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21 straight lines,
five yards apart,
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that's a football field.
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But there are other lines,
ones you don't see,
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that run deeper and wider,
all the way through a country,
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and aren't part of any game.
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Strong load right,
42 shovel pass. On one. On one.
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Ready?
- Break!
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Whiskey, whiskey, 33!
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Been waiting for this, spook.
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I'm gonna kick your black
ass back to Africa, boy.
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I found another Pepsi.
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Pepsi Cola
hits the spot
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12 full ounces, that's a lot
- 12 full ounces, that's a lot
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Twice as much for a nickel, too
- Twice as much for a nickel, too
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Pepsi Cola is the drink for you
- Pepsi Cola is the drink for you
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America has been riding
the crest of a wave of a peaceful prosperity.
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I believe
in this world to come.
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I think it's going to
be a pretty good one.
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"When you say 'Budweiser,'
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"you've said it all."
- "You've said it all."
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What are you boys doing
north of Union Street?
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One of you better answer.
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Just collecting bottles.
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These are our
bottles up here.
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Hey, guys!
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Ain't but one
thing to do here.
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Ernie, you
listening to me?
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Ernie, now!
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Ernie!
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Ernie! Ernie!
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This one must be stupid.
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I'll tell you what,
you give us those bottles
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and we won't
kick your black ass.
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Got something to say?
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No!
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What?
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Not only stupid,
but retarded.
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And a nigger,
how sad is that?
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Look, you've got three
seconds to drop those bottles.
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One,
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two,
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three!
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Get him.
- Get him.
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Dear Mr. Martin, it feels
strange to write about my life.
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I can't tell you the exact moment
I knew what it was I wanted to be
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or how I wanted
to make my mark.
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Maybe it just felt
real good to run,
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or maybe one day,
out of the corner of my eye,
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I saw tacklers reaching out
for me and dropping behind.
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Back in 1949, at the age of
10, one thing I did know was,
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I sure didn't want to be
remembered for running too slow.
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People in town would always
ask, "What you running from?"
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Hey, Will!
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I didn't know
then what I know now,
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that I wasn't running from,
I was running to.
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After dinner we gonna
have an ice cream eating contest.
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What do you
say about that?
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Yeah, I like it.
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Okay.
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First Corinthians 15:10.
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Ernie.
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Yes, Grandpa.
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Why don't you read tonight?
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You can do it.
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"But
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"by the..."
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Ernie, take a deep breath.
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Okay, now try it again.
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"But by the
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"grace of God I am what I am.
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"And his grace...
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"His grace...
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"...which was bestowed..."
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"...which was bestowed upon me
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"was not in vain."
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"But I labored more
abundantly than they all,
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"yet not I,
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"but the grace of
God which was with me."
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The words, I know
they're in there
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but they don't come out
straight all the time.
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That'll bring
Jackie Robinson up.
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He's wearing a Brooklyn
Dodgers uniform.
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He's Negro and he's playing
for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
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That's right, boys.
That there is Jackie Robinson.
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The windup
and the delivery.
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And the drive deep into left field.
And it's a home run!
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Jackie Robinson with a home
run, his 12th of the year,
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and the crowd
roars at Ebbets Field.
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Now what? You gonna
stare at it all night?
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This here is a man
who's doing a lot
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without saying nothing.
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Hey!
- Hey, Ernie.
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Ernie!
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Mama?
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Mama!
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It's great
to have you back!
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So you still got that Chevy?
And what year is that?
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It's a '39,
and you, too, Mama.
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A '39 Chevy.
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So, Marie, you have
some news for us?
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Yes, sir. Mama, Daddy,
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Ernie, I got married again.
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To a very nice man.
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The main thing is I can
support you now, baby.
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I want you to come back
and live with me in Elmira.
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How far away is Elmira?
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It's not far at all, baby.
It's just a few hours away.
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I think you'll like it.
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You gonna love it, baby.
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Bye, Will.
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Bye, Ernie.
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So, I'll see you soon.
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Come on, boys. Line up! Line up!
I got some new jerseys here for you.
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Wait till you see these.
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Here you go,
Mike, Aaron, Nick.
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Patrick, there's
one for you.
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You been waiting for these, I know it.
Here you go, Peewee. Put it on.
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Uh...
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I'm sorry, boys.
That's all there are.
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Don't worry. The other team won't
have any trouble recognizing you.
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Come on! Huddle!
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Reggie!
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Davis.
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Just give him the ball.
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Ready?
- Ready!
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Break!
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Ready!
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Hike!
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That your son?
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Yes. Yes, it is.
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Al Malette,
Elmira Star-Gazette.
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What's his name?
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Ernie.
His name is Ernie Davis.
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Ernie Davis.
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Break!
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So you're the man
who owns Jim Brown.
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I own the team.
He's his own man. Hey, Jim!
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I think you've
done enough of that.
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Mr. Modell,
just a few more?
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This is the last time he's
gonna be on this field.
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You've got plenty, Rex.
Boys, thank you very much.
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That's good, we got it.
Jim, come over here.
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All right, fellas.
Take a couple like this.
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Nice big smile, Jim.
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00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,400
Hey, Jim, you
think you're ready?
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Right here, Jim, look
here. Right here...
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So Jim Brown's gonna be wearing
a Cleveland Browns jersey.
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How's it feel?
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It feels right.
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Jim? Right here, Jim.
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Dan Boyle,
Chicago Sun.
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You had a terrific year
here at Syracuse, Jim.
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Seven yards a carry, broke records,
took your team to the Cotton Bowl,
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number one draft choice,
signed a big contract.
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I'm guessing you're pretty happy
with the way things turned out.
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I could be happier.
You left something out.
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You talking about
the Heisman Trophy, Jim?
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I didn't win that.
Actually, no Negro has ever won it.
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And you're saying
you should have?
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Now, if I say that
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the papers tomorrow will tell
the story of the angry Negro
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who doesn't
know his place.
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I know my place,
gentlemen.
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It just may not be
where you like it.
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Next question.
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Hey, Coach.
Coach, let me ask you something.
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How do you ever expect
to replace Jimmy Brown?
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Glen Boyd, Cedar Rapids
High. Team won state.
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He has a C average
but a tested IQ of 120.
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That means he's lazy.
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Ben, the kid has
a five-yard average.
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I don't care.
He's lazy. I don't want him.
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Next!
- Wally Purdue,
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Bridgeport Academy,
six varsity letters.
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He's healing from
an ankle fracture but...
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But bullshit!
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Anybody else? Maybe someone
who isn't hurt or lazy?
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Isn't there
a kid from Elmira?
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Yeah, Ernie Davis.
Elmira Free Academy.
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Running back, 1,300
yards on 179 carries.
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Led his team to a state championship.
Why the hell didn't we look at him first?
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Well, he's a
Negro boy, Ben.
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Is this a new trend,
or is it just my luck?
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It's a new trend.
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He might remind you
of somebody we know.
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Too old to butt heads
with another Jim Brown.
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Roll it.
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There he is
on the left, number 55.
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Right now, he's...
Now watch him here.
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He breaks through both tackles and
look at that, into the secondary.
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There he goes,
30-yard line,
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40-yard line, 50,
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40, 30, 20, 10.
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Touchdown. Wow!
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He have any offers yet?
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About 50.
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Shit.
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It's all chrome
inside there. Feel that.
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No, no, no. Not that, that's the gas.
Better step on the brake.
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Oh!
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There you go. You got tiny legs.
She's gonna love this, right?
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Mighty nice
car, Jim.
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Do me a favor,
wait upstairs.
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Okay then.
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What's on your mind, Coach?
I take it this isn't a social call.
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All right, look, there's this kid,
and I want you to help me recruit him.
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You want me to help you?
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You're leaving us a
hell of a hole, Jim.
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And we are up against the big boys.
We've got Pitt, UCLA, Texas.
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You mean he's colored.
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He's a Negro, yes.
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You can't talk to Negroes?
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I can't...
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I'm not good at that salesman stuff.
Not much of a dancer, you know that.
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I know this wasn't the most welcoming
place for you, but that's not my fault.
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I can only control what happens
on 100 yards of gridiron.
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But I do know Cleveland never
would have heard of you
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if you hadn't come
here to play for me.
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What I did here was on
my back and my sweat.
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What good would
your time be here
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if you're not willing to help
the next kid get his chance?
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A kid like you.
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He's got talent, Jim.
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Maybe even your
kind of talent.
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Didn't mention anything in your
telegram about bringing Jim Brown.
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I hope you don't mind signing
a couple hundred autographs.
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Ha! Jim loves to sign
autographs, don't you?
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You know, Jim, I'm a
Syracuse man myself.
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Class of '31.
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You don't say.
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Is that Bill Clark
from Notre Dame?
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Yeah,
been here all week.
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Yeah, not enough he steals Ramsey
right out from under my nose.
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That's your man
right there, Ernie Davis.
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11 varsity letters.
Plays baseball, too.
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In fact, there's not
a sport he doesn't play.
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Try it one more time.
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Let's see what he does.
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He's too fast
for these kids.
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He's too fast
for anybody.
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Ben Schwartzwalder.
Head coach, Syracuse University Orangemen.
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Pleasure to
meet you, sir.
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Pleasure to
meet you, son.
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Do you know
why I'm here?
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Same reason as
Notre Dame, sir?
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Yeah, same reason.
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But don't just take my
word for it. Jim! Jim!
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I'll be right back.
- Thank you.
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There's another fan
who'd like to tell you
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how much he'd like to
see you come play for us.
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Jim...
- Brown.
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2,091 rushing yards,
5.8 yards of carry,
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132 yards and three
touchdowns in the Cotton Bowl.
254
00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:51,600
We lost the Cotton Bowl.
255
00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:54,500
But that sweep where you
cut back to the middle?
256
00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,600
My mama and me watched that game on
a television set in Sears and Roebuck.
257
00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,000
She's a big fan
of yours, too.
258
00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:01,300
Oh!
259
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,600
Is she?
260
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,700
Mr. Brown?
I hope you like caramel cake.
261
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,900
I do, thank you.
262
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,000
Here you go.
263
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,200
I understand you're from
Pennsylvania, Mr. Davis.
264
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,900
What brings you up
here to New York?
265
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,700
I asked him to come.
266
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,900
To help me make up my mind.
267
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,500
That's good to have
family like that.
268
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,000
You close to your family,
Mr. Schwartzwalder?
269
00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:30,700
I have a wife
and two daughters.
270
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,300
And they never ask my
opinion about anything.
271
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,100
Seems to work.
272
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,200
Mr. Brown?
273
00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:42,300
Yes, sir.
274
00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,100
Were you the first in your
family to go to college?
275
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,800
Yes, sir, I was.
276
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,800
And what's it like at
Syracuse for men like us?
277
00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:00,600
It's great.
It's good.
278
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:11,900
I suppose I'd say it's not that
different than a lot of places.
279
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,800
This cake is delicious.
280
00:21:20,900 --> 00:21:25,800
I want you to go out. Keep going.
Back. Back. All right.
281
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,000
Mr. Brown, I'm not
real big on lacrosse.
282
00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:30,800
Jim.
- Jim.
283
00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:33,600
Okay, let's see
what you've got.
284
00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:38,200
It's not as easy
as it looks, is it?
285
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,200
I'm all right.
286
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,600
You see, lacrosse
isn't just a sport.
287
00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:47,700
The Indians used it to settle
their conflicts and heal the sick.
288
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,800
They also played it as
a preparation for war.
289
00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,800
Make no mistake, there's
a war in this country,
290
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,900
but for men like us, it's
not on the football field.
291
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,500
So if all you nice folks
are offering the same thing,
292
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,100
what makes you different?
293
00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,100
Well, Syracuse...
294
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,200
Not Syracuse. You.
295
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000
I'm not sure I follow
you, Mr. Davis.
296
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,200
My grandson might be spending the
next four years listening to you,
297
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,200
learning from you.
298
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,200
So, I suppose what I'm
asking, Mr. Schwartzwalder,
299
00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:25,000
is what kind
of man are you?
300
00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:30,500
I just want to be the best
player I can be, you know.
301
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,400
I want to be
like you, Jim Brown,
302
00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:35,700
first-team All-American
then straight to the NFL,
303
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,800
and I need you to tell me exactly
where I gotta be to get there.
304
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:45,000
Look, if you go to Syracuse,
it's not gonna be easy for you.
305
00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:49,400
But Schwartzwalder, he's one of
the best coaches in college ball.
306
00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:53,300
Now you're fast,
but he'll make you faster.
307
00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:57,300
You run hard, he'll show
you how to run harder.
308
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,300
And you're good,
but he'll make you better.
309
00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:04,700
And if you ever
tell him I said that,
310
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:09,300
I'll jump on the first plane from
Cleveland and come and wring your neck.
311
00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:13,000
Now let's get out of here.
312
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:17,700
Let me tell you something about Jim
and I, we had our differences at times.
313
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,300
So whatever he told you about me, I
would take it with a grain of salt.
314
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,200
Even if he said you
were a good coach?
315
00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:35,500
Well, in that case, son, I would tell
you that too much salt is bad for you.
316
00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:05,200
Ernie? Ernie Davis?
317
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,300
How'd you guess?
318
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,500
Welcome.
319
00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,300
I'm Lew Andreas, the
athletic director. Come on!
320
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,700
I'll give you a tour of the
campus on the way to your dorm.
321
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,500
All right.
- Syracuse has a storied
322
00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:17,500
academic tradition, Ernie.
- Really?
323
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,000
Steven Crane attended
the university in 1891
324
00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:22,800
and wrote The Red Badge of Courage...
- Hey, Lew!
325
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,400
Harry! Sorry, I'll be
right back. Right back.
326
00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:28,800
Harry.
- How are you?
327
00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:19,000
No one from here has ever won,
if that's what you're looking for.
328
00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,100
No harm in dreaming,
right, Coach?
329
00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:27,200
It's not about winning trophies,
Davis. It's about winning games.
330
00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:29,300
I'll see you at practice.
331
00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:33,900
Get up! Get up!
