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Oklahoma Stampede at Shreveport Steamer
06/10/1978
Players unknown |
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Oklahoma Stampede at Shreveport Steamer
06/10/1978
Oklahoma: Jo Jo Stanfield (22) |
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Regular Season |
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| Texans fall to San
Antonio in AFA season debut, 30-25 |
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| George Breazeale - Austin
American-Statesman |
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Austin needed better than 50 minutes to go into the lead
for the first time - and defending American Football Association
champion San Antonio required only three minutes for the score
that finally did in the Texans 30-25 Saturday night at Nelson
Field.
Down by 14-0 early in the game,
Austin finally went ahead 25-23 on an 86-yard drive, climaxed by
quarterback Sam Maxie's 13-yard touchdown pass to tight end
Larry Carter midway through the fourth quarter.
Then San Antonio, rated the country's top minor league team
last year, rammed 60 yards in only six plays, with the vital
play a 45-yard pass from quarterback Joe Gross to flanker John
Tuttle.
Tuttle's brilliant catch set up a first down at the Austin
four yard line and three plays later, runningback David Wehmeyer
blasted one yard up the middle for the deciding points.
Austin did not come alive offensively until midway in the
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quarterback Mike Washington, a
two-time Little All-American at Texas Lutheran College, came in
to spartk a 77-yard touchdown push.
After linebacker Cornell Reese, who sustained a broken
ankle in the third quarter, kicked the point for Austin, San
Antonio led 14-7. Wehmeyer had capped a 45-yard drive by scoring
from the three late in the first quarter and 20 seconds later,
following the Charros' recovery of a Maxie fumble, Gross hit
flanker Tom Whittier with a 36-yard scoring bomb.
Kicker Rich Lander sent the Charros up 17-7 with a 20-yard
field goal late in the second quarter, but Washington hit
flanker Bruce Dickey on a 42-yard touchdown throw with 1:42
remaining before halftime.
San Antonio drove 72 yards after the second half kickoff,
with Gross' 44-yard pass to Tuttle a big gainer in the push.
Gross threw two yards to Whittier for the touchdown and a 23-13
San Antonio lead.
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yards, all on the ground, with
fullback Skippy Moore scoring from a yard out, for his second
touchdown of the night.
Late in the third quarter, Austin took the ball on downs at
its 14. Dickey caught passes for 16 and 13 yards and gained 16
on an end-around and, after Washington went out with a leg
cramp, Maxie threw 13 yards up the middle to Carter for the
go-ahead score with 8:15 to play.
Washington led all rushers with 12 carries for 78 yards,
while Wehmeyer, who had two 100-plus games against the Texans
last year, had 68. Manor product Clarence Alberts netted 48 for
San Antonio.
The game, the Texans' first of a scheduled five at Nelson
Field, attracted a crowd estimated at 5,000.
Shreveport beat Wichita Falls 32-16 and Houston defeated
Oklahoma City 31-7 in other AFA openers Saturday night. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Antonio |
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14 |
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3 |
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6 |
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30 |
| Austin |
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0 |
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13 |
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6 |
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| Statistics |
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SA |
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AU |
| First downs |
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17 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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36 - 148 |
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56 - 223 |
| Passing yards |
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190 |
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103 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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5 -
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| Punts - avg |
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3 - 29 |
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4 - 30 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 2 |
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3 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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10 - 73 |
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9 - 78 |
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| Scoring Summary |
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Wehmeyer 3 run (Lander kick) |
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Whittier 36 pass from Gross
(Lander kick) |
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Moore 7 run (Reese kick) |
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Lander 20 FG |
| AU |
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Dickey 42 pass from Washington
(run failed) |
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Whittier 2 pass from Gross
(kick failed) |
| AU |
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Moore 1 run (run failed) |
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Carter 13 pass from Maxie (run
failed) |
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Wehmeyer 1 run (Lander kick) |
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San Antonio: David Wehmeyer (35) |
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| Steamer wins,
32-16 |
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| Shreveport Times |
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Eddie Bishop sprinted 92 yards with an intercepted pass in
the second quarter and got the Shreveport Steamer into a lead it
never relinquished in a 32-16 victory over Wichita Falls as the
American Football Association opened its season Saturday night.
Wichita Falls, with a 14-7
lead, was threatening to add to its lead when Bishop, a former
Southern University standout who labored for Portland in the old
World Football League, stepped in front of a Glen Ray pass and
sped down the sideline.
With 4:53 left in the half,
Morrison passed to Earnest Williams for 33 yards and a touchdown
that gave the Steamer a 23-14 lead at intermission. Morrison
threw a two-point conversion to Ruben Jones following the
touchdown.
The second half evolved into a defensive struggle with only
a safety by each team posted until the final three mintues of
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Then Williams stepped in again,
catching a pass from Clyde Walker, a late addition at
quarterback from Florida State. The aerial score was good for 22
yards and was set up by the running of former Booker T.
Washington star Donnie Sutton. Sutton was put into action at
fullback when Warton Foster was injured early in the ballgame
shortly after he ran two yards for the opening score.
The initial touchdown was set up by a short Wichita Falls
punt that carried out to the 22-yard line.
The lead lasted until the final two minutes of the quarter
when Ray passed to Charlie Hicks for an 18-yard score and then
kicked the point and Tony Grant added to that with an 18-yard
pass interception for a touchdown that put Shreveport behind in
the ballgame.
Shreveport drove 64 yards for the final touchdown and
exhibited a wealth of talent at both quarterback and wide
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James Scott and Williams took up the
slack when Edwin Scott was pulled out of the ballgame because of
a pulled hamstring. Shreveport used Morrison, Walker and James
Johnson at quarterback and employed another quarterback,
Clarenece Tolliver, as a wide receiver Saturday night.
Shreveport's safety resulted when a snap from center went
out of the Steamer endzone. The Steamer defense held the
Roughnecks in check while the offense, despite picking up big
yards at times, looked ragged in stages and had trouble moving
the ball on the ground against the Roughnecks.
In another AFA contest, San Antonio defeated Austin 30-25.
Shreveport will play its first regular season home game
Saturday night against Houston in State Fair Stadium. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Shreveport |
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7 |
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16 |
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32 |
| Wichita Falls |
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7 |
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2 |
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| Statistics |
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WF |
| First downs |
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15 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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135 |
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| Passing (comp -
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| Punts - avg |
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2 - 52 |
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9 - 36 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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4 - 3 |
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6 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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7 - 35 |
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| Scoring Summary |
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Foster 2 run (Pope kick) |
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Hicks 18 pass from Ray (Grant
kick) |
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Grant 18 pass interception
(Grant kick) |
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Bishop 92 pass interception
(Jones pass from Morrison) |
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Safety |
| SH |
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Safety |
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Williams 24 pass from Morrison
(Pope kick) |
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| Wichita Falls: Charles Hicks
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| Houston Chronicle |
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Quarterback Garland Montgomery passed for two touchdowns as
the Houston Titans opened the 1978 American Football Association
season with a 31-7 victory over the Oklahoma Stampede Saturday
night at Butler Stadium.
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to Jim Wilson and 7 yards to Ralph
Limbrick. Wilson also scampered 85 yards for a touchdown, the
first one for the Titans.
The Houston entry also got a score from Tim Cotton on a
70-yard pass interception return, while Charles Stafford kicked
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and a 47-yard field goal, worth 4
points in the AFA.
Oklahoma tallied in the second quarter on a 9-yard run by
John Eastep. |
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| Score by Quarters |
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| First downs |
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| Scoring Summary |
| HO |
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Wilson 85 run (kick failed) |
| HO |
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Wilson 23 pass from Montgomery
(Stafford kick) |
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Estep 9 run (Hinds kick) |
| HO |
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Stafford 47 FG |
| HO |
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Limbrick 7 pass from
Montgomery (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Cotton 70 pass interception
(Stafford kick) |
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Oklahoma: Jeff Brown (18)
Houston: Karl Watson (??) |
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Austin Texans
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Oklahoma Stampede
June 24, 1978
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| Stampede wins,
32-20, as Jones, Calip sparkle |
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| Jim Perry - Daily Oklahoman |
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A paltry gathering of an estimated 400 watched as the
Oklahoma Stampede notched its initial victory of the 1978
American Football Association season, 32-20, over Austin at Taft
Stadium Saturday night.
The victory leveled the
Stampede's AFA Western Division record at 1-1. Austin drops to
0-2.
The city franchise was sparked by two newcomers. Actually,
quarterback Mike Jones and fleet-footed running back Jim Calip
are not new to Oklahoma football, both having played with the
now defunct Wranglers and Warriors, but both joined the Stampede
late this week.
Jones, most valuable player of the league last season,
entered the game midway through the first period with Oklahoma
holding a 5-0 lead. He promptly marched the light-blue clad
Stampede 88 yards in 11 plays to make it 12-0. |
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Jones completed four of five passes down that stretch, and
George Palmer, formerly of Oklahoma State, crashed over from the
three for the first touchdown.
The Stampede had scored earlier on a 52-yard field goal by
John Dunlop. The effort was good for five points since it came
from more than 50 yards out.
Calip, a former Southwestern State star, entered the game
unnoticed and unlisted on the Oklahoma roster.
He quickly made his presence felt by catching a pair of
Jones passes in that same drive and later bursting open on a
62-yard scamper when the Stampede was pinned deep in its own
territory.
Calip finished the night with 81 yards rushing, high for
the game.
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classic fold up, blowing a 19-0 lead.
The Texans surged within six at 26-20 with 2:17 left in the
game.
The visitors scored 13 points in a matter of 33 seconds.
After a 62-yard drive in nine plays made it 26-13,
Oklahoma's Gregory Arnold fumbled the ensuing Texas kick at his
own 30 and the entire Austin team recovered.
One play later, quarterback Sam Maxie fired a strike to
tight end Don Caldwell for a score. The kick made it 26-20.
Two Texas onside kick attempts failed, however, and the
Stampede set up shop at the Texas 41 as the two-minute warning
sounded. Seven plays later, Palmer rammed over from the two to
account for the final margin. |
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| OK |
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Dunlop 52 FG |
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Palmer 3run (Dunlop kick) |
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Post 20 interception return
(Dunlop kick) |
| AU |
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Moore 8 run (Pruett kick) |
| OK |
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Thatcher 18 pass from Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| AU |
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Maxie 1 run (run failed) |
| AU |
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Caldwell 30 pass from Maxie
(Pruett kick) |
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Palmer 2 run (pass failed) |
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Oklahoma: George Palmer (35)
Austin: David Terrazas (75) |
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Charros' win |
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| Jerry Briggs - San Antonio Light |
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San Antonio's
Charros recorded their second win in as many games Saturday
night, crushing the Wichita Falls Roughnecks 28-0, in American
Football Association Southern Division action.
The Charros' 12th victory without
a loss in two AFA seasons came before an estimated 1,500 fans at
Harlandale Memorial Stadium.
The San Antonio defense held the Roughnecks in check,
allowing just three first downs and 68 yards total offense.
Dave Wehmeyer, the Charros' 1,000-yard rusher in 1977,
piled up 103 yards on 19 carries to lead the offense. Wehmeyer
has 179 yards rushing in two games this season.
After building a 14-0 halftime lead, the San Antonio
gridders struck for two fourth period scores to ice the contest.
The first came with 12:04 left when Charros' quarterback
Joe Gross tossed seven yards to Tom Whittier, their second
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of the night. The score was a result
of an alert Charros' defense, which recovered a Roughneck fumble
at the 15 two plays earlier.
With 7:45 left to go, the Charros scored for the final time
on Wehmeyer's two-yard plunge. Rich Lander then booted his
fourth consecutive extra point. The big play of the 34-yard
drive came on fourth-and-two at the Wichita Falls 26 when Gross
found Whittier over the midde for 15 yards.
Whittier recovered his own fumble down at the 2 yard line
and Wehmeyer scored on the next play.
The swarming San Antonio defense set up both Charros'
touchdowns in the first half.
A blocked punt midway through the second period put the
home team in excellent position at the Wichita Falls 23-yard
line.
After seven plays, including a key 11-yard swing pass from
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quarterback found Whittier alone three
yards away in the end zone for San Antonio's second score.
The Charros' first-period score came with 7:47 to go when
linebacker Robert Valdez stepped in front of a Roughneck
receiver, picked off Ray's sideline pass and raced 23 yards
untouched for the Charros' first score.
The Charros held Wichita Falls' anemic rushing game to 39
yards and sacked Ray four times for 36 yards in losses in the
first half.
The Charros' defense dominated the third quarter but the
San Antonio club could not add to its lead.
Wehmeyer picked up 60 yards rushing in the third quarter
and the Charros put together their longest drive but were forced
back by two costly penalties. |
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| Wichita Falls |
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| First downs |
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3 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
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| Punts - avg |
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7 - 35 |
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3 - 26 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 2 |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SA |
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Valdez 23 interception return
(Lander kick) |
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Whittier 3 pass from Gross
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Whittier 7 pass from Gross
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Wehmeyer 2 run (Lander kick) |
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San Antonio: Surcie Thompson (74), Scott DeShay (??)
Wichita Falls: Glen Ray (12) |
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San Antonio: Roy Hubbard (??), Dudley Keller (??)
Wichita Falls: Charles Hicks (??) |
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Houston Titans
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Shreveport Steamer
June 24, 1978
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| Late pass topples
Steamer by 29-28 |
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| Edward Cassiere - Shreveport Times |
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For
Shreveport's Steamer, it was a night of finally biting the hand
that fed them.
For Houston's Titans, it was a
night where winning became secondary.
The Titans intercepted two Clyde
Walker passes in the final 90 seconds to preserve a 29-28
come-from-behind victory over the Steamer in the American
Football Association Saturday.
Pass thefts by the Steamer's
Derrick Battle and Jerry Davis deep in Titan territory gave
Shreveport a pair of easy scoring drives from three and six
yards out in the second half.
