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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, October 1,1984

Tigers break away from Albion in fourth quarter

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Have you ever driven down a highway and run into a detour? It winds you around through the country for 10 miles only to bring you back to the main road a mile from the point of obstruction. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED to the DePauw University football team Saturday afternoon at Blackstock Stadium. The Tigers used a detour for three quarters before coming back to Tim Weaver and the main road to a 21-6 victory over Albion College. “We didn’t go to him in the first half because they were playing him so much,” quarterback Tony deNicola said after getting some revenge over his hometown college. “So we went to some other people and they had to respect those other people. We came back to him in the fourth quarter and he was there. He made some great catches.” Weaver, who entered Saturday’s contest as the No. 2 receiver in Division 111 football, caught three passes for 64 yards, scored one touchdown and set up another during the final 15 minutes of DePauw’s 22nd consecutive homefield victory. “THEY WERE SWITCHING their coverages quite a bit and towards the end they started staying in the same coverage, what we call squat, where they have the corners rolled up and that left the middle wide open,” Weaver said after catching eight passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns. DeNicola and Chip Jordan teamed up for 344 yards passing, each throwing a touchdown pass to Weaver. Jordan tossed a game-tying touchdown to Weaver just 10 seconds before Dan Hannah’s band started its halftime show. Freshman Tom Downham’s PAT kick gave DePauw a precarious one-point lead. That one-point lead was precarious because the Tigers weren’t sharp offensive, or defensively. Both teams moved the football at will between the 20’s, DePauw racking up 454 total yards of offense and Albion 251. “We weren’t sharp,” coach Nick Mourouzis said. “Both ways we weren’t sharp. The whole team was sputtering. I think we were taking turns at making mistakes.” BETWEEN THOSE MISTAKES and Albion’s kicking game, DePauw had poor field position the first half and the two combined to give the Britons a 6-0 lead with 12:32 left in the second quarter. After linebacker Joe Wrona nearly intercepted an Albion pass, Terry Clark booted a low, end over end punt 38 yards and out of bounds at the Tiger four. Four plays did nothing but run out the quarter and put Mike Sellers at the back of DePauw’s end zone. Even though the senior boomed a 45 yard punt the Britons started the go-ahead touchdown drive from the Tiger 41. A pair of penalties slowed Albion down,one a 10-yarder that nullified a touchdown. But the Briton’s moved to DePauw’s

Rams didn't find Giants' offensive line offensive

By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer It was safety first, second and third for the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams manhandled the New York Giants 33-12 Sunday, registering a National Football League record three safeties and generally embarrassing the Giants’ offensive line, which was called for holding nine times. Punter Dave Jennings had two of his kicks blocked and quarterback Phil Simms was sacked in the end zone while trying to pass. Elsewhere, it was Denver 16, the Los Angeles Raiders 13; Miami 36, St. Louis 28; San Francisco 14, Atlanta 5; Tampa Bay 30, Green Bay 27 in overtime; New England 28, the New York Jets 21; Dallas 23, Chicago 14; Seattle 20, Minnesota 12; Indianapolis 31, Buffalo 17; Kansas City 10, Cleveland 6; New Orleans 27, Houston 10; San Diego 27, Detroit 24, and Washington 20, Philadelphia 0. Cincinnati visits Pittsburgh tonight.

Steelers vs. Bengals

PITTSBURGH (AP) They are Franco-less and Bradshaw-less, but there are more than memories remaining from the Super Bowl days of old for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Good things haven’t always come to pass this season for the 2-2 Steelers, who play winless AFC Central Division rival Cincinnati, 0-4, in tonight’s National Football League Monday night game. But the Steelers, whose passing attack was the next-to-worst in the 28team league last season, have two of the NFL’s top receivers in veteran John Stallworth and rookie Louis Lipps. And that makes quarterback David Woodley a happy guy.

