EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
vs DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SAT. NOV. 10,1984

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VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5

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NOVEMBER 10, 1984

THE SCOT SCOREBOARD
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1984 Football Captains ................................................... 1
Edinboro University .......................................................... 3
District of Columbia Football ..........................................4
Today's Game Against the Firebirds ............................... 5
President Foster F. Diebold ............................................. 7
Scot Linebacker Willie Chealey........................................ 8
Athletic Director Jim McDonald ...................................... 9
Scots Grid Outlook ......................................... 11, 13, 15
Blair Hrovat's Career Statistics ......................................57
Head Coach Denny Creehan ..........................................59
Edinboro Alphabetical Roster ........................................60
Edinboro Lineup and Numerical ............................. Center
UDC Lineup and Numerical .................................... Center
UDC Alphabetical Roster ...............................................65
Edinboro Football Records .................................... 67-68
Edinboro Players' Pictures ....................... 109, 111, 113
1983 Records and Honors ........................................ 115
The Spirit of Scots Marching Band........................... 117
Assistant Coaches .................................................... 119
1984 Individual Statistics ......................................... 121
Fighting Scot Football Families ................................. 123
The Pennsylvania Conference .................................. 124
The Pros and Cons of a Championship Playoff ........... It
College Landmarks Across the Nation......................... 6t
Mental Toughness ........................................................ 9t
Great Rivalries............................................................. 15t
Football in the Forties ................................................. 21t
College Football Puzzle ............................................... 30t
Tailgating in the '80's is No Picnic ............................. 33t
The Juice Wore Cardinal and Gold....... .................. 35t
The 1953 Pony Backfield ..............................................43t
How the Major Award Winners are Selected ............. 49t
The Life of a Coach's Wife.......................................... 59t
The Top 20 Basketball Teams for 1984-85 .............. 65t
Does the Prevent Defense Really Prevent Much?___77t

FIGHTING SCOT 1984 GRID CAPTAINS: (Kneeling LR) Blair Hrovat and Willie Chealey. (Standing L-R) Rick
Jordan and Bob O'Rorke.

OFFICIALS FOR TODAY'S GAME
REFEREE........................................... FRAN DELMASTRO
LINE JUDGE............................................. TOMTORCHIA
UMPIRE............................................. JIM CUNNINGHAM
FIELD JUDGE........................................... LARRY KUPEC
LINESMAN ............................................. GERRY DUNLAP
BACK JUDGE.................................... RAY HARRINGTON
CLOCK OPERATOR ...........................JIM BUSHOFSKY

1984 EUP FOOTBALL RESULTS (7-2)

WON EUP 40
WON EUP 42
WON EUP 20
WON EUP 31
LOSS EUP 17
WON EUP 40
LOSS EUP 24
WON EUP 45
WON EUP 36
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and cultural standpoint, Edinboro now makes contributions
in the fields of education, government, environmental
improvement, urban and rural problems, crime prevention,
and service to business and industry. Recent program
developments include those in the high-demand areas of
allied health, business administration, communication,
computer technology, nursing, and various pre-profes­
sional offerings such as law, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy
and veterinary science. Numerous student internships
provide additional examples of the University's efforts to
create a close working relationship with the people it
serves while, at the same time, offering students intel­
lectual and career opportunities.
Edinboro has initiated the University Honors Program
to provide challenging and enriched learning experiences
for academically gifted students. Undergraduate students
are encouraged to strive for academic excellence both in
their major fields and in other disciplines. Honors students
pursue studies that are greater in depth and scope than
those required of other undergraduates.

After 125 years of service to the tri-state area, Edinboro experienced its most significant change in history on
July 1, 1983, when the College became Edinboro Univer­
sity of Pennsylvania. Founded as a private academy in
1857, Edinboro University has continued its surge to the
forefront as one of the leading educational institutions in
western Pennsylvania. Situated on a sprawling 585-acre
campus in the scenic resort community of Edinboro, the
University is within 100 miles of the educational and
cultural centers of Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. It is
just 15 miles south of Erie, the third largest city in
Pennsylvania, and easily accessible from all directions by
interstates 79, 80 and 90.
Edinboro has the distinction of being the second
normal school established in Pennsylvania and the 12th in
the United States. It has grown to more than forty buildings
including the 350,000-volume Baron-Forness Library, a
modern seven-story structure which serves as a focal point
for the spacious campus. Nearly 6,000 students repre­
senting almost every county in the Commonwealth, as well
as numerous states and foreign countries attend Edinboro.
Its tradition of educational service and research is matched
by a distinguished faculty, more than two-thirds of whom
have earned doctoral degrees.
The University now offers more than 100 under­
graduate, graduate, and associate degree programs, a
diversity unmatched by any other college or university in
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FOURTEEN SCOT SENIORS MAKE LAST APPEARANCE

NOVEMBER 10 - at Edinboro - 1:30 p.m.

Edinboro University, rated the third best NCAA II
team in the East, will close out its highly successful
1984 regular season campaign today when the 7-2
Fighting Scots host a victimized District of Columbia
University (0-7-1). The game marks the final home
appearance of 14 EUP seniors (pictured below)
headlined by record-breaking quarterback, Blair
Hrovat.
Enroute to directing the Scots to a 27-6 mark
over the last four years, Hrovat has cracked 16
Edinboro grid standards, while becoming the most
successful passer in the Scots' grid history as well as
inking his name in the Pennsylvania Conference
record book. The Northfield, Ohio, product has com­
pleted 304 of 607 passes for a career total of 4,994
yards and 47 TD tosses. His first completion on
Saturday should put him over the 5,000-yard barrier.
Kick return specialist and wide receiver Eric
Bosley will also be bowing out with record shattering
totals. The Willingboro, New Jersey, speedster is
ranked among the national leaders with his 27.6
yards-per-return average and owns another 'Boro
mark with his career average of 24.2 yards per return
on the strength of 50 run-backs for 1,208. He has
both a 100-yard return and a 98-yard scoring runback to his credit this season.
UDC rests its hopes on the passing of senior
quarterback John Dangerfieid, who owns 72 com­
pletions in 171 passing attempts for 777 yards. His
favorite targets are tight end Robert Murphy (21
catches, 276 yards) and wide receiver Chris Flegler
(17-267 yards).
The Firebirds are young defensively but have
rapidly improving linemen Darrell Nichols (6-4, 247),
James Kinard (6-5, 278), Joseph Murphy (6-1, 243)

FIREBIRDS OUTLOOK
First year coach Bobby Frazier takes the reins of a
Firebird football program that went 0-10 last year and
hopes to enjoy the same success he previously experienced
at Bethune Cookman College in Florida where he compiled
a 23-13-1 record. Frazier has served a year as an assistant
coach and is in a position to already evaluate the players he
has on hand to play a vastly revamped schedule that lists
seven new opponents.
"This football season looks favorable for us," he said.
We have 25 veterans, mostly sophomores, returning to
the gridiron who exhibit a lot of class and character on and
off the field." Coach Frazier plans for his Firebirds to use a
multiple offense this year. "The l-formation and the pro-set
will be our basic lineups." William Parker, a 5-10, 240-'
pound center from Washington, D.C., and senior Cedric
Matthews, a 5-11, 190-pound running back will help those
offensive formations work for Coach FrazieV. Marcus
Doakes, a 6-1,200-pound linebacker from Houston, Texas,
who Coach Frazier describes as a "headhunter" and 5-11,
200-pound defensive back/linebacker Derrick Marshall,
also from Houston, will help to anchor a defense that
should present problems to opposing offenses.
"The coaches and players realize that 'poise' and not
promises win football games," said Frazier. "They also
realize that you cannot have poise without knowledge.
Practice camp will be a learning and teaching process for
all of us in 1984." Frazier is also aware ofthe fact that strict
conditioning is a necessity for winning. "We continue to
believe that excellent conditioning and losing cannot stay
in the same body. Therefore, excellent conditioning, poise
and knowledge will be our major thrust. It will be the thrust
that consequently will prove to everyone that we are
winning Firebirds," he concluded.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: District of Columbia
Enrollment: 13.500
Nickname: Firebirds
Colors: Red and Gold
Stadium (Cap.): Cardoza High (10.000)
Conference: Independent
Affiliations: NCAA II. ECAC
Head Coach: Bobby Frazier (Florida State ’78)
Coach's Overall Record: 23-10 (Daytona) IstatD.C.
Athletic Director: Dr. Sidney Hall
Sports Info. Director: Willie Mason
SID Phone: (202) 282-3174
Press Box Phone: Unknown
1984 SCHEDULE

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1983 RESULTS (0-10)

at Livingstone
CENTRAL ST. (OH)
SALISBURY STATE
at Hampton Institute
at Towson State
WEST VA. STATE
at Southern Conn.
FAYETTEVILLE ST.
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and Wayne Means (6-0, 230).
District of Columbia is faced with the task of
stopping an awesome Edinboro ground game that is
chewing up real estate at a 243.7 yards per game clip.
Top toters in the diversified wing-T attack include
fullback Ray Rhodes (603 yards) and halfbacks
Damon Chambers (496) and Dave Span (311 yards).
In the meantime, the Scots' air attack behind Hrovat
is potent on the receptions of Bob Klenk (22-220
yards), Eric Bosley (21 -448 yards) and Chambers (17227 yards).
Still confronting the visiting Firebirds is a
stubborn Scot defense spearheaded by co-tackling
leaders in ends John Brenneman (56) and Dave
Emmert (56) followed closely by linebacker Bob
O'Rorke (55). Brenneman is the team's sack leader
having 6V2 to his credit with middle guard Sean
Henderson chipping in five to back up his 45 stops.
Tackle, Rick Jordan, needs only two sacks to surpass
the existing career mark of 27.
Edinboro's secondary has zeroed in on 21 intercep­
tions, just 5 off the all-time record. Martelle Betters
and Ray Bracy have teamed for 13 thefts with 7 and 6,
respectively, to their collection.
The Scots' senior list includes Eric Bosley
(Willingboro, NJ), Willie Chealey (Orlando, FL/Oakridge). Bob Derbis (Pittsburgh/North Catholic), Don
Espy (Brookville), Blair Hrovat, Rick Jordan (James­
town, NY), Mitchell Kelly (Canton, OH/McKinley),
Bob Klenk (Pittsburgh/North Catholic), Gary McKnight (Orlando, FL/Edgewater), Dave Nowicki
(Buffalo, NY/Seneca), Bob O'Rorke (Pittsburgh/
North Catholic), Ray Rhodes (White Plains, NY), Jim
Ritt (Chesterland, OH/West Geauga), and Keith Rose
(Coraopolis/Montour).

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SCOUTING THE FIREBIRDS
Team Captains: TBA
Lettermen Lost/Returning: 11/25
Returning Starters Offense/Defense: 7/7
Basic Offense/Defense: Pro Set/4-4
Team Strengths: Offensive line
Question Marks: Inexperience
Top Returnees: QB-Roger Dangerfieid: RB-Cedric
Matthews: DB-BiU Young

Assistant Coaches and Assignments: John Nunn-Offen­
sive Coordinator and Receivers; Gerald Grant-Of­
fensive Line: Frank Brisco-Defensive Coordinator
and Defensive Backs: Coy Bacon-Defensive Line

1984 FIGHTING SCOT SENIORS: First row (kneeling, L-R): Bob O'Rorke, Don Espy, Jim Ritt, Rick Jordan, Mitchell Kelly, Dave
Nowicki. Second row (standing, L-R): Keith Rose, Blair Hrovat, Gary McKnight, Bob Klenk, Ray Rhodes, Eric Bosley, Bob
Derbis. Missing: Willie Chealey.

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PRESIDENT — FOSTER F. DIEBOLD
Recognized for his extensive background in the
field of higher administration and management.
President Diebold served as President of the Uni­
versity of Alaska Statewide System from 1977-1979.
Prior to that, the Orange, New Jersey, native was
Executive Secretary to the Board of Regents and
special Assistant to the President of the University of

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Alaska Statewide System.
President Diebold is an active member of the
Board of Governors Long-Range Planning Committee
of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Educa­
tion. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Con­
ference and is also a member of the Educational
Policy Committee of the Commission of University

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FIGHTING SCOTS

Presidents.
President Diebold is a member of the Senior
Colleague Advisory Network (SCAN) which is an
American Association of State Colleges and Univer­
sities activity designed to provide volunteer con­
sultant services that are needed at colleges and
universities across the nation. President Diebold is
also a very active member of the American Associa­
tion of State Colleges and Universities. Since 1980
he has served on the Government Relations Com­
mittee of this organization and just recently served as
a delegate on an AASCU Mission to the Peoples
Republic of China. In addition, he recently attended
the annual meeting of the International Association
of University Presidents held in Thailand, where he
and Mrs. Diebold were honored guests of their
majesties. King Bhumihol Adulyadej and Queen nee
Nam Rajawangse Sirikit Kiliyakara.
A member of the Edinboro community. President
Diebold is an active member of the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Corporation Scholarship Review Committee,
the William G. McMannis and A. Haskell McMannis
Educational Trust Fund Advisory Board, the Marine
Bank Advisory Board of Erie, the Hamot Medical
Center Board of Corporators and the 1984 Chairman
of Government, Education, and Social Agencies
Division of the Erie County United Way Campaign.
The President and his wife, Patricia, have two
daughters—^Jessica, nine, and Stacey, three.

President Foster F. Diebold
Serving as the current chief executive officer of
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is Foster F.
Diebold, the University's sixth president.
Since his appointment in August of 1979, Presi­
dent Diebold has initiated a wide variety of policies
and programs which have enhanced Edinboro s level
of excellence and quality. He continually strives for
perfection and innovation in higher education, and
the University prides itself on its reputation for distin­
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Under the administration of President Diebold,
Edinboro University has become one of the major
influences in the northwestern Pennsylvania region
and, in fact, the seventh largest employer in Erie
County. Efforts have been made by the University to
expand and improve relationships and linkages with
surrounding communities in an effort to learn of
specific needs and desires and to better serve its
constituencies. An improved internship program
with businesses, industries, and offices in the tri­
state area has provided hands-on experience for
Edinboro students, as well as valuable assistance to
public and private organizations.
Two of a variety of new programs put into place
recently at Edinboro, or significantly enhanced, are
the Disabled Students Program, one of the most
extensive in the eastern United States, and the
Honors Program. The Honors Program draws upon
the contributions of University staff for a major part of
its scholarship funds and recognizes the academic
distinction of excellent students.

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SCOTS' CHEALEY PERFECT FOR HIS POSITION

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR — JIM McDONALD

by Dennis Michalski
nobody can block him. He can pretty much be free to
run up and down the line of scrimmage and make
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"The hitman is really the key man in our
defense," continued Creehan. "He has to be our best
all-around athlete. Not only does he have to do all
that, but he also has to be able to cover running backs
coming out of the backfield on pass patterns. With
Willie's experience he's vital to our defense.
Chealey started all 10 regular season games for
the Scots his sophomore season, but in the finale he
broke his ankle and was forced to sit on the sidelines
when the Boro lost to East Stroudsburg, 24-22, in the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion­
ship game.
"I came back pretty well last year and stayed
away from injuries. That's what I'm hoping to do this
year," said Chealey, who earned first team all­
conference honors last season.
HUNGRY FOR TITLE
Despite his personal achievements, Chealey still
isn't satisfied. A conference championship is his
main goal.
"If the young kids come around we have an
excellent chance of winning the conference," com­
mented Chealey. "But we have to play the season
one game at a time. We had a really great team last
year but a slump in the middle of the season cost us. It
hurts when I think about it, but we just have to do
better this year. I really think that it's Edinboro's year
to be number one."
Chealey, who was recruited by Scot defensive
coordinator Tom Herman, has no regrets about
attending Edinboro. "I wanted to get away from
home. I had a couple of offers from Divison 1 -AA
schools and my dad didn't want me to come way up
here, but I decided it was time to get away from home
and experience something new.
"Seeing snow for the first time, after just seeing
it on television all my life, yvas a real shock. But I'd
have to say I've really en/oyed myself here, it just
went by too quick for me," he said.

When the Edinboro University football coaching
staff came up with a nickname for its key defensive
player several years ago they must have had Willie
Chealey in mind.
In the Scots terminology, Chealey is referred to
as the "Hitman." And the senior linebacker takes the
title to heart.
"I like tackling people better than being tackled.
It's a lot more fun," said the 5-11, 195-pound
Orlando, Florida, native, who led the Scots in tackles
last year with 122.
Chealey, who was a quarterback in high school,
started his career as a strong safety with the Scots,
but was switched to hitman during spring football of
his freshman year after seeing action on special
teams the previous fall.
"I'm an aggressive player and I wanted to be
where the action was," stated Chealey. "We were
losing two All-America linebackers so I thought the
move would be beneficial to me."

FBI OVER NFL
A criminal justice major, Chealey is more
interested in a law enforcement career than a career
in pro football.
"I hate to say it but I think I'm too injury-prone for
pro ball," said Chealey. "If the opportunity comes up I
might give it a shot, but I'm not investing all my time
in that. I'm more interested in getting my career in
criminal justice started.
"I have an interview with the FBI in May. They
might tell me to get two years of local experience as a
police officer before they'll consider me more
seriously," he said.
Wouldn't that be strange? A hitman in the FBI.

A BIG HIT
Edinboro coach Denny Creehan said the decision
to move Chealey to hitman was obvious.
"He was a strong safety as a freshman, but he
was big for his position. We had other kids who could
play at strong safety but we needed someone like him
at hitman," said Creehan.
Creehan explained the hitman's responsibilities
this way: "What we do is we get a kid who is a great
tackier and had good speed. We cover up all the
offensive linemen that play in front of the hitman so

EDITOR'S NOTE: Dennis Michalski is a sports writer for
the Erie Times "Sports Week" which appears in tabloid
form ever Monday. He has covered Edinboro football in the
past and articles concerning Edinboro athletics are
routinely produced by him.

Athletic Director - Jim McDonald

The personable athletic director also introduced
Edinborb's Hall of Fame program which has evolved
into an annual year-ending event to honor present
and past athletes. His most recent project was the
completion of a $90,000 showcase weight room
which will service the entire campus community and
also be a prime aid for Divison I aspirations in the
Scots wrestling program.
McDonald has been at Edinboro since 1962 and
for 12 years served as the Fighting Scot basketball
coach (1962-1975) and never experienced a losing
season while his teams compiled an impressive 181
wins against only 89 losses. During that span, his
cagers won four Western Division Pennsylvania
Conference crowns, the PC state championship and
two District 18 titles that netted trips to the NAIA
National Tournament. His teams set 27 University
records and made 19 post-season appearances while
four of his players were named All-Americans.
Prior to accepting his position at Edinboro,
McDonald served as assistant basketball coach in
Erie, Pa. He is a 1956 graduate of Bridgeport High
School in his home town of Bridgeport, West Virginia.
In 1960 he received a degree in chemistry and
physical education from West Virginia Wesleyan
College and he also holds a master's degree in health
from the University of Buffalo._____________________

Edinboro University's athletic program was
placed under the talented and aggressive leadership
of Jim McDonald in July of 1981. Increased emphasis
on fund raising to provide a sound scholarship
foundation has become his top priority while numer­
ous changes and innovations have also keyed the
Scots' athletic program under his direction.

edinboro

Through his efforts more than 1.3
million dollars has been raised during the
past three years with an additional
$511,000 anticipated during the 1984-85
sports campaign.

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The funds generated by the energetic athletic
director's efforts will be used to assist Edinboro's
men and women athletes who compete in the Scots
seventeen intercollegiate sports.
In addition to maintaining Edinboro's respected
winning tradition in intercollegiate athletics, the
former health and physical education professor has
vastly expanded the University's summer activities.
Fifteen summer sports camps are conducted on
the University's campus along with fifteen band
camps on twelve recently constructed football fields
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Edinboro University hopes to maintain its "offensive"
reputation on the football field in 1984 as Coach Denny
Creehan's Fighting Scots strive to continue the pace which
made them one of the most explosive grid squads in the
nation. The Scots, who return 13 starters and 30 lettermen,
finished second nationally in offense among the NCAA's
Division II competitors last year after averaging a record
shattering 41.2 points and 461 yards per game. Enroute to
an 8-2 season, Edinboro climbed to eighth in the polls at
one point and registered 21 new school marks while tying 3
others.
"If it's the skill people who make the offense go, then
we should have productive results," predicted Creehan
whose clubs have been winners in 20 of their last 24
outings. "But if it's the interior line that makes it go, then
we might have some question marks, cautioned the sixthyear Boro mentor.
"As far as the defense is concerned, we'll be solid at all
11 positions if we get the same kind of play out of our ends
that we did last year," Creehan continued. "Tom Herman
(defensive coordinator) has always managed to develop a
defensive unit that's traditionally very tough and we're
counting on him to give us another aggressive, but
disciplined bunch of players," he added.
"You have to have a lot of talent and some luck to win
in our conference anymore," Creehan offered. "It has
become a real meat grinder. Giving anyone a decided edge
is difficult but Clarion has 17 starters back and, on paper,
Indiana has had the best two recruiting years in a row," the
Scot coach indicated.
Giving Edinboro the inside track to be point potent
again is one of the country's most accurate passers in
senior quarterback Blair Hrovat (Northfield, OH). The
talented field general directed a high-powered wing-T
offense that netted 4,611 yards while accounting for 10
new records that included career plays (686), season
passing attempts (181), season total offense (1,938),
career total offense (4,244), season completions (99), game
completions (18), career touchdown passes (35), season
touchdown passes (19), career passing (3,586), and game
touchdown passes (4). Hrovat, who now owns 14
Edinboro grid records, finished second nationally (NCAA II)
in passing efficiency last year by connecting on 99 of 181
attempts for a sparkling 54.7 percentage.
"Blair deserves All-America recognition if he con­
tinues his pace," stated Creehan. He s already the top
passer in our school's history and this year he should finish
among the all-time Conference leaders," the Scot coach
projected.
Waiting to make his mark at the quarterback slot is
talented sophomore Scott Dodds (Beaver, PA) who,
Creehan concedes, would probably be a starter playing for
anyone else. "We will definitely play Scott because he's
that good and deserving of the chance," revealed Creehan
after electing to redshirtthe promising signal caller last fall.
Augmenting Hrovat's aerial attack is a relentless
ground game spearheaded by halfbacks Bob Klenk (Pitts­
burgh, PA) and Damon Chambers (Willingboro, NJ), who
churned out more than 500 yards each last year. Klenk
threaded his way for 517 yards, led the Pennsylvania
Conference in scoring with 76 points and was the sixth top
scorer in the nation while Chambers sped for 507 yards and
ranked third in the team's scoring parade with 8 touch­
downs.

Center Buddy Carroll and tackle Rick Rosenburg, a
Steeler signee, have graduated leaving Dom Grande (Pitts­
burgh, PA), a 6-0, 250-pound left guard, the heir apparent
to their leadership roles. Joining him are tackles Mark
Wallace (6-3, 225, Uniontown, PA) and Jim Ritt (6-4, 255,
Chesterland, OH) who bring game experience up front with
right guard Scott Weinhold (6-4, 240, Pittsburgh, PA). The
early nod at center goes to Mark Merritt (5-11, 245,
Industry, PA), but Dave Higham (6-2, 240, Hubbard, OH) is
pushing for a full-time job. Tackle Jim Britt (6-4, 260,
Girard, OH) in addition to guards Frank Lucca (6-3, 240,
Mentor, OH), and Dave Nye (6-0, 225, Windsor, OH) are all
challenging for regular duty.
"The only other variable we have to figure on
offensively is the period of adjustment which is inevitable
in a coaching change," said Creehan. The Scot mentor was
referring to the recent addition of Jerry Gallagher as the
team's offensive coordinator after John D Ottavio accepted
a post with the USFL's New Jersey Generals. Gallagher,
however, is a D'Ottavio disciple and also a well-schooled
enthusiast of the wing-T philosophy.
Not to be denied their share of the limelight is a
defensive unit that ranked eighth among the nation's
leaders in rushing defense with a mere 65.6 yards per
game allowance. The figure ranked as the second best
mark in Edinboro's history and helped limit the Scots'
oppostion to only 14.4 points per contest. The Boros
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Creehan. "The manpower is there, the drawback is the
experience factor," he concluded. Sophomore John
Cardone (Pittsburgh, PA) should also get a chance to prove
he can protect the flank.
Senior strong safety Keith Rose (Coraopolis, PA)
regarded as "the coach on the field," keys a solid Scot
secondary where the Scots show the most depth. Free
safety Ray Bracy (Youngstown, OH) the team's leader in
interceptions and fumble recoveries, anchors the unit with
Rose. Sophomores Terrell Clifford (Canton, OH) and
Martelle Betters (Connellsville, PA) are projected as the
starting corners, but redshirts Matt Robinson (Orlando, FL)
and Mark Perkins (Harve de Grace, MD) are talented
enough to step in at anytime.
Edinboro's kicking game appears to possess one of its
strongest kicking combinations in years with placement
booter Jim Trueman (Bellevue, PA) and punter Kevin
Conlan (Frewsburg, NY). Trueman, in his freshman debut,
was listed among the nation's scoring leaders with 69
points via 39 PAT's and 10 field goals. The PC First Team
pick set Edinboro records for the most extra point boots in a
season (39) and the single game PAT standard (7). Conlan,
who has proved his ability to get distance and heighth on
his punts, displayed the consistency in the spring needed to
make him a valuable asset should the offense get slowed
down.

