The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 14, 1967 Page: 3 of 4
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Too Much; 2S-0
Four touchdown Passes
Fatal as Offense; Sputters
from Daily Empire
1 Quarterback Floyd Lindsey threw for four touchdowns
Saturday as the East Central Tigers hung black crepe
oyer Tarleton State- Homecoming festivities, It. was
the worst—^and only the second—Homecoming loss suf-
fered by a TSC team since the school started senior col-
lege play in 1961. ,V/;.
East Central's Tigers threw a
bevy of good backs at the Texan
defense ^ 10 in all — and they
ran for 219 yards. Lindsey fiacl
little luck with his passing7 out
in the middle of the-field; but he.
was deadly when the chips were
en of 17 for the day for 87 yards.
Offensive Sputters
,The Texans had trouble
mounting any kind of offense
against the tenacious Tiger front
line; The Bengal^ from ^da,
Okla; broke through' to .drop J.
down,1 tossing payoff passed 'of? • Mcflfahon sbf times faii 71
6,-6, 4 and 24 yards. He Mt s'ev-", " yards' in* losses; They added a
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five-yard loss to that on the last
play of the; game when reSei'tfe
quarterback- Dan Garrett wasf
dumped; McMahon'connected on'
six passes and Garrett' for five
as the Texans chalked up > 204
yards via the air.
John Scott's squibbly punt off
the side of'his foot set up East
Central's first' tally halfway
through tjio first stanza. From
the 30, Scott's'kick traveled only;
13 yards and' it took Lindsey;
just eight plays to light the'
scoreboard.
Lindsey cattle up with a big
third down play from the' 42 —
he came, up with them all day —-
when' he hit his' big erid Dewain
Matthews for' 25 yards to the'
Texan 17, Fottr plays netted a
first at the six* and on first down
Lindsey found sca tback A1 Flan-,
ner open at the flag for the
touchdown with 8:10 lel't in the
qtlart'er. After two TSC peiial-
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ties the Tigers went for the two-
point conversion' fforii the'- half'
yard lineman# made it 8-0;
The Texans never: got past
their own 35 in the first quarter
and EC started their second'
scoring march frorii their pwn
26 following a TSC punt on the'
last play of the quarter.
Rick Thompson ripped off a
35 yard: gainer to the Tarleton
27 for' the big' gairier in' the 12
play drive. Tfie touchdown came
on a six yard-pass from Lindsey
to Matthews oti fburth down,
and Doug Dodd's kick made it
15-0 with 9*25-left in the half.
FurtibleHocts
The-Texans- made their- best
offensive move of the half late
in the quarter; Tailback Dale
Brock tore off gains of eight anid
five yards-andJMcMahon'passed
to Tom Barrartouskas for 15
yards to the 48, but the spark
went out back at the 4a after
McMahon slipped down attempt-
ing "to pass."
If there was a turning point
it probably^ came early in the
third quarter.' Tailback. Ed
Douglas, a hard-runner all day,
was pouring through, big holes in
the Tiger line as he gained 7,
3, and eight yards to the TSC
41. On second down from the 41
Douglas, zipped ^ through a big
hole and had a first down, on
the Tiger 48 where lie fumbled,
John Wells came up with the
ball for EC ^nd they went in for
the touchdown that gave them
a 22-0 lead,
"The 52-y a rd - m a r chr equir edll
plays. Dodd did most of the
damage through the middle of
the Texans, but Lindsey again
got the six points on a fourth
down from the four when he
drilled Roger Camp. The TD
came with 4:10 left in the third.
Tarleton mounted its most
serious threat following EC's
third touchdown.' A McMahon
to Brock, pass- gained 16 yards
to the 40,. Barranouskas took a
13 yarder to th eEC 47 and
Brock- blasted the line twice for
11 more; From the 34; McMa-
hon hit Harlan Wtinsch for 8
aM Douglas circled eiid for a
'first On the 16, Everything turn-
ed to dirt here though and on
fourth down' McMahoii • was
dropped all the Way back to the
44.
From the 44, the Tigers drove
in for the fourth TD to ice away
their eighth Win in a row th'is
season. Lindsey found end David
Hammond, running alone from
the 24" for the six points with
9:50 left in the game. Gary
Greenway of Dublin blocked the
last Tiger conversion attempt.
Garrett QB
With 1:45 left Garrett, took-
oVer the controls for TSC and
his five completions, plus a 32;
yard pass interference call took
1 the texans to the l/5 before the
fihal horn mferciftilly soiiMed.
Dodd took rushing hondr s with
71' steps'in 16 carries. Douglas
was tops- for TSG with 60 in* 15
attempts.
The Texans will carry a 1-7
record to Weatherfordy Okla.-
next' weekend for their final-
game with Southwestern State.
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Mon,, Nov. 13, 3:00 p.m. — "Philsophy: Purposeful Pilgrimage on Pointless Pondering"
..^TlieV Nov, V4, 5:00 p.m. "Man-Mentfcl Master on Muddled Mammal"
Wed.rNov. 15, 3;00-p.m. — ''Science: Spiritual, Search or Secular Suicide"
Yliur., Nov. 16, 3:00'p.m. — "Religion: Reality or Retreat from Reason"
Virgil R, Trout,
Campus Lecturer in Christian Apdlogetifcs
Church of Christ Bible Chair
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 14, 1967, newspaper, November 14, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141143/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.