Show Utah Slant© IHIiamM©dl By Kurt McGregor Sports Editor The Idaho Vandals remembering 1961 completely humbled a homecoming Utah State Aggie team Saturday in Romney Stadium 43-1- 4 The Vandals came out of the dressing room chanting “66 to nothing” and preceeded to set a new stadium ilngtogame team scoring record of 42 points breaking the record set by Memphis State last year when it defeated Utah State 466 Idaho recovered three USU fumbles and intercepted four Aggie passes two bur touchdowns to completely dominate the game In spite of having 160 yards assessed them in penalties the Vandals refused to be bothered as they racked up 389 total offensive yards to the Aggies’ 289 on a soggy field Mike Wiscombe carried for 128 yards 98 in the first 30 minutes and Fred Riley added another 85 as the twosome totaled 158 yards rushing Wiscombe total alone was more ban the entire Utah State backs managed But be real key to the Idaho victory was bund in its defense led by Ron Linehan and Steve Barker Each returned one interception Ey for a touchdown Linehan for 44 yards in the first half and Barker for 48 yards in the second Linehan also had a fumble recovery four unassisted tackles and four assists 7-- a loss Saturday as hb Idaho Vandals ripped apart the Utah 8tate Aggie defense Is seen picking up yardage as a hut of Utags try to bring Mm dowa While an unidentified tackier has bold of Wiscombe Ed Georgia Tech over rugged Georgia Tech ' It may prove a costly victory for Notre Dame in the national rankings They went into the game sharing the No 1 spot wib Texas against a Tech team which had been beaten twice But the the toughest Notre Dame has seen all season and outfought the Irish almost all the way For 18 and one half minutes before Allan's scoring plunge Tech was in front by 3 score on the strength of a touchdown play in which sophomore quarterback Eddie McAsh-a-n hit flanker Larry Stoddard behind the Notre Dame pass defense and Stoddard outran the Irish into the end zone It was only the third pass completed by McAshan in 18 tries though and he wound up wib only seven completions to 19 attempts for 169 yards Notre Dame’s top candidate for All America and the Heis-ma- n Trophy Joe Theismann had almost as difficult an afternoon Albough Theismann completed 15 of 38 passes for 272 yards be Tech defense got to him three times wben he was attempting to pass throwing him Tor 26 yards in losses And for the entire game Theismann gained only 21 yards on the ground in 18 carries 7-- d Twice the Engineers intercept- ed Theismann passes to halt Notre Dame drives wib one of be interceptions by Rich Lewis in the Georgia Tech end zone Still Theismann helped set up all the Notre Dame points wib his the teams played a first half the first for a Notre Dame team coached by Ara Paseghian since 1965 Theismann Mt his top receiver Tom Gatewood for passes of 15 and 20 yards to spark a drive which carried to the Tech 17 before Scott Smith kicked a field goal to give the Irish a 34 lead After i rd Then after Tech came back scoron the McAshan-Studdar- d ing play only four plays later Theismann connected to Ed pass to Gulyas on a 34 Tech the third-and-ni- Bill Duno ton (65) and Dennis Ferguson (47) close in for toe flalshing work Idaho won the game 4H4 spoiling the U8U Homecoming (Herald Journal photo) be momentum disappear In the scoreless bird period the Vandals too had one sustained (hive that carried them deep into Utag territory but saw it nullified by a penalty Quarterback Tony Adams threw an interception to Barker who returned it 48 yards for a touchdown to open be final period of play U ran the Idaho total to 42 and a new stadium record When the Aggies again got the ball John Strycula assumed the quarterbacking duties and in seven plays put the Aggies on the scoreboard again The touchdown came on a scoring bomb to Wicks on a post paUem Strycula in setting for the pass slipped on the muddy turf and had to catch his balance before he could throw be pass In reflection the Aggie receivers had run fine patterns all afternoon but the Utag passers were unable to deliver the football and consequently several potential scores went fay the way Outstanding defensive efforts for the Aggies were turned in by Dale Washburn Bill Dunstan Mike Ellison and Bob Bloom Wash-buhad seven unassisted tackles 12 assists and one pass defection while Dunstan had three unassisted 16 assists while Bloom had four unassists three assists and one pass interception Ellison came through with three unassisted and 11 Strycula was be leading offensive player for Utah State gaining 62 yards in 13 carries rushing and completing four of 17 passes for 62 yards and one touchdown Wicks led pass receivers gaining 99 yards in seven receptions