| Summary: | Football game program Includes photos and biographies of players, photos of athletic staff, information about teams and universities, player rosters, team statistics, season schedules, and advertisements. Football Utah 45, UNLV 9 Publisher Crossroads Publishing Managing Editor Robert G. Bradford Associate Editor Bruce Woodbury Production Mary Griffith Jack Hilton Magazine photos contributed by the University of Utah Sports Information Department. Notice Utah Statp- Law prohihits conSuIllpt""l ot alc:(lholic bev"ragt's on stat" propntl' W"stern Athletic Conf"r"nc" '.ud" requires ~ach IlwIllIH'r instituti'"1t(J 1)(' responsible fur UO\\t/ ""ntml at its IWIll<' games. (Please do not v"rbalh' or physically dbus" officials. visiting tt'ains or other failS and n>frain fr()m thru\\ ing objects on the p'h1\ ing fi,,/c1.) u r 0 n voL,1 NO.2 SEPTEMBER ,,"0 Punters and Placekickers to Watch . . . It Johnny Mack Brown . . 6t Some of the Greatest Triple Threats . 9t The Swing Pass . . . 17t Behind The Scenes . . . . . 31 An Interview with Coach Howard . . . . 33 Coach Howard and Staff . . 34 The Utes . 35 Utah Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Outlook . . . . . . . . . 39 Utah Line-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 40 UNLV Line-Up . . . . . . . 41 UNL V Roster . . . . . . . . . 42 Official Signals . 44 "The Rock" Anchors the Defensive Line . . . . . . 46 The Lady Is a Runner . . . . . . . . . . . 48 The Halftime Show . . . . . . . . . . . 27t The Cornerback . . . . . . . . . 35t 1979 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38t The Blitz . . . . . . . . . 40t Quiz . . . . . . . . . . 41t Published twelve times a year by Crossroads Publishing, 45 East Fourth South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah H4 1 I I . Copvright 1980 by Crossroads Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Nothing appearing in Utalt Spurt may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission. 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We feature: · T-Shirts & Jerseys • Pennants & Bumper Stickers · Sweaters and Windbreakers The University Bookstore • Beer Mugs & Glassware • Ute Football Helmet Piggy Banks, Radios & Lamps COME IN and • Stadium Cushions & Blankets ALL SPECIALL Y IMPRINTED WITH U. OF U. LOGOS! see us. We're open: SATURDAY 10:00-3:00 Puntersand Placekickers toWatch in1 by Arnie Burdick, Syracuse HERALD-JOURNAL [p) assers and running backs sell tickets," college foot- O ball professors have lectured for years, "but you win with defense and the kicking game." And in today's grid wars, pitting highly-skilled, specialized squads of athletes, ,the kickers' role has been emp hasized like never before. Check the Top 1\venty, week in and week out, and you'll invariably'discover teams that have both a solid punter and an accurate placekicker. It wasn't so long ago that coaches merely asked their players for a show of hands as to who could kick. Now, many are as highly recruited as a classy quarterback or a man-eating linebacker. The complicated situation at Arkansas probably reveals how kickers' lives can change. When Steve Cox was graduating from Charleston (Ark.) High, he wanted to go to the state university, but the greatest booter in Razorback history, Steve Little, still had two years left. So Cox enrolled at Tulsa, and as a frosh, he booted three field goals to upset the Hogs, 9-3. After his sophomore season, Cox transferred to Arkansas, but meanwhile, the Arkansas coach had found a great little sidesaddle artist on the West Coast in Ish Ordonez. So he wooed the S-7, ISS-pounder ~o "The Ark:· and while Cox was establishing a year of residence, Ish proceeded to lead all the field goal kickers in the nation by clicking on 18 of 22, setting an NCAA record of continued It Punters and Placekickers 16 in a row. The intriguing thing is that if Cox had gone directly to Arkansas from high school, Ordonez probably would have wound up at USC, which had been courting the Mexico City native for some time. And a year ago, when Cox was sitting out, he perfected his punting technique to form the greatest one-two kicking punch in the land, winding up sixth in punting on the NCAA list. The plot thickened during the offseason when there were plans to redshirt Ordonez in '80 to save a year of eligibility, and have Cox double up. However, during the spring-drills.-'Lil' Ish, who paced the Southwest Conference in scoring (a feat th&t escaped such celebrity booters as Little, Tony Franklin and Russ Erxleben) outperformed Cox with his more accurate placement work. So Holtz will hitch up the tandem again this fall to haunt his rivals. Firing not one, but two kicking specialists at the opposition is the rule these days rather than the exception. Punters use a different rhythm and foot action than placekickers, expecially if the latter is a soccer stylist. Thus, for most kickers, goirig back and forth can make for inconsistent kicking. There still is a small group, however, that can handle both chores, and this fall they're led by compact Don Stump of McNeese State, the only kicker to make both top listings last year. Stump, with a 42-yard punting average, ranked 16th on the punting lists, and with 15 out of 21 fielders, was tied for fifth in three-point accuracy. Stump boots 'em conventional style and that helps. Other punter-placekickers who present exceptional credentials are Boston College's John Cooper, a