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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 57

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The Boston Globei
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Army 28 Florida 27 Alabama 17 I Houston 38 I Georgia Tech 33 I Khode Island 23 INavy 11 Florida State 17 Auburn 15 Rice 26 Georgia 18 Kiehmond 17 NeWS Section Scoreboard 88 Obituaries 86 Sunday, December 2, 1984 You dream of winning the Heisman, but you can't make it a goal. This is something special to the whole BC Doug Flutie mail wonder woncleF BIO Flutie runs away with the Heisman Wfc 5-'. i 4 Eagles wrap up HQ 45-10 By Ian Thomsen Globe Staff WORCESTER He jogged away from the first-team offense on third and 6. a passing down, and with 12:40 left in the fourth quarter Doug Flutie crossed the line. He slapped his coach's hand and shook others.

Standing at the 50-yard line, he remained, unwarily, the center of attention while his final regular-season game finished as he had left it: Boston College 45. Holy Cross 10. But it wasn't the game he had wanted. Flutie had thrown two interceptions in the first half while watching teammates drop three of his passes, ruining his hopes of winning the passing efficiency title. r7Although he would win the O'Melia Award as player of the game, it was Troy Stradford's 44-yard, third-quarter touchdown Cotton: DC-Houston The Houston Cougars clinched a Cotton Bowl berth opposite BC by rallying from a 14-13 halftime deficit to beat 20-point underdog Rice.

38-26, last night. Peter Gammons story. Page 76. run that gave BC a 24-10 lead and broke the Crusaders. And in the 17-10 first half, Flutie had prob-Jems against Holy Cross (8-3) 'blitzes.

"We really weren't expecting them to blitz that much," said BC offensive backs coach Michael Godbolt. "They sold their souls to try to pressure Doug." It was an expensive bargain. No. 8 BC (9-2) scored touchdowns four of its first five possessions In the third quarter while Flutie Returned to normal 4 of 5 for 1 16 yards and two touchdowns in the second half, including his stated final goal, a TD pass to brother parren. Meanwhile, the Eagles forced seven HC turnovers, including five Peter Muldoon interceptions in his final game.

Despite Holy Cross' high Division 1-AA ranking (15th in the final poll this year), BC has beaten the by a combined score of 127-27 Ithe last three years of this 80-game rivalry. "From a coaching standpoint, it's not a great se- ries," said Holy Cross coach Rick Carter. "We don't have an equal jchance to win." BC. Page 75 Plymouth-Carver 18 Methuen 14 By Lesley Visser Globe Staff NEW YORK Five minutes before the announcement, Pete Daw-kins went over to the three athletes and shook their hands. "Good luck, men," said the legend from Army who had won the Heisman Trophy in 1958.

"It is quite an honor." Joan Flutie reached for her husband's hand, and daughter Denise bowed her head in prayer. Three-hundred interminable seconds later, Boston College senior Doug Flutie was named the 50th recipient of the Heisman Trophy. "We refused to let ourselves believe it was definite," said Richard Flutie, who never played a down of football himself. "I kept thinking that people don't want to be told how to vote. Once it was announced, though, the emotional impact was astounding.

I'm drained; I've asked for a five-week leave of absence from work." When Downtown Athletic Club president Harold Reinaur called out his name, Flutie went immediately to his brother Darren. "Do you believe this?" he whispered as Darren hugged him hard. And then, remembering manners that are as practiced as his game, Flutie shook hands with runnerup Keith Byars of Ohio State and Miami quarterback Ber-'nie Kosar, who finished fourth. BYU quarterback Robbie Bosco was third. Three weeks ago, ABC college football analyst Beano Cook declared that Doug Flutie would "have a bigger mandate than Ronald Reagan he'll even carry Minnesota," and that's exactly what the "Midget Moses" did.

