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Show T-birds enjoy 30-15 win over Mesa; First RM AC win of grid season $nt" mm,mtf0''wimr jwww.imiji.ii tm muimi .mimnmmai ximvmmm- ' mm rr f I J. f t $ & MS r:t in " him Southern Utah State College Thunderbirds picked up their first conference victory of the season Saturday afternoon defeating the Mesa Mavericks 30-15 in a penalty plagued battle. For Coach Tom Kingsford and his staff it was a big victory -played before a large homecoming crowd - and the first in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference this year. The win brought the T-Bird overall record to three wins against four losses. The T-Birds dominated the statistics as well as the score, but the game was a poorly played battle from the outset. In addition ad-dition to a total of 28 penalties for a total of 330 yards, there were four pass interceptions, two for each club, and four fumbles lost -- three by the T-Birds and one by the visiting Mavericks. The punting game was further evidence of the quality of the game as the T-Birds had three punts averaging only 19 yards per punt and Mesa also had three averaging 25.6 yards. Mesa struck first in the contest taking advantage of a blocked SUSC punt following the opening series of play. They took over on the SUSC 12 and marched, in five BIG SUSC GAINER. Dave Middleton, 33, breaks through the middle for big gainer against Mesa College in Saturday's contest. T-Bird won game 30-15 before a large homecoming crowd. In pursuit is Dave Graham of the Mavericks. Middleton and carried into the end zone for the score. The TD was set up by a 41 yard pass from Dyer to John Winstead. The final tally t was a three yard dive by Gary Ashton of the T-Birds. The Mavericks score was a one foot plunge by Cruz. In the 55 yard drive, 52 yards was eaten up in penalties. Two were for pass interference for 21 and 28 yards respectively and two were off side penalties, both coming inside in-side the three yard line. plays for a score with quarterback quar-terback Bob Dooley scoring on a two yard plunge, The PAT attempt at-tempt was widev The T-Birds came marching back sustaining an 80 yard drive capped with a six yard pass from Jerry Dyer to Leonard Walterschied. Terry Allen booted the extra point to give the T-Birds T-Birds a 7-6 lead. Later in the period Craig Snyder, kicking specialist for the Mavericks booted a 30 yard fieldgoal to put the Mavericks back in front but before the end of the period a Dyer to Dave Middleton pass connected for 34 yards and another T-Bird score. The TD gave SUSC a 13-9 lead. Neither team scored in the second period and in the third quarter Allen booted a 28 yard fieldgoal to boost the SUSC lead. SUSC pushed in two scores in the fourth period and the Mavericks had one TD. The T-Birds T-Birds scored first in the first on a three yard off tackle play. Wayne Ritter was the carrier, but he fumbled and it was picked up by |
