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Show The Salt Lake Tribune COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, S ___* BS 10, 1995 Smith and Aggies Still Looking for Formula to Win 94-yard kickoff return by By Jared M. Eborn Andre Horace did the damSPECIAL ‘0 THE TRIBUNE LOGAN — Back to the age. “Except for two plays,” drawing board for John L. Smith and his Utah State Aggies. said BSUCoach PokeyAllen, “we didn't deserve to be up.” And while big plays put AA's top rankedBoise State Broncos 38-14 Saturday themselves. GAME SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter [BSU— Ryan Dhebe 77 pase (rom Hilde (Erickson kik) Drive: 1 play, 77 yards, 0:11. BSUM, suo, USU—FG Mls Koo, Drv: 11 pl8 ar426. Key poe aon Haron 2 pass from Patrick Mullins (Srd/7), Kevin Alexander 39, ust return (Eriekson kick, 0:0. UNUE. Second Quarter BSU— FUEran 2 94 Drive 9 plas, 38 yards, 197. Rey plays: Hilde 17 run, Edwards 14 ps from Hilde, BSU 17, US ‘Third Quarter BSU — Mlebael Richmond 26 pass from de (Erickson kick), 10:27. Drive 10 plays, 80 yards 43Kypay B38 ron, Graven 2 ren Ah) SU 24, USU 8. ile 1 run (Erekson kiek), 237. Drive: 12 pays, 82 yards. 5:25. Key plays: Greg Thomas 17 pes inc Ma, Behr Fae BUSCA vst a s 2 pass from He ae (Eton. Drive 6 lays, 48 yards, 2:35. Ke Hild 32 run to USU5. BSU 38, USU6. — Abu Wilson 2 un Turner pass from Muliss)0:27, Drive plays, 89yards BSU'38, USL 4 USU openedits homeseathe Aggies behind, they Boise S. son by getting drubbed byI- weren't doing much to help Utah St night at Romney Stadium. Smith is beginningto feel the angst he anticipated about when he took the Aggie coaching job. “We're just really becoming frustrated,” Smith said. The Ags (0-2) weretotally outplayedin the secondhalf, but should have goneinto the halftime locker room with a Chuck Bigger/The Associated Press Air Force defenders Kelvin King and Sam Ransom drag down Wyoming receiver Marcus Harris in WAC action Saturday. Air Force whipped Air Force 34-10 and is 2-0 in WACplay. sizable lead. Just like last week at Arkansas State, the first-half box score favored the Aggies, while the scoreboard showed Boise State on top 17-6. The Agsheldonto the ball for a whopping 10 minutes morethan the Broncosin the first quarter, yet trailed 14-6 — thanks to twoplays. A 77yard pass from TonyHilde to Ryan Ikebe two plays into BSU'sfirst posession and a On length-of-the-field drives, USU settled for short field goals. “Maybe we're not tough enough to get in a two-back set and push it in,” Smith said, after USU’s only touch- down came in the last minute. “We'll have to look at things and see what's W338 oo 84 BSU—Akebe 77 pas ftom Hilde (Erickson kick) }-#GKoorr 21 #6Knorr 16 a Horace 94 kickoff return (Ericksonkick FG Erickson 21 BsU_tmend 2 pass from Hilde (Brickson wick) oUt 1 sarc et BSU—Bdwards 2 past from Hilde (Erickson ick) ‘USU—Wilson 2 run (Turner pass from Mullins) 20908 Bs wrong.” Aggie quarterback Patrick Mullins struggledin his second collegiate outing. While the junior from Georgia passed for 198 yards in the opening half, he misfired usw Wilsonfinally gave the Agpasses he never should have gies a touchdown with 36 “He threw a couple of secondsto play. He finished thrown,” Smith said. “He's going to make some mis- with 104 yards on 21 carries. Mullins threw for 309 yards on 23-of-44 passing but had no touchdowns and the second half and pushed three interceptions. His seathe score to 31-6 before the | son totals are zero touchAggies moved the ball much. downs and five intercepWhen Micah Knorr tions. plunkedthe right upright on Southern Mississippi, a 42-yard field-goal attempt which nearly knockedoff Alwith 14:08toplay, the crowd abamaSaturday, visits Romof 20,909 begantofile out | ney Stadium this week. takes, we'vegotto live with several times and missed those. He'll get better.” The Broncos dominated wide open receivers and cost the Aggies chancestoscore. Once, Kevin Alexander had a good 10 yards on his defenders down the middie of the field, but Mullins’ throw sailed another 10 yards over Alexander's head. Air Force Looks ‘Lethargic’ SG In Destruction of Wyoming Wildcats 0-2; Rally Falls Short WAC Ait Force Fresno St. