Show - 2B Saturday Nov 4 1989 r Standard-Examine- Sports meets up with Pacific USU staff Standard-Examine- gies and the Tigers kicks off at 8:05 pm (MST) today at Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium Even though Utah State has Utah State and Pacific — two teams that have spent their nonleague schedules enduring maul-ing- s in various lions dens — will be looking for respectability when won the last three meetings against the Tigers the scores 0 in 1986 have been close in 1988 0 3 in 1987 and These two team have faired somewhat better in the safer confines of the Big West Utah State is 1 in the league and could still make a run for the title if San Jose State can somehow defeat g Fresno State tonight However a Fresno State victory gives the Bulldogs at least a share of the conference title and the California Raisin Bowl berth Pacific in league had its lone win over Long Beach State however the Tigers have played their other league foes reasonably the two Big West Conference foes collide in Stockton Calif tonight The Aggies 5 and the Tigers 14-1- 2-- have somehow survived their respective “give me the guarantee check and let me out of here" games Pacific has played at Auburn Pittsburgh Arizona and San Diego State and still must travel to Hawaii next week — just asked any “Blue" Cougar about the fun of a Hawaiian vacation during -8 non-leag- 23-2- 17-1- 2-- ue league-leadin- football season -3 Meanwhile the Aggies’ non- league run included: Southern California Illinois and Brigham Young University And at last the more evenly balanced battle between the Ag well “I think we have made some progress” said Coach Walt Harris “We haven’t got the W’s on the scoreboard but we have won a lot of little w’s” Harris returned to his alma mater after serving on Johnny Major’s staff at Tennessee as offensive coordinator for five And USU Coach Chuck Shelton is wary of this game “They’re doing as much as they can possible do with their talent level” Shelton said “They play for four quarters San Jose State got ahead of them with a big lead and then UOP came back and scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter “They’re not a team that’s going to let up at all We are going to have to play them very hard” Like most teams that the Aggies have faced the Tigers are averaging more yards offense than USU Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka won’t be the man who came to dinner not in Green Bay at least “We don’t have too many friends in Green Bay" Ditka said as he prepared the Bears for an important NFL game Sunday with the Packers “It’s the way football was meant to be played” Ditka a longtime tight end with the Bears in his playing days knows a little about the n Bay story “You’re talking about the longest rivalry in the NFL and it has never ceased to be a good rivalry and a tough rivalry” he said “I think it will be every bit as big as anything we have played (against the Packers) in Chicago-Gree- the eight years I Sunday’s meeting will be the 138th — the Bears lead 76-55- -6 4-- three-gam- 20-1- game Phoenix Coach Gene Stallings is hoping the Cardinals can benefit from a short work week by the Giants “Their players won’t have their normal two days of rest on The WAC title is still within BYU’s grasp even with last Saturday’s devastating defeat — 8 BYU’s worst since a loss to New Mexico in 1970 two years before Edwards became the Cou51-- Associated Press Par-cel- ls gars’ head coach Harbaugh shown in a game with the LA Rams has been named the starter for the Chicago Bears Jim Monday and Tuesday" Stallings said “It disrupts things It’s really tough to play a Monday night game and then play another game at the end of the week” The Giants intercepted Gary Hogeboom four times in a 35-- 7 victory earlier this season Another former Dallas quarterback Steve Pelluer will get a chance to complete his first pass for Kansas City as the Chiefs 5 benched interception-pron- e Steve DeBerg against Seattle 3-- 4-- After today’s duel with Orethe Cougars play host to rival both Air Force and University of Utah before going on the road to San Diego State If BYU wins all three remaining league games it would claim the conference crown gon 4 te “There is plenty in the offense that I am uncomfortable with” Pelluer acquired from the Cowboys earlier this season said “I’ve got to have the ability to tell them something I am not comfortable with” Or he could just hand off to Christian Okoye who gained 156 of his g 810 rushing yards in Kansas City’s 6 victory last month at Seattle “The great thing is the fact that we can control our own destiny” Edwards