Show The Utah Statesman escape from Tiger clutches for 17-1-4 Aggies “That started the whole thing” lyfatfSoncr tributes to the road life Wjt Ncbon tings hit of hit tuccest on the highways and Vae don’t blame the Aggie football team lost three lAndoa’t agree with Willie They have the road and barely escaped with their HMiiiMt the University of the Pacific Saturday lit Aggies used a field goal by Dale Money with the tenacious ggopifc eft in the game to beat rT Tam 1714 Tk in evens 3-- 0 14-- nuch-need- LITTLE line late in the third quarter Samuels Aggie hit Eric McPherson and the Aggies were threatening on the Pacific 35 Two plays laser Maurice Turner broke a play for 28 yards and a touchdown one-yar- 44-ya- rd to tie the game at 4 The Aggies’ defense then stopped the Tigers several times setting up the last scoring drive for the Aggies USU started on the Pacific line and behind the running of Paul Jones and Turner reached the eight-yar- d line USU then sent Money onto the field to try for the winning three points Money who normally kicks barefoot put on a riioe and (hilled the The Aggies then kicked off but k was too late for the Tigers “We’ve been struggling with our place kicking said Snyder “One of the things Dale did in the week was put on shoe He loses a little djwww but he is more accurate” as Snyder also made a decision to go with his quarterback instead of Canales "Doug Saanich I w3 right now is the man of the hour and I make that change” he said USU will face Texas Christian University i Saturday in Ft Worth Texas before returning home to face San Jose State the following week in a homecoming test which may decide the conference championship 14-1- 43-ya- rd er w EPSILON 13-1- 5 C3 forth £00 East TT0ct13 (Mating and tefomatlon SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH UP TO teSBlattlra) $10000 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE $2500 Oct 14 TO ABOUT FROM $8000 JOB OPPORTUNITIES (STARTING SALARY OF ABOUT $16000 PER YLAR) ARMY AVIATION OPPORTUNITIES Jsdehaaaa party rjfsstthabrotharal SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES PPBUordrsM) AND MUCH FOR VETERANS MUCH MORE! 0cL15 Party CH2£K US OUT WITH KO OCLISATIOH! Ream 104 CliKtsry Ccianse CAE on CALL: 1 wi &STER RUSH OCT Pr-e- W 44-ya- rd USU need to start something after the way played in the first half Pacific was able to run the ball and the Aggie offense was as stale as moldy bread “We stunk up the joint” said Snyder “We were not blocking running or passing and they were playing great defense” The game was tied after the first quarter but d Pacific scored on a run by tailback David Brown with 1 1 :23 left in the first half culminating a drive that took 13 plays to give Pacific a lead On the Ags' next possession freshman tailback Eric Adams fumbled giving the Tigers the ball on USU’s line Pacific behind the passing of Harley Miller drove the ball in for the score with 8:48 left in half to give the Tigers a 14-- 0 lead The Tigers threatened again later in the half but were forced to try a field goal which they missed and the half ended But the rest of the game belonged to the Aggie defense and special teams With Fernandes' punt return and with Mike Perko JL Coon and Shawn Miller shutting the Tigers' offense down the Ags slowly changed the shape of the game Snyder brought Doug Samuels in for Chico Canales at quarterback and he was able to guide the Aggies to a scoring drive The drive started on the 35-ya- rd the Aggies’ record to 3 overall 4 bey remain unbeated in PCAA conference play record setting up their showdown with mAs Oct 24 in Logan State fe Jok hdfic which hadn’t scored in nine quarters of fefcl prior to Saturday’s game started the game akigkfahion shutting down the Aggie offense in itha half snd capitalizing on USU mistakes to dts 0 halftime lead TVs Fred Fernandes the Aggie punt returner ad over With eight minutes left in the third Pacific punt and streaked qMtff Fernandes took a State its first score of the night Utah Hywdito give boost to a flat football team ad a “That was the catalyst that got everybody going ga&caddiae” said USU Coach Bruce Snyder ALPHA Monday October 12 1971 700-IC2- 0 |