European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday decembers 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports it s official Testaverde claims Heisman new York a Vinny Testa Var do won the Heisman trophy sat urday night the Way no. 1-Rankcd University Tif Miami won most of its games in a runaway. The 6-foot-5 senior quarterback who led inc nation in passing efficiency won he 52nd Heisman trophy presented annually to the nation s outstanding College football player by the downtown athletic club of new York by 1,541 Points Over Temple running Back Paul Palmer the country s lop rusher. The Only greater margin was the 1,750 Points by which Southern Ca tailback . Simpson Defeated Unlue halfback Croy pc resin 1968. Testaverdi s landslide Victory capped family dream that began when his father Al a construction worker from nearby Elmont n.y., put a miniature football in a Bassinette alongside his son s Pillow when Vinny was 5 Days old. Words can t describe the Way i feel right now Testaverde said after he was announced As the Heisman Winner on a nationwide to show. My father had a dream before was bom that he d have a son and his son would win the Heisman trophy. When i was a kid i used to dream about winning the Heisman in voting by members of inc Media across the country Testaverde received 678 of 790 first place votes 1,050 bal lots were sent out and 2,213 Points counted on a 3-2-1 basis. Testaverde car ried each of the six Heisman regions East mid Atlantic South Southwest Midwest and far West. Palmer received 28 first place votes and 672 Points. Michigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh finished third with 25 first place votes and 458 Points. Holy Cross Gordon Lockbaum. Who played running Back and defensive backhand ran Back kicks had the second High est tint place vote total with 32, in leading Miami to an 11-0 record Testaverde completed 63.4 percent of his passes 175 of 276 for 2,557 Yards and a nation leading school record 26 touchdowns with Only nine interceptions. He played in 10 games missing inc final regular season contest with bruises suffered when he fell off his motor scoot army Routs Navy Philadelphia a army coach Jim Young had the classic Wishbone quarterback in tory Craw Ford on Junior rushed 23 limes for 94 Yards and one touchdown and completed three of four passes to Lead the cadets Over Navy 27-7 in the 87th football meeting Between the two military has really developed As a quarterback Young said. He runs for i he Lough Yards and he s Able to throw the Ball. He s the Ideal Wishbone Crawford upped his Rushing Tola to 1,078. He s the is Jill player in army history to reach 1,000 in a season. Army 6-5, won the commander in chiefs trophy which is awarded to inc team Wilh the Best record in round Robin Competition among army Navy and air Force. It was inc first time army has had three straight winning seasons since 1966-68.Crawford, Andy Peterson and Clarence Jones scored on army s first three possessions of the second half to turn a 6-0 half Lime Lead into u Crawford led army Wishbone held to 109 Yards and a pair of 24-Yard Keith Walker Field goals in inc first half finished with 317 loss was the seventh straight for the midship men who finished 3-8.the series record stands at 41 wins for Navy and 39 for army with seven lies. With a 6-0 Lead on Walker s two Field goals army took the opening Kickoff of the second half and drove 44 Yards on six plays with Peterson going up the mid dle for a 1-Yard scoring run. Army made it 20-7 on a 1-Yard to run by Crawford capping a 79-Yard, 17-play drive All on the ground. Army drove 48 Yards on its next Possession with Jones scoring from 5 Yards out for the cadets final Bui Schelden left my John Ocelnik seize the moment of army s 17-7 Triumph Over nov in veterans stadium. Touchdown. By beats air Force for Freedom berth air Force Academy Colo. A Brigham Young overcame the loss of a familiar Friend the Western athletic conference title it had won or shared the previous 10 years and the absence of three starters to but air Force 23-3 sat urday and Salvage a bowl berth. After the game the cougars accepted a bid to play Urcla in the Freedom bowl on dec. 30 in Anaheim Calif. It was the last of 36 bowl spots grabs and it Marks the ninth straight bowl rip for Urcla will be a real Chal Lenge for coach Laverl Edwards and we re looking Forward to the rip to quarterback Bob Jensen making his first collegiate Start in an Effort to inject spark Mlo the sluggish by attack ran and passed by to Zust Raight second Quarter Points As inc cougars rolled up 555 total Yards com pared to air Force s 159.byu finished the regular season Al 8-4 Overall and 6-2 in the wac. Goodenough for second place in a league in used to consider its private Domain. San Diego state captured the wac title last week beating by 10-3.air Force losing four of its last five games wound up 6-5 Overall and 5-2 in the wac. It was a blow to our team losing to san Diego state and then losing some friends on the said by defensive tackle jaw n Buck the outland trophy Winner. Three starters tight end Trevor Molini and linebackers . Voncolln and Ladd Akeo were sus Pended on wednesday after being charged with using altered prescriptions to obtain pain killing drugs. We Haven t made any determination yet on the future status of those players Edwards completed 11 of 20 passes for 258 Yards and ran 12 times for 87 Yards. Bob made some big plays Edwards said. I thought he played very Well fora Sophomore starting his first game. He lube very successful if he keeps working and keeps improving. Overall we played a Good game. Our defense was outstanding All Day Long and the two fumbles Back to Back by air Force proved to be very costly for air Force coach Fisher Deberry said his defense gave up the big play Loo Many times you have to give by credit. They had Tome Advent things happen to them Iii week but they rallied and played Afine football game he said
