https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/files/original/989ec92b38a4a280969beecd5ecafa3c.pdf adbc81ad015e4cc34c26bc61a636cbec PDF Text Text . . I ·t r: · ·aa ~ y �EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Member: Ohio Valley Conference National Collegiate Athletic Association 1969 Schedule 1968 Results Record : Won 8, Lost 2, Tied O DATE OPPONENT SITE OVC Record : Won 7, Lost 0** Sept. 20 Ball State Richmond, Ky. Sept. 27 East Tennessee Johnson City, Tenn. Oct. 4 Austin Peay (Band Day) Richmond, Ky. OPPONENT EKU Hillsdale, Mich .......................................................... 63 OPP. 0 • East Tennessee .......................................................... 23 20 • Austin Peay .............................................................. 21 20 Oct. 11 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. *Middle Tennessee ....................... ............................. 49 21 Oct. 18 University of Akron Akron, Ohio Akron, Ohio .............................................................. 20 31 Oct. 25 7 Western Kentucky (Homecoming ) Richmond, Ky. *Western Kentucky .............................. ...................... 16 *Murray State ............................................................ 21 20 Nov. 1 Murray State Murray, Ky. *Tennessee Tech ........................................................ 38 14 Youngstown, Ohio .................................................. .. 12 26 Nov. 8 Richmond, Ky. Tennessee Tech (Cheerleader Day ) (Dedication of Stadium ) Nov. 15 Indiana State (Military Day) Richmond, Ky. Nov. 22 Morehead State Morehead, Ky. *Morehead .................................................. ................ 35 7 *Ohio Valley Conference Game • *Ohio Valley Conference Champions �Prepared and Edited by Football-1969 DAVID M. VANCE Sports Information Di rector Telephone : 622- 2301 Part l .. . The University . .. Eastern Kep tucky University's football team hasn 't lost to an Ohio Valley Conference team since November, 1966. During the same span, the Colonels have remained in the top twenty in both national college division wire service polls, winning two OVC titles along the way. There are many reasons for this. Foremost, of course, is coach Roy Kidd and his staff. But there are other ingredients . Such as the most potent offense in the school's history. And then there's the defense, probably the stingiest-ever, which goes about its duties with far less fanfare. This is one of the reasons our cover picture shows the defense in action. It's a Taylor-made defense, so to speak. Teddy Taylor, that is. He's No. 61. Eastern has had three straight second team All-Americans and Taylor, honorable mention twice, has a good shot at first team honors this season. The special affect art for our cover was designed by staff artist Rodger True. We hope you like it. 9 Part 2 ... The Coaches ... Part 3 ... The Colonels ... 31 5 17 Part 4 ... The Opponents ... Part 5 ... Satistically Speaking ... 1 37 �On October 22, 1968, Eastern Kentucky University's Board of Regents paid the greatest possible tribute to Roy Kidd and the university's football program. On that day, the Regents approved plans for a multi-purpose physical education complex which will seat 20 ,000 persons for Eastern's home football games. It signalled another h ighlight in Kidd's highly successful career. The nine-story physical education-athletics complex is designed to serve nearly 2,000 students simultaneously in classes. It also will house offices for the departments of physical education, military science , and law enforcement. Included in the master plan are three auxiliary basketball courts, 12 handball courts and dressing facilities for physical education and football. An observation desk for physical education classes is located above the athletic courts. A training area includes exercise and weight-lifting rooms, a steam room and a large therapy tank. A seminar room and reception area are located on the second level of t h e new building. Offices on this level have been accoustically treated to absorb sound from the athletic areas. The third-level, which includes a center ramp for the stadium area, will have a snow-melting unit designed to keep ice and snow off the ramp. An observation booth, concession area and rest rooms a lso will be located on the third-level. The remaining levels are devoted primarily to classroom space, and a lounge area will be situated on the eighth floor. The 350-foot building, containing nearly 64,000 square feet of floor space, is topped with a 96-foot press box providing modern accommodations for members of the press, radio and television. The building was designed by Hartstern , Schnell, Associates, AIA Architects. Aside from accommodating the nucleus of three academic departments, the complex also will serve as a football stadium designed to seat 18,200 persons. "In light of the fact that a football stadium is used only five or six times a year, we feel that the right approach is to construct an academic building which will serve a dual purpose as a stadium," Dr . Martin said. A TRIBUTE 2 �Eastern's football coaching staff frequently surveyed its new field and 20,000-seat stadium during various construction stages. 3 �In Retrospect Most people said it couldn't be done. Not two straight Ohio Valley Conference championships. Not with the balance and strength which existed in the league . No chance. No chance, indeed. Try telling that to Roy Kidd. Some tried, but Kidd and the Colonels ignored them . Now they're all saying it can 't be done again . Not three straight OVC titles. It was an interesting season, 1968. To understate it, it was the Year of the Unexpected. Eastern lost when it shouldn 't have and won when many had given up hope. There were last-second touchdowns, goalline stands in the final minute, and 40-yard field goals which decided the outcome of games. The comebacks, the neversay-die attitude, the deering-do, were all part of the winning tradition Kidd has instilled in Eastern's football program . One sportswriter summed it up this way : "These kids (the players ) talk and play as if they're convinced Eastern just isn't supposed to lose . . . like it's in the script that eventually they'll prevail. Green Bay was like that under (Vince) Lombardi. Bear Bryant 's teams have the same reputation. You can call it luck, but it 's something much bigger. The great teams just have it, that's all. Like Eastern, they're winners. It's that simple ." Not quite that simple, but the fact remains that the Colonel 's did, indeed, win their second straight OVC title, running their unbeaten string in the league to 14 games . They finished with an over-all record of 8-2 and were ranked sixth in the final Associated Press national college division poll. 4 ��.L GENERAL INFORMATION Location - Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, a growing city of about 14,000 population and at an altitude of 937 feet . This is a rich farming area, the county considered the largest beef cattle-raising county east of the Mississippi. Enrollment - 10,000 . Founded- 1906. President - Dr. Robert R. Martin. Vice President for Academic Affairs - Dr . Thomas F . Stovall. Athletic Conference - Ohio Valley, N.C .A.A. Gymnasium - Alumni Coliseum (capacity 7,500). Stadium - Hanger Stadium (capacity 8,500 ). Nickname - Colonels, Maroons. Symbol - Colonel. Colors - Maroon and White. Athletic Committee Members: Dr. Ned Warren, Chairman ; Dr. Charles Ambrose; Dr . Dixon Barr; Mr. William Berge ; Dr. J . D. Coates; Dr. LaRue Cocanougher; Dr. Clyde Lewis ; Mr. J. C. Powell; Mr . William Stocker ; Mr . John Vickers; Mr. Ralph Whalin ; Mr. A. L. Whitt ; Mr . Glenn Presnell, ex-officio. Athletic Staff Director of Athletics - Glenn E . Presnell (Nebraska, 1927). Head Football Coach - Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky, 1954). Line Coaches - Bobby Harville (Eastern Kentucky, 1957): Bill Shannon (Eastern Kentucky, 1948) . Backfield Coaches - Jack Ison (Eastern Kentucky, 1961). Fred Francis (Morehead, 1962 ). H ead Coaches Other Sports - Baseball: Charles "Turkey" Hughes ; Basketball : Guy Strong; Swimming: Don Combs ; Golf: Glenn E . Presnell; Tennis : Jack Adams; Rifle : Capt. Marvin Goff. Board of Regents Ex-Officio Chairman: Wendell P . Butler, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Members : Vice-Chairman Earle B. Combs, Sr., Richmond ; Robert Begley, Richmond ; Sen . Fred Bishop, Manchester; Sen. Wilson Palmer, Cynthiana; Sidney W . Clay, Louisville; William Wallace, Lexington ; Ralph Whalin, faculty representative; and Robert Warfield, Louisville, student representative. 6 �Growth - in quantity and quality - has been the theme at Eastern Kentucky University. The quantity speaks for itself. With an enrollment of approximately 10,000 students the university's student body has more than tripled since 1960. As a result, new dormitories and large, well-equipped academic structures are being built. But the quality of Eastern can be measured only by its students. Today, the Eastern student is provided with a firm academic background. More research facilities are available. The quality of its faculty continues to grow. The total growth began in 1960 when Dr. Robert R. Martin assumed the presidency of Eastern, becoming its sixth chief executive. With university status effective July 1, 1966, Eastern was reorganized into five colleges and a graduate school. Curricula in the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, Arts and Sciences, Business and Education lead to the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts or Associate of Arts degree. Central University College offers preparatory curricula for the first two years of the student's college career, providing a liberal base for a major in one of the advanced colleges. The master's degree is offered in education, English, history, guidance and counseling for non-school personnel, business administration, music education and biology. A Joint Doctoral Program in Education, sponsored in cooperation with the University of Kentucky, permits students to continue in residence at Eastern for one academic year beyond the master's degree. Founded as Eastern Kentucky State Normal School in 1906 by act of the State Legislature, Eastern was created to educate teachers for the schools of the Commonwealth. The institution annually produces more teachers than any other Kentucky college or university . The physical plant has undergone building and renovation programs totaling over $60 million since 1960. During this period every existing major campus facility has been remodeled or completely reconstructed. A well-rounded sports program, both intercollegiate and intramural, is sponsored and encouraged by the University. Eastern is represented in intercollegiate competition in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, rifle, swimming, tennis and track. The university is administered by a Board of Regents, of which Wendell P . Butler, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is ex-officio chairman. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Dr. Robert R. Martin 7 �The Ohio Valley Conference "to regulate, control, and promote all the recognized branches of intercollegiate athletics in institutions represented." Through a gradual process, the Ohio Valley Conference was to become a league of Kentucky and Tennessee state colleges. Middle Tennessee State College joined the rolls in 1952, East Tennessee State University in 1957 and Austin Peay State College in the spring of 1962. They replaced Louisville, which became an independent in 1949, and Marshall and Evansville, which departed in 1952. In 1963, the league took another step forward by appointing Arthur L. Guepe, former football coach and athletic director at Virginia and Vanderbilt Universities, as the OVC's first full-time commissioner. Annually, the OVC presents an All- Sports Trophy for over-all excellence in the entire athletic program. The past three years, Eastern has won the trophy once and finished second twice. In 1941, foresighted men had v1s10ns of an Ohio Valley Conference. Sports writers speculated about the impending division of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Virtually all agreed it was just a matter of time until the di vision took place and a new athletic conference was formed. Then the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and America was plunged into World War II. Seven years later, after the hostilities had ceased, a prewar dream became a post-war reality. The "Big Five" of the K. I. A. C. withdrew to form the Ohio Valley Conference . Making the move were Western Kentucky State College, Eastern Kentucky State College, Murray State College, Morehead State College and the University of Louisville. They were joined by Evansville College and, shortly thereafter, by Tennessee Tech and Marshall College. Purpose of the 0. V. C., as set forth in its constitution, is 8 ��ROY KIDD Coaching Record Year Won Lost 1964 ·· ····················· ············ · 3 5 1 1965 ···································· 4 4 1 1966 ···· ······ ··········· ··············· 7 3 0 t*1967 ·············· ······················ 8 1 2 *1968 ....... .... ...... .... ............... 8 2 0 Totals .................................. ..30 15 4 *OVC champions. tNCAA Grantland Rice Bowl champions. 10 Tied �Roy Kidd: What Next? Roy Kidd set some lofty goals for himself when he was named Eastern's head football coach in 1964. They weren't promises, mind you, but personal goals for himself and his players. They went something like this: - An Ohio Valley Conference championship. -Recognition in the national college division polls. -A berth in one of the NCAA's regional college division bowls. Now, consider these facts: -In 1969, Kidd's sixth season as head coach, the Colonels have their sights set on an unprecedented third straight OVC title . They haven't lost to an OVC school in 14 games. -Eastern has n ever been out of the top twenty in both national wire service polls since October, 1966. - Three Eastern players have been named to the Associated Press All-American second team. Five other honorable mention All-Americans have been awarded Eastern players. And more than 20 All-OVC certificates have been distributed to the Colonels. -The Colonels won the 1967 NCAA Mideast Regional championship (covering more than 100 teams in 10 states) by defeating Ball State 27-13 in the Grantland Rice Bowl. This is Roy Kidd . A realistic, matter-of-fact man who wins football games . He sets his goals high - not beyond reach - and then goes one step further. Unlike many in his field , Roy Kidd, the man, blends perfectly with Roy Kidd, the coach. It seems trite, but he fits perfectly into this so-called a ge of telling it like it is. He is not effervescent or controversial. He 's a straight talker whose greatest attribute as a coach is organization. He has a brilliant football mind and he's not afraid to gamble when necessary. Putting it in simpler terms, Roy Kidd has built one of the ten finest college division football programs in America. The fact is, Kidd has always been a winner. In high school at Corbin, as a player and graduate assistant coach at Eastern, and as a high school coach at Madison High School. It was at Madison that Kidd made his presence known as a molder of football talent . He had a 54-10-1 over-all record, a 27-game winning streak and 14 consecutive unscored-upon games . He was Kentucky Coach of the Year in 1961 when the Purples were ranked No. 1 in the state all season . His won-lost record at Eastern now stands at 30-15-4. For the past three seasons, the Colonels own a 23-6 - 2 record. His 1968 championship team broke 16 team records and 11 OVC marks . The offense, a wide-open, pro-set attack, has been the most productive in the school 's history, and the defense last season was the second best in Eastern's record book in terms of yardage yielded. This is Roy Kidd. He set three goals for himself when he came to Eastern . They 're history now, so he 's pointing for even bigger things. It shouldn't take long. Kidd is married to t he former Susan Purcell of Richmond. They have three children, Marc (11 ) , Kathy (8), and Keith (6) . 