GAME 4: ST.
JAMES 14, @ Trinity 13
STJ
7
0 7 0
14
TRI
7 6 0
0 13
SCORING SUMMARY:
TRI (1) -----
O'Gwynn 8
run
(Dawson kick) 0 - 7
STJ (1) ----- Redding 79
run
(Johnson kick) 7 - 7
TRI (2) ----- McNeely 27
run
(kick blocked) 7 - 13
STJ (3) ----- Redding 66
fumble
return
(Johnson kick) 14 - 13
Highlights:
For the first time in six attempts, the Trojans
finally broke the Wildcat jinx, defeating Trinity at their home stadium
in great part to
two blocked kicks, 14 - 13.
The game, scheduled for a start at
7:30 PM, did not start until 10:00 PM because, thanks
to a "paperwork error" at the officials level, no crew of officials was
dispatched to the game. The crew which called the
Catholic / Alabama Christian game across town was rushed over by police
escort following the
completion of their game.
Each team scored early. Bubba O'Gwynn, for the second straight
year against St. James, scored early for the Wildcats giving them a 7 -
0 lead. Less
than a minute later, Johnny Redding broke through for a 79 yard
touchdown run and Andy Johnson's kick tied the score.
Several drives afterwards, Gene McNeely scored for Trinity,
but the
extra point was blocked by three onrushing Trojans.
On Trinity's first offensive drive of the third quarter, Redding picked
up a fumble at
the Trojan 34 yard line and returned it down the
Trinity sideline for a touchdown. Andy Johnson's kick was true,
and the Trojans led. Neither team could get much moving
on offense until the end of the game, when Trinity drove to the Trojan
11 yard line. However, Tommy Aplin blocked a
28 yard field goal attempt by Mike Dawson, and St. James ran out the
clock to preserve their first ever victory over the rival Wildcats, as
midnight neared.
RETURN
TO THE STJ FOOTBALL 1984 HOMEPAGE