plus his fine punt return The victory for the Vandals was their fourth straight a mark inachieved since 1923 when be Vandals blanked five consecutive opponents before losing to Stanford 17--7 For the Aggies it was their fourth consecutive loss after early season showings had given Utag fans hopes of an or even a 1 season Utah State must now prepare to meet Memphis State a team that blanked them 484 last year and untU Saturday held the Stadium team scoring record d m 8-- Numdy (41) 8-- £§ fj JFailS PuZZlcA By Lack Of Effectiveness Notre Dame SOUTH BEND Ind (UPI-De- nny Allan plunged two yards for a touchdown wib 6:28 to (day Saturday to carry Notre Dame from behind to a 14-- win the necessary yardage on crucial third down plays as he moved the Vandals to be Aggie 29 yard line Wib a situation Olsen passed for 24 yards to Jim Wihind The completion tied Olsen wib Archie Manning of Mississippi in e pasocompletioak 346 On next play Olsen faked the hand off up the center and went wide right from Eve yards out trying to score Aggie defensive safety Dale Washburn caught Olsen at the one yard line keeping him out of the end zone The tackle did more however than prevent be score as Olsen came up wib a severiy sprained ankle and sat out be rest of the game triable to surpass Manning in be standings Tom Ponciano reserve quarterback came in for Olsen and sneaked the ball in for the score: Idaho 35 Utah State 0 The Aggies finally got on the scoreboard when the nation’s' leading punt return artist Bob Wicks returned a punt for a touchdown He received a key block from Washburn at about the 15 yard line and although tripped he was able to keep his balance into the end zone Adams added the PAT and the Aggies had seven points The Aggies looked much improved in the second half and sustained an early drive that carried them into Vandal territory But a fumble recovery saw the drive and perhaps any gained all-tim- Barker had a fumble recovery plus two pass deflections three unassisted tackles and five assisted tackles Also having a great afternoon for Idaho was Kelly Courage who had one pass interception two pass deflections four unassisted tackles and five assists The scores on pass interceptions came wito identical 14:48s showing on the second and fourth quarter clocks It was a humiliating defeat for the hapless Aggies who were unable to capitalize on numberous opportunities such as two fumble recoveries and one pass interception and numerous timely Idaho penalties In a balanced display of defense and offense the Vandals sustained two drives— 80 yards in 15 plays and 89 yards in 16 plays— as they converted three Utag miscues into scores in the first 15:12 of play Idaho marched 80 yards to score after the opening kickoff wito quarterback Steve Olsen going in from one yard out on a quarterback keeper Soccer-styl-e kicker Ricardo Castillo kicked his first of six PATs and wib 8:32 on be dock Idaho led 0 Castillo had a perfect PAT day setting a new Romney Stadium record For the year he has converted 21 of 23 attempts and now has a career record of 47 points in 49 kicks Idaho came back to score wib 4:28 remaining in be first quarter after Tim Reese recovered a Jerry Holmes fumble on the Aggie 17 yard line Four plays later Steve (Been passed to Wiscombe from five yards out on a perfectly executed naked-scree- n pass The PAT was good and Idaho led 144 The Aggies fumbled three plays after the kickoff and Linehan took the ball in midair and ramUed 14 yards to be Aggies’ 16 yard line to set up the next Vandal score This time Olsen handed off to Riley from two yards out and Riley carried three Aggies wib him into the end zone for be score The Vandals ran the score to 284 when Linehan stepped in front of the Aggies’ attempted sideline screen and raced 44 yards to paydirt unmolested Before the Aggies could get on the scoreboard Idaho sustained a second drive bis one going Styards and made the score 354 Olsen mixed his plays well going to Wiscombe and Riley twice gaining ix MIKE WBGOMBE who bulled his way tor 121 yards without 42°M Malta® By Greg Hansen Herald Journal Sports Writer o At halftime of the game yesterday Utah Governor Calvin Rampton walked through the pressbox wib a puzzled look on his face Talking to Aggie basketball coach LaDell Andersen Rampton asked the question bat seemed to be perplexing most of the 9285 fans “I’m beginning to wonder if this is the same team that beat Kentucky They Just don’t seem to be the same team they used to be” And if Rampton was puzzled how about the Aggie coaching staff In its four straight losses USU has lost most signs of being a topflite grid group and have lost the effectiveness they displayed in beating Kentucky Wyoming and Bowling Green USU-Idah- Wib