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Show Sunday, September Mrs m A 13, 1987 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, full rpnnrt nn cnnrtfnff pvpnte In Ponfrol ITfofi ornnnrl tfio II: mi lit Hnthjtn i ? r. w r The' defense blitzed and smothered the quickest offense it will face all year. A maligned special team joined the defense to force eight turnovers. ; And a young, mistake- - prone offense showed signs of rebirth as it coughed, sputtered, but moved the ball on a team which may have the most physical defense of any left on BYU's schedule. 7 BYU defeated Texas Saturday night before 65,102 at Texas Memorial Stadium. On the road. Southwest Conference. In a state where it extracted h of its freshman nearly recruits this past February. On the road in search of respectability? BYU c .. r f Mb 22-1- California with seven minutes Leading to go in the game, BYU coach LaVell Edwards watched as Troy Long intercepted Texas quarterback Shannon Kelly at the Cougar one. Then came the most impressive part of the game for Edwards, now 1 after losing Sept. 2 at home to Pittsburgh. Backs to the wall, BYU pushed the ball straight through the Heart of Texas for 33 yards, working the clock. Getting two first downs. "That last drive was the best thing we've done in a long, long time. And it showed me som22-1- 0 ething,' said Edwards, Texas defenders Britt Hager (6U) and Rocky Allen haul down BYU's Fred Whittingham during Cougar victory over the Longhorns. Saturday's 22-1- 7 with seven minutes to play." The big plays belonged to BYU's defense, which faced the task of sprinters stopping two world-clas- s in Tony Jones and Eric Metcalf. They struck early, but then fell silent. BYU utilized a weakside blitz, keyed by senior Thor Salanoa to rattle Texas' quarterback Bret Stafford. "We ignored the tight end and that allowed us to come from the weakside," explained inside linebacker coach Claude Bassett. "Early on, I told J.C. VonColln record-breakin- g to cheat on the outside with Met calf. He then caught a couple of quick ones where he turned it inside. I called him over and we adjusted and J.C. took the inside You away from him never heard from him again. Credit Coach Dick Felt. He called a great defensive game. We had all night." them Led by Salanoa, BYU forced four Texas interceptions and six fumbles. The "Horns lost four. . "We played well last week, but we made mistakes." said Salanoa. "Tonight we were up. We forced some things to happen. I'm proud of these guys. Both offense and man-on-ma- n. We grew up a lot tonight." For quarterback Bob Jensen, it almost looked like times of old. Jensen completed 16 of 35 for 199 yards and two touchdowns with one "punt" interception. "The humidity affected me a little. The ball slipped out of my hand a couple of times," said an elated Jensen, who praised his protection by the offensive line. "It was super. The only time I was pressured is when I came out on my own. I feel good about my performance. I think I can get a lot better. I just feel more com defense. series: AUSTIN, Texas 6-- The two-tim- viT ... III 6-- defending e champion and No. 1 seed, will play No. 3 Mats Wilander of Sweden, whom he beat in the French Open final in June. Wilander advanced to his first final here with a victory over countryman Stefan Edberg. Lendl never let Connors get untracked. particularly after a close first set in which he made one service break hold up. "You don't want to give Jimmy Connors unnecessary chances, especially with the crowd starving for an American to win." Lendl said. "Once I broke Jimmy. I felt very good. Jimmy started pressing more. "It was relatively easy, without too much physical strain. Having to play two days in a row, you want to save every bit of energy 3-- 6. 