LOOK OUT, HERE COMES BUCKY Bucky Paolone, Lion right halfback picks up 10 yards on
pitchout around the left end. Look at the fallen Furman linemen in Paolone's'path.
Paolone, Kasperian Also
Shine Against Hurricanes
Schleicher missed only one toss the whole game. His
first catch was for 21 yards and helped Penn State in a 70-
yard drive for its second touchdown. But his next three
receptions—for 13, 17 and 16 yards—were even more dra
matic. For they came in almost successive order in the Lions'
eight-play, 67-yard march for its * * *
third score.
And Schleicher's fifth catch—
which isn't included in the offi
cial statistics —gave the home
club a two-point conversion fol
lowing that third touchdown.
Schleicher's final reception
(for 20 yard s) came in the
midst of the fourth Nittany TD
march and carried the winners
deep into enemy territory. Two
plays later, Lucas zeroed part
time birdman Dave ICasperian
from the 20-yard stripe. Kas
perian grabbed the ball on the
15 and weaved through a
swarm of Furman interceptors
for the score.
Luc also found halfback Jim
Kerr (for 16 yards) and end John
Bozick (for 9 yards) on the re
ceiving end of his missiles.
The only other Lion pass com
pleted out of the six others at-
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Net
Car. Yde. Avg.
10 55 5.5
10 32 3.2
12 54 4.5
2 23 11.5
S 15 3.0
1 4 4.0
6 41 . 6.8
1 9 9.0
3 22 7.3
1 9 9.0
1 -1 -1.0
Rushing
Paolone
Botula
Kasperian
Ploconyi
Kerr
Jacks
Lucas
Jonas
Beak
Sobreak
rae _
SCORE BY PERIODS
lat 2nd 3rd Ath Ttl.
Furman 0 0 0 0 0
Penn State 0 22 6 8 36
TEAM STATISTICS
Furman _ Penn State
First Downs 13 16
Yards Rushing 113 267
Yards Passing 67 157
Total Offense 180 424
Passes Completed 9of 35 9of 21
Passes had Ineptd. 3 1
Fumbles lost 1 2
Punta 9 5
Punting average 36 37
Yards penalized _
tempted was heaved, ironically,
by a halfback—Don Jonas. It
covered 26 yards. Jonas, running
wide, took a pitchout from Lucas
and after faking a run off tackle,
passed to Kasperian who had cut
across the heart.
Lucas also ' aided the ground
troops in its offensive, advanc
ing for 41 yards rushing on six
carries and two touchdowns.
His first tally was on a fourth
down one-yard sneak which
climaxed the Lions' first touch
down drive in the second quar
ter. 1
Lucas registerel his other _I'D
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263 4.7
. . . starts 30-yard punt return
about five minutes later. It was
a beautifully executed keeper
play from the Furman 11 yard
line. Lucas faked to halfback
Bucky Paolone slanting to the
left, scooted outside right tackle
and was in the end zone before
the Hurricanes knew what hap
pened.
However. Lucas was just one
of the heroes of the Lion in
fantry and there were many.
For the Lion ground forces,
which had ranked third in the
nation according to last week's
NCAA statistics, pushed for
267 yards—boosting its average
to 260-yards per game.
Kasperian and Paolone were
worthy of the Distinguished Ser
vice Medal for thei r' perform
ances. Kasperian, who had caught
two passes for 45 yards and one
TD, rushed for 54 yards on 12
carries and scored another TD
on a one-yard dive. He also tal
lied four extra points—two on a
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—Photo by John Bonne
DICK HOAK
—Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson
QUARTERBACK RICHIE LUCAS scores the second Penn State touchdown after an 11-yard run
,on a keeper play. Lucas scored another TD and passed for one.
* * *
Furman Football Team Praises
Schleicher for Outstanding Play
By MATT MATHEWS
Associate Sports Editor
After a 36-0 defeat, most losing
teams are usually highly despond
ent and non-committal about the
game. But not Furman. They
massed around this writer Satur
day and began talking of a new
All-American, an athlete who was
"by far" the best they faced all
season—Maury Schleicher.
Hurricane tackle Dick Car
ter started the overwhelming
praise by stating "that big num
ber 80 (Schleicher) was the best
we have faced—bar none."
"And that includes Bobby Rich
ardson (All-American candidate
from Florida State)," chipped in
hard-working fullback Bradley
Fowler.
Linebacker Wayne Belskis had
another slant on Schleicher's out
standing play: "On offense, we
just couldn't stay with him, He
really outmaneuvered us. And for
as big as he is—wow! He was
just 'too much' on both offense
and defense.l And his blocking
was really rygged. I'm glad we
don't have to face him anymore."
"That guy sure could catch
passes," added Carter, "How
many has he caught for you
guys this season?"
The writer looked at the Fur
man players and answered quite
simply: "One."
But Maury was his usual friend
ly self and took the joke in
SYLVANIA
Spark Win
—Collegian photo by Bob Thompson
DAVE KASPERIAN starts for two yards as the Lions near the
Furman goal line for the first time. On the next play, Richie Lucas
scored. That's Andy Stynchula in the background.
* *
Maury Schleicher
. . . glue-finger receiver
stride: "That's O.K. Just tell them
Furman guys that I was 'saved'
for this game," Maury comment
ed. "I've been the sleeper all year,
but watch out for me the rest of
the season."
Rip Engle was also highly
elated over the pass•catching
exhibition of Schleicher. "I was
real pleased with the passing
game today," Engle said. "It's
been coming along fine and our
pass deform is also looking
1:!3
good. I hope we cart hold all
our opponents to 67 yar d s
through the air. I hope it con
tinues."
Linebacker Belskis also had
glowing words for tackle Chuck
Janerette and quarterback Richie
Lucas.
"That 75 (Janerette) is a tough
man to take out,"! he commented.
"And that Lucas was the best
faker I've ever played against.
He'd look one way and then, with
out an outward sign, throw to the
other side of the field. And if he
didn't throw he ran as good as
any other halfback we ever faced."
Furman coach Bob King had a
simple analysis of the game. "You
were just too big and strong.
Don't get me wrong, you have a
good club.
"If I would compare your
team to others we played," King
continued. "I'd say that you
could beat the likes of Alabama,
but not Florida State. State is
faster than your team but it
would be close."
"I honestly didn't expect to see
as much passing. Your air game
was a lot stronger than I antici
pated."
King went on to say that of
the 40 players he brought along
on the trip, 22 were freshmen.
"We're in the process of a big
rebuilding program," he said. End
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