Badgers to Wildcats: How three Lampasas grads won a college national championship

Chuck Lawson lines up for Abilene Christian University. He later signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys.
Chuck Lawson lines up for Abilene Christian University. He later signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys.

In October, the 1973 NAIA national championshipwinning Abilene Christian football team will celebrate the 50th anniversary of earning that title.

That team included an NFL All-Pro at running back, a quarterback who played for the Dallas Cowboys and three former Lampasas Badgers.

Those Badgers were Jim Rutland, who played linebacker and frequently had special teams duty; Hubert Pickett, who played bo…