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Show portstaculqr Thursday, November 8, 1 979 Pag If 'Cats bssjt tdzho, they finish in third piece CAME: THE University of Idaho (45) v. Wobor Stato Cailogo DATE, TIME: Saturday, Navambar 10.1:30 p.m. Stadium (17,000) Ogdon, Utah. (MIST) Women's the passing department is running back Glen White (44, 190, Jr) whe has carried ISO times for 745 yds. (5.4 per carry overage) . leading the defense is defensive end Larry Barker (41 , 210, Jr) with 22 unassisted tackles, 45 assisted tackles and 6 tackes for losses of 32 yards. Defensive tackle Mark Me Neal (47, 225, Sr) has 2 1 unassisted tackles and four sacks far fosses of 27 yards, linebackor Sam Merrlman leads the linebacker corps with 30 unassisted tackles. 99 assisted tackles and two pass deflections. In the secondary look for free safety Ray McCanna (41, 115, Jr) who has 37 unassisted tackles, 52 assisted tackles, 3 pass deflec lions and lour interceptions. In the kicking department, place kicker Pete O'Brien (59, 155, So) has a perfect record thus far in tho season. Hois 18 of IS with PAT'S and Bout of 8 in field goal attempts. His longest hold goal this season is 42 yards. Punting Is Chris Brockman (63, 230, Jr) who has punted 17 times for 687 yards for a 40.4 yds. per kick average. Brockman is a transfer from Snow Junior College and is originally from logon, Utah. (2-- Wildcat THE RECORDS: COACHES: Head coach Jerry Davitch is In his second season at the University of Idaho after spending five years as an assistant coach (4 the Air Force Academy. Davitch has a record of 614 with the Vandals going Into the Weber State game this weekend. Pete Rlehlman is in his third year at Weber State with a 1020record. THE RIEHLMAN QUOTES: What problems does Idaho present to Weber State? larger than Utah "They are tho largest team we will play all year-ev- en State. Oecausa of their site It is going to bo tough to tun on them and our passing game will depend on how well our quarterbacks perform." 'Our goal this week Is to get as many players as we can healthy and toady to play on Saturday and to make sura we have no more Injuries this week. We want to go into tho gam with a good emotional frame of mind. OF THE WEEK: The coaching staff announced Os PLAYERS players ef the week for the Idaho State game. Offensively, fullback Wfllie G las per received the honor. G las per ran two fine screen passes under pressure situations- - one for 44 yards on a third down and 23 situation-a- nd the other for a gain of 1 1 yards based on the moves he made through the defense. Mke Humiston received the defensive player nomination. Mike had two funble recoveries in the 4th quarter in our own territory to stop Idaho State drives. The one recovery helped set up Weber State's final winning touchdown wkh 1:17 remaining on tho clock. Humiston was credited with 8 unassisted tackles, 4 assisted tackles 2 QB sacks for a loss of 1 7 yards. Big Sky Conference- - SERIES HISTORY: Tho first gama played between these two teams was back in If65 with Weber defeating the Vandals, 14-- There have been 14 games played in the series. Idaho holds the upper hand seven games to six with one tie. The tie incidentally, a standoff in 1975 in Ogden, was the NCAA record for the highest scoring tie until neighbor Utah State broke it this season with a 4848 game against San Jose State. Confarence Games All 40-4- 0 LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD : These two teams s have had same wild offensive throughout the series history. Whe you look at the overall paint totals. It is surprising to find Idaho hos but a scant sixpaint overall edge 357351. In other words, the Vandals are averaging 25.5 a game against Weber, while the Cats are averaging 25.0. that's aver 50 paints a gama when these teams meet I 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Idaho leads Idaho Idaho WEBER STATE 12 42 WEEK STATE 28 Idaho 50 WE8ER STATE 28 27 Idaho Idaho 24 1971 1972 WESER STATE 26 17 1973 Idaho 1974. Idaho 38 1975 WEBER STATE 40 45 1976 Idaho 1977 WESER STATE 30 1978 WESER STATE 51 jr 7 Idaho 17 WEBER STATE Idaho 42 7 WEBER STATE 17 WEBER STATE 20 Idaho 10 WEBER STATE WEBER STATE 13 13 40 Idaho WESER STATE 17 27 Idaho Idaho 6 mm announce SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Jazz has announced that Jerry Howarth has joined the NBA club as Director of Sales. Howarth began his duties with the Jazz on Monday, November 5. Howarth most recently worked with the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce as associate at Moscow at Moscow at OGDEN at Moscow at OGDEN at Moscow director the Economic in helping the Chamber of Commerce with the Jazz season ticket drive, prior to the club's move from New Orleans to Salt Lake City. We are very happy to have Jerry join our organization, said Jazz General Manager instrumental edn SCOUTING THE VANDALS: Idaho has a pair of guar terbacks vHth she I or records. Rob Petri Is (64. 