Headlining the cast here are a pair of senior AllAmerican candidates in 6-3, 230-pound tackle Rick Jordan
(Jamestown, NY) and 6-0, 192-pound linebacker Willie
Chealey (Orlando, FL) who combined for 186 stops last fall.
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the speed to cover receivers coming out of the backfield,
beamed Creehan, "while Rick has exceptional quickness
that makes the pass rush and pursuit his forte."
Teaming with Chealey at the other backer spot in the
5-2 alignment is 6-2, 220-pound senior Bob O'Rorke
(Pittsburgh, PA) tabbed by Creehan as "a fiery athlete who
gets the rest of the defense 'up' and makes the big play."
Sophomore Allen Ellis (5-11,205, Albion, NY) emerged as
the number one backup to O'Rorke and Chealey after
spring ball.
Tackle Don Espy (6-3,245, Brookville, PA) a three-year
monogram winner, and junior middle guard Sean Hender­
son (6-0, 230, West Mifflin, PA) another pass rush stand­
out, team up with Jordan to form the heart of the Scots
forward wall. The coaching staff is also high on sophomore
tackle Chuck Murray (6-4, 240, Tyrone, PA) who made
noted progress in spring camp. Adding help in pass rush
situations is Matt Grebenc (Wickliffe, OH) another quick
middle guard operative like Henderson.
Primary attention will be focused on the defensive end
slots manned by juniors Dave Emmert (6-3, 210, Lower
Burrell, PA)and John Brenneman(5-10,225, Warren, OH).
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"Overall our backfield will have a lot more speed as a
group," forecasted Creehan. "Damon is ready to blossom
into the great player we expect him to be and Bob is one of
the most reliable halfbacks we have," the Edinboro
University coach added.
Giving the Scots a running back bonus this year is the
return of Mitchell Kelly (Canton, OH), a PC First Team
selection in 1982, who is once again in the lineup.
Sophomore Carmen Cicero (Niles, OH) emerged as a top
young prospect after spring ball with newcomer Tony Allen
(E. Carnegie, PA) ready to show his wares out of a halfback
slot.
Senior fullback Ray Rhodes (5-10, 190, White Plains,
NY) gives the Scots' running game an added dimension
with his speed. "If he improves his blocking, he could
become one of the best fullbacks we've ever had," offered
Creehan.
Rounding out the arsenal of offensive weapons are
wide receivers Gary McKnight (Orlando, FL) and Eric
Bosley (Willingboro, NJ) who could become the top two
pass catchers in the Conference if they avoid injury
problems. McKnight snagged 16 tosses for 428 yards last
year while Bosley, after a late start, tied an Edinboro record
with 3 TD grabs in a single game. Letter winner Dave
Gierlak (Buffalo, NY), the third in a trio of brothers to play for
the Scots, complements the duo with sophomore Bob
Suren (Parma, OH) earning the early nod at tight end.
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we don't have good people on our line, indicated Creehan,
"it's just that they're untested. As a matter of fact, they
have the potential to become one of the best offensive lines
in our conference," he summed.

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ust like the British were that night Paul
Revere spotted lanterns in a Boston
church steeple and took a ride: college
football playoffs are coming.
Lightheavyweight ,and middleweight and
lightweight college football already have them.
They're successful, too. And popular.
The Notre Dames and Southern Cals, the
Alabamas and Oklahomas, the Penn States and
Texases yet hold out.
“But, ” prophet Frank Broyles, Arkansas ath­
letic director keeps shouting, "playoffs are
ahead.
“They are not imminent. They are inevitable.

he parades, the floats, the fun, the
excitement, the parties ... they’re all
part of college football’s post-season
bowl game extravaganzas.
So also are the perennial arguments of which
team deserves to be No. 1.
It all adds up to the uniqueness of major
college football, the only one of the NCAA's 74
sponsored sports that does not have a
championship game.
Why change it? Why spoil it? Why tamper with
success? What’s Wrong with being different?
Why have an elimination tournament or play­
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CON/CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOPP
Let's leave well enough alone, we say.
College football is thriving. Let it thrive.
Let it enjoy its amateur status. Let it be
enjoyable, not pressurized. Let it bask
in the glory of its bowl games, and not
be dragged down by the drudgery of,
say, a first-round tournament game, in
which the No. 1 seeded team plays No.
16.
“If we were to adopt a post-season
tournament, we would be leaving ama­
teur status and moving into the profes­
sional realm, " said the coach of a
Southwest team. "I am violently
opposed to a tournament. ”
I don t feel it s in our best interests
to be in a national playoff system, ” said
the coach of a Far West team.
"First of all, the NCAA holds to the
principle of the student-athlete, and if
we had a national championship tour­
nament, we would be playing too long,
which is not conducive to academic
achiev'ement,” he said.
'Second of all, bowl games have done
a lot to promote college football, and
every New Year's Day, there are a lot of
winners.
And third,” continued the coach,
“who benefits from it? Players don’t get
a dime, and maybe you play 13 or 14
games, but was it to the players’ benefit
playing more than 11 games? ”
“‘I happen to believe that what we’ve
got now is the most positive thing for
college football, ’ said an athletic direc­
tor in the Southeast.
“ First, there arc some 16 major bowls,
with 32 teams participating, all of
whom can go back to their respective
constituents and use the fact that they
went to a bowl to boost ticket sales,” he
added.
“ Second, a bowl trip can be an enjoy­
able way to end the season — win or
lose. Probably the only team that didn’t
enjoy its experience this past season
was Nebraska, because they w ere play­
ing for the national championship (and
losing to Miami of Florida). In a playoff,
you d have a great deal of strain with­
out the satisfaction of having enjoyed a
bowl trip.
"And third, ’ continued the athletic
director, “the controversy spawned by
the type of thing that happened on Jan.
2 (when the top five teams in the
national wire service polls finished
their seasons with one loss) is probably
the most stimulating thing to happen
to college football in years.”
He pointed out that after last sea­
son s bowl games, the electronic and
print media were filled with reports for
at least a week about who should be No.
1 in college football — “ almost to the
exclusion of pro football. ”

“ It’s great for college football to be
arguing that in every drugstore and coffeeshop in the country,” he said.
“The bowl season is a reward for fans
as well as the players — a holiday,
festive-type event they look forward to, ’ ’
he said. "A playoff situation would
destroy part of that because fans can’t
afford to go to more than one post-sea­
son game. And unless you play some
games at campus sites, you’d lose fan
support.
““I’m old-fashioned enough to believe
that you still play the game for the play­
ers and the fans, ” he concluded.
If a playoff system were to be
adopted, it has been suggested that the
finals, semifinals, quarterfinals and
opening-round games be rotated each
year. That would mean, for example,
that the four major bowl games — the
Cotton, Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls
— would hold the championship game
only once every four years.
’Fhat would diminish the importance
of the other bowl games, instead of
them each holding their special signifi­
cance as they do at present.
A playoff, said an official of one of the
major bowls, “would very quickly lead
to the demise of the bowls. In a playoff
situation, it would be illogical to think
the NCAA would not work within its
own structure. There would be no need
for organizations such as ours. Even if
such a rotating structure between
bowls would come about, it would be
tremendously difficult to try to sell a
quarterfinal or semifinal game.”
“ I would say both publicly and pri­
vately that no one wants to see the
destruction of the bowls,” said a net­
work televison spokesinan. “I would
never want to see the bowls thrown
out.”

“Bowls are the successful tradition/’
noted an NCAA executive. “Bowls are
the rewards for (many of) the confer­
ence champions. I’m very comfortable
with the bowls. ”
So are many other people in college
football.
“Because a tournament would have
to be minor in scope so as not to
elongate the season too much, fewer
teams would get the exposure
guaranteed by the bowls, ” pointed out
the coach of a Midwest team.
Elongating the season, said the
athletic director of a school in the
Southwest, would hurt the athletes
academically.
“The academic side of it appears to
be a problem,” he said, “because we
might hav* to start playing games in
mid-December, when a lot of schools
hold their finals.
“Another stumbling block,” he said,
“would be how to choose the teams
involved. We have that problem now in
basketball and they pickSO-some teams
(53 last season). In football, there would
be a smaller number of teams involved
and probably much more conversation
about who was invited. Right now, the
conversation is all about who is No. 1,
and under a playoff system, the conver­
sation would be why certain teams
didn’t get in. ”
If there are so many reasons against
having such a playoff, why change? It’s
unnecessary.
College football is healthy. Let’s leave
it in that condition.
“ I don’t expect to see a playoff in my
lifetime,” said an athletic director in
the Southwest.
Let’s hope not. Let’s keep the bowl
game structure. It works — and it works
well.
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Fifth in a series

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the town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
since the founding of Bloomsburg Uni­
versity in 1867. The Hall was constructed
to serve as a main buildingfor the school
and was named for Harvey Carver, who
served as principal of what was known in
1856 as Bloomsburg Literary Institute.
Carver Hall remains in excellent condi­
tion and today contains the offices of
the President and other school officials
and a 500-seat auditorium used for stu­
dentfunctions and community activities.

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campus symbol and school logo of West
Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia.
The granite rock memorial came to
West Georgia from the McIntosh
Reserve, south of town. Chief William
McIntosh had a large granite stone
hewn into steps for his visitors to mount
their horses when visiting his home and

guest house. McIntosh was chief of the
Creek Indian nation in the early 1800s
and rose to the mnk of brigadier
general in the American army under his
friend General Andrew Jackson. The
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William Shakespeare didn't
have football in mind when he wrote that,
but it’s beginning to look like a lot of
college football coaches think ol’ Bill
just might have something.
Football always has been recognized
as a very physical game. Strength coaches
are forever coming up with new ways to
mold muscles into bigger muscles.
Take a look at a college recruiter’s
shopping list and behind the names
you will find questions like these: What
is his time for 40 yards? What is his cor­
rect height and weight? What is his
growth potential? How much can he
bench press? Does he have lateral
quickness? Does he have quick feet?
How agile is he?
How many athletes do you know that
have had the size, speed, strength and
agility of a superstar and yet spent

most of their college careers sitting on
the bench?
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soniething even coaches find hard to
define.
It’s not something you can measure.
You can’t step on a scale to see how
much you've got. You can’t put it in a
cup. You can’t even be sure you have it.
For decades now, coaches have been
preaching that the team that won t be
beat can’t be beat. Do they really believe
that? Is there any truth to it? Has foot­
ball become a game of mind over matter?
“It is important that your players be­
lieve they can’t be beat, ” says one east­
ern coach. “Teams that have that kind
of superior attitude will always win
some games they might not otherwise
win.
“Teams like that never give up. So
they almost never get embarrassed. If

they lose, it’s probably going to be a
close game”
Okay. So what is mental toughness
and how do you develop it as a team
attitude?
“We consider it to be so important
that we start to stress it in the first
meeting we have with the squad,’’ says
the coach of one midwestern college.
“We emphasize it in all our team
activities.
“We tell our kids that it’s going to take
mental toughness to have a good day of
practice when it’s hot or when they’re
stiff and sore. We tell them it’s going to
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the coach.
"I think it depends on the man and
his approach to the game/’ points put
another coach. "I’m what you would
probably call a rah-rah type. My players
reflect that.
“Some coaches would call my kids
cocly. I call them confident and enthu­
siastic. I expect them to play that way.
“I’ve seen some coaches who feel
that organization and planning are the
way to a successful program. I would
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But it still is important.
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emerge victorious. Mental toughness,
in itself, just isn’t enough.
“I do feel it is one reason why certain
teams are so successful year after year.
What happens at those schools is that
the coach has been able to project a
positive mental attitude. He built mental
toughness right into his program. ”
Mental toughness is something every
great player must have. And yet most of
them don’t realize they have it or really
need it.
“I heard coaches talk about it for
years, but I never realized what they
really meant until my injury,” says a
former All-America linebacker. “For
three years, everything had been perfect.
"The honors started coming in my
junior year and people started talking
about how I couldn’t miss in the pros.

“Then, in spring practice before my
senior year, I tore up my knee. I was
covering a receiver and he made a cut. I
turned to go with him and when I
planted my foot, the knee went out.
There was no contact. My foot just
caught in the turf and I went down. ”
It was at this point in his career that
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“At first, all I did was complain about
getting such a lousy break, ” he con­
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if I’d ever be the same again. I talked to
the surgeon who had performed the
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I spent a lot of time talking to our
trainers.
“ They all tried to calm my fears and
to reassure me that eyerything would
work out okay. I had never been hurt
before, so I guess this thing bothered
me more than it would some other
players. ”
The athlete was told that it was going
to take a great deal of hard work before
he would be ready to play football again.
He was well prepared to handle the
physical portion of his rehabilitation. It
was the mental part that proved the
most difficult.
““The recovery process was as much
mental as it was physical,” admits the
player. “ It was tough to just stand on
my crutches at practice and watch
someone else play my position.
“ Then, when it came time to try to
strengthen my leg, I always worried
that maybe I was trying too hard. I kept
thinkin^'that if I did one more lifting
exercise I might pop it out again. Even
when I first started playing again there
was that little bit of doubt in the back of
my mind.
“Looking back on that year, I sure
found out what mental toughness is all
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had to do. ”
Curt Warner, who in his first season
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senior year.
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Heisman Trophy. He worked so hard to
be in peak form some people feel he
overtrained.
After two very disappointing games,
Warner broke down and cried as he was
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couple of days. When he returned, they
told him to relax and allow his great
natural ability to emerge.
Warner would admit later that he
had to re-evaluate his career and start
all over again. It took a great deal of
mental and moral toughness for him to
accomplish that.
Do coaches today recruit players
with mental toughness? How do they
know if a recruit has it?
“When we look at a kid on film we tiy
to pick out certain things that might
indicate a player is mentally tough,”
says one coach. "We look to see what he
does when he doesn’t figure in the play.
"If he’s an offensive lineman, we look
to see if he carries out his assignment
on a sweep to the opposite side. Does
he throw a good block or does he just
fake it?
"If he’s a back, what does he do when
he isn’t carrying the ball? Does he block
for his teammate? Does he make a good
fake? Does he fight for that extra yard,
or does he go down as soon as he’s hit?
"If he’s a defensive player, we look to
see what he does when the play goes
the other way. Does he try to help, or
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mentally tough any player really is. But
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most of the time, you’d better grab him.
"When you get these kids as fresh­
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way the system works. Some kids can
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“Some players never get over it. They
never reach their true potential. Some
reach it right away. They’re the guys
with mental toughness. To them, it’s a
state of mind, something they’ve always
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that his attempt to make his football
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are bruised and tired. It’s when every­
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tradition. Many of the great rivalries are
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can make up a lot of things that have
gone wrong before. And in these tradi­
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the apex of it all” he said. "It's a feeling
you can’t describe... The pageantry,
the crowd, the TV cameras. The thing
that gets me most is the tradition of it
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played before. You get a feeling inside
that just swells for two weeks and fi­
nally bursts on the day that you come
onto the field to play the Army team.”
College football is unique in that no
other sport boasts the rivalries that an­
nually raise the blood pressure of play­
ers, coaches, alumni and fans alike.
For tradition and color, Army-Navy
must rank at the top. The game is the
culmination of a 365-day conflict be­
tween the Cadets and the Middies.
Pranksters run wild the weeks before
the clash and Army’s favorite pastime is
kidnapping the Navy GoAt. After making
off with the nanny in 1972, the Cadets
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kid' is today? The Corps does. ”
Not to be outdone, the Middies have
responded in recent years by spreading
the cadets’ seats in the stadium with
limburger cheese and paint.
The Army-Navy rivalry began in 1890,
but there was a six-year break starting
in 1894 when a general and an admiral
at the Army-Navy Club in New York
threatened a duel over the game.
The Army-Navy game is the focal
point for parties at service installations
throughout the world. It is probably at­
tended by more dignitaries than any
•other football contest. And its tradi­
tions and pageantry remain un­
matched in athletics.
Another great rivalry, KansasMissouri, is billed as the oldest series
west of the Mississippi. The seeds of
this rivalry, which began in 1891, might
well have been planted during Civil War
times when Missouri was pro-slavery
and Kansas was anti-slavery. One of
William Quantrill’s raids left Lawrence
(now the home of the University of Kan­
sas) burning to the ground and in retali­
ation, Kansas “jayhawked ” to Missouri
and burned farms and settlements.
The Jayhawks dominated the early
years of this rivalry and in 1909, when
William W. Roper came to Missouri as
coach, his statement to the welcoming
committee was, "I understand you
want to beat Kansas.” The two teams
came up to their Thanksgiving Day
game that year and the night before
Roper called the key Tiger players to his
room, one by one, and told each: “The
alumni don’t think you can beat Kan­
sas, but I don’t believe them. The team
that won’t be beat, can’t be beat.”
Missouri won 12-6 and that battle cry
has been repeated countless times
since.
The Clemson-South Carolina rivalry
was unique for decades in that it was
played on Thursday for State Fair Week
each October in Columbia, home of the
University of South Carolina. It was
called Rig Thursday and feelings ran as
high among fans as they did among
players. The rivalry began in 1896 and
one report stated, “Hy 1915, the Fair
game had long since become a cornbination picnic, fashion parade, political
rally and party. ”
Sadly for many Clemson-South Caro­
lina fans. Big Thursday was abolished
after the 1959 match because the Tigers
objected to playing in the Gamecock’s
stadium every year. Now it is a home
and home series the final Saturday of
the season.
Clemson won last year, 22-13, and
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connected with Yale and Harvard refer
to their meeting simply as "The Game.”
Certainly no other series has the long
and glorious history of this one, which
was started over 100 years ago. "The
Game ” is the climax of a busy week of
activity between the universities. This
includes seven or eight football games
between the Houses (dorms) of the two
schools, coed touch football matches,
various soccer contests, a joint glee
club concert and a huge pre-game
luncheon. The tailgating parties are
also the most lavish of the year.
While Yale and Harvard have "The
Game, ” Stanford and California go
them one up by calling their series
‘‘The Big Game. ”
The first game was played in 1892
and Stanford won 14-10, even though
its student manager, Herbert Hoover,
forgot to bring the football. So a local
sporting goods operator jumped on his
horse, rode back to town, and brought
back a ball so "The Big Game” could
make its debut.
The series received national expo­
sure in 1982. With the game clock tick­
ing off the final seconds, Stanford

converted the apparent winning field
goal to take a 20-19 lead. However, Cal
took the ensuing kickoff and scored on
a sensational five-lateral return, the fi­
nal ballc^er dodging members of the
Stanford‘band who had flooded the far
end of the field in premature celebra­
tion. Tabbed "The Play” the bizarre fin­
ish was celebrated by the national
media.
One of the nation’s oldest and
closest rivalries is the annual intra­
state fratricide between Penn State and
Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh dominated the earlyyears
of the series which started in 1893. But
Penn State took the series lead with 10
consecutive victories from 1966-75. Last
year’s seesaw battle ended in a 24-24 tie
when Penn State kicked a field goal on
the final play of the game. The Lions
hold a slight lead in the series with 41
victories, 38 losses and four ties.
Just 27 miles apart in central Indiana,
Wabash and DePauw, two small liberal
arts colleges have a wonderfully close
rivalry going. The series is currently
tied at 41 games and there have been
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eight ties.
They have met 73 consecutive times,
prompting the two schools to claim
"the oldest continuous football rivalry
west of the Alleghenies.”
Because of the proximity, the rivals
often are brothers, cousins, high school
classmates or friends. The trophy in the
series is the Monon Bell, a 350-pound
object that was donated by the Monon
Railroad in 1932. It was taken from one
of the railroad’s locomotives and
painted red on one side (for Wabash)
and gold on the other (for DePauw).
For Jhe people involyed in the
Alabama-Auburn "Brag Bovvl,” the win­
ner retains bragging rights for an entire
year. Football is a way of life in Alabama
and when these two schools meet,
households across the state are divided.
Over 75 percent of each team’s roster
annually comes from within the state,
so that adds a razor’s edge to the al­
ready sharp rivalry.
It all started in 1892, but then the
1907 game prematurely ended in a 6-6
tie because of a riot and the rivalry was
suspended until 1948. The presidents
of the two universities got them to­
gether on the field with an assist from
the state legislature, which reportedly
threatened a cutback in funds if the
series was not continued.
Over the last decade the Notre DameSouthern California intersectional ri­
valry has grown into one of the great
ones in the country. These two giants
defy the theory that proximity is a ne­
cessity for a great series.
This series began in 1926 under two
famous coaches — Knute Rockne and
Howard Jones. In the early years, Notre
Dame dominated and almost any Tro­
jan victory was considered an upset.
One occurred in 1931 at South Bend,
even though the Irish had built a 14-0
lead after three quarters. USC won the
game on a field goal kick by guard John
Baker to give the Trojans a 16-14 tri:
umph and end Notre Dame’s 26-game
winning streak.
That victory was so exciting back
home that a crowd of 300,000 lined the
streets to celebrate, and the game film
broke all attendance records at Loew’s
State Theater.
Anthony Davis stamped his presence
indelibly on this series in recent years
before national TV audiences. He
scored six touchdowns, including kick­
off returns of 96 and 97 yards, to lead
the Trojans to an exciting 45-23 victory.
Honors for the most-played rivalry go
to Lafayette and Lehigh. These two
Pennsylvania schools will battle each
other for the 120th time this fall and
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the 100-game milestone.
The initial contest between these two
teams was held in 1884 with the Leop­
ards of Lafayette trouncing the Engi­
neers of Lehigh, 50-0. William Harding
Davis, who became well-known as a
journalist, novelist and pla3'wright, was
a back for the Engineers and returned
for a second game that year to score
Lehigh’s first touchdown.
The two schools have played at least
once every year (and in some years as
often as three times) except for 1896,
when a dispute over player eligibility
caused the game to be cancelled.
Since the campuses are located only
12 miles apart, high jinks and deeprooted tradition take hold of the two
communities during game week.
Week-long festivities play a big part in
the game between Michigan and Ohio
State, too. Evidence of the rivalry is
everywhere. You can find signs in
Columbus which read: “Michigan has
BO.” and in Ann Arbor, you might see:
"Keep Michigan beauti^l, throw your
garbage in Ohio. ”
This rivalry, already intense, took on
added meaning in the ’70s when their
yearly meeting was often the deciding
factor for the Big Ten title and Rose
Bowl assignment. Either Michigan or
Ohio State has been the Big Ten Rose
Bowl representative 14 of the past 16
years.
This series produced one of the most
unbelievable games in college history.
On the eve of their 1950 meeting, snow

started falling all over Ohio. Some spots
were pelted with 25 inches and drifts
reached four or five feet.
After a discussion of whether to play
at all, school officials finally decided
to go ahead — then saw that football
couldn’t be played on that day. It was
impossible to run and pass, so the two
teams spent the afternoon punting—24
by Michigan and 21 by Ohio State.
When the game ended, stadium per­
sonnel dug through the snow drifts
around the field to make sure nobody
had fallen in.
Another great shootout is the TexasOklahoma series, which started in 1900
and has been an annual attraction
since 1929 in Dallas.
The 1950 game decided the national
championship and it was a thriller. The
Longhorns led 13-7 with under four
minutes to play when they lined up in
punt formation. But they had only 10
men on the field. The kick was blocked
and Billy Vessels scored from the 12yard line to give Oklahoma a 14-13
victory.
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in the country of course. Such fine se­
ries as UCLA-USC, Alabama-Tennessee,
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Mr. Outside” as they led the Cadets to a 9-0 season In 1944. Their coach was the famed Earl
(Red) Blaik, center.