said “If we can win our factor or either team being able to cram the ball down the other’s From IB to have a size advantage on of-fense similar to the kind they enjoyed against Southern Utah State EWU’s defensive ends Aaron Hansen and Jon McPherson weigh a slim 234 and 220 pounds respectively Arslanian is quick to discount the thought the Wildcats can use the size advantage to dominate the line of scrimmage like they did against SUSC when George Jackson and Geoff Mitchell each rushed for over 100 yards “Their two ends aren’t very big but they don’t have to be big strong physical players in the design of their defense” said Arslanian “I don’t see size being a Davis rom 9-- 0 rst IB lead with 7:34 left in the quarter Heath called his own number om 13 yards out early in the tcond quarter and the Darts ok a 24-- 0 halftime lead when urke Rigby scored from one ird out with just 54 seconds left the half Cjprus never crossed midfield the first half and its deepest Tensive penetration was its own line midway through the rst quarter "We thought we would have a srd time running the ball be i i throat" Instead Weber’s first-yecoach prescribes a balanced approach That should mean plenty of business for tight end Peter Macon and the rest of the Wildcat receivers “You know Peter will be a major part of our offense” said Arslanian “And if they double up on Peter our other receivers are very capable of making them pay for it Look what Melvin Maxwell and Rob Trebilcock did last week" The Eagles might have the final say in that They have turned the ball over 12 times and forced opponents into 27 turnovers “If we can avoid falling into the trap of turning the ball over run-pa- cause Kearns was so big But I thought our kids dominated the line of scrimmage and we matched up pretty well with them We got off the ball quick and people that stop us stop us up front Kearns really keyed on Kynaston and that opened things and Hill is a heck up for Hill of a running back" said Dickson Davis rushed 58 times for 341 yards with Hill getting 106 yards on 10 carries and adding a scoring dash in the third quarter Kynaston carried IS times for 99 yards while junior Joe Warden came off the bench in the second half and picked up 55 yards on 15 carries 55-ya- rd Heath completed KICKOFF: -6 passes 1 pm today 1 430 AM EWU RECORD: Big Sky Conference 3-- 4 overall WEBER STATE RECORD: 0-- 6 Big Sky Conference 7 overall LAST MEETING: 1988: Weber State 51 Eastern Washington 30 SERIES RECORD: Weber State leads 5-- 2 KEY MATCHUPS: Weber State's offensive line vs Eastern No TV KLO ss 3-- 3 Washington's undersized defensive front WSC quarterback Ryan Schmidt who had a hot hand against Montana State last week goes against an improved EWU secondary that has picked off 14 passes The Wildcats' defensive front seven wiH have to battle the Eagles' running game In homecoming games Tight end NOTEBOOK: Weber State is 5 Peter Macon is 23 receptions short of becoming the career pass catching leader at Weber State The Wildcats have lost their last seven Big Sky Conference games dating back to November 1988 12-1- all-ti- From IB The key play came on at the Spartan third-and-inch- es line when BE quarterback Kurt Morrison threw to Kevin Welch on a slant pattern Welch’s catch took the ball to the line Welch dove over from the 1 for the touchdown and Kelly Hashi-mot- o followed with a successful PAT The visitors scored again early in the second period thanks to a Spartan turnover Linebacker Kendall Wilson’s fumble recovery gave Box Elder possession at the Spartan line Five plays later Morrison and Welch teamed up on a scoring strike Hashimoto's kick was blocked and the Bees led 16-ya- rd 13-- 0 It wasn’t until midway through the second quarter that Emery’s we'll be all right" said Arslanian Otherwise it could be a long homecoming afternoon for the for 101 yards and the TD bomb to Hill while back-u- p quarterback Brad Bodily closed out the Darts’ scoring with a run with 5:38 remaining Davis finished with 442 yards of total offense while holding the Pirates to just 52 total yards and only four first downs The Darts didn’t commit a turnover and their junior varsity punt return team blocked a Cyprus punt as Keith Elison got to the ball The Darts 2 overall and winners of their last six games can now turn their attention toward Brighton which punished Provo 28-in Friday's first game The Brighton-Davi- s matchup is next Friday at 6 pm in Rice Sta rd 9-- 0 we can be conference champions that would take care of everything that we set out to do “But that’s a big ’if’ because we’ve got some tough teams coming up" Washington