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Show T Friday, October 30, IW8.THE DAILV Hi DYU 13, CAM DEGO STATE week, Morris was aching to play again. "Last week, Rob had what was a sub-pa- r game for him," tackle Daren Yancey said. "All week long, you knew he was going to have a big one because he was mad at himself. Rob was flying at them." La Veil Edwards, usually a stone face when it comes to handing out praise, had to join in the chorus. r "Rob was simplyoutstand- ing once again. There are very few linebackers playing as well as Rob, anywhere," Edwards said. Edwards should be pleased. Defenses win championships. On a night the skies dumped a lake on Cougar Stadium, BYU needed a cork. And got one. Edwards may have wit- Continued from Bl of his career 17 tackles, good for 38 defensive points. "I started just standing there, amazed at what he was doing," fellow linebacker Derik Stevenson said. On one such move, Morris sliced through one of the WAC s top offensive lines and slammed Lewis to the loss. Morris turf for a then spun back on his feet and ended the play by doing the Michael Jackson moonwalk. "He'd shoot through and nail that trap run Stevenson said. "He'd run from sideline to sideline making plays. "It got to where it was hard for me to even get in a play because he'd already made it, third-quart- r J MARC LtSILK area: BYU's Brian Gray, left, hammers San Diego COUGARS State's offense. "We wanted the shutout on ESPN bad." BYU (6-had to earn it with three big stands: The first came with time running out in the second quarter. SDSU got the ball on the Cougar 12 with 15 seconds to go after a botched punt play. With no timeouts remaining, Russell faded back to pass, but was flshed from the pocket. Instead of throwing the ball away to leave time for a field goal attempt, he ran. BYU defensive end Ed Kehl caught him from behind and batted the ball loose. The Aztecs recovered the fumble, but couldn't stop the clock. "To come out of the first half , down just we felt we were still in the game," SDSU coach Ted Tollner said. Tollner turned out to be wrong because: With 9:56 left in the game, the Aztecs drove to a first down at BYU's 8, and took four cracks at the end zone. The Cougs held for the first three plays and then, on fourth down, Gray tipped another pass away from Gourdine this one in the corner of the end 4-- Continued from B I game with 17 tackles. On the game's fourth play, Gray stepped in front of Damon Gourdine to intercept a Brian Russell pass, then returned it 39 yards for the game's only touchdown. "I played with Gourdine at El Camino Junior College," Gray said. "I faced him every day in practice, so I knew his tendencies. "I knew that he always gives the opposite move to the one he's really going to make. When he made a hard move outside I knew he would make a hard move inside. I figured it was a slant and stepped in front of it." With 58:31 left to play and a score already on the board, ESPN had to figure it had another wild Aztec-Couga- r game on its hands. Not quite. Instead, the national TV audience got an ugly, affair dominated by Morris and the BYU defense, which was desperate to redeem itself after allowing 43 points rain-drenche- d against San Jose State, "We wanted to make a little bit of a statement after last week's weak performance," said linebacker Derik Stevenson, who helped hold San Diego to a meager 122 yards of total I lie Daily Herald Larry Ned during Thursday's game. on AFTER GETTING caught out of position on several big plays by San Jose State last n't face a threat of a score. But tonight, they had the ball inside our 8 at least three 13-0- zone. With less than four minutes to go, SDSU again reached the Cougar 8. Russell was sacked by Daren Yancey and threw three more incompletions into the teeth of BYU's secondary. that Rice game, we year. "Then we face UTEP, and they beat us last year. Then we play Utah, and they beat us last year. "We can't get complacent. We have to work hard and be thinking about paybacks." BYU- - 1331 BY- 0 hJ:4 ii i i Call 373-645- I 0. CMIRK1 sKnr ff And win a "Cougar 'FAN'atic Package 2 front row Plus FG Pochman 46. 