Source: Oregonian, Oct. 16, 1976
Never let it be said Forest Grove High School football coach Jeff Durham (McMinnville High Class of 1958 and Linfield Class of 1963) isn't a gambler.
The Vikings used one of the
oldest plays in the book -- the halfback shovel pass -- into a 20-yard
touchdown run to break a scoreless tie in the second quarter and pave the way
for a 16-6 Coast-Valley League high school football action Friday night, Oct.
15, 1975, on McMinnville High School's football field.
"It was a play my dad (Paul Durham, former Linfield football
coach) had given me years ago," said Durham of the play on a fourth-and-17
situation moments into the second quarter. "My coaches always kid me about
it, but when I asked them about using it tonight they didn't object. It was the
first time we're run that play this year."
Durham admitted the win over
his former high school coach, Don Mabee,
and the Grizzlies was a big one.
