Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph from Colorado Springs, Colorado • Page 29

Saturday's Football Scores Pitt 28, Syrecuse 21 Wasson 31, East 0 Black HHls 24, Colo. Coll. 10 Penn St. 49, W. Virginia 28 Notre Dame 49, USC19 Florida 27, Tennessee 17 Stanford 31, Wash.

St. 29 Kentucky 33, Georgia 0 CSU14, New Mexico 9 BYU10, Wyoming 7 Air Academy 40, Harrison 20 Washington 14, Oregon St. 6 Ole Miss 26. Vanderbilt 14 Florida St. 24, Auburn 3 Mich.

St. 9, Wisconsin 7 Purdue 34, Iowa 21 Arkansas 34, Houston 0 Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 14 Clemson 7, N.C. St. 3 Texas 28, Rice 14 Sunday, Oct. 23, 1977 Ralph Routon Sports Editor Broncs Look For Diploma By CHRIS CINCINNATI like the young person who trudges through four or more years of college in order to make it in the And finally is handed that diploma.

Or like the working man who dreams of the day he retires. And finally gets his gold watch. What now? So it is for the Denver Broncos, an organization which for 17 years struggled for prominence in the National Football League. And only attained such status seven days ago. With that in mind, it should be interesting to see just how! wel the Denver Broncos fare against the Cincinnati Bengal.sj today at Riverfront Stadium, Game time is 11 a.m.

(MDT). It was one week ago that jus i about the entire state of Colora- i went sky-high as the Broncos stomped the World Champion Oakland Raiders, thus giving Denver a 5-0 record and posses.sion of first place in the AFC West Division. To sav nothing of the respect of the NFL. Now, the Broncos are newcomers to the upper crust of the NFL. So how they handle such lofty status is yet to be seen And the first glimpse comes today.

If anything, the Broncos may be primed for a big fall. They are, after all, fresh off that emotional upset of the Raiders. And they do realize the same Oakland Raiders will be loaded for bear next Sunday at Mile High Stadium. more, in' Cincinnati they face a a I with its self-respect dangling! from a thread. But fear not, says Denver coach Red Miller, who seems to fear nothing and nobody.

of all, I don't believe it said Miller. know they happen, but I still believe in them. And very serious when 1 say we let it happen to us. reason I say that is be cau.se the team reacted so well (Continued on Page 7C) On the Air: eekend SUNDAY PRO FOOTBALL: Pregarne show, 10:30 a.m., Channel 11: Dallas vs. Philadelphia, 11 a.m., Channel 11; Pregarne show, 10:30 a.m..

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Despite Ziehart Heroics Boylor Bops Falcons 38-7 (AP Wirophoiu; HALF-A-DOZEN FALCONS STACK UP A BULLISH BEAR Steve Howell is about to disappear under mass of AFA defenders By JACK MAGRUDER GT Sports Writer WACO, Air Force Dave Ziebart-powered pass offense shot nationally-ranked secondary full of holes Saturday, but, during the struggle, unfortunately, the Falcons also incurred some self- inflicted wounds. And, as in Russian roulette, that one bad squeeze hurts a lot more than the five good ones help. Ziehart had a field day picking apart the primarily- zone set, completing 22 of 41 passes for 311 yards. But he was victimized five times by interceptions, and those miscues proved too much to overcome. Baylor scored directly on one theft, another led to a touchdown, and two others halted potential Air Force scoring drives.

The resultant final score, 38-7 Baylor was a tribute more to opportunistic tendencies than to any domination the may have felt. Baylor ground out 476 yards in total offense to Air 386. relatively close figures in game that ended so one-sided. The Bears took a 17-0 lead at halftime, weathered a mlid Fal con uprisal in the early stages of the third quarter, then took Scott Smith to tight end advantage of Air mistakes to build the score to their liking. The Falcons appeared to have something going in the third period, when Ziehart led the team 65 yards in just five plays to cut the gap to a manageable 17 7.

He hit Paul Williams on a 13- yard score, and Terry Harris added the conversion with 12:57 remaining in that quarter. Then, the Air Force defense stiffened, holding on three downs and forcing a Baylor punt. In.slead of taking possession following the kick, however, the Falcons were hit with a 15-yard holding penalty a call which enabled Baylor to retain the ball. It was an interesting call, because the Falcons were rushing 10 men on the punt. Five plays later, Air momentum apparently drained, the Bears made it 24-7 when David Seaborn burst in from five yards away.

Air ensuing aerial circus resulted in good-looking drives but no points. Two Ziebart interceptions halted marches, and once he was sacked on a fourth-down pass attempt at the Bear 10. final scores came on a 17-yard pass from quarter- Hon Lee and a 98-yard inter- i 0 return by Howard Fields, who tied a school record vvith three thefts. was much Air Force coach Ben Martin said after the Falcons had fallen to 1-5-1. was just a matter of executing our passing game.

