T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Tough defensive halfback Steve Schaeffer stretches to break-up pass intended for Middleton receiver. Middleton Tigers bow to RHS defensive fury, 23-6 MIDDLETON . . . Tigers recovering Knight fumble for touchdown in first three minutes . . . RHS fans worrying . . jeff Bowen blocking and catching punt in end zone for tying score . . . Darrell Howton booting extra point . . . spirit running wild . . . Howton hitting Morris La- Grand for 26 yards . . . Knights moving within 5 yards of pay dirt . . . LaGrand breaking three tackles on run for goal . . . Howton bootlegging for two point conversion . . . Knights leading 15-6 at the half. . . band performing to It's A Mod, Mod World', . . , Robinson driving with two minutes left in third quarter , . . Howton plunging from one yard out . . . Steve Stock grabbing pass for two point conversion . . . Knights claiming second victory of season, 23-6. i , 1 . 'in , 'f' I fef'1r Mike Stiffler tackles a Mid- ' A Q ' dleton man for a loss of yard- age as Knight jeff Bowen , , f comes up to offer assistance. 237

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Steve Brockman and james Blair lead Knights onto Held in opening game against Yellowjackets. Herman Daniel grabs a pass from QB Darrell Howton for a first and ten as a Blake man moves in to cover. Knights beat Blake, 32-6, to kickoff 369 grid season BLAKE . . , packing stands for opening game . . . RHS winning toss, . . Knights rambling to two yard line . . . Darrell Howton going over on keeper. . . spirit soaring as Knights score in first three minutes . . . Mike Smith scoring on one yard plunge and, eight minutes later, on three yard drive . . . Howton driving from the six for touchdown . . . completing the two point op- tion . . . Ken Robbins quarterbacking claiming RHS touchdown two seconds before the half . . . Knights leading 32-0 . . . Mr. 'QA Whitehead directing first half-time show , . . Blake students rocking out . . . defense keeping Yellowjackets to minus 12 yards rushing . . . Blake recovering RHS fumble for score , . . fans Q cheerin ecstaticall as Kni hrs secure victo . 8 Y S fl' Halfback Morris LaGrand displays an extra-effort s irit in Hght for Knight yardrlage against defensive linemen.

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Ken Robbins leads the Fighting Knights onto the Held for their gridiron clash with the Eagles. Rain-dampened Knights lose to Eagles' big defense BRANDON .. . Eagles being favored over revenge-seeking Knights , . . Knights coming onto field amid deafening applause . . . Robin- son offense shaking them up . . . Darrell How- ton scoring a touchdown on a sneak from the one and kicking extra point . . .jeff Bowen and Mike Puls pushing Eagles back . . . Robinson taking a 7-O lead off the field at halftime . . . stands going wild . . . rain Causing trouble for Knight offense in the third quarter and Eagles scoring twice . . . Howton passing to end Steve Stock and flanker Herman Daniel, moving Rob- inson from our own eight to Eagles' 25 in the last five minutes of the game. . . Robinson threaten- ing to overtake Eagle lead .. . intercepting I-Iowton's pass . . . Knights losing 15-7. Moms L2GfHHd Charges UP Both Knights and Eagles get the middle for long yardage up slowly after seeing that after receiving a hand off the referee has signaled a from Dm-fell Howton' Robinson touchdown.