Arizona Western College - El Matador Yearbook (Yuma, AZ)

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After--an opendate the Matadors tookk' off for Colorado, S rin sand the AirForce Academydjuniorvarsity. , A f i H P 8 u Colemaniiput on an airshow that the Cadetslwill, probably never forget. The Darby, Pa., sophomore completed 14 of 18 passes for 254iyards and onetouchdown. Colemanfs fayorite target was sophomore tight end Brian Adam. Adam established a school record with histen receptions. Hardley noticed was Cox's four touchdown runs which pacedthe rout. s Following the Air Force victory, the Matadors faced their biggest test ofthe year when they entertained the Phoenix College Bears. g ' Shanty Hogan's Bears entered ' the game with a 5-0 record while Western's was undefeated at 6-O. Congratulations AWC -n-r-Wm-.,.,.,..,,,,., . , ,, . ww-f,.v...... ..,.... .....

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Z iii x .-.Q --I After the San Diego Mesa victory the Matadors entered confer- e la the following Saturday when they journeyed to Thatcher enc p y to face Eastern Arizona College for the second time. lf there was a black mark during Western's march to the title this was it as the game was called with seven seconds remaining be- cause ofa brawl. Following the melee AWC offensive guard Bill Moody and cheer- leader Mona Mclrienzie were taken to a hospital for observation. Both were injured in the fight. E t rn led throughout the game. Late in the fourth quarter as e Western finally tookuthe lead as Thompson ran over from the seven to ive Western a 28-23 victory over the stubborn Gila Monsters. S Two of Western's scores in that game were set up by Reggie Pear- son's pass interceptions. N t eek it was an undefeated Mesa Community College team ex w the Matadors had to conquer. The chore was a difficult one but the ' ' ' t r oal Matadors accomplished the trick with the help of a last quar e g d b the AWC defensive unit line stan y . Western trailed 14-13 at halftime, but Cox scored on a eight-yard run in the fourth quarter to give the Matadors a 19-14 win. The victory was preserved with 45 seconds left in the game when the Matador defensive unit held Mesa on a fourth and inches situa- tion on AWC's 10-yard line.

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... Again CWGSTEFWS- d6T6r1Se,,ro'se.to.t'h:e.o,ccasion...as the lvlaradorslillmared ,ther 'BGBITS to 'lust .63 'yards offense. Bates was 'AWC'gs -top offensive man scoring two touch- downs+includinga,46-yardjaunt., i A 1 - , g AWC clinched the conference crown 'the following weekend when theymanharedled visiting Glendale Com- munity College 28-6 to become the .first team in Arizona Junior College Athletic Association to win back-to-back conference crowns. A V ln order to reach the Su-nkist-El Toro Bowl, which was to be held at the Kofa Nlemorial Stadium in Yuma, the Matadors had to dispose of an extremely underrated San Diego Grossmont crew. -- The Griffinscame into the game with a 1-7 record. However, they didn't play like a team with a losing mark as both teams entered the fourth quarter deadlocked at 6-6. ln the final stanza, Western took the advantage of two poor punts to punch across two TD's earning an 18-6 victory. During the game,.the.lVlatadors established a school record of 11 fumbles. The Grossmont victory was AWC's 18th straight and set up the showdown with Fort Scott Community Col- lege in the Sunkist-El Toro Bowl.