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Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph from Colorado Springs, Colorado • Page 35

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Air Force Blasts Visiting Davidson from Page 1-C) i Eddie Womack. He terback Bob Thompson in for the score to commove the ball in the final min- plete the 87-yard record-setting ute of the second period. jaunt. Once Air Force got on the With 9:43 left in the fourth board in the third quarter quarter freshman quarterback (5:26) the rout began. Wild immediately directed tt.aynie, who set up the fifth the Falcons 67 yards in 10 plays TD with a 13-yard quick pass in less than four minutes going over, the middle to from the two himself for found the 218-pound sophomore I the TD.

two. plays later for the score! lone score came from, three yards out. Vith less than three minutes Murray scored his first ttuch-jleft in game. Jeff Heinicka down as a Falcon with Creas-1 crashed over from the one to man," who at 5-8 gave away six complete an 80-yard drive in 14 inches to the tight end, hanging'plays. all over him in the end zone.

Bob Homburg broke through At 4:03 defensive end Gene ko knock down two-point Ogilvie decked Harper, who was pass conversion attempt, trying to pass, which brought Air Force kept the ball on the Shipp back into the lineup. Air ground with time running out. Force got the ball afler a punt time Wild used only six and heeded nine plays to go to go 62 yards. He sent yards. I third string tailback Abe Abra- F1 anker Frank through the left side and dropped pass in the the senior speedster was off to end zone but Mark took the the races.

He went inside, broke third and four handoff and did'outside and simply outran the some fancy stepping into the secondary for 37 yards and the end zone with no time left in Falcons 10th TD. the third quarter. That made it 41-0 but the scoring over. Sunday, Oci, 1972 Colorado Springs, Colo. Gazette 5-C Four More Records Set by Air Force; One Long Pass By MORRIS FRASER Gazette Telegrapin Sports Editor Thompson and (Ray) Wild have the command of our of- GAME VTATIffTICS First nowM 10 I Net Rushinc 91 Prill, playing as a linebacker in a T13CC nravAnt citiiotinn Return Vardagc 0 AF 35 197 PICKING A HOLE Fullback Bill Berry (45) picks his way through defense en route to 149 yards during game at Falcon Sta- pass prevent 17 31-3 1121-0 dropped back in the flats, pick-i 0-0 ed off a Shipp aerial and raced nc 22 28 yards untouched down the Davidson sideline for his first Air Force! su TD.

1 run (l.awson kick), K- Force-Berry, 2 run (l.awson kick), anortly later Air Force was Air Force-CarUon. ll run (Lawson backed up deep in its own ter- Alr ao paa. from ritory with Thompson at i threw deep down the east side-' Air 2 interception Johnny Rodgers danced for hne to Farr who gathered the Air pans from two touchdowns and Gary Dix- pass in on the run at 2 run (Lawson kick), scored three times on short Davidson-Heinicka. 1 run (paw faued). as seventh-ranked Nebras- dium.

Berry was the leading rusher with Air Force taking a 68-6 victory. Tom Fleischer (20) and George Weicker (24) try to make the stop. (Gazette Telegraph Photo) Johnny Rodgers Goes Wild in Nebraslca's Big Victory point try and (b) Rich Haynie fumbled a snap on anoth- Setting records is old hat with er kick attempt. Air Force. Over tta past sev- left eral seasons hardly any the second most ijamered by dards have been sacred.

Four Air Force. The Falcons scored ZrdXurJi: Colorado state in records Saturtay. and is comeidenee Hiat Like an touchdownAir Force visits Ft. Collins Sat- pass from Bob Thompson to Bob Farr, both sophomores. junior varsity was off in No Air Force team in history.

And, in an unofficial sense, further, has done so well at the also was the longest outlet pass 52 players, beginning of the season or in in the history of football. including four freshmen. All of any three consecutive games. The Falcons did httle wrong them, needless to say, played. They have 154 points, an aver- agamst Davidson, and the fact, pavidson of 51.3 a game and already showed in the statistics.

