USD Football 1986

USD SENIORS PLAYING LAST HOME GAME: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS TEN SENIORS PLAYING IN THEIR LAST HOME GAME AS TORERO FOOTBALL PLAYERS . TODAY DURING PREGAME ACTIVITIES THEY WI LL BE HONORED ON THE FIELD WITH THEIR PARENTS . THE TEN PLAYERS INCLUDE: 115, KI CKER DAVE NICHOLS ( 1- YEAR PLAYER); TWO YEAR PLAYERS , 1152 JAMES DeLaFUENTE (DL) AND 11 19 JEFF NEUBER (DB) ; AND 1146 TONY KNIGHT (DB) , A THREE YEAR PERFORMER. THERE ARE SI X ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE USD FOOTBALL PROGRAM FOR FOUR SEASONS , THEY INCLUDE : 1117 ED McCOY (SLOT) , #7 PAT McNAMARA (P) , 1150 JOE MUKLEVICZ (NG), #22 SCOTT REILLY (WR) , 1123 BEN STOEBNER (DB) AND 1/29 TIM WHITE (DB) , WE WANT TO WISH THESE 10 SENIORS THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THEIR CAREERS !

USD TOREROS VS. OCCIDENTAL TIGERS HOMECOMING GAME

The Unive r si t y of San Diego will t ry to ge t back on the winning track today when t hey kickoff against the Occidental Ti ger s . This past week t he USD Torer os lost a t ough one t o St . Mary ' s College (10- 7) , while their ooponent s today , Occidental , squeaked by the Unive r s ity of Redlands ( 16- 15) . USO sports a r ecord of 3- 5 while Oxy comes t o San Diego with a r ecord of 4- 2- 1. Although USO was able to move the ball against St . Mary ' s Col l ege , they weren ' t able to out it in the endzone when thev needed to . Down 10- 7 late in the 4th quarter, the Toreros drove f rom their 4 to the Gaels ' 3 on nine plays , s tarting with a 43- yard catch by senior WR Sco tt Reilly . After 3 uns uccessful attemp t s t o ge t the ball in the endzone , USD ' s Sam Furse th attemp t ed a 28 yard FG to tie up the game . He missed wide for the third time in the game as t he Toreros ' hopes fo r a tie vanished . St . Mary ' s was able to run out the clock and notch their 4th vic tory of the season against 4 defeats . It was a l ong game that saw the Gaels get call ed f or 23 penalties (for 234 yards) . USD ' s Pat Dixon connec ted on 13 of 29 passes fo r 205 yards, 0 inte r ceptions and 1 touchdown . For the season Pat ' s total s inc lude : 113 of 258 for 1518 yards , 14 TD ' s and 15 intercep tions. WR Jeff Mans ukhani led USD with 4 catches for 78 yards and now has t otals of 44 receptions fo r 739 yards (16.8) and 7 touchdowns. This was Jeff ' s first game of the season where he didn't sco r e a t ouchdown. WR Scott Reilly pulled in 3 r ecep t ions for 66 yards and is second on the t eam in catches with 20 fo r 363 yards ( 18 . 2) and 3 TD ' s . The Torero r unning game was l imited to 89 net yards on 35 rushes. ILB Chuck Royer pi cked off 3 St. Mar y ' s passes while SS J ohn Gutsmiedl was in on 14 t ackles . Gu tsmiedl has 100 t o tal tackles on t he season and also l eads wi th 36 unassis ted tackles . Royer is next with 96 tackles . Occidenta l , currently 4- 2- 1, still has a chance to win its fo urth consecu tive SCIAC championship . However , their s tring of 3 s tra i ght NCAA playoff appear ances is in jeopardy. Their season scor es include wins over La Verne (34-10) , Claremont- Mudd (24-21) , Pomona-Pitzer (37-7) and Redlands ( 16-15) ; losses t o Menl o Col lege (14- 27) and La Verne (52-53) ; and a tie with Azusa Pacific (20- 20) . Last week Oxy came f rom behind to defea t Redlands af t er being down 15- 3 in the 2nd half . Their winning TD was set up by LB Mike Smotherman ' s interception and some Redland ' s penalties . Oxy ' s OB Mar k Kr ajnik hit WR Erik Sundstrom from 4 yards out for the game winner. Kr ajnik was 17 of 34 fo r 182 yards and 2 TD ' s . WR Jon Billingsley pulled in 8 catches for 91 yar ds . Redland ' s didn 't help their cause as they missed on two 2- poi nt conversion tries fo r the day . Oxy season leaders include: Krajnik (116 of 220 f or 1253 yds, 13 TD' s and 9 interc ep tions) , Billingsley (30 ca t ches for 373 yds and 5 TD' s) and RB Tim Kennedy ( 113 r ushes fo r 431 yds and 5 TD' s) . DB Todd St oney is their best defens i ve player . He has two interceptions and the year and has also scored two TD ' s on returns . NEXT WEEK: The Tor eros close ou t the 1986 season with a r o ad game at Men l o College , Sa turd ay , November 15th. 13