Admiral Farragut Academy - Buccaneer Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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Farragut 0 - Tarpon Springs 38 Farragut opened the 1954 grid season against Tarpon Springs Spongers at Tarpon Springs. Even though we lost by The score of 38-O it was a moral victory, for the team played marvelous football. ln The Third quarter we were hot on The trail of a TD with Laughner hitting Keenan for 3 straight downs. The Blue Jackets drove, fought, and passed up to the Spongers' 25 yard line, where one of our passes was intercepted and broke The heart of The Blue Jackets' drive. There was one score when lvl. Heil- bron intercepted a pass and galloped .50 yards, but The play was nullified by a penalty on the line of scrimmage. Standouts cannot be cited as every man on The Team was doing a better job Than anyone was expected to do. Farragut 0 - Pinecrest 37 Our second game was with undefeated Pinecrest. We didn't have as much pep as we did with the Spongers, but we played better Than average ball. There were some changes in our usual lineup with Peattie running from the Tailback position, and un- tried Bob Corwin as quarterback. We threatened Pinecrest all through the game, but failed to score. We kept driving but failed because of fumbles and penalties. Standout was Fred Lambach who made many of the tackles. Altogether it was a fine showing. Farragut 6 - Brewster Tech 35 Farragut's next game was with Brewster Tech to whom we lost in an upset 35-6. We played our best ball in the first half, but for some unknown reason we blew up in the second half. At the end of the first quarter we were ahead 6-O with a combination of Laughner and Keenan going across. Laughner gave Keenan the ball and he almost went all the way, instead he fumbled with Laughner recovering and going over for the score. ln the second half Laughner was thrown out because of his eagerness to win. Farragut 6 - Brandon 19 Our next game was played here with Brandon. We played our best ball of the year, but lost an- other 19-6. ln the first quarter Mike Gaynor drove over from the fullback position for our only TD and we were leading again 6-O, but Brandon had the speed on us and went over three times. In the second half it was Mike Gaynor again as he picked up a fumble and ran 75 yards only to be called back for a Blue Jacket penalty. Win or lose, the boys did their best and we are proud of them. Farragut 0 - Turkey Creek 44 ln our game with Turkey Creek the Jackets never had a chance. They played their best but it wasn't enough. The Jackets never gave up but every drive was stopped on downs, penalties, and fumbles. Once again speed was a very important factor, but we lacked in it. Another important factor that gave us the pep that we had was our spirit. Farragut 6 - Largo 21 ln our game with Largo we played marvelous ball. We were outstanding on defense as we held their line play after play. The score did not tell the story of the game. In the last half we scored our only touchdown. lt sounded as if the stands would never stop cheering. Again Farragut's spirit was outstand- ing and we won a moral victory 21 to 6. Farragut O - Wimauma 34 The game with the Wimauma Wildcats was a hard- fought battle, but the Blue Jackets could not muster enough power to contain the potent Wildcat offense. The Blue Jacket cause was weakened more when both Laughner and Fleming were ejected from the game for excessive zeal to win. The line play of the Jacket eleven showed im- provement over the preceding games, but even this could not stop the speedy Wildcat backs who broke loose for lengthy touchdown iaunts at critical mo- ments to send the Farragut eleven down to another defeat. Farragut 20 - St. Paul's 19 ln Farragut's first homecoming game we de- feated our inter-city rivals 20-19. It was an upset as St. Paul's was expected to win by about 3 touch- downs. But again Farragut's spirit played an im- portant part in the game. Don Laughner running from The Tailback position made all of Farragut's points. At the end of the first half the score was in their favor 13-7, but we came from behind in the last minutes of the game to get the touchdown and extra point that won us the game. ln the last few minutes of the game they were on our 6 yard line, but we held them down after down and won our victory 20-19. The line never gave up. They were always rushing, breaking through, and stopping the play before it started.

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VHHSIHI FUUTBHLL TEHHI Seated, L. to R.: Yunker, Uhl, Phillips, R., Lineaweaver, Carr, Osrnun, Peattie, Hari. Kneeling, L. to R.: Buell, Laskowski, Corwin, Schwartz, Wolf. Soenksen. Benner, Farias, Marr. Standing, L. to R.: Coach Brown, Smiih, Powell, Lambach, Hayes, zumFelde. Murphy, Gaynor, Fleming, Laughner, Coach McPhail. 'I954 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Farragut ..... O Tarpon Springs ..... Farragut ..... O Pinecrest ......... Farragut ..... 6 Brewster Tech ....... Farragut ..... 6 Brandon ......... Farragut ..... O Turkey Creek ....... Farragut ..... 6 Largo .... Farragut ..... O Wimauma ....... Farragut ........ 20 St. Paul's High ..... Lewis, R., Bomar, Simon, M., Heilbron, Ward, John, Keenan, 1 .......38 .......37 .,.....35 .......l9 .......44 .......2l .......34 .......l9 t W if Verinder, R.. Peterson, Maselli,

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