11 �Bob Harville Bill Shannon Offensive Line Coach Defensive Line Coach Bill Shannon has been downright stingy in recent years. Take, for example, two years ago , when the Colonels held opponents to only 70 points in 10 games. Only one other college or university in the nation could boast more. Last season, Eastern gave up more points, but yielded only 989 yards less than 100 per game - for the second best showing in the Eastern record books. Bobby Harville is faced with perhaps the most demanding task of his football career. In many respects, he will shoulder the greatest burden in Eastern's rebuilding program. He is left with a completely new offensive line and must mold the new faces into a solid unit if the Colonels' offense is to produce . But Harville enjoys the challenge. He has always been one of the versatile members of the staff . Harville's first year was spent with the offensive backfield and the following season he coached the defensive secondary. That year the defense set a conference record with 20 interceptions. And those are the reasons Kidd persuaded Harville to join his staff in 1965 - he knew from experience the Harlan native was a dedicated worker with a keen knowledge of all aspects of the game . Harville and Kidd's professional association began in 1957 at Richmond Madison. The next five years Harville spent as an assistant at Elizabethtown (Ky.) and Lancaster (Ohio) where the teams with which he was associated compiled a 41-9 record. Then in 1965, Harville returned to Madison High School as its head football coach. He was inheriting a team that was 4-6 and had graduated 13 seniors, three of whom were to play college football. But Harville brought the Royal Purples' winning football tradition back to life. Instilling basic fundamentals and a strong desire to win, he built a winner. That year Madison had a 10-4 record, won the Central Kentucky Conference and lost to Ft. Thomas Highlands for the state Class AA championship . Harville is married to the former Sandra Sharp of South Fort Mitchell. They have three children, Robert Michael <1O),, Virginia Louise ( 8) , and Leigh Ann ( 3) . But Shannon also faces a rebuilding job this season. He does return All-American candidate Teddy Taylor at middle guard, tackle Sid Yeldell, and defensive ends Mike Nicholson and Brian Seimon, but there are several holes to be filled . And depth is another question mark. Shannon, noted for his humor off the field and dead-pan seriousness on the field, came to Eastern with the kind of credentials mosts coaches dream of. In five seasons at Dixie Heights High School in South Fort Mitchell <1955-58, 63 ) , he developed his teams into the football power of Northern Kentucky with a 47-5-2 record. Under Shannon's leadership, Dixie Heights won three Nor thern Kentucky Conference championships and the Recreation Bowl, and was tied in its only Burley Bowl appearance. The distinguished war veteran was Kentucky's "Coach of the Year" in 1955 and made three Kentucky East-West AllStar coaching appearances. The one-time Danville High School star is married to the former Mary Peters, a fellow Danvillian. She serves as a registered nurse in the University infirmary. 12 �Fred Francis Jack Ison Offensive Backfield Coach Defensive Backfield Coach For the past two seasons, Fred Francis has been saddled with one major responsibility: Come up with a ground attack to complement the Colonels ' solid passing game. And for the past two seasons, Francis has produced a stable of sound runners. For the first time in three seasons defensive backfield coach, Jack Ison returns a veteran unit. For two seasons he was called upon to replace personnel at key positions. This year, only one player was lost through graduation. Ison is a football cliche, because he's known as a dedicated student of the game. And that's exactly what he is. The dependability showed up well in his first year, when the Colonels led the OVC in pass defense . Last year, the secondary gave up more yardage, but came through when it counted most; deep in its own territory. This season, the search isn't concentrated in the offensive backfield. In fact, Francis has developed perhaps the finest 1-2 running punch in the conference and he 's looking forward to using it this season. The first part of the punch is tailback Jimmy Brooks, the leading freshman ground-gainer in the country last season with 1,013 yards. Then there's fullback Butch Evans, a 210-pounder who blocks as well as he runs. Kidd is well aware of the 1961 Eastern gritduate's coaching abilities - he gave Ison his first job at Richmond 's Madison High School. Francis' personable manner also has been a big asset to Eastern's recruiting program. His reputation on the high school coaching level is well established throughout Kentucky. With Francis at the helm, St. Joseph Prep in Bardstown was recognized as one of the state's perennial Class A powers with a three-year 20-6-4 record. After assisting Kidd to a 13-1 record and a Class AA runner-up trophy in 1961, Ison was named head coach in 1962 when Kidd entered the college coaching field. The Royal Purples were 6-2-2 under his guidance . Francis ' 1966 team was ranked ninth in the state, went through the school's first undefeated season with an 8-0-3 record and defeated Class AA runner-up Lexington Henry Clay in the Recreation Bowl. He received the M .A. degree from Eastern in 1963 and entered the University of Indiana graduate school that fall , earning 32 hours toward a doctorate . The Russell native is married to the former Patricia Lykins, whom he met as a classmate at Eastern . They have two daughters, Elizabeth ( 7) and Melinda (3). He married Freda Catron of Lexington. They have two sons, Anthony (4), and Timothy (2) . 13 �.. sTt.f ...,r,.sT£,?4" rooTBALL -<i,r ✓, ro □ TB!U ~~STt roo TBALl ~,J,. 1' , George Adams Graduate Assistant Dick Cruciotti Graduate Assistant Skip Daugherty Graduate Assistant George Adams is no stranger to Roy Kidd. In fact, he has served under Kidd at three different schools. A Richmond native, Adams played high school football at Madison when Kidd 's 1961 team posted a 13-1 record and finished second in the state. Then, when Kidd became assistant coach at Morehead, Adams joined him as a player. Three years later, the student came back to haunt the coach. In 1966, Adams' interception of a key Eastern pass paved the way for a Morehead victory. Adams was a three-year letterman at defensive end for Morehead and was drafted by the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. In 1967, he served as an undergraduate assistant coach at Morehead. Last season, Adams was assistant football coach at Berea. He is married to the former Sherry Taylor. They have a daughter, Alesa, who is 19 months old. Dick Cruciotti's athletic career has covered three states and several sports . Hayward (Skip) Daugherty has run the gamut in his service to Eastern football. He has served as a player, student manager, and now as a graduate assistant coach. A native of Bellaire, Ohio, Cruciotti lettered four years in football at St. John High School, where he was an allconference and All-Eastern Ohio selection. Then it was on to West Liberty State College, West Liberty, West Virginia, where he lettered in baseball and golf. Cruciotti served as an assistant coach for three years after his graduation and in 1968 was named head football coach at nearby Berea High School in Kentucky. "Dick has a real interest in athletics," said Kidd. "His knowledge of football will make him a real asset to our program." 14 Daugherty came to Eastern in the fall of 1964 after an impressive high school career at North Hardin High School. A knee injury his sophomore year forced Daugherty from competition, but he remained with the football program as equipment manager. His enthusiasm and energy as manager served as a constant inspiration to the players "Skip is dedicated to Eastern and to the game of football ," said Kidd. "He has helped our program t remendously with his winning attitude." Skip is m arried to the · former Vicki Reedy. �Glenn E. Presnell Director of Athletics Glenn P resnell has been associated with Eastern athletics for 22 years, serving the past six as the university's first full - time athletic director . In ten years as Eastern's fottball coach, he guided h is teams to 42 victories, 49 losses and three ties. During that time, the Maroons wone one OVC title outright and gained a four-way share of the crown in 1962. Until one of h is students, Roy Kidd, won the 1967 and 1968 championships, Presnell was the only Kentucky coach who could claim more than on e OVC halo. His first year as head coach, 1954, was his best. His Maroons went undeated in season play and lost to Omaha University 7-6 in what is still regarded as the greatest Tangerine Bowl game ever played in Orlando, Florida. But Presnell was a football legend even before he came to Eastern . Born at Gilead, Nebraska, Presnell was an All-America halfback at Nebraska, and played in the East-West All-Star Game in San Francisco at the end of his college career in 1927. Later, with the Portsmouth Spartans and the Detroit Lions in the National League, he was an all-league performer. Against Green Bay in 1934, the popular Presnell kicked a 54yard field goal, which stood as the N.F.L. record for 19 years, and is still the second longest in the League's history. The NFL's 1964 yearbook cited Presnell as one of the key men in Detroit's 1935 championship. Presnell began his collegiate coaching career in 1937 as backfield coach at the University of Kansas. In 1938 he returned to Nebraska as backfield coach, and in 1942 he was named head coach there. Nebraska played Stanford in the Rose Bowl in 1941 , while he was backfield coach of the Cornhuskers . In 1943 and '44, Presnell coached the backfield at North Carolina Pre-Flight, while serving as a naval officer. He returned to Nebraska in 1946, before coming to Eastern in the fall of 1947. He was named head coach in 1954. He married the former Lizbeth Gehrling of Ironton, Ohio, in 1929, and found in her his most faithful fan and supporter. They have one son, Danny, who teaches at Madison Central High School in Richmond. His chief hobby is golf, and he coaches the Eastern golfers, but he takes an interest in all sports. 15 �Student Trainers and Managers MIKE JACKSON BILL QUICK ERIC LINDBLOOM ROSS MILLS EDDIE PRICE David M. Vance Sports Information Director For additional information, features, or pictures contact: David Vance is a third-generation journalist who left the Fourth Estate in 1966 to become Director of News in Eastern's Office of Public Affairs. Since then, his duties have included news, sports and publications work while serving as acting director of public information . For the past two years, Vance's primary duties have focused on Eastern's athletic program. He has worked for The Lexington Herald sports department and The Associated Press. Vance holds professional membership in the American College Public Relations Association, Congress of Sports Information Directors and the United States Basketball Writers Association. He is married to the former Sharon Chrisman. They have two sons (Vance insists they're both All-American timber), Matt, 2, and Troy, 1. DAVID M. VANCE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RICHMOND, KENTUCKY 40475 Telephone (606) 622-2301 16 ��Youth, Depth Pose Problems So what does Kidd have in mind? Let's ask him: What can Roy Kidd do for an encore? People who have followed Kidd's football teams are expecting another OVC championship. c Kidd, perhaps, is a bit more realistic . He feels he has the talent, but it's young talent yet to be tested in many cases . And he also knows that the entire league will be stronger this season. So Kidd is embracing one of those wait-and-see attitudes. Q: What plans are being made to absorb this heavy loss in personnel? Kidd : "Well, that 's a good question to start off with, because it's a tall order. We've made some position changes, moving offensive players to defense and vice versa, but we still lack the depth we had last season. When injuries hit us hard last year, we were able to make the necessary changes without too much trouble. That's not the case this year. A great deal will depend on our offensive line and our quarterbacks. But that still won't erase the problem in the league. The OVC has always been one of the strongest college divi- One thing is for certain: Every team in the league will be gunning for the Colonels. Eastern hasn't lost to an OVC team since November, 1966. And the Colonels haven't been out of the top twenty in both national college division wire service polls during the same span. So that means a victory over Eastern would be ever-so-sweet. And that's another reason Kidd is ever-so-cautious. Q: What about a breakdown on Eastern? Taking the ever. There will be four or five really solid teams contending for the title. A peek at the past gives a hint of the future . Gone are 22 lettermen. Included in the exodus were: quarterback Jim Guice , a three-time honorable mention All-American and the most productive passer (5,041 yards) in league history, who signed with the NFL's Cleveland Browns; John Tazel, who caught 41 passes for 686 yards last year before signing with the San Diego Chargers; Fred Troike , second team Associated Press college division All-American; All-OVC offensive tackle Bill Brewer; fullback Bob Beck; defensive stars Jimmy Moberly, Tom Shetler, Miller Arritt, Rick Dryden, Jim Demler, Don Moore, Ron Reed and Phil Knauer, who accounted for 611 tackles and assists last season. starting job against Western last year, and Jon Ankney, a offense first , what can we expect ? Kidd: "There 's that offensive line to contend with. We're pretty solid on the ends, but the interior wall is very young and inexperienced. We've moved Paul Hampton from linebac'rnr to center and he seems to like it there. At guard, it's a tossup. Fred Sandusky showed us a lot after gaining a starting job against Western last year, and Jon Ankney a converted end, and Pat Sheridan also have looked good. Tackle Donnie Evans, one of our co-captains, is the only returning starter, but Harry Irwin has really impressed us at That, in capsule form, leaves a lot to be desired this year. 18 �the other tackle spot. At tight end, we 've got James Wilson, a big boy who came along fast before he was sidelined with an injury last year. And Don Buehler is back at split end. He's one of the best receivers in the league . At flanker, there 's Chuck Walroth, another good target, and, of course, we've got James Kelley as a real outstanding backup man . At quarterback we h ave Bill March and Bob Fricker. Bill will probably replace Guice, and that's asking a lot in itself. A lot will depend on Bill this season. I feel we have one of the best running games in the league - providing our line meets the challenge - with Jimmy Brooks and Butch Evans. " -~"' :'!&:; " ~ J ~ u , , ,~ \fapsule Analysis J!fo-" If~'"'~~ so Offense - Pro-set Defense - 5-4 Strength- Defensive line and Running game and receivers. Q: What about defense? Kidd : "There's Teddy Taylor for starters. I can't say enough about Teddy . We 've tried everything we could - just like our opponents the past three years - but we can't stop him in practice. He's a true All-American. His quickness and pursuit at middle guard are fantastic. Of course, we'll be depending on him more than ever this year. We're not as deep along the line, and there are new faces there, too. In fact, Teddy and Sid Yeldell are our only returning starters in the interior line. Yeldell will be at tackle, his third position in three years, and he looked real good in the spring. Our defensive ends will be Mike Nicholson and Brian Seimon, although David Maupin is coming around. At linebacker, we have three boys competing for jobs right now. Rich Cook was extra sharp in the spring, and Rich Thomas and Harry Gibbs are pretty solid. Our defensive backfield is a veteran outfit. We have Ted Green, who was all-conference, Mike Armstrong, Pete Compassi, Harold Joyce and Bob Webb all returning." Weaknesses - ifr-"Wlli "" ~: 00 • y~ secondary; Lack of depth ; offensive line ; experience. Lettermen Lost - 22 . Lettermen Returning Brian Siemon, Don Buehler, Mike Nicholson, James Wilson Ends - Tackles - Sidney Yeldell, Don Evans Ted Taylor, Jon Ankney, Pat Sheridan, Fred Sandusky Guards - Centers - Paul Hampton Quarterbacks Tailbacks - Q: In the final analysis, what can be expected? Kidd: "I wish I knew. We're young, inexperienced and wea k in depth. Of course, I'm also comparing with past Eastern t eams so it 's difficult to evaluate. The team attitude is excellent. The kids h ave a lot of pride. This is Eastern, and we have a tradition to carry on, but the overall strength of the league is better than any time in its history. So we've got our work cut out for us ." Bill March Jimmy Brooks, Donnie Young Fullbacks - Butch Evans Flankers - Chuck Walroth Pete Compassi, Bob Webb, Mike Armstrong, Ted Green, Harold Joyce Defensive Backs - 19 ➔: B~ �Teddy Taylor-All-American Candidate The Taylor-Made Defense \ \ Teddy Taylor is a football paradox. Off the field, he's quiet, unassuming, and always smiling. Nice Guy. On the field , well , that's a different story. Everyone knows he 's there . He 's constantly in motion , slashing through on a slant to meet the ball carrier before he reaches the line of scrimmage or running him down from behind on a power play around end. Bad Guy (depending, of course, on how you look at it ) . Mind you, he won't overpower anyone. He weighs only 195 pounds. But he will destroy an offense, be it running or passing. Quickness. That's his forte. Consider these examples: - Eastern was leading Ball State 13-6 at halftime in the 1967 NCAA Grantland Rice Bowl. Ball State took the secondhalf kickoff and advanced to its own 40 yard line. The quarterback took the snap and wheeled for a handoff to the fullback. There was No. 61, Taylor , knifing through and taking the handoff himself. He scampered 39 yards for a back-breaking touchdown. Eastern won 27-13 . - Each week, Eastern 's coaches present an award for the outstanding defensive player in the preceding game . As a junior, Taylor won the award five times. And that was on a team that finished sixth in The Associated Press' final national college division poll. - In three years at Eastern, Taylor has anchored the finest defense in the school's history and the Colonels have won 23 games, lost only six, and tied two. - One opposing coach put it this way : "I'll tell you, it got to the place that I thought I had five men in our starting backfield." The fifth man was Taylor . Those are just a few of the reasons Coach Roy Kidd calls him "probably the best middle guard in the history of the OVC." In three seasons, Eastern has had three college division second-team All-Americans and five other honorable mentions. Taylor is a natural for first team honors. See page 17 for another reason why. 20 �THUMBNAIL SKETCHES THE OFFENSE QUARTERBACKS Bill March . . . Senior . . . 