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Show Rain, Mud Fail To Stop Cougars In 25-7 Victory Over Hurricane Sunday, October roe4 ByJOE WATTS Cougars and brought their Herald Sports Editor record to 43 for the season. TULSA — It was a rainy, Hudspeth, after the game, miserable day, and the field was hestitated to single out any one muddy and soggy, but it was player, but was highin his praise for the entire team. beautful day for Coach Tommy Fivelaterceptions Hudspeth and the BYU Cougars. The defensive secondary The Cougars, making their first trip to Oklahoina, were excelled with five pass inplaying Tulsa, Coach Hudspeth's terceptions, all coming in the alma mater, and seldom has final quarter, which insured the Hudspeth wanted a victory more victory. than this one. Jeff Lyman returned one of George Johnson, whose best first try going past the cup, and His kids gave it to him, a the interceptions 35 yards for a finish this year was a tie for on 18 he put his approach past third in the New Orleans Open, the green and then missed four walloping 25-7 win, which was a touchdown which put the great credit to BYU, and a Rougars ahead 25-7. It was his tuade a strong move with a feet ive-under 67 in the third round fourth interception of the year “T played really good,” said personal triumph for Tommy Hudspeth said, “This is the Dave Atkinsonintercepted two for a 104 score, 12 under par, Aaron. “If you want to throw happiest I have ever been passes, one that thwarted a while Bobby Mitchell turned in out the last two holes.” the day’s best score —a six Casper had four birds and throughout my athletic career. Tulsa touchdown onthe threereally wanted to win this game yard line and another that he under 66 —to tie with Mike Hill, one bogeyon his card and said who had a 68, for fourth place he was lucky to do as well as and the kids played great returned 52 yards to give BY) with 205 scores. he did because of driving ae all the way down the good field position. They were line.” Aaron had a chance for a problems. Atkinson's seventh and eighth share of the lead after three Tt was the second straight interceptions of the season, “I didn’t drive well at all,” rounds but took a bogey six on said Casper, “but I putted ae YN for the extremely well and that made the 1 8th. “Maybe,” said Aaron, “I got up for it.” a little greedy. If I had gone Hetook 29 putts in all but hit for routine pars, I would have only 13 greens, He had a parbeenbetter off.” saving putt of 15 feet on 10 On 17, Aaron three-putted, his after a poor drive Aaron putted well _____THEHERALD.Provo,Utah—Pa —Page1!It CasperLeads by Two At Kaiser Tourney NAPA, Calif. (UPI)—Billy Casper, shooting for his first victoryin 14 months, fought off a strong challenge from Tommy Aaron Saturday for a twostroke lead after three rounds in the $150,000 Kaiser Internati.) Open. sper, who went into the third round with a 12-under-par score -of 132 and a three-stroke lead on Aaron, shot a threeunder 69 while Aaron, who drew even with Billy with his sixth birdie of the day on the 15th, had a four-under 68. That left Casper with a 5+ hole score of 201 and Aaron, who hasn’t won a tourney since the 1970 Atlanta Classic, at 203. Trojans Upset lrish 28- 14 SOUTH BEND,Ind. (UPI)— Edesel Garrison and Bruce Dyer, two sure-handed ball hawks from Southern California, sparked the underdog Trojans to a 28-14 upset over No. 6 ranked Notre Dame Saturday. Southern California, an old Notre Dame nemesis, handed the Irish their first loss of the season and ended their own three-gamelosing streak. Garrison, a junior split end, hauled in two touchdown passes of 31 and 24 yards, and another 42-yard reception set up still a third Trojan touchdown. Dyer, a senior defensive back, intercepted two passes thrown br Notre Dame's sophomore quarterback, Cliff Brown, and returned one