PRORODEO Sports News - Nov. 7, 2025

HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY STEER ROPER SCOTT SNEDECOR WON WORLD TITLE BY $1.67 OVER LEGENDARY GUY ALLEN 20 YEARS AGO By TRACY RENCK T his wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The Legend Guy Allen was the odds-on favor ite to capture his 19th PRCA Steer Roping World Championship at the 2005 National Finals Steer Roping in Amarillo, Texas. it was going to get.” With the odds against him, Snedecor went to work trailing Allen by $16,148. Snedecor placed fourth in Round 1 (11.9 seconds); won Round 2 (10.7); was fourth in Round 3 (12.2); was third

Allen had won 18 steer roping world championships – a single-event record in PRCA history. He also won a PRCA-record 11 consecutive world championships from 1991-2001 and started another streak winning two in row from 2003-2004. Relatively unheralded steer roper Scott Snedecor was well aware of Allen’s prowess when he arrived at the Amarillo National Center. Snedecor was making his fifth appearance at the NFSR as he gone previously four years in a row. He finished a career-best third in the world standings in 2003 behind Allen and Trevor Brazile, the King of Cow boys. Coming into the 2005 NFSR, Snedecor was second in the world

in Round 5 (10.5) and was sixth in Round 6 (11.9). “I get by the first day by placing in almost every round,” Snedecor said. “I was coming back the second day and then they’re talking about (me) having a chance, and this and that. And I’m still thinking this probably ain’t real, you know?” Allen was solid initially in Amarillo, placing third in Round 1 (11.8); fifth in Round 2 (11.6); fourth in Round 4 (13.4) and second in Round 5 (10.4). The pair entered the final day, which consisted of Rounds 7 through 10, with Allen still leading and Snede cor in position to snare the average title. Snedecor didn’t flinch. The Texas cowboy placed fourth in Round 7 (10.8), Round 8 (13.6) and Round 9 (12.6). Meanwhile, very uncharacteristically, Allen didn’t place in Round 7 and then recorded no times in Rounds 8 and 9. That set the stage for the dramatic Round 10. “I had to catch and tie the last steer to win

standings with $47,532. Allen was atop the standings with $63,680 and Brazile was third with $36,345. Despite his talent – and his po sition in the standings – Snedecor didn’t have lofty expectations for the 2005 NFSR. “That year I didn’t have any hope of winning the world title because he (Allen) was $16,000 ahead of me and back then it (the NFSR) didn’t pay as good as it does now, so it wasn’t like everybody had a chance. He would go in and he was the guy and to win second was probably as good as

the average and give myself a chance (to win the world championship), and (Allen) couldn’t win anything. I had a steer that wasn’t very good, and I wasn’t very excited about it.” Excited or not, Snedecor knew he had to take care of business.

“That (steer) runs all the way to the left wall over there, and I tie him down right against the left wall,” Snedecor said. “I don’t even remember what the time was,

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