1966 Football at Morehead State University

ADRON DORAN, President Morehead State University TV Personnel We have a young and energetic coaching staff, a fine group of football players and a warm campus spirit!. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

THE COVER

Joe Cox, the Eagles outstanding halfback, picks up 11 yards against Munay State University The picture was taken by James

N Keen The Courier-Journal

A Message

From The President

We are pleased to have the

opportunity of competing with

other institutions of higher

education in the field of

inter-collegiate athletics We extend

a cordial welcome to all visit

-ing teams, coaches, and spec

to share with us a succssful season

We hopE> to continue our pleasant rel

ation-ship with the press, radio and television and have prepared this brochure to give you who have rendered so many services to Morehead State University in the past years pertinent in-formation and to extend a personal invitation

to you to visit with us on the campus

ADRON DORAN, President Morehead State University

TV Personnel

We have a young and energetic coaching staff, a fine group of football players and a warm campus spirit! We truly feel that foot-ball has arrived on the Morehead State Uni-versity campus and we invite you to visit us during the upcoming season

This booklet has been prepared for yow· benefit and we would like to offer further

services to you We will supply pictures, biographical sketches and any other information which you desire on the 1966 football Eagles

-Feel free to write or call me at any time for picturf's, further information or game

pas e

DAVID CAWOOD Sports Publicity

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Gen e ral In f ormation

LOCATION- Morehead, Ky., located on US 60 halfway between Lexington and Ashland where the "bluegrass" meets Appalachla." ENROLLMENT- 5,000

FOUNDED- 1922

PRESIDENT-Dr Adron Doran

DEGREES GRANTED-A.B., B.S., M.A., and M.S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR - Bob Laughlin, More-head '37

HEAD FOOTBALL COACH-Guy Penny, Missi

s-sippi '50

ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES:

Offensive Line Ron Durby, Alabama '64 Offensive Backfield-Bill Bowers, Miami of Ohio '62

Defensive Line-Jerry Denstorff, Evansville '60 Defensive Backfield-Mike Brown, Morehead '63 Trainer- Harold Barker, Morehead '55

Grad Asst.-Tom Kingery, Marshal] '60 SPORTS PUBLICITY-David Cawood, Baylor '65 COLORS Blue and Gold

NICKNAME-Eagles

CONFERENCES-Ohio Valley and NCAA

STADIUM-Breathitt Spo.rts Center, 10.000

· ovc OFFICE-Art Guepe, Commissioner

1808 West End Building Nashville, Tennessee Phone 254-1219

Press - Radio - TV

MOREHEAD

The Morehead News _ W E Crut cher The T ra il Blaz er (Sc b<J o l Paper ) Sports Editor WMQR ·-· · ···••·• Mar sha ll S i de botto m WMKY ( School Radi o) Larry Nether t o n LEl(lNGTON

Lexington Herald ( A.M ) Billy R eed Lexington L e ader ( P.M ) Russell Ric e WLEX , WLE X - TV _ Sports Director WVLK Claude Sulliv an WBLG Mark Halleck WKYT-TV .Bill Sorr e ll ASHLAND

Dail y In d pendent Malcolm Conley WCIITT - Johnny Dollar WTCR ·- · ·-··· Sports Director MAYSVILLE

Daily Tndep e ndcn t Sports Editor

Ma ysville Public Led ger Sport s Ed.itor WF'!'M .Roy R edmon d LOUISVILLE

Th e Courier-Journal (A M ) D a vid Adams

Th e Lou isv ille Tim es (P M ) _ Dean Eagle WHAS, WHAS-TV Cawood Ledford , Charli e Ma s tin WAVE, WAVE-TV Ed Kall ay

MT STERLING

WMST - .Bob Spradlin GRAYSON

WGOH Spor ts Director PAINTSVILLE

WSIP Jim Fyffe

CYNTHIANA

Cr-ithiana D e mocra t

WCYN Lawrence McGill Tommy Preston HUNTINGTON, W VA

Th e Herald-Disp atch _ _George Rhorrer

Th e A dvertiser Ernie Salv a tore WSAZ, WSAZ- TV Tim Thacker WHTN, WHTN - TV Ron Jackson WIRE SERVICES :

A ssociated Pre ss, Herald- Leader Bld g , Lexin,rton, Kentucky

Guy Penny

A hard-nosed

foot-ball tactition and a

gentleman best

de-scribe the two sides

of Morehead State

Guy Penny The

per-sonal Penny has led

the Kentucky school

to is finest football

seasons and guided

the Eagles to the

-Penny teams recorded three winning seasons

in a row, something which previo s coaches

had not done for over 20 years, but saw his teams slide to a 3-6 record last year

With the presence of winning football, MSU

dedi'cated the 10,000 seat Breathitt Sports ter stadium in 1965 to support one of the fastest growing football programs in the conference

Cen-Much of the credit for this new era of football must go to Penny and his dedicated staff

A firm believer in a solid defense and an imaginative offense, Penny's teams have been

noted for their rock-ribbed defense and ptype wing-T and flanker offens Coupled with

ro-a p licy of intense desire to win and superb

conditioning, Morehead's football program is

conducted on a high level of achievement

A native of Alabama, Penny played his collegiate football at the University of Mississppi

-where he played both fullback and g ard

Coach Johnny Vaught calls him "One of the outstanding students of the game I have had the pleasure o•f coaching."