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WorW War II; a two-platoon experiment and coach­
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helped the 1940s make a profound contribution to the
histoiy of college football.
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for the game. It was an era when college football was still
hing, glorified by the success of powerhouses like Notre
Dame and Army, and by the heroic deeds of cover boys

like Franide Albert, Johnny Lujack, Tom Harmon, Glenn
Davis, Charlie Justice and Doak Walker.
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That transition was inspired by the in­
credible success of an upstart Stanford
University squad which had mustered
only one victory in 1939.
Coach Clark Shaughnessy, who other­
wise had moderate success as a head
coach, went to Stanford fixim the Chicago
Bears in 1940 and ultimately revolu­
tionized the college game. By the end of
the decade, most coaches in the nation
had embraced his T-formation.
“If Stanford wins a single game with

that crazy formation, you can throw all
the football I ever knew into the Pacific
Ocean,” scoffed "Pop” Warner, a for­
mer Stanford coach. But Warner, a
master of the old school, was wrong, as
proven by a backfield perfectly suited
to Shaughnessy’s style: quarterback
Frankie Albert, halfbacks Pete
Kmetovic and Hugh Gallameau and
fullback Norm Standlee.
Michigan’s Harmon won the Heisman
Trophy in 1940 and unbeaten Minnesota

Johnny Lujack made the game-saving tackle as 74,068 fans packed Yankee Stadium tor the
1946 Army-Notre Dame game. The battle of the unbedtens ended In a tie. Lujack won the
Heisman the following year.

received a lot of No. 1 votes, but no team
or player could match the amazing ac­
complishments of Albert, who rode the
"T ” to a 10-0 season, including a 21-13
Rose Bowl victory over Nebraska, an
early-season 13r7 loser to Minnesota.
"The players were skeptical when
Shaughnessy first told us about the
T-formation,” Albert recalled. "He sold
us on it. After all, we’d been so bad the
year before, so we felt we had little to
lose. Our talent was just right for the
new system, but the coach still had to
teach it. He deserves the credit. A lesser
man would have been afraid to try
something so radical.”
Despite its dramatic turnabout, Stan­
ford had to share national honors with
Minnesota, which struggled to edge
Northwestern and Michigan by one
point. Boston College, coached by a
young man named Leahy, alsp finished
unblemished in 1940, but played a lesser
schedule until it reached the Sugar
Bowl showdown with Gen. Bob
Neyland’s Tennessee juggernaut.
The Volunteers went unbeaten
during the regular season for three
straight years and entered the Boston
College clash with a 30-1 mark over that
period. Tennessee was powered by AllAmerica guards Bob Suffridge and Ed
Molinski, and a gifted runner, Bobby
Fqxx. The Eagles countered with tail­
back Charlie O’Rourke and fullback
Mike Holovak.
It was 13-13 in the fourth quarter
when Foxx missed a field gojal attempt
and the Eagles took over on their 20.
O’Rourke drove his team to the Vols’ 23,
faked a pass and darted and dashed to
a touchdown for a 19-13 victpiy. That
triumph, more than anything, earned
Leahy the Nptre Dame coaching job,
and he justified the faith by winning
four national championships with the
Irish in the forties.
Leahy’s 1941 Notre Dame squad was
unbeaten and tjed by Army, so the na­
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Gophers, who went 8-0 and helped
Bruce Smith win a Heisman Trophy.
Leahy’s departure caused Boston Col­
lege to fall back, but the Eagles were
flying high under Coach Denny Myers
in 1942.
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foes 249-19, and were ranked No. 1 in
the nation, setting up one of the most
convincing upsets in history. The Eagles
were favored by 30 points over 4-5 Holy
Cross. Instead, the Crusaders put it all
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whelmed Boston College by a stagger­
ing 55-12!
That outcome enabled 9-1 Ohio State
to win the national championship.
Georgia also staked a claim by going 9-1
against college teams and 11-1 overall
blanking UCLA in the Rose Bowl where
Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich excelled. Tulsa was deprived of an
unbeaten season by a Sugar Bowl loss
to Tennessee.
The advent of World War II caused
some schools to abandon the sport or
to modify their schedules. Among the
few universities to profit from emergengy measures were Notre Dame and
Purdue, who enjoyed success in 1943
with enforced rosters. The Irish were 9-1,
their record blemished only by a loss to
the Great Lakes service powerhouse.
Julie Rykovich was among the new­
comers helping Notre Dame to promi­
nence, but the big star was quarterback
Angelo Bertelfi, who won the Heisman
Trophy despite missing the final two
games because of military duty. In his
absence, sophomore Johnny Lujack
took over and guided a 26-0 romp over
Army. Purdue, 9-0, felt it deserved the
national crown because it upset Great
Lakes.
By 1944, there was little doubt who
was No. 1. Ohio State went 9-0 and the
Buckeyes’ Les Horvath won the Heis­
man Trophy, but Col Blaik launched a
32-game Unbeaten streak at Army and
his 9-0 squad was rated best. The voters
were undoubtedly influehced by the
exploits of “Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside,”
”Dbc” Blanchard and the incomparable
Glenn Davis.
The Buckeyes, who remained un­
beaten when Horvath’s late TD nudged
Michigan, 18-14, probably were as for­
midable as the Cadets, but Army earned
the headlines with the explosive running
of Davis, who rambled for 20 touch­
downs, nine of them longer than 44
yards. The 5-9, 170-pound Davis re­
peated with 18 TDs in 1945, nine of
them 41 yards or better.
Davis was simply the most electrify­
ing runner of his era. Others accumu­
lated more yards, but none did it with
so few carries. ‘Mr. Outside ” gained
4,129 yards of total offense and was re­
sponsible for a record 71 touchdowns.
He rushed for 2,957 yards, averaging a
remarkable 8.3 yards per attempt. He
set NCAA records with 59 touchdowns
and 354 points.
By comparison. North Carolina’s
“Choo Choo ” Justice chugged for 2,634
yards rushing for a 4.9 average in 1946-49.
He gained 4,871 yards of total offense,
was responsible for 64 TDs and punted
for 9,839 yards and a 42.6 average. Bob

H.O. (Fritz) Crialer utilized the two-platoon system at Michigan where his team demolished
Southern California, 49-0 In the 1947 Rose Bowl.

Fenimore of Oklahoma A&M was the
total offensive leader in 1944-45, notch­
ing 4,627 yards in his career and ac­
counting for 41 TDs.
The most prolific rusher of the forties
was Tulane’s Eddie Price, who rambled
for 3,095 yards and a 6-0 average in
1946-49. Among the more adept
runner-passers, Georgia’s Sinkwich
totaled 4,602 yards and 55 TDs and
Alabama’s Harry Gilmer amassed 4,567
yards and 50 TDs.
Duke, like Notre Dame and Purdue,
was strengthened by war-time trainees.
The Blue Devils conducted a Navy V-12
program and outlasted Alabama, 29-26,
in an exciting 1945 Sugar Bowl. Gilmer
attracted national attention in defeat
by completing eight straight passes, in­
cluding bombs of 57, 42 and 32 yards.
Alabama bounced back to go 10-0 in
1945 and Oklahoma A&M was 9-0, but
unbeaten Army repeated as the national
champion, with Blanchard, who was
often overshadowed by Davis, winning
the Heisman Trophy. Oneyear later, the
Cadets failed to win their third straight
No. 1 distinction, thanks to a memor­
able tackle by the versatile Lujack.
In the most heralded game of the
forties, 74,068 spectators jammed

Yankee Stadium to witness the battle of
the unbeatens between Notre Dame and
Army. Scalpers were getting $200 for
end zone seats because of the hype sur­
rounding the game, which certainly
didn’t disappoint. A high-scoring affair
was predicted, yet the clash of titans re­
sulted in a scoreless tie.
Army seemed likely to win its 26th
straight game when Blanchard broke
loose around the right side and
seemed headed for a game-winning,
52-yard touchdown. Instead, Lujack
made a game-saving tackle on the 37 to
share defensive honors with quar­
terback counterpart Arnold Tucker,
who had three interceptions. Davis
won the Heisman Trophy, but 8-0-1
Notre Dame was ranked No. 1 ahead of
the 9-0-1 Cadets, who struggled against
Navy, and 11-0 Georgia.
The Irish repeated following a 9-0
campaign in 1947, but had to share the
top spot with 10-0 Michigan, especially
after the Wolverines demolished
Southern California, 49-0, in the Rose
Bowl. Coach Fritz Crisler, stepping
down following his crowning
achievement, took advantage of
liberalized substitution rules and
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Utilized the two-platoon system at
Michigan.
The 1947 season also produced one
of the greatest upsets in histoiy. Army
was 4-0, extending its unbeaten string
to 32, whereas Columbia had been
beaten by Penn and Yale. But Lou Little’s
Lions, who attained immortality by
jolting Stanford in the 1934 Rose Bowl,
roared back from a 20-7 deficit to clip
the Cadets, 21-20. Bill Swiacki’s recep­
tions on passes from Gene Rossides
were the key and Lou Kusserow scored
a pair of fourth-quarter TDs.
Crisler’s two-platoon experiment was
an intelligent approach to making the
best use of all the manpower available
to schools following the war. Veterans
flocked back to college and squads were
brimming with talent. The coaches who
made best use of such quality depth
were the most successful.
That was readily apparent at Cali­
fornia, which hired “Pappy ” Waldorf
away from Northwestern following the
1946 season. The Golden Bears, featur­
ing All-America lineman Rod Franz and
the outstanding runner, Jackie Jensen,
went unbeaten in 1948 while notching
their first of three straight Pacific Coast
Conference titles.
But there were no national titles for
the Bears, who dropped narrow deci­
sions in three consecutive Rose Bowl
appearances, dimming the prestige of
West Coast football. Consequently,
rookie coach Bennie Oosterbaan di­
rected Michigan to a 9-0 record and No.
1 honors in 1948.
As the decade came to a close, Notre
Dame and Army were joined by Bud
Wilkinson’s Oklahoma squad as the
nation’s elite. The Irish finished No. 1
with a 10-0 record, entering 1950 with
38 consecutive games without defeat.
End Leon Hart of the Irish was the Heisman Trophy winner, an award earned
by Lujack in 1947 and SMU’s Walker in
1948.
Army continued its winning ways,
going 8-0-1 in 1948 (tied by Navy) and 9-0
in 1949. Wilkinson guided the Sooners
to an 11-0 mark in 1949 en route to a 31game winning streak. A few years later,
of course, Oklahoma won 47 in a row
(1953-57), a record winning streak which
still stands.
Some other highlights from the
forties:
1940 — The first major upset of the
decade found Texas ending Texas
A&M’s 19-game winning streak, 7-0.
The Aggies entered the game outscoring
foes 170-27 and posting an 8-0
record... Minnesota earned its piece of
the national title by shading Michigan,
7-6.. .Tom Harmon concluded a bril-

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Tom Harmon concluded his brilliant career
at Michigan In 1940 by scoring 16 TDs and
117 points.

liant career at Michigan by scoring 16
TDs and 117 points.
1941 — Duke was 9-0 during the reg­
ular season, but was stunned by Oregon
State in the Rose Bowl, 20-16. Making
matters worse, the game was played on
the Blue Devils’ home field because the
attack on Pearl Harbor placed the West
Coast on alert and forced a switch...
Harry Stanton of Arizona established a
national record for receptions with 50
for 820 yards.. .a group of Wall Street
brokers created a fictional Plainfield
Teachers College and a Chinese half­
back named John Chung, calling in
reports to newspapers and wire ser­
vices. The hoax wasn’t exposed for
several weeks.
1942 — Rudy Mobley of Hardin-Simmons rushed for 1,281 yards and a 6.9
average.. .perhaps the greatest come­
back of the decade came at Atlanta,
when Georgia overcame a 10-0 fourthperiod deficit to jolt Alabama 21-10.
Sinkwich fired a pair of touchdown
passes to George Poschner as the Bull­
dogs scored thrice in seven minutes...
Sinkwich, the nation’s total offense
leader, combined with Charlie Trippi to
give Georgia an exciting offense.
1943 — Neil Armstrong, an Oklahoma
A&M freshman, was the nation’s lead­
ing receiver with 33 catches.. .several
southern schools, including Alabama
and Tennessee, suspended football
operations because of World War II.
1944 — Michigan, ahead 14-12, lost
to Ohio State, 18-14, partly because of
an onside kick concocted by the Wol­
verine players. It was late in the fourth
period and the fateful decision gave the

Buckeyes the ball 49 yards from the end
zone. Les Horvath’s two-yard TD kept
Ohio State’s unbeaten streak intact...
Glenn Davis, a sophomore, scored 20
touchdowns for Army to lead the
nation in scoring.
1945 — Doc Blanchard took national
scoring honors with 19 TDs and 115
points.. .Indiana missed an unblem­
ished season by virtue of a tie.
1946 — Mobley, back from the ser­
vice, rushed for 1,262 yards and a 5.6
average for Hardin-Simmons.. .Arm­
strong, Fenimore’s favorite target at
Oklahoma A&M, concluded his career
with a record 118 receptions.. .Blan­
chard finished with 38 TDs and 231
points.. .Fenimore took on St. Maiy’s
standout Herman Wedem^er in the
Sugar Bowl, the Aggies winning a wild
one, 33-13.. .a stirring windup at the
Orange Bowl found Miami’s Alvin Hud­
son returning an interception 89 yards
for the winning TD. Hudson was on the
Holy Cross 30 when the final gun went
off, but completed his run, cracking
a 6-6 tie.
1947 — Quarterback Charley Conerly
of Mississippi set NCAA records with
133 completions and 18 TD passes...
much of the Ole Miss receiving was done
by Army transfer Barney Poole, who
joined the record parade with 52 catches
and eight TDs on receptions.. .Ventan
Yablonski’s extra point gave Columbia a
shocking 21-20 upset over Army, snap­
ping the Cadets’ 32-game unbeaten
string.
1948 — Fred Wendt of Texas Western
rushed for a record 1,570 yards and an
8.5 average and also scored 152 points
.. .Charlie Jpstice was the nation’s punt­
ing lead^C with a 44.0 average.. .Tulane’s'
Price rushed for 1,178 yards and a 6.3
average.. .Michigan’s 49-0 rout of USC
in the Rose Bowl was the Trojans ’ worst
defeat ever.. .it was billed as a show­
down between quarterbacks Bobby
Layne of Texas and Alabama’s Harry
Gilmer in the Sugar Bowl, but the Long­
horns breezed by, 27-7, with Layne pass­
ing for 195 yards and Gilmer limited to 35.
1949 — Loyola’s (L.A.) Don Klosterman passed for 19 TDs.. .Mississippi's
John Dottley rushed for 1,312 yards and
a 6.3 average.. .Wake Forest’s Johnny
O’Quinn concluded his career with a
record 124 receptions and 20 TDs...
North Carolina’s Art Weiner caught a
record-t}dng 52 passes and finished
with 114 and 21 TDs for his career...
Michigan State’s Lynn Chadnois con­
cluded his career with a record 410
yards in interception returns.. .SMU’s
Doak Walker scored 288 points in four
seasons.. .Price rushed for 1,137 yards
and a 6.7 average.
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TAILGATING IN THE ’80s IS NO PICNIC
by Cynthia Fulton
salad. Try seafood gumbo, oysters on
ailgating today is more than a
the half shell or a whole pig roasting on
pre-game picnic. It’s more than
a spit, apple in mouth and all. How’s
a pleasant pastime. Tailgating is
an event, a sport, maybe even a way ofthat for a pre-game snack?
Maybe it\ all started with a loyal
life for many college football fans.
alumnus,
heading to the stadium early
Serious tailgaters of today are organ­
to beat the traffic before the Big Game.
ized. They plan menus, form clubs and
Maybe he brought along family, friends
commissions, and even hold competi­
and a little food. Whatever the humble
tions. Game-day spreads are lavish.
beginnings of the tailgate tradition,
There are long series of tables, com­
surely there is no comparison to the
plete with cloths, china, silverware,
lavish
tailgating events of today.
candelabrums, flowers and, of course,
The University of Illinois is home of
the school colors. Portable TVs are
“Tailgreat, ” perhaps the largest tailgate
hooked up to RVs (recreational vehicles)
party/competition in existence. Accord­
so that fans can view other games while
ing to Jim Fink, chairman of the Tailpreparing for their own. There are
great Committee, the Tailgreat was the
stereo systems, small bands and an
brainchild of Illini athletic director
occasional impromptu choral group
Neale Stoner. After hearing of a tailgate
belting out its school’s fight song.
competition at Stanford University, he
And the food—it’s a connoisseur’s
thought they’d try it in Champaign.
dream. Kept warm in motor home
And
try it they did. They moved the Illi­
ovens and microwaves and on Cole­
nois/Northwestern game ft'om last to
man stoves, the tailgate food of today is
first on the Illini schedule. Historically
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because of freezing temperatures. The
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to the game and the competition was a
success.
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in four categories this season; Tradi­
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Tailgreat, or the student category. One
of the past notables from the "CutRate” category was a dilapidated 1956
Chevrolet pick-up truck bearing the
hand-lettered sign "Rose Bowl or Rust.’’
The prizes awarded Tailgreat win­
ners range from trips to out-of-town
games and bowl games to, hold on to
your field glasses, an eight-day Carib­
bean cruise for EIGHT!
After several imitations and inquiries
from other schools, the Tailgreat Com­
mittee had the name “Tailgreat” pat­
ented. This is serious business.
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he time has passed so quickly.
Maybe too quickly. One moment
the image is there, distinct and
bright and fiall of life. The next moment
it has vanished into a series of fuzzy
memories. But if you close your eyes
by Michael Martinez, San Jose Mercury News
tightly — if you turn back the clock in
your mind — you can see O. J. in vivid
color, slashing, cutting, finding day­
light, sprinting into eternity. A football
under his arm, a goal post towering
above him, thousands of spectators ris­
ing to their feet to acknowledge him.
Ah, O.J; Simpson.
Remember? You must. There was
only one O.J. We knew him as The Juice.
A name synonymous with college foot­
ball and Saturday afternoons in au­
tumn. One of the greatest football
players who ever lived. Of course you
remember.
Was it really 1968? Could it have been
that long ago? Have the years slipped
away that fast?
They have. O.J. is a mere memory, the
cleats having been put away for good in
1979. You can catch him now in televi­
sion commercials and magazine ads,
but it’s not nearly the same thing.
So we have to be content with reason­
able facsimilies — the newspaper ac­
counts that documented every move
O.J. made, every touchdown he scored,
every post-game sentence he uttered,
every generous smile he wore.
That’s what we have of O.J. And there
are no exaggerated stories to cloud the
legend; nothing to turn the man into
some kind of unrealistic god in
shoulder pads. It’s all true. We know it
because those who were there re­
corded it for other generations.
Still, we wish the time had moved
more slowly. Even now, O.J. admits it
doesn’t seem that long ago. "But re­
member, I went to a school that loves
tradition. I relive it every time I turn on
the TV and see USC in a game. SC
O.J. Simpson capped an Illustrious career at USC with the Helsman Trophy.
people come up to me all the time, and
it seems so vivid. When they talk about
certain games they saw me play, it
and finally enrolled at the University of
cisco, his mother a long-time orderly at
seems like the day before yesterday.’’
Southern California. As the story goes,
San Francisco General Hospital. When
So sit back. Savor histoiy. Put your­
O.J. had wanted to transfer to a fourhe was a child, O.J. lacked calcium in
self on the 50-yard line in the Los
year school after one season at CCSF,
his bones and couldn’t walk without
Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Let’s
but he lacked sufficient credits to enter
the aid of leg braces. He spent his for­
slowly traverse the 1967 and ’68 college
Southern Cal. So others came calling.
football seasons. Today, it’s a warm fall
mative years in the Portrero Hill dis­
Arizona State almost had him. And
trict, where he occasionally ran with
afternoon, and there are 60,000 specta­
gangs of youths. Later, O.J. would re­
Utah, too. But USC and its enormous
tors standing as the Trojan horse
football past — not to mention the chal­
call, "I used to cause some trouble.
emerges from the tunnel at the north
Sometimes, when my friends would try
lenging spectre of former Heisman
end of the stadium.
what I tried, they would get caught. I
TYophy winner Mike Garrett — drew
Suddenly, it’s game time. And then
never did.’’
him south.
we see No. 32 in cardinal and gold.
The record shows that O.J. attended
All this comes quickly to mind as
We know from newspaper accounts
Galileo High School, went to City Col­
Simpson finally trots onto the field in
that he was born Orenthal James
his first game. The opponent is Washlege of San Francisco for two years — 54
Simpson. His father was a custodian of
touchdowns and a bagful of records —
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Boston College also holds a tailgating
competition. Former winner and now
competition judge, Richard M. Carlson,
is known around Chestnut Hill as "Mr.
Tailgate.” Carlson, amemberofthestudent/young alumni group at BC, is a
gourmet cook and displays his mouth­
watering knack for cooking at all home
games. The menu for the season is pub­
lished and mailed out to the student/
young alumni members.
One such menu might include Carl­
son’s award winning seafood Newburg
as the main course and appetizers
such as oysters on the half shell or littleneck clams. Another specialty is Carl­
son’s version of surf and turf—shrimp
scampi and sirloin steak. The tradi­
tional Holy Cross game main dish is
"Flaming Shish Kebab a la Tailgaters of
America.”
Carlson, who begins preparation of
his tailgate creations the week before
the game, goes all-out for the games be­
cause he loves to cook and feels the tail­
gate parties do a lot for the alumni. "It
really gets people into the spirit, ” says
Carlson. And speaking of spirits, Carl­
son has concocted a beverage known
as a "Screaming Eagle ” for cold days.
But, he says, he doesn’t allow anyone to
have more than two. "We really tiy to
de-emphasize the drinking. There is
not excessive alcohol at our parties,”
he explains. It’s pretty obvious that the
focus of the Carlson parties is the food.
Carlson and other members of the
student/young alumni groups often
tailgate at away games, although cook­
ing in a hotel room is a little more diffi­
cult than starting the meals in his home.
"As long as we have a Coleman stove
and a supermarket, we’re in business,”
he says. For some games the group
rents motor homes and stays the entire
weekend.
Another group of tailgaters known
for road-tripping to away games are
those from Louisiana State University.
Residents of Tuscaloosa and Auburn,
Alabama, are likely to see a caravan of
motor homes cruising into their col­
lege towns the Friday evening before
their teams take on the Tigers. But these
tailgaters are not prejudiced. They wel­
come all passers-by, regardless of their
school colors.
The tailgate feasts at home in Baton
Rouge are elaborate. The die-hards
begin arriving in the parking lot of Tiger
Stadium Friday night. These folks get
an early jump on the Saturday morning
arrivals and begin setting up their
spreads. Many have been parking in
the same area for years and each foot­
ball season is a reunion for tailgate
regulars.

There are several groups of tailgaters
that come together regularly and one of
them is the ‘Tiger Tailgaters ” from
Gonzales, La. These fans even had
purple and gold T-shirts printed up.
The menus at these "Cajun ” tailgate
parties include traditional southern
delights such as barbecue, fried chicken
and seafood gumbo.
On any given football Saturday at
Stanford University, one can find scores
of tailgate parties in full swing. In
Chuck Taylor Grove, just outside of
Stanford Stadium, countless motor
homes form a tailgate town. Many of
these recreational vehicles belong to
members of the Buck and Cardinal
Clubs, providers of many of the men’s
and women’s athletic scholarships at
Stanford. Like LSU tailgaters, the groups
on "The Farm” are willing to share with
passers-by—anyone from a weary pro­
gram vendor to a fan from arch-rival
University of California, Berkeley.
The Stanford tailgate parties range
from elegant feasts of sirloin fondue or
venison (roasted on location on a spit)
and imported wine, to picnics of coldcuts and sourdough French bread and
coolers of canned beverages. Spreads
range from dining room settings, com­
plete with cardinal and white table­
cloths and expensive silverware, to
card tables and lawn chairs.
Penn State has quite a reputation for
tailgate parties, also. They even have a
“King of the Tailgaters, ” Christ "PapaD”
Papadopoulous. Like BC’s Carlson,
“Papa D ” bars no holds in the food de­
partment, once serving an 80-pound
roast and 1,000 grape leaves stuffed
with a variety of Greek goodies.
University Park tailgate parties begin
not just hours, but sometimes days, be­
fore game time. Some groups hook up
at the KOA site in Bellafonte and “ party
the entire weekend.” There are even
electrical outlets on the Penn State
campus for hooking up a camper with
all the comforts of the kitchen. For
some of the members of the exclusive
Nittany Lion Club, tailgating means ar­
riving in a special bus complete with a
chef and bartender.
Tailgating, it seems, is now nearly as
important as the game, and definitely
as carefully prepared as the game plan.
These parties usually last longer than
the game itself—many resuming after
the game for more refreshments for the
victory celebration or the defeat lamen­
tation. At St. Mary’s College (Moraga,
Calif), for example, the real party is
after the game. There’s some tailgating
before the game, but the “ Fifth
Quarter ” is the big draw. After the gun
sounds, many Gaels fans make their

Boston College fens prepere elaborate
spreads for their annual tailgate
competition.

way over to the arena in front of
Madigan Gymnasium where parties
abound. The Gaelsports Club, a fund­
raising group, sponsors the Fifth
Quarter party and sets up two, three,
sometimes even four bars, depending
on the number of people attending.
Occasionally St. Mary’s works out an
arrangement with a local pizza parlor
and they come over and make pizza for
the party, which sometimes draws
about half of the game crowd. There are
also those who choose to spend their
postgame munching on traditional
tailgate feasts of barbecue and cold
cuts. Anything goes during the Fifth
Quarter.
Like St. Mary’s, Kent State tailgaters
prove that one doesn’t have to have a
big football program to have a big tailgating appetite. Most of the tailgating
takes place in a lush green lawn area
surrounding Dix Stadium. To encourage
pre-game parties for those without RVs,
picnic tables are set up for the games.
And there’s the “ Golden Girl ” program.
These women are popular with the tailgating crowds—they drive around sup­
plying ice to anyone who needs it. The
people at Kent State are working to
make their football games "the social
event of the weekend.”
At these schools, and many others
around the nation, it seems that a new
theme for college football games is
emerging—it’s not whether you win or
lose, it’s what’s cooking over the flame.^
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THE JUICE
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ington State, and the reviews are im­
pressive. He runs 17 times—the fewest
times he will carry the ball in two years
for the TYojans—for 94 yards, catches
two passes for 28 yards, scores a touch­
down and use wins, 49-0.
It becomes routine. O.J. gets 158
yards rushing against Texas, 190 against
Michigan, 160 against Stanford, 150
against Notre Dame. He carries the ball
30 times one game, 36 the next, then 29,
then 38. A year later, he will rush 47
times for 238 yards against Oregon
State. "He doesn’t belong to a union, ”
his coach, John McKay, tells reporters
one day. "He can carry the ball as many
times as we want him to.” And O.J. is
pure joy to watch. What they’ve said
about him is true. He has the balletic
grace of Gale Sayers, the brutish
strength of Jim Brown. He can run 100
yards in 9.4 and does the 40 in 4.5 —
wearing cleats. He is absolutely won­
derful with the media.
Pick a subject. O.J. can handle it.
On school: ^'Studies come tough at
times, but there’s no other way. I don’t
want to feel indebted to anybody. ”
On running: "It’s a feeling. I don’t
wear a lot of pads because I want to
feel’ the game, the contact. It helps to
be able to feel a tackier hitting you or
grabbing at you. You know where he is
and what to do. ”
On his incredible moves: "You can’t
practice them. Either you have them or
you don’t. ”
A strong supporting cast — one that
includes offensive tackle Ron Yary,
wide receiver Earl McCulloch, defen­
sive back Mike Battle and defensive end
Tim Rossovich — combines with Simp­
son to keep the 'lYojans unbeaten
through the first six weeks of the sea­
son. In the seventh game, he rushes for
235 yards in 30 carries (a career-best 7.8
yards per carry) and scores three times
in a 23-6 win over Washington. Then,
disaster.
Simpson suffers a sprained right in­
step the following week against
Oregon. USC wins the game, 28-6, but
O.J. doesn’t get past the third quarter
and finishes with just 63yards in 23 car­
ries. McKay offers a grim assessment: "I
doubt if he’ll play much more football
for us — if any — this season.’’ O.J. is on
crutches, but he tells friends, "I’ll be
back.’’ Hundreds of remedies are sent
to the team’s long-time trainer. Jack
Ward.
O.J. makes the traveling squad to Cal,
although he sits out the "lYojans’ 31-12
win. Finally, a week later, he’s back. He
gets 188 yards but USC is handed its
first—and only—setback of the season.
38t

The elusive running style of O.J. Simpson
made him a difficult target for tacklers.

