Tampa Bay Tech High School - Titan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Titans Lose to Undefeated Dragons It was a very cold November night as the Titans traveled to Plant High School to face the Western Conference champs, the Jeffer- son Dragons. The Titans were out to prove once and for all that they were as tough as any other team in the conference. When the first quarter ended, it was perfectly clear that the Titans were out for revenge, as the score, 0-0, indicated. Unfortunately, two quick Dragon touchdowns at the end of the second quarter put out the flame. Since the Titan ' s defense was hot, the Titans offense was cold, and could not get anything going. The Dragons squeezed two more touchdowns out of the defense and it looked as though the Titans would be shut- out with under two minutes to go. Then at the four yard line on a second down, Theron Smith burst for 95 yards. Then, George Peo- ples punched it in from the one. With a two point conversion, the final score was 28-8. Rob Corrado rips off head of a poor Jefferson running back

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Brandon Steals Homecoming The ' 75 Titan Homecoming began with excitement in the air. The excitement quickly dissipated as the game progressed. Brandon scored two quick touchdowns in the first half, but failed to convert the extra point attempts and went to the locker rooms lead- ing 12-0. The Titans played better all around foot- ball. In the second half, they scored them- selves in a four yard touchdown pass from Sam Washington to Richard Molden. The offense moved the ball well the rest of the night, but just could not seem to score. Bran- don scored one more time to kill off all hopes of a Homecoming victory for the Titans and won the game 19-7. Steve Jackson deflects a pass.

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Tech Raids Plant City Richard Molden It took nine games for the Titans to get together and play the kind of football that they really could play. The game against the Raiders of Plant City, who were the district champs, completely surprised the Plant City team and coaches. The Titans pushed their way to a tremendous upset victory. The first time the Titans touched the ball, Sam Wash- ington drove the Big Blue offense 70 yards, which was climaxed by an 11 yard run by George Peeples. With six seconds into the second quarter, Washington hit home again by driving a six yard touchdown pass to Rich- ard Molden. Plant City would not be denied one score as they got their touchdown mid- way through the second quarter. To put the icing on the cake, in the third quarter, Wash- ington bootlegged around the left end and sprinted 65 yards for the score. Special con- gratulations goes to the defense for shutting out Plant City for the remainder of the sec- ond half to win the game, Tampa Tech 20, Plant City 7. DME VISITOR JOWN TOGO IjOTR The scoreboard shows whose night Fred Hicks drives into a Raider,