left-footer with Ii 40.5 average, plus solid FG work; Hawaii's Jim Asmus, whose exceptional hang time on punts permitted returns of only 2.8 yards per kick, and who also placekicks 'em side-saddle; Iowa's Reggie Roy, who has booted 61-yard punts; Mississippi State's Dana Moore, the squad comedian, who also gives the Bulldogs a big lift With his versatile toe; Lamar's Mike Marlow, who authored a 53-yard FG, and had only 18 of 65 punts last fall returned; and Ball State's Mark O'Connell, who not only placekicks and punts, but also quarterbacks, completing 10 of 16 passes for 165 yards in his first start against Bowling Green. All kickers are not recruited; some of the better ones "walk-on," like Maryland's Dale Castro and Texas' John Goodman, the pair who tied for runner-up honors last autumn behind Ordonez. ' Castro, a conventional-style booter, came to Maryland hoping he could win a scholarship as a baseball pitcher, but when he came down with mononucleosis in his freshman year, he began watching football practice. He had booted at his high school in Maryland, and after observing the Terps work out, he decided he could do as well as any of their kickers. He was right, hitting 17 of 21 three-pointers, including seven of 11 from 40 yards out., He hit 16 straight. Goodson had the unenviable task at Texas of stepping into the big shoes left by the gifted Erxleben, but Goodson did it all differently, including taking off his shoe to kick. He does it soccer style, too, hitting 17 out of 28 three-pointers, for a 1.55 per game FG average. Of the Top Ten returnees in career accuracy for their placement work, all but Stump kick 'em soccer style. Tops is Georgia's Rex Robinson (40 of62), a senior who's clicked on 65 straight PATs. Surprisingly, Rex missed his first varsity extrapoint try, but he's been king of the hill since. He needs 17 three-pointers this year to break Tony Franklin's NCAA career mark of 56 FGs. Rex got his start booting in his very own backyard, kicking between two trees. Obed Arriri came to Clemson on a track scholarship, then turned to soccer. He had learned the game in his native Nigeria and helped spark the Tigers to the runner-up spot in the NCAAs. He also did the placement work for the footballers, helping them to an ACC championship and post-season bowl exposure. Baylor's Bob Bledsoe is the most prolific kicker in Bear history despite a poor start which saw him click on only one of his first six tries. He's 25 of 39 going into his senior year. Other aces are Stanford's Ken Naber (32-52, plus a 41.6 career punt average) and Nathan Ritter of North Carolina State, who hit 24 of his 28 FG tries, the natibn's best over the past two years. Nat also hit on 58 of his 60 PATs. Utah State's Steve Casey Murphy Temple Dana Moore Mississippi State continued Steinke and Northern Illinois' Rome Moga are other sidewinders with topnotch career FG figures. The amazing thing about kicking specialists is that the supply never seems to run dry. Take Syracuse, for example. Coach Frank Maloney lost the best kicker in Orange annals when Dave Jacobs graduated after the '78 season after rewriting the record book. Yet, South Africa native Gary Anderson, a high school soccer star, stepped right in and nobody noticed a change, for he hit on 15 of 21 FGs, including 14 of his first 17. Anderson, who can kick with either foot, thanks to his soccer background, prefers his right for maximum distance. He can hit 'em up to 65 yards and is amazingly accurate from 50 yards out. Gary has two more years to work his magic for the Orange. Virtually every place you look, colleges have record-making kickers of some description. Western Michigan's Alton Laupp is the school's career recordholder in three categories; Army's Dave Aucoin set a West Point record hitting a 50-yarder to help deadlock Duke; TexasArlington's Brian Happel holds Southland Conference marks for most PATs in a season, 40. That's just scratching the surface. In the punting depru:tment, there are plenty of solid toes ready to thump the ball again, including Brigham Young's Clay Brown, a well-built (6-3, 208) athlete who led the nation last fall with a 45.3 average on his 43 punts. And Clay also caught 31 passes for 498 yards, operating as a tight end. Other star returnees are Clemson's David Sims, Michigan State's powerful Ray Stachowicz, and Virginia Tech's Dav Smigel sky. The latter came to Tech as a quarterback, hurt his shoulder, but con-continued 3t Punters and Placekickers tinued to punt, averaging 42.3 yards last fall. Sims, All-ACC, had only two games in which he failed to average 40 yards. The All-Big Ten top punter for the past three seasons, Stachowicz has averaged better than 42 yards from scrimmage. UCLA:s Matt McFarland was named ABC's defensive player-of-the-week for his sparkling punting in the rain vs. Washington. Alabama's Woody Umphrey, who kicks 'em left-footed, has a 70-yarder to his credit. Walk-on Tim Davey of Washington State likes to pass out of the deep formation, while his counterpart at Washington, Rich Camarillo, booted all fall without one getting blocked. Villanova has a punter, Joe Borajkiewicz, whom his mates have tabbed " Joe Alphabet" for obvious reasons. Joe's an all-arounder, playing defensive halfback, punting and holding for placekicker Chuck Bushbeck. Penn State has a fine punter in so ph Ralph Gia- Ray Stachowicz Michigan State comarro, who averaged 43.2 vs. Syracuse. Northern