Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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Did the referee call this face mask against Pat Gallagher? RUNNING BACKS: Front row (l-r). Wayne Dalton. Don Johnson, Darrel Thomas, I. Quit. Second row: Rocky Beebe, William Brownlee, Joe Curro. JOHNSON, DALTON LED BOBCATS, BLASTING VIKINGS, 42-30 Lees-McRae was minus two fullbacks and Don Johnson got the nod to start. The freshman carried 25 times and racked up 112 yards and scored three TDs on runs of 39, two and one yards. Wayne Dalton rambled 119 yards in 15 trips with the pigskin and had a TD nullified by the penalty. Frankie Walker scored once on a five yard run and threw two touchdown passes to Kenny Thompson covering 32 and 15 yards. John Gore hit three PATs and booted one field goal fo 41 yards to give the Bobcats the victory. Showing their disdain for their em- barrassing loss to Ferrum the week before, defensive tackle Doug Hubbard recovered a fumble on the Viking nine to set up the first TD and the defense played outstanding behind Hub- bard, Randy Hackworth. Tim Novak, Tim Lucas, Anthony Jones, Neal Musser, Rick Crosby, Keith Montgomery, Ron Doersam, Tommy Thompson, Willy McDonald, Paul Zdanek, and Stan Watson. Don Johnson bulls his way through Citadel line. Junior Brownlee sets sail against Eagle JVs. :• § Football 165

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FERRUM CRUSHES LEES-McRAE, 52-3 Lees-McRae scored early in the first quar- ter as John Gore kicked a 32 yard field goal but the Ferrum Panthers awoke to crush the Bobcats with a seven touchdown barrage and a field goal to earn them the Coastal Con- ference football championship. It was the Bobcats worst defeat in football history. Suf- fering a 52-3 shellacking at the hands of Ferrum it was the worst defeat ever recorded by a Bobcat team in Lees-McRae ' s storied football past. The Bobcats had lost 42-0 in 1935 and dropped a 35-0 game in 1936. The highest points scored previously in 1962 when the VPI JVs beat Lees-McRae 54-7. The 49 point victory margin in the Ferrum game was the largest point spread to date. DEFENSIVE BACKS: Front row (1-r). Lewis Foster, Keith Montgomery, David Cantrell, T. J. Sharitz. Second row (l-r), Stanley Watson, Timothy Ciencin, Stan Frye, I. Quit, Tim Lucas. Third row (l-r), Jeff Cameron, Calvin Gilmore, Gary Riner, Mark Ross, Bryan Moore. DEFENSIVE ENDS: Kneeling (l-r), Bryan Plott, Kevin Singleton. Rex Shearin, Tommy Thompson. Standing: Henry Hudson, Martin Daniel, Ron Doersam, Willie McDonald. CE,. f i-m i 19V 164 Football

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OFFENSIVE GUARDS: Front row (]. r ), Tim Elliott, Jeff Ethridge. Clarence DelForge. Bill Linebaugh. Second row (l-r), Carl Zeigler, Joe Caldwell, Dean Kahili, Ronnie Owens. WIDE RECEIVERS: Front row (l-r), David Kavanaugh, Tom Pulley, Jimmie Randolph. Second row (l-r), Scott Proctor, Kenny Thompson. Scott Woolwine. LINEBACKERS: Kneeling (l-r), Tim Crosby, Eddie Bridges, Robert Street, Standing (l-r), Neal Musser, Chris Tiemey, Anthony Jones. BOBCATS HAND POTOMAC STATE 24-20 VICTORY Lees-McRae ended their season the way they began — turn- ing the ball over to the opponent. The Bobcats opened against Western Carolina JVs, fumbling eight times and losing seven. Ironically, against Potomac State in their finale, the Bobcats fumbled eight times and lost seven. The Catamounts converted three of the turnovers into touchdowns and, combined with a 49 yard field goal, was all they needed to defeat Lees-McRae 24-20. Lees-McRae ' s Joe Curro scored the first TD on a three yard run and Potomac State answered to make it 7-7. Wayne Dalton put the Bobcats ahead on a 14 yard run but a Potomac State 49 yard field goal made the score 14-10. Potomac State scored again to go up 17-14 and added another TD to make it 24-10. Paul Zdanek scored the final TD on a 48 yard pass from Frankie Walker but it was too little, too late for the Cats who ended their season 2-3 in the Coastal Conference and 5-5 on the year. ' ■•. ' aw v J ■ w