The Undefeated by Jim DentThe Undefeated is the story of phenomenal winning. From the third game of the 1953 season until the eighth game of the 1957 season, the Oklahoma Sooners never lost, compiling a forty-seven-game winning streak that most likely will never be matched in big-time college football. It is often compared to Joe DiMaggio's fifty-six-game hitting streak. This is the story of the players, coaches, and team participating in that incredible accomplishment. |
Cotton Bowl Days by John EisenbergFor a young boy growing up in Dallas in the 1960s, the Dallas Cowboys football team was a source of excitement and pride - even though the team was still years away from the celebrity of the Super Bowl era. The author, a third-generation Dallasite and life-long Cowboys fan, presents a nostalgic look at growing up with his city as it tried to cast off the dark shadow of the Kennedy assassination and, with his team, a magnet for civic pride even in defeat. |
Friday Night Lights by H.G. BizzingerThis riveting classic of sports reporting was first published in 1989 and it documents the 1988 football season of a Texas high school team. Its legendary status has spawned television shows, documentaries, and film. Odessa is a dying oil patch town in West Texas, yet it is a town with a dream. For on Friday nights, the football stadium is filled with 20,000 fans cheering the Permian Panthers. Bissinger, who spent four months following the team--on the field and off--and talking with people from all segments of the community, offers a picture of American sports and American culture. |