Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Page 53

Lofeos Stop Arizona to Win WAC Crowi Ry LeROY BEARMAX (passing the rest of the Journal Sports Editor liernoon. TUCSON, Ariz. New Only 17.000 fans were af-jthe so-called experts hy claiming both. UNM ended its sea-at'son with a 6-4 record, 3-1 in at the Lobo 17 and wtstahstics because it came on drive at the I) bo 27 with a what appeared to be a per-ia conversion attempt with shoestring tackle as Brechler feet TD pass. Rut Ward re-jMarianni getting the twnwus trying to scramble for a acted quickly and held onto points on a tackle eligible re- first down.

forced the Wildcats to punt. When it couldn't move the ball again, New Mexico capitalized on the first break of all basis. Bucky Stallings, who scored two of the UNM touchdowns including the clincher, Mexico successfully defended. Arizona Stadium tn u.itnos1. Harris for an interference calljception.

i vnw Mexico kicked the ball that saved the touchdown for a few seconds. From here on in the Lnbnihack to Arizona with two defense took over and m-minutes remaining, hut Kelly picked up 95 of New Mexico's the game as Carpenter fell on 184 rushing yards and was a Brechler fumble at the Ari- voted the outstanding back of zona 22. the game. Tackle Mario Ma- Ward Scores rianni, a demon on defense a five-yard Arizona offside all afternoon who caught a DPnHiV mlt hall on the 17. Then with lt seconds Arizona when it count.

camp up with his bi inter-ing on the clock. Brechler hit lHi. vicious tackle by Pettis Ycpti nn on a Dahlquist pass Hudlow at the 5. And withjtm Huillow, jarring the hall from the spread and Quintan -league piay. its Western Athletic tense battle that wasn't Arizona was the preseason ence title here Saturday with until last sci'nnds favorite to win the champion-a 22-15 upset victory" over'? PKlay.When K.

But it didn't stand a Arizona in as exciting a game'" sPecialS Chuck aKainst nn inspircd as the lOia season produced madc a tremitldous dlv" New Mexico eleven in the sea-Down 15-14 at the end of lnR of an AriZo-'so1 Thp Ram(i oriR. the first half because of ,0 the Lobos run inally scheduled for Nov. 23 brilliant. 1R-second passing out th. alld asmn been postponed two weeks show by Arizona qunrterhnck tlle lltle- i because of the tragic assas- Bill Brechler, the Lobos I-1m I'pset I'xperts Isination of President Kenne- rirove 78 yards in lfi plays Only two football champi-'dy.

In the interim New Mcx-the first time they had thelonships have been contested ico beat Brigham Young, iwo-pouu conversion tacKie then Stallings started burking Just 10 seconds left he rifled; loose before it could he caught sneaked the clock out. for yardage picking up 11 in; noi net ween reins anoHt lh(f 28 provided one three carries to the 4. Wing-iH'Ptn the chest of New Mi-lln Arliana tl -ll back Claude Ward swept rightjJonn Vus0 lhe TD. I Hu, Rnt right hack nmu w.rit i nm uhwi.rh.i klCl end and just got inside the I "m'-m i 2 when a pass de- ii.t-m mm tvm nr.him.ni ucu "fifing for the game's first lvf imcats ineir by Carpenter "Zm -I- Jack Abendschan kicked lpat1- picked out of the a I by tac- kn-kt ball in the second half for in the history of the new con- while Arizona lost to Arizona jternoon. first of two extra points fori" n' "rr kle Jim Paerski Then New Kip jmu i uivn rum 1 fhin iMrlnnt On ntana Rr ant 1 mll" rtlL" Mv.en's hi illnint uie Nn- their go ahead points and ference and Coach Rill Weeks State to set up the champion-then contained Brechler and his Lobos have surprised ship battle on a winner-take- 'of the dav cot the Lobos coinc l.

I'" iM'l' Kt'l 17 mift Marianni nad plenty or de- ine wuuoats got to ineir nacKer Riuen mu. fensive help from linebackers! before an illegal receiver -T1 Eddie Stokes and Kellv, endsidown field penalty put thenv" ihnck to their 32. But they got 3 11 JflTTflNAT 47 akiona mkxico Hit tne grouiul. Wuintana ran flrt dawns ruhinf M. JL-i I fA li hi c.

