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Tuiane ' s 1977 football team. The 3-8 team everyone and no one cared for. Second year Head Coach Larry Smith had improved on his 2-9 coaching debut in ' 76, but by the sea- son ' s end, it was no secret that a majority of the Wave ' s players did not like him. And how could they? After the ' 76 season, Smith, referring to his offensive strategy, admitted to placing all of their eggs into one basket and having dropped them. Quite a mess, mind you, and in ' 77, it wasn ' t much better — it was more of an egg toss. The few they caught dazzled the fans, and those they didn ' t, well . . . At Memphis, about the only thing Tulane would win came in the form of the opening toss. For the Tigers, under the direction of quarterback Lloyd Patterson, the game meant 409 yards of offense and a 27-9 win against an over- worked Creenie defense. On the other hand, Tulane on their first offensive series, fumbled the ball three times in a fashion which would become well-known to Creenie fans by the end of the season. Stanford ' s Cardinals were a big favorite that next week as 30,482 turned out at the Dome to see the Wave ' s home opener. Behind the arm of Heisman candidate quarterback Guy Benjamin, Stanford was bringing in one of the nation ' s best passing offense combinations. Despite a positive effort that deserved special recognition, as quoted in a HULLABALOO editorial the following week, Tulane fell in the final moments, 21-17. The team, however, proved that they were not the pushovers the critics were predicting they would be. Few will forget their fourth quarter first-and-goal goal- line stand that kept Stanford out of the end zone time and time again. Offense for the Olive and Blue had looked to be a question mark. At the beginning of the season, Tulane had placed high hopes on the performance of running back Reggie Scott. Virtually unstoppable in pre-season scrimmages, some experience observers were predicting that Scott would go over the 1,000 yard mark in one season. But the week before at Memphis he had gone down with a pulled hamstring in the Wave ' s first offensive drive never to completely recover. All was not lost, however. Coming off the bench, sopho- more running back Marvin Christian proved to be the sea- son ' s biggest surprise. Rushing for 144 yards on 23 carries against Stanford, it was Christian ' s determination that would continue to set an example for the rest of Tuiane ' s on-off offense throughout the season. 340 Athletics
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