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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, January 31,1983

Redskins ride Riggins to Super Bowl win

(C) 1983 Chicago Sun Times i ASADENA, Calif. it was too simple for the geniuses. Washington s John Riggins ran left, left, left. Then he ran left again. He ran for more yards Sunday than any other running back in Super Bowl history. And when he rumbled off left tackle on fourth-and-l with 10 minutes remaining, he didn t stop until he had gained 43 yards and the touchdown that beat Miami 27-17 in Super Bowl XVII. It was so simple. And there was Dolphin head coach Don Shula, a card-carrying football genius, scratching his head. And there w'as Dolphin defensive coordinator Bill Arnsparger, a closet genius, standing on the sidelines looking for a manhole without a cover. The geniuses had had the Killer Bees on their side, the league’s No. 1 defense and the pre-game blessing of oddsmakers. But they couldn't figure out how to stop one large man running behind five and sometimes six larger men called the Hogs. And that is why they lost. When it was over, Miami linebacker A. J. Duhe talked about Washington’s thinly veiled offensive camouflage. “Double motion,” Duhe cited.

Riggins had the pedal to metal (c) 1983 Boston Globe PASADENA, Calif. He was malevolence in motion, as subtle as a semi-truck working its way along a Harbor Freeway passing lane. His lights were blinking. His air horn was sounding. Move over. Mac. John Riggins was coming through. “Arrrrrugah,” this 235-pound running back for the Washington Redskins would shout with body language, simply by the way he traveled Sunday afternoon. "Arrrrrugah. Arrrrrugah.'’ The aquamarine traffic in front of him would part. The big guys, the small guys, it didn’t matter. John Riggins ran around them and through them, ran wherever he wanted to run on the green grass carpet of the Rose Bowl. The day w'as his. Simple as that. He owned this Super Bowl XVII and, because he ow'ned it, the Redskins were the champions of the padded football world, 27-17 victors over the Miami Dolphins. “John Riggins was Mr. Universe,” Miami defensive end Doug Betters said. “He was Mr. All-World. He was the MVP today. The Redskins' offense was no secret. Give the ball to John. ” He carried the ball 38 times, one of his Super Bowl records, and each time he carried it. he looked stronger. Stronger and stronger and strongest. He covered 166 yards, another record. He scored the touchdown that determined the game. “I’m very happy, but I’m really very tired, too,” the 33-vear-old, 11-year veteran said. "How many times did I carry the ball? Thirty-eight? That’s the verge of too many.” Too many? Never. Not the way he was rolling. The Washington offense is at its best when it is at its simplest. It is at its simplest when it involves John Riggins. He is a quirky guy, dressed in fatigue pants most of the time, driving his motorcyle, presumably wearing his Ducks Unlimited hat even to bed, but when he holds the football, there is no doubt about what he is doing. It doesn't matter whether he talks, doesn’t talk, wears his hair in a French poodle cut. He runs with a football as though he could carry it through a wellbuilt sea wall. There is a little number the Redskin offense runs called “50Gut 1 ’ and it must have been run 20 times Sunday. Mostly to the left. Straight off-tackle. No nonsense. No frills. Just John Riggins. “We knew all week we were going to do that,” said left tackle Joe Jacoby, a member of the Riggins accomplices known as the Hogs. “The coaches just said, ‘We’re going left,’ and that’s what we did.” “You work on something until it doesn’t work,” right tackle and Hog George Starke said. “That’s your Plan A. We never had to gotoPlanß.” There was a little nervousness for a while, of course, because the ’Skins were trailing. 17-10, at the half, but that was only momentary. The Dolphins had used a couple of big plays for their scores. The 'Skins were working with basics. The basics also were working. Riggins was working. He had 58 yards at the half on 17 carries and the idea was that the best would come next. The more he carries, the better he carries. He would carry more. “I tried not to think about how important it was for me to have a big day,” John Riggins said. “That would have been too much pressure. Subconsciously, I probably thought that way, but I tried not to. I didn’t want that.” He had said during his celebrated return to free speech during Super Bowl week that he thought “the little hairs on the back of my neck prpbably will be standing up when we play this game.” He said now he was right. The little hairs were standing. His biggest play came with about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. He was pumping, going strong, already past his 100 yards, but the ’Skins still were trailing, 17-13. The ball was on the Miami 43, six inches from a first down. This was a fourth down. The call was not for the familiar “50-Gut,” but for another selection in the Cro-Magnon playbook called “70-Chip.” It was designed, of course, for more Riggins. Only he moves outside on this one. “It's a good play for a situation like this,” Riggins said. “Everyone’s up in the middle of the line, and if you can get by that first line, you make a lot of yards.” The Dolphins took one look at the Redskins going into the formation for this play and called a timeout. No matter. The call stood. “I think they somehow had a defense in there for a deep play,” ’Skins coach Joe Gibbs said. “They saw us adding some people to our lineup and thought they were different people.” The eventual defense the Dolphins chose was called “Bullets and Spears,” a goal-line defense. (Bullets and Spears against 70Chip, that’s football talk.) There were not enough bullets and nowhere near enough spears involved to handle John Riggins. He cut to the left, mostly everybody else pounding the bejeebers out of each other in the middle, and the only real trouble in front of him was 192-pound cornerback Don McNeal. Arrrrrugah. McNeal somehow didn’t receive the message.

