McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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122 Sports NN abr a Enthusiastic Pi Kappa Phi’s urge the Cowboys to ‘‘go for a touchdown” during the October 6 football game with Louisiana Tech. (Photo by J. Cates) Offensive backfield coach Nolan Viator counsels quarterback Don Richards during the tense first quar- ter of the McNeese-University of Southerwestern Louisiana football game. The Cowboys left the Cajuns ragin with a final score of 30-17. (Photo by T. Maricle)

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Tont row, left to right: Paul Debataz, Tony Whittington, Ricky Stewart, Odd McArthur, Neal Lege, Simon Jordon, Chris Lissard, Don Moseley, roy Daigle, Lark Hebert, Bill Kingrey, Joey Granger, Bob Savoie, Don ichards, Keith Ortego, Ben Bourgeois, Billy Bryant. Second row: Melvin ohnson, Mark Hamilton, David Anderson, David Verrett, Vance ‘obicheaux, Ross Leger, Jay Gallagher, Kasey Crowell, Andy Vance, Ivy foods, John Bohacek, Blake Courville, Edwin Woods, Benny May, Flip ohnson, Ray Washington, Doug Brown. Third row: Mike Cutrera, Anthony ewis, Tyrone Starwood, Perry Myles, Richard Andrews, Subester Brooks, Ony Johnson, Richard Burks, Ty Bethell, Paul Bourgeois, Rucker Davis, layne Caskey, Anthony Fontenot, Tracy Stringer, John Kehun, Scott uplechin. Fourth row: Darryl! Batiste, Jeff Bryant, Blake McCarty, Lewis ooley, Tony Hunt, Ron Gray, James McGuane, Aaron Lomax, Duncan Cowboy offensive tackle Lark He- bert of Port Barre (No. 74) blocks a tackle for Ricky Stewart (No. 24) who carries the ball during the September 8 McNeese Southeast- ern game. (Photo by T. Maricle) Anderson, Marcel Mills, Rodney Spell, Jeff Boudreaux, David Carter, Mel vin Maxwell, Mark Bowers, Bill McClendon. Fifth row: Paul Brady, Jeff Steech, Troy Dohtry, Wayne Adams, Scott Zaleski, David Treat, Mike Viator, Mike Smith, Wade Cormier, Lance Larive, Arthur Alexander, Kelvin Jackson, Tim Hagler, Rodney Seaford, Andrew Fagerquist, Roy. Sierra, Elton Glaude. Sixth row: Kevin Thibodeaux, Chad Habetz, Randall Young, Roy Garcia, Jeff Ulery, Randy Moss, Gary Cowart, Scott Thomas, Glenn Koch, Paul Cormier, Pete Sinclair, Fred Chaffould, Mike Snaders, Phillip LaCaze, Brad Buller, Charlie Vallo, Therman Spikes. Back row: Rusty West, David Bugage, Brian McZeal, Destric Dokes, Thomas Jackson, Jeff Hasting, Eric Thompson, Gary Irvin, Berwick Davenport, Wilbert Lewis, Richard Landry, Al Knight, Daniel Aboutboul, Stephen Ballard, David Doyle, Charles Spikes, Chad Benoit. Football 121

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’ 7 |} The Cowboys then blew a | 17-point lead in Arlington, Tex- as to lose 24-20. Revenge, sweet revenge. That's what 20,000 plus saw in » Cowboy Stadium as the Cow- boys rocked USL 30-17. The Cowboys rode the coat- tails of Simon Jordon's 169- yard rushing performance and Keith Ortego’s circus catches as the Pokes upped their re- | cord to 6-3-1 against the 1-A Cajuns. Ortego grabbed five aerials for 100 yards. After a first half highlighted by a Tony Hunt touchdown on an early Poke drive, a 45-yard pass completion from Rich- ards to Ortego, and a last-sec- ond field goal by Tony Whit- tington, the Pokes went to the locker room with a slim 9-6 lead. In the second half the Pokes came out like a team deter- mined to erase any memories of last year’s humiliating 48-16 defeat in Lafayette. Jordan racked up 67 yards of a 72-yard drive that ended with his 3-yard touchdown run with 11:30 left in the third quar- ter. His longest run of the Cowboy Tough night, a 50-yard trip through the heart of the Cajun offense, was destined to be etched in the highlight film hall of fame. That drive was followed with another Poke scoring thrust that ended with a seven-yard alley-oop pass in the corner of the endzone from Richards to Ortego that upped the score to 23-6 midway through the third quarter. Jordan scored again in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach ona 12-yard run to up the score to 30-9. The Cajuns responded with an aerial onslaught to score their only touchdown of the evening. To USL’'s credit, their quarterback, Donnie Wallace, riddled the Poke secondary with 253 yards worth of passes. That was enough to prevent the Pokes’ secondary from being the top pass de- fense unit in 1-AA. The Cajuns’ Dwayne Wil- liams found paydirt with little time left in the game. “We finished the year as a good football team,’’ said Coach John McCann after his continued Shelly Van Hook, athletic trainer, towels the sweating brow of junior guard Ivy Woods who seems to be enjoying a well-earned respite dur- ing the final moments of play in the McNeese-Southeastern game. The Cowboys smoked the Indians 28-7. (Photo by T. Maricle) Football 123