332
00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:36,800
That was plum awful!
Now, last one runs a lap.
333
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,300
Let's go!
334
00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:40,700
Run a lap.
335
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:41,900
five, six...
336
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,300
Youmans, you move
like a walrus.
337
00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:48,300
Come on! Like a big,
old elephant walrus!
338
00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:51,300
Gerhard, goose-step.
Make your ancestors proud.
339
00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:52,800
Ease up, Davis.
340
00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:55,300
What are you smiling at?
341
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,900
This fine institution is
giving you three hots and a cot.
342
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,200
I do not intend to let
them waste their money.
343
00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:01,800
Get them up, come on.
344
00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:03,000
Right about now,
I bet you're wondering
345
00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:04,800
what happened to that nice
gentleman that visited your house
346
00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:07,000
and begged you
to come here, huh?
347
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,700
Let's go! Now make
no mistake, gentlemen.
348
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:14,500
No matter what anyone else tells you,
you are not here to just play football.
349
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,400
You are offside.
350
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,000
You are here at
Syracuse to win games.
351
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,100
And you can't win games if you
can't out-perform the other team.
352
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,900
Don't you step on
my All-Americans.
353
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,500
If you step on my All-Americans,
I will reach down your throat,
354
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,200
grab your donuts and
tie them to your tonsils!
355
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:31,400
Good hit!
356
00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:32,500
Take him down!
357
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,800
So, you're the
next Jim Brown, huh?
358
00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:36,500
Yeah, I can see
the resemblance.
359
00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,200
Yeah, except Brown was
always mad about something.
360
00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:41,500
Don't be fooled
by the smile.
361
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,900
Well, he's funnier
than Jimmy.
362
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000
Yeah.
363
00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:47,200
Well, maybe he can entertain us.
You dance, Davis?
364
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,000
Not as good
as me, Lundy.
365
00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:51,800
Come on! Get up!
Move! Move! Move! Move!
366
00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:54,200
You should know,
you never call Coach, "Sarge."
367
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,500
He was a captain, jumped out of
airplanes, stormed a bridge in Normandy.
368
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,700
Killed people,
won medals.
369
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,200
By the way, I'm Gerhard
Schwedes, halfback.
370
00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:05,100
Roger, everybody calls
me Hound Dog though.
371
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,200
Maury Youmans, center.
372
00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:10,200
I'll be keeping your
jersey clean next year.
373
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,500
He embarrassed you!
Embarrassed you!
374
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:17,000
I want you to move Davis
from freshman to varsity.
375
00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,800
But he won't be eligible
to play in any games, Ben.
376
00:28:19,900 --> 00:28:22,100
Why don't we just let him catch
his stride with the other freshmen?
377
00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:24,600
First, when he does
become eligible next year,
378
00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:26,400
I want him to hit
the ground running.
379
00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:29,400
Second, he's gonna
raise everybody's game.
380
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,800
He'll probably be the best
running back they face all year.
381
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:32,800
I got you.
382
00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:35,300
Third, that's just
the way I want it done.
383
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,800
Jack Buckley, right tackle,
sophomore. Call me JB.
384
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,500
I was a defensive end
in high school. Philly.
385
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,200
But I think they're
gonna move me to tackle.
386
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,500
What we up to?
Three miles?
387
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,200
Don't know.
Never count.
388
00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:52,700
You hear a train?
389
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,200
Why?
Is it making you nervous?
390
00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:56,500
No, I'm not nervous.
391
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,700
Can we get off
these tracks?
392
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,900
Yeah, I'm sorry.
I'm just used to it.
393
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,900
And when you use your meal
voucher in the student union...
394
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,800
Right.
- ...stay away from the meatloaf.
395
00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:06,500
What else?
- Girls.
396
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,400
You'll find a Negro polar bear
before you find a Negro coed.
397
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:14,600
Good morning, sir.
Beautiful day, isn't it?
398
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,100
I swear, sometimes you feel
like you're on the moon here.
399
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,500
Yes, yes,
that's her sister.
400
00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:27,400
Sarette, what did Petey
say about that broad?
401
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,600
Yeah, it's her
little sister.
402
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:33,400
I don't know about our team yet,
but theirs is in mid-season form.
403
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,400
At least her sister is.
404
00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:54,400
Coach
wanted to see me?
405
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,900
He's in his office.
406
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,200
Knock.
407
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,300
You wanted to
see me, Coach?
408
00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:15,200
Mmm-hmm.
409
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,800
Davis, my system
is simple.
410
00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:20,000
Conditioning,
teamwork.
411
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:23,100
And on my team, I expect every
player to know his job.
412
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,900
Know his place on the field.
413
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,900
Quarterback, running back, lineman.
414
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,600
That way, nobody
steps on anybody's toes.
415
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:34,900
Same holds true
off the field.
416
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,300
I'm not sure how
you mean, Coach.
417
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:38,400
Well...
418
00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:43,300
There are some lines that some
people don't care to see crossed,
419
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,200
just like there are some toes
that shouldn't be stepped on.
420
00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:50,000
And I expect my players
not to cross those lines.
421
00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:58,300
Now, you must have a
girlfriend back home, right?
422
00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:00,600
Good-looking
fellow like you.
423
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,800
You might want to
keep in touch with her.
424
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,300
You're a smart kid, Davis.
I don't have to spell it out for you, do I?
425
00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:15,100
Anything else, Coach?
426
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:17,800
No.
427
00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:18,900
May I go now?
428
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:22,900
Yes.
429
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,200
We call that,
"The white girl speech,"
430
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,800
and don't worry,
we all get it.
431
00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:36,900
That's funny. I don't remember seeing
that in the campus brochure, JB.
432
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,400
Avatus Stone.
433
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:40,500
Avatus what?
434
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,200
Avatus Stone.
Quarterback. Negro.
435
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:45,400
First one Schwartzwalder
recruited here.
436
00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:46,700
What happened to him?
437
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,900
He got run off.
438
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,400
What do you mean,
"Run off?"
439
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:51,900
One night, just
disappeared. Gone.
440
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:53,700
And then Jimmy
Brown shows up,
441
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:55,800
and all Jim hears is,
"Don't be like Avatus Stone.
442
00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:57,500
"Whatever you do, don't
be like Avatus Stone."
443
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,100
Wait. But what did he do?
Did he kill somebody?
444
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,800
Worse. He dated
a white girl.
445
00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:05,300
Majorette, blonde.
446
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,700
Schwartzwalder wouldn't even give Jim
a scholarship until sophomore year.
447
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,000
Made him prove himself.
448
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:12,300
Yeah.
449
00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:16,600
Just goes to show, Coach likes
winning more than he dislikes Negroes.
450
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:17,900
A little.
451
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,200
See you
at the room.
452
00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:42,100
Hey.
453
00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:51,700
Excuse me,
Hound Dog.
454
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,400
Would you look
at that, boys?
455
00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:12,800
If it isn't enough they let a
freshman dress in the varsity locker,
456
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,900
now they went and anointed him
the second coming of Jim Brown.
457
00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:17,600
What's your
problem, Lundy?
458
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:20,500
My problem is I was raised to believe
you should have to earn things.
459
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,500
That's not all you were
raised to believe, now was it?
460
00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:26,100
You got a big mouth, JB.
461
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,400
Yeah, I do.
462
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,100
How about
the next play, Ben?
463
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,300
This'll be strong load
right, 42 shovel pass.
464
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,600
We can use
this third short.
465
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,000
Strong load right.
- Right, 42 shovel pass.
466
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:43,800
What you got there, Davis?
467
00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:48,400
It's this jersey, Coach.
468
00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:50,700
What, something
wrong with it?
469
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:51,800
Yeah, I...
470
00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:54,000
What is it?
Too big? Too tight, what?
471
00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:55,100
Oh, no. Not at all. It's just...
472
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,300
Then what is it?
473
00:33:57,700 --> 00:33:59,700
Somebody made
a mistake.
474
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,600
They gave me
the wrong number.
475
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,500
Mr. Davis, I put that
jersey in your locker.
476
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,500
Are you accusing me
of making a mistake?
477
00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,500
No, sir.
- Well then, what?
478
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,100
Coach, I'm...
479
00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:19,200
I'm not Jim Brown.
480
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,400
God, I hope not!
481
00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:26,400
And, God, I hope so.
482
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,900
That is your number.
483
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,500
The day you're not up to it,
I'll take it away as quick as a hiccup.
484
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:36,100
Now, get out of here.
485
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:43,100
Tight right, 34 right dig.
On one. On one. Ready.
486
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:44,200
Break!
487
00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:47,600
Offense, I want to see
you fire off the ball.
488
00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:49,500
Fire off the ball.
489
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:50,600
Red?
- Sir!
490
00:34:50,700 --> 00:34:52,700
Are you in
or out there?
491
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,400
Strong left,
strong left!
492
00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:58,700
Strong left. Why don't you
watch the sweep, right there?
493
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,200
Sir!
- Ready?
494
00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:02,300
On one.
495
00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:13,100
God damn it!
496
00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:20,000
Lundy, you got
yourself planted.
497
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,800
Get off your heels and get after it.
That was embarrassing.
498
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,400
Davis looks good.
499
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,900
Looks good, Ben.
500
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:32,500
Five, three,
cover two. Ready?
501
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:33,800
Break!
502
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,100
Double tight, double tight.
Watch the sweep left! Watch the sweep!
503
00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:03,200
That was a cheap shot.
504
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:06,700
Oh, he's gonna get a lot worse
than that before he's done here.
505
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,200
You've got something to say, 44?
506
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,900
You all right?
- Yeah.
507
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:20,700
You can't let him treat you
like that and not say nothing.
508
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,900
That's all right. I do
my talking on the field.
509
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,100
Hey, hey! Come on!
510
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,700
Hey, come on!
511
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,700
All right, all right, all
right, all right, all right.
512
00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:28,700
Don't ever make me
look bad again.
513
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,900
Back to the huddle, Lundy.
514
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,700
You got away with a lot back in high school
'cause you were bigger than everybody else.
515
00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:36,600
Those days are done.
516
00:37:36,700 --> 00:37:38,700
You got it?
- Got it, Coach.
517
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:41,700
Good block.
518
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,100
Now listen up.
519
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,100
If you practice half-assed,
you will play half-assed.
520
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,600
Now, we have Boston
College in two weeks
521
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:54,300
and I would like not to get
blown out in our own stadium.
522
00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:58,300
Now play football.
523
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,800
Let's go. Good work.
524
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,200
Surprise, surprise.
Will you look at this?
525
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,600
They're saying Pete Dawkins
is gonna take home the Heisman.
526
00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:27,700
Well, he rushed for over 1,000 yards, and
has almost as many receiving yards, JB.
527
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,200
He's gotta
be real good.
528
00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:31,900
Yeah, well, he's
definitely real white.
529
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:36,800
This thing's
like a love letter.
530
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:41,500
JB, look.
531
00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:42,500
What?
532
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:45,600
Hey!
533
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,600
Negro polar bears.
534
00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:51,100
Who knew they
traveled in pairs?
535
00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,200
Ready?
- For what?
536
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,200
You're not ready. Come on,
let's go. Which one do you like?
537
00:38:58,300 --> 00:38:59,600
Which one do you like?
538
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,100
The one on the right.
539
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,300
Good evening, ladies.
540
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,400
Good evening.
541
00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:05,000
I'd like a Pepsi.
- The same.
542
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:06,900
And could you bring us
some of those deviled eggs?
543
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,800
You don't even be
eating no deviled egg.
544
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,500
I'm so sorry.
- You go to Syracuse?
545
00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:15,200
I didn't know.
546
00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:17,500
Yes, we go to Syracuse,
but if you'd like,
547
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:20,800
we can jump in the kitchen, whip
you up some grits and gravy, ma'am.
548
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,200
Get them, Ernie.
549
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:24,500
I'm Gloria.
This is my friend...
550
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:25,600
Sarah.
551
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:27,500
She's visiting
from Cornell.
552
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:31,700
Gloria and Sarah. Okay.
I'm Jack Buckley, but you call me JB.
553
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,000
JB.
- JB.
554
00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:35,100
And this is my
friend, Ernie.
555
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,800
How do you do?
556
00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:37,900
Very well.
557
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,400
So, what are you
guys studying?
558
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,600
Well, a little bit
of everything.
559
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,600
Math, basic literature...
560
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:49,000
We're on the
football team.
561
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:50,400
And that.
562
00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:52,500
Oh!
563
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,800
I don't really know
too much about football.
564
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,700
Neither does he.
565
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,900
All kidding aside, Gloria,
would you care to dance?
566
00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:06,000
All right.
567
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,900
So, Sarah, what
are you studying?
568
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,500
I'm majoring in education,
with a minor in social sciences.
569
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:31,800
Oh!
570
00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:34,200
And you?
What are you studying?
571
00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:37,300
Just some basic courses
right now, some math,
572
00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:39,900
some English.
573
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:42,900
Look, I know what
you're thinking.
574
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,700
That since I'm not here
because of my grades,
575
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,300
or my money,
576
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,600
that I'm not
a serious person.
577
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,100
You're wrong.
578
00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:53,800
So, you know what
I'm thinking, do you?
579
00:40:55,700 --> 00:40:57,400
Fine, Mr. Serious.
580
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,800
What am I thinking
right now?
581
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,500
Rain still coming down
steadily here at Archbold Stadium.
582
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:52,000
The last chance
for the Orangemen.
583
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:02,900
The Orangemen can really use
a little help out there.
584
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:07,200
Let's hope their recruiting is
better than their running game.
585
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,300
Hike!
586
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:16,700
And for the Syracuse faithful,
there's a sense of disbelief,
587
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,900
as Holy Cross has knocked
off the mighty Orangemen.
588
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:21,900
Let's go, ladies.
Pick it up!
589
00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,300
Let's go.
Knees up. Knees up.
590
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:24,400
Pain is how you learn.
591
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:25,500
Come on!
592
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:29,500
Gentlemen, it is not okay
to lose to an inferior team,
593
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:31,900
especially on our home turf!