23 . .. 5-10 .. . 175 . . . One Letter . . . Miami, Florida .. . Completed 26 of 49 passes for 464 yards last season as backup man . . . must come through this season if Colonels are to repeat as OVC champs ... has strong arm and displayed leadership as junior .. . threw gamewinning touchdown last year against East Tennessee with 19 seconds to play . .. business major. Bob Fricker . . . Freshman . . . 19 . . . 6-0 . . . 175 . . . No Letter . . . Cincinnati, Ohio . . . Redshirt . . . impressed coaching staff in spring with strong passing game and good football savvy . .. with experience, he could be an exceptional quarterback . . . may see heavy duty as freshman if improvement continues . . . complements strong arm with agility and deceptiveness. Glynn Green . .. Freshman . . . 19 . . . 5-9 . . . 175 . .. No Letter . . . Berea, Kentucky ... Redshirt ... recruited as defensive back but made switch due to injuries at quarterback in spring . . . intelligent player who sizes up defense well . . . impressed coaches with determination ... size will hamper him but hustle could provide equalizer ... quick . . . good on rollout. FULLBACKS Butch Evans ... Junior ... 19 . . . 6-1 .. . 210 . .. Two Letters ... Lebanon, Kentucky .. . Came to Eastern without scholarship but showed coaches he came to play . . . with improvement in blocking technique , he could be the best fullback in the OVC . . . good runner . . . vicious hitter . . . good speed . . . has impressed pro scouts . . . could be great one . .. Industrial Arts Major. KICKING SPECIALIST Tom Gaebler . .. Sophomore ... 6-1 . .. 208 ... No Letter ... Paris, Kentucky .. . Came to Eastern as kicking specialist, concentrating on punting, but impressive spring at defensive tackle assures him of action in the fall . .. hard hitter .. . dedicated .. . provides much needed depth for defensive wall . . majoring in business administration. TAILBACKS Jimmy Brooks . .. Sophomore ... 19 ... 5-11 . . . 180 . . . One Letter . . . Valley Station, Kentucky ... one of the finest runners ever to play at Eastern . . . leading freshman ground gainer in the nation . .. exceptional speed and a threat as a pass receiver . . . gained over 1,000 yards in only 8 games ... needs to improve blocking to become allaround great tailback .. . Recreation Major. �ENDS William Wright . . . Sophomore . . . 20 . . . 5-10 .. . 175 . .. No Letter ... Whitesburg, Kentucky . . . showed signs of developing Don Buehler . . . Junior . . . 21 . . . 6-0 . . . 190 . . . Two Letters . . . Cincinnati, Ohio . . . Can play both tight end or split end . . . lead team in touchdown pass receptions with 6 in 1968 .. . last season caught 35 passes for a total of 509 yards . . . one of the finest students on the team . .. All-Conference candidate . .. History Major. into fine running back during spring practice ... could step in and do adequate job at running back position .. . has talent of finding daylight and breaking tackles ... Physical Education Major. James Wilson . . . Sophomore . . . 20 . . . 6-1½ ... 205 ... One Letter ... Huntsville, Alabama . .. was having fine freshman year Donnie Young ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 5-9 .. . 175 ... One Letter ... Wintersville, Ohio .. . Came to Eastern without scholarship, but earned one before the end of his freshman year ... has tremendous quickness and agility while running in heavy traffic . . . last year against Middle Tennessee gained over a 100 yards ... Phy~ical Education Major. with 12 catches for three touchdowns when he was sidelined with broken hand against Akron .. . needs to improve blocking .. . has fine speed . . . could be top tight end in the conference . . . Industrial Technology Major. FLANKERBACKS Ken Meier ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 6-1 .. . 193 . . . No Letter . . . Cincinnati, Ohio .. . Chuck Walroth ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 6-0 ... 180 ... One Letter ... Cincinnati, Ohio came to Eastern without scholarship but earned one for his performance in the spring . . . has size, speed and exceptionally good hands . . . will provide reserve strength at the tight end position ... Physical Education Major. ... As a freshman caught 30 passes for 408 yards ... was perhaps the surprise player of the '68 season .. . has outstanding potential . . . posseses fine hands and has exceptional speed ... Physical Education Major. TACKLES James Kelly .. . Junior . . . 21 . . . 5-9 . . . 170 . . . No Letter . . . Huntsville, Alabama Harry "Toodie" Irwin ... Sophomore ... 18 . . . 6-2½ . . . 225 . . . No Letter . . . Elizabethtown, Kentucky .. . converted from de- ... had his finest spring after being injured most of his career at Eastern ... has learned to run pass patterns well ... will be a definite asset for the coming season if he can stay healthy ... may have the best hands on the team . .. Physical Education Major. fense to offense in spring to fill vacancies due to graduation ... has all the qualities to become All-Conference performer . . . biggest weakness will be his lack of experience .. . Architecture Major . .22 �CENTERS Tom Lyons . . . Sophomore . . . 21 . . . 6- ½ .. . 220 . . . No Letter . . . Ashland, Kentucky .. . will give needed depth to offensive Paul Hampton . . . Junior . . . 22 . . . 6-1 . .. 192 .. . Two Letters . . . Belfry, Kentucky ... converted from linebacker to cen- line .. . with experience could become regular performer . . . biggest asset is his fine strength and toughness . . . could push for starting position as the season progresses .. . Industrial Arts Ma jor. ter in 1968 when both centers were out with injury .. . moved to the center position permanently in the spring ... has good quickness ... enjoys playing football .. . Physical Education Major. Larry Kaelin ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 6-0 . .. 209 . . . No Letter . . . Cincinnati, Ohio GUARDS Pat Sheridan ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 6-0 .. . 200 .. . No Letter . .. Newport, Kentucky . . . Considered to be one of the most ... will play both guard and center in the fall .. . has the ability to become a solid performer .. . biggest problem will be to overcome inexperience . . . could push for starting position if he gets experience ... History Major. improved players in spring practice . .. won starting position after first week of spring practice . .. diligent worker and tough competitor ... Politipal Science Major. DEFENSE LINEBACKERS Fred Sandusky . . . Sophomore . . . 20 . . . 6-3 . . . 248 . . . One Letter . .. Louisville, Kentucky . . . started his first game at guard Richard Cook ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 5-11 . . . 192 . . . No Letter . . . Lexington, Kentucky . . . development mirrors that of for- midway through 1968 season and never relinquished the position ... has good quickness for player his size . . . half year's experience should prove invaluable this season .. . Recreation Major. mer Eastern linebackers Ron Reed and Jim Moberly . . . with continued improvement should be one of the future Colonel standouts . .. will call defensive signals ... Major Undecided. Jon Ankney . . . Sophomore .. . 20 . . . 6-2 . . . 205 . . . One Letter . . . Dayton, Ohio Harry Gibbs . . . Senior . . . 21 . . . 5-11 . .. 190 ... No Letter ... Chamblee, Georgia . .. has ability to play any position in the offensive line ... played mostly as a reserve tight end in 1968 . . . caught three passes for 19 yards ... worked at guard and tackle in the spring . . . could possibly be starter . . . Undecided about major. ... Very coachable athlete . . . switched to linebacker this spring . . . at the end of spring practice 'was a starter ... strong and quick . . ,. shown steady improvement throughout career . . . should be ready to play this fall ... Business Major . 23 �Rich Thomas . . . Freshman . . . 18 . . . 6-0 . . . 186 . . . No Letter . .. Fairfax, Virginia Mike Nicholson . . . Sophomore . . . 19 . . . 6-5 . .. 218 ... One Letter . .. Miami, Florida ... Missed spring drill because of injury ... Came to Eastern as a defensive secondary man, but moved to linebacker ... showed a great deal of aggressiveness and desire in the spring . . . should be a candidate for a starting assignment . . . Undecided about major. ... holds school record for discus events at Eastern ... if he can stay healthy, should be one of the finest defensive ends in the conference .. . Law Enforcement Major. TACKLES Mark Shireman . . . Sophomore . . . 19 . . . 6-1 . . . 194 ... No Letter ... Brandenburg, Kentucky ... Came out for football without Sidney Yeldell . . . Senior . . . 21 . . . 6-1 . . . 225 . . . Three Letters . . . Glassboro, New Jersey .. . has lettered at three differ- scholarship .. . has shown improvement with each session . . . switched from offense to defense in spring . . . needs experience . . . will play a great deal .. . Industrial Technology Major. ent positions in his previous three years at Eastern . . . slowed last year with an injury .. . should reach his full potential this fall . . . one of the few defensive lettermen back ... Law Enforcement Major. Dave Maupin ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 6-4 . . . 212 . . . No Letter . . . Louisville, Kentucky . . . Non-scholarship player that has Tom Reid . . . Sophomore . . . 20 . . . 6-1 . . . 214 . . . No Letter . . . Lancaster, Ohio . . . Fine prospect . . . real tough, strong player . . . another non-scholarship player that will probably start . .. improved a great deal during spring practice ... tough competitor who likes contact . . . Physical Education Major. shown an exceptional amount of ability . . . had a fine spring practice . . . expected to be starter in the fall ... like other members of the defensive line, needs experience ... Industrial Education Major. ENDS SECONDARY Brian Siemon . .. Sophomore ... 19 ... 6-1 . . . 201 ... One Letter ... Springfield, Ohio Mike O'Neal . . . Sophomore . . . 5-11 . . . 179 . . . No Letter . . . Germantown, Ohio . . . Made fast improvement during spring practice .. . has potential to be outstanding player . . . brother of former Eastern AllOVC performer Chuck Siemon . . . could possibly be a regular this fall . . . Business Management Major. .. . will be in contention for a starting position in the fall . . . very close to being a top notch football player . . . if not a starter, will provide depth in the defensive secondary . .. Undecided Major. 24 �Ted Green . . . Junior . . . 21 . . . 5-10 . .. 167 . . . Two Letters . . . Atlanta, Georgia . .. one of the finest defensive backs in Eastern's history . . . All OVC . . . will be relied on heavily this season .. . natural speed and ability . . . hard worker and dedicated . .. very quick . . . good kick return man . . . Psychology Major. Bob Webb . . . Senior . . . 6-0 .. . 198 . . . Three Letters .. . Miami, Florida . . . one of the strongest competitors on the squad . . . should be one of the team leaders for the coming season . . . very aggressive . . . deceptive speed . . . good student . .. good tackler ... being counted on for leadership . .. Business Ma jor. Doug Johnston ... Sophomore . .. 5-10 ... 187 . . . No Letter . .. Portsmouth, Virginia . . . missed a ll of last season with a broken leg . . . h a d a fine spring practice wh en h e returned t o drills . . . good size and speed . .. with more experience, could develop into a top flight defender . . . very popular among teammates . . . fine potentia l . . . Physical Education Major. Pete Compassi .. . Senior . . . 21 . .. 5 -11 . .. 170 .. . Two Letters ... Frankfort, Ken tucky . . . exception al athlete . . . has fine potential . . . dedication and aggressiven ess are his strong points ... plays t h e ball well . .. was a standout running back a t F ranklin Coun t y high school .. . Recreation Ma jor. Ed Huffman . . . Sophomore .. . 19 . . . 6-3 .. . 225 . . . No Letter . . . Lawrenceburg, Kentucky . . . fine defensive t ackle prospect . . . had good spring session . . . has all the physical qualities to become outstandin g football player . .. hard-working, dedicated athlete .. . should be a regular, but needs experience . . . Undecided. Mike Armstrong ... Junior ... 6-0 . . . 187 . . . One Letter . . . Springfield, Ohio . . . will be key m a n in secondary this fall . . . has a ll t h e a ttributes necessary to be a fine foo t ball player . . . good speed and quickness ... follows the ball well ... will be rnlied on for experience in the secondary . . . Recreation Major. Harold Joyce . .. Senior . . . 5-9 . . . 170 . .. One Letter ... Louisville, Kentucky ... came on very strong toward the end of last season . . . will be counted on to give experience to the defensive secondary . . . one of the five lettermen returning that will m ake up the defensive secondary . . . Physica l Education Major . Paul McKee ... Freshman . . . 5-10 . . . 188 . . . No Letter . .. Covington, Kentucky . . . converted to defensive back in college .. . he played quarterback in high school . . . has made steady improvement while at Eastern . . . impressed coaching staff with his performance during spring drills ... Undecided about major. 25 �Steve Finan . . . Freshman . . . 19 . . . 6-1 .. . 205 .. . No Letter .. . Cincinnati, Ohio James Porter ... Freshman ... 5-11 ... 170 . .. No Letter . . . Louisville, Kentucky . .. . . . Redshirt .. . potentially fine backup man for fullback . . . has good strength and straight ahead running ability . . . needs work to improve speed and playing experience to gain confidence . . . Physical Education Major. walked on this spring and showed a great deal of promise ... has a great future ... with some game experience could push other defensive backs for a starting assignment ... Recreation Major. ;tj'§49JEr~~Rlfi~n Rroseects ; ".i ~ ~~tmalilnrli2';;; 11 9~ : "' ~ ' ft °"~n_: ~~ •m. ~ James Croudep ... 6-0 ... 215 . .. Linebacker ... Jeffersonville, Indiana . .. first team All-State selection in Indiana for Jack Bowman ... 6-3 ... 210 ... Tackle . .. Norwood, Ohio . . . Played both offense and defense in high school . . . was All-City at linebacker . .. on offense played tackle. two years . . . defensive player of the year in Indiana . . . selected for the annual Indiana high school All-Star game . . . one of the finest high school linebackers in the nation ... was captain of both the football and basketball teams his senior year. Bobby Brown . . . 6-0 . . . 195 . . . Linebacker . . . Louisville, Kentucky .. . played latter half of senior year with broken bone in his leg . . . outstanding blocker . . . has talen t to be outstanding football player . Jerry England ... 6-2 ... 230 ... Tackle ... Glasgow, Kentucky . . . very aggressive football player . . . has all the Marshall Bush . . . 