of them 53 yardsfor a touchdown. All in all, the Trojans, winning for only the third time in seven games this season, were too much for the vaunted Irish, becten for the first time in six starts this season, tr handle. State, 75-28. Reserve halfback Roy Bell scored four touchdowns and quarterback Jack Mildren, the Sooners’ master pitch man, added two more and also threw a scoring pass. Pruitt’s rushing total broke the previous conference record of 283 yards by Kansas’ Gale Sayers against Oklahoma State in 1962, Oklahoma’s scoring machine was not stopped until 1:59 remained in the game wher Teserves gave up a fumble. The victory was Oklahoma’s sixth in a row while Kansas State fell to 25. Bill Butler scored all four Kansas State touchdowns on Short runs. Kansas State startled the Sooners bydashing 80 yards in four plays on its first possession for a 7-0 lead. Big play was a 56-yard pass from Dennis Morrison to Fred Merrill to the Oklahoma two, Butler crashed over from there. The Sooners retaliated with three straight touchdowns, romping 67, 80 and 59 yards. Mildren scored the first on the l-yard dive after Pruitt broke a Sl-yard gallop on his first Arizona Defeats Redskins recovered on the 16-yard line. under par, while Ron Cerrudo Notre Dame entered the and Miller Barber had 70s to tie gameas the nation’s third best at 209. Next came George defensive team against rushing, Knudson (686, Dave Eichelberallowing only 65 yards a game, ger (70), Lou Graham (70), and the fourth best in total Hale Irwin (71) and Tom defense, allowing 178 yards per Watson (74) at 210. Lee Trevino, who needs to game. Southern California bettered finish in the first three at the both of these figures handily, Kaiser to overhaul Jack Nickrushing for 183 yards and with laus for the money-winning two quarterbacks, Jimmy Jones lead, had a chance to shoot a and Mike Rae, throwing the good round but took bogeys on seal gained 377 yards over the 15th, 16th, and 17th holes and wound up with an even par wath California scored 72 for 211, 10 strokes behind first when Dyer got his first casper. interception and returned 28 yards to the Irish 48. Jones then completed his 31-yard touchdown pass to Garrison. The next time the Trojans got the ball, Charles Hinton returned a kickoff 65 yards and Raehit Garrison on the 24-yard LARAMIE, Wyo. (UPI)— scoring pass. On the next possession by the University of Texas-El Paso Trojans, Garrison pulled in a linebacker Tony Perea inter42-yard pass from Jones on the cepted a pass w..n two and one Trish 4 and Sam Cunningham half minutes remaining Saturplunged from the 1 for the day to snuff out a Wyominglast -ditch rally and insure a 12-7 touchdown. Miner Western Athletic Conference victory. The Miners picked up their first conference win of the season on runs of one yard by halfback David Atkins and a 11yard scamper by running back Jim Berry. Wyoming’s only carry. Pruitt scored his first score cameon a three-yard run touchdown on a 15-yard run and by Jeff Howe in the fourth period. Bell added a 24-yard saunter. UTEP quarterback Gary The Wildcats madetheir last run at the Sooners early in the Keithley, a transfer who beat second quarter on a *4play 72- out 1971 conference passing leader Bill Craigo for the yard drive. Butler scored again, starting job this season, this time from the one. Oklahomacompleted the first changed his prior emphasis half devastation with 80, 49 and from passing to ground drives Ti-yard scoring bursts. Pruitt he once said he disliked while slashed 38 and 15 yards and playing under Texas Coach Darry] Royal last year. Bell added a 5-yarder, Perea intercepted the Gary Thelastfirst half touchdown bordered on the incredible. Fox pass on the 50-yard line and ran it back to the Cowboy Kansas State puntec out of bounds on Oklahoma's 29 with 46. Xeithley then ran out the 2:22 to