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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961 A&M CHS v. Crockett Bulldogs Ag Consolidated Vi S Z t s Whips Crockett IIIIIMM COLLEGE STATION — (Sp)— 22 ! AA Two touchdown romps by Jim - �� / /1l my McAfee paved the way for .= • he A & M Consolidated Tiger • • is o register their first victory t1 tl` S Tigers he season here Friday night, a � 3 -- 6 verdict over the Crockett © Bulldogs. By JOHN BADGETT McAfee's first score, a four - 0 Eagle Sports Staff l ard ash dash, ended a 69 -yard The A &M Consolidated Tigers march in t h e second period. are looking for the end of a Highlight of the drive was a 63- ) 1 ILA Elimi four -game losing streak tonight Y ard pass s p 1 a y from us- when they h o s t the Crockett sel Welch to Danny Feldman. Bulldogs, defending champs of Crockett came back moments district 22 AA. later to tie the score as David CROCKETT, under the guid- Ferguson got the last yard of a G6 drive. McAfee's ante of Royal James, carries a McAfee's tie - breaking scamper Tn. 1 -2 -1 season effort into the con- came late in the third peri.. test. Last week the Bulldogs suf- from eight yards out. The Tig I fered a 38 -6 setback at the hands ers drove 41 yards in the game k of Hearne and have also lost to winning drive. i Gl adewater. A v i c t o r y over Trinity and tie with Groveton rounds out the visitors' efforts. C Quarterback David Ferguson (155) directs the balanced slot T o Bulldog attack. Last year he $ completed 36 of 77 passes, inter- cepted 11 and scored 52 points. r Ferguson piloted the Bulldogs past Consolidated, 14 -0. / RIGHT HALF Jerry Stephens c totes a convincing ball and tips 11, the scales at 190, the only grid- t der on the team over 170. Rounding out the Crockett backfield will probably be Rog - . alma er Irwin at fullback and Bert Brewer at left half. Both weigh Cr around 160. In the line will be Don North- %ie./DO& cutt, Ferguson's most likely tar- get, at right end; Troy William- son, right tackle; R a y m o n d Fore, right guard; Jack Barbee, center; .Clifford R o s s e r, left guard; Wade S u 11 i v a n, left tackle and Wayne Brown, left end. Crockett has a. slight edge over the Tigers' line weight - CID wise. AGAIN CONSOLIDATED will be running at less than full strength. Absent from tonight's play will be linemen S i d n e y Coufal, on a school trip in Iowa; Irvin Todd, David Parsons and t Robert Earl Chenault, sidelined W with injuries. The Tiger backfield is at regu- • m lar strength however, with quar- terback Russell Welch, half- backs Ozzie Burke and James Carroll and fullback Jimmy Mc- • Afee slated for action. Larry Randolph and Danny Feldman are to bracket the line. . T/1 J. W. Parsons replaces Coufal at �1 guard with Pat Thompson like- ly to start in place of David Parsons. At tackles will be Tom- "VP'id Tommy Hughes. CI) `!'ay r_ is going in for Chenault who injured his a n k l e during last week's contest. • T •, Topple . C Cats Nab m ; . , . , First\Vin � k u . , ' *49:1 i e From 'D ® .. ., . i . . , . . . .. B ' ligoo , . y JOHN BADGETT Eagle Sports Staff 4. The A &M Consolidated Tiger' (:nded a four -game '10 o s i s n g streak last Friday night as they took the Crockett Bulldogs, 13 -6. This was Crockett's fourth loss of the season. Attendance was scattered at the first of the game because of rain, but it soon ended early in the first period to bring most of '' the fans back to the scene. —.1 Friday night's victory left no doubt in Coach Edsel Jone's mind that the last week's prac- tice effort was well worth the time and energy. Rushing yard- age for Consolidated was at its peak at 109 yards, and total t yardage gained at both rushing and passing was 183. Fullback Jimmy McAfee led the Tiger backfield with 49 yards on the ground and quarterback Russell Welch took the lead in the air ) by completing two out of six for 74 yards. On defense A &M limited the Bulldogs to 130 rushing yards passing for a total of 193. 63 According to yards ran Burke and and Russell Welch Ozzie were on top for Tiger defense. k It took Consolidated Only four � " plays to strike the first blow of the game when a Welch_to -Feld- " DIG THAT PAY DIRT "— Numher 36, Jimmy McAfes man pass for 63 yards was halt- drives fhe over the goal line for one of has twe touchdowns for ed four yards from the goal line. Ti gers. — (Eagle Photo by GPre Dennis). On the next play Jimmy Mc- Afee scampered four yards to strike pay dirt with 11:56 left in the second quarter. H u b e r t Hearne was unable to make the kick for the extra point. Crockett s c o r e d their only touchdown when from the time of kickoff they went 66 yards in 14 plays. The drive was climax- ed when quarterback D a v d Ferguson jumped over the mid- dle of the line to tie up the ball game, 6 -6. The conversion at- tempt failed when their runner uffered a loss of yardage. No further action was seen in the first half. A &M Consolidated broke loose again when in the third period they marched 71 yards for the �. Once more it was McAfee NA, carried the ball. f.,. -- - trike; ti ,,This time lK 4 p y F . xo ' 1 5 � F h , m c. ' 1Mb ff 9 y $$£ it TILER ?ACK CLOSES IN— Crockelx quarteroacx D vid kerguson, ;1u' r r il, r n by a host of Consolidated Tigers including 0 zzie Burke, number 45, and Earl Cheau'1. number 75. It doesn't show in this picture, b ut FFrguson led his team in rushing with 87 yards in 19 carries: — (Lagle Photo by Gene D= nnis).