6-0 . . . 190 . . . Halfback . . . Bartow, Florida . . . first team All-State defensive back . . . named physical assets to become tremendous football player . . . played in East-West All Star game. most outstanding trackmen in Florida (class B) ... has been timed in 9.6 in the 100 yard dash .. . on offense scored 12 touchdowns and averaged 5.6 yards per carry his senior year ... honor student. Rex Estridge . . . 5-9 . . . 17 5 . . . Defensive Backfield . .. Loyall, Kentucky ... one of the finest offensive and defensive backs in Eastern Kentucky . . . All-State and All Cumberland Valley Conference. Wallace Chambers ... 6-6 . . . 235 ... Tackle . .. Mt. Clemens, Michigan . . . good hitter and aggressive ... has outstanding Doug Greene . . . 6-1 . . . 195 . . . Tight End . . . Miami, Florida . . . has outstanding quickness and strength . . . can quickness for a player his size. play either end or in the defensive secondary. Ralph A. Coldiron ... 6-3 ... 205 ... Guard ... Whitesburg, Kentucky . . . All Eastern Kentucky Mountain Conference Edward King, Jr . . . . 6-1 .. . 200 . . . Defensive End . . . Miami, Florida . . . outstanding in the classroom as well as player at guard and linebacker . . . has size and speed to develop into fine player. being a fine athlete . .. will play either offensive or defensive end for the Colonels. 26 �Kevin Moore . . . 6-5 . . . 230 . . . Tackle . . . Norwood, Ohio Larry Kirksey . . . 5-11½ . . . 170 . . . Split End . . . Harlan, Kentucky ... voted outstanding player in the South Eastern ... All League performer as defensive tackle .. . only played one year of high school football , but has tremendous potential. Kentucky Conference . . . a member of the All-State team .. . participated in the Kentucky High School All-Star game in August . ·.. has the ability to score any time he gets the ball ... potentially outstanding college pass receiver. David Payne . . . 6-2 . . . 220 . . . Tackle . . . Glasgow, Kentucky .. . participated in the East-West All Star Game second member of his high school team to sign with the Colonels. David Lee . . . 6-2 . . . 215 . . . Tackle . . . Dayton, Ohio . . . one of the outstanding linemen from the Dayton area very strong athlete, who is also quick and aggressive. Don Peters . . . 6-1 . . . 200 . . . Tackle . . . Lancaster, Ohio ... has fine quickness and movement for a tackle . . . has fine possibilities for a fine offensive tackle. Larry Lightfoot . . . 6-0 . . . 175 . . . Flanker . . . Miami, Florida . . . described by the Miami area press as "the most feared high school receiver in the city of Miami" ... potentially one of the finest pass receivers in Eastern's grid history. Donald Salsbury . . . 6-0 . . . 190 . . . Kicking Specialist . . . Greensburg, Kentucky . . . dedicated worker . . . coaching staff hopeful that he is the replacement for graduated Jerry Pullins. James Lyons . . . 6-0 . . . 170 . . . Quarterback . . . Norwood, Ohio . .. considered to be the finest quarterback in the Cin- cinnati area , . . . was All-City offense and defense . . . set school record in yards rushing ... was in the upper 10% of his graduating class, and was also a member of the National Honor Society. Lawrence Schmidt . . . 6-3 . . . 215 . . . Tackle . . . Miami, Florida . . . outstanding high school offensive tackle . . . two Joe McClurg .. . 6-1 ... 190 ... Defensive End ... Lancaster, tucky ... one of the leading high school scorers in the state Steve Sells . . . 6-0 . . . 200 .. . Guard . . . Valley Station, Kentucky ... not only a fine football player but an outstand- year regular for his high school team. . . . has great deal of determination . . . could play either offense or defense. ing student ... played both offensive center and linebacker in high school. Joe McClung . .. 6-1 . .. 190 ... Defensive End ... Lancaster, Ohio . . . All-Conference defensive end for Lancaster High Richard Straten ... 6-1 . . . 195 ... Fullback ... Lancaster, Ohio . . . outstanding blocker as well as a fine ball carrier School .. . fierce competitor . .. besides his football ability he is a fine wrestler. ... has been timed in 4.8 for the forty-yard dash. Danny Turner ... 5-11 ... 190 ... Linebacker ... Richmond, Kentucky . . . fine prospect for guard or linebacker . . . was Roger McGlaughlin . . . 6-1 . . . 175 . . . Defensive Back . . . Worthington, Ohio ... been clocked in a 4.6 forty-yard dash ... good hands .. . was an All-Conference player in the Ohio Capitol Conference . .. all around fine athlete. voted the most valuable player on his high school team ... has the ability to become an outstanding college football player ... First Team All-State. Jackie Miller . . . 6-0 . . . 180 . . . Linebacker . . . Miami, Florida . . . plays similar to Eastern middle guard Teddy Bruce "Boomer" Williams ... 6-2 ... 205 ... Defensive End ... Hazard, Kentucky . . . played offensive halfback and de- Taylor . . . very quick ... potentially outstanding defensive performer. fensive end in high school ... runs the 40-yard dash in 4.8 seconds. 27 �No. 10 11 12 13 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 30 32 34 40 41 43 44 50 55 56 60 61 62 63 65 66 70 72 73 74 76 79 80 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 Name Pos. Mike O 'N eal ... .. .. .. .. • .. . . • .. .. ... . . . . ....... DB Bob Fricker ....... . .... . . . .. . .... . . ... .. . . .... QB Glynn Green ... . . . .... . . . . . ... ... . .. . . . . . . . .... QB Karl Moran . . . . .•.. . .... . ....•.. .. ..... ..... . . DB Paul McKee ... . .......... .. . .... . ....... . . .. . . DB Bill March . ..... . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .. . . .. .•..... QB P ete Campassi . . ...... . .... . .... . ... ..... . .... . DB Don Young ... . .. . •....... . .. ..•. . .. ...... . .... TB Ted Green . . ..... . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . .. . . . .. . . .. . ... DB Jimmie Brooks ....... . .... . .. . .... . .... . . . ..... TB Bob Webb . . ... . . . .. . .. .. .. . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . ..... DB Mike Armstrong ......... . .•.. . ....... . ....... . DB William Wright ............. . .......... . . . .. . . TB James Porter .... . . . ... .. . . . . . ... ... .. .. . . . ... . DB Steve Finan ........... . .... .. ........ . .. . . . . . . FB Butch Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . ....... . .. FB Mark Shireman ... . . .. ... . .. .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . DB James Kelley ....... . .... • ... . , .. . .. . . •.. . .. . .. FL Harold Joyce .... . .. . . . . ..... .. . . . .. . . . . .. .... . DB Doug Johnston . .... . . . . . . . ... . .... . .. .. . . ...... DB Chuck Walroth . . . .. . .... . .. . .•.. . .. . . . . .. ... . . FL Paul Hampton .. . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . ... .. . . .. ...... C Richard Cook ... .• .. ..•. .•.. . .•... ....•...... LB Ralph Gillespie ... .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... K Harry Gibbs . . . . . . . • ....... . .... • .. . . . .... LB Ted Taylor .. ...... . .... . ....... . .... . . ... . . ... DG Jon Ankney .... . ... . . . .. . . ... . . .. .. . . . . . . . .... OG Pat Sheridan .... ......... ....•........... . OG Rich Thomas .... . . . . ... .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . ...... L B Larry Kaelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .•.. . . .. . . . . . . . . . C-G Tom Gaebler .... . .. . .... . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . ... ..... DT Harry Irwin ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . . . . . .. . . . OT Tom Lyons .... . ... OT John Reusch .. . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . .... . . .. . . .... OT Eddie Huffman ...... . ... .... . . . . . . . OT Fred Sandusky ... OG Brian Siemon . . .... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . OE Sidney Yeldell .. DE Tom Reid . . .. .. . . . . .... . . . . . . .. . ... . .. . . ..... OE David Maupin .. . . • .. .. ...... DE Ken Meier ..... ... . . . .. . . .. . ....... . . . .. . . . . .. TE Don Buehler ....• . . . . . ..... . . . . .. . .. . . . SE Mike Nicholson ........ . .. . ..... . ..... .... ..... DE James Wilson .. .... .. . .. . .. . . . . .•.... .. . .. . .... TE Class Ht. Wt. Soph. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Soph. Jr. Soph. Sr. Jr. Soph. Fr. Fr. Jr. Soph. Jr. Sr. Soph. Soph. Jr. Soph . Fr. Sr. Sr. Soph. Soph. Fr . Fr . Soph. Soph. Fr . Fr . Soph . Soph . Soph . Sr . Fr. Soph . Fr. Jr. Soph . Soph. 5-11 5-11 5-8 5- 10 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-8 5-9 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-9 5- 11 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 179 178 165 170 188 178 172 171 167 185 198 195 180 175 207 211 194 168 169 187 176 192 192 200 190 194 205 200 186 209 208 220 220 212 225 248 190 225 214 212 193 190 21 8 205 28 Hometown Germantown, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Berea, Ky. Barbourville, Ky. Covington, Ky. Miami, F la. Frankfort, Ky. Wintersville, Ohio Atlanta, Ga. Valley Station, Ky. Miami , Fla. Springfield, Ohio Whitesburg, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Cincinn ati, Ohio Lebanon , Ky. Brandenburg. Ky . Huntsville, Ala. Louisville , Ky. Portsmouth, Va. Cincinnati, Ohio Helfrey, Ky. L exington , Ky. Berea, Ky. Chamblee, Ga. Cynthiana, Ky. Dayton, Ohio N ewport, Ky. Fairfax, Va. Cin cinnati, Ohio Paris, Ky. Elizabethtown, Ky. Ashland, Ky. Fort Mitchell, Ky. Lawrence burg, Ky. Louis ville, Ky. Springfield, Ohio Glassboro, N. J. Lancaster, Ohio Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Miami , Fla. Huntsville, Ala. �DEPTH CHARTS SE Buehler *Kirksey E Yeldell Nicholson *McClury QT Irwin Lyons Reusch *Randolph *Comer QG Sheridan *Sells C Hampton Kaelin TB Brooks Young Wright FB Evans Finan *Stratton *Bush QB March Fricker Green, G . *Lyon s *Conway EB Siemon Maupin H Green, T . Porter *McCulley T Taylor England Moore Lee LB Gibbs Thomas *Croudep *Turner SG Ankney *Coldiron LB Cook Havekos *Miller *Brown s Armstrong Campassi *McGlaughlin *Denotes incoming Freshmen. 29 T Huffman Gaebler *Bowman *Chambers ST Sandusky *Payne *Peters *Schmidt TE Wilson Meier *Green Flanker Bl Walroth Kelly *Lightfoot KS Moran Gillespie *Salsbury H Webb Shireman Johnston *Mays H Joyce O 'Neal *Estridge E Reid *King *Williams �The Colonel Howdy. Allow me to introduce myself. I, suh, am the Eastern K entucky University Colonel. I hail from a state bordering the Mason-Dixon line. Surrounding this vast institution which I represent, you'll find (in my opinion) the most beautiful country in the world ... Rich in tradition and steeped in the history that founded this great land. I've been around for quite some time. You know, the Kentucky Colonel ? I haven't b een with Eastern's athletic program too long, but you'll be seeing more and more of me. Actually, our athletic teams are both Colonels and Maroons . It's something new, but new seems to be the theme at Eastern. It's growing and now I'm part of that growth . Well, suh, sorry if I got carried away with that introduction . .. . hope you'll stop by for a visit sometime. OFFICIAL OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE MILEAGE CHART (Mileage between eight member schools) ., .-JC s::: ' VJ :0 C: 'Cc:: &l~ i~ AUSTIN PEAY Clark svi ll e, T e nn. EASTERN 243 Rich m ond, Ky. EAST TENN. John son City, Tenn. ____ 340 MIDDLE TENN. Murfreesboro, Tenn. ____ 78 MOREHEAD More head, Ky . _ 315 MURRAY Murray, K y . _________ ___ 68 T ENN_ TECH Cookeville, T e nn_ ______ __ 128 WESTERN Bow li ng Green, Ky. _____ _ 63 T OTALS 243 ., co .,"' 0 ~ 78 315 228 257 72 271 Or Other Free Taped Interviews With .c: C. 340 228 For The Weekly "Coa,ch Roy Kidd Show," 'O .c:., The Colonel Coaching Staff E-< 68 128 63 300 170 180 300 408 212 331 329 152 87 94 379 242 259 200 120 257 271 72 300 329 300 408 152 379 170 212 87 242 200 180 331 94 259 120 Write: Office of Public Affairs Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky Or Call: 622-2301 119 119 ___ ____ ____ _____ l ,235 1,450 2,090 1,268 1,896 1,627 1,158 1,166 30 40475 ��Second Game First Game BALL STATE UNIVERSITY 1 Sept. 20 - Wave Myers at Richmond - Location- Muncie, Indiana Founded- 1918 Enrollment- 15,007 President- Dr. John J. Pruis Athletic Director- Robert Primmer Head Coach- Wave Myers Assistant Coaches- Fred Kehoe, Al Faunce, Dick Nyers, Jim Morel, Dale S crivnor, Pete Samuels Nickname-Cardinals Colors- Cardinal & White Conference-Independent Stadium- Ball State Stadium 16,002 capacity Sports Information Director- Earl Yestingsmeier: office AC 317, 285-4925 ; home AC 317, 282-4678 Lettermen- Lost 13, Returning 28 1969 Schedule Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 BUFFALO At Eastern Kentucky BUTLER At Akron INDIANA STATE At Evansville At Northern Illinois MIDDLE TENNESSEE At Southern Illinois EASTERN MICHIGAN Sept. 27 - 2 p.m. at Johnson City- 8 p.m. Location- Johnson City, Tennessee Enrollmen t- 9,000 Nickname-Buccaneers, Bucs Colors- Blue and Gold Conference-Ohio Valley Athletic Director- John Robert Bell (Georgia Tech '48) Head Coach- John Robert Bell Assistant Coaches- Buddy Bennett (South Carolina '59), Calvin Frey (Alabama '33), L. T. Helton (Tenn essee '58) Trainer- J erry Robertson (ETSU ' 64) Lettermen- Lost 4, returning 38 ... ',~ • '-""C 1968 Results 1969 Schedule Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Northern Illinois ........ . . . 40 Bowling Green (Ohio) . . ... . 62 Valparaiso ....... ·· ···· ····11 Evansvi11e ..... ...... . . . ... 3 Eastern Michigan ... . ...... 43 ..... . ..... 12 DePauw Butler ... . ..... 21 Indiana State .. . . .... 20 St. Joseph's ········· · · ····· 6 Won 5, Lost 4 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 8 15 22 ___.... Larry Graham QB John Robert Bell Dwight Hodgin C 1968 Results 20 8 26 26 7 17 24 14 47 EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY 2 APPALACHIAN STATE EAST CAROLINA EASTERN KENTUCKY Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Univ. of Chattanooga MURRAY STATE (HC) Morehead State MIDDLE TENNESSEE Austin Peay 20 0 14 6 17 20 24 17 17 Eastern Kentuck y .. . ...... 23 Western Kentucky ......... 23 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chattanooga . .............. 16 Murray ····· ·· ··· · . ........ 30 Quantico Marines .. . , ... .. . 23 Middle Tennessee . .......... 21 Austin Peay ... ......... .. . 8 East Carolina ........... 7 Won 4, Lost 5 With 38 of 42 lettermen returning, Coach John Robert Bell has the nucleus with which to build a contending team in the tough OVC. The Bucs lost only four men from last years squad that finished the season with four victories to even their season record at 5-5. The Bucs defense, better known as the "Hardrocks", suffered the biggest loss in OVC Defensive Player of the Year Ron Overbay and standout tackle Larry Wallace. All-OVC linebacker Doug Linebarger will return as the leader and signal caller of the Hardrocks. He will be a senior and should be a r eal standout for the Bucs. Teaming with Linebarger to give the Bucs a good pair of linebackers will be Bubba Timms. Timms had a real good year in his sophomore season last year. Ball State looks for a solid football team in 1969. Although primarily an underclassman team, the squad does include 28 returning letter men from last year's team which won five while losing four . Coach Wave Myers expects a more balanced offense and a much improved defense. Willard Rice, last year's sophomore quarterback who rewrote the Cardinals ' passing record book, will lead the offense. He is expected to receive excellent support from fullbacks Don Burchfield and Jim Crable and tailbacks Charles VanPelt and Dave Means. VanPelt is a younger brother of Amos VanPelt, a college division AllAmerican last year who holds practically all Ball State rushing marks. 32 �Fourth Game Third Game AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY 3 Oct. 4 - Bill Dupes at Richmond (Band Day) Location- Clarksville, Tennessee F ounded-1927 Enrol lment- 3,500 President- Dr. Joe Morgan Athletic Director- Dave Aaron Heach Coach- Bill Dupes A s sistant Coaches- Tommy Dillard (Defensive line), Jerry Flatt (Offensive coach ), Jim Lane (Defensive coach), Ray Thomas (Offensive line) Nickname----Governors Colors- Scarlet and White Conference--Ohio Valley Stadium- Clarksv ille Municipal Stadium, 7,500 capacity ( Sports Information Director- John R. Mal"tin Jr. (615- 647-3122) L ettermen- Lost 10, Returni n g 22 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY 4 Oct. 11-at Murfreesboro-7:30 pm 2 p.m. Location- Murfreesboro, Tennessee Founded- 1911 Enrollment-7,320 President- Dr. M. G. Scarlett Athletic Director- Chas. M . Murphy Head Coach- Donald E. Fuoss Assistant Coaches- Ch arles Butler, Jim Finley, George Catavolos, Bill Peck, Gary Whaley Nickname-Blue Raiders Colors- Blue and White Conference- Ohio Valley Stadium- Horace Jones Field, 16,200 capacity Sports Information D i1·ector- Jif Freeman (896-0680, ex . 