play. It took Mildren clock and rolled up the fifth and Co. only 46 seconds to season win for the Texas team. seore as Kansas State's defen- UTEPnowis 1-3 in the WAC. UTEP'’sfirst score occurred ders grasped at illusions and midwaythroughthe first period gasped for air. The second half was more when Keithley sent Atkins in from the one, The score like the second half of a day at the race track as Bell ran six followed a I3play, 58-yard and 11 yards for scores, drive Late in the second period, the Mildren ran 42 for another and then passed 15 to Albert Miners took over on their own Chandler for yet another Sooner nine-yard line and marched 91 yards in a series capped by touchdown. West Air Force 17, Colorado St. 12 Texas El Paso, 12, Wyoming 7 Coloardo 27, Missouri 7 TUSCALOOSA, Ala, (UPI)— UC Davis 14, Nevada-Reno 13 Montana Tech 57, Rocky Halfback Johnny Musso scored 0 two touchdowns and set a Mountain regon 34, San Jose St. 14 Southeastern Conference career added the PAT to put BYU down onthe first play of the fourth quarter, capped the scoring. He int ted a flat pass,ran inside, and bumped off a czowd of people, picked up a good block from Rcn Knight, and ran for the score. Punting A Factor TULSA MUD BOWL failed to stop BYU's Pete VanValkenburg who slips past Tulsa’s Ralph McGill on a touchdown run for the Cougars. BYU won 25-7 for its second scoring record Saturday as career scoring total to 212 Linfield Ore. 14, Coliege of Idaho Idaho 26 West feeie 10 Bishop 40 Shin Nar Western michigan2,arena 0 lowa St. 40, Kan: Brigham Young.8 Tulsa Arkansas 60, North Texas St. 21 Texas 39, Rice 10 illinois 21, Purdue 7 Michigan 35, Minnesota 7 Oklahoma 54, Kansas St. 21 straight road win and its fourth win in seven games. It was the first conference loss for Tulsa. Sun Devils Shatter UNM With 60-28 Shellacking Nebraska 41 Ok'a. St. 13 Punting was a big factorin the game, with the Cougars advantage of the wind. Most the punting was done in the second and third quarters the wind was in BYU's favor. During thattimeLiljenquist was averaging about 45 yards a punt for BYJ while Tulsa was only getting 25 yards per punt. That factor kept BYU in ex- STILLWATER (UPI)— Johnny Rogers and Jeff Kinney, game while Tulsa was premier backs in the nation’s ALBUQUERQUE (UPI) — downs were set up by Arizona were set up by the ASU running top-ranked Nebraska football with its back tothe Sophomore quarterback Dan White’ssix touchdown passesset a Western Athletic Conference record andled explosive Arizona State to a 60-28 victory over New Mexico Saturday. White, coming off the injury list, connected on all but one of his touchdown passesin thefirst half as the Sun Devils built up a 41-0 lead and coasted to their fourth WAC victory of the season without a loss. White, who had not seen action since suffering a shoulder separation in the second game of the season, complet on passes of 26, 14, 14, 14, 30 and 4 yards to four different receivers. New Mexico. now 2-2-2 overall and 1-1 in the WAC, got all of its scoring in the second half on runs of four and five yards by halfback Nate McCall, three yards by Junior Fred Henry and five yards by Tony Letuligasenoa Two of New Mexico's touch- Findlay 70, Grand Valiey 6 Bowling Green 33, Miami Ohio 7 Arizona St, 60, NewsMeKiee is East Texas St. 44, Austin uoward Payne 29,Tarleton St 14 t St. 24, Xavier Ohio Ono St. 31, Wisconsin 6 SMU 18, Texas fectus Texas A&M 10, Bay! Northwesterr: Coll. reWestmar Heuston 34-20 fourth-ranked, unbeaten Aiabama whipped Houston 34-20 in an intersectionalclash, Musso piled up 122 yards rushing on 22 carries, including touchdown runs of nine and two yards as the 191-pound senior from Birmingham ran his ‘The play came on a third and nine situation and the Tulsa passer was smothered by the RYUpass rush for a long loss on the play. The half ended with Tulsa