Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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DRIVE— Linane was a hard man to stop. Scoreboard OPP, Sept. 1 9 - LACC 7 Sept. 27 — San Diego Oct. 10 - Hartnell 26 Oct. 1 7 - Chaffey 20 Oct. 25 - Orange Coast 51 Oct. 31 - Fullerton . 13 Nov. 8 - Mt. San Antonio 14 Nov. 21 - Santa Ana 25 Nov. 26 — San Bernardino 27 ' Denotes Conference Games RIV. 12 12 12 7 6 20 7 13 s. eciAon RIVERSIDE COLLEGE football team experienced a hot and cold season. OfT to a strong start with non-conference foes, the Tigers ran into heavy trouble in Eastern Conference play as a schedule unfolded that was tougher than the dopesters had thought possible. The season opened with a 12-7 victory over Los Angeles City College, with Tom Linane and Bob Glover showing good form from the tail- back spot. Jimmy Williams gave a preview of events to follow when he scored both touch- downs on line plunges. In the second test, the Bengals again rolled to 12 points as they whitewashed San Diego. For their next encounter Riverside traveled to Salinas to do battle with Hartnell in what proved to be a rough and tumble battle. The Tigers lost 26-12, but tallied two of the four touchdowns scored against Hartnell during the entire season which saw the Salinas team wind up in the Little Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. CONFERENCE PLAY Opening conference game was with Chaffey. The Tigers lined up as favorites but wound up on the short end of a 20-7 score. Again it was Linane who ran up yardage at tailback. After the Chaffey game Riverside slumped to its lowest point of the season, losing to Orange Coast 51-6. The score did not indicate the close- ness of the game, however, since O. C. exploded for 31 of their points in the final quarter. The Tigers never gave up, the final gun finding Coach De Francisco ' s team on the one-yard line. The most stunning upset of the season followed the Orange Coast debacle. Riverside fans ex- pected the worst when the Tigers lined up against undefeated and conference-leading Ful- lerton. In this game the Bengals showed the type of play of which they were capable, win- ning 20-13 in a game that will be ranked among the most exciting in Riverside College records. 28

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football i p6 and =Jj( r ' ou n3 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT— This bleacher shot shows a portion of the student turnout for the Fullerton game when Riverside upset the favorite in a game that vjM be long remembered. FOOTBALL IS A GAME in which team play determines the winner. Nevertheless there is no sport in which the merits of the individual are more loudly acclaimed. In football, perhaps more than in any other sport, the individual is under fire from the opening whistle to the sound of the final gun. Football is rough and tough, and the harder the going the greater the wear and tear on men and dispositions. Football is a spectacle— a melodramatic testing of skills, precision and strength, and the crowd loves it that way. But there are moments in the passing scene that surpass the play, and one of them is at the very beginning. The photograph at left, we believe, conveys to an unusual extent the real meaning of football or any other game in which the spirit of competition is high. It was taken when the crowd, players, coaches, and officials stood bareheaded and humble in the presence of the flag that guarantees the right to contest with one another in accordance with rules which encourage the individual in a f ree nation. 27

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3. h acL6 an d l aureS The running and passing of Linane, great de- fensive job of Jerry Freeman and Fritz Ledfors, driving plunges by Jim Williams and all-round fight of other Riversiders made the difference. Both during and after the Fullerton game the Tigers looked like a different team. While the winning v as over, they shovy ed a fighting de- termination every time out. The tussle with AAt. San Antonio was a close one, the Mounties winning 14-17. It was here that Richard Cox intercepted a pass and raced The Tigers ' chances to cheer came when Cox and Ledfors engineered a 64-yard drive, and when Don Westbrook intercepted a pass and ran 70 yards to score. Little Everett Reed turned in the game ' s most spectacular play in the second quarter when he met 195-pound Bill Sims head-on, drove him back about three yards and flipped him on his back. into the end zone on a dazzling run down the H HI sidelines. -•- ' W ■ HH B Homecoming game with Santa Ana also was I Bfl l mildly disasterous. Riverside losing to the Dons V i 25-13. A wide-open spread formation opened up B T SH gJj m M Riverside ' s defenses and enabled Santa Ana to Hr ' tj HHB hK H strike quickly in long gains. B H RECEIVER-No question that Dan Flint has this ball safely in hand. 5jL f M ■■PIM H p«i i f M 1 H ■ r J ih PRH w i Sj Kt - ' 1 H H K ' wmgr H B % %0 ' H