LONGVIEW VS WEATHERFORD
TEAMS
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
FINAL
LONGVIEW
7
0
7
7
21
WEATHERFORD
0
7
0
0
7
INFORMATION
Kangaroo Stadium
Weatherford, Texas
Friday, October 5th, 1956
Non-District
SCORING SUMMARY
TEAM
QUARTER
PLAYER
YARDS
TYPE
Longview
1st
Pete Burks
6
Run
Weatherford
2nd
Harold Liddell
51
Pass
Longview
3rd
Dub Thomas
2
Run
Longview
4th
Pete Burks
28
Run
GAME STATISTICS
STATISTIC
LONGVIEW
WEATHERFORD
First Downs
Rushing Yards
406
13
Passing Yards
0
89
Passes
0-6-0
Punts
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties
RUGGED DEFENSE GIVES LOBOS WIN OVER ROOS
WEATHERFORD - Whatever that defense was Coach Catfish Smith spent last week cooking up for Longview must have been reinforced with concrete, for the Lobos spectacular defenses exhibited by a Longview eleven in a decade to defeat the stubborn Weatherford Kangaroos of District 4-AAA here Friday night, 21-7.

Weatherford's running attack was so completely bottled up by Longview's brutally-charging linemen that the Kangaroos showed a net gain of only 13 yards on the ground for the entire game. They did manage to gain 75 yards rushing but the Lobos in turn swarmed them for no less than 62 yards in losses and at times the Weatherford ball carriers were entirely lost under smothering waves of green jerseys.

Only the passing attack of the Kangaroos, which picked up 89 yards to give them a net gain of 102 yards for the evening, saved the losers from abject humiliation. The Weatherford ground game was so ineffective in the face of the Longview forward wall's consistent hammering that the Kangaroos were frequently forced to resort to passing from within their own 10-yard line in an attempt to get out of danger through the air lanes.

Once the Kangaroos passed from their own three and on another occasion from their own two but both times Longview lineman were rushing the passer so badly that the aerials went harmlessly astray.

Weatherford managed to complete four passes in eight attempts, but three of them came in the first half and after that the Kangaroos couldn't even make any progress through the air as the passer was repeatedly swarmed by tacklers before he could fade back and cook his arm to throw.

There was a star in every uniform in the Longview line. Players like Ed Buckner, Gene Pierce and Sophomore George Hogan at the tackles, Sophomore Andy Malone at center, watch-charm Guard Chuck Wood, co-captain Rex King at end and fullback Pete Burks, a great linebacker, were all towers of strength in the forward wall of the Lobos.

But the youngsters who caught the eye of everyone was David Duncan, a slender end, who turned in a magnificent performance that was little less than bewildering to the Kangaroos. Duncan stayed in the Weatherford backfield all night as he repeatedly slashed through to nail the ball carriers for one loss after another. When the Weatherford interference started ganging Duncan in an effort to sweep him aside, he simply knocked the blockers down and allowed his teammates to drive down a clear path and make the tackles.

Weatherford fought Longview to a 7-7 tie at the half, but the Lobos finally began wearing the Kangaroos down in the third quarter and pushed across two touchdowns in each of the last two periods to win going away. The score was close for much of the game but actually Longview was in complete command almost from the opening whistle.

The Lobos gained a net of 406 yards, all of it on the ground as they failed to complete a pass in six attempts, and threatened on numerous occasions without pushing across into pay dirt. The Longview eleven has now netted 1,492 yards in four games for an average of 373 yards per contest and practically all of it has been rushing. Only the Carter-Riverside Eagles of Fort Worth, who handed Longview its first and only defeat, have been able to halt Longview's blistering assault. Carter-Riverside limited the Lobos to 167 yards.

Burks was the big gun for Longview against the Kangaroos. He carried the ball 20 times for a net gain of 198 yards to average almost 10 yards per carry and scored two touchdowns to give him a total of nine for the season. Dub Thomas, halfback and co-captain, scored one touchdown for Longview while Sophomore Bob Abney booted all three extra points for the Lobos.

Longview drove to the Weatherford 20 without scoring after taking the opening kickoff but with three minutes and 10 seconds left in the first period. Burks climaxed a 36-yard march by plowing over from the six and Abney converted.

A 51-yard pass and run play after recovering a Longview fumble gave the Kangaroos their only touchdown on the second play of the second quarter with end Harold Linddell taking the pass from Joe Kelley for the score. Len Dobbins kicked the extra point to tie the score at the half, 7-7.

From there on, however, the Kangaroos were never really in the game. Only fumbles, which Weatherford recovered with almost monotonous regularity, kept Longview from breaking the contest wide open. The Kangaroos grabbed off four Longview fumbles and at least two of them staved off touchdowns by the Lobos.

Late in the third quarter, Longview began to move and with only 10 seconds left in the period the Lobos broke the the tie by pushing across their second touchdown. The East Texans zipped 54 yards in eight plays to score with Thomas going over left tackle from the two and Abney converted to put Longview in front as the fourth quarter started, 14-7.

After threatening earlier in the quarter the Lobos scored again with two minutes and 10 seconds remaining to play. Kelley kicked 39 yards out of bounds on Longview's three to put the Lobos in what looked like a bad spot but from there it took them exactly eight more plays to sweep 97 yards around right end by Thomas and an 11-yard blast over tackle by Burks. Longview moved quickly to Weatherford's 28. From there Burks took a pitchout from James Wood, swept wide to the right and then cut back and skipped into the end zone standing up. Abney booted his third straight conversion to end the scoring.

It was Longview's third victory against one loss this season while the defeat was the third for the Kangaroos, who have one win to their credit.