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Show Wyoming SanJoseSt. 25 CSU 16 OregonSt. 3] Utah 21 New Mexico 48 Stanford USC ‘Texas Kansas 21 Colorado 6 Oklahoma KansasSt. 15 lowa St. 24 14 California Nebraska 21 Washington 28 Missouri 7 ChicSt. 29 MichiganSt. 0 Sunday, Octe 61 10 1970 Notre Dame51 THE HERALD, Frovo, Utah—Page 9 Auburn 44 Army 10 Clemson 0 Michigan Purdue 29 0 ~USU Kentucky 35 6 Controversial Ruling Figures In BYU Defeat than a minute gone in the game. McKee went down and out and then cut deepte get behind defensive back Run Mendenhall and caught the bail on a dead run. He ran 40 yardsfor the score. Alan Mendoza kicked the PAT and Arizona had a quick 7-0 lead. BYU'sfirst ball possession wasfruitless but Don Griffin booted a 5é-yard punt. Arizona took possession on the 23-yard line. The Wildcats then marched to the BYU5-yardline with two key third down passes keeping their drive alive. The Cougars, however, with the aia of a penalty, bowed their necks and forced By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor A very questionable ruling on a fumble recovery could well have cost an inspired Brigham Young University team a chance at a majorupsetin Western Athletic Conference PlaySaturday nightat Tucson, Trailing 24-17, against the favored University of Arizona Wildcats, BYU's Kip Jackson fumbled near the goal line on a scoring effort and the referee quickly ruled that Arizona had recovered, thus thwarting a tieing or possibly winning touchdown late in the third quarter. However, when the pile was unstacked. BY! Sddie Nichols apparently had the ball, and Nichols and quarterback Rick Jones argued the decision, The ball went over to Arizona andthefinal score ended 24-17 with Arizona gainingits first WACvictory of the season, It was the fourth straight Joss for BYU,andthis one was a heart breaking one. The Cougaroffense turned in a commendabie game, but the Arizona offense, with quarterback Brian Linstrom atthe throttle was devastatingin rolling up a total of 520 yards and moving through the Cougar defense seeminglyat will. Early Seore University of Arizona struck pay-dirt immediately on a 72-yard touchdown pass from Brian Linstrom to Charly McKee with less the Wildcats to settle for a field goal on that drive. Alan Mendoza kicked it from 22 yards out to give Arizona a 1040 lead with 6:35 remaining in the quarter. Things immediately started looking brighter for the Cougars when Golden Richards took the kickoff and returnedit 31 yards to the BYU 45-yard line. The Cougar offense, with Rick Jonescalling the signals, then clicked to perfection and marched55 yards in 12 plays, with Kip Jackson scoring from three yards outon pitch out play. Joe Liljenquist kicked the PAT and the Cougars trailed only 10-7 with 1:07 remaining in the quarter, Jackson wasthekey ball carrier for the Cougars on the drive. He carried seven times for 28 yards. A key third down pass from Rick Jones to Golden Richards, which Arizona quickly ran up a touchdown on a 35 yard pass from Linstrom to Hal Arnason with 9:51 remainingin the third quarter. Minutes covered 14 yards to the five yardline, set up the actual score, Arizona's next drive was stymied by two back-to-back 15 yard penalties and the later, on a third down and inchessituation, Wildcats were forced to punt. The Cougars took over on their own 17-yardline and once again successfully moved the ball with Rick Jones, Golden Richards, and Kip Jackson playing key roles in the drive. Richards madeone fantastic catch, leaping high in the air and keeping possession, even though landing very hard on the turf. Moments later he caught another one for 16 yards and might have gone the distance had he not runinto his own blocker. Jackson and Jonesthenalternated c.rryingtheball on the option play and moved theballinto field goal Linstrom wentfor the big bombinsteadof the first down and connected on a 34 yard touch- down pass to Charly McKee. McKee, who caught was a fourth down andinchesto go on the 33 yardline and Jackson with head down broke throughthe hole unmolested and looked up tu find himself all alone and racedtherest of the distance for the score making it 2417 with 4:13 in the third quarter. position, where Joe Liljenquisttied the score