Before I share any story, I need to express how blessed and fortunate I am to have had Coach Farley in my life. In 5 short years he taught all of us many lifelong lessons and gave us the tools and mental preparation to be successful in all aspects of our lives.
I have many stories I could share, but the one I remember the most was the last game of my senior year against UW-Stout, which was also the last game Coach Farley coached as Head Football coach at UWRF. I believe the year was 1988 and we had a terrible snowstorm the night before the game. The coach buses could not get to RF to take us to Stout the morning of the game due to the poor travel conditions
After getting permission from AD Don Page, the team drove personal vehicles to Menomonie for the game. There were roughly 25 vehicles lined up carrying equipment for the game. I drove my Mazda B2000 pick up to the game and had 2 passengers ride with me, Roy Gruel and Pete Adler. We followed Coach Farley in our vehicles to Stout on highway 29. The roads were horrible with 5-6 inches of slushy snow on the roads.
As we turned onto 29 between Spring Valley and River Falls, I lost control of my vehicle and hit a milk truck head on! Luckily no one was hurt, but my 2 passengers needed clean underwear. My truck was totaled and the caravan of vehicles stopped to check on everyone.
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We played a hard fought game in terrible conditions as it came down to the last few minutes of the game down by 1 or 2 points with us needing to drive down the field and score to win the game. We were able to drive down and get in field goal range for Andy Fiel. We tried to clear a spot on the field for Andy to kick a game winner. The conditions were not in our favor as the wind and snow made this long field goal almost impossible. The snap was good, the hold great and the line drive kick drove through the wind and snow in slow motion as it approached the crossbar. The ball skimmed over the crossbar knocking the 2 inches of accumulated snow off of it.
It was Coach Farley’s last win.
The team went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows when he announced his retirement in the locker room after the game. I did get a ticket for leaving the scene of an accident and Don Page handed me $250 out of a money bag in his office for my insurance deductible for my totaled truck!
That is just an awesome story. I trust sufficient time has passed for any NCAA investigations into the money bag,
What a classic! Wish I could have seen that game. Coach Farley’s brother, Harrison, was at the game I think, driving all the way from the Twin Cities. I wonder if my dad had already decided to retire before the game or whether he thought the Stout game ending made for the perfect time?!
Steve Farley
Steve–Good Question. I was there that day–my senior year–of my Graduate Degree–and the last game not able to play due to 2 broken bones in my back. Having Coached with your dad the year before due to having reconstructive shoulder surgery which would have been my senior year–I knew Coach had decided to hang it up before the game. You could just tell that he was leaving because Newt always said ” He could not retire until Coach did”–and I knew that Newt was coaching his last year. So believe me–your father had it all calculated out and being who he was–he did not want the focus to be on his “Last Year of Coaching or Last Game” he wanted to keep the focus on the team–not on himself. Just like your Dad always did!