Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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put on o 55-yard sustained drive that ended with Bernie Reese tossing a pass to Martin in the end zone. In the second period a bad kick set up the first Mansfield score. The remainder of the second period and most of the third period were featured by beautiful kicking by Pin-covage and Mansfield's Locke. A freak break late in the third period spelled defeat for Mil-lersville. A fumbled Millersville ball was caught by Mansfield's right guard. Taylor, who raced 50 yards to score the winning touchdown. Mansfield 12. Millersville 6. Playing in the mountains of W. Virginia. Millersville won its second game in a 6-0 victory over Shepherd. The game, played on a very muddy field, was featured by punting, neither team's backs could get started on the slippery gridiron. Late in the fourth period. Reese passing to Eshback carried the ball to Shepherd's two, where a pass into the end zone was caught by Pincovage to give Millersville a 6-point margin. Ploying before the largest crowd of the year, made up of many old grads home for Homecoming. Millersville put on a show of great strength in the first half to lead Shippensburg and then do an about face and collapse in the second half and drop a 20-19 score game. With eleven seniors playing their last game for Millersville. the badly battered Black and Gold team dropped the final game to Kutztown by a 21-0 score, at Kutztown. In the game Millersville outplayed Kutztown 18 first downs to I I for the Golden Avalanche. SCHEDULE Millersville. 19 Bloomsburq 7 Millersville 0 Slippery Rock .... . 38 Millersville ..... 6 Montcloir (N. J.).. . . 18 Millersville- 0 Mansfield . 12 Millersville 6 Shephords (W. Va.) . 0 Millersville 19 Shippensburg (Homecoming) 20 Millersville 0 Kjtrtown 21 24