Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 60, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 November 1979 — Page 9
Wabash keeps bell
Little Giants slip by DePauw with two fourth quarter touchdowns
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Two plays separated DePauw and Wabash Saturday afternoon at Blackstock Stadium Two plays and three points determined that the Monon Bell would remain in Crawfordsville and the Little Giants would win 16-13. The Little Giants. 8-1 with playoff hopes alive, rallied from a 13-3 early fourthquarter deficit with an 85-yard kickoff return and a 74-vard pass play in a third-and-ll situation. "I LOOK BACK on the game now, and I don’t know what the statistics state, but I feel that was a game we earned and a game we deserved to win. I really felt we deserved to win the football game.” a disappointed coach Jerry Berndt said after experiencing his first Monon Bell clash. The statistics “stated” DePauw should have won the football game. The Tigers had 237 yards total offense, 234 yards passing and only three yards rushing, to Wabash’s 220 total yards. DePauw had 15 first downs and Wabash nine. DePauw attempted only 26 running plays and Wabash 36. The contest was made up of and decided by big plays. DePauw took a 13-3 lead when quarterback Rob Doyle kept the ball on the option, rolled left and sliced his way between two teammates, diving across from the one. Jay Metzger kicked his seventh point of the football game, giving the Tigers a 10-point cushion. BUT THE ROOF caved in on the ensuing kickoff. Dave Kennedy took the Jeff Pallus kick, recieved some key blocks and raced 85 yards down the sideline for a Wabash touchdown. “We took the fellows out there and we said now make sure they don’t break it, Berndt explained. “We broke down on the left side. They brought up our left side and we had the left side people close and collapse too much toward the field. They made a key block and got past our safety men.” DePauw still held a 13-9 advantage and the football. But two possessions later Wabash scored the wining touchdown, even after the Tigers had put them into a hole. Wabash halfback Daryl Johnson started the drive with four yards, but Tiger linemen Rick Vaughan, Joe Egan and Pharez Whitted dropped Wabash quarterback Dave Broecker for a five-yard loss on the next play. FACED WITH A third-and-11 situation from the Wabash 13, Broecker sent two receivers at the DePauw safety and the quarterback was going where the safety wasn’t. Broecker hit tight end Mick Martin for a 74-yard gain, moving the ball to the DePauw 14.
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Dave Broecker scores Wabash's winning touchdown
SCORINCi SUMMARY Wabash 0 3 0 15—16 DePauw 3 3 7 0-13 First Quarter DPl'-Metiger. 21 field goal Second Quarter WC-Barrick, 30 field goal DPll-Metzger, 41 field goal Fourth Quarter DPl'-Dovle. 1 run (Metzger kick) WC-Kennedy. 85 kickoff return (kick wide) WC-Broecker. 3 run (kick wide) STATISTICS DPI) WC First Downs 15 9 Rushing Yds. 3 79 Passing Yds. 234 141 Passes 20-44-1 5-9-2 Return Yds. 143 189 Fuinhles-lns! 1-0 1-0 Punts-Avg. 7-28.0 3-51.0 Yds, Penalized t-10 5-45
Four plays later Broecker kept the football when the Tigers covered all of his receivers, and scored a three yard touchdown. The PAT kick was again wide, leaving the score at 16-13 and the possibility for the eighth tie in the series. Alan Hill became the roar of the Tigers on the following kickoff. The sophomore out of Terre Haute North High School returned the ball 63 yards to the Wabash 25-yard line. But four plays later Chris Braun picked off a Doyle pass, ending rally hopes with less than a minute left in the game. DePAUW DREW FIRST blood on Metzger’s 24-yard field goal. The kick was set up by a 14-play drive starting from the Tiger 20. Doyle hit DePauw’s all-time leading receiver Jay True with passes for gains of five, 21 and eight yards on back-to-back plays. Tom Kleinschmidt came out of the backfield and latched onto a Doyle pass for 15 more yards, going to the Wabash 31. A penalty slowed the Tiger drive, but Kleinschmidt got it back, catching another Doyle pass for 17 yards. Three plays gained only seven yards and Metzger was sent in for a 27-yard field goal attempt. Delay of game moved the ball back five yards and coach Berndt elected to go after the first down, instead of a 32-yard attempt. Doyle, throwing another screen, hit fullback Don Popravak for an eight-yard pick-up and the needed first down. One rushing play and two incomplete passes gained only two yards and Metzger was called up for a 24-yard attempt. It was good and DePauw led 3-0. WABASH CAME RIGHT back, starting from its own 41 after 25-yard kickoff return. Once on the DePauw 14, the Little Giants had to settle for a tie game, 3-3, with a 30-yard Tony Barrick field goal. DePauw couldn’t sustain a drive on the following possession and Dan Whaley booted the ball 38 yards to the Little Giants. With a 31-yard pass by Broecker to tight end Pete Metzelaars, the Little Giants started another drive. Whaley ended that with an interception and set up the drive which resulted in