Illinois' Jim Hannula is from the old school. The 6-6, 235-pound offensive tackle drops back out of the line when he punts. West Virginia's Curt Carion gets outstanding hang time, while Arizona State's Mike Black saw one of his kicks travel 92 yards. Northeast louisiana's Bill Weimer had a big year, just missing the 40-average, with a 39.9 mark. A coming punter to watch is Kelly Richardson, a frosh QB heading for Montana, from Grants Pass, Ore., who averaged 40 yards in high school. Vanderbilt 4t soph Jim Arnold is coming off a fantastic punting season. He credits Atlanta Falcon ace John James for giving him some helpful tips. Wisconsin likes its soph, Dave Greenwood, who averaged 40.5 yards in 53 kicks, and credits his high-jumping background for developing a "leg:' Some other returnees with consistently high punting figures are Ohio State's Tom Orosz, Utah State's Guy McClure, TexasEl Paso's Steve Folkner and the Air Force's Scott Schafer. Schafer, who has averaged 40.6 yards in his 205 career punts, may also quarterback the Flyboys this fall. He was the No.1 signal-caller at the end of spring drills, and will run the offense or operate as the tight end. He's a good-looking athlete, standing 6-2, and weighing 213 pounds. Getting back to placement work, Penn State has a solid returnee in Herb Menhardt, who hit 14 of 20, beat North Carolina State and Tulane with late three-pointers. Vandy's Mike Woodard works hard on the weights to get more distance. Navy has a pair of placekickers, Steve Fehrforthe shorter work, Dave Guin for the long hauls. Penn's John Dwyer has a 50-yarder to his credit and punts, too. Oregon State's Chris Mangold can handle both the punting and placement work, and is expected to pick up the slack now that brilliant booter Kieron Walford has departed. Iowa State has an exciting kicker in Alex Giffords, who booted three fielders vs. Texas in the opening half. Long Beach State's Ralph Petrosian was the team's leading scorer for the past two falls, while New Mexico's Pete Parks is a conventional kicker with a 51-yarder to his credit, but unconventional in other ways, for he's a straight-A student in the classroom. continued If you're looking for a barefoo t boy who tans a football, then try Oklahoma's Mike Keeling, who can do it all. A member of the Bowling Green golfteam, John Spengler enters the '80 campaign with a PAT string of 51 in a row. South Carolina's Eddie Leopard has a 52-yard field goal to his credit, while Dan Miller of Miami of Florida has hit three fielders in one game. Oklahoma State has Colin Andersen, a native of Denmark, who made good all of his PATs, and 12 of his 21 FG attempts. There's an ambidextrous booter loose at Yale in the form of Anthony Jones. He's a sidewinder soph. Another talented sidewinder is Wyoming's Wayne VcmDerloo, who hit on 10 of16 three-pointers, tops in the Western Athletic Conference. On and on this saga can go. Texas Tech's junior Maury Buford has an educated toe. He led the NCAA punters as a frosh with a 44.1 average and was 13th nationally. And he's been an Academic AllAmerican for both of his college years, besides. Colorado presents a one-two punch in placekicker Tom Field and punter Lance Olander. Field is a walk-on, while Olander led the Buffs in rushing, too. Tennessee's Alan Duncan, a son of a missonary in Kenya, learned to kick a soccer ball first. He's 23 of 32 in field goal work. Another Tennessean, Memphis State's Rusty Bennett, holds every MSU record for placement work, including the longest in school history, 50 yards. Brown's Bob Gransfors missed the team bus to his first game, then went on to make All-Ivy. Tulsa's Stu Crum is AllMissouri Valley, beating Kansas State, 9-6 in the dying seconds. Denmark sent Michigan State Morten Andersen, who was an exchange student in an Indianapolis High School.He has demonstrated exceptional placement work with the Spartans. He booted five for 50 or more yards last year. Walk-on Greg Porter of TCU was a crack drummer in his high school band, but had difficulties doubling as the kicker. So as a Horned Frog, he's given up band work. North Carolina has a standout punter in Steve Streater, who averaged 41.2 yards last season, better than 46 vs. Virginia. Florida State punter Rohn Starkparticipated in the rugged decathlon event on the track team, which developed plenty of leg drive for his 40-yard average. Stark also owns a pilot's license and majors in physics. That busy combination ought to keep him out of trouble, which is really what punting is all about-kicking your own team out of trouble, while keeping the opposition bottled up in the pressure cooker. This year's crop of kickers will come at you in all shapes and sizes. And if alumni run true to form, the kicking won't all be confined to the playing field, either. ·ao t . J()hnnY Mack Ur-()Wn Football Hero, Movie Star historical book about the Rose Bowl, has also ensured that Brown will live forever in the hearts offans, or at least remember-ed reverently. After Alabama made its bowl debut, Stiles recorded a 20-19 Crimson Tide victory over favored Washington by recognizing a clutch, two-touchdown performance by Brown in the second half. "The Rose Bowl's greatest game," Stiles wrote. "One of college football's most savage counter-attacks to storm the heights of victory in the face of what seemed certain and overwhelming defeat. One of the most magnificent one-man stands since Horatius held the