594
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,200
Now, we gave no effort out on that
field tonight, so we should feel it now!
595
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,600
Don't you puke
on my gym floor!
596
00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:42,100
Varsity practice only, Ernie.
You don't have to be here.
597
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:43,200
I know.
598
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:45,900
I just heard you called
a midnight practice, Coach.
599
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,700
I'm sorry I'm late.
600
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:50,000
Well, go ahead.
Get in there.
601
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:51,200
Yes, sir.
602
00:42:57,500 --> 00:43:02,600
Gentlemen, do you think you
played good football last year?
603
00:43:02,700 --> 00:43:04,100
Think again.
604
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,200
You think you're here just
to wear a varsity jacket
605
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,200
and impress the ladies?
606
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:12,700
Think again.
607
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,700
If you think you know
what pain is, think again.
608
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,400
This is what pain is for.
609
00:43:32,900 --> 00:43:35,600
Now, does anyone
know the last year
610
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,400
that Syracuse won a
national championship?
611
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:40,700
Hmm?
612
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:44,800
You're right.
We've never won one.
613
00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:48,700
You are here to
change all that.
614
00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:51,500
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome to the field
615
00:43:51,500 --> 00:43:54,400
your Syracuse
University Orangemen.
616
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:58,400
Welcome to Archbold
Stadium, Syracuse, New York,
617
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,900
where the Orangemen
begin the 1959 campaign.
618
00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:06,800
The expectations for Ben Schwartzwalder
and the Orangemen are enormous.
619
00:44:06,900 --> 00:44:10,100
This is a football team
that could go unbeaten.
620
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,200
Hut one!
621
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,200
On first down, Ernie
Davis gets his first carry
622
00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:15,500
as a member of
the Orangemen.
623
00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:20,300
Welcome to
Syracuse football.
624
00:45:21,500 --> 00:45:24,700
Will... Will, he said
his name on the radio.
625
00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:27,000
Sure did. I heard it.
I heard it, Pops.
626
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:32,100
Ernie Davis certainly has
some big shoes to fill here today.
627
00:45:32,100 --> 00:45:34,900
And after an unsuccessful
series of downs by the Orangemen,
628
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:38,000
Kansas takes over on
its own 28-yard line.
629
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:39,200
Hut!
630
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,600
Let's get after it!
Come on, let's get after it!
631
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:54,000
The receiver is leveled by
veteran linebacker Bobby Lundy.
632
00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:56,200
I'm doing your job, 44.
633
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:57,500
Huddle up!
634
00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:00,700
Ball at the Syracuse
10-yard line.
635
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,000
First down and goal
to go for Kansas.
636
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:07,800
Yes.
- Did he get in?
637
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:09,900
Did he cross the goal line?
638
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Here's the official signal.
639
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:15,800
Touchdown, Kansas.
640
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:17,400
What kind of
pig slop is that?
641
00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:19,600
We haven't gotten
a call all day!
642
00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:22,300
Jayhawks jump
out to a 7-0 lead
643
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,700
here at the very,
very quiet Archbold Stadium.
644
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:29,900
Here in the second quarter,
Kansas on top of Syracuse, 7-0.
645
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,000
Six regular!
Six regular!
646
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:34,200
The Orange faithful still waiting
for something to cheer about.
647
00:46:34,300 --> 00:46:35,400
Hut one!
648
00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:39,000
Sarette back to pass.
649
00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:43,000
Throwing downfield.
650
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:45,800
It's complete
to his tight end
651
00:46:45,900 --> 00:46:47,900
down near the
Kansas 30-yard line.
652
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:49,600
Way to pick up
the blitz, Ernie!
653
00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:53,100
A superb block on the play,
turned in by Ernie Davis.
654
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:56,300
Second down, eight yards
to go for the Orangemen.
655
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:57,500
Hut!
656
00:46:57,900 --> 00:47:00,400
Toss play once
again to Ernie Davis.
657
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:04,900
Get him out there!
658
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:08,000
Davis to the
Kansas secondary.
659
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,600
Go, Davis, go!
660
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:15,200
Look at that young man go!
661
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:21,200
The Elmira Express virtually
walks into the end zone!
662
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:26,200
The Syracuse Orangemen,
now on top of Kansas, 14-7.
663
00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:27,600
Go for one.
664
00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:32,100
And what an impression Ernie Davis has
made on this crowd here at Archbold.
665
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:36,700
The Orangemen just may have
found their next great halfback.
666
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:48,700
Hey, Ernie.
667
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,600
Hey, fellas,
how you doing?
668
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,200
You guys
coming or going?
669
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,500
Hey. Welcome home, Ernie.
670
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:56,600
Pops!
671
00:47:56,700 --> 00:47:58,000
They give you
some time off?
672
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,000
Yeah, yeah,
long weekend.
673
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,200
Look at you,
all college boy.
674
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:03,800
You're just gonna dirty
up my college jacket.
675
00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:05,800
Come on, come on, let's go inside.
You're too good to hug me?
676
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:06,800
Look at this!
677
00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:08,000
Let me carry that.
Give me your bag.
678
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,400
If they'd run you more
last week against Navy,
679
00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:12,300
you would have blown
them jokers off the field.
680
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:13,700
Will, we won.
681
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:15,900
Seems like that coach of
yours like to pass the ball.
682
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,500
I'll get my carries.
683
00:48:17,500 --> 00:48:19,800
Yeah? He promise you that?
684
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:22,300
No. Thank you, ma'am. But eventually...
- No?
685
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:23,900
How are your
grades, Ernie?
686
00:48:25,900 --> 00:48:27,400
Ernie?
687
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:29,900
They're good, Pops, thanks.
I'm keeping them up.
688
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,400
I like history, and I'm
taking a business course.
689
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:33,600
That's good.
690
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:36,700
'Cause football
is just a game.
691
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,500
It's that degree that's
going to count for something.
692
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,700
Gonna get you a good job.
693
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,200
Where you gonna get a good
job at, a Negro with a diploma?
694
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,700
AT&T? GM?
695
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,900
It's football that's
gonna take him someplace.
696
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,300
Otherwise, he gonna be
working right here with us,
697
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:53,700
cutting coal,
and you know it.
698
00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:55,000
I wanna apologize for him.
699
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:56,600
You ain't got to
apologize for me, Pops!
700
00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:58,200
Don't you start
it tonight, Will.
701
00:48:58,300 --> 00:48:59,900
Pops... Guys!
-Don't start it tonight.
702
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,300
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
703
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,100
Relax.
704
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:05,000
You're both right.
705
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,900
Now, my plan A is the Cleveland Browns.
Now, if that doesn't work out,
706
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:11,300
plan B is the
New York Giants.
707
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:16,100
Come on, Ernie.
We don't wanna be late.
708
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,300
Sorry, my dear, we got
things to do, people to meet.
709
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,100
I'll meet you
outside, Ernie.
710
00:49:28,300 --> 00:49:32,400
Jim Crow is alive and
well right here in Pennsylvania.
711
00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:33,500
Yes, it is.
712
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:36,000
But we can no longer
willfully close our eyes
713
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:40,400
and pretend that we cannot see
that he sees us as beneath him.
714
00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:42,500
Yes!
- No, we cannot.
715
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:47,100
And we can no longer stay silent
when he tells us that we cannot speak.
716
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,600
Yes!
- That's right!
717
00:49:48,700 --> 00:49:51,700
Abraham Lincoln stood
in a field at Gettysburg,
718
00:49:51,700 --> 00:49:53,700
and spoke of a new nation.
- That's right.
719
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:58,600
Uniontown is 100 miles away
from his Gettysburg.
720
00:49:59,900 --> 00:50:02,100
We are still
yet to be equal.
721
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:08,700
That is why the NAACP is calling for
a nationwide boycott of Woolworths.
722
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:10,200
That's right!
That's right!
723
00:50:10,300 --> 00:50:11,900
All right.
724
00:50:12,700 --> 00:50:13,900
Come on.
725
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:21,300
Boycott! Boycott!
Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! Boycott!
726
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,100
Come to Washington
with us.
727
00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:25,300
There's a bus going
down from the church.
728
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:27,100
We gonna organize
with Martin Luther King
729
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:30,300
and let the people know this
country has got to change.
730
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,700
I don't think I can be a part of
what you want me to be a part of
731
00:50:32,700 --> 00:50:34,800
right now, Will.
All this.
732
00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:36,400
What you saying?
733
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:37,800
I got a scholarship.
734
00:50:37,900 --> 00:50:41,600
I can't risk losing it, and
I don't wanna invite trouble.
735
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:44,700
I see. Did Emmett Till invite trouble?
Did Rosa Parks?
736
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:46,000
Who told you this,
your coach?
737
00:50:46,100 --> 00:50:47,300
You don't understand.
738
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:49,000
It's a different
world up there.
739
00:50:49,100 --> 00:50:50,200
Is it?
740
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,300
You know, your coach
sound a lot like Pops.
741
00:50:52,300 --> 00:50:55,700
No understanding whatsoever with
the troubles in this country.
742
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:58,400
"You boys got no business north
of Union Street, you hear me?"
743
00:50:58,400 --> 00:50:59,600
Now, leave Pops
out of this, Will.
744
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:02,000
Now you got a white man telling
you what you can and can't do.
745
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:03,200
Wait a minute. Hold on.
Watch how you talk to me.
746
00:51:03,300 --> 00:51:04,600
That man don't care
nothing about you, Ernie.
747
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:05,600
You're not there.
You don't know him.
748
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,000
You just his educated nigger.
749
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,000
You don't know what you're talking about.
- Tom can toe the line
750
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:13,100
and carry the ball, but that man
will turn on you. Just you wait.
751
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,700
You don't think I'm reminded
every minute of who I am at school?
752
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:22,900
Everybody there is watching me, and
waiting for me to make a mistake.
753
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:25,400
You Ernie Davis.
754
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,600
You got your
name in the paper.
755
00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:31,900
Now that's something for colored folk
around here to open up a newspaper, Ernie,
756
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,900
and see your name,
your face.
757
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:40,400
And say, "I know him.
I went to school with him."
758
00:51:41,100 --> 00:51:43,400
They gonna be
looking up to you.
759
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:47,000
I think you owe them more
than just running a ball.
760
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:04,000
The play action
pass was there all day.
761
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:05,800
It won't be
there the next time.
762
00:52:05,900 --> 00:52:07,100
Why not?
763
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:11,200
'Cause Boston College is watching
the same damn game that we are.
764
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:42,400
All right, we start out double
tight. Tight in here, tight in there.
765
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:43,800
Just a normal
double tight.
766
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,100
Just like from the
beginning of time, Simmy.
767
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,400
Now, we're gonna take Schwedes
out of the wing position,
768
00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:52,200
and we're gonna move him
into a three-back formation.
769
00:52:52,300 --> 00:52:54,600
Only shift it over like this.
770
00:52:54,700 --> 00:52:57,700
All right, defense. What
do you do when you see this?
771
00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:59,700
Now the defense,
they have to shift.
772
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:00,800
We move to the right.
773
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:04,400
That's right. Even if it's shading
from nose up to opposite shoulder.
774
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,400
Our right tackle?
He goes on the left side.
775
00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:09,700
I'm gonna leave the huddle,
776
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:13,100
and you're gonna start out
right, just like normal.
777
00:53:15,900 --> 00:53:17,000
Go left, go left!
778
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,100
Except before we're set,
you're gonna run left.
779
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:20,200
He runs left,
780
00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:22,200
and you're gonna line
up on the left side.
781
00:53:22,300 --> 00:53:23,700
And he sets up
on the left side.
782
00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:29,000
And it's evident that
Boston College is confused
783
00:53:29,100 --> 00:53:31,200
by the offense
Syracuse is running.
784
00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:33,500
You lost me, Ben.
The right tackle moves to the left,
785
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:34,800
he covers the tight end.
786
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:37,500
But if he's on the left side, we cover
the tight end, I can't pass to him.
787
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:41,400
The Holy Cross defenders are
desperately trying to position themselves
788
00:53:41,500 --> 00:53:43,300
to best play against
this formation.
789
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,300
Petey, am I talking
French here?
790
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,900
Tackle lines up inside
the tight end, does he not?
791
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,000
It's unbalanced, right?
Do we shift again, Coach?
792
00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:52,700
Yes, they shift.
They all shift.
793
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,000
They have to shift.
They must shift.
794
00:53:55,100 --> 00:53:57,200
Shift, shift, shift.
795
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,400
All right, so you've got
everybody and their dog
796
00:53:59,500 --> 00:54:01,400
shifted over to
the left. Now what?
797
00:54:01,500 --> 00:54:02,700
We are going to run it...
798
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,200
We are going to run it...
799
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:05,200
...to the right.
800
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:06,700
...to the right.
- To the right, Coach?
801
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,300
But that's away
from our strength.
802
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:09,700
The weak side of the field.
803
00:54:09,700 --> 00:54:11,700
So, we're going to
run to the weak side?
804
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:14,300
I like the way that
you think, Mr. Davis.
805
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,600
Gentlemen, when you have a thoroughbred,
you do not lock him in the barn.
806
00:54:18,700 --> 00:54:20,100
Hut!
807
00:54:24,300 --> 00:54:27,300
I will take one-on-one
out here all day long.
808
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,100
That just might
work, Coach.
809
00:54:49,500 --> 00:54:50,700
Damn right.
810
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:57,000
"Ernie Davis is a bull-necked,
steel-shouldered running back
811
00:54:57,100 --> 00:55:01,200
"from Syracuse University, who
can run a football field's length
812
00:55:01,300 --> 00:55:02,600
"in 10 seconds flat."
- 10 seconds?
813
00:55:02,700 --> 00:55:03,900
Okay, put that
away now, please.
814
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,100
Don't you be modest.
815
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:06,400
Thank you.
- Be proud, Ernie.
816
00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:08,700
You're in the same
magazine as Reverend King,
817
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,000
that's something.
- Yeah.
818
00:55:10,100 --> 00:55:13,700
That is something, but Sarah, it looks
like you didn't read the best part.
