Host John Lund talks to Howard Stevens, a member of the Louisville Athletics Hall of Fame, who played under head coach Lee Corso back in 1971 and 1972 before a five-year NFL career. Topics include how he got into playing football as one of the first black students to integrate into Harrisonburg High School in Virginia back in 1964, playing for the lone school that seriously recruited him at Division III Randolph-Macon College and leading the nation in rushing as a freshman, why he left for Louisville after two years and his playing days and relationship with Lee Corso, success with the Cardinals, getting drafted in the 16th(!) round into the NFL as one of the shortest players in league history and playing behind Archie Manning as part of his five-year career for the Saints and Colts, life after football, meeting his now wife and a philosophy of whenever life gives you a chance, making it count. He rushed for more than 5,000 yards in his four-year collegiate career, which at the time set the record for rushing in all divisions of college football. But more important than his stats or individual accolades like having his number retired or Hall of Fame inductions for high school and both colleges among others, what mattered most was his team winning football games, and that they did. In four years of college football, Howard Stevens only lost five games, one of which still sticks with him to this day. It was a playing career and life well lived, and certainly still is now each and every day.
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