September 5, 1984 Table Of Contents
Sideline
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL'S BEST TEAM MAY HAVE BEEN EVERETT, MASS., 1914
By Morin Bishop
Pro Football 1984
The NFL action will be back on the field as Franco Harris and Walter Payton home in on Jim Brown's career rushing record
Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears is on target to become pro football's alltime leading rusher this season
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, SONNY JURGENSEN?
The author turns his lonely eyes to those heroes of yore, quarterbacks, and belittles today's snap-takers
By Frank Deford
The NFL outlawed his sack dance but the Jets' Mark Gastineau still plans to make his presence felt, particularly by opposing quarterbacks.
By Bruce Newman
After finishing all his stories and scouting reports, SI's NFL expert, Paul Zimmerman, still had things he wanted to get off his chest
Footage That Can Go To Your Head
NFL Films, a family-run business, is a house organ that has made sweet music, reeling in 33 Emmy Awards
By William Taaffe
AL TO WORLD: GET OUT OF OUR WAY
On the field and off, Al Davis and his L.A. Raiders keep rolling over the NFL establishment in their own inimitable way
Miami's Set of Sparkling Studs
Dan Marino of the Dolphins may be the best young pro quarterback, but is he better than the Hurricanes' Bernie Kosar?
College Football 1984
WALK-ONS ARE NOW IN THE RUNNING
The lowly walk-on is a special breed of player who supposedly doesn't have what it takes to make the varsity but more and more is rising to the top of the depth chart
The straw that stirs the drink at Auburn, Bo Jackson is a legend in Alabama and this season's hottest Heisman candidate
Douglas S. Looney gives the skinny on everything from booster clubs to coaches who are in trouble to the 28 first-round picks in the 1985 NFL draft
A Supremely Unsettling Smorgasbord
Thanks to the high court we'll get a rich menu of games, but most schools will get less bread
By William Taaffe
By Alex Wolff
By Ralph Wiley
By Jaime Diaz
By Jack Falla
By Jack Falla
By Ralph Wiley
By N. Brooks Clark
By Jaime Diaz
By Jill Lieber
By Sandy Keenan
By N. Brooks Clark
By N. Brooks Clark
Producing the nation's No. 1 junior-college team and a bevy of future stars has made Dick Foster almost as legendary in Coffeyville, Kansas as the Dalton gang
Like vintage wine, these lifetime loyalists grow more intriguing with age. Refusing to wither on the vine, they have put together amazing attendance streaks that date back as far as 1911. What keeps these diehards going? For Giles Pellerin, who calls the USC players his "children," the Trojans are like family. Lourene Wishart hasn't missed a Nebraska home game in 61 years because she likes a "winner." Wes Schulmerich, an 83-year-old Oregon State fan, says he refuses to die until the Beavers win three games in a season. Indeed, it can be said that all of these devotees live for their teams.
By Franz Lidz