| Show 01004iIWWW40mN 1 I I 2D The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday September 2 1990 1 Samoan 1 g - imp r A re k 3 ' Nett 1 if )11413r4"'"' A se' i :' 1 t k4P'' t tre I f' irl - !it ' de A744' 4 I 741118444-1 10 " ''"A I itg 1 loo r 114"'' 1 47 " r 40 e t ) t r fr r' t A - 4 I fAmb- ' 1 It4410-- L'A T —Tribune Staff Photos by Rick Egan Utah coach Ron McBride left is quick to congratulate Mark Swanson after the freshman defensive back made a diving n tackle on Aggie Floyd Foreman 4th-dow- ' ' exit visa on the game's second play when his knee took a shot while firing an incomplete pass to Smith "To be honest I was scared" said Woods "It went numb for a minute I said to myself " 'If I can get up I'll finish'" He did get up and marched the Utes to a 0 lead when Lamm le field goals with 5:53 drilled a left in the opening quarter The Utes got new life on their first score by a roughing-the-puntpenalty They were given a chance at their second when Aggie halfback Roger Grant fumbled a Johnson pass at the USU 44 with 1:10 left in the half Ute defensive tackle Jimmy Bellamy jumped on the loose ball and Utah had itself a 0 lead five plays later when Lamm le connected from 27 yards out The Ags had one terrific chance at a score late in the third quarter when Lamm le pooched a 16 yard punt that put Utah State at the Ute 34 — its best field position of the contest Johnson marched the Aggies as close as the 2 but Ute linebacker Anthony Davis threw Ag halfback Floyd loss on second Foreman for a down Johnson got the five back on a third-dowkeeper but got his bell rung on third on a vie and had to leave the game Rather than go for the chip-shfield goal She:ton elected to try for six with junior quarterback Ron Lopez at the controls On 4th and 1 from the 2 Foreman was stopped cold by Ute cornerback Mark Swanson at the 3:36 mark "Mark Swanson made a great play 3-- d 235-poun- solid" Solid the Aggie offense was not USU running game he much-toute- d was and junior quarterback Kirk Johnson laid few questions fo rest about his ability to lead the Ags d With a passing performance But USU coach Chuck ghelton wasn't about to single anyone ))itit When you only control the ball or 23:37 and turn it over four times there's plenty of blame to go around '"We couldn't do anything offen- sively" said Shelton "We were close at times but close doesn't cut it We had dropped passes we missed receivers and we missed blocks And evnon-existe- 15-of-- 143-yar- 6-- eryone making those mistakes were veterans How we can make them baffles me but the effort was there" But because they were unable to produce points the burden fell to the Aggie defense It too finally fell apart in the late going when the Utes k rang up 13 points on touchdowns by Abrams and Smith in t( span of 3:24 : Up until then this was a rugged 0 g defensive struggle t The Aggies nearly gave Woods an n back-to-bac- 6-- bell-ringin- Survives 'Miner' Scare TIYU F Continued From 1 featuring Gasser's completions of 22 nd 17 yards to Reggie Barrett Tailback Larry Sims went the last 12 yards on an option pitch for a 7 tie On the Miners' next possession nose guard Rick Wilson's sack knocked Gasser out of the game Early in the second quarter Perez took them to Jason Gillespie's field goal for a 10-- edge ' Thanks mostly to the running game RYIJ scored on the next two drives Fullback Mike Salido's carries for 11 eight and 18 yards led to Detmer's three-yar- d TD run on a right-sid- e bootleg The other fullback Peter Tuipulotu had his chance on the next possession going 11 and 16 yards to TD dive for set up his own lead the : The Miners' chance to cut the lead ended when Perez was stopped on a keeper just short of the end zone and was a fraction late trying to stop the clock with an incompletion Opening the second half the Miners blew another chance Greg Armstrong recovered a fumble at the BYU 18 after a missed exchange between Detmer and Tuipulotu but UTEP failed to move and Gillespie field goal missed a Nothing exciting happened until the fight late in the third quarter The incident came on the first play of a BYU drive that ended with Earl field goal UTEP Kauffman's safety OT Thomas rode Tuipulotu into the BYU sideline drawing a personal-foul penalty and starting the fight that partly cleared the Miner bench and lasted about 30 seconds — fairly long for football BYU could have wrapped things up early in the fourth quarter but a touchdown pass was called back by a penalty One play Ilater Detmer was a victim of safety