No. 13: Shanklin's Big Year

No. 13 - Shanklin's Big Year

With offenses moving to the spread and rule changes favoring the passing attack, it is rare to see any sort of passing game record from long ago. Offenses now are built around opening up the field vertically and horizontally with the pass, and as a result, it is much harder for defenses to stop good receivers. One of the few old school receivers to still hold a record at North Texas is Ronnie Shanklin, who had 13 touchdowns in 1968, which still stands today, as well as his 31 career touchdowns.

Shanklin had 41 catches for 867 yards and 13 touchdowns in 1968, his junior season. Shanklin was on the other ends of double-teams all season, which allowed teammate Barry Moore to earn first team All-Missouri Valley honors, and yet Shanklin still set the touchdown record. Shanklin, with 41 receptions and 13 touchdowns, scored on 31 percent of his total, a simply staggering number to think about. In comparison, Casey Fitzgerald's outrageous 2007 season saw him catch 12 touchdowns, with almost four times as many receptions (111) as Shanklin.

Shanklin would retire from North Texas with an NCAA record for most touchdowns from a quarterback-receiver combo, with 30 of his career touchdowns from Steve Ramsey.

100	100-yd fumble return for TD	75-	"Mean Joe" Greene	50-	Gross and Washington	25-	Conference Titles
99	Fitzgerald Goes The Distance	74-	NT Downs No. 20 SDSU	49-	Keith Chapman FGs	24-	Talking About Willis
98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	73-	Fry & the new Mean Green	48-	Cody Spencer	23-	Rev. Maher Dominates Southland
97-	NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist	72-	Yaege's Stellar Season	47-	First Homecoming	22-	Walker Passes Rice
96-	96 Years Of Football	71-	Steve Ramsey's TDs	46-	Meager Against SMU	21-	Cobbs 100-Yard Games
95-	The Jump To Division I-A	70-	Little's 1970 Season	45-	Cobb Scores 45	20-	Fouts Arrives In Denton
94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	69-	7 All-Conference in '69	44-	Not A Day To Rush	19-	Haynes Scores 19 TDs
93-	Michael High KR Yards	68-	A Consensus All-American	43-	Patrick Cobbs	18-	Miracle In the Desert
92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	67-	Armour Anchors NT Offense	42-	Craig Robertson	17-	The Ramsey Plan
91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	66-	Love Tops 1,000 Yds	41-	Erric Pegram	16-	2002 All-Conference Record
90-	Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts.	65-	St. Clair's Win Pct	40-	Fry Win Total	15-	Renfro All-America
89-	Redwine Bursts Onto Scene	64-	Spider's Special Season	39-	Jack Sisco and 1939	14-	Vidal Carlin
88-	Mean Green Robbed	63-	NT & Navy Light Up The Scoreboard	38-	2002 NMSU Win	13-	Shanklin's Big Year
87-	Fitzgerald Fries Competition	62-	Khoury's 62-yd FG	37-	Dunbar TDs (so far)	12-	Monday, August 29
86-	Mean Green 86 The Toads	61-	Kennedy's 61 TFL	36-	What A Rush	11-	Tuesday, August 30
85-	Adrian Awasom	60-	Fouts Field	35-	Galbreath Seals NO Bowl Win	10-	Wednesday, August 31
84-	Brown Delivers For NT	59-	The '59 Sun Bowl Squad	34-	Ja'Quay Wilburn	9-	Thursday, September 1
83-	83 All-Conference Selections	58-	Mitchell Claims COY	33-	Ray Renfro	8-	Friday, September 2
82-	Corky Nelson	57-	Thomas Scampers For 57	32-	The First All-American	7-	Saturday, September 3
81-	One Of The Greats	56-	Scott Davis Completion Pct	31-	31 NT All-Americans	6-	Sunday, September 4
80-	Cedric The Sack- Getter	55-	Gill, NT's First Retired Number	30-	Former NCAA Record 30 TDs	5-	Monday, September 5
79-	"Blow George, Blow!"	54-	Pair's Punts	29-	29,473 Fans	4	Tuesday, September 6
78-	J.T. Smith Joins the NFL	53-	OSU's 53 Passing Yards	28-	Abner Haynes	3-	Wednesday, September 7
77-	North Texas Goes 10- 1	52-	Fouts Field Opens	27-	Maher Destroys Passing TD Mark	2-	Thursday, September 8
76-	Blizzard Battle With FSU	51-	Bahnsen Named All-American	26-	Consecutive SBC Wins	1-	Friday, September 9

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