Show Comedy of Errors Gives Moab Win If footballs had tad handles Central high school of ot Grand Jun Junction might have given the Moab Red Devils a tussle in the opening game of the home season Friday night But the elusive pigskin behaved behaved be be- haved hayed more like Uke a greased porker in the hands of the Warriors during the 33 6 thumping They fumbled 10 times s Moab recovered half hatt of ol the miscues and converted four lour to touchdowns The Red Devils were real opportunists They The jammed scores scores' Int little littleover littleover littleover four lour of the s scores ores ores' into over over two minutes of play Including In In- eludIng chiding 13 points in ten seconds seconds sec sec- seconds of clock time The script was revealed inthe in Inthe the first minute Moab's Pat Unger linger recovered a a. a fumble Jumble on the opening kIckoff Bill Bm Curman Curtman Curt Cur man p promptly scored the first of his three touchdowns with only 57 seconds elapsed Central Central managed to retrieve retrieve retrieve re re- re- re trieve their next fu fumble when the Devils handed it back I But they never never got out of the sock Moab loab took the Warrior punt on the 46 yard line of Central and marched for the score The big gainer gillner was a pass pass from Jim Cow Cowan n t to Nate Knight that put the the ball baIt on the 12 Brown rolled down downto downto to t the 1 and Curfman plunged plunged ed it it in to make the score 13 Curfman's kick kide was g good od The second quarter saw Central twice in Moab territory territory terri tern tory Cory through penalties and f fumbles It l looked like a dry eight minutes but Steve Williamson Williamson Wil wn- Hamson went to the air for forthe forthe forthe the lone Central score He He hit Roger Roge Hanson on the Moab 45 yard line Ah An Interference call calt put the ball balt on the 26 Gary Roberts hit by three men struggled down to the 2 and from there Williams threw to Bill Berens for the TD Mike Daniels smothered the kick to make It 14 The Sj third quarter was Central moved the f r ball balt welt welt twice on screen p passes and and Moab co countered with l line ne shots Two booming punts by Nate Knight made the final eight minutes a nightmare for Cen Cen- After driving to the 32 yard line Une of Central Cowan's Cowans protection collapsed and and he he was thrown for a loss Then Knight booted the ball out of bounds on the eight yard line Central squeaked out of the bind got in deeper when an exchange of punts put them on their own four A 56 yard boot by Knight set up the next score Central Central Cen fumbled on the 16 and Knight recovered Reed Draper Draper Draper Dra Dra- per crushed to the one yard line Une and Cowan sneaked It over The conversion try fail fall ed cd Before the clock had started started started start start- ed Moab had the football on ona onn a n fumbled kickoff Joe Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoe Shoe- maker fell on the ball on the nine yard line Curfman went all the way on the first play Leading 6 27 Moab missed another quick score after stopping Central near mid- mid field Dennis Francis went over left tackle for 51 yards on the first play but was dragged down on the four yard line Four plays later Moab was back to th the ten sans score It took the defensive team to add the final six points Mike Daniels sliced In to smother smother ther Williamson on on ona a pass attempt knocking the ball l loose Knight scooped It up and ran ran 18 yards untouched Coach Glen Richeson said he was was anything but pl pleased ased with the win except for a few points The Uhe Devils couldn't get getna geta a drive drive going g at t any time The defense though was to tough gh and ana hard hitting and had to be credited with causing causIng causing caus caus- ing some some fumbles Central came out with their second loss Moab ent enters rs a ploy play 1 record td |