3-0, at Oregon State.
“That game was played between the
20s, ” Simpson recalls. “Their first time
dovm, they kicked a field goal. Then we
got a field goal, but the officials said we
missed it. And it stayed that way the
whole game. I kept slipping in the mud,
and the rule in college is that if you fall
down, the ball is dead. It was a bad rule
then, and it’s still a bad rule.
“ Actually, that game never stood out
in my mind, but the following year we
were really committed to beating them.
They had their whole team returning,
and we were a different team, but we
beat therii, 17-13. ”
The two biggest games of O.J.’s first
season follow—UCLA, then the Rose
Bowl. Who can forget the “67 game with
the Bruins? Not Simpson.
““I grew up in San Francisco,” he says,
“ so to me, the big game was always
Stanford-Cal. But I’ll always remember
.that game — UCLA, Gary Beban, the na­
tional championship, obviously the
Rose Bowl and, of course, the impor­
tance of being city champs. In L.A., that
might have been the most important
thing about the game—having the brag­
ging rights. ”
It’s a meeting of two great teams and
two great players. USC vs. UCLA. O.J.
Simpson vs. Gary Beban. The roses are
on the line, but so is the Heisman
'Trophy. Sports Illustrated offers its
readers a full-blowm account of the
hoopla leading up to the game, and

writer Dan Jenkins writes: ““... to bring
two such dedicated enemies, two uni­
versities so close in proximity (10 miles)
yet galaxies apart in image and attitude,
down to so desperate an hour makes the
attraction all the more noteworthy.”
The game lives up to its billing. It’s
close, the "lYolans narrowly pulling out
of a 21-20 decision, and it is decided by
a pair of Simpson touchdowns—clearly
the two most dramatic, most incredible
runs you will ever see on a football field.
First, a 13-yard run of pure power and
simplicity. A touchdown. "We were
either tied or down, ” Simpson says
now, “ and it was before the half It was a
sweep, and they blitzed, and I just tried
to cut up field and get behind my line. It
became a blur at that time. Igot hit four
or five times, and I was surprised I even
scored. ”
Then, the game-breaker. A 64-yard
touchdown full of wopderful moves,
brilliant cutbacks and sheer speed. “I
had been getting hit pretty good,” he
said afterward, “ so I decided to fake
into the wrong hole in the line when I
carried, then cut back to where I was
supposed to go. ”
'The “rrojans win the Pacific-8 cham­
pionship, go to the Rose Bowl and beat
Indiana 14-3 as O.J. runs for 128 yards
and both touchdowns. But Beban cap­
tures the Heisman.
After that, O.J. visits Garrett’s home.
“ I saw his trophy, ” he said, “ and it hit
me kind of hard. For the first time, I was
aware of how close I had come to win­
ning it—and how badly I wanted it. ”
He sets the tenor for his senior year in
the opening game of the 1968 season.
Let O.J. tell you about it: “We went up to
play Mirjdesota, which had a history of
going but and stopping the other
team’s name player. We had a lot of
pressure on us because I was in the
running for the Heisman and we only
had one person fi'om our offensive line
returning.
"Anyway, we knew how big the game
was. It was a rainy day, and we found
out they hadn’t cut the grass all sum­
mer to slow me down. The first two
times I got the ball, I fumbled. We knew
we were in a dogfight. I had a decent
game, but they broke me. We were
seven down vvdth four minutes to go. I
had a couple of touchdowns and ran
for 236 yards. We won. ”
It went on like that. USC, national
champs with a 10-1 record in ’67, came
back to go 9-1-1 in ’68. O.J. ran for 3,423
yards and scored 36 touchdowns in
two years. He won the Heisman and
took the "Trojans to two Rose Bowls.
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Career
St3.tisti.cs*

ATT
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TD'S
RUSH

PASS
ATT.

PASS
COMP

PASS
%

PASS
YDS-

PASS
TD*_S_

INT

TOT
OFF

TOT
PLAYS

RECORD

1981
1982
1983
1984

3
11
10
9

33
148
86
101

86
229
343
258

0
3
3
2

44
*194
181
188

21
92
*99
92

47.7
47.4
54.7
48.9

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1595
1408

2
14
*19
12

3
11
9
11

375
1931
*1938
1666

77
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267
289

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RUSH
YDS.

1. Most yards passing / game - 300 vs. California, 1982
2. Most yards passing / season 3. Most yards passing / career - 4,994
4. Most canpletions / game - 18; 1983 vs. West Liberty
5. Most completions / season - 99; 1983
6. Most TD’S / game -4 vs. Cal. St., 1982; Buffalo St., Mercyhurst, 1983
7. Most TD's / season -19; 1983
8. Most TD’s / career - 47 (Pennsylvania Conference Record)
9. Most total offense / game - 340 vs. Lock Haven, 1982
10. Most total offense / season - 1,938; 1983
11. Most total offense / career - 5,910
12. Most plays / season - 342; 1982
13. Most plays / career - 975
14. Most passing attempts / season - 194; 1982
15. Most passing attempts / career - 607
16. Most carpletions / career - 304
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HEAD FOOTBALL COACH — DENNY CREEHAN

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added Creehan.

Head Coach - Denny Creehan
Since Denny Creehan's appointment five
years ago as the ninth head coach in Edinboro s
football history, the Fighting Scots have commanded
respect both in the highly regarded Pennsylvania
Conference as well as on the national scene. Record
breaking performances have become the order of the
day while riding the crest of a glossy 31-18-1 ledger
over the past five seasons. The 34-year-old mentor
has produced a .633 winning percentage mark to
move him into first place on Edinboro's all-time
coaching list.
Over the past two seasons Creehan's clubs have
posted an impressive 17-4 chart while figuring in 43
school records that were either tied or broken.
Following up a brilliant 9-2 slate two years ago, along
with the PC's Western Divison title, Creehan's
charges blazed to an 8-2 card last fall while becoming
Edinboro's most explosive offensive team ever.
The 1983 Scots scored a record breaking 41.2
points per game and ranked second in the nation
among NCAA Division II competitors in total offense
with a 461.1 yards per contest output. That output
was good enough to be rated 10th among all the
major college's and universities in the country ahead
of such schools as Boston College (13th), Florida
State (14th), and North Carolina (15th).
While producing a respected competitor on the
football field is, of course, an annual goal, Creehan
has continually stressed the importance of aca­
demics as a top priority for his student athletes. "We
must be winners in the classroom first," indicated
the Edinboro University mentor.

________ _

Creehan was a captain of Edinboro University
1970 team that captured the Lambert Bowl, em­
blematic of the best college football team in the East,
won the Pennsylvania Conference Championship
and earned a berth in the NAIA national playoffs. He
starred in the secondary as a strong safety that
season when the Fighting Scots finished their
regular campaign undefeated with a 9-0 record.
Prior to a three-year stint on the Edinboro staff as
an assistant, Creehan served as recruiting coordi­
nator at the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 under
Coach Johnny Majors. The following year he was a
member of the Carnegie-Mellon University football
staff as the team's offensive coordinator.
The young mentor has likewise had an outstand­
ing athletic career as a football player. After starring
as both a halfback and strong safety at Bethel Park
High School, the Castle Shannon, Pa. native accu­
mulated numerous gridiron honors at Edinboro. At
the conclusion of his senior campaign for the Fighting
Scots, he was accorded first team All-East honors by
the ECAC and first team All-State Associated Press
accolades as the Scots' strong safety. In addition, he
was named to the Pittsburgh Press All-District first
team and to the NAIA District 18 All-Star squad. He
was one of the three 1970 captains who accepted
Edinboro's Lambert Bowl trophy at the Lambert
Awards Banquet in New York City.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Creehan of Bethel
Park, the Fighting Scot coach resides in Edinboro
with his wife, Linda, and their two sons, Kevin and
Casey.

CROSSROADS DINOR
EDINBORO, PENNA. 16412

59

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY 1984 FOOTBALL ROSTER
97 Akromas, Kevin ............... DE, 6-1,200
Fr., West Seneca, NY/Bishop Timon
43 Amico, Rick.........................LB, 6-1,224
Fr., Batavia, NY/Batavia
4 Betters, Martelle* ............ CB, 6-0, 170
So., Connellsville, PA/Connellsville
38 Bocan, Trent ......................LB, 6-0, 210
Fr., McKeesport, PA/McKeesport
7 Bosley, Eric*** ................. SE, 5-9, 165
Sr., Willingboro, NJ/Willingboro
83 Bowers, Brad ................... DE, 6-1,225
So., Kittanning, PA/Kittanning
1 Bracy, Ray** ......................DB, 5-10, 170
Jr., Youngstown, OH/East
Braniecki, Daryle ............. DT, 6-1,229
Fr., Cheektowaga, NY/John F. Kennedy
47 Brenneman, John* ........DE, 5-10, 225
Jr., Warren, OH/Howland
77 Britt, Jim ........................... OT, 6-4, 260
Jr., Girard, OH/Girard
82 Brown, Scott.......................TE, 6-2, 190
Fr., Greensburg, PA/Greensburg-Salem
92 Brownrigg, Rob ................. LB, 6-4, 210
Fr., Crystal Beach, Ont./Fort Erie
76 Burkhart, Charles............. OT, 6-3, 225
Fr., New Stanton, PA/Hempfield Area
Caldwell, Chris............. WR, 5-10,168
Fr., Pittsburgh, PA/Chartiers Valley
27 Cameron, Daryl ............. DB, 5-10, 160
So., Aliquippa, PA/Aliquippa
96 Cardone, John ............... DE, 5-11,205
So., Pittsburgh, PA/North Catholic
59 Carlin, Timothy................. OT, 6-2, 230
Fr., Erie, PA/McDowell
11 Carter, Roland ...............DB, 5-10, 180
So., Youngstown, OH/Rayen
25 Caledonia, Thomas .......... RB, 6-0, 200
Fr., McKees Rocks, PA/Sto-Rox
23 Chambers, Damon** ---- RB, 5-8, 160
Jr., Willingboro, NJ/Willingboro
18 Chealey, Willie (C)*** ... LB, 5-11, 205
Sr., Orlando, FL/Oak Ridge
36 Cicero, Carmen ............. RB, 5-10, 174
So., Niles, OH/McKinley
19 Clements, John ............... QB, 6-6, 210
So., Ashtabula, OH/St. John's
21 Clifford, Terrell............... DB, 5-11, 175
So., Canton, OH/McKinley
78 Cline, Andy ....................... OT, 6-4, 240
Fr., Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon
8 Conlan, Kevin** ............... P, 6-11,175
Jr., Frewsburg, NY/Frewsburg Central
10 Conwell, Dan ................... QB, 6-1,175
So., McMurray, PA/Peter's Township
61 Cook, Brian ..................... LB, 5-11,205
Fr., State College, PA/State College
6 Davis, Don......................... SS, 6-1,190
Jr., Pittsburgh, PA/Montour
20 Derbis, Bob ..................... SE, 5-11,170
Sr., Pittsburgh, PA/North Catholic
14 Dodds, Scott*.......... QB, 6-0, 178, So.
Beaver, PA/Beaver Area
68 D'Orio, Dan................... 00,6-11,215
Fr., Leavittsburg, OH/LaBrae
84 Duffy, William.....................TE, 6-3, 210
Fr., Masontown, PA/Albert Gallatin
Eberle, Doug ...................... P, 6-4, 185
Fr., Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock
58 Ellis, Allen ....................... LB, 5-11,202
So., Albion, NY/Albion
49 Emmert, Dave*................. DE, 6-3, 210
Jr., Lower Burrell, PA/Lower Burrell
89 Espy, Don***..................... DT, 6-3, 246
Sr., Brookville, PA/Brookville
44 Faulkner, Floyd................. RB, 5-9, 175
Fr., Coraopolis, PA/Cornell
60 Gallagher, Mike ___ OG, 6-1, 225, So.
Williamsville, NY/South
Gaylord, Michael ............... TE, 6-3, 195
Fr., Turin, NY/South Lewis

31 Georgians, John ........... FB, 5-10, 195
Sr., Altoona, PA/Bishop Guilfoyle
94 George, Richard............... DE, 6-1,215
Fr., Monaca, PA/Center
80 Gierlak, Dave* ................. SE, 5-8, 150
Jr., Buffalo, NY/St. Joseph's
64 Grande, Dom* ................. OG, 6-0, 250
Jr., Pittsburgh, PA/Fox Chapel
72 Grebenc, Matt** ............. NG, 5-7, 185
Jr., Wickliffe, OH/St. Joseph's
70 Griffin, Donald ................. OT, 6-4, 250
Fr., Monroe, NY/Washingtonville
87 Hastings, Dan ................... DE, 6-3, 205
Fr., Canton, OH/Canton South
5 Head, Darryl ................... DB, 5-11,185
So., Youngstown, OH/Ursuline
65 Henderson, Sean* .......... MG, 6-0, 230
Jr., West Mifflin, PA/South
61 Higham, Dave*................. OC, 6-2, 240
Jr., Hubbard, OH/Hubbard
54 Hinton, David ................... OC, 6-4, 210
Fr., Lockport, NY/DeSales Catholic
81 Holmes, Sam..................... FB, 5-8, 165
Fr., New Castle, PA/New Castle
39 Hribar, Ron ....................... DB, 5-9, 191
Fr., Aliquippa, PA/Center
12 Hrovat, Blair (C)*** ........QB, 5-10, 170
Sr., Northfield, OH/Nordonia
71 Jordan, Rick (C)***.......... DT, 6-2, 230
Sr., Jamestown, NY/Jamestown
37 Kelly, Dan........................... DB, 6-0, 185
Fr., Bridgeville, PA/Chartiers Valley
40 Kelly, Mitchell**............... RB, 6-0, 212
Sr., Canton, OH/McKinley
45 King, Martin .................... FB, 6-0, 205
So., Youngstown, OH/Ursuline
13 King, Tom.............................. P, 6-2, 185
Jr., Huntington, NY/John Glenn
22 Klenk, Bob** ................... RB, 5-10, 185
Sr., Pittsburgh, PA/North Catholic
99 Lewis, Robert ................... DT, 6-3, 245
Fr., Rochester, NY/Ben Franklin
LoPato, Richard ................. RB, 6-0, 170
Fr., LK Hopatcong, NJ/Jefferson Twp.
88 Lorch, Phil............................ TE. 6-1,220
Jr., New Hyde Park, NY/Memorial
91 Lowry, Todd ..................... DE,6-1,215
Fr., Buffalo, NY/Orchard Park
Mallory, Mark ..................... DE,6-1,205
Fr., Jefferson, OH/Jefferson
Mancuso III, Joe ............. QB, 6-0, 190
Fr., Connellsville, PA/Connellsville
73 McDonald, Jay................. NG, 6-1,245
Jr., Bel Air, MD/Bel Air
50 McDonald, Sean ............. OC, 6-2, 220
Fr., Williamsville, NY/Williamsville
2 McKnight. Gary** .............. SE, 5-9, 165
Sr., Orlando, FL/Edgewater
57 Merritt, Mark...................OC, 5-11, 250
Jr., Industry, PA/Western Beaver
74 Murray, Chuck ................. DT, 6-4, 240
So., Tyrone, PA/Tyrone Area
Nolan, Tom ....................... DE, 6-4, 205
Fr., Buffalo, NY/Frontier
75 Nowicki, Dave* ............... OT, 6-2, 240
Jr., Buffalo, NY/Seneca Vocational
62 Nye, Dave .........................OG, 6-0, 225
So., Windsor, OH/Grand Valley
95 Olesky, Mark..................... DT, 6-5, 210
Fr., Erie, PA/McDowell
53 O'Rorke. Bob (C)** ........... LB. 6-2, 220
Sr., Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills
16 Parrish, Kevin ................... QB, 6-2, 197
Fr., Canton, OH/McKinley
24 Perkins, Mark ................. DB, 5-10, 180
Jr., Havre de Grace, MD/Harford
32 Pisano, Jim ....................... FB, 6-0, 205
So., Lower Burrell, PA/Lower Burrell
Premielewski, Chris ..........LB, 6-1, 185
Fr., Buffalo, NY/Williamsville

34 Rhodes. Ray* ................. FB, 5-10. 190
Sr., White Plains, NY/White Plains
Rib, Robert ...........................K. 6-1, 170
Fr., Bethesda, MD/Chevy Chase
33 Ridgeway, Marvin .......... DB, 6-1,187
Fr., Erie, PA/Academy
52 Ritt, Jim*** ....................... OT. 6-4, 245
Sr., Chesterland, OH/West Geauga
9 Robinson, Matt* ............. DB, 6-1,200
Jr., Orlando, FL/Edgewater
26 Robinson, Wilbert ..........RB, 5-10. 180
Fr., Sandusky, OH/Sandusky
29 Rose, Keith** ................. DB. 5-10, 165
Sr., Coraopolis, PA/Montour
42 Ross, Dennis................... SE, 5-11,170
Fr., Pittsburgh, PA/Oliver
Ryan, Pat ...........................OG, 6-0, 235
Fr., Georgetown, PA/South Side
3 Shanhoitz, Kevin ...........RB, 5-10, 170
So., Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny
35 Sharp, Dellian................. FB, 5-10, 196
Fr., Buffalo, NY/Hutchinson Tech
17 Slaughter, Don.................. LB, 6-1, 198
So., Orlando, FL/Edgewater
90 Smith. Carl .......................NG, 6-0. 217
Fr., Pittsburgh/ PA/Penn Hills
63 Sosinski, Joe................ . OG, 6-2, 245
Fr., Lorain, QH/Admiral King
30 Span, Dave ................. /. RB, 5-10, 180
So., Orlando, FL/Oak Ridge
Staples, Zerrick ............... DB, 5-9, 170
Fr., Youngstown, OH/Rayen
67 Starkey, Dean................... OC, 6-2, 225
Jr., Mahanoy, PA/Mahanoy
Stiffler. Donald............... RB, 5-11, 170
Fr., Tyrone, PA/Bellwood-Antis
85 Suren. Bob...........................TE, 6-4, 205
So., Parma, OH/Normandy
66 Tomajko, Stan* ................ LB, 6-1,210
So., New Stanton, PA/Hempfield Area
15 Trueman, Jim* .....................K, 5-7, 175
So., Bellevue, PA/Northgate
93 Vallone, Robert ............... DB, 6-0, 187
Fr., Johnsonburg, PA/Elk Country Christian
79 Wallace, Mark*................ OT. 6-3, 255
Jr., Uniontown, PA/Laurel Highlands
46 Ware, Harlan ................ NG, 5-11,198
So., Pittsburgh, PA/Alderdice
69 Weinhold, Scott* ............. OG, 6-4, 240
So., Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny
41 Wetherjf(>lt, Mike........... DB, 5-10, 174
♦
Fr., Ashtabula, OH/Ashtabula
86 Williams, John ................... TE, 6-1.205
Jr., Wallingford, PA/Nether Providence
Williams, Wayne............... DE, 6-3, 195
Fr., Steubenville, OH/Jefferson Union
56 Wingrove, Eric ................... LB, 6-0, 205
Fr., Erie, PA/lroquois
48 Winn, Marvin................... LB, 5-11,198
Fr., Canton, OH/McKinley
28 Woodrow, Mark............. DB, 5-10, 160
Fr., Edinboro, PA/General McLane
98 Wyatt. Mike .*................... DT. 6-2. 220
Fr., Monroeville, PA/Gateway
55 Yaksick, Pete..................... OT. 6-2, 240
Jr., Finleyville, PA/Thomas Jefferson
*Lettermen
(C) Captain
Mgr: **Tom Smith
Equip. Mgr.: Ron Nath

National Football Foundation's
College Football Hall of Fame
Galbreath Field
The National Collegiate Division III Football Championship
(Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl)
moved to the College Football
Hall of Fame's Galbreath Field in
1983. Augustana College (Illi­
nois) came from behind for an
exciting 21-17 victory over Union
College (New York).
This year's championship
again will be played at Galbreath
Field on Saturday, December 8.
The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl
will mark the culmination of a
three-week, 16-team national
play-off among the nation's most
outstanding small college foot­
ball teams. Every aspect of the
play-off is under the administratioVi of the NCAA Division III
Football Committee.
Galbreath Field is a 10,000-seat
stadium located immediately ad­
jacent to the College Football
Hall of Fame at Kings Island,
Ohio. The first intercollegiate
game was played at Galbreath
Field on September 12, 1981, be­
tween Ashland College and the
University of Dayton.

t

Since the College Football Hall
of Fame opened in August 1978,
it has appealed to people of all
ages with just about every inter­
est imaginable . . . people who
like movies, sports, computer
games, American history, mod­
ern museums, great athletes, col­
orful displays, nostalgia, me­
morabilia, stirring speeches,
cheerleaders, marching bands,
Saturday afternoons in the fall
and college football.
When the Hall of Fame was
dedicated in August 1978, ''Red'
Blaik was the keynote speaker.
He spoke to the crowd on behalf
of all Hall of Famers and said.

"This is the best happening in
college football since the legali­
zation of the forward pass." His
comment exemplifies the excite­
ment that awaits college football
fans who visit the shrine and the
experience that already has been
enjoyed by thousands.
The College Football Hall of
Fame is not only a place to see.

learn and participate in the histo­
ry of football, but a place to get to
know the game as it is today.
From its one-eighth mile long
Time Tunnel, which traces the
2,000-year development of the
game from ancient Greece to the
present in more than 30 time
capsules, to the Hall of Fame
Room where each of the Hall of
Famers are honored, to its fu­
turistic use of computer termi­
nals that allow the visitor to
match wits with the great coaches
or to call up the biographies of
every Hall of Famer, the museum
can and does bring the total col­
lege football experience to life. Its
personalized approach and aci tion-oriented attractions have in­
trigued all who have visited. As
"Sleepy" Jim Crowley, one of the
Notre Dame Four Horsemen,
simply said, "This Hall of Fame
is not in the telling or talking
about, it's in the seeing."

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA "FIREBIRDS”
FIREBIRD OFFENSE

SE .. ...88
LT .. ...73
LG ......61
C .......58
RG......52
RT ......74
TE ... ..87
WR .. ..84
QB... ..12
RB ... ..25
FB ... ..34

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/

Ron Harper
Greg Cofield
Thomas Jackson
James Yarbrough
William Parker
Barry Bailey
Robert Murphy.
Calvin Greer
John Dangerfield
Chuckle Matthews
Murphy Simon

12
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
31
33
34

Dangerfield, J.
Virgil, S.
Harper, S.
Wilkes, T.
Monday, D.
Lamb, C.
Matthews, C.
Baker, M.
Daniels, D.
McMichael, W.
Simon, M.

Ward, K.
Cherry, C.
Carson, G.
Young, K.
Marshall, D.
Parker, W.
Lawson, E.
Doakes, M.
Patterson, D.
Carter, J.
Yarbrough, J.

61
62
63
64
65
66
67
69
70
72
73

Jackson, T.
Childress, K.
Sermon, H.
Means, W.
Cox, E.
Kinard, J.
Ellerbee, T.
Vines, G.
Murphy, J.
Carroll, R.
Cofield, G.