“ Long counts,” he added. But it all came down to Riggins. And, said Duhe, “He's an awfully good runner.” The Redskins, who outgained the Dolphins 400 yards to 176, added a touchdown with 1:55 remaining on a 6-yard pass from quarterback Joe Theismann to wide receiver Charlie Brown. It was insurance. Now someone will have to write a policy on Riggins’ legs. The 33-year-old, 11-year veteran equal parts oddball, outlaw, philosopher and mesomorph carried the ball 38 times for 166 yards. He broke almost as many Super Bowl records as he did Miami hearts. And he put his personal exclamation point on a season punctuated by an eight-week strike and capped by Rozelle Roulette, a gerrybuilt playoff system. The Dolphin offense, meanwhile, gained only 34 yards in the final two periods. And quarterback David Woodley completed zero passes in nine second-half tries. His substitute, Don Strock, was oh-for-three. But the play that beat them had nothing to do with the Miami offense, the offense which never did figure out what to do with its 17-10 halftime lead. It occurred on fourth down with Washington needing approximately one foot for a first down. “It was a basic run,”

South sectional champ; Johnson wins third title

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Winning four championships, the South Putnam High School wrestling team came from behind in the final round Saturday to win the GreencastleIHSAA sectional at McAnally Center. South scored 147'/ 2 points with four firsts, three seconds, a third and a pair of fourths to reclaim the crown it won in 1981. North Putnam, who led going into the championship session, finished second with 139 points, 1982 champ Cloverdale was third with 126, Greencastle scored 121 1 / 2 and Rockville 117*^ FIRSTS AND second place individuals from the 13 weight classes now advance to the Crawfordsville regional Feb. 5. Third and fourth place wrestlers do not advance. Only four of the defending six champions from last year are going to the regional as a sectional winner. Greencastle’s Pete Meyer and South Putnam’s Tim Phillips were dethroned. Meyer, who jumped two weight classes this year, finished third, as North Putnam’s David Smith pinned him in the second round of the 132 pound class. PHILLIPS was the victim of revenge. North’s David Winings scored a 4-0 decision over the Putnam County and West Central Conference champion in the 138 pound title match. Cloverdale’s Keith Johnson

Team standings South Putnam 1471^ North Putnam Cloverdale | 2) ; Greencastle 121 Rockville 1171.,

said Redskin offensive tackle George Starke. “We’ve run it 100 times and they’ve seen it on film 100 times.” Redskin receiver Clint Didier went in motion to the right and abruptly changed direction, heading back to the left. When he did, Miami cornerback Don McNeal slipped. By the time McNeal regained his balance, Riggins was bearing down on him like a Mack truck. “We block everybody but one man,” said Starke of the play, called “70-Blast.” “And that one man has to stop Riggins.” The 6-2, 235-pound Riggins ran through McNeal’s yield sign and all the way to the end zone. “John Riggins,” said Dolphin defensive end Doug Betters, “was Mr. Universe today.” “John Riggins is a very important part of our football team,” understated Washington coach Joe Jackson Gibbs, who was talking to the president of the United States after the game while the geniuses were talking to themselves. It wasn’t for lack of trying. Before Riggins’ touchdown, Shula called timeout and agreed with Arnsparger to switch from Miami’s conventional 3-4 defense to a six-man defensive front. It didn’t matter. “When you can’t get anything going of-

