Towson State Tiger Tracks, October 16, 1979

шт - Ш - 1 rsu TD SB* CLUB Towsan State University Published exclusively for Tiger Club members by the Athletic Department. October 16, 1979 TIGERS HOST PROFS IN HOMECOMING GAME The Tigers will go after victory number six this Saturday afternoon when we play host to visiting Glassboro State College in our annual Homecoming game beginning at 1:30 in the Towson Stadium. We ran our record to 5-1 on the year this past Saturday with a 7-0 victory over Wayne State University of Michigan. It was our fifth straight win since losing our opener to Morgan State back on September 1. "We played well enough to win," said Tiger head coach Phil Albert. "But you have to credit Wayne State. They're a fine football team and forced us into some situations which kept us from doing things we wanted to do. I think our defense continues to play out¬ standing football and coach Terry Wanless is doing a great job with it." Junior tailback John Henry Clayton scored the game's only touchdown with 5:23 left to play in the second quarter, nosing in from the one yard line to cap an 83 yard, 11 play drive. We had actually scored three plays earlier on a 27 yard field goal by Randy Biel- ski. A roughing the kicker penalty, however, gave us another chance with a first and goal at the Tartar four yard line. Three plays later John Henry went in for the TD. Our defense then dug in and stopped the Tartar attack, holding Wayne State to 174 yards on the night including just 43 in the air. We twice halted the Tartars on fourth and one situations including a nail -biter with 2:50 remaining in the game as Wayne State was making its way toward our goal line. Junior middle guard Vince Iorio smacked Tartar fullback Bruce Nichols at the eight yard line to kill the threat. The shutout was our second of the year. It also enabled us to extend our streak to 15 consecutive quarters in which we have not allowed a touchdown. The school record is 19 set back in 1976 when we went to the Stagg Bowl. Our offense was kept rolling by the Ron Meehan- to-Ken Snoots air express which clicked for eight receptions and 113 yards. Ron finished the night with 13 of 25 for 183 yards. He was intercepted three times. John Henry Ted all Tiger ball carriers with 51 yards on 15 rushes. We will face a typical Glassboro squad this week as the Profs bring another pro¬ ductive aerial attack with them. "They're basically the same as we've seen in the past," said Phil, "but they've added an option. We're going to have to stop that. Our biggest concern is getting our players mentally ready to play them." The Profs are currently 1-5 on the year. They trounced Jersey City 47-0 and bowed to Montclair State (10-0), Salisbury State (21-20), West Chester (10-9), Trenton State (15- 14) and Kutztown State (41-21). Kutztown exploded for 20 points in the fourth quarter to pull away from a 21-21 tie. Glassboro is led by its quarterback, John Havers, who has hit 82 of 156 passes for 945 yards and six touchdowns. He has been intercepted eight times. He has two favorite receivers in split end Kevin Nugent (22 catches for 451 yards and 3 TDs) and tight end John Schneider (20 catches for 244 yards and 2 TDs). Halfback Kevin Burley is just about the entire ground game, having gained 278 yards on 79 carries for a 3.5 average.