819
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:17,800
"In his spare time, the bull-necked
Ernie Davis enjoys sewing,
820
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,300
"baking lasagna, and writing
songs for his church choir."
821
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,300
Ernie, you never invite me to church.
- Very funny, very funny.
822
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,500
I'm hurt. What is that?
- Ernie? Ernie.
823
00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:28,100
Can I have a word
with you, please?
824
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:30,800
Make me some lasagna.
825
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:34,700
He can take it.
826
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:36,600
Good to see you.
- That's Mr. Andreas.
827
00:55:36,700 --> 00:55:38,200
Just turn left there.
828
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:52,700
"He maketh me to
lie down in green pastures.
829
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,800
"He leadeth me
beside the still waters.
830
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:58,300
"He restoreth my soul.
831
00:55:58,300 --> 00:56:02,600
"He leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake.
832
00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:05,700
"Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death,
833
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:08,900
"I will fear no evil,
for thou art with me.
834
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,100
"Thy rod and thy staff..."
835
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,800
40 years, Pops worked underground.
836
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,100
Seems wrong to put him
right back in there.
837
00:57:08,900 --> 00:57:13,400
And the drive deep into
left field. And it's a home run!
838
00:57:32,900 --> 00:57:36,200
"And his grace which was
bestowed upon me was not in vain."
839
00:57:36,300 --> 00:57:39,000
"His grace
which was bestowed..."
840
00:57:39,100 --> 00:57:42,600
"... upon me
was not in vain."
841
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,100
Pops.
842
00:58:01,300 --> 00:58:05,800
Now, we barely got by West Virginia
when we played them here last year,
843
00:58:05,900 --> 00:58:09,300
and they've been licking their
chops waiting for us ever since.
844
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,200
They play by a
different set of rules.
845
00:58:12,500 --> 00:58:14,400
It will be hostile.
846
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:17,400
Their fans are unruly,
847
00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:20,800
especially when they're
playing against a team that
848
00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:23,600
looks a little
different than they do.
849
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:26,600
Now, load up.
850
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:42,700
God damn it!
851
00:58:43,100 --> 00:58:45,200
Hey, Squirrel!
852
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:47,800
Didn't I tell you to
put new laces in these?
853
00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:50,000
I forgot. I'll do it now.
854
00:58:50,100 --> 00:58:51,800
His name is Donald.
855
00:58:52,300 --> 00:58:53,300
What?
856
00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,800
His name is Donald.
857
00:58:59,700 --> 00:59:02,700
Hell, Squirrel,
I don't know which one's worse.
858
00:59:03,100 --> 00:59:08,200
But you see, Davis, around here,
Squirrel finishes the laces.
859
00:59:08,700 --> 00:59:12,000
If it makes you happy,
you can shine them for me.
860
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:14,700
Hey, come on!
861
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:20,800
Get him off!
862
00:59:21,500 --> 00:59:23,900
Hey! Knock it off!
863
00:59:24,500 --> 00:59:25,900
Hey!
864
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:29,000
What the hell's
going on in here?
865
00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:34,700
Where are you going,
Davis? Davis!
866
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:36,300
I'm talking to you!
867
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:39,700
Hey, you guys all saw it.
Coach, he went crazy on me.
868
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:46,500
All right,
everyone, listen up.
869
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:48,900
Everyone is to keep their
helmet on at all times,
870
00:59:48,900 --> 00:59:50,800
whether you're in
the game or not.
871
00:59:50,900 --> 00:59:53,600
I don't want anyone
hurt by flying bottles.
872
00:59:53,700 --> 00:59:57,000
Davis, Buckley, Baker, you
stay in the middle of the pack.
873
00:59:57,000 --> 00:59:58,300
Keep your heads down.
874
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,900
It must be Halloween,
'cause here come the spooks!
875
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,200
We'll be safer
out on the field.
876
01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:05,400
All right, let's go!
877
01:00:05,500 --> 01:00:06,800
Come on, boys!
Let's go!
878
01:00:06,900 --> 01:00:09,100
The unbeaten
Syracuse Orangemen
879
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:12,100
have made the journey
to Morgantown, West Virginia.
880
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:15,100
They'll face a rugged
Mountaineer team.
881
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:40,800
And there's the boot. Baker
takes the football up to the 20,
882
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:46,400
the 30, the 40 and he's finally
brought down at the 47-yard line.
883
01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:48,500
Offense, let's go.
- Look alive, let's go.
884
01:00:48,600 --> 01:00:52,300
A full house. 495 dive
on two, on two. Ready?
885
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:54,600
Thirty-five,
thirty-five!
886
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:56,900
Okie. Okie.
887
01:00:58,500 --> 01:01:00,200
Thirty-five,
thirty-five.
888
01:01:00,300 --> 01:01:02,600
The Orangemen break the
huddle, first and 10.
889
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,400
Out of the full-house
backfield.
890
01:01:07,300 --> 01:01:10,900
The give is to Ernie Davis.
Davis spins at the line of scrimmage
891
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,600
where he's met by a host
of West Virginia tacklers.
892
01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:20,000
Get him off him!
Play football!
893
01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:24,900
Huddle up, 70.
894
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,700
We will get no justice
from the refs tonight.
895
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:30,200
All right, guys. We're gonna
run it till they stop it.
896
01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:32,800
Right, full house. 495
dive, on one, on one. Ready?
897
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:34,400
Break!
- Break!
898
01:01:35,100 --> 01:01:40,000
Same play! Same play! Same hole.
Run it. Same play, same hole, on one.
899
01:01:40,500 --> 01:01:41,900
Run it.
- Strong left!
900
01:01:41,900 --> 01:01:43,300
Thanks.
- Set!
901
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,900
Second down at
six yards to go.
902
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:48,000
Hut one!
903
01:01:48,100 --> 01:01:52,900
The Orangemen go back to Ernie Davis.
Davis is met with a wall of Mountaineers.
904
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:57,500
And Davis reverses field
with a tremendous move.
905
01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:59,200
What's he doing?
906
01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:10,900
Davis picks up a big block
907
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:14,900
and with a stiff arm, gets free
into West Virginia territory.
908
01:02:18,600 --> 01:02:20,200
Shit, he's going in.
909
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:25,800
He's at the 20,
the 10, inside the 5!
910
01:02:30,700 --> 01:02:32,500
No! Knee down, right here.
911
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:35,000
It certainly appeared
from our vantage point here
912
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,900
that Ernie Davis has
scored on this play.
913
01:02:37,900 --> 01:02:39,200
I got you
down at the 1.
914
01:02:39,300 --> 01:02:40,300
You were down!
915
01:02:40,300 --> 01:02:41,600
No, I got in,
Mr. Official.
916
01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:42,600
Sir, I got in.
You saw me...
917
01:02:42,700 --> 01:02:43,900
You want a
penalty, boy?
918
01:02:43,900 --> 01:02:46,100
Get back in
that huddle now.
919
01:02:47,700 --> 01:02:48,900
Brokaw, come here!
- Yes, Coach.
920
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:50,700
Come on, son.
Go get us six. Go!
921
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,500
Davis, come in!
Come in, son. Come in.
922
01:02:54,300 --> 01:02:56,100
Come on, son. Let's go.
- For me?
923
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:57,400
You're holding up the game. Let's go.
- I got it.
924
01:02:57,500 --> 01:02:59,300
First down Syracuse.
925
01:03:08,300 --> 01:03:11,400
Why'd you pull me, Coach?
I took it down there. Let me score.
926
01:03:11,400 --> 01:03:13,500
If I let you carry that
ball across the goal line,
927
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:17,200
all of us, we might not get
back on that bus in one piece.
928
01:03:17,700 --> 01:03:20,400
That's the way they
do things down here.
929
01:03:21,700 --> 01:03:23,700
Sarette hands off to Brokaw,
930
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:25,500
who punches the ball home,
931
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:28,600
and the Orangemen
have grabbed a 6-0 lead
932
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:31,700
against the Mountaineers
on their own home turf.
933
01:03:33,500 --> 01:03:34,600
Go home, blackie!
934
01:03:35,500 --> 01:03:40,400
First down for the Orangemen.
Ball at the West Virginia 42-yard line.
935
01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:43,600
Sarette with the fake.
936
01:03:43,700 --> 01:03:48,500
Ernie Davis across the left side breaks
the tackle and gets into the open field.
937
01:03:56,300 --> 01:03:58,300
Good run! Good run!
938
01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:00,300
Brokaw, come here.
- Yeah, Coach.
939
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:03,100
Strong right, fullback
wedge eight. Go!
940
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:04,700
Ernie, Ernie!
941
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:09,500
Brokaw, get in there!
942
01:04:10,600 --> 01:04:12,600
Right full house, 40 broom.
On one, on one. Ready.
943
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:14,100
Break!
- Break!
944
01:04:14,100 --> 01:04:16,300
Davis,
get off the field.
945
01:04:16,300 --> 01:04:19,100
Now, you got a white man telling
you what you can and can't do...
946
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:21,500
... one hundred years
away from here...
947
01:04:21,500 --> 01:04:22,900
Ref, time out. Time out.
948
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:24,200
You don't have any more.
949
01:04:24,300 --> 01:04:25,800
We are still not yet...
950
01:04:25,800 --> 01:04:27,100
You're just his
educated nigger.
951
01:04:29,900 --> 01:04:32,300
They gonna be
looking up to you.
952
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:36,600
I think you owe them more
than just running a ball.
953
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:08,200
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
954
01:05:08,300 --> 01:05:11,100
What did I tell you
about the rules down here?
955
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:13,100
What are you... We just scored.
- Bullshit.
956
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:16,000
You scored! We're a team.
I'm the coach.
957
01:05:16,100 --> 01:05:18,900
You're a goddamn running back.
You're my goddamn running back,
958
01:05:18,900 --> 01:05:22,100
and you will do what I tell
you, when I tell you to do it.
959
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:25,000
Now, you plant your ass
down on that bench.
960
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:44,800
Am I invisible?
961
01:05:45,300 --> 01:05:47,200
What?
- Am I invisible to you?
962
01:05:47,300 --> 01:05:51,500
Am I an X, an O in your goddamn playbook,
or do you see a person standing here?
963
01:05:51,600 --> 01:05:54,300
Am I Avatus Stone?
Am I Jim Brown?
964
01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:56,200
Just a running back?
That's bullshit!
965
01:05:56,300 --> 01:05:57,600
You're about
this close, Davis.
966
01:05:57,700 --> 01:05:59,100
Come on, let's go.
967
01:05:59,100 --> 01:06:01,500
You know, maybe,
just maybe, Coach,
968
01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:04,000
the rules down here
are your rules, too.
969
01:06:04,100 --> 01:06:05,600
That's enough.
Come on.
970
01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:40,900
What?
971
01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:44,100
You all right?
972
01:06:47,700 --> 01:06:48,700
Yeah.
973
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:54,500
Good game.
974
01:06:58,700 --> 01:07:00,500
Good game, Ben.
- Mike?
975
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:01,600
I tried not to
run up the score.
976
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:04,500
I know. You just had
our number tonight.
977
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:07,900
Say, Ben, how many coloreds
you got playing for you?
978
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:09,000
Three, why?
979
01:07:09,100 --> 01:07:11,400
You just be careful, Ben.
They got no discipline.
980
01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:15,100
Too many of them and they'll
take the team away from you.
981
01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:17,500
Now, you give my
best to Reggie.
982
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:19,000
Coon-lover!
983
01:07:51,300 --> 01:07:52,900
Can I sit down?
984
01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:08,700
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
985
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:14,000
But I'm not sorry I stayed in the
game, and I'm not sorry I scored.
986
01:08:14,100 --> 01:08:16,000
Now, what kind of
an apology is this?
987
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:19,000
I've never walked off
the field for anybody.
988
01:08:20,800 --> 01:08:23,300
These people down
here, they're dug in.
989
01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:24,600
They're set in their
ways. We got...
990
01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:25,700
Coach, that...
991
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:27,300
You're just hiding
behind those words.
992
01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:28,900
I have a responsibility
to my team, Davis.
993
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:30,500
That's not how
it has to be.
994
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:34,000
Yes. Jack, Art and me,
we're all a part of your team.
995
01:08:34,900 --> 01:08:38,700
But we can't run across that
goal line down here without you.
996
01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:44,000
It doesn't mean a damn
thing unless you're with us.
997
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:49,400
Is that it?
998
01:09:11,400 --> 01:09:13,600
And in college
football, the Syracuse Orangemen
999
01:09:13,700 --> 01:09:17,500
continue their dominance of the
Eastern Conference with a 29-0...
1000
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:19,600
Fans, I wish
all of you could be here
1001
01:09:19,700 --> 01:09:22,000
to see what these eyes
have just witnessed.
1002
01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:26,300
... brilliant displays of athletic
talent I've seen on any gridiron.
1003
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:28,500
Come on, guys!
Sustain your block!
1004
01:09:28,600 --> 01:09:31,700
... led by Ernie Davis,
from Elmira, New York.
1005
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,400
Another jaw-dropping
performance here at Navy Memorial Stadium.
1006
01:09:34,500 --> 01:09:37,800
I tell you one
thing, he's electrified this crowd.
1007
01:09:38,700 --> 01:09:41,400
The unbeaten
Syracuse Orangemen...
1008
01:09:41,500 --> 01:09:43,100
Davis,
who has been
1009
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:47,500
nothing short of brilliant
today, reserves the victory
1010
01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:51,200
for coach Ben Schwartzwalder
and the Syracuse Orangemen.
1011
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:52,600
... nothing
but a hound dog
1012
01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:53,800
You know it!
1013
01:09:53,900 --> 01:09:56,300
Crying all the time
1014
01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:01,000
Well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit
1015
01:10:01,100 --> 01:10:04,500
And you ain't no
friend of mine
1016
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:08,100
Settle down.
Listen up, boys.
1017
01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:10,500
All right, listen up.
Listen up!
1018
01:10:10,500 --> 01:10:11,700
Coach!