372 or 373) Letter m en- Lost 11, return ing 26 John Beene C Don Fuoss Red Roberts SE 1968 Results 1969 Schedule 1969 Schedule Sept. 13 UT MARTIN Sept. 20 TROY STATE Sept. 27 *WESTERN KY. Oct. 4 •Eastern Ky. Oct. 11 *Morehead State Oct. 25 *MIDDLE TENN. Nov. 1 Arkan sas A&M Nov. 8 *Murray State Nov. 15 *Tenn essee Tech Nov. 22 §*EAST TENN. *Ohio Valley Conferen ce contests §Homecoming Sept. 20 Pensacola Navy Sept. 27 *Moreh ead State Oct. 4 UNIV. TENNESSEE Oct. 11 *EASTERN K Y . Oct. 18 §*MURRAY STATE Oct. 25 • Austin Peay State Nov. 1 Ball State Nov. 8 *WESTERN KY. Nov. 15 *East T enn essee State Nov. 27 *TENNESSEE T ECH *Ohi o Va lJ ey Con fere n ce Game §H omecomin g 1968 Results 13 0 20 17 46 47 56 0 8 9 Ch attanooga . . . 41 Westel"n Kentucky .... 42 Eastern Kentucky .......... 21 Moreh ead State . . . . . . . 16 Middle Tennessee ......... .. 13 F indl ay (O hi o) . 20 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . .. 35 Tennessee T ech . . . . . . . . . .10 East T en n essee .. .. 17 UT Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Won 5, Lost 5 7 27 15 21 13 13 24 2 21 3 Pensacola Navy ... ... . . ... . 12 Morehead State .... . . . . ... . 18 Ch attanooga ........ .. ..... 28 Eastern Kentu cky .. . . . .. . .. 49 Munay State ............. . 35 Austin Peay State .. 46 Un iv. Tennessee .17 W estern Kentucky . 43 East Tennessee . 24 T ennessee Tech ... 7 Won 2, Lost 8 Middle Tennessee State University's Blue Raiders, under new head coach Don Fuoss, face the upcoming campaign with a hopeful outlook . Twenty-six lettermen return from the 1968 team which was forced to play several freshmen, but, as coach puts it, "We are too slow, too small and too few." Still, MTSU hopes to improve on last year's record (2 -8 ) and, if the spring game was any indication, it could be done . While this will be a year of rebuilding and orientation, Fuoss hopes his team can develop into a contender before the season is over. With only 22 lettermen returning for the 1969 football season, the prospects for the Austin Peay State University football team would seem to be on the slim side. Of the 22 returnees, two were named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference first team last year while four others garnered honorable mention honors. Split end Harold (Red ) Roberts and defensive safety Howell Flatt were selected by the league 's coaches as members of the 1968 all-star team. 33 �Fifth Game 5 Sixth Game UNIVERSITY OF AKRON Oct. 18-at Akron-8:15 p.m. Oct. 25- at Richmond-2 p.m. {Homscoming) Location- Akron, Ohio Enrollment- 10,000 President- Dr. Norman P. Auburn Nickname--Zips Colors- Blue and Gold Stadium- Rubber Bowl Offense---Slot I Publicist- Ken MacDonald Office Phone---762-2441, ext. 422 Athletic Director- Ken n eth "Red" Cochr ane Reach Coach- Gordon Lersen Assistant Coaches- Jim Dennison, Tom Reed, John Lahoski, Ray Dorr, Sid Laria Gordon Larsen Dan Ruff SE 1969 Schedule Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. N ov. Nov. No·, . 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 Butler TAMPA Eastern Michigan BALL STATE ILLINOIS STATE EASTERN Dayton Central Michigan YOUNGSTOWN WESTERN KENTUCKY 1968 Results 32 41 9 7 27 31 46 59 14 48 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 6 Jimmy Feix Butler ..... ...... . .. 7 Indiana State . ........... . . 13 Tampa . .. . .......... . ..... 24 Eastern Michigan .... . ..... 16 Bradley ........... . . .. ..... 13 EASTERN .. . ........ . . . . . . 20 Illin ois State . . . . . . . ... 0 Baldwin-Wall ace . . . . .. 19 W es tern Ken t ucky . ... . .... 14 Youngs town State . . . . . . . . .. 13 Won 7, Lost 2, Tied 1 L ocation- Bowlin g Green , K entu ck y F ounded- 1906 Enroll ment- 11,000 (est . ) Pres ident- Dero Downing A t h le t ic Direc t or - T ed H orn back H ead Coach- Jimmy F eix A ssis tant Coaches- Robbi e Franklin , Art Zeleznik , Jackie P ope, Butch Gil bert, Lee Murray Nickname-Hill topper s Co lors- R ed a nd White Confe ren ce-Ohio Val ley Stadiu m- L. T . Smith. 19,250 capacity Sports Information Director- Ed Given (502- 745-4295) L e tte rmen - Los t 11, r eturn ing 33 1968 Results 1969 Schedule Sept. Se pt. Oct. Oct. O ct . Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. *Ohi o The return of 18 of 22 regulars from a team that posted an outstanding 7-2 -1 record the previous year, gives some indication of t he optimism present in the Akron camp for the 1969 season. All of the offensive backfield returns with the exception of All-American quarterback Don Zwisler. Leading the Zips offense will be halfback Jack Beidlman who rushed for over 800 yards during the 1968 season. The defense is expected to be much improved over last season. The return of 9 starters, lead by All-American candidate Tony Palija, should provide Akron with one of the finest defensive teams in its grid history. The big problem facing head coach Gordon Larsen is findin g a replacement for the graduated Zwisler . In the first meeting of the two schools last year, Akron won 31-20. 20 27 4 INDTANA STATE * Aus t in Peay *EAST TENNESSEE North ern Illin ois 11 18 *TENNESSEE TECH *Eas tern Kentucky 25 1 *MOREHEAD 8 *Middle Tennessee 15 Akron 22 *MURRAY Valley Conferen ce Game Lawren ce Brame DE 35 42 !3 66 13 7 24 43 14 14 0 Bu tler · · · ·· · · ····· · · 0 Aus tin Peay 0 E as t T enn essee ...... .. . . . 0 W estern Illinois 0 T ennessee T ech .. 16 Eas te 1·n Kentucky . 21 M orehe a d 2 Middle T enn essee . . .... 14 Akron ·· ·· ·· . . .. 17 Murray W on 7, L os t 2, Tied 1 With record-setting runner Dickie Moore gone from the fullback spot, Coach Jimmy Feix is revising his offensive alignment, switching from an attack that took fullest advantage of Moore's talented slashes to an offense that is geared around the quarterback-tailback positions . Veteran Johnny Vance is back to man the quarterback slot and transfer Nat Nort hington , who shined the Red-White spring game, looms as the top choice at the tailback post. The offensive line was extremely young last season, so most of the linemen on that unit return with at least a year's experience . The defensive line is anchored by veterans Romeo Crennell and Lawrence Brame. 34 �Eigh th Gam e Seventh Gam e MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY 7 Nov. 1 - Matt Haug QB 1969 Scht=tdule Sept. Sept . Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov . Nov. Nov. Nov. 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 EAST ERN MICHIGAN TENNESSEE TECH MOREHEAD SOUTHEAST MISSOURI M iddle T enn essee East Tenn essee EASTERN KENTUCKY AU STIN PEAY E van s v il1 e W es tern Kentucky Nov. 8 - at Richmond-2 p.m. (Cheerleader Day) (Stadium Dedication) at Murray - 2 p.m. Location- Murray, Kentucky Founded- 1922 E nrollmen t- 7,500 Presiden t- Dr. H a rry M. Sparks A t hletic Direc t or- Cal L uth er H ead Coach- Bill Furge r son A ss istan t Coach es-Carl O a k ley , Bil l H olt, Bill H in a , J e r e S tr ip ling N icknam T h oroug h bre ds, R acers Colors -Blue & Gol d Conferen ce-Oh io Valle y Stadium- Carlis le Cutch in, 7, 00 0 capacity Sports Information D irec tor- Joe Tom Erw in (762-4270 ) L et term en - L os t 10, R eturning 24 B ill F urgerson D on Wade 1968 Results 7 19 28 27 35 30 20 35 58 17 TENNESSEE TECH 8 Location- Cookev il le, T en n essee F ounded- 1915 Enroll m en t- 6,000 Pres ident- Dr. E ve re tt D errybe rr y Athleti c Director- H ooper Eblen Head Coach- Don Wade A ssistant Coach es- Ch uck New man , T ony S ton e. Bob Joye , J ack H enderson Nickname--Golden E ag les Color s- P urp le a nd Gold Confe1·ence- Oh io V al] ey Stadium- Over a ll Field, 12,000 capacity Spor ts In form a tion Director- D ou~ Ston e (915- 526-9545) Lettermen - L os t 20, Re tu rn in g 27 L ar r y Schreiber F B u. ..... 7 T. Martin Ten n essee T ech 0 Morehead .. . 21 South eas t Missouri ... 14 Middle T en n essee ... . 13 East T en n essee .......... .. 17 Eas tern Ken tu cky . ... 21 Au s t in Peay .. 56 Evan svil le ...... 22 W estern Kentuck y .. . . . . ... 14 W on 7, Los t 2, Tied l 1968 Results 1969 Schedule Se p t . 20 NORTHWESTERN (LA . ) STAT E COLLEGE Sept. 27 *Mu rray State Oct. 4 A RKANSAS S T ATE *EAST TENNESSEE Oct. 11 • W es te rn Ken tuck y Oct. 18 Oct . 25 *MOREHEAD STATE N ov. 1 Chattanooga U n ivers ity Nov. 8 *Eas tern Ken tucky Nov. 15 §*AUSTIN P EAY *Middle T en n ess ee N ov . 27 *Ohi o Vall e y Con ference Games §H omecomi ng Alt hough Mur ray State University will return 26 lettermen , 14 of whom were starters on last year's t eam which was 7- 2- 1, t h e R a cer coaches still h a ve some importan t holes t hat were left by graduat ion to fill on the squad. The biggest, of course, is tha t left by quarterback Larr y Tillman , who passed for more t h a n 2,000 yards each of the last t wo seasons. Coach Bill Furgerson says that he expects the Racer defense to be improved over last year and if a few young players come through on offense, especially qua r terback Ma tt Haug, t he offense should be adequate a t t he beginning of the season and get better as the season progresses. Ha ug h as some qua lit ies that Tillman didn't h ave . He's tall, 6-3 , and h e h as a powerful throwing arm. Tillman was most effective on short passes. 15 0 12 6 O 12 6 14 10 7 N or t h wes tern La . . ... . . . . . . 33 Mu r ray S t ate .... 19 A r k a n s a s S tate .. . . 15 Eas t T ennessee ... . ... . ... . 14 W es tern K entu cky . . 13 Mo reh ead State .. . 24 Ch a ttanooga ....... . . . 20 Eastern Ken tu cky . . .. . .. . 38 Aus ti n Peay 0 M idd le Ten n essee . . . . . . . . . . 3 W on 2, Los t 8 Optimism keynotes the 1969 T ennessee Tech foo t ba ll team. Only four lettermen were lost through graduation, and 27 ret urn, including the entire offensive ba ckfiel d . In a ddition, at least a dozen junior college transfers promise to provide competition for starting jobs. Larr y Schreiber , the league's leading rusher last season wit h 1,251 yards, offers running punch, and Russ Qua y, a transfer, had an impressive spring at qua r terback. Quay could h old the key, since Tech's greatest n eed h as been a passing attack which could complement an impressive ground game. 35 �Tenth Game Ninth Game INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 9 Nov. 15 -at Richmond (Military Day) Hunts man Location- Te1Te H aute, Indian a Founded- 1870 Enroll men t -13,800 (est. ) P r esiden t -D r. Ala n C. R a nki n Athletic Director -Gordon H . Cha lmers H ead Coach- J err y H untsm a n A ssis t a n t Coach es- D oug K a y (Defen se), B ucky Haag (Def ensi ve secondary), Larry V anDerH ayden (Offens ive line), Carol Pu richia (Offen sive back s), Mi ke Flaherty (Freshma n Coach ) Nickname-Sycamores Color s- Blu e and White Conf erence-Independent Stadium- Mem oria l Stadium , 13,500 capacity Sports Information Director-Bill Linson (232-63 11, ext. 2587) Lettermen- L ost 15, returning 23 1969 Schedule Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. N ov . Nov. N ov. 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 EASTERN ILLINOIS W estern Kentucky Evan sville EASTERN MICHIGAN Ball State Southern Illinois Butler ILLINOIS STATE CENTRAL MICHIGAN E as tern Kentucky Nov. 22 - 2 p.m. Hallum Walder QB at Morehead - Location- Morehead, Kentucky E n roll men t- 6,500 Conference-Oh io Valley A t hletic Director- Robert Laughlin Presiden t- D r. Adron Doran Head Coach- John J. "J ake" Hall u m Ass istan t Coach es -Joh n Behling, offens ive lin e; Wayn e Chapman, defens ive line ; Larry Marmie , defen s ive backfield ; D a n W a lker, offen sive backfield; R ay Cobb, freshman ; Marvin H icks, graduate ass is tan t Tra iner- R oger H ayes Sports Information Direc tor- Keith R. K a ppes (acting) H ea d Ma n ager - Bill R ogers Lettermen- L ost 8, retu rning 28 Stadium- B r eathi tt Spor ts Center , 10,000 ca p a city Sept. 20 MARSHALL Sept. 27 *MIDDLE T E NN E SSEE O ct . 4 *Murray O ct . 11 §* A U STIN PEAY Oct. 18 Youngstown Oct. 25 *Tenn essee Tech Nov . 1 *W es tern Ken tucky N ov. 8 *EAST T E NNESSEE N ov . 15 Ken t uck y Sta te N ov. 22 *EASTERN K ENTUCKY *Ohio V a lle y Conferen ce Games §H om ecoming E astern Illinois 0 Akron ·········• .... 41 Bu tler . . . . . . . .. . ... .... .. 12 N orth ern Illinois . . .. .... 7 S t. J oseph 's .. · ··· ·· ·· · ····· 6 V a lp a raiso ·· · ·· · ·•·· 0 Evan sville .. . ... .. .... .. . . 14 Ball State .. .. 14 De Pauw . . 17 Western Illinois .. .. 10 W on 9, L ost 1 . 2 p.m . Haverdick 1968 Results 1969 Schedule 1968 Results 23 13 28 19 48 28 40 20 41 14 MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY 10 7 18 21 16 35 24 21 13 46 7 Mars h a ll Middle Tennessee M urray Austin Peay Youngstown Tenn essee Tech W estern Kentucky E as t Tennessee Ken tucky State Eastern Ken tucky W on 3, L ost 6, T ied 1 7 ... . . 27 .28 .. . . 17 . . . . 26 .12 . . 24 ... 16 0 . . . . . 35 Second-year Coach Jake Hallum has more to look forwarl to this season than he did in the 1968 Campaign since 28 lettermen are returning from last year's hard luck team which posted a 3-6-1 record, including five losses by a total of 23 points. The freshman-dominat ed squa d of last season is one year older and only eight men were lost through graduation. Coach Hallum expects his defensive line to be solid. It is anchored by two-time All-OVC tackle Dave Haverdick, a 6-4 , 240pound bruiser wh o is bidding for AllAmerica honors. Moving into Fisher's vacated spot will be 250-pound John Slaughter. Indiana State welcomes back 23 lettermen, including 15 regulars and the Sycamores will be trying to extend an eightgame winning streak started last fall. Jim Brumfield, who holds every single game, single season and career scoring and rushing record at ISU, is back, as is quarterback Verbie Walder, a diminutive scrambler who adds another dimension to the Sycamore offense with his spring-out option. Coach Jerry Huntsman says, "This is the toughest schedule ever faced by an Indiana State team, so while we have what we feel is the best team ever here, the final record may not be as good as some in the past." 36 ��1968 Final Eastern Football Statistics INDIVIDUAL RUSHING TEAM ST A TISTICS EKU FIRST DOWNS ............................................ By Rushing ...................... .......................... 189 93 128 58 By Passing ........................................ ........ B y Penalty ........... .......................... ........... 73 23 63 7 RUSHING-TIMES CARRIED ................ 478 Yards Gained ........................................... . 2,055 Yards Lost ............................................ ...... 236 Net Yards Gained .................................... 1,819 Average Per Carry .................................... 3.8 401 2,806 270 989 2.4 Average Per Game .............................. .... 181.9 98.9 PASSES-ATTEMPTED ............................ Completed .................... ............. ..... ............ Had Intercepted ...... ....... ........ ................. 252 135 12 263 116 17 Completion Percentage .. ....... ................. .540 Net Yards ................................................. . 1,923 Average Per Game ...... ............................ 192.3 Scoring Passes ...................... .................... 16 .443 1,626 162 .6 10 TOTAL OFFENSE-TOTAL PLAYS ...... 750 Net Yards ....... ............. ... ....................... .... 3,742 664 2,615 Average Per Game ............ ...................... 374.2 261.5 PUNTS-NUMBER ..... .......... ..................... 48 Yards Punted ............ ................................ 1,692 Times Gain Jim Brooks, TB .. ................ 217 1069 Donnie Young, TB ········---- 39 217 163 Butch Evans , FB ·----- ···· · ··· 37 164 William Wright, TB ·------- 46 151 Bob Beck, FB ·---- ···· ··········· 54 142 Jim Guice, QB ·-----············ 38 Bill March, QB ---------------- ·· 37 90 Chuck Walrath, WB -------- 2 7 Tim Speaks, QB ················ 6 43 2 Allen Baker. GB ···--· ·· ··· ··· ·- 1 Bob Plotts, K ...................... 1 0 Fred Troike, OG .. ......... ..... 1 5 OPP. TOTALS ........... ... ........ 478 35.2 37.4 FUMBLES-LOST ......... ................ ... .......... 10 16 PENALTIES-YARDS LOST .................... 442 690 Net 56 6 3 21 0 80 51 0 10 0 9 0 1013 211 162 143 151 62 39 7 33 2 -9 5 4.7 5.4 4.3 3.1 2.8 1.7 1.1 3.5 5.5 2.0 -9 .0 5.0 236 1819 3.8 Yds. 1,423 464 36 Tds. .540 .520 .333 .533 1,923 16 Yds. Avg. Tds. 686 509 408 182 88 11 19 20 2 6 5 3 7 0 17.6 14.5 13.6 15.1 14.6 2.1 6.1 20.0 7.