North Park University - Cupola Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Kurf Langsfen lHj Dave Wiff lTl feafured by penalfies and hof fempers. The Blue and Gold fhen iourneyed fo River Foresf llll.l fo roundly frounce Concordia 28-0. and ruin fhe Cougars' homecoming. Wifh Bach sfill ouf, Norman Holmes sfepped in af failback fo lead fhe Vikings' offense. Holmes passed fo Barreffo for fhe firsf Norfh Park fally and sef up fhe second wifh a 25-yard foss fo Bergsfrom. Phil Johnson plunged over from fhe fwo for fhe second score, and Norfh Park led af fhe half I5-O. Paull, on a five-yard run, and Bergsfrom, on a 25-yard pifch from Phil, chalked up 'rhe lasf fwo Viking markers. Langsfen. Barreffo, and fhree Johnsons - Phil, Rog. and Gordy. sfood ouf on defense. The Norfh Park gridders confinued fo move in high gear. as fhe Vikings crushed Sf. Procopius 34-0 fo provide fhe firsf homecoming vicfory in fhirfeen years. The Blue and Gold ran wide on fhe visifing Sainfs. wifh Bach, reinsfafed info fhe failback posifion for fhe firsf fime since his injury. once again calling fhe shofs. Kurl' Olsson earned offensive plaudifs for fhe day wifh his lorillianf running: he snafched a Procop pass and raced 75 yards fo score. refurned a punf 29 yards. and provided fhe game's chief fhrill wifh a dazzling 99-yard punf refurn fhaf was called back because of an ouf-of-bounds ruling. Paull, Barreffo. and Bach also ran for fouchdowns, fhe laffer hurling a 40-yard fling fo Don Anderson for fhe fiffh Viking fally. f,',::m1.wi,,L .gif :ff Szzfiii i 1 i Glen Anderson iGl John Bergsfrom I H l .4 ..j' u A ' : , 5 . MXH Paul H- E lCk50n lGl Dan Johnson lTl Kuri' Olsson lHl

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Lakeland's Muskies bowed fo fhe Blue and Gold mighf I9-0. as fhe Vikings migrafed fo Plymoufh, Wisc., fo rack up fheir fiffh sfraighl' win and blank fheir fourfh opponenl' in a row. Phil. on plunges of fwo and five yards. scored fwice, and Barreffo legged if fwenfy yards fo 'rally The fhird Norfh Park fouchdown. Once again fhe Vikings were greaf on defense, pushing fhe Muskies back repeafedly. Offensive maneuvers were curfailed by weafher and field condifions. fhe game being played in a sfeaclily worsening downpour. The Vikings refurned fo fhe more familiar confines of fheir own field fo subdue a rough Navy Pier eleven I9-6 in fhe season's finale. Phil Johnson scored fwice again, skirfing righf end from fwenfy yards ouf, and sprinfing 25 yards fhrough a gaping hole in fhe lllini line. Despife gen- erally poor foofing, Kuff Olsson galloped 70 yards on a unf refurn for fhe ofher Viking six-poinfer. From his line- backing posifion. Barreffo made sevenfeen Tackles fo cap- Dick Barreffo--Mosl' Valuable Defensive Player f I Phil Johnson-Mosf Valuable Offensive Player fure game defensive laurels: fhe junior back. also a fhreal' on offense. figured in virilually eivery imporfanf play. While fhe Illini succeeded in breaking fhe Vikings' sfring of scoreless games. fhe vicfory sfill provided a safisfying finish fo 'rhe mosf excifing Norfh Park foofball season in ears. Y For fhe season. Phil Johnson. elecfed mosl' valuable of- fensive player, led fhe Vikings in scoring l5Ol and rushing l757 yds. - lbl carriesl. Bach. wifh 2l2 yards in 38 rushes. had fhe befsf average 435.6l: gob alsgi complefed I3 of 30 asses or 295 ar s, an unfe sevenfeen fimes. averlaiging 40 yards per kick. Berlgsfrom, wifh nine recepfions for IB9 yards. was l'he leading Viking pass re- ceiver, followed by Olsson lsix for l29l: Kurf also led in kick refurns ll67 yds.l and infercepfed pass refurns l75 yds.l. Dick Barreffo, mosf valuable defensive player. was credifed wifh 74 fackles, high in fhal' deparfmenf.