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Vandy Picked By 6

Wahoos Go To Nashville

By BILL BERNO

Nashville, Tenn., home of
country music and Johnny
Cash, will be the site of
another epic ACC-SEC
confrontation when the
Wahoos travel there to meet
the Commodores of
Vanderbilt.

Most of us can remember
last year when the Vanderbilt
squad left Scott Stadium losers
by a 27-23 count. The game
was one of the most exciting
contests played by the 'Hoos
all year.

This year's version of the
Commodores was described by
omniscient Sports Illustrated as
having "Threats at every
position in the backfield and
experienced line to spring them
loose." And SI figured
Vanderbilt for seventh or eight
in the SEC which is like
second or third in most other
conferences.

Leading "threat" for the
Commodores so far has been
tailback Paul Brogdon of
Decatur, Ala., who has carried
37 times for 170 yards.
Brogdon is a freshman – aren't
there a lot of good ones
around? – who teams with
senior Steve Burger in the
backfield. Burger has gained 49
yards on carries.

Triggering this explosive
combination will be senior
quarterback Watson Brown.
Brown's running isn't much
better than that of Sonny
Jurgensen, but his arm ain't
bad at all. He has completed
only 17 of 39 passes but they
have gone for 259 yards, or an
average of 15.2 yards per
completion.

Brown's leading pass
snatcher has been wingback
Walter Overton. Overton has
caught 7 passes for 93 yards,
one of his catches being a
50-yard bomb from Brown.

Another good receiver is
split end Doug Martin who has
snared five tosses for 77 yards.
The tight end will be senior
Jim Mahan who has touched
the ball only twice, and surely
wants to see it more often.

Defensively the
Commodores have a veteran
crew, starting six seniors and
four juniors. Sophomore Mark
Lewelyn, the left end, is the
youngster of the group. He is
next to senior tackle Mike
Kirk, who along with right
tackle Mark Lgenfritz make up
the foundation of the
Vanderbilt defense.

Vandy lines up in a 5-2-4
defense and rotates to the
short and wide sides of the
field. Patrolling the wide side
will be junior linebacker. Bo
Patton, and behind him will be
standout safetyman Ken Stone.
Stone has 20 tackles, 5 assists,
and has broken up 2 passes.
Not many safeties lead their
teams in tackles. Perhaps that
says something about the
quality of the front five.

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