Emilio Pittman's second interception But just when the Miners could have made their move Perez was loss on a stopped for a three-yaro play from the BYU D-- 7 BYU 1 1 t i i ii i 1 Next: quarterback rushed for 77 yards on 17 carries last week vs Tennessee Next: Sept 6 vs Stanford Raghib Ismail Notre Dame flanker Did not play Saturday Next: Sept 15 vs Michigan Shawn Moore Virginia quarterback Completed 16 of 35 for 254 yards and 3 tcuchtimyris Pnd ran for another score at Kansas Next: Sept 8 vs Clemson Darren Lewis Texas A&M running back 24 carries for 117 yards 1 touchdown at Hawaii Next: Sept 15 vs SW Louisiana Todd Marinovich USC quarterback 25 of 35 passing for 337 yards 3 TDs Friday night against Syracuse Next: Sept 15 vs Penn St Safety Josh Arnold stopped another Miner threat with an interception of Perez BYU ended the game with a goal-lin- e stand after Detmer's TD pass to Valdez BYU left satisfied Miami's next 1 quarterback Did not play Saturday Passed for 68 yards on passing seven 0) 260-poun- lua-pata- ' "otttlYNtavkillr"'"'-'''''''"”- 1 i 11' 1 t f° e'''' W' t - KI: 1"i'") t N ) 01147 - - -- - '- -) - t 7 is': ' 1 I -- 1 N:: 41 r--- e t 4- - I VI i 4) i I L:itire4040 tI I S ''''ot 0 wo 1c64:71" I ''1: iP 'A"do 11 ' ' 0: :- : 0 141t I 4 4 11 f si ) t ' ':v't' $:41110qA " 4144- "- q--- - LL' - (6t 0 1 ' - ' 4- 11"' 110J tr ' 7' :' - t 4-- McMackin Tonga a junior from Taylorsville High started the Ags' turnover woes With just over a minute to play in the first half Grant hauled in Johnson's pass over the middle took two steps and met Mr Tonga "It was just like we do it in practice I went right for the ban I got him and the ball" said Tonga who bad four tackles for the day "This is a helluva feeling Ever since I've been here they've talked about the Utah offense Now they'll talk about the Utah defense" Shah had Aggie QB Johnson talking to himself with four minutes to play in the third quarter USU had a third and 6 at the Ute 7- yard line and Johnson rolled right and toward the U goal line "I knew 190- where I was" said Shah a pounder from LA I knew I had to line It was either get to the John-gam- e d him or me" The had to leave the On the next play Foreman who possesses 46 speed swept left toward the goal line Swanson a 9 180-pounder from Fremont Calif was the only Ute left who had a chance "The tight end went out and I had to fill the inside" said Swanson Powell Utah's senior "Emanuel backup free safety) took on two guys and there was no one to block me It was wide open for me All I had to do was rally to it" said Swanson who has 46 speed himself Then there was Davis a 2 222- pounder out of Spokane Falls (Wash) JC who was recruited by McMackin after being told by Spokane Falls Coach John Buck he was the "best I've had up here in 18 years" Davis had eight tackles three of them for loss One of his biggest stops was stripping Moore of the ball after a completed pass from Johnson with 1312 minutes left and Utah up by just 6-- - 3 4t4—A 7 i - : 0 ' - :r N r '''' ' sVtgibl V t ------ I' ':: — "A lot of people snickered when I took this job" said McMackin who spent four years turning Oregon Tech's fortunes around before joining the Utes who were Division I's worst defensive troops in 1989 "But these kids made me proud today and they should have made all Utah fans proud We're a young defensive team that will get better and better Let me assure you they learn well Our No I team goal is to have a topositive turnover ratio and after day we're 0 three fumble recoverand a pass erception)" said 6-- - A-- :'' f Irpl' - ) -- job 5-- e Illif 4101111"N' tdinator Greg defensive McMackin's decision to take the Ute fuzzy-braine- t - - — — ' With a horde of Aggie defenders swarming in Utah quarterback Jason Woods quickly falls on his own fumble Saturday 1 0 "I just reached out there and grabbed for Moore 1 Their quarter-- back made a great throw and I was sort of off balance" said Davis who has 447 speed in the 40 014 Davis who only joined the Utes:o'do' three weeks ago after completing his0 JC academic requirements thenl grinned broadly and offered his as- -4 sessment of the day's dramatiC: developments "The Ags weren't prepared for us t at all We had heard all the talk that they were the veterans and we were t1' the newcomers We didn't come up here to sit on the bench and stare in-- v awe at them" low No what the Utes did was intro: duce this war chant — all together : now "Mill patai am" For Ute fans it must already be a !t gold record I - lua-pat- ' '37"" - e'v ETIC