BYU Tight end Chad Lewis exults at the end of the Pigskin Classic as the Cougars tipped Texas A&M, 41-37, on Aug. 24. on national television.
Some considered it both bold and courageous when BYU athletic director Rondo Fehlberg marched into the offices of ABC television executives and sold them on the virtues of inviting the Brigham Young University football to play. Beyond the victory, the value of the game was to heighten awareness of the Church.