Show Sports Logan Utah Sunday Aggies rout Fullerton ’ Pacific Coast Athletic “We started to lose our offensive balance against BYU" Snyder said "Pacific forced our hands with their defense and we had to throw against them and Arizona State has always been strong against the run The games we have played well in this year we have run the ball effectively But the laM three weeks our inability to run the ball has hurt “And I was really pleased with Rick (Pams)" he continued "He broke so many tackles today That's typical of this guy as it has been for four years" The Ags final score came on a strike from Hippie to Ken Thompson moving Thompson's touchdown production to 10 this season The 16600 fans moved the season's attendance average at home to 19650 — a new USU record and more importantly the first step in keeping its Divison status in the NCAA "All we have left is to put in 10000 more seats in this stadium" USU Athletic Director Ladell Andersen in reference to the NCAA guidelines that require it “We don't know exactly when or where we are going to get them But it does have to be done before next season” Those fans that did leave missed Association battle against Cal knew what was to come in the final State-Fullert- on 90 minutes Utah State had Just taken what proved to be an unbeatable 284 lead K over the Titans into the halftime locker room after methodically inarching up J and down the stadium turf while giving £ CSF nothing offensively And after a second half $5 Utah State found itself tied again with San Jose Sate University for the PCAA league lead with an eventual 35--7 triumph over the hapless Titans When asked if his team had suffered a letdown in the final two quarters after playing so impressively through ? the first half USU Hud Coach Bruce Snyder could Just shake his head "The results indicate that something happened" he said “My whole half time speech centered around the fact that we have ben up with a good first half and whether we could get the same kind of performance in the second half We didn’t want things to work out as they did the second half "But really how can you go out £ against a team in the second half after you’ve scored 28 points on them in the first two quarters and duplicate the first half? It was our goal to do as much but it didnt work out that way” It’s easy to understand Snyder’s philosophy after a glance at the first ‘ half statistics With Rick Pams grinding up yardage on the ground and Eric Hippie and Craig Bradshaw throwing for 180 yards the Ags’ total offensive effort was a glossy 248 yards for the first two quarters On the other hand the Titans often marched the wrong way gaining a mere 20 total offensive yards and being frustrated defensively by the Ag offensive balance Utah State took the opening kickoff 8 and promptly marched 76 yards in 13 § plays with Parros scoring around the V right end from 13 yards out Steve £ Steinke connected mi the first of five v straight conversion kicks and the stage y ho-hu- m 23-ya- f j get fgj After Fullerton to three three plays CSF’s Richard v Aguilar’s punt was grabbed at the midfield rtrlpo by v The punt traveled only 27 yardsfound Three plays later Hippie James Murphy the nation’s leading I receiver statistically with 62 catches a game alone in the middle of the field The speedy Junior Juked Fullerton's Bobby Kemp and was on his way for a touchdown catch Again the Titans were held on downs and were never to cross their own 35 throughout the first half With Parros lugging the ball most of the time and Hippie throwing an occassional pass the Ags readied the scoreboard again Pams shook loose £ V yards -- t I-- A CSF’s offensive awakening as it finished with 219 total yards 122 on the ground Team statistics How — Rick Steinke kick) USU Donnia-Handera- oa 48-ya- rd Utah State fullback Greg Martin eyes the Titan secondary and CSF’s Bobby Kemp (44) after latching onto a screen pass in the first half of Saturday’s game against Fullerton Martin was on the fecettjog end of a swing pass from Craig Bradshaw that went for 56 yards and set up Rick from four Titan tacklers and scored from 19 yards out his second of three touchdowns mi the day He scored again with only 32 seconds showing in the first half from one yard out and shortly after the USU Homecoming Royalty was introduced to the 16600 fans who braved the The Aggies had the ball a mere four minutes in the third quarter aided mainly by a defensive holding penalty mi a Fullerton punt that gave the Titans their deepest penetration at that time to the Titan 45 John Rayford quarterback Kim Green and Mike Griffin sustained a Titan drive dive that was capped by a temperatures and skies people began to file from Rayford and CSF’s only TD of the out of the stadium day And really they didn't miss that The Ag defense awoke on the next much in the final half possession after Fullerton recovered a one-ya- rd snow-threateni- ng yards to the Nebraska with three seconds to go Comhusker win closest escape o£ Sat battles Press International Missouri Coach Tom Powers never 8-- 0 