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Sports an Iranr (oro Examine A section of the San Francisco Sunday Examiner Chronicle Sept. 14, 1980 SECTION Art Spander Florida feasts on Cal tanford ribs Tulane. 19-1 4 a Km Margerum grabs pair of TD passes By Ray Ratio Examiner Staff Writer Ken Margerum has sX'M many a Saturday afternoon making people at Stanford Stadium very happy. But it is unlikely he ever pleased a crowd, or his teammates and coaches, as much as he did yesterday. Margerum showed once again why he possesses the best reputation of any wide receiver in college football with five receptions for 86 yards and both Cardinal touchdowns yesterday in their 19-14 win over Tulane.

The 'first TD catch was merely a spectacular record-setter. The second won the game. "I was standing with Elway and I told him, There ain't no way we're gonna lose this Margerum said after his 24-yard reception of John Elway's 38th pass of the day with 38 seconds left elevated Stanford to 2-0 on the year, the first time the Cards have done that in eight years. "Let's keep our cool. Let's go out and make it exciting." And they did.

Far more than they needed to, in fact. In a game of many opportunities, the Cards needed to rally from a 14-13 defkit with 1:58 remaining to hold off the pesky Wave. And they did so with their own defense, which played far better than it did a week ago against Oregon. They did so with the aid of a Tulane defense hose game plan was spelled I And they did so with their own offensive weapons, of which Margerum was, as so often before, the most spectacular. In a nutshell, Stanford lived by the blitz, holding Tulane's potentially dan-' gerous offense to two touchdowns, albeit one very late to Tulane's almost-as- good-as-Margerum wide receiver Robert Griffin.

The Wave rolled for 333 yards overall, 90 less than a week ago. And Tulane died by the blitz, sending six and seven players at Elway, the bruised, battered but unbowed sophomore quarterback, throughout the second half and on every play on the game-winning drive. "They were playing to get to me," Elway said afterward, "to punish me before I could get the ball off. But I was surprised they gave us as much downfield as they did. I guess that's it right there." In that sense, the game was not unlike that of a week ago, when Oregon's blitzes created some problems but left Margerum and Andre Tyler open downfield.

And like the Oregon game, Stanford broke on top early, when Elway and Margerum hooked up in the right corner of the end zone for the spectacular score. With a first down at the Tulane 20 -See Page C3, Col. 1 It was Margerum's day IT WASNT a classic, one for the ages. It wasn't one that would long be remembered But It was exciting which is significant in athletics. And it was a victory hich is even more significant Yes, despite 'the screwups, the mistakes, the confusion, the repeated failures to score, it as a victory, a 19-14 victory over Tulane.

And Stanford, for the first time in eight years, has played the first two games of a football season without a defeat. Certainly you can credit the whisp of a halfback, Darrin Nelson, who ran for 95 yards. And you can credit the fine' sophomore quarterback, John Elway, who completed 23 passes in 38 attempts. But maybe the guy you should credit most Is wide receiver Ken Margerum. That was Ken Margerum's afternoon yesterday out there on the turf of Stanford Stadium, and.deservedly so.

Not only did Margerum catch the game-winning touchdown pass from Elway with .38 seconds remaining, he also broke a school record that had stood for 49 years. That's correct, 49. SO MANY things have happened in 49 years, wars, rockets to the moon, recessions, the television age. But nothing happened to Stanford's career touchdow record. It remained unchanged, static at the number 20, and still belonging to Phil Moffatt.

who graduated in 1931. It doesn't belong to Phil Moffatt any more. It belongs to Ken Margerum. he of the curly blond hair and marvelous hands. In the first quarter, Margerum came leaping off God's green grass to grab a ball in the end zone that gave Stanford a temporary lead and gave him the 21st touchdown of his career.

And high above the eastern rim of the stadium, in the auxiliary press box area reserved for VTPs and famous alumni, 72-year-old Phil Moffatt would give a leap of his own. "It's about time somebody broke that record," Moffatt would laugh later. "It's been around far too long." Around since the days of Pop Warner and Bobby Grayson. Around since the days of the double-wing formation. Somehow it survived Harry Hugasian and Tony Hill and James Lofton.

But it didn't survive Ken Margerum. He got that 21st career touchdown. And then, to win the game, he got a 22nd. TRUE. MARGERUM has had four years to break a record that Moffatt created in three.

