Wildcat Football: Three Cheers for the Purple and White

By Lance Fleming Release Date: October 9, 2018 Description  The history of football at Abilene Christian University is about more than wins and losses. It’s about shaping young men into great husbands, loving fathers, and community pillars. In their days as Wildcats, the players in ACU’s football history left their mark on the program and the university. Wildcat Football is about games played, championships won, coaches who taught more than football, friendships forged, and men and women who provided the program with the resources to attain greatness. Their stories include: ■ A shy kid from Greenville, Mississippi, named Wilbert Montgomery. A notoriously slow walker but an incredibly fast runner, he left Jackson State at the altar to play for ACU—and went on to land in the College Football Hall of Fame. Often called the most defining player in the history of Wildcat football, Montgomery set the all-time record for college-level touchdowns and went on to play in the NFL, earning two Pro