Union Stops Rams Win Streak At 3
by Sam Davis
WSSU, riding high after a 3-0 start was trounced by an inspired Virginia Union team
40-7 in Richmond, Virginia. The Rams, battered and bruised after defeating NCCU, had a
long night as the Panthers took advantage of untimely WSSU miscues.
Union was not to be denied victory in the contest as they worked their Wing T offense to
perfection. The Panthers running game, coupled with Rams fumbles were the major fac
tors in their game.
Union was coming off a 14-4 defeat at Hampton which shocked the Panthers. Coach
Willard Bailey of Union said his players were determined to take the loss out on someone.
“We had five starters and against Hampton,” said Bailey. “The team that took the
field against Hampton, was not a typical Virginia Union football team. We knew going in
to the game that Winston-Salem State was a strong team, so we really worked hard in
practice.”
Two of the injured Panthers, Gary Mayo and Carl Bland were pre-season All-CIAA
picks. Both were healthy for the Rams and put on strong performances. Mayo, a 200 lb.
Pullback with speed and quickness blitzed the Rams with a 193 yards rushing, 3
touchdown game. In addition, Mayo caught a pass for 30 yards on a play that really broke
the Rams back.
On third down the Rams had Union substitute quarterback Sandy McDonald corralled
for a sack. However, as he was falling, McDonald flipped a short pass to Mayo who elud
ed several Rams defenders taking the ball to the Rams 12 yard line. Mayo scored on the
very next play to put Union on top 12-0. The P.A.T. was a bizarre play that gave the Pan
thers two more points at 14-0. On the play, McDonald threw a pass into the arms of
Dominic Jeralds, but the ball bounced out of his grasp into the midsection of Union’s Sam
Grooms who held on for the 2 points.
The only hurrah for the Rams came in the second quarter when Karlton Watson found
his favorite target, James Watson behind the Union secondary. Karlton Watson threw a
strike to James Watson who took the ball in stride at the Panthers 40 yard line and
sprinted untouched to the end zone. The play covered 75 yards, by far the Rams longest
play of the season.
Despite the lop-sided score, the Rams did have their moments in the game. Again, the
Rams front line of Danny Moore, Jonathan Nimmons, Alvin Powell, April Pou and Tom
my Crews all played well. The Rams were able to move the ball on the ground, but the 4
fumbles WSSU made were too much to overcome.
The Rams were also without the services of their leading rusher, “Truck” Turner.
Danny Hayes filled in admirably for Turner, but Hayes’ 2 fumbles really cost WSSU.
Also missing from the Rams line-up was halfback Alex Cowen. Cowen, still nursing a bat
tered knee, missed his second game in a row.
Coach Bill Hayes of WSSU said the loss would serve as a learning experience. “When
you’re on a winning streak, it’s easy to stick your chest out too far. Sometimes a good
butt-whipping in a game that doesn’t mean anything can help.”
The game does not count as a conference game, so the Rams conference 1-0 mark re
mained intact. The Rams are now 3-1 overall.
SWAC Heads
All-American List
MISSION, Kan.—In spite of
having its most skilled per
formers ignored until 1962, the
Southwestern Athletic Con
ference ranks second nationally
in the number of first-team all-
Americans developed in NCAA
Division I-AA.
The list, compiled by the NCAA
Statistics Service, includes 50
SWAC first-team selections who
made either the Associated Press
Little all-America, American
Football Coaches Association
divisional teams below I-A,
started in 1%7, Associated Press
I-AA teams initiated in 1979 or
AFCA squads inaugurated in
1982.
The list does not include
players named to prestigious Pit
tsburgh Courier and Chicago
Defender Black college all-
American honor teams or A.B.
Williamson Mid-Bracket all-
American squads.
In the NCAA break-down.
SWAC schools trail only the Big
Sky Conferenc with 54 all-
American choices in 60 seasons.
The Ohio Valley Conference
ranks third with 42 selections in
49 years.
All players from the SWAC
were cit^ during the last 23
years. The Associated Press did
not consider players from
historical Black schools for all-
America consideration until 1961.
Grambling leads the list with 20
first-teamers followed by Alcorn
State (10); Jackson State (8);
Southern (4); Texas Southern
(2); Prairie View (2) and Miss.
Valley State (1).
The NCAA noted that the first
Grambling star was Junious
“Buck” Buchanan in 1962.
“Such players as all-pro Willie
Davis, captain of the 10-0 1955
team. Tank Younger and Ernie
Ladd never made the Associated
press team,” the NCAA pointed
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