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Show Page 6— THE HERAI Sports a A full report and commentaryon winners, losers and coming events tall McMahonLea ds Cougars to 63-14 Win Waspoints responsible for. Adams had the record at 518. McMahonneeded 17 By MARION DUNN Herald Sports Editor and he accounted for 42. giving him540 AINS, Cc Just as some eat acting performances take place on stages far from Broadway's i some of the all-time performances often are to date. And then McMahon broke a record nobody hadanticipated. It was the single-game completion record Quarterbacks Dave Wilson of Illinois Rich Campbell share the record. station shot shown by Monday the footage KBYU-TVwill televise the game on a MST and the telecast will begin at 11 p.m. Can the Cougars beat Hawaii? Edwardssaid after Saturday's game that. ‘‘Hawaii runstheball and will be a real challenge, but the players are looking forward toit. I left McMahon The fifth record is a tie. It is for in today because he’s getting better and stronger every game and he McMahonis nowtied with four other needed playing time. CSUhad a good quarterbacks: Jim Plunkett of Stan- concept and it a good day tolet ford, Gary Huff of Florida State, Gene McMahonplay.” Swick of Toledo and Steve Brown of So, now comes Hawaii. The Cougars AppalachianState. are underpressure, but they have been The record McMahonisclosing in on there before. Last year they needed to is the all-time career passing yards of win in’ Honolulu and they won. Last year McMahonwentinto that 9.188 by Hermann. McMahon needs only 487 yards in the final two gamesto game with a sore shoulder and still threw60 passes. This time McMahon overtake Hermannin that category. will have a braceonhisleft knee, but BYU took a 21-7 lead in the first he did showa lot of mobility Saturday quarter, led 35-14 at the half, added and he should be ready for Hawaii seven morepoints in the third quarter So should the rest of the Cougars. Center Bart Oates returned to the and 21 in the final period. lineup for the first time since the McMahonthrew to a bevy of talented Colorado gameand played verywell receivers, but his favorite this time The defense gave up two touchdowns was Hudson. Hudson caught11 for 117 but only291 total yards. It caused four yards and three touchdowns. Scott Pet- fumbles and recovered two of them tis caught six for 96 yards and two Dave McKee, Kevin Walker and Todd touchdowns; Scott Collie caughtsix for Shell intercepted passes. And, the of85 yards; Danny Plater, seven for 69; fensive line gave Jim great protection and Neil Balholm four for 45 and one The win should give BYU some touchdown. The other touchdown momentum. The Cougars will need it reception was by Glen Kozlowski, who next Saturday had three for 40 yards. Bruce Hansen Seasons gaining 2.500 yards or more. afternoon BYU's great mances as he led the Cougars to a 63-14 victory over Colorado State. MeMahon had the most productive day of his career as he completed 44 of 65 passes for 538 yards and seven touchdowns These were personal highs right across the board. And, along the wa: Mahon set five more NCAApassin, andtotal offense records and closed in on at least one other one And all this happenedin little Ft Colo. McMahon had 40 As soon as McMahon completed his 44th, he cameout of the game quarterback Jim McMahonturned in one of thoseall-time great perfor- Collins, ball game in Hawaii will be there. California him in long enough to get the record of America Saturday of completions late in the fourth quarter and Cougar coach LaVell Edwards left Sports director Jay Monsen anda team from the Saturday Tun-oriented team and a strong defensive club. The gameis already sold out and the largest crowd to watch a foot half-hour delay basis. The actual finished the 1980 season with 43 to kickoff should take place at 10:30 p.m and Thehighlights of BYU's 63-14 victory over Colorado State will be KBYU-TV at 10-30 p.m. This is a game the two teams have been pointing for all year. Hawaii is a where only 17,000 fans turnedout to watchthe lowly Colorado State Rams battle McMahon and Co McMahon played almost the entire gamefor the Cougars. When he went back in latein thefourth quarter what wasleit of the CSU crowd booed. But he was in there for a purpose and when it was accomplished he