Blinn College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Brenham, TX)

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The Blinn Buccaneers lost their third rtbreaker of the year to the Kilgore gers by the score of 29 to 26 in the 1977 ecoming Game. Kilgore's cause was aided by repeated ides penalties against the Bucs, that time r time got the Rangers out of trouble. Blinn had some individual performances crowd cheer. Big Ben Barley picked a mid-air fumble and rumbled two yards own that were to make the Home- for the first Blinn score. Mitch Renfro also showed his stuff as he pulled in a 30 yard Larry Thompson pass with a tremendous diving catch in the fourth quarter. Despite the powerful first half showing by the Rangers, the Bucs were down by only one TD with the score 21 -14, thanks to Barley and a Leroy King TD. The second half saw Blinn put the first points on the board with a five yard touch- down scamper by King. Unfortunately for BLINN g 5 1 1 'N BLINN if 29 Kilgore 26 Blinn the Bucs the snap from center was mis handled and the score was left in Kilgore's favor 21 to 20. Early in the last quarter Renfro made his great catch, and the Bucs went on top 26 to 21. The try for two points was stopped as the Ranger defense stopped King inches from the goal. Renfro then pulled some more heroics as he returned the kickoff to near midfield. From here he hauled in a Thompson aerial for a first down. The march and the game however came to an end as Larry Thompson was sacked on third and fourth down to relinquish the ball to Kilgore. A bright spot for the Bucs was Leroy King's 130 yards which put him for the season at 970 yards for the year with one game to play. Brad Roll C Freddy Reed RB Mitch Renfro SE Magnolia Fort Worth Spring Branch 227

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7 Henderson 23 Blinn The Bucs ventured to Athens to tangle with the Henderson Cardinals and brought home a 23-7 victory. The Buccaneers were quick to begin their scoring in the first quarter, Leroy King took a one yard plunge into the endzone for the first six points. Allen Davis got the point after. The second touchdown was setup by a 21 yarder from Larry Thompson to Kansas sophomore Irving Erb. Opening the second quarter the Cards had the ball but could not get past the Buc defense and were forced to punt. Freshman Mitch Renfro received the punt and streaked down the sideline for an 82 yard touch- down. The point after was blocked. This ended all first half action with Bucs in com- mand 13-0. The tides turned for the Cardinals in the f ff l W if . .:?QlFi+ ' ' . 4, ,fl ll' ,l - BLINN 1 A Clay Nelson LB Mathis 226 third quarter when they managed to score their only touchdown of the night. With 10:50 left in the third, Henderson quarter- back Wilson connected with a teammate on a 35 yard pass. The conversion put the seventh point on the board for the Cards. The Buc offense however was not done for the night. With 11:34 to go in the game, sophomore Allen Davis kicked a 25 yard field goal making the score 16-7. With the Cards now in possession, points. While trying to complete a p Quarterback Wilson was desperate Freshman Buc, Kirk Summers broke the p with an interception. There was only 3' left in the game and the Bucs decided to for a fake field goal and try for 6. Thomps was successful in linking up with freshn Norman Kiecke who made the 19 ya scamper into the endzone. Allen Davis i the finishing touch on the score with extra point ending the game 23-7. W na rio ll 1 cl SFT' Fm ifl + BLINN john O'Neal DB Bay City Mike Pollei FB Irving

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1 3, Wharton 23 Blinn The game closed the season for both teams as Blinn retired with a Texas junior College Football Conference record of 5-4-1 to finish third. Wharton began the game by driving to the Blinn 31 and missing a 48-yard field goal attempt. Blinn responded with a 63-yard drive to the Pioneer 17, from where Allen Davis booted a 43-yard Held goal which barely cleared the uprights. With 7:01 left in the first quarter, Blinn took a 3-0 lead. A couple of possessions later, Wharton tried another field goal after failing to pick up a first down following the first of three interceptions they grabbed during the night. Kicker Raymond Butler got the kick off from the 33, but Buc jim jiral came storm- ing through to block the effort, The Bucs were forced to turn it over on downs at the 17 and stopped Wharton at the 44. Erb took a Kelly Faulk punt at the nine. ,, , , . . V .,,. , .. -,..ii-w-.:,-4- f-.-.-11- 221 ' fe 1 it W. . Ji. ,L-1, 1 , --i and the Bucs began their second scoring drive. Blinn responded with its third scoring drive. Erb took the kickoff at the six and returned it to the 42. Reed added a 10-yard run to move across midfield and on third- and-8 from the 45, Thompson went to Erb again. Again double-covered, Erb got the ball through the outstretched arms of Pioneer Mike joseph but was grabbed by the other defender and pulled down at the three. A three carries, King scored from the one ' Davis' kick left a 17-7 advantage. On fourth-and-nine from their own Grantham passed to Alvis Padgett in the zone and only a perfect pass and a c centrated catching effort pulled the bal on the sideline for the score. With 1:24l Hicks tried to run for two points, but buried under a wall of Bucs just short of goal. I if :sir rw,E'-'ef- v-'ff',Q,r'-'-i 1' rite is wr.-.3 'K Chuck Seeber OT Irving 228 ..' joe Smitherman DT Cameron Kirk Summers QB Mart I i