King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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King Mustangs Spurred by Ray Texans ■:t- -i. Mike Featherston picles up vaJiiahle yardage defense closes in. Ray King rirstDoivns 15 ]j Net Yards Passing 260 1 61 Net Yards Rushing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Fumbles Lost ' ' «s 6-35.6 35. Penalties 8-67 2-1 The Green Machine suffered its first defeat at the hands of the Ray Texans in front of a near-capacit ' crowd Oct. 17. In the first quarter, King scored first, when a short Ray punt put them in excellent field position at the opponent ' s 34-yard line. The Featherston brothers picked up 28 yards, including Coy ' s three-yard touchdown scamper. After an illegal procedure on Ray. the .Mustangs decided to go for two. but were unsuccessful. With 8:0.5 remaining in the first half, the Texans scored from 4 yards out, the point attempt was good, and the score stood 7-6 until 6 seconds remained in the game. King demonstrated a superb defense, which was lead by Tommy Haas, Brent Haggard, Ricky Haynes. and Danny Dugan. The Mustangs surrendered another touchdown to Ray, making the final score 14-6. Tommy Ha f Mighty Mustangs stick together through thick and thin. Sports 73

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King Waltzes Past Carroll In Homecoming Game Above: Standout liiiebacke shakenup Coy FeatJicrston Kevin Forbes awaits snap of ball. L ' pper risht: Trainer Steve Forney tends to a King ' s Mighty Mustangs flid tlu ' ir thing Oct. 10, rolHng to victory number 5. their second straight district win over the pre- viously- undeafeated Carroll Tigers 21-16. More than ten thousand fans had barely settled in their seats when Terry Miller took Statistics CarroU King First Downs 12 9 Net Yards Rushing 184 200 Net Yards Passing 79 41 Passes .Attempted 16 6 Passes Completed 3 2 Passes Intercepted 2 Fumbles Lost 1 .3 Punts 7-32.7 .5-34.5 Penalties 7-60 7-45 the opening kickoff and handed off to Mike Featherston who raced 8.1 yards untouched for a touchdown. Danny Dugan added the point and the score stood 7-0 with just 17 seconds elapsed on the clock. Carroll scored twice to make the half time score 13-7. As the second half started, the Mustangs made King Homecoming a real success. Coy Featherston brought the Mustangs from behind twice with two long touchdown jaunts. Early in the third period, he took a punt and raced 61 yards for a touchdown. Dugan kicked the point and the score stood 14-3 in favor of the Mustangs. After Carroll scored on a field goal, the score stood 61-14, and the Mustangs were once again on the short end of the rope. Being behind failed lo pha.se the Mustangs, and Coy Featherston scored again, this time on a 66 yard run from scrimmage. Dugan added another point, and this proved lo he the final score. 72 Sports

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Miller Bucs Bump King Mustangs Statistics r m mm Miller King HKHtliBl First Downs 13 8 Kl!? J Net Yards Rushing 188 67 Net Yards Passing 47 78 Passes Attempted 3 14 Passes Completed 3 2 Passes Intercepted 3 Fumbles lost 2 3 Penalties 5-35 3-29 ■ J . KT i Punts L ' H HM ' V V - « . . King ' s Mighty Mustangs were stormed B ' S B V BA tf tf! under by the Miller Buccaneers 28-8 in Buc Stadium Oct. 23. The Mustang offense could T ' F W H P score the B IB I L I a injury which the Mus- F M h . tangs dearly. The Bucs scored all 28 of their points in the first half and clearly assured their number 10 ranking in the state ratings. David Swantner scored King ' s only touch- down with 2:14 left in the game, when he took a screen pass from Terry Miller and outran Miller defenders 69 yards to the goal. Hpr Coy Featherston added 2 extra points, and K3 . ' T .i the final score stood 28-8 in favor of the Bucs. Coy Featherston heads upfield for additonal yardage, trying to outrun a close Miller player Mighty Mustangs hustle onto field, crashing the traditional break tlirough. David Sanders Jimmy R E E 74 Sports