6-- have." Connors, if "-a- -- 6-- you seeking 6-- to end a tournament title drought, was no match for Lendl's power and precision. He did give Lendl some problems in the first set. but the Czechoslovak's break in the seventh game stood up. "I should have won the first set," Conners claimed. "What happened after that, we don't know." 6 Lendl holds an edge over Wilander. who has pot beaten the top seed since the 1985 French Open final. But that was on clay. Wilander's favorite surface. The Open is played on hardcourts, which has become Lendl's favorite surface. The two have played twice at the Open, with Lendl winning in the fourth round in 1982 and the quarterfinals the next year. 11-- - i .U'j, r r j 6-- 4 three-yea- r ' "They were doubling up on Rich Zayas and cheating with the safety. There were some things we took advantage of. 1 certainly am starting to feel more comfortable with my reads." said Jensen. The first half turned out to be a defensive chess game. BYU forced Stafford to rush his throws and scramble. Led by nose tackle David Futrell, Steve Kaufusi, Craig Patterson and Tim Clark, BYU's defensive front penetrated a n Texas blocking scheme as the Longhorms flooded the second- ' ary with speedsters Norris, Metcalf and Tony Jones. "Then they started using their (See COUGARS, Page 16) six-ma- In the BYU Cougar coach LaVell Edwards gathered his players around him - '-- -f . ; t "l" : . r, i i :,4 f " I a "1 " v , !p j i '4 f , ' a i - J I . t" " - 1 1 : Martina Navratilova celebrates her U.S. Open victory. Navratiiova tops Graf to claim U.S. Open title NEW YORK i APi -Navratilova Defending champion Martina staked her claim as the world's No. lemale tennis player Satur1 Slelli day by beating Graf to win her fourth U.S. Open title. Navratilova handed Gral her second deleat in 63 matches this year with a convincing victory at the National Tennis Center. Gral will retain her No. 1 status when the new computer rankings are released Monday. Hut Navratilova said before the Open that she would consider hersell No. 1 if she added the Open championship to her 1987 Wimbledon title even though they would be her only two titles of the year. top-seed- 7-- 6-- 1 i7-4- i. Navratilova rallied to win the first set in a tiebreaker alter losing the first two games, then dominated her West German opponent in the second set by controlling play at the net. Gral saved two match points in the final game before hitting a forehand beyond the baseline to end the match. The second-seede- d It was the third Grand Slam final between Graf and Navratilova this year. Gral won the French Open while Navratilova captured Wimbledon. "They said I had a bad year.'' said Navratilova, who earned $250,000 lor winning the Open, d like to have a bad year like this every year." i Bingo! The result was a confidence-builde- r lor the Cougars, who needed it. The Cougars brought the tight end back into their passing game with quarterback Bob Jensen hitting Darren Handley live times lor 70 yards with II minutes still to play in the game. Jensen seemed to gain confidence as the game progressed and this could be vital to the Cougars with their first WAC game coming up in two weeks. ..alter returning to the Lone Star State next Saturday. A large crowd of BYU boosters sat in the east stands and had more to cheer about than the host tans. There was no exact count but an estimated 4.000 BYU boosters added a touch of blue to the crowd. candi- For BYU's 25 SH ssii; 360. night's big intersectional football game with the University of Texas, Ivan NEW YORK (AP) Lendl is too hungry for a third U.S. Open title to worry about the appetite of the American tennis fan. Lendl roared into his sixth straight U.S. Open final Saturday, sweeping Jimmy Connors 34 2! Mi, corner of the end zone. Jensen again picked on the freshman two minutes before halftime when he led Cutler, three steps ahead of Richard, at the Texas five and Cutler scored after turning a dressing room before Saturday and told them: "Just relax, go out there and have fun because the pressure is all on Texas tonight." But it wasn't until the speed of little Eric Metcalf helped the Longhorns put the pressure on the Cougars that the Mountain Cats started to enjoy the game. For most of the first quarter the BYU players must have been asking each other. "Hey, are we having fun yet?" Down 0 and apparently stalled on offense, the Cougars' passing game got up off the grass of Memorial Stadium