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Show Page THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. 6 Fndav. 26 1984 r oris J! losers and coming events g Surprise! Yogi to Remain amazement at "Seattle, MUM 3- bo Knocking By MARION DUNN Herald Sports Editor The flight attendants aboard the charter plane ferrying the ; BYU football team home from ; where it had Albuquerque, soundly trounced WAC foe New ; Mexico, 48-Thursday night, - had strung a cheerful balloon-- ; accompanied "CONGRATULA-- ; : TION'S" across the aisle at the front of the plane and the ride ( - home did have a party atmos-- " phere. Once airborne, most of the players were noisy and active. Guard Robert Anae did an Hawaiian dance in the aisle while ' the other Polynesian players sang and clapped. Amid all the activity one player, defensive end Shawn Knight, sat in a window seat sound asleep. After the plane stopped on the ground outside Key Airlines in Salt Lake City, Knight still slept as the others prepared to debark. Actually, someone could have sung, "The Party's Over" at halftime in the football game in Lobo Stadium. In the second quarter of what was once expected to be "The Shootout in the WAC Corral" for all the horses, the Cougars broke from a tenuous 0 lead to a 24-- 0 bulge and it was time to turn out the lights. "The Cougars tacked on 24 more points in the third quarter and registered their first shutout since blanking UNLV, 27-in the opening game of the 1982 f 1 j I - , J w Hill J( t liiTO ( ,WV"' 2. -- - i '- -c .4 i baseball Patriots Fire Their Patriots after FOXBORO, MASS. (UPI) New England day head coach Ron Meyer said he was "never opposed to decisive action" and fired his defensive coordinator, he was sacked Thursday in favor of Hall of Raymond Berry. Meyer, who fired popular assistant Rod Rust on Wednesday without consulting management or the Sullivan family which owns the club, was fired from his first NFL job after guiding the Patriots to an 6 record over 2 V2 A Fame-receive- season. The victory increased BYU's 19, 8-- game winning ran their season's and WAC mark to I:More than that, it put the in a position where 'with an assist from Hawaii T they could sew up their ninth T "straight WAC championship and ; 'seventh straight role as host team in the Holiday Bowl when : UTEP comes to Provo on Nov. ; 3. If, and it is a big IF, Hawaii ' can beat San Diego State when 1 they clash in Honolulu Saturday ; night, BYU could repeat as champions by beating the Min-er- s a week later. If San Diego State beats the ;Rainbows then the Cougars vs. Aztecs game in Provo on Nov. ; "10 becomes THE GAME in the ; - :WAC. " Back in late August, Sports Illustrated predicted that New Doug Und Photos Heimuli slashes through the Lobo line for a chunk of his but we aren't at this time." The Lobos jumped off to a 0 record including a WAC win over UTEP. At that time it appeared as if BYU and New Mexico might make it to their meeting unbeaten and set the stage for one of the nation's top battles. ESPN looked ahead and booked the game for television. But then things started to unravel for the Lobos. They were beaten by Utah and star linebacker Johnny Jackson was lust wiUi an ankle fracture. CSU upset them in Albuquerque, and quarterback Buddy Funk was lost with a broken leg shortly before the game ended. Then the Lobos went to the cold of old Wyoming and lost the and the services of game, star cornerback Ray Hornfeck. Mexico would win the WAC and that BYU was in a rebuilding year and would finish third. The day the magazine hit the newsstands, the WAC Skywriters were in Albuquerque talking to Lobo coach Joe Lee Dunn. Asked about the prediction, Dunn said: "I haven't seen the article, but someone told me about it. I can tell you that we are not a good football team right now. We might be later, 4-- 38-1- 4 59-2- ' P v III" w- " " I I, ; - 1 1 jj They were the big Injuries but not the only ones and the Lobos went into Thursday night's televised game a badly decimated team. Jackson did play briefly, but left the field on a cart. Dunn, who said earlier this week that he was going to take a more active role in coaching the defense and told his defensive aides that they had to produce or get out, used only a two-maline with as many as nine linebackers or defensive backs most of the night and once had only one downlineman, the nose guard, in the fray. This took the Cougars a while to solve and in the first quarter the only score came on a seven-yar- d Robbie Bosco to Glen pass that climaxed a drive on BYU's first possession. Kicker Lee Johnson boosted field th.s to 10-- with a in second the goal quarter and a ace Vai then broke one. Vai took the ball on Lobo 47 and ran it back for a touchdown. Johnson added the PAT and it was 17-- and no contest. "Sikahema's return of that punt for a touchdown was a big play for us," coach LaVell Edwards said afterward. "We had that slim 10-- 0 lead and his run broke things open and got us moving." With the exception of