USD Football 1992

TOREROS HOST CAL LUTHERAN IN HOMECOMING GAME

GM(E INFQRMAUQN; The Toreros (2-1-1), coming off a 42-13 victory over Claremont– Mudd-Scripps, host California Lutheran University (0-2) in today's USO Homecoming Game. A special welcome to all the returning University ofSan Diego alums .... enjoy the afternoon. THE COACHES; USO head coach Brian Fogarty is in his tenth season ... his career made is 49-39-3 ... the past three seasons the Toreros have posted a 21-7 made, winning 7 games in each year. The Cal Lutheran Kingsmen are directed by 2nd year coach Joe Harper ... he is 0-2 this season and is 7-1S overall ... prior to Cal Lu, Harper was head coach at N or1hern Arizona, Cal Poly -SLO and Riverside City College. THE SERIES; This is the 11th meeting between the two schools ... Cal Lu holds a 9-1 edge with their only loss being a forfeit in I978 ... since 1983, USO coach Brian Fogarty is 0-3 against the Kingsmen, including last year's setbaclc in Thousand Oaks, 21-20. TOREROS STEPPING UP IN '93; The 1992 season is USD's last at the NCAA Division m level. Next year the Toreros move up to the NCAA Division I-AA level and the newly formed Pioneer Football League. Joining USO in the conference will be Drake University (Des Moines, IA), Evansville University (Evansville, IN), Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN), Butler University (Indianapolis, IN) and Dayton University (Dayton, OH). UST U(AR'S GAME; The Toreros held a 10-0 halftime lead, and a 20-14 advantage in the fowth quarter ... the Kingsmen won the game with :13 seconds to go when they culminated a JS-play, 6 minute and 26 second - 73 yard drive with a I-yard TD rush by QB Adam Hacker ... Cal Lu's Tom Mentague's PAT kick was the difference ... going into that game the Toreros were 2-0 while the Kingsmen were 0-3. THE TOREROS; The Toreros rebounded from their 28-7 loss to Redlands by thumping visiting Claremont-Mudd-Scripps this past weekend, 42-13 ... after going three straight games without scoring in the fust half, the Toreros held a 28-7 halftime lead over the StagseSaturday night ... for the game the Toreros rushed for 22 first downs and 332 yards on 63 attempts (11 different USO rushers carried the pigskin) ... senior FB Scott Sporrer accumulated 120 of his game high 140 yards in the first half ... besides Sporrer, sophmores Michaa Henry and Brian Barr added two rushing IDs ... the defense, which had 36 different players show up on the stat sheet, was paced by junior DB T.J. Burke (7 tackles), sophomore DB Jesse Hall (6 tackles), freshman DB Bernard Westmoreland (5 tackles), junor DB Randy Rivera (5 tackles, I interception) and sophomore ILB Tim Lynch (5 tackles) ... also playing well were freshman ILB A1atise Fa 'Agata (snared a CMS pass for his first interception) and freshman DL Joshua Wri&ht (applied upfield pressure on CMS quarterback) ... after four games, the Toreros are being paced by Scott Sporrer (97.3 yds rushing a game and team high 11 receptions); Michael Bennett (451 yds passing and 3 IDs); Robert Ray (41.5 yds a punt average); Tim Lyach (36 tackles); Matt Horeczko (30 tackles; I interception); Randy Rivera (27 tackles, I fumble recovery, 1 interception) and Jeff Blazevich (26 tackles, 2 pass deflections). THE KINGSMEN; Cal Lutheran comes to town with a 0-2 record after losing a 34-33 heart– breaker this past weekend to A2USa Pacific ... clinging to a 33-31 lead in the final secoruh:, the Kingsmen needed no more to secure the win than to have QB Adam Hacker take the snap and drop to one knee, running out the clock ... instead, CLU tried to run the ball, fumbled, and Azusa Pacific recovered, allowing Michael Wade to kick a 45-yard field goal as time expired and give the Cougars a stunning, improbable 34-33 win ... the K.ingsmen squandered a 33-24 lead in the fmal one minute and 55 seconds ... Hacker had an impressive passing outing, completing 21 of 28 attempts for 233 yards with his longest strike being a 64-yard completion to Len Bradley, setting up CLU's f1TSI score ... Bradley hauled in 4 passes for I03 yards ... RB Cassidy O'Sullivan gained 96 yards and 2 IDs on 40 carries ... the defense was paced by junior DB Cory Undlin (9 tackles). NEXTWEEK,: The Toreros travel to Whittier College for a 7:00 PM contest on Saturday, October 10th ... l!SD's final home game will be against Occidental on Saturday, October 24th at 7:00PM.

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