Blinn College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Brenham, TX)

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The Buccaneer football teann relieved a mt of that frustration Saturday night and .ntertained il homecoming crowd with a tl-7 victory over the visiting llenderson Iounly Cardinals. Queen Cindy Brendon was crowned ftcr the Bucs had exploded for 27 second quarter points and took a fill'-O halftime lead. Quarterback Greg Clark, finding lendcrson County not covering him on the triple option, picked up three touchdowns among his 54- yards rushing while tailback Quinccy Whittington rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries. Blinnls first score was also set up hy a blocked punt and Watts was on the inter- ference end of that one. Henie Baker was another defensive figure the Cardinals quickly became accus- tomed to. The freshman secondary back, 1. .. . li Iftggty - A '.Q7f'I . 114' ff.:-1-.+.---- X:- . 'i x -,. 'rf 2 'H - 't ' 1.-.Q-' its tty. 1 Q ' 1' ..v'r 1' fu? ' . n l'f:' ' 4 4 s ,I ll' , xr Si-' 'Ii D: ' l .' ' A NH nr, .1 r . O ., . no ,. , Q 1 , .. U 1 ei., U 'I 4.. xx, u ' I 7 Y ' el-Lads . N1 W pi 5 .1 we ' A1 .- . -, if. .g i , , ' f' .5 1 1 3 X .I . ' f- u. 1 AV I, - n x -tw., ' J 'sy' 'VII -f 3 . AR, - . , gl Ia! 5' r ,. F5 iff ggy vp- ,vv oazvffil fa.. 1 fl- H i 119 , Un ' tu' 'fn ,H 'J NI . 1 3,1 Clay Nelson LB 5-151 . . , . 1 L . '-v . 4' ' -72' Y... . sw' ' i -:sees-r-:-' f Q . . .9.lL ,l.i.u vm Q Q . . . -R. Q - , , 'pi 0.7 ' I-A.. rf. . I 3 H ' a ia , u ir' 1 ,. l l n nr 4 ' ,Y -. 1 . . , 1 , , , . . . I tu :occ g.. ,A I , '1 Q... . a 5. , I- . ' v 1 g -, 1. r. 'fn'-f.o' 1 0 , , ,. l I. l 35.0.0.1 -4 X In . k .U v .p:,.f' 4.4-. f 0.13 -' , lu' 4 in . ' va 1 - . . . 5' V Q rn.: .+ , , , ,w' F . PH? J ,J ll dn? .Ii to ' '. 5 ,A A6 ' ' ' - az. ' Brent Parish RB Henderson Blirm 41 who intercepted two passes against the Cardinals the first timc they met this year, intercepted three more Saturday to raise his season total to seven. Clark made the second quarter rather monotonous, scoring on the first play of the period and twice more before Whittington scored his second six-pointer. The third score came after a 62-yard drive that was more controlled by penalties than either team's play. Blinn picked up hack-to-hack first downs off penalties. Clark did the final honors with a nine- yard run and Trussell stretched the lead to 21-0. l-Ienderson's next possession was only one play long as Baker picked off his first pass and set up the next Blinn scoring drive of 33 yards. Clark scored on fourtl1-and- goal from the one when he faked a dive and kept around the end. va '.'.'y'.'-1 Q .'.' Q - . - - -A - s - . . . . . w . 1 1 1 u ut' sn fi ,.:. .4 4 wi ' 4 .am nur , v 'a'-1? I W f 4 A Q., , J D. t - ,. 1 . A - .. ' 4 ...' .- up , ' i ,if .N. .zu . 1. i A , - 1 1 N22- Greg Phillips DB 2 2 1