The touchdowns, both scored by
fullback Rudy Thomas, had helped bring the Steamer back from a
19-13 halftime deficit to a 28-19 lead.
But the Titans, now 2-0 in the
AFA, rallied twice in the final period.
Charles Stafford, who accounted
for 16 of Houston's 29 points, booted a 47-yard field goal to
make it 28-23. Stafford's last kick was worth four points under
league rules.
Then after the Steamer's Jerry
Pope missed a 57-yard field goal - it would have been woth five
points, not three, if good - the Titans took the initiative
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Houston
drove 60 yards in just seven plays, capped by reserve
quarterback James Stewart's 28-yard pass to Dorsey Lee Adams for
the score with 7:19 left.
Stafford's extra-point kick
proved to be the margin of victory.
The Steamer then drove 66 yards -
making five first downs as they drove from their own 8 to the
Titan 26 - before James Gross picked off a Walker pass with 1:30
left.
Shreveport got the ball back with
32 seconds remaining, but Walker was intercepted again, this
time by safety Clarence Farmer who stepped in front of the
intended receiver near midfield.
"I guess that's my fault," said
Steamer head coach Harry Lander. "I called the same play we got
intercepted on before. We shoud've gone up the middle because
they were protecting the corners real good."
And what about Pope's long field
goal try?
"The opportunity was there," said
Lander. "It looked good at the time because we had a nine-point
lead and the defense was in a position to maintain the lead."
But the Steamer defense had
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the first half, for example, compared
to Houston's nine - and the extra work began to show in the
final quarter.
Houston rushed for nearly half of
their 137 net yards in the final period - including six of the
first seven plays of the go-ahead scoring drive.
While Pope didn't kick a
five-point field goal, he did average 51 yards a punt on three
boots.
But Stafford kicked a five-point
FG - from 50 yards out - to give the Titans a 15-7 lead after
the first quarter. The Texas Southern graduate added a 41-yarder
on the final play of the first half to make it 19-13.
Thomas' first score from one yard
out was set up by Eddie Bishop's steal and 38-yard runback of a
Garland Montgomery pass at 2:49 of the second quarter.
Montgomery completed 12 of 26
passes for 182 yards.
The Steamer lost all four of its
fumbles in the first half, two of them on missed handoffs.
"That was probably the biggest
surprise... that we didn't execute like we should," said Lander.
"It was really a case of not being beaten (by Houston), but
beating ourselves." |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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15 |
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| Shreveport |
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| Statistics |
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HO |
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| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Return yards |
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| Punts - avg |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
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Williams 7 run (Polk kick) |
| HO |
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Wilson 32 pass from Montgomery
(Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Stafford 23 field goal |
| HO |
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Stafford 50 field goal |
| SH |
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Thomas 1 run (run failed) |
| HO |
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Stafford 41 field goal |
| SH |
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Thomas 3 run (Williams run) |
| SH |
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Thomas 1 run (Polk kick) |
| HO |
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Stafford 47 field goal |
| HO |
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Adams 28 pass from Stewart
(kick failed) |
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Houston: Garland Montgomery (??) |
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Houston: Ardie Seegars (40), Carl Watson (12)
Shreveport: Earnest Williams (??) |
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Houston: Tony Sharp (??),
Ardie Seegars (40)
Shreveport: Rubin Jones (??) |
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Charros, 11-10 |
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Toes
made the difference Saturday night at Taft Stadium as a meager
crowd of 400 watched the Oklahoma Stampede knock off minor
league football's No. 1-ranked San Antonio, 11-10.
Oklahoma kicker John Dunlop's and
the Charros' Rich Lander's long range field goal battle
ultimately came down to the almost automatic extra point kick
after San Antonio scored its lone touchdown of the game to cut
the Stampede lead to one point with 1:18 remaining.
Lander, who had boomed a
four-pointer from 42 yards in the second quarter, was wide to
the left from the three and the clock ran out on the Charros
after Oklahoma recovered the second of two onside kick attempts. |
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Dunlop's 56-yard five-pointer in the third quarter was the lone
Stampede scoreboard assault in the second half after owning a
9-4 halftime lead.
The game's two touchdowns came at
the beginning and the end of the game. Oklahoma quarterback Mike
Jones and halfback John Eastep compbined for six on the second
Stampede possession and Charro quarterback Joe Gross teamed with
fullback David Wehmeyer on the last ditch San Antonio drive.
Eastep bolted through right
tackle to cover the last 14 yards of a quick, five-play, 68-yard
march. Jones, the American Football Association's MVP a year
ago, accounted for 54 of those yards with three tosses,
including a 35-yard strike to tight end James Thatcher. |
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Though not as costly as Lander's miss,
Dunlop shanked the conversion kick.
Gross, who threw 36 passes
during the evening, hit three big ones when it counted.
Connections of 23 and 19 yards to Tom Whittier got it to the
nine and a third straight hookup found Wehmeyer for the TD and
set the stage for Lander's miss.
Other than the Charros, the loss
probably most disappointed Pro Football Weekly magazine, which
had just ranked the San Antonio franchise as the No. 1 team in
minor league football.
"I would certainly hope so,"
deadpanned Stampede head coach Ben Hart when asked if he thought
the Stampede would be ranked by Pro Football Weekly next week. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Antonio |
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0 |
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4 |
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0 |
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6 |
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10 |
| Oklahoma |
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6 |
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0 |
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5 |
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0 |
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11 |
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| Statistics |
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SA |
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OK |
| First downs |
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14 |
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16 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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38 - 122 |
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42 - 95 |
| Passing yards |
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66 |
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95 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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12 -
36 - 1 |
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6 -
19 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
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9 - 29 |
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7 - 42 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - 1 |
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? - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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12 - 84 |
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5 - 36 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| OK |
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Eastep 14 run (kick failed) |
| SA |
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Lander 42 field goal |
| OK |
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Dunlop 55 field goal |
| SA |
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Wehmeyer 9 pass from Gross
(kick failed) |
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San Antonio: Joe Gross (9)
Oklahoma: Jim Stone (40) |
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| Steamer hands
Texans third straight loss |
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| George Breazeale - Austin
American-Statesman |
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Shreveport came alive and Austin died in the final 11 minutes
Saturday night, with the payoff a 21-13 win for the Steamer over
the Texans in American Football Assocation action at Nelson
Field.
Austin, trying to regroup
from an 0-2 AFA start and dissension which led to a coaching
change, had things well in hand through three quarters, although
penalties against both the offense and defense prevented
absolute domination by the Texans.
But then early in the
fourth period, led by backup quarterback Clyde Walker and
reserve fullback Larry Strogen, Shreveport drove 84 yards to cut
the Austin lead to 13-6 - and the Texans' disintegration began.
R. J. Williams' fumble of
the ensuing kickoff was offset by Texan safety John Holmes'
interception of a Walker pass - but a half dozen plays later,
punter Bernie Sargent got off a 10- |
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yard punt after running down a bad snap, setting up the Steamer
for a 42-yard touchdown drive.
Walker's fourth down pass
to Rubin Jones kept the push alive and Strogen blasterd the
middle for the final three yards to close Shreveport to 13-12.
Walker lateraled to Strogen on the extra point try and the
Grambling-ed just got in at the corner for the two-point
conversion.
Quarterback Mike
Washington, who brought the Texans alive with an 85-yard broken
field scoring run midway of the second quarter, then took Austin
on a promising drive. But Steamer linebacker Ron Johnson picked
off a sideline pass and ran it back 60 yards for the finishing
touchdown.
Shreveport, now 2-1 in AFA
play and tied with defending champion San Antonio, an 11-10
loser to Oklahoma City, for second place, |
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three times penetrated the Texan 20 in
the first half, but solid defense, headed by linebacker Fred
Swan, tackle David Terrazas, ends Ray Mack and Willie Jenkins
and backs Charles Washington, Al Mays and Holmes, blunted the
threats.
Washington, who led all
rushers with 160 yards on 13 carries, collected his touchdown on
a broken play. Fullback Skippy Moore took a handoff, was turned
around and facing an apparent five-yard loss when he pitched the
ball to Washington. The Texas Lutheran College-ex picked up the
ball, darted over right tackle, cut to the left sideline and
glided in for the club's longest scrimmage run ever.
Austin's loss dropped
the Texans, at 0-3, into a tie for the cellar with Wichita
Falls, a 15-6 loser to 3-0 Houston. It was the first Texan's
loss for new coach Ray Jackson. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Shreveport |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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21 |
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21 |
| Austin |
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0 |
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6 |
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7 |
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0 |
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13 |
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| Statistics |
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SH |
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AU |
| First downs |
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22 |
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21 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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49 - 101 |
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41 - 260 |
| Passing yards |
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152 |
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156 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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11 -
20 - 1 |
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9 -
22 - 3 |
| Punts - avg |
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4 - 45 |
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6 - 32 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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4 - 2 |
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3 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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8 - 78 |
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11 - 83 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| AU |
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Washington 55 run (run failed) |
| AU |
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Moore5 run (Pruitt kick) |
| SH |
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Strogen 1 run (kick failed) |
| SH |
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Strogen 3 run (Strogen run) |
| SH |
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Johnson 60 interception return
(Pope kick) |
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Shreveport: Mike Morrison (9) |
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| Penalties hurt
Roughnecks in loss |
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The Wichita Falls Roughnecks again had a good defensive
performance, but lapses on offense and over 200 yards in
penalties allowed the Houston Titans to edge out a 15-6 victory
Saturday in an American Football Association game.
Glen Ray hit Glenn Calvin
for a 27-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, narrowing
the Titan lead to 9-6 but penalties killed a final drive which
could have won the game.
Houston went on to score in
the last minute of the game.
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drive of the game on a field goal after a roughing-the-kicker
penalty gave the Titans new life after an attempted punt.
Neither team could get its
offense perking for the rest of the half and that score stood at
halftime.
In the third quarter, the
Roughneck defense halted Titan drives seven times inside the
Roughneck 30 yard line and the third quarter remained scoreless
also.
Houston scored its first
touchdown with about five minutes gone in the fourth quarter on
a 14-yard run set up by a long pass.
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quarter," coach James Reed said, "and
he did move the ball. But every time we'd start moving, the
referees would move it back."
"I had to play four guys
two ways because a couple of our starters couldn't make the trip
because they couldn't get off work," he said.
In other AFA action, in the
Southern Division, Shreveport defeated Austin, 21-13; and San
Antonio's 11-game winning streak was brought to an end by
Oklahoma City, 11-10. In the Western Division, play opened in
the Southern Zone, with Southern California defeating Los
Angeles 15-6 and San Gabriel defeating Long Beach, 14-13. |
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| Wichita Falls |
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6 |
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| Houston |
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3 |
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0 |
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0 |
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12 |
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15 |
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| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ?
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? - ?
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| Return yards |
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| Punts - avg |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
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| Scoring Summary |
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| Steamer gets in
first with 42-27 win |
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| Alvin Hollins, Jr. - Shreveport
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"We're number one," was the ruling cry in the Shreveport Steamer
locker room after they'd taken a big 42-27 win over the Oklahoma
Stampede.
The win put the Steamer in
first place in the American Football Association along with
defending league champion San Antonio and previously unbeated
Houston. All have 3-1 records.
"The championship game
should be next week," said Steamer coach Harry Lander in
reference to next week's home game against the San Antonio
Charros.
"I guarantee you," Lander
continued "that it will be a fine football game. They certainly
won't want to lose to us."
Lander helped build the San
Antonio team to a 10-0 league champ last season and among the
players on the Charros squad is his placekicker son, Rich
Lander.
The big story of Saturday's
game was the offense - of both teams.
The statistics showed a
near dead heat, with Shreveport holding a 354-334 edge in total
offense.
Shreveport outgained the
Stampede rushing, 223-172, while Oklahoma held the upper hand in
the passing department, 162-131.
Rudy Thomas and Ernest
Williams powered the Steamer ground attack, whick was one of the
team's weak points at the start of the season.
Thomas, who has apparently
drawn the interest of Miami Dolphins' coach Don Shula, ran like
he wants more than a look. He gained 112 yards on 25 carries and
scored the game's first touchdown, a seven-yard spin-and-roll in
the first quarter.
Williams, who has the St.
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and the Denver Broncos asking for his
services, sprinted for 63 yards on five carries, scoring on runs
of 16 and 32 yards.
Steamer quarterback Clyde
Walker was nine of 13 for 115 yards and three touchdowns, adding
balance to a Steamer offense which committed no turnovers for
the first time this season.
Walker hit wide receiver
Rubin Jones with strikes of 13 and seven yards, while hitting
Rod Foppe, formerly of Captain Shreve and Louisiana Tech on a
23-yard play to end the game's scoring in the fourth period.
Jones caught three passes
for 28 yards, while Foppe had 53 yards on three receptions and
Edwin Scott made two catches worth 37 yards.
Offense wasn't just the
name of the game for the Steamer. It was for the Stampede too,
which topped their last showing here in Shreveport (they lost
33-6) by 21 points.
Palmer and John Eastep
might get some pro scout to take a second look at them too, with
Palmer scoring twice and bowling for 71 yards, while Eastep
outgained everyone who tried to carry the ball Saturday with 129
yards on 25 carries.
Quarterback Mike Jones, who
was the league's MVP from last season with over 2,500 passing
yards, went 14 of 21 for 162 yards and two touchdowns, while
suffering two interceptions.
Those interceptions came at
the hands of two former Southern University Jaguar football
players, linebacker B. J. Harbor and defensive back Eddie
Bishop.
Harbor picked off one over
the middle, while Bishop's came at the most crucial time with
about five minutes to go.
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some, but with the two-point play rule
in effect and Mike Jones' abilty to throw, the Steamer were by
no means out of hot water.
Bishop's steal snuffed out
a potential scoring threat just 12 yards short of the end zone.
