Tuesday, November 18, 1975
TIGERS CLOSE OUT GRID SEASON ON WINNING NOTE
The Towson State Tiger football squad ended the 1975 season in the same fashion
as they started it off — with a victory. The win in the finale was over a fired up
Cheyney State scuad, ll±-7> in the First Annual Heart Fund Bowl last Saturday night on
Burdick Field, It was the first night game at Towson in the college's seven year grid
history.
It was the defense that carried the Tigers through in this one, permitting but
one Cheyney score, that coming on the first series of plays in the opening minutes.
From that point on, the front line of Dennis King, Joe Waggoner, Eldridge Haley and
Don Redman, combined with the linebacking trio of Joe Kelly, Charlie Wallace and
Tom Nelson, together with backs Bill Doherty, John Rosson, John Carmichael and Paul
White blanked the Wolves and held them scoreless. In fact, it has been the defense
that has anchored the Tiger squad throughout the '75 campaign, allowing only lU5 (or
1U.5 per game) points against them. It has been the offense that has caused head
coach Phil Albert some headaches this year. No, not the ability to move the ball.
That aspect of the game has been consistent. The Tigers' troubles begin inside the
opponents' 20-yard line, where drives seemed to stall and mistakes sprouted up like
weeds in your backyard.
But Towson had enough offense to hand the Wolves their sixth defeat in ten games
last Saturday night, however. The Tigers trailed early, as you remember, when Cheyney
State quarterback Allen Hurst hit junior tight end Kevin Peterson with a 23-yard TD
pass, and Steve McCoy's extra -point gave the Wolves a 7-0 lead before the Tiger offense
had even been on the field. It took Towson until the second period to get on the
board themselves, as '‘like Maloney— starting in place of injured Jimmy Boyd— took the
ball in from the Cheyney five-yard line. Phil P.izas, who did not have one of his better
games on the year, missed the conversion attempt and the Tigers trailed, 7-6, at
halftime.
3oth teams traded mistakes and the football throughout the third period, and it
took Towson until the 9:11 (remaining) mark in the final stanza to take the lead. Tiger
signal caller Dan Dullea found tight end Skip Chase at the 10-yard line and the 6-5,
235 pound Dundalk High grad took it the rest of the way for a 3U-yard TD pass play
that put Towson ahead, 12-7. Coach Albert then wisely decided on the two-point con¬
version, and the Tigers did not disappoint as Dullea found Jim Sandusky alone in the
left corner of the end zone, and TSC had
а 1Ц-7
advantage. The always tough Tiger
defense held the rest of the way, and Towson had its sixth victory of the season
against only four defeats.
Coach Albert and the remaincer of his staff had to be satisfied with the way
his team came through to win the finale, especially after injuries had hit the club
so hard near the end and in the process taking the Tigers out of bowl consideration.
In retrospect, the Tigers lost Jim Holdridge midway through the year and he wag finished
after being highly touted at his guard position on the offensive line. His spit was ta¬
ken ;by j unior Paul Cunningham, frem Loyola High School, who was slated to see action
only as backup center behind Bob Skalstad before the injury jinx hit. Leading rusher
Jimmy Boyd broke the fibula bone in his left leg in the Salisbury State battle, and
was lost for the remaining two games on the schedule. He finished with 739 yards on
119 carries for a 6.2 yard per carry average and eight touchdowns. The fleet junior
from Rockville, labled by Albert as "the quickest man on the team," had his sights set
on 1,000 yards before the injury hit, but he hopes to return next season and complete
his college career on a high note.
Boyd's spot in the lineup was ably filled by junior "like Maloney. Maloney
carried for the Tigers' first TD last Saturday night, giving the Rye, New York native
eight for the season to tie with Boyd for team leadership in that department. The
top rusher in last week's win over Cheyney State was junior fullback K.P. (Kenny)
Doyle. The
5-9»
185 pound Patterson High alum rushed for 5U yards to increase his
season total to a respectable Ul8 yards and one TD. His efforts were complemented by
junior Jeff Herrick, who also chipped in with
Ц6
yards last Saturday. That brings
Herrick's total on the year to 209 yards, most of that accumulated in the final three
games of the year.
Tiger quarterback Dan Dullea had one of his better < f forts of the season in the
passing department last Saturday, completing
1Ц
of 23 tosses for 166 yards and the
touchdown pass to Chase. Dullea, who has one year left to play here at Towson, has
completed 118 of 209 passes this season (a 56. h% rate) for 1, Lt57 yards and nine
touchdowns. That roughly averages out to 12 completions in 20 attempts for ll±6 yards
per game throughout the year. Dullea was assisted during the season by backup QB's
Carter YJillson (3 of 13 passes completed for 16 yards and one TD) and Chris Van
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