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i Uneoln news south| in searchi The Lincoln University 5 Blue Tiger football team • heads to Southwest Missouri 5 State in Springfield today in search of its first football win this year. The 0-9 Blue , Tiger team stands 0-4 in the 1 Missouri Intercollegiate ; Athletic Association after 1 dropping a 42-2 homecoming t battle to visiting Northwest s Missouri State last week; i The SMS Bears bring a 3-6 t mark into' today’s con-I test. The Bears blasted ! Southeast Missouri State ; 30-17 last week to spoil homecoming at Southeast ) and also knock off that t team’s chance for an MIAA : title.: The win was the first byof winSouthwest in ten years of gridiron battles.Lincoln I-back Allen Cook continues to lead the Blue Tiger-running attack with 283 yards on 98 carries, an average of 2.9 yards per trip. Sophomore Delbert Thomas of Jefferson City has the best yards-per-carry average of the regular backfield corps with 99 yards on 32 carries, an average of 3,1 a carry.Lincoln has gained just 491 yards on the ground this season and passed for another 653 to total 1,144. Following today’s contest the club hits the road to Cape Girardeau next week for a 1:30 p.m. game against Southeast Missouri State.
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Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Sat, Nov 13, 1976
Page 19
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