Editing Forward pass (section)

===Increase in popularity===
[[File:BrickvsWJ.jpg|thumb|left|Editorial cartoon depicting [[California Golden Bears football|Cal]]'s [[Harold Muller|Brick Muller]] vs. [[Washington & Jefferson College|W & J]] College, 1922]]
From 1915 to 1916, [[Pudge Wyman]] and [[End (gridiron football)|end]] [[Bert Baston]] of Minnesota were "one of the greatest forward-passing combinations in the history of the gridiron".<ref>{{cite news |author=Joe Rathbun |title=Sports Notes |newspaper=The Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) |date=1942-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Three 'Immortals' To Direct Gophers In 1932 Grid Wars |newspaper=Burlington Hawk Eye |date=1932-04-08|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/3295885/?match=1&terms=%22%22Three%20%27Immortals%27%20To%20Direct%20Gophers%20In%201932%20Grid%20Wars%22.%22|quote=The passing combination. Pudge Wyman to Baston, was the most damaging offensive threat of the team that year and stories of its feats have grown to legends.}}</ref>

In the [[1921 Rose Bowl]], [[1920 California Golden Bears football team|California]]'s [[Harold Muller|Brick Muller]] completed a touchdown against [[1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team|Washington & Jefferson]] which went 53 yards in the air, a feat previously thought impossible.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Athlete, Officer in Law Enforcement and Administration, Governor of the Virgin Islands: Walter Gordon|url = http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?query=kicker&docId=hb400006jf&chunk.id=div00005&toc.depth=1&toc.id=0&brand=oac4&x=0&y=0|website = www.oac.cdlib.org|access-date = 2015-11-04|page = 75}}</ref>

In a 1925, 62–13 victory over [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]], Dartmouth's [[Andy Oberlander]] had 477 yards in total offense, including six touchdown passes,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1925/11/08/page/33/article/dartmouth-shoots-down-cornell-62-13-with-aerials|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Dartmouth Shoots Down Cornell, 62-13, with Aerials|date=November 8, 1925}}</ref> a Dartmouth record which still stands.

The [[1925 Michigan Wolverines football team|1925 Michigan team]] was coach [[Fielding H. Yost]]'s favorite and featured the passing tandem of [[Benny Friedman]] and [[Bennie Oosterbaan]].

Yost disciple [[Dan McGugin]] coached [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] and was one of the first emphasize the forward pass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090708aab.html |title=Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Vanderbilt University |access-date=2008-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015182553/http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090708aab.html |archive-date=2016-10-15 }}</ref> His [[1907 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1907 team]] beat [[1907 Sewanee Tigers football team|Sewanee]] on a [[double pass]] play [[Grantland Rice]] cited as his biggest thrill in his years of watching sports.<ref>{{Closed access}} {{cite news|newspaper=Boston Daily Globe|title=Grantland Rice Tells Of Greatest Thrill In Years Of Watching Sport|date=April 27, 1924|id = {{ProQuest|497709192}}}}</ref> McGugin's [[1927 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|1927 team]] was piloted by [[Bill Spears]], who threw for over a thousand yards. According to one writer, Vanderbilt produced "almost certainly the legit top Heisman candidate in Spears, if there had been a [[Heisman Trophy]] to award in 1927".<ref name=excite>{{cite journal|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv02/CFHSNv02n1a.pdf|journal=College Football Historical Society|volume=2|number=1|date=November 1988|title=Spears and Vandy excitement in 1927|author=Mark Purcell|access-date=May 12, 2016|archive-date=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911232525/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv02/CFHSNv02n1a.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> McGugin disciple and former quarterback [[Ray Morrison]] brought the pass to the southwest when he coached [[Gerald Mann]] at [[SMU Mustangs football|Southern Methodist]].<ref name=shape/>