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The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 12

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Oil I I N. towards In Color Clip July i hit tm rwe II (iKi 101 yard Ijdb Charlie fjjv it ran I or 73 16 finl haif tarrir The IXU1oIhH were a ig Fight mvfd 57 yard aul 40- Crowder Not Happy With Buff Victory i'S rJt Working The Balance Beam Peggy Gunn of Orchard Mess Junior High workion the balanccbcam Saturday at Mesa College during a women's gymnastic clinic. Observing her Is Pat Druggan. gymnastic coach at Dear Creek High School In suburban Denver. Sentinel Photo Michigan St Blanked IMuskere Rmp Fe 62-0; lAlealbama, Irish jiloll On hand being laid on him.

Johnsons passing set up touchdown for the Puffs In the quarter and also led Colorado to of field goals In the second period erect a 20-7 halftime lead Proflific Scorer LINCOLN, Neb. (API Dave Humra threw three touchdown and Johnny Rodgers established himself as the most prolific scorer In Nebraska history Saturday as the sixth-ranked Cornhuskers opened 'their bid for a fourth Big Eight football title with a 62-0 romp over Missouri It was the most lopsided Nebraska vistory over the Tigers In an 80-year-old series of 68 games. Four Nebraska touchdowns were scored In the third quarter alone and reserves played most of the second half. broke -a Nebraska career record in the second quarter on a 28-yard pass play. He caught a Humm pass, got a block from Dave Goeller and crossed the goal lme running backwards, a bit of showmanship he yar-Ji-f ty b-j-jtff I red CLt'jf ak liuTVJwd It Ial to 77 7 tfl the thud pcrlmd whrfl Taxi raff'd a 67 yard Rurir-g march tty-tfd run Davi of) Hired ft a iWiyarJ fense which pleased Crowder was the parsing tf Juhnst'O.

Johnson was on target with his first seven passes and fuushid wilh 15 ctmiplelittons In 24 attempts for 197 yards Iowa Slate passd for 233 yards primarily playing the caUhup role when the Buff defenders knew the Cyclones had to throw. Gowdcr was quizzed on Fred Limas record breaking 57 yard field goal In the second quarter. Crowder commented wryly, "I'd Just as soon have him hit from the 30 yard line cm sistantly and forget about that long one." Lima also kicked a 40yard field goal but missed loti" othiT shorter tries. One of which was a "chippy from 13 yards out. The Colorado play its were more Impressed with their performance than Crowder.

Gys of "Lets get the Sooncrs" filled the locker room. However, the dressing room scene was far from joyful, the Biifs knew down deep they must Improve over Saturdays performance to give the highly regarded Sooncrs a fight next weekend. Saturday's attcndence was 51.668 which was the largest crowd ever to see a sporting event In Colorado. The record should stand until1 the Denver Bronco-Minncsota Viking attcndence figure is announced Sunday. CLIFF PARKER Oux 'pamtuA tZuatity LATEX WALL PAINT DRIPS LESS FAST DRYING DumMc LATEX HOUSEPAINT ECONOMICAL BEAUTY AND PROTECTION now i Ou Good Housekeeping) 3, GUARANTEES kj mi j-h in in ol pTl-l 17 f.nJ GUwJJ to'- 71 wi CMJ ui a tejatifuily fmuird pass frejj to M-gefiy Hoggrtty Uot the I mj iMuiJif by 1 a yrd but Jo'n'O IjJ the ball In h.s hl just he erod'd Ux line.

luw Mate stayed tn the game the palling cf quarlrrfcjtk Ctcx Ad- mundxvt who tut 14 II fof 232 yards and the ruvhtpg ph-nofS M.ke Mr sc ha h1 carried the ball 17 times for yards, I wading rusher in the game was Colorado Davis with 135 yards on 31 carries whJe fullbatk Bo Matthews had 59 yards on 13 tries, Haggerty caught three paes for 66 yards while slolbatk Jon Keyworth got five reeept inns for 64 yards. Colorado II 6 7 734 Iowa Mate 11115-21 sm irantrxi 0 ft vk 14 I M4 tfcrw ffinsi. I tl tl I 1 UNC Slips By Nebraska-Omaha GREELEY. Cblo. IAP DrfrnMv tackle Tom Walker pounced on a Nebf a.ska-Om.iha fumble In the end zone Saturday to give his University of Northern Colorado Bears a 60 Great flams Conference football victory.

