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Show Qtes upset Devils, stay undefeated in tnJfl(S Still with four minutes to play, ASU got the ball in good field position on the State 37, and Utah fans were getting nervous. But an illegal receiver penalty put the Sun Devils back 15 yards. After two incomplete passes, defensive end Randy Hansen dumped Spagnola back on the eight. ASU punted, and with the wind and a good bounce, the kick sailed 77 yards to the Utah 15. But the Sun Devils were offside on the play and would have had to kick over from the four. But defensive captain Larry Stone declined the penalty and the Utes took over. scoreboard clock. Taking the ball on the ASU 42, Dave Smith carried car-ried for 1 1 yards. Split end James Brown then took a Ray Groth pass to the seven-yard- line where Groth quickly ran the ball in for six more points. On one of the big gambles of the game, Groth hit Hunter with an aerial for two extra ex-tra points, bringing the score to 21- 15, Utah. The Redskins quickly got the ball back on Norm Thompson's third interception of the season, and took it to the six, where, on fourth down, Bateman kicked a 22- yard field goal. With time running out, the Sun Devils mounted a scoring drive of their own. Spagnola hit ace re- BY GEOFF TOWNS Sports Editor "They never got rattled," said Head Coach Bill Meek of his victorious Redskins Saturday after their stunning come-from-behind 24-23 effort over the Arizona State Sun Devils in Ute Stadium. And that's quite a feat after tailing behind, 15-0, to such a perennial offensive powerhouse as ASU. First Blood The Sun Devils scored the first points of the game after kicking ; off and holding Utah inside its 10-yard- line. On third down and 22, Craig Smith tried to get the Utes a little farther away from their own goal line with a quick kick. But the punt was blocked and Smith fell on it in the endzone for a safety and two ASU points. It was the first time in three years that a Craig Smith punt has been blocked. i Five minutes of playing time later, A-State chalked up its first touchdown on a nine-yard run by Dave Buchanan. The TD capped a 64-yard drive engineered by quarterback Joe Spagnola and kept alive by the running of fullback Art Malone, the game's leading rusher with 104 yards. The extra point attempt, which was wide, turned out to be the fatal error for the Devils. With 9:34 left in the first half, ASU padded its lead when Buchanan took a Spagnola handoff and raced through the right guard slot for 15 yards and six points. After the PAT the score stood at 15-0. Halfback pass The Redskins were able to get back into the game before the end of the half. With less than two minutes remaining, Billy Hunter took an 18-yard halfback pass from Fred Graves into the end-zone. end-zone. Marv Bateman added the extra ex-tra point to make the score 15-7 at the half. The halfback pass was tried three plays earlier by Utah for the first time this year. Hunter again was open, but Graves' toss was just out of his reach. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Redskins picked up where they left off at the half. After kicking off and holding ASU on the first set of downs, Utah drove 70 yards in 1 1 plays, with halfback Dave Smith taking the football 10 yards around left end for the second Ute touchdown touch-down and only tally of the quarter. quar-ter. A try for two points failed, leaving the score 15-13, ASU. The fourth period was the decisive deci-sive one, with Utah outscoring the Sun Devils, 11-8. Take Over Lead The Redskins took the lead for the first time with 11:02 on the y ., ., , it i S .. f , : ,. ji I ' -j. J ? , i ' ' ( ? U) " ' ' ! ,(.- If- . V ' ' ..,-? let I ! a " - . , Safety Joe Galarze tries for a few extra yards '1 ' after intercepting a Joe Spagnola pass near the PiCK end of tile third quarter Saturday. Galarze de- i fleeted another pass, made five unassisted tackles lie i and was in on li'n more. The Utes heat ASU, 24-23, on the strength of a determined offense and clutch defensive performance. Football photos by Cniiit Law |