Moments later BYU safety man Dan Hansen intercepted a Linstrom pass and Faulkner, who played an exceptional game, recovered theball to prevent what appeared a certain Arizona score. Third Quarter With the score tied 10-10 at halftime, yard drive. Washington got on the scoreboard midway in the second period when a Sixkiller pass to flanker Jim Drieg was tipped but then caught by fullback Bo Cornell who scamrred 48 yards for a touchdown. Randy Wersching, Cal’s soccerstyle place kicker booted a 44-yard field goal, and on the ensuing kickoff Krieg returned the ball 97 yards for the Huskies to make the Lalftime score 24-14 in favor of Cal. Murphy gave Cal its final score with a two-yard burst overleft tackle. ihen Washington began its stirring second half rally. Sixkiller hit Cornell in the right flat for a touchdown from the 13. In the final period the Huskies’ Cherokee Indian quarterback hit John Brady from the six for the final score of the game. That set the stage for the last-minute hysteria. Jon Kadletz intercepted a Penhall pass on the Cal 22 and returned it to the 19. A running play and a Sixkiller pass to Ralph Bayard put the hall inside the 10 but the penalty and the dropped pass killed the threat. 3 Ww. Phillips scored once with a 10-yard sprint, tossed seven yards to tight end Dery! Comer for another and fed the ball to Jim Bertelsen, Terry Collins and Steve Worster for touchdown runsof 9, 13 and 3 yards. Sub Steve Felming got the other on a two-yard lunge with 31 seconds left ir the game. The Sooners, losing for the 12th timein its last 13 meetings with Texas and for the 42nd time in the 71-year-old rivalry, jumpedin front with a 51-yard Bruce Derr field goal, but couldn’t get on the board again until reserve fullback Leon Crosswhite crashed through from the one against Texas subs with 3:39 left in the game. The first half was close as fumbles and poorfield position after booming Oklahoma punts kept Texas at bay for thefirst 25 minutes. But the Longhorns started rolling and were out in front by 14-3 at halftime. They broke the game wide open in the third period, They had to move only 25 yards for their first touchdown after a fumble recovery and Bertelsen made * in from the nine on the fifth play of the series. A %-yard punt return by tiny Dean Campbell set up Texas’ second drive of 52 yards, which Phillips capped with his toss to Comer with just 19 seconds loft in the half. the explosive Arizona offense It was also learned that Kip Jackson, BYU's tailback, who gained102 yards rushing suffered a kneeinjury and could be out for the season Arizona BYU first downs yards rushing % 234 yards passing 7 139 286 total yardsoffense Passes made-completed interceptions fumbles lost yardspenalized punts-yardage 163 520 302 20-12 24-9 1 2 107 41 4 430.2 Utah 31-21 in an intersectional football game. Kilmartin, who didn’t play in the first half, passed for a touchdown and a key pair twopoint conversions as the Bea- Romps Over lowa State BOULDER, Colorado’s Colo. Cliff (UPI)— Branch, a dazzling 9.3 speedster, returned two punts for touchdowns Saturdayin leading a 61-10 Big Eight conference scoring spree over IowaState. It was the mostpoints scored by a Colorado team since a 6512 victory over Arizona in 1958. The win was Colorado's first conference victory after a loss to Kansas State and gave them 4 3-1 record overall. Iowa State is 31, Branch, a 165-pound junior, returned two punts 72 and 62 yards for touchdowns and had an 80-yard return called back by a penalty. Steve Dal Porto opened Colorado’s scoring on a 59-yard reverse, followed by Ward Walsh on a 4-yard pass from trated the Wyoming 45 in the DALLAS (UPI)—An alert Texas defense set up four easy touchdowns with three fumble recoveries and an interception Saturday and Eddie Phillips guidéd the second-ranked Longhorns to a 41-9 victory over archrival Oklahoma. It was Texas’ 24th win in a touchdowns. The Cougars played an exceptionally good game, but couldn’t contain BYU theball on the one yard line. That set the stage for the Jackson fumble whichresulted in the controversial recovery. Three pass interceptions against the Cougars in the fourth quarterkilled any effort to tie the score, Colorado first half. Cowboy kicker Bob Jacobs had