1019
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:18,000
Gentlemen,
congratulations.
1020
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:22,000
Undefeated with a number one
ranking is something to be proud of.
1021
01:10:22,100 --> 01:10:23,600
Yeah!
1022
01:10:23,700 --> 01:10:24,700
But...
1023
01:10:25,400 --> 01:10:26,400
But...
1024
01:10:27,300 --> 01:10:29,900
Mr. Andreas
has informed me
1025
01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:33,200
that we have been offered
two different bowl games,
1026
01:10:33,300 --> 01:10:35,300
the Orange Bowl in Miami
1027
01:10:35,900 --> 01:10:38,100
and the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas.
1028
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:42,400
Now, in Miami, we would play
Georgia, ranked ninth in the polls.
1029
01:10:42,700 --> 01:10:48,400
And in Dallas, we would play Texas,
ranked second, right behind us.
1030
01:10:49,700 --> 01:10:55,200
If we win either game, we
will be the national champions.
1031
01:10:56,100 --> 01:10:59,400
Texas is the tougher
opponent, the tougher team.
1032
01:11:00,300 --> 01:11:04,500
But to be the best, I believe
you have to beat the best.
1033
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:11,500
So, I guess you know how I would
vote, but this is your vote.
1034
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:16,400
This is your team.
Your decision.
1035
01:11:21,900 --> 01:11:23,000
Texas.
1036
01:11:26,300 --> 01:11:27,800
Texas.
1037
01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:29,700
Texas.
1038
01:11:29,800 --> 01:11:31,100
Texas.
1039
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:32,400
Texas.
- Texas.
1040
01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:33,700
Texas.
- Texas.
1041
01:11:33,700 --> 01:11:34,900
Texas.
1042
01:11:34,900 --> 01:11:36,000
Texas.
1043
01:11:36,100 --> 01:11:37,100
Texas.
1044
01:11:37,300 --> 01:11:39,000
Texas.
1045
01:11:39,100 --> 01:11:41,000
Looking forward to it!
- Texas.
1046
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:42,300
Texas.
- Texas!
1047
01:11:42,300 --> 01:11:43,900
Texas.
- Texas.
1048
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:45,100
Texas.
1049
01:11:51,700 --> 01:11:53,600
A lot of people think
the Texas Longhorns
1050
01:11:53,700 --> 01:11:55,600
are the best team
in the nation.
1051
01:11:55,600 --> 01:11:57,400
One big reason is Clay Taylor.
1052
01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:00,000
All-American, best Division
One tackle in the nation
1053
01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:02,300
three years in a row.
1054
01:12:05,300 --> 01:12:09,000
Now, some folks even think that the
only reason that we are undefeated
1055
01:12:09,100 --> 01:12:12,700
is because we have not met
Clay Taylor and his teammates.
1056
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:18,000
I want everyone to take a good long
look at what we're up against here
1057
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:21,300
because in Texas,
football is a religion.
1058
01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:31,900
You think we been south?
1059
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:34,200
We ain't been south
till we go to Texas.
1060
01:12:55,500 --> 01:12:57,000
Schwedes,
give me a goose-step.
1061
01:13:14,800 --> 01:13:18,600
We are now faced
with a far different problem.
1062
01:13:18,600 --> 01:13:23,000
The forcible integration of the
public schools of Little Rock
1063
01:13:23,100 --> 01:13:27,700
against the overwhelming sentiment
of the people of the area.
1064
01:13:38,300 --> 01:13:40,000
Two, four, six, eight!
1065
01:13:40,100 --> 01:13:41,700
We don't want to integrate!
1066
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:43,600
Two, four, six, eight!
1067
01:13:43,700 --> 01:13:45,600
We don't want to integrate!
1068
01:14:01,400 --> 01:14:03,700
We still have
the attitude of love,
1069
01:14:03,800 --> 01:14:08,500
we still have the method
of passive resistance
1070
01:14:08,500 --> 01:14:11,800
and we are still
insisting emphatically,
1071
01:14:11,900 --> 01:14:14,500
that violence is
self-defeating.
1072
01:14:14,900 --> 01:14:17,900
That he who lives by the
sword will perish by the sword.
1073
01:14:43,100 --> 01:14:44,700
This is quite a ruckus.
1074
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:46,700
Hey, Ernie,
Roger Page, Channel Nine.
1075
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:48,700
They're calling this game
the North against the South.
1076
01:14:48,800 --> 01:14:50,600
In light of what's
going on in this country,
1077
01:14:50,700 --> 01:14:53,000
do you feel added pressure
to represent change?
1078
01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:56,100
We don't concern
ourselves with politics.
1079
01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:58,600
We're just here to
play a great football game
1080
01:14:59,100 --> 01:15:00,200
and take home
the championship.
1081
01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:02,500
To be honest, Mr. Page,
when I'm out on that field,
1082
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:05,200
I only think about
winning the game.
1083
01:15:05,800 --> 01:15:09,400
But that doesn't mean I don't
know the color of my own skin.
1084
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:13,900
Let's check in.
1085
01:15:18,900 --> 01:15:20,600
We've got a problem, Ben.
1086
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:21,900
What?
1087
01:15:22,100 --> 01:15:25,900
The Aristocrat Hotel does not
allow coloreds to stay here.
1088
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:29,800
I need my team together, Lew.
1089
01:15:29,900 --> 01:15:33,100
Now, you do whatever it takes
to make that happen.
1090
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:36,300
What's the problem?
What's the problem here?
1091
01:15:41,900 --> 01:15:43,900
Right this way, gentlemen.
1092
01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:54,800
Fellas, looks like we once
again found the Negro wing.
1093
01:16:02,500 --> 01:16:04,100
State seven!
State seven!
1094
01:16:05,700 --> 01:16:07,000
Set!
- Double tight! Double tight!
1095
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:08,800
Wing left,
watch it.
1096
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:21,000
Stop!
1097
01:16:22,900 --> 01:16:25,500
Do you think it is
the New York City Ballet
1098
01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:28,000
that's going to be running
up your ass on New Year's day?
1099
01:16:28,100 --> 01:16:30,200
These are the goddamn
Texas Longhorns!
1100
01:16:30,200 --> 01:16:32,700
If you cannot fight off
blocks better than that,
1101
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:35,400
let's just get on
the bus and go home.
1102
01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:37,600
Run the play again!
1103
01:16:52,500 --> 01:16:53,500
Shit!
1104
01:16:55,500 --> 01:16:57,000
My hamstring!
1105
01:16:58,100 --> 01:17:01,300
This may be
a blessing in disguise.
1106
01:17:01,300 --> 01:17:02,500
Look at these.
1107
01:17:11,300 --> 01:17:12,300
Where did you get these?
1108
01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:13,500
Where did I get them?
1109
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:16,500
They were sent to the
hotel to your boys.
1110
01:17:17,700 --> 01:17:19,200
Scare tactics.
1111
01:17:19,300 --> 01:17:21,500
Doesn't have a goddamn
thing to do with football.
1112
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:23,700
We shouldn't play him.
1113
01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:26,300
Maybe not even Art or Jack
but especially Ernie.
1114
01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:27,800
The NCAA is on my back.
1115
01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:31,500
Even the Mayor of Dallas is
nervous, afraid of race riots.
1116
01:17:33,200 --> 01:17:35,900
Lew, you hired me to win.
1117
01:17:36,500 --> 01:17:38,800
Well, I'm here at
the goddamn Cotton Bowl,
1118
01:17:38,900 --> 01:17:41,000
and this time
we're gonna win it.
1119
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:43,000
So why don't you tell that
to the Mayor of Dallas?
1120
01:17:43,100 --> 01:17:46,400
I'm playing. You hear me?
I'm playing.
1121
01:17:47,100 --> 01:17:49,300
You're goddamn right you are.
1122
01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:59,500
There's an electricity
in the air today in Dallas.
1123
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:01,800
And, as you can see from
the clear skies behind me,
1124
01:18:01,800 --> 01:18:03,800
it's not
a local thunderstorm.
1125
01:18:03,900 --> 01:18:07,300
All eyes are on the field
as undefeated Syracuse,
1126
01:18:07,300 --> 01:18:08,900
the Beast from the East,
1127
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:12,000
takes on Texas, the power
of the Southwest Conference.
1128
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:21,100
Do I need to say anything?
1129
01:18:21,500 --> 01:18:23,400
Come on, it's on!
1130
01:18:23,500 --> 01:18:25,600
Come on, it's on, the
Cotton Bowl. Come on, Marie.
1131
01:18:25,700 --> 01:18:27,100
Come on. Come on. Come on.
1132
01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:28,800
All right, all right.
1133
01:18:28,900 --> 01:18:30,100
Get two ice teas,
please.
1134
01:18:30,200 --> 01:18:31,400
And the Cotton Bowl.
1135
01:18:34,500 --> 01:18:36,100
Drop your heads.
1136
01:18:37,500 --> 01:18:39,900
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
1137
01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:42,500
hallowed be thy name.
1138
01:18:42,600 --> 01:18:45,200
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done...
1139
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:52,400
George,
fancy seeing you here.
1140
01:18:52,500 --> 01:18:53,900
You taking a look at Davis?
1141
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:55,600
I've seen him.
1142
01:18:55,700 --> 01:18:56,700
Really?
1143
01:18:57,000 --> 01:18:59,000
In a Redskins uniform?
1144
01:18:59,300 --> 01:19:02,400
I think he'd look better
in a Cleveland uniform.
1145
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:06,200
Now, wouldn't that
be something?
1146
01:19:06,300 --> 01:19:09,300
Ladies and gentlemen,
please give a warm Texas welcome
1147
01:19:09,400 --> 01:19:12,200
to the Syracuse
University Orangemen.
1148
01:19:13,500 --> 01:19:15,600
With a phenomenal record
of 10-0,
1149
01:19:15,600 --> 01:19:19,000
Ben Schwartzwalder and his
mighty Orangemen of Syracuse,
1150
01:19:19,100 --> 01:19:20,800
ranked number 1
in the nation,
1151
01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:24,000
take the field here at the
historic Cotton Bowl in Dallas
1152
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:25,500
to face Darrell Royal
1153
01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:28,500
and the second-ranked
Longhorns of Texas.
1154
01:19:32,400 --> 01:19:33,900
You ready for this?
1155
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:35,000
I'm ready.
1156
01:19:35,100 --> 01:19:36,800
Get off the field!
1157
01:19:47,500 --> 01:19:50,500
If the Orangemen are going to
be successful moving the football today,
1158
01:19:50,600 --> 01:19:53,600
they're going to have to go
through Clay Taylor and Pete Logan,
1159
01:19:53,700 --> 01:19:55,800
two very dominant
football players
1160
01:19:55,900 --> 01:19:58,600
and the defensive leaders
for the Longhorns.
1161
01:19:59,900 --> 01:20:02,500
Davis, hamstring.
1162
01:20:08,900 --> 01:20:10,100
Tails.
1163
01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:12,400
Syracuse receives!
1164
01:20:12,500 --> 01:20:13,700
That's what we wanted.
1165
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:14,900
Go, boy.
- Get them.
1166
01:20:14,900 --> 01:20:19,200
Ernie, if you get the ball,
go all the way.
1167
01:20:21,700 --> 01:20:24,000
Let's go!Let's go!
- Let's go, four-four.
1168
01:20:41,200 --> 01:20:44,500
And the 1960
Cotton Bowl is underway.
1169
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:55,700
Offense! Let's go!
1170
01:20:55,700 --> 01:20:58,200
An incredibly
enthusiastic crowd on hand
1171
01:20:58,300 --> 01:21:01,200
as Syracuse lines up
for its first series.
1172
01:21:02,300 --> 01:21:03,400
I've been waiting
for this nigger.
1173
01:21:03,500 --> 01:21:05,200
Okie. Okie. Set!
1174
01:21:05,300 --> 01:21:07,500
I'm about to kick your black
ass back to Africa, boy.
1175
01:21:07,500 --> 01:21:10,000
Oh, yeah?
Too bad I'm from Philly.
1176
01:21:11,300 --> 01:21:12,800
The give
is to Ernie Davis.
1177
01:21:12,900 --> 01:21:16,500
He gains two yards and is brought
down quickly by Taylor and Logan.
1178
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:18,300
We're in the Cotton
Bowl, not the cotton patch, boys.
1179
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:20,000
Personal foul, ref!
- 84!
1180
01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:21,300
84, ref.
1181
01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:23,100
The handkerchief
on the field.
1182
01:21:23,100 --> 01:21:27,000
There appears to be some late
contact by both Taylor and Logan.
1183
01:21:27,100 --> 01:21:28,800
Holding, offense!
1184
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:32,700
That's bullshit.
- Will!
1185
01:21:32,800 --> 01:21:34,300
But there, did you see that?
- I saw it.
1186
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:36,600
You don't stop this quick,
it's gonna get out of hand.
1187
01:21:36,700 --> 01:21:38,800
That's one.
You've been warned.
1188
01:21:38,800 --> 01:21:41,300
"I've been warned."
What are you, my first grade teacher?
1189
01:21:41,300 --> 01:21:45,200
Sophomore Davis is
clearly favoring his right leg
1190
01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:47,200
as he moves back to
the Orangemen huddle.
1191
01:21:47,300 --> 01:21:49,400
Okay, on one,
on one. Ready?
1192
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:54,000
The Orangemen
facing first and 20.
1193
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:55,400
It's to Davis.
1194
01:21:55,700 --> 01:21:58,100
Runs to his left.
Looks to throw.
1195
01:21:58,200 --> 01:21:59,700
Now cuts back to the right
1196
01:21:59,800 --> 01:22:02,800
with a dazzling spin move,
and sheds the tackler.
1197
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:13,700
He turns the corner.
He's in the clear. He's gone!
1198
01:22:13,800 --> 01:22:17,500
Quick. Go! Go! Go! Go!
1199
01:22:18,900 --> 01:22:20,000
Go!
1200
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:31,000
He's drilled out of
bounds at the 3-yard line.
