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The UNM Lobos make aviation history in 1929, flying to the Rose Bowl.
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Transcript
The University of New Mexico holds the unique honor of being the first university in the nation whose football team traveled by air to an away game. In 1929, travel was still primarily done by railroad and highway, but that season, Coach Roy Johnson and his Lobos had a game scheduled against the Occidental College Tigers in Los Angeles.
In discussions about how the team would travel to L.A., Coach Johnson was skeptical about the use of airplanes. He feared his players might get airsick and not be able to play, but it was decided the Lobos would fly. Commercial air service had been available for a few years; but Ford Tri-Motors only held 7 passengers. Because of this, two planes were chartered to fly half the team to L.A. while the others took the train. On the return trip the Lobos switched and the players who flew allowed their teammates a chance to fly home to Albuquerque.
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