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Show orfstacular HJntiss 3 in Rico Stadium. For tho Utoi I was a caso of too littlo to lata os thoy scorod twico in tho socond half and rocovorod an kick, but couldn't got tho winning points on tho hoard. Tho Utos two scoros coma on a 72 yard scoring sc am par by Law Is Walkar, Ms longost of tho season, and a Fbyd Hod go to Joo Tarv or pass good for IS yards and a touchdown. Tho Utos throa Axtoc passes with Bill Gompf and Forrest Henry each picking off their fourth of the season and James Wilson also getting one. Wilton played well. Besides tho Interception, In the Astoc end tone, ho chased down two Astoc tackles and alto in tho open field wbh scoring-savinon-sid- g kick. UTE SORE SPOTS Tailback Mel Fields has a shoulder sprain Is I it tod this week at questionable. FuUback Sam Baldwin suffered a bruised arm but should bo ready ter Saturday. Defensive back Charlie Bold had a tendon pulled off Ms finger last weak In practice and was opera tad on. Ho wl bo out this week. n, , 1 979 IHl&irjsurd COACHES: confaronco 17-1- on-sid-o 1 gjmmg sifSoF HMn y'jnm LAST WEEK: Tho Utoi urfTorod thalr first lost of fitiNNK HwyM to San Diago Stato recovered tho Pag 4 Thursday, November WAGNER KEY TO UTE OF- - One of the reasons for the success of die Utah offense this season has boon the outstanding Rno play of guard Denny Wagner and center, Steve White. According to the Uto offensive line grading system, a grade of aver 78 percent It outstanding aad In die last four games. White has graded out at an average of BO percent with Wagner just a notch below at 70 percent. Both players are seniors and should bo strong candidates for honors this season. Their play Is one of die reasons dmt die Utos are number two in team rushing this week (221.8 per game) aid hove two runners in the top live rushers In dlls week's WAC C Utah's Wayne Howard Is 1816 In Ms third In his eighth year as a major college in his tixdi hood coach. Now Mexicos BII Mondt is 1 season as lobe Hoad Coach and as a major college head year at Utah and S8-2- B SERIES RECORD The Utos load in the series but tho lobes have won the last two mootings. In 1977 (Wayne Howard's first year) the Lob os dumped tho Utos 4 In Albuquerque and last year Now Mexico knocked off Utah 24-1In Salt lake City. Tho Utos last win against tho lobes came in 1976 In Salt lake 3441. The Utos last boat tho lobes In Albuquerque in 1973, 1 41-2- 36-3- 8. i. w on offense by tailbacks Jimmy Sayers and Mica Carter. Sayan b tho loading lobe rusher ami has gained 498 yards on 1 03 carries for a 4.1 per carry average. Carter has carried tho bal 6B times for 386 yards and a 8.2 average. Abo In there b Jamie Fox who has 93 carries for 409 yards and a 4.4 average. Quarterbacking Bio lobes this weak should bo Casey Miller who didn't play last weak against BVU because of a sore knee. On die season Mller Is 3844 through tho air for 43B yards and one scare. David Osborn, the fresh QB, who played against BVU last week b 2247 far SOS yards and five in tore apt lens. Loading lobe receiver b Jimmy Sayan who has IS cafches for 103 yds. FlaiAor William Owens has SCOUTING THE LOBOS: nw Mask. 1 1 catches far 186 yards asd 1 touchdown. Tight ends Chrb Combs and Web Arnold have 10 catches apiece. Four of Com-b- s hava gone far touchdowns. The lobes feature an defense lad by comocboch Shamy Fields who has seven In ten op Hons to load the WAC thb weak and rank third In die nation. Other top lobe defendsn are linebacker Mica Forrest who has 66 tackles to lead the team and defensive and C ha Hie Baker who has 68 tackles. The lobe num- - stats. PROVO Several times in recent seasons Colorado States football team has been credited with an assist in BYUs successful drive for a WAC championship. At key points the Rams have waylaid contenders headed in the same direction. Now, as the cougars prepare for Saturdays game with the Rams in Fort Collins, BYU realizes that the same team that giveth can taketh away. Our experience has been that you have to be at your very best Colorado State, acknowledged BYU Coach LaVell Edwards. Weve been derailed by them (CSU) too often to take them lightly. They are really playing good ball now, as evidenced by their upset of San Diego State. against 37-- 3 one big reason why th BYU Cougars ora rated nation in both college polls. 