Show Boise poise Awaits Weber Arrival The Tre Boise State College broncos await the arrival of the Weber State Wildcats this Saturday with eager eager an an- Coach Tony Knaps Knap's eleven leven w was s stunned by Hiram Scott College 7 3 last week and that loss coupled with Webers Weber's up and down dO season has the Broncos licking their chops for a chance to whip the Wildcats WHILE BOISE was taking it on on the chin at Hiram Scott Weber was blasted by a stout Idaho second s cond half defense and the powerful running talents of Fred Riley and Mike Wis- Wis combe The cats lost their fifth game of the year by a score of 27 17 and brought the season record to 4 This Saturdays Saturday's Weber Boise clash will only be the second time the two clubs have met metas metas as senior colleges Two years ago Weber defeated Boise 44 3 in Ogden while the Broncos were ere entering senior college competition BOTH BOISE and Weber were ere junior college prior to Webers Weber's entry into the four- four year ranks in 1962 and Boise held a commanding lead in inthe inthe tte the junior college series with 16 16 wins no losses and one tie Boise now has a 7 2 record has been ranked in the nations nation's top twenty and has a firm hold on second place in the Big Sky Conference The Broncos Broncos Bron Bron- cos are 2 1 in league action while Weber is 2 23 BOISE PLAYS only four conference conference con con- fer ference nce games Their league wins were 17 10 over Montana State and 3 24 over Idaho State Stale while the loss came atthe at atthe atthe the hands of Cal State Slate Long LongBeach LongBeach LongBeach Beach 27 2714 The Long Beach game was selected by conference conference con con- ference officials as a conference conference conference confer confer- ence game to give Boise a chance to play for the title Montana State and Idaho State are the only common opp opponents and Weber whipped l 56 13 and lost to ISU 30 Boises Boise's other wins this season were over Chico State 49 14 Eastern Montana 35 0 Central Central l 20 W Southern South South- ern em Oregon 57 0 and Eastern Washington State 12 0 BOISE STATES STATE'S strength a and talents and talents are no surprise to the Weber coaching staff and team members The Broncos have many veteran players many of whom were on the recruiting lists of the major colleges colleges in the Western states Coach Knap a former head coach at Utah State has a afine afine fine staff and the Broncos are known for their crisp blocking and fierce tackling Knap teams always come to play and the Wildcats will know they have been in a tough contest contest contest con con- test when the final gun sounds BOISE IS expected to b be bethe e ethe the hardest hitting team Weber o will play all season This fact has been expressed by byall byall byall all the scouts and teams who have seen or played against the Broncos One thine thing Weber has go go- ing for it this this week is the fact CaeL that its it's the Wildcats Wildcat's turn to win The Ogden team has been up and down this season and since the Portland State game on Oct 10 Weber has lost I every other week THE WILDCAT defense will have to stop Boises Boise's balanced offensive attack Although fullback fullback full full- back Mike Haley is out for forthe forthe the Ule season with an injury the Broncos get excellent running running running run run- ning from Crom pound halfback Ross Wright who has tallied yards and four touchdowns this season Boise is averaging yards rushing and yards passing per outing but that doesn't tell the whole story The Broncos Broncos Bron Bron- cos while not possessing staggering staggering staggering stag stag- gering offensive stats have outs outscored cored their opponents to 81 THREE quarterbacks will probably play against the Wildcats Wild Wild- cats Coach Knap has three fine Cine passers who have been taking turns running the Bronco Bron Bron- co offense Eric Guthrie the veteran leader who is the number one passer was injured last week and did not play but should be he ready this week Guthrie has hit 44 of passes for 79 yards and four touch touch- downs PAT EBRIGHT is 37 for 75 with yards and five scores and sophomore Ron Autele is 22 for 47 for yards and four touchdowns The Broncos have scored thirteen times through the air in nine games DEFENSIVELY Boise is tough The Knap philosophy of defense which he helped ped such pr pro greats as Merlin Olsen Clark Miller and others to fine professional careers is evident in the Bronco defensive defensive defensive sive stats Boise has given up only three touchdowns through the theair theair theair air and only seven on the ground this season Opponents are rushing for less than yards per game ame JOHN WALKER a pound sophomore re linebacker spearheads the Bronco de de- de- de The Bl Buhl 11 Idaho native leads the club in tackles but gets plenty of help from pound defensive tackle Alan Ellert and safety Ken John John- son The Wildcats hope to get geta a better performance from fullback Jack Brown this week Brown was limited to 40 yards by the Vandal defense and for forthe forthe forthe the second week in a row the Wildcat top rusher was held out of the end zone BROWNS BROWN'S LEAGUE leading 63 points in the scoring race is in danger from Boises Boise's Guthrie who has 62 points Buford Wilson Webers Weber's fancy stepping tailback would like to continue his hot running Against Idaho Wheels picked up his second straight plus game with yards Dale Mager Webers Weber's slippery slippery slippery slip slip- pery option quarterback was limited to just lust 16 yards rushing rushing rushing rush rush- ing by the Vandals and missed at least a quarter of action because of an injury He came back in the fourth quarter and will be ready for the Boise game this Saturday THE GAME will be played at pm p.m. in Boises Boise's new turf astro-turf stadium |