1974 Umatic Tape - KPBS San Diego - SDSU Aztec Football Highlights

Crumbley and Robinson the setbacks of the eye formation Kimble Quick Pitch fumble loose ball running around at the 10 yd line scramble still now the aspex [Music] recover Penrose back to pass sets up fires to the end zone for Ferguson [Applause] touchdown Penrose on the option pitches back to Rey trying to turn the quarter does 20 he's at the 15 the 10 the five goes in touchdown aspect hands off up the middle Kramer 10 15 bus on that break away he number 20 [Music] [Applause] [Music] 25 these are the 1974 San Diego State Aztec the 74 Aztec once again had a fine year Under seconde head coach quad Gilbert rounting a mark of eight wins only two losses and one tie they captured the pcaa championship for the third straight season and in doing so gave Gilbert a two-year Mark of 17 wins three losses and two ties the 74 Aztec presented a high powerered offensive attack they finished eighth nationally in total offense rolling up an average of 411 yard a game and it was a balanced attack made potent by talented individuals focal point of the Aztec passing game was number 89 all Coast receiver Dwight McDonald senior out of Kerney High School Dwight transferred to San Diego State from usiu and in his only Aztec season he was a nation's leading receiver among his 86 catches was his 58 yd bomb that started the Aztec toward a 28-25 win over [Music] Tampa his 86 catches also an Aztec record breaking the old Mark of 85 set by Tim Delaney back in 1969 excellent moves and fine hands were two of McDonald's big assets another was his ability to run with the ball after making the [Music] catch Dwight was one of only two players in the country to gain more than a th000 yards receiving McDonald's fine open field moves are displayed in this scoring play against Bowling Green help the Aztecs to a 2121 [Music] tie McDonald teamed with number 19 Nate Ferguson to form a potent wide receiving tandem they helped make the Aztecs the third best passing team in the nation Dwight's importance to the Aztec attack was reflected in his being Nam named the team's most valuable player in 1974 While most of McDonald's receptions were medium- range Ferguson a senior from mered was often utilized as a deep threat mate caught 42 passes in 74 ranking him 21st nationally and many were of the long range variety like this 45 y against Bowling [Music] Green Nate's season totals were rather remarkable because he played half the year with a broken wrist backup quarterback Kevin Sneed hooked up with Nate on the longest reception of the year a 66- yd TD pass early in the year in a win over [Music] Tampa before breaking his wrist Ferguson added another dimension to the Aztec offense when he himself turned passers for the pass off the lateral having fooled everyone Nate hits wide open Dwight McDonald the A's only touchdown had disappointing loss over at Arizona the season [Applause] opener Nate repeated that effort on a crucial Turning Point play against San Jose State this time hitting tight end Tim Thor on a 63 yd scoring play to propell the Aztec to a big 40- 14 conference [Music] Victory Thorn was the as Tech's most versatile player he's at school records for number of punts and punting yardage in a career after two seasons as a running back Tim was converted to tight end in his senior year and he caught 13 passes on the season including this wide open 11y and a 3514 win over New Mexico state and a goal line situations Thorne went back to his old running back spot and scored five touchdowns on short blasts but guiding the 74 Aztec offense was Junior quarterback Craig Penrose number 13 a transfer from Colorado Penrose started the year slowly but he came on strongly in the second half of the season and finished the year as a nation's seventh ranked passer on the campaign Penrose completed 56% of his passes for 1,680 yd all in all Craig threw 10 touchdown passes including this 25 y to McDonald in a 34-6 win over Utah State Craig also kept defenses Honest by occasionally running himself as one option in the Aztec beer offense his 10 y sealed the 40 to 14 win over San Jose State but usually the Aztec ground game was left to a fine array of running backs heading to list number 31 Billy Kramer only 5'8 but a tough gutty Runner Kramer combined surprising shiftiness and balance with a kind of determination that often necessitated a whole Army of tacklers to bring him [Music] down Kramer chalked up 95 yards on the season becoming the first Aztec Ball Carrier 9 years to go over 900 yards in a 2-year Aztec career he averaged over 6 and2 yards a carry krer shows off all his running talents quickness balance shiftiness and tremendous desire in this phenomenal remarkable 65 yard touchdown run against Long Beach State sparking the Aztec to a 2717 [Music] victory Kramer's running M backfield was number 21 Monty Rey a junior from Bakersfield although he didn't start till the fifth Game of the Year greed still gained over 600 yd here he follows Kramer's excellent block and turns the corner for 41 yds the Aztec's 37 to9 ROM over [Music] UOP [Music] on a near duplicate play grey uses Frank gir's clearing block to go 22 yards for a touchdown the victory over San [Music] Jose grey scored nine touchdowns on the year to lead the Aztecs in that category Monty also returned kicks and it came up with the Aztec's longest kickoff return of the year a 60- yard starting San Diego State to the big come from behind win over Long Beach [Music] State the Aztecs had great depth in their running back core several players make contributions number 32 Frank giri gained 100 yards in the azex opening game lost to Arizona and was a St until injured early in the campaign here Frank refuses to go down as he scores on an eight- y against Tampa in the home [Music] opener Bill fudge a junior from Lakeside transferred from USC average four and a half yards a carry in spot Duty and Exhibits his running power on this scoring run against Long [Music] Beach another good runner number 34 Oly Brown San Diego sophomore out of Morse High also averaged better than four yards a carry the top effort in 74 was a 34 yd run setting up a TD and the Aztec narrow 2421 win over Fresno State but a very important part of the azk offense was the foot of number 43 Benny Ricardo Benny said several kicking records in his Aztec