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TCC Sputters to Defeat, 16-0By TERRY BROWNThornton Community Collegesaw its record evened at 2-2 yesterday afternoon at Harper College, dropping a 16-0 decision to the nationally-ranked hostsThe TCC offense sputtered all day on the soggy Palatine field Only once did Thornton mount a substantial drive, and that came near the end of the half, the clock worrying the Bulldogs more than the Harper defenseThe Bulldogs went Into thelockerroom a! haiftime trailing only 7-0. that coming on Harper quarterback Jim Atkinson's sneakBUT THE anemic TCC offense came up with only 47 yards total offense in the second half and only one first down The defense kept the game within striking distance, but the late surge by Thornton's offense never happenedHarper gave themselves some insurance in the secondhalf on Mark Bertolani's 11-yard touchdown ran and closed the scoring on Peter Passagilia s 24-yard field goal.The defense was the lone bright spot for the losers as twice coming down the stretch, they stopped the Hawks from running away with the contestThe first time Harper drove some 60 yards before Gaydon Brandt coughed up the ball to TCC and the next time. Harper took the ball down to the Thornton 17 before being denied
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Park Forest South Star
Park Forest, Illinois, US
Sun, Oct 02, 1977
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