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7 Navarro 3 Blinn After 58 minutes of purely defensive ball and with the Bucs holding a 3-O lead over the visiting Navarro Bulldogs, Navarro quarterback Paul Roddy jumped the middle of his offensive line on a fourth-and-goal from thc one to give the Bulldogs the points needed for their 7-3 win over Blinn. The captains for the Bucs were Freddie lteed, David Watts, Clay Nelson, and Chris Kilgore. Blinn won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball. liandy Westmoreland kicked off for Navarro to Daniel Hunter who brought the ball back to the 22-yard line. Immediately the Buc offense got rolling. The Bucs moved the ball down to the Bulldogs 23-yard line, where it became fourth and three. Larry Trussell tried a 40-yard field goal but the attempt failed. Navarro took over the ball on their 123- yard line with 9:4-2 left in the first quarter. Navarro moved the ball to the Blinn 4-6. Quarterback Paul Roddy went back to pass but it was picked off by Kirk Summers and run back to the Buc 23-yard line. Then the Buc offense started sputtering, and could only move the ball up to the 30- yard line. 'lfrussell punted to the Bulldogs Mike Firestone who called for a fair catch. The Buccaneers made a very costly mis- take late in the game when Larry Trussell muffed the snap from center on a punt attempt. Trussell recovered the ball on the l5, giving Navarro the break they needed. Moving the ball to the one yard line, Roddy went over the top diving into the end zone for the games first touchdown. The score came at the 1.152 mark ofthe fourth quntu giving Navirio tht had 7 following the 1 xtia point The Bucs tried to mon the ball one time but tim: cxpncd giving the Bulldofs 7-3 victory hund- O fn ,' . Q -was I r... , t 4 . Mark Lyons DT 220 . - . , . Q f' , ,, I 5.5, gf : v , if :jf 3 . , y ' Qu. ' lv:f t -WK' 'CU .'f fn. 1 , M., 4.1, 4 , i R VT' . -.,. . , . Q r U ,' r..:4:??.:.,'..l K 'gnc-i 11 1' ' ' - I 'Ji-lf'? . -Pl 51 -aff ' Q! 'vu .5 ff, ' , l., 'f um.. ws- , 1 ' 4- .3 -V -54.5.3 Thai: v - fl'-'Qf ha. f . 1 , ,, , , f 5-.ggi fu fe. -,f ' ' 'iffy Bob Mason DE SELYNY t . 1. Us Q - l A 3'u'nX - W 'h'Q'sX5 x , x s'o'u'5' 1 :s'c:.'gl:i Q . ' 5-.n'v.,:,' l.l'i. ' A Q u' Q . C v 3 Q Mike Mc'1'1ghe DE

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39 Kilgore 27 Blinn Blinn traded big play for big play with the Kilgore College Hangers and gave them their biggest scare in nine consecutive wins this season. With the win, Kilgore tucked the l978 Texas Junior College Football Confer- ence championship safely away beside last year's co-championship. Early in the first quarter, freshman secondary back Renic Baker snared his eighth interception of the year at the l-ilinn goal line and raced 100 yards down the sideline for the Bucs' second touchdown. Two others have returned an interception 1,00 yards: Henderson Countyfs Jim Babbitt in 1967 and Rangeris Nlike Fuller in l970. Blinnis passing game, particularly the receiving of tight end Chris Kilgore, also provided plenty of thrills for a small contin- gent of Buc fans who made the trip from Brenham. Blinn netted 208 yards in the air on eight receptions and scored all three of its offensive touchdowns on passes. Kilgore, a 215-pound sophomore out of California, caught two of the scoring passes, his first and second of the season. llis first was a 35-yarder that bounced oft' the hands of a Hanger defender and Kilgore grabbed it while stepping into the end zone. His second came from 27 yards out with a diving catch after quarterback Greg Clark threaded the pass through the Ranger defense. Blinn's biggest offensive play came from the same guy who made the big defensive play. ' Baker, a l6O-pounder from lllart, turned on his blazing speed to completely hurn the Kilgore secondary and Clark hit him for a 65- ard touchdown mass to move the lfame l 21 into a 6-6 tie before kicker Larry 'frussell gave the lines a T-6 lead. Things really seemed to be going Hlinnis way after the Bucs went ahead 27,26 will l2:22 left in the game on Chris liilgoref 27-yard reception. lilinn held the Rangers to no gain or three plays and took over their punt at tht Blinn 33. Donnie Williams, who led lllinni. rushing with 76 yards, reeled off a ST-yar gainer on the first play to the Kilgore IU. ff-' zgpfwgw' , , . ,Q ,- . 9'9 . . ,,,,,,,,,,... , sq Q .- Zn-- . . . -'-ff .5 -' . ' f '. ' i i ..- ,LF 4 0 i f Q-' ' .-' in n't:O. 'nj 'V ' Q 1' A , ' g g! ' 'f -' l fl 'A I. 0-I - ,vt ' 2 tl A ' fi. . 1.1 ,L V1 1. ., . ,,-' ' of .- .'- N .ki Y. 1,1 ,I 1 ,, , ' .4 nv . - ', 1 . , L 1 r, , '11 , ,' f o o a :' . f 2 fig h-'.' I I 0 u 1 o I-1 v ,4,i Q , ' il ','-.' ',' .'.'- 4, 1 1, X' 4 .- 4-, N i 'i J i Q, -fd' ' i , .. 1 , gf .. . . - , .f If ' .4 , F,-eddie Reed RB Kirk Summers DB Larry ilmssnu QB-K 222