Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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'I24 Sports FOOTBALL Just paw print . , ,, . it.,.fii,mw9W,. U0lhtwr-ff-ff-K The Dawgs get a High 5 after scoring seven points against the Fighting Illini during the second quarter. Illinois came back in the third quarter to win 28-25. QUIGG away story by TEVEN ICH IU was traveling to Champaign to play the Fighting Illini in Memorial Stadium. People throughout the state had been looking forward to the game for over a year. The teams were ready, the fans were excited and the sportscasters had predicted Illinois to win by as many as 30 points. One writer for the Chicago Tribune had even predicted Southern to be a 60 point underdog. When the game ended, Illinois had won, 28-25, but the Salukis left everyone be- lieving they were a team to be reckoned with this season. The Salukis made a championship-style effort in front of 76,330 screaming fans, the largest crowd to ever watch an SIU game. Illinois expected the Dawgs to be overcome by the size of the audience and forget about playing football. Not so. Saluki fans, much in the minority in the standing-room-only stadium, cheered loudly for the valiant effort by the young Saluki squad. Toward the end of the first half the Illinois fans had little to cheer about as the Salukis manhan- dled the Illini up and down the field. Illinois Coach Mike White admitted that SIU should have won the game.

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T I TERVIEW New guy I harge my by DARCI ALLEN aking the change from Washing- ton State University to Southern Illinois University has not been that difficult for SIU's new athletic di- rector lim Livengood. Livengood said the two schools are a lot alike. They are the same size, have a beautiful campus and tremendous facilities. University President Albert Somit an- nounced the appointment October 18. A search for a new athletic director had been underway since late August when Lew Hartzog, men's athletic director, retired. Livengood had been at WSU for five years, coordinating fund-raising and re- cruiting, supervising sports information and promotions, and running ticket sales and the marketing operations. The goal of every administrator in athletics is to become an athletic direc- tor, said Livengood. I will be very busy learning my way around Carbondale and getting to know the ropes of SIU. Livengood found out about the open- ing for an athletic director at SIU through George Ravelling, the athletic director at the University of Iowa. He called and said, 'Hey lim, I think there's a position open at Southern Illinois you'd be inter- ested in, ' Livengood said. Dean Stuck, special assistant to the president in charge of athletics, said Livengood himself will play a large part in shaping the future organization and scope of SIU's athletics. Livengood said he wants the name Saluki known, be it state or nation- wide. He plans to accomplish this by applying marketing techniques and hav- ing special promotions. Livengood said he has enjoyed his job at SIU so far. It's like being a fresh- man and being expected to perform like a senior, he added. Livengood coached high school foot- ball and basketball and directed athletics in the Ephrata iWashingtonl school dis- trict from 1972 to 1980. Before that, he coached at Oroville iWashingtonI High School for three years. During his 12 years of coaching in the high schools, his teams set school records for most wins. While in high school, Livengood was named all-state in both football and basketball and went on to play football at Brigham Young University. He received a bachelors degree from BYU. He has a fifth year degree in edu- cational administration from Central Washington University and an associates degree from Everett IWashingtonI junior College. He is married and has a 12-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son. Sports 123

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Illinois took a three point lead in the first quarter, but by halftime the Salukis were leading 14-6. Illinois dominated the third quarter. The Illini scored 22 points compared to three points for Southern on a 45 yard Ron Miller field goal. Trailing 28-17 in the fourth quarter, Southern desperately needed a big play to get back into the game. The offensive squad was having problems, so the ever- present defense came to the rescue. SIU defensive back Ira Davis picked off a lack Trudeau pass and returned it 22 yards for the touchdown. Kevin Brown, quarterback, added the two point con- version on a pass to Sebron Spivey leav- ing the Salukis only three points behind, 28-25. IAboveJ Saluki Safety john' Field drags down an Illinois ball carrier to slow the IlIini's march down- field. fliightl Saluki running back Byron Mitchell evades an Illini defender to carry the pigskin for more yardage.