FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1968
maroon and gold
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Catawba Tops Elon 32 To 26
they fill important post in fighting CHRISTIAN LINE PLAY
Christians Threaten
All-Time Grid Marks
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With five games al
ready played and past the
halfway mark of this 1968
football season, the Elon
Christians and big Burgin
Beale were both well a-
head of the per-gamepace
in the all-time Elon sta
tistics for both team and
individual passing yard
age.
The all-time Elon team
mark for yards gained by
passing during a single
season stands 1,637 yards
in 9 games in 1967, which
represents an average of
181.9 yards per game.
In five games this fall,
the Christians have gain
ed 1,189 yards by passing,
which represents an
average of 237.8 yards
per game.
After five games,Bur
gin Beale had passed for
a total of 1,127 yards
this fall, which repre
sents a per-game average
of 225.4 yards per game,
and once more that fi
gure is far ahead of the
all-time Elon mark of
152.5 yards per game set
by Beale himself during
the 1966 season.
Beale at this stage of
the season has thrown
149 passes, for an aver
age of 29.9 passes per
game, and that again is
ahead of his own all-time
average of 27.1 passes
per game set in 1966.
“is completion mark of 72
passes in five games
shows an average of 14,4
passes completed per
pme, and that too is a-
nead of his all-time Elon
average of 13.1 comple
tions per game in 1966,
Richard McGeorge,who
as caught 31 passes in
ne first five games of
avera^^^® campaign, is
eraging 6.2 pass
atches per game, and
“at is ahead of his all-
cime per-game mark of
pass receptions per
game, but McGeorge is
slightly behind his own
all-time per-game aver
age for yardage on pass
receptions that he set last
year.
On the “No So Bright”
side of the record led
ger is the fact that in
the first five games this
fall the Elon defensive
units had yielded 1,865
yards in total offense by
the five opponents, an av
erage of 373 yards per
game, and that is far a-
head of the all-time worst
defensive average in all
Elon history of 320,2
yards per game yielded to
opponents in 1966.
Part of this dismal de-.
fensive picture is the fact
that the Elon pass de
fense has yielded to five
opponents this fall an av
erage of 216.8 yards per
game, which is far worse
than the all-time worst
mark in Elon history, set
when the Elon 1966 team
gave up an average of
175.3 yards per game
through the air.
Also part of this dis
mal defensive picture is
the fact that the Elon
defense has given up 151
points to the five oppon
ents this fall, which is an
average of 30.2 points per
game. That is somewhat
worse than the all-time
record, when the Elon
team of 1959 gave up to 10
opponents an average of
25.9 points per game in
ten games.
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Doug Thomas, a rugged defensive line star from
Asheboro, and Frankie Mensch, who hails from Siler
City and holds the all-important pivot post in the Elon
offensive line, have played important roles in the play
of the Elon line during early season games of this
1968 season. Thomas, whose older brother, Morris
Thomas, was a co-captain of the Elon gridders some
years ago, has been a bulwark of Elon’s defensive
play so far this fall, and Mensch has anchored the
Christian offensive forward wall in the first half of
this 1968 season.
Elon In Tough Tilt
At WCU Saturday
The Fighting Chris
tians take off into the high
hill country of western
North Carolina this
weekend on a hunt for
Catamounts, hoping to bag
the football scalp of the
Western Carolina Cata
mount football squad in a
battle which looms as a
crucial one in the compe
tition for honors in the
Carolinas Conference in
die 1968 campaign.
There was a time in
the early season when a
clash with these Cata
mounts of Western North
Carolina did not loom as
a really major test for
Coach Red Wilson andhis
Elon Christians, for the
prophets listed the Cata
mounts as the favorites
for the cellar spot in the
Conference standings and
at the same time named
the Elon gridders as a
prime contender for the
Conference title.
There has been con
siderable change since
those pre-seasons pro
phecies were voiced,how-
ever, and after the 1968
season hit is midway point
the Western Carolina
gridders were still un
defeated in Conference
play and loomed as a
real challenge for the ti
tle.
It is true , of course,
that this was written be
fore the Catamounts in
vaded the lair of the Le
noir Rhyne Bears last
weekend, and it is quite
likely *at the Bears may
have marred the pre
viously unbeaten record
of Coach Dan Robinson’s
Western Carolina outfit.