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1,923 14.2 16 Avg. FORWARD PASSING No. Att. Comp. 108 26 1 Jim Guice ··················201 Bill March .. ......... ....... 49 Tim Speaks ................ 3 TOTALS ............ 253 135 Pct. 13 3 0 PASS RECEIVING John Tazel, SE .. ........................ Don Buehler, TE ...................... Chuck Walrath, WB ............ .... James Wilson, TE .................... Bob Luman, WB ...................... Jim Brooks, TB .. .......... ... . Jon Ankney, TE ....... ................. Donnie Young, TB ................ .... Mark Shireman, TE ................ Butch Evans, FB ...................... 75 2,806 Average Per Punt ........ ............................ 2055 Loss No. 41 35 30 12 6 5 3 1 1 1 TOTALS ... ......................... 135 38 0 �·DEFENSE PASS INTERCEPTIONS Mike Arm stron g ........... .......... ... ..... T ed G r een ..... .... ............................... P et e Compassi ......................... ......... Don Moor e ... .......... ... ........ ...... ...... .... Bob W ebb .......... .................. .............. Tom Shetler ..... ...... ................. ..... ... .. Rick Dryden ........................ ....... ..... Harold Joyce ........ ........ ....... .... ... ...... No. 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 T OT ALS .. .... ... ... ................ ........ 17 Yds . Avg. T ds. 58 60 0 16 0 0 11 0 11.6 12.0 0.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 8.5 0 Tkle. PUNT RETURNS No. Compassi ... .... ............... ....... .............. ....31 Kelly .. ......... ..... .... ... ... ............ .................. ...... 1 Walrath ......... .... .. ... ... .......... ........ .. ... ............ 1 G r een .. .... ........... ........................... .. ... ....... .. .... 1 Armstrong .. .. ..... ..... ............ ..... ...... .............. 1 TOTALS ............ ............ .............. ... ... ....35 TOTALS Asts. Taylor -------- -- ... ..62 66 Kna uer 7 18 Moberly ... ......... 49 75 Siemon 6 14 Shetler ····· ·· ·······50 62 Irwin 5 8 Arritt ···· ··· ·········33 73 Dunkle 4 6 Dryden ·············.45 48 Huffman ....... ..... 1 8 Green ... ... ... ..... ..46 42 Baker 2 1 Demler .. ............ 22 63 Cooke ........ ........ 1 3 Moore .......... ......42 41 G ib bs .. 1 3 ------- --- -- -- ---- ----- -- ····-··· · ---··· ·· ·· ··· -- Avg. Yeldell ..... ......... 17 54 Walton 2 0 334 9 0 1 0 10.7 9.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Compassi .. ........27 37 Shireman ....... ... 2 0 H ampton ··· ······· 28 35 O'Neal 1 0 Armstron g ........ 24 23 P u llins 0 1 W ebb ... .. .... .. ...... .21 23 Brewer 0 1 344 9.8 R eed ········ ···· ·· ····18 22 H en sley ........ ..... 0 1 J oyce ·· ······ ········ ··21 8 B rower 1 K 37- 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 p FG TP 0 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5- 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 12 12 6 6 ·········.41 0 37- 40 0 5-10 298 P u llins ·· --- ---- --- -- -------B rooks · ··· ·· ·· ···· -------- -G u ice · ·- -- ------- -- -- ------ -Buehler · ·- -------- --- -- ---Walrath ···· · ···--·--------Evans ··- ------ -- --- --------- Wilson ···· · ··· --· · -- ----- --You ng ·· ------ ------ -· · ··· · --T azel ·····-· ··· ·· ·· ----·--··· -Beck ---- -- --- --- ------- ··· · -- March ------ --------------- -- Speaks · --- --- ----··· ·· ··· · -- Tkle. Yds. SCORING Tds. Asts. Nicholson -- -------- 9 ······ ·· ----- - 0 17 FUMBLE RECOVERIES Jimmy Moberly .......... ... .. ... 3 Pete Compassi . .... ... .. ..... ..... 1 Rick Dryden .. ... .. .... ... .. ........ 2 Bob W ebb .. .... ........ .............. 1 Tom Shetler ....... .... ............ . 2 B ob Beck ......... ... ...... ...... ..... . 1 Teddy Taylor ..... .... ............. 2 Don Moore .. ..... .. ....... 1 Br ian Siem on . ..... ... ....... .... .. 1 Jim D emler .. ............ ............ 1 39 TOTAL ... ... ........ ............ 15 �1968 OVC Team Statistics ovc ALL-TIME STANDINGS PASS RECEIVING w L T Pct. Middle T ennessee ···· ·············· 73 Eastern Kentucky ············· ·· ···68 Tennessee Tech ...................... 64 Western Kentucky ··· ·············59 Austin Peay ........... ................. 20 East Tennessee ........... ........... 28 Murray State ·· ················ ········51 Morehead ································31 26 51 51 58 21 35 69 92 2 7 3 7 1 2 5 2 .737 .571 .557 .504 .488 .444 .425 .252 Years 1952-68 1948-68 1949-68 1948-68 1963-68 1958-68 1948-68 1948-68 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 . 12. No. Harold Roberts, AP ··························63 Gerald Yound, MU ...... ...................... 54 John Tazel, EK ..... ........... .. ........ ........ 41 Billy Hess , MU ····· ···················· ·········40 Don Buehler, EK ..... ......................... 35 Jay Davis, WK ······ ·············· ·········· ····33 Chuck Walroth, EK ··························30 Jack Wolf, MU .... .. ...... ............... ....... 28 Ron Causey, ET ········· ········ ········ ·······2 7 Tim Kalthoff , MT .......... .......... .... .... 27 Jim Vorhees, WK ······························27 Marvin Hicks, MO ........ ....... ............ .27 Yds. 990 583 686 726 509 612 408 348 408 343 300 290 Tds. EP 8 2 1 6 2 0 13 * 0 6 0 6 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 TEAM OFFENSE Rushing Yds. Avg. Murray State .............. 1515 Eastern Kentucky .... 1819 Western Kentucky .... 1998 Austin Peay ............ .... 1257 Middle Tennessee .. .... 1138 Morehead .............. ...... 1777 East Tennessee ....... ... 1224 Tennessee Tech .......... 1587 151.5 181.9 199.8 125.7 113.8 177.7 122.4 158.7 Total Offense Passing Yds. Avg. Yds. Avg. 2433 1923 1578 1785 1776 976 1479 639 243 .3 192.3 157.8 178.5 176.6 97 .6 147.9 63.9 3948 3742 3576 3042 2914 2753 2703 2226 SCORING 394.8 374.2 357.6 304.2 291.4 275 .3 270.3 222.6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. TD Billy Hess, MU .................................. .. 13 Louis Rogan, MO .. ............................. . 10 Jerry Pullins, EK ..... ...................... ..... 0 Harold Roberts, AP ............................ 8 Taylor Edwards, MT ...... ...... ............. . 8 Jim Brooks, EK .. ................. .......... ....... 8 Russ Hake, MU .................................... 7 Jim Vorhees, WK ..... ..... ... ....... .. .......... 7 Jim Guice, EK ....... ....................... ... ..... 7 Ike Brown, WK ....................... ............. 6 EP 0 0 37 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 FG 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TP 78 60 52 52 48 48 44 42 42 40 Tds. 25 * 7 13 9 13 5 10 6 3 2 Pct. .527 .482 .532 .469 .490 .452 .437 .516 .531 .333 RUSHING R 1. Larry Schreiber, TT .. ...... ............ .. ........ 286 * 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Louis Rogan , MO .. .. ...................... ........ 278 Jimmy Brooks, EK ....... .................... .....217 Russ Hake, MU ........... .. .. .. .. .......... ......... 204 Ronnie Simpson, AP .................... .......... 131 Ike Brown, WK ...... ................... ..... ........ 82 Joe Meade, MU ........ ........ ................. ..... 102 Taylor Edwards, MT ......... .......... ......... 110 Ron Hackney, AP ............................. ..... 102 Johnny Vance, WK .............................. :. 69 Yds. 1251 1125 1013 912 655 561 429 377 364 351 Avg. PASSING 4.4 4.0 4.7 4.5 5.0 6.8 4.2 3.4 2.6 5.1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 40 Att. Comp. Int. Larry Tillman, MU .. .. 307 162 17 Dickie Thomas, MT .... 255 123 20 Jim Guice, EK ..... .......201 108 9 Larry Graham, ET .... 312 100 16 Dennis D yer, AP .. ... ... 204 99 14 Bill Marston, MO ... ... 179 81 16 Johnny Vance, WK .... 153 15 67 Mike Egan, WK .......... 91 47 6 Bill March, EK .......... 49 26 3 Jim Waddel, TT .. .... .. 75 25 5 Yds. 2206 1619 1423 1395 1354 889 1147 431 464 290 �1968 OVC Tea.m Statistics FINAL STANDINGS TOTAL OFFENSE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Plays Larry Tillman , MU ............ 373 Dickie Thomas, MT ......... ... 365 J ohn y Vance, WK .............. 222 Jim Guice, EK ...... ............. .239 Larry G raham, E T ....... ....... 285 D ennis D yer , AP ......... ..... .... 303 La rry S chreiber, TT ... ....... 287 Louis Rogan , MO ................ 278 Bill Marston , MO ..... .......... . 283 Jimmy Brooks, EK .. ....... .....217 Rush 7 162 351 62 - 29 7 1251 11 25 143 1013 Pass 2206 1619 1147 1423 1395 1354 0 0 889 0 CONF. W-L Eastern ... .... ........... .............. ... .... ..... .... .. ...... .. ... 7 - 0 Murray ......... .. ....... .... ..... .... ................ ............... 5 - 2 Western ... ............... .................................. ........ 5 - 2 East T en n. ... ................. ... ....... ................ .... ...... 4 - 3 Austin Pea y ..... ..... .............................. .............. 3 - 4 Tenn. T ech ......... ............ .... ..... ....... ... ..... ......... 2 - 5 M orehead .. .... ... .... .... ... .. ... ... .. .... .. ..... ... .. ... ..... .. .. 1 - 6 Middle Tenn .. ... ..... ..... .................... ................ 1 - 6 Yds. 22 13 1781 1498 1485 1366 1361 1251 11 25 1032 1013 SCORING OFFENSE SCORES BY KICKING Fg. Epm. Att. 1. Jerry Pullins, EK ... .... .......... ...... .. ....... 5 t 37* 40 2. G er a ld Thomas, WK ...... ................ ... .4 25 31 3. Sta n Watts , MU ........ ............... ... ....... .3 19 21 4. Ron Harold, ET .......... ............. ... ........ 5 t 10 12 5. John Clark, MO ....... ................... .... .... 1 21 27 6. Rodney Collins, AP .. ....... ... .... .. ..... ..... 1 18 23 7. Pat Hauser , ET .............. .. ............... ..... 2 4 4 8. K evin Tucker , MT .......... ..... ....... ... ..... 0 9 9 9. Mike Townsend, MT ............ ......... ..... 2 3 5 *New OVC Records t Tied OVC R ecor d 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. TP 52* 37 28 25 24 21 10 9 9 No. Maurice Hollingsworth. MO ..... .............31 P ete Compassi, EK ..... .............. ............... 31 Bill Green , WK ...... ...... ............................ 18 Ron O verbay, ET ... ....... ... .................... ...24 Ronnie Simpson, AP ...... ... ..... ................ 11 Yds. 394 334 238 91 90 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. SCORING DEFENSE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Rushing Yds. Avg. Western Kentucky .... 706 70.6 Eastern Kentucky .... 989 98.9 East T ennessee .......... 1472 147.2 Tennessee Tech ..... ... 1735 173.5 Morehead .............. ..... . 961 96.1 Austin Peay .... ........ .... 1691 169.1 Murray ..... ........... .. .. .... 1779 177 .9 Middle Tennessee ...... 1828 182 .8 Avg. 12 .7 10.7 13.2 3.8 8.1 Pts. WK ................ 70 EK .... ....... ....... 166 ET ..... ............. 170 TT ............... .. . 179 MU ........ ........ 185 MO ............... . 192 AP ..... ............. 222 MT ... ... .... ........ 279 Avg. 7.0 16.6 17.0 17.9 18.5 19.2 22.2 27 .9 Passing Total Defense Yds. Avg. Yds. Avg. 1361 136.1 2067 206.7 1626 162.6 2615 261.5 1153 115.3 2625 262.5 1088 108.8 2823 282 .3 1967 196.7 2928 292 .8 1548 154.8 3239 323 .9 1639 163.9 3418 341.8 1665 166.5 3493 349.3 MISCELLANEOUS INTERCEPTIONS No. Ron Overbay, ET ..... .. .... ... ...... ............ .................. 6 Don B eatch , MU ................ .... ......... ... ......... ....... .... 6 Bill Casey, ET .. ....... .......................... ...... ............... 6 Mike Phelps, WK ........ .... ... .. .. ............. .................. 5 Ted Green, EK ... ..... ...... .......... ............ ... ...... ....... .. 5 Mike Arm strong, EK .. ... .... ... ... ... ... ...... ......... ........ 5 Bill Green , WK ....... ................... ....... ... ... ... ... ......... 5 Leonard Jezik, MU ... ......... ......... .......... .... ............. 5 Avg. 29.8 28.1 27.6 21.6 20.8 15.1 14.6 8.2 2- 8- 0 TEAM DEFENSE PUNT RETURNS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Pts. EK ........ .......... 298 WK ...... ... ....... 281 MU ....... ......... 276 AP .................. 216 MO ............ .... 208 ET .. ............ .... 151 MT .. ...... .. ...... 146 TT ................. . 82 ALL W-L-T 8 -2 -0 7-2- 1 7- 2- 1 5- 5- 0 5- 5- 0 2 -8 - 0 3- 6- 1 First Downs Eastern Ky .. ............. .. 189 128 Austin P eay ............ .... 165 141 East Tenn . .................. 135 139 Middle Tenn . ..... ... ... . 155 178 M or ehead State .. .... .. 130 127 Murray S tat e .......... .. 189 159 T ennessee T ech ........ 115 152 Western Ky ........ ....... 166 132 Yds. 126 69 63 64 60 58 35 31 41 Passes Int. By 17 12 13 20 26 * 19 16 24 14 18 21 21 13 9 23 23 Fumbles Lost 10 16 15 16 21 15 15 11 13 13 12 22 16 12 16 17 Yards Penalized 442 690 480 777 546 555 719 704 728 379 754 493 312 * 512 919 * 619 �Modern Eastern Football Records Most defeats-8 in 1929 (1-8-0) Most ties-3 in 1933 (1-2-3) Most points scored-298 0968) Most points by opposition-264 (1930) Least points scored-15 (1930) Most consecutive games without a loss-15 (1953-54-55), 2 ties Most consecutive games won-13 (1939-40-41) Most touchdowns scored-41 (1940; 1968) Most extra points made-37 0968) *Tangerine Bowl Game not included (Remainder includes 1952 through 1967, inclusive) Most passes completed-170 (1967) Most passes attempted-300 (1967) Best passing percentage-58.2 (1965) Least yards rushing by opponents-951 (1953) Least yards passing by opponents-487 (1957) Best punting average- 42 .2 ( 1965) Most yards penalized-580 (1954) Most yards rushing-2,224 (1954) Most yards passing-2,133 (1967) Best total offense-3,742 0968) Most passes intercepted by-20 ( 1966) Most points scored-67 vs. Morehead in 1925 Most points scored by opponent-99 vs. Wittenberg in 1931 Largest victory margin-67-0 vs. Morehead in 1925 Largest defeat margin-99-0 vs. Wittenberg in 1931 Most net yards rushing-479 vs. Evansville in 1953 Most pass attempts-50 vs . Akron in 1968 Most i:iass com~letions-29 vs. Akron in 1968 Most passing yardage-425 vs. Northwood in 1967 Most total offense-629 vs. Northwood in 1967 Most first downs-32 vs. Northwood in 1967 SEASON INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Most points scored-72 (Aaron Marsh, 1967) Most touchdowns scored-12 (Aaron Marsh, 1967) Most extra points (kick)-37 (Jerry Pullins, 1968) Most points scored by kick-52 (Jerry Pullins, 1968 ) Most runs from scrimmage-217 (Jimmy Brooks, 1968 ) Most yards rushing-1,013 (Jimmy Brooks, 1968) Most passes attempted-226 (Jim Guice, 1966) Most passes completed-127 (Jim Guice, 1967) Best passing per centage-62.1 (Larry Marmie, 1965) Most yards passing-1 ,516 (Jim Guice, 1967) Most yards total offense-1,513 (Jim Guice, 1967) Most touchdown passes thrown-14 (Jim Guice, 1966) Most touchdown passes received-11 (Aaron Marsh, 1966) Best rushing average (min. 50 times)-6.7 yards (Chuck Bell, 1953) Most yardage on pass receiving-1 ,095 (Aaron Marsh , 1967) Most passes received-73 (Aaron Marsh, 1967) Best punting average-42.2 (Fred Malins, 1965) Most passes intercepted-9 (Buddy Pfaadt, 1966) SEASON TEAM RECORDS Undefeated seasons- 1940 (8-0-0); 1954 ( 8-0-1) * Most wins-8 in six different seasons, 1940 (8 - 0-0); 1948 (8 -3-0 ); 1953 (8 - 2-0 ); 1954 (8-0-1); 1967 (8-1-2 ); 1968 (8-2-0 ) 42 �Modern Eastern Football Records ovc Eastern Most touchdowns scored-9 vs. E v ansville in 1953 Most extra I_>oints-8 vs. Erskine in 1951; vs. Hillsdale, 1968 Most yards penalized-121 vs. John Carroll in 1954 Least net yards rushing by opponent-21 vs. Louisville in 1954 M ost touchdown passes-6 vs. Northwood in 1967 Fewest first downs given up-3 vs. Hillsdale, 1968 Football Records ( 1948-1968, Inclusive) ovc Games Years 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 '''1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 *''' 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 "'1967 SINGLE GAME INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Most extra points-8 ("Moon " Mullins, 1951 ; Jerry Pullins vs. Hillsdale, 1968 ) Longest run from scrimmage-97 y ards (Don Daly vs. Morehead, 1951 )Most runs from scrimmage-37 (Jimmy Brooks vs. Tenn. Tech, 1968) Most yards rushing-187 (Jimmy Brooks vs. Tenn. Tech, 1968 ) Most passes attempted-45 (Jim Guice vs. Middle T ennessee, 1966) Most passes completed-25 (Jim Guice vs. Akron, 1968) Most yards passing-315 (Jim Guice vs. Akron, 1968 ) Most touchdown passes thrown-4 (Jim Gmce vs. Northwood, 1967) Most passes received-19 (Aaron Marsh vs. Northwood, 1967) Most receiving yardage-316 (Aaron Marsh vs. Northwood, 1967) Most passes intercepted-4 (Buddy Pfaadt vs. Austin P eay, 1966) Most times punte d-10 (Bob Plotts vs . Dayton, 1967) Most yards punted-422 (Bob Plotts vs. Day ton, 1967) Longest field goal-43 yard s (Joe Gray beal vs. Tennessee T ech, 1959) Longest punt return-86 yards (Jimmy Chittum vs. Murray, 1961) w 3 2 4 4 2 4 5 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 4 1 2 4 4 5 L 2 2 2 2 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 6 4 2 3 0 0 T 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Pts. Opp. 46 21 80 85 134 67 71 43 101 125 72 41 98 21 84 53 76 67 122 91 84 73 49 62 57 83 87 78 99 64 79 144 71 123 179 105 147 90 159 47 w 8 4 6 7 3 8 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 6 2 3 4 7 8 *1968 7 0 203 109 8 *OVC Champions ** OVC Co-Champions OVC TOTALS-Won 61, Lost 51, Tied 7 Overall-Won 108, Lost 84, Tied 9 43 All Games Pts. Opp. T 184 99 0 130 1 148 243 103 0 201 94 0 128 165 1 221 128 0 54 181 1 1 130 4 1 139 107 119 5 0 165 162 5 0 126 102 6 0 103 79 6 0 143 98 1 6 114 138 5 0 106 149 3 0 193 123 8 0 158 94 5 1 167 194 4 1 222 108 3 0 278 83 1 2 L 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 0 298 166 �Ohio Valley Conference Team Football Records Mos t field goals- 3--East T en n. vs. More h ead SEASON Most Most Most Most Most Most 2 pt. conversions-3--M iddle T enn. vs. UT Martin ................ 