Omaha had captured the balj three plays earlier when UNCs Gary Widhelm fumbled on the Omaha and Bill Kozel recovered for the Mavericks. Charlie McWhorter, Omaha halfback had the ball jarred loose on an attempted delay up the middle, the ball rolled Into the end zone and Walker, a 240pound, 6 2 senior defender, fell on it to give the Bears the lead. 599 ROL-EZE HOUSEPAINT ONE COAT COVERS LONG LASTING, EXTRA DURABLE MILDEW RESISTANT I iff i leg. l41 242-41 02; 4 4 ByfUKKPARKlJl Srliuwl hull VI rllff BuCLDtR park'd by the qoaflcfbjck. Kill Juhnn plus lh running il ra'rfving pf w-'ph-onv-rc Mm lUggiTty.

the Coluraki Bifalo a good low Suit Mba tram 34 22 hte Saturday a-IrnvwfV The win was the Bill fdth the iawi and the second gauut ne Ion In the rf Eight Con i-r cnee. The oa ter I oa State came In the Cyclone's first league contest but overall the low ant arc 3 1. Johnson and the ft and shifty Haggerty staked the Buff to an early 110 lead but the previously unbeaten Cyclones bounced back quickly and never ere out of the game until a Colorado past tnti-rceplion in the final minute of play Iced the game, Haggerty put the BJfs on the board with Just four minutes gone on a 71 yard punt return, Haggertys teammates tet up a all down the sidelines and the sophomore from Littleton went the distance without a another first a pair to Undefeated Alabama held a 1(47 lead when It received the second-half kickoff. DAvid called on Ellis Beck, Wilbur Jackson and Paul Spivey during the drive that ended with Davis carrying it in from the four. Gary Rutledge, substitute for Davis, picked up big yardage on a later Alabama scoring jaunt.

The elusive Nat Moore, sprung by Willie Jackson's block, shocked Alabama by darting 60 yards to give the Gatorj an early 7-0 margin. After the Gator score, the Alabama defense kept the Gators off balance. Alabama tied the score when -Spivey bulled 13 yards later in the first period. Alabama 'went' ahead early in the second period on a 31-yard field goal by Bill Davis. Fresh Frosh SOUTH BEND, Ind.

CAP) A 56-yard touchdown run by Art Best, a freshman carrying the ball for the first time for Notre Dame, climaxed a 42-16 Irish football victory over Pittsburgh Saturday. Best made the perfect start for unbeaten No. 7-ranked Notre Dame, but veteran Andy Huff scored three of the Irish touchdowns on short runs. Pitt, now loser of six straight this season, trailed only 14-8 in the third quarter but'' collapsed after Notre Dame's Drew Mahalic intercepted a pass and ran 54 yards for a touchdown. Notre Dame had trouble getting started, fumbling away the ball three times in the first half although managing a 14-0 lead at the Intermission.

Pittsburgh closed the gap on a three-yard scoring pass from Tom Hogan to Dave Janasek and a two-point conversion pass to Bill Englert. Ma-halic's interception gave the Irish a better cushion going into theih three touchdown fourth quarter. Eric Pcnick gave Notre Dame another touchdown on a drive starting from a Pitt fumble and Best closed out the Irish scoring. 58-yard Zip ANN ARBOR. Mich.

(AP) Sophomore Gil Chapman zipped 58 yards for a touchdown with less than nine minutes to play to pad a precarious 3-0 lead and give fifth-ranked Michigan a 10-0 Big Ten football victory over Michigan State Saturday. It was the first time since 1947 that the Wolverines shut out their arch rivals. The second largest crowd ever to see a UM game at home 103.735 watched as Michigan ran its conference record to 2-0 and its overall mark to 5-0 while handing the Spartans their fourth consecutive loss in a 14 record, making them 1-1 in the conference. It was a defensive battle throughout. and until Chapman's TD the outcome was in doubt as the underdog Spartans played Michigan to a near standoff.

The 5-foot-9, 185-pound speedster from Elizabeth. N.J. got a key block from tackle Paul Seymour which sent him loose for the final 45 yards to paydirt. Michigan had taken a 3-0 lead in the second quarter on a 22-yard field goal by Mike Lantry, the first of his career. Michigan State was deprived of a 23-yard touchdown sprint by quarterback Mark Neisen on the drive following the field goal.

The Spartans were caught clipping and subsequently Dave Brown intercepted a Neisen pass at the Michigan seven to kill the drive. BOULDER Colorado Ch Eddie Crvdtf wa frustrated It was difficult to tell from his pt game cum merit whether hb fiifalo had won or lost to Ipwa Slate Saturday oiler-rwo Tin Biffs dtd wuj by a con vine leg wore (34 22i but Cruwdef h.l little good to wy about his team, Wc knew they had to pass and we could not stop Growdcr lamented. Uffensivrly. wc got Inside the 30-yard lme fur tunes and came away with nothing," Crowder contimnd. "We let them off the hook several times and they were able to stay In the game until the end." We did have some good invkfidual plays on iffcnsc and defense but gut rraliy It was not a good overall pit-formancc." Crowder summarized.