Tiger Talk set Will Tim Weaver be the offensive player of the week? Or maybe Joe Wrona the defensive player of the week? DePauw University football coach Nick Mourouzis will announce the two honors Tuesday at the Student Memorial Union Building during Tiger Talk. The public is invited to this free and informal luncheon with the DePauw football coaching staff.

four on just one play, quarterback Tim Goodman scrambling to unload a 37-yard pass to the diving Andre Truss. Two plays later tight end Bill Pope pulled in one of the six Goodman passes he caught in the 103yard performance for a 13-yard touchdown play. However, the Britons missed the PAT kick and that became the key point. DePAUW’S DEFENSE HAD its problems, giving up lots of yardage, but few points. “I think we played pretty well. We probably didn’t hit like we normally have,” coach Tim Hreha said. But the Tigers did come up with five turnovers, one of which started the go-ahead touchdown drive. Safety Steve Battreall picked off a Goodman pass at the Albion 35 and after a six-yard return Jordan entered the game to quarterback DePauw in a 59yard touchdown drive using the no-huddle offense. “We’ve used it three out of four games and we’ve capitalized on it,” Mourouzis said. JORDAN COMPLETED consecutive passes to Weaver, tailback Marvin Flewellen, split end Doug Penn, fullback Rich Bonaccorsi and finally to Weaver again for the tying touchdown. He started the no-huddle drive with just 52 seconds left inthe half and connected with Weaver for the seven-yard scoring play with just 10 seconds on the clock. During the drive Weaver caught all three of his first half passes for 33 yards. Flewellen came out of the backfield on three consecutive plays for 21 yards and Bonaccorsi came out of the backfield for an eight-yard reception. Penn’s catch was nullified when the Tigers received 10 free yards on a defensive holding penalty. The way Albion moved in the first half--125 yards worth of total offense-that onepoint lead didn’t mean much. “Whatever yards they got was due to missed tackles rather than our guys being blocked. You know that’s a thing you can work on,” coach Hreha said. AND DePAUW WAS there in the second half, keeping Albion in check for a net seven rushing yards and 149 passing, 87 of which came in the fourth period when DePauw was ahead 21-6 and playing a safe prevent defense. Todd Poole started the second touchdown drive for the Tigers, intercepting a Goodman pass with 42 seconds left in the third period. When it appeared the Britons had stopped the Tigers with the aid of an

Henry Ellard sparked the Rams’ scoring with an 83-yard punt return, but it was the defense which controlled the game. New York had only eight yards rushing. The Giants, who were given a gift touchdown nine seconds into the game when LA’s A.J. Jones failed to cover a kickoff in the end zone and rookie Phil McConkey fell on it, trailed 7-6 when Ellard scooted down the sidelines with a Jennings kick. Redskins 20, Eagles 0 Washington’s defense sacked Eagle quarterback Ron Jaworski four times and shut down Philadelphia. John Riggins rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown and Joe Theismann hit Art Monk on a 51-yard scoring pass. Broncos 16, Raiders 13 Denver knocked the defending Super Bowl champions from the undefeated ranks only Miami and San Francisco are perfect at 5-0 in a bitter battle. Gerald Willhite’s 4-yard scoring run and three Rich Karlis field goals did the

“Being able to throw the ball takes a lot of the pressure off,” Woodley said. “We don’t have to be a team that relies solely on the run for ball control.” Woodley, the former Miami Dolphin, has completed 54 of 97 passes for 809 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions, with Stallworth catching 20 pases for 365 yards and Lipps 18 for 380 yards. The Steelers haven’t been as explosive as they were when Bradshaw was at the controls, but Woodley has stabilized an offense that was erratic a year ago when the now-departed Cliff Stoudt replaced the injured Bradshaw.

