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Cliff Hare Stadium began in 1939 with 7,290 per- CLIFF
manent seats which were built on the west side of the HARE
field . Auburn tied Florida 7-7 in that first game but not EXPANSION
since then have the Gators been so lucky. The next
year 4,500 seats were added on the east side just
before the homecoming game against Clemson .

Cliff Hare was officially dedicated in 1949, following
the addition of 14,000 permanent seats on the East
side. That addition replaced the 4 ,500 seats built in
1940 and brought the seating capacity to 21 ,290 .

Ralph Jordan and Jeff Beard came to Auburn in 1951
and the dream of a bowl began . In 1955, the west stand
seating capacity was raised to 14,000 and the South 's
finest pressbox was built. The stadium capacity was
34,000 when Auburn had its 1957 National Champions.

By , 1960, the South endzone was enclosed and the
capacity increased to 44 ,500 . Overflow crowds sat on
the Bermuda banks as Auburn continued to win and
accept invitations to the Orange, Liberty, Sun , and
Astra-Bluebonnet Bowls.

Since 1951 , the Tigers have amassed a phenomenal
64-9-1 record at Cliff Hare , a percentage of .865 . With
the addition of the 16,500 seats in the North endzone
the stadium has become the second largest in the SEC .

1970 Auburn University Football Team (9-2)

FOOTBALL

Ralph Jordan Head Coach Paul Davis
Ass't Head Coach
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COACHES

Jeff Beard Athletic Director

Bill Oliver

George Atkins Joe Connally

Claude Saia

Bobby Freeman Sam Mitchell
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A new era in Auburn football had begun-Cliff Hare SOUTHERN
Stadium had its largest crowd ever to witness the MISS
Tigers play-48 ,500. It took Southern Miss. to inspire
the Tigers to gain the momentum they needed to win ,
as Southern scored first on an 80 yard drive. Coming
as a result of a typical Auburn mistake-roughing the
kicker-Southern Miss scored on a 20 yard run by
Moulton . Just as quickly as the PAT was good the
Tigers drove 80 yards in five plays to score on a Sull i-
van to Schmaltz pass. Pat continued to move the squad
as he went in from the eight but missed Beasley on
the two point attempt.

From this point on, as Southern 's coach , P. W. Un-
derwood, admitted , the momentum was definitely in
Auburn's favor. Southern's defense weakened and the
offense couldn 't make the important third down plays.
With five seconds to go in the first half Auburn struck
paydirt again on an 81 yard drive with a 15 yard Sulli-
van-Beasley score. Jett converted as the first half
ended .

Finally shook out of its apparent lethargy , the Tigers
came back to dominate the second half. Wasting no
time, Dave Beck recovered a Southern fumble at their
46 as the Tigers seeked to reestablish their ground
game. Zofko ran on plays of 10, five , and nine yards
before Beasley snagged an aerial from Sullivan to run
the score to 26-7. Tommy Traylor came on to connect
on one of his two attempts-this one good for 40 yards .
Traylor took it in from the one as Auburn 's final tally
had been established . Southern scored again with 58
seconds remaining guided by a second-string quarter-
back and the runn ing of Marshall Veal.

The Tigers were obviously not fired up over playing
this non-SEC foe but nevertheless showed their power
and stamina. With a game of this nature the team cou ld
see that they would surely have to be inspired to over-
come next week's opponent which had embarrassed
them a year ago-the Tennessee Volunteers.

The interceptions and fumble recoveries of Auburn were A year ago in Knoxville , Auburn's fumbles and interceptions
the winning combinations at Legion Field which provided had been their downfall , but at Legion Field , Tennessee had
65 ,000 fans an exciti ng duel , as the Tigers defeated the Ten- fallen victim to those mistakes. Pat Sullivan and many others
nessee Volunteers , 36-23 . Art ificial turf seemed no longer a had played their finest game of Auburn football and were
hindrance since Auburn had acquired an Astroturf practice rewarded by ranking 12th nationally.
field . The afternoon looked as though it would be a long one
as the Tigers fumbled on the first play . Tennessee took that TENNESSEE
miscue in for the score , climaxed by the one-yard run of Bobby
Scott. Later in that quarter the Vols turned an Auburn mistake
into a fieldgoal , setting the score at 10-0. Auburn came back
on the field determined to score , which they did on a 62 yard
bomb from Sullivan to Beasley.

The second quarter was all Auburn as Tennessee was
stalled. Wallace Clark scored from the three after Sullivan
connected with Alvin Bresler on a 40 yard pass play. Now
w ith the lead , the team was able to play inspired football as
shown by Will ingham 's 52 yard pass interception touchdown .
Unraveled by Auburn 's qu ick scores Tennessee fumbled on
the Tiger 16. Auburn drove to the Tennessee three where the
ball was fumbled but all was not lost as Mcleary was tackled
in the end zone for a safety.

