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Show SportslacularPag 4 Thursday! November 1 - Wildcats 5, 1 979 Can Wildcats match last years' performance? THE GAME: j vs. Wabar State College Utah Stata University 37j DATE, TIME: Saturday. November 17. 1:30 p.m. Stadium (1 7.000) Qgden. Utah. Wildcat (MST) (3-7- UTAH STATE ) Idaho Mike Humiston wandered up to Coach Pete Riehlman just as the last seconds ticked away in Webers Big Sky upset of Idaho, go. THE RECORDS: WEBER STATE stun Me Hippie, quarterback, it ana af the top signakellen In the notion. Hip- pie ha completed I H pae for 1540 yard and 1 1 touchdown. Hippie ha been plagued by a nagging (boulder In jury, bid since the Aggies have hod a bye week to prepare for their final two games, he should be ready to HIPPIE'S FAVORITE TARGETS ARE Jama Murphy (51 catches. 066 yards, 5 TD's) and junior college transfer Ken Thompson (39 catches, 794 yards, 1 1 (5-3-- ) 1 12-- TD') 7. d linebacker The put his big arms around the head coach and the two embraced with a tear or two being shed. 6-- 2, 10 at North Dakota Stata 3 at Brigham Young48 13Portiand Stata 16 9-- 8 5 9-2- 2 1 1 48at San Josa Stot48 14at Nbraska35 24COLORADO STATE0 16atMontana23 21 at Montana Stat4Q 47 at UTAH21 10-1- 3 34NORTHERN ARIZONA 1 0 Sat Navada-Rno2- 24Brigham Young48 10-2- 9 10-- 6 5 1 LONG BEACH STATE28 10-2- 7 7BoisStat23 15at PACIFIC 14 14at Ariiona Stat28 11-- 3 14IDAHO STATE 10 35CAL 11-1- 0 12IDAH07 11-1- 0 2 Rushing wise, the Aggies ore only averaging about 140 yards a game, but senior Rick Parras is picking up much of that with 060 yards on 106 carries and has 1 1 touchdowns to go with those stats. Even though Webers victory over the Vandals wasnt the most artistic victoi7 in their football history, the win enabled the Wildcats to gain back some glory after a heartbreaking start. Its been players like Humiston that have taken the blows week in and week out. Hie junior Wildcat from Anderson, California has suffered through painful injury and a little mental anquish. Saturdays victory in Wildcat Stadium patched up a few of 12-- 7 Defensively, the Aggies, like Weber State, have suffered a couple of key injuries Riot have forced diem to make some persnnel changes. On per-- , candidate Rulon Jones son who will not change is 275) at the defensive end position. Jonas Is from liberty, Utah via Weber High School. (6-- if it weren't enough, the Ags have two excellent kickers. Guy McClure averaging 41-- yards a punt while placekicker Steve Steinka, who was second last year in the nation in field goal kicking, is a threat from 40 yards or batter. As a freshman, the only gam Steinke appeared in was against WEBER STATE in OGDEN, because the regular kicker, Scott Dye, did not field goal, two extrahave a uniform to suit up in. Steinke kicked a point conversions, and kicked a couple of kkkaHs out of the playing area. As is Stata 7 at Frasno Slot 5 d SCHOOL COMPARISONS: 220-poun- those wounds. The third Big Sky victory was Webers highest win total in Big Sky play since 1971. Over the past decade it seems Weber could win no more than two games in Big Sky play per season. Hie Wildcats took a 0 lead into the locker room at halftime. It was Roger Ruzek who blasted a field goal through the uprights with 14:39 left in the second period. Even though the Vandals put THE COACHES: Utah State's Bruce Snyder is in Ns 4th season with the Aggies, who are the defending of the PCAA Conference. Snyder's career mark up to date is with a 1 record against Weber State. 