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'62 Schedule Toughest
]clot too many years agb it was common practice, when
writing a pre-season forecast on the Penn State football team,
to- note that the Lions played a relatively easy schedule.
The charge was true. For years the Nittanies played the
likes of Virginia Military Institute, Furman and Boston
University.
Those were the good old days
when the Lions had a weak-fish
opponent to fatten up their record.
This year Stale will be shoot
ing for its 24th straight winning
season, but the Lions will have
to beat some mighty tough
teams
double dosea. if they are to make it a
. The 1961 football schedule was
widely heralded as State's tough
est Slate ever. That honor now
belongs to the 1962 schedule.
Two new opponents, Air Force
and Rice, fill the second and third
spots on the Lion schedule. Last
year those places were occupied
by Miami and the aforementioned
Boston University.
The elimination of Boston Uni
versity from the schedule leaves
Uoly Cross as the only consist
ently inferior team on the 1962
menu.
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Holy Crots
By JOHN MORRIS
Sports Editor
1962 opponents Navy. Army.
Syracuse, Maryland and West Vir
ginia—have received glowing pre=
season notices and national. men
tion.
Perhaps Army doein't belong
on that list, but there are those
who believe that Paul Dietzel's
Ipana smile assures the 'Cadets
of a successful season. It just
ain't true, brother.
A successful season for Army
means beating Navy, a feat that
the West Pointers have found
fairly difficult in recent years.
And. gloom on the Hudson or
not, Navy should be the second
best team in the East this year.
West Virginia hasn't received a
great deal of - pre-season recog
nition on the national level, but
the Mountaineers are generally
conceded to be the team - to beat
in the Southern Conference and
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usually manage to give the Lions
fits.
Let's take a look at the sched
ule and how the Lion opponents
shape up this yeari
NAVY (H) Sept. 22 The Mid
dies had .a 7-3 record last year
in • a season that coach Wayne
Hardin labeled a rebuilding year.
The Middies have, 25 returning
lettermen , and may provide the
Lions' toughest test of the
year. Many observers feel that
the survivor of this game will be
able to claim the Lambert Trophy
come December. An indication of
Navy's strength can be noted in
the battle . for the quarterback
position where junior -Bruce Abel
has apparently ousted lait year's
starter Ron Klemick and! at full
back where sophomore'Bill Don
nelly is running ahead 'of such
veterans •as Nick Markoff, Dick
Merritt, and Bob "Orlosky. TaCkle
Ron Testa and guard Vern Von
Sydow lead a capable ..Middle
line.
AIR FORCE (H) Sept. 29—The
Falcons have a new stadium this
year and this is supposed -to be
of some psychological value to
them. A few more football players
would be of more value. Ben Mar
tin's team stumbled to a -3-7-rec
ord in 1961 and may not do too
much better this year. The Fal-
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RUDY CARVAJAL
California
cons retain most of - their '6l
squad, but hick of depth will defi
nitely hurt them in this era bf
three-platoon football. Terry
Isaacson, an excellent halfback,
is playing quarterback and will
be the man to watch. A good run
ner and adequate . passer, Isaac
son is also a fine leader.
RICE (A) Oct. 6- 2 - The Owls
aren't too highly regarded ,in the
tough Southwest Conference 'this
year, but could be dangerous in
the warm clime of Houston. The
Lions showed a definite aversion
to warm weather at Miami last
season, losing 25-8. Coach Jess
Neely consistently fields a repre
sentative team and the Owls
should have a rugged- running
game. Sophomore fullback Rus
sell Wayt may be the Owls top
miller. Neely has two capable
quarterbacks in Randy Kerbow
and Billy Cox. -Gene Raesz is an
outstanding end, but the rest of
the line lacks depth.
ARMY (A) Oct. 13—Paul Diet
zel's arrival at Army signals a tre
mendous improvement in the
caliber of football played at' the
Point, but not this year. Dietzel
has brought three-platoon foot
ball with him from LSU, but un
fortimately he didn't bring the
players who made the system
work in Bayou country. Army
does have some good players in
guard Chet Kempinski, end John
Ellerson, halfback Ken Waldrop,
quarterbacks Dick Eckert and Joe
Blackgrove and fullback Ray
Paske. In addition, the Cadets al
ways , seem to play over their
heads when in :front of their
screaming cohorts) in Michie Sta
dium.
