Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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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.

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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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Clyde Dyson halted by Jackson defenders. Win Streak Ended JSU Halts G-Men Who says history never repeats itself? It most certainly did last Oct. 26 in Jackson, Miss. For the first half of the 1985 grid season, the G-Men devastated all six opponents—just as the power-packed 1975 unit had done. The ’85 Tigers beat major college foe Oregon State and whipped Tennessee St. in Nashville. The 1975 squad was the only other GSU outfit to accomplish that feat. Both Eddie Robinson teams traveled to Jackson with 6-0 charts and both suffered their first setbacks. The ‘‘team of the 70s’ walked away from the Mississippi capital with a 10-point loss (24-14) and the ’85 squad was hand- ed a nine-point defeat. When time finally ran out, Jackson had defeated GSU 35-26 before a crowd of 27,765 rain-soaked fans. JSU snapped GSU’s 11-game winning streak dating back to last season and also spoiled Eddie Robinson’s bid to surpass George ‘‘Papa Bear’’ Halas’ 326 victories on the collegiate pro level. Jackson quarterback Shannon Boyd started the scoring barrage with a six-yard TD pass to tailback Lewis Tillman. But the Louisiana Tigers jumped out to a 13-7 lead on two Ardashir Nobahar field goals and a 45-yard TD reception by i . ' : wingback John McFarland. Jeffrey Smith goes for interception. The hometown squad reeled off four more TDs. Boyd hooked up on 66 and 35-yard TD tosses to Stacey Mobley and Ter- rence Hull, respectively. Then right tackle Leon Seals pounced on a Landry fumble in the end zone for a touchdown and linebacker Jackie Walker returned a Landry pass 67 yards with 9:17 left in the third period to put JSU out front 35-13. GSU linebacker Joe Williams returned a Shannon Boyd pass 18-yards for a touchdown at 4:32 to cut the lead to 35-20. Then Landry connected on an 11-yard TD toss to McFarland with 48 seconds left in the third period to establish the final score. Fred Collins Jr. snags Jackson runner. ae aS 138 Football