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By STEVE SWOGETINSKY(Watkin* Stadium) S.x fumbles and one interception spelled defeat for the Jones County Junior College Bobcats as they were overpowered here Monday night by the East Mississippi Lions. 19-3.Jones received the openingkickoff on their own 25 yardline. On the running of CarrollI Gerald Thomas w as caught fora ten yard loss. On the next play, an attempted pass was blocked and James Hinton came in to punt. The ball went 55 |yards and was left dead on the Lion 20 yard line. The Bobcat defense dug in tough and forced the Lions to punt. On first down. Jones running back Carroll Nobles lost his footing on thealso lost.. , _ ,, .. .. , ic slippery turf and also lost aNobles, and George Moffett plus good gajn Thp Cats fumbledthe aid of a five yard penaLv, on ^ next plav but recovered the Bobcats made the first. iirstjwith a loss of five yards Thedown of the ball game. But, V»ats running a shotgun offenseon the next play, a gained back six yards with a over the line pass completion------ ----- . from quarterback Gibson tothree not so successful plays fullbatk Bruce smith. Thebefore bemg forced to settle lor yardage wasn’t enough anda field g oal attempt. The try james Hinton punted thet a 4 n a C T I C (i n 1 i . « * • • •fumble cave the ball to Lions. East Mississippi1he ranwas no good so the Cats got the ball on their own twenty. The Bobcats couldn't move the ball after being penalized five yards and were forced to punt. Here is were their downfall began. A bad snap from center gave the ball to the Lions on the Bobcat 16 yard line. The defense dug in and forced the Lions to settle for a field goalwhich put them out in front,3-0.The Lions then kicked off for the second time of the night and George Moffett received the ball and handed off to CarrollNobles, w?ho carried the ball up to the 22 yard line. The Cats could gain no yardage on the first two downs of the series and then lost nine yards orthird down when quarterbackDennis Gibson was decked behind the line of scrimmage. James Hinton came on to do the punting and really boomed the ball about 66 yards into Lion territory. This was just one of several brilliant kicks that Hinton made during the game. The Lions could muster no yardage and were forced to punt. The Bobcats kept the ball only two plays before fumblinghalldown to the East Mississippi 15 yard line. The Lions could gain iio yardage on first down butin the third quarter.The Lions received the kickoff, but were unable to produce any offensive drive. The Cats took the punt on their 36 yard line. Quarterback Claude Lang gained seven yards on a quarterback keeper. Then halfback, Carroll Nobles rammed the three remaining necessary yards for a first down. A costly fumble on the Bobcat 48 yard line gave she Lions the ball. It took the Lions six plays to take the ball in for the touchdown when Mason hit Wallace Taylor for a 13 yard touchdown pass. The point after was good and the East Mississippi Lions had a com fortable 16-3 lead.The Bobcats took the kickoff|t and fell into more bad luck, ji After two running plays with little gain, quarterback Dennis(ttpicked up four on second dow n, j Gibson w as nailed for a loss.An offsides penalty cost the Lions fixe yards. Then the Lions caught the defense off guard with a fifty yard passing play from Lions quarterback Mason to receiver Wallace Taylor. A running play produced nothing on the first dowm but again the Lions went to the air with a completion from Mason to receiver Dale Hatcher for the first touchdown of the night with 3:08 minutes left on the clock in the first half. The point after was no good and the Lions lead 9-0 over the Bobcats. The Bobcats took the ball and held it for seven plays before having to punt. East Mississippi heldthe ball for one play before the first half ended.East Mississippi took the second half kickoff. On the first play, fullback Joe Henly ran the ball up the middle for three yards. On second down, the Cat defense caught halfback Larry Carr trying to sneak around right end for no gain. Third down saw' an incomplete passiII(1I1I]ithe ball on their own 11 yard SPM enlt;* David Sprouse^ andline. Again the Cat defense came on in close quarters and forced East Mississippi into a field goal attempt. This time they missed and the score remained the same. The Bobcats took the ball at their own 20 yard line, picked up a first down, but only to fumble on the next play. East Mississippi had some misfortune of their own on the next play when Bobcat defensive end, Richard Goldie, intercepted Lion, QB John Mason’s pass and gave the Cats the ball again. The Cats tried one play for no gain and Lions the first quarter ended. |toughonce againthe Lions were forced to punt.Bobcat quarterback Dennis Gibson gained eight yards on a quarterback keeper and then hit halfback George Moffett for a 46 yard gainer which brought the ball down to the Lions 30 yard ’inc. The Cats tried two running plays for no gain. Then Gibson • hit split end Lavon Wilson for an eight vard gain.The Cats were forced to punt and with the aid of a clipping penalty, cornered the Lions on their own 29 yard line. Af+er: three unsuccessful passing at-i tempts, the Lions were forced to punt and they also got help from a penalty which put the1, ball right back in Bobcat territory on the 30 yard line. Quarterback Gerald Thomas threw a pass to Moffett for one yard and the quarter ended.Quarterback Dennis Gibson picked up the Jones attack with a 26 yard run to the Lion 49yard line. A backfield mix up caused a fumble and gave the ball back to the Lions on the Jones 48 yard line. The Lions ran seven plays before being forced to punt to the Bobcat 15. The Cats could do nothing with the ball and had to punt on fourth down. The Lions picked up a first down on a run by Cleverland Lewis for tenyards before being stopped by j Alvin Darby of the Bobcats. The: Bobcat defense held strong and the Lions were forced to punt again. The center went over the punters head and the Bobcats were in touchdown range on the Lion 25 yard line with a first down. Quarterback Dennis Gibson could find no one open and rammed up to the Lion 11 yard line. The Cats on the next play carried the ball up to the Lions three yard line and fumbled. The Lions drove the ball up the field and scored!1A five yard offsides penalty,another field goal which 8av,egave the Bobcats a first down with-in smelling distance of the Lions goal line. However, thedefense started to get and the Bobcats wereThe Cats lost yardage on iforced to settle for a field goal down when Quarterback bv Randv McLeod with 8:59 leftEast Mississippi a 19-3 lead. This ended scoring in the game. Jones got the ball for two series of downs before being intercepted. The Lions kept theball three plays «nd the gamewas over
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Tue, Sep 10, 1974
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