But Moffatt was a halfback and was able to rush tlx' ball as well as catch it. Margerum is strictly a receiver. A great receiver. "Ken Margerum," said USC coach John Robinson a while back, "is the best receiver in the nation. He has good hands, great speed and unbelieveable concentration, all the attributes of a super receiver." He also has all the attributes of a decent human being.

To him, football is only a game, not an obsession. He knows there is more to life than running post patterns or giving autographs although he is very capable of doing both. He likes to win. He also likes to live. "I try not to take myself too seriously." said Ken Margerum.

"I try to take the things I do seriously. The last four summers I didn't go home to Orange County. I stayed up here and worked out with our quarterback. I lift weights seriously I can benc h-press 325 pounds and I run my patterns seriously. But after the game is over, that's it.

"I dont save my clippings, it makes my mother mad sometimes. But after you've read the article, what does it matter? don't want to be bigheaded. I remember going to gabies when I was a kid and watching some of the players act up. I promised myself I would never be like that. Once 4 jjz cr' V5 Si JX A 7 a if if "Tl I if 4 f.

1 0m i "Straws it fT -'v i' fZ "it I the game is over, I don't care about football. That's one of the i Examiner 'Bill Nichols lead and broke a 49-year-old record Stanford receiver Ken Margerum goes high to pull in pass that put Cardinals in Florida thrashes Bears in second half reasons i came to Maniora. WHATEVER the reasons he came. Margerum is one of the reasons other people care about Stanford football. He runs, he jumps, he catches.

In four seasons, he's played with four different quarterbacks, Guy Benjamin, Steve Dils, Turk Schonert and now John Elway. Four years, four quarterbacks and one great performance after another for Ken Margerum. were the six receptions and two touchdowns against Oklahoma in 1978. There were the nine receptions and three touchdowns against Arizona State in 1979. And now, in the second game of 1980.

there are the five receptions, two touchdowns and a career record. "When you think of all the great players they've had here, it's amazing that the record lasted." said Margerum. "Gene Washington, Randy Vataha, all those guys couldn't break the record." But Margerum could. And then he could scratch his shoulder-length curls "I don't have to comb my hair," he chuckled, "1 just shake it every morning" and practically ignore the record. "I'm going out tonight with a bunch of friends who don't even care about football.

We won't even talk about the game. That's one of the reasons I don't like to discuss the things I do. Maybe no one cares about them." They care. They care that Ken Margerum could score more touchdowns than any player in the history of Stanford football. They care that his second scoring reception could give Stanford a comeback victory over Tulane.

It may not have been a classic. But there was excitement at the finish and there was a Stanford victory. There was also a record for a guy who's got football in perspective, and a career record, Ken Margerum. This was his game. By Glenn Schwarz Examiner Staff Writer TAMPA The cigar-puffing Florida players strutted around afterward wearing orange T-shirts with the blue inscription, "California The First Step Forward." Equally descriptive tops for the shuffling-off Golden Bears would have read, "Florida One Stumble Backward." Not even wondrous Rich Campbell's NCAA-record 43 completions could prevent Cal from falling, hard, in its season opener.

Florida's opportunists pounced on the Bears' numerous mistakes and tacked up a stunning, 41-13 triumph in toasty Tampa Stadium. Yes, the Gators, that winless bunch in 1979, that cellar-ranked Bottom 10 team of this week, were rejoicing underdog victors. And, yes, the Bears, those bowl participants in 79, those supposed Rose Bowl contenders of this season, were humiliated favorites. Most likely, Florida is not that good and Cal is not that bad. The Gators did nothing wrong; the Bears did little right.

Campbell was an exception for Cal. Restricted to a short-range game by a deep-dropping Florida defense that had eight backpedaling members, he moved the Bears 421 yards through the air. He equaled an NCAA quarter record (set by Scott Gardner, Virginia, vs. Navy in 1974) by connecting on 19 passes in the second period. And when Campbell's 43of-53 exercise was over, he had eclipsed Bill Anderson's 42-of-65 effort for Tulsa against Southern Illinois in 1965.