ahead 7-6, although the Cougars missed a chance for another two points on another penalty. Liljenquist’s punt was caught by Tulsa's Ralph McGill and under pressure of a heavy downfield rush heslipped in the end zone for what would have been two points for BYU except for the fact that BYU was offsides on the punt. Super Sub Bower and got another 15 for a penalty against Tulsa. gave BYUa first and ten on the Tulsa 23. Five plays later Pete VanValkenburg scored. Lil; College Football Results Rolls Over the Hurricanes throughout the day and was considerably helped by a defensive holding penalty that gave Tulsa first down on the BYU 11-yardline. them on the sidelines Bower got a chance to prove that he Pokes 12-7 Berry's 12-yard run. was the only effective drive of Stratton, but when injuries had UTEPBeats Crimson Tide penalty, butboth timesthe kicks by aoe were wide and it was Tulsa then marched 8 yards in 17plays to take a 7-6 lead. It running back Wayne Bower, He ran three straight plays for 17 oe and a ices to highlight a drive that took eight plays and covered 44 yards. feet for three of his bird, while Johnson sank two 30 footers in what he called a “real great round.” Fred Marti shot a four under 68 to stand all alone at 206, 10 Kansas State 75-28 Pruitt scored three touchdowns and romped 294 yards on only 17 carries as the Sooners rolled up 711 yards rushing, a Big Eight Conference record. The gamestarted in a heavy plays late> Stratton had downpour on an already-muddy Three his touchdown and there was no field, and before it was over question about it almost all aumbers on the jerAttempts For PAT seys wereeinai out in. the BYUhad two attempts at the mud bath. PAT, due to a Tulsa offside canning tee of 23, 18 a3 Oklahoma Devastates MANHATTAN,Kan. (UPI)— Oklah>ma’s “Sooper” Sooners scered the first 10 times they touched the football and Greg Pruitt proved as hard to tackle as a wisp of smoke Saturday as the nation’s No. 2ranked football team crushed Kansas first place in the nation in that muddyfield earlyin the game as Tulsa came np with three first department. Dan Hansen and Von Wells quarter fumbles. Jeff Lyman also intercepted passes in that caused the first fumble with a hard tackle and the ball was fourth quarter. While the defensive secondary recovered by Joeiene on came in for iis share of the Tulsa’s 21 yard line. ‘The Cats were unable to score plaudits, the BYU offensiveline which included All-American and on fourth down had to turn candidate Go-don Gravelle, theball over to Tulsa onthe oneBailey, David Brooks, inch line. Steve Stratton was Steve Facer, John Monahan, and Clearly over the goal line in this Max Page,along with tight ends writer's observation from the Dan Bowers and Mike pressbox, but the official ruled Pistorious, completely he was not dominated the Tulsa forward The ruling didn’t matter wall as the Cougars compiled 202 much, however, as Tulsa yards rushing fumbled the ball back to the Cougars and Dave Atkinson Heavy Downpour Tex, 22 7Cornell lowa 14, Coe 0 8 lowa Wesleyan 14, Concordiatt Luther 36. Upper lowa 0 Western {ilinois i ‘Minis St14 Lacross 52, Stou! Beller 21 indione st. 14 Anderson 21, Indiana Central 14 Michigan Tech 70, Bemidji St, 20 WesternIllinois 16, Illinois St. 14 Taylog 17, Manchester 13 points. The old SEC record of Ovi Northwestern 24, insians 14 Platteville 5iRiver Falis 19 ot points was held by Billy nin Grinnell 20, Beloit 19 Okiahgma 75, Kansas St. 28 Lothridge of Georgia Tech, Rose Hulman 17, lifinois Col. 6 St. Norbert 10, "Oshkosh 7 The Crimson Tide used a Washington Mo. 13, Valparaiso Laxsland 37, Milton 19 Ripon 21, Lawrernee | brutal rushing attack to pick up 2 8 Northland 30, Northwestern Wis. Eastern Michigan 31, Wisconsin most of its yardage, but a quarterback Terry Davis threw Wilwaukee0 Whitewaler 54, Stevens Point 0 Findlay 