Dunbar High School Scrapbook - Page 34

4-18 in District 22-AA Battle
Powerful Dunbar Bombards Rusk

By JIM HARDIN
Lufkin News Writer
RUSK - Lufkin Dunbar went
14 minutes without running a
play from scrimmage during
the second half here Firday
night, but still had little trouble
in downing the Rusk Eagles 44-
18.

"That's got to be some kind
of record for us," Elmer Redd,
Dunbar head choach said follow-
ing the game. "Fourteen minu-
tes, that's a long time without
running an offensive play."

The Eagles accomplished this
possible record-breaking feat by
succeeding on two on-side kick-
ing attempts.

Rusk took the opening kickoff
in the second half and marched
56 yards for a touchdown. On
the following kickoff, the Ealges
rushed down and recovered the
short kick and again drove for
a touchdown.

The second on-side kick again
enabled the Eagles to get the
ball. The short kick was taken
by Dunbar lineman Elbert
Brown, but he fumbled and Don
Emerson recovered for Rusk. At
this point, it looked as if the
Eagles would drive for another
score, but Dunbar defensive
back Michael Freeman inter-
cepted a Rusk pass on the Ti-
ger six yard line.

The Tigers finally ran their
first offensive play from scrim-
mage in the second half with 10
minutes left in the game.

Even though the Tigers had
their troubles during the last
two quarters, they struck early
and often during the first two
periods to build up a 30-6 lead
by halftime.

Fullback Clifford Davis, re-
placement for all-state fullback
Kenneth Williams who was in-
jured in the game against Tur-
ner High, scored first for the
Tigers on a four-yard run, This
tally came with 8:38 left in the
first quarter, on Dunbars' first
possession of the game. Timothy
Hale kicked his first of five ex-
tra points.

Homer Freeman had given
Dunbar good field position by
taking opening kickoff and re-
turning it to the Tiger 45 yard
stripe before being shoved out of
bounds. From there, the Tigers
drove to the Rusk four yard line
before being faced with a fourth
down and three situation. Davis
got the call and rammed off-
tackle for the score.

After the following kickoff,
Rusk fumbled on its first play
from scrimmage. A dunbar line-
man fell on the loose ball, giv-
ing the Tigers good scoring pos-
tion on the Eagle 28 yard line.

Dunbar drove down to the
Rusk 10 yard line before the
Eagle defense dug in. Again
faced with a fourth down situa-
tion, this time on the 10 yard
stripe, the Tigers chose to go
for a field goal, giving Dunbar a 10-0
lead.

Rusk got into the scoring act
with 24 seconds left in the first
quarter with tailback Don Mat-
thews plunging over from the
one. The PAT kick was blocked
by Dunbar's Freeman.

Leading by only four points,
the Dunar offense produced
another scoring march follow-
ing the Rusk tally. Halfback
Jesse Ward climaxed the 45-yard
Tiger drive as he plunged one
yard for the score.

Quarterback D. C. Nobles tos-
sed a 39-yard pass to Freeman
for the next Tiger points. This
score came with 5:24 left in the
second quarter.

Sparked by the passing com-
binations of Nobles to Freeman
and Ward, the Tigers drove 64
yards for the next tally. Nobles
put the finishing touches on the
march as he circled right end
for two yards and the score.

On this drive, Nobles tossed
a 17 yard pass to Freeman and
a 25 yarder to Ward.

The Tigers had built up a 30-
6 lead at halftime before the
Rusk rampage began in the
third quarter.

Rusk scored on its first pos-
session in the second half as
halfback Emerson drove from
the one. The pass failed for the
extra points.

Matthews scored next for
Rusk as he also rammed over f
rom the one. The kick failed,
bu the Eagles had cut the Dun-
bar lead to 12 points.

When Dunbar finally got its
hands on the ball in the second
half, the Tigers drive 66 yards in
only three plays for a score.

On the first play from scrim-
mage, Ward broke loose for a
47-yard gainer to advance the
ball to the Rusk 16. Ward car-
ried again for three yards before
Nobles circled right end for
13 yards and a Dunbar score.

Davis scored the final Dunbar
touchdown on a four-yard run
with 32 seconds left in the game.
This 60-yard scoring drive was
sparked by a 21-yard run by
Ward and a 38 yarder by half-
back Roy Lomax.

Ward was leading ground
gainer for Dunbar with 190
yards on 14 carries as the Ti-
gers raced to their ninth
straight season win.

GAME AT A GLANCE

	Dunbar	Rusk
First Downs ............	18	19
Yards Rushing .........	317	170
Yards Passing ...........	144	62
Total Yards ...............	446	232
Passes Attempted .....	11	14
Passes Completed .....	6	7
Had Intercepted ........	1	3
Punts ........................	1	3
Penalties ...................	11	4
Punting Average .........	23	30.7
Fumbles ......................	2	2
Fumbles Lost ...............	2	1
Yards Penalties .............	95	20

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Dunbar ....................	10	20	8	14-44
Rusk ........................	6	0	12	0-18

DONNIE BAILEY
Tackle

HAROLD ROGERS
Tackle

JAMES LANEY
End

ROBERT WILLIAMS
End

CHARLES ALEXANDER
End