard coach. The Sewanee head coach was none other than Shirley Majors, who was the father of Johnny Majors, the 1956 All-American tailback at Tennessee who was second in the Heisman voting that year and was later the Tennessee head coach (before Fulmer). As a player Johnny was followed at Tennessee by his brothers Bill and Joe. Johnny was the single wing tailback at Tennessee under Bowden Wyatt, and, sure enough, Sewanee under Shirley Majors ran the single wing against Bobby Bowden's Howard team. Of course, by then Sewanee was in no way as good as they had been earlier when they were running up big scores against big-time competition. Howard beat Sewanee convincingly that day at Seibert Stadium on the Howard campus. As I remember, on the sideline Shirley Majors wore a suit and a fedora, in the old style.
For some reason, someone in this thread had brought up Sewanee -- I guess because Sewanee used to have such a good football team, one that scored a lot of points, during the early 20th century.
Sewanee played Howard College (later Samford)in the early sixties when Bobby Bowden was the Howard coach. The Sewanee head coach was none other than Shirley Majors, who was the father of Johnny Majors, the 1956 All-American tailback at Tennessee who was second in the Heisman voting that year and was later the Tennessee head coach (before Fulmer). As a player Johnny was followed at Tennessee by his brothers Bill and Joe. Johnny was the single wing tailback at Tennessee under Bowden Wyatt, and, sure enough, Sewanee under Shirley Majors ran the single wing against Bobby Bowden's Howard team. Of course, by then Sewanee was in no way as good as they had been earlier when they were running up big scores against big-time competition. Howard beat Sewanee convincingly that day at Seibert Stadium on the Howard campus. As I remember, on the sideline Shirley Majors wore a suit and a fedora, in the old style.