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2.391 4120 to beat San Diego State in 6.45 Howard Schnellenberger’s AIR FORCE ACADEMY, 139) 21 Fumbles-Lost 00 Colo. — Having knocked off 858 00 debut as coach. ‘Time of 450 Western Athletic Confer- B10 INDIVIDUAL o2 ‘San Diego St. 0 STA’ ia ce mi ence rivals Brigham Young 2 ‘Wyoming, Sexton 15-37, Wall ‘Okls—J. Moore 19 run (Alexander and Wyoming, Air Force Okie36 pa from itestales coach Fisher DeBerry is looking forward to when his team starts to peak. “We were little lethargic at times,” DeBerry said after his: Falcons whipped Wyo- Rowe 14, 1-6, Ranger 1:10, Ruf 1-8 Colo. St. 14 BOULDER, Colo. — Soph- omore tailbacks Herchell Troutman and Marlon Barnes each scored twice, and Colorado parlayed an early 21-0 lead into a rout of in-state rival ColoradoState. Koy Detmer completed 18 fore he was knocked out of the game just before half- of 26 passes for 255 yards and a score as the Buffaloes time with a possibie concus- sion. rang up 461 yards. Backup Tom Brown reIn the first quarter, CU deplaced him and hardly fensive tackle Kerry Hicks, missed a step, running for 99 from Highland High, broke yards and two touchdowns — up an attempted handoff a 1-yard run that pushed the from quarterback Daren an apparent reverse, forcing aes MOUNT 2sessi Prayer h to.go with his two oan downs. “T can’t say encugh about ‘Tom Brown.” DeBerry enthusede. “He is an exciting player and did a great job.” eos 7-10 ir Force 244 Ti PAPC Robert 39 ‘AFA—J, Campbell 5 pass trom Moryan (Robeis ick) ‘AFA—Morgas 1 run (Roberts kick) AEAReva|rnaber) rA—Browen $7 run (Roberts kick) ¥ 12 pass from Wallwork (Wedel APA¥G Roberts 90 ATTA, * Al Force t First Downs 2 an ‘RushesYardage orans sot Passing Yaris % tens ‘ps romPune ea ea es 34-37-46. “tbe rrroncen 57, Sane Byer 3-6, Mu a NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma used three touchdowns by Jerald Moore and a good ti performanceby the defense fares15:27.0.215,Monga Pack Dumps New Mexico State for onein three quarters Sat- 226 y_ night to lead potent ——— Pb ts PublesLoc ait ; Jy RR: glaay % m4 ee tat ee Sere? ‘s fine oP WM | 22 Walters #26, Sermons 426, Woods 414, 0: pysmyt-Nevda iicor 24h Winn 10 "pas Nevada to a 45-24 victory $5 Dusen$4. 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Jtems i268 P SL, Covingtes 18-211 WUNLY 3 Bren 21 ABCHTVING-—Arkarses $1. 5.80, Waler 18, Thomsen | 19 MeBride 17, Preenas 146 UNLV, Barton 3M4, White £68, Willams 2-24 Charles 218. Too FAS, Coloma 1-12, Mineo 1:3 om* Ed | wt “4s ‘Presbies Lost ‘The of sn point conversion pass to Norvel Young cut the CMU had two more, on a 3-yard But the Cats mustered no Bryan Schroman’s 13-yard run and 21-yard pass. The Chippewas scored again, on more. | pass from Chad Darnell, to At 0-2, they open their makeit 20-0 before the Cats home season next week could do a thing. against St. Mary's at Wildcat It was Woods’ TD pass that finally got the Wildcats on Stadium. Martin was solid — 18 of the board. Darnell, who was 10 of 17 30 for 175 yards and an interception — but he was| for 165 yards, found Schor- look as good as he did in ter on a 40-yard touchdown sacked five times and didn’t man again in the third quar- WSU’s near-victory last| play. Schormanfinished with 18-90-1-175, $40.24, Sainten 1-1-0-20, Cent. Michigan Darnell 10-17-0-165, Kemp 0-1-1.0, week at Western Michigan. | five receptions for 97 yards. Eckford caughteight passes The Chippewas’ win was for 93 yards, and junior their first in a season-opener transfer Kyhaunn Woods since they beat Idaho in caught a 20-yard touchdown 1986, CEDARCITY — TwoRick Robins touchdown passes in the finai 4:31 of the game