In six regions that account for all 1050 votes, Flutie led by wide margins in each. His 2240 points marked the biggest winning margin since O.J. Simpson beat Purdue's Leroy Keyes in 1968 by 1750 points. "You dream of winning the Heisman, but you can't make it a goal," said Flutie as the flashbulbs popped and cameras rolled. "This is something special to the whole BC community." The 5-foot-9 "and don't forget the three-quarters" senior is the first quarterback to win since Auburn's Pat Sullivan in 1971 and only the 15th quarterback ever named.

On the golden anniversary of the award that Jay Berwanger HEISMAN, Page 74 Westboro 25 Fitchburg 7 9 1y mm 1 if. 4 4 i St. Clement 22 lilue Hills 6 Brockton's Peter Marciano grabs 4 lift UX-P 4,1 Leigh Montville Doug Flutie accepted the Heisman Trophy with the same grace he has shown all season. Page 1. Michael Madden For the Heisman winner, it was a mad rush from Worcester to New York.

Page 75. The season A game-by-game account of iFIutie's record-sefting season. Page 71. The family The Fluties knew early that their second son was going to be something special. Page 73.

Joe Bellino A talk with New England's last Heisman winner, Joe Bellino of Navy and Winchester. Page 72. Color photo In today's Globe, a full color photo of Doug Flutie. The voting Three points for a first-place vote, two for second, one for third. 1st 2d 3d Pts Flutie, BC 678 87 322240 Byars, Ohio St 87 427 1 36 1 251 Bosco, BYU 20 95193 443 Kosar, Miami 9 76141 320 Davis, TCU 6 16 36 86 Fralic, Pittsburgh 1 24 30 81 Long, Iowa 2 6 19 37 Allen, Florida St.

0 10 17 37 Rice, Miss. 3 9 9 36 Mayes, Wash. 1 7 15 32 ALSO Bruins Jail in OT Capitals gain Page 58 Celtics win, 110-104 But not easily Page 63 URI advances, 23-17 Page 77 Oakmont 19 Lunenburg 12 1 I I I if' Doug Flutie has the stage to himself after receiving the Heisman Trophy, globe staff photo by jim wilson Dartmouth 14 Foxboro 0 estwood 28 Spellman 26 1, 20-6 Brockton's the fx A 4 I r. A U. "By Jeff Horrigan Contributing Reporter jFOXBOROUGH it took Brockton the opening kickoff and then one play from scrimmage to establish its claim to the Division 1 Super Bowl championship with a 20-6 triumph over Lexington before 13,000 at Sullivan Stadium.

A 14-0 lead in just 27 seconds of offense was all Brockton needed to post its third Super Bowl title in six tries. Despite having the favor- ite's role each time, Brockton had lost in its previous three Bowl trips. "I just wanted to open up the game in a big way," said Brockton's one man offensive show, Peter Marciano. In a big way indeed. Lexington kicker Jim Chuslo squibbed a bouncer down the center of the field to middle man Tom Colombo on the Brockton 25-yard line to open the game.

Colombo turned and handed the ball off to Marciano, who sprinted down the right side line untouched. In just 14 seconds, Brockton was on top, 6-0. "Our guys looked like they all fell down and went to sleep," explained Lexington coach Bill Tighe of the kickoff. Brockton got the ball back after four Lexington plays and took even less time to add to its explosive start. This lime, from the Lexington 45, sophomore QB Colombo scrambled through a strong rush and sailed a pass to Marciano, who evaded tacklers over the last 25 yards.

The play took 13 seconds, and when halfback Odell Wilson, the leading scorer in Division 1, circled his right end for conversion points, Brockton had a 14-0 lead with only 2:36 played. "After we scored those first two I thought it was going to be one of our regular games," said Brockton defensive tackle Pat Khoury referring to Brockton's 37-point average margin in its previous 10 victories. But despite Brockton's jack rabbit offensive start, it was the DiV. 1. Page 84 a touchdown pass during 20-6 victory.

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