Broken records highlight his career

VJ o one ever though a tap on the •*• ^ shoulder by an old man at a JamesRobison Crusadewould bring a young man to know the Lord and evenutally to be the star quarterback for Liberty BaptistsCollege

That young man was Glenn Inverso, a 6-2, 200-pound quarterback from Atlanta, Ga.,who holds game, season and career offense recordsfor the Flames Inverso also holds the game and career passing yardage records for LBC.

AfterbeingsavedGlenn had the desiretoattend a Christiancollege

While walking home after a workout, Glenn was noticed by one of the Flames'recruiters, Coach Lee Kaltenbach, who told him about Liberty

Glenn visited Liberty in Dec 1976, and enrolled for the spring semester in January of the following year.

"I was impressed by Dr Falwell more than any person I had met," Glenn said "It takes a real man to have so much prestige and stilltake time out from his busy schedule to have fun with thestudents."

Glenn started each season since 1977 and proved to be a strong and alertperformer while on thefield.

How doeshe feel beforeagame? "I feelkinda nervous,but afterthe first snap ofaplayeverything is great," he said

In thesecondgame ofthe season, senior Glenn Inverso calls signals against Catawba College.

Glenn said that the attitude of the whole football team during a game was determined by thedevotionsthey had while in the locker room

"After the game, win or lose," Glenn said, "we thank God for the opportunity tobeawitnessfor Him."

LBC has attracted the football scouts ofthe NationalFootballLeague who travel the countryside looking for footballprospects.

Many have come to see Inverso in action

"It makes me playharder andreally concentrateon thegame,"Glenn said, "when Iknow I'm being watched."

Whether Glenn isdrafted into the pros or not,he counts ita priviledge justto be considered a pro prospect

-Pam

FOOTBALL TEAM: (front row) PaulBasso, John LaRue,Leonard Lawson, RickKrieder, Albert Lang, Jeff Thomas, Pablo Aragon,Mike Hylton, Greg Mosley, Mark Pearman, CliffHarro,Caleb Davenport, Peter Dube, Don Meeks, Scott Mattingly, Todd Ludwig. (second row) Victor King, Dave Machovec, Billy Lord, David Thomas, PhilBasso, Robert Achoe, Pervis Thomas, ChrisPatterson, Glenn Inverso, Rupert Wright,D.J. Hertzler, ChrisJohnston, RickPatterson, FrankHinnant, Steve Grassel, Earl Fisher, Ted Schonauer, Scott Taylor, Ted Shannon, Jeff Watson,(third row) Tim Johnson, Clay Thompson, Mitchell Clark, John McClure, Mark DeMoss, Carlton Salmond, Greg Mathis, Guy Shashaty, Mike Henson, Paul Jones, Mark Shelton, David Caudle, Vernon Williams, Randy Hershner, Mark VanEngen, Mike Oliver, Robbie Pruitt, Ben Wright, JoeSheaffer. (fourth row)Dale Coyner, Matt Butler, Greg Plott, Darrell Walker, Rick Crider, Dan Hampson, Bob Guetterman, Bob Spahr, Ed Landis, Jim Leftwich, Mark Stanley, Rusty Radcliffe, Reggie Williams, Drew Davis, Eric Simmons, GaryPatz, Jeff Brown, Eric Cabbell, JayAnanucci, Mike Forslund. (fifth row)Ed Watts, Jon Hall, Stefan Smith,Mitch Lucas, Jimmy Rowe, Scott Umberger, Earl Hackley, Galen Strannigan, Troy Gilliland, Rick Tarter, Scott Hoefling, Mark Neenan, Larry Hardy, Richard Fenlock, Timmy Thomas, Mike King, Rod Frank, John Sanders, Tim Keasler, Eric Schuster, (back row)Jeep Marshall, Earl Orwig, Dan DeBlaay, David Cain, Clinton Reese, Earl Rector, Brad Butler, Jeff Benson, Dean Keck, John Garratt.

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(continued from page 111) touchdown inthesecond quarter on a twoyard run by Mitchell Clark, followedbystill anothertouchdown ona 14yardrunby Greg Mosely. Then, in the fourth quarter,LBC scored two moreona13yardrunby Vernon Williams and a one yard pass reception fromJeff Benson toJeff Thomas with seven seconds left inthegame Kicker Mark DeMoss also added all seven extra points

LBC, 42, University of Mexico, 21Thiswas thefirst internationalfootball game ever played in centralVirginia The Flames'first string only played the firstquarter,thus the offensive and defensive players of the week were both reserves They were Jeff Bensonand Eric Simmons respectively.