bridge. This game was all of these." BroWn, who was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1957, was easily the star of that splendid show. That made a prophet out of a staunch Alabama supporter. While on the train that carried the Crimson Tide on its 2,500-mile, five-day trip from Tuscaloosa to Pasadena, Bob McDavid, president of the Birmingham chapter of the Alabama Alumni Association, awoke from a nap and startled passengers by screaming, "Hooray for Johnny Mack!" By late afternoon on January I , the entire nation was echoing that praise. "0 At halftime ofthat Rose Bowl, Washing~ ton had a 12-0 lead and a crowd of 45,000 ~=~ ____ J ~ ~W Al~ama a p~ owt~n u ilie - U Crimson Tide ran to its dressing room. by Al Browning, Tuscaloosa NEWS Serious students of University of Alabama football, past and present, will tell you it was appropriate that Johnny Mack Brown made triumphant exits on the silver screen as a Saturday afternoon movie cowboy with the song "Dusty Trails" adding dignity to his heroics. The more experienced fans say, rightfully so it seems, that Brown left many defensive halfbacks hot, thirsty, hungry and dirty during his playing career at Alabama from 1922 through 1925-most of them frustrated by the ease with which the elusive running back turned their "sure tackles" into Crimson Tide touc hdowns. Youthful fans simply marvel over tal es about his exploits, realizing that it was 6t Brown who helped Alabama to a successful start of the most productive postseason bowl act in the nation, therefore establishing himself as the man most responsible for Deep South football ridding itself of an unmerited cloak of inferiority. Without question, Brown left quite a legacy-one bolstered by a stunning performance in the 1926 Rose Bowl, then expanded by the bright lights of cinema. His death, in Beverly Hills in 1974, has done little to minimize that fame. In fact, it was as late as 1979 that a successful musical group, the Statler Brothers, included a reference to Brown in one of its hit records: "Whatever happened to Johnny Mack Brown? What ever happened to Randolph Scott?" Author Maxwell Stiles, writing in his The Huskies appeared en route to a cakewalk victory. But Alabama, the running and passcatching of Brown leading the way; struck quickly in the second half to make it a contest. Alabama quarterback Pooley Hubert, an All-American, ran 27 yards after a Washington punt, then ran four straight times for a touchdown . Bill Buckler kicked the point after the tOllchdown and the lead was trimmed to 12-7. Then, on its next possession, Alabama scored again, halfback Grant Gillis passing 63 yards to Brown for a touchdown. '1\11 [ had to do was sidestep one man and I was across," Brown said after running 25 yards into the end zone. Buckler again kicked the point after the touchdown and Alabama led 14-12. Washington fumbled on its next possession, giving Alabama the ball at the Huskies' 33-yard-line. [n the huddle continued on 14t era of specialization in sports, a condition which ~"'~',ilU~U ,,~'t:ilIL"" proficiency in the games themselves ~. ip.jtel'l,stin the fans, but has retarded development artyfhingelse. Until the post-war period, however, the best athlete on the squad handled those chores with ease. The gridiron's l one-platoon days obviously required a more well-rounded player. • Other sports have similar specialists. Baseball has its pinchrunners and designated hitters.At one time,the game didn't even have relief pitchers-starters were expected to finish. Modem ijt-ltJlockiing centers who as athletes are programmed """,in"',a and invariably are stereotype.4 throughout the two-sport athlete is a rarity these days and is virtually extinct once out of high school. that way. Prior to 1950, there were nu,ml~rousl I~ai~daruts who could have made the grade in a great all-around athlete this nation JJJ,,;BnJWJtl, who was graduated from Syracuse IAX !'''''iRl1'!l ago. by Nick Peters, Oakland TRIBUNE. In researching the great three-sport athletes, therefore, the modems irwariably are ignored. And since it is not fair to compare athletes of 9,ifferent eras, these superstars have been separated into five groups: pre-1920, the Golden, Age (1920-32), the Each era had its three-sport superstar, beginning with the incomparable Jim Thorpe, a five -eighths Indian who was named America's Athlete of the Half Century over Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey in 1950. Thorpe dominated the pre-1920 era, though athletes like Greasy Neale, Frankie Frisch, George Halas, Elmer ' Oliphant, Christy Mathewson and Stan Baumgartner also were versatile stars. The so-called Golden Age spawned numerous marvelous athletes without an individual as dominant as Thorpe. Babe Didrickson is the exception, but she is not included in this grouping because she did not play football while reigning as America's greatest woman athlete ever. Ernie Nevers, Jess Hill and Bennie Oosterbaan were the class of the male athletes of the era. Three-sport athletes thinned out during the pre-War years. The nation was going through the Depression and people had a lot more to worry about than developing athletic skills. The exceptions were Jackie Robinson and Byron (Whizzer) continued 1.11 IIIII~IIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIII !111111111~i~lljlllll Ernie Nevers White, two men whose contributions far exceed their achievements on the field. The other standout of