1201
01:22:31,500 --> 01:22:35,000
And now Davis, who's lying
prone on the sidelines,
1202
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:38,600
appears to be
either exhausted or hurt.
1203
01:22:41,500 --> 01:22:43,800
I can't believe
they caught him.
1204
01:22:43,900 --> 01:22:45,400
Ernie, get up!
1205
01:22:46,900 --> 01:22:49,400
Ernie! Ernie!
1206
01:22:49,500 --> 01:22:51,900
Ernie, you all right?
1207
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:54,200
Davis is finally
helped to his feet
1208
01:22:54,300 --> 01:22:57,100
by All-American
tackler Jack Buckley.
1209
01:22:57,200 --> 01:22:59,000
One has to wonder
1210
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:01,700
just what kind of shape Ernie Davis is in.
- I told you.
1211
01:23:04,300 --> 01:23:07,700
Syracuse, first down
at the Longhorn three.
1212
01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:11,100
The give is to the right
halfback, Gerhard Schwedes.
1213
01:23:11,200 --> 01:23:13,300
Outstanding block by Davis.
1214
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:17,200
He crosses the goal line
to put Syracuse on the board.
1215
01:23:18,200 --> 01:23:19,700
Here in the second quarter
1216
01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:23,300
Coach Ben Schwartzwalder and his
top-ranked team find themselves
1217
01:23:23,400 --> 01:23:26,300
on top of
the Texas Longhorns, 7-0.
1218
01:23:26,400 --> 01:23:27,400
Ready?
- Break!
1219
01:23:27,500 --> 01:23:29,300
The Orangemen are knocking
on the door once again.
1220
01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:31,600
State seven!
State seven!
1221
01:23:31,700 --> 01:23:33,600
Set! Hut one.
1222
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:39,900
The give is to Ernie Davis and
the sophomore finds the end zone,
1223
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:43,800
as the Orangemen increase
their lead on the Longhorns!
1224
01:23:44,100 --> 01:23:45,100
So precisely when is it
you're going to
1225
01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:47,100
start kicking my
black ass back to Africa?
1226
01:23:50,300 --> 01:23:51,400
Hey, Buckley!
1227
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:52,500
Hey, come on, stay cool.
1228
01:23:52,500 --> 01:23:54,500
They're baiting us.
- They're baiting them.
1229
01:23:54,600 --> 01:23:57,700
Hey, Logan, Taylor,
44 is embarrassing you.
1230
01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:01,100
And after a successful
two-point conversion
1231
01:24:01,200 --> 01:24:05,100
the Orangemen of Syracuse
lead the Longhorns of Texas
1232
01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:07,100
by a score of 15-0.
1233
01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:11,000
McKinley on
a sweep to the right.
1234
01:24:12,800 --> 01:24:16,800
Bobby Lundy steps up and
there's a huge hit on McKinley.
1235
01:24:16,900 --> 01:24:19,800
And the ball is loose,
recovered by the Orangemen
1236
01:24:19,900 --> 01:24:21,800
and Syracuse takes over.
1237
01:24:21,900 --> 01:24:23,000
Yeah.
1238
01:24:26,700 --> 01:24:28,500
My,
that's a cheap shot.
1239
01:24:28,600 --> 01:24:31,500
A late hit by Talbert
on Ernie Davis
1240
01:24:31,600 --> 01:24:33,600
after the play
was whistled dead.
1241
01:24:33,700 --> 01:24:37,100
Back! Everybody,
back! Back! Back! Back!
1242
01:24:37,200 --> 01:24:39,100
You all right, son?
You okay?
1243
01:24:39,100 --> 01:24:40,200
I'm all right, Coach.
1244
01:24:40,300 --> 01:24:42,000
All right. You sure?
- Yeah.
1245
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:44,400
Offense on the field.
Let's go!
1246
01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:50,500
Told you this would get out
of hand. This is bullshit.
1247
01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:54,000
Syracuse will run
one last play before halftime.
1248
01:24:54,700 --> 01:24:55,900
Pack your bags, spook.
1249
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:57,200
Scoreboard, eight-four.
1250
01:24:57,200 --> 01:24:58,700
Come on,
let's just play ball.
1251
01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:00,000
You defending this nigger?
1252
01:25:00,100 --> 01:25:02,000
How you gonna call yourself
a white Christian?
1253
01:25:02,100 --> 01:25:03,400
I'm Jewish.
1254
01:25:04,200 --> 01:25:05,400
Hut one!
1255
01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:18,100
That's another late hit.
1256
01:25:18,100 --> 01:25:21,500
And once again,
Ernie Davis is pummeled!
1257
01:25:22,700 --> 01:25:24,700
Break it up, ref!
1258
01:25:29,100 --> 01:25:31,200
Come on, ref,
do something.
1259
01:25:38,500 --> 01:25:40,900
And both teams
are clearing their benches
1260
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:42,700
and heading to
the middle of the field.
1261
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:44,200
Ref, I told you to
do something about this.
1262
01:25:44,300 --> 01:25:47,500
This has become a fiasco.
It's a donnybrook.
1263
01:25:52,600 --> 01:25:53,700
My God, no.
- This...
1264
01:25:53,800 --> 01:25:56,100
This is no longer a football
game, ladies and gentlemen.
1265
01:26:00,900 --> 01:26:02,500
Is somebody
gonna stop this?
1266
01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:04,000
... ugly display...
1267
01:26:04,500 --> 01:26:07,200
Get off! Get off the field!
1268
01:26:07,200 --> 01:26:08,800
Hey, Coach!
1269
01:26:10,400 --> 01:26:11,900
Get off of him!
- Break it up!
1270
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:13,800
Petey, you all right?
1271
01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:40,500
You guys see
what happened?
1272
01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:41,900
Come on,
cozy up to the blackboard.
1273
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:43,900
You see what happened,
Lundy? That's what I'm telling you.
1274
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:45,500
You can't let people
talk to you like this,
1275
01:26:45,500 --> 01:26:47,000
be pounding on your leg
the whole time.
1276
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:49,900
I know, but you'll
get ejected. They won't.
1277
01:26:52,100 --> 01:26:53,900
You're done for the day.
1278
01:26:53,900 --> 01:26:55,800
We're up by 15.
We can take it from here.
1279
01:26:55,900 --> 01:26:57,300
Coach, I can still get
back out there and play.
1280
01:26:57,300 --> 01:27:00,300
No, I want you to
put some ice on that leg.
1281
01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:11,700
I had a halftime speech
all planned out.
1282
01:27:13,400 --> 01:27:16,700
It seemed pretty good
up till about 10 minutes ago.
1283
01:27:17,100 --> 01:27:20,400
It was all about victory
and champions and glory.
1284
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:27,500
But this is not
just a game anymore.
1285
01:27:29,100 --> 01:27:32,400
We're fighting something else
out on that field right now.
1286
01:27:33,500 --> 01:27:36,000
And I can see it
just as clearly as you.
1287
01:27:39,400 --> 01:27:41,300
And that's why
winning this one
1288
01:27:41,400 --> 01:27:44,400
means nothing
if you lose yourselves.
1289
01:27:47,100 --> 01:27:49,100
Don't give this one away.
1290
01:27:49,700 --> 01:27:52,800
Keep it. Hold on to it
for yourselves
1291
01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:54,700
and for everyone
in this room.
1292
01:27:55,900 --> 01:27:58,300
It's here. It's right here.
1293
01:27:58,400 --> 01:28:01,100
And no one can
take it from you, gentlemen.
1294
01:28:01,100 --> 01:28:03,200
Not the officials,
not the crowds
1295
01:28:03,300 --> 01:28:05,300
and certainly
not the other team.
1296
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:11,200
It belongs to you, gentlemen.
1297
01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:19,000
Don't you let anyone
steal history away from you.
1298
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:26,100
Glory!
- Glory!
1299
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:28,700
As play resumes
here at the Cotton Bowl,
1300
01:28:28,800 --> 01:28:31,600
Ernie Davis has not joined
the rest of the Orangemen
1301
01:28:31,700 --> 01:28:33,300
for the second half.
1302
01:28:33,400 --> 01:28:35,800
Down 15 to nothing,
the Longhorns are
1303
01:28:35,800 --> 01:28:38,300
desperate to get
something on the board.
1304
01:28:39,400 --> 01:28:42,000
Bobby Lackey
drops back to pass.
1305
01:28:43,400 --> 01:28:45,900
And it's complete
to Bobby Gurwitz
1306
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:49,000
for a 69-yard
Texas touchdown!
1307
01:28:49,800 --> 01:28:53,700
What a throw by the Heisman-hopeful
quarterback from Texas.
1308
01:28:54,100 --> 01:28:57,900
A 69-yard touchdown pass
caught by number 24, Bobby Gurwitz.
1309
01:28:59,500 --> 01:29:01,000
Goal line,
goal line. Ready?
1310
01:29:01,100 --> 01:29:05,500
Darrell Royal and Texas
opt to go for the two-point conversion.
1311
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:11,200
Another walloping tackle
by Syracuse's Bob Lundy.
1312
01:29:11,300 --> 01:29:13,400
That'll mean
something later on.
1313
01:29:13,500 --> 01:29:15,500
Midway
through the third quarter,
1314
01:29:15,500 --> 01:29:20,000
Syracuse protecting a 15-6
lead against the Longhorns.
1315
01:29:20,100 --> 01:29:21,800
Three.
- Hut, hut!
1316
01:29:21,800 --> 01:29:23,500
Sarette with a fake to Baker.
1317
01:29:23,500 --> 01:29:25,500
Options to Schwedes.
1318
01:29:26,300 --> 01:29:30,100
Schwedes is hammered by
Muehling and coughs up the ball.
1319
01:29:30,200 --> 01:29:31,600
All right! Let's go!
1320
01:29:31,600 --> 01:29:33,600
Protect the ball!
1321
01:29:37,900 --> 01:29:42,500
And watch out! The Longhorns
are building some momentum.
1322
01:29:48,500 --> 01:29:52,500
Texas, knocking on the door
at the goal line.
1323
01:29:54,900 --> 01:29:59,100
Bobby Lackey calls his own
number and finds the end zone.
1324
01:29:59,700 --> 01:30:03,800
The Longhorns have suddenly given
us a football game here in Dallas.
1325
01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:08,600
Lackey drops back to pass,
1326
01:30:09,000 --> 01:30:11,200
and it's complete to Paul.
1327
01:30:11,300 --> 01:30:15,700
Syracuse 15, Texas 14.
1328
01:30:15,800 --> 01:30:18,700
The Longhorns have made it
a one-point game.
1329
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:30,400
Tough break.
1330
01:30:32,900 --> 01:30:35,600
I mean, they probably
got it in hand.
1331
01:30:35,700 --> 01:30:38,300
Baker, Schwedes,
they're good backs.
1332
01:30:41,400 --> 01:30:44,000
But no sense in
getting hurt worse, right?
1333
01:30:47,300 --> 01:30:50,000
Entering the fourth
quarter of play,
1334
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:53,800
the tension level here at
the Cotton Bowl is palpable.
1335
01:30:54,500 --> 01:30:56,900
We let them
right back in the game.
1336
01:30:59,400 --> 01:31:01,600
Coach, Davis.
1337
01:31:03,200 --> 01:31:05,300
All right, boys, keep your heads
in the game. Don't worry about it.
1338
01:31:05,400 --> 01:31:06,600
Ernie, what are you doing?
1339
01:31:06,700 --> 01:31:08,400
I need to talk to you, Coach.
I need you to ice that leg.
1340
01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:10,000
I already have. I need
to talk to you for a sec.
1341
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:11,800
No, no, you are not playing.
- Just listen to me for a sec.
1342
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:12,900
You can watch,
but you cannot play.
1343
01:31:12,900 --> 01:31:15,000
Just hear me out, Coach.
1344
01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:20,900
Coach, on the trip down here I saw
a lot of things out that bus window.
1345
01:31:20,900 --> 01:31:23,200
Now, we get to Dallas,
they got me, Jack and Art
1346
01:31:23,200 --> 01:31:25,100
in a tiny room with cots.
1347
01:31:25,200 --> 01:31:27,900
We can't use the elevator 'cause
we might scare the white folks.
1348
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:30,900
Can't even walk in
the front door of a hotel.
1349
01:31:32,500 --> 01:31:35,000
Now, all those people
who did that,
1350
01:31:35,000 --> 01:31:37,400
who believe that's right,
are watching.
1351
01:31:42,500 --> 01:31:44,900
But you know what,
so are they.
1352
01:31:55,900 --> 01:31:56,800
Can you even run?
1353
01:31:56,900 --> 01:31:58,000
Yes, sir.
1354
01:31:58,100 --> 01:31:59,400
I don't want to
hurt you anymore.
1355
01:31:59,500 --> 01:32:01,000
I'm ready.
1356
01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:05,100
All right.
1357
01:32:05,200 --> 01:32:08,000
Strong load right,
42 shovel pass.
1358
01:32:08,100 --> 01:32:09,900
Go.
- Let's go, Ernie.
1359
01:32:10,400 --> 01:32:15,100
And now the 76,000 fans at
the Cotton Bowl are stunned!
1360
01:32:15,300 --> 01:32:19,500
Ernie Davis has
returned to the playing field.
1361
01:32:22,100 --> 01:32:23,100
Let's go.
1362
01:32:23,200 --> 01:32:24,600
Man, that's Ernie Davis!
1363
01:32:28,500 --> 01:32:29,500
Strong left.
1364
01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:32,100
Six regular!
Six regular! Tight.
1365
01:32:32,100 --> 01:32:35,800
The Orangemen,
ball on their own 40-yard line,
1366
01:32:35,900 --> 01:32:37,400
are desperate
for a first down
1367
01:32:37,400 --> 01:32:39,600
to keep the ball
out of the hands
1368
01:32:39,700 --> 01:32:42,700
of Longhorn quarterback
Bobby Lackey.
1369
01:32:44,200 --> 01:32:45,900
And the ball comes loose.
1370
01:32:47,300 --> 01:32:49,100
Texas has recovered.