4 for 1 vards in the drive and bo when Stallings fumnled it. hit 1' umlee again on a hud is a Brechler punt and Rickie t.i ii anc six situation from he 16. (The ca) Harris made the ing he 1m on he 2. And i I fits lis HI again Plumlee had to a llrl dnwnn pniitf firl dawnft bj prnulif IMttl llMl downx tdt frfinrd rushing yardi Initt ruhl dpi iirri running pamilnc yards paliif total lital piny altrntpled paia Inlprrrplrd hj puntK-ax. hnultlr lliat ppnalllea i Seven plays later the WiKi-cats had a tie ball game as i fullback Ted Christy ran for the hall from two Wildcat defenders.

Stallings, had picked up key short yardage in the di i then dm over for the Mi lb varus tour (allies ami varus in tour carries 5 4 ii 13 Lobo offsides penalty set up Gary Plumlee and Morey Car-jHahlquisfs six yard TH pass ys Ft score, and Qinntana hit i fourth pass of the aftci mum penter, tackle Wayne Tvrdiklto Harris. Harris niaoe a old secimHarv stalwarts Bob fine catch With Lobo defend hu docs not show in Tet is and Orvery Hampton. ers Rob IVttis and Orvev I In a game hilled as a de-' Hampton on Ins hack, i fensive battle, the two teams Kt' i swapped four touchdowns The Lobo, hied eit ithe first half with New Mex- Ai i 'on i-out of bound I 'ico gome out front 7 0 on their and tlieti dine liT then 117 before Brechler put aid in IU pl.r.s fo, sec his instant aerial citrus, ond score. Stallings h.ppi 1 jff 4 The first score for each team one key play, a y.ird: was set up by costly fumbles scamper over tackle to the; while the next two' came on Arizona 2H In all. Bin hy i an longer drives.

six times for vaids in the' Lobo quarterback Quin-'nve, including his due ocn tana, brilliant all afternoon. h'K P''p fn 111,1 ''uJ completed all three of and the scoic. the passes he threw, thanks Another key play was Quin to some equally brilliant first pass to Pluml. i ception work by Plumlee. Two! It came on a thud down audi of those three completions set; lit situation from the 20 and.

up Iobo touchdowns and the. made it fourth and one on the; third provided key yardage in 7. Quint, ma was rushed hard the final TD drive. and not off his stiike before Both of Arizona's scores being hit, and PbnnSee tab- two i 'una came on passes with Rrech bed it between defenders. 1 iler pitching for one and hi st gjintant to -I the fust d.e.Mi then l' i lJ 'stallmrs hit the c.i-li!!- ireliever (lone Dalihpii 'throwing for the other.

Wildcats Threatened I qillS KOI.LS: New Mexico (UUirLM'back Stan Quiiilana rolls out fop key yardage in tiic Lobos' pimp-w inning touchdown drive at Tucson. Qnintana, who called a brilliant pame, hit two key passes and ran for 13 yards in the drive that produced New Mexico's L'L'-Li marcin. That's Arizona's Mike O'Mahony, No. trying to chase Qnintana down. (Journal pliolns hy Ray Cary) do score.

Arizona dented New Mevien After sloui'ini; an five times duting the nn h)i rNM (. w(h afternoon, and saw one drive' just over a minute left the idle on the Hi aiifl another on half, the Lobos could on I ithe of UNM. New Mexico the ball to its 21 in three ionly had the ball in Arizona itries and Qnintana punted off 'territory (hi ee limes, but. each ithe side of his font out of Green Bay Stays in Contention time it possessed the pigskin bounds on the UNM 41. past the midfield stupe it Krerliler Strikes sirred.

There were only 2il seconds New Mexico couldn't move1 remaining, but Brechler only hut 'needed 13 to get Hie tying TD LOS ANG TOLLS Full-! Angeles Rams 31-14 Saturday caught up with the Rams as with the opening kickoff, 40 to keep the Packers Bart Starr di-lAnzona got across the 5 ifl to After hitting back Jim Taylor swept safety found valve: Harris! Ward two. the Lobo 4ti before two heavy for no gain, yards for the go-ahead touch- rected Ciieen Hay to alive in the National Football i I I 1 1 in 1 I. i ii ns in oer no. ss rusnes ov nai aniui en nic.iu oi i.iuin RM1j League title chase, si Performing before 2.357 in! I'll KKKS IK flrl dnwna lyl rushing aolci pasiini; yrdiieii I t- JlnSSPS It pasf liilf-rrrplpfl 4-115 ptintt. ft funbli-R lust yards pt-nahred tun.