At times it worked, but they (Baylor) did a good job of mixing up their coverages and keeping us Martin agreed that the hold- ign call in the third period may have played an integral role in the outcome. (Continued on Page 7C) Summary Air Force 0 0 7 7 Baylor 7 10 7 Seaborn 3 run (Bledsoe Kick) Bay 13 pass from Smith (Bledsoe kick) Bay Bledsoe 24 AF-Williams 34 pass from Ziebart (Harris kick) Bay-Seaborn 5 run (Bledsoe kick) 17 pass from Smith (Bledsoe kick) Bay-Fields 53 pass interception (Bledsoe kick) Fi St downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalfies-yards 21 36-75 311 5 22-41-5 5-31 2-1 22 53-335 14) 89 6-48 1-0 6-108 IMI) Fired-Up Minnesota Stuns Michigan MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Sophomore place-kicker Paul Ilogmd booted three field goals and a swarming Minnesota defense stymied Michigan as the Gophers shut out the No. 1 ranked Wolverines 16-0 Saturday in a Big Ten football game. Sophomore quarterback Mark Carlson started his first game for Minne.sota, completing six of 10 passes for 60 yards. Rogmd kicked field goals of 41 and 37 yards in the first half, and Marion Barber scored on a three-yard run to give Minnesota a 13-0 halftime lead.

Rogind added a 31-yard field goal with just over four minutes remaining in the game to complete the scoring. Michigan fumbled four times, losing possession three times, while the unranked Gophers played mistake-free football and harassed Wolverine quarterback Leach all afternoon, intercepting two passes in the final quarter. Leach did set an all-time Michigan total offense record while gaining 122 yards. It gave him 3,727 career yards to break Don 1968-1970 record by 86 yards. had not been held scoreless in 13 games.

The last time the Wolverines were blanked was in 1967, when they lost to 34-0 to Michigan State. It was Coach Bo first shutout at Michigan. Minnesota is now 5-2 over-all, 2-2 in the B'g Ten. Minnesota took a quick 3-0 lead at 4:28 of the first quarter. holding Michigan on its first series of plays, the Gophers went 34 ya'ds in five plays to the Wolverine 24, where ind booted a 41-yard field goal.

Key plays in the drive were a 23-yard pass from Carlson to Jeff Anhorn and a 10-yard completion to running back Steve Breault. An errant pitchout by Leach on the next play from scrimmage was recovered by Minnesota safety Keith Brown at the Michigan 12 and led to next score. Carlson ran six yards to the fourth-and-one, freshman Marion Barber went into the end zone standing up from the three. conversion at 8:35 made it 10-0. The Gophers moved 54 yards near the end of the first half and took a 13-0 lead on a 37- yard field goal by Rogind.

Garry White rushed for 24 yards and Kent Kitzmann gained 21 yards in the 11-play drive. The Gophers continued to move the ball in t'ne third quarter, but a blocked field goal attempt by Rogind prevented i Minnesota from scoring. Operating from the shotgun Carlson connected a key third-down pass for a I first down to the Michigan 24 to keep the Gopher drive going. An interception by Hicks, which he re- I turned to the Minnesota eight, was nullified by a defensive in- ter-ference call and also aided the 61-yard drive. I But after Minnesota reached I the Michigan 15, 32- lyard attempt was blocked by Mike Jolly.

Ken Foxworth intercepted a pass by Leach and retui'ned the ball to the Gopher i 49 with 10 minutes to play, effectively sealing fate. Minnesota and Michigan have been battling for the Little Brown Jug since 1909. Michigan has won 43 and Minnesota 22, with three ties. CU Bubble Bursts; Huskers Roll 33-15 (AP Wirephoto) DISCONSOLATE BO JOGS AWAY After top-ranked Wolverines were stunned by Grnhsrs By RALPH ROUTON GT Sports Editor LINCOLN, Neb. Once upon a time, Colorado was the No.

3- ranked college football team in the country. Saturday afternoons have a way of changing all that, and the last two have mutilated the once-lofty hopes of being in the fight for the 1977 national championship and provably even the Big Eight title as well. That Colorado teetering last week at Kansas became an avalanche nere Saturday in damp chill of Memorial Stadium. Nebraska continued The Hex by rampaging over, around and through the battered Buffaloes, 33-15, before 76,486 delighted Cornhusker fans. Even the unsuperstitious fan from Colorado w'll be wondering now.

