Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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F inore yards to the promised land. howard-33 l-loward Bulldogs recorded Their TirsT vicTory oT The season in a 33-I3 win over The Red Wave oT Troy STaTe. Mike Bishop picked oTT a Troy pass in The Third quarTer, and Then raced 55 yards To score. Keeling's conversion was good To puT The 'Dogs ahead I4-I 3. The TirsT Howard TD was seT up as James Cecil Long recovered a Tumble on The Troy IZ. WyaTT made The plunge To score. The Bulldogs came alive in The 4Th quarTer as Bobby lvlasdon made a Touchdown, Charles Jacob Then caughT a 39 yard pass Tor an- oTher 6 poinTerg Two plays laTer, Larry Laclcey inTer- cepTed a Troy aerial To run 44 yards Tor The Tinal TD. Larry WyaTT and Don ShurbeT were ciTed Tor Their ouTsTanding periformances againsT Troy. STATISTICS Howard Troy State First Downs 11 8 Yards Rushing 177 93 Yards Passing 88 7 Passing Completed 2-8 1-6 , Had Intercepted 0 2 79 Punting Avg. 6-35.8 8-38.4 l Fumbles Lost 1 1 1 Yards Penalized 57 67 tru - One Bulldog barricade coming up.

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.yr , 7f Q,i1S'ir ...r An exira poinl blocked in Jrlie 3rd guarler proved ialal for l-loward as Jrlwe McNeese Slaie Cowboys lianded ine Bulldogs llweir 2nd deieair by a slim 7-6 margin. Afler giving I-loward a 6-O lead early in flue 3rd guarler, Jrlwe defending Gulf Slale Con- ference champs roared baclc in fine form. A 66 yard march llialr was execuled in I3 plays brouglwi McNeese lo paydiri wiili 35 seconds lefl in Jrlie 3rd guarler. c' STATISTICS i 4 f . .ia Howard McNeese gs i 1 First Downs 9 18 'L: ' Yards Rushing 73 220 Yards Passing 82 138 Passing Completed 8-25 9-17 Had Intercepted 2 2 Punting Average 6-47.0 4-40.3 Fumbles Lost 0 0 Yards Penalized 35 65 -1 'mi -f'5L-'Qui-1 , me Let's all do the Howard Stomp. Honest fellas, he,s just going to get a coke. howard -6 'sv i U mph, that smarts. 'Vlluuls all' -an 4 4 I 3 I I' . 20 5 avr rf J . 0 5.- 4.1.4 Z ' x X N x N :JL . of X 5 1,-Q ,XV 1. f 1 ni V2