Salem College - Dirigo Yearbook (Salem, WV)

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Salem - 13 Glenville - 14 Journeying t o th e home of the Pioneers, the Tigers dropped the conference championship in the waning minutes of the game. Salem began as though they meant to insure themselves of the c r own . Glenville fumbled on the first play from scrim- mage, Salem recovered and Billy Connors winged a 14-yard TD pass to Joe Cowley on the next play. Tom Cuppett's kick sent a 7-0 bulge on the board after only one minute of play. In the third quarter Glenville got even on Ollie Pottmeyer's 4-yard dash and Fred Smith's kick. A stalemate resulteduntilthe men of Underwood mounted enough offense to score onSteve Rymasz's 2-yard drive with just three minutes left. This time the extra point kick went wide. The Pioneers, not to be denied, drove unbelievably fast as they tied up the game with 45 seconds left on a 15-yard Pottmeyer-to-Gunnoe pass. Smith's second kick then cost the Tigers conference laurels. Statistically, Salem led in first downs 12-10, connected on 7 of ll passes for 89 yards, and gained 200 total yards. Each team fumbled five times, with Salem losing two and Glenville three, while both squads were penalized 45 yards. 133

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I Salem - 21 West Liberty - 12 This key eastern division victory came at Hite Field overahuge and talented group of Hilltoppers who failed to contain the Tigers early as they marked one touchdown in each of the first two quarters. First to penetrate the visitors' line was Billy Connors who sneaked over from one yard out. Tom Cuppett added the extra point. Second was Don Gilpin with a nine- yard run. The kickwas again good. Salem led the first half activities, 14-0. Coming back strong, WL got back into the game on two short runs by Bob Scheutz to trail only 14-12. At this point Salem drove 77 yards to a score on Dave Wiegand's one-yard buck. Cuppett made it 3 for 3 on the PAT's. 132

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Salem College 20 West Virginia Wesleyan 19 Tiger grid fortunes soared from their lowest point to the highest in many a year in just one halfas the 1961 Homecoming became a success because of a second half come- back which set aright a 19-point halftime deficit and defeated the W.V.I.A.C.'s leading team for the only time all season. The game began on a sour note as the Bobcats grabbed the opening kickoff and sustained a drive which endedwith sixpoints ontheir half of the scoreboard. Things then went from badtoworseas Wesleyan held four downs, took over and proceeded to score again. This sequencewas repeatedathird time before half time, and this time a Bobcat PAT ran the count to 19-0. At this point the Tiger machine began to get in gear as they took their turn at scoring aftera 73-yard drive with the initial kickoff. The score came on a nine-yard pass from Billy Connors to Dave Wiegand. After the defensive unit stymied thevisitors, the offense again mounteda 73-yard march, which ended as Wiegand skirted left end from 18 yards away and then took another toss from Connors for the PAT. With six minutes remaining, Salem ran a punt back to the W.V.W. 37 and stormed over from there on a 13-yard dashby Don Gilpin. Tom Cuppett's extra point kick split the uprights and spelled the difference. 134