USD Football 1989

TOREROS HOST MENLO COLLEGE IN SEASON FINALE ... HOMECOMING GAME GAME INFORMATION: face visiting Menlo College - it is USD's annual homecoming game . LAST WEEK : The Toreros had a bye last week after they were handed a 51-3 loss by UC Santa Barbara on October 28th. Menlo College faced UCSB this past weekend and dropped a 59-0 decision to the Gauchos. THE COACHES : USD head coach Brian Fogarty, assured of his third straight winning season, has a 6-2 record this season and a career mark of 32-33-2 over 7 seasons. Menlo's Ray Solari is 3-5 this season and 21-14 since the Oaks went to Division III in 1986. Now in his 18th season with Menlo (they were a Junior College prior to '86) Solari is 95-74-6 . THE SERIES : The Toreros have yet to beat the Oaks on the field - losing 34- 8 in 1986, 17-15 in 1987 and 18-17 in 1988 . . . last year's game goes down as a win for the Toreros after Menlo forfeited due to ineligible players. In 1987 Menlo went to the NCAA playoffs after beating USD at Torero Stadium in USD's annual homecoming game. SENIORS SAY GOODBYE: The Toreros will have fourteen seniors suiting up for their last game . They are WR Sam McDermott, OL Neal Curry, QB Doug Piper, OL Mark Garcia, RB Todd Whitley, RB Todd Jackson, OL Jeff Carpenter, DB Danny Means, DL Torn McGee, NG Dave Dunn, LB Don Maclnnes, DL Scott Slykas, LB Matt Scholl, and DB Mark Crisci . Four-year performers at USD include Slykas, curry, Macinnes, McDermott, Garcia, Scholl, Carpenter, Jackson and Crisci. THE TOREROS : A win this weekend would give the Toreros a record of 7- 2, their best finish since 1981 when the Toreros went 9-1 under coach Bill Williams ... a win is also necessary if USD is to keep any hopes alive of a possible NCAA playoff berth ... USD's best finish under current coach Brian Fogarty was in 1987 when they finished 6-3-1 and ranked 20th in NCAA Division III polls . . . the Toreros fine season can be attributed to a total team effort ... leading the offense all season has been senior FB Todd Jackson (854 yards on 159 carries for 6 TD's) . .. needing 31 yards to become USD's all - time rusher in yards gained, Todd rushed for 46 against UCSB - his 2,026 yards tops the mark set by Joe Henry {2,011 in 1977-81) . .. sophomore kicker Dave Bergmann extended his own USD single season field goal record - making his 13th against UCSB . . . he is now 13-17 on the year and is the team's scoring leader with 59 points ... return specialist Greg Frinell is averaging 32 . 4 yards a kickoff return and 13.0 yards a punt return ... defensively the Toreros have been paced by LB Lenny Territo (70 tackles), CB Darryl Jackson (58 tackles), DB Darby Barrett (52 tackles) and NG Dave Dunn (48) . MENLO: This past weekend the Oaks were manhandled by UC Santa Barbara 59-0 . . . USCB outgained Menlo 612 yards to 77 ... Menlo's three wins are against Occidental (16-14), Claremont (10-8) and Azusa (40-28) . . . their losses are against Sonoma State (42-6), Humboldt State (67-7), San Francisco State (20- 14), St. Mary's (35-0) and Santa Barbara (59-0) . .. last Saturday's loss was Menlo's first against a Div. III opponent since they lost their NCAA playoff game against Central, IA (17-0) ... Menlo only has 36 players on the entire roster . . . coach Solari has the knack for gettig the best out of his players junior QB Greg Clark is 106-212 for 1,444 yards, 7 TD's and 14 interceptions . . . WR Sabre Bowden has 44 catches for 651 yards and 2 TD's RB Aaron Leek is the leading rusher with 280 yards ... ILB Chris Woodhall has 72 tackles, ILB Blake Fujii is 2nd with 68 tackles and DB Doug Sargent has 40 tackles and 3 interceptions . The Toreros finish their 1989 schedule today when they

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