Nebraska made it 10 in a row and 15 out 16 in this er-than-usual Big Eight rivalry, which has become the No. 1 frustration for the Buffaloes and head coach Bill From 5-0, Colorado has now dropped to 5-1-1 and an abysmal 1-1-1 in league wars. Nebraska is 5-2 and 2-1, alive for the Or-'couple of plays that might have ange Bowl. affected the outcome. Nothing can be called typical Like, with 13 minutes left in in this series, except for game and lead do inventing a new and differ- only 19-15, Buff tight end way to succumb every Octo- Bob reception of a her.

What the Buffs produced third-and-20 pass at the Nebr- this time was abnormal even aska 2-yard-line was ruled a by those standards. Niziolek protested bitterly, At one point, if you can be- claim was backed up by lieve this, Colorado was enjoy- IjaGarde. But the ing a 15-3 lead and had the foot- official, who had been on the ball at the Nebraska spot, staunchly refused to line with eight minutes still left orgue. in the first half. The Corn- And just moments later, after husker fandom was getting res- a paltry nine-yard punt gave tless, and the press box talk Nebraska the ball at its 27, was that NU head coach Tom' (Continued on Page 7C) iOsborne was in the process of digging his own grave.

Those folks must not have believed in The Hex. Before the half was over, all die remaining nonbelievers had 'oeen permanently Summary 7 8 0 0 -15 3 13 3 14- 33 Colorado Nebraska Neb-PG Todd 42 Col Bailage 98 Kickoff return (Dadlotis 1 Coi-Mayberry run (Knapple run) only did the Huskers hiop 28 run (Todd nickj their slide, but they managed to wrest a 16-15 lead by the end of an in.sane fTst half. In the last 30 minutes, defense look charge while I.M. Hipp and Company put together a textbook demonstration of ball control. Despite all that, though.

Colorado still can look back on a Neb-Brown 22 pass from Sorley (kick failed; Neb-FG Todd 36 Neo Hipp 4 run (Todd kick) Neb-Donnell 2 run (Toad kick) First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penaities-yards Colorado Nebraska 13 29 46-222 68-390 44 90 6 5-21-2 4-36 2-1 7-83 6-17-1 7-30 4-3 5-45 Altitude May Affect Play Grand Masters Tennis By TER I THOMPvSON GT Sports Writer Will it be Pancho big serve? Will it be Victor volley? Torben amazing placement? Or maybe Beppe uncanny ability to come through with a big! game? These top seniors players, in; addition to Whitney Reed, Rob-', ert Howe, Frank Sedgman and the hottest plaper on the Grand Masters Tennis be taking part in the Gazette Telegraph Grand Masters Tennis Tournam.ent at the Country Club of Colorado, players are in great: Gazette Telegraph Grand Masters Tennis Tournament Oct. 30 Country Club of Colorado Oct. 28-30. physical said Grand The big question for these i Tennis tour executive players will be that intangible vice-president Bob Perez. quantity that all athletes 22-year-old kids any- deal with when they come and the altitude is bound have some sort of affect on The players, amazingly equal each player.

That why in ability but all possessing dif-jarriving ferent styles of play, will arrive If anything, the altitude may in Colorado Springs a few days have a neutralizing affect on early in order to acclimate the players making the not be held until the conclusion The players are currently injof that tournament. Holland, and the stand- now probably the hot- ings are so equal that a draw test plaver on the tournament is for the Gazette Telegraph said Perez. beat Grand tournanient will Gcnzolez. Sedg.man and he has themselves to the altitude. Altitude not only affects the way the tennis ball travels ment even more balanced thatj it already is.

The person withjl the big hopping serve may have i through the air but more said Perez, portantly the player just have to wait and beaten Ulrich. He has every snot in the book and been putting it all Tne draw for tne tournament will not be held until but the schedule for the tourna-i ment is as follows: Friday begging at 6 p.m.. four singles matches will be played; Satur-; day, 6 p.m., two singles semi-i Rnals matches doubles matches; will be played; Sunday at prn. singles and doubles finals will begin. All matches will'be played on: fhe same court, because, says; Perez, feel that we monopolize all the for the finals oii Oct.

30 (ticket courts at a country club. The at the door will be $5.50 resent for the first two nights and tournament wh ch takes up the $7.50 for the finals). Student entire facility merely tickets for any of the three days consideration for the people and will be $3 each, the facility we are playing Net proceeds from the tourna- The Gazette Telegraph Grand ment will be divided equally be- Tennis Tournament the Colorado Springs co-sponsored by the First Na-i Symphony Orchestra and the tional Bank, the Country League, of Colorado and the Junior! The players in the Grand Tourney will be guests Advance sale tickets, avilable.of the Four Seasons Motor Inn. at the Gazette Telegraph, 30 S.jNew Chevrolets for the players Prospect are priced at $5 are furnished compliments of per seat for Oct. 28-29 and Chevrolet,.