1 1th in the BYU, too, is playing good football. The Cougars posted their seventh win of the season last week with a 59-- 7 romp over New Mexico, although the Lobos were admittedly weaker because of injuries. But the win vaulted the Cougars higher in the NCAA statistics where the Mountain Cats are setting the pace for Division I schools in scoring, total offense and passing. Despite the statistical ranking, the Rams arent likely to be .impressed. CSU now has a three-gam- e winning streak of its own, bouncing back after a slow start that had them losing four of their first five games. Hie defeats came against Arizona, Arkansas, Utah State and Utah. Then, too, the Rams are only slightly off pace in the current WAC standings, sharing second place with Utah; both with 1 3-- records, compared to BYUs 44 UTES IN THE WAC: The game with Now Mexico must game far tho Utos If they are to stay alive In the WAC HHa chase. Currently BVU loads the WAC with a perfect 44 conference mark. Utah and Colorado Stato are tied for Tho rest socond with a record wbh San Diego Stato at New Mexko of the conference looks Ike thb. Hawaii Wyoming 14, Texas El Paso 04. h tho WAC stab this week. The Utos are kid In rushing, fifth In total offense and third In scoring as a team. Fbyd Hedge b fourth in total offense and fourth In passing, lawb Walker is third in tho WAC b rushing and Tony Lindsay b fifth. Walker b also socond to kkkoff returns. Punter Jeff Hucko b still third in the WAC In pundng wbh hb 424 average. Hucko b 18th h the nation h ba 2-- 3-- 1 2-- 3, punting. HOWARD SAYS: on the san diego state GAME: "Wo hurt ourselves with penalities and funbles and weren't abb ta make up for them against San Diego State. Defanssvaly wo didn't do a vary good job of stopping their running gam ON NEW MEXICO: 'To win against New Mexico dib weak we have ta do a bettor ob up front b our defense. Wo wfl also hava to maintab some ball control with our offense whkh wEI bo hard because Now Mexico gives you so many different looks an their defense mark. Saturdays contest will be a trip down memory lane for several key figures. For BYU quarterback Marc Wilson, the nations leader in total offense, it may be reflections of his first start as a Cougar regular, a game which the Cougars won by a lopsided score two years ago. For Coach Edwards it may be a tie fuzzy recall of the classic of five years ago when the outcome of the game was still in question as late as after the final gun. Coach Sark Arslanian probably remembers the 1975 game, since in the Rams edged BYU, the WAC opener. That was a year when the Cougars had to settle for fourth place in the final 33-3- 3 20-1- 7, standings. Its too late for either team to make any drastic changes, although Sark and the Rams have a reputation for working in a few new wrinkles designed to keep the Cougars off guard. The Cougars, no doubt, will use the same formula a offense with hard defensive play come Saturday afternoon. This year, however, the Cats have strengthened their running game to provide a more balanced attack. pass-orient- Running backs Homer Jones, Eric Lane, Scott Phillips and a good bench of reserves picked up 172 yards Saturday against New Mexico, a team ranted number one in WAC defense against the rush going into the game. CSU will probably concentrate its defense on the aerial game triggered by Marc Wilson. Wilson has thrown for just under 2,400 yards in seven games, and now has four consecutive games of 300 or more yards total offense (only a 294 yard effort against UTEP kept the Seattle senior from a s games. string of six 300-plu- Wilson, however, is pushing all the praise in the direction of (1) the Cougar offensive line and (2) a seemingly enJteu bench of good receivers. Facts about the gams CAME: BRIGHAM 74 (44 WAC) Adiladc Conforanca) DATE, SITE: 44 YOUNG v. (3-- 1 UNIVERSITY COLORADO AdiloHc UNIVERSITY (Wotfom WAC) Saturday, Nov. 3 1979 Collint.Cofo. (Woafom STATE I p.m. Hughaa Stadium, Fort SERIES RECORD: TMa la ana of tha oldoit torlot In tho rag Ion, dating back ta 1922, tha yoar BYU iQaagad Intoreolloglato football. Iho two toami hava playod a total al 41 gHMA anf CSU carrlac a 4 adga. Tha Cougart hava now wan throe In a8p. 22-16- Continued an Page 7 |