The Tigers dominated the third quarter as well , scoring once
and holding Tennessee scoreless. That score came at the end
of a long drive in which Wallace Clark fumbled in the end
zone. Jimmy Speigner recovered it for the score. Following
an exchange of punts , Zofko fumbled at the Auburn 18 to
set up the Vols next score . Mcleary took it over from the
eight as the gap closed to 29-17 . The Tigers , after being stalled
on their next drive, found the running of Tennessee's Watson
and Mcleary penetrating deep into their defense. A Bobby
Scott pass was the scoring conclusion of their drive.

At this point the near rout had turned into a terrific show
of strategy. Sullivan returned to guide the already tired Auburn
offense for four minutes and 46 yards . From the 25 Beverly
punted dead on the one-typical of the punt coverage Auburn
had exhibited all day. The defense toughened and kept the
Vols backed up to their goal. Auburn took control after four
desperate plays by Tennessee, and Traylor ran around end
to establish the final score.

KENTUCKY

The Kentucky game was the first of four homecoming games Auburn was to
play in this year, hopefully to be the only one in which the Tigers would have
to overcome a halftime deficit to win . Both teams played a rugged game mainly
due to the revenge Kentucky was to have had from last year's 44-3 score. The
Tigers began this game just as they had the first two-with mistake after mistake.
Fortunately, the defense was able to hold the Wildcat's offense to only two
fieldgoals. The Wildcats kept that 6-0 lead until Jett was able to kick a 29-yard
fieldgoal in the second quarter. Shortly thereafter, the Sullivan-Beasley combina-
tion scored on a 73-yard bomb. Later in the quarter Sullivan intended to hit Zofko
with a short pass, but Kentucky's Federspiel darted in front of Zofko and raced
41 yards to score untouched . With a 12-9 halftime, it appeared the Wildcats were
primed for an upset.

Returning to the field in the second half Kentucky was able to score again
with Jones kicking a 46-yard FG, a Kentucky record . However, Wallace Clark
took the ensuing kickoff , broke up the middle , and raced 84 yards for a TD .
Auburn controlled the score and game from then to its conclusion . Jett kicked
another fieldgoal following a Willimgham interception. Gilchrist intercepted Ken-
tucky 's next pass to set a Sullivan-Beasley seven-yard score. The last score of
the game was the end result of another Clark run, with Zofko scoring the touch-
down .

The final score of 33-15 was a relief for the Tigers after the 12-9 halftime deficit.
Again the team realized it would have to play better ball if they had plans of
winning the SEC championship . Clemson 's homecoming was the next game for
the ninth-ranked Tigers.

Auburn , playing in its second opponent's homecoming,
never gave Clemson a chance in a 44-0 blitz of those " South
Carolina" Tigers . All sixty-five members of the traveling squad
participated in what was the worst defeat ever witnessed by
home town fans in Clemson 's Hooties Holler. Three plays after
the kickoff Auburn had scored and continued to score each
of the first three times they had possession . The first quarter
was dom inated by the teamwork of Sullivan , Clark, Beasley,
and Zofko. A spectacular catch by Beasley added another
touchdown and a field goal by Jett brought the half time score
to 30-0.

Sullivan played long enough in the first half to complete
six of nine passes for 95 yards , including a 14 yard TD to
Beasley, and rush for two TD 's himself from the 13 and one
yard lines. Shortly before the half, Zofko took a Sullivan pit-
chout and hit Alvin Bresler for a 35 yard gain in Auburn 's
fourth TD drive.

Tommy Traylor and the reserves were almost as authoritative
in the second half , scoring three of the five times they had
the ball. Defensive tackle , Frank Dickson , started Auburn to
its fina l score by recovering a Clemson fumble at the Auburn
33 . The " Alabama " Tigers made one last threat-Tommy Tray-
lor and Doug Brasse teamed up for a 78-yard gain down to
the Clemson five . The drive was halted by a penalty, and the
Tigers were forced to settle for three.

Again the Tigers had ruined the homecoming of its oppo-
nent, but the season was far from over. For the first time of
the season , Auburn had played like the superb team it was ,
as Sullivan received the Back-of-the-Week award from Sports
Illustrated. This mismatch had ended with cries of " Wreck
Tech " for an Auburn team that was ranked eighth nationally.

CLEMSON

GEORGIA The "Rambling Wreck" came to Auburn tor the first time
TECH in sixty-six years and to Cliff Hare Stadium tor the first
time ever-to be humiliated 31-7 at the hands of the Tigers .
Sullivan and Beasley again ignited the tire which brought
scores that made the Tiger success. It took the Tigers
just 13 plays to complete a 98 yard scoring drive the first
time the team had possession of the ball. A 23-yard strike
from Sullivan to Beasley and a 26-yard run by Mickey Zotko
helped to set up that score. Dettmering later recovered
a Tech tumble on the Yellow Jacket 43-yard line and two
plays later the Tigers had scored as a result of a 39-yard
Sullivan to Beasley aerial and a tour yard rush by Clark.
Tech came back in the second quarter to score and were
given several other opportunities to do so via Auburn 's
five turnovers , but failed in each attempt.

