Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Scalp Redskins 33-16; Jinx is Broken
For those who doubted- and there were many, the undefeated Bowling Green Falcons proved what a truly awesome football machine Coach Doyt Perry has built this year when they smashed the highly regarded Miami Redskins before 9,400 jubilant fans in the stadium Saturday. The victory for Bowling Green was its sixth straight and assured the Falcons of at least a tie for the Mid American Conference Championship.
“The most satisfying win,” exclaimed Coach Perry, and “one of our best games since I’ve been here.” “Determination and fight is what won it for us, but I know all along that we were the better team.”
“We thought we could beat them (Bowling Green) if we stopped Colburn and Casey,” commented one of the Miami coaches. “We did a good job of containing Colburn, but Casey broke our back.”
Colburn, who had completed 33 of 52 passes prior to the game, was able to connect on only five of 18. In discussing the game, Perry said, “I didn’t think Colburn was up to par on his passing.” Most of Colburn’s passes were within reach of their intended receiver but the slippery pigskin was too hard to handle.
Casey scored Bowling Green’s first three touchdowns to boost his point total to 48 on the season. His touchdowns came on runs of 11 and 13 yards and a 44-yard pass from Colburn. Perry was full of praise for Casey as he exclaimed, “I thought he was tremendous.”
The Falcons had little trouble in building up a 21-0 half-time advantage. The closes Miami came to penetrating Bowling Green territory in the first half was on its last series of plays in the second quarter, when it advanced the ball to the Falcons’ 46.
Miami seemed to have a case of the jitters in the first half as it repeatedly fumbled and ran off-side. On one series of play the Redskins were penalized twice for being off-side and a third time for unnecessary roughness.
Bowling Green was unable to take advantage of Miami’s errors until late in the first quarter, when Casey made the first of his three spectacular touchdowns. He ran wide to the left, but seeing that he would be trapped, reversed himself and scampered 13 yards around right end for the touchdown. Chuck Ramsey converted. “The law of averages finally catches up with you,” stated a Miami coach after the game, when he recalled than in his last year’s contest in Oxford. Miami’s Dave Olsbert scored the decisive touchdown on the very same type of play. He referred to Casey’s run as the “key play” of the game.
The Falcons put together their second scoring drive midway through the second quarter when they drove 63 yards in nine plays. Casey carried the final 11 yards for the score. Ramsey’s second conversion sent the Falcons into a 14-0 lead.
Bowling Green scored its third touchdown just minutes later on a 44-yard pass play from Colburn to Casey. The extra point was added by Ramsey, and the Falcons had a 21-point lead at half-time.
“I thought Miami would have a hard time coming back,” stated Perry, “I felt the 21-point lead would enable us to win.”
However, the Redskins came out in the second half, as they had done last year, a fired-up team. They proceeded to march 36 yards on dour plays to register their first touchdown with 9:55 remaining in the third period. Miami’s quarterback fired a 12-yard pass to Howie Millisor for the tally, and Bill Triplett ran the ball for the extra two points.
An interception by the Falcon’s Larry Smith on the 50 yard line stopped the next Miami threat. The Falcons made sure there would be no recurrence of last year’s game as they added two more touchdowns in the final period. The first touchdown came early in the quarter when Jerry Dianiska romped seven yards for the score. Bowling Green’s second tally of the quarter came with 8:34 remaining, as Jerry Roberts caught a nine-yard pass from Dave McClain.
Miami added its final touchdown with a little over a minute remaining in the game, on a one foot sneak by the quarterback. They followed it up with a 2-point conversion.
Casey suffered the only Falcon injury on a play in the third quarter. He was carried of the field on a stretcher, unconscious with a head injury. However, he quickly regained consciousness and the head injury was not serious. Although he played a little more than half the game, he was the leading gainer with 90 yards on 12 carries.
For those who doubted- and there were many, the undefeated Bowling Green Falcons proved what a truly awesome football machine Coach Doyt Perry has built this year when they smashed the highly regarded Miami Redskins before 9,400 jubilant fans in the stadium Saturday. The victory for Bowling Green was its sixth straight and assured the Falcons of at least a tie for the Mid American Conference Championship. “The most satisfying win,” exclaimed Coach Perry, and “one of our best games since I’ve been here.” “Determination and fight is what won it for us, but I know all along that we were the better team.”
“We thought we could beat them (Bowling Green) if we stopped Colburn and Casey,” commented one of the Miami coaches. “We did a good job of containing Colburn, but Casey broke our back.”
Colburn, who had completed 33 of 52 passes prior to the game, was able to connect on only five of 18. In discussing the game, Perry said, “I didn’t think Colburn was up to par on his passing.” Most of Colburn’s passes were within reach of their intended receiver but the slippery pigskin was too hard to handle.
Casey scored Bowling Green’s first three touchdowns to boost his point total to 48 on the season. His touchdowns came on runs of 11 and 13 yards and a 44-yard pass from Colburn. Perry was full of praise for Casey as he exclaimed, “I thought he was tremendous.” The Falcons had little trouble in building up a 21-0 half-time advantage. The closes Miami came to penetrating Bowling Green territory in the first half was on its last series of plays in the second quarter, when it advanced the ball to the Falcons’ 46.
Miami seemed to have a case of the jitters in the first half as it repeatedly fumbled and ran off-side. On one series of play the Redskins were penalized twice for being off-side and a third time for unnecessary roughness.
Bowling Green was unable to take advantage of Miami’s errors until late in the first quarter, when Casey made the first of his three spectacular touchdowns. He ran wide to the left, but seeing that he would be trapped, reversed himself and scampered 13 yards around right end for the touchdown. Chuck Ramsey converted. “The law of averages finally catches up with you,” stated a Miami coach after the game, when he recalled than in his last year’s contest in Oxford. Miami’s Dave Olsbert scored the decisive touchdown on the very same type of play. He referred to Casey’s run as the “key play” of the game.
The Falcons put together their second scoring drive midway through the second quarter when they drove 63 yards in nine plays. Casey carried the final 11 yards for the score. Ramsey’s second conversion sent the Falcons into a 14-0 lead.
Bowling Green scored its third touchdown just minutes later on a 44-yard pass play from Colburn to Casey. The extra point was added by Ramsey, and the Falcons had a 21-point lead at half-time.
“I thought Miami would have a hard time coming back,” stated Perry, “I felt the 21-point lead would enable us to win.” However, the Redskins came out in the second half, as they had done last year, a fired-up team. They proceeded to march 36 yards on dour plays to register their first touchdown with 9:55 remaining in the third period. Miami’s quarterback fired a 12-yard pass to Howie Millisor for the tally, and Bill Triplett ran the ball for the extra two points.
An interception by the Falcon’s Larry Smith on the 50 yard line stopped the next Miami threat. The Falcons made sure there would be no recurrence of last year’s game as they added two more touchdowns in the final period. The first touchdown came early in the quarter when Jerry Dianiska romped seven yards for the score. Bowling Green’s second tally of the quarter came with 8:34 remaining, as Jerry Roberts caught a nine-yard pass from Dave McClain.
Miami added its final touchdown with a little over a minute remaining in the game, on a one foot sneak by the quarterback. They followed it up with a 2-point conversion. Casey suffered the only Falcon injury on a play in the third quarter. He was carried of the field on a stretcher, unconscious with a head injury. However, he quickly regained consciousness and the head injury was not serious. Although he played a little more than half the game, he was the leading gainer with 90 yards on 12 carries.