South Putnam sectional champion

Championship 98-Dan SmeUer, SP, 4-0 decision. Tim Rose, NP. 105-Bill Badan. R, second period pin 5:12. Brenl Cash, SP. 112—Keith Johnson. C, third period pin 5:02, Sam Rose, NP. 119-George Padan, R. 13-6 decision. Kevin Gaddis. C. 126-Pat Havey, SP, first period pin 1:50, Tim Simic, R. 152-Tom Franklin, SP, second period pin 5:40, David Smith. NP. 158-David Winings, NP. 4-0 decision. Tim Phillips, SP. 145-Tod Shedron, C. second period pin 2:00, Trent Thompson. SP, 155-Mike Allen, G, first period pin 1:58, Brian Hartman, NP. 167-Jarrad Hughes, C, 8-5 decision. Phil Asbel, G. 177-Tony Hodges. SP, second period pin 5:51, Kay Harrell. R. 185-Charlie Gilmer, G, 10-1 major decision, Steve Stewart, R. Hwt.-Tim Blocher, NP, 12-6 decision. Matt Sage, G.

became a three-time champion at 112 pounds. The senior who won the 98 and 105 pound classes in past years, pinned North’s Sam Rose with 58 seconds left in the championship match. As a sophomore Johnson went to the IHSAA state finals in the first year that the top semi-state places advanced. The team title was decided in the championship round when South’s Pat Havey and Tony Hodges repeated as sectional champs and Dan Smetzer and Tom Franklin won their first.

Clodfelterwins WEST LAFAYETTE-Chet Clodfelter, a graduate of North Putnam High School, cleared 16 feet, six inches to take first place for Purdue University in a three-team indoor meet. Clodfelter, the Putnam County pole vault record holder, won one of six firsts for Purdue. Southern Illinois University won the meet with 84 points, Purdue had 55 and Murray State University had 23.

fensively and you can’t stop the other team, then you’re in trouble,” said Shula. Like Riggins, the underpublicized Gibbs was an important part of the Redskins’ improbable year, which began with four straight losses in the pre-season. And so was the elusive Theismann, who finished with 15 completions in 23 attempts for 143 yards and two touchdowns. Theismann masterminded Washington’s impressive 11 third-down conversions in 18 tries. The Redskins finished the season with a 12-1 record, the best in the NFL. And they became only the fourth team to come back from a halftime deficit and win a Super Bowl. Washington had closed to within four points on its second possession of the third period, thanks to a 20-yard field goal by Mark Moseley, his second of the game. A 44-yard reverse by wide receiver Alvin Garrett set up Moseley’s three-pointer. Meanwhile, the Redskin offense which would run 31 more plays and crank out 15 more first downs th‘n its Dolphin counterpart was starting to wear out Arnsparger’s unit. And, said Washington free safety Mark Murphy, “I thought Miami got a little conservative with its lead.” The game began innocently enough, with

NORTH held at 131 to 1254 lead over South in the team standings when the championship session opened. South had seven wrestlers and North six in the 13 title matches, but even more crucial, the two teams led three head-to-head matches-98. 132 and 138 pounds. South won two of the head-on collisions. Smetzer scored a 4-0 decision over Tim Rose in the 98 pound class and Franklin pinned North’s David Smith in the second period at 132 pounds. Winings’ win over Phillips kept North’s hopes alive, but the Cougars were going to need help from another team and didn’t get it. Pat Havey takes an outstanding 21-0-1 record into the regional. South’s senior 126 pounder kept his sectional title by first period pin of Rockville’s Tim Simic. HODGES locked up the championship for South. The 177 pound senior won a second period pin over Rockvill’s Ray Harrell. Along with Winings, North’s Tim Blocher won the heavyweight title for the Cougars. The junior scored a 126 decision over Greencastle’s Matt Sage, the guy who beat Blocher for the Putnam County

