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Show Soortstocular J 1 fuffurod Riair lirot CMhMW 3 In Wee low fci aonoon m May Ml to tan Dioga Me Stadium. Far Iha Utoa ft umimn of too Uttiuto loto m Stay corad tor lea in tho aacond had and racovarad an am Ida kick, hut couldn't gat tka wkininf paint on tho board. Thn Uto torn koto canto on a 72 yard Korlnf team par by low la Walkor, hit longtot at dto ooton, and a Floyd Hod go to Joo Tonror pat good for IS yard and a touch down. Tho Uto In tore opted thrao Axtoc pauoo wftk Ml Ootnyf and Format Honry onch picking off lbair fourth of tho aoaaon and Jamas Wlaon aiao potting ono. WHaon piayod wail gaaidac Iko b tarception. In tho Aitoc and sono, ha cfcosod down torn Altec in the open flold wfth scoring saving toefcloa and also recovered tho omsido kkk. t 17-1- UTE SORE SPOTS Tailback Mol Fields has a ahauldac sprain Is I Istad this weak as qvastieneMo. FwNbacfc Sam ftaldwfti sufforod a bruised arm but should bo ready lor Saturday. Da fans bra back Charlie Raid had a tendon pulled Ji Ll M MV nRVi Me AnanlM wmme VMvwV aa tlw arl bo autthls weak. in WHITE, WAGNER KEY TO UTE OFFENSE One of Rio rsassns lar tho success of too Utah saassn has boan the outstanding Inn ploy of Kmu deleft P1VM fllMv nooMMVI lw mnpJ WITVVt MV ftFMMy pfilo tho Uto efforts eve Ibw grading system, o grade of over 71 percent is outstanding and In Rio last four games, Wblta has graded out at on overage of M percent with Wegnar uet a natch below ot 7R percent, Beth ployois am coolers and should bo strong candidates far AIWAC honors this season. Their play Is ono of the reasons Rtat the Utos am number two in team rushing this weak (22I.S per gasao) and have two ideal runners In tho top ftve rushers la Rite weeks WAC offense this wm goUwgJ arifc!? H(Md LAST WECX: Tho UK Rua Pago 4 Thursday, November 1, 1979 In-d- COACHES: four In!&rj3 Utah's Woym Howard la 4 in his third in his eighth year as a major college hood coach. New Monicas Bl Meodt Is 30-JIn his sixth season os lobe Hood Coach and as a maor collage hood coach. year at Utah and 11-1- M2I SERIES RECORD: The Utos lead In Rio series 1 bid the lobes have won Rio last two mootings. In 1177 (Wayne Howards first year) the Lobes dumped tho Utos 41 24 in Afcuquutqu and last year Now Mexico knocked off Utah 24-1In Soft lake City. The Utos last wbi against tho lobes cam in 1174 in Salt lake 344 1. Tho Utos last boot tho lebee In Albuquerque In 1173, 3444. SCOUTING THE LOBOS: n.w Mko i. m on offense by toUbocke Jimmy Sayers and Mice Carter. Sayers Is tho leading lobe rusher and has pained 413 yards on 103 carries for o4J per carry average. Carter has carried tho bal 40 times lor 354 yards and a M average. Also hr them is Jamie Fax who hoe 13 carries lor 401 yords and a 44 average. Quartoibachlng tho lobao this weak should bo Casey Mllor who didn't ploy last weak against BYU because ef a sore know On tka saassn MRIar ie 3444 through the air far 430 yords and ono scorn. David Osborn, Rio fresh Q0, who ployed against BYU last weak Is 2247 fer 301 yards and five Interceptions. Inad bio lobe race Ivor is Jimmy Savors who has If catches fer 103 yde. Flanker WMem Owens has 11 catches for 114 yards end 1 touchdown. Tight ends Chris Combs and Walt Arnold have 14 catches apiece. Four ef Com be' bmro gone for touchdowns. The lobes to atom on out Ikamai VMM OtWfmWP Jnnao gwgnV lOO wy MonoikoeL Mlfwy nVMO WlnP koe oven Interceptions to toad Rio WAC this week and rank third In Rie notion. Other top lobe defenders am Oneb acker Mfco Format who bos 44 tocidos to load Rio team and doton shm ond Chadlo Bek or who has 44 tackles. Tho lobe 13-4- 2 UTESIN THE WAC: The game wfth Naur Mexico a must game tor the Utos If they am to stay alive In tho WAC title chose. Currently BYU lends tho WAC wfth o perfect 44 con fa rone o mark. Utah end Co ie re da State are tied for is second wfth a 1 record wfth Son Diego State at 31. Tho met of Rio conference looks Iko this. Hawaii 2-- Now Mexico Wyoming 14, Texas 01 Faso 44. bi tho WAC stats this weak. Tho Utos are Ond in rushing, fifth In total offense and third In scoring os a team. Floyd Hedge Is fourth In total of tense and fourth in passing, lewis Walkor Is Rilrd In the WAC in rushing and Tony llndsoy ie fifth. Welker is also second in kickoff