illegal procedure penalty, deNicola went back to the main road-Weaver. The flanker pulled in a 36-yard dart to put DePauw on Albion s 23-yard line. After Bonaccorsi gained four yards on a swingpass out of the backfield, Weaver grabbed another 14 yarder from deNicola and with an additional 15 yards from a personal foul penalty against the Britons’ aggressive defense, the Tigers were in bulldozer territory. Bonaccori found a big hole for his fifth touchdown of the year. Downham’s kick gave DePauw a 14-7 cushion with 12:17 left in the game. ALBION STARTED MOVING the ball again through the air against the DePauw prevent defense, but not a minute after Bonaccorsi’s record extending touchdown his co-captain Andrew King recovered a Briton fumble to set the Tigers back on the march. It was big money time and deNicola knew just where to throw the football. Weaver caught a 14-yard bullet on a slantin pattern, bounced right but from a bonecrushing hit and scored what might be the most spectacular touchdown of his threeyear college career. The junior pulled in about an 18-yard pass, danced around one defender, broke three tackles and got a great block from Penn for a 35-yard touchdown play. “WE STARTED TO go with deeper patterns and that really opened things up for us,” coach Mourouzis said. “And of course when Weaver catches it he becomes rather elusive.” DePauw led by 14 points with Downham’s kick, but the excitement wasn’t over. Albion started another touchdown drive when a high snap nearly got away from Sellers on a punt attempt. He was dropped 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage and the Britons started a drive from DePauw’s 19 yard line. Goodman found Truss for a 14-yard pick up on second down, giving the Britons first and goal from the Tiger five. The capacity “Parents’ Day” crowd may have had wet palms, but Joe Wrona’s were dry, the senior linebacker making his first collegiate pass interception. "I JUST DROPPED back, my man didn’t go out and I got lucky,” Wrona said, happy his parents saw the play. Albion got one more shot at the end zone, but DePauw’s defense just bent, it never broke. The 3-1 Tigers travel to Denison next week, the next home game being Oct. 20 against Washington University. SCORE BY QUARTERS Albion 0 6 0 0-6 DePauw 0 7 0 14-21 Second Quarter AC-Pope, 13 pass from Goodman (kick failed). 12:32 DPU-Weaver, 7 pass from Jordan (Downham kick), : 10 Fourth Quarter DPU-Bonaccorsi, three run (Downham kick), 12:17 DPU-Weaver. 36 pass from deNicola (Downham kick), 10:58 STATISTICS AC DPU First downs 14 20 Rushing yards 33-30 40-110 Passing yards 251 344 Passes 10-37-3 23-37-3 Total offense 281 454 Return yards 84 22 Punts-Avg. 8-33.5 7-12.4 Fumbles-lost 2-2 3-3 Penalties-yards 11-95 8-75

damage for the Broncos in a fight-marred game, lifting 4-1 Denver into a tie with the Raiders and Seahawks for first place in the AFC West. The Broncos rushed for a season-high 233 yards. Dolphins 36, Cardinals 28 Miami used a familiar formula: Dan Marino throwing to his talented corps of receivers for big yardage and lots of points. Marino, who leads the NFL with 15 touchdown throws, hit for a team-record 429 yards and three touchdowns on 24 completions in 36 passes. Tight end Joe Rose caught a 26-yarder, Mark Clayton hauled in a 29-yard strike and Tony Nathan scored from 22 yards on Marino passes. 49ers 14, Falcons 5 San Francisco kept its record spotless as Joe Montana hit on a pair of touchdown tosses and the defense stopped Atlanta which was averaging 30.5 points a game four times inside the 49er 10. Montana,

Greencastle tennis season comes to close

CRAWFORDSVILLE-It was the most exciting match of the Crawfordsville-IHSAA tennis sectional Saturday, but Greencastle came out on the short end 4-1 to Southmont. Favorite Southmont will play North Montgomery Monday evening at Tuttle Junior High for the sectional title. GREENCASTLE, WHO CLOSED the 5-5 regular season Thursday with a 3-2 win at Rockville, defeated Fountain Central 3-2 Saturday morning to get a shot at the tournament favorite that afternoon. “It was probably the best match of the tournament,” coach Dan Layton said of the Tiger Cubs’ effort against the Mounties. Despite the final 4-1 score, it was a mat-

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With Albion's defense constantly shifting its secondary coverage, DePauw coach Nick Mourouzis (center) had quarterback Tony deNicola (left) throwing away from Tim Weaver (right). But in the fourth quarter the Briton's

Colts learn it's easier going through Bills

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Unable to move outside in the first half, the Indianapolis Colts moved inside and ran to victory for the first time in their new National Football League home. “We couldn’t do anything in the first half,” said Coach Frank Kush after Indianapolis accumulated 173 of its net 188 rushing in the second half to down winless Buffalo 31-17 Sunday. “They just kind of dominated us. We just didn’t come off the ball real well.” The Colts 1-2 punch of Curtis Dickey and Randy McMillan led the way on the ground. McMillan gained 108 on 13 carries in the second half after being held to only six yards in the first half. Dickey, who had seven yards in the first half, finished the day with 72 yards. “It was a big game for us,” said McMillan, who had touchdown runs of 10 and 31 yards in the second half. “It was going to make our season or it wouldn’t make our season. The second half the offensive line came out and sustained very well.” McMillan said a “big boost” from the coaches at halftime helped produce the turnaround. “It was a combination of the offensive line and Curtis starts to rumble and it gets my adrenalin flowing,” said McMillan about the turnaround, which Kush said was helped by some offensive changes designed to have the linemen just block the men ahead of them. “Some of our best plays are the fullback going straight up over the guard or over the center and off of either tackle, so those were the best plays at the time to give us the straightaway shot,” Kush said. “Plays where our linemen don’t have to do anything fancy, just go at the defensive line.” McMillan had 38 yards on three carries, including a 24-yarder and a 10-yard touch-