an exchange of punts on the first two possessions. But on second-and-6 from the Miami 24, the Dolphins stunned the Rose Bowl crowd of 103,667. Woodley faked a short “out” pattern to wide receiver Jimmy Cefalo in the right flat. Cornerback Jeris White, a former Dolphin, bit on the fake as Cefalo flew past him down the right sidelines. Woodley delivered and Cefalo outraced strong safety Tony Peters for a 76-yard touchdown. The Redskins bounced back when defensive end Dexter Manley sacked Woodley on Miami’s next possession. Woodley fumbled and Washington’s Dave Butz recovered at the Miami 46. It turned out to be the shape of things to come. “They were able to shut down our short passing game because they blitzed a lot and we had to keep our backs in to block,” said the 24-year-old Woodley, the youngest quarterback ever to start in a Super Bowl. Eight plays later, Moseley’s 31-yard field goal on the second play of the second period closed Miami’s lead to 7-3. The Dolphins responded with a 50-yard, 13-play drive set up on a 42-yard kickoff return by Fulton Walker. Only Greg Williams’ saving tackle prevented a touch-

Consolation (third and fourth places) «8-Mike Robinson. R. by pin. Brad Sample, 105-Bill Henderson, NP, 4-1 decision, Ron Speedy, C. 112-Brian Singer, G, by pin, Tony Cox. SP. 119-Jon Skinner, G, 7-2 decision, Ryan Lathrop, NP. 126-Monty Beaman, G, 6-1 decision, Rick Sawyer, C. 132-Pete Meyer,G, by pin, Paul Fiscus, C. 138-Pat Meyer. G, 6-4 decision. Bob Rey nolds, C. 145-Greg l.athrop, NP, 13-7 decision, Jim Navel, R. 155-Brian Hayden, SP, by pin, Glenn Nickerson, C. 167-Ron Ellis, R, 12-4 major decision, Dan Gray, SP. 177-Brian Curtis, C, by pin, Mike Lowry, NP. 185-Bill Zeffel, NP, by pin, Todd Stanfield. C. Hwt.-Joe Martin, C, by pin, Shawn Skelton, R. title earlier in the season. Tod Shedron and Jarrad Hughes also won championships for Cloverdale, as all three of coach Dave Kiley’s championship round entries came out with titles. Shedron scored a first period pin over South’s Trent Thompson at the buzzer and Hughes won an 8-3 decision over Greencastle’s Phil Asbell. MIKE ALLEN and Charlie Gilmer won titles for Greencastle. Allen pinned North’s Brian Hartman with two seconds left in the first period of the 155 pound class. Gilmer won the injury depleted 185 pound class by 10-1 major decision over Rockville’s Steve Stewart. Top seeded 185 pounder Wes Young of Cloverdale was forced to withdraw from the sectional because of a concussion suffered in an earlier meet and second seeded Dale Lawler of North Putnam was out of competition with a elbow injury' that put his arm in a sling.

down. The drive ended with a 20-yard field goal by Uwe von Schamann that upped Miami’s lead to 10-3 with six minutes left in the half Then all hell broke loose First, Theismann engineered a marvelous 80-yard touchdown march, capped by a 4-yard pass in the right corner of the end zone on which Garrett beat cornerback Gerald Small. Theismann was 4-for-4 passing on the drive . On the ensuing kickoff, Walker did score a touchdown. He found a seam in the left center of Washington’s kick coverage and raced 98 yards, the longes . kickoff return in playoff history. Not to be outdone, the Redskins tooK over with 1:34 left and hurried to the Miami 16. But with 15 seconds on the clock and no timeouts, Theismann made a critical error in judgment. Instead of throwing the ball out of bounds, he hit Garrett in the middle of the field. Time expired. “I was surprised we moved the ball that well on them.” said Gibbs. So were the geniuses. “We needed better solutions to be the best,” said Arnsparger. “We didn’t have them.” Said Duhe: “I’m going to go find my wife and cry.”