returns. Punter Jeff Hucko is still Rilrd in tho WAC In punRng wfth his 42.4 average. Hucko is ISfh In Rm nation in 3, punting. HOWARD SAYS: on tho san dmoo stati OAMSt "Wo hurt ourselves wHh ponaHtlos and funbioe and weren't ofcto to moke up tor Rwm ago Inst San Diego State. Dofoassvoly wo didn't do a very good eb of stopping their ON NSW MIXICOi "To win against Now Mexico this weak wa hove to do a batter eb up hunt In aur defense. Wo wfll also hove to maintain some baft control with our offense which wll bo herd because Now Msalca givoe you so many dtf tats. PROVO Several times in recent seasons Colorado States football team has been credited with an assist in BYUs successful drive for a WAC championship. At key points the Rams have waylaid contenders headed in the same direction. Now, as the cougars prepare for Saturdays game with the Rams in Fort Collins, BYU realizes that the same team that giveth can taketh away. Our experience has been that you have to be at your very best against Colorado State, acknowledged BYU Coach La Veil Edwards. We've been derailed by them (CSU) too often to take them lightly. "They are really playing good ball now, as evidenced by their 374 upset of San Diego State. BYU, too, is playing good football. The Cougars posted their seventh win of the season last week with a 59-- romp over New Mexico, although the Lotos were admittedly weaker because of injuries. But the win vaulted the Cougars higher in the NCAA statistics where the Mountain Cats are setting the pace for Division I schools In scoring, total offense and passing. Despite the statistical ranking, the Rams aren't likely to be imprsMed. CSU now has a three-gam- e winning streak of its own, bouncing back after a alow atari that had them losing for of their 7 DOUG tnOCStO, format Ogdon High foolboll groot, is ono big reason why tho BYU Cougars are rated 1 1th in tho notion in both college polls. first five games. Tbs defeats came against Arizona, Arkansas, Utah State and Utah. Then, too, the Rama are only lightly off pace in the current WAC standhiea, sharing second place with Utah; both with 91 records, compared to BYUs 44 the same formula a down memory lane for several key figures. For BYU quarterback Marc Wilaon, the nations leader in total offense, it may be reflections of his first start m a Cougar regular, a game which the Cougars won by a lopsided score two years ago. For Coach Edwards it may be a fuzzy recall of the classic 3343 tie of five years ago when the outcome of the game was still in question as late as after the final gun. Coach Sark Arslanian probably remembers the 1975 game, since in the Rams edged BYU, the WAC opener. That was a year when the Cougars had to settle for fourth place in the final standings. Its too late for either team to 30-1- 7, 300-plu- make any drastic changes, although Sark and the Rams have a reputation for working in a few new wrinkles designed to keep the Cougars off guard. Wilson, however, is pushing ail the praise in the direction of (1) the Cougar offensive line and (2) a seemingly erJIets bench of good receivers. The Cougars, no doubt, will use Fcctc GAME: pass-orient- ed offense with hard defensive play come Saturday afternoon. This year, however, the Gats have strengthened their running game to provide a more balanced attack. Running backs Homer Jooes, Eric Lane, Scott PMUips and a good bench of reserves picked up 172 yards Saturday against New Mexico, a team ranked ntanber one in WAC defense against the rush going into tho game. CSU will probably concentrate its defense on the aerial game triggered by Marc Wilson. Wilson has thrown for Just under 2,400 yards in seven games, and now has four consecutive games of 900 or more yards total offense (only a 294 yard effort against UTEP kept the Seattle senior from a s games. string of six dtouttho gono a) YOUNO UMVfSMTV (Wuatota ARitoRc WAC) va. COIOSADO STATI UNIVSBSITV (Woatofa AtfifeSc Caatofaaca) 44 (11 WAC) MOO HAM 74 (44 DATE SITE: SatotRay. Hoc. B IV7S Caflixa. Cato. -- 1 gjn. - Hugkei ItoRaa, Fart SERIES RECORD: Tift ta aoe o Ri eMaat euttoo to tho logtoa. RaHag back to 1431 4w y oar BYU taouaioR latorwiaglata tootooB. Tka toaa toaaw kaoa ptoyaR o total of 41 gaawo, aeR CSU caortoo a oRg Tka Coagatt kooo aow aaoa Rireo la a taw. 22-14- 4 Continued on Pago 7 |