News Scrapbook 1973-1974

7R{5orvCc,. _//_-,2J/-73 Toreros unawed by playoff opponent

·FOR WITTENBERG CONTEST Ol(rorJ l/-30-7} Toreros Ignore Ohio Cold

Bob Ouheh looks at it as one of thosl' oneP-in-a-lifet1me opportuni- tws "And there's no sense blowing it," the University of San Diego quarter- back said yesterday. So, with that in mmd, the Torero football I •am departed today for Springf1 Id, Ohio, and its first post season playoff game m history. Saturday, tarting at 10 a.m. (PST), coach Andy Vinci's men will take on undefeated Wittenberg in the NCAA D1vis1on III West Regional playoff. On pap r, the Toreros would seem more than rapable of knocking off the Ohio Conferrnce champs and No. 4 ranked small college team in the eountry. USD, which finished Its regular season Wllh a 9-1-1 record, led the Division III statistics this year in total_orrense (441 yards a game), passing (231.7) anct scoring (40.1) . But the Toreros aren't the only ones with impressive stats. Witten- berg averaged 33.2 points a game this season while giving up just 7.9. More imoortant. coach Dick

Maurer's Tigers seem to I)· e this thing about lo ing. They don·t. And ii has been that way for 19 straight winnmg seasons. During that time, the Tigers have won three national titles and 11 Ohw Confer- ence championships. Yet, Duhch and his mates weren't awe-struck yesterday after taking a good, long look at the Tigers on film . "They are a well-coached team, " said Dulich. "They don 't seem to make any blatant errors. They just gri nd it out offensively and they're consistent. "Defensively, they aren't very big but they're fairly quick. I think it will be a tight game but we can win it. We're au convinced we can do it. " One thmg is certain. The Toreros. will have the bigger boys up front in the trenches Offensively, USD averages 227 lb. from tackle to tackle while the Tigers go 207.5. On defense, t Tiger fron t five averages 196.5. Toreros utilize a three-man fron line that averages 230. (Cont. on Page C-8,_Col.2)

Son DJ"° Union Stoff Olspgtch SPRI~GFIELD, Ohio - ruversity of San Diego's football team arrived here yesterday morning after a 1 a.m., flight out o San Diego and immediately accepted the cooler temperatures of the midwest. The Toreros will meet Wit- tenberg University of Springfield at l p.m., here tomorrow in one-half of the NCAA Division III playoffs. "How about those guys?" wondered Wittenberg sports publicity director Don Per- kins as he checked the 35- degree temperature on a windy, crisp day. "It's a typical end of November day here and there they are lying around the pooJ 1 · they were stiJI in Car rnia. I guess our weather won't bother them."

USD coach Andy Vinci sent his squad through a 1 pm. practice yesterday and plans the same for today to get his team familar with the game time conditions. San Diego time is three hours earlier than Spring- field. The Springfield area had rain earlier this week and there was still traces of the dampness here yesterday. However, the wind and clear weather is expected to have the field dry by tomorrow Seven USD players are un- able to play here because of NCAA post-season competi- tion restrictions against pla- yers transfering from anoth- er four-year school or from a junior college where they did not complete the full 24 units of credit. Among the top performers

hit by the ruling are Wide receiver Ernie Yarbrough and four who often started on defen5e---€nd Leo Clark, linebackers Pete Sanchez and Doug Rothrock and safe- ty Nolen Boyer. In yesterday's workout, Vinci moved tailbact Andy Sanchez to Yarbrough's spot and inserted 5-10 and ISO. pound Andy Broberg at San- chez' post. "Broberg is a super pla- yer " Vinci reminded. "He made two great catches for us against Loyola a couple of weeks ago." Jerry Rowlett (6-3, ZSO) replaced Clark, Jim Rauch (5-10, 180) took over for Rothrock, Darrell Beshears (5-10, 180) moved in at Pete Sanchez' linebacker spot and Vic B

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Vin i's dream b as D secure~ Wben the University of San Diego opened its fall fo otball pra c tice in direct his and his players' attention at Los Angeles State", where Vinci coached for several seasons.

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Wednesday, November 28, 1973

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mto Sanch •z' flanker posi- t10n. Wittenberg figures to rely on its ground game, which has produced 2,.'i40 yards rn IO games. The top Tiger ball car- riers are tailbacks GI ·nn Hendrix (6.1 average) and Ernie Brown (5.4) and full- back Dinu Johnson (4.3) . Wh n the Tigers have

gone the air, they've done so effectively Quar- terback Lloyd Ball has completed 71 of 134 passes for 1,288 yards and 11 touch- downs. • They look like a good, sound football team," ummed up Duhch. "But we feel we are, too. It should be an interesting game." -Bill Weurding to

