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

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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

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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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Cowboy Tough Cowboys knocked off the La- mar Cardinals in Cowboy Sta- dium 34-14. The Pokes as a whole chalked up 438 yards in total offense, 220 on the ground and 218 in the air, winning their final conference game of 1984. The win left the Cow- boys with a 7-3-1 mark, 2-3-1 in the Southland Conference. For the Cardinals, it was a night to forget as they gift 124 Sports wrapped eight turnovers, six by interception and two by fumble. Besides McArthur's three steals, Joey Granger picked off two on the night. Lamar received some re- spectability with a 55-yard drive that ended with a 5-yard George Landry run. The Cardi- nals followed with a 73-yard bomb from Brent Watson to Rodney Clay to bring Lamar within 13 points with less than 10 minutes remaining. But the Pokes put the game out of reach as Subester Brooks quarterbacked the Pokes’ final drive of the sea- son, highlighted by a 49-yard catch-and-run from Brooks to flanker Flip Johnson. Reserve fullback Jeff Bryant capped off the Cowboy scoring for the season with a two-yard run.