2-- 3-- Weber State's Pet Riehlman is in his third year and has an overall and Is against the Aggies. RIEHLMAN QUOTES: record 11-2- 0 35-ya- What pleased you most about the team's play Saturday against Idaho? When w got behind, ,as w did against Idaho State, the players got together and sustained a long scoring drive. That pleased me very rpoch. W weren't doing that type af thing early in the year. The team ha. matured in that area and It will help Us a great deal down the line." . What about the Aggies coming up this weekend? ; I be fired up after what w did to them in Logan last year. I've told several peopla this week that they may not need to rent a bus because they could fly individually over the mountains this Saturday. They've had a week off. so many of their minor bumps and bruises will have healed, but as always in this type of rivalry, it should be an "They will obviously SERIES HISTORY: This is the seventh meeting between the two schools, with the Aggies holding o 5-- 1 advantage, but the Wildcats have a one-gam- e streak going after defeating USU last year in Logan. 44-2on one of the coldest days ever recorded for a football game in Logan in recent years. GAME-BY-GAM- SCORES: E 1972 Utah Stata 20 WEBER STATE 1973 Utah Stata 10 WEBER STATE 1974 Utah Stata 20 WEBER STATE 1975 Utah Stata 30 WEBER STATE 1976 UtahStata 36 WEBERSTATE 1977 UtahStata 23 WEBERSTATE 1978 WEBERSTATE 44 UtahStata 16 3 OGDEN 25 atLogan PLAYERS OF THE GAME: The coaching staff has announced its for the Idaho gam. CURT MILLER, Ranker, caught six passes for 105 yards and the winning touchdown He was the offensive player. Defensively. MARK MASSEY, free safety, was the defensive player of the gam, as well as the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. Massey had four unassisted tackles and four assisted tackles, broke up two passes and intercepted his RHh pass of the year. at Logan 7 at Logan 7 OGDEN 10 atLogan 14 OGDEN emotional game." ' 164 points- - 23.4 WEBERSTATE 101 points 14.4 The Aggies make their fourth trip to Ogden where the gam has generally been close except for the have but never lost, they 30-win In 1975. Gam time is set for 1:30 MSt at Wildcat Stadium. To date, the Wildcats have played before 27,607 people In four games for an average of 6,901 fans a gam. Weber's record at Wildcat Stadium this season stands at 7 2-- LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR: wb.rst.ta won Tembiggest gam ever last year, defeating Utah State in Logan, and wind 35 a but time was at 2i mph officially degrees, gam perature overcast skies kept the temperature well below sere and the crowd to just 44-2- con-- , leading 10-- at halftime, the Aggies seemed to have the gam under the to third In 31 scored the Wildcats the put gam but quarter points trol, 3 euiaf teach.. SCOUTING AGGIES: n. Hamers finish strong Weber States Cross Country team wound up its 1979 season with a second place finish in the Big Sky Championships and defeating some highly ranked teams in the process. The Big Sky, Western Athletic Conference and District Seven Meet were again run together State 6,102. THE , Put into simple terms, the combine ion of Inside and Aggies are awesome offensively, with a great 6 that outside running opens up potent passing attack that has bean ranked In the top two or three all season long. nine-pla- Saturday at Wasatch Mountain State Park in Midway, Utah. The field, to say the least, was impressive with SEVEN of the TOP 20 team participating in the 10,000 meter event, including defending NCAA CHAMPION Texas-E- I Paso. The Wildcats placed second to Nevada-Ren- o who won the championship with a score of 39, followed by WSC with 76, Idaho 90, Northern Arizona 91, Montana GAME SITE: Its . y scoring together a drive midway in the third period, Weber coaches and players never A chance to tie seemed to give-ifor third place in the Big Sky race was the big thing they were Continued on Pag 7 last Average Points Per Game: Utah ' . Rogar Ruiak ambroca after Wabars lata touchdown that secured thair. victory ovar Idaho. Ruzak booted two field goals and Millar caught th winning aariaL KURT MILLER AND 126, Idaho State 131, Montana 140, and Boise State 172. Overall, Weber State finished FIFTH in the District Seven Meet, ahead of ranked teams such as Wyoming (3rd), Northern Arizona (15th) and Idaho il6th). It was the highest, any sport has ever been rated in one season in the Big Sky Conference with three teams ranked in the Top 20. |