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1977 Vikings In On 29 School StandardsThe Venango Christian football team set or tied 29 school records this season.The Vikings finished at 5-2-2, and deadlocked Maplewood for second place behind unbeaten Conneaut Valley in the Crawford County League.Their finish In the league standings and their winning percentage (.667) lied two of the school records. The two losses were the fewest In the school's history, and (he two lies were the most In the VC annals.VC also posted two shutouts, and yielded Just 77 points, an 6.6 average, for two more school marks.Other team records were for most fumble recoveries 129), most touchdowns off blocked kicks (2), most blocked kicks (5), most unassisted tackles on kicks (18) and best punting average 137.7).Team single game records Included most blocked kicks (3), most score-saving tackles (5) and most assisted tackles (118).Jack Coogan seL two individual career records with 269 assisted laekles, and seven fumble recoveries. The only other career slandard set this season was by Mike Lee with a 34.6 yard punting average.Coogan also set a season record for assisted tackles with 152, and tied the mark for fumble recoveries with five.Coogan and Mark Homan each had two fumble recoveries In a game, lying a record held bysixolher players.Homan set season records for mosl blocked kicks (2), nnd most blocked passes lt;4), while Lee averaged 37 yards per puntthis year for another slandard.Other single game records for defense were Homan’s two blocked passes, and Tom Fox’ two unassisted tackles of the kicking teams. Records tied were Bill Hall's three pass Interceptions, and Chris Carson’s Iwo quarterback sacks.Lee booted a 61-yard punt for another record.Single game offensive records include Jim Moffett’s 215 yards rushing, and three touchdowns rushing by both Moffett and Fox tied Ibe school mark.Moffett, who missed four games due to an Injury, was VC's leading rusher wilh 646 yards on 118 carries, and Fox, also out for part of the season, gained 425 yards on 77 tries. Both averaged about five and a half yards per carry.Kevin Koerner, Moffelt's replacement when he was injured, was third In rushing with 221 yards on 58 carries, while Hall, Lhe quarterback, netted 201 yards, and averaged 4 2 per pop.Jim ’'Nuk*' Smith added 95 yards, Mike Zampogna 40 and Wayne Aaron 38.Hall completed 43 of 89 passes for GG6 yards and five touchdowns. He was intcrcepicd eight times.Homan was lhe top receiver with U catches for t62 yards, while Dick Lewis grabbed 10 for 203. Steve Secules added nine for 90 yards, Smith had six for 43 and Fox five for 65.The Vtkings amassed 2,301 yards on 466 plays, averaging five yards per play.Their opponents, who were ou[scored, 77-165, gained 1,670 yards, including 1,280 rushing, on 403 plays, a 4.2 average.Coogan was by far the leading tackier wilh l?B total.Carson added 101, followed by Mark Schwabenbauer, 73; Hall, 70; Mike London, 67; Moffett, 60; Lee, 53; Sieve Garich, 50; Koerner, 45; Zampogna, 42; Paul PuJeo, 36 and Secules, 35.Homan 35. Homan added four fumble recoveries and London three.Garich also averaged 40.3 yards on 30kickoffs.
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Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Nov 08, 1977
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