204. So) has completed 39 of 94 passes far 4S3 yds. and 7 interceptions. Starting Oils week wf be Joy Oaadenbaur (42, 174, Jr) srho has completed 34 of 93 passes lor 131 yds. cad 0 Interceptions. A favorite receiver appears la be Plonker Jock Klein tda has caught 24 pas tec lor 449 ydt. and 3 touchdowns. Complementing , of Development Council. He was Its eighth trip to Wildcat Stadium, Kickoff is sat far 1:30 (Mountain Daylight Time). Wildcat Stadium seats 17,000. Ta data, Ota WOdcats have played before 23.204 people in three gomes lor on overage crowds! 7,741. Idah. Frank Laydcn. He will be working with the businesses of the community in ticket sales and group nights. Jerry is not a stranger to the f t. tq tu;1tw.' , v iiiv.A u-- Coach-of-the-Ye- Miner received both her bachelors and master's degrees hiring of Howarth bet beaten GAME SITE: ' team concept of individual involvement. For four consecutive years, the had Wildcats the Lady prestigious honor of having the leading scorer in the conference, an forward and nominee in the person of Kathy Miller, 56 forward from Ogden, Utah. Also, at the end of the 1977-7- 8 and 1978-7- 9 seasons, Weber State had two players named to the allconference team: Kathy Miller and Ann Avondet the smallest forward and smallest guard in the entire conference. The Lady Wildcats play the majority of their home games in the Wildcat Gym (picture, opposite), but play in the Dee Events Center several times during a season in doubleheaders with the mens basketball team whenever both teams are at home at the same time. Head Coach Jane Miner Jane Miner took on the job as womens basketball coach at Weber State after a very successful four-yea- r stint as head womens coach at Salt Lakes Hillcrest High School. Her basketball record at Hillcrest was a truly outstanding 48-- 3 and she led her 1976 Hillcrest team to the State Basketball Championship. Since coming to Weber State in the fall of 1976, Coach Miner has led the Lady Wildcats twice to a fourth place finish in the Intermountain Athletic Conference Regional Championships. In 1979, Coach Miner was one of twenty women basketball coaches in the nation to be nominated for the Coach Miner has a great deal of confidence in her players and feels that the basketball program at Weber State is one of the finest in the conference and would eventually like to see it one of the finest in the country. 7UTAH at OGDEN at Moscow at OGDEN at Moscow at OGDEN at Moscow at OGDEN at OGDEN Weber but ence hi Ogden. 2420 in 1971. The Wildcats coma away vHth their first victory ever In Moscow last season wkh e 514 drubbing of Ota Vandals. Id rite continued from page 4 emphasis on hard work and enjoyment. The women athletes are treated as unique individuals and given a maximum of personal attention and guidance while all the time maintaining a Award. 741 WISER STATE 14 basketball Stayfree show-down- Series History S n ci.v :!:. 1 it :? sports 14 theadmii. as he has worked in - raiive, broadcast and newspaper end of sports. He was named Utah's Sportscastcr of the year in 1977 and was honored as Utah's Salesman of the Year the year before that. Howarth has worked as a broadcaster with the Oi.' land Athletics of the Amc "an League, the Salt Lake GulL and Tacoma of the Pacific C isl League and the Utah Pros of . ie WBA. Howarth California, degree in University He also University is from Santa Cla a, where he recei - a Econom. fron .no of Santa Cara in attended Law Sch lft. Hastings Jerry resides with his wife Mary and two sons in Salt Lake City, Utah. from Brigham Young University. The Copper Classic The rivalry between the major Utah schools in Intermountain Conference play has been an intense one since its beginning. The Copper Classic was initiated in 1978 and became the first tournament of its kind to pit the four major Utah schools in a single tournament to determine the best team in the state. Included in the tournament ere Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Utah State ' University and Weber State College. The tournament is rotated every year so that each school has an opportunity to host the: Copper Classic on its home floor. The 1979 Copper Classic was hosted by Weber State and held at the Dee Events Center. The "Classic' has gained additional support each year and is on its way to becoming the premier women's sports traction west. in the at- intermountain ' |