State is the only mutual foe for Oregon and BYU and both teams have lost at home to those “other” Cougars from Pullman Wash WSU won in Eu8 in Provo and 1 51-3- 46-4- gene Ore “Oregon is a very good football team They are 3 now and have 5-- some victories against good teams like Arizona” said Edwards who also noted that Oregon quarterback Bill Musgrave (with 1856 yards passing and 15 pro prosTDs) is a highly-rate- d pect and that the Ducks have revamped their running game in recent weeks As for BYU sophomore Ty Detmer has thrown for 3017 yards and 18 touchdowns and is second nationally in total offense averaging 368 yards per game He also is ranked first in passing efficiency Oregon Coach Rich Brooks says he “was shocked” by BYU’s score at Hawaii and he figures his team might have to pay for it today “I’m not very happy with that result because I’m sure Coach Edwards won’t have any trouble getting the attention of his players this week” he said “Certainly they have a lot of pride and honor The way they played last week against Hawaii is not indicative of the strength of their team “Musgrave is a very intelligent quarterback and usually makes good decisions He doesn't have the numbers of somebody like Detmer but then we don’t throw the ball as much as BYU either I think he (Musgrave) is one of the best quarterbacks in the nation” Brooks said 20-1- iEWUiAILWEBERlSTATEl ar “We had some nicks and bruises but we have healed up quite well” Shelton said league-leadin- 29-ya- rd wsc ing off an idle week next three conference games and play” offs 4-- Harris said “It is a little bit of everything Anything we can to move the ball” Meanwhile Utah State is com 4-- 24-1- us” all-ti- 4-- 23-2- 0 Parcells doesn’t know if quarterback Phil Simms and tight end Mark Bavaro will be ready to play against the Cardinals 4 Bavaro sat out Monday night’s victory over Minnesota with a knee injury and Simms didn’t return after sustaining a sprained ankle early in the non-leag- 6-- Phoenix hopes recent history doesn’t repeat The Giants 1 and tied with San Francisco for the top record in the NFL lost 7 in last seato Phoenix son’s visit to the desert a setback which figured prominently in New York missing the play- for 2-- 2-- ce Minnesota and Chicago” Win or lose Infante is happy to be involved in the race “Last year about this time of the year we were pretty much out of it” he said “This year we are at least in the hunt" Jim Harbaugh who relieved Mike Tomczak at quarterback and sparked the Chicago offense against Los Angeles will start against Green Bay The Packers will counter with Don Majkowski who leads the NFL in passing yardage (2303) and touchdown passes (16) following last week’s career-hig- h “The Cardinals are a team that give us trouble We have a lot more trouble with them than we have with Washington" said “This is a big game a From IB lot of people who voted didn’t have the results or the score" said Edwards whose team tries to bounce back today at noon with a clash against the University of Oregon of the Pac-1- 0 Conference The Cougars now 2 overall hope to recover from their Hawaii humiliation and build some momentum for their final stretch drive in the Western Athletic Conference title chase They are 1 in the WAC and trail leagueleading Air Force which is 0 Air Force and BYU collide here next Saturday in what shapes up as a WAC championship showdown but the Cougars aren’t about to look ahead to the Falcons just yet “It's extremely important for us to do well against Oregon simply because we have to ourselves and to get back into that vein of playing more aggressively and doing what we have to do to win ball games” Edwards said “Whether we win or lose against Oregon the important thing is how well we 7-- here” 8:05 pm (MST) No TV 1 490 AM630 AM 5 overall I UTAH STATE RECORD: 1 Big West Conference 8 overall 3 I PACIFIC RECORD: Big West Conference I LAST MEETINQ: 1988: Utah State 23 Pacific 20 ISERIES RECORD: Utah State leads 15-- 6 and has won 11 of last 12 I KEY MATCHUPS: Freshman Pacific quarterback Troy Kopp will have to battle Utah State's improving defensive squad Kopp's stats are: 3 for 1412 yards 7 interceptions and 11 touchdowns The Aggies' offensive running game averaging a pathetic 76 yards a game will go up against a Tiger defense that has had trouble stopping anybody's ground attack schedule is I NOTEBOOK: Believe it or not the Tigers’ actually worse than Utah State’s Pacific has played at Pittsburgh Auburn San Diego State and play at Hawaii next week — just ask BYU about that trip Utah State wide receiver Patrick Newman is nine Aggie career reception