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Rams end regular season with a 30-6 win over BearsBy RANDY PETTITTCbmoOeSpomfiHmSALISBURY •• li wasnl their most impressive cvting cf if* reason. bur the WUnion-Salem State fonts managed to forget about the upcoming CIAA Championship game Km* enough to grand Living-stimc lt;0 6 last Saturday afternoon.The Rams. now 8-2 overall ami 80 m the CIAA. managed lt;oly 86 yards on ihe ground jr*l they ctm nccicd on just nine of 24 passes, hnt that proved 10 be plenty crraghIhe Bears came ready to stop the WSSU running attack and if*y were for the mcnt part successful The Rams ured 10 run early andLivingstone applied the Nakcs with an eight man defensive line.Coach Bill Hayes of Winston-Salem State said that persuaded him to U arvMher appro* hI wasnt going to heal my kids up by trying to run against a sacked In*.' Hayes uni So we figured wed try to throw the hall on them.*Although the statistics weren't that impressive. (9-24-I72 yards), the Rams were able to put some numbers on the scoreboard.We didn't complete nearly as many passes as we would have liked to.’ said Hayes. *Bui we male the roiwi of the ones we did gel*Hollowing a Livingstone safety aivl a [sail, the Rams took over at their ow n 4.1 y ard line an) proceeded to march in for their first score. A pair of medium range passes to Iwaym- lames and Yarccy Thigprn gave th: Rams a first down at the 16-yard Une.Quanerhkk Connell May nor scrambled to the sidelines on the r*\r |4iy, and lolled a pis* to Keith Torrence in the ccencr of the end «■*. Torrence made a nice grab atal pu the Rams up 8-0 with four minutes k*ll in if* first igurter.Tyrone Smith then kicked the first of his four cctra pnnts to nuke it 1-0. Smith was perfect on the day kicking extra punts, hut he didmiss a 38-yard field goal on Ihe Rams' next possession.WSSU continued to keep the Bears pinned deep into their own territory am! kiok advantage ct the situauon with a pair of uioch*fciwns set up by two fust-hall interceptions fntn rxnull frankFrank's first thelt came at the Livingstone 42-yard line, and he returned it to the 49. The Bears were then assessed with 30 yards in penalties because of two personal fiwil*. giving if* Rams a first down at the IY yard line.(’laving with a broken nine, fullback Lonnie Pulley accounted fee 16 yards tin two tanics belorePlease see page BS
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Winston Salem Chronicle
Winston Salem, North Carolina, US
Thu, Nov 19, 1987
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