74
75
76
77
78
80
84
85
87
88

'BORO OFFENSE

FIREBIRD DEFENSE

....... 76
LT...... 64
R7...... 70
RE...... 77
LB...... 54
LB.......55
CB.......22
CB.......45
DB.......31
DB.......46
DB....... 47

35
43
45
46
47
52
53
54
55
56
58

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY "FIGHTING SCOTS"
WR___ 7
LT......... 79
LG......... 68
C............61
RG......... 69
RT....... 52
TE....... 85
QB..........12
LHB____23
RHB ...30
FB....... 34
K........... 15

- James Kinard
- Wayne Means
- Joseph Murphy
- Darrell Nichols
- Marcus Doakes
- Barry Patterson
- Stacey Wilkes
- Greg Carson
- Derrick Daniels
- Keith Young
- Derrick Marshall

Bailey, B.
Williams, E.
Inniss, D.
Nichols, D.
Gainey, S.
Flegler, C.
Greer, C.
Brown, 8.
Murphy, R.
Harper, R.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Bracy, R.
Mcknight, G.
Shanholtz, K.
Betters, M.
Head, D.
Davis, D.
Bosley, E.
Conlan, K.
Robinson, M.
Conwell, D.
Carter, R.
Hrovat, 8.
King, T.
Dodds, S.

'BORO DEFENSE

- Eric Bosley
- Mark Wallace
- Dom Grande
- Dave Higham
- Scott Weinhold
- Jim Ritt
- Bob Suren
- Blair Hrovat
- Damon Chambers
- Dave Span
- Ray Rhodes
- Jim Trueman
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

Trueman, J.
Parrish, K.
Slaughter, D.
Chealey, W.
Clements, J.
Derbis, 8.
Clifford, T.
Klenk, 8.
Chambers, D.
Perkins, M.
Celedonia, T.
Robinson, W.
Cameron, D.
Woodrow, M.

29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

LE .. ...49
LT .. ...89
MG . ...65
RT .. ...71
RE .. ...47
LB .. ...53
LB .. ...66
CB .. ... 4
CB .. ...21
SS .. ...31
FS .. ... 1
P ... ... 8
Rose, K.
Span, D.
Georgiana, J.
Pisano, J.
Ridgeway, M.
Rhodes, R.
Sharp, D.
Cicero, C.
Kelly, D.
Bocan, T.
Hribar, R.
Kelly, M.
Wetherholt, M.
Ross, D.
Amico, R.

44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58

Faulkner, F.
King, M.
Ware, H.
Brenneman, J.
Winn, M.
Emmert, D.
McDonald, S.
Cook, 8.
Ritt, J.
O'Rorke, 8.
Hinton, D.
Yaksick, P.
Wingrove, E.
Merritt, M.
Ellis, A.

59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73

Carlin, T.
Gallagher, M.
Higham, D.
Nye, D.
Sosinski, J.
Grande, D.
Henderson, S.
Tomajko, S.
Starkey, D.
D'Orio, D.
Weinhold, S.
Griffin, D.
Jordan, R.
Grebenc, M.
McDonald, J.

74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87

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Dave Emmert
Don Espy
Sean Henderson
Rick Jordan
John Brenneman
Bob O'Rorke
Stan Tomajko
Martelle Betters
Terrell Clifford
Keith Rose
Ray Bracy
Kevin Conlan

Murray, C.
Nowicki, D.
Burkhart, C.
Britt, J.
Cline, A.
Wallace, M.
Gierlak, D.
Holmes, S.
Brown, S.
Bowers, 8.
Duffy, 8.
Suren, 8.
Williams, J.
Hastings, D.

88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99

Lorch, P.
Espy, D.
Smith, C.
Lowry, T.
Brownrigg,
Vallone, R.
George, R.
Olesky, M.
Cardone, J.
Akromas, K
Wyatt, M.
Lewis, R.

1984 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ROSTER
NO NAME
11 Maurice Vaughn
*12 John Dangerfield
16 Jeffrey King
20 Steven Virgii
21 Jimmy Harper
22 Stacey Wilkes
23 Derrick Monday
24 Corvin Lamb
25 Chuckle Matthews
26 Marcus Baker
27 Anthony Ferguson
29 Quintin Smith
30 Anthony Edwards
31 Derrick Daniels
33 Waverly McMichael
34 Murphy Simon
35 Kevin Ward
42 Wilbert Brinson
43 Curtis Cherry
*45 Greg Carson
‘46 Keith Young
47 Derrick Marshall
52 William Parker
53 Elvin Lawson
54 Marcus Doakes
55 Darryl Patterson

CL
FR
SR
FR
FR
JR
FR
SO
FR
JR
SO
SO
FR
FR
SO
SO
SO
FR
JR
SO
SR
SO
SO
JR
JR
SO
SR

POS
OB
OB
OB/P
RB
DB
DB
DB
RB
RB
RB
DB
DB
DB
DB
FB
FB
DB
DB
RB
DB/K
DB/K
LB
OL/C
LB
LB
LB

HT
5-9
6-0
6-1
5-10
6-1
5-9
6-0
5-9
6-0
6-0
6-0
6-0
6-0
6-1
5-10
6-1
5-10
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-1
6-1
6-1
6-2

WT
160
175
178
178
180
164
176
180
205
180
172
178
175
190
230
225
178
185
215
195
205
200
240
201
205
230

HOMETOWN
Washington, DC
Dale City, VA
Washington, DC
Chicago, IL
Gould, AR
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Miami, FL
Washington, DC
Mulberry, FL
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Chicago, IL
Ossining, NY
Houston, TX
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Houston, TX
Washington, DC

NO NAME
56
58
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
69
70
72
73
74
75
76
*77
78
80
82
83
84
85
87
88

Kirk Francis
James Yarbrough
Thomas Jackson
Kevin Childress
Harry Sermon
Wayne Means
Eric Cox
James Kinard
Tim Ellerbee
Gary Vines
Joseph Murphy
Ricky Carroll
Greg Cofield
Barry Bailey
Eddie Williams
Damon Inniss
Darrell Nichols
Shelton Gainey
Chris Flegler
LeQual Brown
Jerry Torain
Calvin Greer
Burnett Brown
Robert Murphy
Ronald Harper

POS
FR
JR
FR
FR
SO
FR
FR
JR
FR
FR
SO
SO
SO
JR
SO
FR
SO
SO
FR
FR
FR
SO
FR
SR
SR

HT
OL/C
C
OL
OL
LB
DL
LB
DL
LB
LB
DL
OL
OL
OL
DL
LB
DL
DL
WR
WR
WR
WR
TE
TE
WR

WT

CL

6-1
6-0
6-0
6-2
6-2
5-11
6-0
6-5
6-0
6-1
6-1
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-3
6-1
6-4
6-8
6-0
6-0
6-0
5-11
6-2
6-2
6-0

220
215
225
235
235
230
200
278
200
200
243
248
290
270
248
215
247
315
175
188
175
175
220
185
180

HOMETOWN
Capital Hghts., MD
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Datona Beach, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Temple Hills, MD
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Bladensburg, MD
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Jacksonville, FL
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Houston, TX
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
CaldweH, NC

* Team Captains

CIMARRON '84
THIS ONE'S GOT THE TOUCH,
The Cadillac touch. It's Electronic Fuel Injection, matched by
a tenacious Touring Suspension that comes to grips with the road.
It's leather-faced front bucket seats with lumbar support behind
a leother-timimed steering wheel that lets you know you're in control.
Its new gillie end toillight styling. Laser-accurate guality fits.
It's Cimarron '84... with something no other cor in its doss has.
The Cadillac touch.

BESTOFALL..ITSACADILLAC (m'
Let's Get It Together.. Buckle Up.

1984-85 EDINBOROUNIVERSITYTRAINERS: first row(L-R), Lynda
Gallagher, Dave Boam, Terri Smith, Amy Pettit, Tammy Hulings,
Jane Crooks, Kathy Molnar. Second row (standing, L-R), Dr. Robert

Klingler, Jim Manocchio, Bob Dixon, Colleen Cole, Joe Schmaizried,
Scott Scurpa, Mary Ann M. Calgren, Doug Swift. Missing: Linda
Rommel, Marcy Etheridge, John Davis, Pam Kibbey.

65

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MOST CARRIES
Game - 71 vs. California, 1979
67 vs. Slippery Rock, 1970
Season - 571 by 1970 team

INDIVIDUAL
MOST TOUCHDOWNS
Game - 5, Jim Romaniszyn vs. Lock Haven, 1972
4, Al Raines vs. Lock Haven, 1970
4, Bob Mengerink vs. Slippery Rock, 1971
Season - 16, Al Raines, 1971
Career - 39, Al Raines, 1969-70-71
MOST FIELD GOALS
Game - 3, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. New Haven, 1982
3, Tom Rockwell vs. Lock Haven, 1969
3, Frank Berzansky vs. Waynesburg, 1972
3, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. Shippensburg and
California, 1980; New Haven, 1981
Season - 15, Rich Ruszkiewicz, 1982
12, Rich Ruszkiewicz, 1981
11, Rich Ruszkiewicz, 1980
Career - 43, Rich Ruszkiewicz, 1979-80-81-82
10, Tom Rockwell, 1968-69-70
MOST EXTRA POINTS KICKED
Game - 7, Jim Trueman vs. Mercyhurst, 1983
7, Frank Berzansky vs. Slippery Rock, 1971
Season - 39, Jim Trueman, 1983
31, Frank Berzansky, 1971
Career - 57, Tom Rockwell, 1968-69-70
Most Consecutive - 29, Larry Littler, 1974-75

PASSING

MOST YARDS GAINED
MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 300 vs. California, 1982
283 vs. Clarion, 1971
Season - 1793 by 1982 team
1653 by 1976 team
1611 by 1975 team
MOST COMPLETIONS
Game - 18 vs. West Liberty, 1983
MOST ATTEMPTS
Game - 44 vs. Clarion, 1968
Season - 315 by 1968 team
MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES
Game - 4 vs. Buffalo State, 1983
4 vs. California, 1982
Season - 19 by 1983 team
15 by 1976 team
TOTAL OFFENSE

MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 605 vs. Lock Haven, 1983
605 vs. Waynesburg, 1971
Season - 4611 by 1983 team
4244 by 1971 team
4117 by 1975 team

DEFENSE

MOST PASSES INTERCEPTED
Game - 4, Dan DiTullio vs. Shippensburg, 1968
Season - 8, Dave Parker, 1982
8, Jack McCurry, 1971
Career - 13, Ken Petardi, 1976-77-78-79
12, John Walker, 1971, 72, 73
12, Ron Miller, 1977-78-79-80
12, Dave Parker, 1980-81-82-83
MOST TACKLES
Game - 30, Rick lorfido vs. Indiana, 1972
Season - 200, Jim Krentz, 1978
182, Greg Sullivan, 1977
171, Rick lorfido, 1972
169, Bob Cicerchi, 1981
Career - 572, Jim Krentz, 1975, 76, 77, 78
429, Greg Sullivan, 1974-75-76-77
428, Ron Gooden, 1974-75-76-77
398, Bob Cicerchi, 1979-80, 81
MOST SACKS
Game - 7, Ron Link vs California, 1981
Season - 15, Ron Link, 1981
Career - 27, Ron Link, 1977-78-80-81

PASS INTERCEPTIONS

MOST INTERCEPTED
Game - 6 vs. Shippensburg, 1983
Season - 26 by 1971 team
DEFENSE

FEWEST POINTS YIELDED
Season - 40 by 1928 team
FEWEST RUSHING YARDS YIELDED
Game - Minus 67, vs. Curry, 1965
Season - 645 by 1970 team
FEWEST PASS COMPLETIONS
Game - 0 (numerous times)
Season - 37 by 1965 team
FEWEST PASSING YARDS YIELDED
Game - 0 (numerous times)
Season - 441 by 1973 team
CONSECUTIVITY
MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS - 18, 1970-71 -72 (regular
SGSSon)
MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT A LOSS
21, 1969-70-71-72 (regular season)
MOST CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE GAMES WITH­
OUT A LOSS - 13, 1969-70-71 -72

TEAM-------------------------- —
SCORING

MOST POINTS SCORED
Game - 83 vs. Alliance, 1928
74 vs. Mercyhurst, 1983
68 vs. Clarion, 1930
Vi Game - 43 vs. Mercyhurst, 1983
42 vs. Shippensburg, 1971
Season - 335 by 1971 team
Best Scoring Average - 35.5 by 1971 team

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MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 549 vs. Waynesburg, 1971
Season - 3078 by 1971 team
BEST GAME AVERAGE
307.8 by 1971 team
BEST AVERAGE PER RUSH
6.2 by 1971 team

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66

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MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES
Game - 4, Blair Hrovat vs. Buffalo St. and Mercyhurst,
1983; vs. California, 1982
Season - 19, Blair Hrovat, 1983
14, Blair Hrovat, 1982
9, Mike Hill, 1976
Career - 35, Blair Hrovat, 1981-82-82
21, Jude Basile, 1973-74-75
MOST ATTEMPTS
Game - 42, Tom Mackey vs. Clarion, 1968
Season - 181, Blair Hrovat, 1983
Career - 502, Jude Basile, 1973-74-75

INDIVIDUAL
LONGEST SCORING PLAYS

RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE
91, Joe Sanford vs. Waynesburg, 1971
91, Al Raines vs. Waynesburg, 1971
PASS
92, Tim Beacham from Stewart Ayers vs. Shippensburg,
1980.
83, Eric Bosley from Blair Hrovat vs. Lock Haven, 1982
87, Jim Romaniszyn from Scot McKissock vs. West
Chester, 1971
82, Bill Kruse from Rick Shover vs. Westminster, 1979
FIELD GOAL
49, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. Clarion, 1982
47, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. Bloomsburg, 1981
47, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. California, 1979
45, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. Shippensburg, 1980
44, Rich Ruszkiewicz vs. Clarion, 1980
43, Tom Rockwell vs. Central Connecticut, 1970
43, Frank Berzansky vs. Waynesburg, 1972
PUNT RETURN
85, Jack McCurry vs. Shippensburg, 1971
82, Tim Beacham vs. Clarion, 1980
KICKOFF RETURN
98, Tim Beacham vs. Millersville, 1977
97, Gary Gilbert vs. California, 1961
95, Tim Beacham vs. Shippensburg, 1980
INTERCEPTION RETURN
102, Jack Case vs. Brockport, 1962
FUMBLE RETURN - 80, Bob Cicerchi vs. Millersville, 1980

PASS RECEIVING

MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 248, Tim Beacham vs. Univ. of Buffalo, 1980 (10
rec.)
Season - 972, Howard Hackley, 1976
Career - 2467, Howard Hackley, 1973-74-75-76
1712, Tim Beacham, 1977-78-79-80
MOST RECEPTIONS
Game - 10, Bob Jahn vs. California, 1978
10, Tim Beacham vs. Fairmont, 1979
10, Tim Beacham vs. Univ. of Buffalq', 1980
Season - 47, Howard Hackley, 1976
Career - 135, Howard Hackley, 1973-74-75-76
MOST TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS
Game - 3, Eric Bosley vs. Buffalo State, 1983
3, Mike Romeo vs. Eureka, 1971
3, Tim Beacham vs. Univ. of Buffalo, 1980
Season - 9, Howard Hackley, 1976
Career - 18, Howard Hackley, 1973-74-75-76
14, Tim Beacham, 1977-78-79-80
10, Jim Romaniszyn, 1970-71-72

RUSHING

MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 295, Al Raines vs. Lock Haven, 1969
y% Game - 218, Al Raines vs. Lock Haven, 1969
Season - 1358, Al Raines, 1971
1239, Dave Green, 1975
Career - 3399, Al Raines, 1969-70-71
LEADING RUSHING AVERAGES
Season - 138.8, Al Raines, 1970 (6 games)
135.8, Al Raines, 1971 (10 games)
Per Carry - 8.7, Al Raines, 1971
6.0, Al Raines, 1969
6.0, Willy Miller, 1964
Career - 6.7, Al Raines, 1969-70-71
MOST CARRIES
Game - 36, Jim Romaniszyn vs. West Chester, 1970
Season - 217, Dave Green, 1975
Career - 506, Al Raines, 1969-70-71
361, Dave Green, 1975-76

TOTAL OFFENSE

MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 340, Blair Hrovat vs. Lock Haven, 1982
318, Al Raines vs. Lock Haven, 1969
Season - 1938, Blair Hrovat, 1983
1931, Blair Hrovat, 1982
1485, Al Raines, 1971
1459, Jude Basile, 1975
Career - 4244, Blair Hrovat, 1981-82-82
3712, Jude Basile, 1973-74-75
MOST PLAYS
/
Game - 48, Tom Mackey vs. Clarion, 1968
Season - 342, Blair Hrovat, 1983
Career - 686, Blair Hrovat, 1981-82-83
646, Rick Shover, 1976-77-78-79
PUNTING

HIGHEST AVERAGE
Game - 46.4, Frank Berzansky vs. Clarion, 1971 (5 punts)
Season - 39.4, Dan Fiegl, 1976 (57 punts)
Career - 38.5, Dan Fiegl, 1975-76-77
Longest - 71, Bob Buckheit vs. Lock Haven, 1964
70, Mike Abbiatici vs. Millersville, 1980

PASSING

MOST YARDS GAINED
Game - 300, Blair Hrovat vs. California, 1982
275, Mike Hill vs. California, 1976
250, Jude Basile vs. Indiana, 1974
247, Blair Hrovat vs. Lock Haven, 1982
Season - 1702, Blair Hrovat, 1982
1369, Jude Basile, 1975
Career - 3586, Blair Hrovat, 1981-82-83
3382, Jude Basile, 1973-74-75
MOST COMPLETIONS
Game - 18, Blair Hrovat vs. West Liberty, 1983
17, Blair Hrovat, 1982; Rick Shover, 1979;
Tom Mackey, 1968
Season - 99, Blair Hrovat, 1983
92, Blair Hrovat, 1982
87, Jude Basile, 1975
Career - 224, Jude Basile, 1973-74-75

PUNT RETURNS

MOST YARDS RETURNED
Season - 540, Birt Duncan, 1961 (15 ret.)
Career - 540, Birt Duncan, 1961
KICKOFF RETURNS

MOST YARDS RETURNED
Season - 461, Larry Pollick, 1968 (24 ret.)
Career - 727, Al Raines, 1969-70-71 (33 ret.)

SCORING

MOST POINTS
Game - 30, Jim Romaniszyn vs. Lock Haven, 1972
Season - 98, Al Raines, 1971
Career - 236, Al Raines, 1969-70-71

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Michigan State’s “Pony Backtleld" Included, left to right, right halfback Billy Wells, left halfback Leroy Bolden, fullback Evan Slonac and
quarterback Tom Yewcic.

by Jack Ebling, Lansing State Journal
n the early 1950s in East Lansing,
Mich., a backfield of small, swift
“ponies” — quarterback Tom
Yewcic, fullback Evan Slonac and half­
backs Leroy Bolden and Billy Wells —
captured the nation’s interest.
The school was Michigan State
College back then, and the Spartans
were just joining the Big Ten. But
Head Coach Clarence “Biggie ” Munn
and his staff had built a bewildering
multiple-offense — with both Single­
wing and T-formation sets behind an
unbalanced line. Whatever MSC ran
into one week was likely to be part of its
playbook the next. It was no wonder
America’s football eyes turned first
toward Macklin Field Stadium on
autumn Saturdays.
A 28-game win streak ran from
1950-53 and included a 9-0 national
championship season in ’52. In MSC’s
long-awaited first year of eligibility for a
Rose Bowl trip, the "Pony Backfield ”
carried Munn’s men all the way to Pasa­
dena, Calif
The January 1 28-20 victory there
over UCLA gave the Spartans a No. 3 na­
tional ranldng, behind Maryland and
Notre Dame, and provided two men
with new jobs. Munn moved up to be­
come athletic director and chose an
unknown aide to succeed him. Hugh

I

"Duffy Daughterty did that, and more,
for the next 19 seasons.
Munn began his final coaching sea­
son with a bit of Press Day prophesizing: “This is the first time I can recall
seeing a squad on opening day without
a fat boy in sight. ”
Indeed, among MSC’s 65 varsity play­
ers, none weighed more than 217. And
the ponies averaged 5-8%, 172 pounds.
Yewcic was 5-11, 180; Slonac 5-8, 170;
Bolden 5-7V2, 163; and Wells 5-9, 180.
That lack of size was a preseason
concern in August of’53. A new limited
substitution rule had brought about a
basic return to one-platoon football.
When on defense, that meant Yewcic
would have to play right cornerback.
Wells left corner, Bolden safety and
Slonac left linebacker — all unfamiliar
collegiate spots for the specialists.
“This way, it’s a slower game. It’s a
different game, a new game, and I don’t
like it,” Munn said.
‘Going to the one-platoon system
has been extra hard for us, since we
were extremists in the two-platoon sys­
tem. We picked many light, small play­
ers for our offensive setup because they
had speed, and many of them had only
played offense since their sophomore
year.”
All were seniors, except Bolden, a ju­

nior, with Wells and Yewcic carrying
the biggest reputations entering their
final year. Wells had led MSU’s multiback attack with 585 rushing yards the
year before, while Yewcic was the
team’s top returning passer and its
third-year punter. But in part-time duty
the year before, Slonac and Bolden'had
also shown their potential. Bolden had
averaged 7.8 yards per pop in spelling
All-America captain Don McAuliffe.
In fact, all of the ponies had shared
playing time in ’52, usually coming off
the bench as a baffling change-of-pace
to relieve a set of 200-plus pounders. A
closer look at the “Light Brigade,” as
legendary Spartan Sports Information
Director Fred Stabley called the four­
some, shows they were undersized but
not overmatched.
Yewcic, from Conemaugh, Pa., had
never quarterbacked a losing game un­
til the Spartans’ streak-ending 6-0 set­
back at Purdue in ’53. He was a backup
signal-caller as a sophomore, but lined
up at halfback and threw the “trans­
continental” cross-field TD pass back
to No. 1 quarterback Al Dorow in a 24-20
win over Ohio State. He was also a
standout baseball catcher and would
likely have left campus early to sign a
bonus-baby major league contract if he
hadn’t broken a finger that spring. He
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set Spartan passing and punting marks,
before graduating to the Detroit Tigers
and leaving the QB job to his backup,
Earl Morrall.
“We’d be lost without Yewcic, ” Munn
said before the ’53 season. ‘That boy
can do anything on a football field. He
can run a team, pass, kick and block,
and I figure he’ll do O.K. on defense,
too.’’
“Eats ’ Slonac, from St. Michael, Pa.,
began as an MSC sub who wouldn’t sit
down. After starting fullback Dick Panin
fractured a leg in ’52, Slonac took over
for keeps. Besides being a fine receiver,
a ferocious blocker and the team’s reg­
ular placekicker, he averaged five yards
per carry.
Despite being called a “writhing,
slashing open-field wizard ” after his
one-man dismantling of Minnesota,
Bolden was also more than just an out­
side scatback. The 130-pound high
school linebacker from Flint, Mich.,
was perhaps the team’s best blocker
and an ironman who played 51 minutes
in one game. “Boldy” was also one of
the first northern players to wear tear­
away jerseys. One would-be Indiana
tackier was left with a fistful of shirt,
while Bolden scampered on, stripped
to the waist.
Wells, an unannounced walk-on from
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, was
known as the “Menominee Meteor,” in
honor of his hometown. As a sopho­
more, he averaged 8.4 yards on 53 car­
ries and, as a junior, had touchdown
runs of83, 69 and 56 yards, along with a
54-yard scoring reception. But he saved
the best for his last college game and a
national TV. audience, as you will soon
see.
Four games stand out in the ponies’
race to a share of the Big Ten title with
Illinois. After a 21-7 win in the school’s
conference debut at Iowa—with Yewcic
completing all but four of his passes
and Wells averaging 17.4 yards per rush
— MSC traveled to Minnesota for its
first “real Big Ten test. ”
In a 21-0 victory, Bolden scored three
touchdowns on runs of 69,11 and nine
yards, all coming on the same sleightof-hand smash over right guard Henry
Bullough. Diagrams show the ball was
snapped through the quarterback’s
legs directly to the fullback. He then
spun and handed to the left halfback
who was blasting toward the defense.
Bolden gained 145 yards in 14 tries that
day.
“State had speed, power and decep­
tion, but the outstanding characteristic
was the speed with which the ballcar­
rier got to the line of scrimmage,” said
Bernie Bierman, an ex-Gopher coach­
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ing great who’d turned sportswriter by
then.
“That State speed!” marveled thenMinnesota Coach Wes Fesler. “Why,
Bolden ran the off-tackle play faster
than anyone I’ve watched in my foot­
ball career. Michigan State is the fastest
football team I’ve ever seen.”
“What can you do when you’re play­
ing three teams?” asked Minnesota’s
All-America halfback Paul Giel of the
Spartans’ diversified system. “ I’ve
never seen a team, as a whole, any faster
than Michigan State.”
Home victories followed over Texas
Christian—26-19, with Yewcic’s 35-yard
screen pass to Slonac capping a 19point fourth-quarter comeback — and
Indiana — 47-18, with Wells throwing
one 13-yard TD pass, catching a ball for
42 more and returning two intercep­
tions for 66 yards.
When MSC finally lost, it was college
football’s upset of the year, as West
Lafayette, Ind., became Thermopylae
for this band of Spartans. The Spoilermakers of Purdue, 0-4 at the time, pre­
vailed at home, 6-0. The game’s only
points came on Spartan transfer Dan
Pobojewski’s one-yard, fourth-quarter
plunge, set up by an MSC roughing-thekicker call. Munn’s teams had scored in
54 straight games, but were blanked by
five Purdue interceptions. The poten­
tial winning touchdown was nullified
when Yewcic’s away-from-the-play clip
spoiled Bolden’s 95-yard kickoff return.
“ What happened? Nothing, except
we got outplayed and lost the game,”
Munn explained. “We’ve got to stop this
losing streak. We have no alibis or ex­
cuses for our defeat by a great Purdue
team which was simply red-hot. ”
So was MSC from that point on.
Munn’s squad regrouped with a 34-6
win over Oregon State — led by Slonac’s
rushing and pass interception—before
a crucial 28-13 win at Ohio State. It was
Bolden’s day again with touchdown
runs of four, 37 and 20 yards. The long­
est tally came on a magnificent end run,
and long-time OSU followers have
called the last score the best individual
effort in Ohio Stadium history. Bolden
broke six tackles on the 20-yarder that
took what seemed like 20 seconds.
Triumphs over Michigan—14-6,
MSC’s fourth straight over its fiercest
rival — and Marquette, 21-15, left the
Spartans 5-1 in the Big Ten and 8-1 over­
all. But the school, just coming off pro­
bation for “ Spartan Foundation ”
funding irregularities, was unsure of its
post-season fate. Finally, the confer­
ence representatives voted to send
their baby brother West to meet the
Bruins.