His coaching career began with high school

stints in Collinsville, Alabama, and at Geneva High School in his h me state He moved into the college ranks as an assistant coach at

Martin Branch of the University of Tennessee until assuming the reins at Morehead in 1959

In seven seasons at the Morehead helm he

will begin his 8th can1paign with a voung bfield and an experienced line which must face the roughest schedule since the popular Ala-

ack-bami'an has been on campus

The 38-year-old coach is mar ied and has three future Eagle cheerleaders- Debbie, Dee

and Diane

Jerry Denstorff D efensi v e Lin e Coac h

After serving as offensive

backfield coach for two years,

Denstorff will direct the

de-fensive line this season

Earl Bentley, who has been

the defensive coach since 1959,

has been granted a sabbatical

le ve to begin work on a doc

-torate degree and the versatile ., (,

Denstorff was chosen by Penny to fill the gap

Denstorff was a successful high school coach

at Mitchell High School, Mitchell, Indiana, and

his la!'t team was undefeated with an 8-0 ord In his last two ye rs at Mitchell, is team

rec-had a 14-1 record

A graduate of Evansville College, he played football at ho•th Evansville and Louisiana Uni-versity State University He had previo sly

starred as a fullback at Rockport, Indiana,

High School

Denstor[f serves as tennis coach during the Spring and is mar ied and the father of two

young sons

Bill Bowers O ffe n sive B ac kfi e ld C o ac h

With Jerry Denstorff moving

to the defensive line, Bill

Bowers will assume the offe

-Bowers played football and graduated from

Miami University of Ohio He coached at

Talawanda High School, Oxford, Ohio for two years prior to accept ng a position with More-

head

Bowers is also a very successful wrestling

coach at Morehead and led his team to the mythical OVC championship last ye r while posting a l 1-1 sea on record

He is married and has one son

Ron Dur by Offen siv e Line Coach

In his first season at Mo,re

-head, Durby will assume the

duties of offensive line coach

The 1964 University of

Ala-bama graduate comes to

More-head from Walker County High

School, Jasper, Alabama, which

had a 7-2-1 record last year

While at Alabama, Durby

was a member o{ the All-Southeastern ference academic team and was a third-team All-America selection at tackle He was also the recipient of the Jimmy Moore academic award presented to the athlete wtih the high-est academic achievements He was a high school standout at Treadwell High School in Memphjs, Tennessee

Con-Durby is married and has one son

Mike Brown Defensive Backfa!d Coach

Also in his first year on the Eagle coaching staff is Mike Brown, a 1963 Morehead grad-uate, who will take charge of the defensive backfield

Brown was captain of the

1962 Morehead team which tied for the Ohio Valley Con-

ference championship He was defensive back of the year, an All-OVC selec-

tion and was awarded three letters Brown received the Sigma Delta award as the o,ut-standing physical education student his senior year He also starred in high school at Logan,

Ohio

Upon graduation, Brown served as a

grad-uate-assistant at the University of Tennessee

before acceptir1g an assistant coaching job in

the high school ranks in Orrville, Ohio, last year

1966 OUTLOOI(

Morehead State Unversity will be faced

, with a quarterback problem in 1966 for the

first time in four years with the graduation of

Mike Gottfried Gottfried set every passing

record in Morehead history and surpassed two Ohio Valley Conference· marks and tied an-

Without a proven candidate for the

quarter- back s l ot, the Eagles will devote much of the

spring practice drills to extra quarterback work with senior's Larry Chinn, a junior col-

lege All-American, Tom Close and junior

Tommy Eads dividing the time Eads is a two

yeRr ]eiterman at halfback

Chinn is a sprint-out passer and is always

a threat to run or pass any time he has the

ball Close and Eads are both adequate passer's

from the pocket, but lack Chinn's speed and

ability to pass on the run Eads played safety

for the defensive unit last year

Ends should be the strongest position for the

Eagles with the return of lettermen Scotty Reddick, Richard Cobb, Bill Baldridge, Rico

