European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 5, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 they put if All together of a Essen for a Man who never was a head football coach before Charlie Toth was t too shabby was he getting his first varsity Grid assignment at a school playing its first year of interscholastic football really was t the Way to jump Inlo the Dodds firing line. But told who came to Giessen from Pitburg where he served As athletic director the two previous years did t even flinch not even when he arrived on the Giessen scene and discovered in the True Dodds fashion that there was t any equipment on hand. Even though i had never been a head football coach before i was t exactly a stranger to the game. I had been assistant football coach at every school i be been at since getting out of West Virginia. I worked for some coaches who really knew the game coaches who went to the stale finals in places like Ohio and West Virginia so called bastions of foot Ball Toth said three weeks ago when he was the guest picker in the weekly stars and stripes football predictions. Not having equipment really was t too Ideal but we spent the time studying the game of football the kids and i. We had hours of Chal talk sessions cover Ben Abrams ing the rules and sessions studying books of plays that i had acquired. When the equipment finally came the week before the first game we were pretty ready to play  told said. And play football the Griffins did. They beat Ber Lin Ulm and Vilsick to lie Hanau s Dodds record of consecutive wins for a new school and they broke that record each week with victories Over Karls Ruhe Bamburg bad or Burnach and Fulla in regular season games and Augsburg in the Germany a championship game. Finally Cinderella lost her Slipper and the Griffins fell to International school of Brussels in inc Small schools playoff game. We had quite a few kids who never had played football before coming out for the Giessen team this  Toth said. But we had Good numbers More than 60 for the first turnout and still almost that Many in the end and we were very fortunate that in that group we had a few kids thai really knew inc game loved in and could play in. When you get a Chris Bra sly a Mike Harris a Don Skelton players like thai who have been around and a few of hrs Hal like in gel out in arc and hit in makes coaching Hal much easier Hal much More  thai 1985 was enjoyable is reflected of course in inc accomplishment by the new kid on the Block the new kid who Gol All his stuff logic her and made it inc year of inc Griffins for everybody in Giessen and throughout Dodds for getting in All together so fast Charlie Toth. Chris Bra sly and Don Skellon. With inc help of All the Oiher Griffins of course have sealed the Sci phys the stars and stripes coach of the year the stars and so rips offensive i layer of the year and the Slars and stripes defensive i layer of the year. It s a feat never before achieved by a Dodds see prep on Page 22 in All Europe from Page 17 at 183 and linebackers at 186. Kicker Stre Beck weighs 165 and punter Moler checks in at 175. The team s passing game would be in excellent hands. Or thews operated out of a pass oriented game at shape and wound up with 1.234 Yards and nine touch Downs. His prime target was Jennings who caught 30 passes for 595 Yards and three ads. Taylor operated out of a Wishbone and did More running than passing picking up 402 Yards in 57 totes. However seven of his 14 completions went for touchdowns and he finished with 357 Yards through the air. Gooch was credited with 24 catches for 524 Yards and five touchdowns. Dingwell caught 21 passes for 295 Yards and two scores and pass 19 for 463 Yards scoring three times. Giessen had a solid one two punch in Beasley and Harris. Harris was the team s or. Outside As he accounted for 957 Yards Rushing in 103 carries he also caught nine passes for 257 Yards. That gave the grif fins dynamic duo a local of 2,749 Yards total  started slowly but by mid season he was in gear in route to a 119-carry, 1,226-Yard Rushing Campaign. He finished the season with 244 Yards against Nuernberg 233 against Wuerzburg 225 against  and 255 against Pitburg. Jackson finished with exactly 1,000 Yards Rushing and nine ads in 172 carries. He also passed for 104 Yards. Barela had 707 Yards Rushing and nine scores in 97 carries. Davis loped for 491 and five ads in 69 attempts despite the curtailed four game Italy schedule. Means 6-3, 238bohner 6-1,185 and Hennig 6-3. 