that era was George Sauer. During World War II and immediately following it, there was an increase in .sports activity. Many athletes, attached to universities for officer training, honed their skills while extending their college eligibility. As soon as the war ended, there was a sports boom, a great escape from the ravages of a great depression and a lengthy conflict. It was in this era that Otto Graham and George Ratterman blossomed and, ironically, later performed as quarterbacks on the Cleveland Browns. Pete Elliott, Carl Braun, Elroy Hirsch and Johnny Lindell were other three-sport marvels of the period. Then came the specialization that virtually wiped out the three-sport star. Jim Brown stands alone ov:er the last quarter century. There simply was nobody in his class. Today, it is generally accepted that the greatest athlete in the world is the Olympic decathlon champiOn, but it is doubtful that talented men like Bruce Jenner, Bill Toomey, Rafer Johnson and Bob Mathias could perform with the allaround excellence of the three-sport standouts who glamorized their eras. Thorpe, a m.ere 6-1,185 at his peak, not only won the Olympic decathlon in 1912, but managed to earn gold medals in the long jump, pentathlon and decathlon in a span of three days! Thorpe first rose to prominence as an athlete while at Carlisle, an Indian school. As a freshman in 1907, his second carry as a collegian resulted in a 75-yard touchdown against Penn. He was a thirdteam All-America halfback as a soph, taking time to win the Penn Relays high jump at 6-1. One year later, he took seven of nine firsts in a meet with Lafayette and five firsts, one second and two thirds against Syracuse. The talented Indian then left school to play baseball for Rocky Mount in the East Carolinas League, an act which later cost him his amateur standing and his Olympic medals. But it was an innocent move, for Thorpe signed to play professional baseball only because he felt he would never again return to Carlisle. But Pop Warner, his coach, beckoned and Thorpe became a football superstar. As a junior in 1911, he led Carlisle to an 11-1 record and was a first-team AlIAmerican. Against Harvard, he rushed for 173 yards, scored all 18 points and won the game 18-15 with a 50-yard field goal. Following his Olympic success, the great athlete returned to Carlisle for his senior season. He scored a record 198 points on the gridiron and the school went 12-1-1. Against Army, and a fellow halfback named Dwight Eisenhower, Thorpe returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. The run was nullified by penalty, so he duplicated the feat on the ensuing kick. Thorpe signed a baseball contract with the Giants and had a .252 lifetime average as a major league outfielder. Just when he learned to hit a curve, batting .327 in 1919, he stepped down and concentrated on football. He played for the Canton Bulldogs when the NFL was in its infancy and, though past his prime as a runner, was a great kicker, as evidenced by a 90- yard punt and a 75-yard drop kick field goal. An all-time All-American, Thorpe also left his mark on the pro game. At age 38, he tackled rookie Nevers in a 1926 game. As he helped Nevers to his feet, Thorpe asked, '~e you all right?" A groggy Nevers looked up and replied, "Sure, Jim, but I'm glad I wasn't playing against you 10 years ago." Thorpe was a master at the flying tackle, crushing ballcarriers by pouncing on their backs. When Halas set an NFL re·cord by returning a fumble 98 yards for a TD against the Oorang Indians in 1923, he admitted being propelled by fear. Thorpe, you see, was chasing him. Besides performing in football, baseball and track, Thorpe also was proficient in boxing, swimming, basketball, lacrosse and wrestling.There was never an athlete like him. It boggles the mind to think what he might have achieved had he. trained rigorously. Nevers was a football legend in the Golden Age and Warner, who coached both, rated him over Thorpe. "Ernie could do everything Jim could do and he tried harder-no man ever gave more of himself." To be sure, Nevers was durable. In a 29-game, 117,000-mile tour with the Duluth Eskimos in 1926, the bruising fullback only missed 27 minutes of action! An all-time All-American, Nevers earned 11 letters at Stanford in 1923-25, making headlines by starring in the 1925 Rose Bowl 10 days after having casts removed from both legs. He played six pro basketball games for Chicago and was a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, allowing home runs No. 8 and 41 when Ruth walloped 60 in 1927. "You've got good speed, kid," Babe told Ernie. "For my sake, I hope you stick to football." After a .200 lifetime average and a 4-4 record in the majors, Nevers starred briefly for the San Francisco Missions of the Pacific Coast League, winning nine in a row in '28, before adhering to Ruth's wishes. In his greatest performance for Duluth, Ernie scored six touchdowns and 40 points against the Bears in 1929. Hill didn't have the pro success Nevers enjoyed, but he was an equally gifted college athlete. After leading Riverside (Cal.) City College to J.C. championships in football, basketball, baseball and track, he took his act to USC, where he starred in all of the aforementioned sports but basketball. In track, he set an IC4A (forerunner ofthe NCAA) long jump record of25-7/8. In 1929, he topped the Pacific Coast Conference rushers with an 8.2 average for the