the combination of Mike Wiscombe (128 yards) and Fred Riley (83 yards) running very effectively (Hi the Aggie defense it marked the fourth consecutive game that Utag foes have moved well on the ground Pete Van Valkeiberg or BYU Lawrence McCutcheon and Jake Green of Colorado State and Billy Hunter of Utah all had exceptional performances against the Utah State rushing defense score-coup- led wib last years 464 The homecoming loss to Memphis State— gave USU homecoming foes an 4 edge over the Aggies in the last two seasons Maybe be Ags should abandon the idea of proclaiming any one game as “homecoming” Bob Wicks and John Strycula USU’s exciting backs kept the Romney Stadium crowd on its feet all afternoon Wicks' touchdown on a punt return will likely keep him tolling the nation in that specialty and his seven receptions for 99 yards should keep him listed among be nation’s top 25 pan catchers Baying quarterback the entire Strycula fourth quarter was at that position for the first time since he was a freshman Coach Chuck Mills now has a hard choice of picking a starting quarterback for next week’s intersectional clash at Memphis State The muddy turf turning more so as be sun freeze to slush was a transformed the over-nigdefinite factor in the quick-hittin-g ability of the offensive lines but Idaho’s fine front unit seemed undaunted by be quagmire 42-1- 4 82-1- 53-ya-rd A scout for be Tulsa Hurricanes scouting dash next week said Idaho for a Tulsa-Vand- al “I had heard Utah State had a fine offense and should’ve been favored by two touchdowns or so and I was very surprised to see Idaho run away wib it "We’ve played Memphis State (and beat them and be Aggies (day them next week I 27-1- 2) understand Memphis has a crunching rushing game and they should be able to run on the Aggies if they play like bey did today” Idaho coach Don Robbins said bat it was the best effort Ms Vandals had produced all season “It was a supreme team effort” said Robbins “by far our best offensive and defensive combination of the year” ht Arizona State Coasts To Victory Over Utah - UnTEMPE Ariz (UPI) defeated and lib ranked Arizona State trailed early but broke loose for 17 second quarter points and coasted to a 37-win over Western Athletic Conference foe Utah in a regionally televised game Saturday The victory for the Sun Devils was their bowl-hunti- turn in the Devils' big second quarter The Devils were sluggish in the early going and fell behind 6 as Utah’s Gene Belczyk last three games sprinted 59 yards over right Six different players scored tackle wib 3:45 left in the first for ASU wib sophomore Steve period Holden making the most elecTwo plays into the second punt re- trifying run a quarter ASU ended a drive that started on its own 28 wib field goal a by Don Ekstrand of the season and their 14th straight a echoed record The win came over a Utah team now 4 that had not given up a touchdown in its eighb d Ind (UPI)-F- red 30-ya-rd 5-- 7-- 7-- rd Over SMU Arkansas rolling past interception-plagued Southern Methodist LAFAYETTE Schram kicked a field goal wib two minutes and four seconds left in the game Saturday to salvage a 167 Ohio State victory over an inspired Purdue team The boot broke a 7 tie which had lasted since the first quarter and brought the unbeaten and No 3 ranked Buckeyes to within one victory of a Big Ten title and its second tnp to the Rose Bowl in three years d The Redskins on But through much of the cold second down after receiving the and windblown afternoon it kickoff and ASU used only six appeared the Boilermakers plays to march 60 yards for the would rise up and block their ter substituting for the injured td Fullback Bobby pab either wib a victory or Chuck Hixon suffered eight Thomas got the score on a what would be to the Buckeyes interceptions and the Mustangs run after a dash a lustreless tie could never mount a sustained by Monroe Eley and a drive Kicker Chipper Johnson Joe It was a slugging match in pass from quarterback hit a fourb quarter Spagnola to JD Hill intermittent rain and snow the field goal for SMU's only score wib Purdue giving hardly an Holden’s punt return finished inch to the vaunted Buckeyes d Montgomery scored on a the first half scoring as he Still Ohio State came away plunge in the second raced untouched into the end their eighb victory in a wib quarter set up by a zone row to and going into their showdown pass flanker Jim Hodge Receiving the second half match threw scoring passes of four-yar- kickoff ASU moved 74 against undefeated Michyards next 29 to Chuck Dicus and Saturday igan on a driv that included a yards to tight end Bobby dash by Thomas and an Purdue suffered its sixth loss Nichols eight-yar- d scoring pass from in nine games to be assured