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Show 21) The Salt ake Tribune, l Sunday, ()( tuber 6, I9H5 Wildcats Offense Rips Montana State, unbeaten Killer Graves ibune Sports V ritet B '1 Weber Division BuZEMAN Mont .ind defending NCAA the Sijlr AA I national champion Montana Slate en-,led (hen own version of Beaulv and I ho R ast ori a bluebird Bin Skv liter noon Saturday Both displayed dlenses that were things of beaut) Well both weie But defense la tlv at times Rrastlv bad Vet, Weber State ('oar h Mike frit e lould be excused lor forgetting that the Wildcats yielded 401 yards passing and 36 points following Webers ruboul of the Bobcats before 12 597 homecoming fans at Bono Sales Stadium ' I honestly don't see anything bad about it Our defense held up when it had to noted Price who remained Mi-3- ' W their tana team in Bozeman at 3 0 and saw ildr ats improve to ovetall in Mon1985 conferenre opener State is a very good oflcnsive They have most of their often 3 I back after winning the national c humpinnship last year An'l we ar tually held them to two 1 Ds in the first half They just broke a cou pie of big plays Other than that I thought our defense plaved verv well Despite giving up 401 aerial yards and 36 points, senior linebacker Mike Powell did anchor a relatively stout Weber defense That is, the Wildcats produced big defensive plays in criti-- t al situations while limiting Montana to 23 yards rushing State (now MSU quarand sacking terback Kelly Bradley 11 times for 110 yards in lusses sive people Stir-etna- 0-- 2 multi-facete- Stir-eman- d e noon. pass-happ- Weber installed a few extra plays during the last two weeks designed to By ) 51-4- 12-- 1 5 three-pointe- Assck By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays have won their division titles The Kansas City Royals can do no worse than tie And with the exception ot the the only club that can reRoyals all of the teams peat as champion can trace a large measure of their success to players contending for Comeback Player of the Year Los Angeles pitcher Bob Welch was last year with a 3 78 earned run average, his highest since 1979 But this year lie has 13 victories w hile losing just four and paring his FRA to - 2 ' u'Tilthi fourth h.s I joints Rookie g!a s joint d (it H lb ' ' t t,.i t.'i' vh i i v i'll w lb s to go o - hen lie ' is 9 in and Mitt hell in but he took 17 bu-a- l in the first 12 r,s II S , ,i Lake I It HI M i, lav ,c i! a d' 0 - lid bi and Ills jkt si ,rr r us; i r iiiiv ha , M " l bi C. ' al toi (loti lean s i n il s 2 day 'is s, asi.t, r i, ad trip 1 uestlav lo s Hi oi d " ,i ri ol siime id hi' ' will ml iie'ii e his di or pla II i , i i i i 1 spent i v 1 i ( 8 high-price- i 0 finally kicked the a Comeback Player of Year? penalty-plagued- 14-- s J ININ meanw hile av oided a buir'h straight loss fm the first time s n i'uj T he Rt hols art 2 3 over ill Ft tn in A ID Ha i r , i A : pt pljv id the garni tan g k i, ho! f o! he sci olid I kn Tat u i Gainer (,. ,rta turned r u sidelnu v , , k hv : a ' ! hi Aggo s 1 hi m is of 1 L Al nd- - down Gar m ha I'minki mg t e L ii n i I 19 gies final drive died at the Rebel with three minutes to go The final gasp came when a hurried pass by in the end Ipsen was zone In a first half dominated by defense Utah State and Nevada-La- s tie Vegas battled to a That gave the Rebels the ball at the I'SU 44. and seven plays later Chris touchdown run put the Green s with less than Rebels in front three minutes gone in the half over-throw- n 14-- , mistake-pldgiBut the J Aggies came up empty at the RCA A Mlvtr Bowl dropping a decision to Nevada-LaVegas The bis- - t taj State's second in a row dropped the Aggies' record to ovetall and 2 2 in the confetenec 2 Lamp may be our MVP." said Toronto Manager Bobby Cox If Hie Blue Jays win, he also could be Comeback Player of the Year , re Ha thats the way things stayed although the Ags had five genuine scoring thrtats fizzle during the remaining 27 minutes of the game, played before 13 982 fans And 7 The Aggies had the most opportubut an nities - especially early Irani es ended vv hen Solomon Miller ill a wide-opetit upped a pass in the end zone with 10 mintes to go in the third quarter