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Show SUSC vs. WESTERN STATE : Saturday, October 30, 1976 in Gunnison, Colorado, 1:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UPS SUSC OFFENSE WESTERN DEFENSE SE-Leonard Walterscheid, 6-0, 180, Sr. LE-Curt Olson, 6-4, 200, Sr. LT-Bob Martin, 5-11, 220, Fr. LT-Tom Giuliani, 6-2, 210, Sr. LG-Jerry Haslem, 6-0, 200, Soph. NG-Ken Briggs, 6-0, 195, Sr. C-Kit Janes, 6-4, 230, Soph. RT-Joe Schultheis, 6-4, 220, Sr. RG-Larry Turnbough, 6-2, 200, Jr. RE-Rusty Whiteomb, 5-11, 195, Sr. RT-Ted Crego, 6-0, 230, Jr. LB-Howard Fry, 5-11, 197, Soph. I TE-Paul Nihipali, 6-1, 210, Sr. LB-Hal Rogers, 5-11, 205, Sr. FL-Rich Hernandez, 6-0, 195, Jr. ROV-Buster Bouknight, 5-10, 175, Jr. QB-Tom Kingsford, 6-1, 175, Soph. CB-Mark Stuckey, 5-9, 165, Jr. FB-Wayne Ritter, 5-9, 195, Sr. CB-Quinard Hicks, 5-6, 170, Sr. TB-Phil Howa, 5-11, 200, Fr. S-Bill Campbell, 5-11, 160, Soph. j SUSC DEFENSE WESTERN OFFENSE LE-Lane Martino, 6-1, 200, Fr. SE-Terry Cruicksank, 6-2, 190, Sr. LT-Gil Rodriguez, 6-0, 215, Jr. LT-Mike O'Rourke, 6-5, 230, Jr. RT-Terry Lundberg, 6-4, 225, Sr. LG-Mike Coulter, 5-11, 230, Jr. NG-Mike Shaw, 6-3, 230, Sr. C-Jody Sawdo, 6-0, 205, Sr. i RE-Bob Klee, 6-0, 220, Jr. RG-Rocco Morgante, 6-2, 212, Sr. I LB-John Lundstrom, 5-10, 165, Fr. RT-Larry Apodaca, 6-1, 210, Sr. LB-Ken Manzanares, 5-9, 180, Fr. TE-Tyron James, 6-1, 185, Soph. CB-Robert Stuyvesant, 5-9, 165, Sr. SR-Tyree Gray, 6-0, 185, Jr. CB-Jerry Tillman, 5-11, 180, Jr. QB-Mike Makings, 6-2, 190, Sr. , SS-Steve Donohue, 5-10, 185, Fr. FB-Stanm Gilliland, 6-0, 185, Sr. I FS-Larry Spurgeon, 5-9, 165, Sr. TB-Phil Wicks, 5-10, 165, Sr. GAME NOTES j Byiim Bayly , THIS WEEK : NEXT WEEK : Southern Utah continues Rocky SUSC returns to Cedar City for their , Mountain Athletic Conference play when homecoming game against much im- it meets defending RMAC champ Western proved Mesa College. Kickoff is 1 : 30 p.m. State. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. in Gunnison. It in Thunderbird Stadium, will be the last RMAC road game this season for the T-Birds. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: SEASON RECORDS: Tight end Paul Nihipali led the T-Birds SUSC (2-4) receivers against USC with three catches SUSC 24, Western New Mexico 18 for 42 yards to earn his offensive player of Adams State 44, SUSC 0 the week. The senior from Laie, Hawaii, Westminster 10, SUSC 7 has caught seven passes for 98 yards on SUSC 3, New Mexico Highlands 0 the season and has played every offensive Southern Colorado 32, SUSC 9 play the T-Birds have run. Defensive tackle Gil Rodriguez led the Western State (6-1) T-Bird defense with 11 tackles (three solo, WS 49, Southern Colorado 34. eight assists) in Saturday's game. Northern Colo. 21, WS 17 Rodriguez, a junior two-year letterman WS 44, Mesa 7 from Los Angeles, California (Pater WS 48, Adams State 20 Noster High School) has 58 tackles on the WS 42, Mines 16 season (16 solo, 42 assists), two fumble WS 28, Ft. Lewis 22 recoveries and two quarterback sacks to WS 48, Western N. Mex. 0 give him total defensive points, which ranks third on the squad. SERIES RECORD: Western State leads the series 9-2. The T-BIRDS IN STATS: T-Birds haven't won since 1970, 24-14, and The T-Birds defense ranks first against that was in Gunnison. SUSC's only other the rush in both the RMAC and NAIA win came in 1966 28-22. Last year the T- District Seven, giving up 121.2 yards per Birds lost in the last minute 28-25. Same- t COACHES: Freshman linebakcer John Lundstrom I SUSC - Tom Kingsford is in his 10th is second in the district with 84 tackles f or , ( 4 season with a 40-48-0 record, and is a an average of 14 per game. I graduate of University of Montana. Senior return specialist Leonard Western State Bill Noxon has a 39-13-1 Walterscheid ranks second as both the record and is in his sixth season as the district and RMAC's best returner of I Mountaineers' head coach. . kickoffs with 12 for an average of 29 yards. Walterscheid has also returned 12 punts I LAST WEEK: for an average of 8.4 yards. SUSC fell to Southern Colorado 32-9, but ' outyarded the Indians 285-238. T-Bird LAST WEEKS RMAC SCORES: j quarterback Tom Kingsford has his best Mines 14, Adams State 6 day of the season hitting on 11 of 24 passes Ft. Lewis 30, Mesa 15 for 132 yards and a touchdown. On defense Western State 48, Western N. Mex., 0 , the T-Birds held USC to one completed Westminster 15, Highlands 0 ' pass good for 57 yards while Gil Rodriguez I led the way with 11 tackles. THIS WEEKS GAMES : ' Western State bombed Western New Ft. Lewis at Adams State I Mexico 48-0 as the Mountaineers rolled up Westminster at Mines 642 total yards (255 rush and 387 pass). Western N. Mexico at So. Colo. ' Highlands at Mesa |