its Tailback Jon Richardson Spagnola to Joe Petty first losing season since 1956 Utah got a gift touchdown in scored on a nine-yar- d run in the Fullback John Brockington fourth quarter as the nation's the first minute of the fourb lone highest scoring team won its quarter as Alan Gilreab fell on who scored Ohio State's run ASU pitchout on the touchdown on a fumbled a loss one eighb game against ball 24 times for 138 Montgomery gained 327 yards Devils’ one Jay Hardman dived carried be and halfback Leo in be air to riddle SMU’s into the end zone on the next yards Hayden added 64 on 16 carries play secondary Arkansas Molts FAYETTEVILLE Ark (UPI)— Junior Bill Mcdard kicked three field goals one of them be longest in collegiate football history and quarterback Bill Montgomery accounted for three touchdowns Satur- day to send eighth-ranke- Ohio State Salvages 10-- 7 Hin rd 36-- 3 quick-kicke- six-ya- rd rd one-yar- 35-ya- 36-- 3 McOard the nation's leading Guy las ran for 15 yards and kick scorer wib 61 points going Allan carried the last five times into the game booted field for the final 19 yards Scott goals of 29 and 37 yards 68 in the Hempel converted yards The second quarter eclipsed the old It was a tough defensive bat- NCAA record of 59 yards set in tle all the way for bob teams 1969 by Mississippi’s Cloyce as the unbeaten Irish ran up Hinton McClard finished be game their eighb win and Tech suffered its third loss in 16 starts wib 12 prints and tied the SWC record of 85 wib every defeat at the hands career extra-poin- t SMU quarterback Gary Car- of a team rated in the top ten er ds d Texas KBmps © wir Texas ClhiriisjtiiaoD By ED FITE UPI Sports Writer FORT WORTH Tex (UPI)-J- im Bertelsen streaked 54 yards on the bird play of the game for the first of his three touchdowns Saturday to ignite No 1 ranked Texas to its 28b straight victory a 584 romp past Southwest Conference foe Texas Christian Bertelsen also scored on a blasts pair of three-yar- d quarterback Eddie Phillips ran three and 16 yards for anober pair of touchdowns and then the reserves took over Paul Robichau ran six yards for one score Dean Campbell got another on a pass from Donnie Wigginton and Mike Bayer fled 80 yards wib an interception for the final Texas touchdown wib 2:01 left to play Happy Feller contributfield goal and ed a seven of eight conversions Texas went into the game sharing first place national ranking wib Notre Dame but the impressive victory coupled wib the Irish’s hard won 167 verdict over Georgia Tech seemed sure to catapult the Longhorns back into be undisputed No 1 position Texas played more than three quarters of the game without wheelhorse running back Steve Worster who suffered a rib cartilege separation on a block rd on the opening kickoff Doctors said the irj-- ry was more than serious and painful Worster left be game after carrying four times for 23 yards Bertelsen easily picked up the slack left by Worster's depar- ture pining 92 yards on 14 carries while Phillips gained 34 on a dozen trips before bob ’western Defeats Indiana BLOOMINGTON Ind (UPI) Robinson scored two touchdowns Saturday and Mike Adamle broke Big Ten and school records as Northwestern kept its Rose Bowl hopes alive wib a 21-- 7 Big Ten football conquest of Indiana Despite rain sleet a wind and temperatures in be 30s Adamle the Big Ten leading rusher picked up 162 yards in 42 carries establishing a conference season mark of 216 carries The old standard of 201 was set by Jim Graboski of Illinois five years ago Adamls's yardage also gave him 1878 yards for his career a Northwestern establishing —Allison record turned their Jobs over to reserves for the final quarter They left wib 1:27 to go in the bird quarter after third touchdown and the first of two which Texas scored wibin 15 seconds Texas recovered a TCU fumble on the d line on Homed Frog the first play after the ensuing kickoff and Robichau took a pitchout from Wigginton to go the short six yards wib 1:12 left to play in the quarter TCU which was mauled 667 by last year's national championship Texas team threatened seriously only one time The Frogs got a first down on be Texas eight after a pass interference call in the second quarter But bey wound up turning the ball oyer to Texas on downs just one yard nearer Ber-telse- six-yar- be goal Without Worster Texas rolled to 301 yards on the ground 211 of it in the first half and got 107 more yards through the air on Phillips and Wigginton's passes It was a very ragged game wib Texas losing three of four fumbles and TCU losing four of eight as well as suffering two interceptions TCU's Raymond Rhodes had his bird straight 106yard plus rushing game when he ran 32 times for 116 of TCU's 140 yards on the ground 6 |