Blinn College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Brenham, TX)

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21 Tyler 21 Blinn lt could have hardly been more evenly matched. Blinn College's Buccaneers and the Tyler junior College Apaches fought for four quarters of Texas junior College Foot- ball Conference. The Tyler Apaches scored all of their points by way of the long pass. One of the scores included the opening score of the game on a 30-yard pass to Tony Brown from Larry Haynes. Tyler limited the Blinnites to only one score in the first three quarters while the Apaches scored a TD in each of the opening trio of periods. The Buccaneers scratched the score- board on the initial drive of second quarter by way of Leroy King's running and Larry Thompson's pass to Rick Gage. The score knotted up when King went in from the 24 yard line and Allen Davis booted the point through the uprights. The Bucs started the long road back with a 63 yard punt return from Mitch Renfro. Tyler's offense occupied the rest of the quarter trying to burn the clock out until Erb broke on a long punt return deep into Tyler real estate. Thompson went to the air for four completions including the last of the drive which was a TD to Erb to put the Bucs back within two. On the extra point try, Leroy King broke out of a pile-up to score the two points, and it was tied up. Defense held the Apaches to quickly get the ball back for the offense to try to sc again. Thompson connected with Erb fo 45 yard completion to the 28 yard li From here with seven seconds left B Mason attempted a 45 yard field goal t was short and killed Buc hopes and clock. In leading the comeback La Thompson completed 10 for 24 and l yards, and connected with Irv Erb for f vital completions. BLINN BI-INN A :sf Norman Kiecke R Leroy King RB Mack Lingo DE Bellville Weimer Belton 224

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The powerful Blinn offensive machine th Leroy King rolled over the Wharton neers by the score of 26 to 7 in the 1977 rine Bowl. The Buccaneers gained 534 total yards the game and showed the domination to by taking the opening kickoff 80 yards a score. The drive was highlighted by King's 27 yard run and by Larry Thompson's 25 yard completion to Mitch Renfro. With 10:54 to go in the opening quarter, King stomped in for a TD. The point after by Bob Mason put the Bucs up by the score of 7 to O. King scored again before changing ends of the field on a nine- yarder. The PAT failed, leaving a 13-O margin. Quarterback Larry Thompson con- -MW' Y lil- if 1341. mi .A l Wharton 7 Blinn 26 nected with wingback Irvin Erb on a 47-yard touchdown strike in the third period with Allen Davis adding the one-pointer. Wharton quarterback Steve 'Grantham connected with Raymond Butler for Wharton's only score from 72 yards out. The PAT left a 20-7 margin entering the final period. Buc freshman Quincy Whittington closed out the scoring on a one-yard run, part of his 78 totaled yards, in the fourth quarter. Pulling Thompson's passes from the air were Irvin Erb with two catches for 62 yards and the TD. Mitch Renfro had three snares for 65 yards and Mac Lingo one for 16. One of the climaxes of the night was the annoucement of the Most Valuable Players. The offensive star was Blinn's Leroy King, who gained 181 yards in 23 carries. Leroy was also last year's MVP in the 1976 version of the same game. lf T4 T fi 7 :Q 1. an 7 ' Charles Hodde DB jimmy ji,-al DE joe Kettler B'-lffon Spring Branch Texas City 223

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With a defiant defense and 20 first half ints, the Blinn Buccaneers upset the top- nked Navarro Bulldogs 26 to 15. While Blinn's defense bent but never oke, the offense under Thompson's guid- g hands did a strong job putting 20 points the books in the first half. Playing the game without leading rusher Leroy the offense moved the ball on the legs Thompson and running backs Quincy and Freddie Reed. The Blinn Buccaneers started the second quarter with their time consuming drive of the game as the Bucs rammed their second touchdown of the game into the endzone with a fine infantry attack by all three of the Buc's backs. The march concluded with Freddie Reed, a freshman from Magnolia busting in from the three. Again Davis toed the PAT. The Bulldogs were not going to be heard from in the first half as the Dogs put on a BLINN l 15 Navarro 26 Blinn march of their own. Navarro however could not muster much offense against the fired up Bucs as the Bucs halted every drive or forced a fumble throughout the third quarter and the early part of the final period. As the time ticked away in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs started to move the ball. But moving the ball all the way from their own one yard line deep into Blinn real estate, the scrappy Bucs held on a fourth and two. The defenders spoiled the next two drives in much the same manner as time continued to lapse. Late in the game the Dogs started to move the ball once again, and seemed to have the offensive machine going goalward. The Bulldogs were deep into Blinn territory until Kirk Summers pulled the play of the game. Summers stepped into path of a Westmoreland pass and raced 78 yards for a touchdown. After being smothered by his team- mates, Summers could only slap a few hands and revel in the glory of a 26 to 15 victory. BLINN 1 Q 'v' J ' - 3 l' Q . A 'T trrss if . Larrv Lynch Nl Rav Madden DE Bob Mason DE lersev Village Tomball Killeen 225