i2i a fourth down play after an impressive drive misfired at the UNLV 35 when t he Ags vv ere called for offer.'iv e pass inerfeitnie (3. a short 27 yard field 8 ial trv t irly in the fomth quarter tt v w as messed up bv a fumbled snap from i enter t4i I NLV mti rcepted a pass by Utah State qtiat H bat k firad Ipsen at its own 25 midway through the fourth quart' r and 15) the ArCSC s scoring t I In lout hd a n - i Iowa 35, Michigan St. 28: At lowa, quarterback Chuck Long, who had passed for Iowa's first four touchdowns, scampered two yards on a naked bootleg for a TD with 27 seconds left in the game to let the Hawkeyes escape with a victory over Michigan State in another Big Ten game Long's touchdown capped a drive that Iowa launched after Michilead on gan State had taken a run tailback Craig Johnson's d 8 with 06 4 left Oklahoma 41, Kansas St. 6. At Kansas State, a sluggish Oklahoma, rallied behind quarterback Troy Aikman to score three touchdowns in the third period and crush winless Aikman. a sophoKansas Stale, more. finished with 10 of 14 passes for 177 yards and had two touchdown passes called back by penalties Oklahoma St. 25, Tulsa 13: At Oklahoma St . Oklahoma State kept rival as pace with its cross-statquarterback Ronnie Williams, nut two games with a broken jaw, came off the bench to spark the Cow boys, from a deficit to their victory over Tulsa Williams was 13 of 26 for 142 yards Michigan 33, Wisconsin 6: At Michigan. Jim Hjrbaugh threw three touchdown passes and the rugged Michigan defense forced seven Wisconsin turnovers as the Wolverines, handed the Badgers. their first loss of the season The Michigan defense yielded its first touchdown of the season in the second period Arkansas 41, TCL1 0: At icu Arthrashed Tex, is Christian kansas, as quarterback Greg Thomas tan for a touchdown, passed for another and set up Cat! Millers two touehdov n 5 e 10-- runs with his. passing It was TCUs worst loss by Arkansas since the Hogs shut out the Horned Frogs 49-in 1974 Tennessee 31, Wake Forest 29. At Wake Forest Tennessee, behind quarterback Tony Robinson and freshman tailback Keith Davis in w ith a narcreased its record to 2 row victory over Wake Forest The lead early in the secVols had a ond half before Wake Forest began its comeback 0-- 21-- UCLA 40, Arizona St. 17: At UCLA, quarterback David Nome passed for 157 yards and a touchdown tn the first half tn the first half as crushed Arizona State UCLA, in a lactfic-1- 0 game Going into the game, Arizona State was leading the nation in scoring defense, having allowed only 12 points in its first 40-1- 7 three games Florida 20, LSU 0: At lsu. Flori da running back Neal Anderson tossed a touchdown pass and broke the school's career rushing mark leading the Galois to a Southeastern Conference victory Louisiana State ovei eighth-ranke1 d d Washington 19, Oregon 13: At Oregon, Jeff Jaeger provided the bulk of the Huskies' offense, kicking four field goals, including two in the final 3 minutes and 7 seconds as Washington deadlock pulled away from a 13-1- Arizona 28, SMU 3: At Arizona, Arizona quarterback Allred Jenkins threw three touchdown passes as the SouthWildcats shocked ern Methodist Arizona scored throe times in an span in the second quarter to go ahead and stun the Mustangs, who entered the game with the nation's longest winning streak, eight games Arizona, now had scored only five touchdowns in its first four games while SMU, which lost for the first time m three games, had averaged 45 5 points m its first two games third-ranke- d 21-- 6 Texas 44, Rice 16: At Texas quarterback Todd Dodge of No 20 Texas threw lor a school record 359 yards anti thiee touihdowns as the Long hot ns defeated Rice Two of Dodges completions went tor 40- - and touchdowns to fleet fteshman Eric Mott alf. and Dodge completed a scoring toss to Donovan Fitts, which also was a school record Dodge's passing yardage broke the Texas single-gamindividual passing record of 306. set by Donnie Little against Rice in 1980 Texas raised its' in bcatn.g Rice for the record to 20th straight time Rice fell to d e 0 Auburn 41, Mississppi 0: At Auburn, Ho Jackson scored two touchdowns and rushed for 240 yards to lead Auburn lo a rout