enabled Southern Utahto take a 26-25 victory from Montana Tech Saturday in the Coliseum of Southern Utah. “That was truly a great, great finish,” SUU Coach jack Bishopsaid. “Hopefully this will be good for our kids — that they had to regroup and getafter it.” GAME §' 129 0 9-35 S, Utah 708 1-26 MTU-FG Serstand 38 MTU—Whitmore 21 fumble return (Serland ick) MTU—PG Sersland 34 SUU—Deckart 21 pass from Robins (Haslam | came alive. kick) Robins engineered a 7SOeisai oie a play, 73-yard drive and ons rttrom Rains (pass failed) capped it with a 40-yard MTU-FG s strike to wide receiver Kevin SUC-—Cutbertson 40pas from Robins (as Cuthbertson. Kevin Has- fam kick) lam’s PAT cut the Oredigger SUU—Deckart 27 pass from Robins (run failed) A508, lead to 25-20 at the 4:31 v mark in the fourth 114 yards as Washington State heid Division I-AA Montana to minus-6 yards rushing in a 38-21 victory Saturday night. ‘had Davis completed 23 of 39 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns to complement Madu, who was the INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—MTU, Starke! 34-101, Vincent 6: 21. Smith 11-2; SUU, Hoskins 13-47, Larsen 4-21 MeCory 5-7, PASSING—MTU, Smith 10-24-9115, Jensen 1 10, SUU, Robins 14-26-0 244 | RECEIVINGMTU; Smitham 488, McKee 2 Deckart 6-127, Cuthbert to rush for at least 100 yards since Oct. 1, 1994, when Madurushed for 133 against Tennessee. Montana, ranked No. 4 in the lower division, was led offensively by quarterback Also: In other games involving Big West Conference teams, Lowisiaaa Tech pueess Houston 19-7 ani defeated Northern Tlinois 21. Idaho St. yards and a touchdown and Montana Omar Turner had twointer- Idaho St. 28 ceptions to lead Montana State to a victory over Cen- Cal Pely-SLO 22 tral Washington. N. Montane Si. rner set up Montana SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Alf Anderson ran for a 42- State's first score whenheintercepted a Jon Kinta pass midway through the first quarter. The Bobcats scored on @ 34-yard field goal by Geoff Groschelle. Englek- maining in the game as Idaho State held off Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly trailed 21-6 when the Mustangs rallied with Idaho leber St. _Next Next Saturday's Schedule Si. Mary's at WeberSt., 6 p.m. Minn.“Duluth at ene yard touchdown with 1:27 re CS Northridge at idoho Montana St at Cal PolySLO ing’s touchdown cameon a 4-| two straight scores. Jon Peck yard run, also in the first oefs a 17-yard scoring quarter. ass from Mike Fisher and T.T Ryanscored on a 1- James Tuthill kicked a 38yard run early in the second| yard field goal to pull Cal quarterto put Montana State Poly to 21-15 early in the Dave Dickenson. He com| stouse 1.8, Fisher 3-minas 13 pleted 33 of 59 attempts for ‘Wetta 19-55-1961, Cal ofthe Big SkyConference up| fourth quarter. 322 yards and three touch20m Toni141 Anderson, who gained 129 St, Anderson 6 downs — two to Joe Doug- Meat Central Washington | yards P, on 21 carries, scoredto | BekShWareChitrd lass. But Dickensen was rallied with a 25-yard inter- | put Idaho PO State ahead 28-15 ‘Stadei-24 sacked six times and inter- ception return for a touch- | in its opener. cepted once. down by Kentin Alfordanda| The Mustangs nearly N. Arizona 62 7.07 72 51-yard pass from Kitna to | caught Idaho State with 13)" iwiacae E.J. Henderson to pull with- seconds to play. Peck caught | § cramento St. 7 ran (Troan hick) unea era ek in 17-14 with 7:25left in the | an 18-yard TD from Fisher| FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Ar| and Tuthill made the pointAmerson ran for 115 "Tgp2p to Dr(Troan Kiet) The NCAADivision I-AA | after kick before time |chie yardsandthree touchdowns. Bobeats held the NAIA Divi- expired STs 16 patron Dar (Prasat pos bon cient sion I Wildcats scoreless in | | powering Northern Arizona the second half ¥ ‘quarter. five minutes later. A twolead to 39-31. Robins Passes SUU To Comeback Win first Washington