Trojans and in 1930 he was the conference batting champion at .389. In his first professional at bat, the young outfielder smacked the first pitch for a homer, playing with Hollywood against Los Angeles in the PCL. He batted .356 with 18 homers that year and later batted .349 for Newark in '34 before reaching the Yankees and posting a .289 lifetime major league mark. Oosterbaan, an all-time All-American, earned nine letters at Michigan. He was best known as an All-America end in 1925-27, but also was a basketball A-A in '28, was the Big Ten batting champion at .459 and the conference discus king with a toss of 227-3. The fact that Robinson became the first black to play professional baseball overshadowed his athletic deeds, but Jackie was a great competitor in several sports while becoming UCLA:s only four-sport letterman. At Pasadena City College he long-jumped 25-61/3 to erase the mark of his hero, brother Mack, who was a 1936 Olympian. While at UCLA, Jackie was the NCAA long-jump champion at 24-101/4. As a Bruin halfback in .'39, Robinson topped the nation by averaging 12.2 yards per carry and averaged 21.0 yards on punt returns. Against Washington State, he gained 148 yards in 10 tries. Jackie played semi-pro football with the Los Angeles Bulldogs in 1941, but basketball was his premier sport in college. He was all-conference two years, setting a PCC scoring record with 148 points in 12 games in 1940. He became the career scoring leader as well by adding 133 continued lIt Jim Thorpe points in '41. Jackie batted .400 for Pasadena's semi-pro state champs and later was selected by Branch Rickey to break baseball's color line. Basketball and football soon followed suit. Robinson had a lifetime .311 average for the Dodgers and was the National League MVP after winning the batting championship with a . 342 average in 1949. White was the perfect combination of brains and brawn, rising to the bench of the Supreme Court. Whizzer won 10 letters at Colorado, participating in basketball, football and baseball. As an AllAmerica halfback in '37, he topped the nation with 1,121 yards and 120 points. The Phi Beta Kappa athlete joined the Steelers in 1938 and promptly was the NFL rushing champion as a rookie. But he accepted a Rhodes Sc holarship and attended Oxford in 1939-40 before returning to the NFL with the Lions in '40. He again topped the league in rushing while attending Yale Law School, but retired from the game to concentrate on his studies. Graham and Ratterman simply had no peers as athletes in the Forties. Graham, known as 'i\utomatic Otto," was an AllAmerican in football and basketball at Northwestern, earning eight letters, including two in baseball. He later played pro basketball for Rochester and, of course, was the finest pro quarterback of his time while with the Browns. When he enrolled at Northwestern, Otto's best sport was basketball. But he came out for football in 1941 and forced All-American Bill DeCorrevant to split playing time. He was the Big Ten total offense leader in '42 and the conference passing champion in 1942-43, once completing 20 of 29 p asses for 295 yards against Michigan, an awesome yardage total for that era. Selected to face the Redskins in '43, he powered the College All-Stars to a 27-7 12t romp by returning an interception 95 yards for a TO. Quarterbacking the AllStars again in '46, Otto completed a 38- yard TO pass to Hirsch in a 16-0 victorY. While in the service, he attended Colgate and made All-America in basketball in '44, once scoring 43 points against Navy. Ratterman was equally talented, but hardly as serious as Otto. He was all-state in four sports as a Cincinnati prep and earned seven letters at Notre Dame, yet never reached the athletic heights predicted for him. Known as "The Kid," Ratterman was one of only fourfour-sport lettermen at Notre Dame, but was suspended after his junior year for staying out all night and soon turned pro. The versatile athlete batted .300 for the Irish baseballers and qualified for the NCAA tennis tournament, but made his biggest marks in basketball and football. As a cager, he was All-Madison Square Garden two years in a row, once scoring 24 points against NYU and on another occasion outpointing George Mikan in a game with DePaul. As a gridder, he beat out Frank Tripucka and Johnny Lujack. Coach Frank Leahy was going to shift Lujack to halfback and place Ratterman at quarterback in '47, but George was suspended and Lujack went on to fame . Still, he was selected to play for the College All-Stars in '47, directing a 16-0 upset of the heavily-favored Bears by completing eight of 12 passes for 151 yards and a TO. The NFL wouldn't touch him because his class had not graduated, but the AlIAmerican Conference was willing. Ratterman signed with Buffalo and became the first pro to consistently complete between 50 and 60 percent of his passes. He later was Graham's back-up at Cleveland . Elliott was a shade behind the two quarterbacks in talent, but there was no questioning his versatility after he won 12 letters at Michigan. Pete was a halfback on the unbeaten Wolverine gridders of '47, a squad which demolished USC, 49-0, in the Rose Bowl. He was a guard on the first Michigan Big Ten basketball champs in 30 years and also was a member of the golf squad which won a conference title. Hirsch, the famous "Crazylegs," competed for Wisconsin and Michigan, earning letters in basketball, football, baseball