wearing a flak jacket to protect bruised ribs which forced him out of last week’s game, threw to Russ Francis for a 5-yard score and to Mike Wilson for a 21-yard TD. The Falcons rolled up 418 yards on offense as Steve Bartkowski passed for 267 yards and Gerald Riggs, leading rusher in the NFL, ran for 136. Buccaneers 30, Packers 27 Green Bay pulled off some last-second heroics to force the overtime, but the spontaneous trickery by James Lofton was wasted when Tampa’s Obed Ariri kicked a 48-yard field goal with 10:38 gone in overtime. Lofton caught a 22-yard pass from Lynn Dickey and lateraled to Gerry Ellis, who ran 14 yards to complete a 36-yard scoring play with eight seconds left in regulation. The razzle-dazzle between Lofton and Ellis was unplanned, according to Packers Coach Forrest Gregg. Patriots 28, Jets 21 New England controlled the ball with

ch Greencastle could have won. Jon Williams, playing No. 1, lost to Southmont’s Brad Fruits 7-5,6-4 after leading in both sets. Mike Wells fell to Nathan Poynter by the surprising scores of 6-2 and 6-0. Greencastle’s only win came at No. 3, where Mike Opdahl knocked off Mark Bon-well6-2,6-l. KEN TEW AND Drew Brattain were beaten by Dan Walls and Kent Jahnke 6-2, 6-2 m the No. 1 doubles match. Bob Lezotte and Tom Catanese came within a point of victory at No. 2 doubles before losing 2-6,7-6,6-4 to Chris Cox and Brett Bradley. After winning the first set, Lezotte and Catanese led the second 5-2. However, Cox and Bradley rallied to tie the set 5-5 and it

settled into one defense and Weaver was able to get open over the middle, scoring his second touchdown of the day. Weaver caught eight passes for 133 yards in the Tigers'2l -6 win. (Photo by Mary Rector).

down run, as Indianapolis tied the game 17-17 late in the third quarter. On the next possession, McMillan put Indianapolis ahead to stay with a 31-yard touchdown run. “It was a lead draw to the fullback. Curtis sealed off the inside linebacker very well. I took it to the outside, gave one inside move. Ray Butler (wide receiver) knew what I was going to do. We talked about it several times ... He took him (the last potential tackier) inside. I went around, touchdown,” said McMillan in explaining the run which capped a 96-yard scoring drive. The drive took only seven plays all on the ground with Dickey going 30 and 15 on the first two plays. Safety Mark Kafentzis then added an insurance score with his first professional interception, returning a Joe Dufek pass 59 yards. Dufek made his first NFL start as veteran Joe Ferguson was unable to play due to a sprained ankle received the previous week against the New York Jets. The injury ended Ferguson’s streak of 107 consecutive starts. He had been tied with Philadelphia’s Ron Jaworski for the longest starting string among current NFL quarterbacks. Ferguson, 34, a 12-year NFL veteran, had passed for 1,006 yards and six touchdowns in the Bills’ first four games of the season. “He showed a lot of poise for a young man who had never taken a snap in an NFL game,” said Buffalo Coach Kay Stephenson about Dufek. “He is a very talented young man, a very intelligent individual, and I think our people have a lot of confidence in him.” Dufek, signed as a free agent from Yale in 1983, completed 15 of 35 passes for 204 yards.

