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Show "SZrZt H together, beat Urt ZZ le UTEP kick-runne deep into .heirendzone.fcrcng e hera short runback, or none at all. Still in the opening stanza, Gil-rea, Gil-rea, became one of the worlds ! L. scoring linemen by Keithley in the end zone , to .make H-0 This prompted UTEP coach Boby Dobbs to huddle on the side-"nes side-"nes wlth his ofensive linemen and ay, "Hey guys, what's happening out there?" or some words to that efject. cr-i-Sr.'' ; by GARY LESSER Chronicle Staff The University of Utah football team has finally put it all together and if the pieces don', fall g next Saturday, they ecu d in line for a shot at tne v Athletic Conference title. The Ute proved they are a power to be eckoned with after a conv n c ng win Saturday over a highly touted aerial show from near Juarez, the University of Texas-El Paso 39-20. Things looked good from 'he mniwrrr miiMfci i. -..i ka UTEP's Gary Keithley is harrassed by the Utah deft-' while attempting to pass. He had trouble all dm,-rushed dm,-rushed by Ron Rydalch (79), Alan Gilreath (41)andEvf': At halftime stadium dedication ceremonies, Institutional Council Chairman Ed Clyde put himself in line for the first annual "Foot-in-mouth" award as he introduced the University president by saying, "Thank you President Fletcher." Well, it turns out that President Fletcher has been gone for a while, but his replacement, Presi- generous thanks :.' Joyce Rice." ) Mr- Rice, who r;.' game ball, respondec "I believe with ner these facilities air: Sports and Special eV we'll have facilities se:: I'm proud to have bear my name." Th? GTrTns in fro. three yards out forthe Utes' final touchdown. Belczyk had a great aay for 116 yards. u ' s C - . Gene Belczyk, the tough little runner who runs so slow but gets the job done, picked up 116 hard earned yards in 21 carries and one touchdown. Gene, however, was only slightly ahead of teammate Ike Spencer in the ground gaining stats. Ike picked up 83 yards in 12 rushes, including a 27-yarder. And is there any way to say enough about the fantastic moves of speedy Steve Odom? With Keithley again back to punt (he always seemed to be involved in the big plays), Odom waited on his own 20-yard line. The booming spiral sent Steve back to the 14 where he fumbled and chased the ball back to his five. The rest is history. He dazzled the 20,860 fans by streaking down the West sideline, sidel-ine, then faking the UTEP safety man out of his shoes and almost walking in from the 30, for a record setting 95-yard punt return. It was a new Utah and WAC record, the old Utah record being 93 yards by Frankie Nelson in 1949 vs. Denver. Soon after, Van Galder passed to Willie Armstead for 38 yards and another score to make it 25-0, and that was how it looked as the players play-ers went in for the halftime pep talk. Willie later caught another TD bomb, this one for 41 yards. TV s s A1 i i r k ..u j start for the Utes, as they won the coin toss for the first time in four games. Following a mad scramble for the ball on a Utah punt, and 22 yards worth of fumbling early in the first quarter, UTEP's talented quarterback Gary Keithley stood as far back in his end zone as he could while awaiting the snap for his own punt. The newly refurbished refur-bished Robert L. Rice stadium then saw its first two points, as a furious rush by amazing Alan Gilreath smothered Keithley's attempt and the ball rolled out of the end zone for a safety. The game was billed as a duel between the WAC's top two quarterbacks, quar-terbacks, Keithley and Don "Brownie" "Brown-ie" Van Galder. Seems that Keithley Keith-ley won the battle of the stats, but a well-rounded attack by the Utes ultimately produced the victory. For the first time this year, even the defense was superb. The pass rush was so heavy at times on Keithley that sportswriters in the press box were prompted to say, "It looked like the whole student body got him that time." Midway through the first quarter, Utah's Ike Spencer scored the first touchdown on the new Astro-Turf, Astro-Turf, making the score 9-0 with a Fleming Jensen conversion, the first of his five successful at- ing ovation, the net;, versity pep barn) pt.; Utah man, sir." Anj '; ' worth the price oh' Ute-Tahnas preseft:-sexy preseft:-sexy selves. To or: from frat rals am : chauvanists, they p 1 the spongy new -. choreographed tin s: ' ping to every heal::. 1 Stoll's band. 1 Third quarter act": ' dull, and even UTE-: ' was a welcome (far monotony of those ' Jello-eating chair;-- -Rick Edge ended It:: tercepting a pass i sounded. "We got ; ' near the end ol its: coach Bill Meek aitf Meek said the te- tory was an early;: "We got the press:': ' quick and kept it on i" 'em into making r: coach said his sqo;: game with a fired it-were it-were real anxious.:; That's because it's-playing it's-playing for a hos; three weeks on fc'- . But, the coach s- , looking back, their- ( now is ahead to i:- game in JTempel Willie Armstead is congratulated congratulat-ed by teammate Gene Belczyk after Willie (45) caught one of his two touchdown passes. dent Alfred Emery said, "This is the first step in a major renovation of our stadium. On behalf of the University, I'd like to express our |