That’s when sports publicist Stabley’s
job grew much more complicated. The
spring before, he’d been chatting with
Wells and had made a promise that
wouldn’t go away. Stabley joked that if
the Spartans made it to the Rose Bowl,
he’d get Wells — a rather dashing cam­
pus figure at the time — a date with his
favorite Hollywood star. That turned
out to be Debbie Reynolds, whom Wells
had seen five times in one film. And im­
mediately after MSC’s bid was an­
nounced, he reminded Stabley of the
promise. Stabley tried everything, in­
cluding this note to MGM publicist
Howard Dietz: “Billy Wells is very hand­
some, intelligent and a high-type young
man. He comes from a wealthy family of
early Michigan lumber barons, has
eastern prep-school background and
all that sort of thing. His mother once
was a Hollywood artist. H^e is a roundfaced, dimpled young man with perfect
teeth and altogether looks quite unlike
the normal conception of an outstand­
ing football player. Fnr evidence, I en­
close a photograph.”
The sales pitch worked, and all was
set, with everyone in on the plan except
a disappointed Wells. He’d even tried
calling the starlet herself, when Stabley
claimed he’s had no success. At the Big
Ten Club of Southern California’s an­
nual game-week bash, emcee Bob Hope
stopped his soft-shoe number and
asked Wells, a noted dancer and musi­
cian, to join him on stage. When he did,
Reynolds approached Wells from be­
hind, put her arms around him and de­
livered a highly publicized kiss. After
one of history’s all-time double-takes,
their date was set for New Year’s nightright after Reynolds had watched the
Rose Bowl with tickets Wells had
provide^.^
January 1, 1954 belonged to Wells on
the field and off. He scored the last two
touchdowns, including a game-record
62-yard punt return, and was named
Most Valuable Player. Later, he and Rey­
nolds danced until 3 A.M. at Ciro’s and
the Moulin Rouge. The next day. Wells
was flown to New York to be a guest on
Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town.”
Wells moved to California after a brief
stint and has entertained for years with
his “ukelele orchestra.” Yewcic left
baseball for pro football, where he has
had a long career as a player and scout.
Slonac entered the teaching profession
in Wisconsin, and Bolden — after stays
in the military and pro ball—earned his
Ph.D. and helped develop the early ed­
ucation program at the famed Behav­
ioral Research Institute in Palo Alto,
Calif The toasts of East Lansing made
the most of their abilities after ’53, too.^

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efore the 1977 football season
began, a well-meaning follower
of the University of Texas had a
splendid idea.
Top running back Earl Campbell had
been hampered by injuries during his
junior year and his patron believed
Earl needed some help for his senior
season.
“So this guy brings in a fake can of
Campbell’s soup which reads Campbell
for Heisman’ on the label, ” recalls Bill
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“We feel very strongly that our duty is
to provide information to the media
about a player, ” says Little, “but that
awards are won on the playing field.
“Earl had more than 4,000 yards in
his career at Texas. That’s more im­
pressive than any brochure we could
put out. ”
Of course, we’ie talking about a player
at the University of Texas. Not all schools
receive the kind of attention and enjoy
the long-standing tradition of excellence
that Texas does.

Sometimes you have to go for a gim­
mick when you are rushing players for
major post-season honors such as the
Heisman, the Outland and the Lombardi.
Writers and sportscasters cast bal­
lots for the awards which honor the
best football player in the land and the
top college lineman. Of late, the Heis­
man has become almost exclusively an
award for offensive backfield players.
“It will be difficult for that to change
much, ” explained Don Bryant, sports
continued
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MAJOR AWARD-WINNERS
continued

information director at Nebraska. "Sta­
tistics are so important and there is
little that you can say about a lineman
until you look at the films.’’
More on that later.
While it’s true that a poster or flyer
will not guarantee an award for a player,
it may get the attention needed at first.
That’s when his performance on the
field must take over.
True, the major schools don’t have to
worry about furnishing extra informa­
tion on their players as they push men
for post-season honors. Such is not the
case everywhere.
"I sincerely doubt that a great player
from Montana State could ever win the
Heisman, for example, ” said Brigham
Young publicist David Schulthess. He’s
had a few quarterbacks — Marc Wilson,
Jim McMahon and Steve Young — who
have come under consideration of late.
"We are so far removed from the
media centers that we feel as though
we have to do something for a player to
help get him recognized,’’ said Schult­
hess. ’ ’Much of the voting takes place in
the East and the West. There are about
12 Heisman voters in Utah.”
That’s why Schulthess dressed Mc­
Mahon in an old helmet, shoes, pads

and jersey and posed him in a stance
used by the player who was the model
for the Heisman Trophy.
"It looked pretty good,” said Schult­
hess. "We bounced it around the
country.”
McMahon, now with the Chicago
Bears, finished fifth in the Heisman bal­
loting in 1980 and third in 1981.
"This isn’t like politics,” Schulthess
claimed. "You can’t do it all with
balloons.”
Ironically, it was Notre Dame which
may have set the tone for some atten­
tion-grabbing moves when sports infor­
mation director Roger Valdiserri made
a remark about Joe Theismann and
pronounced the name Thighsman.

That wasn’t how the quarterback
from NewJersey pronounced his name.
It was "Theesman.”
No more. It became Thighsman as in
Heisman.
When it was over, he was an ordinary
Joe as he finished second to Stanford’s
Jim Plunkett in the balloting for the
1970 award.
It was ironic, because Notre Dame
needs no help in the area of publicity.
The current champions of extra-curriculars work at Clemson. And, inter-

Statistical Information
By Season
1979
GP-GS 12-2
Tackles 35
15
Hits
20
Asts
5
PBU
0
CF
0
RF
3
Int
93
IRY

1980 1981 Total
9-9 12-12 34-23
95
205
73
126
74
36
79
21
37
18
6
7
3
2
1
0
1
1
11
2
6
144
0
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Note: had two tackles, including one for
minus yardage in one game in 1978.
He was injured in first game of that year
and sat out rest of the season.

Career Highs
Tackles: 12 vs. Tulane, 1981
1st Hits: 10 vs. Wofford, 1981
vs. Tulane, 1981
2 vs. Notre Dame, 1979
Int:
vs. Duke, 1981
63 vs. Notre Dame, 1979
IRY:
2, many times
PBU:

Superior Performances
•1979 vs. Notre Dame. . .had two fourthquarter interceptions and returned them
for 63 yards to skotch dramatic Irish
comeback attempts. . .also had seven
tackles in that game.
•1980 vs. Virginia. . .had 11 tackles arid
broke up two passes and had a film
grade of 118 percent in Clemson’s road
victory.
•1980 vs. Wake Forest. . intercepted a
Wake Forest pass in the final two
minutes to save a 35-33 victory for the
Tigers. . .also had 11 tackles and two
PBUs in that game.
•1981 vs. Georgia. . .had a key inter­
ception and nine tackles in the upset of
defending national champion Georgia.
•1981, vs. Tulane.. .had a career high 12
tackles in the Superdome. . .ACC
defensive back of the week, also had an
interception, one of five for the Clemson
secondary. . .
•1981 vs. Duke. . .received the highest
coach’s film grade ever by a Clemson
player (130). . .had two interceptions
and 11 tackles in a 38-10 romp over the
. Blue Devils. . .

One s/de panel of the Clemson “Special K”
cereal box listed Terry KInard’s achieve­
ments Instead of Ingredients.

MAJOR AWARD-WINNERS

Jim McMahon of Brigham Young Unl¥erslty posed In old helmet
to/ooAf very much like the player who
modeled tor the Helsman Trophy. McMahon finished third In the
voting for the Helsman In 1981.

estingly, two members of that office,
assistants Tim Bourret and Kim Kelly,
are from Notre Dame.
In the last three years, the Clemson
sports information office has shown
Periy Tuttle sitting amongst a stack of
broken records and listed his accom­
plishments as one would list songs
on a record jacket.
They gave us the refrigerator man,
William Perry. His teammates called
Periy GE because he was as large as a
refrigerator.
Next season Mike Eppley will be fea­
tured in a poster as the premier stu­
dent-athlete in the country since he has
played football and basketball while
maintaining a 3.5 grade point average.
However, Clemson’s finest achieve­
ment was a cereal box which appeared
two years ago heralding safety Terry
Kinard — Special K.
That was Kim’s idea,” said Bourret.
It came while eating breakfast one
morning and everybody picked up on it. ”
Atlanta super-station WTBS, NBC-TV
and about 20 major newspapers gave

the Special K promotion a good ride.
We don’t do it in pre-season because
we don’t want to lose our credibility,”
explained Bourret.
There has been some implied criti­
cism of that kind of hype. Bourret de­
fends it thusly: We have never done
anything in bad taste and we feel as
though we have to do something to
help a kid get exposure.
"We re not near any big media market.
It's just meant to get attention. The kids
take over from there. ”
Since Bourret and Kelly teamed up at
Clemson in ’80, the Tigers have had 11
All-Americas. From 1936 until 1980,
Clemson had 20 All-Americas.
The publicity sure hasn’t hurt.
Just think of the possibilities if Doug
Flutie attended Clemson. Flutie flutes,
perhaps?
Don’t expect any such thing from
Boston College, which is the home for
quarterback Flutie, a leading Heisman
candidate this year.
Our philosophy is to be very low key
about it,” said Reid Oslin, sports infor­

mation director at BC. "There will be no
Doug Flutie t-shirts. I have talked to a
number of people at several schools
who hav? been involved with a Heisman
Trophy candidate.
" I ^ee it all as information process.
In our weekly releases we ll have a Flutie
Watch, updating his personal statistics.
We just have chosen not to go the flashy
hype route.”
While Boston College may be in the
shadow of the Red Sox, Celtics and
Bruins, it is in a major media market
and not far from New York, Philadelphia
and Washington-Baltimore.
There are built-in advantages at cer­
tain places. If you re the tailback at the
University of Southern California there
is an edge. BYU is fast becoming the
school of quarterbacks.
Television contributes a great deal.
John Keith, sports publicist at New
Mexico who was at Oklahoma during
Billy Sims’ stay there, pointed to an
early-season TV outing which contrib­
uted mightily to his Heisman boost
in ’78.

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in his freshman year. BYU began furnishing information on Steve Young in his
junior season.
Most agree a player must be on a win­
ing team to receive notice. It’s even
better if a player has a story.
Earl Campbell’s mother raised roses
in the East Texas town of Tyler and Earl
became the “Tyler Rose. ”
BYU’s Steve Young was the great-greatgreat grandson of Brigham Young and
was a native to Connecticut.
Steve played that down since your
relatives can’t pull you into heavert, ”
laughed Schulthess.^ut it doesn’t hurt
the Heisman publicity.
Flutie, a diminutive sort for a rriajor
college quarterback, wasn’t offered a
scholarship by any other Division I
school. He was headed for Brown until
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And not all stories have to be good,
Nebraska s Biyant made a negative into
a positive with Johnny Rodgers, the
Nebraska running back who won the
Heisman in 1972.
Rodgers had been arrested for rob­
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It was a fact Biyant never tried to hide
from reporters.
"We didn’t minimize it and we didn’t
excuse it,” explained Bryant. "Johnny
felt he paid a price. He had shown how
he had grown from it.”
Biyant added that sometimes just the
name of a player gains attention. "Take
Isiah Hipp. Maybeyou know him as I.M.
While he didn’t win the Heisman, he
was talked about.
If his name had been Charlie Jones,”
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about linemen? Nebraska’s Dean Steinkuhler may have been the Huskers’ best
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offensive line.
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THE LIFE
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hat is it like to be a coach’s
wife?
It is exciting and boring; exhil­
arating and frustrating.
There’s drama and suspense and
instant reinforcement.
There have been times when I’ve said,
“I’m sick of football!’’ But rarely during
the season. I’m usually willing to give
all my fall weekends to the game, but
sometimes resentful of giving up so
many winter, summer and spring days
because of it.
What about the “thrill of victory and
the agony of defeat? ” Yes, “Wide World
of Sports’’ and Jim McKay, the victory is
thrilling! And if each defeat is not pure
agony, it often comes close to it.
It sometimes seems odd that the out­
come of a game should carry such an
emotional impact, but for millions of
fans and players around the country it
does. And when your job is the game
and the game a job, the impact is even
greater.
I think this is true on any level. Wheth­
er one is the spouse of an assistant in
high school or a head coach in the pros,
defeats are painful, but the victories are
worth working for.
Of course, as a coach moves up the
ladder in football ranks, outside pres­
sures become louder, heavier and more

widely known, but the pressure that a
coach places on himselfis always greater.
This may sound clich^d, but unless one
has coached or played, these pressures
and emotions cannot truly be under­
stood or explained, even by a wife. But I
believe that these intangibles are what
make players want to play and coaches
want to coach.
What do you see as your main
responsibility?
Primarily it is the coach and the
coach’s children, and those responsi­
bilities are increased along with any job
advancements. In order to deal with
the added duties that come with any in­
creased job responsibilities, a person
must have an awareness of self and
some interests outside of duty. Mine in­
clude: gardening, ordinary cooking,
reading and writing, and educating deaf
children. I enjoy crafts, but seldom have
the time or the space for the accom­
panying clutter.
As in any marriage, coaches’ wives
use special tricks to keep harmony
within the household. In my case, I
need to remind my coach when he walks
through the door that the press, stalf
and team are not there to greet him. It’s
only “us family, ” and it’s time to shift
gears. I will admit, however, that I feel
complimented when my husband ad­

dresses me as “coach.”
One of my never-changing responsi­
bilities is to help keep our life in per­
spective. I know that to be successful in
any job, a person must believe in what
they’re doing. There must be thousands
stuck in other jobs who are not so privi­
leged, but coaches are not among thern.
A coach who doesn’t “believe” won’t stay
in coaching long. The game at hand
must be of utmost importance.
But I also know that every Saturday, as
our team plays, there are attacks in the
street, countries fighting wars, many
battling disease and famine, and milions who rieither know nor care about
football. In millions of homes (ours in­
cluded) children are being born, grow­
ing up and learning about the world.
An awareness of this helps keep a foot­
ball loss from being so painful and helps
keep egos on ari even keel after a
few wins.
Win or lose, my children still need
haircuts, reminders about homework,
time for conversation and help decid­
ing what to wear to school.
Are you a football fan?
As a youngster, I was reared in a
game-playing family. I am a fan of
games and sports in general. In fact.
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LIFE or A COACH'S WIFE
more so than my husband because I
have more time for spectating. I decided
e^ly in our marriage that this was clearly
the only road to survival for me. Athlehcs IS definitely not my only interest
in life, but since it is such a large per­
centage of my world it certainly helps
to enjoy and understand. it. I have
coached and managed my girls’ soccer
and softball teams (we won) and truly
believe that properly supervised sports
can provide many wonderful learning
experiences.

Howwouldyou feel ifyour son had to

play for or against his father?
Since we have two daughters, I can
only speculate about how I would feel,
but I admit that in earlier years this
question crossed my mind. As parents
we want our children to be the best that
they can be in all areas — social, aca
demic, physical. I know we would want
that for a son. But whether a child's in­
terest is medicine, teaching, account­
ing or athletics. I’d think having a par­
ent in the same field would offer both
advantages and disadvantages to a
child.
I know that “my coach” is an excel­
lent teacher, so I am sure that a son’s
God-given ability would be enhanced
by the knowledge and skills he could
impart. But my husband is also highly
competitive... and I’d guess that it
would take a special young man to
handle the added pressure of keeping
I up with Dad both on the field and with
peers on the team.
As a mother, I have always found it
more emotionally draining to watch a
daughter ride through a two-minute
hunter course, pitch two innings of a
tied game, or take a penalty kick than to
endure my husband’s three-hour foot­
ball game. Professional coaches are
paid to "take it”; moms and dads
aren’t!
As an amateur coach in motherdaughter combinations for several
teams, I have found it difficult to sepa­
rate being a mother from being a coach
and have expected more from ‘my ath­
lete,” especially in terms of effort and
behavior. I think amateur fathers also
expect more in terms of ability as well. I
believe, however, that a fatherwith pro­
fessional coaching experience and per­
spective would not have the same diffi- I
culty, and a son reaching that level
would understand the coach’s philos­
ophy and level of expectation.
Personally, I’d guess that coaching
one s son would be a father’s dream
and a mother’s nightmare! Two in the
family “psyching” up for the same
game every week?
Have you moved frequently during

continued

adventure to another, and pulling up
roots to another. It is for everyone a lot
of work! We must get involved with new
schools, explore the territory of a new
supermarket, find new doctors and
dentists, and discover ways to spend
our leisure time. One asks a lot of queshons of people who look even a little bit
friendly.
Actually, the job is both a cause for
disruption and a unifying factor for the
family. The insecurity of competition is
part of life for our family. We practice,
we cheer, we play, we win, or we lose.
Our friends, our school, our home and
our geography may change, but if we
learn from those new experiences then
everybody grows. I have, tried to inter­
pret “different” as exciting rather than
scary, and can only,'hope that our
growth is in a positive direction.
Do you travel on ifoad trips, and if
Win or lose, children still need helrcuts.
not, do you mind when he travels
reminders ebout homework end time for
alone?
conversation.
A short answer is that I seldom travel
your husband’s career, and if so, I on road trips unless they are within
reasonable driving distance... and in
how do you adjust to a new town?
football he s almost never alone.
In coaching, as in any other field, one
Although it may be difficult for the
I can set career goals in different ways.
devoted fan to understand, football is
One can decide to work hard to pro­
but one of several extracurricular activi­
gress and move ahead to reach the top
ties that occur only on weekends. )VIost
(wherever that may be) or to find a place
families also have football-, basketballwhere one can feel secure, settle in to a
or soccer-playing offspring whose
community and establish a comfortable
coaches also think that their weekend
routine. We seem to have done both, so
game is of utmost importance. Music
have not moved nearly as often as most
teachers, horse trainers and social
coaches on the four-year level.
studies teachers also think that their
Early on, I was geared up for the
j
recital, horse show or term paper is
gypsy life of a coach on the move. I
worthy of several weekend hours.
watched for and suggested job oppor­
employed outside
tunities and was excited about going to
the hojfte have families who folly expect
a new town and supporting us on my
that cbme Monday morning the closets
teaching salaiy. I even hoped my hus­
and drawers will be replenished with
band would get a chance to coach with­
freshly laundered and ironed clothes,
out pay for some well-known coach or
the refrigerator will be full, carpets will
school. We changed jobs five times and
show vacuum marks, and at least once
lived in eight different homes in our
a month the view through the windows
first ten years. Our children were young
will be unobstructed by finger marks.
and it all was adventure.
In other words, away games can often
During the next ten years, we found
be catch-up times for me.
our comfortable niche and stayed in
Usually we wives tiy to gather in front
one place secure, settled and estab­
of a radio or television to suffer or cele­
lished as a family. We enjoyed the tra­
brate away games together. Each year,
ditions and rituals and the friendly
however,
the wives select, far in
rivalries that ten years can establish. It
advance, one away game that they all
was great. But sometimes safe, secure
wish to go to. This game is quite accu­
and comfortable becomes a burden
rately called “the wives’ trip.” Although
and different looks like an exciting new
I’m positive they are happy we have
challenge.
traveled along, the husbands spend
Every change can be a growing expe­
most of the wives’ trip meeting, scout­
rience and new people and towns are a
ing, supervising and practicing with
part of learning. Because coaching is a
players and other husbands.
group experience, we adults usually
Wives trips are fun because they
have a built-in community of staff mem­
offer the women a chance to get to­
bers, but moving a family is never easy!
gether socially, eat in a restaurant, stay
What is a career challenge to one is an
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in a hotel, tour, see the team in “civilian
clothing and break the routine of our
part of the season. If we see our mates
for a few hours, so much the better. We
go home with fresh mind-pictures of
what is taking place during other road
games: loading the airplane, meeting
with the team, workouts with the team,
dinner with the team, the game, and
the noisy or all too quiet ride home.
Truthfully, travel during the season
is nothing compared to the miles and
hours spent apart during recruiting,
which are by far the most difficult.
Some future researchers will no doubt
become famous for the brilliant discovery that nervous breakc owns among
coaches’ wives always occur during or
immediately following a recruiting
season.
How do you feel when people scream
in the stands?
It is part and parcel of the job. This is
one of the major contributions sports
can make to society. In our culture act­
ing out one’s hostilities and aggression
is no longer acceptable. Sports serve as
a means for a large number of people
(myself included) to express this very
human need in a socially acceptable
way, either as participant or spectator.
I tell my children (and coaches’ and
players’ wives and families) that this is
the right and privilege of a fan. Since we
are also fans, it is our right to hold a
different opinion and natural to want
to set people straight, but not always
wise. We just yell louder, clap harder,
sometimes pace the snack bars, and
probably ask our husbands the same
questions about a game that any fan
would. 'Why didn’t you go for a field
goal? Where were the short passes?
What was wrong with so and so? Didn’t
you wear your lucky socks? ”
What do you enjoy about the season?
Getting ready for a game on Saturday.
Having the staff over after a win.
Watching early-outs and warm-ups.
I love the precision and crispness of
warm-ups and the electric expectancy
of the pre-game air. I imagine players
praying to make only big plays and
small mistakes, and their families and
position coaches praying the same.
I enjoy the physical acrobatics, the
constant movement and watching
players grow in knowledge, skill and
character.
What is the most frustrating part of
your role?
The things I can’t do.
Not being able to give the halftime
talk. . (Don’t all fans wish they could
do this at one time or another?) I feel
sort of like a mother who needs to have
a serious talk with her sons!
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Not being able to write for the news­
papers. .. This is a universal fantasy of
coaches’ wives.
How do you feel about all these
coaches who make big money?
This is a good one! Ask any coach
who ever called a play or organized a
practice why he or she ever started
coaching. Instead of answering "for the
money,” I would predict the answers to
include: glory, recognition, challenge,
mental illness, camaraderie, love of the
game, a natural calling, rapport with
others, or an affection for young people.
All these so-called highly paid coaches
could be listed on a 3x5 card. Even they
exist only after having paid dues of
hundreds of hours of thrills and agon­
ies; thousands of miles of smelly buses;
gallons of lukewarm beverages; at least
one long-distance phone call from a
labor room announcing the imminent
birth of a child; and more than several
conversations with a wife in which he
asks (innocently or indignantly), "Why
didn’t you tell me before? ” Usually she
has, but he forgot or didn’t hear.
Those few who finally make relatively
“big ” money, do so because it means
enough to some person or some organ­
ization to pay him to stay or to move.
What do you find rewarding about
the job?
Always a win! A play that works! A
player who finally “gets it together! ”
Coaches and players who are recog­
nized for their efforts.
My own husband believes that in
addition to football, a young man should
be learning important life skills by
playing on his teams. These include:
responsibility for self, respect for
others, working as part of a group,
learning from mistakes, putting forth a
best effort in whatever you do, and
generally learning how to function in
society. Although this philosophy may
not work for everybody, it is always a
thrill to hear from an ex-player who has
been through it and feels he is a better
person from the experience. Ask my
daughter about the ex-player who gives
her Dad’s standard pre-season talk at
the beginning of each semester’s social
studies classes, or the ex-player (now
coach) whose greatest victory was dedefeating our team.
Why do coaches insist on making
every game the “Big Game?”
A rule of thumb is that with each win,
the next game becomes bigger, and
with each loss it becomes more crucial.
In most sports, the intent is usually to
win. Most outsiders judge a team’s ef­
forts on that win/loss record. No matter
what the goals of the staff may be—
building for the future, bringing along a

young player, holding a team to X
number of yards, finding the psycho­
logical chemistry of a particular team
the overriding goal is to win as many
times as possible.
In football there are usually only ten
or twelve chances to win per season. I
always explain to others that college
football is really a year- round job. Giv­
ing the staff a maximum of thirty days
off, I calculate that they work 335 days a
year and have about 36 hours annually
to show others how well they do their
job. Aside from those in show business,
how many other people display their
work in front of thousands, in effect in­
viting them to watch and judge?
Any coach who doesn’t,believe every
game is important shouldn’t be there
What do you appreciate after a win
or loss?
Anyone smiling at me.
A real live pat on tlie back.
A friendly voice on the phone.
Someone saying (whether it’s true or
not) “ I know they did their best. ”
What is the best and worst part of the
job?
There are two answers and both
qualify for best and worst.
Recniiting: It’s more time-consuming
and intense than any other time ofyear.
But it sets the tone for the next year,
and it is satisfying when an athlete
makes a choice for “our side.” Excuse
the terrible comparison, but it’s not
unlike planting a garden or watching a
skyscraper being built.
Waking up on Sunday morning after a
game... After a loss the morning brings
ugly realify and an inevitable re-living
of the yvbrst moments of the game;
readir\g the paper; seeing friends and
the knowledge that the kids will have to
answer questions at school on Monday
. . After a win the morning brings a nice
warm glow; a replay of the wonderful
moments of the game; reading the
papers; seeing anybody, and knowing
that the kids don’t have to woriy about
answering questions at school Monday.
I conclude with some famous sayings
that I’m sure originated with coaches’
wives;
There’s always tomorrow.
Hope springs eternal.
You’re only as good as your last game.
It isn’t over til it’s over.
On any given day, anybody can beat
almost anybody.
Just because he loves it!...
(Editor’s Note: Linda Hyde is well qualified
to discuss the life a college coach’s wife
leads. Married to a coach for many years,
Linda has experienced the ups and downs
of college football in a very personal way.){[^