70, Grand Valley TUCSON — Arizona's Jackie a pair of touchdown passes to Bowling Green 33, Miami!Ohio 7 Butler 21 Indiana St. M4 Iitnois Benedictine 28, Eureka 6 Carthage 54 North Cen Wallace scored both touchdowns David Bailey, one covering 10 Ball. St. 10, Northern linois 1 sores, 28 Norieastern’tlinois as the Wildcats kept their yards andthe other 25. Chicago 14 "yankion 26 os 7 Western Athletic Conference 3 Alabama’s other score, its North ‘Dakota st. 23, Northern hopesalive with a 14-3 victory last, cameon a 10-yard run by lowa 1 ceeen Meco Ma, Emory & over Utah. Joe Labue early in the fourth Wartburg 17, Central 7 Buena Vista 26, William Penn 24 ‘Wadninton & Lee 14, Western Both teams are now 3-3 for the quarter, Texas Lutheran 58, Austin Tex. Maryland 7 season but the WAC loss was the But Houston, trailing 20-7 at ‘001. 21 second for the Redskins com- the half, fought back with a Rose Hulman 17, lilinois Coll, é Newberry 10, Mars Hill 0 pared to only one for Arizona. score in each of the final two atanicain Mo. 13, Valparaiso North Carolina Central 7, larylend Eastern Shore 0 ‘The Wildcats are 2-1 in theWAC kay and had another touch- wasteviatentonn 31, Wisconsin. Louisville 21, Wichita St, 5 and Utah is 22 Franklin 21, Georgetown Ky. 14 down called back on a penalty. Milwaukee State fumbles, with Henry’s TD and McCall’s second score coming within 29 seconds of each otherin the final period. ArizonaState also got touchdowns on runs of one yard by Ben Malone, 31 yards by Steve Holdenanda 22-yard pass from substitute signal-caller Jim Brdy to Ken Robinson. White riddled Nev Mexico's secondary,hitting 10 of 12 passes in the first half when the Sun Devil offense rolled up 380 yards. When White wasn’t connecting, Arizona State's fleet of halfbackspeedsters wereripping through the Lobo line for long gains. Most of White’s TD passes attack, which ee up a total of 409 yards rus‘. White hit end Calvin Demery for touchdowns from 14 and 30 yards out, Joe Petty with 26 and 14-yardscoringstrikes, Woodrow Green with another 14-yarder and Holdeon on a 30-yarder. White, a native of Mesa, Ariz., broke the old conference touchdown pass record of four, shared by four other quarterbacks. Arizona State, playing flaw- machine, chipped in downs apiece Saturday to spearhead a 41-13 victory over Oklahoma State. Rodgers,a 171-poundslotback, put his TDs back-to-back on a six-yard pass from ‘qua terback Jerry Tagge late in the third quarter and followed with a 92yard punt return early in the final period. Kinney’s first touchdown was lessly in thefirst two quarters, the opening score of the game put the gameout of reach by on a 25-yard run and he added scoring six of the first seven 12-yard sprint to open the sectimes it had the ball. The Sun ond half scoring. It was his Devils didn’t have to punt until 27th career touchdown and the fourth quarter. places him within one of a NeArizona State, beaten only by braska schoolrecord. OregonState,is now 5-1 overall. Monster Dave Mason intercepted a Cowboy aerial and returned it 27-yards for a early second period score, tightened Jerry List hauled in a 42-yard OSUpass later in the same period and kicker Rich Sanger added five conversion points to complete the Cornhusker scorFORT COLLINS, COLO. score with a five-yard scramble ing. (UPI)—Air Force unleased a around left end, Air Force's The Cowboys, unable to penepounding running attack, direct- second touchdown, late in the trate the famed Nebraska “black ed by sophomore stringbean third quarter, was set up on a shirt” defense mostof the game, quarterback Rich Haynie, and pass interference call against zipped in for two touchdowns in held on for a 17-12 victory over Rams middle linebacker Les less than a minute near the end winless Colorado State Satur- Olson on the one-yard line. Two of the final quarter. Although the