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No. 90 - Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts. In A Season

 

Two of the schools best players all-time put up a staggering amount of points in a season within eight years of each other.

Ray Renfro assembled what is still one of the best campaigns in program history in 1951 when he rushed for 959 yards on 127 carries with 15 touchdowns. Those 15 scores gave him 90 points for the year, which at the time was a school record.

Averaging 7.5 yards per carry, Renfro took North Texas to an 8-4 record in 1951 and claimed the Gulf Coast Conference Championship.

Abner Haynes matched Renfro in 1959 when he too totaled 90 individual points in a season with 730 yards on the ground and 14 TD's. Haynes notched six more points by kicking the PAT.

The 1959 North Texas team finished 9-2 and won the Missouri Valley Conference.

Haynes currently sits eighth all-time in scoring with 158 points while Renfro finished his career with 157, enough for ninth in the record books.

The 90 points scored in a season stood as a record from 1951 when Renfro completed the task until 1977 when Michael Jones scored 98.


 

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-
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-  Monday, June 13    No. 64-
Friday, July 8    No. 39
Tuesday, August 2    No. 14
Saturday, August 27
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Saturday, July 9    No. 38
Wednesday, August 3    No. 13
Sunday, August 28
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Thursday, August 4    No. 12
Monday, August 29
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Monday, July 11    No. 36
Friday, August 5    No. 11
Tuesday, August 30
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Tuesday, July 12    No. 35
Saturday, August 6    No. 10
Wednesday, August 31
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Wednesday, July 13    No. 34
Sunday, August 7    No. 9
Thursday, September 1
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Monday, August 8    No. 8
Friday, September 2
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Saturday, September 3
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Wednesday, August 10    No. 6
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Monday, September 5
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Tuesday, September 6
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Saturday, August 13    No. 3
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Friday, September 9

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