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Joey Meyer, it’s your baby.
After 42 seasons, 742 victories,
13 NCAA tournament appearances and
seven trips to the NIT, Ray Meyer won’t
be on the bench at DePaul. A gentle
panda of a man, Ray turned over to his
son, Joey, a program that is signifi­
cantly more well-heeled than when he
inherited it. Then Ray and his wife.
Marge, left for a European vacation. (A
Caribbean cruise was one of many gifts
showered on Ray by rival schools in his
last hurrah.) Unfortunately, his long
career ended with few hurrahs for the
way the Demons played in an overtime
loss to Wake Forest in the Midwest
Regional. Said Ray: "We made some bad
plays that normally we don’t make. But
that s basketball.” DePaul came
unglued, finishing at 27-3. It’s hap­
pened before to these Demons in the
NCAAs, but Ray, being a good pop,
didn’t leave the cupboard bare for his
son. Maybe Joey can beat the NCAA hex
with what is a potful of returning talent.
Like 6-9 Dallas Comegys, 6-6 Tyrone
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Lampley, 6-7 Lawrence West and 6-2
Kenny Patterson. The one we’ll all miss
is Ray, who showed the world of college
basketball his class in his personal
anguish following the upset loss to
Wake. He said: “I have no regrets. I’ve
given everything I had to my team and
to my university. The players who
played for me got a little more out of me
than basketball. They learned about
how to live.’’
UKE.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap —
and leap. Two years ago. Blue
Devils’ Coach Mike Krzyzewski brought
in a group of players considered to be
among the best collection of high
school talent in America. It included 68 Mark Alarie, 6-2 Johnny Dawkins, 6-6
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year before that, Krzyzewski had cor­
ralled another handful of outstanding
preps. One of them was 6-7 Dan
Meagher. What Krzyzewski —just call
him Coach K ifyou can’t pronounce his
last name — did was to pass on to these
players his affinity for man-to-man de­
fense. You know, the bellybutton-tobellybutton type. Krzyzewski had it
drilled into him by his college coach,
Bobby Knight. It’s a defense that in­
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one of the game’s legends, Henry P. Iba,
and it wins championships. Krzy­
zewski took his lumps in 17-13, 10-17
and 11-17 seasons while his players
were sacrificing wins for a solid foun­
dation that would pay off in the future.
Well, the future is now. The Dookies
were 24-10 last season with Krzyzewski’s starting five returning (Alorie,
Dawkins, Bilas, 6-0 Tommy Amaker and
Meagher), he can stir the waters in the
ACC. Dawkins is Duke’s duke. He is the
only player in the ACC to rank in the top
five in both scoring and assists, totaling
134 assists as a freshman and 138 as a
soph. The Dookies have matured. They
are ready for a great leap forward.
eorgetowiv.
As long as the game of college
basketball is played, George­
town will be a fixture with trivia buffs
because of the extraordinary path the
Hoyas followed to the national cham­
pionship in 1983-84. Nothing was more
extraordinary than Georgetown’s 53-40
victory over Kentucky in the semifinals
in Seattle. In the second half of that
game, Kentucky was 3-for-33 from the
floor and its. starters were O-for-22. The
Cats went 13 minutes without a basket,
including a stretch in the first half The
drouth was attributable, in part, to
Georgetown’s defense and to UK’s pan­
icky shooting. The next day, Kentucky
Coach Joe B. Hall took a helicopter ride
over Mount St. Helens and, amazingly,
was not tempted to jump in. It was de­
fense that did it for Georgetown all sea­
son, a defense anchored by 7-footer
Patrick Ewing which pressured oppo­
nents into discombobulating situa­
tions. The Hoyas defeated Houston and
its 7-footer, Akeem Olajuwon, in the
NCAA title game, 84-75, without their
defensive ace. Gene Smith, who was out
with a stress fractured foot. Ewing’s de­
cision not to leave school early for the
NBA puts Georgetown atop the heap
starting the 1984-85 season. Hoyas
Coach John Thompson has eight of his
top 10 players returning. Down the
stretch the Hoyas attracted attention
because of their intimidating manner
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legendary clubs John Wooden pro-'
duced at UCLA.
eorgia tech.
Ramblin’ Wreck basketball is
in full voice now that Mark
Price has established himself as one of
the best guards in America. Price comes
from the red-clay country of Oklahoma,
where he made his mark with a slick
jumper and also as a tenor in a quartet
with his two brothers and his dad. Mom
played the piano. The ’Jackets should
be a major force in the ACC this season
with their 6-11 Twin Towers, John Salley
and Yvon Joseph, a native of Haiti who
once was a member of his country’s na­
tional volleyball squad. Price, 6-3 Bruce
Dalrymple, 6-6 Scott Petway and 6-4
Craig Neal give Coach Bobby Cremins
the ammunition he needs in the rugged
ACC. Cremins didn’t hurt himself any
with his recruiting. His group of
signees, 7-0 Antoine Ford, 6-10 Willie
Reese, 6-7 Bud Adams and 6-6 Duane
Ferrell, is considered to be the ACC’s
finest. Adams, a homegrown product of
Atlanta, averaged 27.3 points in high
school and throws a fastball 92 miles
Bruce Douglas of Illinois led the Big Ten
per hour. The Jackets need a fast start
with 177 assists and 73 steals.
in the ACC and Price is the one Cremins
will look to for that. Price’s role
his foot. Illinois led the Big Ten in of­
changed last season, going from scorer
fense, defense and rebounding. Doug­
to floor leader, but he took it in stride.
las was No. 1 in the league in steals (73)
That’s not to say he has abandoned his
and assists (177). Winters was sixth in
scoring completely. When Price is right
scoring (14.7 average) and Montgomery
at the point, he sizzles — as he did in
was second in boards (7.5 average). The
Tech’s three nail-biters with Duke last
Illini bench will be exceedingly deep,
season. Price averaged 15.6 points, shot
which means Henson can keep the heat
51 percent and had 121 assists for the
on again. The Illinois Whiz Kids of long
season. With Price, Tech could end on a
ago may have had nothing on what
high note.
Henson has waiting in the wings.
LLINOIS.
NDIANA.
From an unsettled start, the Illini
In the Brawny Big Ten, it is some­
popped to the top of the Big Ten
times harder to repeat as cham­
like a cork in water and stayed there to
pion than for a camel to pass through
share the conference title with Purdue.
the eye of a needle. That’s why Illinois,
It was one of Lou Henson’s better
a co-champ in 1983-84, is looking over
coaching jobs, but it was no surprise to
its shoulder at the Hoosiers, who were
those who have been Henson-watchers
third last season, but are expected to
over the years. He’s rubbed elbows with
come on strong. One reason that Indi­
the elite before, having taken New Mex­
ana’s Bobby Knight was the U.S. Olym­
ico State to the Final Four and Illinois to
pic coach is because America’s basket­
the NIT round of four in New York. Illi­
ball hierarchy wanted our very best on
nois finished 26-5 last season and was
the bench in the Summer Games. One
one victory away from the Final Four in
of Knight’s fortes is preparation, and it
Seattle. Playing Kentucky at Rupp
has been lU’s legacy under Knight to
Arena with Efrem Winters hobbled by a
make a dent in the NCAA tournament
sprained ankle, the Illini were denied a
no matter how young his players are.
Seattle soiree in a controversial 54-51
The legacy continued when Knight met
defeat. No doubt that loss will be fuel
North Carolina’s Dean Smith in a tussle
for the fire as Illinois heads into 1984-85
of coaching titans and the Hoosiers
with returning starters 6-4 Doug Altenupset the top-ranked Tar Heels in the
berger, 6-3 Bruce Douglas, 6-8 George
East Regional. Was it a warning to the
Montgomery and the 6-9 Winters. The
rest of the college basketball world?
open spot up front will be filled by 6-9
Knight has his entire starting five back,
Anthony Welch, who missed all but two
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Morgan, who missed much of the
season with a stress fracture, and 6-5
Delray Brooks, one of two high school
players invited to the Olympic IVials.
The Hoosiers started as many as two
freshmen and two sophomores during
the season. Guard Steve Alford, one of
the frosh, was terrific. On the floor he is
an extension of Knight. Alford led the
nation in free throw percentage at .913
(137 of 150) and smashed an lU field goal
percentage record by shooting .592.
Move aside, these Hoosiers are going
places.
ansas.
In his first season at KU, Larry
Brown was nothing if not exactly
what the starved alumni had been wait­
ing for. He answered their every dream
with a patched-up lineup that went 6-0
against the Jayhawks’ most pungent of
rivals — Kansas State, Missouri and
Wichita State. The Hawkeyes capped it
by getting to Kansas City for the finals of
the Big Eight tournament where they
upset Oklahoma in the championship
game, 79-78, on a pretty jumper by Ron
Kellogg. Brown survived player defec­
tions and scholastic ineligibilities to
win 22 games and establish himself,
post-haste, among the upper crust of
the league’s coaches. No surprise there.
Brown has won everywhere he’s been.
If he decides he has found a home in
Laurence, the conference power struc­
ture could be reshaped. The spotlight
will be on 6-11 Danny Manning, per­
haps the best high school player in
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Trials. Manning could ease the pres­
sure on 7-1 Greg Dreiling. Browh has a
hole to fill at the other wing. The job
could go to 6-8 redshirt Chris Piper, 6-6
Tyrone Jones, another freshman, or to
6-6 Calvin Thompson. The biggest KU li­
ability in the early going last season was
no consistent leadership on the backline. It was solved when 135-pound
freshman, Mark 'Tuigeon, stepped up
unannounced and seized control. They
call him The Surgeon. Brown doesn’t
need a doctor’s degree to see he’s got
something going here.
ouisiana state.
When Dale Brown came down out
of Minot, N.D., to the gentle
bayous, he had a mission: to patch in
laid-back Louisiana to hoops. Having
succeeded in that, he now is challeng­
ing himself to other missions. He has
tackled the Matterhorn, made a boat
trip from Minnesota to New Orleans on
the mighty Mississippi and has ridden
camels in Iraq. What’s left? An NCAA
championship. Brown came close
when his Tigers got to the Final Four in
1981, only to lose to Indiana in the
semifinals. That defeat served to
toughen him further. This is a man who
grew up in a one-room flat over a tavern.
A1 McGuire kept his sanity by careening
down New Zealand roads on a motorcy­
cle in the summers. Broum scales
mountains. If Broun can unearth a cen­
ter, he will feel much better. The posi­
tion was split last season between 6-10
Damon Vance and 6-8 Nikita Wilson.
Brown also wall have up front 6-8 Jerry
Reynolds and 6-8 John Williams, an in­
coming freshman who is one of the na­
tion’s prize recruits. LSU thinks Wil­
liams is the school’s top catch since
Pete Maravich, he of the floppy socks,
flying shirt and waving arms. Re­
member? Broum has a shooter in 6-6
Don Redden and adequate guards in
Derrick Taylor and Dennis Broum. An­
other newcomer is mystery man Zoran
Jovanovich, a 7-1 Yugoslavian from Bel­
grade. Brown’s mission? To make him a
star.
ouisiana tech.
There was a time when the
men’s team had to fight its
way onto the floor through the mass ex­
odus after the women’s game was fin­
ished. The Lady Techsters cultivated a
frenetic following that was loyal. And
why not? The Techsters have been to
the women’s Final Four for six straight
seasons and won NCAA titles in 1981
and 1982. Now the men’s team — the
Bulldogs — have an identity of their
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Karl Malone, a 6-9 phenom, is called
“The Mailman’’ because he delivers. He
created something of a legend early on
at Tech when he twice shattered backboards with thundering dunks. Andy
Russo, the head coach, hands out cook­
books to his incoming players. Russo’s
taste for fine Italian food is a leftover
from his days in Chicago, where his
parents owned a firm that manufac­
tured macaroni. Malone whetted
Russo’s taste for winning, which the
’Dogs did big when they ended Lamar’s
home court streak at 80 games in the ti­
tle game of the Southland Conference
tournament. And will anyone forget
Malone’s one-hand jam against Fresno
State in the Midwest Regional? The
Dogs finished up at 26-7 and with
Malone, 6-10 Willie Simmons and 6-4
Wayne Smith back, Russo will be eating
high on the hog again. Malone averaged
18.8 points, shot 57 percent and had 23
blocks and 50 steals. Lamar’s superior­
ity in the Southland could be over. It’s
Tech’s time. How bout them Dawgs?
emphis state.
What was expected to be an
unprecedented season for the
Tigers came apart on Feb. 11 when 6-5
Bobby Parks went down with ligament
damage in his right knee. Before he was
hurt. Parks had started 107 straight
games and was a tough cookie to han­
dle at both ends of the floor. As it was,
the Tigers shared the Metro regularseason championship with Louisville
11-3 and won the conference tourna­
ment by beating Virginia Tech in the ti­
tle game. Memphis State advanced to
the semifinal round in the Midwest Re­
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Houston Coach Guy V. Lewis dredged
up an old 1-3-1 zone defense in the
second half and it shut down the
Tigers’ 6-10 All-America, Keith Lee, who
fouled out with 10 rebounds and a quiet
15 points. Lee stopped by the Houston
bench to shake hands with Lewis and
his players before sitting down. It was a
classy gesture by a nice kid, who has
spurned the NBA and will return for a fi­
nal try at getting Memphis State to the
P Final Four. Memphis State has four
^ starters back in Lee, 5-10 Andre Turner,
s 6-7 Baskerville Holmes and 7-0 William
Bedford, who will be perhaps the pre­
miere sophomore big man in America
this season. Bedford hit 10 of 12 shots
against Houston and its Superman,
Akeem Olajuwon. Willie Becton could
move in as a starter. Dana Kirk has won
99 games in five seasons as Memphis
State coach. Says he: "We’ve come a
long way in a short time. ”
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The Wolverines bottled up all
their thrills and saved them
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Steve Alford of Indiana waa one of the na­
tion’s top freshman performers last year.

Karl Malone has delivered Louisiana Tech to
men’s basketball prominence.

in the Big Ten at a pedestrian 10-8, but
went on to win the NIT championship.
How could that happen? What at first
glance may appear to be merely a
stroke of timely good fortune for Michi­
gan was more a reflection of the
strength of the Big Ten. It was the firstever post-season title for a Michigan
basketball team which was due to make
itself felt. After two superb recruiting
classes stocked Bill Frieder’s squad
with much talent, many observers
thought Michigan was poised to gobble
up the rest of the league. Things aren’t
always what they seem. Michigan was
snubbed by the NCAA, only to be born
again with an NIT bid and — thrill of
thrills — the Wolverines were on their
way. They defeated Wichita State, Mar­
quette, Xavier (Ohio) and Virginia Tech
en route to the title contest with Notre
Dame. No contest. They upended the
Irish in an 83-63 blitzkrieg. The glow
had barely worn off when Frieder
learned that 6-3 Eric Turner and 6-11
Tim McCormick would bypass their
senior season for a shot at the NBA.
Frieder was expecting his starting five
to return. However, he’ll still have 6-6
Richard Rellford, 6-11 Roy Tarpley and
6-5 Antoine Joubert. Tarpley was
second in the Big Ten in blocked shots
and third in rebounding. The Wol­
verines tasted the good life last
season—better late than never.
EVADA-LAS VEGAS.
It begins here with Jerry Tarkanian, who chews more towels and
shaves his head more often than any
other coach in the business. To be sure.

he wins as many games as any coach
going. Tark The Shark will eat you alive
if you don’t stay on top of your game
and with the super talent he has at his
behest this season, he might make
UNLV as feared a four-letter word as
was UCLA. What Tark has got to find
right away is someone to be the floor
leader, a role filled last season by his
son, Danny. Four starters return in 6-9
Richie Adams, 6-8 Ed Catchings, 6-6
Frank James and 6-10 John Flowers.
Sophomore guard Fred Banks should
step into a starting job and if these five
aren’t enough, Tark has at the ready a
transfer from Georgetown, 6-6 Anthony
Jones, and three redshirts, 6-6 Eldridge
Hudson, 6-4 Gary Graham and 6-9
Richard Robinson. Whew! The Rebels
won the PCAA regular-season cham­
pionship, then lost in the conference
tournament to Fresno State. UNLV was
ousted in the NCAAs by national champ
Georgetown, a team it lost to by a
bucket in Tark’s Shark Tank in Decem­
ber in Vegas, the Entertainment Capital
of the World. Tark’s team can always be
guaranteed to put on a show, as it did
with victory runs of 9-0 and 14-0 last
season. Rebel fans wear shark hats to
the games in Vegas. Watch this team. It
has teeth.
orth Carolina.
Finding replacements for three
vacancies in his starting five
should not be that immense a task for
Dean Smith, who has a knack for
mining hidden resources. But what
were talking about here are two
serious losses in 6-6 Michael Jordan
and 6-9 Sam Perkins. While they were
around, the Tar Heels won a national
championship and, with Perkins,
finished second once. So it must begin
anew for Smith, who has a collection of
some of America’s best young players.
And Carolina basketball being what it
is, the Heels last season began with a
shaky victory over a Missouri team
which had no big guns and ended with
a shocking loss to Indiana in the East
Regional. In between, the Heels
stepped on everything in their way and
were the people’s choice to win it all in
Seattle. Indiana choreographed a de­
fense that suffocated Jordan, probably
the nation’s premier player. Then came
Jordan’s surprise announcement that
he was passing up his senior season for
the NBA. He’ll be missed in Chapel Hill.
Smith’s nucleus could be guard Kenny
Smith, burdened by a broken hand
down the stretch last season, and 6-11
Brad Daugherty. Backing them will be
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Without Jordan, the Heels are going to
have to step lively indeed.
klahoma.
Wayman Tisdale’s brilliant
Big Eight season ended in
misery. After an upset loss to Kansas in
the conference tournament, he fell to
the floor in disbelief, vxTithing in the
pain of defeat. Time heals, however,
and Tisdale will be back for more, as
will his coach, Billy Tubbs. Tisdale
turned down the NBA and Tubbs
removed his name from a list of candi­
dates being considered by the San
I Antonio Spurs. Tisdale’s broad smile
i and his slick jump shot are Big Eight
trademarks. He led the league in scor­
ing and rebounding both as a freshman
and as a sophomore, averaging 24.5
points in 1982-83 and 27.0 in 1983-84. A
few of his performances last season
boggled the mind. The highlight was a
game against Texas-San Antonio when
he had 61 points and 22 boards. No
wonder the NBA is waiting for him
eagerly. Tubbs will welcome back
Tisdale and a good part of the cast that
took the Sooners to the conference title
at 13-1 and to a 29-5 season record. It
includes 6-8 David Johnson, 6-5 Darryl
Kennedy, 6-3 Shawn Clark, 6-4 William
Tisdale — Wayman’s older brother —
and hot-shooting guard Tim
McCalister, who had a balky knee re­
paired by surgery in May. Two JC ar­
rivals figure in all this, too. They are 5-11
Linwood Davis and 6-6 Anthony Bowie,
whose coach, Jim Kerwin, is coming
along to join 'Tubbs’ staff as an assistant.
OU could do it all last season except
play defense. If Tubbs can seal the
holes, Tisdale’s campaign might end on
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the West Regional. Koncak is a neat
story. Overlooked when he came out of
high school in Kansas City, he willed
himself into a super player with hours
of hard work. He established school
records last season for field goal per­
centage (.620), blocked shots (97) and re­
bounds (378). The other SMU starters
surrounding Koncak are 6-7 Larry
Davis, 6-6 Kevin Lewis, 5-10 Butch
Moore and 6-5 Carl Wright. SMU is
shooting for the moon. On its way up,
there is unfinished business. Bliss has
never beaten Arkansas. It says here that
this is the season he will get it done.
T. JOHN’S.
A modest fanfare would be appro­
priate for the arrival of 6-8
Walter Berry, who could jump into the
waiting arms of Lou Carnesecca if he
wanted to. Little Looie wouldn’t mind.
Looie thought he had Berry locked up a
year ago, but the NCAA differed in its
interpretation of Berry’s academic eli­
gibility. So Berry, considered one of the
better products off the playgrounds in
New York City, enrolled at San Jacinto
College in Pasadena, Tex. There he was,
well, simply sensational. He averaged
28.9 points, 13.9 rebounds and shot 67
percent in taking the Ravens to their
second straight national junior college
title. Little Looie, never at a loss for
words, could talk into the early morn­
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The final 13 seasons of the
Doc Hayes era at SMU were
glorious. In that time, the Mustangs
won five undisputed Southwest Con­
ference championships and shared
first place on three other occasions.
They also were the runner-up once and
tied for second another time. Dave
Bliss, a former Bobby Knight lieutenant
who now has control of the Mustang
reins, would like to build a dynasty of
his own at the school. There is no better
time to begin than this season. The face
of the SWC has changed. Houston’s
Akeem Olajuwon has left the Phi
Slamma Jamma fraternity house for the
NBA, leaving SMU’s 7-footer, Jon
Koncak, to wage war with Arkansas’ Joe
Kleine in the battle of the monsters.
SMU won 25 games last season before
being edged by Georgetown 37-36, in

The steady play of high-scoring Chris
Mullln will contribute to St. John’s success.

