Ben Lomond Beacon | 1979-09-13 | Page 14

LOGAN Utah national limelight, head said USUs fourth-yea- r coach, Snyder. All the national polls Ive seen have them anywhere from third to seventh. Were excited about the prospects of playing them, because obviously it gives us a chance to beat them. Last years NCAA total offense kingpins, the averaged more than SOI yards a game on the ground and through the air. Offensive luminaries back for 1979 included runner I.M. Hipp who will be after his third straight 1,000-yar- d season and impressive tight end Junior Miller. Center Kelly Saalfield, split Tim Smith, wingback-retur- n specialist Kenny Brown and fullback Andra Franklin are reputed to be the best at what they do in the Big-8- . Their front line on defense looks awesome, and Im not overstating it, said Snyder. I understand they are curious about their defensive secondary; they expect to play a few more passing teams starting with Counting on the third time to be the charm, States unbeaten (but once tied) football team pre-seas- makes another visit to Lincoln, Nebraska for a game with the nationally-regarde- d Comhuskers of Tom Osborne. Kickoff, mountain time, is set for 12:30 p.m. Bruce Snyders club goes into this one following 8 a season-openin- g tie at San Jose State Saturday on the west coast. It was, according to the NCAA statistics service, the highest scoring tie in 111 years of college football. Little solace to a club which scored more points than ever before under Snyder...but didn't win. Fridays departure for Nebraska marks USUs third visit to Lincoln. The Bill Staley-le- d Ags of 1966 played well in a 28-- 7 loss that year and the Tony Adams club of 1971 was beaten by the Huskers, 42-Its certainly a good chance for us to get into the rs 48-4- RoyaDs imoftdh By Bliss Fullmer Breaks will determine the outcome of this game, predicted Coach Brent Belnap, as his Scots took the field against Roy, Friday afternoon, and he was right. Ben Lomond claimed every statistic - end-punt- er wditq coBurnim, in the book, except the one on the score board that read, Roy 16 -Ben Lomond 14, and thats the one that counted. All scoring happend in the first half, as the game turned into a defensive stand-of- f in the final 24 minutes. Ben Lomond drew first blood on a sustained drive to the goal with 6:56 minutes left to play in the first quarter. Mark Davis quarterback-sneake- d it in from one yard out and Mike Williams converted to make it 7 0 for the us, and theyve worked hard to strengthen their pass defense. Saturday afternoons game in Lincoln is Nebraskas opener and that may have some of the Comhuskers looking over their shoulders. NU hasnt won an opener since 1975, even though they have had six straight seasons of nine wins or better under Osborne and six bowl trips. Obviously, the legacy even before Osborne (beginone. ning with Bob Devaney, now AD) is a football-ric- h Nebraska fans have enjoyed 17 straight winning teams; NU has won 10 Big-- 8 titles during that time; a pair of national champs have been included in that group; theyre after their 10th straight finish in the nations top 10; theyre the defending Big-- 8 champs and Saturdays game with the Aggies will draw 76,400 the 100th straight sellout in Memorial Stadium. beati Scofities home team. The Scots scored again the the second frame, when Davis hit Blake Johnson on an 18 yard pass, and the game took on the appearance of a total runaway, but on the ensuing kickoff, Roys Tony Thompson took the ball on his own five yard line and scampered, untouched, through the middle and down the left side line, 95 yards for a T.D. The Royals scored again, in the second quarter on a 33 yard field goal, after Marvin Stanger plucked off a Ben Lomond pass, and Toby Phillips booted it in, to close the score to Moments later, the Royals got another break. Todd Taylor recovered a fumble on Ben Lomonds 44 yard line, and Bert Rich and company engineered a drive for what turned out to be the winning 14-1- 0. touchdown. Blaze Bishop exploded up the middle for the last 18 yards and the. score. Ben Lomonds rushing game was impressive. The Scots carried 37 times for 179 net yards. They completed five of twelve posses for 70 yards, but had two interceptions. The Royals, in 30 carries, accumulated 106 yards, and picked up another 42 yards on four of fifteen aerials, with one interception. The Scots led in one statistic that probably cost them the ball game. They were penalized twelve times for 110 yards, while the Royals forfeited 20 yards on just two flags. Ben Lomond registered twelve first downs to eight for Roy. Royal Coach Ernie Jacklin was rather defensive over the battle of statistics and his Miracle . win. ONE, LIKE ALU Roy coaches, Fred Thompson, Ralph Coder and Ernie Jacklin in Roy, Ben Lomond grid contest. The Royals were victorious. LIKE We gave them a lot of yardage, be conceded, but they were only down in our territory twice in the second half, and we didnt let them have anything long. Jacklin also reflected on Roys demonstrate new strutting technique an 1 CAN FULLER O'BRIEN SPRAY PAINT three punt returns for FAST DRV Vour Choice of Any Typo or Color necessary e No obligation on all Fuller O'Brien No purchase With Coupon returns. Point Products (Except posted sale items ) Adults Only One Can Per Residence CRITTENDEN Paint and Glass Company 2S8 24th St. Ogdtn, Utah Phone [phone] No. Main Layton, Utah Phone [phone] e Offers Valid wCoupon Only e One Par Customer e Expires October 15, 1979 36 yards, while the Scots had only two for 14 yards. He noted that Roy picked up 125 yards on kick-of- f returns (96 on the Mg one) while Ben Lomond got 52 yards on four V The coach did acknowledge that penalties hurt die Scots and cost them the winning touchdown. It was a stange game at McAllister Park. In the early stages Ben Lomond threatened to blow the Royals clear out of the stadium, but the momentum turned to Roys side, and they claimed a bBig victory. They got the stats, reflected Coach Jacklin, but we got the game.