'v. I tiy i Memorial Coliseum and a television audience, the ii champion Packers trailed the 1' surprising Rams 14-10 down in the third quarter as halftime Al r-- ,49 A Green Bay defeated the Los Rut a third period jinx Subdued Middies Grateful for Victory 1 I.KA I- l.ll'I'KI): Arizona's I lie gallic atul I thlctic '(inference Kickic Neu McMiu won I tin bv secnlid W'eslf't II I he 1- lea) Harris ccts tril'l11'1 i i i i i short, football Lulio Move ivm a.H no man nun. -hip in the t.svo ycirH ic'h title Hi been con- vaplajre I ry iti to over It. tackle, i tn- new n-ag te-li-. PHILADELPHIA "Ilbach said.

"We knew Ken feel very humble," said Navy Waldrop was a great runner, Coach Wayne Hardin he proved it, Carl Stich-i day after his team's narrowlweh played a heautifu rf v. Frustrated Army, Coach Blame Officials for Loss 111-15 football victory game." Army. Rear Adin. Charles C. "You can't glont over a Knkpatritk, superintendent game like this- you can onlyof the academy, waited at the he thankful." of the dressing room.

The clock ending the game shook hands and congratulal-caught. the gallant, comeback ed each player as he entered Army team on the Navy two. the steamy room. "You have to hand it to Bowl Decision this Army team, Hardin said. Later the superintendent.

"It was fantastic. It was su- Secretary of the Navy Paul perb in every respect. itze and Felix McKnight. X. 'vUS quar'1'! Why "But -aIiv St a stalling We I)ietc -a a Pim.ADIJ.PHlA The At i I 'M'l't unashaiil i-div as they walk-id in pen anger, to their di i ing after Iomoi: h.i'Me against N.c ai the i lork i ii, .1, We hi-aid the i.il Real Happy ichairman of the Cotton Row I of ihe Cadets Hoped could have done venetlisli, Si-' their off Later.

Ihe'il o-l. hoys i o'lido't there tori rrets and threw Iv til! a i list I' They p'lnr lied at lie'i, VIo'enH hii''k walls i 1-1 and keii over ben ni'ihl! their dis- hi'-s aei-i-i ll'es-i "You can't knock a win Selection Committee, went I'm happy we cot it but it into the dressing room to talk was a game that could have to the players about the Cot-just as well gone the otherton Bowl bid. way. "1 didn't know whether they "I felt, that way, so did all would go or not," Admiral 1he boys. I got into the dress- Kirk pal rick said, "It was ing room late, but there.such a close game and wasn't much of the usual -they've had such a hard sea-whooping and hollering.

They son Rut when we put the were a subdued bunch. They question to them every man knew they had been in a bat- raised his arms and cheered, tie. Rut they were glad they That settled it." i ai kel and cio i ia i' we tl ted to i'et a Dietel praised S'c hxefi a "the mioit out, landing phe.ei on the field, bar none" rvj For lofcil, shoiiter) epithets ml I)ietel walked the lor ker roofo STAJJN(i STOMI'S: liticky Stalling, who rushed for (J of New Mexico's 181 rushinc yards, busts over left tackle with thf help of a fine block by priil (Jary I'lumlcp, No. Ar iiumS Larry Fairholin, No. 'S'.

Stallini's kepi movint: for 'VI yards to vl up New Mexico's second touchdown, one of two be scored during' Coar-h 1 siovlv in' his fiead and tic. t.k as in disheiief called the Army n'uad oi almost inaudi- most magnifier -n' t-oo I cheer his ever coached In kept ne-A out nf Oe it i oooi foi n--iily i or- I hour arid I efu a--l to icM himself for 'i muni'i- Thf tmv 4 i feeling pre'-iy said. ll.r.f Won It Vr'l 'o win We were iite that v- 'A in it The game ended on the y.iH line with Army de-, r-i iiteiv' hying to get off pi.iy Couldn't Hear The Midshipmen we it ii lot of ket," I) eiel "We couldn't hear rpi.ii arul he i.tts to quiet them i. We went bar m'o a oodd'e and the referee started a if 'he clo. en, I' a whoiit IS seconds.

Id- sN' o'd 'A a. ted un- '1 ih. was snapped. i i igM a av. liei ause there was I en a rr had an sei 'e4 ro run for in a Mi'u-it ion Hut we just didn't a chance Cooled Off Stichv.eh, cooled off by a showr but i'h eves still reddened from tears as he hi-p if.