and track. Lindell attended USC on a football and track scholarship, later s tarring as a pitcher-outfielder in pro baseball. Braun did eve rything for Colgate : football, basketball, baseball, golf, swimming, boxing, track and table tennis. As a minor leaguer, he thrice beat Robin Roberts in pitching duels and later starred with the Knicks in the NBA, once scoring 47 points as a rookie. Then came the modern era, 1950 to date, and one man stood alone as the epitome of an all-around athlete, truly a man for all seasons. Syracuse athletic d i-rector Lew Andreas probably said it best when describing Jim Brown. "You watch Brown and h e makes you dream. He could be another Jim Thorpe. He excels in any sport he tries. He could be the best heavyweight boxer in the college ranks if he wanted to be. You name the sport and I'm sure Jim could master it in a short time." All-State in three sports as a Manhasset, N.Y., prep, he averaged 14.9 yards rushing and 38 points as a cager, but Syracuse was wary of recruiting him at first because of his race. But once he was accepted, Brown became the greatest athlete in the school's history, lettering in football, basketball, track and lacrosse and earning All-America honors in football and lacrosse, where his coach considered him 'i\merica's greatest player:' Brown played basketball only as a sophomore and a junior, the 6-3, 230- pound forward averaging 13.1 points. He was fifth in the 1955 AAU decathlon and starred in track meets whenever he entered. One spring day, the track coach pleaded with Jim to enter the Colgate meet. He won the discus and the high jump and placed second in the javelin. The 13 points enabled the Orangemen to win, 72-59. A few minutes later, he scored a goal and three ass ists in his final lacrosse competition, an 8-6 victory over Army. But it was on the gridiron where Brown gained his greatest prestige. The jarring fullback gained 2,091 yards in three years. In eight games as a senior, he rushed for 986 yards, scored 14 TDs and added 22 PATs. Playing against Colgate in his college finale, Jim rushed for 197 yards and scored 43 points (six TDs, seven PATs), an NCAA record. As a Browns' rookie in '57, he carried 24 times for 237 yards against the Rams, another record. He concluded his brilliant athletic career with the following NFL records: 2,359 carries, 12,312 yards, 106 TDs rushing, a 5.2 average, 126 total TDS, seven 1,000-yard seasons (in eight trie s) and 58100-yard games. Along with the old-timers, he was voted an alltime All-American. There simply is nobody among the moderns who comes close to Brown. Reggie Jackson played football, basketball and baseball at Arizona State. Wilt Chamberlain doesn't qualify for this listing, but he also was a gifted athlete, competing in basketball and track at Kansas, shattering mos t NBA records and playing professional volleyball. Wilt was such a physical giant, people fantasized about how he'd fare as a tight end or a heavyweigh t boxer. Those were only dre ams, h owever. Athle tes like Thorpe, Nevers, Rob inson, Graham, Ratterman , Hill and Brown lived the fantasy-the reason why they rate a special dis tin ction in the lore of A~1t':ican spor t. 'a. J()hnnY Johnny Mack was a Rose Bowl hero for Alabama's Crimson Tide. Hubert called a pass play and told Brown to run as fast as he could toward the goal. "When I reached the three, I looked back," Brown said. "'Sure enough, the ball was coming down over my shoulder. I took it in stride, used my s tiff arm on one man and went over carrying somebody. The place was re ally in an uproar:' Washington scored the last seven points, but Brown received the final applause-ovations like he had grown accustomed to in Alabama. Those cheers s till ring loud and clear. "'Johnny Mack was one heckuva football player, about as good as I have seen," said Hoyt "'Wu" Winsle tt , a s tandout line man on the 1926 Alabama Rose Bowl team who prides himself with having thrown Brown his first touchdown pass as a collegian. '1\s a runner, he was almost unstoppable. He h ad a little wiggle in his hips that made it almos t impossible for defellsive players to tackle him. He could change directions faster than anybody I have seen. Wha t people fail to realize, though, is the way Johnny Mack played d efense . Washington had an AlIAmer ican fullback named George Wilson and Johnny Mack tackled h im several times in that game. "The beautiful part about Johnny Mack, however, was his att itude. He knew he was a great football player, bu t h e was about the most humble individual I have ever been around. There was no arro - 14t gance about him, absolutely no egotism. '1\fter he left Alabama and became famous, he never forgot all of us folks back home. I admired him for that." Brown arrived on the Alabama campus in 1922 and quickly started dividing time between classes, football and bit parts in campus and off-campus stage shows. He had a body built for football and a face tailor-m ade for the arts. "' I roomed with Mack most of our ye ars at Alabama and was amazed by his varied interests:' said Luny Smith, a football manager who earned distinction as the One Man Track Team From Alabama. "I can recall Mack standing in front of a mirror, combing that wavy hair and dreaming out loud of becoming a movie s tar. " Son-of-a-gun, he made it !" But firs t, Brown had to make it as a football playe r. It was during the 1923 season, his sophomore year and the first