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

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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.

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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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'I ,AW 96' f We 1 Aga iti00 M t. ,, 3 at ' ,,Xf W 4 d 1 a W ,Way ,Q W Va 5 an . M PM te Z , an QW 5 W Frazle Wee ,,.. 'CMM W f ' We proce point Thi Howe in th point haifti We on a d ' his 6 secoi Cox. Ce versi hand extra M fx g r X r scori ll Wi r r g W r r y erroi On Nov. 25, 1r972g,Ari2ona Western College Coach 2 tio? Ray Butcher was nervously pacing the sidelines wait- one-, ing forthe openingSunkist'Ei Toro Bowikickoff. r r y f nn r Law r-ri-,etr'1Fifth-yeatrahead coach had good reason to ved? worryas the contest wasrone ofthe most important in in the schools nintefrtyeartootbailhistory, C Sum l Some tworhours latertas thegbritiiant running of fron froshrvsensationf iaarry' Bates andftrrlther blocking ofrofs in th fensive guard rJohn'Segretti,g,hadrljust trounced Fort Scott' Comrr1aQnityrrr,Coilliege,of' Fort Scotty Kansas, 36-87to capture the 1972 N.lCllAl-Xfnatiogntaf C champion- shipfootbailygarnre.yg nnno 2 in - , C C Beforefrryreceiving an invite ssl to, peffiicipate in the tYurnaWgayme1the Matadorshad to yfinishfthe season undefeatednwhilchr theyttdid, anaynaa tobe one of the nation's toprtwo-ranked teams in the NJCAA footbaiipollg e r fef r C v r g r ' ' The' , Charnpiognship game appearance was Westernssecond in four years. ln'l969 AWC played Northeastern Okiahoma ASLM forthe national cham- pionship only to see fatal mistakes turn the Savant- nahQGa.tripintoa nightmare. 4 r g During the next two years,ithe Matadors were de- prived of additionralr trips to Savannah as Mesa CAriz.j Community' College ambushed AWC 17-14 in 1970 while San Diego Mesa upended the Mataciors 7-0 in 1971. g Q However, it was different this year as the Matadors breezed through a nine-game scheduie unbeateb and untied. Two of those wins came over Mesa Community and San Diego Mesa--the two teams who deprived Western of additional trips to Savannah. Q53 tx Se .te ss asf s - ss ea so