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goal with 3:06 left in the fourth
quarter to provide the final margin.
"That punt return was the big
play/* Southern's dejected
Washington said after the game.
4 The punt was high enough to
cover, but we didn't do it.
"They (GSU) didn't do anything
that we didn't expect them to do,
but we iust didn't execute."
Washington added. "We had bad
field position throughout the second
half, too.'*
Statistically, Grambling*s Pugh
was indeed the hero of the day. In
20 carries, he gained a game-high
134 yards rushing, scored one
touchdown and caught one pass for
eight yards. GSU defensive back
Darryl Chase was sensational, too,
grabbing three interceptions for 17
yards.
Ervin Bennett led the Jaguar
rushers with 51 yards in two carries,
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140 yards on eight of 25 attempts.
Central State Moves On
By ALLEN JOHNSON
Review Editor
Central State of Ohio has beaten
some of its opponents so badly that
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the Good Lord has seen fit to mercifully
intervene once in a while.
When, for instance, the
Marauders were living up to their
nickname by taking no prisoners
against the University of the District
of Columbia, sharp lightning forced
the game to be called with 10:41 left
in the fourth quarter.
Central State led 69-8 at that
point.
The Marauders went on to complete
a 10-0 regular season in which
they outscored their opponents by
an average score of 43.6 to 13.2.
Theii closest call was a 21-41 win
over Grand Valley State. _ Other
scores suggest that Central State
might be on the wrong level of competition:
Salem College (33-7), Ferris
State College (48-32), Liberty
BaDtist Colleee (66-16). Lincoln
University (Mo.) (50-12), Kentucky
State (28-3) and Northeastern Illinois
(24-0).
The two most impressive wins
came at the end of the Marauders*
season, 49-26 over Delaware State (a
Division I-AA MEAC school thtt
was ranked in the Top 10 at the titne
and was at least theoretically supposed
to be superior) and 48-14 over
Clarion State, which then was ranked
seventh among Division II
schools.
As for the skeptics who say Coach
Billy Joe's team padded its record
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2. Central State 10-0-0 7
3. ?Virginia Union 10-2-0 8
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5. Mississippi Valley 7-2-1?~ti
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and reputation against soft competition,
Clarion Coach Gene
Sobolewski begged to differ.
"That is an awesome team/'
Sobolewski said after the game.
"People said they were beating bad
teams, but today they beat a good
team BAD."
Central State continued its
storybook season with a 24-16 win
over Southwest Texas State in an
NCAA Division II playoff game at
San Marcos, Texas.
Quarterback James Woody threw
three touchdown oasses in that win.
including a 43-yard strike to tight
end George Scott with 1:31 left after _ ?
Southwest Texas had pulled to
within a point with a safety.
Another Heartbreak
Central State's victory entitled the
Marauders to meet North Alabama,
which edged CIAA champion
Virginia union ieni4 in Florence,
Ala.
Virginia Union lost a playoff
squeaker for the second year in a
row on a 25-yard field goal by
James Knowles midway through the
fourth quarter.
However, Union earlier had
quelled any doubt that the Panthers
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are the class of their conference,
mauling improved Winston-Salem
State 34-7 in the CIAA championship
game.
The Panthers matched the Rams
strength against strength: the na
nun s ocsi division n aeiensc
against the nation's most productive
Division II rushing offense and one
of its best offensive lines.
Guess who won out?
"The bottom line is manpower,"
Union Coach Willard Bailey told
reporters after the game, "and we
had our share of talent on the field
today. And when you come into a title
game like this and have to change
from those things you've done well
all year, you're digging your own
grave."
Not that WSSU didn't try to do
what it does best.
The Rams tried running left, running
right and running up the middle.
All they got for their efforts was
hit, dirty and very few yards.
So thev nicked un a shovH and
began digging that grave Bailey
spoke of by trying to pass.
Senior Ram quarterback Karlton
Watson completed only one more
pass to his teammates than he did to
Union defenders, throwing six interceptions
in a farewell performance
he'd no doubt like to forget.
Combine those interceptions with
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