| Show In Saturday's New Mexico Halfback Howard Hancock runs into a host of Utah line- By RICK BENNION y Chronicle Sports Writer The University of Utah Redskins f battled the New Mexico to a tie Saturday before a home-rY coming crowd of in Ute r Both scores came late in the first but neither team could capital- ize after making their initial The hard-running Lobos drew first blood as their all conference candidate Bobby Santiago scampered off tackle for a six yard scoring The conversion was good and the Lobos led with 35 seconds elapsed in the sec- X ond The Utes wasted no time in countering with a touchdown of their After the kickoff it took them just eight plays to knot the score at seven Doug Wasko scored on an eleven yard climaxed by a great fighting effort that took him into the Roy Jefferson's extra point was good and the score was to as neither team could break through the After the Ute the game became a defensive featuring sound tackling and alert by both The final statistics reveal that the vaunted running attack amassed but they gained no yardage through the New Mexico attempted only two passes both fell Utah gained yards rushing and 39 yards passing on five completed passes out of 13 The Redskins did an admirable job of containing the Lobos' powerful end which were so effective against their previous Ron Manno and Dave Costa were stalwarts as linebackers in the Utah forward Roy Jefferson and Marv Fleming did outstanding jobs at their end positions for the The game was shortly underway when Ed Knowles recovered a New Mexico fumble on the Utah 44 to stop the first drive of the Utah could make no and was forced to The Lobos then marched 90 yards in 17 plays for their Santiago and fullback Bucky Stallings were the battering Santiago made the score on a six yard The Utes quickly mounted their scoring Wasko 28 yards in three including his 11 yard scoring The Redskin front wall opened gaping holes in the Lobo line for the hard-charging Ute and the score was tied as Jefferson's extra point boot was The remainder of the second quarter was a great punting including Pat Stillman in Dave Costa and Ron Manno in the Utah Holds Lobos To Tie with New Mexico's Dick who leads the nation with a 44 yard and Utah's soph sensation Jerry Robinson doing the It was Fitzsimmons who kicked a 67 last year that sent Utah deep in their own territory and eventually cost them the The second half opened with a New Mexico drive spearheaded by Santiago and The Ute line became tenacious inside their own twenty and forced a field goal attempt from the Lobo end Ed Meadows the but it fell short and the game remained in a Three plays later a Utah quick kick backfired when it went out on Utah's own New Mexico then appeared to be headed for the tie-breaking The Lobos drove to the Utah four With second and four yards to go for the score New Mexico tried to go through the Utah middle No The fired-up middle held for two and then Ute end Marv Fleming blocked the field goal attempt from the Utah Two fifteen yard penalties aided the Utes as the fourth quarter Utah took control of the pigskin on their own Quarterback Gary Hertzfeldt guided the team to the New Mexico 30 where with second and one yard to go for a first down he elected to try a Lobo defensive back Bob Jensen picked off the errant aerial to thwart the Utah The final chance to break the deadlock came when Utah half-back Bob Miller intercepted a pass on the mid-field stripe with some 50 seconds remaining in the He returned the ball to the New Mexico 29 yard line where the Utes put the ball in play with 35 seconds Hertzfeldt hit Jefferson on the Utah 20 with a sideline With seconds Jefferson attempted a field goal from the but the kick was way short as the gun Both teams had a shot for the but neither could capitalize on the opponents New Mexico now has to beat Brigham Young for the WAC Utah's only hope now is for BYU to defeat the This would be quite an very few experts think that the Cougars have the manpower to do the Doug Utah's bruising had a spectacular day for the He carried the ball eight times and racked up 52 for an excellent yards per STATISTICS UTAH VS NEW MEXICO Net rushing Net passing 39 0 Net Yards rushing and passing Passes Attempted 13 2 Passes Completed 5 0 Passes Had Intercepted 1 i Yards Penalized 10 65 First Downs 9 18 |