Tigers pull off sweep

By DAVID RAWNSLEY DPU Sports Information Director If DePauw University basketball coach Mike Steele had the pull of Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps, he would try to schedule 19 or so home games, just like the Irish have this year. If he did. the Tigers could be tremendous. What they are now is 9-7 after registering their second home win in 18 hours over MacMurray Saturday afternoon, 7559. DePauw had beaten Blackburn by a 82-69 score Friday night AFTER WATCHING THE Tigers play this weekend, one has to wonder if they field the same team on the road. In raising their home record to 6-1, DePauw manhandled two opponents that came into the game with winning records. Blackburn at 9-3 and MacMurray at 9-8. It doesn’t take much to figure that a 6-1 home slate makes the team a woeful 3-6 away from Greencastle, with one of those victories on a neutral court. The Tigers never let MacMurray into the game Saturday. Breaking out from a 6-6 tie in the early going. DePauw outscored the Highlanders over the next 10 minutes 19-6 to take a 2512 lead. Most of the spurt came from a layup drill guard Phil Wendel and forward Joe Dixon seemed to be conducting through the Mac Murray defense. Dixon scored 16 points in the first half, many of them on inside feeds from Wendel. DePAUW’S 38-28 halftime lead represented the closest the margin ever came to reaching single figures the rest of the game. They led by up to 20 points midway through the second half. “I thought we could go on a roll starting this weekend and we certainly got off to a good start. These were two of the best efforts we’ve had since I’ve been here. I hope we can take it to Rose-Hulman on Tuesday night and keep our streak going,” coach Steele said. Although DePauw did not shoot nearly as well as Friday night when they ripped the cords at a 60 per cent mark, they did the next best thing against Mac Murray. Led by Dave Hathaway’s seven, the Tigers

Tiger Talk Tuesday Two weekend victories, a 6-1 homecourt record and the sudden development of a scoring center will be the primary topics for coach Mike Steele Tuesday at Tiger Talk. Steele will field all questions about the victories over MaeMurray and Blackburn, plus talk about game plans against Tuesday night’s opponent Rose-Hulman and Thursday's Lilly Center visitiors Eureka College. The second year coach will also undoubtly do a little crowing about the performance of 68 sophomore Craig McAtee in the two games and touch on the fact DePauw is second among NCAA Division 111 teams in free throw shooting. Tiger Talk begins at noon in room 207 of the Student Memorial Union Building at DePauw University. Those attending should bring their own lunch and questions.

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pulled down 19 offensive rebounds on their 36 missed shots. Overall, they out rebounded Mac Murray 40-24. ONE REASON FOR the team's new board strength < they out rebounded Blackburn 31-16) is new starting center Craig McAtee. The razor thin 68 sophomore had 31 points and nine rebounds over the weekend. “Craig gives us an offensive threat in the middle that we haven’t had so far this year,” commented Steele. “We’ve been getting the ball inside more and that opens things up for everyone, both inside and out.” Although it had no effect on the game, DePauw’s free throw shooting continued to sparkle. The team's 11-14 accuracy against Mac Murray left them shooting an even 79 per cent on the year, the second best percentage in Division 111 basketball and third best in the NCAA overall. By comparison, the school record is currently 73.5 per cent. DePauw will host Eureka College Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30p.m. DePAUW (75) Dixon 11-0-0 2 22, Hathaway 5 5-6 1 11. Me Alee 6 1-12 13, Rutan 5 0-0 2 6, Wendel 4 1-1 2 9, Khrman 0 1-2 0 1, Aponte 2 0-0 3 4, Notestine I 2-2 1 4, Huser 1 1-2 1 3. StrupO 00 1 0, Ogle 1 0-0 0 2, Van Pelt 0 0-0 10. TOTALS—FG 32 FT 11-14 PF 15. MacMI'RRAY (59) Sampen 6 0-0 3 12. Lamar 1 1-2 0 3, Kelly 3 00 1 6, Himes 2 0-2 2 4, Roth 7 0-0 1 14, Ahne 2 3-6 2 7, Wojcik 1 0-0 2 2, Allen 1 0-1 O 2, Gerhardt 3 0-0 0 6. Lutchka 10-0 12, Baljis 0 1-211. TOTALS-FG 27 FT 5-13 PF 13. . Rebounds DePAI'W 140)-Hathaway 10, Dixon 9, Wendel 6, McAtee 4, Aponte 3, Khrman. 2, Notestine 2, Rutan 1, Team 3. MacMI'RRAY (24)~Sampen 4. Himes 4, Ahne 3, Wojcik 3, Allen 2, Lamar 1, Kfllv Ballis 1. Team 5.