Crowder singled out the good pass rush of defensive end Rick Kay and said the pass Interception by John 1 Stearns late In the game was a great Individual effort. On the offense, the Bits did have their moments and the Iwo most sen-slat tonal plays were provided by sophomore split end Steve Haggerty. Haggerty returned a punt 78 yards fro Colorado's first touchdown and caught a 41-yard pass from quarterback Ken Johnson and put the herd ahead 34-14 late In the game. Another part of the Colorado of Hit MIN "-I ''1JZ Reg 59 ROL-HIDE oflUgf WALL PAINT ONE COAT COVERS NO DRIP SCRUBBABLE EASY CLEAN-UP MARY 222 So. 7th Rams Drop Sixth Tilt To Wyoming Cowboys 7 unveiled two weeks ago against Minnesota.

The touchdown gave Rodgers a career total of 216 points, erasing the 211-polnt record by Bobby Reynolds in the early 1950s. Humms three touchdown passes before he was relieved by Steve Runly midway through the third quarter tied a Nebraska game record. The throws included a 24-yardcr to Jerry List and a 19-yarder to Bob Rcvclle. Other Nebraska scorers were Cary Dixon with two TDs and Goeller. Jeff -Moran, Don Westbrook and Runty, with one each.

Drowning. Tide TUSCALOOSA. Ala. (API Quarterback Terry Davis directed a 74-yard drive that pulled third-ranked Alabama away from Florida in 24-7 Crimson Tide victory Saturday. to settle for an early field goal by Wade Smylie and a late touchdown by freshman Johnny Square.

The Wyoming offense dominated the second quarter of play with Cockreham running three yards for one touchdown and passing 91 yards to Scott Freeman for another score. The pass play was the longest by a WAC team this year. The other Wyoming touchdowns were by running backs Steve Brown on a 1-yard run and Charlie Shaw on a 14yard run. Kicker Randy Hudman kicked all four extrq points for the Cowboys. Colorado State, playing with out regular quarterback Mark Driscoll, was unable to mount a serious threat until late in the game.

The loss was the sixth straight for the Rams and the second in conference play. Wyoming. 3-3 for the year, stayed in the running for the conference title with a 2-1 record. Halfback Charlie Shaw was the workhorse for the Cowboys by rushing for nearly 100 yards, chiefly on option putchouts from Cockreham. BYU Wins 21-14 Over Texas-EP PBDVO, Utah (AP) Tailback Pete Van Valkenburg charged for two touchdowns to help Brigham Young University to a 21-14 Western Athletic conference football victory over Texas El Paso Saturday.

Van Vaikenburg carried the ball 22 times for 67 yards, including touchdown runs of 10 and five yards. Twice late in the final quarter UTEP threatened to score, but was stopped inside the 15-yard line. With 14 seconds remaining, an apparent UTEP touchdown was nullified by a holding penalty. The clock ran out before the team could score. Ranked second in the nation in rushing hebind Woody Green of Arizona State.

Van Valkenburg now has six touchdowns for the season. Junior tailback Wayne Bower plunged over from the 4-yard line to score BYUs final touchdown before the end of the first half. FORT COLLINS. Colo. (AP) Quarterback Steve Cockreham directed Wyoming to four touchdowns In the second quarter as the Cowboys gained a 28 9 Western Athletic Conference victory over Colorado State Saturday.

Winless Colorado State was deep in Wyoming territory five times but had Football Briefs i COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Colorado College, with every mem-)er of its starting backfield scoring, rounced Bethel 42-0 Saturday in col-ege football. Emie Jones and Craig Wilson scored i pair of touchdowns each in leading Colorado College to the win ver their Cansas Collegiate Athletic Conference ipponent. BATON ROUGE, La. (API Quarterback Bert Jones threw- three touchdown passes to wide receiver Gerald Keigley and ran for another to lead eighth-ranked Louisiana State to a 35-7 Southeatern Conference football victory over ninth-ranked Auburn Saturday night.

-Jones took LSU on scoring drives of 67 and 69 yards the first two times they had the ball. He either passed or ran for 14 of LSUs first downs as Lousiana State ran their record to 5-0 and extended their unbeaten streak to nine games longest in the nation. Jones completed 10 of 14 passes for 183 yards and picked up 60 yards rushing on eight carries. ALBUQUERQUE. N.M.

(AP) Arizona running back Bob McCall ran for 198 yards, including the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter, to pace Arizona to a 27-15 Western Athletic Conference football victory over New Mexico Saturday. The victory left the Wildcats with a 2-0 mark in the WAC and 2-3 over-all while New Mexicos Lobos fell to 1-1 in the conference and 2-3. CAE2IER PAIDT'S Grand Junction i ti.

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