Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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I I Murray's Thoroughbreds handed The Eagles Their TirsT TasTe OT deTeaT during The T967 season as The MSU gridders sTalled Tor Three quarTers, and a well balanced aTTaclc by -Murray landed Them Their TIrsT vicTory since The I965 season. The conTesT dropped Morehead's record To 2-I overall, and I-I in The OVC. We can'T quiTe puT our Tinger on The Trouble, said coach Guy Penny aTTer The Homecoming TTIT wiTh AusTIn, Peay which The Eagles losT by Two, IO-8. Three cosTly penalTies seemed To de- moralize The Team. One Tor clipping called back a 98 yard Touchdown run by All-OVC halTbacl4 Tommie Gray, early in The second haIT. VViTh a 2-2 record The Eagles Traveled To KenTuclcy STaTe College Tor a non- conTerence game in FrankTorT. MSU pulled ouT a 20-I6 vicTory in The lasT quarTer, as The TirsT halT oT The season came To a close. The record now sTood aT 3-2 overall and 2-I in The conTerence. Iris Rhinehari leads The crowd in a vicTory cheer lbelow righTl as Cox labove righTl crosses The goal line To score Tor Morehead.

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'iv ' .'s iw is No QQ 1' , ,,,'.,'- R - 'T', ww:. , 'Wi xi,'f...4 I I J MSU's Eagles Traveled To Cookeville, Tennessee Tor a conTerence baTTle wiTh Tennessee Tech, and came away The winner on a score OT 2I-lb. The Tollowing weelc broughT one oT The hardesT ToughT games in my nine years aT Morehead, said Coach Guy Penny, aTTer The Team came home Trom WesTern Ken- Tuclcy UniversiTy on The shorf end OT a 30-I9 score. Hopes Tor conTinued success dimmed as The Trainer handed coach Penny The injured lisT wiTh more Than a dozen players in quesTionable condiTion. one ouT Tor The remainder oT The season, and one a doubTTul sTarTer againsT EasT Tennessee. EasT Tennessee's Buccaneers broughT a powerTul Team To The MSU campus, and Their sTrengTh proved Too much Tor The crippled Eagles as anoTher deTeaT was enTered on The record boolcs. fAbovel Leon Wesley sTruggles Tor exTra yardage Through muddy TurT. and EasT Ten- nessee's deTensive uniT. Ueffl Mike Mincey geTs a Tew minuTes resT as The deTensiva Team Takes The Tield.