long drives and Tony Eason connected on 28 of 42 passes for 354 yards and three touchdowns. He also scored on a 4-yard run. Cowboys 23, Bears 14 Despite 155 yards rushing by Walter Payton moving him within 66 yards of Jim Brown’s all-time NFL record Chicago was victimized by a 68-yard TD screen pass from Gary Hogeboom to Tony Dorsett. Chiefs 10, Browns 6 Kansas City produced an awesome pass rush, sacking Cleveland QB Paul McDonald 11 times for 78 yards. Todd Blackledge connected with Billy Jackson on a decisive 9-yard scoring toss. Seahawks 20, Vikings 12 Seattle didn’t match KC but still got five sacks, forced three fumbles and led from its first possession, on which Dave Krieg hit Steve Largent for a 20-yard score. Eric Lane, who along with Franco Harris has led Seattle’s running game in the absence

went to match-point five times before the Mounties prevailed. “Southmont was definitely the favorite. There was no question about them dominating the tournament as a team,” Layton said after Greencastle’s best sectional performance in recent years. GREENCASTLE HAD TO work for the win over Fountain Central, as all the three singles matches went three sets and the doubles matches into tie breakers. Williams was a 6-3,1-6, 6-3 victory over Tom Trusty at No. 1 singles and Opdahl, who won both of his sectional matches, scored a 3-6,6-4 and 6-2 win over Rob Brimbury at No. 3 singles. However, Wells lost to Chuck Walls 5-7,6-1 and 6-2 at No. 2. Tew and Brattain slipped by Derreck Patton and Brian Thomas 7-6 in the first

Greencastle wins two games The Greencastle Junior High football teams scored a pair of two-points victories over Monrovia Thursday night. Greencastle won the eighth grade contest 20-18 to even its record at 2-2, while the now 2-1 seventh grade prevailed 8-6. Greencastle travels to Cascade Monday for a 5:30 p.m. game. MIKE TUCKER SCORED two touchdowns and the Greencastle defense made a goal line stand on its own two-yard line in the fourth quarter to preserve the eighth grade win. Monrovia scored the first touchdown of the game, but Todd Lancaster tied the scored with a 60-yard touchdown run for Greencastle and Tucker ran in the two-point conversion to put Greencastle ahead 8-6. Monrovia moved ahead 12-8 with another touchdown in the second quarter, but by halftime Greencastle led 14-12. Steve Story returned a Monrovia kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, but it was called back on a penalty. Two plays laterthough.Tucker got a big hole from the offensive line and ran 25 yards up the middle for the go-ahead TD. Once again Monrovia went ahead 18-14 during the third quarter, but it didn’t last long. Tucker returned the ensuing kickoff 70 yards to put Greencastle ahead for good. RANDY PETIT RAN 50 yards for a fourth quarter touchdown and twopoint conversion to give the defensive minded Greencastle seventh grade its second win. After a scoreless first half Monrovia scored in the third quarter and took a 6-0 edge into the final period.

of injured Curt Warner, rushed for 113 yards and a 40-yard TD. Saints 27, Oilers 10 Hapless Houston, 0-5, was held to eight first downs and 133 yards by New Orleans. Frank Wattelet ran 35 yards with an interception for a score and Hokie Gajan had a 15-yard TD jaunt. Oilers quarterback Warren Moon, the high-priced refugee from the Canadian League, was benched in favor of Oliver Luck in the second half. Moon had the flu. Chargers 27, Lions 24 Dan Fouts engineered 24 first-half points, then San Diego held off a furious Detroit rally. The Chargers drove 80, 49 and 87 yards for scores in the first half and led 247 at intermission. Then Gary Danielson and Billy Sims who had an 81-yard run sparked the Lions. Danielson even hit James Jones on an 8-yard, go-ahead scoring toss in the final minutes, but it was negated by an offensive interference penalty.

set of the No. 1 doubles match, then coasted by them 6-2 in the second. Lezotte and Catanese took their opponent as far as they could before losing 6-4, 7-6 to Greg Keeling and Chad Swingle. THE TIGER CUBS entered tournament play on a roll after beating Rockville Thursday. Williams was a 6-2,7-5 winner over Monty King, Wells zipped by Dan Jacobs 6-2,6-3 and Opdahl secured the Greencastle team win with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Mike Snapp. Greencastle’s losses came at doubles where Tew and Brattain lost the first set by 7-6 tie-breaker and the second set 6-2 to Rockville’s Tim Clary and Matt Merica. Lezotte and Catanese were beaten 6-0, 6-3 by Jason King and Joe Miller.