receptions from moving to No 2 on the list Newman has 125 right now Former teammate Kendal Smith leads the list with 170 KICKOFF: ' v BYU victoeffort in a ry over Detroit New York Giants Coach Bill Parcells whose team will battle have been — since 1921 The Packers haven't won a game since 1984 “There are so many obvious reasons why this game will take on the appearances of a monumental contest for us" Packers’ Coach Lindy Infante said “But I guess most importantly it is just another chance for us to find out how far we have come and whether we can compete with the big boys in our division or what” 4 The Packers trail the Bears and the Minnesota Vikings by a game in the NFC Central race “There is no question that the Central Division has come together” said Ditka whose team e losbroke the only ing streak of his tenure with a 0 victory Sunday over the Los Angeles Rams “There are four teams that look right now like they are capable of winning 8 it — Tampa Bay Green Bay 367-yar- d KUIAH£5HATlEACIEJCa Pacific’s offense is led by fresh- man quarterback Troy Kopp who has been the focal point of the Tigers’ abandonment of the wishbone from previous years “He (Kopp) is only a freshman but has made some outstanding decisions” said Shelton “Our offense is a mixture of two back one back and no back” P?'rzr Chicago old rival to collide Sunday Associated Press 281-24- Stockton tonight “They keep their offense on the field for a long time” Shelton said “That is a major aoncern for us" Shelton hopes that somehow he can get his own offensive group to play well for a whole game Against New Mexico State the Aggies didn’t get its offense on track until the fourth quarter “We need to have a good game from our offense from beginning to end" Shelton said “If we have a first half like we did against New Mexico State we are going to get beat” years Tiger first-ye- ar in Wildcats who have and already has more than their share this year of long game-day-s 0-- 6 -7 dium “Brighton is a very physical team so whoever wins the war up front will win the game The thing I was most pleased with today was that we played for 48 minutes If we do that we’re as good as anybody around" Dickson said Cyprus Davit Oavis — Hill 64 (kick failed) 0 0 15 pass 0—0 0 7 8 — 37 from Heath Davis — B Kynaston 26 field goal Davis — Heath 13 run (B Kynaston pas from—Heath) 1 run Davis (B Kynaston Rigby kick) Davit — Hill 55 run (B Kynaston kick) Davis — Bodily 3 run (kick failed) offense got rolling Box Elder Coach Larry Findley said earlier in the week that he was concerned about the Spartan passing combination of Spartan quarterback Ryan Stilson and flanker Cody Allred They lived up to his expectations on Emery’s second-quartdrive Stilson hit Allred on a gain to the Bees’ 17 and two plays later the combo clicked again when Stilson lobbed a pass in the left comer of the end zone to Allred for the score The half ended with Box Elder 7 That changed still leading when Findley chose to quickly keep his offense on the field on a situation at the Bees’ 47 yard line early in the third quarter But Emery stuffed the play when Rob Wagoner and Jeff Guymon stopped Welch shy of the first down on a sweep er 46-ya- rd 13-- fourth-and-inch- es “That play seemed to spark our guys” said Jones Indeed it did Four plays later the Spartans struck on a TD pass again d from the combo 3 for a lead Emery’s defense kept Box Elder in check on its next two possessions and forced two punts Then it set up the Spartan’s third TD Box Elder began moving the ball on its first possession of the fourth quarter until Allred stepped in front of a Morrison line pass at the Spartan Allred caught the ball and sprinted down the sideline 89 yards to the Bees’ Stilson scored on a the next play on a QB sneak and with 9:35 left in the game Emery led Stilson-to-Allre- 14-1- 10-ya- rd 1 21-1- 3 Moments later Emery cashed in a blocked punt for its final touchdown The Spartans took over at the BE 28 and Stilson connected with teammate Steven y Gordon on a fly route on a scoring drive Box Elder who finished the year at 2 failed to penetrate the Emery defense until under a minute remained in the game Morrison hit Welch on a TD toss but it was too little too late one-pla- 8-- 66-ya- rd 7 6 0 6 — 19 0 7 7 14 — 28 Emery Box Elder — Welch 1 run (Hashimo-t-o Box Elder kick) Box Elder — Welch 5 pass from Morrison (kick failed) Emery — Allred 9 pass from Stilson (Childs kick) Emery — Allred 6 pass from Stilson (Childs kick) Emery — Stilson 1 run (Childs kick) Emery — Gordon 28 pass from Stilson (Childs kick) Box Elder — Welch 66 pass from Morrison (pass failed) i |