PAGE 4
THE VOICE
JUNE-JULY, 1976
-K".: .*1
COACH RAY McDOUGAL
WIDU RADIO TO CARRYBROIVCOS
Fayetteville Radio Station Begins
8th Year Of Bronco Football
Radio Station WIDU in
Fayetteville, North Carolina
will begin its eighth year
broadcasting Fayetteville
State University Bronco
football in September.
Bill Hennessee, Sports
and Program Director of
WIDU, will handle the play-
by-play and is the “Voice of
the Broncos”. He has
broadcasted all games since
the beginning.
A veteran of over 18 years
of broadcasting, Hennessee
will be aided by H.R. “Hubie”
Doub who will handle the color
broadcasting chores.
Fayetteville State Opens
1976 Football Drills
Aug. 9 With Optimistic
Outlook
by John B. Henderson, FSU
Sports Information
Coach Ray McDougal,
1975 “CO-CIAA-Coach-of-the-
Year” and Dist. 29 NAIA
“Coach-of-the Year” for a
second time in less than four
years, sounds quite optimistic
toward the coming 1976
gridiron campaign although
he will be minus All-American
running back James Godwin
who broke every rushing
record at Fayetteville State.
The likeable Florida-born
Bronco mentor is expecting
approximately 90 candidates
to report to pre-season drills
August 9 and hopes to improve
on his best record last year (7-
3) since coming to FSU six
years ago.
The Bronco gridders will
play a nine-game schedule
this year with one open date
and kicks off the season
against cross-town rival Fort
Bragg on September 11.
In all, the McDougal-
coached squad will play seven
CIAA conference contests and
two non-league games with
one open date.
Personnel-wise, Coach
McDougal feels that his 76
edition will be strong in the
secondary, strong with
receivers, but the backfield
will be completely new.
“We’ll probably pass
more this year with the fine
crop of receivers returning,”
began the coach.
“We’ll certainly miss the
running of Tim Heath and
James Godwin but we have
some candidates who may
take up the slack.”
FSU has some 18 juniors
and seniors returning to camp
this year and McDougal will
rely heavily on this crop of
players plus newcomers and
freshmen to build a com
petitive squad.
“Our quarterback
situation appears to be intact
with Carlos Bailey returning.
Of course, Ron Crawford is
expected to have a good year
at wide receiver along with
Andre Sloan, Mike Smith, and
Chester Hariston who also had
good hands and speed,”
McDougal said.
Bailey, a junior from New
Jersey, threw approximately
ten TD passes last year before
being sidelined at mid-season
with an injury.
The offensive line, ac
cording to the coach, will be
strong but the defense will
suffer graduation losses.
The Broncos 1976 Football
Schedule:
Sept. 11 Fort Bragg Home
Sept. 18 Norfolk State Away
Sept. 25 Shaw Home
Oct. 2 Open
Oct. 9 St. Pauls Away
Oct. 16 Winston-Salem Away
Oct. 23 Livingstone Home
Nov. 6 Bowie State Home
Nov. 13 Johnson C. Sm Away
f- ^
PHILLIP PLATT
The Broncos open a nine hosting cross-town rival Fort
game slate for the 1976 season Bragg on September 11.