But Florida kept Cal out of the end zone time and again. Tight end David Lewis was the Bears' lone visitor, on a stretching, 24-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter. Then Mick Luckhurst kicked 42- and 30-yard field goals to get Cal even, 13-13, at halftime. The Bears never should have ventured out for the last two quarters. Having earlier set up Florida for a 48-yard touchdown drive, the Bears helped the Gators position themselves for four more scoring marches beginning in Cal territory.

Two of the Bears' four lost fumbles and Campbell's only interception were in the middle of Florida's four-TD blitz over a seven-minute stretch. "We probably gained 1.000 yards, but it didn't matter," Cal coach Roger Theder said before perusing the final stats sheet. "You can't make mistakes and beat a good football team. "We knew coming in that they had talent What amazed me was they played near-perfect ball for a first game. They didn't fumble or throw any interceptions." What surprised, if not amazed, the Cal coaches was the Gators' offensive approach.

The Bears expected them to use the ide-open "run-and-shoot" attack that coach Charley Pell had installed during spring practice. Instead, the Gators came out in a conventional, split-back pro set. And the Bears still haven't stopped them. The Gators, exploiting Cal's inexperienced inside linebackers and safeties and burning the veterans, too. made every one of their 314 yards count, scoring more points than they'd scored in their first six 1979 games combined.

"We didn't need that razzltKlazle, complicated offense because they came out in the defense we prepared for," Gator quarterback Bob Hewko said. "We saw what they were going with and we went to our basic offense. We knew we could move it." Nobody was certain what Hewko would do, considering the sophomore had never before been in a college game. Ml he had going for him coming in was an appropriate -See Page 3. nl.

5 Inside: Bombs await 49ers, Raiders New O.J. tops Cards Fouts' aerial show "Sayings" rv Kinrrc 2 jj "I've got breakaway speed when the opposing team has defensive linemen playing in the secondary." louiXana State running back Hokie Gajan, describing hit eelf-defense offense. rocky road back The story behind troubles of the 4 4 newest Warrior I I By Frank Blackman Examiner Staff riter The 49ers have spent many hours working up a complicated game plan designed to dazzle, mystify and ultimately defeat the St. Louis Cardinals today, it will be nothing more than wasted effort if they fail to do something considerably more basic but infinitely harder stop Ottls Anderson. After their performance last week in the season-opening victory in New Orleans, the 49ers left little doubt that they have fashioned a potent offense.

However, in opponents at Candlestick they run into a team that may be even more explosive. To try and match the Cardinals point for point could be very foolhardy. So what to do? Simple. Stop St. Louis from turning the end zone into a visitor's parking lot.

How does one do that? Not so simple. They have to figure out a way to stop Anderson, quarterback Jim Hart and the rest of the Cards' offense, which ran up 35 points last week. -See Page C6. Col. 1 By Terence Moore Examiner Staff riter SAN DIEGO These are the new San Diego Chargers.

They don't quit. In other words, it's become just another football game when those nasty Oakland Raiders come south to San Diego Stadium. "Yeah, we don't scare them any more," said Raiders right tackle Henry Lawrence. "It used to be that they would have a big lead late in the game and all of sudden they'd start sitting back, just waiting for as to come back and win the game. You could see it in their eyes." What's that Biblical line about the meek inheriting the earth? Wf 11, the old Chargers were never truly meek, but recently their following has truly inherited oneof the more powerful teams in the National Football League.

Today, as defending AIT Western Division champions, the Chargers will meet the Raiders at 1 p.m. in an intra-divisional matchup. The two teams, who have split their seasonal series the past three years, are 10 with hopes of -See Page C7, Col. I "ft would have been a different thing if 1 had eaten that thing because we were losing or because of disrespect. I ate that thing because I was hungry." Eire Uohnson.

Green Bay defensive end. fined $1,000 by coach Bart Starr tor sitting on a sideline bench and munching a hot dog while he and his teammates watched the Denver Broncos beat the Packers 38-0 in an ihibitron game. "He needs a spankmg, is what he needs. He's just a young fellow who will mature eventually. He's a baby.

If he as my son. id spank him. Baltimore manager Earl Weaver after being ejected fey umpire Steve Palermo. A's whip Royals again, gafj but Giants lose to Astros Viai College football roundup: fCS Saturday's heroes Did the 49ers inherit another Million Dollar Backfield? r-. r-, mtmm-, a m.

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