career including a 47 yard field goal against Texas El Paso longest San Diego State history it was one of four field goals he kicked in that game another record though Benny was not needed in the clutch as often this past year as he was in 1973 he did hit this 27y late in the game to give the Aztec a tie with Bowling Green it was one of 10 field goals he kicked during the year and one of 18 in his career both Aztec records Ricardo a native of Paraguay scored 62 points in the season making him the top Aztec scorers the success of any offense of course rest with the quality of the offensive line and the 74 aex had a good one heading the offensive line number 73 Tony Bachman top Pro Prospect three-time All Conference selection Junior Charlie warisa started the other guard spot the tackles 76 Alex Kota Ira Watley and Jim Chandler and anchoring the line Center Bob Johnson the poton Aztec beer offense guided in 1974 by line coach OT kofler Oly Matson handled the running back and coordinating the offense quarterbacks and receivers coach Ted toner coordinating the defensive strategy was Defensive backfield coach Ernie zy ay assisted by Donnie Ray on the left and Kenny Madison along with Al Hammer Schmid the 74 Aztec defense was challenged by an outstanding collection of opposing running backs perhaps no team in the country faced such a formidable stable of Runners this group included three-time 1,000 yard rusher Willard Herold of Pacific Jim Upchurch of Arizona twice over a th000 yards 1400 yard rusher Dave Preston of Bowling Green Louis jamona of Utah State the national rushing champion and there was Tampa quarterback Freddy Solomon a 1300 yd Runner and standout in three postseason All-Star games and the has defensive alignment the key to stopping the opponent rest with the linebackers Astic had a strong core in 74 leading the way 58 Bobby Henderson a senior from Los Angeles Bobby was all conference both years at San Diego State and the acknowledged defensive leader he led the team in interceptions in 73 but Aztec opponents were more ground oriented in 74 Bobby had but one interception the season opener at Arizona nevertheless Henderson was The Runaway leader in defensive statistics in both of his Aztec Seasons the azex got good play in the outside from 59 Bruce augra clears the way here for a tackle by [Music] Henderson AA a senior from Bakersfield was a junior college running back but became a standout outside linebacker for the Aztecs the last 2 years at the other outside spot 63 Bert Blackwell a senior from athon came on strong strong in his final campaign [Music] Blackwell blitzing from the outside sacks the New Mexico State quarterback against U Bert picks off a pass and makes like a running [Music] back the Aztecs had several players who stood out at linebacker in 74 ball players like number six 60 m kotti a junior from Garden Grove 56 Junior Walt Justice from Torrance and 42 sophomore Travis hit out of gont high the astics had another big fast defensive line in 74 highly touted Mike Gilbert was the main stay the San Jose State game was a particularly memorable one for Mike Gilbert it was absolutely devastating back you was everywhere harassing sacking and generally making life miserable for San Jose State quarterback Craig Kimble in that ball game Gilbert set an Aztec record for defensive points with seven unassisted tackles four quarterback sacks two pass deflections and 19 pass rushes Gilbert capped his unbelievable performance by recovering a fumble at the San Jose State 5 yd line to set up an easy TouchDown for San Diego [Music] State another new defensive lineman number 99 Greg two- strong boy a junior from Fresno boy played very well the Aztec win over Fresno [Music] State Mike MCM number 70 excelled in his only year of Aztec football forced to sit out 2 years because of a heart problem Mike shows his stuff here by sacking the Texas El Paso quarterback senior Mark Sims number 84 earned All Conference mention as a defensive end three-year performer Alan Cookie Monster Thompson was toughed once again as was defensive lineman Dan [Music] mesy top man in the Aztec defensive secondary was number 22 All-Star quarterback Monty Jackson although opponents rarely threw in his Direction Bonnie still led the Aztec with six interceptions nearly all of them coming at crucial times and nearly all of them resulting in Long [Music] runbacks Jackson picks off this one against New Mexico state and brings it all the way [Music] back coming up with this interception against Long Beach State preser an Aztec Victory Monty runs it back for 50 [Music] yards Ed Cel a transfer from Colorado moved in at the strong safety position he picked off three passes but Ed must have experienced some sort of stage fight at San Diego Stadium because all of his interceptions were on the road including this one the 2612 win over Texas El Paso Winston sharp who transferred to the azex from USD was a good performer at cornerback but he was better known for specialty blocked kicks this one in the last minute against Bowling Green preserved a tie in all Winston had four key block kicks 74 [Music] number 20 free safety rant Allison known to his teammates as the h a senior from Arkansas Rance deres his nickname from his hard-hitting style of play after one of his typically crunching tackles Rance would usually taunt and be raid an opponent and thus the nickname [Music] h 1974 another football season in which Aztec fans could take justifiable pride and at the same time wonder why year after year the astics are snubbed by Bowl committees coach Claude Gilbert can only look to the Future and hope that 1975 we'll find the Aztecs at last on the road to a postseason bowl game the Aztec nailed in this drive with three penalties two 15s and a five that's 35 yds third third and 36 definitely a tough first down well I think they should be thinking in terms of getting it out to Midfield where they can get a good Punt and put those put San Jose into a poor field position it's when you try to make first downs in this situation often times you get into big trouble pen Rose's on third down back to pass fires to Ferguson who's going to throw a pass throwing long for Tim Thorne he's got triple coverage but he catches it at the 12 the 10 he's running loses the five and gets down to the one touchdown air [Music] [Applause] [Music]