European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 24, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 Paterno More than we record continued from Page 22 took oven As head coach of Penn state. Paterno who had designs on Law school said he never intended to stay More than a year. He ended up staying 16 years As Engle s understudy before taking Over As head coach in 1966. A Bachelor until he was 36, Pater no s Early coaching Days were devoted entirely to football. But in 1962, after a year Long potentially scandalous Romance for that buttoned Down Campus he married Penn state coed Suzanne Pohland whom he had met when she dated one of his players. If life for Paterno has been a relatively smooth but gradual climb up the coaching ladder it has not been without its tests. Paterno has had head coaching offers aplenty Yale us the Pittsburgh steel ers and even a million Dollar contract offer from the then beleaguered new England patriots. His last minute decision to turn Down the pats because he preferred his self styled educator first football coach second Job description at Penn state practically made him a candidate for canonization in Pennsylvania and earned him an invitation As the Star commencement speaker at the University. Many people interpreted his decision As a refusal to sell out overlooking the fact that life at state College in t really All that bad considering a reported $40,000 salary in 1973 when the pats offer was made. And of course coaching there is much less risky than in the nil. Paterno has not coached 20 years with out chafing some egos along the Way. Most of the criticism by former players stems from his reluctance to Advance a younger More talented player Over a senior. In 1970, he had the two most outstanding col lege backs in the country juniors Lydell Mitchell and Franco Harris but chose to Start seniors Gary Deuel and fran Ganter. One former player now a starter with an nil team said of Paterno if you weren t a superstar or All America he just ignored you. He would have All the All americas Over his House for barbecues and stuff like that. The others Felt he would t listen to them if they tried to talk to him in his off but others say that his reputation As a free spirit among authoritarian coaches derives from his shrewdness in recruiting that he picks a certain Type for whom a disapproving glance from Paterno carries More weight than any formalized code of conduct. For his own part Paterno believes his reputation As the Good Guy coach has benefited from a prevailing stereotype of win Ning coaches As bad Guys. Stretching out for a Shirttail to new Orleans Chuck Muncie leaves Only his Shirttail behind As he runs into the end zone against the Green Bay packers. Despite Muncie s score the packers won the season opener against the saints 24-20. A photo Grambling s Williams nears Mark set by Bradshaw for total offence by Austin Wilson a sports writer Grambling quarterback Doug Williams who leads the nation in total offence after two games says the Luckiest thing that Ever happened to him was being Over looked when he was in High school. Williams has broken every Grambling record set by James Harris and he s Zero ing in on the state Marks that Terry Brad Shaw set when he played at Louisiana tech. Harris formerly a starter for the los angles rams is now with the san Diego chargers. Bradshaw plays with the Pitts Burgh Steeles. Bradshaw threw for 6,589 Yards during his career at tech. Williams with 736 Yards in his first two games is now just a Little More than 700 Yards behind Brad Shaw. After last weekend s games Williams had 736 Yards in 79 attempts for an aver age gain of 18 Yards per reception sixth most productive individual passing performance in the nation. He added a Yard on a quarterback sneak giving him an average of 368 Yards a game and that s the Best for any College player at this Point in the season. As a team Grambling is second to Brigham Young in passing offence and second to Long Beach state in total of sense. The season had a strange Start Tor Wil Liams. Grambling opened against Alcorn state with Williams hitting Only 15 of 44 passing attempts but getting five touch Downs. He was a Little embarrassed by his poor percentage. I Felt Good about winning the game but when i looked at my percentage i Felt awful. I just decided to let bygones be bygones concentrate a lot harder and do