The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 3, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 27, 1967 Page: 4 of 4
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September 27. 1967
THE WAR WHOOP
Page 4
Indians Massacre Texans 36-0
If there hod been many battles
in the Old West like the one in
Shotwell Stadium Saturday night
Texas would still belong to the
Hedskins and the buffalo would
be our national symbol. The Mc-
Murry Indians made up in part
for all the times that the cavalry
came to the rescue as they romped
past the Texans of Tarleton State
3G-0.
The bin win allowed the Maroon
tribe to give vent to much of the
offensive frustration that has
piled up over the last few games.
Quarterback Richard Puckctt
turned in a stellar performance as
he passed for 131 yards and ran
for CI more to account for three
touchdowns.
The Tribe defense never gave
the Texans time to circle the
wagons as they held the visitors
to a minus 77 yards rushing. A
fierce pass rush by John Bcntlcy
King Graham Tally Windham
Indian quarterback Richard Puckett. assisted by a block from
Larry West (14) circles left end in action against Tarleton State.
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By K. O. LONG
Quotes and comments made while contemplating the
Indians' second straight: The defensive platoon played even
stronger than usual in the Tarleton game but the offensive
showing was most impressive. The sharp passing game was
a pleasant surprise and valuable asset. It was a team perform-
ance and the win was a big one for the Indians . . Coach
Forties had this statement "We were very pleased with the
offensive showing against Tarleton. When you hold someone
to a minus 77 yards with your defense you have got to be
pleased with that. We made some mistakes but we had team
effort and when you get that things are going to go right
for you."
Both of McMurry's tight ends Gary Pittard and Roger
Stansbury were injured in the game and their status for
Saturday's contest with A. C. C. is doubtful.
Concerning the Wildcats their record stands at 1-1. They
won their opener with East Texas State before falling to
Howard Payne last week. The Hilltoppers were plagued
with injuries in the spring and in their early workouts this
fall. Because of the injury bug they shifted defensive back
David Fuller to quarterback and he has performed admirably
in his first two games. This year the Cats feature a wide
open offense geared for passing. One of the primary tar-
gets for Fuller has been Riley Dunn a senior playing foot-
ball for the first time. Dunn is no stranger to the sports pages
as he got plenty of ink for his ail-American exploits as a
sprinter on the Wildcat track team.
Coach Forncs does not plan any new wrinkles on offense
or defense for the Indians. "Wo will continue to do exactly
what we are doing right now and we hope to improve this
week "
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and Harlan Sellers coupled with
tight coverage in the secondary
to blunt the Tarleton passing
attack.
At the outset of the game the
two teams traded punts before
McMurry took over on its own 28
for its second possession. On his
first pass of the evening Puckctt
drilled one to fullback Larry West
for eight yards. Facing a third
and two situation Puckctt called
his own number and covered 13
yards to net a first down at mid-
field. Puckett limbered up his
throwing arm again two plays
later and hit Leonard Peters with
a pass that tho split end carried
to the Texan 22.
The Indians had a good thing
going so Puckett threw again to
West and this one gained nine
yards. West gave the drive new
vigor on the next play as he car-
ried for a first at the 12. Puckett
then rolled to his left behind a
wave of blockers and raced into
the end zone with C:38 left in the
initial quarter. Tho drive cover-
ed 72 yards in 10 plays and took
exactly five minutes. Terry Mc-
Ivcr made the first of his conver-
sion kicks good and McMurry took
a 7-0 lead.
In the second stanza the Mc-
Murrys started another drive and
CO yards later they were standing
at the threshold of a second
touchdown. From the Tarleton
three the Warriors took four
straight shots at the goal but
never made it and the visitors
took over on their own one which
is not exactly the world's best
field position as they were soon
to find out.
Graham and Bentley combined
to smear halfback Mike Littleton
for no gain on first down. On
the next play Littleton tried
again but Joe Coffer tripped him
up and Chip Puckett put on the
clinching tackle as Littleton fell
in his end zone for a safety.
Tarleton got a free kick from
their 20 but the punt traveled
only 11 yards and McMurry was
set up on the enemy 31. On first
down Puckett passed to tailback
Jerry Andrus who carried to the
20. Then it was West's turn to
receive and his catch was good
for eight yards. Sidney McCown
picked up a first down with a
three yard jaunt down to the
Tarleton nine yard stripe. From
that point Puckctt duplicated his
first TD effort rolling left and
scoring with 6:35 left in the half.
Mclvui's conveision attempt was
wide and the Indians carried a
15-0 lead into the dressing room
at halftlmo.
After the second half kickoff
Tarleton drove to the Maroons'
49 and appeared to be gaining
some momentum. But Tally
Windham who spent much of Uie
evening as tho fifth man in the
Texan backficld put a stop to
that nonsense and the Stephen-
ville group had to punt.
McMurry showed the purple
clad visitors that they hadn't let
down any by promptly cranking
up a 71 yard march. Puckctt
rifled shots to Peters Gary Pit-
tard and Andrus in the drive. The
Winters ace hit Scottie Pruitt for
a first down at the twelve then
went to Peters for a six yard gain.
After one play carried to the three
Puckctt took off again and toted
tho ball into the promised land.
Mclver converted and McM en-
joyed a 22-0 bulge with 8:16 left
in the third quarter.
Later in the period Matt Chal-
mers came into spell Puckctt at
the man-under spot and he soon
won his wings. It took the Tribe-
sters seven plays to cover 46 yards
to paydirt after a short Texan
punt. Facing a third and three
at the 25 Chalmers zipped a per-
fect pass to Pruitt who caught
the ball between two defenders
in the end zone. Once again Mc-
lver got his kicks and McMurry
sported a 29-0 edge with 4:04 re-
maining in tho third quarter.
That Devil's Brigade known as
the defensive squad went to work
in the next few minutes repeated-
ly dropping the Tarleton quarter-
backs for losses. Chip Puckett
got into the act by making a leap-
ing interception of a pass and
tacking on a 21 yard return.
Tarleton intercepted a pass in
their end zone but the defense
held firm against the desperate
visitors. Ray Finlcy dropped
Texan quarterback Dan Garrett
on the nine and it was kick time
again. Charging Bill Doane par-
tially blocked the kick and Mc-
Murry took over on the Tarleton
16. McCown tallied on the first
play breaking three tackles in the
process and Jim McWhorter con-
verted to up the final score to 36
to zip. Bring on that other purple
team!
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