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Western Carolinian Volume 45 Number 10

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October 25, 1979/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 21 Sports WESTERN CAROLINIAN Ladder riding Cats need 'up1 game Homecoming win needed for next week's 'big push' against UT-Chat It is homecoming week at WCU and the Catamounts are coming off an impressive, record-setting victory, but Bob Waters is concerned about how his team will respond to this week's opponent. All the hoopla surrounding the game that perennially attracts the largest crowd of the season climaxes Saturday when Western and an old rival, Lenoir-Rhyne, take the field for the 1 p.m. kickoff. The game does not carry the importance of last year's homecoming affair when the Catamounts hosted Furman in the Southern Conference showdown nor will it generate the rivalry that spiced numerous Western Carolina/Lenoir-Rhyne games in the 1940's, 50's and 60's. However, Waters labels this game "a very important game that has me concerned for several reasons." Waters says his Catamounts must continue to improve and gain momentum Saturday against Lenoir-Rhyne to prepare for a season ending stretch of Southern Conference games. "We've got to play well to develop momentum for UT-Chattanooga, Furman and East Tennessee...we'll need everything going for us in those games," he explained. Western exploded last Saturday for a 56-21 win over Wofford to push its up and down record to 4-3. Lenoir-Rhyne was idle last weekend with an open date after winning its last two outings for a 4-2 record. "We iff expecting a much tougher test than we had last weekend for several reasons," warned Waters. "First, Lenoir-Rhyne is a better football team than Wofford. They had an open date last weekend and will be well prepared for us. And, after that big win last week, we are going to have to work hard to keep our mind on this game, especially with Chattanooga coming up next week," he explained. Waters also expressed concern about the epidemic of injuries that has hit the WCU offensive line in the last few weeks. "Our injury situation is getting to be scary," noted Waters and pointed out that the offensive line that will start against Lenoir-Rhyne will be the youngest and most inexperienced since he arrived in Cullowhee in 1969. An instant smile comes over Waters' face when the talk turns to his passing and running game and pass defense. Quarterback Mike Pusey and super receiver Gerald Harp teamed up for four touchdowns last weekend and freshman tailback Leonard Williams rushed for over 100 yards (110) for the fourth consecutive game to lead the offensive effort. Pusey's season totals reached 12 touchdowns and 1,282 yards after last Saturday's performance. His career totals now read 5,267 yards and 39 touchdowns, both all-time highs for the Southern Conference. Harp's four scoring catches gives i him eight for the season and career totals of 2,064 yards on 119 catches, including 21 touchdowns. He is just 234 yards away from breaking the Southern Conference career pass receiving yardage. Western's pass defense moved up to the nation's top spot after limiting Wofford to 31 aerial yards. Ihe Cats are limiting opponents to only 61.7 yards per game. Waters says he is impressed with Lenoir-Rhyne's offense. "They have a wide-open offense that will test our defense," he warned. "They have a couple of outstanding running backs (Don Strayhorn and Tony Smith) and a pair of good option quarterbacks (Jeff Flowe and Craig Corbett)." Strayhorn has rushed for 523 yards and is averaging 5.5 yards per carry. Smith carries a 5.0 per carry average. Flowe has passed for 401 yards and has rushed for 240 yards while Corbett has thrown for 169 yards and picked up 210 on the ground. "Defensively, Lenoir-Rhyne will be as big and tough as anyone we have played since East Carolina and they love to play against passing quarterbacks," said Waters. The Bears of Coach Jack Huss sacked Gardner-Webb's quarterback 12 times for 110 yards in losses two weeks ago. WCU and Lenoir-Rhyne have met 35 times previously on the gridiron with the Bears winning 24 times to the Catamounts' II. The teams ended their football rivalry after the 1970 season as the result of WCU's move out of the Carolina's Conference. The teams have met once since then and that was in Western's 1976 homecoming game with WCU a 38-6 winner. Pusey to Harp WCU combo combine for four touchdowns ^■MM# Photo By E.S. McDaniel Mike Pusey Western Carolina used four touchdowns from Mike Pusey to Gerald Harp to lead the Catamounts to a record smashing 56-21 victory over Wofford College Saturday afternoon at Whitmire Stadium. The game belonged to WCU from the opening period on as the Cats literally picked the Terrier defense apart. After scoring on Ted Dunn's block and recovery in the end zone of a Keith Kinard punt with only 7:06 minutes gone in the game, Harp and Pusey teamed for a 58 yard scoring bomb, a four yard score and after one Wofford touchdown, a six yarder with only 17 seconds left in the first half for a commanding 28-7 lead. Harp caught his fourth touchdown pass with 11:16 left in the third quarter, that gave the Cats a 35-7 advantage. From then on Coach Bob Waters emptied his bench for the rest of the game for the Cats. For the game, Harp caught 5 passes for 100 yards, and Pusey, who hit 10 of 17 passes in a little more than two quarters, threw for 135 yards. In the deluge of broken records. Pusey emerged from the game as the all-time leader in touchdown passes in the Southern Conference history with 39, breaking Gordon Slade's record at Davidson. Pusey also tied the school record, held by current offensive backfield coach Don Dalton. Harp tied the WCU all-time touchdown pass reception mark with 21 and broke the school record in TD's per game. He went over the 2,000 yard mark in receiving yards. (2064) and tied a S.C. mark with 4 scores on passes. Not only that, but the 56 point outburst by the Cats was the highest score since the 70-0 romp over Newberry in 1969. The Catamount defense was also outstanding as they allowed Wofford only 15 total yards in the first quarter, and only 31 passing yards for the game. The Cats now rank first in the nation in pass defense, allowing only 61 yards a game. Western set up the first score of the game when George Alston stopped Wofford tailback Anthony Gaines on 3rd and 5 at the Wofford 29. Keith Kinard hobbled the snap from center on the punt, hesitated, and then tried to punt around several charging WCU defenders. Ted Dunn, starting in place of the injured Thomas Gunn in the defensive backfield. blocked the kick and then fell on the ball after it came to rest in the end zone. Minutes later. Leonard William picked up II of his 110 rushing yards on two carries, and Anthony James on another 11 yards before Pusey hit Harp for the 58 yard score. The next score, one that tied the conference record for TD passes, came on a drive from the Wofford 49, with Williams sprinting 36 yards to set up the four yard toss to Harp. Wofford scored on a 14 yard run by Frank Brady, after a Robert Brown fumble, for a touchdown in the first half and scored in the third quarter on a 5 yard run by Wade Land, making his first collegiate start. Lang finished the game with 113 yards rushing. Wofford scored again in the fourth period on a 1 yard run from quarterback Charlie Bradshaw with nine minutes left. Robert Brown scored twice and Vernon McRae. once in the second half to close out the WCU point production. The win gave the Cats a 4-3 record going into Saturday's homecoming match with Lenoir-Rhyne. Wofford's record fell to 2-4 with the loss.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - Date original: 1979-10-25
  - Date digitized: 2019-09-10
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  - Dimension: 15" x 11.5"
  - Pages: 24 pages
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  - HL_WesternCarolinian_1979-10-25_Vol45_No10
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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