He later explained,
"The receiver (James Thatcher) was trying to fake me inside,
then cut for the flag. So what I did was go insude just a little
bit, then go for the flag first. The quarterback had already
thrown the ball so I got there before the receiver did."
The interception for Bishop
was his fourth of the year.
Bishop's defensive back
mate, Keith Alexander of Tulane, recorded 13 solo tackles at his
safety spot, while assisting on five others and breaking up two
passes, one he nearly intercepted.
"I should have had that
one," he said of the play where he kicked the ball and was then
hit by the official with a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike
conduct.
Overall, coach Lander was
plaeased with his team's play, "I'm pleased that the offense
finally jelled. We did well defensively even though we had seven
or eight people who weren't here or were holding out."
Among those who missed out
was defensive back Randy Fry of North Texas State and Iowa
linebacker Marty Smith, who had an Army Reserve committment this
weekend.
Saturday's game saw the
Steamer offense come alive in the early periods and Lander
attributed that to the play of quarterback Clyde Walker, who
replaced Mike Morrison and the running backs Williams and
Thomas. "Williams and Thomas are just two fine football
players," Lander said, " and Clyde (Walker) did a heady job of
moving the team." |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Oklahoma |
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27 |
| Shreveport |
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42 |
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OK |
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SH |
| First downs |
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? |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ?
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| Return yards |
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| Punts - avg |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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| Penalties - yards |
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Shreveport: Ernest Williams (20), Andrew Jackson (??)
Oklahoma: Milt Kirven (15), Royce Howard (45) |
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Austin Texans
at
Wichita Falls Roughnecks
July 8, 1978
- Memorial Stadium - |
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| Texans capture
first win after late score nullified |
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| Austin American-Statesman |
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An illegal procedure penalty nullified a Wichita Falls scoring
bomb as time ran out and Austin's Texans escaped the American
Football Association cellar with a 20-16 win Saturday night.
Austin, now 1-3, vaulted
out to a 13-0 lead early in the second quarter, but had to come
from a 16-13 deficit midway of the fourth period. Quarterback
Sam Maxie's 63-yard bomb to split end Bruce Dickey set up Skippy
Moore's two-yard touchdown plunge, which came with 9:57 left in
the game.
Wichita Falls, now 0-4,
gained possession with 1:33 left in the game and quarterback
Glen Ray guided the Roughnecks to midfield.
With the clock running out,
Ray managed to secure a snap and, after the scoreboard buzzer
sounded, threw a 60-yard bomb that wide receiver Kenneth Bird
caught in the end zone for an apparent victory. Wichita Falls
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assessed an illegal procedure penalty and Ray then fumbled away
the ball under a heavy Texan rush.
Austin collected a safety
and a 2-0 lead early in the game when Ray fumbled the ball out
of his own end zone. On their subsequent possession, the Texans
received a 40-yard field goal from Roy Pruitt. Officials at
first ruled it a three-pointer, but after halftime consultation,
changed it to four pouints.
A bad punt snap for the
Roughnecks set up Austin at the Wichita Falls 29 early in the
second quarter and Moore's three-yard sweep, followed by
Pruitt's kick, gave the Texans a 13-0 lead.
Ray, a 220-pound North
Texas State product, put Wichita Falls on the board five plays
after the kickoff, firing deep to tight end Kevin O'Rourke at
the sideline on a scoring play that covered 70 yards.
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On its next series, Wichita Falls drove 52 yards, aided by four
penalties against Austin. Charles Hicks, the game's leading
rusher with 147 yards on 17 carries, dived two yards over tackle
and Ray's kick produced a 13-13 halftime tie.
Hicks' 64-yard reverse on
the Roughnecks' first play from scrimmage in the second half
carried to the Austin one and Ronnie Davis finally put up a
22-yard field goal, for the 16-13 lead. Austin twice drove
inside the Wichita Falls 10 without capitalizing until Moore's
throw to Dickey carried to the Roughneck seven early in the
fourth quarter, setting up Moore's sixth touchdown of the sason.
In other AFA action
Saturday night, San Antonio defeated Houson 31-27 and Shreveport
stopped Oklahoma City 42-27. San Antonio, Houston and Shreveport
are tied for league leadership, all at 3-1. |
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| Austin |
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6 |
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7 |
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0 |
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7 |
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| Wichita Falls |
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0 |
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13 |
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AU |
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WF |
| First downs |
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19 |
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14 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 200 |
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? - 193 |
| Passing yards |
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156 |
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68 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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8 -
23 - 1 |
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5 -
17 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
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4 - 44 |
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5 - 29 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 1 |
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5 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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17 - 162 |
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10 - 66 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| AU |
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Safety Ray fumbled out of end
zone |
| AU |
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Pruitt 40 field goal |
| AU |
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Moore 3 run (Pruitt kick) |
| WF |
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O'Rourke 70 pass from Ray
(kick failed) |
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Hicks 2 run (Ray kick) |
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Davis 22 field goal |
| AU |
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Moore 2 run (Pruitt kick) |
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Houston Titans
at
San Antonio Charros
July 8, 1978
- Harlandale Memorial Stadium - |
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Express-News |
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Fullback David Wehmeyer
rammed four yards with 26 seconds to go Saturday night to give
the San Antonio Charros a slightly-unbelievable 31-24 win over
the Houston Titans at Harlandale Memorial Stadium.
The Charros seemed a long
shot at best with two minutes to go with Houston leading, 27-24,
and the Titans owning the football.
But San Antonio got the
break it needed when the Titans were penalized for illegal
procedure after punting with 1:38 left in the game.
The Charros were set to
move from their own 30 but were given new life when Houston
punted again and after a high snap from center punter Tim Cotton
was dropped for an 11-yard loss by Charros Robert Valdez and Roy
Hubbard.
The Charros took over at
the Houston 14 with 1:33 left.
Then with a first and goal
situation from the Houston four Charro quarterback Joe Gross was
apparently dropped for a four-yard loss but Housotn was called
for a face-mask penalty giving San Antonio an automatic first
down at the four.
Wehmeyer scored on the next
play.
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rallied from certain defeat with 21
points in the second half.
Field goals of 49 and 40
yards by Charles Stafford gave the Titans a 27-24 lead with 4:27
to play. Both counted for four points since they came from at
least 40 yards away.
San Antonio built a 24-6
halftime lead with the aid of 147 return yards but Houston
ralled for two third-quarter touchdowns behind quarterback
Garland Montgomery, whose older brother, Jim, did the
signal-calling in the first half.
Montgomery hit Jim Wilson
with a 16-yard TD pass with 6:44 left in the third quarter and
sneaked the final yard with 3:34 left in the third to trim the
margin to 24-19.
Both touchdowns were set up
by Charro turnovers.
The win assures the Charros
of a share of the American Football Assocation lead. Both San
Antonio and Houston have 3-1 league records.
The Titans scored first and
it did not take long for free-wheeling Jim Montgomery to light
up the scoreboard.
On the third play of the
game, Montgomery found Dorsey Lee Adams five yards behind Charro
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bomb.
Tim Cotton missed wide on
his PAT kick but Houston led, 6-0, with the game only 75 seconds
old.
San Antonio was back on top
91 seconds later after 270-pound offensive guard Fred Pointer
returned a short kickoff 42 yards to the Houston 25.
San Antoino was stopped
short and Rich Lander's 38-yard field goal try was short.
However, the ball bounced
off a Houston player near the goal line and trickled into the
end zone where Charro Doug Conrey fell on it for a touchdown.
Landers's kick made it 7-6 with 12:14 remaing in the period.
A 35-yard punt return by
former Trinity baseballer Frank Oakes, a 75-yard interception
retun by Dudley Keller and a 17-yard return of a stolen pass by
Raul Reynosa set up 17 second-quarter points for San Antonio.
Lander hit a 28-yard field
goal with 12:28 left in the second period after Oakes retunred
his kick to the Houston 35.
The two interceptions set
up scoring plunges of two yards by fullback David Wehmeyer and
four yards by quarter Joe Gross. Gross's TD with 32 seconds left
in the half gave the Charros a 24-6 lead at intermission. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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24 |
| San Antonio |
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? |
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? |
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? |
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? |
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- |
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31 |
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| Statistics |
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HO |
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SA |
| First downs |
|
? |
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? |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
|
? - ? |
|
? - ? |
| Passing yards |
|
? |
|
? |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
|
? - ?
- ? |
|
? - ?
- ? |
| Return yards |
|
? |
|
? |
| Punts - avg |
|
? - ? |
|
? - ? |
| Fumbles - lost |
|
? - ? |
|
? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
|
? - ? |
|
? - ? |
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| Scoring Summary |
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Not available |
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San Antonio: Clarence Alberts (44) |
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| Texans lose 21-19
before small crowd |
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| Randy Riggs - Austin
American-Statesman |
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For the Austin Texans
Saturday night, it was a textbook case of Paradise Lost. Or, to
be more precise, Opportunites Blown.
And the paradise lost was
in direct proportion to the opportunites that were blown as the
Texans had their chances but failed to cash them in, dropping a
21-19 decision to the Houston Titans at Nelson Field.
So, on a sweltering hot
evening, with the mercury hovering at 100 degrees at kickoff, a
crowd estimated at 500 watched the Texans' glorious one-game
winning streak come to an end. The loss dropped Austin back into
the losing rut from whence it came, negating last week's first
win and dropping the Texans to 1-4 as the American Football
Associations's first-half season concluded.
The Titans, riding the arm
of giant quarterback Jim Montgomery and a tenacious defense,
upped their record to 4-1.
The alpha and omega of the
scoring summary belonged to the Texans, who opened the scoring
with a 23-yard field goal by Roy Pruitt and ended it when Pruitt
connected on a 24-yarder. In between, Houston struck hard and
fast in the first half, then held on for dear life in the
second. The only thing that saved the Titans was the lack of an
Austin passing attack. |
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"Attack", actually, is much too complimentary when discussing
the Texan aerial game. Between them, quarterbacks Mike
Washington and Sam Maxie managed only two completions in 22
tries. Maxie, who played most of the second half, had a game of
which nigtmares are made, missing on all 15 of his attempts,
unless you count the two he completed to Titan defenders.
"We went with Sam the
second half because he is the better passer of the two," said
Texan offensive coordinator Hylon Adams, speaking for head coach
Ray Jackson, who was feeling much too depressed to talk to
anyone. "After the touchdown pass, Mike said he hurt his hand
and we didn't want him throwing if it was going to damage him."
The touchdown pass Adams
was referring to was a 29-yard gem from Washington to Thurmond
Benford in the first quarter, a see-saw period in which the
score changed hands four times before finally ending 14-10 in
Houston's favor.
After Pruitt's 23-yarder,
set up when Houston punter Tim Cotton bobbled a low snap and was
swallowed up by Herbert Reese, the Titans struck back swiftly. A
four-play, 65-yard drive was highlighted by Jim Wilson's 45-yard |
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burst up the middle and culminated by
Montgomery's two-yard keeper.
Wilson was the game's
leading scorer, picking up 121 yards on 20 tries. Ninety-eight
of that came in the first half, however, as the Texans more or
less effectively shut him down in the second.
The Benford-Washington
connection put Austin back in front, 10-7. But that lasted only
for 15 seconds, which was how long it took former Rice star
Ardie Seegars to navigate 89 yards with the ensuing kickoff.
Houston upped its lead to 21-10 on its next possession, the
score coming on a two-yard plunge by Wilson with only four
seconds gone in the second quarter. A 33-yard jaunt by Wilson
set up the TD.
Ricky Caldwell's 45-yard
interception return of a Montgomery pass helped Austin get back
in the game late in the half. A 20-yard run by Leonard Brantley
was the big play in the drive, which was successfully compted
when fullback Skippy Moore barely slipped into the left corner
of the endzone on a fourth-and-three play.
With Pruitt's 24-yarder at
the end of the third quarter, the scoring came to an end. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
|
14 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
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0 |
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- |
|
21 |
| Austin |
|
10 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
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0 |
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- |
|
19 |
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| Statistics |
| |
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HO |
|
AU |
| First downs |
|
14 |
|
13 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 163 |
|
? - 116 |
| Passing yards |
|
35 |
|
108 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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2 -
22 - 2 |
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8 -
18 - 1 |
| Return yards |
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? |
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? |
| Punts - avg |
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7 - 37.7 |
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5 - 41.8 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 0 |
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2 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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8 - 67 |
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10 - 60 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| AU |
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Pruitt 23 field goal |
| HO |
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Montgomery 2 run (Stafford
kick) |
| AU |
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Benford 29 pass from
Washington (Pruitt kick) |
| HO |
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Seegars 89 kickoff return
(Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Wilson 2 run (Stafford kick) |
| AU |
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Moore 3 run (kick failed) |
| AU |
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Pruitt 24 field goal |
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Houston: Jessie Dumas (??) |
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| Steamer by 38-25 |
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| Bill Rutkin - Shreveport Times |
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Shreveport's Steamer, with
Keith Alexander running back an interception 102 yards,
destroyed defending American Football Association champion San
Antonio, 38-25, Saturday night before 8,643 fans at State Fair
Stadium.
The victory raised Shreveport's record to 4-1 in the league,
tied with Houston for first place at the halfway point of the
season. Houston defeated Austin, 21-19, in another AFA contest.
San Antonio fell to 3-2.
The Steamer defense allowed
only one touchdown and a four-point field goal by Rich Lander.
Alexander stopped one of only two Charro touchdown threats when
he stepped in front of a Joe Gross pass two yards deep in his
end zone and raced for a score with 5:15 left in the second
quarter. Jerry Pope added the third of five extra points to give
Shreveport a 21-4 lead and the Steamer stayed comfortably ahead
for the rest of the game.
Pope also kicked a 32-yard
field goal in the final period that gave the Steamer a 38-18
lead. But he had two punts blocked which led directly to two
Charro touchdowns.
