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November 30, 1970
WOLVERINE OBSERVER
Page 5
Florida A&M Upset
By M.B.C. 28-22, Before
Homecoming Crowd
By CRAIG MUCKLE
^ The alumni came back to Mor-
1 ris Brown to celebrate homecom-
Glenda Peterson
“Cheering”
Ronald Denson
“Reckless Ron”
Pearlie Echols
and Crew Cheering
“Spoteye”
Marching Away
ing, and to celebrate they did, as
they watched Morris Brown de
feat Florida A&M 28-22.
The time and place was just
great for Morris Brown to upset
Florida because the Wolverines
hadn’t defeated a Florida team
since 1951. It took 19 long years,
but success finally returned along
with some of the men who played
on the 1951 team, who came back
to an old-timers homecoming cel
ebration.
The Wolverines playing behind
the homecoming day theme “A
Ball of Confusion,” confused the
previously undefeated Rattlers
from Florida all afternoon.
Morris Brown broke the ice and
scored early in the first quarter
when quarterback Ronald Law
rence threw a 19 yd. touchdown
pass to his big tight end Sylves
ter Hickson. Florida then scored
on a 5 yd. run in the second quar
ter, the point after failed and
Brown led at halftime 7-6. There
was no scoring in the third stan
za for either team. In the final
quarter Florida drew first blood
when they scored on a 13 yd. pass
from Scruggs to Sykes, the two
points conversion was good and
Florida led for the first time all
afternoon. Morris Brown deter
mined not to be counted short
this game came right back and
scored on a 90 yd. kick-off re
turn by speedster Alfred Jenkins,
the point after failed and Morris
Brown only trailed by one.
James Townsend, a 6-3, 208 lbs.
senior end who prefers ot play
offense but who found himself
playing defense due to a rash of
injuries to the wolverines, ex
pressed himself as he intercepted
a Scruggs Pass raced 31 yds. to
set the stage for another touch
down. Morris Brown then scored
on a 1 yd. run by the old-reliable
Levi Golphin, the Wolverines
workhorse all afternoon. The two
point conversion was good and
Brown led 21-14. Then “the pur
ple people eaters” as the Brown
defense unit calls themselves
forced the Rattlers offense into a
punting situation but the attempt
was blocked by Michael McBride,
a big, tough freshman and picked
up by his playmate Sylvester
Canady, who ran 9 yds. for Mor
ris Brown’s final touchdown, the
poin tafter was good and Morris
Brown fans were already sensing
an upset in the making. Florida
scored again but that was not
enough as the damage had been
done. Morris Brown had upset
Florida A&M. The only thing
which seemed to go wrong for
Brown was the score board which
was not operating, but the score
board was not important for ev
eryone knew that Morris Brown
had upset Florida 28-22.
Morris Brown 7 0 .0 21 28
Florida A&M 0 6 0 16 22
M.B. — Hickson, 19, Pass from
Lawrence (Bryant Kick)
Fla. — Edwards, 5, run (Kick
failed)
Fla. — Sykes, 13, pass from
Scruggs (Block from Scruggs)
M.B. — Jenkins, 90, kick off re
turn (kick failed)
M.B. — Golphin, 1 run, (Hickson
from Lawrence)
M.B. — Canady 9 run on blocked
punt (Bryant kick)
Fla. — Edwards 28 pass from
Scruggs (Sykes from Scruggs).
Levi Golphin
“Truck”
THE PURPLE
MACHINE
M.B.C. Squeezes
Past Ala. A&M
By Craig Muckle
The Wolverines improved their
record to 3-2-0 as they defeated
the Bulldogs from Alabama A&M,
5-0.
As the score indicates this was
not a typical football game but
more or less a mud battle, because
the field was drenched with pud
dles of water due to the rainy
weather.
The Wolverines got on the
board late in the 2nd quarter on
a 24 yd. field goal by Larry Hen
derson, who had missed on two
previous attempts and the Wol
verines went in at half-time lead
ing 3-0.
The score remained that way
until the final quarter, when
Charlie Harris, a big 275 lb. de
fensive tackle from Adairsville,
Ga., tackled A&M’s quarterback
Frederick Atkins in the end zone
for a safety.
This game showed signs that
the Wolverines are improving
week by week, because this was
the first tim this season that the
defense had shutout an opponent,
and this was also the first time
that the offense hasn’t scored a
touchdown this year. But as the
score indicates a touchdown really
didn’t matter because we won.
M.B.C. 0 3 0 2—5
Ala. A&M 0 0 0 0—0
M.B.C. — 24 yd. field goal by
Henderson
M.B.C. — Harris atckled Atkins
in the end* zone for safety
M.B.C. Falls To
Tennessee State
The Big Blue stymied the Pur
ple Machine in Nashville, Tenn
essee Saturday, Nov. 7th. But we
didn’t lose this game, time just
ran out on us. The final score was
36-1. Scoring for Morris Brown
wer Alfred Jenkins •—• 47 yd. pass
and Ronald Lawrence — 11 yd.
run. P.A.T. were added by Larry
Henderson.
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