three attempts at the NCAA career field goal record of 36 set by former Poke Jerry Depoyster, but the kicking specialist missed each time. Longhorns Victorious BYU's Rick Jones was $ for 24 in the passing department, but had four interceptions, while Arizona’s Brian Linstrom Was10 for 16 for 262 yards, including three carried the ball to the seven yard line. A pass interterence penalty against Arizona gave CORVALLIS, Ore. (UPI) — OregonState, down by 15 pints late in the third period, rallied behindthird-string quarterback Jim Kilmartin Saturday to whip Bears Win, The Huskies battled back to narrow the California lead to 31-28 and drove to the Bears’ nine-yard line late in the final quarter with only one yard needed for a first down. But an offside penalty movea the Huskies to the Bears’ 14 and two plays later tight end Ace Bulger dropped what would have been a winning touchdown pass from quarterback Sonny Sixkiller. Cal had things its own way in the early going as quarterback Dave Penhall connected with halfback Tim Todd for a 68 yard touchdownplay, Penhall scored later himself from the two-yard line as Cal went ahead 14-0, The Bears moved to a 210 lead when halfback Stan Murphy drove across from the Washington two to cap a 68- nas lative performance making al very difficult receptions. He caught six for 114 yards. - Oregon State Rallies To Defeat Utah 31-21 FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UPI) kick out of his own end zone. The Rams scored on a 5lyard pass from quarterback Wayne Smith to all-WAC halfback Lawrence McCutcheon with slightly more than a minute left in the first Defensive back Steve Wash ingtonintercepted twoof Smith’s passes to blunt CSU drives. Cowboy halfback Frosty Frankiod touchdownpass, and scored lin led tice Wyoming ground athimself on a four-yard keeper tack with 146 yards on 33 carin the final quarter as the Pokes Ties, took their first win in four Wyoming dominated thefirst games. half, rolling up 259 yardsin toCSU's offense, plagued by tal offense. The Cowboys defpenalties and interceptions on a ense held CSU to 87 total yards, cold wet field, never came with 11 yards on the ground. CSU got on the scoreboard alive. Wyoming gained twopoints on with 1:02 left in the opening a first quarter safety when CSU half on a 51 - yard pass from Smith to McCutcheon. The Ram punter Ted Hill was forced to score was set up by a 22-yard pass interferencecalled on Jim iton. The touchdown toss was the only time CSU’s offense pene- pointed crowd of 54,000. a Cougar touchdown on an off-tackle slant, It Freeman, -.arting his first game, threw for one touchdown and scampered four yards for another Saturday as the University of Wyoming stopped mistake-riddled Colorado State University 16-6. Freeman hit split-end John Griffin with a 42-yard first per- SEATTLE (UPI)—California raced to an early 21-0 lead and then held on desperately tc preserve a 31-28 Pacific-£ football victory over Washington Saturday before a disap- passes, made BYU quickly countered with an 83 yard scoring drivein six plays. Jackson scored the —Sophomore quarterback Scott But Barely touchdown remaining in the third quarter. at 10-10 with a 35 yard kick with 6 minutes remainingin the haif. Just prior to half, Arizona gota significant drive underway and gained 70 yards total offense before losing the ball on the BYU 10yardline on a fumble with about one minute remainingthe thehalf. BYUdefensiveace, Jim Wyoming Posts Win Over CSU two brilliant move to catch the ball at the goal line, which put Arizona ahead with 7:0; Sophomore rei iver Golden Richards Jim Bratten, reserve John Keyworth on a 2-yard plinge, a l-yard score by Bratten, a 26yard pass play from Paul Arendt to Larry Brunson, a 9UP AND OVER for USC’sfirst touchdown in Mike Simone (50) and safety Jack Schultz yard keeper by Arendt, and two the third quarter, Rod McNeill (27)is literally (44). The Stanford Indiansalso up-ended USC field goals for 28 and 42 yards up-ended by twoStanford players,linebacker for a 24-14 win. by Dave Haney. TowaState, which didn’t get a first down until Colorado was ahead 21-0, scored on a 47-yard field goal by Reggie Shoemake and a l-yard run by quarterback George Amundson, who relieved starter Dean Carlson. At