Cowboys lost plays later Brennan bowled his day. . With such treacherous field conditions was a big advantage for the cats. Dave Terry did most of the quarterbacking for the Cougars, and the defensive line did an excellent job ofee the Tulsa ttack, forcing thern into the ‘air,with the BYU secondary reigning supreme. TeamStatistics BYU Tulsa First Downs - 24 Total p3<ce0offense ACI Punts 9 125 21 219 7-1-0 36-15-5 9-39.9 8-28-3 Yardspenalized ian 42 Fumbles 1 Score by Quarters: BYU 60 136 — 2 Tulsa 07 00-7 Attendance: 11,500 Individual Statistics Rushing Att. Yds. Valkenburg, BYU 18 90 BYU 15 69 Frey, Tulsa 12 36 E. Wight, Tulsa 12 40 Stratton, BYU N 2 2. Wight, Tulsa 320 Terry, BYU 2 9 Passi ACI Yds. Stakrs, Tulsa 20.123 99 Whitehurst, Tulsa 83226 Terry, BYU 3.0.0 none varies, BYU 410 9 ing No. Yds, Butler, Tulsa 22 Nowaskey,Tulsa 37 Erey. 1 218 Pearson,Tula 215 Bowers, BYU 1% Punt Returns No. Yds. 231 The Rams, down 17-6 in the way over. Place kicker Craig badly, it was thefirst time Ne- Richards, BYU McGill, Tulsa 33 fourth quarter, had a chance Barry added a 26-yard field braska has been scored on in No. Yds. three weeks and the mostpoints Kickoff Returns for victory when Falcon full- goal Richards 2 back Kevin Brennan fumbled CSU'sinitial score, their first against them this season. McGill 3% at home this year, came with Reserve OSU fullback Bill Air Force Edges CSU 17-12; Fumble Costly on his own 18 with less than three minutes left. CSU running back Lawrence McCutcheon put an end to the threat with a fumble—his second—onthe 11yard line with a minute and one-half remaining. The Falcons, 5-1, their only loss coming at Penn State by a 13:20 lef. in the second Heilman dove across from the quarter when ha!*back Jake 1 yard line for the first Cowboy Green ran around left end for score with 1:52 left in the confive yards. The point after test, It climaxed an 82-yard failed drive of 14 plays. Only 31 secondslater tailback Steve Elliott broke loose for a 2l-yard scamper and the second Cowboyscore, 16-14 margin, used a passing Kinney’s initial touchdown, game sparingly, completing NEW HAVEN,Conn.(UPI) -— scored with 1:33 left in the first Ed Marinaro, Cornell’s Allthree passes for 90 yards. Meanwhile, Falcon runners The traveling Utah Stars period, the first time Nebraska America halfback, carried 43 racked up 252 yards, led by dropped a 101-99 decision last was able to make any signifi- times for 230 yards and shree senior Brian Bream who had night to the Carolina Cougars. cant showing against a surpris- touchdownsSaturdayas the Big Coupled with the loss to New ingly strong Cowboy defense, Red remained undefeated with a 138 yards. Air Force appeared headed York Fridaynight the Stars are climaxed a 76-yard, nine - play 31-10 victory over Yale in an Ivy for its first score after now 4-2 in the ABA West. Utah campaign, League game. His second pass tally comreceiving the opening kickoff, plays today in Pittsburgh and pleted a four-play drive of 48 but Heynie, 6-3, 183 pounds, ‘Tuesday night at Dallas. fumbled on the CSU 18 to end Wednesday the Stars return yards with 9:25 left in the third record set by Steve Owens of the drive. The Falcons came home to face Memphis and quarter. The six-yard scoring pass to Oklahoma in 1967-69. Owens back quickly, however, recover- Friday take on Indiana. The gained 3,867 in three years. ing McCutcheon's first fumble following Tuesday (Nov. 2) Utah Rodgers finished off a 70-yard Marinaro, with four games of the os three plays later entertains Virginia and on push that began whenBill Kosch remaining, now has 3,860, This Thursday, Nov. 4, Pittsburgh recovered a Cowboy pass fumon CSU's4 season he has 1,02 yards. hled by flanker Dick Graham. Haynie ace off the initial will be at the Salt Palace. Cornell Remains Undefeated In Stars Lose Tilt To Carolina Win OverYale |