• Scored 37 touchdowns in 36 games for 222 points
• Ran for 2,466 yards averaging 5.6 yards per carry
• He never had a pass completed over him in four years of Big Ten competition
• voted All-American during the ’54 and ’55 seasons
• In 1955, Cassady was also named “Athlete of the Year” by the Associated Press
• He played 8 years with the Detroit Lions, one year with the Philadelphia Eagles, and one year with the
  Cleveland Browns
• Howard was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1979.

Hopalong Howie