LBC outplayed the University of Mexicointotal offensewith 471yards to288yardsfortheFelinos. Greg Mosely carriedtheball justtwo timesfor 113 yardsand two touchdowns Mark

DeMoss extended his streak of extra points by kicking six forsix James Madison University, 30; LBC, 14-The Flames travelledto JMU fortheirfirst meeting with an NCAA Division I-AA team. The Flames were stifledin thefirsthalfwith a scoreof 16-0 LBC responded by outgaining theDuke*s in totalyardage inthe second half 262 to 233 With 12:24remaining in the fourth quarter, junior Jimmy Rowe recovered a JMU fumble Three playslater Greg Mosely ran 24yardsforatouchdown.The Flames completed an 80 yard drive with 4:59 remaining butthe damage hadalready been done. Mike Forslund,however, set a record for LBC's longest punt, one of59yardswhich gotthem out of a pinch early in the thirdquarter.

LBC, 15;Gardner-Webb, 14- This game was a very close contest all the way With no scoring in the first quarter, Gardner-Webb's Brooks received a six yard pass from quarterback Stewart for a touchdown The extrapoint by Knoots followed. Later inthe second quarterLBC'sFisherhad an 82 yard interception return followed by the DeMoss extrapoint.

Gardner-Webb then scored once more in the third quarter with a Sumpter reception of a Stewart 80 yard pass, followed by another successful extra point That made the score 14-7with Gardner-Webb inthe lead Itdid not last long Inthe fourth quarter Chris Patterson received a four yard touchdown pass from Inverso to make the score 14-13 Coach Dowling then made the big decision to go for two points Glenn Inverso took the snap from center and completedapasstoGreg Mosely enabling LBC to pull ahead and win the game 15-14

LBC, 45;Lenoir- Rhyne, 35- This was the Shrine Bowl in Lynchburg City Statium and the Flames walked away with their firstvictory over the Bearsinfouryears Mark DeMoss led (continuedon page 114)

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(continued from page 113) off for Liberty with a 42 yard field goal only to be shocked by LenoirRhyne who returned the kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown The Flames then struck back with three straight touchdowns coming on a Robbie Pruitt one yard run,a Mitchell Clark five yard run, and aChrisPatterson75 yard pass reception with Mark DeMoss adding all three extra points LBC gained both control of the game and the lead which they never lost.

Dave Hertzler was named defensive player of the game, with four interceptions,setting a new Flames record for interceptions in one game. Chris Patterson was the offensive player of the game with two receptions fortwo touchdowns and a total of 91yards.

C.W Post, 30;LBC, 13- Liberty's first contest with the Pioneers ended indefeat

C.W. Post jumped out toa 7-0 lead in the first quarter LBC answered with atwoyard runby Mitchell Clark for the touchdown and a DeMoss extra point making it 7-7. By halftime the Pioneers led 21-7 Second half scoring included a C.W Post touch-

Tampering with

TAT' hen the Flames'1980 football

* * season ended it was evident that numerous records acheived in previous seasonswould bereplacedas members of the 1980 team assaulted the record book

New records setthisseason included three by senior quarterback Glenn Inverso.Inverso passed Dean Phillips (1974-76) in career passing yardage with 3,719yards and increased his career total offensive yards to 4,908 (3,719 passing/1,189 rushing) which was already thebest ever by a Flames quarterback Inverso also generated the most offensive yardage inasingle game with 351yardsagainst Hampton Institute(282passing/69 rushing). Inverso's 282 yards passing also set a new mark for passing yards in asingle game !

Other individual records were set by Robbie Pruitt (longest run from scrimmage-87 yards vs.Bowie State) and Glenn Inverso and Chris Patterson (longest pass from scrimmage-75 down followed by anine yard scoring pass from Inverso toEarl Rector The two point attempt failed making the score 28-13 C.W Post completed the scoring with a safety by tackling Mitchell Clark in the LBC end zone making it 30-13.

Ed Landis was selected asdefensive playerof thegame.Landis recovered a fumble inthesecond quarter tosetup the Flames'first touchdown

EarlRector was theoffensiveplayer of the game with his five receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown

LBC, 23; Morehead State, 20- In LBC's biggest game of the year,Greg Mosely broke off tackle on second down and five yards to go,with 5:14 remaining in the game,and raced for the goalpost scoring the game-winning 65 yard touchdown.

Other scoring came in the first quarterwhen ChrisPattersoncaughta 65yard passforatouchdown followed by the DeMoss extra point. In the third quarter Mark DeMoss kicked a 37 yard field goal and in the fourth quarter Greg Mosely skampered one yard for a touchdown.

Liberty outgained their opponents intotal offense333yards to327 yards Chris Patterson's 65 yard pass recep-