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BURLINGTON - The:
Hon College "Fighting
Christians" upped . their ?
season record to 4-1 with a '
50-8 pasting of the Nbrth
Carolina Central Eagles, the;
Fighting Christians scored in;,
the first three periods as they ,
won their first victory over
the Eagles in their - third v
try before 4,200 fans.
Elon scored the first
time that they gained
possession of the ball. Chuck '
Lindsey returned Eric
Mines' punt 56 yards to
the Fighting Christians a
and 10 at the Eagles 11. In
five plays, Elon was on the
scoreboard on Bob DeFrenn's
first of four touchdowns. The
Fighting Christians led after
the first period 7-0. In the
second period. DeFrenn
scored his second touchdown
on a one yard run with 13:58
left in the half.
The Eagles came right;
back when defensive tackle 1
Randal Evans caused Elon
quarterback Mike Currin to
fumble at the Elon 8. After
an incomplete plass ' play,
NCCU quarterback Ahrin
Cauthorn connected on Jul
8 yard ' scoring ipass . to
Maurice Bassett, .? On" ihe
attempted try for two points,
Cauthorn's pass wai i in- -;
complete. ' ' : :"--t
The Fighting 'Christians i;.
came back with two touch
downs in the last two minutes
after they blocked Eric Hines
punt out of the, end zone.
Currin hooked up with Roxic
Bratton on a 33 yard touch
down pass, and on a 13 yard
pass to give Elon a command-
ing 30-6 halftime lead.
Elon piled up 20 third
period points to the Eagles
2 thus giving them their 50
8 margin.
DeFreen had runs of 12
and 2 for touchdowns.
The vaunted Elon de
fensive held v the J Eagles
passers to 93 yards passing
on 13 of 34 passes; They
intercepted . 3 passes. ,,The
Eagles backs rushed for 103
yards but Elon rushed: ifor
224 yards and passed for
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Una A&T football stars Dwaine Board (90) and Ellsworth Turner (10) take a break
from their practice schedule to meet with Miss N. C. A&T Debbie Richardson (R)
and ; Miss Black N. C, Angela Watson, as the Aggies prepare for homecoming
.activities.' More than 20,000 persons are expected in Greensboro for the Univer
sity's Homecoming (Photo by William Peeler).' y
Number one ranked 1
South Carolina State, warmed
up for; its showdown; match
with Morgan State by whip
ping winless ; Johnson C.
Smith, 47-6 Saturday night
in Charlotte while Morgan
State kept pace with a hard
earned , 14-0 victory over
state-rival Maryland-Eastern
Shore to highlight a full
schedule in the Mid
Eastern Athletic Conference
Saturday.
S. C. State increased its'
overall record to 5-0 with its
victory over Johnson C.
Smith as Rickey Anderson
scored three ' touchdowns.
Morgan State lifted its
ME AC record to 2-0 and its
overal mark to 3-1-1 with the
decision over UMES.
S. C. State (3-0, 5-0)
and Morgan State (2-0, 3-1-1)
will meet Saturday after
noon in Orangeburg, S. C.
at 2 p.m. in a showdown
clash. The survivor of this
contest will have the inside
track in winning the 1977
MEAC grid championship the
. right to represent the con
ference in the Gold Bowl
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'December 3 in Richmond,
Va, against the champion of
) the Central Intercollegiate'
'"Athletic Association, (CIAA).
- In other action involv
ing MEAC teams Delaware
State won its third straight
game blanking Howard,
18-0 while N. C. A&T
turned back Norfolk State,
21-14. In another non-con'
ference . tussle Elon romped
to a 50-8 win over North
Carolina Central.
Anderson, who rushed
for 220 yards in 10 carries,
scored three touchdowns on
runs of 43, 84 and 53 yards
to trigger the Bulldog offense
against J. C. Smith. The Bull
dogs jumped off to a 27-6
halftime lead and coasted to
. the win.
Anderson got the Bull
dogs on the scoreboard in the
initial period when he raced
43 yards to paydirt. Later
in the period Jackie Reed
cracked over from five
yards out and quarterback
Nat Rivers galloped 52 yards.
Malcolm Montgomery missed
his extra point attempt this
season following Reed's score
and the Bulldogs led, 20-0 at
the end of the first 15
minutes.
