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

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l9 ,'y ME! 715 In FRONT ROW H. to RJ: L. Cutler, J. Montgomery, L. Greothouse, D. Sherbourne, J. Bornharf, J. Olsen, B. Sherman, S. Kovner, D. Hagan, K. Larson, 5. McKenzie, D. Izzi, J. Burgetf. ROW 2: B. Kymon, T. Stein, C. Miller, A. MocPhee, G. Torgeson, A. Bugg, M. Finnegan, K. Rainer, J. Harrington, C. Leathers, J. Schoffer, J. Crawford, J. Pinney, B. Sform. ROW 3: Coach Wyness, Coach Ellena, M. Choboion, D. Morkhan, 8. Collins, R. Luna, J. Schulps, B. Lake, L. Stonebroker, D. Reeves, J. Fcrber, G. St. Johns, C. Mckinney, Coach Adams, Coach Winninghom. Beach State Head Coach Jerry Wyness mack CoctchL Sam Winninghcm Mead CoachL Adron Sam Winningham Adams End-Defense CoochL Jack Ellena nine CoachL Sideline fenseness is reflected T on the faces of the coaching staff and players.

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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

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From micl-OcTober unTil The season's end, The MoTodors were decimaTed by iniuries. UnforTunoTely, The varsiTy had To face Three CCAA powerhouses and a perennial non-conference champion in HS losT four games. Long Beach Trounced VSC, 35-12 while WhiTTier handed The MaTs Their worsT defeoT, 47-12. lnsulT was added To injury when Cal Poly lPom.l ruined Homecoming by floTTening VSC, 28-6. The sTing of four consecuTive de- feCTTs was eased somewh'oT when The Team rallied To hold The San Diego Az- Tecs, on offensive showcase of The CCAA, To only Three Touchdowns in a 21-6 loss. The game ogainsT LA. SToTe, The 1963 conference champions and VSC's Tradi- Tionol rival, was cancelled ouT of respecT for The loTe PresidenT Kennedy. PosT season awards honored Tackle and co-capTain Larry STonebroker lOuT- sTonding Linemonl and quarTerback- safeTy Jerry Crawford lOuTsTonding Back and MVPl. NexT season will mark The firsT Time ThoT VSC will be eligible To win The CCAA TiTle. A higher rung in The con- ference sTandings is envisioned for c more experienced and healThier squad in 1964. A double-ThreaT duo: Max Choboian 1191 The leading passer and Leon Greenhouse 1311 The leading rusher. Against Long Beach, halfback Dick lzzi sprinTs Through The line behind The block- ing of guard AI MccPhee. Defensive mobiliTy and Tenociousness show in The faces of Jim Sherbourne as They prepare To lower The boom on Long Beach. 100 Olsen 1301, Bill Sherman l811 and Dave Co-capToin Lorry STonebroker's defensive play blunTed many offensive ThrusTs by The op- posiTion. End Ken Rainer gaThers in a long pass. AT The halfback position, corcaptoin Dick lzzi drove Them dizzy.