No. 80: Cedric The Sack-Getter

No. 80 - Cedric The Sack-Getter

Cedric Hardman moved to the Mean Green defensive line for his final season in 1969, after playing in both the offensive and defensive backfield for North Texas. Hardman went on to earn All-American and first team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the Mean Green, then launched a 12-year NFL career with San Francisco and Oakland.

Hardman unofficially came away with 38 sacks while at North Texas, which would be the North Texas record, had the stat been officially kept. Against Tulsa in 1969, Hardman came away with several sacks, including a series where he reached the quarterback on all three downs, forcing a 4th and 40. Hardman made the most of the two interceptions he had for the Mean Green, taking both of them back for touchdowns.

Hardman was the San Francisco 49ers first round selection and the 9th overall pick in 1970, where he would spend the first ten years of his career. Hardman made the 1971 and 1975 Pro Bowls for San Francisco, and still is the Niners' career sack leader, where he compiled 112.5 sacks. Hardman would move across the bay to Oakland, and was a member of the Raiders team that won Super Bowl XV in 1981.

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No. 100-	100-yard fumble return for TD	No. 75-	Monday, June 27	No. 50-	Friday, July 22	No. 25	Tuesday, August 16
No. 99	Fitzgerald Goes The Distance	No. 74-	Tuesday, June 28	No. 49	Saturday, July 23	No. 24	Wednesday, August 17
No. 98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	No. 73-	Wednesday, June 29	No. 48	Sunday, July 24	No. 23	Thursday, August 18
No. 97-	NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist	No. 72-	Thursday, June 30	No. 47	Monday, July 25	No. 22	Friday, August 19
No. 96-	96 Years Of Football	No. 71-	Friday, July 1	No. 46	Tuesday, July 26	No. 21	Saturday, August 20
No. 95-	The Jump To Division I-A	No. 70-	Saturday, July 2	No. 45	Wednesday, July 27	No. 20	Sunday, August 21
No. 94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	No. 69-	Sunday, July 3	No. 44	Thursday, July 28	No. 19	Monday, August 22
No. 93-	Michael High KR Yards	No. 68-	Monday, July 4	No. 43	Friday, July 29	No. 18	Tuesday, August 23
No. 92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	No. 67-	Tuesday, July 5	No. 42	Saturday, July 30	No. 17	Wednesday, August 24
No. 91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	No. 66-	Wednesday, July 6	No. 41	Sunday, July 31	No. 16	Thursday, August 25
No. 90-	Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts.	No. 65-	Thursday, July 7	No. 40	Monday, August 1	No. 15	Friday, August 26
No. 89-	Redwine Bursts Onto Scene	No. 64-	Friday, July 8	No. 39	Tuesday, August 2	No. 14	Saturday, August 27
No. 88-	Mean Green Robbed	No. 63-	Saturday, July 9	No. 38	Wednesday, August 3	No. 13	Sunday, August 28
No. 87-	Fitzgerald Fries Competition	No. 62-	Sunday, July 10	No. 37	Thursday, August 4	No. 12	Monday, August 29
No. 86-	Mean Green Eighty-Six The Toads	No. 61-	Monday, July 11	No. 36	Friday, August 5	No. 11	Tuesday, August 30
No. 85-	Adrian Awasom	No. 60-	Tuesday, July 12	No. 35	Saturday, August 6	No. 10	Wednesday, August 31
No. 84-	Brown Delivers For NT	No. 59-	Wednesday, July 13	No. 34	Sunday, August 7	No. 9	Thursday, September 1
No. 83-	83 All-Conference Selections	No. 58-	Thursday, July 14	No. 33	Monday, August 8	No. 8	Friday, September 2
No. 82-	Corky Nelson	No. 57-	Friday, July 15	No. 32	Tuesday, August 9	No. 7	Saturday, September 3
No. 81-	One Of The Greats	No. 56-	Saturday, July 16	No. 31	Wednesday, August 10	No. 6	Sunday, September 4
No. 80-	Cedric The Sack-Getter	No. 55-	Sunday, July 17	No. 30	Thursday, August 11	No. 5	Monday, September 5
No. 79-	Thursday, June 23	No. 54-	Monday, July 18	No. 29	Friday, August 12	No. 4	Tuesday, September 6
No. 78-	Friday, June 24	No. 53-	Tuesday, July 19	No. 28	Saturday, August 13	No. 3	Wednesday, September 7
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