State back lei ps |rafe ne] al lolola} olololo lo olo|— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CMU’s Tolbert came into the game with only one career touchdown. By the time the first quarter was over, he Montana Rush Stalled By Cougars #14 Oklahoma 38 San Diego St. 22 siCRSNM| ce Maxwel w Bae three touchdowns and ran 33, The Wildcats didn’t cave | pass from running back Cle- a 26-yard run with 8:01 left, then found Pokey Eckford | ona 14-yard touchdown pass| “TEPCJohmsn 16 pas om Ryborn pss The SUU defense promptfailed) /—Hoplkns 1 ron (yes ick) ly stopped the Orediggers on clock, Robins found tight end| downs while Robins completASU—Mustafa 13 pass from Plummer (Nyce three-straight plays, forcing Micah Deckart in the right | ed 14 of 26 passes for 244 Sicept a Montana Tech punt. SUU corner of the end zone from yards, four touchdowns and Montana Techtook a 25-13 ASveBSageon lead with 5:34 to go in the took over on its own 43-yard 27-yards out for the decisive| nointerceptions. UreAngst SraYoung ek) ‘Our passing game looked period on a 32-yard line with 3:07 left in the score. Deckart finished the | un as final hight with six catches for 127 | as good as it ever has touu First Downs 31 field goal by Dustin Sers- game. sia ‘Yardage 51.383 land. Then the SUU offense With 1:28 left on the game yards and a pair of touch- | night,” Bishop said. % Passing Yards a Mi Yards m 25 Comp-Att-Int 16-263 942 nts 40 og Fumbs Lost ag 2 sei INDIVIDUALSTATISTICS USINGCU, Cian 9.24, Sa RUSHINGUNE, Sngeon 2118,Ray ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS Fngelking 82-168, MontanaSt. 34 tn Arona S Hops 16131, 8Sage PULLMAN, Wash 0, Martin Bate6.6,Pune Derek Sparks scored twice C. Washington 14 ifMond 2,Verdugo CWU, Hendersun6-126, Holt 2 BoiseSt._0.00 MECEIVING BOZEMAN, Mont. — Matt ayors925178 Art and Frank Madu rushed for 21D.Heng,220 BU, Hopkin 224, rage E. Wash. Plummer 12341813, Verdugo 11-94, aa Po Engleking rushed for 169 ‘Return Yards Comp-At in 1828.0 Pants 7. Fresno State ° 6 613-35 Pumbies-Lest fornia 7 010 12 ier Ca Sal—Gaskins 18 pass from Barnes (Longwell inpivinvat Srareics —Brown 1 run hc ale) USHIN St, Wetson 18-58, Was Ward $4 ar Lino?) Moree “al—Malili 1 run (Longwell ek) minus 7), Wilkinson ‘sinus 31), Colorado edag i Dont ct fled) ‘Troutman . Abdul-Rahmana ‘Barnes (Longwell 233, Henry8-13,Miler8-10, Hessler 1-7, Detmer ¢ 30 ps trom Donaywand be) *ASSING-—Colorsdo St, Wilkinson 1541-2 ¥S-Brown 6 run (past failed) 16 Moreno? 11110. Ceorde,Doser 18. PS—Pittman A—36 500, 0.255, Hessler 1.2.0.6 RECEIVINGColored1. Turns $.05 DBallard 449, Calhewn 3-49, Porter 330, BzWalon 13. Ane 2.18 Colara, Car. Fuh 29, Say 92), Meaty 7, ro Hey 250Lap 8 Anderson 2-16, Kidd tis 8 Morgan wound up with 44 yards rushing on 14 attempts and 34 yards passing while Brown had 99 yards rushing kept the huddle calm. He got touchdown passes from Donati. ayS238 week before. PLEASANT, against the Weber State ildcats, State openedits homesched- the job done,” said Reggie Brown, who caught two pen 22 pss fomDarel(Ely (CMU—Schorman 19 pass from Darnell (kick failed ‘WSU—Woods 20 pass from Seinton (Shields kick WSU—Robinson 1 run (Gunderson kick) CMU—Schorman. 40 pass from Darmel(Em aquist pass from Darnell) om : (ety snap over Martins head ané out tert 2 an ik failed mn pass kford 14 pass from ‘tar (Young ns Martin) cau First Downs 2 Rushes-Vardage Passing Yards Return Yards Comp: Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Last Penalties Mich. Makeit 26 out of 29 in, though. Instead, quarter- mente Santien in the second for Division I-A teams back Bryan Martin scored on| quarter. a fumble which Hicks recovBERKELEY, Calif. — Ri- ule with a victory over Texered in the end zone. chie Donati has his job back, as-E] Paso. had at a comeback. The Sun Devils led 24-6 at and deservedly so. int And the Falcons did it (Coorado St A week after being halftime and coasted from without a single