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1 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1985 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- 3D II" II II IT TWIIirflMMII Bulldogs9 Lynch-squad rips St. Joe By KURT FREUDENTHAL STAR STAFF WRITER Billy Lynch's Butler football club is right on target. Saturday's 31-3 breather over St. Joseph's before 5,874 smiling Homecoming fans was the tipoff. Butler's Heartland Conference opener was figured to be much closer, but the Bulldogs took charge from the opening whistle just the way first-year Coach Lynch had programmed it and they never let up.

At least, not until the host team was up, 31 0, in the final quarter and Lynch substituted freely as his lads racked up their fourth win in five starts. Again, it was sophomore quarterback Rob Cutter of Noblesville; flanker Wayne Smith and wide receiver Paul Page who were the offensive guns for the winners. And on defense, end Mark Ri-bordy, guards Keith Moseley and Tom Klusman, and safeties Bob Espich and Mike Hegwood led the charge. So potent was Butler's defense that St. Joe, now 1-1 in the Heartland and 2 3 overall, didn't rack up a first down rushing until early in the third period.

SF.fe'W vlsv. Butler wide receiver Paul Page STAR STAFF PHOTO FRANK FISSE touchdown pass against St. Joseph's Valley State triumphs ississippi "I was real pleased the way we came out," said Lynch. "It was important for our defense to stop them early, get good field position and push a few (scores) in." And to take advantage of opportunities. The 'Dogs got one of those early.

They were forced to punt on their first series of plays but St. Joe's Dennis O'Hara fumbled the reception and Moseley came up with the ball on the visitors' 17. On the first play, bingo! Cutter lofted a pass to Smith for the, touchdown and the rout was on. Cutter, who has quarterbacked the 'Dogs since the second half of the season opener at Kentucky State when Mike Lee was injured, passed for two more TDs before going to the sidelines in favor of Steve Schultz in the last quarter. His second touchdown was a 9 yard pass to Smith, ending a 45-yard drive in 10 plays, and the last was a 12 yarder to Paul Page with 38 seconds left to play in the half for a 21-0 count.

Cutter, who set a school single game record of 337 yards total offense in a 31 18 win at Georgetown (Ky.) last week, connected on 19 of 38 passes, with one inter ception. "Rob did some nice things out there," said Lynch. "St. Joe blitzed a lot and I thought he showed a lot of poise. He has made great progress in the four games he's played." Lynch was pleasantly surprised the game turned out to be as one-sided as the statistics showed it was: St.

Joe wound up minus 7 yards rushing mostly because its quarterbacks, Tim Mi-loserny and Damon Randolpf were sacked seven times. The latter was sacked five times for 39 yards. "We got some good kids playing defense. They played hard," Lynch said with pride. John Jenkins booted a 23-yard field goal for Butler in the third quarter and Espich got the final TD on a 68 yard pass interception in the fourth.

St. Joe, which never got inside Butler's 30-yard line until late in the game, averted a shutout when Tony Hoop kicked a 29-yard field goal with 4:28 left to play. "Cur goal from the start was to battle for the Heartland title," said Lynch. But he cautioned that Butler is taking nothing for granted. "We have five tough weeks ahead of us.

You can't look past anybody." St. Jotepti'i Butler 7 14 1 7 31 B-Smith 17 past from Cutter (Jenkins kick) B-Smith pass from Cutter (Jenkins kick) B-Page 17 pass from Cutter (Jenkins kick) B-FG Jenkins 23 B-Espich 41 pass Interception (Jenkins kick) S-FG Hoop 29 Butler St.Jostph's First downs 21 12 Rushes-yards 43-14 14- -7 Passing yardegt 247 157 Return yards I Passes 1MM 13-331 Punts 5-27 10-3) Fumbles-lost 4-3 4-1 Penalties-yards MS IM Individual statistics RUSHING-St Joseph's, Johnson 17-71, Oliva 17 Butler, Barron 5-26, Barnhorst 7-25, Naylor 7-24, Sebo 4-24. PASSING St. Joseph's, Miloserny, 4-14-1 57, Randolpf 7-14-2 100, Butler, Cutter I 247. RECEIVING-St Joseph's.

O'Hara 7-93. Peters 4-57; Butler, Page 7-tt. Smith S-4. Mississippi Valley State's Carl Robinson STAR STAFF PHOTORICK MYERS Byrum is knocked, to the turf by Tennessee State's Roger Holmes. snaps Bryant's mark heads for the end zone with a Thomas and came right back to throw a 14 yard scoring strike to Maurice Wade.

Jonathan Stokes' extra point put the Delta Devils ahead, 14 13. "It seemed like we could have put them away when we had them 13 0, but we couldn't do it," said Tigers Coach Bill Thomas, whose team dropped to 32 as Valley improved to 50. "I guess we didn't want it bad enough. We gave it away with fumbles and dropped passes. Give them credit, they capitalized.

You can't make that many mental errors when you play them." As was the pattern, another mistake led to the next Delta Devil touchdown. Rodney Patrick fumbled a Renfroe pass. After a Tiger penalty, the Delta Devils took over on their own 48. Out of character, the Delta Devils took their time driving to the goal. They ate up over five minutes before Totten tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Ray Brown to cap a 13 play, 52-yard drive with 17 seconds left.