second-ranke- Nebraska The Comhuskers d running for the national chamlead over pionship had taken a 23-unpredictable Missouri with 3:15 remaining Saturday on Dan Sukup's third field goal of the game But the Tigers who spoiled Nebraska's championship hopes last year with a startling 1 triumph in Lincoln fought back and drove 69 6-- 35-3- still in the Parrps' third touchdown of the day Journal photo byAl Hartmann) Tony Barnett fumble at USU's 27 on the ensuing kickoff The Ag defensive unit forced a fourth-dow-n and eight situation before Vince Abbott missed a field goal attempt CSF fumbled away another scoring attempt in the fourth period at USU’s nine when Rayford lost the handle and 42-ya- Ag senior Elwood Threlfall recovered “We were too lax on that one drive where they scored" Snyder said “I’m not so sure that Fullerton is that good an offensive club but I would like to myself I feel sorry for them" 20-a- ll (Herald think that it was our defense And other than the one touchdown we gave them that displeased me the defense did play extremely well" USU’s normally passoriented offense went to Pams more than it has in the past four games The senior tailback one of 18 senoirs playing their final game in the confines of Romney garnered 120 yards on 30 carries and the three scores Hippie and Bradshaw did combined for 251 yards through the air but over the the nation's longest major college winning streak to 17 games Shealy ran for 190 yards In 20 carries and one touchdown and Jacobs ran for one touchdown and passed 23 yards for the other score Alabama 84 took advantage of Conference In those closing minutes Bradley marched Missouri back into contention completing seven of 10 passes for 48 yards and getting a critical face mask penalty against Nebraska to move the ball into position at the Comhusker 11 But Bradley missed a pass in the right flat to Gerry Ellis with nine seconds left and was sacked by Nelson for an loss mi the game’s final play Nebraska was coasting with a 204 lead but Missouri struck for two touchdowns within eight seconds first on a Bradley TD pn and the second when they recovered the ensuing kickoff to tie the game at rd “I didn’t think our football team was ready to play a team the stature of Nebraska and go for the tie” said Powers whose Tigers fell to 4 “If we were 1 and still in the Big Eight race it might have been different But we needed this win "I never considered a field goal I don’t think these kids wanted a field goal either —they wanted a win Our kids didn’t save anything They left it all on the field liiey played their hearts out I DONT feel sorry for 20 three of the nation's top seven teams experienced difficulty in keeping their records unblemished perhaps the narrowest escape was that of While line And hesitated in deciding to forego a possible tying field goal So following an incomplete pass Tigers' quarterback Phil Bradley dropped back again but was sacked by defensive end Derrie Nelson as the game ended and the Comhuskers improved their record to 4-- By United they icorMl Parroi 13 run (Stevo USU — James Murphy 4S pass from Eric Hippie (Steinke kick) USU — Parroa 19 run (Steinke kick) USU — Rick Parros 1 run (Steinke holding in 13 Titans through Utah State University’s £ p The Herald Journal -- Pams' four receptions were the most for an Ag receiver on the day In all nine Ags grabbed passes against the Perhaps those that left Romney Stadium Saturday afternoon midway £ i9 4 in yawner 35-- 7 By Steve Stout aporta editor I November victory Bulldogs to extend Mississippi State fumbles deep in Bulldog territory for two of its three touchdowns Sixth-ranke- d State Florida coming off an emotional victory over L5U last week trailed surprising Cincinnati 21-- 7 in the fourth quarter but reserve quarterback Wally Woodham led an incredible n rally to help the Seminoles pull out a 28-2victory three-touchdow- Alabama Top-rank- also received a scare from Mississippi State before quarterbacks Steadman Shealy and Don Jacobs ran and passed the Crimson Tide from a 7 halftime tie to a 24-- 7 Southeastern 7-- and remain unbeaten In eight games Woodham replaced starter Jimmy Jordan after Florida State’s first unsuccessful scries in the second kick) CSF — John Rayford 1 run (Mark Pollard kick) USU — Ken Thompson 23 pass from Eric Hippie (Steinke kick) Individual rushing Kim Green 15 for 23 yards Ray CSF BUtler T for 23 Andy Gray 2 for 0 Mike Griffin 13 for 47 John Rayford 11 for 29 1 touchdown USU — Rick Parros 30 for 120 3 touchdowns Hippie 3 for 7 Martin 4 four 7 Murphy 1 for 32 Individual passing CSF — Green for 97 yards USU — Hippie for 111 2 touchdowns Bradhsaw for 70 Individual receiving CSF — Griffin 1 for 2 Butler I for 7 Rayford 2 for 10 Rick Escalera 1 for 15 Kevln Allen 3 for 03 USU — Martin 3 for 00 Parros 4 for 19 Willard Browner 1 for Wayne Thompson 1 for 11 Ken Thompson 2 for 40 1 touchdown Tim Doyle 1 for 14 James Murphy 1 for 40 1 touchdown Stacy Colbert 1 for 15 Ken Brown 1 for 14 - 0 half and fired a pair of touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and