of Misu-sipp- i Jackson, who rushed for 170 yards in the first half and carried the ball 38 times in the game, scored 3 yard touchdowns in the second ami fourth quarters as the Tigers improved their record to d Bajlor 24, Houston 21: At Houston, Ralph Stockemer stored on a touchdown runs and pair of the Baylor Bears survived a second-hal- t charge by the Houston The victory improved Baylor s season rciord to and 2 0 in SWC while Houston last year's con ferenee to-- t hamptons. dropped to 3 and (l in the league l9th-ranko- d Aggies Miss Chance to Beat UNLV By S'eve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer LAs VEGAS Utah State had ham e here Saturday night Make that several t fiances an d ' Penalty-Plague- d s iv MU Toronto can probably chalk up reliever Dennis Lamps poor year last season to the pressure caused by signing a big contract "Players in their first year as free agents are under extreme pressure because people expect so much," Lamp said "It s mostly mental Last year Lamp struggled, finishrecord and 4 55 ERA ing with an But this season the Blue Jays added reBill Caudill, another liever and Lamp has rebounded-witan ll-- record and 3 36 ERA in a long relief role a lot of Scioscia piauged by injury in 1983, hit 273 in 114 games last year This season lit has been a tower of v i 6 ' ' I But this season Guidry had rebounded, leading the Yankees with a 22-record and a 3 26 ERA time working with coat'h Manny Mota on my hitting and coat h) Del Crandall on my field "Slow-Iing said the Dodger catcher y ini notice you begin to gudiidlly it all comes back and improve 1 In poured in 12 Alfredru k 1 fur him i w 37 ' 1 'olTi.re plaved sparingly and nt More after the first quarter. .. ib aruHu r S urs stalwart, Mike "ileli wasnt really heard from k He responded with a 287 hatting average. 22 home runs and 83 RBI although he has been hobbled by a pulled ribcage muscle recently The Yankees, meanwhile, who battled Tot unto down to the next to last day of the regular season, were paced by pitcher Ron Guidry, the AL Cy Young Award reccpient in 1978 when he was 25-Last year, with the snap his slider, he slipped to from missing with a 451 ERA Catcher Mike Scioscia and second baseman Steve Sax also have rebounded this season to help lead the Dodgers Bothered by a sot e elbow. Sax hit a 243 in 1984 This year, he career-lohas rebounded to hit 279 ' Once your tonfidence is destroyed no amount of working on me-- t hames will bring you back to the lev el wliete you once were " Sax said His secret I said a lot ut players' I m serious he said It worked St iom la says hard work paid utf - - DhiHo year, but this year is hitting .305 with 30 stolen bases and 108 RBI in 1985 Clark tore cartilage in Ins right knee last season, ending his year alter 57 games Then he was traded from the San Francisco (Hants to the Cardinals strength behind the plate for Los Angeles while batting .297 The Cardinals won the NL East division crown with strong performances from first baseman Jack Clark and second baseman Tommy Herr. Herr underwent three knee operations in 1983. and it took him a full season to regain his speed and spring He hit 276 with 49 runs batted in last 13-1- -- points i Cardinals, Blue Jays, Dodgers 85 Success Traced to Key Players in Comeback Roles Mill 'In' J.iz got spirited play in if e two 'It a- - g imes Saturday they 'd m. plan u in double figures, just 'hey did T hut 'davW Alter Dantley .. and Si tin v s 2'i ilkins t hipped in 12 of them in that big thud quarMalonu had 14 Stuikton II and il iOM-lo or the Splits Mv in Robertson, the s'tondyeat guard who totalled 21 '.tits Thutsdav night was injured t id didn t a v at all in this ohe. but George ( ,er v in more than took up 35 icitfd Pt pss that fell just short. Iowas Chuck Long scored a touchdown with 27 seconds left. Michigan States Lorenzo White gained 226 yards on 39 carries in an upset effort Rob-111- ungt t Jazz dt fenders didn't know o.v to dej! with the Iceman tn ht r , r Hi put him on the line and Gerr ide 19 of 2o foul shots felt pretty up, it Chris White said of his kick "I was just doing my job. I felt we were in good field position." And when he left the field, he got a bonus "Not only