PAGE SIX GARY COLLINS . . the "crowded" end * ♦r * * Altos Maryland's banner years of 1947-1955, , during *Walk head coach Jim 'Tetuan guided the Temps to five post-season bowl games and a national rhanapkus ship in 1953. fie!ball frank n nosedive at College Park, Tommy Mont took over in 1956, but he couldn't recruit enough' good football players to cope with' Maryland's rough Atlantic Coast' Conference schedule and at the ' By JIM KARL :one-half years Collins has caught end of three years he had a record Gary Collins, Maryland's bril-' lll ora passes (58), more touch- - of 11 wins, 111, losses and 1 tie. liant All-American end, is a foot -' sown passes (10) and gained morel . In 1959, Nugent's first year at, ball player who has what coacheslYarriage on passes (979) than enpMeryland, the -Terps ended up. like to call a "winning touch." , other Terrapin gridder. !w ith. a 5-5 record and surprised At- - everybody by ,finishing third in Collins, an excellent pass re-, lie also has broken many At_. ceiver. defensive end and punter,,lantie Coact Conference records , conference standings the is the type of player who eallimost of which were held by.„. Included ance9 Marfklwre make the difference between vic-tsormy Randle, formerly of Vir- n” w i n s were Irleloriss eves tory and defeat in a close game. iginia and now a pro star with Clemson and Nerth Carolina. FACTS IN SUPPORT OF THE the St. Louis Cardinals. the top two teams in the citcuit. ABOVE STATEMENT: 1 Collins' feats on the gridiron Last year Nugent gave Mary • Last year Collins br o k e.are so widespread that instead of'land fans their first winning sea through the Wake Forest defensesidouble-teaming him, some oppo- son since 1955. His Terps finished to block a Norm Snead field goal,nents assign three or four men tol6-4 and won five out of their last attempt and intercepted a pass in cover hi m. I sla games, the. Only loss coming, the end zone with time running ; The result: Co llin s .at _ Beaver Stadium when State out to preserve a 14-13 victory. , . ``crowded ' `- is is now calledsrured yea 9 triumph. . , the end ". But this! Th. N This Nugent p is reported to •An ankle injury cut Collins idoest.et sto p—, . rum f rom graobing playing time down to three min-Ihave the best material in his 11 utes in the Clemson game the ;Tosses. !years of big time college "caching. ' "Gary has the outstanding ) Led b' All-A- id Go- All-American Collins Has inning Touch' _ next week, but that was long - - - --- --i , ..ingii...s. .y 1.-,,,, _tnerican en ...iary enough for him to almost single-1 faculties and instinct to go up;Collins and quarterback Dick No handedly win the game. Mary 'for a pass with a crowd aroundiirak, the Terps have upset Syra-1 land coach Tom Nugent put Col- nun and come down with thvcuse, 22-21, in addition to beating lips into the game with the Terps ball," - says Nugent, who watchesiglial 14-6. Clemson 24-21 and Air driving for a score. He caughtiL).,. °lims make indescribable catch- - Force 21-0, s a pass and went 32 yards to theses week in and week out.--.firm .M' has been beaten in one yard hne and Maryland scored two conference games by North on the next play. Later in the game Nuget sent Collins back in and he scored the deciding touchdown in the 19-Is victory by taking a sereen, pass and bowling over friend and}, foe alike on 12-yard jaunt .intol the end tone. •Four weeks later Collins again scored the deciding touch- down in a 22-19 win over North Carolina. With fourth down and; goat to go on the three, tate in! the game, Collins maneuverecti himself into isolation in the Tar Heel end zone and calmly took: the PD toss from quarterback? Dale Betty. Rip Engle, Penn State's silver haired coach, is well aware of Collins' atlility_ Last year against Penn State Collins was a demoni on defense and despite Penn - State's 28-9 victory he was -voted the "Outstanding Linethan" of the Collins either holds or has excellent chance of 'tweaking every pass-reception record in Mary- i land's grid history. In 26 games covering two and. 10% count r More AGIES ANKS le Haven 84381 Delivery ;. Frazier THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK. 'PENNSYLVANIA NORTH HALLS _ RECCr:'D' - ili P WARNOCK LOUNGE Donation: Terps Nugent Keeps Opponents Guessing By MM KARL If Penn State beats Mary land at Byrd Field tomorrow, one thing is certain, the loss! won't be traced. to a lack of! original thinking on the part of Terrapin coach Tommy Nugent. Known as the ,magician oft southern gridirons. Nugent has added more wrinkles to college football in the past two and one half years than most coaches do in a lifetime. And the amazing thing about it all is that along with the "r formation, victory huddle and his patented pro-style offense, Nugent manages to win more than his share of football games. EVERY SATURDAY. NITE GIRLS FREE FIRST HOUR Carolina 14-8. and South Caro lina 28-16. ,- Nugent is famous for his quick wit and good humor, and more than once the affable coach has used his ingenuity to win/football games. Dave Flinchbaugh was Mel- As a novice coach at Florida,chior's favorite target with the ,State University, Nugent had alsombination clicking for two halfback who also starred on thei s o n res. „bin Hahn hauled in the gymnastics. team. On the firstlother touchdown pt& for the win play of an important game Nugent ners. 'sent the acrobatic halfback in me- Marlin Biesecker was the big (tion,—not running, but doing (wheels and hand stands to hero for Theta Xi as he passed to Gary Kirby for a touchdown, 1 The i °Akar team was so busy kicked the extra point and also ' watehx eg the act that Florida booted "a 40-yard field' goal to ', States fullback ripped ,up the crush Delta Theta Sigma, 10-0. 1 middle far a 21 3 -yard gain. In other fraternity battles last ißut all of Nugent's innovations , night , -a p ass from Do n Woodruff are designed to win football!to Joe Eicher(' gave Tau Phi Delta games, not get laughs. 'a 6-0 victory over Pi Lambda 1 . Ile invented the 'T' formation,,Phi; Pi Kappa Alpha downed an which all four backs line upfAlpha Sigma Phi on first downs, single file behind the center, to !4-2;= Phi Mu Delta beat Sigma wreck a 'Virginia defense designediAlpha Epsilon. 4-2 on first downs ,to stop power plays off tackle, land Alpha Chi Sigma squeezed by The first time he used it against Zeta Beta Tau on first downs the Cavaliert, his team picked up 3-2. Phi Gamma Delta smashed clue to 500 yards—all off tackle.!Befa Sigma Rho, 13-0; Pi Kappa The victory hudae is designed iPhi defeated Rh 0 Alpha ► o Chi, -0, to instill confidence and esprit dean. Phi Sigma Delta downed corps in the players and his pro-iSignla , style offense is designed to score( touchdowns *nigh it usually Twist the T.rpsl does. 0 * 0 **Ae t 9 C 7. . . ...../adayS Special ce; IFre r IHG&L Choice a Two Vega. Bread At Bonet 9fie INFORMAL FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1961 Melchior ,Leads DU To-Victory By DEMOB itHECHT Delta Upsilon rolled to a 19-0 victory over Phi Kappa Theta last night on the golf course IM field behind the quarterbacking of Jack Melchior, whose accurate passing accoupted for all three DU touch downs. 8:30 to 12:30 P. M. Dress:
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