Army Rally Fails; Navy Wins won. The Navy coach, the first in the academy's history to score five straight victories over Army, was brought the game bali for photographs was asked what he planned to do with it. "Tho Kdvc nil wan! to rive PHILADELPHIA Pat; Navy's Heisman Staubach carried the Middies Behind 21 7 in the the the I Dor Warn hard S'li hweh ran for vards Gienri Davis Army team in and passed for V. Army' J'j4; vthen th" Cadets crrn- game hut vain trv for the hi Roger Staubach, a record equalling urn quarter, Ai my drove :2 it to a member of the Ken-, winner forgotten half; nedy farmly." he said, P'weaved his mafic around the in thp seven plays wi'h i mrfi it npr tn mc. in 1IKC IhlrH 1 It I I OH nf: l-t Cadets for three- weh.

the he1 fnrmor Ulf OO lie I I vnn urday and the Middies with-, "l'lu'u IO U(i O'O. Army hit early 'he first rallv Quarters before Coach Paul "Maw Ail.Amr.rifu erhack oiavine i beaten season, 21-18 stood a frantic Army scoring his on S'auijar whi) proved ny 'that fell just two yards short! Dietzel's legions rallied in the! no's service game record of Staubach, nedys want it." History Making Game TTarHin caiH he believed ouchdown. Then 1 hwc) a 21-15 victory in their an- final period on a touchdown, three touchdowns, scored on he v.on the Heisman Trophy KMV it added a conversion run winch ci.k n. '-nA no doven nual service classic. Ian on-side kick and a drive' runs of 3, 1 and 20 yards in 7 IJ winner as I'lavr or tne year, tl.

thut ranz-hort Ka Sami itur, FrcH Martin Vwiolprl threp run. nut the Cade's six ri'iifit1-; rlri rmhinf rardaie lng intff rl kf ptrnln fumbUi la yard! B-rnalliofl "I don't -a ant try to alibi 10 4 I nil i 4i arid look for but we we should have tieen figured rc history as tne greatest oi ait uw cthe ddies vards Army-Navy games as "a trib-'pected invitation for Navy's before time ran out. versions. w-hind. ute to the late President Ken- No.

2 ranked team, to face Time Runs Out 5 Straight far Hardin Onsidei Kick II p.ays near the start of t.e ney top rated Texas on New The stubborn Cadets refus-' The victory made Navy A short onside travel-ithud petcd for tr.e t'u--h- Fuilback Pat Donnelly, who Year's Day in the Cotton ed to believe taey were beat- Coach Wayne Hardin the first ling only 11 yards was ret ov.jdown wr.u put his team tied Joe Belhno's academy Bowl. en. Aimy apparently had no in the 64-year history of this ered by Sta hwei at tne Navv, ahead to 14 7 record bv scoring three touch-' Navy, ranked second na-time outs left and couldn't traditional series to coach 4' and the high drama ar.d iStauhaih Ciaini downs in a service game and tionallv. immediately accept- get off a final play which five straight winners, race with the clock was on) Staubach continually wig I J'ist Is- 'he In't game fir. period on a fi.Vvaid march hs Stiihwr fir.ished or.

a yard run to hii a ft hemral mass hioi kuiK, over Johnriy Sal into the a rc. Ker I ne 'he las! frantic A IL 4 morir a rt.orha rk Rnf. ed a bid to nlav ton-ranked would have produced at least Army touchdowns were Army kept on the ground 'Bled fiee for gains when ap He Carrier) i-im pr both were Texas in the Cotton Bowl in a tie and possibly a great scored by qaurterback Carl except for one Sinhwer. toarently trapped 1 7 1 'I 1 pas--ed for 4 nit Dallas on New Year's Dav Michweh on a 10-yard run in Don ran er.s stleiine a s.tne na.i d. vans.

mobbed bv their teamma'es sei or. I-. he fin-d 'o yt'l! out, but our ends and Mckles couldn't hear hi-cau-e of the noise. We tr.ed to co to the referee, but e-rhcr he didn't hear me or didn't see me." to the and caiiK-M one pass off a plays later thejtrif ky teverse fur 16 more when they arrived at the Polled In a game dedicated to the first quarter and a five-for 11 yards rlressine room la'e after be-- The decision was made in their fallen Commander in- yard burst in the final period, seven. Three (:.

'mm 11 rm H'ell i 1 t-m 'Mar i- 4 i In 1 r-in Ma. i It ruri Ma -r. i'I' Ifh nn omima-ri em lirl.K") ing detained hv television. poll of the players in the Chief, the late President Ken- Stichweh also ran for a 2 clock ran out. just, as it hadlyards.

Donr.elly got 8a yards upspt minded Navy acainvtiin nine thrums. Donnelly and incredible conversion. 'Army was terrific," Stau- dressing room. li al A a.