did I get a nice kick, but I got a Love you, too." from the coach An elated Mike White said he could not "remember a sweeter victory in " my coat lung career Ohio State built a 28 14 lead in the third period before Illinois tightened up its delense and began to come r end back The winning ed a Illinois streak Quartet hack Jack Trudeau said he had joked with Chtis White toi two years that he would give him a chance to win a game, "and hed bettor not blow it " Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce said the "tough loss" was an indication that its going to be a topsy-turvleague It s going to be a real donnv-brooright down until the end. It appears that the best thing that can happen is to play all your games at home " good, five-yea- 23-1- Associated Press teams Saturday. "When I glanced 112-9- "Scurry played terrific, I mean terrific," gushed Layden after the Jazz's second straight exhibition victory. "He ran the break, he saved a couple of balls that were going out of bounds, he blocked shots." he even played And, at tenter. The Jazz had worked Scurry out at center a little bit during their practice Saturday morning, and. lo and behold, they needed him at that spot in the game Mark Eaton, who oflicially signed r Ins contract in the morning, a cut in his mouth that requited got three stitches early in the second quarter and he didn't return to the game And when Jeff Wilkins and Karl Malone were sitting on the bench with five personal fouls in the fourth quarter, Layden turned to Scurry at center. The rookie wasn't scored upon either, as he spent his time guarding Jeff Cook or rookie Mike Brittain "Those are guys he can guard," said Layden, who then added with a chuckle, "I don't know if he can guard Artis Gilmore or Moses Malone." If Scurry had a noteworthy game, then what about Adrian Dantley'' A D. broke from the gate with eight points in the first four minutes, and he wound up with team highs of 25 points, 10 rebounds and six assists Said Layden. "Adrian played great at both ends He played with a lot of spirit." The Jazz, who outscored the Spurs in the third quarter of Thursday's exhibition opener, used a big third quarter to win this one too They blasted the Spurs 42 19 in the third, and that gave them a quite safe lead entering the fourth period The lineup that blew the game open in the third quarter included John Stockton and Bob Hansen at the guards. Jeff Wilkins at center, and rookies Scurry and Karl Malone at forward They all contributed, as the Jazz hit the Spurs with a 16-- run to open the period, increasing a A halftime lead to run later in the quarter, after Dantley had returned to the game, turned the contest into a laugher The Jazz did t ho damage while starter Dantley was the only 1984-8to play a significant role Eaton was on the sidelines with Ins stitches, as was Rickey Green who made the trip here despite a t ase of tendinitis in his knee but didn't play at all in the two games Darrell Griffith of course w,is home in Louisville with his contrail and knee ptohlcms And Thutl B nicy also w ith tendinitis, was back in Salt lake (Tty with three other Jazzmen S'eve Hayes, Fred and Mitchell Anderson ored - Year last season Bobcats in gear filth-ranke- ef-f- he s( 21-- crowd-silencin- With only four seconds remaining and his Illinois team tied, Coach Mike White called on his son "He s pretty good at what he docs," the coach said "Frankly, Im glad he had one of these situations Ive got a lot of faith in my son Chris White booted a field goal as Illinois handed Ohio State its first loss of the season, in the Big Ten opener for both pro with a t here, as the Jazz breezed past the San Antonio Spurs a' t Illinois Throttles No. 5 Buckeyes Special to The Tribune ANTONIO Jazz Coach Frank Uaydcn always thought that Cuiey Scurry might be a better game player than a practice player Saturday night. Ins suspicions were continued Siurry, the Jazs second-roundraft choice from I.ong Island made his fust ical dent as a k v 0 1 29-1- SAN slat w hu li dutiful atoned lor a inbar t assment against Mon tana stall in Ogden last season cm ban asset! the Bobcats eurlv Sfie man broke free loi ti is stumble down the rigid sidelines just 21 minutes