European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Good win for us says Paterno Philadelphia up All during pre season practice and Perm state s first to two games Joe Paterno continually thursday september 21, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 23 warned his players his staff and even him self against looking ahead to a vital sept. 16 meeting with Ohio state. I but after the Kittany Lions took advantage of eight turnovers last saturday to leave Columbus with a 19-0 Victory the Penn state coach Saij Well maybe the were looking ahead. All that preparation came in Handy however As the Kittany Lions moved up from eighth to fourth spot in the rankings with the win and Paterno earned the honor3 As up s coach of the week. I we knew Early in the summer that we were going to play our first three games d against teams that had t played a game yet Paterno said by Telephone from uni diversity Park during a break in preparations for this week s game against sum at Beaver stadium. I by july 1 we knew just about every n lining there was to know about them. We planned our game plans Early in the sum it Mer. We spent a lot of time on our Ohio d state game plan trying to come up with the right personnel to Stop them.". The Kittany Lions were unimpressive in a 10-7 Victory Over Temple and a 26-10 de feat of Rutgers their first two games but did t let it All out offensively according to Paterno. Offensively we did t use some things join the first two games because we did t a think they were needed and we saved them ii for Ohio state he said. In that sense we " were looking ahead to them. There was a of natural tendency to look ahead to  a now the first hurdle on the Road to what i May be Paterno s first National Champion ship in a highly successful 13-year coach e ing career at Penn state has been scaled 3 but the coach warned against getting too3-cocky. It was a Good win for us All right but i la 1 never forget an old axiom i Learned from former Penn state coach rip Engle you re never As Good As your last win and you re never As bad As your last loss " Paterno said. We can t get too excited about bit. We still have a Long Way to go. We be still got to get better. C i Hope we can use this win As a plat form toward getting better. If we Don tev Grything we did last week will disappear. But i think the kids Are mature enough to a leave this behind them and prepare for the  Jujj the win was Paterno s 115th of his Ca Ogreer and hiked his career winning percent age to More than 82 percent. Lost it All Ball shoe and game Ohio state wide receiver Rod Gerald in dark Jersey loses the Ball and his shoe in the second Quarter of a game with Penn state. Gerald played quarterback As Well As wide receiver during the game but to no Avail. It was t Ohio state s Day and the Kittany Lions rolled to a 19-0 Victory. Up eight schools form new trans America conference Dallas up eight colleges and universities from Georgia to the mexican Border United tuesday into a new Mcaa division 1 athletic conference that will emphasize basketball and Spring sports. The league will be called the trans America athletic conference and will be made up of Centenary College Shreve port la Hardin Simmons University Abilene Texas Houston Baptist univer sity Mercer University Macon a Northeast Louisiana University Monroe la Oklahoma City University pan american University Edinburg Texas and Stamford University Birmingham Ala. Or. Jesse Fletcher president of Hardin Simmons and one of the driving forces in organizing the conference was elected league chairman. He said conference basketball Competition would begin in the 1979-80 season when a Post season tournament will be held to determine the Confer ence Champion. Round Robin play will begin in the 1980 81 season followed by a championship tournament. Fletcher said the conference would seek automatic qualification for the Mcaa play offs. Universities such As these constituting this new conference Are at the heart of higher education tradition in America Fletcher said. They Are also at the heart of the intercollegiate athletic experience. Claims he slugged Middleton Starr accuses Tatum of cheap shot1 of Green Bay wis. A Bart Starr coach and general manager of the Green Bay packers says he will complain to National football league commissioner Pete Rozelle about what he described As a cheap shot against running Back Ter Dell Middleton by Oakland raiders defensive Back Jack Tatum. Starr said that after Middleton caught a pass late in the third Quarter of sunday s ame Tatum hit him in the face with a forearm. He said it was in violation of an Al Rule prohibiting a defender from de i vering a forearm blow above the Shoul is. There was no penalty Flag on the Lay. Starr a member of the league s compe Ion committee showed films of the play his weekly television show monday it and said he would discuss the matter Rozelle. As a member of the Competition com Mittee i am personally going to complain to the commissioner about it Starr said. We be sent the shots to the league. That sort of butchery has no place Here. We re going to stress and fight and scratch to get it taken  Good hard hitting is one thing the Packer coach added. That