Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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TSU Suffers 30-6 Loss It was definitely a record-breaking after- noon. As the Tigers were busy dismantling an of- fensive-minded Texas Southern team, Eddie Robinson and Ardashir Nobahar were demol- ishing two long-standing records. Coach Rob eclipsed “Papa Bear’ Halas’ all-time collegiate pro win mark of 326 victo- ries with his team’s 30-6 thrashing of TSU. Nobahar, who kicked three field goals dur- ing the battle, made SWAC history by booting a record-breaking 54-yarder early in the fourth quarter. GSU initiated the scoring when Wayne Hill romped 14 yards for a TD. Nobahar’s 25-yard field goal in the second quarter gave the Ti- gers a 10-0 lead. © But then TSU tallied when Donald Narcisse caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from signal caller Johnny Cole. The PAT failed. Grambling made it 17-6 at halftime after Terrell Landry drilled a 28-yard scoring aerial to John McFarland. Following a scoreless third quarter, Carlos Ellison of the Tigers scored on a one-yard scamper. Nobahar later added his record- setting three-pointer covering 54 yards. The junior kicker finished the scoring with a 30- yard field goal. : Tight end Arthur Wells paced the Tiger re- ceivers with six catches for 108 yards. Hill, the national scoring leader in Division I- AA, finished with 60 yards on 14 carries. Landry had a good afternoon, finishing with 13 completions in 23 attempts for 237 yards. The win boosted GSU’s overall slate to 7-1 and revised its SWAC record to 4-1. Biddle Medley gets a sack. Hill finds a king-size hole courtesy of Lee and Moore. a

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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

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ed Nobahar drills 54-yard SWAC record. ‘Addie’ Sets SWAC Kicking Record It looked as though it might be blocked, but it wasn’t. Once airborne the water-drenched pigskin drifted nonchalantly toward the goal posts. Above the metal uprights it hesitated, as if not sure which way to go. But at the last moment, the “‘air sick’’ ball drifted gently behind the crossbar. History had just been made. Junior place kicker Ardashir Nobahar had just drilled a 54-yard field goal for a new SWAC record, His feat on a rainy Nov. 2 afternoon was against Texas Southern. Ironically, the old record of 53 yards was set in 1974 by TSU kicker Charles Stafford. It was booted in the Astro- dome against Grambling. Nobahar’s boot also erased the previous GSU record of 52 Shall we punt or try a field goal? yards set by Larry Scrubbs in 1975 in Hawaii. The New Orl eans resident was actually in attendance during the home- coming battle. When asked where he got the necessary leg drive for the kick, Nobahar said, “It was just all heart. I might weigh only 160 pounds, but my heart weighs more than that.” The Iranian native attributed much of his success on the 54- yard boomer to snapper Arnold Radford, holder Pat McNeill and Tiger kicking coaches Melvin Lee and Billy Manning. Pointing to Lee, coach Eddie Robinson said, ‘‘There is the man who insisted we go for it. I wanted to punt.” Laughing, Rob added, “If he didn’t kick it, Coach Lee was going to catch some hell.” The celebration is on.