left with another of those NCAA records in his favor and the bocs became cheers In the locker room afterwards, a jubilant McMahon, accustomed to caught I'm glad theyleft mein, I deserve it and we needto build momentumfor the final two games.” Thevictory Saturday gave BYU an 8- 2 overall record and a 5-1 mark in the Western Athletic Conference. Next Saturday the Cougars travel to Honolulu for a showdown gamewith undefeated Hawaii. And the week after thattheyclose the season against Utah in Provo. The Cougars must win both ames in order to repeat as WAC champions and return to the Holiday UPI Telephoto BYU’s Jim McMahonpasses despite pressure from CSU linebacker Scott Clough. Bowl More than that, somebodymustbeat Wyoming or else the Cougars will only sharethe title with the Cowboys and Wyoming would get the Holiday Bow! bid byvirtue of its win over BYU After Satur performance McMahonholds AA recordsoutright andis tied for two others. Thebig one that fell to him Saturday was the total offense career record formerly held by Mark Hermann of Purdue. Hermann’s mark was 8,444 and McMahon went into Saturday's 8,897 yards. The Cougar star passed Hermann The second record was touchdowns with 6:16 to play in the first quarter responsible for, the old record was 86 when he hit tight end Gordon Hudson by Joe Adamsof Tennessee State. Mcfor seven yards, giving him 94 to that Mahon had 83 andhis seven Saturday point. McMahon ended the day with gave the recordat 90. The third record game needingonly87 yards to break it New Mexico, Utah Deadlock at 7 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (UPI) — Reserve quarterback Robin Gabrielrallied the University of New Mexico to a 7-7 tie Saturday with Utah, a team that needed a win desperatelyto stay in the’ Western Athletic Conference championshiprace. out of the Lobos loss column, and may have spoiled the Utes’ championship bid. Utah, 4-0-1 in conference and71-1 overall, had a chance — but only a slim one — to win the game. With five seconds remaining and the wind at his back, kicker Gil Alvarez’ 60-yard field goal try fell/far short The sonof former pro quarterback Roman Gabriel connected on onlyseven of 21 passes for 114 The Uteg‘entered the game tied yards, but he provided the only } for the WAClead offensiye spark the Loboshad in a “Bame inated by both defenses : His 33-yard fourth-quarter lays onlyseven league games this year, compared to eight for both BYU and Wyoming, which also are challenging scoring pass to wide receiver Robert Mitchell kept the game for the WAC crown. Senior Tyce Ferguson hit 14 of 28 passes for 152 yards for the Utes, but his team’s only score came on Carl Monroe's six-y: Tun just before the first half ended The Lobos, 3-6-1, were led by two freshmen defensive stalwarts, linebacker Johnny Jackson and free safety Ray Hornfeck, whose leaping interception of a Ferguson pass wiped out what looked like a possible Utah touchdown “We had a few opportunities to score,” said Lobo coach Joe Morrison, ‘but we just missed’em We are never happywith tie, but it was tough comingoff a loss (to Brigham Young).”’ Hawaii Clobbers Texas-El Paso To Maintain WAC Leadership EL PASO, Texas (UPI) — Anthony Edgar and Gary Allen accounted for five Hawaii touchdowns Saturday to lead the Rainbows to 35-7 romp over Texas-El Paso and set up a Western Athletic Conference showdown with Brigham Youngnext wee Honolulu The victory gave Hawaii sole possession of first place in the WAC and ri ed, gar carried 13 times for 153 yards and two touchdowns Hawaii gained 566 yards total offense. His second touchdown was a 47 yard gallop in the third quarter Allen's touchdowns cameonruns of 2 and 3 yards and a 62-yard screen pass. from quarterback Bernard Quarles cleared the way for what most likely The only UPEP touchdown camein will be the title match against BYU, a the third quarter on a 3-yard run by 62-14 winner over Colorado State freshman Greg Adams. The Miners are short ot the 93 punts made by UTEP kickers last year Hawaii 7714 7-35 Tex-El Paso 007 0-7 Haw—Edgar 82 run (Larson kick Haw —Allen in son kic UTEP—Adams 2 run (Wedell kick Haw Edgar un (Larson kick Haw—Allen 3 Larson, kick Haw—Allen pass from Quarles Hawaii had been beenknotted with now1-8 for the season and 1-5 in the Utah for the WAC lead but Utah tied