Robert Valdez blocked the
first Pope punt and ran 19 yards in the third quarter. Darrell
Danklets got in front of another Pope kick and scored from 12
yards out with only 11 seconds |
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left to make the final score appear
closer than the game really was.
Shreveport scored on its
first possession with Clyde Walker passing to Clarance Toliver
for 14 yards and a score with 10:38 left in the opening period.
Shreveport marched 57 yards in the drive with key gains coming
from Rudy Thomas who picked up 17 yards on a run through the
left side of his line and two other compete passes from Walker
to Rubin Jones (11 yards) and Toliver, a look-in pattern for 13
yards. Walker completed 16 of 24 passes for 153 yards and one
touchdown.
Lander, son of Steamer head
coach Harry Lander, booted a 42-yard field goal on the Charros'
next possession to push the visitors as close as they ever got
at 7-4.
Thomas, who gained 100
yards on 17 carries, his second straight 100-yard rushing
performance, scored Shreveport's next touchdown with 11:33 left
in the second period. Thomas cut 24 yards untouched, following
his blockers, for the touchdown that capped a three-play,
33-yard drive.
Pope had driven San Antonio
back to its own 2 with a coffin corner kick to set up the short
touchdown drive.
Gross drove the Charros 75
yards to Shreveport's four on their next possession |
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before Alexander's interception. Gross
hit four straight passes in the drive, three to John Tuttle for
32 yards and one to John Whittier for 23. Gross threw for 201
yards, completing 16 of 28, but was intercepted three times.
Shreveport scored again
before the half, building its lead to 28-4, when Earnest
Williams dived in from the 2, capping a three-play, 73 yard
drive. A Walker-to-Jones pass for 50 yards and a pass
interference call that gained 21 yards were the keys.
Valdez pulled the Charros
to within 28-11 in the third quarter when he scored on his
blocked kick, but the Steamer answered that in only 22 seconds
with some razzle-dazzle.
Backup quarterback James
Johnson took a lateral from Walker, then threw downfield to
wide-open Rod Foppe to complete a 59-yard scoing play on the
Steamer's first play from scrimmage.
Backup Charro quarterback
Blaine Miller led a lengthy 77-yard scoring drive for San
Antonio's only TD against the Steamer defense in the fourth
quarter. Miller hit Sam Swierc with the payoff with 10:53 to
play. Pope's field goal made it 38-18 with 4:13 remaing with his
32-yard field goal. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Antonio |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
14 |
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- |
|
25 |
| Shreveport |
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7 |
|
21 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
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- |
|
38 |
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| Statistics |
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SA |
|
SH |
| First downs |
|
14 |
|
13 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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17 - 68 |
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31 - 138 |
| Passing yards |
|
228 |
|
212 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
|
33 -
19 - 3 |
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27 -
17 - 3 |
| Return yards |
|
96 |
|
118 |
| Punts - avg |
|
7 - 34 |
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6 - 28 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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6 - 2 |
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2 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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6 - 61 |
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10 - 85 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
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Toliver 14 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| SA |
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Lander 42 field goal |
| SH |
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Thomas 24 run (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Alexander 102 interception
return (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Williams 2 run (Pope kick) |
| SA |
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Valdez 19 blocked punt return
(Lander kick) |
| SH |
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Foppe 59 pass from Johnson
(Pope kick) |
| SA |
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Swierc 2 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
| SH |
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Pope 32 field goal |
| SA |
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Danklets 12 blocked punt
return (Lander kick) |
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Shreveport: Rudy Thomas (36)
San Antonio: Roy Hubbard (87) |
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Shreveport: Ron Johnson (89) |
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| Stampede rambles,
51-0, in brawl-shortened game |
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| Joe Claxton - Daily Oklahoman |
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With the Oklahoma Stampede
owning a 51-0 lead over Wichita Falls and about to score again,
the American Football Association game ended with 1:47 remaining
on the clock and a full scale melee on the field.
Around 400 fans had gathered to see the local semi-pro club roll
to a 3-2 AFA mark by building a 26-0 first half lead and
coasting to 25 more in the fight-plagued second half.
The Stampede scored on its
first possession, marching 64 yards in seven plays with
quarterback Mike Jones leading the way with three pinpoint
passes to backs John |
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Eastep and Mike Mitchell. Eastep
scored from the one after Jones' 14-yarder to Mitchell.
Before the quarter was
over, the Stampede had 14 more points on George Palmer's score
from the one and Jones' 11-yard touchdown toss to Nathaniel
Fowler. A five-point field goal, a 52-yarder by John Dunlop
upped it to 26-0. AFA rules allow four points for field goals of
40 yards or more and five from more than 50.
Dunlop opened the second
half scoring in the same manner, this time from 51 yards away
from the goal posts to make it 31-0.
The Oklahoma club got two
more TDs in |
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the third period on another
Jones-Fowler hook-up from three yards out and on Mitchell's
five-yard blast with 37 seconds left.
With the score sky-rocketed to 44-0, Oklahoma coach Ben Hart
pulled Jones in favor of backup Willie Weary, who responded on
his second series with a 58-yard connection to wide receiver
William Briggs. Briggs turned a short completion into six points
with a couple of jukes, and a pull away afterburner.
The loss dropped the
hapless Roughnecks to 0-5. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Wichita Falls |
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0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
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0 |
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- |
|
0 |
| Oklahoma |
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21 |
|
3 |
|
20 |
|
7 |
|
- |
|
51 |
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| Statistics |
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WF |
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OK |
| First downs |
|
9 |
|
18 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
|
32 - 8 |
|
28 -185 |
| Passing yards |
|
(-27) |
|
201 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
|
3 -
13 - 4 |
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13 -
26 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
|
5 - 36 |
|
0 - 0 |
| Fumbles - lost |
|
? - 1 |
|
? - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
|
9 - 92 |
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11 - 114 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| OK |
|
Eastep 1 run (Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Palmer 1 run (Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Fowler 11 pass from Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Dunlop 52 field goal |
| OK |
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Dunlop 51 field goal |
| OK |
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Fowler 3 pass from Jones (kick
failed) |
| OK |
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Mitchell 5 run (Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Briggs 58 pass from Weary
(game called) |
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| Roughnecks are
Steamerolled by 90-0 |
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| Bill Rutkin - Shreveport Times |
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May
the American Football Association live for eternity, for it will
take that long to destroy the memories of Saturday night's game.
With Steamer quarterback Clyde Walker jokingly asking fans in
the stands if they would like to play, Shreveport embarrassed
Wichita Falls, 90-0, at State Fair Stadium.
l
Rudy Thomas rushed for 124 yards and scored three touchdownsin
the first quarter. He ran only twice more in the game, finishing
with 127 yards.
l Alex Rankin and Donnie Sutton scored two touchdowns
apiece. Stan Lee and A. T. Banks both ran back punts for
touchdowns. The Steamer returned 10 Roughneck punts for a total
of 288 yards. Walker passed for one touchdown to Rubin Jones
while backup quarterback Mike Morrison, who played most of the
game, threw TD passes to Edwin Scott and Willie Jernigan. Nine
players scored 13 Steamer touchdowns.
l Wichita Falls, which lost a game 51-0 a week ago to
Oklahoma, was down 62-0 at halftime. The Roughnecks, who opened
the season against the Steamer and lost by only 32-16, have been
virtually destroyed by the loss of their starting quarterback
two weeks ago and a rash of injuries.
When a Texan went down with
a leg injury very early in the game, the Roughnecks were |
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left
with only 23 players on their squad for the rest of the contest.
l The Roughnecks, who have lost all six of their games,
have now been outscored by their opponents, 38-236.
l Wichita Falls rushed for minus 7 yards and finished
with a total of 84 net yards. Shreveport rushed for 288 and
passed for 160.
The Steamer scored every
time it had the ball in the first half and the first time the
Roughnecks had the ball in the second half.
Thomas scored the first
touchdown, capping a 76-yard, four play drive by breaking loose
at midfield and outrunning the slow Roughnecks 50 yards. Thomas'
other scores came on runs of 2 and 7 yards, the final making it
26-0 with 2:11 still left in the opening quarter.
Also in the first quarter,
Walker passed to Jones for 41 yards with 7:26 left.
Thomas's second touchdown
was set up when Gary King recovered a fumble and Shreveport
marched 75 yards. Twice in the drive, the Steamer went for a
first downs on fourth-and-four.
There wasn't much reason to
play anymore, but it went on anyway.
Morrison passed 19 yards to
Scott, making it 34-0; Sutton scored from the five for a 42-0
lead; Rankin ran up the middle for 30 yards and a 48-0 lead; Lee
returned a punt 71 yards down |
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his right sideline: 56-0; Morrison
passed to Jernigan for six yards: 62-0.
Then it was halftime.
Taking the second half
kickoff as far as its own 32, Wichita Falls fumbled and had it
returned 21 yards by Don Henry for another touchdown and a 70-0
deficit less than two minutes into the second half.
Shreveport moved to its 46
on its next possession, marking the first time in the game it
didn't score. Clarance Toliver, backup punter to injured Jerry
Pope, punted the first of three times to end the drive. With
Pope dressing out, but ineffective on his first extra point, the
Steamer went for two-point conversions eight times. Edwin Scott
kicked conversions on the Steamer's final two touchdowns.
Leading 70-0 at the end of
the third period, Banks returned a punt 47 yards on the first
play of the final period for yet another score. Rankin scored
from the 17 with six minutes left and Sutton went in from the
two with only 33 seconds left. The final touchdown was set up by
Banks' 30-yard punt return to the WF 10.
Shreveport, now 5-1, plays
its fourth straight home game next Saturday night against
Houston. The Titans, who handed the Steamer its only loss at
State Fair earlier in the season, officially moved the game to
Shreveport earlier in the day. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Wichita Falls |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
- |
|
0 |
| Shreveport |
|
26 |
|
36 |
|
8 |
|
20 |
|
- |
|
90 |
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| Statistics |
| |
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WF |
|
SH |
| First downs |
|
9 |
|
18 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
|
36 - (-7) |
|
35 - 288 |
| Passing yards |
|
84 |
|
160 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
|
23 -
6 - 0 |
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22 -
9 - 0 |
| Return yards |
|
(-10) |
|
248 |
| Punts - avg |
|
10 - 32 |
|
3 - 32 |
| Fumbles - lost |
|
5 - 4 |
|
1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards |
|
7 - 78 |
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13 - 125 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
|
Thomas 50 run (kick failed) |
| SH |
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Thomas 2 run (pass failed) |
| SH |
|
Jones 41 pass from Walker
(pass failed) |
| SH |
|
Thomas 7 run (Scott pass from
Walker) |
| SH |
|
Scott 19 pass from Morrison
(Rankin run) |
| SH |
|
Sutton 5 run (Rankin run) |
| SH |
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Rankin 30 run (pass failed) |
| SH |
|
Lee 71 punt returne (Foppe
pass from Morrison) |
| SH |
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Jernigan 6 pass from Morrison
(pass failed) |
| SH |
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Henry 21 fumble return
(Toliver pass from Morrison) |
| SH |
|
Banks 47 punt return (kick
failed) |
| SH |
|
Rankin 17 run (Scott kick) |
| SH |
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Sutton 2 run (Scott kick) |
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Shreveport: Clyde Walker (8) |
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Shreveport: Randy Fry (44) |
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Shreveport: RB Rudy Thomas (36), Edwin Scott (15) |
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Austin Texans
at
San Antonio Charros
July 22, 1978
- Harlandale Memorial Stadium - |
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| Charros smash
Texans, 42-14 |
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| Johnny Campos - San Antonio Light |
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An alert San Antonio defense
kept Austin Texans' quarterback Mike Washington in check most of
the game Saturday night while Charros' runningback David
Wehmeyer and tight end Tom Whittier provided the offensive
thrust to carry the Alamo City team to a 42-14 victory at
Memorial Stadium.
Washington, the American Football Association's leading
rusher going into the game, gained only 77 yards on 13 carries
and was sacked five times by the Charros' defense. |
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Wehmeyer had 115 yards on 22
carries and scored three San Antonio touchdowns for his finest
showing of the season. Two more Charros touchdowns were tallied
via the hands of Whittier, who carught passes from quarterbacks
Blane Miller and Glen Penna and finished with five receptions
for a total of 68 yards.
Miller, subbing for the injured Joe Gross, led the
Charros to four scoring drives, competing nine of 17 passes for
108 yards. He had two passes intercepted. |
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After a scoreless first period,
Washington led the Texans on a 68-yard scoring drive that took
only four plays. He hit wide receiver Bruce Dickey at the San
Antonio 15 and Dickey weaved his way past a pair of Charros'
defenders for the score. John McPherson kicked the exta point
with 12:47 left in the second quarter for a 7-0 Austin lead.
The win put San Antonio's record at 4-2 while dropping
Austin to 1-5. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Austin |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
- |
|
14 |
| San Antonio |
|
0 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
- |
|
42 |
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| Statistics |
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AU |
|
SA |
| First downs |
|
10 |
|
21 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
|
? - 135 |
|
? - 142 |
| Passing yards |
|
87 |
|
112 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
|
5 -
10 - 3 |
|
13 -
26 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
|
4 - 35 |
|
3 - 35 |
| Fumbles - lost |
|
4 - 4 |
|
3 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
|
7 - 61 |
|
7 - 60 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| AU |
|
Dickey 43 pass from Washington
(Pruitt kick) |
| SA |
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Whittier 5 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Tuttle 21 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Wehmeyer 5 run (Lander kick) |
| AU |
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Dumas 6 run (Pruitt kick) |
| SA |
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Wehmeyer 6 run (Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Wehmeyer 4 run (Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Whittier 30 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
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San Antonio: Frank Oakes (32) |
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Stampede crushes
Houston
Dunlop's 57-yard FG ties mark |
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| Floyd Stanley - Daily Oklahoman |
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With John Dunlop knocking
through field goals of 29, 36 and a league record-tying 57 yards
and added three conversions after touchdowns to account for 14
points as the Oklahoma Stampede dropped the Houston Titans,
32-14, Saturday niight before more than 650 fans at Taft
Stadium.
