San Luis Obispo High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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SLO l8 Santa Maria 33 After playing their best during the first half all season, the Bengals reversed themselves and came up with three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, to end their grid sea- son. Wilbur Cwens put the Tigers on the scoreboard first, going over the last three yards after a 60 yard drive, which saw quarterback Bill Pierce hit Priiatel with a pass good for 35 yards. Becovery of an onside kick and a penalty against the Saints, put the Bengals on the Saints' 28 yard line where in seven plays Pierce went into the end zone for the Tiger score. Tackle Bick Leguina recovered a Saint fumble on the Tiger 36 to set the stage for a tremendous last ditch aerial display by the Bengals. Pierce threw to Priiatel for a 29 yard pass to the Santa Maria 35, then tossed to Gwens for l7 yards, hit Priiatel again for 6 and then pitched to fullback Tony Boyle for the touchdown with just 27 seconds remaining in the game. SLO 6 Paso Robles l9 The Tigers turned in their best game of the season while suffering a loss to the Bear- cats in their first league game. Out-playing the Bearcats statistically the outcome might have been different had the Bengals not lost their running and defensive, Letterman, half- back Phil Prijatel early in the second quar- ter with a turned ankle. The Tigers, with lohn Lewis guarterbacking drew first blood SLO 7 North Bakersfield 20 The Tigers still locking for their first win of the season put on a surprising perform- ance and scared the twinkle out of the visit- ing Ncrth Bakersfield Stars before losing a game that they went into as a four touch- down underdog. The Tigers led the Stars for the better part cf three quarters and then X faded as the North Bakersfield depth began to tell. With Mike lVlcCune charging in and blocking a Stars punt on their 48, Fred Lewis grabbed up the tree hall and scooted over ' for the Tiger touchdown. Quarterback Bill Pierce passed to end Ice Bowlby for the ex- tra point. The Tigers missed their veteran end, lchn Telles, who was out for the bal- ance of the season with a broken collarbcne. x Qt X . ' nl. in the second quarter with Priiatel shoving into the end zone from the l yard line to end a 69 yard drive. Tackle lerry Diefen- derfer was a stand out on defense with lO tackles while Ricky Leguina and Bill White were close behind with 9 each. Pullback Tony Boyle was the workhorse for the Tigers with 52 yards. Priiatel was runnerup with 45. 21

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SLG l4 Port l-lueneme 6 Laboring under heat and smog in an afternoon game with the Vik- ings at Port l-fueneme, the Tigers collected their first win. The Tigers counted early in the opening period when fullback Tony Boyle ran 50 yards for a touchdown. During the same quarter, after a 45 yard punt by lohn Lewis put the Vikings with their backs against the goal line, tackle ferry Diefenderfer dropped a Viking halfback behind the goal for two points. In the fourth auarter lohn Lewis galloped 50 yards for the Tiger final touchdown. SLO 33 Atascadero 33 lntroducing a surprise attack on the very first play of the game, quarterback Iohn Lewis threw a pass to Phil Priiatel for a perfect 62 yard touchdown. ln the second quarter, Lewis came up with another precision throw, again to Priiatel, which was good for 38 yards and another touchdown. A third touchdown was set up with SLO l2 Lompoc 19 The Tigers outplayed the Lompoc Braves in total offense, but penalties and fumbles moved in again to spoil their chance to win the Home- coming Game. Defensive standouts for the Bengal eleven were tackles Rick Leguina and ferry Diefender- fer, center Lynn Wynn, and lohn Lewis. Hard-running fullback Tony Boyle gained lOl yards. a 69 yard Lewis to Priiatel pass. With an inspired, hard- hitting Bengal line opening up the Hounds defense, the Tigers started the fourth quarter with a two touchdown lead. lf the Tuttlemen defense could have contained the Atascadero star, Nettleton, the Tiger hopes of moving out on their cellar mates would have been realized. 20

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