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Bob Swem’s Conversion Gives Wildcats 7 to 6 Win in Big Eight GameBy Tom Bolding The Neosho Wildcats climbed out of the Bitf Eight cellar Fri-| day night when they squeezed a 7 to G victory over Lamar, and it '! was Bob Swem’s conversion that j made the difference.j It. was a dog-eat-dog ball game■ that was full of good and badbreaks for both teams. !The game began with Neosho , winning the toss, but after a I nice run back to about the fifty,a fumble cost them the ball.But the Cat defense fully made * up for the error. Pour plays later j lt;found Lamar punting on almost j * the same place they started Jfrom. !At this point the Neosho eleven j \started a touchdown drive thatappeared would go all the way. But the ball was lost, on an intercepted pass on the eight-yard 'line.The second quarter was the same with both teams being unable to penetrate the other's defense.Neosho had a second opportunity to score when Bob Carnes covered i’ill Hurlburts punt on the, opposing team’s 30-vard line, but C the half time whistle caught them | m the middle of what might have : been the leading score.The second half proved to be more exciting. Bob Carnes broke loose around end from a lateral I from James Berry and sprinted!30 yards into pay dirt. Swenvs j 2 kick was good and the Wildcats jled 7 to 0.Lamar showed no signs ot losing confidence, however, whentheir captain. Gary Brows, right ] half, broke loose through the mid- j die for a 32-yard touchdown run i The conversion attempt fell short I about one foot from the bar. f Both teams were held scopeless in the final quarter and the final ■ score rested at 7 to 6. 5Statistics showed Neosho gamed 198 yards to Lamar’s 135. butlagged in first downs with 9 to II. The Cats vs ere penalized a! total of 50 yards to the Thiers’!15.
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Neosho Daily Democrat
Neosho, Missouri, US
Sun, Oct 21, 1951
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