The Tigers appeared to be playing their usually unim-
pressive game against Tech until the third quarter. Sullivan
found Bresler alone behind the Tech secondary, and he
made the catch all alone and scored on what was the
longest scoring pass in Auburn history . Within the period
of a minute the Tigers had scored again . Sullivan ran it
in from the three . In the fourth quarter, Gardner Jett booted
a 31-yard field goal to establish the final score.

For the second consecutive week Pat Sullivan was re-
cognized nationally as the " Back of the Week," this week
by both AP and UPI. The typical Auburn-Tech game van-
ished in the eyes of the Tiger team early, but it took three
quarters to convince the stubborn Yellow Jackets. The
eighth ranked Tigers became number six nationally and
were about to face a tough homecoming foe-LSU .

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After being the victor in two previous homecoming games , Auburn had
scheduled LSU for its homecoming opponent. A record crowd of 62 ,392 came
to Cliff Hare for the wet homecoming game that found Auburn favored and
undefeated . LSU received the kickoff only to have to punt to Auburn . Clark
bobbled the ball on the Tigers first play and LSU recovered it on the Auburn
8-yard line. After a penalty , Lee threw to Hamilton for the score . Later in
that quarter LSU fumbled at its own 16, but Auburn could only manage a
29 yard fieldgoal by Jett.

Auburn went from its 33 to a Jett 34-yard field goal midway in the second
quarter. LSU got the ball at its 15 and drove on completions of 23 and 14
yards by Bert Jones . Auburn was called for pass interference in the end
zone to set up the score by Cantrelle from the one. On a muffed extra point
attempt, Lumpkin tossed the ball high and LSU's Lyons grabbed it for the
two-point conversion .

In the third period Auburn started a drive on its own 14 and again had
to settle for a 29-yard Jett field goal. In the early portion of the fourth quarter
Auburn managed to stop a LSU drive at their one , but Sullivan was pulled
down in the end zone for a safety. After a desperation fourth down pass
by LSU failed , Auburn took over as Sullivan hit Zofko for 23 . Clark and Zofko
ran alternately , but on fourth and two Clark was short of the goal by six
inches. The game ended moments later with Auburn on the LSU 42 and the
score 17-9.

Entering the game ranked sixth nationally, Auburn had learned of the power
and determination of Charlie McClendins Tigers. Auburn's five game winning
streak and 19 year old homecoming string had ended , but a fine season
was not ruined .

LSU

Auburn traveled to Gainesville for the Gator's spirited homecom ing that
was to end in a 63-14 rout . Auburn did a complete turn about from the LSU
game with the team performing with near perfect execution. The Gators , after
receiving the kickoff, were unable to move on their first set of downs. Auburn
drove to the Gator 34 and then on an end around play Beasley ran the distance
for the score. Later, Willingham returned a Florida pu nt 43 yards to the Gator
29 . Sullivan passed to Bresler and the Tigers were first and goal on the Florida
one . Sullivan took it in from the one and Jett converted the extra point as
he did eight other times during the game. Then , Beck intercepted a John
Reaves ' pass and returned it 25 yards to the Gator ten . Zofko ran for six
and Clark ran up the middle for four yards and the score . Beasley came
in to snag a 13 yard touchdown from Sullivan on the first play of the second
quarter. And again before the half Sullivan passed-this time to Zatko on
a 15 yard scoring play.

Early in the second half, Reaves and Alvarez got together for a 47 yard
passing score. Sullivan and Beasley came back to score first on a 17-yard
pass and then an 80-yard bomb down the middle for the score . Fairfield 's
James Owens returned a Florida punt 89-yards for another score. The third
period ended with the Tigers on the top of a 56-7 rout. Florida's second-string
quarterback, John Schnebly , came in to direct a 17-yard scoring play pass
to Ash . Auburn came back to score again , however, on a short run by Terry
Henley.

The offensive line had once again protected Sullivan as he set record after
record . Beasley was named the SEC Back of the Week. Bowl scouts represent-
ing the Orange, Sugar, Gator, Liberty, and Peach bowls were reported to
have been extremely impressed with the Auburn aerial show. Auburn was
to go to Birmingham the following week to play Mississippi State- which would
probably be only a scrimmage game for the talented Tigers.