combines Berry with Chris Mullin, his
6-6 prince of a shooter who is as good a
player as there is in the Big East. Mullin
has averaged 16.6, 19.1 and 22.9 points
the last three seasons. He finished third
in the country in 1983-84 at the free
throw line with a .904 mark. This guy
can get his shot off from anywhere,
much to the delight of Looie, who
would scramble on all fours along the
sideline in Alumni Hall if he had to just
to squeeze another good half out of his
Redmen. St. John’s is in a tough, tough
league. But Berry and Mullin will be
waiting for Patrick Ewing. Bet on it.
yracuse.
Dwayne Washington came to
the Orangemen from the storied
playgrounds of New York City with a
reputation for such flamboyancy that it
was difficult to sift the fiction from the
non-fiction. It was said that Syracuse
Coach Jim Boeheim would never be
able to rein him in. It was said that The
Pearl, exceptionally gifted, was simply
out of control. It was, as we have seen,
only a rumor.
Item: In his senior season in high
school he averaged 35 points, 10 re­
bounds, eight assists and four steals.
Item: His coaches would put seven
players on him defensively in practice
and still he’d wriggle through them to
get to the boards and score.
Item: In high school he once scored
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then ran p,»t the opposing team s
bench and said: "Coach, I think you’d
better call a timeout.”
Offensively, the 6-2 Washington was
awesome last season. He averaged 14.4
points, 6.2 assists and shot 54 percent.
He slugged Villanova with 30 points and
dished out 18 magical assists against St.
John’s. Through all this, he learned to
let the game come to him rather than
force the action. Syracuse bowed out at
23-9 in the East Regional and imme­
diately began looking ahead to this sea­
son. So are the Orange fans, Who pack
the Carrier Dome. Eight Big East games
drew average crowds of ZS.T^Sl. There’s
a reason. When The Pearl gets turned
on, he’s a gem.
IRGIIVIA COMMOIVWEALTH.
Joseph Donald Barnett, a Mis­
sourian by birth, did not wait to
be shown when he arrived at VCU for
the 1979-80 season. Instead, he did the
showing by taking his Rams to the Sun
Belt tournament championship. The
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plays. Last season VCU won the confer­
ence regXiIariseason title but lost in the
toiirndmeiit semifinals to AlabamaBirttiinghatn. None of this diminished
Barnett s sense of the spectacular,
though. With the Rams matched
against Northeastern in the NCAA East
Regional, Barnett waved his magic
wand over Rolando Lamb, who threw
up a twisting shot at the buzzer while
falling backward. The shot went in,
prompting Lamb to say; "I was baffled. I
couldn’t believe it. ” Neither could
Northeastern, which shot 75 percent
and had to pack its bags for home.
Barnett s Rams stress defense, a neces­
sity for any team that hopes to survive
on the road. VCU has a wealth of expe­
rience this season and a bench that
could turn out to be the deepest of the
Barnett regime at the school. Guard
Calvin Duncan is coming off a slumpridden shooting season. He’ll be better.
Mike Schlegel is improved. Michael
Brown is solid. One backline position
will go to either Lamb or to Nicky Jones.
Neil Wake or Robert Dickerson will
battle for one forward spot. Ram fans,
y all get ready for more magic.
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irginia tech.
Where’s the beef? Why, in
There are two places where it
* * Seattle on the Huskies’ front­
would be unwise to challenge
line which is populated by 6-9 Paul For­
Charlie Moir, the dapper head coach of I
tier and a pair of Deutschland dandies,
the Hokies. They are the golf course and
7-0 Christian Ansgar Welp and 6-9 Detthe recruiting trail. Moir was one of the
lef Schrempf Washington will wham
odd men out a few years ago in the
and bam under the boards with anyone
chase to land what would have been
in the Pac-10 with this threesome and
the biggest recruiting catch of his ca­
they could be just the ticket Marv
reer. He tells the story of waiting anx­
Harshman needs in his pocket when
iously by the phone, hearing it ring and
the NCAAs roll around in March. Harsh­
then being told by 7-4 Ralph Sampson
man,
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son’s university in Charlottesville, not
spans ^0 years, would like to get farther
Mr. Moir’s university in Blacksburg.
in t^ national tournament than
Typically, Charlie bounced back from
DePaul’s Ray Meyer did last season
that disappointment and he has the
when
he ended a celebrated career of
Hokies hustling. They caught fire at sea­
42
years.
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son s end and finished second in the
620-438 into the 1984-85 campaign. He
Metro tournament and made it all the
IS the winningest active coach in col­
way to the round of four in the NIT be­
lege basketball. He has a fourth return­
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Schrempf. Harshman’s teams are rug­
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rent bunch can also shoot, as was
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demonstrated by the 77.8 percent the
and that won’t get it if Tech is to elbow
Huskies
hit in the second half to dis­
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patch Duke last March in the West Re­
season en route to a sparkling showing
gional. Harshman doesn’t need to know
in the NCAAs. To this date, Moir will
much German, only... eins, zwei
lean on 6-4 Dell Curry, 6-9 Bobby
the
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figure in the picture. The Tech motto?
and
3.0 assists. He shot 53.9 percent.
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Harshman has a word for it: Wunderbar

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become an increasingly common phe­
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The quarterback who looks up at the
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Prevent Defense, as it is commonly, and
none too accurately called.
The questions is ^ does this woriy
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Indeed, is it possible that facing the
Prevent ultimately makes the quarter­
back a more deadly adversary?
Depending on who you talk to, the
matter is certainly arguable. But at this
point, a definition is in order.
"In explaining the prevent defense,"
says an Ivy league coach, “you get into
terminology. Is it Prevent’ with a capi­
tal or small P?’ Over a period of time,
maybe due to usage by the media and

especially by game broadcasters, there
has been a reference to the Prevent
Defense when it really isn’t one, from
the coaching standpoint.
"The critical concept for the Prevent,
in its most confined use, is when there
are maybe one or two plays, say, with
26 seconds left in the game. That’s
Prevent with a capital P.’
“The confusion” he says," has evolved
out of the 3-5-3 defense, which many
teams use to maximize zone pass cover­
age. The name is derived from the
tactic of rushing three players,
dropping five into the short zones and
covering the long pass with three deep
men.
‘“That is your prevent with a small
“P,’ ” says the Ivy League coach.
That is the defense whose greatest
contribution to the game would seem
to be the disgruntled alumni, railing at
the inadequacies of the prevent
defense.
Inevitably matched up against the
two-minute offense, the small-p pre­
vent hardly hurts any quarterback at
the start of things, since the pass rush

which springs from it would barely
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preponderance of defensive backs —
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strategy dictated by a single demand:
stop the long pass, specifically the
home run ball, at almost any tactical
cost.
At its best, the Prevent Defense does
just that by forcing pass receivers to
run their routes almost single file,
through a secondaiy crowded with fast­
handed defensive backs and intimi­
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but the short sideline out or the shorter
lob under the coverage virtually
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be fine-tuned and tutored by defensive
strategists throughout the United
States, it doesn’t win esteem from all of
them.
“The 3-5-3 is good against long passes,”
says the Ivy League coach, "but it puts a
lot of pressure on your linebackers.
People construct receiver patterns on
three levels, and the linebackers get
caught in the stretch. Those people
who drop into the short zone get guys
curling behind them at 22 yards and
others in fi’ont at seven.
“The other problem is the three-man
rush. It gives the quarterback all day to
throw. If the time situation is anything
more than desperation — and in col­
lege football today, with proficiency in
passing getting better and better, that
means anything more than 30 seconds —
the 3-5-3 is none too sound.”
Thus do fans scorn the Prevent (mean­
ing prevent) for its occasions of failure,
as cited by a cynical joke: “The prevent
defense, ” they say, "is the defense that
prevents you from winning.”
In truth, there have been many occa­
sions when the Prevent of either de­
scription has failed in its mission. It is
no more than a football plan, after all,
much the same as any other alignment
or formation that may be wielded by an
offense or defense.
And since it is carried out by human
beings, rather than unerring, program­
med robots, its success or failure
would appear to be determined by
correct execution and absence of
mistake.
But the Prevent is a flawed defense,
over-committing its manpower to a
single offensive possibility. Thus it
carries with it the seeds of its own
destruction.
Nor is it the most solid of defenses
from the emotional standpoint.
‘You tell your guys you’re going into
the Prevent,” says a former coach from
the Northeast, “and the first thing they
think of is, ‘I can’t let anyone get behind
me. That’s supposed to be the
operative theory behind the whole
thing, especially for your cornermen
and safeties, but what happens is that
the whole secondary starts playing
cautiously rather than recklessly. They
play too conservatively.
“There’s also so much separation be­
tween the linebackers and the second­
ary that the offense starts hitting the
quick outs and the throws in the 'deep
under.’ The linebacker who has been
dropping 15 yards now has to drop 20
to 25. Your defense isn’t playing reck­
lessly, and pretty soon, the offense is
on your 20, and you’ve gone back to
your regular defense praying that you

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’It’s the fear of giving up the cheap
touchdown, ” the coach says. “A lot of
college coaches would rather gamble
that you can’t go 65 yards with three
passes, say, in 40 seconds, than risk the
long bomb against their regular defense. ”
The difficulty of playing any kind of
pass defense was cited a few seasons
ago in a treatise on coaching written by
two highly successful West Coast
mentors.
"The success or failure of a football
team probably will depend more on
pass defense than any other element of
the game, ” they wrote. “A pass defender
probably requires the greatest amount
of mental toughness than any position
in football... Continuous examination
of pass defense and its techniques and
the importance placed on it probably
comprise the toughest coaching jobs in
football. ”
In defense of the Prevent Defense,
two additional points should be
remembered.
One is the obviously dramatic result
produced when the Prevent Defense is
sullied by a breakdown in execution.
What ensues at the veiy least is the
long pass completion, a play sufficient
to send a sizable chunk of the fans into
wild-eyed ecstasy, whenever it occurs.
Should the play produce the game­
winning touchdown, of course, the
dramatic fallout is magnified 100-fold,
perhaps to live on as a part of the
game’s venerable folklore, embellished
by the passage of time, told and re-told
by the multitudes who were there to
see it happen.

A defensive mistake earlier in the
contest, no matter if the game films
prove it to be a bigger football sin, will
hardly endure so memorably and may
go entirely unnoticed.
The other point is the inexperience
most collegiate athletes have at playing
the legitimate Prevent Defense of its
3-5-3 cousin.
While neither defense is a stranger td
the collegiate game, nor is either align­
ment one which collegiate athletes have
numerous occasions to master or even
observe with any great frequency in live
competition. They may practice it, of
course, but logic says that for most
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the J^event/prevent in a game occurs
too inft'equently to allow its practi­
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The most implausible kind of mis­
takes, as a result, are almost certain to
occur.
"I can’t remember if they lost the
game as a result, but I have seen the
Prevent beaten deep,” says an assistant
coach with an eastern independent
power. “Sometimes, for whatever rea­
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receiver, when the offense runs one
receiver downfield on, say, a post pat­
tern and another (trailing) on a streak. If
the safety goes for the post pattern guy,
the receiver following can have clear
sailing to the end zone. ”
If time and the score permits, there is
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RAY BRACY - DB, 5-10, 170, So., Youngstown, OH

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KEITH COLLIER - FB, 5-10, 190, Sr., Gibsonia, PA
Second Team Pittsburgh Press All-District
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JIM DURKIN - LB, 5-11, 225, Sr., Westchester, NY
Second Team Pittsburgh Press All-District
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Pennsylvania Conference Player of the Week
PHIL GIAVASIS - DE, 6-0, 214, Sr., Canton, OH
Second Team Pennsylvania Conference
DOM GRANDE - OG, 6-0, 250, Sr., Pittsburgh, PA
Second Team Pittsburgh Press All-District
BLAIR HROVAT - QB, 5-10, 170, Jr., Northfield, OH
First Team Pittsburgh Press All-District
Ranked 2nd in NCAA Division II Passing Efficiency
(153.3)
Ranked 21st in NCAA Division II Total Offense
(193.8)
EDINBORO RECORDS IN 1983:
Most Yards Total Offense (Season) - 1,938
Most Yards Total Offense (Career) - 4,244 (to date)
Most Completions (Season) - 99
Most Touchdown Passes (Season) - 19
Most Touchdown Passes (Career) - 35 (to date)
Most Passing Yards (Career) - 3,586 (to date)
Most Plays (Career) - 686 (to date)
Most Completions (Game) - 18 vs. West Liberty
Most Passing Attempts (Season) - 181
Tie - Most Touchdown Passes (Game) - 4 vs. Buffalo
State, Mercyhurst

RICK JORDAN - DT, 6-2, 225, Jr., Jamestown, NY

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First Team Pennsylvania Conference
BOB KLENK - HB, 5-10, 185, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA
Second Team Pennsylvania Conference
Ranked 6th in NCAA Division II Scoring (7.6)
DAVE PARKER - DB, 5-10, 175, Sr., Industry, PA
First Team Pittsburgh Press All-District
Second Team Pennsylvania Conference
RICK ROSENBURG - OT, 6-4, 250, Sr., Chesterland, OH
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JIM TRUEMAN - K, 5-7, 175, Fr., Bellevue, PA
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First Team Pennsylvania Conference
Ranked 13th in NCAA Division II Scoring (6.9)
EDINBORO RECORDS:
Most Extra Points (Season) - 39
Tie - Most Extra Points (Game) - 7 vs. Mercyhurst

TEAM HONORS
Ranked 2nd in NCAA Division II Scoring Offense (41.2)
Ranked 2nd in NCAA Division II Rushing Offense (294.8)
Ranked 2nd in NCAA Division II Total Offense (461.1)
Ranked 8th in NCAA Division II Rushing Defense (65.6)
Ranked 22nd in NCAA Division II Scoring Defense (14.4)
Ranked 23rd in NCAA Division II Total Defense (258.5)
EDINBORO RECORDS:
Most Points (Season) - 412
Best Scoring Average - 41.2
Most Yards Total Offense (Season) - 4,611
Best Offensive Average (Season) - 461.1
Most Points (1/2 Game) - 43 vs. Mercyhurst
Most Interceptions (Game) - 6 vs. Shippensburg
Most Completions (Game) - 18 vs. West Liberty
Tie - Most Yards Total Offense (Game) - 605 vs. Lock Haven
Tie - Most Touchdown Passes (Game) - 4 vs. Buffalo State,
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Derbis, Bob
Rhodes, Ray
Cicero, Cannen
Span, Dave
Kelly, Mitchell
Faulkner, Floyd

9

PUNT RETURNS
NAME
Chambers, Damon
Bosley, Eric
Bracy, Ray
Faulkner, Floyd
TOTALS

449

YG
610
523
312
417
198
94
88
62
94
45
25
2
1
0
2471

YL
7
27
1
159
13
6
7
2
36
2
19
0
0
1

NET
603
496
311
258
185
88
81
60
58
43
6
2
1
-1

280

2191

Y/C
5.4
5.8
11.1
2.6
4.4
3.4
5.1
6.0
3.9
8.4
1.2
2.0
0.5
0.0

Y/G
67.0
55.1
51.8
28.7
20.6
11.0
9.0
10.0
8.3
10.5
0.8
2.0
0.5
0.0

4.9

243.4

TD
4
5
3
2
1
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0

LR
36
53
67
27
25
12
24
19
20
13
12
2
1
0

LTDR
7
53
67
11
18
0
24
19
14
0
0
0
0
0

21

67

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G
9
7

ATT
188
18

C
92
6

INT
11
2

PCT
48.9
33.3

YDS
1408
94

Y/G
156.4
10.4

C/G
10.2
0.9

TD
12
1

LP
67
40

LTDP
67
4

9

206

98

13

47.6

1502

166.9

10.9

13

67

67

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FIELD GOALS
G
8
9
9
3
7
8
3
9
4
6
9
8

TOTALS
KICKOFF RETURNS
NAME
Bosley, Eric
Faulkner, Floyd
Bracy, Ray

ATT
111
86
28
101
42
26
16
10
15
5
5
1
2
1

G
9
9
9

G
9
8
9
9
9

REC
22
21
17
5
9
6
2
5
2
3
3
2
97

NO
26
2
2

NO
11
5
3
1
20

YDS
220
448
227
104
124
160
46
86
8
20
29
23
1495

YDS
718
44
24

C/G
2.8
2.3
1.9
1.7
1.3
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.3
10.8

TD
1
5
1
1
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
14

LR
32
67
40
47
16
65
40
29
4
9
15
22
67

AVG LR
27.6 100
22.0 29
12.0 15

YDS
50
17
0
0

AVG
4.5
3.4
0.0
0.0

LR
33
9
0
0

67

3.4

33

42, 41, 19,

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PUNTS
NAME
Conlan, Kevin
King, Tom

G
9
3

NO YDS
40 1622
6 241

AVG
40.6
40.2

LP
60
53

TOTALS

9

46 1863

40.5

60

SCORING
NAME
Trueman, Jim
Bosley, Eric
Chambers, Damon
Rhodes, Ray
Span, Dave
Faulkner, Floyd
Hrovat, Blair
McKnight, (3ary
Kelly, Mitchell
Dodds, Scott
Pisano, Jim
Lorch, Phil
Klenk, Bob
Suren, Bob
Cicero, Carmen
Espy, Don
Bracy, Ray
TEAM

G TD XP-2 XPK
FGS
9 0
34-35 11-15
9 6
9 6
9 6
6 4
9 3
9 2
8 2
9 1
7 1
6 1
_
7 1
—
9 1
_
3 1
4 1
9 1
9 1
0 0-1 0-2
0-1

TOTALS

9 38

0-1 34-37 11-16

S

TP
67
36
36
36
24
18
12
12
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
0

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ERIE HOLIDAY INNS

RT 6N WEST

18TH 8. STATE AND I 90 & RT 97

MEMO TO THE MEDIA
Edinboro University's 1984 guide has been designed
to assist members of the press in the coverage of Fighting
Scot football. Press releases, photographs and statistics
will be made available for your use throughout the season.
Pre-game football materials (rosters, starters, statistics
and records) are available in the press box. A play-by-play.

halftime and final statistics will be provided for each home
game. If additional information is desired, please contact
the Sports Information Office, Paul Newman, Director
Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pa. 16444. Office phone:
(814) 732-2811; home phone: (814) 734-3735; press box
phone(814)732-2749.

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Teamwork is a key to success
in sports, family life or employment.
From our team to your team,

FIGHTING SCOTS' FOOTBALL FAMILIES
MARK BAKER, FR., RB

JOSEPH V. GANGEMI, FR., RB

BOB O'RORKE, SR., LB

Moe and Joan Baker
Cresson, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Gangemi and Family
Randolph, NY

Mr. and Mrs. T.M. O'Rorke
Pittsburgh, Pa.

STEPHEN BAUGHMAN, FR., LB

RICHARD GEORGE, FR., TE-LB

Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Baughman
Sanborn, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Alex George
Monaca, Pa.

Bob and Judy Parrish
Canton, OH
CHRIS T. PREMIELEWSKI, FR., LB

TRENT BOCAN, FR., LB

GREGORY GLASSCO, FR., OG

Andy and Pam Bocan
McKeesport, Pa.

Ron and Donna Glassco
North Olmsted, OH

BRAD BOWERS, SO., DE

MATT GREBENC, JR., NG

Bib and Mary Ellen Bowers
Kittanning, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Grebenc
Wickliffe, OH

DARYLE F. BRANIECKI, FR., OG

DON GRIFFIN, FR., OT

Mr. and Mrs. Felix Braniecki, Jr.
Cheektowaga, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Griffin
Washingtonville, NY

CHRIS RYAN, FR., DE

JOHN BRENNEMAN, JR., DE

JOHN V. GUIDO, FR., QB-DB

Grace J. Brenneman
Warren, OH

Joe and Marlene Guido
Ambridge, Pa.

Terry and Cheryl Ryan
Jefferson, OH

JAMES P. BRITT, JR., OT

JIM HARTMAN, FR., DE-LB

Mrs. James P. Britt, Sr.
Girard, OH

Gabe and Mary Louise Hartman
Pittsburgh, Pa.

VICTOR SCOTT BROWN, FR., LB

DAN HASTINGS, FR., TE

Mrs. Barbara A. Brown
Greensburg, Pa.

The Eugene Hastings family
Canton, OH

ROBERT BROWNRIGG, FR., LB

DAVID F. HINTON, FR., DE

John and Colette Brownrigg
Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada

Jack and Sandra Hinton
Lockport, NY

CHUCK BURKHART, FR., OT

JIM HUTCHINSON, FR., C

Marty and Connie Troshak
New Stanton, Pa.

John and Rita Hutchinson
Cleveland, OH

TIM CARLIN, FR., OT

RICK JORDAN, SR., DT

Jerry and Sharon Carlin
Erie, Pa.

Hap and Donna Jordan
Jamestown, NY

TOM CELEDONIA, FR., RB

DAN KELLY, FR., DB

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Celedonia
McKees Rocks, Pa.

Paul and Patty Kelly
Bridgeville, Pa.

JOHN CERMINARA, FR., RB

ROBERT KIGHTLINGER, FR., DE

Pat and Jean Cerminara
Niagara Falls, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kightlinger
Parma, OH

John and Barbara Premielewski
Williamsville, NY
RAY ROCK RHODES, JR., RB

Miss Dolores Rhodes
White Plains, NY
KEITH ROSE, JR., DB

Mr. and Mrs. Clark Rose
Coraopolis, Pa.

STEPHEN SIMONS, FR., TE

Dorothy and Bernie Simons
Morgantown, WV
MARK W. SIMPSON, FR., DE

Pat Shavelin and Don Simpson
Warren, OH
JOSEPH E. SOSINSKI, FR., OG-DT

Marvin and Delma Sosinski
Lorain, OH
DON STIFFLER, FR., RB

Don and Mary Ann Stiffler, Sr.
Bellwood-Antis, Pa.
BOB SUREN, SO.,TE

Kelly and Bob Suren
Parma, OH
STANLEY W. TOMAJKO, SO., LB

David and JoAnn Tomajko
New Stanton, Pa.
MIKE TURBEDSKY, JR., LB

Joe and Judy Turbedsky
New Holland, Pa.
SALVATORE N. VACCA, FR., DB

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Vacca
Newfoundland, NJ

DONALD O. DAVIS, JR., FS

THOMAS P. KING, JR., P

Mr. and Mrs. Ora Davis
Robinson Twp., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Austin W. King Jr. and Family
Huntington, NY

ANTHONY DeGUSIPE, FR., DG

PHILLORCH, JR., FB

HARLAN T. WARE, SO., LB

Ron and Nancy DeGusipe and Sons
McClellandtown, Pa.

John and Marie Lorch
New Hyde Park, NY

Seymour G. and Lois A. Ware
Pittsburgh, Pa.

BOB VALLONE, FR., WR

Olivia and Steve Vallone
Johnsonburg, Pa.

RICH DeMARCO, FR., TE

TODD LOWRY, FR., LB

SCOTT WEINHOLD, SO., OG

Anthony and Lorraine DeMarco
Buffalo, NY

The Lowry Family
Orchard Park, NY

John and Jane Weinhold
Pittsburgh, Pa.

ROBERT DERBIS, SR., WR

JOSEPH MANCUSO III, FR., QB-DB

ERIC WINGROVE, FR., LB

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Derbis
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mancuso, Jr.
Connellsville, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Val Wingrove
Wesleyville, Pa.

SCOTT DOUGLAS DODDS, SO., QB

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KEVIN PARRISH, FR., QB

SEAN McDonald,

fr., te

MARVIN WINN, FR., LB

Sterling and Frances Winn
McKinley, OH

Lawrence R. and Mary Ann Dodds
Beaver, Pa.

Earl and Alice McDonald
Williamsville, NY

BILL DUFFY, FR.. TE

CHARLES MURRAY, SO., DT

Mr. and Mrs. William Duffy
Masontown, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Murray
Tyrone, Pa.

DAVE EMMERT, JR., LB

DAVID NOWICKI, JR., OT

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Emmert
Lower Burrell, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Nowicki
Buffalo, NY

MIKE GALLAGHER, SO., C

DAVID PERRY NYE, SO., OG

TOM ZWAWA, SO., DT
JIM ZWAWA, FR., DE

Dick and Ann Gallagher
Williamsville, NY

Mr. and Mrs. William Robert Nye
Windsor, OH

John and Barbara Zwawa
Buffalo, NY

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MARK WOODROW, FR., DB

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodrow
Edinboro, Pa.
ROBERT MICHAEL WYATT, FR., DT

Robert and Jackee Wyatt
Monroeville, Pa.

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HISTORY OF PSAC FOOTBALL
1963 - West Chester 36, Slippery Rock 7
1962 - Slippery Rock 13, East Stroudsburg 6
1961 - West Chester 21, Slippery Rock 0
1960 - West Chester 35, Lock Haven 6
*title game ended in a tie

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is one of
the few leagues in the nation to sponsor a championship
game in football. The East vs. West conference champion­
ship game, known as the "State Game," has been in
existence since 1960. Mythical champions were picked by
sportswriters from 1934 until 1950 with the champion
determined by the Saylor system from 1951 until 1959.
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exceptions) compete at the NCAA Division II level and have
since 1980. Athletes and teams have won numerous
honors in national competitions over the years and have
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college" conferences in the nation.
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includes: Eastern Division — Bloomsburg University,
Cheyney University, East Stroudsburg University, Kutztown University, Mansfield University, Millersville Uni­
versity, West Chester University; Western Division —
California University, Clarion University, Edinboro Uni­
versity, Indiana University, Lock Haven University, Shippensburg University, Slippery Rock University.

1959 - West Chester
1958 - California
1957 - Lock Haven
1956 - West Chester
1955 - Bloomsburg
1954 - Bloomsburg, West
Chester, and E. Stroudsburg
1953 - West Chester
1952 - West Chester
1951 - Bloomsburg
1950 - West Chester
1949 - Bloomsburg
1948 - Bloomsburg

1983 - Clarion 27, East Stroudsburg 14
1982 - East Stroudsburg 24, Edinboro 22
1981 - Shippensburg 34, Millersville 17
1980 - Clarion 15, Kutztown 14
1979 - Lock Haven 48, Cheyney 14
1978 - East Stroudsburg 49, Clarion 4
1977 - Clarion 25, Millersville 24
1976 - East Stroudsburg 14, Shippensburg 14"^
1975 - East Stroudsburg 24, Edinboro 20
1974 - Slippery Rock 20, West Chester 7
1973 - Slippery Rock 28, West Chester 14
1972 - Slippery Rock 29, West Chester 27
1971 - West Chester 35, Edinboro 14
1970 - Edinboro 14, West Chester 6
1969 - West Chester 41, Clarion 34
1968 - California 28, East Stroudsburg 28*
1967 - West Chester 27, Clarion 7
1966 - Clarion 28, West Chester 26
1965 - East Stroudsburg 26, Indiana 10
1964 - East Stroudsburg 27, Indiana 14

Eastern Division
Bloomsburg University
Cheyney University
East Stroudsburg University
Kutztown University
Mansfield University
Millersville University
West Chester University

1947 - Mansfield
1946 - California
1943-45 - World War II
1942 - West Chester
1941 - Millersville
1940 - Millersville and Indiana
1939 - Slippery Rock
1938 - Mansfield
1937 - Lock Haven ^
1936 - Lock Haven^
1935 - Shippensburg
1934-Indiana .

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California University
f ^ Clarion University

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Lock Haven University
Shippensburg University
Slippery Rock University

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