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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 25

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The Fresno Beei
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Fresno, California
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Water-Loving Ducks Romp Past Trojans EUGENE Ore (UPI) Oregon came from behind in the second half to upset Southern California 10-7 and all but knock the Trojans out of a chance for a fifth straight Rose Bowl appearance The win kept the Pasadena hopes alive Halfback Bobby Moore who packed the bull 38 times for 168 yards crashed over from the one-yard line early in the fourth period for the winning touchdown It was the second Pacific-8 defeat for Southern Cal while Oregon is 4-1 in the conference Both teams have lost to Stanford A heavy rain fell throughout the first half after which Southern Cal led 7-0 and a few hundred of the 34000 fans left the game Oregon's touchdown was set up on a 56-yard bomb from quarterback Dan Fouts to end Bobby New-land to the Trojan eight-yard line on the second play of the final period Moore carried six yards to the two and then went over The Trojans 11th ranked nationally lost four of six fumbles and did not complete a pass until the final period Newland recovered two of the fumbles for Oregon Southern California marched 59 yards in 14 plays on the ground after the opening kickoff to go ahead 7-0 Sophomore Sam Cunningham scored the touchdown from a yard out and it appeared the Trojans were off and rolling But it wasn't to be Southern Cal found itself fighting off Oregon threats The Ducks marched to the 16 20 and 21 in the first half but couldn't score In the third period Oregon on a fourth-and-five situation went for the field goal and Ken Woody made it good from 22 yards out Two big plays for Oregon came late in the game Southern Cal had driven to the Oregon 14 but Webfoot defenseman Dave Pieper intercepted a pass on the one Then after the Web-foots were forced to kick Southern Cal's Tyrone See Oregon Page l-B AP Wircohofo California touchdown as Oregon's Lionel Coleman (32) vainly tries to make the stop The first-half score was not enough use TOUCHDOWN Sain Cunningham slams over the goal line for a University of Southern i A Bulldogs Overwhelm Diablos All was not roses for the Bull-Cecil was attending a mretingjfense led by tackles Cleo Me-dogs Tackle Mike Dislcr dislo-1 in Houston Tex and then he Cutcheon and Ted Lambert end cated his left elbow and startingjstartcd thinking about San Jack Fisher and linebackers tightend Lyle Buckert sprained Diego Tom Flanagan and Bob Mejias I don't know how much this'complctcly overwhelmed the LA ker moved over from defense and Larry Chicoine did all the running Parker scored the final Fresno touchdown on a 19-yard gallop Los Angeles which alternated between the shotgun and 1 formation netted only 139 yards much of it comin against second line defenders The Bulldogs held the Diablos to no first downs in the first half his ankle on the final play of the first half If either or both are out next week it will damage Fresno's chances agains the Aztecs Rogers accepted congratulations from athletic director jCecil Coleman via telephone By Bruce Farris It was a picnic for the homecoming old grads but it was something else for the hapless Los Angeles State Diablos who were pulverized by the Fresno State Bulldogs 51-6 last night in Ratcliffe Stadium Coach Darryl Rogers' team registered a school record 658 yards in total offense despite the fact the FSC mentor payed everyone but the water boy About 9000 chilled fans watched However the Bulldog coaches had little time to reflect on last i night's laugher since they now helped said Darryl was a ridiculous game We played everyone and it looks as though we might have last a couple of players We will know more Monday I don't imagine we scared San Diego Fresno's quick and alert de- offensive unit In the second half Fresno players who hud seen little more than token duty in pre-viuus games played nearly a half The old total offense record See Bulldogs Page 6-1! Statistics CSLA a 9 19 SO S3 Score First Downs Rushing Yardage (Net) Passing Yardage (Net) Return Yardage (Net) FSC 51 22 273 305 09 19-43-2 0-0 0 105 Passes (CompTd-Atrd- ntcd) 7-21 Punts (Number-Average) 9-374 Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized 74 Horowitz FGs Sink Bruins Horowitz was voted the offensive player of the game and Mike Simone Stanford linebacker the defensive player of the gtqne Mike was credited with seven unassisted tackles Ralston was happy with lots of praise for Dum mitt's passing and Tommy Prothro shocked and silent in his third defeat (by By Omer Crane Frtina In sports editor LOS ANGELES Steve right foot was accurate on three of five