The Stampede, now 4-2 in the American Football
Association, avenged an early season loss to the Titans, the
10th-rated minor league football team by the Pro Football Weekly
and now also 4-2. Oklahoma is unranked.
Dunlop's 57-yard boot, worth five points in the AFA, came
with the wind to his back in the third quarter, and tied his own
league record. The 36-yard field goal was Dunlop's first under
50 yards this season.
The Stampede controlled both the offensive and defensive
lines of scrimmage all night long, with Houston managing zero
yards rushing the second half and finishing with just 61 for the
night.
It was the offensive line, however, that was the
clincher, said head coach Ben Hart. "Our offensive line was the
difference. With backs like John Eastep, Mike Mitchell and
George Palmer, they're going to gain yards if the line blocks."
"The defense did a super job, but then again, Houston
didn't have a chance to have the ball as much as they had
previously," he said.
"And the special teams, well, what can you say? Dunlop
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scored and theirs didn't," Hart said.
Stampede quarterback Mike Jones came out throwing, and
with little success. But after defensive back Alvin Roberts
stopped a promising Titan drive with an interception and 21-yard
return, Oklahoma's offense came alive.
Taking over at the Stampede 43, Jones moved to the
touchdown in just seven plays, including a 20-yard pass to
running back Rick Herren.
The clincher, though, was a 24-yard bomb to Nathaniel
Fowler, which he caught over bewildered Titan defender Edward
Robinson in the left corner.
Interceptions on the next two tries stopped Oklahoma
drives, with the second one, by Durfie Thompson, giving Houston
the ball on its own 25. From there, it took the Titans just four
plays, including a 24-yard pass interference penalty, to score.
The big play was Montgomery's 45-yard pass to running
back Jim Wilson, who caught it over his shoulder at a dead run.
Form there, Montgomery sneaked across for the touchdown.
Oklahoma still led 7-6, however, as defensive lineman Dale
Alexander blocked Charles Stafford's exra point attempt.
Oklahoma came right back, however, driving from the 37 in
nine plays, with a scrambling Jones hitting James Thatcher with
an 18-yard pass to the right corner of the end zone. Dunlop made
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He got another chance a little
more than a minute later, and responded with a 36-yarder 16
seconds before the gun for a 17-6 halfitme lead.
The second half belonged to the defense. Although Titan
reserve quarterback Mark Cahill was able to pass effectively and
moved the team to a 75-yard touchdown drive, Houston made no
rushing yards and did not make a first down until late in the
third quarter.
That was in the early stages of the touchdown march,
which ended with Wilson slamming in from the one. Curlin Santee
grabbed a Montgomery pass for the conversion.
Before that, though, the Stampede had effectively put the
game out of reach. The barrage started on the half's opening
kickoff, which gave Oklahoma possession at their own 49 after
Jeff Brown's return.
Ten plays covered the distance, with Eastep getting the
touchdown from the one.
Dunlop kicked his 57-yarder on the next Stampede
possession, and ended Oklahoma scoring with his 29-yarder with
seven minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Team general manager Mike Wyatt, who had been told by the
AFA that the Stampede must draw an average of about 2,000 fans
or fold, said Saturday's threatening weather held the attendance
down.
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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14 |
| Oklahoma |
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7 |
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10 |
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OK |
| First downs |
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11 |
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21 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 61 |
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| Passing yards |
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55 |
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172 |
| Passing (comp -
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28 - 2 |
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15 -
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| Punts - avg |
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6 - 35 |
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3 - 21 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - 2 |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
| OK |
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Fowler 24 pass from Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| HO |
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Montgomery 4 run (kick failed) |
| OK |
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Thatcher 18 pass from Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Dunlop 36 field goal |
| OK |
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Eastep 1 run (Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Dunlop 57 field goal |
| OK |
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Dunlop 29 field goal |
| HO |
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Wilson 1 run (Santee pass from
Montgomery) |
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Houston: Garland Montgomery (10)
Oklahoma: Jim Stone (??) |
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Houston Titans
at
Shreveport Steamer
July 29, 1978
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| Steamer gives
Titans a thrashing |
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| Gerry Robichaux - Shreveport Times |
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Has Harry Lander created a
Frankenstein or just a runaway Steamroller?
That question hangs over the American Football
Association's southern division after results of the last two
league weekends.
By outscoring its opposition 140-0 for the better part of
eight quarters the Steamer fortified its league lead. Last night
the victim was Houston's Titans.
A crowd of 13,857 watched as the Frankenstein of the
league marched again. But if Lander, the ubiquitous coach, has
created a monster it has been done by using small parts.
Rod Foppe, a 175-pound wide receiver, was the standout
Saturday night, catching three touchdown passes and totalling
118 yards on seven receptions as Shreveport jumped to a 50-0
lead with 10 minutes still to play.
Foppe's 16-yard reception of a Mike Morrison pass and
Jerry Pope's conversion with 10:55 to play boosted the score to
50-0 in the route of the team which shared second place in the
divison coming into the contest.
The week before, Shreveport humiliated Wichita Falls,
90-0.
Shreveport preserved its shutout string through seven
quarters when its swarming defense threw up a goal-line stand at
the Steamer two early in the third period.
After a screen pass from Southern Cal's Mark Cahill to Al
Barrett carried 12 yards to the 14, a penalty set Houston up at
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The Steamer defense, led by Don Henry,
stopped Cahill for a 6-yard loss, then A. T. Banks broke up a
forward pass in the end zone and Leroy Hunt smeared Mickey Kuhn
at the Steamer two, bringing up a fourth down. The Steamer was
offside before a field goal try was made and penalized to the
2-yard line. At that point, Houston decided to spurn the field
goal attempt for a try at a touchdown, but Henry and Sam Coaxum
barreled through to tackle Kuhn at the 3.
The offense came back and marched 97 yards in 12 plays
with 57 of those coming on penalties for pass interference or
roughing the passer as Houston obviously was flustered by its
lack of success moving the football. Rudy Thomas plunged 1 yard
with 2:15 to play in the third period to make it 43-0.
The Steamer defense held at its own 3-yard line with 5:28
to play to continue its defensive domination of AFA foes,
something that was exhibited early in the game with the help of
defensve back Keith Alexander.
If revenge for the 29-28 loss to Houston earlier were the
motive, it came swiftly with Shreveport steamrollering its way
to a 36-0 lead by halftime.
Alexander and Foppe were the stickouts in a balanced
assault, which made it no contest by intermission. Alexander
intercepted a ball tipped by a Houston receiver and returned 29
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play in the opening half. Houston was
penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness on the play and on
the very first scrimmage of that possession Foppe broke free
from two defenders on a flag pattern to take a 23-yard pass from
Clyde Walker and give Shrevport a 14-0 lead after a quarter of
play.
Thomas' two-yard run with 10:35 left in the quarter had
accounted for Shreveport's first touchdown, climaxing an
eight-play, 67-yard drive on the first Shreveport possession.
Foppe, who had four catches for 74 yards at halftime,
went back to work for the third touchdown when, with 11:12 left
in the second quarter, he ran almost the identical pattern that
he had scored on earlier. This time Walker hit him with a
22-yard shot just before he stepped over the end line in the end
zone.
Alexander, the Tulane product who owns the leauge's
longest pass interception (102 yards), set up Shreveports's
fourth touchdown when he picked up a fumble and retuned 22 yards
to the Titan 18. Nose guard Walter Chapman and linebacker Jerry
Davis knocked the ball loose from runningback Jim Wilson on the
play.
Mike Morrison, subbing for Walker, fired a 10-yard
scoring pass to Edwin Scott, who made a fine catch with 8:19
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| Score by Quarters |
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| First downs |
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14 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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39 - 114 |
| Passing yards |
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127 |
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155 |
| Passing (comp -
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| Punts - avg |
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5 - 34 |
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6 - 39 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 1 |
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0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards |
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15 - 169 |
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| SH |
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Thomas 2 run (Pope kick) |
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Foppe 23 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
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Foppe 22 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
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Scott 10 pass from Morrison
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Pope 46 field goal |
| SH |
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Pope 41 field goal |
| SH |
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Thomas 1 run (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Foppe 6 pass from Morrison
(Pope kick) |
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Tempers were unbridled all
night long, but John Dunlop harnessed his toe for a 50-yard
five-point field goal which ultimately sent Oklahoma City past
Austin 33-29 in an American Football Association game Saturday
night at Nelson Field.
And debate was the apt description. Anger was the
prevailing mood all night long - particularly after Austin
quarterback Sam Maxie's off-the-bench tackle on a
touchdown-bound Oklahoma punt returner set the therme.
Now 5-2 in the AFA campaign and tied with San Antonio for
second place in the standings behind 6-1 Shreveport, Oklahoma
went ahead for keeps after the overworked game officials awarded
the Stampede's Tyrell Jackson a 65-yard first quater punt
return, cancelling out Maxie's impetuosity from the sideline.
Maxie later had other assignments with the Austin offense
- and the Texans' two short touchdown drives in the third
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to 28-21, left the game up for grabs
in the final 15 minutes.
Maxie's fumble at midfield, however, brought Dunlop
onstage to settle the issue - and his five-pointer decided the
game.
When the Texans' defense held the Stampede on downs,
Southern Methodist-ex Dunlop sent through an apparent four-point
field goal, from 45 yards out. Oklahoma was penalized five yards
for illegal procedure and Dunlop banged his 50-yard effort, for
a 33-21 lead with 13:09 left in the game.
Maxie engineered a 65-yard scoring push shortly
thereafter, hitting split receiver Bruce Dickey, who played only
sparingly because of injury, on a 37-yard scoring pass. Tight
end Thurmond Benford caught a tipped pass for the two-point
conversion and the 1-6 Texans were still alive with 6:26 to go.
Dunlop was short on a 61-yard field goal try with 2:25
left, giving Austin possession at its 44. But new Texan
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underthrown and Milton Kirven intercepted, with Oklahoma running
out the clock from its 11.
Fullback John Eastep, who entered the game as the AFA's
rushing leader, was a key for the Stampede, scoring from six and
two yards out and contributing yardage which led to quarterback
Mike Jones' 27-yard touchdown pass to tight end James Thatcher
late in the first half.
Austin earned an early 7-7 tie when Leonard Brantley went
19 yards to cap an 80-yard drive. And, after successive bad punt
snaps by the Stampede in the third quarter, fullback Walter
Hartsfield scored from the three and Maxie tallied from two
yards out.
Eastep rushed 16 times for 130 yards and Brantley carried
17 times for 101 yards.
Officials had to break up several scuffles and players
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| Austin |
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AU |
| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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47 - 161 |
| Passing yards |
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127 |
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144 |
| Passing (comp -
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| Punts - avg |
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2 - 34 |
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3 - 37 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 0 |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| OK |
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Eastep6 run (Dunlop kick) |
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Brantley 19 run (Pruitt kick) |
| OK |
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Jackson 65 punt return (Dunlop
kick) |
| OK |
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Eastep 2 run (Thatcher pass
from Jones) |
| OK |
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Thatcher 27 pass from Jones
(pass failed) |
| AU |
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Hartsfield 3 run (run failed) |
| AU |
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Maxie 2
run (Carter pass from Maxie) |
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Dunlop 50 field goal |
| AU |
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Dickey 37 pass from Maxie
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The Wichita Falls Roughnecks
generated their best point production yet Saturday night, but
fell to the San Antonio Charros, 46-21 before a small crowd of
approximately 300 fans at Memorial Stadium.
Charles Hicks, who coaches at Hirschi High School, scored
two touchdowns and rushed for 48 yards in carries and Glenn
Calvin caught two passes for a touhchdown and a 71-yard total.
Roughneck quarterback Glen Ray casually handed off to
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which ended with a perfect 60-yard
touchdown strike to Calvin from Ray. The touchdown gave the
Roughnecks their only lead for the night at 13-7 with 6:16 left
in the first quarter.
Defensive end Roy Hubbard scored twice for San Antonio,
once on a 52-yard fumble return and once by recovering a blocked
punt in the end zone. The other San Antonio scores came on a
16-yard pass from Blane Miller to JohnTuttle, a four-yard run by
Dwight Rover, a one-yard run by Miller and Rich Lander's 56- |
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yard, five-point field goal.
Hicks scored first on a 24-yard run for the first
Roughneck TD. Ray's pass to Calvin lit up the board for the
second time and Hicks closed out the scoring in the last
quarter with an eight-yard run for a touchdown and a two-point
conversion.
The Roughnecks, 0-7, will host the Houston Titans next
Saturday night at Memorial Stadium at 8 p.m. |
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| Wichita Falls |
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| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
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| Punts - avg |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| SA |
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Whittier 11 pass from Miller
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Hicks 24 run (pass failed) |
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Calvin 60 pass from Ray (Ray
kick) |
| SA |
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Tuttle 16 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Rover 4 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Hubbard 52 fumble return
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Miller 1
run (Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Hubbard recovered blocked punt
in end zone (kick failed) |
| WF |
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Hicks 8 run (Hicks run) |
| SA |
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Lander 56 field goal |
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Austin Texans
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Shreveport Steamer
August 5, 1978
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| Austin American-Statesman |
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Three first-quarter touchdown
passes by Shreveport quarterback Clyde Walker provided the
momentum for the American Football Association leaders' 31-12
win over the Austin Texans Saturday night here before a crowd of
11,051.
Austin, now 1-7 in AFA play, stopped the Steamer, 7-1, on
the winner's first offensive series, but Walker ended a 54-yard
drive by passing 18 yards to split end Rod Foppe for the first
score. On its next series, Shreveport moved 35 yards, scoring on
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After a fumble by Texan
fullback Skippy Moore, Walker ended a 28-yard drive by throwing
17 yards to Steamer fullback Rudy Thomas, who led all rushers
with 133 yards.