However, if the Lenoir
Rhyne gridders did roll
over the Catamounts last
|Elon Football
Elon 66, Concord 12.
Elon 21, Guilford, 10.
Elon 26, Appalachian 70.
Elon 17, Presbyterian31,
Elon 7, Car.-Newman28.
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 26 - Catawba, H.
Nov. 2 - W. Carolina, A.
Nov. 9 - Newberry, H
Nov. 16 — L. Rhyne, H.
weekend, that will only
serve to make the Elon
task all the more diffi
cult this weekend when
they trek into Cullowhee
to tackle the Cats in their
own den.
Billed ahead of time as
suffering for want of a
quarterback, the Cata
mounts have come up
this fall with a real sleep- _
er in the person of Don"
Dalton, an unheralded
star, who has averaged
156 yards per game in
passing and has also come
up with fine running to
rank third in the Caro
linas Conference in pass
ing and fourth in total
offense.
This 6-1 Catamount
passing ace from Hender
sonville looms as a fit
ting rival for Elon’s ri
fle-armed Burgin Beale
in the clash at Cullowhee
this weekend, for Dalton
has passed for nine TD’s
in five games, which is
one better than the eight
TD tosses uncorked by
Beale in 5 games.
Dalton tossed four
touchdown passes and hit
17 of 27 throws for a
total of 288 yards to give
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See-Saw Tilt
Feaiure At
Homecoming
By BILL WALKER
The disaster-ridden
Christians dropped their
fourth successive foot
ball game last Saturday
afternoon, when the Ca
tawba Indians turned back
the Elon eleven 32 to 26
in the annual Elon Home
coming battle in Burling
ton Stadium.
The Elon gridders had
four pass interceptions,
some of which set up fine
scoring chances, but the
Christians failed to cap
italize on these chances,
and these failures proved
costly.
. The scoring began when
Emery Moore dived in
from the one to top a 65-
yard drive, but Helsley
missed the point, and Ca
tawba came back to get
on the scoreboard as Ray
Hardison hit Mike Rey
nolds with a 10-yard pass,
and Mike Strejc kicked
good for a 7-6 lead.
Elon came right back
as Beale hit Richard Mc
George with a 32-yard
scoring toss, but the kick
missed again, and Ca
tawba added a second TD
before halftime on a 31-
yard pass from Hardison
to Greg Singleton, and
Stejc kicked for a 14-
12 lead.
Catawba took the sec
ond half kick-off but Elon
held and then sent Emery
Moore in for his second
score, with Helsley kick
ing for an Elon 19-14
edge.
Three consecutive
scores by Ray Hardison,
all on short plunges, shot
Catawba back ahead by 32
to 19 before Burgin Beale
tossed a fine 55-yard pass
to Joe Rinaca for a final
TD, and Helsley kicked
good for the final 26-
19 score. An Elon fumble
marred the final chance
for victory in the closing
Despite the agonizing
defeat, Elon had several
outstanding players,with
Beale passing for 238
yards, Moore running for
127 yards, McGeorge cat
ching seven, Rinaca cat
ching three passes, each
getting a TD pass.
Figure Facts
Elon Catawba
19 First Downs 17
167 Yds. Gain Rush 155
33 Passes Attempt 20
17 Passes Completed 13
238 Yds. Gain Passing 178
405 Total Yds Offense 333
4 Opp. Passes. Int. 1
35 Runbacklnt. Passes 10
8 Number Punts 6
31.9 Ave. Yds. Punts 42.3
135 Runback All Kicks 118
1 Fumbles Lost 0
32 Yards Penalized 12
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon 0 12 7 7 26
Catawba 0 14 6 12 32
Elon Touchdowns — E.
Moore 2 (1-run, 1-run),
McGeorge (32-pass from
Beale), Rinaca (55-pass
from Beale). Extra Points
Helsley 2 (kicks). Cataw
ba Touchdowns — Rey
nolds (10-pass from Har
dison), Singleton (31-pass
from Hardison), Hardison
3 (1-run, 1-run, 3-run).
Extra Points -- Strejc —
2 (kicks).