Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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Hill looks for a hole. Lie 136 Football First In 10 Years Big Win In Nashville For 10 years the Grambling Tigers had come up short in Nashville. Not since the days of Doug Williams, Sammie White and “Big Hands” Johnson had a GSU unit won in the Tennessee capital. But a decade later, the ’85 Tigers changed all that. Fullback Wayne Hill led the way by scoring on runs of 19, five and four yards, the last coming with 10:08 remaining. His gallops and a tenacious Grambling defense enabled the Louisiana squad to defeat Tennessee State 31-24 be- fore 22,000 fans in Dudley Stadium. GSU jumped off to an early lead when quarterback Terrell Landry hit Arthur Wells on a 53-yard pass four minutes into the game. Ardashir Nobahar added the extra point. He also added a 38-yard field goal with eight seconds left in the first stanza. After that, Hill took over with a 19-yard TD with 6:40 Coach Sterling advises. left in the first half, a five-yarder with 3:29 remaining in the third and the tie-breaker on a four-yarder with 10:06 left in the game. Another strong defensive performance propelled the Ti- gers. A last second interception by Robert Goins saved the victory, but that wasn’t the only outstanding play on defense. Linebacker James Harris came up with two vital third down sacks and 11 tackles while fellow linebacker Fred Collins had 18 tackles and Jeffrey Smith 15. Tennessee quarterback Gilbert Renfroe scored that school’s first TD on a three-yard scamper with 3:23 left in the first quarter. The other Tennessee scores came on a two-yard run by Marlon Johnson and a 25-yard field goal by David Hood. Those two scores came within a four- minute span opening the fourth quarter as Tenn. St. rallied from a 24-14 deficit to tie the game 24-24. Landry takes aim.

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Harris downs Panther quarterback. Robert Williams hurries a punt. Panther reaches for reception. Record Falls And So Does Prairie View The search for “Numero 324” ended in Dallas Oct. 3, 1985, as coach Eddie Robinson’s Tigers demolished Prairie View 27-7 before 36,652 fans in the Cotton Bowl. With the victory Rob became the winningest collegiate football coach of all-time, surpassing the legendary “Bear” Bryant of Alabama. A hungry band of Tigers went for the kill early. Follow- ing the opening kickoff, the Tigers galloped 77 yards in 10 plays to score on Terrell Landry’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Arthur Wells. Ardashir Nobahar drilled the extra point with 10:21 left in the first quarter. But the scoring wasn’t over as the Tigers struck again, this time on fullback Wayne Hill’s one-yard plunge with. 3:57 remaining in the initial stanza. The drive consumed 45 yards on seven plays. Nobahar again kicked the PAT. Defensive action soon took the spotlight when cornerback Jeffrey Smith intercepted Panther quarter- back Ernest Brow’s pass and raced 58 yards for a touchdown with 6:10 left in the first half. Nobahar missed the extra point. GSU fullback Clyde Dyson made it 27-0 in the third quarter when he galloped 11 yards for a TD. This time the extra point attempt was good. With 9:43 left Prairie View finally penetrated the tough Tiger defense. Brow found Charles Porter for a 37-yard touchdown reception. The PAT conversion ran the score to 27-7. The win boosted GSU’s record to 4-0 and kept the Ti- gers in second place in the Division 1-AA rankings. As the game ended, hundreds of helium balloons filled the air and Rob was mobbed by cameramen and reporters. Football 135

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3I-2I Valley Defeated The Tigers took over sole possession of first place in the SWAC by downing previously undefeated Mississip- pi Valley 31-21 before 18,000 rain-soaked fans in Rob- inson Stadium. Eddie Robinson also reached another milestone. This time he tied the late “Papa Bear” Halas’ all-time colle- giate pro victory record of 326. “But the most important thing about the game was oe into the conference lead and remaining unbeat- ” Rob noted. ae 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the SWAC, Grambling trailed 14-6 at halftime. Eddie’s crew struck first when running back Wayne Hill crossed the goal line on a four-yard scamper. The Grosse Tete native gained 124 yards on 24 carries and scored four of GSU’s five TDs to lead the Tiger attack. Following the six-pointer, y Tn Grambling attempted to run for two tallies, but the Tiger pounces on Valley fumble. move failed. The GSU defense was tenacious. Valley reeled off the next two scores on eight-yard touchdown aerials to wideout Joe Thomas and running back Carl Byrum. Both PATs were good and the Delta Devils enjoyed a one touchdown halftime lead. The celebration, however, was short-lived as Grambling struck for two third quarter scores. The first came on a 27-yard TD pass from Terrell Landry to John McFarland. Another two-point attempt failed. But it wasn’t long before Hill scored again and Ardashir Nobahar kicked the PAT. The Mississippi crew narrowed the score late in the third quarter when Totten hit Byrum for a 12-yard TD reception. The extra point attempt failed, and Valley trailed 25-21 with 1:56 left in the third. Grambling pushed across an insurance jouehdown | in the final stanza on a 15-yard Hill run that ended the scoring. With the vicion GSU pushed it’s win streak to 11 in a row. The last Tiger defeat came ironically at the hands of Valley in Indianapolis. ‘ x Valley quarterback reads Tiger defensive set.