Missouri Southern State University - Crossroads Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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Victory Elucles Southern In Season Openers For Jim Johnson's Missouri SouThern Lions The I968 TooTball season began wiTh discouraging deTeaT. The enTire SouThern baclcTield Trom The '67 season was no longer wiTh usp Johnson depended on PaT Wozniak, a TransTer sTudenT Trom Kansas STaTe UniversiTy and Marcel Charron, Trom Canada who was lasT season's number Two quarTerbacl4. Charron, BryanT Davis, Dale Green, Woznialc, and Team sTay in There and Give 'em l-lell, Lions! FirsT OuTing Proves FaTalg Lions Tamed 45-0 In Their TirsT ouTing in Tour-year compeTiTion Jim Johnson's Lions suTTered a seTbaclc playing NorTh- easTern Oklahoma STaTe College aT Tahleguah. The opening game oT The season saw The Redmen Throw Two Touchdowns and Three scoring sTrikes Tor a 45-O vicTory over Mis- souri SouThern Lions. Aggies Cage Lions ln Home Opener The home opener was played in Joplin's Junge sTadium where SouThern meT wiTh The Panhandle STaTe Aggies oT Goodwill, Okla- homa. The Aggies slipped by The Lions Tor a 2 I - I O vicTory. The score was Tied 7-all wiTh Two minuTes leTT in The halT when a 34-yard pass Trom PaT Wozniak To Lon- nie McAllisTer was complefed Tor a TD. In The closing seconds OT The halT MSC was ahead IO-7, buT The game was puT ouT oT reach wiTh Aggie Touchdowns in The Third and TourTh quarTers.

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Kafhy Waflcins, Judy Audrey, and Toni Zbranek as 'lhey appeared in ihe USO four. Here come da judge an' he's vo'ring for Early in Seplember Soulherners voled To help shape lhe new image. The vole mobile was a new mobile poll uni+ on 'rhe Soulhern scene, l'r was inslrumenldl in increasing sfudenl parlicipalion in The seleclion of officers.. Opera?- ing under Their newly raliliied con- sl'i+u'lion, The Senale also sponsored The annual Fall Mixer, held al lhe Firsf Nalional Bank. The Soulhern image slimulales creaiive lalenl linking l'he pasi' and lhe presenl' wilh 'rhe fufure. We have crealed a many-facered communi- 'ry for learning, living, sharing. hop- ing, and dreaming. During 'rhe sum- mer 'rhe college players were chosen by The USO +o carry 'rhe Souihern 'lradilion in some 23 shows lo Greenland. Concenlralion was a new ex- perience for many. Much of slu- deni life was cenlered around aca- demic ac+ivi+ies and Spiva Library. TGIF-how we all anlicipaled The beginning of weekends! They were never long enough 'ro Til in all we would like +0 clo-'Foolloall games, parfies, pizzas, movies, and bowling. We, lhe s+uden+ body, facull, and adminislralion were The Sourhl- ern Traclilion. A 1'f2vL.'- T .ff .c-..,.- -W--,,.,.+ W-w H ln' H ,gf-1-, ,gs '- ,ii N -,ral i, .JV .lllf - 'V Y V, W, ':,.,.,. ,fs -R t 1 in TGIF Jane? Schilling

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Wildca'l's Win 20-I6 Over Missouri Souihern Souihern 'roured 'ro Wayne, Nebraska, Sepiember 28 io play Wayne Siaie Wildcais in our Jrhird game. ln a come-from-behind score ihe Wildcais scored a 20-I6 viciory over The Lions. Lions look The lead wiih Beri Davis' 38-yard field goal in ihe firsi quarler. Early in The Third, l-larold Founiain scored for 9-7, Davis made Jrhe poini bringing Jrhe score Jro a Lion IO-7 lead. Wozniak and Dale Green made Sou+hern's final TD wii'h 8:02 remaining, bul ihe Wayne Siaiers Jripped +he score 'For iheir viciory. Arkansas S+omps Soufhern For 29-I3 Vic+ory The fourlh game of ihe season played on Jrhe home grid saw Johnson's Lions suffer Their fourih consecuiive loss-This Time Jro +he Slale College of Arkansas, Rus- sellville, Ark. The Bears held Jrhe score uniil Pal' Wozniak and Dale Green scored on a 42-yard pass play. Wi'rh 4:2l leii in The quar- ier, The Lions kicked wide for a 27-6 score. MSC scored wilh I4 seconds lei? for a final 29- I3 score. MSC Levelecl 53-0 For Arkansas Tech Win Whal' could you say, This iusf wasn r our bag!