Show Second Half Comeback Nets Moab Win Friday Over Powerful Team From Uintah Basin Masan Johnny Wright Moab's sophomore so 1 halfback capped an amazing Red Devil comeback over a up fired Uintah team Friday night with a last minute min min- minute ute clinching score from the 26 yard line to a 12 0 Devil victory Moab had scored earlier to take the lead Mike Bynum had broken the ice with eight straight carries from the 27 yard line lino The final surge was for one half yard on fourth down Before that a courageous Moab defense had thrown back stubbornly five thrusts at their goal line by the hard charging Ute forwards It was wasa a tremendously gruelling tilt controlled almost entirely for two and a half quarters by the favored Utes Uintah had the football for 1015 of the first 12 minutes three times getting to the Moab 11 yard line or closer I Moab Noab twice had the ball baU but could not move The Utes drove to the Moab 11 it on their first drive but Art Hopkins broke through for Moab to stop top the drive Another drive fizzled on a fourth down Incomplete in incomplete In In- complete pass An interception tion by Bynum s stopped a third drive on the ten yard line In the second quarter the Utes again drove to the Moab 14 yard line A fourth down downplay downplay downplay play was smacked down by Duane Bronson Dick Warren Zeke leke Francis and Jim Nyland Nyland Nyland Ny- Ny land 4 Inches short of the first down Moab still could not get underway underway underway un un- un- un derway and the Utes stormed storm storm- ed back again to the Moab 23 and ind again Moab held The ned lied Devils promptly handed the ball back on a pitch out that thai nobody was near and Uintah moved again With only eight seconds remaining In the half and no score on the board Bronson dropped the Ute quarterback for a anine anine anine nine yard loss and the Ute Utes tried a field Afield goal Thomas' Thomas boot from irom the 34 went only five yards and the half ended 0 00 The third quarter started the same as the first and se se- se- se cond Uintah drove from their 34 to the Moab 49 before Sam Grubbs dropped Pat Punches of the Utes for a loss Moab had to punt It out after two losses and Uintah drove back to the Moab 27 yard line Punches one of the best backs to appear here this year carried carried carried car car- ried three times for 26 yards in th the drive Again the pe De- vils stiffened and a fake falte punt play was stiff led by Bynums Bynum's jarring tackle of Punches At the end of the third quarter the Red Devils cams came alive Behind a great line charge Bynum picked up a 0 first down on the Moab 35 Bynum hit Cap Tibbetts on the 50 yard line and the senior senior senior sen sen- flanker ran It to the Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah 39 Wright charged to the Ute 27 as the third quarter quarter quarter ter ended 0 00 Bynum followed Bronson's charge over tackle down to the 19 yard line for another first down to open the fourth quarter Then the lines fought it o oat t for six straight plays of straight ahead dives by Bynum With fourth down and one half yard Bynum squirmed Into the end zone Uintah could not gain after the kickoff and Moab took the punt on their own 30 Bynum Bynum By DY num and Wright moved It to the Uintah 47 where with fourth and one yard to go Bynum picked up the needed yardage Two more carries by Bynum put it on the Ute 26 With 57 seconds on the clock a play went In from the bench calling alling on John Wright to Counter off right tackle Bynum By By- Bynum num barely got the handoff to Wright who broke off oU ta ta- kle cut sharply and went in for the clincher Bronson Grubbs and Francis the latter trapping the end handled the blocking The Devils got fine performances performances mances mance from linemen and linebackers J Jim m and Dill Bill Ny Ny- land who were surprise star star- star star- The defensive end play coach Glen Richeson said was the best this year Bynum gave a great individual performance performance performance per per- of sheer power that he said was only possible because because because be be- cause of the Devil line charge |