after connecting with Mark Lyles for a completion to the Cincinnati 9 Mike Whiting rambled the final yards for the winning score In other games involving the Top 10 No 3 Ohio State crushed Illinois rd 44-- 7 fourthranked Houston defeated Texas Christian beat Arizona 21-- 10 34-- 7 No 5 USC seventh-ranke-d Oklahoma downed Oklahoma State No 8 Texas beat Texas Tech 38-- 7 d 144 defeated Rice Arkansas ninth-ranke- 34-- 7 and lOth-rank- ed Michigan shut out Wisconsin 544 Calvin Murray rushed for 96 yards and scored a touchdown and Vlade Janakievskl kicked three field goals and five extra points to lead Ohio State to its ninth straight victory Terald Clark sprinted 14 yards in the final quarter for his second TD of the day to pace Houston over sur-- ( Continued on page 18) 9" liobcats j wrap up I BSC title ‘Too Tail’s’ debut ends in split decision By Pete Herrerra glazed hung on the rest of the way for the first victory in his new career Jones had built a commanding LAS CRUCES NM (UPI) Ed “Too Tall" Jones lead in the first four rounds by repeatedly sticking the who left his lucrative career with the Dallas Cowboys 2 Mont BOZEMAN Meneses with left jabs But Jones who (UPI) — Montana State for a shot at bigtime boxing survived a shaky debut became one the NFL's most feared pass rushers Mexican simply did not have enough knockout punch to put University wrapped up to score a split decision over Meneses away Conference heavyweight Jesus “Yaqui" Meneses Saturday the Big Sky ( Jones the former Dallas Cowboy defensive championship Saturday 1 aftenoon behind the standout looked sluggish and his punches repeatedly heroics of senior tailback missed the smaller Meneses In the fight Mike Doerfler with a 38-- that drew an unpopular response from the partisan 21 victory over the crowd In the final round Meneses floored the 84 University of Montana Jones with a solid right and left combination Saturday afternoon 167 the flurry of punches that shook Jones for rushed Doerfler Following j Meneses appeared to shove Jones to the canvas 3 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the where he sat there stunned Menesis continued the attack landing a right to the Bobcats to their third Jones' Jaw before the referee could pull the and decade of the title sitting i (sixth since the con- challenger to a neutral corner ference was formed Judge Mike Andrade said it was up to the referee FORT OOU JNS Colo (UPI) -- The nation's total Doerfler a Missoula (Budy Baailico) to call a foul on Meneses for the shot offense leader Marc Wilson threw for 358 yards I native scored on runs of while Jones was sitting and three touchdowns Saturday to set a NCAA “The referee apparently did not see the illegal S 74 five and two yards as record in leading 11th ranked Brigham Young to a 30-lhe Bobcats fought off punch in the confusion surrounding Jones' knockWertern Athletic conference victory over a foul" Andrede said Colorado State ‘repeated Grissly down and did not calland with wobbly legs and eyes Jones gut to his feet comeback attempts - 6-- little-know- 204-pou- n Meneses started to turn the momentum in the fifth round scoring a trio of solid lefts to Jones' Jaw With the crowd cheering him on the gutty Mexican started smiling and taunting Jones for the rest of the round Two of the Judges gave the fight to Jones while referee Basilico called it a draw Shortly after the decision was announced the crowd hurled paper cups and other debris into the ring The unimpressive debut seriously clouded Jones' future in the ring Jones Manager David Wolf had said before the fight a knockout win was “absolutely essential" Jones earned $72500 for the fight while Meneses was paid $3000 Meneses' record is now 104 six-rou- d BYU whips Rams behind Wilson ’s record air show 7 It was the fifth consecutive game Wilson has had yards total offense this season breaking NCAA record set by Don Strock of the Virginia Tech Wilson wlio holds nearly all WAC passing and total offense records completed scoring passes of 72 yards to Homer Jones to Matt Braga ‘ and to Bill Davis His passing also set up b‘ rst by the Cougars fourth touchdown a 300-pl- Fric Iane Brent Johnson completed the Cougar scoring with a rd field goal the game until the final quarter behind the rustling of quarterback Keith Ice who rushed for 108 yards and scored the Rains touchvault over right end in the second down on a CSU stayed in period It was the 12th game Wilson has had 300 yards or more total offense In his career already an NCAA record He finished the day with 358 yards on 24 of 40 rushing passes and had a minus Wilson needed only 110 yards total offense going into the game to surpass the WAC career total of- fense record of 6453 yards held by former Arizona Stale quarterback Danny White Both teams were scoreless in the third period and then Wilson engineered the clinching touchdowns bomb to Jones including the Die victory gave the Cougars a 84 overall record and 54 in the WAC CSU dropped to 44 overall and was virtually eliminated from the league race with a 2 record 72-ya- 4-- - Al |