8 02 seats to a BYU home game, game program & gift certificates. a chance at the "Grand Prize" I LMtWMk a trip to Las Vegas and tickets to the WAC Championship game. - TomTriniuusn of Pleasant Grow Pochman 40 6 34 gt t WMMWOf4NlM Sarond Quarter U plckad 13 right! 63 496 First downs Rushes yards Passing Comp Alt kit Return Yaid6 Punts Avg Fumljtes Lost Penalties Yaids Tune ot Possession M THE DAILY HERALD 13 Cray 39 interception leturn (Pochman kick). MM The Daily Herald 0 - 0 First Quarter BYU-- fG A 0 0 Dick Harmon is a sports writer and regular columnist for The Daily Herald. J tempered the Cougars' title hopes, just a little. "We're happy we won, but we're not real comfortable," quarterback Kevin Feterik said. "Now we have New Mexico, and they beat us last 0 3 did- III ). 0 10 0 in 1985. To Morris, this gigantic defensive effort was mostly about team goals. "We want to control our own destiny," he said. "We don't want to stay home for Christmas this year." With a performance like Thursday, Morris may not have to worry. advertising section. BYU's own poor offensive performance (two field goals, 236 total yards and 59 yards on 22 carries for Ronney Jenkins) San Olgo 81. Srigham Young THE COUGARS entered the game ranked sixth in the NCAA in rushing defense (84.4 yards per game), but faced what SDSU radio voice Ted Leitner called the best Aztec running attack in 20 years. BYU also had the nation's No. 11 ranked defense, allow- "lhg28I.5 yards to opponents. The Cougars gave San Diego 80 rushing yards, only 122 total. It was the first shutout of an Aztec offense since the Cougars' 28-- goose egg here Imagine the housing possiblilities in our classified The shutout was the first blanking San Diego State had suffered in 154 games and yes, the last Aztec shutout was administered at Cougar Stadium in 1985 (28-0- Page BS times and didn't score. I didn't feel relaxed until the very end on our last stand." nessed the best performance that side of the ball in at least two seasons. "It was better than the shutout against Rice in our 14-- l year," Edwards said. just watch all the Super Freak Show 250 pounds with 4.5 speed, streaking toward the play. He was awesome, just outstanding." "In Gray - 0 HARMON "All I could do is ALU. Provo, Utah SDSU BYU 9 36 80 42 48116 120 12 73 6 43 9 Plus 16 Everyone who outfoxes KSL's Greg Wrubell will earn a chance at the Grand Prize. Tom mo thai 170 34 5 41 3 2 327 212 26 34 33 26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Ban Diego St Lewis 13 59 Ned 12 31 Russell 9 4 Hams ( (minus 11 Copeland (minus 13) BYU Jenkins 22 S9 Mahe 9 31. Cupp 3 20. Feterik 13 11 Hnnsheld (minus 5) PASSING San Diego St Russell 6 19 42 Hams 1200 BYU Felenk 12 17 0 120 RECEIVING ban Deqo St Reyes 2 14 Mahaffey I 13 Amp 7 Ned Gourdine 0 BYU Hooks 4 34. Hoilun 4 33. Mahe Nuno I 20 Jenkins Last week, 54 readers outfoxed Greg Wrubell. THE DLY HERALD GRIDIRON CONTEST X Here are this week's 77 outfox kJatliatrl I 1 W Sy.tJJ7 bji&vS f'Jh yd", -1. 1. Si jj by Greg Wrubell i 4. '4 5. --J 4. l.i , I. si . II. 2 J 0. OJ 4 12- - 1. fly. 3 VII IIU MmoVW PICK THE WINNER- 2. '& " picks - J 4 Wyoming at TCU Oregon at Arizona Arkansas at Auburn Colorado St. at Rice Georgia at Florida Missouri at Texas Tech Utah at San Jose St. Texas AIM at Oklahoma St. Miami at Buffalo (Pro) Tennessee at Pittsburgh (Pro) N.Y. 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