1371
01:32:49,100 --> 01:32:50,500
His knee was down, ref.
1372
01:32:50,500 --> 01:32:51,600
First down, Texas!
1373
01:32:51,700 --> 01:32:52,800
Bad call, ref.
1374
01:32:52,900 --> 01:32:54,400
My knee was down, sir.
1375
01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:57,500
They're trying to steal it from us.
- I was down.
1376
01:32:57,600 --> 01:33:00,600
Franklin, Franklin,
get in there for Davis, go.
1377
01:33:00,700 --> 01:33:03,300
No. Get back. I'm staying
in. I'm staying in.
1378
01:33:03,400 --> 01:33:04,800
Regulations!
1379
01:33:07,700 --> 01:33:13,200
Texas on the 40-yard line with
the ball and with the game's momentum.
1380
01:33:13,200 --> 01:33:16,800
Bobby Lackey
drops back to pass.
1381
01:33:16,900 --> 01:33:20,800
Throws downfield,
he's got a receiver open.
1382
01:33:26,400 --> 01:33:27,400
Go! Go!
1383
01:33:27,500 --> 01:33:28,800
All the way!
All the way!
1384
01:33:32,600 --> 01:33:35,600
That's the way.
Offense, offense, let's go!
1385
01:33:35,700 --> 01:33:37,000
Let's take advantage.
1386
01:33:37,800 --> 01:33:39,800
Get out there. Let's go!
1387
01:33:42,100 --> 01:33:45,200
First down,
10 yards to go from the 13.
1388
01:33:46,100 --> 01:33:48,100
Syracuse has to
move the chains
1389
01:33:48,200 --> 01:33:50,200
and keep the clock
ticking down
1390
01:33:50,300 --> 01:33:53,300
or put this game away
with another touchdown.
1391
01:33:53,700 --> 01:33:55,000
Hut one.
1392
01:34:07,400 --> 01:34:08,900
Yeah! Yeah, go, go, go!
1393
01:34:08,900 --> 01:34:10,400
He's behind you. Go!
1394
01:34:10,500 --> 01:34:12,200
That's it! That's it.
1395
01:34:21,000 --> 01:34:22,700
He got this. Go!
1396
01:34:40,700 --> 01:34:43,000
An
unbelievable play!
1397
01:34:43,100 --> 01:34:45,200
Ernie Davis scoring
1398
01:34:45,200 --> 01:34:50,200
on an amazing
87-yard catch and run!
1399
01:35:03,700 --> 01:35:05,800
With the final seconds
ticking away...
1400
01:35:05,800 --> 01:35:06,900
Stay in the game.
1401
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:08,600
Stay in the game.
It's not over.
1402
01:35:08,700 --> 01:35:11,300
... the Longhorns are looking
to tie this game up
1403
01:35:11,400 --> 01:35:14,200
with a last chance
shot at the end zone.
1404
01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:19,600
All right, ladies, settle down. Settle
down. Give me your undivided attention. Hey!
1405
01:36:19,700 --> 01:36:21,600
It's just been announced,
1406
01:36:22,300 --> 01:36:26,500
the 1960 Cotton Bowl MVP.
Congratulations to Mr. Ernie Davis.
1407
01:36:29,900 --> 01:36:31,500
Ernie!
Congrats.
1408
01:36:32,300 --> 01:36:33,600
Come here.
1409
01:36:34,700 --> 01:36:36,500
Congratulations, brother.
1410
01:36:36,600 --> 01:36:38,500
All right,
everybody, listen up.
1411
01:36:38,500 --> 01:36:41,200
This gentleman
wants to say something.
1412
01:36:42,800 --> 01:36:44,100
Go ahead.
1413
01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:51,800
What the man is trying to say is
that the trophy ceremony in our honor
1414
01:36:51,800 --> 01:36:54,500
will be held at Oak Hill
Country Club tonight.
1415
01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:56,100
Great.
- Very nice.
1416
01:36:56,100 --> 01:37:00,100
Unfortunately, the Oak Hill
Country Club is color restricted.
1417
01:37:01,500 --> 01:37:02,800
Which means
that three of us,
1418
01:37:02,900 --> 01:37:07,800
including the player who was awarded
the Cotton Bowl MVP today, cannot attend.
1419
01:37:09,200 --> 01:37:10,400
Seriously?
1420
01:37:10,400 --> 01:37:11,600
Ridiculous.
1421
01:37:15,500 --> 01:37:17,800
Now, how do we
feel about that?
1422
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:20,400
I don't know about you,
1423
01:37:21,000 --> 01:37:24,300
but I hear they have some
great barbecue down here.
1424
01:38:54,600 --> 01:38:56,000
You read it.
1425
01:38:59,000 --> 01:39:02,700
"To Syracuse University
department of athletics.
1426
01:39:03,100 --> 01:39:06,100
"This is to inform
you that Ernest Davis
1427
01:39:06,200 --> 01:39:09,900
"has been selected as one of
the three finalists for the..."
1428
01:39:16,100 --> 01:39:18,000
Congratulations, Ernie.
1429
01:39:22,700 --> 01:39:25,000
We're ready
for you, Mr. Davis.
1430
01:39:29,700 --> 01:39:31,000
... or witnessed more closely...
1431
01:39:31,000 --> 01:39:32,400
Good luck, Mr. Davis.
1432
01:39:32,500 --> 01:39:33,700
Thank you, sir.
1433
01:39:33,800 --> 01:39:39,300
... the importance of the gridiron
or effected more change in the game...
1434
01:39:39,400 --> 01:39:44,300
... than John W. Heisman. So,
it is with distinct pleasure...
1435
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:46,900
No matter what
happens up there,
1436
01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:49,000
I want you to know that I'm
really proud of you, son.
1437
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:51,900
... the memorial
trophy bearing his name.
1438
01:39:51,900 --> 01:39:56,500
The first is Ernest R. Davis
from Syracuse University.
1439
01:40:04,400 --> 01:40:08,600
Our next nominee is Robert Ferguson,
Ohio State University.
1440
01:40:11,300 --> 01:40:16,000
Our third nominee is James Saxton,
the University of Texas.
1441
01:40:17,300 --> 01:40:18,300
Congratulations.
1442
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:20,500
Thanks, man.
1443
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:25,800
The Heisman Trophy has,
1444
01:40:25,900 --> 01:40:31,200
since 1935, represented everything that
is great about collegiate athletics.
1445
01:40:31,300 --> 01:40:37,000
And these three fine young men
represent their teams, their schools
1446
01:40:37,300 --> 01:40:39,500
and their families
with honor.
1447
01:40:39,900 --> 01:40:43,100
The voting for this year's
award was the closest in history
1448
01:40:43,200 --> 01:40:46,000
and each of these
players is deserving.
1449
01:40:46,000 --> 01:40:51,200
That said, the winner of this
year's Heisman Memorial Trophy is
1450
01:40:55,800 --> 01:40:58,900
Ernest R. Davis from
Syracuse University.
1451
01:41:10,100 --> 01:41:11,200
Congratulations.
1452
01:41:11,300 --> 01:41:12,300
Thank you.
1453
01:41:14,200 --> 01:41:15,500
Congratulations.
1454
01:41:15,700 --> 01:41:16,900
I appreciate it.
1455
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:20,900
Congratulations, Ernie.
- Thank you.
1456
01:41:21,000 --> 01:41:22,500
You did great.
1457
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:37,000
First, I'd like to thank
the Heisman committee.
1458
01:41:40,300 --> 01:41:41,500
Sarah,
1459
01:41:42,600 --> 01:41:44,000
my family,
1460
01:41:44,900 --> 01:41:46,200
Mom,
1461
01:41:47,100 --> 01:41:48,200
Will,
1462
01:41:52,500 --> 01:41:53,600
and...
1463
01:41:55,300 --> 01:41:58,600
And Pops for
believing in me.
1464
01:41:59,900 --> 01:42:02,800
And Jim Brown for letting
me wear his number.
1465
01:42:08,100 --> 01:42:11,800
I'd also like to thank my
head coach, Ben Schwartzwalder,
1466
01:42:13,500 --> 01:42:18,100
for making me better,
being a good teacher,
1467
01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:21,700
and for being a good man.
1468
01:42:27,100 --> 01:42:28,900
Thank you, everyone.
1469
01:42:46,700 --> 01:42:48,300
Where exactly
are we going?
1470
01:42:48,400 --> 01:42:49,600
Right this way.
1471
01:43:03,100 --> 01:43:07,600
Ernie, I was in town and I wanted
to get a chance to meet you.
1472
01:43:08,100 --> 01:43:11,800
I know today is a proud day for you.
You've really accomplished something here.
1473
01:43:11,900 --> 01:43:12,900
Congratulations.
1474
01:43:13,000 --> 01:43:14,800
Thank you, Mr. President.
1475
01:43:17,200 --> 01:43:18,700
Fourth down, 9 yards.
1476
01:43:19,600 --> 01:43:23,700
Must be nice having the number
one draft pick, huh, George?
1477
01:43:23,800 --> 01:43:26,100
I'm sure Ernie Davis
is a fine boy,
1478
01:43:26,100 --> 01:43:31,100
but I'll start signing Negroes when the
Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites.
1479
01:43:32,200 --> 01:43:35,800
Mr. Modell, George Marshall from the
Washington Redskins is on the phone.
1480
01:43:35,900 --> 01:43:37,500
Of course he is.
1481
01:43:38,400 --> 01:43:41,200
George, what a surprise
to hear from you.
1482
01:43:42,400 --> 01:43:45,000
You do?
Okay, I'm listening.
1483
01:43:46,400 --> 01:43:47,700
It's all
over the wire.
1484
01:43:47,800 --> 01:43:50,600
The Redskins just traded their
number one pick to Cleveland.
1485
01:43:50,700 --> 01:43:52,100
You're a commodity now.
1486
01:43:52,200 --> 01:43:55,900
Yeah, you should listen to your lawyer,
man. He's right. It's all business now.
1487
01:43:56,000 --> 01:43:57,500
Have you been sick recently?
1488
01:43:57,600 --> 01:43:59,300
No, I feel great.
1489
01:44:00,300 --> 01:44:03,600
I may be a commodity, but this
commodity is playing for Cleveland.
1490
01:44:03,700 --> 01:44:06,400
Me and Jim Brown in
the same backfield.
1491
01:44:06,500 --> 01:44:08,900
You're gonna steal
his number again?
1492
01:44:22,500 --> 01:44:24,100
Oh! Oh!
1493
01:44:24,700 --> 01:44:26,000
Stop it.
1494
01:44:31,100 --> 01:44:32,400
I don't want to leave.
1495
01:44:32,500 --> 01:44:33,800
You don't have to leave.
1496
01:44:33,800 --> 01:44:35,000
I do.
1497
01:44:36,100 --> 01:44:38,200
I should bring you with me.
1498
01:44:39,000 --> 01:44:42,000
Just jump in my suitcase.
You know you can fit.
1499
01:44:43,400 --> 01:44:44,400
Oh!
1500
01:44:45,100 --> 01:44:46,800
Oh, no.
- Oh, I slipped.
1501
01:44:47,400 --> 01:44:48,700
I'm sorry.
1502
01:44:53,100 --> 01:44:55,100
That was a mistake, too. I'm sorry.
- Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
1503
01:44:55,200 --> 01:44:57,200
I have to get
you a new blouse.
1504
01:45:00,500 --> 01:45:01,900
Look at you.
1505
01:45:04,900 --> 01:45:06,100
What are you doing?
1506
01:45:06,200 --> 01:45:07,400
He's at the 10.
1507
01:45:08,500 --> 01:45:10,900
The 20, the 30...
1508
01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:14,000
The 40...
1509
01:45:20,400 --> 01:45:22,600
Is that another
nose bleed?
1510
01:45:32,400 --> 01:45:33,900
You know, Hound Dog
says he gets hit so hard,
1511
01:45:34,000 --> 01:45:37,900
he wakes up with blood on his pillow.
Doesn't even know where it came from.
1512
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:40,000
But you haven't been hit.
1513
01:45:42,900 --> 01:45:45,400
Ernie, you haven't
been hit. What...
1514
01:45:46,300 --> 01:45:49,000
Bus leaves for practice
in a half hour.
1515
01:45:51,200 --> 01:45:53,000
Be here when I get back?
1516
01:45:53,000 --> 01:45:54,100
I'll be here.
1517
01:46:07,400 --> 01:46:08,700
Right two to Maury,
right two to Maury.
1518
01:46:08,800 --> 01:46:10,200
Set? Go!
1519
01:46:16,800 --> 01:46:18,400
Stop.
Change your block, change your block.
1520
01:46:18,500 --> 01:46:23,200
Behind me, the East team led by
Syracuse's Ben Schwartzwalder.
1521
01:46:23,200 --> 01:46:25,100
Ernie Davis goes
through the paces
1522
01:46:25,200 --> 01:46:28,400
in preparation for Saturday
night's All-America game.
1523
01:46:31,300 --> 01:46:33,600
Davis look a little sluggish to you?
1524
01:46:33,700 --> 01:46:35,600
He'll be fine.
1525
01:46:35,700 --> 01:46:37,400
Tight right,
34 wide dig. Ready?
1526
01:46:37,400 --> 01:46:38,800
Come on!
- Break!
1527
01:46:40,700 --> 01:46:41,900
Okie. Okie.
1528
01:46:42,000 --> 01:46:44,000
Watch. Strong left.
Strong left!
1529
01:46:44,100 --> 01:46:45,300
Right!
1530
01:46:47,400 --> 01:46:49,900
Six box!
Six box! Set!
1531
01:46:52,400 --> 01:46:53,900
Hut! Hut!
1532
01:47:07,100 --> 01:47:09,800
All right, let's run
it again. Let's go.
1533
01:47:11,600 --> 01:47:14,600
It's all right.
You'll get them next time. Come on.
1534
01:47:35,000 --> 01:47:36,200
Ernie?
1535
01:47:37,100 --> 01:47:38,700
Ernie? You okay?
1536
01:48:09,300 --> 01:48:12,600
He's got to have another transfusion.
