When the last play was run, the Aggies found that they had pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, winning the game 22-14.Īnd Gill remained standing, the only player left on the team’s bench. Gill returned to the sideline, where he stood ready to play for the entirety of the game. Gill ran under the bleachers and put on the uniform of injured running back Heine Weir, who had been knocked out of the game in the first quarter. Bible waved Gill down to the sideline and told him to suit up. Bible looked across his rapidly emptying bench, he suddenly remembered Gill’s presence in the stands. The Aggies found themselves plagued by injuries, with their reserves seemingly dwindling with every play. King Gill, a squad player for Texas A&M’s football team, was up in the press box helping reporters identify players on the field below - and what was happening on the field wasn’t pretty. 2, 1922, the heavily outgunned Aggies were facing the top-ranked Centre College Praying Colonels on the gridiron in the Dixie Classic in Dallas.
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