Injury-riddled Austin, which suited out only 31 players
for the game, got on the board early in the second quarter when
linebacker Lonnie Sneed picked up Thomas' fumble and ran it in
from the Shreveport three.
Austin's defense also set up the second Texan touchdown.
Linebacker Carl Broom intercepted Walker's pass deep in Steamer
territory and quarteback Mike Washington, |
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playing his last 1978 game, threw a
9-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Bruce Dickey.
Leonard Brantley paced the Austin rushing game, with 85
yards on 18 carries. Washington, facing a determined Shreveport
rush, netted 32 yards on 13 carries.
Ed Strickland, who had kicked a 71-yard field goal in
minor league football earlier this summer, made his Texan debut,
missing two extra points, having a 40-yard field goal blocked
and missing on a 51-yard effort. |
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| Austin |
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| Shreveport |
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| First downs |
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11 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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40 - 129 |
| Passing yards |
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83 |
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119 |
| Passing (comp -
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| Return yards |
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| Punts - avg |
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4 - 47 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| SH |
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Foppe18 pass from Walker (Pope
kick) |
| SH |
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jones 11 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Thomas 17 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| AU |
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Sneed 5 fumble recovery (kick
failed) |
| SH |
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Thomas 2 run (Pope kick) |
| AU |
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Dickey 9 pass from Washington
(kick failed) |
| SH |
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Pope 26
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Shreveport: Derrick Battle (??) |
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Houston Titans
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Wichita Falls Roughnecks
August 5, 1978
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"Almost lost" is a lot better
than "almost won" for the Wichita Falls Roughnecks, savoring
their first win of the season, a 10-9 cliffhanger over the
Houston Titans Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
The Roughnecks almost lost, though, as backup quarterback
James Stewart took the Titans from their own 20 to the
Roughnecks 23 yard line in five straight pass completions.
With the Titans owning the ball on the Roghneck 23 and
only 30 seconds showing on the clock, most people woudn't have
given a dry hole for the Roughnecks' chance of strking oil for
the first time this season.
But defensive back Ray Robinson picked off Stewart's next
pass and returned it to the 50 yard line where the offense ran
out the clock.
"Our line made all the differnece," coach James Reed
said. "We had two all-americans playing for us the first time
Saturday night, Ben Harris and Eddie Scott. They made our
quarterback feel more secure and made our backs feel like they
could run."
Reed also said that the new linemen brought the
Roughnecks' depth to a point where no one had to play both
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"We have more confidence now,"
said Reed. "We can take these guys and win our next two games."
The Roughnecks play Austin, tied with the Roughnecks with a 1-7
record, in Austin Saturday night and then host the Oklahoma
Stampede, 5-3 after Saturday night's action, on Aug. 19 at
Memorial Stadium in their final game of the season.
"We hope we can get a big crowd out to the Oklahoma game
to help us pay some bills," Reed said.
The Roughnecks had to put enough money in trust at the
beginning of the season to finish out the year, but the money
for equipment and other expenses is running short, according to
Reed.
The Roughnecks got outstanding play from the whole
defensive unit and especially linemen Gerry McNeal, Harris, and
middle linebacker Ron Marshall. Those three, along with Albert
Henry, caught the Titans for several losses in the second half,
limiting Houston to only nine yards rushing and 34 net yards
passing in the last half.
On offense, Charles Hicks scored his fourth touchdown of
the season on a 45-yard run, giving him 120 yards rushing for
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of them coming in the second half.
Quarterback Glen Ray completed five of 12 passes for 104
yards while wide receiver Glenn Calvin caught three of the
passes for 72 yards.
As Reed said, the offensive line allowed the other to
compile such records, including the 87-yard scoring drive in the
third quarter, completed in seven rushing plays.
Newcomer Iseed Khoury provided the only scoing of
the first quarter for the Roughnecks on a 49-yard, four-point
field goal. Khoury, who was put on waivers by the Oakland
Raiders last week, played in his first professional gave after
an outstanding career at North Texans State.
Houston came back with nine second quarter points on a
touchdown run of seven yards by Jim Wilson, Chales Stafford's
extra point and a safety scored when Roughneck punter Byron
Redden was caught in the end zone after recovering a bad snap.
In the third, the Roughneck defense came to life,
seemingly sparking the offense to its game-winning drive.
"Losing a close one is not too good," Reed said. "Winning
is a whole lot sweeter." |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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0 |
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9 |
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0 |
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0 |
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9 |
| Wichita Falls |
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4 |
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0 |
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6 |
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0 |
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- |
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10 |
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| Statistics |
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HO |
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WF |
| First downs |
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10 |
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10 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 52 |
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? - 188 |
| Passing yards |
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55 |
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104 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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10 -
27 - 1 |
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5 -
12 - 1 |
| Punts - avg |
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9 - 36 |
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4 - 40 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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4 - 2 |
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2 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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8 - 81 |
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7 - 45 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| WF |
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Khoury 49 field goal |
| HO |
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Wilson 7 run (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Tackle in end zone for safety |
| WF |
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Hicks 45 run (pass failed) |
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Oklahoma Stampede
at
San Antonio Charros
August 5, 1978
- Harlandale Memorial Stadium - |
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Stampede |
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| Kevin O'Keeffe - San Antonio
Express-News |
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Glen Penna, summoned to duty
for the San Antonio Charros at the beginning of the fourth
period, hurled an eight-yard touchdown pass to tight end John
Tuttle on the final play of the game to give the Charros a 15-14
victory over the Oklahoma City Stampede Saturday night at
Harlandale Stadium.
As a crowd of 2,500 (est.) watched collectively
open-mouthed, Penna ended a 14-play, 67-yard drive with the
score.
The victory ups San Antonio's American Football
Association record to 6-2. Oklahoma drops to 5-3.
The Charros, dormant from early in the contest, got a
lift at the outset of the final period when cornerback Ricky
Williams raced 60 yards with an interception. Rich Lander missed
the conversion, however, keeping Oklahoma in front 14-9.
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two field goal tries in the final
quarter. John Dunlop missed from 52 and 44 yards out.
Penna, subbing at quarterback for Blane Miller, was six
of 12 for 77 yards in the quater.
He completed one third down pass in the final drive that
consumed the last 3:13 of the contest. On that final play, he
suffered a broken right wrist.
A 2:26 stretch in the second quarter helped push the
Oklahoma City Stampede into a 14-3 lead over the Charros at the
intermission.
The Stampede scored with 10:50 left in the half when
quarterback Mike Jones tossed a six-yarder to running back Rick
Herren. Dunlop added the extra point. Jones' touchdown pass
culminated a seven-play, 48-yard drive.
Three plays later, thanks to an Alvin Roberts
interception, Oklahoma was on the verge of scoring again.
Roberts, who had two interceptions in the half, returned a
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aerial 22 yards to put Olkahoma at the
San Antonio eight.
Running back John Eastep scored from the one three plays
later. Dunlop added the extra point at the 8:24 mark of the
second quarter.
Oklahoma's touchdowns erased an early 3-0 Charro
advantage. Lander booted a 25-yard field goal with 10:22 remaing
in the first quarter to give San Antonio an edge.
The first quarter was all San Antonio as the Charros
marched to the Oklahoma 26 before Miller suffered his first
interception of the night. Milton Kirven pilfered Miller's pass
which was intended for Tim Whittier.
Miller, who completed two of his first three passes,
suffered five interceptions in the first half. He had 41 yards
on three completions, but he attempted 15 passes. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Oklahoma |
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0 |
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14 |
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0 |
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0 |
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14 |
| San Antonio |
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3 |
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10 |
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6 |
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12 |
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15 |
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| Statistics |
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OK |
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SA |
| First downs |
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12 |
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14 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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41 - 106 |
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42 - 71 |
| Passing yards |
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131 |
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138 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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12 -
26 - 1 |
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10 -
36 - 6 |
| Punts - avg |
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6 - 33.3 |
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4 - 38.1 |
| Return yards |
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81 |
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92 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 1 |
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3 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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8 - 85 |
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5 - 45 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SA |
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Lander 25 field goal |
| OK |
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Herren 6 passfrom Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Eastep 1 run (Dunlop kick) |
| SA |
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Williams 60 pass interception
return (kick failed) |
| SA |
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Tuttle 8 pass from Penna (game
ended) |
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| Roughnecks charge
past Texans for 2nd win, 20-0 |
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The taste of victory was so
sweet last week for the Wichita Falls Roughnecks, that the
gridiron crew decided to take a bigger slice of the pie
Saturday by defeating the Austin Texans 20-0 for their second
victory of the season.
The win moves the Roughnecks out of the American Fooball
Association cellar with a 2-7 record while Austin, who defeated
the Roughnecks 20-16 in an earlier meeting, dropped to the
basement with a 1-8 mark.
Wichita Falls scored first with 4:48 left in the second
quarter when Iseed Khoury hit a four-point, 40-yard field goal
for the only first |
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half tally.
Austin missed two scoring chances before halftime when
the Texans fumbled on the Roughneck four in the first quarter,
and then had time run out on a drive just before intermission.
The Texans had one more chance to score in the third
period, but a 62-yard touchdown pass was negated by a holding
penalty.
The Roughneck defense added to the margin late in the
third period when they forced Texan quarterback Sam Maxie to be
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in the endzone, and being called for a
safety to give the Wichitans a 6-0 lead.
Quarterback Glen Ray connected with Glenn Calvin on a
43-yard pass play with 9:02 left in the game and Khouri added
the extra point for a 13-0 advantage.
With 1:08 remaining, the Roughnecks put the icing on the
cake when Charles Hicks rambled 21 yards for the final
touchdown.
The Wichita Falls offense was led by Robert Blunt with
168 yards on 25 carries, and Hicks rushed for 102 yards on 24
attempts. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Wichita Falls |
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- |
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20 |
| Austin |
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| Statistics |
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WF |
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AU |
| First downs |
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? |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Passing yards |
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? |
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? |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ?
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? - ?
- ? |
| Punts - avg |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
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? - ? |
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Scoring Summary |
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| Steamer clinches
crown |
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| Shreveport Times |
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In the aftermath of a close
35-33 victory in Oklahoma Saturday night, Shreveport's Steamer
not only had a seventh-straight victory but also an American
Football Association Southern Division championship to celebrate
as well.
The title came when Houston, the only team to beat
Shreveport, pulled the rug out from under the Steamer's closest
pursuer, San Antonio, by a 22-7 score in Houston late Saturday
night.
The Charros' loss, coupled with Shreveport's victory,
gave Shreveport a two-game lead in the standings with only one
game to go - a Saturday night contest with the 1977 champion
Charros in San Antonio.
Shreveport is 8-1 while San Antonio is 6-3 in the
standings.
The Steamer's emergence as the winner in the AFA marks a
continued success story for coach Harry Lander who guided the
Charros to the title last summer. He whipped the Shreveport team
into shape from scratch, beginning with free agent trials just
three weeks before the season started.
The big turnaround came when the Steamer, solid on
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picked up quarterback Clyde Walker and
running back Rudy Thomas, both from Florida State, three games
into the season.
Saturday night when Oklahoma's Stampede made an all-out
effort to stop the Steamer roller in its tracks, Walker and
Thomas were again the offensive leaders. Walker passed for four
touchdowns and 161 yards. Thomas gained 141 yards in 31 carries
and scored two touchdowns himself.
Thomas took over the league leadership in rushing,
passing Oklahoma's John Eastep in the course of Saturday's game.
Eastep was held to 46 yards by the Steamer defense and Thomas
now has 870 yards to 856 for last week's leader.
Walker's touchdown strikes went to Rubin Jones (7 yards),
Rod Foppe (two, for 21 and six yards) and Thomas (6). In
addition, Rudy ran over from 12 yards out.
But it was the clutch running of Alex Rankin, a rookie
out of Morris Brown, late in the contest that preserved the
victory (chewing up the last five minutes on the clock) after
Shreveport's defense, led by Gary King and Ron Johnson, batted
away a third-and-three pass by Oklahoma's Mike Jones at the |
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Steamer 36. A 15-yard penalty against
the Stampede followed when its tight end protested too long and
loudly followong the play. The fine took Oklahoma out of scoring
range and when Shreveport took over it ran out the clock.
But Jones, last year's most valuable player in the AFA,
was a hard man to corral for the Steamer defense which
surrendered 491 yards in total offense. He passed for five
touchdowns, one pulling his club within one a half (21-20) and
another putting it ahead by 27-21 in the third quarter. After
that, the passes to Foppe and Thomas and the defensive stand in
the clutch got the Steamer safely into friendly harbor.
Shreveport, minor league football's top drawing team,
will be at home in the first round of the playoffs Sept. 2,
hosting the fourth-place team in the division. The division
championship is Sept. 16 and then the survivor meets the
California Division champion for the league title Sept. 30.
Wichita Falls beat Austin 20-0 in the other AFA game
Saturday night. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Shreveport |
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14 |
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7 |
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7 |
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7 |
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35 |
| Oklahoma |
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6 |
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14 |
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7 |
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6 |
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33 |
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| Statistics |
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SH |
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OK |
| First downs |
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27 |
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20 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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46 - 288 |
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21 - 76 |
| Passing yards |
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156 |
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363 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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15 -
26 - 1 |
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18 -
28 - 0 |
| Punts - avg |
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3 - 33.0 |
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4 - 27.5 |
| Return yards |
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198 |
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126 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 0 |
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1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards |
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9 - 89 |
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9 - 85 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
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Jones 7 pass from Walker (Pope
kick) |
| SH |
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Thomas 12 run (Pope kick) |
| OK |
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Fowler 17 pass from Jones
(kick failed) |
| OK |
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Fowler 2 pass from Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| SH |
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Foppe 21 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| OK |
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Fowler 11 pass from Jones
(Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Thatcher
46 pass from Jones (Dunlop kick) |
| SH |
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Foppe 6 pass from Walker (Pope
kick) |
| SH |
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Thomas 6 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| OK |
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Callp 13 pass from Jones (pass
failed) |
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| Charros fall, 8-6 |
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| Harry Page - San Antonio
Express-News |
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Shreveport made a second
quarter touchdown stand up and beat the San Antonio Charros,
8-6, Saturday night at Harlandale Stadium.