FLORIDA

MISSISSIPPI STATE

" Auburn has a great club. There's no doubt about
it," was the statement which came from State's coach ,
Charlie Shira, following the 56-0 rout in Birmingham .
Auburn 's first TD came in eleven plays with the score
com ing on a Sullivan-Zatko five yard swing pass. The
next time the Tigers had the ball it only took three
plays to go the 67 yards. Zatko took it in from the
three tor the six pointer. Zatko fumbled a Sullivan pass,
but Beck came back to intercept a State pass and the
Tigers had the ball on their own 33 . In nine plays
Auburn had scored , again by the Sull ivan-Beasley
combination good for a six-yard TD . Strickland inter-
cepted another pass to set up the Tigers last touch-
down of the half-Sullivan to Beasley on a 12 yard
play.

The second half began ju st as the first half had
ended-with the exciting play of Sullivan and Beasley.
During the fou r play drive Sullivan connected with
Beasley for forty yards but ran himself for the final
two yards and score. Traylor came in to run the score
to 42-0 with a 26-yard driving, spinning run . State was
able to keep possession long enough to prevent Au-
burn from scoring until midway into the fourth quarter.
After stopping the Bulldogs on the Auburn 22 , the
Tigers drove until Unger scored from the 25. With less
than two minutes left Traylor ran 45-ya rds for the score.

Sullivan continued to lead the country's quarter-
backs although his performance fell below his average
as Beasley ran his total touchdown production to 11 .
Once again , bowl scouts from all the major bowls
except th e Rose Bowl were in attendance to watch
" Pat Who" and "Terry what's his name ." Bobby Strick-
land was injured late in the game on an attempted
tackle-a big loss for Auburn's defense. The 7th ranked
Tigers would have to prepare well fo r Georg ia, since
a good showing on regi onal TV would assure Auburn
of a major bowl bid .

GEORGIA

With plans for a New Year in ·either Dallas, New Orleans or Miami, Auburn came to play Georgia
in Cliff Hare but were upset 31-17. The regionally televised game again proved to be a jinx as
Auburn's defense was unable to hold the Bulldog's running attack. Georgia started the scoring
when Whittmore caught a Gilbert pass on the goal line from the 16 yard line . Following the missed
PAT by Georgia, the Tigers went on to score on the first play of the second period. Georgia displayed
its running game prowess as the Bulldogs scored again and made a successful two-point conversion
for the 14-7 score.

Sullivan returned to guide the Tigers to the Georgia 14 but were then forced to let .Jett kick
a 31 yard FG to bring the score to 14-10. Georgia was forced to punt on its next series , as the
Tigers gained command of the game when Bresler made a diving catch at the Georgia 20. Zofko
caught a Sullivan pass on the 1O and following Clark 's eight yard run , Zofko scored the TD . Beck
intercepted a Gilbert pass but the clock ran out before Auburn could score .

Georgia returned in the second half to gain 40 yards in 10 running plays but were forced to
kick a field goal which tied the game. For the first time in 11 quarters , Beverley went in to punt
for Auburn after the team couldn 't move the ball. Auburn had a touchdown called back due to
a penalty and never could mount an offensive threat the remainder of the day.

The Tigers fell from eighth to twelth nationally and lost a chance for one of the big bowls . But
bowl games were not the immediate problem . The Tigers had to play Barna in two weeks with an
apparent weak defense to meet Musso and Co .



ALABAMA

Auburn's third game at Legion Field this football season
was the Tigers greatest victory. This road to victory was uphill
all the way. Alabama exploded for a pair of touchdowns and
a field goal in the first quarter before Auburn got in the game.
Musso provided most of the yardage on the first drive of 80
yards including the final 14 tor the score.

In the second period , Keith Green recovered an Alabama
tumble at the Tide 44 . Eight plays later, Sullivan dove over
from the one . After being hurt early in the first half, Beasley
returned to catch four passes on a 71 yard drive that ended
in a 26-yard field goal by Jett with eight seconds left in the
halt.

Auburn tied Alabama in the third period , after Beasley had
made 42 yards on an end-around run to the Tide seven , when
Sullivan scored. Jett and Ciemny exchanged field goals to
bring the score to 20-20. The Tigers came back to score again
on a 69 yard drive engineered by Sullivan . With just over five
minutes left, Hunter connected with George Ranager on a
53-yard TD strike . David Bailey out-maneuvered Willingham
and caught Hunter's pass for the two-point conversion . Sulli-
van connected with Bresler and Zofko following the kickoff.
With Auburn at the Alabama six, Clark was able to score the
final touchdown two plays later. Interceptions by Beck and
Simmons stopped the Tide the other two times they had pos-
session. The final score: Auburn 33-Alabama 28 .

The game marked the third time in Sullivan 's Auburn career
that he had defeated Alabama. The Gator Bowl was next and
Ole Miss was the last opponent for the '70 Tigers.

