The Towerlight, November 1, 1990

tl19901101_000 "Vol. 86 No. 9 Maryland's largest student weekly November 1, 1990 The Tower1iht Published by the students of Towson State University, Towson AT EAST! By Mat Schlissel Assistant Sports Editor With the football program facing the possibility of future suspension and the defense playing without its two leading tacklers and starting cor-nerback, the Tigers faced up to adversity� and gave it a kick in the pants. Towson State ended its eight-game losing streak with a 17-7 win over Howard University, in front of 1,205 fans, Saturday night at Minnegan Stadium. The Tigers gained the win despite miss-ing the services of cornerback Dale Waters, linebacker Ibm Thomson, and free safety Aaron Bates. ""I never forget what (victory) tastes like,"" said TSU head coach Phil Albert. ""Psychologically, it (possible suspension) has been hard on our play-ers. They needed to look at each other and rally."" The Tigers also sported a new look on their uni-form. They removed the ""T"" from their helmet and replaced it with STF �Save Towson Football�a slogan that speaks for itself Howard (5-3) was certainly no slouch. In fact, the team had the top-rated defense in the country (Div. I-AA). ""Howard's a good football team,"" said Albert. ""We didn't exactly beat the school for the MD 21204 Photo by John Stefanctie Gary Hatcher (37) celebrates his first quarter interception on the way to Towson's first victory of the season (17-7) over Howard University. Hatcher is congratulated on the play by Tom Norris (20) and Julian Blair (8). blind."" Towson State scored all its points in the first quarter -it was all they needed to win. On the first drive of the game, junior running back Robbie Jackson took a draw up the middle, and galloped 71 yards untouched for a touch-down. The run was the longest on the season for the Tigers, and the longest of Jackson's career. Freshman Glenn Mattfeld's extra point made it 7-0, with 13:25 remaining in the first quarter. The Tigers moved the ball on their next posses-sion in almost the same fashion. Jackson went up the middle for a draw once again, although this time he gained 16 yards. Senior quarterback Chris Goetz then hit sophomore wide receiver Kevin Howard, who made a nice over-the-shoul-der catch, for 26-yards at the Howard 24. However, Towson State's drive stalled after three straight incompletions. Mattfeld made just his second field goal of his career from 41 yards out to give TSU a 10-0 lead. lbwson's defense would not budge. On the third Howard possession, senior quarterback Donald Carr was intercepted by senior strong safety Gary Hatcher at the Bison 43. Hatcher returned it three yards to the Howard 40. lbwson proceeded down the field for a sustained drive that was keyed by a 13-yard reception from senior Dewey Barnes. See VICTORY, page 8 Inside: Bomb Scare in Towson Run�a nerve wracking false alarm, page 2 Soccer wins TSU Invitational, defeating Howard in double OT, 2-1, page 9 Taylor Dayne performs the first TSU Homecoming Concert this Saturday, page 19 42;k? "