C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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'rd tlcfvtttlcrs Conn' up with a Bolton lillllllllt' in the fourth quarter. CARY MONTGOMERY-Senior Quartvrback-Lettcrxnan 11 BYRD-26 BOLTO - Fair Ground Stadium. Shreveport, October 11 THE YARDSTICK 'lla' llyrtl Yi-llow Jack:-ts, hit hard by the flu bug, showed their Bears Byrd -ptli and powvr by vrushing B0lton's highly-touted Bears 26-6. First Downs , 6 9 wing thc lnavkfivlil wvrc- Bo Campbell and Charles Pvatross. The Yards Cainvd Rushing 136 243 wllow Jacki-ls rollvd to one scorc in tht' first quarter, two in tht' Yards Lost Rushing ,,,,, 27 21 cond and ont- again in thi' fourth. Campbell rarnblcd 58 yards Not Yards Rushing ,,,,. 109 222 r tht- first srort- and lvullvd Al yards for one of the socond quartvr Pass Atta-inpts 13 6 orvs. Aillllflltltillww Cltarliv wont on-r front thc 3 for 6 points and Pass Complvtions ,, 2 1 ipod 19 yards in tln- fourth quartrr for thc final score. For the Yards Passing: 70 12 rl tinn- this your this stingry Byrd de'fPns0 was pivrcod. Tho score- Passes lnt. hy O 3 nu' on a 60'yard tout'hdown pass play from Bear quartcrllark 'llotal Yardage- , , 179 234 ifford l orrt'st1'r to ltalfbark Frankiv Boyd. Probaldy thc' most Punts, Ayrraggr- 4-34.0 4-31.0 viting play of tht- aann' was an intvndt-d touchdown pass by Jacket Fllllllllvs 7 - 5 3 artvrltack Sonny Parnvll to vnd Murray Johnston. but the officials FllllllJlOS Rc-0. by , ,,,, 2 4 lvd ,lolinston had stvppwl out of thc' ond 10110. The Jackets worm- Pvlliillivf, Ytlgl- 4-50 7-65 l in tlu- line- lxy Rohn-rt llavis, Hartio Spvnco. Bobby Hamm, Mur- w Johnston. ,loltn Ratvliffv. and Larry Rarnbin. illliilllfllljal-llcAl:AlltT4l,.g1lm liquor Cary Molitgrontvry, Ye-llow jackt-t llI1l'ltllt'lit'I'. inovos in for a tackle on a Bolton back Don llouglass and Ho ilatnpvll approach tht- play. , - r it si J is

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A If . w ,X .K M .t 7. if ei s MURRAY JOHNSTON-Senior Vaughan Evers slivvs off tackle' for a ninf' yard gain hf-forv living hrougght down hy thi- llossit lfnd-l,4'tte'rman ll svcondary. BYRD-19 BO IEE-O lfair Grounds Stadium. Shreveport. Octohor 3 .Nftvr two ,ganws on tht' road. Byrd's powerful Yf'llow ,lackcts opvnvd thf' homf' svason hy lllasting Bossif'r's llvarvats 19-0. lwforf' approximawly l8.000 spfwtators. The Jackvts scorvd in thf' first quartvr hy re'r'ovf'ring a llossivr fumhlf' on thc' 21. Charles Pvatross ground out 5 yards to tht' 16. From tht' 16 Bo Camplwll skirtrd right ond, outrunning thf' llossibr svcondary for tht' srorf- and Byrd led fi-0. lil't'illlF1' of livawy pm'ualtic's. llyrd Could not svorr' in tho sf'f'ond quartvr. ln tht- third quartvr a pass intvrwption hy ,lorry Gill gavr' llyrd tht- hall on lhvir own t0n. l'n'atross and Carnplwll mowd thc- lmall otll to the' 31 wlivrr' on tht' nvxt play Vaughan Evers plowod up thu' niiddlf' 60 yards for thi' svvond ,lavkvt score: Couch m.issf'd his swonfl vonwrsion. and Byrd It-d 12-0. lfarly in thu- fourth quartvr llossivr kickf-rl. and Byrd took ovvr on thvir own 49. On tht' first play Cfharlvs l'0atross racvd 51 yards untourlu'd to paydirt. fiouvh f'UIlVt'Y'll'll. and tht' ,lackvts incrvasvd thvir niargxin lf?