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Coronado last August, Andy Vinci told his players about hi dream. His single goal in this the second season of operation was to earn a playoff berth m I.ht NCAA Division lil post-season tournament. "The kids told me I must be uts," Vinci told the w,•t.> ly Sportswriters- Sportscasters Assn. Monday afternoon. Just as he fin ished that statement, a message was de liv e r e d by Gabe DeNunzio, USD's Sports Information Director "We are one of two t<'ams selected, ' he said, " from the Western Division to participate in the playoffs. Our opponent is Wittenberg College and we are the host school." Vinci's face turned all smiles and he gave the thumbs up sign to the group. The Toreros had beaten out such teams as Fisk (8-0), Cole (8-1), Colorado College (9-1), Redlands (7-1), and Fort Valley (7-1). The game is tentatively scheduled for San Diego, Dec. I and the site is unnamed at this time. First choice would be San Diego Stadium and the NCAA is discussing the rental cost among other factors. " I would have to say," DeNunzio admitted, " that if • we don't get the Stadium, we might play the game elsewhere. That is all up in the air at the moment. " . USD was one of four ' t ea ms selected to participate m the playoff~, in the first year of their existence. Bridgeport (9-1) • plays host to Juniata (9-1) in , the eastern section with the : winner advancing against •• the western victor to the , championship game, Dec. 8, at the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Phenix City, Ala. Wittenberg, on the other • hand, is undefeated this year in 10 games and will be at a decided disadvantage s izewise against the Toreros. But they offset size · with quickness enough to , average 33 points per outing - while limiting their ' opponents to just under ' eight. In fact, the most points • surrendered in one gamP this ason was 17. But first, Vinci must

The Dlablos defeated Cal State, Northr1dge, 52-22 last week and have hopes of repeating their win last year over USD. The score was 29- 16. Los Angeles brings a team to town that has won four of its last six contests and stands 4-5-1 on the sea~n. Unfortunately for the visitors, USD is fresh from a 61-0 thumping of Loyola University for their eighth win of the year against one loss and a tie. The game also has an added incentive for Vinci and his charges. A win would give them the best football record ever recorded at Alcala Park. Prev10us Torero best was an 8-2 ~et in 1958. Vinci has plenty of firepower to throw at his old squad, including the top offensive threat in Division III in quarterback Bob Dulich. The Saddleback College transfer leads the offense which averages 441.7 yards a contest. Dulich is also the leading passer iii the nation with 229 yards and the Toreros are the highest scoring outfit averaging mo than 4J: points. Wide recei er Ernie Yarborough needs just nine yards on receptions to pass the 1,000 yard mark for the

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Three guys named Smith the latter's floor and stay up w11l bf> in the starting lineup north to meet San Jose State for the University of San Saturday night. Diego Friday night when the Brovelli inherits the top Toreros open their basket- eight scorers from last ball ason under new coach year's squad which finished Jim Brovelli it will be no 19-9 including a third-place finish in the CAA District 8 Th" opposition also will be College D1vision playoffs. no ordinary team. The Tor- Slated to open Friday eros open against the Un- night are Kenny Smith and iversity of an Francisco on Robert (Pinky) Smith at the ors. rdinary team.

forwards, Joe Smith and Stan Washington at the guards and newcomer 6-9 eil Traub at center. Pinky Smith (6-7) was the leading scorer last season · with a 17.9 average with ,' Washington (6-4) right be- . hind him at 16 9. Kenny , Smith is &-4 and Joe Smith 6- • I. Kenny Smith is a sopho- ' more, the other three seni- ' ' Traub is a junior transfer; from the 'College of Marin, and his presence gives the , Toreros height under the • basket for the first time in ' several years. ' "It will enable us to use a high-low post offense, some- thing impossible to do here; for several years from what they tell me," Brovelli ex-1 plains.

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thPre thl ," hn said, "so \\!''re going back pre- pared with a IHHield plan and dry-fi ·Id plan " Pr sumably, th• worse tl1f' c:ondlt1ons thr more Du- llrh ""111 go to his ground game, which features three rm ta1lbal'ks m Rtrh Paul- son, Sammy Croom and Lee Dmis. Paulson has rolled up 826 yards and scorPd 14 touch• down. , Croom 64:i yards and Jo c·ores and Davis 244 vards and rour tallies. • "Th • nice thmg about [hos, gu) 1 w• always hav a rr n1Jtiack m the game. aid Dullch 'ThPy r the n·ason I've gotlf n the stats I have th1.s year thro¼111g. · lndt d t i)pmg the \.:SD nrnnmg game has not bf>en thl' aF ,,.. •r to stopping th • Torrros tins S(•ason Teams ha vc trlrd it and Dullch qui<'kly ruined tllem through thl air D rl'c'tmg most or his to S( to Andv Sanchez and ~:rn1c Yarbrough, Dulich has contpl(.'(Pd 145 of 250 pas· s for 2,25!1 and 21 1 t Olll'h

