Funeral services for former Texas A&M standout football player Ken “Dude” McLean, who passed away on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in Houston, have been set for 3 p.m. on Friday at the Klein Funeral Home in Houston (9719 Wortham Blvd., Houston, TX 77065 / 832-678-3900). There will be no visitation.

McLean, who was born on April 20, 1943 in Portales, N.M., was a record-setting receiver for the Aggies from 1962-63 and 1965. Forty-three seasons after his final game in the maroon and white, McLean still holds the school standard for receiving yards in a single game with his legendary 250-yard receiving effort against Texas in the final game of his A&M career in 1965.

McLean finished his A&M career as the school record holder in career catches and yards (73 for 953 from 1962-63, 1965), season catches and yards (60 for 835 yards in 1965), single game catches and yards (13 for 250 vs. Texas in 1965) and longest offensive play (91-yard touchdown reception vs. Texas in 1965). He remains in the top three in the A&M record book in single game catches and yards, and single season catches and yards.

McLean was best remembered for his 91-yard touchdown catch against the Longhorns, which is called the “Texas Special” in college football lore. Early in the second quarter of the 1965 Thanksgiving Day, A&M quarterback Harry Ledbetter bounced a lateral to Jim Kaufman, who caught the ball and stomped his feet in anger, much to the chagrin of 40,000 at Kyle Field.

Then Kaufman looked up and threw a pass to a wide-open McLean, who was 15 yards past the last Texas defender. The play, which at the time was the longest in school history and the Southwest Conference, helped underdog A&M to a 17-0 lead, but Texas rallied for a 21-17 victory.

Texas head coach Darrell Royal called the play "one of the most original and clever plays I've ever seen."