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ABILENE WHIPPED
BY PANTHER TEAM
P e r m i a n Panther Football
Coach Ted Dawson stated that
Abilene should come to Odessa
real concerned about their con
test w ith the Panthers. They f yfV",
should have. By now the final
score has soaked in realistically.
Richard K eller’s early opening cS$ S-e • h ce> ACr Ce'*'\
fum ble hurt. It hurt worse for
the Panthers when Abilene
moved to only 15 yards between
them and six points, in eight
plays. Later they scored the con- j A ; .
version for one point. After the
sw
kick-off on Perm ian’s second C° V , QV-
down, Abilene intercepted a pass
and returned to Perm ian’s 30-
yard line. Here it looked like a
typical Abilene ball game. Nev V V ' A -
ertheless, a fighting Panther de
fense held tenaciously. The
Eagles gained one yard in four
downs. Needing two yards for a
first down, Crain punted out for
the Panthers w ith a 39 yard
boot! An Eagle fumbled his turn
at his own 24-yard line w here it
hit and Don Jernigan made a re
covery there for the oncoming
Panthers!
On the first play Perm ian drew
a 5-yard penalty. Keller broke
clear on the second try and
dashed 29 yards for the T.D.
Mike Love narrow ly missed the
running conversion try. The r
score stood 7-6 with 1:30 left in
the first quarter.
In the second quarter Abilene F „
punted to Perm ian’s 36. P an f> m
thers clawed the Eagles for the 4 # ,
next 64 yards during 12 plays. A Q*ry '"‘■Vet t C r F 0 ° fc 4 U f y j f 1!
run by Crain, and the ball trav A A LA t f j rs *e.
eling via air to Payte from Ross I::
helped place the ball down on > to 'r t* » . £ .* » » O tO lC li
the Eagles’ 12-yard stripe. Keller stQn W 1* ^ k e ‘n °Unced u"1 sb< Sn
again dashed into the end zone
for another score. The kick was
not good, but the score stood 12 Pa» ° A
to 7, Perm ian, at halftime.
Abilene bore down hard after
d1 OU!»,B0b
the half-tim e recess and went '-'rni sap ^ " JJorj r
forward with a m arch from their
own 22 yard stripe to the Pan
thers’ 14. With fourth down and r° Zrad|
three yards needed for a first, Uat* g
the Eagles lost when Panther
Payte broke through the Abilene
line and threw the Eagle ball
carrier for a four yard loss to
stop the threatening movement.
The last quarter was full of
football playing and both kinds
) of luck. The Eagles fumbled a
second time, Huddleston recov chaffner. Crain kicked the ex-'
ering for the Panthers. First ra point for a 19 to 7 score with
play—Love m ulled 7 yards. Sec :27 left to play in the game.
ond play—Crain fumbled and Abilene played hard. Passing
David Drake recovered on the lost of the way, the Eagles went
Eagle 1 yard line. Third play— 0 yards to score. Their kick
Crain fumbled again and this ailed. With 18 seconds rem ain-
time another P anther was there ig in the game, Abilene at-
, to pounce on the ball w ithin the impted an onsides kick which
ailed. The game ended 19-13,
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