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Page H-1) m program than the loss the game Defe i>nd Dean Caben llc~llr) ' 's kick 'Ith fo I i and 16 at the an Die 20 late in the first uarter and Wittenberg re- overpd at the USD 13. Four >lavs later tailback Ernie 3ro11 n WPnl over from thr WO Earh· in the srcond quar- ter, Cabrn rcprated his act at thr t.;SD 20, fielded the ball at the 15 and raced into the rndzonc untouched. With halftime rapidly ap- proaching, a pa.ss mterfer- enre call against the Torer- os' Bill Jach gave Witten- bf>rg a 32-yard gam to tile USD 23. QB Lloyd BaUthen hit flanker 11] Reid 111th a 14-yard strike for 21-0 ?nl~· 59 St>conds bC'fore m!fmuss10n. usn brgan t atch fire late in the thi uart r and ei_ght 4 plays. ThP drive earned 1~to the fourth period with Rich e Paulson gomg the final three 1 e yards with 13 22 to play San Diego's defense held as on fourth down at the C D35 he and the Toreros started ,ur another march, this lime he gmng the 65 yards II plays :un with Paulson gomg over l~ft for tackle from a yard out with ·ost 6 31 left. . USD started from its own >om 20 the last time it got posses- the s1on and moved 75 yards to the thr five with the help of the ilPd long pass to Sanchez but his finall\ succumbed. "but "You tell those California me people they have one hell ol ision a football tram," said a like grateful Wittenberg coach only Da\'e \1a urer. "They ar~ thE best we ha vt• played m a J drove 50 yard rn

Ank le Grab Ends Chance For Tie At 7-Yard line .B) C'II VCK SAWYER Sports W titer The San Diego Union Sl'RI;\'Gf'IELD, Ohio - i\ drsperation ankle tackle at th,· .srve11 yard line killed a dramatw comeback by the V111ver.s1ty of San D1ego here yesterday as the Toreros bowed to a finr Wittenberg Umvers11y !Pam, 21-14, m 1hr .\rCAi\ Division HI foot- ball playoffs Trailing, 21-0, at halftime after 1110 blocked punts and a pass mtprferenc(' ruling pro\ 1dl'd tire Tigers with STATISTICS USO Witt. 20 10 )6.3.1 44-120

"Traub appeared to lack a little aggressiveness in early drills," the coach admitted "but our scrimmage Satur: day morning was the best we have had to date and he was really getting on those boards. I know he can be tough to handle when he gets fired up. He also has a fine hook shot." Other top returnees for the Toreros include 6-6 Ben Thompson, Pete Cosenza (6· 6) and Tommy Davis (6-4) up front and 5-10 guard Ron , Modic. Another standout transfer · from the College of Marin is : 6-0 guard Joe DeMaestri who ; appears capable of making a 1 strong challenge for a start- . ing job. ' Brovelli wiJl be going aga- inst his old school Friday. He was an all-West Coast Athletic Conference guard at l.iSF in 1964, his senior year. We didn't pick the easiest team in the world to open against," the coach ex- plains. "The Dons were 23-5 last year and gave UCLA a lot of trouble in the playoffs. They have a lot of people back and have even more depth this season."

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lJSD came back to nearly duplicate a great fourth-quarter rally that had twd Humboldt State m thp regular season. ThC' Ton•ro. scored twice in thC' fmal quarter and were headrd for the tymg TD WhPn Andy Sanchez was haulPd down from bPhind at th(' seven I.Jy WlttPnberg de- fensivl' back r.aynp Wil11- ams. It came at the end of a grrat 52-yard play With quartPrback Bob Dulich passing to Sanchez 11,ho snaked lib wav downfie!d With two brautiful cuts and appran•d dC'stined to cross the goalline with the tying touchdown. PENALTY lll'RTS But Williams mad1• a leap- ing grab of the runner's ankle as thl' last man ha\ ing a chance to stop him.

as he rushed for 122 yards. Cornerhac.k Winston Sharp continued to add his own points on the scoreboard. He returned an interception for his third score. He also tallied on a pair of blocked punts. - - - -

Croom. and Lee Davis, have combined for 1,532 yards and 25 · his fall . It was Croom n against Loyola --- - - - -

The Toreros return to San Diego to meet Point Loma College on the latter's floor Dec. 4, then play their first home game against Whittier Dec. 8. The schedule; Nov. JO-ot USF; Dec. 1--of Son Jose State; Dec. '-of Point Loma ColJ~e; Dec. 8-Wh1tt1er; Dec. 11-ot Laverne: O ec, 14-15-uso lnv1tot1ono1; Dec. '28-Tovlor University; Dec. 2f 29-0ff. vet N02orene College Jon. 3·4·5-Polnt Loma College tour. ne,y,; Jan. 12--<:1t ChaPmon; Jort. 14---..Jt Northern Arizono; Jon. 15--ot Grand Canvon; Jon.. 22-ot Col Poly (Pomo- na ). Jon. 2.>-ot Fullerton St; Jon. 29-- Woshlngfon State Feb. 2--ot UC Riverside; Feb. S-COJ Poly (Pomona , ; Feb 7-Fullerton Stole; _Feb. 12--ot U SO; Feb. 13--UC Riverside, Feh. 19- us,u . Feb. 22- Grond Convori , Feb. 27-

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