No. 98: Sears Woods Stuns Knoxville

No. 98 -Sears Woods' 98-yard kickoff return to beat Tennessee

On October 25, 1975 North Texas State was on the verge of beating the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium in front of 72,670 Volunteer fans before the Eagles turned the ball over at the Tennessee 14-yard line up 14-7.

The Volunteers then gashed North Texas State as they had all afternoon and drove 86 yards on 12 plays and tied the game at 14 with 4:39 remaining.

Sears Woods, who was the main focus of the Eagle offense as well, stood deep to receive the kick. In what is one of the most memorable returns in school history, Woods darted around all of the Volunteer players and straight to the endzone for a 98-yard kick return to give North Texas State the lead 21-14 with 4:25 left.

The Eagles would go on to win the game and carry head coach Hayden Fry off the field on their shoulders. Woods finished with 121-yards rushing on 26 carries which was over half of the North Texas State offense for the day.

Previous Days and Schedule

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-	Sunday, June 5	No. 72-	Thursday, June 30	No. 47	Monday, July 25	No. 22	Friday, August 19
No. 96-	Monday, June 6	No. 71-	Friday, July 1	No. 46	Tuesday, July 26	No. 21	Saturday, August 20
No. 95-	Tuesday, June 7	No. 70-	Saturday, July 2	No. 45	Wednesday, July 27	No. 20	Sunday, August 21
No. 94-	Wednesday, June 8	No. 69-	Sunday, July 3	No. 44	Thursday, July 28	No. 19	Monday, August 22
No. 93-	Thursday, June 9	No. 68-	Monday, July 4	No. 43	Friday, July 29	No. 18	Tuesday, August 23
No. 92-	Friday, June 10	No. 67-	Tuesday, July 5	No. 42	Saturday, July 30	No. 17	Wednesday, August 24
No. 91-	Saturday, June 11	No. 66-	Wednesday, July 6	No. 41	Sunday, July 31	No. 16	Thursday, August 25
No. 90-	Sunday, June 12	No. 65-	Thursday, July 7	No. 40	Monday, August 1	No. 15	Friday, August 26
No. 89-	Monday, June 13	No. 64-	Friday, July 8	No. 39	Tuesday, August 2	No. 14	Saturday, August 27
No. 88-	Tuesday, June 14	No. 63-	Saturday, July 9	No. 38	Wednesday, August 3	No. 13	Sunday, August 28
No. 87-	Wednesday, June 15	No. 62-	Sunday, July 10	No. 37	Thursday, August 4	No. 12	Monday, August 29
No. 86-	Thursday, June 16	No. 61-	Monday, July 11	No. 36	Friday, August 5	No. 11	Tuesday, August 30
No. 85-	Friday, June 17	No. 60-	Tuesday, July 12	No. 35	Saturday, August 6	No. 10	Wednesday, August 31
No. 84-	Saturday, June 18	No. 59-	Wednesday, July 13	No. 34	Sunday, August 7	No. 9	Thursday, September 1
No. 83-	Sunday, June 19	No. 58-	Thursday, July 14	No. 33	Monday, August 8	No. 8	Friday, September 2
No. 82-	Monday, June 20	No. 57-	Friday, July 15	No. 32	Tuesday, August 9	No. 7	Saturday, September 3
No. 81-	Tuesday, June 21	No. 56-	Saturday, July 16	No. 31	Wednesday, August 10	No. 6	Sunday, September 4
No. 80-	Wednesday, June 22	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
No. 77-	Saturday, June 25	No. 52-	Wednesday, July 20	No. 27	Sunday, August 14	No. 2	Thursday, September 8
No. 76-	Sunday, June 26	No. 51-	Thursday, July 21	No. 26	Monday, August 15	No. 1	Friday, September 9

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