Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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Football With graduation losses heavy, 13 of last year's 22 starters getting their sheepskins, the 1969 Baldwin Wallace Football team was not to be considered a ser: ious threat. The Yeilow Jackets, lead by tri-captains Larry Hoon, Greg Thomas and Ron Stephanie, re- sponded to this challenge by posting a respectable 7-1-1 record. The Jackets rewrote the school record books and dominated the AIl-Ohio Conference Football team for the second straight year. Quarterback Mike Blake lead the team as he collected five passing records and teamed up with spiit end Tom Graham for another. Tom Rodgers, B-W's piaeekicker, set two booting re- cords, while Dick Tressel and Steve Stohla set a new record for the most games played for B-W. in post season picks, Blake again headed the B-W iaurels list. Among other honors, he was named re- cipient of the Gregory Award for the outstanding offensive back in the conference and chosen Cieveland Area's Outstanding College Football Player. First team selections included Blake, Hoon, Thomas, Stephenie, Torn Graham and Dave Coad. Named to the second team were Tressel and Stable while honorable mention honors were given to Torn Maher and Greg Nackley. The season's opener-at Flay E. Watts Stadium saw Coach Tressei's underrated Yellow Jackets trounce an experienced Findlay 0iler squad 52-6. The Bereans continued to roll as they piled up a 42-0 halftime lead on visiting Central State and went on to beat the Marauders 49-12. Traveling to Muskingum, the Jackets ran into a road block and were forced to swallow a tough 14-14 tie as the Muskies cashed in on B-W's many mistakes. A return home gave the Yellow Jackets their only shutout of the season as they blanked the Oberiin Yeomen 48-0. Closing out their home season before 8,700 home- coming partisans, B-W remained unbeaten by downing the Otterbein Cardinals 5521. After holding a 12-0 lead for three quarters. B-W was clawed for 16 points in the final stanza by the nationally ranked Wittenberg Tigers to give the Jackets their first defeat. The following week-end in Delaware, the Jackets drowned the always strong Ohio Wesleyan Bishops 3644 under rain-fiiled skies. Treking to Columbus, the Bereans destroyed the conference's number one defense burying Capital under a 54-13 headstone. After an idle Saturday, the Jackets closed out the season at the University of Connecticut, where they outdistanced the Yankee Conference power 43-33 and earned themselves a prestigeous team as well as con- ference victory. The 1969 Yellow Jackets team had to work harder to put everything together to come up a winner. Con- gratulations to Coach Tressei, his coaching staff and the entire team for another successfui season. Coach Lee J. Tressel Steve Stohla Frank Rogelio Award 3w 4 . v I 'LW'J-n'e : 31

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