Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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Devastation In New York “We love playing here, because the fans really get behind us,” remarked quarterback Terrell Landry after the Tigers dismantled North Caroli- na Central 45-14 in Yankee Stadium. For the 14th time in 16 appearances in New York, the G-Men got the best of their competition—this time before 37,192 fans. The number one team in the Sheridan Broad- casting Network Poll upped its record to 2-0 and ‘moved coach Eddie Robinson within one game of tying “Bear” Bryant’s collegiate win record. Landry led the Tiger attack, completing 16 of 33 passes for 286 yards and four TDs. For his effort the Lake Charles senior was named ‘‘Most Valuable Offensive Player.” Substituting for an. injured Patrick Scott, wingback Marvin Thomas nabbed five catches for 107 yards and two TDs of 24 and 35 yards. Three Tiger tallies where credited to kicker Ardashir Nobahar when he sent a 41-yarder through the uprights. He also booted six PATs. Two Landry TD aerials went to Thomas, and 10 and 23-yard touchdown tosses were grabbed by fullback Wayne Hill. Six more points resulted from a Landry one-yard plunge in the second quarter. Rounding out the scoring was running back Clyde Dyson, who had a three- yard CS into ne end zone in the @ fourth quarter. “Dr. J” questions official. Team gets ready for kickoff. Clyde Dyson powers toward the line. Landry passes for Bnoenee TD. Football 133

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Hill follows Dyson. Tigers Trounce Alcorn 30-20 The sweet taste of revenge was savored by coach Eddie Rob- inson’s Tigers Sept. 14 as the G-Men pounded Alcorn State 30- 20 to avenge last season’s embarrassing 27-13 loss in the Superdome. Shreveport’s Independence Stadium was the scene of the 1985 fracas in which Rob pulled within three wins of breaking coach ‘‘Bear’’ Bryant’s collegiate victory record. Grambling dominated the first half, rolling up a 27-7 halftime lead, but slowed considerably in the final stanza as the Braves narrowed the lead to 27-20 in the third quarter. Alcorn mis- takes helped the G-Men rack up their first half points and Tiger miscues kept the Braves close in the final stages. Four Brave mistakes were turned into 17 GSU points—two on fumbled kickoffs and a like number on quarterback Richard Myles’ bobbles. Ardashir Nobahar, a transfer from Alabama State, collected nine Tiger points on field goals of 36, 37 and 34 yards. Tight end Robert Williams led off GSU scoring with a 13-yard TD reception from quarterback Terrell Landry. Nobahar fin- Tiger and Braves fight for fumble. ished first quarter scoring with his 34-yard field goal. Alcorn replied with six when Darryl Joe grabbed a 17-yard Miles aerial. But a fired-up band of Tigers reeled off 17 unanswered points to take a 27-7 halftime lead. Junior fullback Wayne Hill hit the promised land on a 20-yard scamper and Landry scored on a one-yard plunge. The scoring binge ended with Nobahar’s 37-yarder. Grambling’s lead was trimmed in the third quarter when Mil- ton Barney scored on a 57-yard punt return. Less than five minutes later, Myles found Perry Qualls in the end zone on a 20-yard throw. The final say was had by Grambling when Nobahar kicked a 36-yard field goal. “Grambling beat us up front,” said Marino Casem. The Alcorn head coach added, “‘Anybody would -have been crazy not to test our secondary. Grambling did, and was very effec- tive at it.” Landry completed 15 of 43 passes for 243 yards with one interception.

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Robert Goins breaks loose. James Harris logs a safety. Beat OSU 23-6 Tigers Yell ‘Pac Who?’ “Pac-Who?”’ was the Tiger chant following Grambling’s 23-6 defeat of major college foe Oregon State in Shreveport’s Independence Stadium. In addition to knocking off a Division 1-A opponent, the Tigers also presented coach Eddie Robinson with his 323rd collegiate win, tying “Bear” Bryant’s all-time colle- giate mark. “To tell the truth,” Robinson remarked, ‘the 323 doesn’t belong to me, it belongs to the players and coaches who have really done the work.” It didn’t take a fired-up band of Tigers long to put 14 first quarter points on the board. Fullback Wayne Hill tallied first on a nine-yard run and junior Ardashir Nobahar kicked the extra point. Hill scored again when he caught a 20-yard aerial from quarterback Terrell Landry. The PAT was good. OSU finally got a break near the end of the first half when Hill fumbled at the GSU 39 and Beaver linebacker Osia Lewis recovered. Jim Nielsen pumped through a 53- yard field goal as the half ended. Trailing 14-3 going into the fourth period, and with first-string quarterback Erik Wilhelm knocked out of the game with a torn ligament, Oregon State abandoned its air game and began chopping out yardage on the ground. This set up a 37-yard field goal by Nielsen with 11:04 remaining. The eight-point difference became crucial when Landry, who completed 15 of 37 passes for 164 yards and was intercepted five times, fumbled the ball over to OSU at the Tiger 19. But big James Polk blocked a 12-yard Nielsen field goal attempt to kill the scoring threat. The tide was really turned in the final five minutes when linebacker James ‘‘Hollywood’’ Harris downed the OSU signal caller in the end zone on a blitz. Following the safety, Harris recovered an Oregon State fumble which set up a four-yard Landry to Sherman Cowley touchdown pass. Tight end Robert Williams paced all receivers with six catches for 70 yards, and Dyson led GSU rushers with 41 yards on 16 attempts. With the win Grambling pushed its record to 3-0 while the Beavers fell to 2-2. The rush is on.