| Show Utes Scare Fall in Opener By DAVE ALBRAND Chronicle Sports Editor For 22 minutes last Ute fans were dazzled by an unexpectedly and spirited squad of football who had been the unanimous pick of every football poll to end up in the Western Athletic Conference Faced with the strongest team they will play this the untried Redskin pig-skinners started to make mincemeat out of Oregon State U's talented and big The Utes bulled their way through a line that outweighed them 20 pounds to a man when everyone thought that they would have to rely on The stars of the Ute rushing game were Andy Ireland and Allan both new to the starting line Ireland scampered 53 yards for the first and compiled an impressive 85 yard total before the first half average of 12 yards per Jacobs averaged four yards a carry for his 13 runs in the first With to go in the first half the Utes led The Beavers literally flew back into the game with a 50 yard two beautiful passes and a two point To this point the questioned Ute defense had stymied the offense and the fans found the score of hard to believe at the halftime Half time statistics made it look like a Redskin Utah had yards rushing to Oregon State's and a total offense of of yards to 81 for Oregon started the second half like eager and in two minutes added 15 points to their putting the score where it stayed Utah's best defense against the feared Oregon pass was the rush put on by the line was tackled behind the line of scrimmage five times for a loss of 36 yards however the experienced receivers faked the Utah secondary easily and did well when the erratic Queen could find his |
