The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame and the alumni schools of their 2001 Hall of Fame inductees will pay tribute to Doug Williams and Grant Teaff with On-Campus Salutes this weekend.
Baylor University will pay tribute to former head coach Grant Teaff, when they host Texas Tech. Former standout quarterback Doug Williams will be honored when his alumni, Grambling State University, hosts Texas Southern.
The University of Iowa will pay tribute to 2000 Hall of Fame inductee and former head coach Forest Evashevski when they take on Michigan. All three tributes this weekend will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27.
The rest of the 2001 Hall of Fame Class will be honored with On-Campus Salutes at their respective alma maters throughout the remaining schedule of the 2001 college football season.
HONOREE BIOGRAPHIES
Grant Teaff - Head Coach, McMurry University (1960-65), Angelo State University (1969-71), Baylor University (1972-92) - Grant Teaff has made an indelible mark on the game of college football in so many ways. Beyond his lengthy successful coaching career, primarily at Baylor, Coach Teaff continues to impact amateur football and the way it is coached and administered. At the time when Grant Teaff took over at Baylor, many people felt that they should drop from Division I. Over the years, he successfully rebuilt the Baylor program. As Baylor's all-time winningest coach with 128 victories, Teaff led the Bears to eight bowl appearances and two Southwestern Conference Championships. His 83 conference wins is fourth all-time in the SWC and his 239 games coached is second all-time in the SWC. On six occasions, Teaff was named Southwest Conference Coach of the Year, and in 1974, AFCA and the Football Writers Association of America named him National Coach of the Year. He was selected to coach in 12 postseason all-star games and is a member of the SWC Hall of Honor and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Currently the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, Teaff has reorganized, modernized and re-energized coaches across America.
Doug Williams - Quarterback, Grambling State University, 1974-77 - Just five games into his freshman year, Doug Williams earned the starting quarterback job at Grambling and guided his team to a season best 11-1 record and its first of three Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships. Williams controlled the airways during his four seasons as a starter leading the Tigers to a 35-5 record. A First Team All-America selection in 1977, Williams shattered numerous single season school records that still stand, including most passing yards with 3,286, attempts with 352, and touchdown passes with 38. School records also fell in total offense with 8,354 yards and most passes completed with 484. In addition, he set NCAA records for total yards passing with 8,411, career touchdowns with 93, and average yards per completion in a season with 18.2 - a record that still stands. A two-time All-SWAC First Team selection, Williams was chosen as the Black College Division Player of the Year twice and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting as a senior.
Forest Evashevski - Head Coach, Hamilton College (1941), Washington State University (1950-51), University of Iowa (1952-60) - Forest Evashevski retired from the coaching ranks at the young age of 42, after building the University of Iowa football program into one of college football's powerhouses. Evashevski began his coaching career at Hamilton College in 1941 where he remained for one season, posting a 5-2-0 record. He left coaching to serve in the Navy from 1942 to 1945 and then returned to coaching at Washington State in 1950 where he staked a mark of 11-6-2. In 1952 he took on the challenge of rebuilding a sagging Iowa program and developed teams that won two Big Ten titles outright, tied for another, and won two Rose Bowls. The Hawkeyes finished in the nation's top ten five of his nine years at Iowa and were 37-8-2 in his last four seasons. Under Evashevski's leadership, the Iowa football program was transformed to one of the most explosive and exciting teams in college football history. At the time of his retirement, Hall of Fame coach Woody Hayes called him "the best offensive coach in the nation."
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit educational organization comprised of more than 11,000 members in 118 chapters nationwide, dedicated to the promotion of amateur football, scholarship, citizenship, and superior athletic performance. Through various programs and initiatives, the Foundation endeavors to promote the positive values learned through participation in sport. The College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana serves as the shrine where those who exemplify the Foundation's ideal of excellence both on and off the field are immortalized.