in the final moments of the lirst period and the start of the second to get back into the game. At the start of the game a heavy blanket of dark clouds hung over the fabled old stadium and the air was hot and humid. The threat of rain never materialized and. as the Cougars became acclimatized, things became fun for them. The Cougars ran the ball six times in the first half, all in the first quarter, then remembered the one who brought them from playing West Texas State to playing the Texas Longhorns and started to throw the ball. Si IVsscssmn IMIIVIItl U. STATISTICS HI H.igluin Young. Tuipulolu . Texas ol ns II: Mell'all 1' Britain Young, Jensen Texas Sl.illonl 2 2t Kelk'y HKl'KIY IMi Krmham Young. Culler Ilamlk'v i7u Miles Texas. Jones Ml, Meu ali 4 when m Wilander to baffle for title m Irish prep 100-met- Cougars enjoy H orns whipping - Lendl, 189 3b-- uinhU.-l,is- t Texas freshman corner Stanley Richard on a deep out pattern, hauling in a soft Jensen pass in the mmmmxsmmmmM 21 I Vnallies-vard- TlliK' ot the Cougars threw the football they moved downfield. Jensen mixed his targets, tapping Mike O'Brien for 8, Rich Zayas for 2, Fred Whittingham over the middle for 14, and Chuck Cutler for 4. Then Miles whipped who watched his offense sputter, but strike with two first half touchdowns and a pair of field goals. "I hate to sound like a broken record, but the offense is young. It takes time. These guys haven't played much. But they showed us something tonight." On the other side of the field, Texas coach David McVVilliams became the second coach in school history to lose his home opener. "Overall. I thought we fought hard and never gave up. There's a chance still to be a good football team this year. There's a lot of fight on both sides and you have to give BYU credit for making the big plays "I thought we had a chance to to get in before our last interception y TEX funis called the run. It proved to be a key n 14 n 16 with something experimenting tt 7- -11 4 Passing ants Hetutn valds off-tack- le Yup. t-- BYl' irvt d.mns Kushevaft!i. sprint champion Darren INorris set up the TD with a run. BYU countered with a Jensen to David Miles aerial after one-fift- I III m TexFli Clements 46 KYI Solely. Hutobs blocked Wails punt emi ik HVl -- K(i (llillv M KYI KUChuiv S3 Tex -- Nurris S run (Clements kickt tried eight possesions. Except for the last drive, it was futile. Those runs only took away BYU pass opportunities. The runs gained little, and with 50 percent completions, the runs gave the Cougars 33 percent chance at gaining first downs. Texas scored first, after two BYU possesions sputtered in the first quarter, on a two-yar-d quarterback sneak by Stafford. Two-tim- e 4 m M kirk' to neutralize the aggressiveness of the Longhorn rush by running on first down five of its X . Stdilord 1 rue tCtemmts kick) BYl -- Miles 31 pass trom Jensen (Uiitly kick l I BY fuller 27 (wss trum Jensen idtitty fortable out there. It's starting to come together. I do feel if we get these three games out of our way. we will be a great football team entering the conference race." In almost every way, Jensen's 199 yards against Texas was more impressive than his 317 against Pitt. giant step towards solving an identity crisis. k 14 Young IVx- - 15 Page C?XiA-Z- nation and the world. By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Editor On a hot, AUSTIN, Texas humid night in the rolling hills of the capital city of the largest) football) state in the union, BYU a team in search of itself took a r upend Wolves By The Associated Press The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame opened their 100th college football season with a bang on Saturday by knocking off ninth-- ,' ranked Michigan 26-Notre Dame, ranked 16th, dealt Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler his first loss in a home opener. Michigan had won 17 home openers and tied another since Schembech- " ler took over at Ann Arbor in 1969. Terry Andrysiak completed 11 of 15 passes for 137 yards, including touchdown toss to an flanker Tim Brown to lead the Irish offense. "I had a lot of qualms about Andrysiak up until about 13 days ago," Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz. "I found out that we weren't on the same page. We weren't even in the same book. But I feel comfortable with him now." Braxton Banks scored on a dive, freshman Ricky Watters run and Ted Gradel on an kicked field goals of 44 and 38 yards as the Irish silenced a crowd of Michigan Stadium crowd of 7. 