that n 0 it i I punt-retur- v ' t - - - Sika-hem- n 0 . , first touchdown, all BYU's - r s - v v s ' . Just before being smashed by a New Mexico lineman, Bcsco grimacei after getting a pass off to a BYU receiver. points came in the second and third quarters. Lakei Heimuli, only a sophomore, who is developing into one of the WAC's leading rushers, plunged over from the two for the final second quarter 144 yards on the night. touchdown. In the third period, Heimuli raced 33 yards to a touchdown, field Johnson kicked a goal, Bosco passed to Kozlowski for 10 yards and a touchdown and later hit Koz from three yards for the final score. Pete Rossi kicked the final PAT. BYU stayed almost exclusively on the ground in the second half. The Cougars threw only 10 passes in the second half and only three after Bosco's last TD throw to Koz. The Cougars rushed 48 times for 250 yards and passed 32 times for 240. Bosco left the game with 6:34 remaining in the third period. He was 9 for 227 yards and three touchdowns. He wasn't intercepted. Blaine Fowler took over from him and for 13 yards. was Kozlowski was named ESPN's offensive player of the game with 53 yards and three touchdowns on six receptions. Heimuli ruUied for 144 yards on 19 carries. Freshman runner 19-2- Fred Whittingham rushed 10 times for 38 yards. At one time in the game, Heimuli carried the ball four consecutive times, rested while Bosco hit running back Robert Parker with an pass, then carried again. BYU's defenders gave the Lobos only 214 yards, 116 rushing and 98 passing. Linebackers Marv Allen and Kurt Gouveia each intercepted a Lobo pass. The Lobos fumbled the ball seven times and BYU recovered five of these. At one stretch, Nt,v Mexico turned the ball over on six straight possessions losing the ball by fumble, fumble, fumble, interception, fumble, fumble. The Lobos' Willie Turral, the WAC's leading rusher, was held to 49 yards on 14 rushes. "I thought our defense played a great game," Edwards said. "BYU just outclassed us," Dunn said. Now the Cougars have a weekend off. They can wait for the outcome of the San Diego State vs. Hawaii game Saturday night and then turn all their attention on UTEP. The loss leaves New Mexico in the overall and at WAC And they must play at Baylor next week, get Air Force in Albuquerque, then finish on the road against San Dtego State and Hawaii. They are already talking basketball and avoiding Spurts Illustrated in Albuquerque. 4 4 NFL Coach seasons. Berry, a receivers coach for New England in 1978-8had been out of football since then working as a sales manager for a Tennessee company. He was given a multi-yea- r pact by the team. Neither length nor salary were disclosed. Berry, 51, who had also worked as an assistant in Dallas, Detroit and Cleveland, rehired Rust as his first move in his first job as an NFL head coach the Patriots' ninth. 1, r 18-1- 16-1- ' Anderson and Frey were similarly honored as Managers of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America last week. from correspondents Managers across the country. In the AL balloting, Anderson received 18 votes while Gardner received six. Dick Howser of the Kansas City Royals received the other two votes. In the NL voting, Frey was named on 15 ballots while Johnson received seven votes. Dick Williams of the San Diego Padres received the other four votes. NEW YORK (UPI) Sparky Anderson of the Detroit Tigers and Jim Frey of the Chicago Cubs have been named Managers of the Year in the American and National Leagues by the United Press International. Anderson won the AL's top manager honors by a 1 margin over Billy Gardner of the Minnesota Twins while Frey was an easy winner over Davey Johnson of the New York Mets in the NL voting. Voting was conducted of 26 UPI 3-- 0, streak to record to keeping a manager. Oakland, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Montreal, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, and California all have undergone change," said Steinbrenner. Actually, it's getting so that you can't even make news anymore when you make a change." New York finished third in the American League East, 17 games Detroit. After a behind first-plac- e disappointing start, the Yankees surged in the second half. "Yogi did a very creditable job of blending our fine young players with some outstanding young talent," Steinbrenner said. "We are hoping to get off to a fast start in '85 something we did not do in '84." ProfessNEW YORK (UPI) ing tongue-in-chee- k "how many teams changed managers this year," New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said Thursday the club will keep Yogi Berra at the helm for the 1985 season. "The Yankees will not be making any changes for 1985," Steinbrenner said in a statement. "Yogi's contract will be honored and he will be the Yankee manager next year." Steinbrenner has become the most active owner in the majors when it comes to axing skippers. He had left some Yankee-wstch-er- s believing Berra would be the next