intermission, Colorado held a 30-10 lead. The Buffaloes STANFORD, Calif. (UPI)— tore down the goal posts and Ayala with no timeleft on the came out storming in the Jackie Brown scored two mobbed the Indians, who had clock, secondhalf to score 10 points in touchdowns on fourth and one pointed toward USC since a the third quarter and 2] in the situations and Jim Plunkett heartbreak 26-24 loss a year This time, the Indians beat final period, including Branch’s riddled Southern California’s ago on a field goal by Ron the Trojans every way possible, 62-yard puntreturn. After 12 Years, Stanford Finally Defeats Trojans defense in another fine passing show Saturday as Stanford ended i2 years of frustration with an upset 24-14 victory over the fourth ranked Trojans. The loss was the first for Southern Cal in Pacific-8 Conference play since a 3-( defeat to Oregon State in 1967 and the Trojans’first setback in 25 regular season games.It left them with a 31-1 record this season as the Indians improved to 4-1-0. Plunkett, who completed 19 of 31 passes for 276 yards, threw 50 yards to tight end Bob Moore fcr Stanford's firs! touchdown and Steve Horowitz booied a clinching 36-yard field goal with 1:36 left in the game. The Trojans, who had beaten Stanford 12 consecutive times and were four-point fevorites, scored their tou LEXINGTON, Ky. (UPI)— Sophomore quarterback Tony Adamshit on 25 of 38 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns and scored a fourth touchdown as underdog Utah State shocked Kentucky, 356 The Trojans, who had beatan who snared 1] passes for 154 Stanford 12 consecutive times and were four-point favorites, scored their touchdowns on a one-yard smashby third string running back Rod McNeill and a 17-yard pass from Jimmy Jones to Bob Chandler. A crowd of nearly %,000 saw the game despite a bomb threat. When the final gun sounded several thousand fans yards Thevisiting Aggies ran up a 21-0 halftime lead and added 14 more points in the second half in winning their third straight game after losing to Kansas State in their opener. Utah State marched 35 yards in seven plays for its first touchdownin the first quarter after a short 29-yard punt by Aggies Defeat Shocked Kentucky 35-6 In Upset Saturday night. Adams, who played his freshman ball at Texas, spread his passes amongsplit end Pal Reuter, tailback John Strycula and flanker Wes Garnett, each of whom caught one scoring aerial, and split end Bob Wicks, Kentucky’s Dave Hardt, the leading punter in the Southeastern Conference, Adams sneaked over from the one for the score. Aggie cornerback Wendell Brooks returned an intercepted Stan Forsten pass 83 yards to set up the second Utah State score, a seven-yard pass from Adamsto Strycula. A fumble by Kentucky sophomore running back Cecil Bowens preceeded Adams’ scoring toss to Reuter, also for seven yards, while Garnett hauled in a i6-yard pass for a touchdownin the third quarter. Substitute back Jerry Holmes rammed over from the twoyard line for Utah State’s i.nal score. Kentucky’s points came in the third quarter when substitute quarterback Bemie Scruggs scrambled 16 yards for a touchdown, Utah State seemed to show vers erased a 21-6 Utah lead. Utah, which went aheadearly on the heroics of defensive end Joe Petricca, was a victim of its own mistakes. Two fumbles, ashortpunt and a bad pass from center gave Oregon State field position that led to three Beaver touchdowns, plus a 2&yard field goal by Lynn Boston. Oregon State halfback Ralph Show rapped up the scoreing late in the gamewith a 68-yard sprint down the sidelines, Petricca, who blocked two punts, recovered a fumble in the 2%4 yard boot. Oregon State, with Kilmartin at the throttle, went in to score. Fullback Dave Schilling carriedit over from a yard out. Kilmartin passedto Billy Carlquist for two points. The Beavers went ahead 22-21 five minutesinto the final period on Kilmartin’s seven yard touchdown pass to Carlquist and a two-point toss to 6-8 end Clark Hoss, Boston’s field goal and Show’s long touchdownrun followed. Kilmartin started the year as a third stringer behind Keck and injured regular Steve Endicott. ‘Thevictory avenged the 7-3 defeat by Utah in Portland last year. Utah ... 