better next he did do better. Saturday. Grambling whipped Morgan state 35-19. With Williams hitting 21-34 for 370 Yards and four touch Downs. In fairness to Doug he had 11 passes dropped in that first game a school spokesman said. Texas a i. Westminster top naia Kansas City to. Up Texas a i with a 41-game winning Streak is the top ranking division i team in the initial National association of intercollegiate association poll of the 1977 season. Texas a i the defending naia Champi on received 15 of a possible 16 first place votes for 231 Points a 32-Point Cushion Over Lone Star conference foe Abilene Christian which received the other first place vote. The two schools will meet in a game oct. 8 at Texas a i. Jacksonville state Ala was a Distant third with 151 Points Kentucky state was fourth with 130 Points and Angelo state Tex rounded out the top five with 109 Points. In the division ii rankings defending Champion Westminster a copped 12 of the 16 first place votes for 224 Points and a 34-Point Cushion Over runner up Concordia w. Which received three first place votes. Waynesburg a finished third with one first place vote and 143 Points Fol Lowed by Black Hills state . At 127 Points and Dakota Wesleyan . At 120points. The rankings division i school Rcd pts t. Texas a-1 is 2-0 231 2. Abilene Christian 1 3-0 199 3. Jacksonville state Ala 0 151 4. Kentucky state 3-0 130 5. Angelo state Tex 2-0 109 6. Missouri Southern 7. Western state Colo 8. Concordia Minn 9. Shepherd Eva 10. Mississippi Valley 11. East Texas state 12. Salem Eva 13. Wisconsin Oshkosh 3-0 101 1-0 99 2-0 73 30 71 30 70 2-0 67 20 63 20 56 14. Harding Ark 15. South Eastern Oklahoma 16. Oregon College of de. 17. Central state Ohio 17. Winston Salem no 19. Gardner Webb no 20. Henderson state Ark division ii school 1. Westminster a 12 2. Concord Eva 3 3. Waynesburg a 1 4. Black Hills state so 5. Dakota Wesleyan so 6. University of Redlands Calif 7. Midland neb a. Dakota state so 9. Bethel Minn 10. Illinois Benedictine 11. Valley City state and 12. Jamestown and 13. Linfield Ore 14. Graceland Iowa 15. Carroll Mont 16. California lutheran 17. Friends Kan 18. Illinois Wesleyan 19. Northwood Institute my 20. Hanover ind 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 3-0 2-01-1 48 43 39 38 38 37 33 Williams who said he has been blessed with great receivers would t spread the blame during a Telephone interview. We All had first game jitters and i guess my timing was a Little Williams said he had four offers of col lege scholarships when he was a senior at tiny Chaneyville High school in Zachary. La. If i had More offers i might not have gone to Grambling he said. Maybe i d have been changed to another position. They d have made me a defensive Back or a wide receiver. If they left me at Quarter Back they might have had me rolling out and running with the football. Coach Eddie Robinson knows How to get the most out of a player. He even knows How to find it when the player does t know he has it. He likes for his quarterbacks to drop straight Back and throw. He does t want us running with the Ball. That s what the pros like and if there s a dream still to fulfil it s playing in the the division i leaders. Rushing offence car yes avg cd spa Cowins Arkansas 38 359 94 1?95 while us 73 343 4.7 171 5 Miller okla. St. 49 321 6.6 160.5 Parros Utah state 59 307 521535 Williams n. Mexico 65 285 4.4 142.5 Berns Nebraska 49 281 57 to 5 Dickey Texas a8.m 31 277 891385 Jensen 40 268 6.7 134 0 Anderson Temple 6 266 5.8 1330 Lane Arizona St. 23 133 7.8 133.0 passing offence Rcd 20 3-0 20 3-0 20 1-0 20 3-0 2-0 20 1-0 20 1-0 20 10 11 1-0 10 11 1-0 pts 224 190 143 127 120 116 111 105 95 is 76 69 60 57 50 38 34 29 28 27 Nielsen by Frietas Herrmann Purdu Benjamin St nerd Thompson Wohst Williams grab Long Davis san digest hippie Utah St. Hall army Ford sum All cup pet yes 45 16 68 60 60 79 54 51 52 55 27 22 43 39 39 36 35 31 30 30 600 611 632 650 .650 .456 .648 608 .577 545 318 316 621 457 538 736 444 428 461 402 27.0 22.0 21.5 19.5 19.5 18.0 17.5 15.5 15.0 150 total offence Williams Grambling Freitas St Nielsen by Herrmann Purdue Thompson Wash St. Knapple Colo Hall army Rutledge Alabama hippie Utah St Rader Tulsa plays yes avg cd spa 80 737 92 368.5 38 310 82 310.0 52 297 57 297 0 77 561 73 280.5 66 518 78 2s9.0 55 490 89 245.0 67 488 7.3 244.0 59 460 7.8 230.0 63 453 7.2 226 5 101 652 6.5 271.3
