Blinn College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Brenham, TX)

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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

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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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lllinnls lhlucaiiuc-i's, ohviollsly down notionally lll.tt'l' thi- tllSlll'1ll'l!5lllIlg loss to p-ranluwd liilgoru a we-uk varlim-r, strugglifd rough thv night and loft with a ww-ak I0-7 in ovnrr tlu- l'ion1:1-rs. 'l'hcr lines totalcfd only 99 yards offvnsff l night, hut a 'JIS-yard kiulioffl'1'tllrll hy cnic Halwr on top of an oarlii-r 257-yard vld goal from l,arry Truss:-ll. gavt- thvin thx' argin iicumli-il for tht: win. lilinn finisln-d thu season with a LL-6 ecord. What leapt thu Bucs in thu ganna, was nrir ilufcnsivn: si-uondary and a stvady pass ish. lfour Wharton passvs worm' iiitvnwerptr-rl, ving lllinnis flvfe-nsi' a lotal ofill illU5l't'lfp- ons this season, whill' the offi-nsv gave' up nly night. lf lilinn playa-d a had hall QUITNT, it layud a lurrihh- first half. 'l'hu Hurts nz-ttud only 250 yards rushing nd l l yards passing in this first half and tht- l-yard pass vaniu on thu halfis last play, arning ont- of only two first downs. 'fha- 'irst down mann- on a Wharton pvnalty. ,gc l iv ' -. '-fern' ' I 0.4 . . . H 0 -Q Q ...l .. .: 1 ., . 1 ,',,,, ' si ' ' A .fn ...M V. 4 - 1 ,:, f .: .1 -- v ,i a f ' - i I ., I a . Q I n Q . ts, ,v I u , '-yw.- if gigs.: V iX:f':'. 'V . ', .H ,' A ' 0 1 .'v'g+ 1 .Y 'A' iif ... . . V-,.,,sd., 5 ' ' 'if 1'n'4.:::d:, all i , - . 1 . , , U t . . . . 8 , ,, . , , l uw' , N in fl, xv 'V '48 - i. X 'gig' i . YS. ' t A ,fx 1'5- Q ,sf.'.f al Washington Rl! It was thu' hlart frcslnnanis fourth toni-hdown of thc yi-ar, tying him with Williams as thu tcanfs host, hut Hakor has scored his in tliruc diffcrt-nt catnrgorinxs. 'l'wo have comer on pass wzmzfzptioiis. ont: a 65- yardfrr, onu on a I00-yard interception rotnrn and his 93-yarll kivlaoffrmrturn. 'frussr-llis field goal was se-t up when Norman Kiuizkv re-uovurml a Pionve-r fumlilc at thu 20. 'l'hm- Haus rushod for fivr- yards, hut worn thun peiializczil fivc and 'frussull kiukm-d with thv line: of sizrinimagi- still at thu 20. 'frussvll addud this uxtra point, his lil-th of thi- yt-ar. Along with six fiulil goals, hu It-fl thi' tuanfs scoring with C32 points. Williams was tht: only Hui- with a vc-ry prodntztivu statistical night. llc piulued up 82 yards on 27 carries to hoost his suason total over thu 500 mark with 530 yards. Wharton, tllOllt,fll cntlnisiastiiw with thi: possibility of its first win. didnll rually move: thu hall that wi-ll on lilinn. Hut what thu l'ionc1-rs got, tfilllltf in tht- first half. .:.:.:... - , ,-:s:.j vs- . ',',--.- . Q Q Q Q . .. Q - 4 . , , , Wharton Blinn in U, mei were iii ' 'T'-1ifF1 '7-ii'ii 'ii' gif Q I ' ' H ' K L ,3 .--ssjg - 1 l V ' i, ,' -. ll . U . 112 f A ' . ' ' 1 1 ' E F' 1 .5 - QW i ' ' - ' i ii A ' ffl 35' ' l' I ll v i ::: :cc lx A .VV, vw, l'-fr' , l-re-,.i yu! i ' ,:. ' QP ' 5' i.i'f,, ', i, .isp i' 51' ' 'fl i - ' 517' 4 V ,-lid .1 ll , Lu ,V 'V , ,, W , i Pills ii if l N EE? V if ' EE? l 5 . V N . i l ::: :cc at 'wi H ' l ' i l X l l 1 l l i i 1. 12 'K . '-.u.- .',.,.,- -Q -- . W - - i , - I . l .. 1 1 1.1. , 4 .f ' u N , JL- a 1 , 1' W. t . fl, I A Q .I 9 . .12 . H Q , ,N ...- . w, f 1, -'o' ' , - ' I 3' 0 1 vinci .A r -'. mul ,, , . ,.n , ,Q 12 ' un: - . it of 1141 J '. .4 a -. ,grjffv Q nl Q, ,W 1355, 1 1 , ' 1 'v '. .V N ' 4 it ' Q' '- ' .A 1 lf, u F -1, David Watts TIC Quinccy Whittington RB 10 El ii, i ' EEE EEE it astra ' - fill v , if 4.5: 1, 1 11.1 1' 1 .4 '. P1 '.'4':1: Y o ul'4'.'g' ov: if . 22 3