241 gave Wiesbaden solid blocking for Jackson. Berta was the pulling guard on most of Taylor s option plays and Mike Lisowski was classed As a tremendous pulling guard by Heidelberg coach Fred Schultz. Mcgowan s Speed and blocking techniques helped Lakenheath win the . Regular season championship. Kelly came up with the big Block when Mannheim needed it and Morse was the key Blocker much of the time for Moore. Wurzburg s John Sullivan called Knight the Best Center i have coached in 15  Vincnza s Don Drakulich labelled Lewis the outstanding lineman in  Strebeck boated three Field goals and hit on 26 of 36 Pat kicks for Augsburg. Defensive statistics were impressive Loo. Goolsby was the most impressive end with 49 solos and 77 assists. He also had 12 sacks and two interceptions. Weathering Lon was arc diled with 12 sacks 27 solos 40 assists two interceptions and a Fumble re covery. Montgomery finished with three solos and 12 assists per game while racking up seven sacks and picking off two passes. Deming was in on 36 tackles. Good Speed and lateral Pursuit were the trails Hal made Mcgowan an oust ending defensive tackle who averaged eight Olus and two sacks a game. Tomblin was ii on 38 tackles. Hennig was inc key brea1 up Man for Wiesbaden bul he still manage 1 to gel 17 solos and 19 assists. Von Hockin Vas an is so Alwart with 67 tackles Hal incl a cd 10 sacks. Mill Lisowski was in on 45 tackles a came up with six Fumble recoveries for Hei Delberg. Berta averaged three solos and 10 assists a game and also was arc diled with two sacks and three Fumble recoveries to Pace the nose guards. Dingwell was in on 98 tackles had an interception that he resumed for a touchdown and recovered a Fumble. Gordon led is with it tackles including 19 solos. Cush Berry had 37 solos 35 assists and a Umbac recovery. Porche averaged 10 solos and 16 assists a game while posting nine sacks and intercepting three passes. Morton finished with 40 solos. 71 assists and Throe interceptions. Bra sly won his defensive Back recognition with 33 solos 45 assists an int creep lion two Fumble recoveries and four sacks from out of the Backfield Taylor picked off 10 enemy passes and returned three for touchdowns 24, 48 and 64 Yards and aver aged five solos and six assists a game Palma was in on 32 tackles intercepted five passes and recovered four fumbles. Mosley inter pled five passes and was in on 35 tackles i rec of which were last Gap touchdown savers. Leighton had 23 solos and was in on 43 of hrs. James Ted All Dodds defenders with 11 . Iwo of which he Ciu Rcd for touchdowns and two open Field tackles a game. Normally because in arc Are always a cast of outstanding people selecting the coach of the year is an arduous Lask. However. This year inc Choice was not Hal difficult. Even though the held was As Strong As Ever. Whenever a Man in his first year of varsity coaching takes a Brand new school and Vins eight of nine games and iwo Champi shins he has chit cd something special. Tiar Lic told has Doni. Exactly thai. Of her coaches w to had outstanding sea is s were is s 1 any Kelly 8-0 and con it or of Gic Ssan in inc Small schools pm if game Augsburg s Denny Laval Les 7 n his return to Dodds coaching Afler an  of 10 years and loser to Giessen in the Germany a championship game. Wiesbaden s Darryl Schwartz 7-1. Bad or Cugnach s Gary Palmer 6-1kaiserslautern s Dave Vicerra 6-1patch s Bob Sands 6-1shape s Steve Sherrill 6-1 and Lucr Burg s John Sullivan 6-2. 1985 is All Europe prep football team offensive team defensive team school Hanau shape kaisers Pauleni ?b,r8wiesbaden  Mannheim  line to Silja Puyer end Bruce Gooch end Brace Jenn lags end toy diag will end a Lor Pas tackle Dwight Means tackle Scott Lewis tackle Bob Morse tackle Mike Kelly guard Scott Berta guard Mike Usowski guard Vine Bohner guard Richard Mcgowan Center Pete Hennig Center Wayne Knight quarterback Brian Taylor quarterback Joe Matthews shape sack Chris Berasky a Back Ste a Moreback Derrick Jackson Back Mike Harris Back a i darts Back Eric Bard kicker dare Strebeck _ is Offe she player of the Yeara Kab 11 height 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-10 Chris Beasley weight class 180150 185190 238205 170 225 235 210 185 196 241 205 160 170 160 170 153 172 170 165 165 Gleasen coach of the year senior senior Junior senior senior Junior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior Junior senior senior senior Junior senior position player end de weathering Lon end key Goolsby end Rick Montgomery end Mike Deming tackle Pete Hennig tackle Richard Mcgowan tackle David Tomblin tackle Alex von Hoeken nose Cuard Scott berts nos ecu Ard Matt Usowski linebacker Tony Dingwall linebacker Ivanc Ashberry linebacker Don Skaton linebacker Chuck Porche linebacker Tony Morton linebacker Rob Gordon Back Chris Beasley Back Brian Taylor Back Larry Mosley Back Matt Palms Back . A Coghlon Back Reggie James punter Danny Moler is defensive player of the year Don Skellon. Giessen Charlie told Giessen school Wuerzburg we Bruecken Augsburg Kaiserslautern Wiesbaden Lake Bealh Heidelberg is Augsburg Heidelberg Kaiser Lautem Wiesbaden Wiessen Wei Bruecken a Nauib Giessen Augsburg Kaiserslautern is Heidelberg Lakenheath Mannheim height6-3 6-0 5-11 5-106-3 6-06-0 6-76-0 5-106-2 s-ll5-6 6-2 5-11 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-10 5-7 5-8 5-116-0 weight208 180 170 175241 196200 225235 180185 191145 210190 195160 160 165143 145160 175 class senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior senior Junior senior Junior senior Junior Junior senior senior senior Junior Sophomore Junior Junior