sort of cheap shot is  Middleton caught the Ball near the Packer Bench and retained Possession for a 17-Yard gain to the Oakland 43. The pack ers continued a drive that carried them to the Raider 15 Early in the fourth Quarter before Barty Smith fumbled the Ball away. The raiders then drove for their third touchdown on the Way to a 28-3 Victory. Starr was not available for further com ment on the matter tuesday. A Packer spokesman said the coach had not yet talked to Rozelle about the matter but Indi cited he would do so. Starr did not go along with a suggestion that the raiders might have been stealing the packers signals. Packer quarterback David Whitehurst who passed for four touchdowns against new Orleans had Only 10 of 28 completions for 87 Yards sunday. After the game Whitehurst remarked that the Oakland de fenders seemed to know what was coming. Asked if he thought the raiders were stealing the plays sent from the sidelines by assistant coach Zeke Bratkowski using a hand signal system Whitehurst said it sure seemed that Way. We d expect them to be in one kind of coverage and Call a play to go against that and they d be in something else designed to Stop what we called. I Don t want to say they were steal ing signs but they sure seemed to know what was  they just played better. They did t need to steal signals Starr said. Nil stats National football conference Rushing att yes avg in to Dorsett Dallas 58 Riggins Washington 53 Harper Chicago 49 Payton Chicago 69 Middleton Green Bay 59 punting 2% 244 240 240 238 no 5.1 51 4.631 4.931 3.5 16 4.034 avg 46.7 42.3 41.7 41.5 41.3 40.1 Jennings new York 20 68 Green Tampa Bay 5 $8 Blanchard new Orleans 15 51 James Atlanta 26 54 Madany Detroit 4 52 White Dallas 10 49 punt returns no yes avg in to Green Washington 7 14120.180 t Reece Tampa Bay 5 7615.23 0 Henry Philadelphia 11 16515.057 1 Jthompson Detroit 4 4611.521 0 Jackson Atlanta 5 5010.032 0 Kickoff returns no yes avg in td250 89 112 154 98 35.799 29.7 41 28.0 41 25.7 31 24.5 26 Fig a in pts 6-8 46 22 42 21 44 20 47 17 37 17 44 15 5-5 5-5 4-6 3-5 4-5 Green Washington 7 latin los Angeles 3 Williams san Francisco 4 Thompson Detroit 6 Johnson Dallas 4 scoring touchdowns to Rush rec ret pts Montgomery Philadelphia 4 3 1 0 24 Dupree Dallas 3 0 3 0 18 Fugett Washington 3 0 3 0 18 Lofton Green Bay 0 3 0 18 14 players tied with 12 Points kicking up a Danmeier Minnesota 4-4 Danelo new York 6-8 Thomas Chicago 5-5 Corral los Angeles 5-6 Szaro new Orleans 8-8 Wersching san Francisco 3-4 passing att comp pet yes to int Theismann Washington 65 2944.6469 6 2 Jaworksi Philadelphia 75 4256.0506 53 staubach Dallas 96 5658.3738 8 7 Whiteurst Green Bay 52 2344.2279 4 1 Landry Detroit 43 2660.5259 1 1 rating based on pet. Comp avg yds., pet. To pet. Int pass receiving no yes avg in to Galbreath new Orleans 23199 8.718 0 Young Minnesota 21169 8.048 2 Foreman Minnesota 16 96 6.013 0 Jessie los Angeles 15242 16.1 45 1 Owens new Orleans 15178 11.947 1 interceptions no yes in to Anderson Green Bay 4 27 12 0 Myers new Orleans 3 151 97 1 Jackson new York 58 32 1 Barnes Dallas 3 38 38 0 Lawrence Atlanta 2 57 44 o american football conference Rushing att yes avg in to Campbell Houston 62 Vaneeghen Oakland 58 Williams Miami 46 Reed Kansas City 3 Harris Pittsburgh 61 punting 322 312 303 287 233 no 5.273 5.434 6.658 6.748 3.837 in 56 69 59 51 51 avg 44.6 44.3 42.3 41.5 40.3 Ramsey new York jets 11 Guy Oakland 14 Mcnally Cincinnati 20 Colquitt Pittsburgh 11 Weaver Seattle 7 punt returns no yes avg in to Upchurch Denver 7 135 19.3 75 1 Fuller san Diego 4 51 12.8 14 0 Payton Kansas City 6 7612.718 0 Terry Pittsburgh 7011.724 0 Levenseller Buffalo 3 3511.715 0 Kickoff returns no yes avg in to Washington Baltimore 4 159 39.8 901 Dirden Houston 6 201 33.5 600 Clayborn new England 7 204 29.1 600 Moody Buffalo 4 109 27.3 350 Collins Cleveland 7 187 26.7 410 scoring touchdowns to Rush rec ret pts Campbell Houston 4 Sims Seattle 4 Casper Oakland 3 Harris Pittsburgh Jefferson san Diego 3 Mcknight Kansas City Rucker Cleveland 3 kicking up a Leahy new York jets 8-8 Cockroft Cleveland 7-7 Fritsch Houston 6-6 Stenerud Kansas City 6-6 Yepremian Miami 12-13 Dempsey Buffalo 7-8 Mann Oakland 7 passing att comp pet yes to int 4 0 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 24 0 24 1 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 Fig a to pts 5-5 46 23 43 19 49 41 49 46 33 4-7 4-5 3-5 1-1 2-2 2-3 Bradshaw Pittsburgh Ferguson Buffalo Strock Miami Zorn Seattle Sipe Cleveland rating based on pet. C f Largent Seattle Swann Pittsburgh Woods san Diego Griffin Cincinnati. Burrough Houston Darden Cleveland Volk Miami Nelson new England. Edwards san Diego. Jackson Denver Dungy Pittsburgh 71 66 57 80 92 amp avg. Yes pet ass receiving interceptions 4563.4 672 6 2 3756.1 487 4 2 3052.6 356 5 2 51 63.8 694 2 3 4652.2 628 4 1 to pet. Int no yes avg in to .17 268 15.833 1 14 154 11.030 2 14 145 10.4 29 0 14 101 7.2 26 1 .13 13910.719 1 no yes in to 3 88 46 0 3 42 24 0 2 63 37 0 2 43 24 0 2 34 20 0 2 17 17 0 whalers pick up goalie Hartford Conn. Up the new England whalers have announced the acquisition of All Star goalie John Garrett from the Birmingham bulls of the world hockey association