Notes and Stats
TE-DE Casimir "Kike" Barscz was named to the Big 33 team. QB George Sterner and OG-LB Larry Deets were also nominated...
Two starting RBs, Ted Kaufman and Mike McNerney, broke their
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Randy Loudon gains yardage against Warren.
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legs during the season. Kaufman's injury came against Franklin -- a week before he scored 3 TDs against Warren...McNerney went down in the Greenville game...Meanwhile, Barscz was playing with a broken knuckle part of the season...
The Oilers trailed Greenville 8-6 with 1:16 to play when Sterner threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Gary Davis. Then Mel Britton's INT set up a 5-yard TD run by Sterner to ice it...The Oilers beat Meadville on Gary Moore's 1-yard TD with 9:46 left. Moore was filling in at RB for the injured Randy Loudon...Steve Clark and Bill King blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt by Meadville's Ed Powell in the first half...
Sterner threw for 849 yards, completing 44 of 96, for 6 TDs. He also scored 3 TDs and 2 PATs...Davis scored 5 TDs and Kaufman added 4...Davis caught 21 passes for 521 yards, including a 75-yarder for a TD against Sharpsville...Barscz caught 14 passes for 208 yards...Loudon led Oiler rushers with 474 yards...
Barscz led Oil City with 409 defensive points, including 72 total tackles, and 4 sacks. Deets was second with 393 points, including 59 key tackles and 99 total tackles...Deets forced 3 fumbles, and Sterner and Deets each caused 2...Bill Aams recovered 4 fumbles...Sterner made 4 INTs...
All- Conference
First team -- TE-DE Kike Barscz, OG-LB Larry Deets, C Steve Clark
Second team -- QB-DB George Sterner, SE Gary Davis
Honorable mention -- T Karle Lutz, LB Mike McNerney, RB Ted Kaufman, RB Randy Loudon
All-Section 2
First team -- TE-DE Kike Barscz, OG-LB Larry Deets, C Steve Clark, SE Gary Davis, DB George Sterner
Second team -- QB George Sterner, DT Steve clark, LB Mike McNerney, DB Gary Davis
Honorable mention -- OG Ron Martyna, LB Tom Fedorek, RB Ted Kaufman, RB Randy Loudon
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