Central Missouri's head coach Tate C. Page called it "the finest act of sportsmanship" that he ever saw.
He then informed the officials that Johnson had stepped out of bounds, nullifying the touchdown.
Not a single one of the referees had been in a position to see him do so, but they agreed to nullify the touchdown and returned the ball to the point where Coach Hunt said Johnson had stepped out.
A photo of the run later confirmed Coach Hunt's observation and it was published in the Winfield Daily Courier.
Southwestern's Hunt was nominated for "Football's Man of the Year" by This Week magazine because of this display of sportsmanship.