Towson State Tiger Tracks, September 27, 1977

T owson State University Tiger Tracks Published exclusively for Tiger Club members by the News and Publications Services September 7, 1 TIGERS CALL IT CLOSE Again the Tigers took the game down to the wire before they came away with the victory. With just six seconds left to play Randy Bi el ski kicked a 22 yard field goal to give us a 3-0 varsity football victory over Randolph-Macon in Ashland, Va. Biel ski had missed on two other attempts earlier in the afternoon. He missed from the 27 and had one of 48 yards blocked before splitting the uprights with the game winner. Even though the victory goes in the win column, the Tigers lost a lot in the way of players. Overall five guys left the game with injuries. The biggest blow came to the run¬ ning attack when Tom Jones suffered a separated shoulder. "T. J." received that early in the game and will be out of the lineup 2-4 weeks. Bryan Brouse received an injured neck while playing on the punt team and will be out for an indefinite period of time. Split end Ken Snoots still is having problems with his knee that he hurt two weeks ago. Linemen Ray Henderson and Rick Woodward both suffered injured knees and are doubtful for this week's game against the Quakers of Guilford College. Also doubtful for this week's game is starting tackle Harry Ilardo. He has been fighting a pinched nerve for the last two weeks. With four starters out of the starting lineup on offense the Tigers had their hands full with Randolph-Macon. The Tigers could only drive to the 35 yard line in the first half. The Yellow Jackets tried a field goal attempt in the first half but had that blocked by Don Welsh. The standoff continued in the second half until the closing minutes of the game. Driving the team 65 yards freshman quarterback Ron Meehan set up the field goal try with just six seconds to go. This time there wasn't any question about it. Bi el ski split the uprights, giving us a 3-0 lead. Randolph-Macon had time for one last play but was unsuccessful. Sparking the victory was Meehan, who came off the bench in the first quarter to give us that needed lift. On the afternoon Meehan had a very impressive day. He went 14-27 for 187 yards. Meehan's top receiver Saturday was Terry Beck. He had six catches for 70 yards. Ron also went to Bill McDonald. On the afternoon McDonald had four catches for 65 yards. _ _ _ _ _______ . __ . . Wi th Jones out of the lineup Dave Roccio filled in and did a fine job. Roccio picked up 42 yards on the ground and had two catches for nine yards. This week we travel to Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. Last year the Tigers came out on the losing end of a 7-6 score to the Quakers in the rain at Burdick Field. Guilford won their game last week against Emory & Henry 14-7. B00TERS LOSE RUSH FOR SEASON On Saturday the Tigers won their first Mason-Dixon soccer encounter of the season beating Mt. St. Mary's 5-1. Although they won the game it was a costly win. Senior Bob Rush, the leading scorer over the past two years, suffered torn liga¬ ments and is lost to the team for the entire season. Head coach Paul Bell was upset about losing Rush for the rest of the season. "In four years of coaching I've never lost a player to an injury for the entire season. Bobby was having a great season. I just hate to see it happen to him. He's a senior and this was his last chance." -over--