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The Sacramento Bee t- FOOTBALL Sunday October 13 1946 C7 Brigham oung thumps UNLV Eagles defeat Hornets Corbin sees action on a gimpy ankle Nevada rolls over Boise State Associated Press RENO John Dutton threw for three scores ami Alex Gresham ran for 1 13 yards and two touchdowns to spark Nevada to a 66-28 victory Saturday over Boise Slate in the opening Big West Conference game for both teams defense contributed 14 points and Boise State quarterback Tony Hilde was sacked six times by the Wolf Pack (4-2) It was the fifth straight loss for the Broncos 1-6) This was Boise first game in the Big West after 26 years in the I-AA Big Sky Conference And it was a long afternoon Nevada outgained Boise 516 yards to 406 Dutton completed 27 of 35 passes for 298 yards and no interceptions Damon Wilkins had 13 catches for 121 yards for the Wolf Pack Ryan Ikebe ended up with five catches for 123 yards for the Broncos Associated Press photograph UCLA defenders Danjuan Magee left Brian Wil- na State quarterback Jake Plummer in the sec-mer center and Darren Cline close in on Arizo- ond quarter History is on their side By Ricci Graham Bee Staff nter There was a football game at Hornet Field on Saturday and one could debate whether Sacra- mento State actually showed up in the First few minutes For certain Eastern Washington was there and the Eagles were more than happy to leave town with a nice and cozy 51-34 win in their back pockets As for the Hornets? They have looked any more disinterested in the opening 15 min- utes of their third Big Sky Conference game and second at Hornet Field Sac State coach John Volek was at a loss for words after the game kids got themselves he said practiced hard It comes down to strength and size battling bigger stronger Sac State (1-4 0-3) wanted to show the estimated 4262 fans that it could thrive without its leader senior quarterback Tony Corbin who was supposed to have tiie night off to rest his sore ankle Enter reserve Tyler Jessee a fifth-year senior who spent most of his years at Sac State watching from the sideline With Corbin on the mend Volek was left with little choice It was Jessee or bust Well bust won The experiment even last a quarter With 302 left in the first quarter and the Eagles (5-1 2-1) leading 20-0 Volek yanked Jessee who had completed 2 of 8 passes for 27 yards and an interception reasoning even if it meant exposing Corbin to further injury? that point we had to go to the long ball and our long-ball guy is The gimpy Corbin literally dragged his sore right ankle up and down Hornet Field Corbin hit 23 of 45 passes for 361 yards and three touchdown passes in a vain attempt to rally the Hornets who outgained the Eagles 527 yards to 505 a courageous young Volek said of Corbin 12-yard scoring pass to Sheridan Mitchell with 6 08 remaining in the game pulled the Hornets to within 44-34 and had the crowd thinking that something special could actually happen But Joe Sewell who had a game-high 176 yards rushing ended Sac hopes for a comeback with a touchdown run that put the game on ice with 1:13 left have played some teams with better records who fought as hard as these Eagles coach Mike Kramer said Redshirt freshman Griffin Garske playing in place of injured Eagles starter Harry Leons put up a workmanlike effort He hit 12 of 30 passes for 309 yards and four touchdowns Volek probably knew within minutes of the opening kickoff that this was not going to be his night when Tyrone Taylor fumbled the first punt of the game and Jimmy Lake recovered the ball at the Sac State 9 Three plays later Garske found Antwan Miller open in the left corner of the end zone for the first touchdown Associated Press PROVO Utah For Steve Sarkisian hapless Nevudu-Las Vegas proved the cure for his passing blues Coming off a 45-17 win over Utah State last week in which he failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first tune this season Sarkisian tossed all four of his touchdown strikes in the first half en route to 19th-ranked Brigham 63-28 blowout of winless UNLV thing that worked for us with their linebackers playing deep is our backs were able to make the catches underneath and do something said Sarkisian who threw 1 1 of his 22 completions (m 35 attempts for 400 yards) to BYU running backs Sarkisian who also ran for a touchdown as the Cougars improved to 6-1 especially praised his offensive line "When you have protection you get guys open tough to stay wit lour or five receivers for lour or five seconds" he said times I even had seven or Freshman running hack Run-ney Jenkins caught twai touchdown passes against UNLV (0-7) which entered Cougar Stadium rated last in four NCAA defensive categories worked at passing to the hacks this week That was the game Jenkins said UNLV struck first when freshman quarterback Jon Denton scrambled 23 yards And the Rebels who now have lost 1 1 straight on the road flirted with a 14-0 first-quarter lead before Brad Martin recovered Omar fumble at the Cougars 8-yard line first touchdown throw a 14-yarder to Aaron Cupp tied the game The senior added second-quarter scoring tosses of 16 yards to Kealaluhi and 21 and 33 yards to Jenkins to put the Cougars comfortably ahead Wyoming 42 Western Michigan 28 in Laranne Wyo Josh Wallwnrk passed for 314 yaids and lour touchdowns