... Football Players tackle opponents I) he Harding University Bison football team trampled ~ over their first five opponents and vaulted to number three in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. But the Bison running attack was nearly crippled when All-American tailback candidate Glenn Segars was seriously injured. After two plays in the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff game, Segars, who was leading the Bison running attack with an average of over 100 yards a game, received an injury because of a helmet hitting his knee. Segars did not see any more playing time during 1985. The Bisons who had rolled to a 5-0 record dropped the last five games to finish the season with 5-S. The Bisons, behind quarterbacks Mannie Lowery and Roddy Mote, and tailback Segars averaged 360.6 total yards a game during the first five games. When Segars went down, fullback Z.C.O. Uhatafe had to pick up the slack. The Harding attack now was geared more towards Uhatafe and Daron Cathey. These two men rolled 482 yards in the last five games, but it was still not enough to generate a win. Other injuries that hurt the Bison performance were Steve Dudley playing the entire season with a broken shoulder; Jack Moore, a wide receiver, played on a fractured foot in the last two games, and noseguard Fanasial ' 'Dump" Quinn played the last five games with a bruised back. Several Bison were rewarded for their hard work throughout the season despite the disappointing outcome. Quinn was named All~Arkansas, AllNAIA District 17 and NAIA All-American third team. Jack Moore was named GTE/Co-SIDA Academic All-American District VI and NAIA Academic All-American. Scott Corbin was named GTE/Co-SIDA Academic All-American District VI. Others that received awards, Mickey Adkison, Cathey, Chris East, Scott Franklin, Paul Golden, Drake Jackson, Franz Patterson, Lowery, Chris McDavid, Mote, Segars, James Smith, and Uhatafe were named All-AIC honorable mention. Patterson, Jackson and Smith were named to the NAIA District 17 honorable mention team. The Bisons ended their season the opposite way from which they had started it, but they ranked well in the AIC which proved to be one of the toughest conferences nationally. Two of the Arkansas teams made it to the NAIA playoffs and for the second consecutive year, Central Arkansas tied for NAIA national champions.4 Football team. Front row : Mote , Ford , Gunter, Cathey , Quinn , Fox , Williams, Cohu, A dkison, Snow, East , LeDoux, Sweet, Chambers, Sechler; second row: McCoy , Walls, Waggoner, Mosher , Hutson , Sawyer , Terry , Clouser, Uhatafe , Collins, Harvey , Browder, Colburn , Durham , Fox , Leverson, Nichols , Chapman , Maturi ; third row: Roddenberry , Tribble , Peacock , Jackson, McDavid , Davis , Varner , Golden , Gray , Hamric, Bristo , Burrell, Garner , Forte, Patterson, Albright , Moore , Lowery , Prock, Johnson; back row: Klein , Smith , Potter, Johnson, Killingsworth , Frost , Segars, Dudley, Piersall, Corbin , Perry , Escue, Montague , Stubb lefield, Franklin, Redding, Hunt , Hunt , Citty. - photo by P.R. Office . Kill 'em! Defensive tackle Joe Sawyer, from Richardson , Texas, cheers on the Bisons from the sidelines. Both fans and players supported the games with shouts of encouragement. photo by Jeff Robinson. Football 111
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