league New MexicoSaturday The only bright spot for UTEP was The Rainbows, 7-0 on the season and 5-0 in the league, scored on their second punter Rick Padia who punted nine possession of the game on an 82-yard times for an average 47.4 yards. Padia streak by Edgar and the Miners never has punted 73 times this year, still 20 Southern Utah State Easy Victor The 68 points broke the ThunderCEDAR CITY, Utah (UPI) — Southern Utah State, setting school birds’ old record of 61 in a game, set records for most points and most yards against Ft. Lewis in 1970. And the Tin total offense, whipped Western New Birds’ 603 yardsin total offense topped Mexico 68-10 Saturday in a Rocky the school’s old mark of 597 yards Mountain Athletic Conference game three for 36 and Waymon Hamilton one for 19. playing onlyhalf of the game on many Saturdays, said, “‘you're damn right against Mesa last year Mason, Curry Ancar and Alan Moss all ran for one SUSC touchdown each, and backup quarterback Bob August threw a 9-yard TDpassto Kirk Hafen, The TBirds are now 6-3 overall and5-2 in the MAC Quarterback Ben Bubak led SUS( Western New Mexico — now 1-6 in Ahead just 17-10 early in the second passing for 110 yards and a 16-yard touchdown to Scott Applegate and quarter, SUSC roared out to a 40-10 the conferenceand1-7 on the season — rushing for another 50 yards and two halftime lead and shutout Western New got its only touchdownon quarterback Kevin Stephens’ 26-yard run in these: morescoreson runsof three and eight Mexicoin the second half Curtis Page, Bob Verburg, Gary cond period. yards Gabriel paid tribute to his teammates ‘I'm proud of the way we kept coming back, like we ve doneall season. We didn't quit,"’ he said. Utah igen UNM 017 Utah-Monroe 6 run (Alvarez wie) UNM-Mitchell 33 pass from Gabriel Parks kick) A-14.420 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Weber Clubs Augustana OGDEN, Utah (UPI) — Junior Milt Myerspassed for 213 yards and a pair of touchdownsin WeberState's easy 277 win over Augustana Saturday in a non-conference game. The victory upped Weber State's record to 6-3 this fall with two games remaining, giving the Wildcats of the Big Sky Conferencetheir first winning season in 10 years. Myers’ first touchdown pass went 27 yardsto split end Steve Baggs, and his second was a four yarder to flanker Gerald Bradley. Tim Bernal then came in for Myers and threwa 14-yard TD pass to Baggs Roger Ruzek also kicked a pair of field goals for the Wildcats — from 47 and 29 yards out — plusall three extra points Augustana 7000-7 Weber St 10143 0— 27 WSC— Baggs 27 pass from Myers Ruzek kick Hernandez 6 run (Boadwine The two touchdownsthat came by Tuns were a one-yard dive by Hamilton and a 22-yard scamper by Via Sikahema with 2:53 to play in the game Kurt Gunther had nine PAT’s and had a field goal attempt that hit the left upright and bounced away. CSU foughtvaliantly and wasasclose as 28-14 in the first half, but BYU's defense shut the Ramsoutthelast two quarters. The Cougars intercepted three Ram passes and were adequate on defense when it counted. The Cougars were hit for nine penalties, totalling 103 yards and four of the penalties were pass interference. McMahon wasright. The Cougars need momentum. The game with Hawaii will be the biggest of the season. If the Rainbows can beat the Cougars, they could easily makeit to the Holiday Bowl. Brigham Young DA 63 O—4 Colorado State YU-Hudson 12 pass trom! MeMahon (Gunther kick) BYU-Hudson 4 pass from McMahon (Gunther. hek) 18 pass from McMahon CSU-Champine 17 pass from Thenell (Poole kick BYU-Hamilton 1 run (Gunther kick) CSU-T. Johnson 28 pass from Nugent (Poole kick) BYU-Hudson 6 pass from McMahon (Gunther kick) BYU-Pettis 14 pass from McMahon (Gunther kick) BYU-Kozlowski 11 pass from McMaton (Gunther kick) BYU-Balholm 1 pass from McMahon (Gunther kick) BYU- esa ners A—17-861° 22 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards asses Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards run (Gunther kick mis usu 2 8-8 ste 538 208 63 127 4465-1 16—34—3 2-925 ale 1-0 ois 584 Jazz Extinguish Suns By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Writer SALT LAKE CITY — coupleof unsung heros performedan operaSaturday night for the Utah Jazz as Utah put itself in the upper crust of the NBA’s Midwest Division