to lead the No 24 Cowboys over the Ihoncos Wyoming (7-0) extended Us winning streak to 10 games winch became the longest in the nation when No 6 Miami lost to Florida State Wyoming was outgained 01 9 yat ds to 558 hut benefited from 13 penalties (or 1 13 yards on Western Mi lagan 1 0-7) USC 14 Arizona 7 in I os Angeles LaVale Woods scored twice on short runs and the defense hoi-steled hy the return of three starters shut down the Wildcats for most of the game USC (4 2 2-1 1'ac-10) hudt a 14 0 lead and gave up only a thud-quai ter touchdown hy the Wildcats (3-3 1-2) Brad Olton completed 23 of 4 1 for 220 yards for the Trojans liut they had trouble moving the hall against the Wildcats who had seven sac ks three each by Joe and Van Tuinei held USC to 77 yards rushing Arizona lost starting quarterback Keith Smith a redshirt freshman to an injury in the third quarter Cal Poly SLO 34 St 33 in San I ills Obispo Craig Young rushed for a sc hool record 283 yards on 26 carries and scored the game winning touchdown on a 13-yard run with 8'49 left as the Mustangs heat the Gaels Young a freshman who transferred to Cal Poly Irom the University of Pa cific which dropped football following last season broke the record of 267 yards set hy Louis Jackson on Oc 7 1978 against Portland State Washington State 24 Oregon State 3 in Corvallis Ore Shad ilinchen intercepted two passes returning one for a touchdown a- the Cougars overcame five turnovers and 189 yaids penalties to defeat the winless Beavers The loss tied an Otegon State record for consecutive defeat' at 15 the longer current skid major-college football David Mot an a true fieshman in his first start at quarto back for the Beavers had a rough afternoon completing 6 of 22 pa-sfcs for 46 yards 1 hs Sun Devils: Continued from page Cl lead Again Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it The Bruins blew a 17-point halftime lead last season in Tempe Ariz turning the ball over three times and losing 37-33 have a sick feeling in my Toledo said Plummer will do that to you So apparently annually will players He had felt a twinge early in the third quarter when Arizona State cut the lead to 28-21 with its first drive of the second half have a feeling that if you let them take the first drive of the second half for a touchdown a different Toledo said was never comfortable with our lead because of their But answer by Skip Hicks from two yards out seemed to restore order It was a tease The Bruins fumble set tip one Washington State score and he had an interception returned for another Fresno State 28 San Jose State 18 in Fresno -Jim Arellanos passed for 356 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs (2-3 2-1) to a Western Athletic Conference victory over the Spartans 1-6 1-3) Brian Roberson caught two of the scoring passes for Fresno State including a 64-yard tout hdown to seal the victory with 1 35 left in the game Roberson caught nine passes (or 204 yards and also had a 58-yard punt return Montana 43 Idaho State 19 in Missoula Mont Brian Ah Yat thiew for 385 yards and five touchdowns and Joe Douglass scored four times as the Grizzlies defeated the Beogals Montana (5 0 oveiail 2 0 Big Sky) lanked second NCAA Division I-AA overcame lour turnovers and six sacks to survive a third-quarter scare when Idaho State (3-3 1-2) 23rd in Division i-AA pulled within 21-19 Northern Arizona 49 Montana State 18 in Bozeman Mont -Aichiu Anterson had 282 yards in total offense and three touchdowns as the Lumberjack (6-1) defeated the Bobcats Northern Anona ranked 10th in NCAA Division I-AA sits atop the Big Sky Conference with a 3-0 conference mark The Lumberjacks got 205 of their 243 yards rushing fiom Amerson Utah State 53 New Mexico State 21 in Las Cruces NM -Ahu Wilson rushed (or three touchdowns and Matt Sauk threw for 342 yards as Utah State (3 4) snapped a four game losing streak and won the battle of the Aggies over New Mexico Slate (0 6) Navy 20 Air Force 17 at Air Force Academy Colo -1 mu Vanderhoi st kicked a 25-yard field goal with nine seconds left giving I he Midshipmen a victory over the falcons in the fiM game of the Comuumder-in-Chief 'I ro-phy senes Cal State-Northridge 35 Weber State 28 in Ogden I tab- Aaron flowers threw for 2 16 yards and two touchdowns and Not man Clai ke rushed for 1 7 1 yards and two more touchdowns to lead the Matadors past the Wildcats ALBACORETUNA' Prime Quality Blast Frozen rishinq Vessel AT TIIE VIRGIN STURGEON 1 577 Garden Hwy Sacramento Arming 10 litlim 10 10 $000 $50 Lb Jr I iiiet tolumelJisiouats I nniMSopli othllt I I MLRTCWrKOOK Fumbles thwart UC upset bid with dehydration have been in the game supposed to be out Toledo said called for (Durell Price) but Skip went After the Hicks fumble Plummer sent Redmond the third-string tailback into the line for no gain On second down Plummer pitched to Redmond heading right Redmond stopped then threw across the field to Plummer who caught it at about his 10 swerved away from Brian tackle and scored Toledo and his counterpart Arizona Bruce Snyder had played history teacher all week and particularly at halftime after which the Sun Devils passed their exam and UCLA failed told them to Snyder said told the team if highly skilled and can play well when all breaking loose that's the sign of a fabulous McNown finished with 395 passing yards best of his