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Show 1i,1 CafeCfcrtaicic Utes come on 'strong Date .to Anderson makes fourTDs BY MATT OTT Chronicle Sports Writer The Air Force Academy has long been known for their prowess running the football, but it was the University . of Utah's Jamal Anderson who stole the show on the ground Saturday in Utah's 41- - on the year and 4-- in win games impressed by the senior's perfor- mance. ; "Jamal had a tremendous football game," DeBerry said. "He's a tremendous football player. He was the biggest thorn in our side...We didn't tackle very well at all at times and a lot of credit goes to Anderson on that" . in the 3 41-2-4 in his time at the Air Force Academy, was thoroughly 24 win over the Falcons in Rice Stadium. Anderson ran over, around and through the cadets for 146 yards and four touchdowns on the day, helping improve the Utes record to 6-- 5, teat Falcoims WAC. Air Force head coach Fisher DeBerry, who has been the archi- tect of many excellent running Anderson was probably the biggest key in the Utah's win, as he stormed out of the gate quickly, rushing for 63 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries in the first quarter alone. The Utes took a 13-- 3 lead on Anderson's second touchdown a four-yar- d burst through the middle with 4:17 left in the first quar- ter. The Utes tapered off significantly in the second quarter though, as they were unable to score a touch3 at the down, falling behind half. , 17-1- "d U.iv . mm&t''' " yi 3ja l CHRONICLE DaMon Stnem April mr. After that, according to Utah head coach Ron McBride, the Utes "started running the ball a little bit when we got into that situation and picked up a couple of big first downs...Once you start doing that, and then we're throwing on first down, they might have to cover our wide receivers and that's when we got some big plays." McCoy contributed some big plays along with some help from his wide receivers and running backs. The junior completed passes to nine different receivers on the day, with long plays of 51, 49, 43, 40 and 30 yards. McCoy finished the day with 459 yards on passing and two touchdowns. 6 The Utes were down with just 4:47 left in the third quarter, and things weren't looking good. The offense hadn't been able to get the ball in the end zone, and the defense was having some trouble This week's Lumpy's Player of the Week is senior fullback Jamal Anderson, who rushed for 145 yards on 26 carries against Air Force in Rice Stadium Saturday. Anderson scored four 7 touchdowns in the Utes" 41-2- win over the Falcons, three L rushing and one receiving. Anderson is the Utes' leading rusher on the season, carrying the ball 136 times for 812 yards and 10 touchdowns. ' Lumpy's Social Club proudly honors Jamal Anderson for his efforts Saturday and supports University of Utah sus- Rick Majerus supported the U.'s decision to suspend the players. the University Food Service and regulations and when they are broken, each student must area and a verbal altercation with two employees," according to a release from the University of Utah. Phil Dixon, Darroll Wright and Ed Johnson were the players involved in ths incident and all will miss upcoming games under the suspension. Dixon will miss a minimum of three games, while Wright and Johnson will be suspended for the rest of fall quarter. The three will be allowed to practice with the team, but will not be able to participate in any university activities. face the 24 14-4- 1 Air Force Utah lo First downs Lusk y 5 38-12- Passing yards 69 459 Return vatda 149 28 pass iion McCoy Rowley pasafiom McCoy 2 run Yergensen kick) 8 181 nt 29-39- -0 Punts pass from McCoy ergroaenkick) Utah-Anders- 25 Comp-Att-I- , Utah-Henr- 18 58-26- 0 s Rushes-yard- AirFwtlmn(Macinnis 5-- Fumbles-loe- t Penaltis-yard- s 4-- 2-- 3-- 2 S-- 2 9 , of possession TSme 29:45 30:1$ INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSTBNfG-A- Force, Pastorello ir Jones PASSING Air Force. Cash RECEIVIN& Air Force, Marsh P. Jones But those troubles didn't last see "Utes" on page ten n Young 7, . 