Tulsa Football Legends Speak at Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Leadership Luncheon Tuesday

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –– The University of Tulsa football greats – Steve Largent, Drew Pearson, Jerry Rhome and Howard Twilley, all Oklahoma Sports Hall of Famers, were special guests at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) Leadership Luncheon on Tuesday afternoon.

The four TU legends talked to a sellout crowd of over 360 about their playing days at TU and beyond.

Largent was an Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame inductee in 1994, a year earlier than his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. Twilley was inducted into the OSHOF as a member of the class of 1995. Rhome received his induction in 2001, while Pearson was inducted into the OSHOF in 2008.

Rhome and Twilley were Heisman Trophy Runners-up in consecutive years – 1964 and 1965. Rhome was honored in 1964 after completing 69-percent of his passes for 2,870 yards and 32 touchdowns, while Twilley's 1,779 receiving yards and 16 TDs garnered him runner-up honors a year later. His single-season statistics for 1965 still stand today as Tulsa records.

Largent was a second-team All-American at Tulsa and went on to a 14-year All-Pro career with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Pearson, an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys, was named to the NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team.

Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery and a number of former TU football student-athletes attended the luncheon.

Tulsa Football Legends Speak at Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Leadership Luncheon Tuesday

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