career pass fiom Eric Kiesau to end a 61 yard dnve with 3 49 left in tl first half giving Portland Stai (2-4) a 13-6 lead Warner fumbled on the Vikmg next series and UC Davis (2-3) covered at the Portland State A with 14 seconds left in the hal Grieb threw a 40-yard bomb I Ken Marshall that tied the scoi 13-13 at 0 06 UC Davis tied the score again 20 late in the third quarter wht Grieb iound Francis Montes for 15-yard touchdown Kevin 4 4-yard fie goal 3 17 into the fourth quarti gave the Vikings the lead for gooi goal in OT elected to defend Oregon moved from the 25 the starting point of overtime possessions to the 10 on a pass-interference call But on the next play Cardinal end Kailee Wong stripped the ball from Graziani with tackle Call Hansen recovering came right to Hansen said All Stanford needed to win was a field goal But Miller a veteran punter in his first season as the Cardinal's kicker had never made a game-wmnmg kick Mitchell carried five consecutive times moving the ball to the 12 Miller then waited through an Oregon timeout before nailing the game-winner was really concentrating on lining it up having a free swing and hitting it Miller said mind was pretty blank He said the celebration was beetle There were a lot of bodies out he said missed the extra point when long-snapper Chris Rubio was called for a personal foul for hitting a rushing lineman a hit low and Bjorn following kick from 35 yards sailed wide to the right It was 34-21 Plummer came back with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Mitchell to make it 34-28 with 724 to play A play later Arizona State had the ball on UCIgVs 16 when Hicks fumbled a handoff from quarterback Cade McNown Two plays after that the Sun Devils had a 35-34 lead and the game The fumble came when Hicks started to his left with McNown reaching to give him the ball and Arizona Damian Richardson winding up with it know what Hicks said might have been wide on the play I know I remember After the play I was kicked in the head while I was trying to get the ball Hicks who was later diagnosed The goal-line stand thwarted UC Davis in the first half and the Aggies had to settle for a field goal In the second half quarterback Mark Grieb and running back Jermaine Rucker missed connections on a handoff and Portland State recovered the ensuing fumble Brian Warner a senior from Highlands High School scored three touchdowns and junior Gary Clemons rushed for 195 yards to lead Portland offense Warner scored on a three-yard run in the second period to tie the score 6-6 then caught a 12-yard field 95 yards untouched on the ensuing kickoff giving the Ducks a 24-14 cushion Hutchinson flinch directing the Cardinal on a 73-yard scoring drive that ended on a 27-yard touchdown pass to Damon Dunn with 8 02 left Then came the catch the strip and the kick Stanford which punted on fourth-and-one from its 46 with 5 05 remaining got one more chance On a fourth-and-12 play from the Stanford 35 with 1 33 left Hutchinson eluded a heavy' rush and threw deep to wide receiver Andre Kirwan whose leaping grab over Oregon cornerbuck Kenny Wheaton gave the Cardinal a first down at the 16 turned around and saw the ball coming and said try to make the Kirwan said Four plays later 25-yard field goal with 50 seconds left forced overtime After Stanford won the toss and Stanford stays alive on Bee Sports Staff and News Services PORTLAND Ore UC Davis blew two first-and-goal situations inside Portland 5-yard line Saturday night and the Division I-AA Vikings held on for a 32-27 win over the Division II Aggies The Aggies botched the first possession of each half coming away with only three points and a lost fumble was a frustrating loss for UC Davis coach Bob Biggs said capitalize on our opportunities when we had the ball down at their end of the threw for 365 yards and rallied the Cardinal from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit just loved the way our team kept fighting The win snapped a two-game losing streak improved Stanford's record to 1-1 the Pacific-10 and 2-3 overall and offered a glimpse of bright future Oregon's outlook looked bleaker The Ducks dropped their fourth consecutive game fell to 0-4 in the Pac-10 and 3-4 overall and must endure a bye week before facing Washington have to put this one to bed and bury it said Oregon coach Mike Bellotti play that hard and that rough and not come away with a victory is Stanford season looked headed toward the scrap heap for most of the afternoon The Cardinal trailed 17-7 when running back Mike Mitchell delivered a 42-yard touchdown run with 9 34 remaining But Pat Johnson ran By John Schumacher Bee Staff Writer STANFORD Kevin Miller saw the ball go through the uprights Everything that followed was blurred by all the red jerseys jumping on him While Stanford's kicker was getting mobbed by his teammates near the 15-yard-hne late Saturday afternoon Oregon quarterback Tony Graziani began the long painful walk to the locker room with his helmet on and his head down 27-yard field goal in overtime capped a wild comeback that lifted the Cardinal to a 27-24 victory over the Ducks in front of 41150 at Stanford Stadium keeping one season alive and sending the dangerously close to oblivion just made up our minds we were not going to lose this said Stanford sophomore quarterback Chad Hytchinson who.