California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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. . . THEN STALLS NineTeen SixTy-Three was The Year Of The Bull where MaTador fooTball was concerned. The varsiTy iusT managed To defeaT Two relaTively weak opponenTs during iTs second season of CCAA compeTiTion. Plagued by excusable injuries and in- experience, Coach Sam Winningham's. squad succumbed To heTTier and more TalenTed Teams from boTh in and ouT of The ' league. SepTember saw a large TurnouT Tor varsiTy compeTiTion. VSC's chances for a sTrong showing were bolsTered by an influx of TalenTed college TransTers. Max Choboian, Leon GreaThouse, Jerry Crawford, and Dave Sherbourne all evenTually gained TirsT-sTring laurels. ReTurning IeTTermen John Schulps, Larry STone- broker and Joel Schaffer anchored The undermanned offensive and defensive lines. AlThough VSC's veTeran backfield was jolTed by The loss of Jerry Lazar, iT sTiH looked promising wiTh fullback Bill STorm, iTs 1962 mainsTay, and The services of a small bUT volaTile halfback, Dick lzzi. The Tine punTer and quarTer- back Phil Romoli and halfback Jim HarringTon rounded ouT a solid and experienced backfield. DespiTe depTh and speed in The offensive ranks, experienced and beefy linemen were in shorT supply and The defensive secondary was To prove a con- sTanT concern for Coach Winningham. AgainsT UC aT Riverside in The season's opener, VSC showed for The TirsT, and perhaps The IasT, Time a coordinaTed efforT by boTh offensive and defensive Teams as The MaTadors decisively defeaTed UCR by Two Touchdowns, 14-0. The VarsiTy had looked TiT and played well. For Three quarTers on The following SaTurday in a game againsT Cal Poly 1SLO1, The MaTaolors seemed To be rerunning The same vicTory scripT; bUT second haITc injuries To Dick lzzi and Jerry Crawford severely crippled VSC's offensive aTTack in addiTion To conTribuT- ing To a porous pass defense ThaT allowed The MusTangs To rally and claim a 19-14 win. A second loss was chalked up when The OccidenTal Tigers roared inTo The Monroe arena and sTalked off wiTh a surprise 33-13 vicTory. Leon GreaThouse and Max Choboian seemed To be The only players able To denT The small buT rugged Oxy defense. ChasTened and subdued, a deTermined MaTador squad. journeyed To The U. of Redlands' campus where They squared off againsT a respecTable buT weaker Team. VSC's inTerior defense sparkled, IimiTing Redlands To only one Touchdown while The MaTs scored Twice due To alerT inTercepTions by Jerry Crawford in The defensive secondary. 4 14 vsc 0 Riverside Cal Poly TSLO1 VSC Occidental VSC VSC Redlands Whittier 47 VSC 12 28 CalPoly 6 VSC San Diego VSC