penalty or a Colorado ‘arouiman ran (Youichin i benched and watching his there for their seventh conCol—Bernes 4 run (Voskeritchian kick) turnover. secutive victory over their backup rally Fresno State, alHitscovered fumble tn ex ane (x The victory was the second Donati came onto lead three former WACfoein a series straight for the Falcons and CSU--Shl 9 pes rom Wkinon(eDouge second-half scoring drives dating to 1925. ran their Western Athletic Bare 4 an (Voekeriehian and the Bulldogs overtook TeneEl Paso o 8 im Conference record to 2-0. It California Arizona Stat 9 Mt 48 Detmer was the season-opener for ateOn Chen sped ot fet “He had more poise and St_Caloun Dipsten Maren Glebe Wyoming. ‘Air Force upset conference pre-season favorite Brigham Young 38-12 the “aaace +10 Against I-A Central Michigan and Chris Hopkins rushed for 131 yards as Arizona FresnoState 25 California 24 Falcons’ lead to 28-0 in the Wilkinson to Renard Carn on third quarter, and a 37-yard zig-zagger in the fourth that €nded any chance Wyoming DiegoSt. Season The Wildcatsrallied in the SseInet aa Next Saturday's Games fourth quarter at Central U—ones 5 sl pe fromBano) Utah at New Mexico,6 p.m. Michigan on Saturday, but OkaWeley 68fumble eure leaner their two late touchdowns SDSU at BYU, 7:30 p.m. S0SU-—Haki 40 ps from Baton Oaxwel were not enough to make up ColoradoSi.at Air Force ass from Blanton) A719 for CMU’s three early ones, Hawali at Wyoming SpsU Oklahoma and the Chippewas held on Pacific at FresnoSt. 26 for a 39-31 Kelly/Shorts Sta58.386, VaidostaSt. at UTEP 2 dium victory. Division I-AA WSU lost 16333 31 nes 697, Amold for the secondstraight time 20 sabron tromi ae Tete srPittman to start 1995, andstill has isizg 5, Gonnaler 1-29, only three wins in 29 tries a iw Shoe 2uly ttTake) Raterord against teams at the I-A levJone 2-9, Ban 4, Smith 16 el. (75 Oxahoms + CMUled 39-17 early in the Bi katoma, BMomre 122.148, MoGiee $.11-2 fourth quarter when Damon UTEP 20 Tolbert — who scored three aswel @94Mie Jone as MaselHS 1Sh Sa TEMPE, Ariz. — Jake touchdowns — scampered in is Overton 18,fae Plummer threw a career- from 24 yards away. Tolbert 22 HeDanel248, 3a ‘lsa8 Wana 161Moore18Bs high four touchdown passes, finished with 190 yards on 36 three in a lopsidedfirst half, carries. fing 34-10 Saturday. “I #10 Colorado 42 think we will be a better team next week.” It's hard to imagine how the Falcons, led by two productive wishbone quarterbacks, could get any better. Beau Morgan threw a 5yard touchdown pass and ‘scored on a i-yard run ge:0 St. 1 First Downs Rushe P |% 1 Return Yards 12240 Corap-Att-Int | 636 Pants 3 Fumbles Lost 42 Penalties 236 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—BSU, Eivards 2007, Hide8-2, Graven 933, USU, Wilson | PASSING2st Hilde is REI 5-84, Akebe 17 Tomas225USU Alnnaet 05 Wn3 | 6, Harrison 5-53, Fra te | ShePan 177 =| to a rout of Sacramento 1-2 | State ea Wain fie ge] st“Husson 70interception returs Pere Northern Arizona never oF Ge mare ) J trailed, scoring 27 points beMab—Rngchng 7achat ed Gone Na Pent eX! core the Hornets scored just Gyti—tatrd 5s ereeplonrear Grvelee Boone Far tron WetaPersBek) before halftime on a S4-yard (CRU—Henderson 51 pas from Kits Gree ‘SSU—PU Growcele 2 24 pat free Tow Grosebrte ‘MS\L—brnc | ren (Grohe ict! Fox Downs fades VarYar. Pamsng ena Yards Sonat Pants at Fumble PeaaiesLat ime Pecos BXDIVIDUAL STATIMICS 4 | | | | CP—PG Tui 28 SSAnderson 42 ra cPerrel cto CP=Beeh 18 pe from Pisber Total ek) eo Bie wey | ios 7 had fais | e361 m4 9a 3 ese| 442 2854 ls pass from Tony Corvin to aH | Mitch Oliver. | The Lumberjacks’ rushing | attack was in full gear — An| derson got his yardage on 12 | carries, including a 58-yard for Northern Arizona's j burst first score, and Claude Tor29 || rey picked up 130 yards in 16 ee sas | attempts, picking up his TATE. | teain’s last two TDs, x at eee ira,Wet ie Aa PoipSLO, Wares32A | i Seung 2smmar) not wasabi |