giNt oen c z Ar 44: k r" 41O101 Z Ww4' - Is'klk- " f il - v 14-ya- r ' ''IP - s' :- v 40''''' y 411"":4'Imital'wwww-w"1- ire - 1 t i: 00 f DeShawn Texas A&M 28 Hawaii 13: At Honolulu Darren Lewis rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown in the first half and fullback Robert Wilson scored twice in the opening 30 minutes allowing No 13 Texas A&M to cruise past Hawaii The Aggies scored their four touchdowns before halftime converting a fumble recovery and blocked punt ' ( i i ' await it ''' 10'5 ''? ' - ' V 3 ' - ' t i ''"' iti I r ' N tiw -- 4" ' ' into short scoring drives Hawaii closed to when Garrett Gabriel chased from the pocket threw down the right sideline to Dane McArthur who dodged a tackle and ran 71 yards to score But Wilson scored from a yard out with 20 seconds left before intermission and 21-1- 0 i 28-1- 0 Jason Elam who kicked a d field goal early in the second quarter for Hawaii kicked a in the third for the only scoring of the second half Wyoming Wyo mie three 38 second-hal- break open Temple 23: At Lara- Tom Corontzos f tossed touchdowns to a tight game and lead Wy- oming over Temple just out of the reach of Colorado State's swooping safety Brian Schneider Saturday Both teams played sloppily in the season opener but Wyoming benefitted by turning two interceptions and two fumbles by Temple (0-into 24 points Wyoming entered the fourth quarter trailing 4 as a result of Temple quarterback Matt Baker's screen to Scott McNair who reversed his field and went 58 yards into the end zone But a fumble by Baker on Temple's next series gave Wyoming the ball and six plays later Corontzos had his second TD pass as he found tight end Gordy Wood in the end zone Wyoming tailback Dwight Driver ended the scoring by scampering 43 yards down the left sideline with 22 seconds left (1-- 17-1- r 4 lik - '4 ' 05 - —Associated Press Paolo the ball tucked away Air Force guar- terback Ron Gray right manages to stay A&M led - - 44 With mi - - 410' Durham romped 69 yards for another AFA score moments later putting the Falcons in command at 26-1- 4 Verdugo then guided CSU BO yards in 11 plays with fullback Todd Yert pluaging thc final yard with 1:35 left in the third period But Verdugo then passes of 19 and 16 yards to Primus and a to Copeland to set up the game-winn- 7 ' ' 20-1- Halfback i Ntz ' c- '"-- - 4 81 ftrike ' i' ? - - '''' y k 41'7 ' ( 4 4 0069- - - ' 37-ya- 1- ' e ol' - : er: '4 4-- 'r'' - i soft c g A ' al ' 1' ' JO - t y ''' -- At ' 44' gt tr ) '' ' T ' ! 0Nic 1 irmlik tip :—"1: 4 v - - 4 ' 11 26-1- 4 i - 1 't I directed the Rams on three touchdown drives pass to split end including a Greg Primus for the clincher with 1:16 left The junior quarterback completed his first 10 passes His llth attempt was intercepted by Air Force corner- back Carlton McDonald whose 10- line yard return to the AFA set up quarterback Ron Gray's score with 3:31 remaining McDonald had earlier blocked two punts to help account for a pair of Falcon scores Using their own blocked punt for a touchdown and a Gimenez run for another CSU opened up a 14-- 3 lead early in the second quarter But Air Force responded with four straight scores taking the lead early in the third period when McDonald blocked his second punt and Rod Stephan returned the loose ball 15 yards for a 4 advantage quarter and trailing I ' t - ing starter Mike 4)1‘1110"4) Gimenez with 5:29 leffiin The third Malan Hagan Colorado d season-open- )11e Tennessee running back Rushed for 25 yards in 3 carries vs Pacific then left game with a knee injury Next: Sept 8 at Mississippi State fourth-and-tw- The only people who got excited though were the Ines Utah safety Bob Bonafacio picked off a Lopez pass with 13:28 left in the game and the Utes turned that into a scoring rin by Abrams (with the ensuing try for two failing) at the 8:54 mark to make it a 12-- 0 ballgame Less than a minute later Utah put it out of reach when Bellamy blind-side- d Johnon on 3rd and 5 and forced a fumble that Greg Reynolds recovered Four plays later the Utes were in the end zone again — this time on a plunge by Smith with 6:17 left to make it 19-- 0 After being on the field much of the day the USU defense looked tired but the Aggies were having none of it "I wouldn't call it running out of gas" said Ag linebacker Del Lyles "I'd call it inconsistency When you're out there you're going to get tired no matter what It gets to be a mind game And that's where the inconsistency comes in We missed tackles I missed plenty of them" Next up for