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Show THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page9 uthern Utah Waits WeberFaces Toug Big Sky Opponent Tilt With Parsons EDAR CITY ayer onthete Westminste By United Press International Meeting between the DENVER UPI — NCAA major col. ege footabll statistics tanking Brigham Young high in offense and Colorado State strong on defensesets the stage for an Oct. 15 confrontation between the two Western Athletic Conference powers CSU and Brigham Young dom WAC entries in the latest N¢ statistics Heisman Trophy candidate Gifford Neilsen of BYU continues to dominate passingstatistics with 25.3 completions a game, thefirstin the nation. Heis the only quarterback in the top 27 passers whohas yet to be intercepted and has tossed for 70.4 per cent and 13 touchdowns in three games Nielsen has yet to play three full quarters in any gameto date because of lopsided scores for the unbeaten Cougars Nielsen is ranked second nationally in total offense with302 yards a game Weber Stat ed and tried again nd f he Wildeats ad trip jinx. Now they hope time winning at e expense of defending NCAA Divi sion Il champion MontanaState The Wild its’ victo y over Montana last weekend was Weber State's first from home in 18 games—goingall the way back to the 1974 season But »y must take on the No, 5 ranked MSU Bobeats, and i will be homecom: 1.30 Thunde h into the game 2-1 RMAC brings a 2-1 record (1 ain Athletic Confe Westminster is 2. It's a must win for both either wants to stay in the cha RMAC championship Both teams are coming off ¢ tories, SU 5-3 over Adams Sta Westminster 24-21 over Col Offensively pend on quarterback Walt Sturkey, w hit 11 of 20 passes for 170 yal s anid 4 touchdownagainst Mines For the season Sturkey has thrownfor 538 yards andfive touchdowns The T-Birds rank second in the RMAC and third in NAIADistrict 7 in pass defense giving up only65 yards a fame Sturkey and company will be the T-Birds’ toughest test yet this season In total defensethe ‘Birds rank number one in both the RMACand District 7 Giving 229 yards per game Sturkey’s favorite targets are split end Rex Macey and flanker Jackie Robertson. Macey grabbednine pass for 148 yards and one touchdown against Mines,and on the season hehas RICHARD BEESLEY of Springville poses with moose he shot at the head of Bryant's Fork on the north slope of the Uinta's. The nioose weighed 465 pounds dressed. Beesley got his moose it as it crossed the Bryant's Fork river. Canadiens Should Dominate League 31 catches for 355 yards and one and his key receivers — Mike Chronister and Tood Christensen — are tied for fourth andsixth respectively in receiving Chronister has 16 catches for five scores, Christensen 15 for two Christensenis tied with ArizonaState's John Jefferson who had 15 catches and two touchdowns. As a team, the Cougars ranked secondin passingoffense with 366.7 yards a game, fifth in total offense 488.3 yards and secondin scoring 52.7 points. Colorado State’s defense broke into national rankings this week after a 44-3 win over Utah, The Rams are 10th in rushing yards allowed 98.7, and 13th in total defense 224.2 CSU's offenseis 11th in scoring at 33 points a game, while both CSU and BYU are ranked high in scoring defense with the Ramstied for seventh at eight points allowed a game and BYUtied foreighth at 8.3. Colorado State and Brigham Young NEW YORK (UPI) mindhelping the cause by touchdown. Robertson is also a threat on kickoff and punt returns. He has Before the first gameof collecting a third conreturned seven kickoffs for a 27.1 any season, there usually secutive scoring chamaverage and one touchdown while isn't a team anywhere pionship. Maybe it’s not good returning three punts for a 24.3 average that doesn't pr improved and one touchdown. some other teams Fair enough. But when for The Parson defense is led by the slick right wing said freshman linebacker Chuck Webb it comesto the Montreal when it was suggested Webbhas 57 tackles and twointercep- Canadiens, this concept such domination by one