SYRACUSE (H) Oct. 20 — The
Penn State-Syracuse rivalry is
one of the most hotly-contested
affairs in college football. The
game is annually one of the high
spots of the season and this year
promises to be the same. There
have been rumors!fiom Piety Hill
that Ben Schwartzwalder is mold
ing a powerhouse from the 22
lettermen and sophomore full
back Jim Nance. Nance joins half
backs Bill Schoonover and Don
King and quarterback Bob Lelli
in the Syracuse starting back
field. 'End is the strongest posi
tion on the team with John Mack
ey and Walt Sweeney returning.
Mackey set a 'Syracuse record last
year with 15 catches for 321 yards.
Dave Meggyesy returns to guard
after a season at tackle. The
Orange have at least two let
tered players at each line posi
tion with the exception of center.
CALIFORNIA (A) Oct. 27—Cal
coach Mary Levy hasn't fared too
well since taking the reins at
Berkeley. His tennis have won
just three games in: his two years
there. This year• might be a little
different Cal- isn't ready to domi
nate the Big Five, but a group
of talented sophomores could
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Navy
Ever
make Levy's job a lot pleasanter
this season. Sophomore quarter
back Craig Morton, a 6-3 passing
wizard, leads the list of talented
newcomers. Morton must contend
with returning quarterbacks Ran
dy Gold and team captain Larry
Ballet. Veteran Rtidy Carvajal
returns to help stabilize the
youngsters in the backfield. Roger
Stull, John Erby, Lauren Bock,
Tom Burke and Dave.. Favro are
all back in the line.
MARYLAND (H) Nov. 3—The"
Terps upset the Lions last year,
21-17, after jumping ,off to an
early 21-0 lead on the strength of
Dick Shiner's passing, Gary Col
lins' receiving and some shoddy
State pass defense. Shiner re
turns, but Collins is gone and
things should be different this
year. The Lions •thoroughly out
played Maryland for the bulk of
last year's game and will be an-'
xious to avenge the defeat. It
won't be an easy . job, . but it
should be accomplished. Half
backs Tom' Brown; Murnis Ban
ner and Ernie Arizzi give the
Terps backfield strength. Roger
Shoals and Dave Crossan anchor
the line.
WEST VIRGINIA (H) Nov. 10
—The Mounties return eight - of
their 11 starters and may be the
dark horse 'team in the fight for
Eastern honors. The Mountain
eers lost star quarterback Fred
Colvard, who • dropped out of
school, but Tom Woodeschick, Jim'
Moss and Glenn Holton return - to
give West ' Virginia backfield
power: The line should be big and
fast. Gene Corum's team should
sweep to the Southern Confer-'
ence title.
HOLY CROSS (A) Nov. 17—
Dr. Eddie Anderson goes into the
36th year of his college coaching
career with a backfield that may
rank with the best in the East.
Quarterback Pat McCarthy is an
excellent passer. McCarthy has
been named to the Penn State
All-Opponent team for two
straight seasons. He is joined in
the backfield by Tom "The Blur"
Hennessey and Al Snyder at half
backs and Hank Cutting at full
back. The line is' not of major,
college caliber though and that
should prove to be the Cru
saders' downfall.
PITTSBURGH (A) Nov. 24
The Panthers would like nothing
better than a win over Penn
State, particularly after the Lions
humiliated them 47-26 enroute to
the Gator Bowl last fall. Sopho
more quarterback Fred Mazurek
is being counted on to lead the
Panther revival. Pitt also has the
best 'fullback in the East in Rick
Leeson. Tackle Gary Kaltenbach,
guard Tom Brown and halfback
Patil Martha are also expected to
shine. All in all, the Panthers
should be much improved over
the , , dismal 3-7 1961 season.
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