Midway the second
stanza, Anderson electrified
the crowd when he raced 84
yards to paydirt J. C. Smith
got on the scoreboard before
intermission when ' Ernest
Williams plunged over from
the one to cut the inter
mission score to 27-6.
- Anderson took up where
he left off in the third quarter
A swarn of Hornets from
the south side of town, in- ,
vaded the Durham County
Stadium - Friday : night, and
left 1 Durham High School
Bulldogs licking their wounds
to the tune of only one TD.
The Hillside aggregation
took advantage of a Bulldog .
miscue and pranced 37 yards
for their first' taDy,! then
took command of a 65
yard march in their second
drive to paydirt, which saw
a 14-0 figure on the score
board at the halfway mark.
For the benefit of the
record, the Hornets are now
4-2 and 2-0 in loop play
while the "Dogs" are 12-4
and 1-1.
Hillside mentor Brad
pleased by the running of
Vernon Harris in the first
stanza as he went over from
the seven and four yard
markers and also squirming
through' the middle for a two
point conversion. ,
"But in the second half
they carried it to us," Brad
shaw remarked. "It's the
same thing that has applied
to them all years. They re a
second half ball club. I
don't know what happened
to us. We had that 14
point lead, I guess we
could have let down a
little."
The second half per
formance of the northside
gridders . wasn't enough to
cause joy to coach James
"Bumps" Elliott.
"They just whipped us,"
he said. "I thought we had
some, momentum in the
second half and I don't
think- losing our quarterback
was the difference, v
i .s "The usual things, noth
ing different' he remarked.
"These guys come out fired
up for the third quarter all
the time, no matter what you
say." :
'if we can run it, we'd
rather run' it man throw it,"
said Coach Willie Bradshaw.
'"When you start putting it
in the air, you never know
what's going io happen."
The DHS group got
on the scoreboard with 2:38
left in the third . quarter as
Matt Slaughter tossed a
26-yard aerial to Ricky Daye.
Slaughter was hit immediate
ly after the toss and injured
his left shoulder. Daye's
pass off a fake kick was
incomplete.
. . Jamison King found
Lennie Currington again in
the! fading moments of. the
contest on a 30-yard scoring
tOSS. -f.wv iv: .(';
The Hornets are now 2-0
in the Big Seven Conference,
all alone on the top rung of
the league ladder but there
are four more tough oppo
nents facing the squad and
who knows it better than
Coach Bradshaw.
In a doubleheader at
County Stadium Friday
night, Durham - meets
Northern at 6:45 and the
Hillsiders battle Chapel Hill
at 9:00 p.m. Both are con
ference contests
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Last year Morgan State
and Cnnth Tamlina .' Ktatn
when he romped 53 yards to.v , finished in a dead heat for ';
pay dirt for the Bulldogs' only
third period score. In the
final 15 minutes the Bulldogs
got two more TDs. Defen
sive ; end William i Parker! re
covered a fumble in the end
zone and Rivers sneaked over
from the, one-yard line.
Montgomery, missed the PAT
from placement after River's
TD. v ,,'' ..
Morgan State scored
touchdowns in the first and
second quarters and played a
stout defense in the second
half against Maryland-Eastern
Shore. Lloyd McCleave, who
rushed for 150 yards in 29
carries, scored on a 13
yard run in the first quarter.
Continued On Page 9
the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con
ference football champion
ship with identical , 5-1
league records. After vction
Saturday ini the MEAC, these
same two teams stand at the '
top of the pack in the league
race and the right to repre
sent , the conference in the
Gold Bowl Ad.- bei played ,
Saturday,'.. December 3, , in
Richmond, Virginia against .
the champion of the
Central Intercollegiate Ath
letic Association (CIAA). :
Morgan State came from
behind in the second half to
defeat North Carolina Central ,"
35-25 in a I league game
played in Durham while S.
C. State was enjoying a 3f-7
non-conference victory over
Alcorn A&M in Lorman,
Mississippi. South Carolina
State, ranked number two
in the NCAA Division Two
polls, is 3-0 in conference
play and 4-0 overall. Mor
gan is 1-0 in family competi
tion and 2-1-1 against all
opponents.
. , m -other action involving
f MEAC teams, Delaware State
blanked Maryland-Eastern
Shore, 22-0 in the only other
league tussle. In non-conference
play A&T got in the
winning column under new
coach Jim McKinley with; a
shocking 44-20 victory over
winless Johnson C. Smith.
Howard had the week off.
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