Show U&zt±i£iU Ikiti St iLfc Page rL 1 2 T The Utah Statesman Monday October 161978 ggies fumble Long Beach State took full ad antage of five Aggie fumbles and forced USU to play catch up foot ball from early in the first quarter The aggies never last Saturday caught up as the 49ers broke the winning streak Aggie before 33 17 defeating USU 15 800 fans in Romnev Stadium five-gam-e The Long Beach scout squad helped in the 49er cause as thev ef fectiveiy picked on weak links in the Aggie defense bv Rick Two earh fumbles Parros deep m Aggie territory and a roughing the kicker penalty helped the 49ers jump off to an earlv 10-- lead in the first quarter And with less than two minutes expired m the second quarter Long Beach quarterback Paul Mc(af 0 figan unloaded a 70 tear touch down pass to Vernon Henry bur mug USU s Donnie Henderson in the process Henry went on to catch four more passes in the game and tallied 146 yards as McGaffigan and the 49ers offense worked on the right side of the Aggie defense Parros fumbled for the third time 7 31 in the second quarter stopof ping the first real Aggie threat Parros who was the afternoon 12th in the national standing for rushing yards before the game managed only 81 yards on the ground Quite a turnaround from his last Aggie home performance when he broke two stadium rushng records at Long Beach of state its defensive received most support from ay to first loss freshman defensiye tackle Mark Posthumus who recorded five unassisted tackles and recoyered three of the Aggie fumbles The first half came to halt at 4 4" left to play when Aggie defensiye tackle Pat Cornelius suffered a It was reported lated neck injury that Cornelius did not break his neck as indications of nek brace and stretcher may haye indicated The injury time out seemed to stop the 44er momentum and I SU took control of the hall and man hed a i yards on fiye plays to score on a four yard quarterback sneak SI who had used the defensiye and bliti so well against B seemingly Wyoming forgot ail about its prey urns effect venea and bhtxed only once in the half long Beach led 20 7 after the 1 8 me‘ ThC liner gun sounded to end the Si s All American candidate Jimmy Bryant started the second half off on the right foot as he broke several tackles in returning the opening kickoff tib yards deep into 49er territory The Aggies looked as if thev were finally ready to play hut were plagued bv another fumble this time the 49er 14 y ard line 1 With six minutes expired in the 'bird quarter ( ru Hippie connec ted on a is y ard tout hdown pass to light end John I hompson Hippie completed In jiasses on 39 altem jits on t he day The Aggies began to mix up their plavs and drive on the 4 ters but a I lougf iing M ac h defense seemed lthou8 “fyant photo by Ron Hendncka s half dav to the A stop every time within theT hne Steve Stemkebreugii? goal to seven h boaudj m the fourU early yrder Tong Beat Ft °nd Jo the gun outided!" beautifully e ecu ted £ reverse run ndtlwnMtw e njn 'th °nly remaining m the gimt fownM The 4‘Jer 'a ton txrooght tte Mi beam series record to '°r'H TheybaatU year g0 m Log Similar store of 32 10 Tin Am now ! bsgm preparing f ’ clash Dinner U of Manual USU lost A11 American cand showed why he is considered one cf V ' Ver8 a ht cau8ht six passes for 133 7 33-1- u® h ended lh-- y 7 R photo hr i |