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Auburn held off a determined Ole Miss team and Archie Manning
to win the '71 Gator Bowl , 35-28 . Not since the 1968 Sun Bowl had
the Tigers won on TV, but in Jacksonville before 71 ,138 spectators
and national coverage the Tigers scored too much, too soon for the
Ole Miss Rebels. Neither team's head coach-Johnny Vaught or Coach
Jordan-were in attendance so there was an ironic battle of assistant
coaches, namely Bruiser Kinard and Paul Davis.

The game was only ten plays old when Sullivan and Beasley collabo-
rated on a 13-yard touchdown pass. The team came back on the
running of Clark and Sullivan to Bresler passes to take it to the Ole
Miss 23 . Following a catch by Beasley at the seven , Bresler caught
Sullivan 's pass in the end zone for the second AU TD. Sanspree
recovered a fumble at the Ole Miss 39. Shortly thereafter, Sullivan
on a quarterback draw sped 37 yards for the Tigers third score and
a 21-0 lead . Ole Miss came right back in 10 plays as Manning steered
the team 79 yards scoring on a keeper. Once again the Tigers crossed
the goal line but Clark fumbled the ball out of the end zone after
apparently scoring . Ole Miss came back to score in four plays as
the half-time became 21-14.

Auburn ran and passed 62 yards on its second possession of the
third quarter including a 42-yard bomb from Sullivan to Bresler at
the five and Zofko scored from the six. Manning returned to zigzag
42 yards but was exhausted as Shug Chumbler came on to pass to
Jim Poole for their third touchdown . With only nine seconds left in
the third quarter, Willingham returned a punt return into a 55-yard
score. Th~ defense for Auburn held the final , desperate attempts by
the Rebels to win the game.

The 63 points scored eclipsed the previous games high ; Willing ham 's
punt return was a Gator Bowl game record ; Sullivan 's 386 yards broke
his own record for total offense. Sullivan and Manning were named
the game's Most Valuable Players. Auburn finished the season with
a 9-2 record and were ranked tenth nationally.

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GATOR
BOWL

FRESHMEN
FOOTBALL

The Baby Tigers began the '70 season with
a very shallow team due to numerous injuries
and a severe lack of tryouts. The freshmen
completed the season 2-2-1 record , but win-
ning isn 't the purpose of freshman football ; the
purpose is to develop talent. The Cubs dropped
their first contest by 27-13 score against
Florida. Behind 27-0 at the half the Cubs
showed the ir character by scoring while stop-
ping the Baby Gators in the second half . Geor-
gia and Auburn played to a 13-13 tie although
both teams had chances to break the game
open. Both of the Cubs' quarterbacks, Wade
Whatley and Bucky Ph ill ippi , were standouts
as the team won its first game of the season
by defeating Ole Miss , the Cubs played the
Alabama freshmen in Tuscaloosa only to lose
to an undefeated Alabama team , 9-3 .

Inj uries and position shifts kept frosh
coaches Tom Jones and Jim Hilyer from being
able to play the same starters from week to
week . As a result the Cubs began to play well
as a un it just at the season 's end . Adjustment
was another problem encountered by the
freshmen , but with prospects like Rusty Fuller,
David Langner, Jimmy Sirmans, Jerry Middle-
ton , Gary Moose, Johnny Sumner, Jimmy
Hughes , David Ferguson , Whatley, and Phillippi
the future should be a bright one for the Au-
burn varsity squad.

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A CLUB The A Club composed of those athletes who have
received varsity letters, have shown their outstanding
abilities in other areas other than sports. Every year
they sponsor the A Day game with half of the proceeds
going to the Auburn University Band . Also they con-
tribute their time and resources to community projects.

The A Club takes pride in the quality of its mem-
bership, having athletes on All-American and All-SEC
teams, plus academic allstars and participants in
campus honoraries and activities.

Officers of A Club are 1-r Tommy Yearout, Earl
Nance and Mac Crawford

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1970-71 Cheerleaders are top 1-r; Connie Bates, Mary Wilkie , Katie Darity, Debby Brown , Jeanne Wilder,
Amy Lynn Phillips; bottom 1-r; Dan Bianchi , Jorge Suberats, Toy Debardeleben , Steve Burge, Tom McWhorter,
Craig Myrick, Dudley Honey, Pam Nelson

CHEERLEADERS

The Auburn University cheerleaders unify
diverse individuals into a group with one
basic purpose-to boost the Auburn Spirit.
Whether appearing in the Coliseum , at Cliff
Hare, or on national television, they con-
tinually endeavored to raise the spirits and
feelings of Auburn students and fans .

The squad is selected every spring not

only for their physical skills, but also on
the high ideals that Auburn stands for-
character, scholarship, leadership, and
service.

