USD Football 1984

USD HOSTS CLAREMONT-MUDD

Claremont-Mudd: (1st game), Lost to USD last season 34-14. Series record is 5-5. u. of San Diego: (0-1), Lost to Redlands 13-9 last week. Against CMS, the Toreros have won the last three years. Game Time: 7:30 PM at Torero Stadium this Saturday, September 15th. STAGS 1984 OUTLOOK The Stags, under the direction of head coach JOHN ZINDA (65-66-2, 16 years ) , ar e coming off a 3-6 season in '83. A member of the S.C.I.A.C., Claremont-Mudd returns 10 of 11 defensive starters and 7 offensive starters. Players to watch include senior QB STEVE OLSON (141 of 264 for 1596 yds and 7 TD s) ; sophomore WR WALTER SCOTT (35 catches for 582 yds and 3 TDs); junior WR LARRY O'BRIEN (2 6 catches for 296 yds and 2 TDs); senior WR CHRIS GRIFFIN (23 passes for 230 yds and 1 TD); junior LB BRIAN BOONE (55 tackles, 2 interceptions); sophomore DB ROBB I E KAY (6 interceptions); junior LB PETER MOORE (60 tackles) and kicker-punter LOU RUDICH (6/11 FG's, 9/11 X-points). Although the Stags return 10 of 11 starting defenders, they will miss graduated noseguard BILL MCCOLL (5-10 190) who was the 1983 team M.V.P. Bill was a 4-year starter for CMS after prepping at Patrick Henry HS in San Diego. Last week CMS partici- pated in a controlled scrimmage with Riverside City College and Mt. Sac Junior Colle ge . TOREROS DROP OPENER 13-9 The Universit y of San Diego gridders opened up the 1984 campaign with a 13-9 s e t- back at the hands of the Univ. of Redlands. Redlands QB Wes Dell connected on 15 of 19 first half passes for 167 yards as the Bulldogs took a 13-3 halftime lead. The fir s t half was definetly the difference as the Toreros' were outgained in total yards 202 to 49. USD kicker Jack Kratochvil nailed a 48 yard FG with two seconds left in the hal f to prevent a shutout. The Toreros play ed much better in the second half as they stopped the Bulldogs offensively and got their own offense untracked. Junior TB Mark Covarrubias gain ed 75 yards on 10 carries in the second half and 92 yards for the game. Sophomore QB Roge r Meyers had his problems connecting on just 5 of 18 passes for 92 yards as he found him- self throwing on the run most of the evening. Defensively, inside linebackers Mike Hamilton (17 tackles) and Pete McMahon (1 3 tackles) had outstanding performances. Mike added two QB sacks while Pete had one. The Torero defense gave up just one Redlands first down in the second hal f after the Bulldogs collected 13 in the first 30 minutes. "We definetly played like the young team that we are. As far as this week's opponent, Claremont-Mudd hasn't played a game yet so we don't know much about them. They are a good Division III football team and tend to pass more than run under Coach Zinda. This week we'll just concentrate on our own problems and try to minimize our errors from the opener," added Coach Brian Fogarty.