Dymonte Thomas ran for 285 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Marlington Dukes to a 34-24 win over the Louisville Leopards. Joey Duckworth connected with Alex Schooley for 2 of the Leopards scores.
The Leopards erased a 22-7 fourth quarter deficit and won in overtime 28-22 on Scooter Israel’s third touchdown of the homecoming night. Jeff Cady & Mike Libertore also hooked up for an earlier score.
Chad Neff had 110 yards on the ground, 200 yards passing, and scored 4 touchdowns during Louisville’s 35-28 win over Marlington in the NBC opener.
Despite losing their star runningback, the Leopards grouped together to demolish the Dukes 35-3 to clinch their fourth straight NBC Title. Louisville out-gained Marlington 362-87 and had more first downs by a count of 25-6.
The Leopards erased a 9-0 deficit with three smash mouth drives resulting in touchdown runs by Dan Wilson, Jamie Elkins, & Jason Siegfried to down the visiting Dukes 21-9.
Rob Arnold ran for pair of touchdowns and threw another to Greg Clark as the Leopards shutout the visiting Dukes 34-0. John Sivy and Joe Greco also scored on 1 yard touchdown runs.
Video highlights from the 1984 Louisville Leopards at Marlington Dukes Football game. The Leopards built a 56-0 before defeating the Dukes 62-22 on October 12, 1984. Don Israel scored three rushing touchdowns and Tim Ditty also scored a pair on the ground.
Paul Farrah returned a fumble for a touchdown, recorded 2 interceptions, and caught a touchdown pass to lead the Leopards to a 43-0 home win over the Dukes.