1967 Most pts . by pas s ing- 36- Mid dl e T e nn. vs. UT Martin .................... 1967 'l'OTAL OFFENSE Mot total yds. gained- 639- Murray vs. Iowa W es leyan ... .............. 1967 yds. gained- 2,291- Murray State ........... ...... . ........................... 1967 passes a tt.- 380- Murray State ...................................................... 1967 p asses comp.- 190---Murray State .................................................. 1967 p asses h a d interc.- 25-Western Kentucky ................................1964 opp. passes interc.- 22- East T enn essee .................................... 1967 PASSING Most yds. passing-451-Eastern Ky, vs. Northwood ........................ 19(i7 Most passes att.- 51- Murray vs. Middle Tenn ................................... 1967 Most passes comp.- 29- Middle T e nn . vs. UT Martin ................. ....... 1967 -Eastern J,C.entucky -vs. Akron ... ...... . OTHERS . ....... 1068 Most 2 pt. co nv. passing- 3- Midd le T e nn. vs. UT Martin ................ 1967 Most punts- 79- East Tennessee ............................................... ..... 1967 Most first do w ns- 198-Murray State ........................................ ..1967 Most fumbl es rec.-24-Western Kentucky .................... ..................... 1967 OTHERS Most punts- 12- E as t Tenn. vs. Parsons .............................................1967 Most yds. punt r e tums-633-Easte rn K e ntucky ................ ......... .. ..... 1967 Most yards-42 2-Easte rn Ky. vs. Dayton ....... ..................................... 1967 Most yds. kick-off returns-801- Austin Peay ....................................1967 Most fi rst do wns- 32- Murray vs. Iowa Wesleyan ............................ 1967 - Murray vs. Middle Tenn . .............................................................. .. 1967 SINGLE GAME SCORING ..... 1967 -Eastern Kentucky , ·s. East rrennessee ---------·········· ... 1968 Most TDs scored passing-6-Eastern vs. Northwood .................... .. 1967 SCORING Most PA'I' kickc,1-37 Eastern Kentucky .............................. ........... 1968 Most J>ts. scored kickini:;-52 (i'i FGs, 37 PATs) Eastern J{.entucky __ _ ------·--····· ·· ····· ······ ····---··· ... ... .... .. ....... ......... 1968 PASSING -Eastern Ky. vs. Northwood ............. ............................ ... ................ 19(; 7 Highest score- 71- Murray vs. Iowa Wes leya n (12) Most TDs scored-10---Murray vs. I owa Wesleyan Most first do w n s ru s hin g- 22- W es t e rn vs. M ur ray .......................... 1967 Most first downs passing- 19- Murra y vs. Iowa W es leya n , .................... 1967 .................. 1967 Eastern vs. Northwoo,1 ................. ............... .............. .... ...................... 1967 Most fumble s lost- 8- T enn. Tec h. vs. Western .................................. 1967 Most opp. fumbles rec.- 8 -Weste rn vs. T en n. Tech ........................ .1967 Most ki ckoffs- 11- Murray vs. Iowa Wesleyan ............... ..... 1967 Mos•t PAT kicked-8-Eastern vs. Erskine ................................. ......... .. 1951 - Murray v s. Iowa Wesle yan ............................................................ 1967 -Eastern Kentucky vs. Hillsdal e ......... ..... .. .... . . .......... ... ...... ... 1968 1968 AII-OVC Team OFFENSE Pos. Player DEFENSE Collei:;c L a ·wrence Brame ..... ......... . B ill Mc Ph ear so n ................. . Walt e r H eat h Dav e H ave rdi c k . .E:1stern Ky. JUG '"reel 'raylor .............. ................... ..... .... .. ... .. ................. Eastern LB LB B B B B K H a r o ld Roberts M a r v in Hicks T T G G C Freel Troike . ...... ............................. Uill Ilren•er ................................... ... Aust in Peay ..................................... Mor e h ead .. .... ............. -------·····•······ .. Eastern J{.y. ............................. ............... Murray QB T o n y Sims ............ . ............................................ Murray John , Valton ........... ............ East T e nn essee Larr y Tillm a n . ..................... .............. Murray Larr y Sc hreib e r .. T e nn essee T ech B ill y H ess ..... ................ ................ . ............ Murr ay Lo ui s Ro ga n . ............................ . ... Mo r e h ead PR .Jerry Pullins S1,.E T]J: .Jolin 'rnzel TB WB FB .......... W es t e rn K y . B ill Rose ......... . ..... Middl e T e nn. R a l ph Ove rton ....... . . ...... Mor e h ead Ed Mignery .................... ................. ........... ,V es t e rn K y . Ed King ...... ...................... .. ..........More h ead D a vid Mo o r e .................... . .......... Mur r ay Rog e r vVh i t e ...................... . Q,B .lirn Gu ice ... .Jin1 Brooks . ................................ . ..... ........................ . Mik e Young ................................ . Jim Vorh ees ..................................... . . ........ Eastern li:y. ............ ll:ast T e nn. ........................ .............. E:1ster11 J{.y . Ron Ove rb ay ......... E ast T e nn. How e ll F latt ......... .... Aust in Peay Don V e atch ... ...........Murray L eo n vV es l ey ..... ........ M o r e h ead Ron Ta y l or ........................................................... Midd l e T e nn. 2nd TEAM DEFENSE ....... ... ... ... .... ............. .... . ........ Eastern Ii:y. T T G G TB WB FB .............. , Veste rn Ky. .......... T e nn essee T ech . . .. .,V es t e rn Ky . ....... Mor e h ead Doug L in e b a r ge r ............. .Jiln 1Uoberly 2nd TEAM OFFENSE C Collei:;e Plnyer E E T T Sp. E TE G eo r ge Ri c e Pos. E E T T MG LB LB B B B B ....... Eastern Ky. . ...... Eastern Ky. . ..... ........ East T e nn. .......... Western Ky. 44 '1'0111 Shetler .... ..... ....... .. ..... . .............. .................. E:1ster11 l{.y . Cha rl ie Dan ie l s ....... Middl e T e nn. Jim F is h e r .... ............... M o r e h ead Dou g P itt e n ge r ............... A u st in Peay Sam Tand y ..... ........... ........... ..... Murray J e rr y Humbl e . . ...... vV es tern K y . Vi c Bth e rid ge ..................... .................. Mu rr ay Bi ll Gre e n ............................... .......... W este rn Ky. Jim Ga r r et t ...................... ··············· ···············-''est e rn K y . Jo e Mulvihill ............. .................. . ........ T e nn essee T ech Bill Cas ey ................................................................. East T e nn. �OVC Individual Football Records SEASON SINGLE GAME RU SIUNG Most att .-39-Lew is Rogan-MO vs. EK ..........................................1967 Most yd s.- 223-Di c ki e Moor e, WK vs. MU ............................ ........... 1967 SCORING Most pts .- 114- Di c kie Moore, Western ................................................1967 Most TDs- 19--Dick ie Moore, W estern ................................................. 1967 lUost 1,ts. by kicking--52~Jerry Pullins .......... ............. ..... ... ...... ... ... 1968 PASSI NG Most a tt.- 54-La rry Tillman, MU vs. AP ........................................... 1967 Most comp.- 29- Billy Walker, MT vs . UT Martin ............................ 1967 Most consecutive comp .- 11- Billy W a lker, MT vs. UT Martin ....1967 Mos t yds.- 425--Larry. Tillma n- MU vs. MT ............. _. ........................ 1967 Most TD passes- 5--Billy Walker- MT vs . UT Martm ....................1967 Most passes cau g ht-19-Aaron Mars h , EK vs. Northwood .......... 1967 Harold Roberts, AP vs. MU ..............................................................1967 Most y d s. on passes cau g ht-316-Aaron l\-[ a r s h, EK vs. Northwood ......... .......................................................................1967 Most interceptions--4-Buddy Pfaadt, EK vs. AP ......... ........ .. .... ..... 1966 Mike Matheny, MT vs . Pen sacola N. A. S . ..................................1967 Most 2 pt. convers ions- 3-Billy W a lker, MT vs. UT Martin ........1967 KICKING lUost extra 1,ts. kicketl-37-.Jerry Pullins ............ .... .. ............. ....... 1968 Most punts- 79-Johnny R u ssaw, Eas t Tenn .....................................1967 Most yds. punt re turns-456-Aaron Marsh, Eastern ... ....... ............ 1967 Most yds. ki ckoff return s- 546- Larry Schreiber, T e nn . T ech ........ 1967 B est average--42 .2-Fred Malins, Eastern ............... ... ................. ....... 1966 CAREER R USIUNG Most yds.- 3,218-Dickie Moore, W es tern ............ SCORING Most pts.-24-Aaron Marsh, EK vs. Northwood .... ... ................ .. ..... 1967 . ................. 1965-1967 ~~:dra PASSING Most pas ses cau g ht-147-Aa ron Marsh, Eastern .................... 1964-1967 Most yds. on passes caught-2,22 0-Aaron Marsh, Eas•tern .. 1964-1967 Most TD p asses caught-24-Aaron Marsh, Eastern ......... ..... 1964-1967 Most passi ng atte mpts-519--Jim Guice, Eastern ............ ...... ..1965-1967 Most completions-278--Jim Guice, Eastern ....... ........ ...... ... ...... 1965-1967 Most yards-5,041-Jim Guice, Eastern Kentucky .... ....... ..... 1965-1968 1~~eerti':'1l./ts:1'1u··::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::J~~i Most TDs--4-Aa ron Marsh, Dickie Moore, H a rold Roberts .......... 1967 KICKING lUost extra 1•ts . ki c ked-Jerr y Pullins , ,s . Hillsdale ........ . ... ...... 1968 8-Moon Mullins, EK vs. Erskine .......... .........1951 8-Tom Atwood, WK vs . TT ............................................................ 1967 Most field goals- 3 -P a t Rauser, ET vs. MO ....................................1967 Most punts- 12- Johnn y Russaw, ET vs. Parsons ............................ 1967 Best punt ave.- 52.5--Billy W a lke r, MT vs. ET ................................1967 Most yards punting-422-Bob Plotts, EK vs. Dayton .................... 1967 SCORING Most pts.- 194- Dickie Moore, W es tern ....................................... 1965-1967 Most TDs-32- Dicki e Moore, W es tern ........................................1965-1967 KICKING Most punts- 146- Johnn y Russaw, E as t T e nn . .......................... 1964-1967 PASSING Most att.- 380- L a r ry Tillma n , Murray ........................................... .....1967 Most comp.- 190- Larry Tillm an, Murray ............................................ 1967 Most yds.-2,291- L a rry Tillma n, Murray ............................................1967 Bes t comp. pct.- 63.0-Jimmie Feix, Western ....................................1952 T eddy Morris, Middl e T enn ...............................................................1963 Most TDs- 18-Larry Tillm an, Murray ................................................1967 Mos t passes cau ght-88-Harvey T a nner, Murray ............................1967 Most TD passes caught-11-Aaron Marsh, Eastern ................. .... ... 1966 Harold Roberts, Austin P eay ............................................................1967 Most yds. on passes caught-1,095-Aaron Marsh, Eastern ....... ..... 1967 Most opp. passes interc.-9-Ron Overbay, East Tenn ................... 1967 9-Buddy Pfnadt, Eastern ··· ······· ····· ··············· ··-· ··· ···· ···· ····· ············1966 TOTAL OFFENSE Most yds. total offense- 425--Larry Tillma n , MU vs . .MT .. ... .......1967 Most pla ys t o t a l offense- 54- Ch a rlie F orrest, MU vs . MT ..........1964 Larry Tillm a n, MU vs. AP ................................................. ............... 1967 45 �Eastern Football Since 1922 OPP EKU 1922 0 W es leyan ......... . ....... 7 ..... 0 0 Transy Fros h 0 Transy Frosh ..... 15 6 Cumb e rl a nd ..... . 0 . ... 47 6 W es t e rn ................ . 0 Georgetown Frosh ········ · 0 40 U nion . 7 Record: 2-3 -2 EKU 19 23 OPP O State Fros h 7 O George to w n Frosh ............. 2 6 Cumber la nd ... ....... 26 O Kentucl<y Wes leyan . . .. 9 6 Uni o n Co ll ege........ 6 1 T ra n sy Reserve ................. 0 12 Centre Frosh ........ 21. 19 U ni on Co ll ege ........ 0 Record: 3-5-1 EKU 1924 OPP 0 W es leyan .... .....27 19 Cumber la nd .......... .............. 6 13 Geo rgetown Frosh ............ 0 49 St. Mary's .......... .................. 0 7 LM.U. ... ..... 13 0 Transy ..... 56 14 More h ead .............................. 0 33 U ni on .................................... 0 R ecord: 5-3-0 EKU 1925 OPP 0 U K Frosh ...............14 7 Geo r get ow n .......... .............. 13 0 LM .U. ........ 0 13 St. Mary's ......... 7 6 Transy ..... .. ....... 7 67 Morehea d ........ 0 49 U ni o n . 0 R eco rd : 3-3-1 EKU 192fi OPP 0 M a r s h a ll College ....14 13 L.M. U..... 0 0 Geo r getown .........................27 0 Tra n sy ......... ................ ::.5 48 U ni o n ....... .. ...... . .......... 6 7 Indi ana T eac h e rs College 10 41 E Penn Norma l School 6 19 S t. M arv's Coll ege ........... 0 0 Morris H arvey Co ll ege . 3 R eco rd: 4-5-0 OPP EKU 1927 7 0 Centre 0 39 Union ........... . 8 6 W es leya n ... . 0 31 E. T. T eac h ers 0 13 Tu sc ulum 12 More h ead . 6 ....... 21 13 U. of L . ..... . Tra ns y .................................. 18 Union ··· ················ - ··· ········· ···14 9 Ge o r getown .......................... 18 7 More head ..................... ......... 0 9 Western . ....... .47 6 Louisv ille ....... . ...... 13 Record: 1-6-0 EKU 1935 OPP 7 Miam i (Ohio) .......33 66 A lfre d Ho lbrook ................ 6 52 H iwassee .................... ........... 0 6 Georgetown .......................... 8 9 U. of L ................................... 0 0 Centr e .... .......... 19 53 Morehead ....... 0 6 T ransy ..... . ................. 7 7 U nion ................ 7 6 Tra nsy ................... 12 6 W est e rn ............... .44 R ecord: 4 -6-1 EKU 1936 OPP 39 Mars h a ll .................... O 7 Fra nklin (Ind.) ..... O 34 A lfred Holbrook ............ ... 0 7 More h ead .................. 19 6 Georgetown 2 9 U . of L. ................ 6 13 Tra nsy 6 0 Western ................... 7 12 U ni on .... 6 R ecord : ·7-2-0 ERU 1937 OPP 7 T en n . T ec h ... O 28 Fra nk lin College ... ............ 6 12 Tran sy ···-··-·· -·· - -·· 6 14 Central Norma l .................. 7 0 Moreh ead .............. ?6 0 W es tern ........... 23 14 Union 0 6 U. of L .................................. 6 Record: 5-2-1 EKU 1938 OPP 19 George to w n 0 7 Tra ns v .................................. 0 19 Eas t T e nn. T eac h ers ......... 0 47 Ce ntra l Normal .. ... ............. 0 0 Morehead ... .. O 7 W es t e rn ... ............................. 32 36 Ind ia na State Tea c h e rs .... 7 18 U nion .. ................................. 0 Reco rd: 6-1 -0 EKU 1939 OPP 21 Carso n Newman .. ......... ....... 7 39 Transy ........ 7 20 C umbe rl a nd .... O 14 Centra l Michiga n ..... 18 21 Georget own .......... . ......... 0 0 7 S t. Mary's ··················· 6 Western .......... . ... 12 Record: 5-4-0 ERU 1928 OPP 18 Campbe llsvill e ..... 0 12 Irvine ......... . ··················· 7 0 Tra nsy ... . ... ................... 42 0 U. of L . ......... . . ... 52 18 S u e Bennett .. .............. 0 Record: 3-2-0 E R U 1929 OPP 2 U nion ... ........... 19 14 Sue Ben n ett 8 0 M u rray ................................ .46 6 Mo r e h :!ad .................. ........... 13 0 Tran sy . . .............. 36 0 Georget own ..... ................. 38 6 U. of L. .. ................ 19 0 Wesleyan ........ 26 0 W es tern ........ ........ 35 R e cord: 1-8 -0 ERU 1930 OPP 0 S u e Ben n e tt ....... 6 0 Murray... . ... 52 0 U. of L . ......... 52 0 W es leya n .. ........................... 