Evening star., 1962-09-23
STATISTICS

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| Fumbles lost ------ o
Yards penalized - 106 Is
Sinner, the blond junior
quarterback from Lebanon, Pa,
had himself quite a day, even
if the final score won't show it.
He personally accounted for
272 yards, which was far more
than the Mustangs total, and
broke an all-time Terp single
game total offense record in
the process. The old mark was
251 set by Jack Scarbath
against Navy in 1851.
Sinner completed 16 of 25
passes for 238 yards, added an
other "a yards rushing, and
was the key figure in every
Terp foray, of which there were
many.
In the third-quarter touch
down drive. Sinner made four
crucial yards on a gambling
fourth -and-two situation on
the Terps' 35 and hit End Mike
Funk, the man who is sup
posed to replace All-America
End Gary Collins, with three
passes for an even so yards.
The last of the strikes gave
the Terps a first down on the
SMU 26. Sophomore Len CHA
verni. who figures to be a
starter from here on OUT
banged three straight times
down to the four, then Sinner
showed his genius by taxing a
handoff and rolling to his left
for the score with 5:25 gone in
the second half.
Brown Picks Off Pair
= The only thing Sinner didn't
do was play defense and then
p the Terps' aggressive linemen
:. and safetyman Tommy Brown
= took care of that department.
Brown, regarded as the best
d deep defender Nugent ever has
ID had, proved it with two key
sr fourth quarter interruptions
l. that preserved the triumph.
l. He made one in the end zone
ID with 4:40 left, after an inter-
Is ception had given SMU gold
le en- chance from the Terps' %.
Ie Then, with 1880 remaining.
d Brown picked off another SMU
: pass on the 10 to kill a last
ditch Mustang drive that had
begun at midfield.
: The Terps showed plenty of
potential against the Mustangs,
who showed mostly just stub
born defense. The TerpS' Gang
busters unit, regarded as some
thing of a question mark, got
into the game five times and
yielded only four first downs.
And Chiaverini, one Of the
Terps' numerous sophomores to
see combat, wound up as the
games top rusher with 98 yards.
But the penalties ruined what
could have been a most con-
vincing show. The first time
Maryland had the ball it
moved from its own eight to
the Mustang II, chiefly on
Sinners passing. but a holding
penalty on a pass play that
carried to the two, killed the
drive. That set the pattern.
= Penalties Foul Up Terps
!. In the second quarter, Mary
r land moved to an apparent
! first down on the SMU 35, but
a personal foul forced the Terps
e to punt. Moments later, the
TerpS drove downfield from
y their own 20 to what looked
. like first down on the SMU
e 10, but this time a 33-yard pass
Y play was erased by an illegal
:. receiver downfield penalty.
The Illustration continued.
: Twice later, the Terps mounted
threats to the SMU 80 and IL
yard lines only to have these
e killed by interceptions. And
even on the touchdown drive,
the Terps had to start back
e from their own IA, following
a clipping penalty on the
!, first play of the second half.
Against these five Maryland
scoring threats, SMU showed
$ little. 1t didn't have a drive
I longer than 81 yards, never
pushed beyond the TerpS' 40
= under its own power and
e mounted its only threats off
d that late game interception, a
' tumble, and subpar Terp punt
t ing.
Sinner, player of uncom-
mon skill. was at his best in the
scoring drive. Faced with a
). third down and a monSterous
j % yards to go on his own IA,
n the guy they call "The Rifle
e man" calmly pitched a key 81
y strike to Funk. Now with
fourth-down-and-two, he gam
g bled deep in his own territory
+ with a rollout to the right and
v Sprinted four yards for a first
t down on the 80 as the crowd
y roared.
Il From there, Sinner uncorked
It passes of II and IL yards to
e Funk. then sent Chiaverini
banging up the middle on sue
e ceSsive plays for nine, five and
d eight yards to the four. At the
l, point, Sinner faxed to Chiaver-
e ini, watched the Mustang de-
= tenders commit : themselves,
and then Sprinted wide to the
4 left for the score. Nobody
8 touched him and Maryland had
}. enough to win.
MARYLAND ------ o 0 I 81
~ SMU ------ 0 0 0 O. o