into the game Stireman idled a storing pass to 51 left in the W illic Mi Donald with Inst period and Slama hauled in a TD strike to elevate the Wild lead tats to a early in the second quarter MSUs Bradley However the Big Sky s Offensive Player of the 1 Lead Jazz Over Spurs ' 1 W 4H cluded in Slama s showcase was a 59 yard scoring reception from Stireman at 11 39 of the third quarter that advanlifted the Wildcats to a tage after MSU had crept into contention at halftime, "The free safety was playing me tight all day." disclosed Slama, "so I went over and told Couth that we needed to go long to make him honor the deep pass I thought it could go for A. I)., Scurry 67-5- 1 and the nation today - new-foun- worked per offense in ihmk wt proved i1 a big one and it did It fectlv We have the No would likelv maintain its status as I AAs No I oflcnsive tram "All those running plays you saw were planned for me except that first TD run in the first Quarter Involvement How about the in volvement of Weber tight end Craig Slama Slama. the senior All Slater from Ogden High had four receptions for 02 yards and two touchdowns In- enable senior quarterback Dave to larry the football Before Stirernan's chief talent was throwing the ball and captaining the offense But Stireman proved he was more than a quaiteiback by amassing 83 yard on nine Carnes including a scoring spnnt in the firs: quatler And don t think penchant for tunning preempted his passing ability The King (Tty, Calif, product also riddled the young Montana State secondary for 199 yards passing on accuracy and fired four touchdown passes T wasn't really running the ball our first few games, so we put in a few plays to get me more involved by carrying the ball," revealed Stireman, who made certain Weber State "There isn't anything terrifuallv wrung with our offense" admitted MSU Coach Dave Arnold who saw the Bobcats' chances of repeating their Big Sky championship doused after sagging to in the conference But you aren't going to win any football games giving up 50 points I think we found out just how young and inexperienced our defense is today. Weber State made our defense look aw" fully bad out there Indeed, Montana State s defense was ofVnsive But credit Weber offense with States of a nice blend running and creating passing to keep the Bobcats and guessing throughout the after- 50-3- 6 unproductive offense that managed only 105 vards helped t NLV stay close Utah State got two bleaks in the opining minutes of the first quarter in the fotrn of a unified Rt bet pc and a fumble M s t ooidn t do .mv Hong am field po-- it great I inailv vv ith i.ds Ii I; in j ust 18 s tie Aggies tin opemng qii.ntt" Rut the Aggu w o h the strut k Tim Hall let ii. eted a fumble bv UNLV quarter bulk Steve Stallworth I line On the first play at the after EMA's third rmsoue of the game. Richard Gwynn bolted in for the touchdown on a su eep to the right side But Nevada-La- Vegas, which s en- tered the i ontest after three straight losses, managed to tie the game early in the second quarter Taking advantage of a short punt by Aggie Brent Bart. UNLV went ,36 yards in just two plays for its only TD of the half host Kirk Jones lan 20 yards oil an option pitt h (torn Stallworth Then Troy Lewis went up the imdult on a diaw pav fut the tom h doit n W it,) NI A h in lu 24 ltd! bob re lialltmo' hoi i's dtadlotk minu't s bp fumbled msido the UNLV 25 and the Rebels recovered Gwynn wa Utah States major first Ii alf weapon He ran for 75 yards on nine carries and he caught twu passes Aggie quarterbat ks Ipsen and Run iv li, however were only passing in the opening half Ipsen was 4 of Id In all. the two teams were called 27 pen, ill les nett mg a total of 20') (or i aids It Angie w is just u,it h ( 'o I ( I t.di s j, fumbled avs.u itsonlv s, onng thr"a' of the sci oral quartoi win n 'Iom Ion ti h in for starting quarto back Ips n Ii I riallv don ustral mg night 't l,i s.ud think the 0 an, v'iui lint we win on oflon ,o ,md we wt re ,, 'lie one Ko Kdf best imon'istmi jt i ), h, ,,n t 'Verage b i tlii n vpia m 9 that .01 uijiii to t,.itni rmg!il bavo bet n He pion lem i r a In is v Dt tie had the groin pull and he jmt i an t kit k mum.illv |