33 13 More hea d ............. 0 2 Transy ..... ................. 26 0 U ni o n .. . . ......................... 45 0 W estern . . .. 50 Record : 1-7-0 EKU 1931 OPP 31 Sue Benn e tt .... ................. 0 0 O hi o No rthe rn ................. ...16 0 Witte nbu rg ......... ...... ........ ..99 12 U . of L ............... ................... 19 0 Georgeto w n .. . ................ 2:, 8 L M .U . .................. ................. 13 7 W es t ern ........... . . ..41 Rec ord: 1-6-1 ERU 193 2 OPP 6 Georgeto w n ...... .............. ...... 7 38 U . of L. ...... ........... 0 0 U nion 0 0 Tra n sy 0 19 More h ea d 0 R ecor d: 2-1-2 ERU 1933 OPP 6 U nion ......... ..... 6 0 Geo r l!eto w n .... ............ O 0 East T e nn. ... ................. 0 0 Tra n sy ...... . 6 6 More h ea d ........... 0 7 Lou isvill e ........................... 13 R eco rd: 1-2-3 OPP ERU 1934 0 Miami (O hio) ··············19 32 0 46 6 Morehead . . ................. ...... 7 Un ion .... ..................... 7 W estern ................................ 26 Indiana T eac hers .............. 7 Record: 6 -3-0 ERU 1940 OPP 20 Illinoi s Normal .................. 0 35 Northern Ill. ........................ 0 27 More head ............................ 13 39 Arlrnnsas A&M ................... 0 48 Bowling Green (Ohio) ...... 0 25 Cent r a l Mi c higa n .............. 0 48 C umberland ........................ 7 31 King Co ll ege ........... ............. 7 EKU 1941 OPP 18 N. W. Missouri .................... 7 14 Carson Newma n ................ 0 6 Mu r ray. ........... ........ 0 21 King Co llege ........................ 0 20 Western ................................ 27 41 Georgetown .......................... 0 54 Ill. No rm a l ........ 0 32 Morehead ............................ 13 R ecord: 7-1 -0 El{U 1942 OPI' 13 T e r,n. T ech. .................. 0 7 W. Missouri State .............. 7 0 Morris Harvey ............. ....... 7 6 U of Akron ... .................... 0 18 W es t e rn ................................ 0 20 West Libe rt y 6 0 Moreh ea d ............................. 20 6 M urray . ....................... 6 Recor d: 4-2-2 1943-44 no sports du e to war ERU 1945 OPP 19 Indi a n apo li s State .............. 12 14 Tenn. T ec h . .......................... 12 7 Ce ntra l Mic h . ..... 1 4 7 Murra y ......... 7 6 Va lpa r a iso .......................... 7 0 Ca t aw ba ... ........................... 13 32 Tenn. T ec h ................... 0 54 Kirksville (M isso uri ) ........ 0 ERU 1946 OPP 13 T e nne ssee T ec h ................... 0 7 Ca ta w b a .............................. 9 7 Ce ntra l Mi chi ga n ................ 20 26 Murray .................... ............ 13 7 Tenn essee T ec h . .................. 20 12 V a l pa r a iso .......................... 7 6 Morehead .. ........ .................... 12 28 Univers ity of Louisville .... 7 6 Western ................... 0 Record: 5-4-0 EKU 1947 OPP 14 Eastern Illin o is ............. 13 32 0 28 �Marshall .............. ....... 7 Murray ...... ... .... .21 E m a r y a n d Henry 0 Va lpa r a iso ....................... O Morehead ........................... 7 Un iversity of Louisville ....14 Weste rn ............................. .. 7 South eastern Louisiana .. 30 Record: 5-4-0 EKU 1948 OPP O Xavier Unive rsity .... 31 25 Eastern Illinois ... 14 20 Marshall 7 6 Murray ......................... 0 35 Emary a nd Henry ........... 6 20 Michiga n Normal ............. 0 7 Morehead ......................... O 0 Evan svill e ..................... 7 13 Weste rn ............... .... ............ 14 32 North e rn Illinois .. ........ .... .. 7 26 So uth eastern Louisi a na .... 7 Record: 8 -3-0 EKU 1949 OPP 7 Heidelberg... ...... . ......... 19 7 Mars ha/I ........... . .. 24 20 Murray ............... . ..... 0 20 Wofford ............................... 27 20 Michigan No rm a l .............. 6 26 Morehead ............................ 27 7 Evansvill e ........................... 7 20 Western ................................ 7 21 Bow ling Green (O hio) ...... 13 Record: 4-4-1 EKU 1950 OPP 6 Heidelberg .......................... 15 34 Marshall .............................. 0 0 Murray . ........................ .... ... 19 47 Tennessee Tech . .................. 7 56 Erskine ................................ 0 14 Morehead .............................. 7 26 Evansville ............................20 13 Western ................................ 14 6 13 34 18 34 13 27 6 ri &r°o' r1b~~ ? .r.~~·n···(~~'..~.)..::::::1~ Record: 6-4-0 EKU 1951 OPP Hillsd a le ... ... ···· ········· ········· ·l2 Marshall .............................. 6 Murray .................................. 9 Tenn essee Tech .................1 4 Erskine .............. .................. 0 Morehea d ......................... ... 0 Evansville ............................ 7 Western ................................ 7 Ohio University .................. 13 Stetson Un iversity .... 26 Record: 7-3-0 ERU 1952 OPP 7 Toledo .. .. ......... ................... 6 26 Marsha ll ........... 19 0 Murray .. ....... ............ .... ........20 14 Tennessee T ech . ..... . ........... 28 31 13 0 15 58 6 6 31 27 14 35 20 Evansville ... ... . ...... 0 Morehead .......20 Western .................. ............. .48 20 Univers ity of Louisville .... 34 R eco rd: 3-4-1 ERU 1953 OPP 20 John Carroll ... ... . ...... 19 15 Middle Tennessee ....... 6 19 Murray ................................. 14 O T e nn e ssee T ech .................. 7 19 Youngstow n ..... . ...... 20 25 More head ......... . .......... . 7 59 Evansville ............... 9 13 W es tern ................................ 7 20 U niversity of Louisville .... 13 30 Stetson Un iversity ............ 26 Record : 8-2-0 ERU 1954 OPP 19 John Carro ll . 0 26 Midd le T ennessee 0 25 Murray......... ........... 6 14 T e nn e ssee T ech. .... 7 25 Youngstown ......... 7 12 Morehead .................. 8 13 Toledo .... . ... 13 21 W es tern ................................ 0 20 Univ ersity of Louisville ... 6 Reco rd: 8-0-1 6 Omaha (T angerine Bow l) 7 ERU 1955 OPP 6 Toledo ... . ............. 6 14 Middle Tennessee .............. 21 21 Murray ................................. . 6 7 T e nnessee T ech . ................ 6 13 Om a ha .................................. 20 35 Morehead ............................ 13 35 More head .......... ............ ...... 13 20 Morris Harv ey .................... 6 7 Western ................................ 0 13 University of Louisville ... .45 3 Wofford ... ............................. 0 Record: 5-4-1 EKU 1956 OPP 12 T oledo .................................. 6 7 Murray .................................. 14 19 Middle Tennessee .............. 26 12 East Tennessee ..................13 6 Western ................................14 13 Morris Harvey .·................... 7 25 T ennessee Tec h .............. ...13 19 Morehead ............................ 0 6 Un iv ersit y of Louisville .... 14 Record: 4-5-0 EKU 1957 OPP O T oledo .......... ........................ 7 14 U niversity of Louisville ... .40 26 M urray ...... ........ .................... 19 14 Middle Tenn essee ............ 35 13 E a st Tenn essee .......... ........ 27 13 Yo ungstown ..... . .. O 28 W es t e rn ................ ............... o Tennessee Tech . .............. ... 34 Morehead .... 3 Record: 4 -5-0 EKU 1958 OPP 2 Tol edo ...... ........................... 19 7 Univers ity of Loui s ville .... 20 14 Murray .................... ..... .. ....... 6 0 Middle T en ne ssee ..............14 13 East T en·nessee .................. 6 9 Youngstown ........................ 0 14 Western .............................. ... 21 19 Tenness ee Tech. . ...... 20 24 Morehead ........ 6 Record: 3-6-0 EKU 1959 OPP 2 Toledo ................ .. ............... 20 7 U niv ersity of Loui sville .... 14 7 Murray .................................. C 6 Middle Tennessee ...... ........14 7 East Tennessee .................. 13 21 Austin P ea y ........................ 7 7 Western .. .............................. 14 10 T e nn essee Tech . .... . ..14 12 Morehead ......... 7 Record: 3-6-0 14 40 6 EKU 1960 OPP 7 Ft. Campbell ...................... 6 7 19 12 0 27 17 0 0 0 University of Louisville .... 28 Murray .. ................................ 21 Middle Tenness ee ............ .. 14 East T ennes see .................. O Austin Peay .............. ........... 13 Western ................................ 7 Tennessee Tech ................. 20 Morehead ............................ 21 Marshall ......................... .....13 Record: 3-6-1 ERU 191H OPP 6 University of Louisville .... 33 14 Murray .................................. 13 15 Middle Tennessee .............. 22 East T ennessee .................. 13 21 Austin Peay ........................ 7 15 Western ................................ 16 8 Tenn essee Tech ................. 14 13 Morehead .............................. O 0 Marshall .............................. 20 Record: 4-5-0 22 1962 OPP Tampa Un ive r s ity .............. 6 M u rray . . ......................... 17 Middle Tennessee .............. 8 East Tennessee .................. 14 Austin Peay ............. ... 7 Western ..... ....................... 5 T e nnessee Tech ................. 0 Morehead . .......... ................... 20 East Carolina ... . ...... 2::J Record: 6-3-0 EliU 22 14 28 20 14 6 21 12 12 47 1963 OPP Austin Peay ....................... 0 Findlay ..............................28 Murray ................................. 20 28 Middle Tennessee .............. 33 12 East T e nnessee .................. 35 3 T a mpa Unive rsity .............. 7 6 W es tern .............. ................... 29 19 T e nnessee Tech ................. 21 0 Morehead ............................ 6 34 Youngstown ........................ 14 R eco rd: 2-8-0 EKU 1964 OPP 0 Austin Peay .................... ... 26 EK U 14 7 O J 'Middle Jr~~~fit.o."' .°. .. ::::::::::::::::::::::::2~ Tenn essee .............. 20 13 35 1 East Tenn essee .................. 13 67 ~~it':ln ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::J! Tennessee Tech ................. 27 10 Morehead ............................ 7 Record: 3-5-1 EKU 1965 OPP '"35 Austin Peay ........... . .... 30 12 Marshall .............................. 28 17 Murray .................................. 17 10 Middle Tenn essee ..............14 23 E a st Tennessee .................. 0 3 Findlay ................................34 28 Western ................................ 12 28 Tennessee Tech ................. 14 38 Morehead .... ......................... 20 Record: 4-4-1 '" Forfe ited EKU 35 26 27 20 21 35 24 3 19 14 1966 OPP Austin Peay ........................ 35 M ars hall .............................. 6 Murray . .. .. ............................. 6 Middle Tennessee .............. 22 East Tennessee .................. 7 Findlay ................................ 6 Western .................................12 T ennessee Tech . ................ 7 Morehead ............................21 Tampa University .............. 6 Record: 7-3-0 EKU 1967 OPP. 0 Dayto n ............... . ......... 16 35 East T ennessee 7 3 7 Austin Peay ...... ..... .......... 0 14 Middl e T e nn e ssee ............ 7 55 No rth wood ........... 0 14 ·w es t e rn .... . ............. 14 28 Murray ................ .............. 7 24 T e nn essee T ec h 0 37 Yo un gstown ...... .....12 7 Mor e h e ad ... . ............ 7 27 *Ba ll State .......... . .. 13 *NACC Grantland Rice Bow l Record 8 - 1 - 2 �tions to contact this office prior to installing lines. Spotters can be made available if requested in advance. The 1969 football handbook has been prepared especially for the members of the press, radio and television who cover the Colonels. We sincerely hope that it will provide many of the answers concerning the Colonels and Eastern Kentucky University_ If you desire additional information, sepcial features, pictures, etc., or have questions not answered in this brochure, feel free to contact the Office of Public Affairs, with offices located in the Jones Building (Telephone 622-2301 and 622-2302). TELEVISION - Live television coverage is prohibited unless permission is granted well in advance. SEA TING - In requesting working press tickets, please advise as to how many will be in your party. It is desired that newspaper requests be limited to no more than two persons, radio requests, three persons. SORRY, NO WOMEN OR CHILDREN UNDER 18 ARE ALLOWED IN THE PRESS AREA. Information for Visiting Newsmen PHOTOGRAPHERS - Photographers may take pictures from the sidelines during the game if they keep away from the immediate sidelines. Motion picture crews may use the facilities provided in the press box, upper deck. Requests should be made in advance. WORKING PRESS TICKETS - All requests for press tickets by working newspaper, radio or television personnel should be made as far in advance as possible. Press tickets cannot be mailed less than one week in advance of the game. Should your request be on the last-minute basis, however, tickets may be picked up at the main entrance on Park Drive. ACCOMMODATIONS AT EASTERN -The working newspaper and radio men, as well as scouts and other officials, will be furnished a copy of the play-by-play report and complete team and individual statistics at half-time and approximately five minutes after the game. Western Union arrangements are to be made by those who desire that service. Phones are available in the press area and refreshments are served at halftime. RADIO - All correspondence concerning Radio Broadcasting Rights should be addressed to the Office of Public Affairs, Eastern Kentucky University. Requests should be made as early as possible. Lines are to be ordered by the requesting station direct from the Southern Bell Telephone Company with instruc- 48 �Covering The Colonels Newspapers Richmond Daily Register (daily, p.m.) .................... Tommy Carter Madison County Post (weekly) .................................. Randall Fields The Eastern Progress (weekly) ...................................... Karl S. Park Cynthiana Democrat (weekly) ........................................ Bob Watson Lexington Herald (daily, a.m.) ................ David Reed, John McGill Lexington Leader (daily, p.m.) .............. Bill Sackett, Joe Caldwell Courier-Journal (daily, a.m.) ............................... Pat Biggs, Earl Cox Louisville Times' (daily, p.m.) ............... David Kindred, Lou Yonkin, Johnny Carrico Radio-TV Radio WEKY (Richmond) .................................................. Ron Boone Radio WVLK (Lexington) ....................Bill Stakelin, Ralph Hacker Radio WLAP (Lexington) ................................................ Gene Arkle Radio WBLG (Lexington) .................................................. Bill Sorrell WLEX-TV (Lexington) ...................................................... Cy Follmer WKYT-TV (Lexington) ...................................................... Bill Sorrell WBLG-TV (Lexington) ...................................................... Hoot Combs Radio WHAS & TV (Louisville) ............................ Cawood Ledford Radio WAVE & TV (Louisville) ........................................ Ed Kallay Radio WINN (Louisville) .......................................... Sports Director Radio WKLO (Louisville) ........................................ Sports Director Radio WAKY (Louisville) .......................................... Sports Director Radio WLOU (Louisville) .......................................... Sports Director WIRE SERVICES Associated Press, Herald-Leader Building, Lexington, Kentucky. United Press International, 635 S. 5th, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. The Maroon & White Network Eastern Kentucky University football will be broadcast over twelve Kentucky radio stations during the entire 1969 season. WEKY, Richmond, will serve as the originating station on the Maroon & White Network. Ron Boone, the Voice of the Colonels, will provide play-by-play coverage and Ralph Gabbard will offer color commentary throughout the season. Covering the Colonels on the Maroon & White Network will be: WEKY - Richmond (originating station) WCPM - Cumberland WWKY - Winchester WCTT- Corbin WFI'G - London WDOC - Prestonsburg w ANO - Pineville WNKY-Neon W AFI - Middlesboro WIXI - Lancaster WTLO - Somerset WIRV - Irvine WSIP - Paintsville �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Football Media Guides Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sports Media Guide - Football Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eastern Kentucky University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource publication Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context smg-football-1969 football