Stokes' extra point made it 21 13. Oh. but Totten came out firing in the second half. He hooked up on a 56 yard scoring pass to Rodney Hill on Valley's first possession of the second half. That was it for the offenses.

Valley chose to mix up the run and the pass. Carl Byrum led the way with 77 yards on 15 carries for the Delta Devils. Parker added 74 yards on 18 carries. "They just kept playing the pass so we tried to run some," Totten said. Meanwhile, the Delta Devils played like demons on defense.

"It seemed like every time they (Valley defense) needed a big play, they got it," Thomas said. Crucial was a third down series where Tennessee State was stopped on 4th-and goal and Renfroe was sacked late in the third quarter. ltnnnt it I 0 0 0-13 MiMiwppI Val 7 14 I 0-21 TSU-Crawford 24 pais from Rtntro (Hood' kick) TSU-Crawford 45 past from Ranfroe (kick failed MVS-Parkar 1 run (Sfokei kick) MVS-Wadt 14 pan from Totten (Stokat kick) MVS-Brown IJ past from Totten IStokei kick) MVS-Hill St Mil from Totten (Stokei kick) (est) Flrtt dowm jj Ruihtvirerd! Pauing yardi jto Return yardt MVS 22 49 IBS 251 112 21-433 Punti 4.45 Fumbleiloif 4.4 Penaltlei-yardt H.135 Tim of Ponaiilon jj on individual Ltaneot 7-37 1-1 13-117 33 00 RUSHINO-Tenne Sf Marlon Johnion M6, Steve Griffin 5-43, Robert Brannon i-40. Miitluiool Valley, Carl Byrum IS-77, Parker II 74. PASSING-Tenneuee Ranfroe 70-4J ISO, Hood 1-1-0 Mlttiiiippl Valley 31-43-3 351 RECEIVING Tenneuee Crawford 7-IM, Patrick 3-34.

Mliiinlppl Valley, Thomei4-4l, Hill J-103, Byrum 3-21, Coleman 3-27. 299- tlU Limited Ik achieved with Alabama. Robinson has also lost 105 and tied 15. Robinson, who has sent 211 players into the professional ranks, is only one victory short of the all time victory record, set by George Halas of the NFL's Chicago Bears. That mark could be equaled next week when the unbeaten Tigers meet Tennessee State in Nashville.

Grambling took advantage of four first-half' turnovers and took a 200 halftime lead on a 12-yard touchdown throw from Terrell Landry to Arthur Wells, a 1-yard scoring plunge by Wayne Hill and a 58 yard interception return by Jeffrey Smith. Grambling added a third-quarter touchdown on an 11-yard run by Clyde Dyson. Prairie View's only score came on a 37-yard, pass from Ernest Brow to Charles Porter with nine minutes to play in the game. FROM STAR WIRE SERVICES Dallas Eddie Robinson completed a 44 year journey Saturday night and earned a spot in the history books. Robinson, who walked away from a 25 cent an-hour job in a feed mill in 1941 to try his hand coaching, guided his Grambling Tigers to a 27-7 victory over Prairie View and became the winningest coach ever in college football.

"Whatever the record is and whatever it is worth, it belongs to you," Robinson told his team afterward. "I'm the luckiest man in the world." Instead of giving him the traditional ride on their shoulders after the game, Robinson's players engulfed him in a human wave that carried him toward the tunnel leading to the dressing room. The triumph was the 324th of Robinson's career one more than the late Paul "Bear" Bryant. By MARK AMBROGI STAR STAFF WRITER As usual, Mississippi Valley State's Willie Totten threw on the first play of the game. He hooked up with Robert Hall.

Problem was Hall's a defensive back for Tennessee State. That pretty much typified Tot-ten's untypical first quarter. He failed to connected with anyone else until his seventh attempt. The golden arm that Indianapolis fans had come to see produced a mere six completions in 17 attempts for 60 yards and two interceptions in that quarter. It wasn't pretty.

On the other arm, Gilbert Ren-froe's that is, the Tennnesse State quarterback looked sharp, tossing two touchdown passes of 24 and 65 yards to Quinton Crawford to put the Tigers ahead 13 0 early in the first quarter. But just when things looked like they were closing in on the Delta Devils' Heisman Trophy candidate, he got rolling. Totten rebounded to complete 21 of 43 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns as the Delta Devils stopped Tennessee State, 28 13, before an estimated 40.000 at Circle City Classic II in the Hoosier Dome. Although some Mississippi Valley State boosters had to be concerned, Totten was never worried. "As a quarterback, I have to face up to the fact that sometimes I'll throw the ball wrong and if you're facing any kind of secondary they are going to pick it off," Totten said.

"I can sit there and say 'Aw, I threw an interception. Aw, I threw an There were three quarters left you can't cry over spilled milk. "I tried not to think about it much. I know what Willie Totten can do. It may take some time, but I knew the TDs would come.

Basically, I made up my mind to snap out of it and play some ball." Things started clicking for Mississippi Valley State late in the first quarter. They had closed the gap to 13-7 with 5:16 to go in the first quarter. Renfroe fumbled on his own 10 and Delta Devil Rodrick Miller came up with the ball. Jeremiah Snowden carried twice-for four yards before Freddie Parker plowed over for a 2 yard score. Then another Tiger miscue put Mississippi Valley State in the lead for good as Totten started to take control.

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