Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Football Marshall 29 Kentucky St. 0 James Madison 44 Southern Ark. 38 Austin Peay 20 OT Tenn. Tech. 52 Murray St. 53 Middle Tenn. 3 Youngstown 38 EKU 23 Coaches work behind the scenes to create winning , teams. Defensive Coordinator Matt Ballard in-- structs Rodney Cordon, a junior fullback from- Russellville, 0n the sidelines during the game against Middle Tennessee. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy -

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The annual rivalry between MSU and Eastern Kentucky University occurred on Nov. 21 this year. Tony Sergent, 1M3, a senior defensive guard from Whitesburg, and Mike Metcalf, e26, ajunior free safety from Franklin, combined to tackle an EKU player. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy EKU defeated the Eagles by a score of 23-0 on Nov. 21. Monty McIntyre, a senior from George- town, was tackled on a punt return. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy $$$$st Tennessee Tech,s Golden Eagles won on Oct. 1 7 by a score of 52-14. D.D. Harrison, a senior tailback from Henderson, is one of MSUis leading rushers. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy Time-out on the sidelines to plan strategy is impor- -tant to any quarterback. Chris Swartz, a freshman quarterback from Owingsville, took time while his defense was on the field to plan during the game against Middle Tennessee on Nov. 7. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy The Eagles met the Middle Tennessee Blue Raid- ers at home on Nov. 7 and came away with a 7-3 win. Brent Huffman, left, a junior tight end from Versailles, gave some encouragement to Joe Gag- liano, ajunior offensive lineman from Glenwood, 111., during the game. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy Football 119

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Tennessee Tech defeated the Eagles 52-14 on Oct. 17 to give the Eagles a 1-5 record. Quarterback Chris Swartz, a freshman from Owingsville, was protected by three teammates including 1:34 D.D. Harrison, a senior from Henderson, and 1358 Matt Yeoman, a senior from Louisville. PHOTO BY: Ke- Shane Fletcher, a senior wide receiver from Mays- ville, charges full steam ahead during the game against EKU. The Eagles were unable to score in the game, however, losing 0-23. PHOTO BY: jeff vin L. Goldy Football continued . . . soned. We should do much better? Not everyone has next year to look forward to, however. One graduating player is tailback, D. D. Harrison. 31 thought as a team we were young, but we played together. There was a lot of really gutsy guys out there doing their best. I feel good about how we fin- ished even though we didnit have a good record? said Harrison. Harrison himself could not complete the season due to a knee injury received in the Youngstown State game. The first game on the Eagles schedule was against Marshall University, a team that went on to the National Champion- ship game. A 0-29 loss resulted from the confrontation, which was viewed by 15,049 fans at Marshall. iiBeating Marshall was the highlight of our season last yearfi commented Todd Phillips, a senior right guard. 91 had hoped we could start this season the T Colquhoun same way. The defense fell apart and people got hurt. As the season pro- gressed, the offense fell apart, too? Harrison had a different opinion of the game. We played a good ballgame at Mar- shall. We didnit play together all the time, since we were so young, but it makes you feel good to perform well against a team like that? The next game was at home, against Kentucky State. The Eagles pulled this one 0E, shutting them out 37-0. The en- tire Kentucky State team left the field at one point in the middle of the game be- cause of calls which they considered bi- ased. On September 19, the team travelled to James Madison, and suffered a loss of 10-44. The next week there was a home game against Southern Arkansas, which the Eagles also lost 23-38. After losses to Austin Peay t13-20i and Murray State t1 4-52l, the team won its second game, this time against Mid- dle Tennessee. Middle Tennessee, who entered the game with a 433.1 yards per game average, was held by the Eagles at only 153 yards. A 14-38 loss to Youngstown State pre- ceded the final game, which the team lost to Eastern Kentucky, 0-23. Looking toward next season, Eagle fans can expect bigger and better things. Twenty-three new prospects have been recruited, all from high school rather than junior colleges. The 1987 fresh- men will have more experience behind them, as will all of the other returning lettermen. uThereis a saying among coaches that states you lose one game for every fresh- man you start, and we started 18. High school to college is a big jump, said Baldridge. I hate to mark off a year, but I think we have learned from our losses, said Baldridge. I apologize to all ofour fans, but I feel pretty confident that we will come through for them, and for our- selves, next season. - By: Karen Craigo Football 121