tions in the four games the Parsons canstagger the imagina: club wasn’t good for the tion have played. league. ‘‘But if an During the Jast two organization works hard. Cornerback Neil Carsey chalked up 11 tackles against Mines and has 40 years, over a stretch of what can you do? Maybe tackles plus one interception on the 187 regular season and they should work harder playoff games, the Cana: too, make better draft season, diens lost a total of 22 choices, get better Westminster has won thelast three contests They management games the teams have played, 7-3 win over AdamsStatelast Saturday. It sweeping the Boston day night? Pretty much Bruins in four games in following the path it carved out last year. For the Stanley Cup finals. will play at Fort Collins in the Oct. 15. State last season, yielded less, game Scores Hat Trick BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (UPI) — Tim Young scored a hat trick Wednesday night to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 3-1 National Hockey League exhibition victory over the Colorado Rockies. Chuck Lesley scored the Rockies’ lone goal (1974), 35-14 (1975), and 10-7 (1976). The T-Birds had won four in a rowuntil 1974 including a 23-6 win in Cedar City in 1973. The T-Birds picked up a hard fought was only the third time in thirteen games that SUSC has beaten Adams. Doug Bills, junior from Springyille, Utah, kicked the winning field goal with 22 secondsleft in the contest to give SUSC the win Mike Powell, senior running back from Fountain Valley, Calif., led the SU offense with 71 yards on 17 carries while sophomore linebacker John Lundstrom, Sandy, Utah, racked 22 tackles to head the defense Next week the T-Birds return to the road to face Ft. Lewis in Durango, Colorado. settle for That emphasized their total domination of the National Hockey League last spring by mercilessly Montreal scored more goals than anyother team Where does this leave hockey with the new cam- paign beginning Wednes one thing, desnite six tense negotiation, no accommodation was reached with the World Hockey Association and the two leagues will be warring again Competitively, tne bat tle in the NHL once again appears to be for the right to face Montreal in the Stanley Cup finals And once again, this candidate should come from among Boston, the Philadelphia Flyers, the New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres There are two signifi. cant rules changes for 1977-78. One concerns the playoffs, whereby the teams with the 12 best records will be assured entry in the post-season months of sometimes in- competition ie play Northern Ww 0 things State coach Pete Riehim said Weber 1 an 8-3 record non-conference loss leadingthe Big $I a 3-0 league record Now we've g ott to get rid of the bugs against Cal Pol so we can makea runat the conference title Wolves Ace Set for First Montana State can bebeaten. They lost Spartan Tilt can win on the road They like to control the ball on the ground, so they'll probablytry to grind ANN ARBOR, at Boise State last weekend. And, we it out rushing. But they do have a weaknesson defense, al linebackers, so maybe our passing game can keep us even with them,” Riehlman added. Quarterback Morris Bledsoe will lead the Wildcats. He's passed for 663 yards and four touchdowns for Weber thus far this year, with Kent Critchlow and Tommy Coleman his favorite receivers Montana State coach Sonny Holland sa Weber Statewill be at its best, coming off a big win over Montana They're much improvedover last year, and they have newlife in their program." Montana coach Gene Carlson says freshman quarterback RockyKlever, who started his first gamein theloss to Weber, will likely share time with junior Mike Roban Saturday against BoiseState. “Rockydid a good job for us against Weber,” said Carlson. “He made mistakes, as any rookie will, but he did more good things than bad. Mike is still slowed byinjuries, but he should see action against the Broncos.’ Idaho, winless in three games, aims to turn things around this weekend in the Kibbe Domeagainstlowly1-3 Idaho State “I expect Idaho State to come out Mich. (UPI) cond big game The sophomore Michigan linebacker: for his first —against Texas A&Mlast Saturday and had the best gameof his tender.career, being in on 16 tackles, recovering a fumble that led to the Wolverines’ first touchdown and blocking a puni that was turned into another score I had been looking forward to that gameall year,”’ Simpkinssaid. “It was myfirst big game for Michigan. I was really jacked up. “But this week will be something Is ‘This week will be another emotional high point for the Detroit sophomore — the Michigan-Michigan State game. “That's a great intra-state rivalry and everybody knows how importantit is,’ said Simpkins, a 6-foot-1, 221pounder who earned a letter as a freshman last season. Against Texas A&M, Simpkins ran into 277-pound Aggie fullback George Woodard. Of course, most of the Wolverines ran into Woodwardat one time or another in Michigan's 41-3 win because the Aggie back carriedtheball 39 times. “Woodard is about what you wantin a fullback,’ Simpkins said. ‘You need a lot of people to bring him down. A momentum to our advantage,” said couple of times | bounced off of Idaho coach Ed Troxel, ‘then we'll be him.” with a big surge. But if we can turn that more points than last place Detroit could accumulate over 80 games. Who van expect to im- prove on this kind of performance? for one, feels the Canadiens will better themselves. He says the club will be even stronger in the new campaign, and he wouldn't Pearson Cops OBER 9, 1977 The Pole CHARLOTTE, N.C (UPL) — David Pearson said setting the prize purse at $10,000 for winn- ing a pole position made TFieingion REMINGTON 870 VENT RIB MAGNUM SHOTGUN Reg. 212.00 Save today on this Remington 870 vent rib magnum shotgun him nervous, but it ap- parently didn't make him nervous enough to slow MARLIN SS GOOSE GUN down any. Pearson toured the 1.5mile track at Charlotte Motor Speedway at an averageof 160.892 miles per hour during two qualifying laps Wednes- day to winthe pole purse and thestarting spot for Sunda $250,000 National 500 stock car race REMINGTON MAGNUM SHELLS ‘It makes Tt was no surprise to at the 1.5-mile Charlotte ~ of a of the other drivers that Pearson, who has wonthe pole WATCH CAP walnut with pistol grip. Charge # and save now! They ought to quit paying this kind of qualifying) money,” said Pearson. me nervous. BLAZE ORANGE 62° SAVE $14—Our Reg. 76.96 12 gauge, 2-shot magazine, bolt action, black Shells 5°” shel 5?” Motor Speedway track eight consecutive times, did it $449 VINYL VESTS 49° RUBBER INSULATED BOOTS $895 FLAME ORANGE MANY OTHER ITEMS AT SIMILAR SAVINGS again Wednesday They might as well makethat check out and Rive it to Pearson every year said Darrell Waltrip, oneof 20 drivers who qualified Wednes: day DonnieAllison and Cale Yarborough drove their Chevrolets around the track at an average of 159.848 mph, but NASCAR officials handed the second spot to Allison because he madehis at tempt first Buddy Baker, who hasn't won on the NASCAR circuit this season, won fourth place with Mallard-Tone GOOSE CALL 97 Our Reg. 4.42 MEN'S CHEST WADERS Special Sale Price! §°° a speed of 159.773 mphin a Ford That's the best I've jualified all year and I'm not about to complain Baker said Richard Petty was in fifth place in ftor driving an a’ e {189.363 mph Waltrip alitved sixth at 156 610 CPR BOSrei) RIFLE SLINGS pias Ron Simpkins is looking forwardto his se- and won the Norris Division title by 49 points— Guy Lafleur, to Nevada-Las Vegas didn’t hurt us that much,” said We'restill leahin a night game Westminster will deior in a good pi North s back where it starte its first four ly te ) 5. But this year NAU coach Joe Saiem isn't ready to ing in Boze In other Big Sky Conference games Saturday. Montana hosts BoiseState in the Grizzlies homecoming and Idaho Mines The Parsons also own a 32-42 victory over Adams State a Cougars-Rams Dominate WAC Figures te rivals gets underway at DEER HOISTS 4" PRACTICE AMMO 30-06 SMM 7M 7.35 303BR 308 “HEN 4180. STATE OREM 225-5827 |