tries in the Coliseum last night which meant a hard-as-nails 9-7 victory for the long-hexed Stanford Indians over the UCLA Bruins There was a throng of 83518 looking on This is a record crowd for the Bruins at home except for its games with cross-town enemy USC Those two points somehow made the sun come up for Statistics (at Stanford) and the UC Bears at Berkeley to alter the path to Pasadena The game was a surprise UCLA stopped the Jim Plunkett people from going over the goal line for the first time although the Injuns were clearly controlling the ball They had 481 yards to UCLA's 269 Still it was Horowitz's toe on a 38-yarder in the first quarter a 35-yarder in the second and a 30-yarder in the fourth Dennis Dummit- took the' Bruins 15 yards following a Hillary Shockley fumble of a pitchout in the third period for a go-ahead 7-6 count thought the punting of Bruce Barnes (Sanger High School product) was the outstanding individual performance of the said fellow press-box observer Stanford Athletic Director Chuck Taylor course that Bruin secondary defense was magnificent Barnes punted 10 times twice for 54 yards and averaged 4040 keeping the Injuns rocked on their heels Were not as sharp tonight as we might have been" added Taylor to get the yards when we normally Amen the ozone Reynaud Moore picked it off Two plays later Dummit under a red dog fumbled and Injun guard Pete Laze-tech recovered at the Bruin 25 Horowitz was long enough but to the righL on a 44-yard field goal try The Bruins got the big break finally' Shockley fumbled a pitchout on the Stanford 15 on the first play following a 54-yard punt by Barnes Dummit hit Brad Lyman on the sidelines for 11 yards to the four and two plays later Marv Kendricks dove in from the two Clayton Redord made the go-ahead point There was 1:54 on the third quarter clock Feeling the pressure Plunkett misfired on a shot to Vataha Moore stepped in front to intercept giving the Bruins the ball at midfield to start the fourth quarter The Injuns blinked the score-board lights at the six-minute period of the first quarter driving 42 yards on a dozen ground plays and one incomplete Plunkett pass to the UCLA 21 The Bruins shot linebackers twice here to snag Brown and Shock-ley for losses With fourth and See Indians Page 6-B must prepare for next big one in San Diego against the 16th nationally ranked and unbeaten Aztecs San Diego head coach Don Coryell and three of his staff were in the press box but it is doubtful they learned much more than the Fresno players know the way to the goal line have a lot of tools plenty of speed and they can score" said Coryell whose team had a bye this week In addition to the total offense record end John Sexton eclipsed the career touchdown pass reception standard of 13 set by Chuck Toy Sexton caught Karl Francis touchdown heaves of 10 and 40 yards to run his career total to 14 and his TD total to eight Francis 190-pound senior from Santa Ana completed 12 of 23 passes for 222 yards while playing only 21 minutes Francis has an even dozen touchdown passes Junior John Inglehart played the rest of the way at quarterback and clicked on eight of 19 tries for 163 yards including a 19-yard six pointer to Gary Bo-reham While the leading ground gainer Henry Woodson rested a knee bruise 200-pound junior Herbie Phillips carried the running load Phillips played only the first half and made 113 yards in 19 carries He had a seven-yard touchdown run In the second half Fred Par- Stanford UCLA 21 13 219 25 262 244 21 1107-2 11-35-0 4-17 10-40 2 2 54 19 First Rustling yardagt Pusing yardage Return yardage Passu Punts Fumbta tat Yards penalized total of six points) equally high on Plunkett Early in the third quarter Stanford failed a third time to grab the brass ring grinding to a stop on the eight-yard line of UCLA gotta try everything" noted Stanford Athletic Director Chuck Taylor nervously puffing cigarettes Taylor meant Plunkett who with none to throw to galloped for 22 yards Then Plunkett sent Eric Cross on a double-reverse for eight yards Horowitz figured to make it 9-0 with is third field goal kicking from the 25 but a poor snap rushed him and the kick sloughed off his foot to the left of the goal There was another Gaston and Alphonse act late in the third quarter Stanford driving blew it again when a Plunkett- 10-Vahata pass was flopped into Bk photo by OIck Darby 'WHAT Fresno City College quarterback John Behrens (10) runs into resistance from Dave Page during first half action Rams Hoof It To Stadium Then Sack Sac CC 38-19 with fumbles and pass interceptions offense was crippled sevrely when its big Stanford at 10:48 last night At least Jhat must have been the reason for that rosy glow in the east towards Pasadena where the Injuns hope to be for their first New date in 19 years The victory