Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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QM, Fi V we 11. .1 O QQV X NT D ix if gi f'?!Q M VZ xx hi f 'W 1 V X if 1 8 f ! ,rf S -4 LL L, li ' M X 94 lf' L A 1.-. iq 1 f' 1 The forecast for the 1964 football team read, light and fast. With only a handful of returning lettermen and the memory of the previous year's power- ful squad, Coach Fleischmann and Co-Captains Charlie Ames and Mike Weare seemed to have a tough job on their hands to create an enthusiastic, winning team. But at the end of the season the school was treated to the first back- to-back bonfires any one could remember. For the first time in history, Exeter was to face Choate, and everyone thought that this seasonis opener was going to be the toughest on the schedule. A weak defense was the Redis main worry, but the line, led by Dave Loew and Bob jannino, held Choate scoreless. Bill Nichols was the leading ground gainer as the offense justified the predictions of speed, scoring twenty-two points. FOOTBALL All fears of weakness were wiped out as Exeter decimated the UNH Freshmen in the first home game, 56-12. Touchdowns by John Emery and Ed Walsh had given the Red an early lead when Brian Sullivan intercepted a pass and went in for one more. End Del Marting scored on a forty-three yard pass from Upper quarterback Steve Kistler, and then the reserves got their chance as Kuxhaus and Nichols scored three more times. With time running out, Walsh led the team to the UNH goal line, where he scored himself to bring the score past the fifty-point mark. Phil approved. Weakened by injuries, Exeter was forced to drop three hard-fought contests. A freak kick-off return and a blocked punt spelled defeat at the hands of a large Deerfield squad. The Red scored first as Mike Weare took a Kistler lateral after Loew had recovered a Deerfield fumble. On the ensuing kick-off, Red shirts closed in on the Green runner and the ball squirted loose, but the Deer- field fullback recovered it on the bounce, found running room, and went all the way. Exeter scored again and was leading at the half, 12-8. In the second half, however, Deerfield blocked a punt and scored five plays later to gain an un- breakable 16-12 lead. Determined to bounce back, the Red team travelled to Mt. Hermon the follow- ing Saturday, but a muddy field and poor conditions helped the undefeated Hermonites win another one. Exeter was frustrated early as one of Kistler's laterals bounced off the head of an errant referee, and Mt. Hermon recovered. It took until the second for Weare to score the first touchdown. Sullivan kicked the extra point, and the Red led until the final four minutes of the game when Mt. Hermon scored and, electing to pass for the winning two points, set the final score at 8-7. Crippled by the loss of the entire starting backfield except for Kistler, and key injuries in the line, but suaving it with bow ties, the team took the Marshall bus to Worcester to break the losing streak. The Red machine, how- ever, could not get rolling and fell behind 14-0 at the half. A sixty-five yard run by Nichols gave Exeter its first points, but Worcester roared back with another touchdown. Mike Ananis scored on a pass play in the closing moments of the game, but time ran out with Worcester ahead 22-12. 28