K'ng and Marvin Hicks

Reddick is an outstanding receiver and has

the speed to make him a definite scoring threat

He also handles kick-off returns and ran 94 yards for a touchdown last year Balcfridge

will probably get the n d at the tight end with

, Hicks and Russell devoting their time to the defensive unit

· Three top tackles also return with two year

·]etterman Paul Conner leading the way Other

returning lettermen are Cole Proctor and Gary

McKinney

Conner and McKinney were consistent

per-formers on defense last year and Proctor was

important in the offensive pocket pass prote

c-.tion Transfer Warren Purvis, 6-5, 250, pounds,

will give the Eagles added tackle strength and may move McKinney to the offensive unit Guards and centers should be the nucleus for

an excellent interior line with the return of

seven lettermen, four at guard and three

cen-ters Three year letterman Gary Virden will

lead the candidates and will get support from

Tt>rry Hoffman, David Moore, Jim Ross, Fred

Conroy, Ron Breitfelder and Lloyd Cumming Virden i s a strong All-OVC candidate at line-backer as he has starred at that position for the

last three years Breitfelder has the inside

chance to j~in him at linebacker with offensive

starters Moore and Hoffman returning at guard

and Cumming at center Ross is the defensive

Leon Wesley, Joe Cox and J C Stubbs have

lc-ttP.red once along with fullback Otto Gselll

Gray, Hicks and Wesley are also track

sprinters with Gray holding the school recocrd

of 9.4 in the 100 and 21.0 in the 220 Gray

will have the nod at one halfback with reserve

help from Wesley Joe Cox, 6-1, 200-pound

sophomore, will use his strength and receiving

abilities to be the top contender at wi'ngback ,l!ld Gsell heads the list at fullback Sophomore·

Mike Mincey will give Gsell a battle at full

-back after he gains experience Stubbs handles

the Eagle punt returns and will return to his defensive halfback post

All in all, the Eagles should improve on the;r 3-4 OVC and 3-6 overall record of last year if they can find an adequate quarterback Ex-

peri"ence is deep with every position boasting

several returning lettermen The Eagles will

be without the passing services of Gottfried but

should have one of their best offensive running

games i'n recent years

1965 Fina l Statistics

First Down s Fumbl es

Rush Pass Total Made Lost

Morehead 62 62 124 19 11 Foes 88 42 130· 38 23

RUSIDNG Carr y Gain Loss N e t Av g TD

Gray 63 360 4 1 319 5.1 1

Gottfried 69 163 113 50 7 5

Wesley 51 230 25 205 4.0 O •

Gsell 43 164 25 139 3.2 1 Brown 41 148 8 150 3.7 3

Pena lt ies Per-Game Offense

No Yards R ush Pass Tota l

P ASS IN G Att Comp Yard Int T D EP

Proctor, Cole (1)

Ross, James (1) Stubbs, J C (1) Wesley, Leon (1)

2:00 p.m

*Ohio Valley Conference games

Breathitt Sports Center Records

Team Rushing-280 yards, Morehead, 1964

against Tennessee Tech

Individual Rushing-162 yards in 13 carries,

Larry Mathews, 1965 Middle Tennessee

Longest Run from Scrimrnage 70 yards, Russ

Campbell, Morehead, 1964 against Tenn Tech Team Passing-Morehead, 251 yards, 1965

against East Tennessee

Passes Attempted-Mike Gottfried 38, against

East Tennessee, 1965

Passes Completed-Mike Gottfried, 18, against East Tennessee, 1965

Pass Receiving-Rico King from Gottfriend, 8,

against Middle Tennessee, 1965

Pass Receiving Yards-Rico King, 135 yards,

Widest Win Margin-35 points, Morehead 35,

Tennessee Tech 0, 1964

Lowest Win Margin- 1 point, Murray 13, Morhead 12, 1965

Gary Baker HB 170 5-11 South Shore K y Larry Baldridge FB 190 6-0 Shel by, Ohio Buddy Castle QB 175 6-0 RusseJI Ky Ralph Fowee T 206 6-1 Bellevue, Ky

Earl McCormick G 200 6-1 Gallipolis, Ohio Roger Shoup IIB 1 75 6-0 Troy, Ky

Rick y Taylor E 175 6-1 Pari s, Ky

11te University

5-10 180 1 Portsmouth, Va

6-1 1 5 1 Bell Glade, Fla

5-10 155 0 Babson Park, Fla

- Player Profiles

TOMMY EADS-One of the

outstanding safeties in the

con-ference last year, but will have

to assume the leadership of

the offensive team this season

with the graduation of Mike

Gottfried completed 5 of

19 passes for 49 yards in 1964

and had no attempts in 1965

Lack of experience will be a problem for him

although he came along strong in the Spring

drills is strong and has good speed

6-0, 190 pounds, junior, Paris, Kentucky

LARRY CHINN- A former junior College

All-America quarterback at Oklahoma

Mili-tary Academy was the number two terback last year completed 17 for 105

quar-yards and 2 touchdowns good sprint out

passer and runner could become the ber one man this season developed into an outstanding extra point kicker in the late

num-stages of 1965 5-10, 180 pounds, senior,

Portsmouth, Va

TOM CLOSE-Transferred to Morehead from Northeast Oklahoma Junior College in 1965

saw limited action last year could develop

into a fine linebacker in Morehead's monster defense good size and speed with lots

of football savy 6-1 185 pounds, senior, Bell

Glade, Fla