Quarterback Clyde Walker tossed a 19-yard scoring pass to
Edwin Scott in the second quarter. Walker then hit Rod Foppe for
the all important two-point conversion.
Ironically, the two-point conversion would never have
occured if Steamer kicker Jerry Pope had not been ejected for
his part in a near free-for-all midway in the first quarter.
Walker also headed for the sidelines for good in the second
period because of an injury to his throwing hand.
San Antonio, which had opportunity after opportunity to
score, finally did so with 5:33 left in the game when converted
defensive end-fullback Bon Dunn scored from the one. Runningback
Dwight Rover, however, was stopped short on the two-point try.
The Charros could not touch the ball again thanks to the
running of Shreveport's Rudy Thomas, who finished the game with
112 yards on 22 carries.
In the fourth period, S. A. drove to the Shreveport 15,
but blitzing safety Gerald Perkins sacked quarterback Joe Gross
for a 13-yard loss. |
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Ultimately, Rich Lander missed a
45-yard field goal attempt.
Just two plays later, linebacker Clyde Jenkins
intercepted a pass and returned it 19 yards to the Steamer 10.
But a clipping penalty moved the ball back to the 25. This
threat went awry when Perkins - again - pounced on Gross for a
13-yard loss on a fourth-and-5 play from the 20.
Shreveport, the Western Division champion, finished the
season with a 9-1 mark. San Antonio, which meets the Houston
Titans at 8 p.m. next Saturday in the first round of the AFA
playoffs, ends the regular season at 6-4.
An estimated crowd of 2,000, bolstered by 10 bus loads of
Air Force recruits, watched Jim Roberts rush for 31 yards in 10
carries, Rover 35 and 11, and Dunn 30 yards in nine tries to no
avail. Earnest Williams had 39 yards on 11 carries.
The loss put a damper on halftime ceremonies that saw
wide receiver John Tuttle receive the team's most valuable
player and rookie of the year awards and back Ricky Williams,
the outstanding defensive player.
The Charros were lucky they were trailing by eight points
at halftime.
The Steamer had three golden opportunites to score, but
cashed in only once when Walker |
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hit Scott with a 14-yard TD pass with
9:57 to go in the second period. Walker then flipped to Foppe
for the two-point conversion.
Defensive back Keith Alexander picked up a Rover fumble
at the Steamer one to cut off San Antonio's most serious threat
and returned it to the 27. Fifteen plays later, the Steamer saw
that the shoe could fit on the other foot as the Charros stopped
them at the other one-yard line.
Linebacker J. D. Holmes recovered a Charros bobble by
Roberts at the S. A. 18 in the second period. But four plays
later, Shreveport gave it up on downs at the 12. It finally took
a short 20-yard punt by Mike Wendell to spark a 40-yard,
four-play drive that led to the first half's only touchdown.
A 50-yard return by Rover on the game's opening kickoff
put the Charros in business at the 50, but, after being stalled
on downs at the Shreveport 14, Lander's 31-yard field goal
attempt was wide left. In the second period, veteran Al Avila
stopped a drive with an interception at the Charro 24, but S.
A.'s attempt to cash in on the opportunity went up in smoke at
the Shreveport 28 nine plays later when the Charros ran out of
downs. |
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| Shreveport |
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0 |
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8 |
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0 |
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0 |
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8 |
| San Antonio |
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0 |
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0 |
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6 |
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SH |
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SA |
| First downs |
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17 |
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15 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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41 - 168 |
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36 - 118 |
| Passing yards |
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101 |
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92 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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9 -
21 - 2 |
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11 -
22 - 0 |
| Punts - avg |
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4 - 29.0 |
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2 - 27.5 |
| Return yards |
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26 |
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44 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 1 |
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6 - 3 |
| Penalties - yards |
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10 - 101 |
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5 - 42 |
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| SH |
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Scott 18 pass from Walker
(Walker pass to Foppe) |
| SA |
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Walker 1 run (run failed) |
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Shreveport: Marty Smith (54), Hugh Stanley (51)
San Antonio: Tom Whither (81) |
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Austin Texans
at
Houston Titans
August 19, 1978
- Butler Stadium - |
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Titans romp by
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Texans finish year 1-9 |
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Two long second quarter returns
opened the gates to Houston's offense and the Titans crushed
Austin 57-6 here Saturday night in the Texans' American Football
Association finale.
Cashing in on a 60-yard punt return and a 75-yard
interception runback, the Titans sent fullback Duane White on
three second quarter touchdown smashes, then used quarterback
Mark Cahill's keeper for still another score and |
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a 28-0 halftime advantage.
Austin, finishing its 1978 campaign in the AFA cellar
with a 1-9 record, did not start an offensive series in Houston
territory until midway of the third quarter. The Texans were
victimized by seven turnovers during the night, nullifying amost
300 yards of total offense.
Dave Smith's 57-yard kickoff return to the Houston 38 set
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score. Leonard Brantley, who led
Austin rushers with 75 yards on 17 carries, scored from three
yards out on the first play of the fourth quarter.
In addition to touchdown receptions by Dorsey Lee Adams
and Robert Green, Houston secured a three-yard fourth quarter
scoring run from White, plus two four-point field goals by
Charles Stafford. |
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| Austin |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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6 |
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6 |
| Houston |
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0 |
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28 |
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11 |
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18 |
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57 |
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| Statistics |
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AU |
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HO |
| First downs |
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10 |
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13 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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38 - 86 |
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36 - 151 |
| Passing yards |
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122 |
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147 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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7 -
26 - 4 |
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13 -
27 - 0 |
| Punts - avg |
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5 - 40 |
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1 - 37 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 3 |
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3 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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8 - 60 |
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8 -105 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| HO |
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White 12 run (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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White 8 run (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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White 1 run (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Cahill 1 run (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Stafford 44 field goal |
| HO |
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Green 17 pass from Montgomery
(Stafford kick) |
| AU |
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Brantley
3 run (kick failed) |
| HO |
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Stafford 47 field goal |
| HO |
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White 3 run (Stafford kick) |
| HO |
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Adams 30 pass from Montgomery
(Stafford kick) |
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The Wichita Falls Roughnecks
fought back in the fourth quarter Saturday night and scored a
touchdown, but had another score nullified by a clipping
penalty, as they lost to the playoff-bound Oklahoma Stampede
14-7 at Memorial Stadium.
The loss ended the Roughnecks' season with a 2-8 record
for a fifth place finish in the six team American Football
Association's Southern Division.
Oklahoma opens the AFA playoffs next week against either
Shreveport, San Antonio or Houston, depending on the results of
other games Saturday night.
Charles Hicks rambled for a 44-yard gain to the Oklahoma
four-yard line late in the game and Robert Blount carried the
ball across for the Roughneck's only score. Iseed Khoury's extra
point narrowed the lead to 14-7.
Earlier, Roughneck Glenn Calvin returned a punt 55 yards
for an apparent touchdown, but it was called back because of a
clipping call.
Oklahoma's John Eastep was the game's leading rusher,
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However, Hicks was not far behind with
127 yards in 23 carries.
The Roughneck defense kept the Oklahoma offense at bay
for most of the second half with the only threats being two
attempted field goals by Johnny Dunlop. Both attempts were wide
to the left.
Eastep rushed for 84 yards in the first half and also
accounted for both of Oklahoma's first half touchdowns.
Oklahoma scored first after a blocked Khoury field goal
attempt was returned to the Roughneck 44-yard line. Eastep
carried the final two yards of the drive on the first play of
the second quarter after Weary completed passes to Eastep and
Jimmy Calip setting up the score.
Oklahoma's second touchdown was set up by an
interception of a Ray pass by Alphonso Post, which gave the
Stampede the ball on its own 46 with less than a minute to play
in the first half.
Willie Weary hit Calip for a 23-yard pass and Eastep
hauled the ball the rest of the way, setting up another two-yard
plunge with 21 |
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seconds left in the half. Dunlop
kicked both extra points, giving the Stampede a 14-0 advantage
at hafltime.
Leading the Roughnecks in rushing in the first half was
Blount, who carried the ball 54 yards in 9 carries. The
Roughnecks' deepest threat came in the first quarter as Ray hit
Calviin for a 43-yard pass gain to the Oklahoma 19. The drive
stalled and Khoury's field goal attempt was blocked.
Roughneck Ben Harris kept the Oklahoma team from adding
to its margin in the second quarter when he blocked Dunlop's
18-yard field goal try and Ray Robinson returned the ball to the
44.
Roughneck quarterback Glen Ray completed 4 of 13 passes
for 45 yards but had two intercepted, while Oklahoma's Willie
Weary tried 20, completed 7 for 91 yards.
Playing outstanding defense was Wichita Falls' Ron
Marshall, Jimmy McCoy and Anthony Grant, while Oklahoma had
strong performances from Post and Dale Alexander. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Oklahoma |
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0 |
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14 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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14 |
| Wichita Falls |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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7 |
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- |
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7 |
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| Statistics |
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OK |
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WF |
| First downs |
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15 |
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11 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 154 |
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? - 213 |
| Passing yards |
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91 |
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45 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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7 -
20 - 0 |
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4 -
14 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
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6 - 36.3 |
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6 - 28.3 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - 3 |
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? - 3 |
| Penalties - yards |
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9 - 85 |
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13 - 105 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| OK |
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Eastep 2 run (Dunlop kick) |
| OK |
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Eastep 2 run (Dunlop kick) |
| WF |
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Blount 4 run (Khoury kick) |
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Wichita Falls: Glen Ray (??), Ron Marshall (52), Clark
Ray (55)
Oklahoma: Alphonso Post (23) |
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Playoffs |
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Houston Titans
at
San Antonio Charros
August 26, 1978
- Harlandale Memorial Stadium - |
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| Harry Page - San Antonio
Express-News |
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Just one more left.
San Antonio advanced to the American Football Association
finals by overwhelming the Houston Titans, 25-7 before an
estimated crowd of 1,500 Saturday night at Harlandale Stadium.
The Charros meet the winner of next Saturday's Oklahoma
City-Shreveport semifinal match, which will be played in
Shreveport, for the AFA title on Sept. 16. Should Shreveport win
the title game in Louisiana, an Oklahoma City victory would
bring the contest to the Alamo City.
Reserve quarterback Blane Miller tossed a pair of scoring
strikes to wide receiver John Tuttle to lead the S. A. scoring
parade. Reserve fullback George Uremovich scored a touchdown and
Rich Lander kicked a field goal and two conversions for S. A.
Houston presented the Charros a safety in the third
period when center Edison Hendrix snapped the ball over
quarterback Mike Cahill's head and out of the end zone.
The score could have been worse but a brilliant 74-yard
interception return by veteran Alfredo Avila was wiped out by a
clipping penalty in the second period. |
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A 46-yard scoring burst by
Robbie Green in the second quarter accounted for the Titans'
only marker. Charles Stafford added the kick.
The real heroes of the game were running backs Dwite
Rover and Jim Roberts, and a tenacious Charro defense. Rover
rushed for 632 yards in 19 carries and Roberts 62 yards in 17
steps.
Aside from Avila, linebacker Bon Dunn, cornerback Ricky
Williams (his eighth) and Clyde Jenkins also picked off passes.
There wasn't much on the ground for Houston either as tackles
Ken Mills, Millard Neely and Rhiny Williams, ends Raul Reynosa
and Roy Hubbard and linebacker David Munden had things under
control.
Lander kicked a 33-yard field goal five seconds into the
final period to give the Charros a 16-7 lead. The third quarter
was scoreless. Moments later S. A. got a safety.
Following a Williams interception, San Antonio drove 21
yards in six plays to score its final TD. Tuttle, who had five
receptions for 68 yards, caught a six-yard TD pass from Miller
with 2:54 left in the game. Lander added the kick.
Safety Larry Pearson returned an
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interception 77 yards to the Charro
nine to give Houston its only threat with time running out. But
two plays later Rhiny Williams tossed Garland Montgomery for a
10-yard loss at the S. A. 22 as the final buzzer sounded.
The win was the Charros' seventh in 11 games. Houston,
which employed three quarterbacks including Cahill and Jim
Montgomery, ended at 6-5. Green was the Titans' bright spot with
55 yards in six carries.
The Charros jumped off to a 13-0 lead before Houston came
to life.
The first S. A. marker came with 10:04 left in the first
quarter when Tuttle caught an eight-yard pass from Miller.
Lander added the kick to climax the seven-play 45-yard drive.
Uremovich scored on a one-yard plunge with 11:14 to go in
the first half. It climaxed a short 3-yad, seven-play drive.
Lander's kick was wide to the right.
A two-yard punt by Mike Wendel gave the Titans life at
the Charro 46. On the first play from scrimmage, Green took a
pitchout and bobbed-and-weaved for 46 yards and a touchdown with
6:33 left. Stafford booted the PAT to make the score 13-7. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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0 |
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7 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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7 |
| San Antonio |
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7 |
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6 |
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0 |
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12 |
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- |
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25 |
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| Statistics |
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HO |
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SA |
| First downs |
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7 |
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15 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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30 - 72 |
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50 - 104 |
| Passing yards |
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43 |
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84 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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6 -
27 - 4 |
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8 -
20 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
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6 - 33.5 |
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7 -29.1 |
| Return yards |
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102 |
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94 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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1 - 0 |
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2 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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7 - 74 |
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7 - 57 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SA |
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Tuttle 8 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Uremovich 1 run (kick failed) |
| HO |
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Green 46 run (Stafford kick) |
| SA |
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Snap through endzone for
safety |
| SA |
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Lander 33
field goal |
| SA |
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Tuttle 6 pass from Miller
(Lander kick) |
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San Antonio: Jim Roberts (??) |
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| Steamer halts
Stampede |
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| Bill Rutkin - Shreveport Times |
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Shreveport's Earnest Williams
slipped unnoticed through the middle for his touchdown and Rudy
Thomas leaped high over the pileup at the goalline for his, but
mostly it was the pushing and shoving that everybody noticed
during the Steamer's 14-0 playoff victory over Oklahoma Saturday
night.