by beating the Phoenix Suns 95-87 to end a jinx with Phoneix and post a 3-2 record in the young season Ben Poquette, who didn’t start the game, scored 20 points (secondonly to Adrian Dantley’s 23 for Utah) and Rickey Green and Carl Nicks pulled out crucial plays going down the wire to dish out the Suns’ third loss of the year Phoenix big man Alvan Adams, whose darkrings under his eyes looked like something left over from Halloween, tallied 29 points and was. awesome for the Suns, but bowed to pressure whenit counted to help the Utah cause. Witht the Suns up by onepoint with just under three minutes to play, Po- said Poquette in postgame,‘I knew I could put it up and in, I did it last season, and tonight it all came together. “People have been double teaming A.D. and applying the pressure to him andthathasleft the rest of us open. It has created opportunities for the rest of the team.” Utah Coach Tom Nissalke waslaid backafter the game, obviously pleased that the Jazz have now gone unbeaten in three tries at home. “We feel good when we beat anybody. We can’t be thatselectiveyet who we beat. They (Phoenix) are a good team. Friday the Jazz lost 119-109 to Portland on the road. PHOENIX (87) Robinson 5 0-1 10, Scott 1 0-0 2, Adams 13 37 29, Bradley 6 22 14, Macy 6 33 15, Nance 100 2, Kelley 2 34 7,"Driers 0 00 0, Cook 3 23 8, Totals 37 1: UTAH (95) Dantley 7 9-11 23, Hardy 1 quette tied up Truck Robinson and witins 212.5, Duren. 2-004, Griftth 6 Green cameup with the looseball. A 34 15, Poquette 9 2-2 20, Schayes 3 2-2 8, Nicks 2 2-4 6, Cattage 0 few seconds later Dantley got a hack Green 4 2-2 ii Job while driving the lane andhit both 00 0, Totals 3 ends of the one-and-one to give Utah the lead 88-87 Phoenix put the ball inbounds and Dudley Bradley’s attempted pass to Adamson the sidelines wentinto the crowd. Utah took a 20 second timeout and after Poquette and Darrell Griffith both missed shots, a loose ball found its way to Griffith and hefloated through a turn-around layup to put the Jazz up 90-87. Griffith proved good for an encore at the other end iwth a steal and assist to Green whose layup was goal-tended by Adams. It was 92-87 and time for music That five-point lead was all Utah needed Phoenix called a tiemout and Jeff Wilkins, another unheralded player for Utah, stole the inbounds pass. After a timeout, Utah held the ball for 24 secondsto leave 47 seconds on the clock and turn the orbit over to the Suns. Phoenix guard Kyle Macythen missed a homerun attempt and Nicks, flying through the big men, cameupwith the rebound and was hammered by Adams FG Ruzek 47 Bradley 4 pass from Myers Ruzek kick WSC— Baggs 14 pass from Bernal ‘Thefinal stanzaafter the Adamsfoul Ruzek kick left 23 seconds for Utah to play with. WSC— FG Ruzek 29 Nicks missed the free throws but A- 6 Aug. wsc Wilkins tipped the rebound to PoquetFirst downs “4 29 te. A fewsecond slater, with two se8 8 40-188 condsleft on the clock, Nicks found Poquetteall alone underneath as the Suns a sme 29-5022 applied the pressure wrench at back 's —36.2 2-400 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 court, and Poquette put through a Penalties-yards 6-66 7-76 week stretch dunk to end the contest, Possession time 7:9 3241 I've always been a good shooter, PHOENIX 2623 20 18— 87 UTAH 21 26 25 23— 95 Fouled out— None. Total fouls— Phoenix 22, Utah 22. Technical fouls— Dantley, i— 8,319 UTAH (109) Dantley 9 8-8 26, Hardy 1 2-2 4, Wilkins 5 0-0 10, Duren 2 0-0 4, Griffith 6 2-4 14, Poquetie 4 2- 2.10, Nicks 1 1-2 3, Schayes 5 0-0 10, Green 9 4-5 22, Cattage 2 2-2 6, Wood 0 0-0 0. Totals 44 21-25 109 PORTLAND (119) Harper 0 a 2, Natt 9 3-3 21 Thompson 13 4-9 30, Paxson 7 12°15, Ransey 5 4-4 14, Kunnert 2 1-1 5, Verhoeven 4 3-6 11 Bates 2 5-69, Valentine 0 2-2 2, 0-1 10. Utah Portla Totals 47 Total fouls—Utah 3 2,666 A Lamp 25-38 119 313417 27-109 303435 20-119 32 Portland WACStandings Conf, Al W-L-T V-L-T Hawaii Utah BYU Wyoming 5-00 4-0-1 S10 700 Tle 820 10 6-2-0 New Mexico San Diego St Air Force UTEP 23:1 240 M0 150 364 440 350 1-80 Colorado St 06-0 0.9.0 Saturday's results BYU68, Colorado State 4 Hawaii 35, New Mexico7 titan 7 Wyoming 24, San DiegoState 13 Next week's schedule BYU at Hawait Notre Dameat Air Force New Mexico at ColoradoState San DiegoState at UNLV Wyoming at Utah |