Show I Could Decide Title the fl defending Big Sky Conference Con- Con fence ference football champions v. v 1 from om the University of Montana Mon- Mon Montana tana ana host the Weber State J College Wildcats in Missoula I i i t c gent Ment Saturday Oct 3 at d a J 13 pm p.m. in a contest that 1 could very well be the ke key A to the 1970 champions champion- champion s shi P p. p THE GRIZZLIES were unI undefeated un- un I defeated in regular season play last year and have 1 I P posted ted three wins in in the young 1970 IfO season J Victims of the powerful Grizzlies Griz Griz- Oo-f Oo t illes ranked among the e top 10 JO nationally in the college Ft 1 are North Dakota j 7 Northern Illinois 6 30 ad wd yearling Northern Arizona 30 30 r i TIlE THE WILDCATS on the other othi oth oth- i er ff hand who finished second to 10 the Grizzlies last year with rot but a 2017 20 loss to the Tips ID in D play have looked i i like lh the most serious contender contend contend- 1 er a f to dethrone the Silvertips Weber 2 1 on the season las hs defeated Wisconsin SUite State Oshkosh 60 60 0 lost to Drake University 36 19 and ripped Parsons College 28 0 fl THERE mERE WERE 11 Grizzlies moo lamed to the Big Sky coaches' coaches i. i 3 l last year i Vf them the defers l give fhe e unit are back for their I jenior years while senior I Dads becks ks Les Kent and Arnie I Blancas lancas lancas return from the oCI of- of I I ive team KARL STEIN a safety sub superb su su- superb b established a new Bigy Big Sy y record for pass interceptions inter inter- with 11 for yards He was named to the honorable honorable hon hon- mention American All-American teams by Kodak and the AP ALONG THE defensive wall are tackle Larry Stranahan r middle guard Larry Miller and linebacker Tim Gallagher Miller was named to the AP All- All American third team The Wildcat Grizzlie-Wildcat battle will mark the eighth encounter encounter encounter en en- counter between the schools with UM holding the advantage advantage advantage tage four games to three These teams have fought bitterly on the gridiron in some real classics THE SCORES of past contests contests con con- contests tests have been quite close In 1963 Weber came out on top 19 13 lost in 1964 and 1965 by 20 12 and 15 14 scores The Cats bounced back big in 1966 to throttle the Tips 28 28 Montana nipped the Cats 13 12 in 1967 were stopped 20 16 in 1968 then skinned the last year in Ogden 17 FOR COACH Sark Arslanian a victory over the Silvertips would put the Wildcats in inthe inthe inthe the drivers seat in the race Coach Sark in his sixth year at the helm feels he has the horses to stop the galloping Tips triple-option triple attack A DANGEROUS threat willbe will willbe willbe be place kicker Dan Worrell who finished second in kicking kicking kicking kick kick- ing in the college division last year with 40 of oC 41 conversions and 9 of oC 18 field goals for 71 points His two field goals in the Weber State game provided the margin of victory vic vic- tory Wally Gaskins a pound fullback has been the Tips most dangerous runner since the injury to Kent sidelined the All All fullback Another threat will be the quarterback Gary Berding Herding on the option BIG SKY Coach of the Year in 1969 Jack is the first coach ever to guide the Grizzlies to more than seven wins in a season to have an undefeated season take a squad to a season post-season bowl and have a national ranking second in the college college college col col- col- col lege division last year The only loss was to number one ranked North Dakota State 30 3 in the Camellia Bowl |