Kneeling: Gary Muhlendor (manager), John Mengel!, Jimmy Walker, Gary Ash , Jim Retsick . Al Leapheart, Tom Bardi n, Mike Poole, Ral ph Sm ith, Coach
England , Henry Harris, Dan Ki rkland . Mike Pugh . Stand ing : Pat Cowar. T im Bill Lynn

BASKETBALL Coach Bill Lynn 's '71 basketball squad followed but sloppy play caught up with
began their season fielding the tallest team basketball Tigers in losses against Georgia
Coach Lynn had ever used. With the big Tech , 76-87, and Houston , 76-79. Invited
team and improved running game the to participate in the Old Domin ion Tour-
hopes for an impressive offensive attack nament during the Christmas break, Au-
were high. Mengelt, the team's leading burn defeated Xavier 0 . 86-73 in the first
scorer last year and the top scorer return- round but fell in the finals to their hosts,
ing to the SEC th is season , was also a Old Dom inion , 76-89 .
pre-season All-American . Henry Harris,
Jimmy Walker , Jim Retseck, and Al Lea- Probably the most disappointing game
of the year for the roundballers was the
pheart rounded out the starting lineup.
Beginn ing the season with a w in over Florida game played in Gainesvi lle. Consid-
ered not to be a threat to the likes of Au-
Louisiana Tech , 93-87, the team traveled burn , timely foul shooting and tight Gator
to Columbia to lose to number one rated defense proved to be costly to Auburn in
South Carolina, 69-86. Following a win over the 60-66 loss. However, the Tigers re-
NC State , the Tigers were defeated in Ox- turned to their home floor following the
ford by Ole Miss and Johnny Neuman, 96- Florida setback to defeat the Georgia Bull-
108. A 73-70 win over Mississippi State dogs 79-58.

8,4

Two of the most pleasant aspects of the team
at midseason had been the performances of
Mengelt (ninth -ranked nationally in scoring) and

sophomore forward Jim Retseck who was the
team 's second leading scorer averaging 13.8
points per game. Coach Lynn also praised the
brilliant defense of Henry Harris who had held
three of his opponents scoreless while limiting
five others to less than ten points per game.

LSU led by Al Sanders and center Bill Newton
proved to be the unbeatable foe as Auburn fell
92-106 even though Pete Maravich was no
longer at LSU . Cross-state rival Alabama tried
to defeat Auburn but fell short as they have for
several years by a 83-72 score. Despite a good
effort against the Rambling Wreck and Rich
Yunkus the Tigers dropped the game 81-90 after
leading 77-76 with five minutes to go in the
contest . Shooting a miserable 38 per cent from

the floor the Tigers fell short of Georgia by 77-76

score due mainly to the stalling game employed
by the Bulldogs.

Against the likes of Tennessee and Kentucky, both con-
ference leaders and nationally ranked powers, the Tigers
were no competition, losing to Tennessee, 68-90, and to
Kentucky, 76-114. But before a regional TV audience the
Tigers revenged their earlier loss to Florida by downing
the Gators 85-70. Falling behind early but then sparked .
by the defensive work of Henry Harris, Auburn came back
to humiliate Mississippi State 92-68 . Appearing on TV for

the second time in a week Auburn was pestered by Ala-
bama until the final few minutes when four technical fouls
were charged against Alabama. With several fast breaks
by Mengelt the squad won their 25th of their last thirty
against the Tide.

The Tigers began their deciding role in the SEC cham-
pionship when Vanderbilt came to Auburn . With Mengelt
scoring 48 points to lead the Tigers to a thrilling 96-94
victory over the Commodores.

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Following the win over Vandy , the Tig ers were faced with the awesome task of playing
conference leaders-Tennessee and Kentucky. The Tigers played much better at Auburn
against the Wildcats than they had in Lexington . Coach Lynn said , " It was just a case
of too many horses ," as the team went down in defeat 102-83 . While the contest against
Kentucky had never really been in doubt , the Tennessee game was a completely different
story. Auburn led with less than four minutes to play, 65-64 , but with play of Jimmy
England , the Vols All-American , the Big Orange was able to win 76-71 .

John Mengelt, Pat Cowart, and team captain Jimmy Walker played their last game
for Auburn against Ole Miss and won 86-85. The Tigers fin ished the season with the
worst season in twenty years for an Auburn basketball team but Mengelt became Auburn 's
first All-America and he led the nation in free throws during the 1971 season .

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FRESHMAN
BASKETBALL

One of the most forgotten members of the Auburn athletic family is the
freshman basketball squad , the training ground for the Auburn men who will
wear the Tiger uniforms on the basketball courts across the South in future
years . This year 's squad was led by guard Mike Christian , averaging 26 points

per game, and hitting 43% of his shots from the field . Forward Tim Beavers

was the second leading scorer (13 points per game) followed closely by Billy
Smith , another aggressive forward . The leading rebounder for the Cubs was
the tallest man on the team , Brent Sutton , who grabbed an average of 11
rebounds per game while scoring ten points, with Charlie Christmas of Bir-
mingham at the other guard position . All five of the scholarship endowed
freshmen started for the Tiger Clubs, whose final record was not indicative
of their outstanding play. However, the purpose of the freshman squad is
not to always win , but rather to provide good material for the future varsity
teams which was definitely accomplished by the '70-'71 freshman squad .

