Towson State
Tiger Trades
Published exclusively for Tiger Club members
by the News and Publications Services
Tuesday, October 28, 1975
TIGERS PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
Before the 1975 football season started, head coach Phil Albert knew that Towson's
defense would be solid. It was the offense that worried him a bit. But now, seven
weeks into the season, the offense has caught up to the defense, and the Tigers are putting
it all together. This was never more evident than last Friday night, when the Tigers
beat Johns Hopkins, 55-6.
Jimmy Boyd scored three touchdowns and for the second consecutive week picked up 142
yards in 14 carries as the Tigers improved their 1975 record to 5-2 with three contests
remaining on the regular season slate. Boyd's three TD's gave him eight on the campaign,
and increased his totals on the year to 579 yards in 109 carries.
The Tigers broke on top early in the first quarter when quarterback Dan Dullea
hit tight end Skip Chase from the Hopkins 20-yard line for a quick 6-0 lead. Boyd then
went to work and put Towson in front to stay before the first half had expired. He
scored from two yards out for his first TD of the evening, and the extra point by Phil
Rizas gave TSC a 13-0 advantage after one period. Boyd scored again in the second quarter
from six yards out for a 19-0 lead, and the junior running back took a handoff from QB
Dullea at Towson's own 45-yard line and romped 55 yards for his third TD of the day, and
a conversion pass from Dullea to Chase upped the Tigers' advantage to 27-0 at halftime.
Of Boyd's 142 yards, 138 were picked up in 11 carries in the game's first 30 minutes.
K.P. Doyle got Towson on track in the third stanza on a nine yard gallop, and then
seldom used Jeff Herrick got into the act. Employed solely as a punter before last week's
game, Herrick rushed from 11 yards out for another TSC score and an overwhelming 41-0
lead. On the entire day, Herrick picked up 104 yards in six carries as Boyd's replacement
in the second half. Herrick scored again late in the fourth period on a 71-yard scamper
for Towson's final score of the game. Following Herrick's first TD run, Mike Maloney
upped the count to 48-0 with a touchdown run from the Blue Jay eight yard line. Hopkins
averted a shutout when freshman Mike Jurgenson raced 80 yards to score with only 3:30
remaining in the game. Herrick's second tally of the day, Towson's final score, gave
the Tigers their final margin of victory at 55-6.
Tiger signal -caller Dan Dullea completed 7 of 13 passes on the evening for 104 yards
and one TD. Dullea now has passed for eight touchdown strikes and 79 of 138 total passes.
Overall, Towson quarterbacks were 10 of 19 for 116 yards against the Blue Jay defense.
The Tigers also picked up 377 yards on the ground in 56 rushing attempts for a total
offense figure of 493 yards. The Tiger defense held Hopkins to 21 passing yards and
174 yards on the ground for 195 total yards. Besides Jurgenson 's TD run, another bright
spot for the Blue Jays was junior Brett Miles, who gained 90 yards in 18 carries on the
ground in addition to additional yards on kickoff returns. The Hopkins offense had three
passes picked off and lost four of eight fumbles. The Hopkins Gridders lost 3 key players
during the game with serious injuries, linebacker John Nutting and halfbacks Miles and
Jerry Faraino. The Jays also played without both their fullbacks, John Coad and Peter
Bussey, who were injured in the previous game.
Coach Phil Albert used all 48 available players that he may take on road trips.
The lopsided victory gave Towson a 4-2 lead in the all-time series between the two state
rivals. Hopkins still has games remaining with Moravian, Swarthmore, Dickinson, and
Western Maryland.
The Tigers, meanwhile, play two games on the road before returning home for the
season finale. This Saturday the Tigers travel to Salisbury State for a battle with the
Sea Gulls at 1:30 p.m. Towson then visits Hampden-Sydney in Virginia on Saturday,
November 8 at 2 p.m. Towson returns home for their final contest of the season on Saturday,
November 15 when they host Cheyney State College on Burdick Field at 8 p.m. in the First
Annual Heart Fund Bowl.
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