777 O2l Oregon State 068 17-31 Utah — Nosworthy 8 pass from Longmire (Bateman kick) Utah — Peterson 20 blocked punt return (Bateman kick) OSU — Kolberg 11 pass from Keck(kick blocked) first period on the Oregon State 46 and quarterback Gordon Longmire passed eight yards to end Dale Nosworthy for a 7-0 Utah lead. In the second period Petricca pickedit up on the Oregon State 20 and ran it over for a touch- Utah — Longmire 49 run (Batedown. man kick) Starting quarterback Ralph OSU — Carlquist 7 pass from Keck passed 11 yards to end Kilmartin (Hoss pass from KilJeff Kolberg for the first Ore- martin) gon State score late ini the first OSU — FG Boston 28 half. This followed a fumble re- OSU — Show 68 run (kick block) covery by tackle Craig Hanne- A— 23,897. mannon the Utah 22. But Utah’s Utah I Dave Walker blocked the extra First Downs 13 point try. Longmire raced 40 yards for Rushing Yardage a touchdown on a keeperfive Passing Yardage 88 «129 minutes into the second half to Return Yardage 52 39 put Utah ahead 21-6. Passes 9-30- ‘1 11-220 But late in the third period Punts 39.5 6-36.5 Marv Bateman, the nation’s Fumbleslost 2 2 leading punter, got off only a Yards Penalized 89 63 Wind Stalls Blue Flame Again in Record Attempt BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS (UPI) — Winds gusting to 30 miles per hour forced postponement until Sunday of attempts by the Blue Flame to break the world land speed record. The racers rocket engine was primed and ready to go before 10.a.m. Saturday but rain clouds and the blustery wind kept the car grounded. The wind blew a threatening storm away but refused to subside itself. Gary Gabelich, a 30-year-old Long Beach,Calif., driver, for the Flame, was anxious to go. He urged techniciansfor the Natural Gas Industry speed car to wait until darkness closed out any possibility for attempts on the sprawling salt flats near the Utah-Nevadastate line. AnotherCalifornian and close friend of Gabelich holds the record at 600.601 miles per hour. Craig Breedlove established the mark here in 1965 with a jet car, the “Spirit of America,” no emotional effects from last week, when their scheduled game with Wichita State was cancelled after the plane carrying the Wichita State team crashed, killing 13 players. The Aggies racked up 415, total yards, adding 79 yards on the ground to Adams’ phenomenal passingfigures. Tailback Ed Gilres was their Sunday will be the 16th actual leading rusher with 75 yards in day the dart-shaped Flame has 16 carries. been on the salt. Scruggs completed 17 of 36 Troubles plaguedits rocket enpassesfor 183 yards. gine from the beginning when a Utah State 7147 7-35 backfire rocked the car and Kentucky 006 0-6 smashed its sophisticated fuel US —Adams1 run (Littledike feeding system. kick) US —Strycula 7 pass Builders of the Flame were from Adams (Littledike kick) US —Reuter 7 pass from forced to do repair work and Adams(Littledike kick) Ken — Gabelich gave it a shake-down Scruggs16 run (kick failed) US run Friday. Planscalled for a run on hy—Garnett 16 pass from Adams (Littledike kick) US — Holmes 2 drogen peroxide through the run (Littedike kick) A —35,000 timed mile for data gathering purposes of the car — which a spokesman said someof the nations best rocketry minds have contributed to. The hydrogen peroxide will then be combined with Liquified Natural Gas and the 3é-foot racer is expectedto attain a trial run near 600 mph. Pickets March AtBYUGame TUCSON, Ariz. (UPI) — A group of 50 to 75 persons picketed the Brigham Young University-Arizona football game Saturday evening, denouncing alleged racial practices by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The pickets paraded in front of Arizona Stadium until 15 minutesinto the first quarter of the gare. A spokesman for the United Front organization then told the group thatits point had been made and there was no further need for picketing. The group disbanded without incident. Someof the pickets protested the use of their athletic fees to help support BYU athletic contests, Other placards called for BYU's removal from the Western Athletic Conference. The United Front organization, a coalition of radical student groups at the Universi of Arizona, announced in a vance it would support a peaceful demonstration, |