Show University Wins Last Turkey Game 12 to 7 Utah University's Running Redskins came from behind to win the last annual Thanksgiving Day foot- ball classic from Utah State's 12 to 7 It seemed that Utah State had more material on the playing but it looked like Coach Ray Nagel had his charges under more Nagel was without the services of both his first string quarterback Lee Grosscup Honorable and Pete Haun and was forced to start the game with third string Ken One of the most crucial series of plays came midway in the first quarter with the score 0 to Larry Wilson fumbled on Utah's own 3 yard and Utah State But the were unable to push it Lou Ducharme hit the middle of the but the backfield was in Buddy Allen and Overton Curtis were stopped on end The were then called for delay of Curtis lost two yards trying to recover a wild and Rolf the was hit hard before he found a receiver on a pass When he went he was on the Utah But State came back with a march from their own 30 yard line with Overton Curtis carrying the ball on a brilliant 22 yard run for the The kick was and the lead 7 to But from then it was the Running Redskins chance to Vierra engineered a drive from Utah's own 28 yard line in the middle of the second quarter to get Utah's first Monk Bailey picked his way from the 16 yard line for the The run from the two yard line for the extra points and still lead 7 to It was the same kind of football that gave Utah the In the third Vierra kept chopping into the Aggie and he soon lead a drive from the midfield stripe to the Aggie He tried two line backs on the right side which were Then he called a pitchout on the left side to Larry Fields picked up interference and waltzed over the goal Utah tried a pass play for the two extra points this but Curtis knocked down Don McGivney's and Utah went ahead 12 One of the greatest plays of the game was a kickoff run-back by Overton Curtis following the last Utah In the fourth the had quite a few chances to pull the game out of the But each time the Redskins held the line and were on the verge of another when Vierra intercepted Rick Dobbins pass with minutes left in the But they just couldn't make it over the line into pay Gary Lund on the and Overton Curtis in the backfield were the big guns for Utah And Monk Larry and Ken Vierra were the star performers in Utah's backfield while Bob Coogan and Mickey Caruso topped the The statistics of the game were as Utah Utah S. First downs 14 15 Rushing yardage Passing yardage 14 67 Passes 8 11 Passes completed 1 4 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 6 7 Fumbles lost 3 0 Yards penalized 35 50 Utah State's Overton Curtis barrels through for the first and only score for the Putting up a gallant stand was Utah's Don McGivney McGivney's save failed and the went ahead 7 to This lead did not last very as Utah's Redskins came back to win the annual Thanksgiving day game |