He's lost quite a lot of blood.
1537
01:48:12,700 --> 01:48:14,400
How'd he do that?
- We're not sure.
1538
01:48:14,400 --> 01:48:16,300
He's gonna need
further tests.
1539
01:48:16,300 --> 01:48:18,400
So test.
- Gentlemen.
1540
01:48:23,100 --> 01:48:25,900
Now what am I supposed
to tell the press?
1541
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:29,500
Mumps.
- What?
1542
01:48:30,600 --> 01:48:33,100
He's got a bad
case of the mumps.
1543
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:34,600
That's good.
1544
01:48:37,400 --> 01:48:40,400
Double tight!
Double tight! Down!
1545
01:48:44,100 --> 01:48:45,300
Set!
1546
01:48:47,100 --> 01:48:49,100
Blue 3-21!
1547
01:48:49,200 --> 01:48:51,000
Blue 3-21!
1548
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:52,300
Hut! Hut!
1549
01:49:14,300 --> 01:49:16,100
Hey, Ernie!
1550
01:49:17,800 --> 01:49:19,800
The man wants to see you.
1551
01:49:22,300 --> 01:49:24,400
All right, get back.
- Let's go.
1552
01:49:27,700 --> 01:49:28,700
Hey.
1553
01:49:28,800 --> 01:49:29,900
Hey, Mr. Modell.
1554
01:49:29,900 --> 01:49:30,900
Hey.
- How are you?
1555
01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:32,100
I'm good. I've been
watching you.
1556
01:49:32,100 --> 01:49:33,500
I'm still trying to
find my rhythm out there.
1557
01:49:33,600 --> 01:49:35,100
You know, new system and all.
- Yeah, listen, Ernie.
1558
01:49:35,200 --> 01:49:36,400
All I need is some rest.
- Yeah, the system is...
1559
01:49:36,500 --> 01:49:37,500
Once I get used to it...
1560
01:49:37,600 --> 01:49:39,000
All right.
Ernie, Ernie, Ernie,
1561
01:49:39,100 --> 01:49:41,500
I spoke with
Dr. Hewlett and...
1562
01:49:42,600 --> 01:49:47,000
Look, he doesn't know what it is, but
they know something's not right, Ernie.
1563
01:49:47,600 --> 01:49:52,200
I should have told you earlier, kid.
I really can't clear you for practice.
1564
01:49:52,800 --> 01:49:55,500
If I can't practice,
how am I gonna play?
1565
01:49:55,900 --> 01:49:59,500
You're not gonna
play. Not now.
1566
01:49:59,900 --> 01:50:03,400
And maybe not
this season.
1567
01:50:10,400 --> 01:50:12,600
Well, when?
1568
01:50:14,400 --> 01:50:15,800
I don't know.
1569
01:50:17,100 --> 01:50:19,100
I don't know, kid.
1570
01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:22,100
Get better, okay?
Your job is to get well.
1571
01:50:22,200 --> 01:50:25,400
Mr. Modell,
you don't understand.
1572
01:50:26,500 --> 01:50:29,200
Everything I got is
because of football.
1573
01:50:32,900 --> 01:50:34,700
I need to play.
1574
01:50:34,800 --> 01:50:35,800
Yeah.
1575
01:50:35,900 --> 01:50:38,800
Mr. Modell, please, sir.
1576
01:50:40,800 --> 01:50:44,800
Next year, kid. We're counting
on you next year. Really.
1577
01:51:34,300 --> 01:51:35,700
Thank you.
1578
01:51:37,300 --> 01:51:38,900
Thank you, sir.
1579
01:51:40,000 --> 01:51:42,900
Did you hear back from
the teaching job yet?
1580
01:51:45,000 --> 01:51:46,000
Well?
1581
01:51:46,100 --> 01:51:47,600
They offered it to me.
1582
01:51:48,200 --> 01:51:49,600
That's great.
1583
01:51:50,200 --> 01:51:51,700
I told them I had
to think about it.
1584
01:51:51,800 --> 01:51:53,700
What's to think about?
1585
01:51:53,800 --> 01:51:57,100
The distance between
Cleveland and Oakland for one.
1586
01:51:58,500 --> 01:51:59,800
Take it.
1587
01:52:01,200 --> 01:52:02,300
What?
1588
01:52:03,500 --> 01:52:05,600
Take the job, Sarah.
1589
01:52:05,700 --> 01:52:08,100
You've always said you want
to do something with your life.
1590
01:52:08,100 --> 01:52:10,800
You didn't just come to
school just to find a husband.
1591
01:52:10,800 --> 01:52:13,900
You're beautiful, smart.
1592
01:52:15,400 --> 01:52:17,400
Stick to that dream.
1593
01:52:19,200 --> 01:52:21,200
How sick are you, Ernie?
1594
01:52:24,500 --> 01:52:25,900
Look at me.
1595
01:52:34,300 --> 01:52:35,600
Sarah...
1596
01:52:37,200 --> 01:52:38,600
Ernie Davis?
1597
01:52:39,200 --> 01:52:44,000
I hate to disturb you, but would
you sign an autograph for my son?
1598
01:52:44,100 --> 01:52:46,800
He's 12, and you're
his favorite player.
1599
01:52:48,400 --> 01:52:51,200
Gonna be great to see
you with the Browns.
1600
01:52:56,600 --> 01:52:57,600
Thank you.
1601
01:52:57,700 --> 01:52:58,800
You're welcome.
1602
01:53:09,200 --> 01:53:10,500
Leukemia.
1603
01:53:13,100 --> 01:53:17,600
It's a word that
jumps out at you.
1604
01:53:19,100 --> 01:53:21,800
I know when I first
heard it myself,
1605
01:53:23,100 --> 01:53:24,300
I was...
1606
01:53:24,800 --> 01:53:26,300
I was scared.
1607
01:53:27,500 --> 01:53:30,100
But I got a lot of
people in my corner,
1608
01:53:31,800 --> 01:53:33,200
good people,
1609
01:53:35,100 --> 01:53:36,800
standing beside me.
1610
01:53:38,700 --> 01:53:40,900
My doctors are confident.
1611
01:53:41,400 --> 01:53:44,600
They tell me I'm responding
well to my treatment.
1612
01:53:45,300 --> 01:53:48,300
So, things are good.
1613
01:53:51,800 --> 01:53:55,800
And you know me. I'm an
optimist. I'm gonna fight it.
1614
01:53:57,700 --> 01:54:02,100
I hope to get on that field and see
you all in that press box real soon.
1615
01:54:03,500 --> 01:54:04,900
Real soon.
1616
01:54:13,600 --> 01:54:16,500
Mr. Davis, Tom Martin,
Saturday Evening Post.
1617
01:54:16,600 --> 01:54:18,600
I saw you play in the
Cotton Bowl two years ago.
1618
01:54:18,600 --> 01:54:19,700
Okay.
1619
01:54:19,700 --> 01:54:22,400
I'm wondering if you'd like
to write an article for us.
1620
01:54:22,500 --> 01:54:23,900
You want me to
write an article?
1621
01:54:24,000 --> 01:54:25,500
I don't know whether
you know this,
1622
01:54:25,600 --> 01:54:29,200
but you're an inspiration
to a lot of our readers.
1623
01:54:35,400 --> 01:54:37,900
There he is,
number 77.
1624
01:54:38,000 --> 01:54:39,700
He's as good as me?
1625
01:54:41,100 --> 01:54:42,600
Maybe better.
1626
01:54:58,000 --> 01:54:59,400
Hey, Ernie.
1627
01:55:00,200 --> 01:55:02,400
Ernie, this is Floyd Little.
Floyd, this is...
1628
01:55:02,500 --> 01:55:04,400
Ernie Davis.
1629
01:55:04,400 --> 01:55:07,300
2,386 yards,
360 carries,
1630
01:55:07,400 --> 01:55:09,300
6.6 yards a carry.
1631
01:55:09,400 --> 01:55:10,700
You good at math, huh?
1632
01:55:19,500 --> 01:55:23,000
You see, my plan
is to be just like you,
1633
01:55:24,000 --> 01:55:26,900
best Negro running
back in the NCAA,
1634
01:55:27,000 --> 01:55:29,400
Heisman Trophy
all the way.
1635
01:55:29,500 --> 01:55:31,800
Then the NFL,
make some money.
1636
01:55:33,600 --> 01:55:36,300
You got it all
figured out, don't you?
1637
01:55:48,100 --> 01:55:50,900
What kind of bottle
do you think this is?
1638
01:55:51,600 --> 01:55:53,800
Don't know.
Don't have a label.
1639
01:55:53,800 --> 01:55:54,800
Right.
1640
01:55:55,800 --> 01:55:58,000
It could be a soda bottle,
1641
01:55:58,000 --> 01:56:00,100
it could be a beer bottle,
it could be anything.
1642
01:56:00,100 --> 01:56:01,400
No label.
1643
01:56:03,200 --> 01:56:06,500
You see, I never set out to be
the best Negro running back.
1644
01:56:06,600 --> 01:56:08,800
I just wanted to be
the best running back.
1645
01:56:08,900 --> 01:56:11,600
The best football player
I could be. Period.
1646
01:56:13,400 --> 01:56:15,400
Look, now I'm...
1647
01:56:21,800 --> 01:56:24,700
Floyd, I'm never gonna
play for Cleveland.
1648
01:56:27,800 --> 01:56:29,600
Or any other team.
1649
01:56:31,700 --> 01:56:34,300
My playing days are over.
1650
01:56:37,000 --> 01:56:40,000
So don't you look at that poster
of me on your wall and tell me
1651
01:56:40,000 --> 01:56:43,200
you want to be like me,
because that isn't enough.
1652
01:56:43,700 --> 01:56:46,600
You're gonna have to
do better than that.
1653
01:56:49,100 --> 01:56:50,800
You think you can?
1654
01:56:52,600 --> 01:56:53,900
Yes, sir.
1655
01:56:57,200 --> 01:56:58,300
Good.
1656
01:57:00,500 --> 01:57:05,200
But the thing is, I told Notre
Dame I would sign with them.
1657
01:57:09,600 --> 01:57:13,500
Floyd, you know how Notre
Dame loves their passing game.
1658
01:57:13,500 --> 01:57:15,900
My fear is a talented
runner like yourself
1659
01:57:16,000 --> 01:57:18,900
may get stuck polishing that
Notre Dame bench with your butt.
1660
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:20,700
You don't want that.
1661
01:58:01,100 --> 01:58:03,300
I want to know something.
1662
01:58:03,400 --> 01:58:04,600
Coach?
1663
01:58:04,600 --> 01:58:07,400
What the hell did you
say to Floyd Little?
1664
01:58:07,500 --> 01:58:09,000
Why? What happened?
1665
01:58:09,100 --> 01:58:12,000
Well, I'll be damned,
he backed out on Notre Dame.
1666
01:58:12,000 --> 01:58:14,000
He's coming to Syracuse.
1667
01:58:15,400 --> 01:58:18,900
Well, let's see. I told him
you like your runners lazy,
1668
01:58:19,800 --> 01:58:21,200
and you like players
who backtalk.
1669
01:58:21,300 --> 01:58:22,500
Mmm-hmm.
1670
01:58:22,500 --> 01:58:24,100
Anything else?
1671
01:58:27,900 --> 01:58:30,400
I told him you
were a good coach.
1672
01:58:34,600 --> 01:58:36,400
I'm not gonna
lie to him, Ernie,
1673
01:58:36,500 --> 01:58:39,100
because I know how hard
it's gonna be for him.
1674
01:58:39,200 --> 01:58:41,500
And I promise,
if he works hard,
1675
01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:47,100
he can run for that end zone whether
he's in Boston or Mississippi.
1676
01:58:49,800 --> 01:58:53,200
And I won't tell him that
he's the next Ernie Davis,
1677
01:58:54,000 --> 01:58:57,000
because there won't
be another Ernie Davis.
1678
01:59:13,800 --> 01:59:18,100
Can you believe they suited me up
to run on the field and take a bow?
1679
01:59:20,100 --> 01:59:21,300
I'll be right
here with you, son.
1680
01:59:21,300 --> 01:59:22,500
Please
welcome to the field,
1681
01:59:22,600 --> 01:59:28,200
number 45, from Syracuse
at halfback, Ernie Davis.
1682
01:59:37,000 --> 01:59:40,200
Mr. Martin, in the end
it turns out you did me a favor
1683
01:59:40,300 --> 01:59:43,200
when you asked me to
write this for The Post.
1684
01:59:46,800 --> 01:59:49,500
You see, yesterday
was my 23rd birthday,
1685
01:59:49,500 --> 01:59:54,300
and compared to some, that doesn't seem
like a whole lot of life to talk about.
1686
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:04,300
Thing is, I don't know how
much more is in front of me.
1687
02:00:04,300 --> 02:00:08,300
And as you see from the number
of pages, if you've read this far,
1688
02:00:08,400 --> 02:00:12,900
I did have a few things to say,
and I'm not sure how to end this
1689
02:00:13,000 --> 02:00:14,900
or even if I want to.
1690
02:00:16,100 --> 02:00:20,200
It's funny. Most people think my
life has been all about football.
1691
02:00:21,700 --> 02:00:24,000
I've even thought
that myself.
1692
02:00:24,700 --> 02:00:26,800
But football is just a game.
1693
02:00:27,700 --> 02:00:30,100
What matters is
what you play for.
1694
02:00:37,700 --> 02:00:41,900
Sometimes, when the game is close
and everything is on the line,
1695
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:45,100
that's when you forget
the crowd and the noise.
1696
02:00:46,800 --> 02:00:51,500
That's when it's just you against
somebody else to see who is the better man.
1697
02:00:52,500 --> 02:00:55,000
That's what I like about the game.
1698
02:00:55,600 --> 02:00:58,700
Because at that
moment you are friends
1699
02:01:00,400 --> 02:01:02,200
and you are enemies
1700
02:01:05,000 --> 02:01:06,800
and you are brothers.
1701
02:01:06,800 --> 02:01:07,800
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