is a tremendous first for Indian coach John Ralston on two counts In seven tries his Tribe had never beaten the Bruins although there was a 20-20 tie last year Moreover this is the first time he has knocked off both UCLA and USC the same season liie Injuns are 4-0 in the Pac-8 conference but there is Oregon State and Washington By Eddie Lopez Although the bus ran out of gasoline en route to Mc-Lane Stadium last night Fresno City College still had plenty of fuel left defeating Sacramento City College 38-19 in a Valley Conference football game The Rams who dressed at his own scoring play on the play before with a 57-yard scramble to the SCC 2 He slammed over right guard on the next play Behrens was stopped on the run for the extra point Fresno padded its 30-13 third period lead to 38-13 early in the fourth period when a fumble re-cover by Steve Nelson gave See Rams Page C-B fullback 6-foot 205-pound Samson Horne left the Held with 1:29 left in the third quarter He appeared to be suffering from a hip pointer Shell-Shocked Cougars Bow To Cal Bears 45-0 By Darrel Phillips league chase for a Rose'next Saturday's showdown with Mcciatchy Newspapers servict Bowl spot jthe now-deflated Southern Cali- BERKELEY The Univer- However Bear fans are quickfoa Trojans And that would sity of California Golden Bears'to remind you that if you re-Jave te1 important who have made a habit of look-j verse last week's much-disputed' But PAC-8 officials do not ing very bad or very good this oss to the UCLA BruinSi lhe carry instant replay as standard season took the latter course i here yesterday as they rolled would headng into their own campus locker room Qjgceglia blasted through for did not quite make it to the sta-jjjg third TD of the night early dium on the team bus They ran jn the third quarter He set up out of gasoline two blocks and had to hoof it The win gives the Rams a 1-1 conference record and a 4-1 sea-i son log The loss drops Sacra-' mento to 1-1 in the league and 2-4 over-all Sophomore fullback Steve Bis-ceglia had a tremendous night carrying 19 times for 152 yards and three touchdowns It was a' ruggedly contested game with plenty of hard hitting so his yards were not easy to come by I Tempers flared on several occasions during the action once! in front of the Rams bench with 8:57 left in the game The fourth period was filled Radio TV Sports TODAY Reedley Rally Tips West Hills methodical 454) victory over the Washington State Cougars before a High School Band Day-padded turnout of 26000 in Memorial Stadium The Pacific-Eight Conference contest had all the excitement of and ranked equally in im- portance to watching grass grow as the Bears moved just about whenever they wanted to ignited the Tiger offense Junior jsquare slammed into the end COALINGA Quarterbackzone from me yard out to put Steve Jacoby passed for five Reedley in front 28-14 with 10:49 jtouchdowns breaking a state left in the third period 'junior college season record to" The Falcons scored on the xT -lead the undefeated Reedley col- first play of scrimmage lege Tigers to a convincing 48-35 ing the Reedley kickoff Leon Caul Jll Statistics -3t am Football Air Fore vs often College KFRE-V JO 9:31 am Football St Louis New Ya-k KFRE-TV 30 10 am Football Cleveland vs Miami KMJ-TV 24 12 pjn Football HlgMIglill KJEO 47 1 gm Football Dallas Kama City KFRE-TV 30 4 am Football Fresno Slate College vs Stae at Las Ana KFRE-TV JO WashStala 10 90 1t 7 -win over West Hills College Fal-ard Kaae took in a 56-yard pass 15-wj 16-im from qiiarterbacj chris Cassidy 9j so I The old record was 22 pas-es 10 make it 2S-21 After Square hurst three set by Tom Hernandez of Reed- First Dcft Rushuto YflrddOt Passing Yardo Return Yartegt Passes Punts Fumbles Last Yards Penalized after the first 20 minutes of theley in 1967 and equaled by Dave yar(5s tor hls third touchdown Ellis of San Jose Citv College Riving Rvedey a 3a-21 advan- a Austin bolted 84 12:55 am Foot Dali Denver vs San F'anciKe KMJ ISM kc) I om Poor Dali (pragama 12:40 pm) Oak-end vs Pittsburgh KIRV IWC Id TOMORROW tv -'(19681 Jacobv now- has a total taSe- Earl The result left the Bears at 24 in six games Jacoby has yards for a touchdown to bring in PAC-5 action and the Cougars three npT season games left West Hills back at 35-2S at 0-3 a statistic that is not ex-j with the score 21-14 at half-! Jacoby connected eunuch- peoed to have much bearing on lime quarterback Sieve Jacoby! See Reedley Page 6-B In Plat Rvan Marty RUN HERBIE RUN Fresco State College's speedy halfback Herbie Phillips (44) Aces around the am Foo'ru Las Briz KJEC 4" om Fomba'I Mighllg-iti Armv bk Fsm Slaw KAiU IX Los Angels- State defense for a gain in the first half The Bulldog blockers are Steve Verry (60) and Dave Yietty (67).

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