''Homecoming'' Morehead State University Eagles vs Akron Zips Whatever Your Financial Goals Are .... We Can Help You Come Out A Winner ~ -:.-2 _-.- ,_..._...__~~-~ ·~ , ~~~5J"1~~~:==:=:-~~..,..,..:::....- ~ -- ir ..=;::,..:;;;::~~;;;;;~~~~:::=====::::::---- ~ ~'-~'?'~ ~ ~,;.,- ..._ ?..,,._ ,r~ ,.,,t;'~-&~,:~ 14_1;.,,..,wr.,_ .~-- ~i\-~{ ~ ""--, :.c-....n. ....J.::. t , / -,,- MOREHEAD NATIOMAL BANK Main Street at Carey Avenue Morehead, Kentucky Member Federal Reserve PHONE 784-8966 Member F.0 .1.C. Go Eagles! MOREHEAD JUNCTI 0N 1-64 AND STATE 32 M0REHEAD, KY 40351 (606) 784-7591 ~ fT,.ont; gj;JCd Restaurant 1 Today's Game ----------------------------------~ tions far 870 yards and three touchdowns. When Stewart Akron Brings Potent puts it in the air, he usually is Running Attack To Town looking far Willie Davis. Davis is Akron's leading For MSU's Homecoming receiver with 23 catches far 397 yards and two touchdowns. Morehead State will un­ By doubtedly look to the air far Rick Hesterberg the bulk of their offense. lt there's a weakness in this Morehead State hosts the run like a race horse through Akron team, it may be in their Akron Zips today far the opponent's defenses. Clark secondary. Eagles annual homecoming has 823 yards on 193 at­ The Zips are giving up game far 1985. tempts far six touchdowns. 211.5 passing yards per The Zips are a very predic­ He is averaging 137.2 yards game. MSU's Adrian Breen is table team offensively but per game, best in the OVC. 72 of 149 with seven in­ the problem far opponents Clark was reported to be terceptions far 801 yards and has been stopping their "banged up" after last weeks three touchdowns. predictable offense. win over Murray State (17-10), MSU has 14 different "They like to just run right but will probably start today. players that have caught at you and they have a fine passes this year. The top tailback in Mike Clark," Eagle Akron also has a patent three are Steve Collins (16- head coach Bill Baldridge passing game. Zip quarter­ 184), Rick Calcutt (16-192, said. " They are not real fan­ back Vernon Stewart, second three touchdowns) and Tom cy, but real effective." in the OVC last week, has Buzyniski (12-220, one The Zips have the OVC's connected on 53 of 115 at­ touchdown). top rusher in Clark who has tempts with eight intercep- Eagle Greg Burk is again the OVC's number one punter. Burke had a 61 yarder 1985 MSU Schedule last week and averaged over And Results 54 yards per punt far the game. OPPONENT RESULTS DATE Akron kicker Russ Klaus Sept. 7 MARSHALL L 27-10 14 at James Madison L 35-1 4 has similar credentials as a 21 SALEM W 41 -14 tieid goal specialist. Klaus 28 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 33-14 has connected on 14 of 20 Oct. 5 at Murray State L 35-9 tieid goal attempts including 12 AUSTIN PEAY L 14-10 a 51-yarder and a 52-yarder. 19 AKRON He also leads the OVC in 26 at Tennessee Tech Nov. 2 at Western KY scoring. 9 Open At halftime of today's 16 EASTERN KENTUCKY game, the 1985 MSU 22 at Youngstown St. Homecoming Queen will be announced and crowned. 2 , ~ONSOLIDATED '½ Great Place To Buy Tires'' Multi-Mile BF GOODRICH T / A MICHELIN Consolidated's Service Center has expert mechanics and specialized equipment to provide you with the best possible automobile repair and maintenance available. Custom Made Exhaust • Front End Services Frame Straightening • Oil Change Brake Repair • A/C Service • Tune-Ups Batteries • Shocks • Custom Wheels · ONSOLIDATED 708 East Main Street Morehead, Kentucky 3 lt~MOREHEAD S"AltLNVERSíTY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 201 HOWELL-MCDOWELL AD BLOG. MOREHEAD. KENTUCKY 40351 TELEPHONE 606-783-2111 Fall 1985 Greetings: It is indeed my privilege and pleasure to welcome each of you to Morehead State University and Jayne Stadium-­ the home of the 1985 football Eagles. Intercollegiate athletics is a unique aspect of American higher education and a competitive athletic program has proven to be a very integral part of most of our colleges and universities. Certainly that is true for our own More head State University! A competitive athletic program complements a quality academic program while it also gives positive visibility to the university and serves as a rallying point for members of the university community, alumni and friends. I am delighted that you have joined us today and I am sure you will find this particular contest most exciting. Welcome and thank you for More head State University Eagles! Herb . Reinhard President 4 ~ Owingsville, Ky. He build the program to MSU. However, this MSU happened Bill Baldridge ~M -~ trom practically scratch and won the to be Murray State University, where Cave Run Athletic Conference his first he worked under tormer Morehead Head Football Coach- ~ - season. Atter compiling a 12-8 record State teammate Mike Gotttried. At -------------~:::..