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Show jjj Devils Grind Out Big Victory er TouSi Delta , Colorado team ; , .rinding firsUiaif :, . in a chilly ' ' of wrly winter 'itfsRcdf com-l' com-l' overtimed. th Delta, Colorado, Panthers Friday might in one of the ruggedest football games over played, in Moab. Wilh all scoring taking place in the first half, Moab ended up 18-0 victors in the contest they were not supposed to have won, according to pre-game pre-game predictions. Receiving t h e opening kickoff, Moab 'lost little time in - springing high-scoring Steve Robinson- around right end, where he just plain outran out-ran the entire Delta team to gather in 74 yards of ground gain and the opening touchdown. touch-down. The powerful senior halfback powered around end, and then really turned on the speed to follow the sideline marker all the way to the goal line. Moab's try for extra point was not good. Still playing in the first quarter of the game, Delta, jarred by hard Moab tackles, Ifumbled the ball following the kickoff and Moab recovered recov-ered to begin another touchdown touch-down march. A long pass from -quarterback Jeff Cowan, to end David Adki-son,' Adki-son,' set up the second touchdown. touch-down. Halfback Robert Gritts powered through the Delta line for the score. Moab's third; score came on a pass from Cowan to Robinson, shortly after Dave Bierschied had intercepted a Delta pass to .give the Devils possession. Moab, as in the first two attempts, was unable un-able to kick the extra point on the rain-soaked field where the ball was changed for a dry one after every play. Although the rain stopped during half-time, the rough high school grid play did not stop at that point. The second half was scoreless, score-less, but play was again marked with the hardest tackles and most effective blocks thrown for a long time on Mograndah Field. Alternating Alter-nating with varsity quarterback, quarter-back, Jeff Cowan, Kim Neal ran the team deep into Delta territory in the third quarter, throwing effectively to end Jim Dickerson and others, before a fumble on the slick field gave the ball to Delta and ended the Moab threat. The Panthers, however, were unable to move the ball anywhere near Devil territory, terri-tory, as time after time Moab's big tough line stopped the ball carrier at the line of scrimmage. A Delta attempt at yardage via the airlanes was bottled up by a hard charging Moab line that dropped the passer in his tracks too many times to count. Moab's defensive backfield -called on only occasionally oc-casionally to stop the play When the ball managed to break through the line performed per-formed effectively in- stoppm both ground and aerial action in the secondary. Due to the Utah Education Association convention in Salt Lake City this week, Moab will be playing an abbreviated schedule, with the game set for Wednesday on the home field against Dove Creek. Game time will be 1 p.m. The following week, on Oct. 17, Moab will meet Notre Dame here for the a n ra u a 1 Homecoming event. Notre Dame suffered a big loss Friday afternoon to Monticello a team that Moab Had already defeated this season. , With1 five big wins and only one loss to their credit, Moab's Red Devils give every indication of being the top competitor Coach Glen Riche-son Riche-son hoped for early in the season. The desire to play good football was evident in every tackle and block Fri- day night; and depth provided provid-ed by such players as Neal, along wilh the tough defense revolving around Tackles Chuck Zimmerman and Sam Sharf and Center Dave Lomenick, will make the Red Devils tough for any team they meet this year. |
