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November 3rd, 2016, 04:50 PM
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ABILENE – Saturday night, Oct. 24, 1970, music legends Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph performed at Taylor County Coliseum. Likely it was an entertaining concert (I don't know because I wasn't there), but the biggest show in town that night was across the street. That's where the top-ranked Arkansas State University Indians invaded P.E. Shotwell Stadium to battle the nationally ranked Abilene Christian College Wildcats in a Southland Conference showdown with national implications.

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