14-6- Johnsoa McConnell Iteglin 3, Maloy Utah, McCoy Utah, Claiborne .. in " i-- Utah, Anderson 3; i 26-14-5, Rowley 6. n Lady spikers split road matches . SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The University of Utah volleyball team split a pair of road matches over the weekend with a 15-1 loss to New Mexico and a win over UTEP. The Utes record improved to 20-- 8 overall and 6 in the Western Athletic Conference. In the loss to the Lobos the Utes were out-h- it .130 to 5, 15-1- 2, 5-- 12-1- 5, 15-1- 3, 12-1- 8, 5, 15-1- 6-- "The University has rules .. .241. Gunnell-Snar- r led the Utes with 14 kills, 12 digs Kelly and a .345 hitting percentage. consequences," Majerus said. "The punishment may seem, or appear to be, rather harsh, but the players are able to practice the entire time and (are able, if they adhere to university rules and regulations, to play the rest of the season." Wright and Johnson will not be able to play in any games during fall quarter, which ends Dec. 17, but Dixon may be back for the CaMrvine game November 30. Matt Ott 0-- 1 run (kk Mled) 4 run (YersenMn kick 1 run Mscmni kick) 24 run (Marinnia kick) 31 FG kfckj Ak Forokh Air 7 14 0 - Maclnnlj 44 PG Wah-Anders- . 14 3 13 th-Ater-a attack. Utah head basketball coach pended three basketball players and placed them on probation for a "misdemeanor violation in Air Fon- stopping the Falcons' wishbone Three Ute basketbal players suspended The Air Force Utah 24-1- Lumpy's offers a wide variety of food and beverage and is located at 3000 S. Highland Drive. Jamal Anderson UTAH 41, AIR FCRCE 24 29-of-- University of Utah athletics. PHOTOJonathan Barth CHRONICLE 20, jumps on top of this Air Force player in the Utes' win Saturday. Williams, a tailback, started at left cornerback on defense in the game and made 10 tackles. Keith Williams, one-on-o- ne . ) PVJ - McCoy to find open receivers. PlayGP of ttic Weed fj 'v..'- J- mrmmm. -- difficult for quarterback Mike PHOTOJonathan Barth The Utah defense held up when it counted in the win over Air Force Saturday in Rice Stadium. Luther Elliss (83), and Mark Rexford (55) come up with the stop oh this play. ''X " Air Force was overplaying the run on first down, lining up eight men at the line of scrimmage most of the time, then on passing situa-- . tions, the Falcons would drop eight men back into coverage, making it F ttnMimiL mmnm n Mikki knocked in 11 more kills and hit ,308 but it wasn't enough to contain New Mexico's Tania Kane-Barto- Gooley. The outside hitter recorded a blistering .439 hitting perhad 23 kills, 12 digs and a service ace. The Utes, who had exhibited strong serving in their previous WAC games with Colorado State and Wyoming, committed 10 service errors in the match with New Mexico and 12 more against the Miners. UTEP, the WAC's worst team, not only held the Utes to a .084 hitting percentage (the Utes held the Miners to the same percentage as well) but them 21 to 19. Neither team recorded positive hitting percentages in the first game but both squads managed to chalk up the errors New Mexico with 10 and the Utes with 15. centage, . out-block- ed By the time the match was over the Lobos and Utes had recorded 39 and 50 errors respectively. n Despite the mistakes, kept the Utes alive her with 17 kills, .361 hitting percentage and offensively 11 block assists. Prior to the matches (where she averaged a .335 hitting n senior was fourth in percentage) the rankings with a .315 average. Defensively, junior Julie Kirby recorded a career high 28 digs against the Miners. The outside hitter leads the Utes this season with 363 Kane-Barto- ot single-seaso- -- . digs. As a team, UTEP had three players with negative hitting percentages. Fortunately they had Lilly Gutierrez who led her team with 15 kills, a .212 hitting percentage and three . block solos. The Utes face San Diego State and Fresno State November 0 at home in their final two matches of the season. n win Though the Utes will not break the total-se- t the 1980 will be the first squad by they team since 1984 and 1985 squads that have had winning seasons. The Utes' six conference wins are the most wins since 1986 when the Utes finished in second place with a 19-2- single-seaso- (23-17- ), back-to-bac- k 7-- 5 record. --Ed Woodland |