Seated: Mike Christian,

Tim Beavers, Charlie

Christmas, Daniel

Gilchrist, Jimmy Elliot.

Standing: Jarry Phillips,

Norm Hemberg , Billy

Smith, Brent Sutton,

Glynn Simmons.

WRESTLING First Row: Paul Johnston, Greg West, Eddie Rew, Luther Killian , Bob Smith , Del Alley, Ralph
Brusch i, Bob Haun. Second Row: Joe Russo, Eddie Crawford , John Cotant, Mike Roberts,
Auburn 's outstanding wrestling achievements
over the past quarter century were recognized by Butch Burt, Frankie Marshall , Jim Eagleston . Th ird Row: Dariel Daniel (Student Asst. Coach) ,
the NCAA Tournament Committee when it chose Don Roberts, Don Cathey, Tom Holliday, Mike Holliday, Al Thompson , Steve Brown , George
Auburn to be the site of the 1971 NCAA Wrestling Calloway, Carey East, Coach Arnold Umbach. Fourth Row : Doug Stewart, Wayne Cosby,
Championships . This is only the second NCAA Dave Manley, Wayne Krout, Pete Musgrove, Dwight Huff, Bob Watson , Don Norby, Gene
tournament ever held in the South . Townley, Bill Davenport.

Su.rely one of the reasons for Auburn 's remark-
able wrestling history is Coach Arnold "Swede"
Umbach . During his 25 years coaching career Um-
bach 's teams have lost only 24 matches , making
Umbach the winningest collegiate coach of any
sport in America. He organized the Southeastern
Intercollegiate Wrestling Association and then pro-
ceeded to win its tournament 22 times in 24 years .

This year Auburn chose not to participate in the

SEIWA tournament, in lieu of preparing for the
second annual Southeastern Conference Tourna-
ment.

Auburn established itself as the favorite in the
SEC Tournament , also to be held in Auburn , by
defeating every team in the conference en route
to a tremendous 14-1 season mark. Headed by SEC
champion Steve Brown in the 177 pound weight
class with a season record of 17-0-1 the Tiger
matmen had several outstanding individual per-
formers . George Calloway stepped in the 190
pound class vacated by the graduation of SEC
champ Tom Gambill and immediately showed his
intentions of keeping that championship in Auburn.
Greg West and Eddie Rew shared time in the 118
division and each performed well. Freshman hea-
vyweight Al Thompson established his claim as a
top wrestler early in the season when he tied Ala-
bama's Jim Krapf, the only blemish on Krapf's
record. Perhaps Auburn 's finest grappler is Tom
Holliday, who is a top contender for the SEC cham-
pionship in the 150 pound class.

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TRACK The 1970 spring dual Track season began with the Florida Relays In Gainesville which
gave the team experience against tough competition. Milton Bresler was the only Tiger to
First Row: Earl Beatty, place with a third in the 440 intermediate hurdles. Following a lopsided 102-39 loss to FSU
Dave Helton, Harry the Tigers traveled to Athens with the result being a 73-72 win .
Spear, Werner Beicrs-
doefer (captain), David Florida won the Gulf coast Five-Way Meet in Gainesville as Auburn could manage only
Parrish , Donnie Fuller, a last place finish despite some strong individual performances. Alabama drubbed the Tigers
Bobby Baker, Ernie in the annual spring track meet by the score of 97-48 . Alabama broke tour meet records
Cope. Second Row: in the competition but Bresler bested the 440 record . Led by Richards and Bresler the Tigers
Ricky Heath, Tommy took second in the five-way meet in Baton Rouge ahead of Miss . State, SE Louisiana , and
Newdome, Bobby Scott, Tulane.
Mike Brannan, Milton
Bresler, Mike Pugh , Tim Finishing the season with a 1-2 dual season mark Auburn had 15 in the SEC meet in
Curry, John Kipp . Third Gainesville. Tennessee won the meet tor the seventh straight year followed by Florida,
Row : Greg Hamm , Sher- Kentucky , LSU , Alabama, and Auburn. Although the team scored two more points than in
man Phillips , Stewart the previous year when they captured fourth they tied Miss State tor sixth place. Hurt by
Hackson , Steve Rich- the lack of an outdoor track suitable tor college competition , the Tigers should return next
ards, Harvey Parr, Paul year in fine form as the new all-weather track will be ready for practice and competition .
Comaroto, C. E. Gille-
spie , Jim Pratt, Kit Bren-
dle, Coach Mel Rosen .

