PAGE EIGHT Off and On Charles A. (Rip) Engle laid his head against the pillow on the soft airplane seat and shut his eyes for a moment.-The drone of the plane’s four engines was a famailiar sound to him. ' ' The silver-haired Penn State coach had been to many points of the globe to conduct coaching clinics. He had visited Europe twice and "Japan once. The nine-hour ride to California, where his team would play Marv Levy’s Golden Hears, was just a short hop for the popular Lion head coach. * Rip Engle is a successful coach and, .consequently, he is of asked to coach all-star squads The Ripper was head coach of the Blues in the Blue-Gray games in Montgomery, Al a -» hi 1951, 1952, and 1953. In 1955 and 1956 he was a member of the East coaching staff in the East-West Shrine game in San Francisco, becoming head coach for East in 1957. - , 5 In. addition, he was co-head coach of. the National All starsirithe 1959 and 1960 Cooper Bowl games in Arizona, and in 196 f he served as co-head coach of the East team in the ■first All-American Bowl in Buffalo, N.Y, r . He has never, had a losing season since coming to ! Penn State in 1950. His 12-year record here shows 82 victories, 35 and 4 ties. That record includes Liberty Bowl victories 'over Alabama in 1959 and Oregon in 1960 and a Gator Bowl victory aver Georgia Tech last year. BUT ENGLE wasn’t thinking of places he h:is been or of all-star squads he has coached. The Lion mentor opened his eyes and chuckled, rememberis the 1950' fr ball! ' Arriving on Mount Nittany . after a'highty successful eight tyear touj: of ( duly at’Brown Uni versity, Engle was 100 late, for spring practice. “They had already had spring parctice by the time I got there,” Engle recalled. “Buf we got the boys-out again and ~ had practice .all over. But the .freshmen weren’t there so we had another spring practice, fo; them. “We wanted to make sure we were ready for our opener,” Engle continued, “so we brought' the boys back and started fall practice on Aug. 15. By the end of the season I was really sick of football.” . ' Engle succeeded Joe Be- - denk as head coach • and in- RIP ENGLE - stalled the winged-T. The Lions responded Well to the new system, winding tip the season with a 5-3-1 log. “We had a good team that 'year," Engle said. “But the biggest controversy of the ye ir. wasn’t over our team or any body we played. Everybody was more concerned with where we would sit. ■ '‘‘That was the first yea::'that we sat on the, East side of .the field,” Engle explained. “The students wanted to sit behind the team, so instead of moving all the students, we moved the team. People were sure I was to blame for moving the team. I got letters in favor of the move and letters claim ing we w.ere to rnoye and sit with sun in our eyes." SINCE THOSE early days Engle has.built;Penn State into a genuine football power,- a team playing a rough schedr ule and bidding for. national recognition. ' As the quality of football at Penn State has improved, so has the Nittany Lions’j following grown. ; “i got a lot of advice from a lot of people,” Engle said as he pulled a piece of crumpledi*paper from his pocket, “but this has to be one of the best letters I have ever received.” Tp.The Hole Football Team i V Satrday my Dady said you were a bunch»f Bums and I Said You Was the GREATEST in the Hole WORLD and thnn my Dady says to , me you no that bike you want.. SO I Befit witih : by Dady my hex 2 weeik alonqe I.oos a weeik : that you the Syracuse by 2 touchdowns. ' PE. I still thimk you best evem if-you lose . -rhut plesse win buy 2 touchdowns. God 5 Bless -■ • You ! . Sined, ‘ I David Feldman The return address oft the envelope just said “Brooklyn” or Engle would answjer the letter. ! ■' “We didn’t win bjy two touchdowns,” the Lion coach said,- . “and I would like to send him a football autographed by the . .squad.” • ' t .. 4 : ■ f If. David Feldman, Brooklyn, is a normaf Term State football fan/he would probably much rather wm thatbicyde with the same bet nejxt ye«u\ 5 . ? . 1 Hip Reminisces * I ✓ On 1950 Grid Team By JOHN . MORRIS ' . ■ Sports Editor ; * - * THEj DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA Lions Squeeze by Bears As Pass Defense Palters . (Continued jrom page one) one reception of Lenny grouse's 22-year-old record. Kochman gained more yardage rushing than any other four men on the field. The Rocket zoomed' for 130 yards' in 19 carries. There were other outstanding Penn State players. 