to go. Instead, the owner opted for the relative novelty of UPI Honors Top 7-- consecutive "Oil Sports Briefs Handful Of fumaieSf imercepfions ' Kb full report and commentary on winners, A Unknown Leads at Pensacola PENSACOLA, Fla. (UPI) -Ralph Landrum overcame a swollen eye and a caddie 63 Thursday to fire a career-bes- t lead and grab a three-strok- e through the opening round of the $300,000 Pensacola Open. Landrum made nine birdies and only one bogey on his way to an eight-undpar round over the Perdido Bay course. Landrum, who has won only $56,051 this year, fired his blister no-sho- w er after awakening with a swollen and discovering his caddie failed to show up. He was substitute. given a It was Landrum's lowest competitive round since joining the tour last year and it gave him a lead over unheralded Ken Brown of Harpenden, England, John Cook, Dan Edwards and Roger Maltbie, who had five-unding round last-minu- te er par 66s. Utah Jazz Suspend Dantley SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -The Utah Jazz Thursday suspended NBA scoring champion Adrian Dantley, who has yet to report to the team because of a dispute over his contract. Jazz President David Checketts announced the decision to suspend Dantley over his failure to report to training camp and his boycott of all nine preseason games. "Adrian Dantley has been placed on the suspended list for failure to report for training camp, the pre-seaso- n schedule and the regular season," Checketts said. "We have a active roster and we'll go on from here." Dantley, whose 30.6 points per game led the NBA last season, is under contract with Utah for this season. NBA bylaws allow the suspension of a player for failure to fullfil his contract, said Jazz spokesman Bill Kreifeldt. Jazz coach-GFrank Layden, reached at his hotel in Seattle where the team is preparing for its season-opene- r tonight, said there will be no further talks with Dantley. "He owes us a year. He should come and play," Layden said. "There will be no talks." Layden said the team would like to have Dantley play, but is ready to go without him. Utes Versus Miners Tops Beehive Grid Schedule (All timet Mountain Time) UTEP at UTAH Day & Time: Saturday. 1 p.m. Radio-TV- : KALL Radio (910 AMI. Last Week: Utah lost another heartbreaker to the Hawaii Rainbows. on the road. L'TEP was idle Next Week: Utah hosts Colorado State while UTKF is at BYU. in the overall, Records: Utah is WAC beat Air Force, UNM, lost to Haoverwaii. Wyo, tied SDSU). UTEP is all. 3 in the WAC (losses to UNM, SDSU. Hawaii 1. Series Record: Utah leads the series 13-Last year the Utes beat UTEP 1 in Salt Lake. The only road victory (or Utah under Chuck Stobart is at UTEP. The last Miner victory was 34-- in 1974. Coaches Comments: "We have seen UTEP on film a lot this year while scouting other opponents, and the one thing that is clear is that they have been improving. They have become a very simple, basic team on oftense and defense, and it has helped Utah coach Chuck Stobart. them. " "The open date helped us. Injuries have upset our balance, but the rest helped. Utah UTEP coach Bill is a great team." Yung PACIFIC at UTAH STATE Day & Time: Saturday. 1:30 p.m. Radio-TV- : KDYL Radio ( 1280 AM). Last Week: Utah State generated some 8 to Fresno State. offense but fell Pacific lost to UNLV Next Week: Utah State travels to Tempe, Ariz for a date with Arizona State while Pacific travels to Long Beach State. Records: Utah State It 04 overall and 04 in PCAA pUy. Pacific Is 4 overall and 2 in PCAA play. Series Record: Utah State leads the series including 11 of the last 13 and seven straight since 1977. Last year in Stockton, Calif , the Aggies won Coaches Comments: "I felt good about our offense against Fresno State. We generated some yards, Gym Kimbail threw well and Richard Gwynn (144 yards rushing) had an outstanding game. Defensively, if you take away three bombs, we played pretty well. We're excited to be home again. We think this game will be our one to get started." USU coach Chris Pelia. "Our rushing game is improving, but I still think Utah State has one of the best (defensive l lines in the league. We didn't block them worth a nickel last year. I hope we block better this week." Pacific coach Bob Cope. NEVADA-RENO, at WEBER ST. Day & Time: Saturday, 1 p.m. Radio-TV- : No Utah County coverage. Last Week: Weber State downed Southern Utah State while Reno lost to Next Week: Weber St. hosts Idaho State hosts Eastern Washingwhile Nevada-Renton. Records: Weber St. is 4 overall and 2 In the Big Sky. Nevada-Renis 4 overall and in Big Sky play. Series Record: Nevada-Renleads the aeries 2 as each team has won every game on their own field. Last year, o in Reno. won 41-Coaches Comments: "We haven't been very good against the run and that's their (Reno'sl strong point. We 'will try some new things this week to stop the run. We still have a chance at the (Division playoffs, we ll just take it a game at' a Weber State coach Mike Price. time." |