· in two seasons. Baldri dge accepted Murray, he helped turn a defensive Bi 11 Bal - the head coac hing position at unit thai was last in the OVC into the dridge returns Harrodsburg (Ky.) High School. His nation's best against the ru n in 1979 tor his second second year there, he won the Central as the Racers won the league tit le. season a s Kentucky Conference Championship ln 1980, Baldridge returned to head tootball and was named " Class A Coach of the Georgetown Co llege where he began coach at More­ Year" by Associated Press and United his collegiate head coaching career. head State Press lnternational. He g uided the Tigers to a winning sea­ University. He Baldridge's roots in Kentucky go son Ihat year in the pass-oriented and his staff very deep. Not only did he begin his Heartland Conterence, and then had high high school coaching career in the rejoined Gotttried in 1981 when he ac­ hopes ot pro­ Blue Grass State, but he also landed cepted the position ot associate head ducing a win­ his first collegiate coaching job in coach at the University ot Cincinnati. ning campaign Kentucky as defensive secondary Gottfried lett UC in 1981 tor the head in 1984, coach at Georgetown College in 1973. coaching position at the University ot but those hopes were not realized as Baldridge returned to Harrodsburg for Kansas. Baldridge also made the the Eagles tinished 2-9. the 1984 season and took the team to move and accepted the position of de­ another CKC title. again earning tensive tackles and special teams " We were so close in so many ot our " Coach of the Year" honors. coach before taking over the More­ games thai we lost last year," said Working his way up, Baldridge head State tootball program in 1984. Baldridge. " With w hat we have returned to Morehead State and be­ returning and the recruits we signed, Born in Morehead on April 19, 1944, came the defensive secondary coach Baldridge and his tamily moved to we teel we have the personnel to turn in 1975. He lett MSU to take the head Shelby, Ohio, shortly atter his birth. He things around in '85. Now we must coaching position at Bellevue (Ky.) returned to MSU and received a FIND A WAY TO WIN !" High School in 1976 and one year later bachelor's degree in 1968 atter ear­ MSU's eleventh head coach has a won the state championship, winning ning AII-OVC honors in 1966, the last solid coaching background. Baldridge " Northern Kentuc ky Coach ot the year MSU has won the OVC title. Bal­ started in the ranks as the head coach Year" honors. dridge also holds a master's degree at Bath County High School in From Bellevue, Baldridge moved on from MSU. W e Support MSU Eagles Owned & Operated By Hubert & Robert Allen Three Locations: Morehead West, Morehead East And Olive Rill 5 _E_a_g_le_A_ss_i_s_ta_n_t_C_o_a_c_h_e_s________ t Clarence "Stumpy" Paul Baker "Rocky" Assistant Alt Head Coach Offensive Denfensive Line Coach Coordinator AII of the Eagle assistant coaches returned for their second season Rocky Alt returns to MSU as offensive coordinator after guiding the at MSU includ,ng assistant head coach Clarence " Stumpy" Baker. the Eagles offense last season. Alt was instrumental in the success the of­ veteran of the staff. fense had last year as MSU saw six records go by the wayside. Baker is MSU's connection in the western part of the state after ser­ " Rocky did just a super job with the offense last season," said head ving nine years on Western Kentucky University's staff under Jimmy coach Bill Baldridge. " I feel very fortunate to have him on my staff." Alt came to MSU from Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Ind., Feix. where he was head coach for fo ur years compiling a 17-13 record. Like Baldridge, Baker is a farmer AII-OVC selection and was a team Alt has coached at the collegiate levei at such prominent schools as captain for WKU prior to his graduation in 1960. He also holds a Bowling Green State, Marshall and Southern Illinois. master's degree from Western. Born ln Crestline, Ohio, Alt attended Wittenberg University, where he "Stumpy works very close with his players,' praised head coach Bill earned all-conference and honorable mention Little-AII American Baldridge. " Being from WKU gives us a lot ,of experience in OVC play honors. He spent one year as an assistant coach at his alma mater and certainly helps us in recruiting blue chippers in the western part of during the 1976-77 academic year. the state." At 35, Alt began his coaching career at Bowling Green State Univer­ Baker works with the MSU defensive line, as he did at WKU.