'Fullback Pave Hayes gained 37 yards rushing, including vital first down yardage .on every Penn Stale drive. - . . And, of course, All-American end candidate Dave ; Robinson gave his usual.sterling! perform ance. He had four catches for 43 yards and played brilliantly on defense. i The. Nittanies (5-1) started out. like they intended to 'run Cali fornia into' tile ground. They gained upwards of 150 yards in the first quarter ,but were held scoreless by the biggest game of Drop-the-Hanky ever l held in front of 31,500 people. l "THE LlONS:were penalized 71 .yards in the initial period in a display of flag-waving that ef fectively blunted three Nittany drives. State scored! the' first time it got the. ball in the second period. Kochman got the Lions started with an 18-yard dash from the State 20-yard line. The Nittanies’ All-American halfback candidate gained a total of 46 yards as the Lions marched 80 yards in 12 plays. Hayes scored the, touchdown on a one-yard ; plunge j and Bon Coates added the extra point to make the, score 7-0 withsix min utes gone in the second quarter. Coates put his foot into a 27- yard field goal the next time the Lions had the ball. Aj pass inter ception by Junior Powell set up the boot. ! Then Morton took over and, as California fans gasped with glee, moved the Bears 73 yards in seven plays for a touchdown just before the end of the half. THE SCORE' came on a four yard pass from Norton to Jim Blakeney, but Tom j Blanchfield missed the -extra point in the jubilation that followed. _ State’s first unit, which man aged to contain Morton most of the afternoon, stopped the Cali fornia sophomore at the start of the second half. Liske then moved the Lions 77 yards in 17 plays. Kochman scored the touchdown with a plunge off tackle and Coates again added the extra point, making the score 17-6. Lion coach Rip Engle then gave his regulars a well-deserved rest, inserting State’s Reddy (second) unit in the -game. ,j Morton ri&dled the Reddies* de fensive badjrfield and the first "unit was .rushed back into ac tion. But lt).e Bears: wouldn’t be stopped, moving 75 yards in just nine plays. A two-point conver sion narrowed the Nittanies’ mar gin to 17-1(|. KOCHMAN RETURNED the ensuing kickoff 'from' five yards deep in the end zone to the State I Na. Tda. Koehman , IS .. 1M Curakjr Jf. , :_l4 IS Hira 11 M Stuckrsth ; 1 It Hersher , ; 4 1! Kilncennnltb 2 9 Blanchfield 4 X 2 Blakener !_; « 1C Marlon jj » 11 Xpatein ..1 • PASSING Alt. Iw. lal. Yds. TD Uske .„_l7 14 O 160 1 Coatra > I « .19 • C Morton — 1 IS 10 1 174 0 Walter- 0-0 0 0 BallieU 10 10- .0 Na. Yds. TD Cumin ...til 0 M 1 Anderson I - II O Rofcfnsou 4- 41 0 Yost : „__l , 0 0 Oridlrr - ( M 0 Blanchfield 4 43 0 Turner 4 U 0 Blakmry I 0 1 Vaachn :! I . W Nelson - ; 1 0 Lutea : I » New jCollege Diner STATISTICAL LEADERS - SUBBING P4SS RECEIVING .4 M « LOOKING DOWNFIELB, Lion halfback AI Gunky pulls away ! from a lacklo by California's Bill Turner after taking a third quarter pass from Pete Llska. Gursky snared eight passes during the Lions' win. Just one reception short of tha all-time Penn State j record. , j- i 26-yard line and the Lions’ re juvenated first unit began to roll. ' The running of Kochman and Hayes apd two passes to Robin- the ball to the Cali fornia seven. Then Liske rolled to his right and flipped a short pass to Gursky for the touchdown. Coates’ extra point attempt was wide to the right and the Nit tanies led,, 23-14. ' Again the second unit entered the game,- and again Morton filled the air with passes. The Bears moved 73 -yards in 11 plays for the score. BlanchfieliTs PAT making it 23-21. With the tension mounting, the Golden Bears, stopped the Lions immediately after the kickoff. Chuck Raisig, the second leading Sunter in the nation, boomed the all 51, yards and the Bears took over. It wag. here that the Lions (deviated from the script After AWS Applications for ; Commuting Students' Chairman# Are Available at the HUG Desk Deadline for returning forms : to the HUB desk is noon of Saturday, November 3 A aj Question*? Call —UN 5-4459 ' • RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE COMING ” ; November,l3 and 14 • M : : j - Sign Up and Release Forms . "til Tuesday, Nov . 6 .. # Alpha Phi Onega Hen’* Hftitaisl Service FrateriHy { Ganna Signs Signs, j , Wanaa’t HaHaaal Sevivtc Severity TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1962 three complete passes, Robinson; and Harrison Rosdahl broke: through the ring of blockers pro-: tecting Morton and chased th»| California qliarterback toward the sidelines. | . Rosdahl clamped his huge arm* around Morton and Robinson grabbed the ball in mid-air t<s stop -the Bear drive. •: With about a minute California regained possession 01$ its own 20-yard line. ; -Morton moved the Bears the 38-yard line and lofted a long pass intended for 'speedy Dale Rubin: Hie ball sailed out of bounds just over Rubin’s out stretched; fingertips on the Penn State 20-yard stripe. ,! That was the game. Mortop threw another incomplete pass and then - tossed a long-bomb that Liske intercepted on the Lions’ 17.' Liske sat down with the ball on the next play as time ran oui
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