-0. Standouts on d1'lt'uss' wort' Rolwrt Slwinvvcll, lloliliy llannn. Cary ftlontgromfwy. Rolwrt llavis. and Nturray John- stoll. First Downs Yards Cainvd Rushing Yards I.ost Rushing , Net Yards Rushing , Passes Attm'mptf'd l'assr's Complrtvd llassvs Int. lly Not Yards Passing: Total Yardage' Punting Avg. Fumlmlos , Opp. Fuinlnlvs RW. Pvnaltivs. Ydg. I.invl1arke'r. Rolwrt Davis. dives for a Bossier fumble in the first quarter. THE YARDSTICK Byrd 16 327 16 311 Il 2 3 28 339 2-36 3 2 4440 H0 CANIl'lll'll,i. junior lialfhaa-k 'l.n'tte'rinan Ill si, 2 tx Rossi 6 152 28 124 5 2 0 7 lfll 5-21.1 2 2 2-11.0 i

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jerry liili. with iiilly Fitzgvrahi. hrings tluwn tht- lstruuina halfiiavk. liuinwt llawis num-s ltl In usslst. LXNRY H.-XNIIEIN .lunitir lliiarnl l.n'tt1-rmanl I ffair Grouiitl Stadium. Sfire'vf'port, Uvtnfwr 18 Rinling nn a fum' game- winning streak. the- liyrfi High Yviluw Thi- last svurf- of tht- ganie vainr- mln-n Smith iiitvivvplt-tl at ,lavlu-ts lmttlt-it tht- lntlians from lstrmnna High St'hnuI anti vaine- Fillilvfiiitl IHJSS iillff r214'1'4l 31 52il'4fF illfl' Ihr' Plllf HHH' Hills lfilll out tin tht. short Q-mi of a 21 tn T s4'0re', The- Redskins. capitalizing grvrahi. Dun Douglass. Sonny parm-ll. Rnhvrt' llaxis anti liartiv on 5 ,lavkt-t inisvnvs. hail littlr' trouble punvhing over 2 touvh- SIWIIC1' vvvrv stantiollts in the first th-ft-at uf tht- svitstlll fur the tluwns in the first half. Thi- first vaint' aftvr the lncfians revuve-re-ti Yvlluw .iavkt-ts, a llvrti fnmhlt- on tht- ,lavkvt 19 'artf linv, Three' iiays latvr Dun , . ., , , Smith broke- thrnuggli tht- iiyrtl linye anti rompetl 151 yards into tht- X VXRDFIQHAIX i-nti mm- fur a 'I'.iJ, Lynn Alix:-tlev tht-n kivkmt tht- first of 3 pvr- ,, . f4-vt points aft:-r tuiivlltiowri t'UIlVf'I'Si0lts. The nvxt six puintm'r ,, ,ffm ,hm faint- wh:-n Smith vrasliwi thrnugh the ,Iavket iic'ft-ntlx-rs for 3 Iflrsr 'fmfns , 12 Q yarnls and a 'l'.ll. Thr- Xvliuw Jack:-ts fought thx' Tribe vvvnly XMAS gamed nfihlng lm tif thrunggli tha- thirml quart:-r, The-n. with 4 minutes lvft in tht' fourth Yards lm! l'SlF1'W J' 'ff quart:-r. liiily Fitlplvralsl upviii-cl an aerial barrage wliivh rvstiltwi lie' yards rushlng lm 'f in a sum- fur Q-avh tvam. Fitxgeraiel thvn luftt-it a pass tu t-mi 1,353 Ht'f '1v'f W 1 Murray Johnston who I't't'1'iYt'll the pigskin on tht- Indian 15 yard lass f l'l'lf 1S 3 ff line- anti ontran tht- lstruuma svvmiilary for tht- lone javket tally. ianls i'w 1H 'ui 'gil liniivli the-n kivkc-:I tht- 1-xtra point. iuassvs 1r1te'rc'm'ptL-if by A I lotai yiilfiilglf' 210 10.1 Punts awragc- 5-33.2 3-fi-Hi Fuinlilvs l 5 Fuinhit-s lust 0 ff Penaltiq-5 6-fill 0-li llun Smith. fstruiima fnllliavk. is lirunght tluwn lry Larry Ramiiin and Ruhr-rt llaxis. qtssist- ing nn tht- play arm' Hilly Fitzgrc-raid anti lin Cainplmvll. If-XHTIE SPFINKIIC Svnitn Tavkle' I.:-ttvrinan Il 'fu D