Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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STATISTICS Howard N-E Louisiana 19 First Downs 14 Yards Rushing 198 Yards Passing 49 Passing Comp. 4-11 Had Intercepted 0 Punting Avg. 8-32.3 Fumbles Lost 1 Yards Penalized 15 - l howard -20 Ioui iana-I7 Big Ed racks again. XX The C rucer's on the warpalh. Rex Keeling's kicking and Larry WyaTT's running and passing led The Howard Bulldogs To a 20-I7 vicTory over The NorTheasT Louisiana Indians in an exciTing game aT Seiber'T STadium. The Indians opened The acTion early in The game by marching 80 yards in I0 plays Tor The TirsT score OT The aTTernoon and a 6-0 lead. WiTh 2:36 remaining in The TirsT period, Keeling lciclced Howards TirsT score wiTh a 32 yard Tield goal. LaTe in The second period, NorTheasT's ShillcuTT lciclced a 30 yard Tield goal To give The Indians a 9-3 lead as The halT ended. The Third period was a scoreless one, buT The 'Dogs scored 2 Tou-chdowns in The 4Th quarTer To malce iT I7-9 wiTh I:46 remaining in The game. NorTheasT was noT Through Though, as They drove 80 yards To pay dirT To Se'f The score aT I7-l5. WiTh 47 seconds remaining in The game, Howard scored a Tield goal. and The score was l4noTTed aT I7'I7. WiTh 2I seconds remaining, Keeling booTed a Tield goal ThaT broughT The High School Day crowd To Their TeeT. The clock sTopped wiTh 9 seconds remaining and Howard led 20-I 7. 82

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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

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IT Took The Third quarTer Tor The l-loward hounds To quiT napping-buT quiT They did. The DelTa STaTesmen's homecoming Took on a sad noTe as Richard Cruce spoiled TesTivi- Ties wiTh Two long Touchdown runs. Cruce broke away in The Third and churned up 37 yards oTT leTT Tackle To l-loward's second Touchdown wiTh 6:05 leTT To go. MomenTs laTer Cruce Tielded a DelTa punT aT The l-low- ard 30 and scampered 70 yards Tor a Touch- down, and added insurance. irvw. -ss- Litlle Leroy zeroes in on target. l Hamby applies the brakes to Statesman. Back in The sTarTing sTaqes, Larry WaTT scored Trom The one and Rex The Toe Keeling upped The Talley aTTer a Dog recov- ery on DelTa's Tumlole. Running on a draw play Tor I4, l-loward was called by The STaTesmen and Torced To go Tor Three. The 26-8 win marked The second in a row Tor l-loward over The STaTesmen. STATISTICS Howard Delta Stat First Downs 7 20 Yards Rushing 135 184 Yards Passing 37 54 Passing Completed 2-11 5 20 Had Intercepted 2 2 Punting Average 8-37.8 8 29 6 Fumbles Lost 0 3 Yards Penalized 110 69 howard -26 delta-8 83