

The aerial yardage he amassed that afternoon in a wild game played at Baylor Stadium that stood as the most yardage a Baylor passer ever accumulated in a single game until Shawn Bell's record-setting day against Kansas, Oct. 29, 1958, that same Buddy Humphrey, by then a senior, threw for 387 yards with 22 completions in 37 attempts against the Rice Owls. It was a victory that still stands as the most celebrated bowl triumph in the university's long football history. 1, 1957, in New Orleans' famed Sugar Bowl game, in tell-tale action in the fourth quarter, sophomore quarterback Buddy Humphrey squirmed one yard for the touchdown that became the winning points in Baylor's 13-7 victory over the undefeated, highly-favored and No. He will be added to the "B" Association's Wall of Honor.īy Dave Campbell, Insider Associate Editor Also being honored is Weldon Bigony, who earned letters at Baylor in football and track in the early 1940s, then left for military service during World War II and returned to Baylor 60 years later to finish work on his business degree in 2003. Joe and Mike Hughes track All-American Deon Minor ace baseball pitcher and current BU baseball coach Steve Smith and women's basketball star Carol Reeves-Brandenburg. Members of the 2006 class are former football standouts Buddy Humphrey, J.J.

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Editor's note: This is the third in a series of features that will feature Baylor's 2006 Hall of Fame inductees.