DePauw’s second field goal and 6-3 halftime lead. DePauw took advantage of Wabash’s defensive aggressiveness with Loftus at quarterback. The sophomore hit Kleinschmidt with one of many screen passes the Tigers used, for a 21-yard pick-up. “WE FELT WE could run the screen passes, the quick screen,” Berndt said. “We probably should have thrown more of them. I don’t think there is a team probably in the country that threw as many screens as we threw at them today. And we had a couple more that were there that we didn’t hit.” Loftus went to tight end Kevin Perkins for gains of 11 and 10 yards as the Wabash defense was giving True double coverage. Loftus then unloaded what Tiger fans thought was a touchdown to Perkins, alone in the end zone with no defender near. However, a holding penalty negated the TD “Well, I’d like to have that back. We win the game by four points if we have that back,” Berndt said of the play. Loftus gained eight of those 15-yards back on the enxt play with a screen to Kleinschmidt and moved the ball to the Wabash 24 with an 11-yard aerial to True. The junior receiver actually ran under the ball as it went just over the fingertips of Perkins and was headed for the sideline. AN INCOMPLETE PASS left the Tigers 24 yards away from the end zone with about 12 seconds left in the half. Nobody but the official time keeper on the field knew the exact time because the Blackstock scoreboard clock was broken from the outset. Coach Berndt called upon Metzger again, this time to kick the longest field goal of his career-41 yards. The boot was good with some yards to spare. “We really thought about not kicking that. But Jay had the wind to his back and Jay was a little pumped up today,” Berndt said of the part time bartender. “He kicked some through out in pregame, out in the back field here, that I don’t think he ever kicked through before. We thought, heck, let’s go with him. “WE TOLD THEM, first of all the coaching staff was extremely proud of the team. We told them they gave their hearts out there, that I’ve never seen a team put forth more effort than that team put forth. They had to walk off the field and hold their head up high, because it was a great team effort by every single person that participated. “We feel very bad for the seniors because it’s their last opportunity. But we feel this team is the team that will go down known at DePauw, as the team that got it going. I just feel that way. No Question in our minds, the coaches’ minds, that this school is going upward. That football is going to be a winning program. ”
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DePauw Field Goal coming up, as Kevin Perkins holds the ball for Jay Metzger and the kicker came through with a 24 yard field goal for a 3-0 Tiger lead. Metzger later came Banner-Graphic photos by Mary Meeker
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Kevin Perkins earns this catch
November 12,1979, The Putnam County Banner Graphic
through with a 41-yarder, giving DePauw a 6-3 lead that held up through the third period. The second kick was the longest of Metzger's career.
Clovers and Eagles will open tourney Cloverdale and South Putnam will open the 1979 Putnam County Basketball Tournament Nov. 23 at McAnally Center. The Clovers drew the Eagles Saturday morning as the defending champion Greencastle plays rival North Putnam in the second game the same evening. The championship contest will be played Nov. 24 between the first night winners. Losers on the opening night play the first game the second night. Berndt to speak DePauw came so close Saturday to beating the Wabash Little Giants. Coach Jerry Berndt will talk about the game, in depth and answer questions about it and the Tiger football future Tuesday in “Tiger Talk” at noon at the Memorial Student Union Building. Berndt will also name the offensive and defensive players of the week for the outstanding effort. No reservations are required and the price is $3.25. Offensive and defensive films of the final game of 1979 will also be shown and broken down, block by block. Eagles to be honored The South Putnam High School Fall Sports Banquet is set for Nov. 13at6:30p.m. A pitch-in dinner will precede the awards ceremony. Those attending are asked to bring a well filled basket and their own place setting. The South Putnam All-Sports Booster Chib will provide drinks Athletes participating in football, volleyball, cross country, tennis and girls' swimming will be honored. Cougar banquet set The North Putnam High School Fall Sports banquet is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night in the high school cafeteria. Athletes participating in football, volleyball, cross country and girls’ swimming will be honored on the high school and junior high levels. Those attending are asked to bring a well filled basket of food and own table service. Meat is not being furnished by the Booster Club as was mistakenly announced before. The Booster Club is supplying the drinks. Schedule incorrect North Putnam plays at Fountain Central in the 1979-80 boys varsity basketball season, not at North Putnam. It was earlier printed the game was at North Putnam. As Athletic Director Don Deßoer explained, some of the schedules printed early have the game being played at North Putnam but that is in error. North Putnam plays at Fountain Central Dec. 1. Get a peek at Clovers The Cloverdale High School girls and boys basketball programs will give fans a peek at the 197940 basketball season Tuesday night beginning at 6:30 p.m. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams will play during both the girls and boys exhibition.
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