CROSS Kneeling : Paul Jeffery, Jim Pratt,
COUNTRY Kit Brendle. Standing : Joe Elliot,
Larry Noda , Coach Mel Rosen .

Coach Mel Rosen guided the
Auburn Cross Country team
through a mediocre year finish-
ing 2-2 for the '70 season . Larry
Noda was the outstanding run-
ner for the Tigers. He was
usually followed by Kit Brendle,
Ken Kline, and Paul Jeffreys.
The team finished third in the
Alabama Invitational meet, but
they were able to defeat Geor-
gia, 27-28, and Mississippi State
26-21, during the regular dual
meets. In their defeats the team
was never emgarrassed, both
of their losses were by less than
five points-Georgia Tech, 20-
27 , and to Alabama, 50-46 .
Rosen's young team will be re-
turning all but one runner with
expectations for an improved
record in 1971.

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-C Pratt, Kit Brendle 4th Row: Ken Kline , Jim Francisco, Randy Brown , Fred Davis,
Fred Elkourie, Charles Frazier, Mike Spear Top Row: Coach Rosen , David
Bottom , L-R: Tommy Newdome, Bobby Scott, Tim Durphee, Larry Noda, Paul Parrish , Jerry Wasden, Mike Brannon

Jeffery, Steve Richards ,- Paul Comaroto 2nd Row: Bobby Baker, Alvin Bresler,
Milton Bresler, Tim Curry, Dick Saunders, Dennis Berry, Joe Elliott 3rd Row:

Jerry Hester, C. E. Gillespie, Terry Beasley, Danny Clark, Greg Hamm , Jim

SPIKE SHOE

Auburn's chapter of the Spike
Shoe was one of the first such
clubs to promote interest in track.
Trac km en receiving a letter for their
participation in cross country or
track may become a member of the
club while those participating but
not receiving a letter are granted
associate member status.

The Spike Shoe meets monthly
and occasionally for special meet-
ings for making plans to officiate
and direct the ODK-Wilbur Hutsell
Cake Race, and with Coach Mel
Rosen as faculty advisor, the Spike
Shoe also officiates state cross
country meets as well as men's and
women's intramural meets during
spring quarter.

Kit Brendle and Tommy Newdome, Officers

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Improving year by year, the Auburn Soccer Club this season completed their fall schedule Row 1: Orlando Dominguez,
undefeated but once tied . Composed mostly of foreign students, the twenty plus members Bill Ni xo n, Luis Dominguez
of the club with support from Student Activities funds were able to compete on the same (Capt.), Wartan A. Jemian,
level as other Southeast teams such as Alabama, Georgia Tech , Fort Benning, and the Abraham Reges, Brian Wells,
Birmingham Soccer Club . With help from their faculty advisor, Dr. Jemian, the Club played Gibbes Bailie Row 2: Enrique
Castellon , Vincent Lau . David
in the Southeast Soccer Tournament during fall quarter. The team does not play a winter W. Hardy, Zia ur Rahman
quarter schedule , but several games are scheduled for the stadium in the spring . After having (Pres.), Jeffrey P. Salvin , Amr
defeated Georgia Tech twice, 3-1 and 1-0, and tying Fort Benning during fall quarter the A. Rizk, A. Martin Morgan
future for the Auburn Soccer Club appears to be bright. (Sec .)

Although the team does not have the student following found with most other sports at SOCCER
Auburn their efforts on behalf of Auburn University are outstanding .

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For the first time since Coach Paul Nance, Eisenacher, and Lazenby Ending the season at just over .500
Nix has been at Auburn the team began teamed up to hold the Wildcats to only (17-16), with the same record as in 1969
play winter quarter. With four returning eight hits. The Tigers took the second when the Tigers were only fifth in the
pitchers and the teams overall experi- game of a two-game set with Florida division, the prospects for an improved
ence much improved , Nix predicted a and all but eliminated the Gators from season look good for '71. Two Auburn
stronger, more alert team . winning the division crown. Winning a players were chosen as being out-
revenge game against Alabama and standing at their position, Andy Mer-
The season began with a two-game two from the Bulldogs of Athens gave
set with West Virginia which the teams chant as catcher on the All-SEC team
split. The team then went on the road our Tigers third in the division for the
for 15 games but were hurt by continu- year. and Pete Rane at shortstop on the All-
ing rains and a lack of clutch hitting . Eastern division squad .
Returning from the road trip 4-6 , the
team found themselves with a meager
.196 team batting average and last in

the six-team Eastern division . However,
the team did snap a 17-game FSU win-
ning streak in Tallahassee, 5-3 .

After sweeping the series from Vandy
the team split with Loyola, lost a pair
to Georgia, and fell to Alabama 8-1 . The
Tigers were then 9-11 overall and 4-5
in the division as they traveled to Le-
xington to defeat Kentucky twice.