106,-09- (See COLLEGES, Page 8. 16) By The Associated Press K m the Associated Press Top Twenty college hutliall learns fared tills week and schedule for Sept. IS No I Oklahoma beat North Carolina 28-is idle No 2 Nebraska beat No. 3 UCLA is idle. No :i I ( U lost to No. 2 Nebraska vs. Kresno State No 4 Auburn beat Kansas 4W: istdle. beat West Virginia 24--3 No S Ohio State vs Oregon No 6 Louisiana State beat Kullerton Slate 5tM2. vs. Kice No 7 Miami. Ha was idle: is idle. No 8 Florida Slate beat East Carolina : vs. Memphis Slate. No S Michigan lost to No. 16 Notre Dame vs Washington Stale. No 10 (V ...m beat Virginia Tech 0 vs (ieorgia. No lost to No. I II I'rnn State vs Cincinnati. Alabama No 12 Washington beat Purdue al Texas A&M No 1.1 Arkansas ' beat Mississippi vs Tulsa No 14 Tennessee beat Mississippi State .m III is idle beat Illinois Vi 15 Arizona Stale s Pacilic I No lb Notre Dame beat No. 9 Michigan . vs No lb Michigan Slate. was idle: at No. No 17 Mic higan Slate Ih Notre liaine No l Pittsburgh beat North Carolina Stale :t4JI. vs Temple. No Iti'Alabama beat No II Penn State 24 1:1. vs Honda at Birmingham. Ala No 20 Georgia beat Oregon State ; ai t Iciiison Marion Dunn Executive Sports Columnist uuic. nose guard David Futrell, his return to his home state was especially gratifying. Futrell. a native of El Paso who was heaviily recruited by the Longhorns. plugged the middle of the line with his aggressive play and got his first' chance to carry the ball as a collegian. In the pivotal third quarter, BYU linebacker Thor Salanoa deflected a Texas pass with the ball falling into Futrell's hands on the Texas six. BYU had to settle for a field goal by Leonard Chitty. but you can score the play: Salanoa to Futrell to Chitty. Two familiar names from Edwards' football dynasty were at the game and both predicted the Cougars would beat the Longhorns. Fred Whittingham. once Edwards defensive coordinator and now a defensive coach for the Los Angeles Rams, left the Rams in Houston right after their morning practice and was in the press box. "BYU will win. Fred said. Nielsen, who made a guest appearance on Channel 5, didn't pick a score but said BYU would win. The Cougars did just that. It wasn't easy and the Cougars didn't look pretty at times (they didn't get olt to a pretty start anil a foolish personal toul kept Texas' last touchdown drive alive) but the Cougars beat the Longhorns by 5 points alter going into the game a underdog. Pretty is in the eye of the ." Aztecs club Utes - SAN DIEGO San Diego State emerged from a first-hal- f scoring lest in which 66 points were scored and a second half devoted more to defense to blast the University of in a WAC game at Jack Utah Murphy Stadium Saturday night. Heisman Trophy candidate Todd Santos passed the Utes silly in the first half and finished with for 462 yards and four TDs. But halftime lead, after taking a the Aztecs managed only one score in the second half although Santos went the distance. For Utah. Chris Mendonca and Scott Mitchell both saw action at quarterback. Mitchell had a couple of touchdown passes to Darren Hughes in the fourth quarter. Sophomore running back Martel Black scored all three of Utah's first-hal- f touchdowns. Utah turned the ball over twice in the waning minutes of the second quarter. Trailing 4 with only 1:35 left, the Aztecs intercepted Mitchell on the Ute 34 and got a field goal. Three plays later SDSU partially blocked a Ute punt and took over at the Utah 39. With six second left until halftime, Santos hit Alfred Jackson from 18 yards out for the lead at the break. Utah is now overall and in WAC play, while SDSU is also l overall and in the WAC. 52-3- 4 45-1- 4 35-1- 45-1- 4 l-- 0 |