Indeed, the crowd of 10,211 that poured out of State Fair
Stadium was talking about the punches thrown by Shreveport and
Oklahoma, not the victory that shoved Shreveport into the
American Football Asociation's championship game against San
Antonio here in two weeks. After Williams' and Thomas's first
quarter touchdowns, there was little else going on.
It began with a temper tantrum thown by Oklahoma
quarterback Mike Jones on the Stampede's first possession. Jones
had led his team down to the Steamer 10 before the football was
knocked from his hands and gathered in by Walter Chapman, who
jaunted to the Stampede 44.
Jones had gone back for a pass when the ball was knocked
loose. He argued that he had attempted a pass and had to be
refrained by his temmates from going after an official. End
result: a 15-yard penalty that put the ball on the 29 setting up
Shreveport's second touchdown. |
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The Steamer had scored on its
first possession following the kickoff, marching 71 yards on
eight carries, the first seven by Thomas, before Williams got
his chance and slipped in untouched from the seven. Thomas
gained 64 yards in the drive with runs off guard for 19 and 24
yards on his first two carries. The play worked so well that
Shreveport tried it five more times.
Shreveport scored its other touchdown in six plays, the
big one a 16-yard pickup by Williams to the 8. Thomas later
carried to the 1 with a personal foul penalty tacked on to give
the Steamer a first down. Rudy leaped over his blockers for an
easy score and the 14-0 lead on the next play.
Except for a 55-yard Jerry Pope field goal attempt that
missed to the left, that ended the Steamer scoring threats.
The second quarter more closely resembled a boxing match
- Ali and Spinks should throw so many punches - than football.
Punches were thrown from both camps on almost every play. It
became a routine: run a play, throw a blow, toss a flag.
Before the game was over, the refs called 26 penalties.
Shreveport was penalized 16 times for 145 yards. Oklahoma 10
times for 114. That doesn't count penalties declined - |
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and there were several.
Credit Oklahoma with stopping Shreveport's running game
after the first 15 minutes, and thwarting the Steamer's passing.
The Stampede intercepted five passes, two by Tyrell Jackson, who
picked one of Mike Morrison's throws off at the goalline shortly
after Billy Dixon, a casualty of The Turk in the Green Bay
Packer summer camp, caught his first pass for the Steamer.
Steamer A. T. Banks picked off a Jones pass that stopped
Oklahoma's biggest threat in the second period at the Shreveport
3 in the second quarter. Shreveport stole three of Jones'
efforts, with Derrick Battle picking off one at his own 20 in
the second period. Battle returned it to the Oklahoma 42 before,
it figures, a triple penalty: tripping, and a pair of
unsportsmanlike conduct calls against both side.
Thomas gained 132 yards on 24 carries after having 85
yards at halftime, and took home game-rushing honors. John
Eastep led Oklahoma with 113 yards on 25 carries.
The Steamer could manage 209 yards rushing as a team but
just 51 total through the air. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Oklahoma |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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0 |
| Shreveport |
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14 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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14 |
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| Statistics |
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OK |
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SH |
| First downs |
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19 |
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14 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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37 - 112 |
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40 - 209 |
| Passing yards |
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116 |
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51 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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15 -
26 -3 |
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6 -
16 - 5 |
| Punts - avg |
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5 - 34 |
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3 - 40 |
| Return yards |
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81 |
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130 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 1 |
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0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards |
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10 - 144 |
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16 - 145 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
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Williams 7 run (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Thomas 1 run (Pope kick) |
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Shreveport: Rudy Thomas (36) |
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Shreveport: Hugh Stanley (??)
Oklahoma: Mike Mitchell (42) |
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Players unknown |
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American Football Association
(Southern Division)
Championship Game |
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Pope boots 29-yarder
Steamer wins in OT |
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| Bob Forrrest - Shreveport Times |
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Two old dependables - the
Shreveport Steamer defense and the toe of kicker Jerry Pope -
supplied coach Harry Lander's club with a 17-14 overtime victory
over San Antonio in State Fair Stadium Saturday night to move
the Steamer within one game of the American Football Association
championship.
Pope booted a 29-yard field goal 5:03 into the first
overtime period to lift the Shreveport team into the AFA finals
here Sept. 30 against the winner of the San Jose-Southern Cal
game played Saturday night in San Jose, Calif.
Less than three minutes before his winning kick, Pope had
narrowly missed an attempt from 34-yards out, but San Antonio
was charged with having 12 men on the field and the penalty
moved the ball to the Charros' nine-yard line. After three
running plays, Pope returned to the field and kicked good this
time.
The Steamer's winning drive was set up when linebacker
Jerry Davis - like Pope a graduate of Louisiana Tech -
intercepted a pass off the hands of San Antonio receiver Roger
Gill at the Charro 24 with just over a minute gone in the
overtime period.
Steamer quarterback Clyde Walker sent the game into
overtime with a 46-yard touchdown pass to still another former
Tech player, split end Rod Foppe, with 2:27 remaining in
regulation. The play came on third and 26 as Walker hit Foppe
cutting across the middle at the San Antonio 17. Foppe slipped
past two Charro defenders and went untouched into the end zone.
Pope added the extra point to tie the game.
Under the AFA's rule for overtime play, the teams
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score is still tied after those three
possessions, then the teams flip a coin and play sudden death.
San Antonio fullback Jim Roberts scored two second half
touchdowns, the last coming with six minutes to play, to erase a
7-0 Shreveport hafltime lead.
Roberts' first score capped a seven-play, 18-yard drive
which began following Dudley Keller's second interception of a
Walker pass with 1:02 remaining in the third period. The payoff
came on a one-yard plunge up the middle with 12:30 to play and
Rich Lander's extra point tied the game at 7-7.
The Steamer was largely ineffective on offense until the
tying touchdown drive which came immediately after Roberts'
second score. The drive which put San Anotonio on top covered 51
yards with the big play a 33-yard connection from quarterback
Blaine Miller to split end John Tuttle which carried to the
Steamer 16.
Miller was the big gun in the San Antonio attack,
completing 17 of 31 passes for 202 yards, with Tuttle catching
eight for 110 yards.
Roberts' second touchdown came on a three-yard sweep, and
Lander's extra point made it 14-7.
Shreveport fullback Rudy Thomas, the AFA's second leading
rusher during the regular season, led all rushers in the game
with 76 yards on 24 carries, and teammate Earnest Williams added
68 yards on 15 trips. Dwite Rover paced San Antonio with 63
yards on 18 carries.
The win pushed Shreveport's season record to 11-1 while
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third time to Shreveport, bowed out at
7-5.
The first half was marked by penalties, mistakes and
missed opportunities. Walker completed only two of eight passes
in the first two periods and had two intercepted, but one of his
completions was a 20-yard strike to Dixon with 8:42 remaining in
the second quarter. Jerry Pope's extra point gave the Steamer a
7-0 lead.
The touchdown capped a five-play, 35-yard drive which
began when Steamer linebacker Wharton Foster recovered a fumbled
exchange between Miller and Roberts.
Miller completed 13 of 20 passes in the first half for
140 yards against the tough Steamer defense, but penalties and
two missed field goals kept the Charros off the scoreboard.
San Antonio took the opening kickoff and drove from its
own 13 to the Steamer 26, but after a procedure penalty and two
incomplete passes, Charro kicker Rich Lander was just short on a
48-yard field goal attempt.
The Charros got within field goal range on a drive
following the Steamer touchdown, moving from the San Antonio 20
to the Shreveport 33 but the drive stalled and Lander's 51-yard
attempt was blocked by noseguard Walter Chapman. Shreveport's B.
J. Harbor picked up the loose football and ran 43 yards for a
touchdown, but the score was called back on a clipping penalty.
San Antonio threated once more late in the second
quarter, but the Charros ran out of time outs and couldn't get a
play off from the Steamer 16 as time ran out in the half. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Antonio |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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0 |
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- |
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14 |
| Shreveport |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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7 |
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- |
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3 |
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- |
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17 |
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| Statistics |
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SA |
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SH |
| First downs |
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? |
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? |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Passing yards |
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? |
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? |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
|
? - ?
- ? |
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? - ?
- ? |
| Punts - avg |
|
? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Return yards |
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? |
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? |
| Fumbles - lost |
|
? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
|
? - ? |
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? - ? |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
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Dixon 20 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| SA |
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Roberts 1 run (Lander kick) |
| SA |
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Roberts 3
run (Lander kick) |
| SH |
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Foppe 46 pass from Walker
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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OT: Pope 29 field goal |
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Shreveport: Earnest Williams (20) |
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Players unknown |
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American Football Association
vs California Football League
Championship "King Kong Bowl" |
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| Jim McLain - Shreveport Times |
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The printer must have misunderstood about Saturday night's "King
Kong Bowl" American Football Association game. Instead of King
Kong Bowl, it came out "Hong Kong Bowl" on the cover of the game
program.
The Shreveport Steamer
evidently misunderstood too. The AFA's Southern Division
champions looked like they were playing the Fay Wray role
instead of the part assigned to the giant ape.
The true gorilla in this
scenario was the San Jose Tigers and they taught the local
favorites a sound football lesson in taking a 32-6 triumph.
Veteran quarterback Craig
Kimball threw three touchdown passes, two of them to classy wide
rceiver Eric Dahl, and the Tigers, unbeaten now in two seasons,
added insult to injury with a touchdown pass off a fake field
goal in the closing minutes of the final period.
Lou Rodriguez had toed
through a 40-yard field goal, worth four points, in the second
stanza to make the halftime score, 11-0.
Shreveport, unable to
establish its running game early, saw four of Clyde Walker's
passes picked off and scored its lone touchdown in the fourth
quarter after the issue had already been decided.
Alex Rankin capped an
80-yard march with a four-yard touchdown run with 8:09 left in
the final period, but a two-point conversion pass was batted
down by Tiger defensive stickout Don Willis.
"The biggest difference in
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maturity. That was the biggest
factor," said Steamer coach Harry Lander who absorbed only his
second loss in 13 games this season.
"They executed much better
than we did. Their linebackers read us like a book. We're
primarily a rookie team," he said.
The score left a crowd of
between 15,000 and 18,000, the largest of the year,
disappointed.
Kimball, a veteran out of
San Jose State who hit 20 of 29 passes for 203 yards, put the
Tigers on the scoreboard with 1:04 left in the first period with
a 34-yard strike to Dahl, who made a diving catch in the end
zone. The play climaxed a 73-yard drive.
In the second period the
Californians moved 64 yards in 13 plays to Rodriguez's field
goal. San Jose, unaware of the Southern Division's graduated
field goal scoring rule, made its first try from 35 yards, but a
penalty put the try back to the 40 and Rodriguez was good with
that one too.
The third quarter was
scoreless, but a Jesse Kemp interception of a tipped Walker pass
got the Tigers started toward their second touchdown late in the
peirod. Kemp ran it back to the Shreveprt 24 and five plays
later Kimball found a wide open Dahl in the end zone from nine
yards out.
Shreveport then got its
only sustained drive of the night going, moving 80 yards in 14
plays to Rankin's score to narrow the San Jose lead to 17-6. |
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The Tigers, aided by two penalties against Shreveport, drove 80
yards in 11 plays and scored on Kimball's four-yard pitch to Ray
Kimble.
The fake field goal -
holder Randy Munoz throing to fullback Pat Kohlman - covered 33
yards and was set up by another Willis interception of Walker,
who had four picked off for the night.
"We saw certain things on
the film we could do. They are a big and physical team, but I
got great protection," said Kimball, who was sacked only once.
San Jose owner Larry
Glissman was one man who wasn't surprised about the outcome.
"They weren't in the ballpark with us. There are two or three
teams in our (California) league who could beat these people,"
he said.
Steamer fullback Rudy
Thomas, who led the club in rushing with 64 yards on 17 carries,
said, "We just couldn't get anything going. They've got a good
team. They must have really scouted our film. They had our
timing and cadence down. Their linebackers would shoot right at
our snap count."
Walker, who saw two of his
passes tipped and then intercepted, said his right (throwing)
hand, injured on the final game of the regular season, "didn't
bother me."
Asked if San Jose was the
best team the Steamer had faced, he said, "They were the best in
regards to their knowledge of the game. They were sound, sharp
football players." |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Jose |
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7 |
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4 |
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0 |
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21 |
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- |
|
32 |
| Shreveport |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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6 |
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- |
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6 |
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| Statistics |
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SJ |
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SH |
| First downs |
|
14 |
|
11 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 103 |
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? - 118 |
| Passing yards |
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236 |
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111 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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32
-21 - 1 |
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30 -
13 - 4 |
| Punts - avg |
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5 - 41 |
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6 - 44 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 0 |
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1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards |
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6 - 45 |
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7 - 74 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SJ |
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Dahl 34 pass from Kimball
(Rodriguez kick) |
| SJ |
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Rodriguez 40 field goal |
| SJ |
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Dahl 9
pass from Kimball (Rodriguez kick) |
| SH |
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Rankin 4 run (pass failed) |
| SJ |
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Kimball 4 pass from Kimball
(Rodriguez kick) |
| SJ |
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Kohlman 33 pass from Munoz
(Rodriguez kick) |
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San Jose Tigers: Pat Kohlman (44) |
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Shreveport: Rudy Thomas (36) |
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San Jose Tigers: Craig Kimball (17) |
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| "King Kong Bowl" artwork appearing in
Shreveport Times |
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