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By ALLEN H. JOHNSON
Review Editor
They tell me that this is football
season. But they apparently haven't
told Mississippi Valley State, which
began the current year by chewing
hefty helpings of lightweight opponents
and indignantly spitting
them by the wayside by scores that
would do a basketball team proud.
Exhibit 1: The Delta Devils run all
over Division 11 Kentucky State, at
Kentucky State, 86-0.
Quarterback Willie Totten passes
for an NCAA Division I-AA record
536 yards in the slaughter, connecting
on 37 of 55 passes for a SWAC
record nine touchdowns.
But flamboyant Mississippi
Valley Coach Archie "Gunslinger"
Cooley says he isn't all that impressed
by his quarterback.
"He really didn't have all that
good a day because he missed some
receivers." Coolev tells the Jackson
Clarion Ledger/Daily News.
Did the Delta Devils run up the
score against a hopelessly outmanned
opponent?
Not according to Kentucky State
Coach Bill Williamson.
"To tell you the truth," Williamson
says to the Louisville CourierJournal"I
couldn't tell the difference
between their ones and
twos. I didn't pay a whole lot of attention.
They went up and down the
field no matter who was in the
game."
Stellar Delta Devil receiver Jerry
Rice, by the way, caught 17 passes
for 294 yards, breaking his own
Division I-AA record of 276 yards.
Other records set in that game:
Most touchdown passes in a
game (11).
Most touchdown passes in a
game by both teams (11).
Most passes attempted without
an interception (67).
Most passes completed in game
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teams (855).
Most touchdowns responsible for
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which tied a record).
Most points responsible for in a
game (54, which tied a record).
Most yards passed in a half (359,
by Willie Totten).
Most yards in a game receiving
(294 by Jerry Rice). *
Most career yards (3,305, by
Jerry Rice).
Most touchdown passes caught
(five, by Jerry Rice).
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the helm, couldn't stop Mississippi
Most first downs passing in a
game (24).
Exhibit 2: Mississippi Valley
demolishes Washburn 77-15 in an
encore performance the following
week.
Totten passes for 402 more yards
and six touchdowns. Rice, fighting
double-coverage, snares one of
those touchdown strikes with his
huge, million-dollar fingers.
formidable Jackson State in one of
the biggest games of the year. No
patsies are the Tigers, a legitimate
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Mississippi Valley in 27 years.
What's more, say the skeptics,anybody
might have run up the
score on Washburn and Kentucky
State. But it won't happen to JSU's
tough-as-nails Tigers.
Or so they think. Though it is
close for a while, Valley proceeds to
beat all over Jackson State - at
Jackson, no less.
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The Delta Devils, often lining up
without a huddle ? and without running
backs ? don't score as many
Doints as thev are accustomed to.
but they do okay.
Totten completes 30 of 50 passes
for 526 yards, six touchdowns and
two interceptions.
Rice catches 15 of those strikes
for 285 yards and four touchdowns.
Cooley, who has never been
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hasn't felt this happy since his first
child was born. He also runs a lap
around the stadium waving a
Mississippi Valley flag.
I might feel inclined to do likewise
' if my team were undefeated, averaging
70.6 points per game and
threatening to break every offensive
record in the land enroute to a
championship.
The Review Reviewed
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