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of the line, with only cornerback Steve Cox to beat once he got' past the linebackers. He dove. over Cox, into the end zone for' Moeller's first score: 1 "We have not been able to run 1. 1on them in four years," said· ~Moeller coach Steve Klonne:. ;"They're an excellent football Iteam against the tun. The chaltlenge was that we wanted to see /if we could do it.· I "My ~oaches did ~ good job 1 with recognizing their certain fronts, then going the other way. There was not a lot of plays.' There was five or six that we· banked the farm on, and if we couldn't run those, we were going to throw." · Moeller didn't need to· pass much, although quarterback Neil Dougherty did contribute 127 yards by completing 11 of 18 attempts. The counter play wasj enough on this. night.
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On the possession after their first score, the Crusaders scored again when Collins raced 20 yards down the right side for his· second TD. Three Bomber defensive backs were lined up with three Moeller receivers on the other side of the field. · I "The Wide receivers were do-; ing 'a good job of crackback 1blocking," Collins said. Said Rasso: "Once he gets (around· end), he's got the' speed.". ·i Collins displayed his speed on a 71-yard scoring scamper earlY, in the .second quarter that, in essence, ended the game. Moeller's .defense made Collins' 32-yard TD late in the third quarter purely cosmetic. I The. Crusaders held St. Xavier to 160 yards, including oilly 52 on 41 rushes. Bomber tailback Brian Fitzgerald, leading the city with 14 TDs, ran "for 72 yards, with 25 on the game's first play: Besides its safety, the closest St! Xavier came to scoring was the Moeller 24-yard line. ST. XAVIER
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M-Comns 5 run (T. Knect k~) M-CoHins 20 run [f.' Knect kick) M-CoUins 71 run (f. Kneel kick) • SIX-Safety (Collins tackled i<\ li1d zone) M-Collins 32 nm (T. Koect ~lckl RECORDS: Moeller 5·1. 1-0 GCL: St. Xev1er 4-2,'0-2.
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