the Aggies is their Big West Conference opener against Long Beach State at home on Saturday The Utes head to Big Ten country taking on Minnesota on Saturday night in Minneapolis tile--"lkNA- - Chuck Webb d back-to-bac- excited" ing victory at the Air Force Aeade- - Craig Erickson d McNabb describing the Utes' celebration at midfield following the school's first shutout since the 1981 k club had whitewashings of Portland State (46-and Northwestern (42-0- ) "Go ask Papa Ili what it means He started it down at our camp in Price two weeks ago" said McNabb of Utah's associate head coach Sam Papalii a native of Faganeanea American Samoa Turns out that Vince Lobendahn d Utah's defensive tackle whose roots reach to the South Pacific delivered the explanation "Yes it's a Samoan war chant that gets men motivated to fight The words are 'mill where we rub our hands together to get the friction going 'patai' which is followed by a sini' which is two gle hand clap quick hand claps and then 'aua' or in our case 'Utes' which means get going in Samoan" said Lobendahn There you have it the chant remembered from childhood by Papalii drilled into the Utes at "Camp Carbon" by rookie head coach Ron McBride and then imprinted on the Aggies' psyche — and their tailends — Saturday in front of 19631 fans In 40 defensively crisp minutes At for us in that critical situation" said McBride "They had a good play called He just came out of the pack and ran the guy down" "We hadn't moved the ball all day" said Shelton defending his call "Rather than watch three points we wanted to score the TD and get 35-3- 3 6 d "It's a Samoan war chant" said Ute assistant Sean long-tim- e Utah at least for one week vindica- Tribune Wire Services Kevin Verdugo came off the bench to complete 14 of 18 passes rallying Colorado State to a Passed for 347 yards on passing with one touchdown and two interceptions Next: Sept 8 vs Miami 21-1- 0 t me) Miami quarterback Did not play Saturday Sept 8 at BYU o Magic Colorado State Scores Late to Nip Air Force! 4' Ty Detzner d 1 ' Heisman Watch 7-- one-yar- P get-g- to! Utah State With Shutout Victory 1 Utah's woeful defense a year ago were under a Ute whammy from the By Dick Rosetta Executive Sports Editor LOGAN — Utah State came prepared for a game The University of Utah gave them a war — a Samoan war chant that is So perhaps the Aggies could be excused for an anemic 172 yards offense in their 19-- 0 embarrassment at the hands of the Utes in Romney Stadium Saturday They simply didn't understand the lingo Never mind that freshman defensive back Sharrieff Shah knocked Aggie quarterback Kirk Johnson nearly senseless in a potential game-savin- g tackle near the end of the third period Push it out of your mind that freshman defensive back Mark Swanson followed moments later with a touchdown-saving shoestring tackle on Agback Floyd Foreman running gie Or maybe you thought Ute linebackers Pita Tonga and Anthony Davis stripping the ball away from Aggie receivers Roger Grant and Rod Moore respectively with resultant fumble recoveries by Ute linebacker Jimmy Bellamy were big plays You might have even marveled over senior cornerback Bobby Bonifacio's pass interception early in the fourth quarter followed by sophoTD run more Steve Abrams' 512 minutes later as critical Big plays all but these Aggies who were shut out for three quarters by Utes Make Solid Showing Against Continued From D-yards and a touchdown on 22 carries while backfield mate Clifton Smith added another TD and wideout Darrel Hicks caught three passes for 80 yards Finally there was kicker Wayne Lamm le who contributed six more points by connecting on two of three field goal tries "We made some little mistakes that hurt us early" said W000ds a Mootd 5 pound sophomore "Other than that we were pretty fir U tefense Island ell Aggies Are Believers in Utes' ivggviorP'4674-ii I v ar Chant Works N''( I r 7 kit klitexieo 29 klitexico At Las Cruces NM Jeremy Leach passed for 300 yards Andre Wooten ran for 128 more and New Mexico beat New Mexteo State extending the Aggies' losing steak to 18 straight longest in major college football Leach and Wooten kept a shaky New Mexico State defense off balance throughout the night and set up touchdown runs of 4 and 7 yards by Lobo halfback Dion Morrow and field goals of 41 and 42 yards by David : Margolis The win also marked New Mexico's k first victories since 1986 The Lobos completed a season in 1989 with a 45-2win over Fresno State back-to-bac- 2-- 2 ) t 1 I i t 1 P 1 - - - - |