The tackling have exceeded or tied the sea- total offense figure of 623 son total of six campaigns eclipsed the old mark. So did hit very hard even (125), (147), 1961 (87), the total of first downs (35) and 1964 (106), 1966 (154) and 1967 first downs by rushing 26 331 Martin. kept coming Well, that last really only many wea-i In fact, the Falcons should the record. rank second in scoring national- But back to that outlet pass Wildcats did indeed not ly when NCAA statistics are re- for 87 yards. Ben Martin almost scored late in the leased early in the week, came right out and said period on Jeff Further, with the upsets that shouldn have happened.

one-yard dive. Not content with plagued Arizona State, Tennes- The Falcons were on their for see and Colorado over the week- own 13-yard line. It was 48-0 Falcons could find and the teani was more inter- having none of it and themselves higher than 17th ested in playing time than any (UPl) or vote-getters (AP) when more touchdowns. have the national polls come out. Thompson, a lefthander with reached 50 if Mark Prill, drip-' You get a heady feeling at accurate short-range arm (it ijnebacker slot, 800 feet.

And at the academy, says here), dropped back and intercepted a pass and more than topography looked for a receiver about five 2 yards to make it now to account for it, or six yards deep. He was Then, too, the score might Albatross captured Roosevelt I His secondary man was kicker Dave $91,000 Realization a swifty, who was flirted too much Pace in world record time and his defender. Thompson threw upright on an extra raised his earnings to $932,161. the ball into the air, -----------LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)-Bril- Bobcats Tumble Fnirons 37 run (Lawson kick).

Harper Ingold HcinickM McCallum S(U Carlson SIMLA Simla scored 26 points in the second Saturday and romped to a AbrlTham" victory over Falcon in a Black iJolfner Forest League football game. G4MF iTATIffrU'8 Harper Kimt 4 Ruahinic 174 283 Ha.vnie Pajwinif 2S 107 Thompson Total VartU 19B 490 2-8-2 6-14-2 Davidson 8-20 1 SI VValkrr 3-2 PMaltiu ai Brorlng ADmmar; Murrav F.lrt» Jardmt 10 run (kirk failed) Mark 19 paw from Eurich (kick Karr Rurlrh 30 run (FUirlrh nin) team nafety Cuaic 30 paaa from FXinoh (Ktirirh Winxard paw from time leading touchdown-maker with 35 and caught seven passes for 127 yards to set a Big Eight career record for receiving yardage, 2,070. ka crushed Minnesota 49-0 The combination of Dave urday. Humm throwing and Rodgers re- cr Tdn Although Dixon scored on ceiving led the Huskers to a 2815 2.6 runs of four, two, and six yards 0 lead at the half. The points All-American Rich Glover came on three runs and 24.

a stingy defense, it was Craig Robinson Signs and 1.0 led 9 30 3 13 2 2 Cr. 17 4 9 Rodgers who stood out as Ne- 4.5 braska won its eighth straight 2.5 from the Gophers to run its season record to 31- and leave 3.5 Minnesota winless after three First Pa.s-sinc yards Return Passes Punts Fgmbles-lrwt Penaltie.s yards VJt-! Minnesota Nebraska fensive tackle Craig Robinson, With New Orleans NKW ORLEANS 20 149 12 54 2 I -2 6 5 6 21 All cmp vdi Til int games. 1 Rodgers returned a punt 64 23, a 6-foot-4, 250-pound 107 for a thiid period signed Saturday by the Na-i 3 2 90 1 0 touchdown in a twisting, i TO turning run which brought a leagues "Memorial Stadium record Orleans Saints. crowd of 76.217 to its feet Robinson, who played college 1 ing when he spun and trotted football at Houston, was with an eight-yard Humm pass to Thompson ran underneath it at Dave Gaylor to end a lengthy the Davidson 40. He just kept drive.

on going and broke the school Meanwhile, Glover and his record of 80 yards set by Bob defensive Parker and Ernie Jennings in teammates throttled the Goph-; 1970 against Wyoming, ers with the exception of onei a fan pass for a 6-8 yard second period drive which ran gain, said Martin. out of downs on the Nebraska read the defense' well and hit Farr. No, we Nebraska Call Martin quickly scotched budding rumors that maybe just Falcons were 62-293 7 51 28 21 2-0 trying to get a lot of points to further national 7 21 14 4 run (Sanger kick) 2 run (Saager kick) oasa from Humm (Sanger kick) 8 run (Sanger kick) 64 punt return (Sanier NOTICE ii Pimling failed) 9 No 4 3 1 1 3 1 Nfl. 8 No. 3 Yds 77 Yds 48 28 6 3 as Yds Yds 82 Mouj kick) ixew 2 run (Sanfer kick) i 1 run (Sanger kick) 1 recogni-: limited our quarterbacks! to passes only to maintain possession from the fourth quarter Martin said.

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