1991

WEEK OF

East Centt a1)rings record to 0-3 For the -.econd straight week, an opponent'~ fou rth quarter field goal ha., kept East Central Communit) College from entering the win col– umn lor rhe 1991 campaign. Bulldogs on the EC 25 yard line. A stubborn Warrior defen~e kept Gulf Coast from sconng a touchdown and forced the Bulldogs into a field goal ~ituation, which Beaugcl converted for the winning margin.

t:.ast Central got on th ...corcboard with almo5l ~tx mtnute left before halftime when quarter back Kelly tound paydirt on a on yard sneak. Pete Porter added thl PAT and the Warrior-. narro" cd th Gulf Coa" lead to 12-7. The Warrior tally wa~ set p btl dcfcn"ve back Steven F.hani}nt~o interception and return ga"~•O [ n Central fiN and goal on ttl010JliiV Coa~t five yard line. .ftiiCJfl> On their next po,ses.. aomAtl1 Bulldogs agam found the cnc.H~t• 11 when quarterback Glen 6\h;;I.Qn t running back Her<>hal Hunt b:{rrl bined on a 30 vard <;coring p pllt' c The wuchdown pass, '' hictJlelif'llv '' ith :!:21 remaining before ha twtcY capped an 87 yard dri\e 11 Gulf Coast mamtained ~ 1 rt lead at intermi!)sion. I After an e"\change of po~~""'""'-'"' in the thtrd period. the \Vtl again found pay dirt "hen r back Willie '\.1cC1elland scaltll:l 11 yards into the endtonc, cttppl a 46 yard march. Porter's PAT at tempt wa.., blocked but Ea't Centra now trailed 18-13. The Warrior~ wok the lead in th fourth -;tanza on Kelly'.., ~trike to Wells, which was later ovcrshado\\ ed by Beaugcz's winning fteld goal East Central will agtan bc on th road as the Warrior-; travel 1 Coahoma Community College for 7:00 p.m. kickoff Saturday September 21, 1991 in Clarbdalc I

T\\O "eeks ago it wal> Copiah– Lmcoln kicker Gregg Scoggin~ ,.:.:...DU~~7 yard effort lifted his team to a ~-0 'ictorv over the homestan- ng ~ arnors-\\ nh ju'it 40 seconds i" mromnl! in the South Division n atdmp- 38.~nd Ja, a urda\, Gulf Coast's ~ - Da\ld Beauga rc,ponded "ith a 22 d J.;kk ''ith "":19 remaining \\hich a lhcd the Bulldog' to a 21- t9 di' i– ~lon \\in in a game pla)ed on the !O'\ Point High School field. T.li \\ arrior,, ''mle~., in three ·d rt ,had taken a 19-18 kad carl) iiilliiFiinal 'tnnLa "hen quarterback • ~ me !\ell~ tired a four yard strike ide receher Oreaka \ ells, cap- ng a 36 ~ard o;coring march. Ea't ~al'c; pa-;' a11empt for the two– j!Otnl con,er,ion fell incomplete.

Each team later lost po<,session via the fumble, with the la~t mi,cuc recovered by Warrior linebacker David Coleman which gave EC the pigskin on its own eight yard line with 5:38 left in the contest. Quarterback Kell}, with his slip– pery scrambling ability and key pa'' completions, quickly drove the \\ ar– riors upfield but the po,.,ihle "inn– ing march ended on the Gulf Coast 41 vard line a' East Central failed 10 convert a fourth and \0 situation with just over three minutes remain– ing. Gulf Coa<,t then ran out the dock and impro' ed to 2-1 on the young -;ea.,on. SCORI:"t!G SUMMARY

Gulf Cocc.t jum~d out to a quid; JC!The touchdov. n dnve wa~ set up 2-0 when the Warriors' .,nap from Y trong ,afet)' Rus-.el Meeks' in- center went O\er the out~tretchcd 1ercep1ion in Gulf Coa~t territory. arms of punter Brian Lambert and Folio" ing their go -ahead ~core, went out of the end;one tor a safc- h h~ Warrior., -;ecmed in control and ty with l3:461eft in the liN quarter. forced Gulf Coast imo a punting The Bulldogs extended thctr lead ~nuation \\ h ic:h later gave b a5t Cen- to 9-0 a few minutes later when Lra l good f1eld positio n o n 11~ own q uarterback Jennaine Johnson c.;on– .W. Ho\\c\er. the \\ arnor~ were abo nected with 11ght end Ronald l:.d una ble to cffecti,el} mo\e the ward'> on a nine yard sconng play. pig,km a nd al'o had to punt. lL was Bcaugez added the PAT. Ea't Central'., punt auempl ,.,.hich Gulf Coast took a 12-0 lead earl) gaH! Gulf Coa' -he field position i1 in the second quarter on Beauge~·~ needed. T'ftc ..nap Irom ce.ntel1 was. 27 u· Hi ti~IQ.r_ijt>al, ~lu 1 ~4af~'

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