for Al abama under fa bled Coach Wallace Wade, that Brown s tarted showing signs of greatness. He was the star of one game intercepting a p ass and returning it for a touchdown in a 7-0 win over Sewanee- as Alabama posted a ,7-2-1 record . As a junior, Brown became a legitimate s tandout and Alabama recorded an 8-1 record. He scored nine touchdowns. His most sp ectacular play of the season was a 99-yard kickoff return against Ken tucky, p rompting Alabama Athletic Director :J from 6t Hank Crisp to make a futile attemp t at describing his style. "I don't know what kind of step he has, but it's something to see," Crisp said. "He can jump sideways and still not lose forward speed. One man will not hem him in." Fans probably did Crisp one better. They nicknamed Brown the" Dothan An-telope." . Then came 1925-an undefeated sea-son, a memorable Rose Bowl. Brown was known as the Rose Bowl hero at the end of that season, but he was also the star in a game that earned Alabama an invitation, a 7-0 win over unbeaten Georgia Tech in November. He ran a punt 55 yards for a touchdown, his teammates clearing the path by knocking down all 11 defenders and a refereee on the play. "I could have walked into the end zone," Brown said. Brown ran that day, unscathed down the sidelines, then took an easy stroll into the movies. Contrary to popular belief, Brown did not have his first screen test until Alabama returned to Pasadena the following season to tie Stanford in the 1927 Rose Bowl. He was an assistant backfield coach for the Crimson Tide at the time and was leaning toward a career as a coach. But Champ Pickens, an Alabama alumnus, a Hollywood promoter and an author, had other ideas. Knowing Brown had a name on the West Coast because of his football prowess, he summoned him to Hollywood. Brown landed a movie contract and had a bit part in " Bugle Call." Several supporting roles later, he got a starring role in "Coquette s;'where he played opposite the famed Mary Pickford . Early in his acting c areer, he appeared in dramatic movies, but gradually turned to westerns. "'Johnny Mack lacked something doing those mush movies: ' said Winslett, his former teammate turned critic. "He was more suited for the westerns. His career took off when he made that c hange." An early western part for Brown was the lead role in " Billy The Kid." He insisted that the world premier be held at the Bama Theater in Tuscaloosa in 1930. Shortly afterwards, his career boomed and he became a box office smash as a cowboy in a white hat who always got his guns linging outlaw rival. Fame and fortune n ever got the best of Brown. He gave freely of his time to charities, even after his starring days had ended . '1\m I surprised Johnny Mack made it big?" Winslett rep eated the question. "You know I am. I knew he was something special in football, but I had no idea he could do much of anything else . Johnny Mack made us all mighty proud of h im." 'a· t' • ~_.~ ~ ~,. --- conti~nued "So what I did," the coach said, "was go to my 'Old Reliable: The swing pass. I love that play We'd hit 'em right with one and then pop 'em to the left with it a couple of plays later. Biff-biff! Like a boxer using his jab. We kept the other team off balance and they started guessing and pretty soon we had 'em on the run. We scored three touchdowns and they were all set up by the swing pass. 'l\nd you know what? We stole that game. We won it, 21-17, and we had no business winning it. The other team was bigger, stronger, deeper. They should have turned us every way but loose, but they never could solve the swing pass. Yes sir, I love that little play" His affection for the swing is shared by most other members of the collegiate football coaching fraternity, for it is effective. But what especially makes it endearing to coaches is that it is safe. And nothing, but nothing, so wins the heart of a coach like a play that offers minimum danger and maximum gain. "The swing pass is a high-percentage, low-risk play, no question," says one coach. "It has all the potential for making big yardage and almost no danger of turning the ball over. And that means it has almost no restrictions. You can use it from almost any position on the field, especially when you're backed up deep in your own end. "Plus," he continues, "It is not an 'obvious' play By that, I mean it is versatile; it can be used on almost any down, in any situation. You can use it if you're playing catch-up or if you're trying to protect a lead . You can use it on first-and-10, or on second-and-short, or on third-and-Iong. "There are a lot of situations where there are very predictable plays. Heck, the people in the stands can call the screen or the draw if it's obvious the other guy's defensive rush is eating you alive. But the swing pass, you can use it to open a game or end it . and anywhere in between. And best of all, it can make you look like a genius. The swing pass, actually, is more run than pass . Oh, the ball is thrown all right. But Sideways. The territorial gains forward begin after the pass is completed. As the nomenclature suggests, a back "swings" out of his stance toward one sideline. The quarterback takes the snap, retreats quickly, eyes the' "swing" back. Ideally, the receiver has curled backwards as he has swung out. Now he peels back and starts forward, running a pattern the shape of a banana, and this gives him momentum. The quarterback delivers the ball as the "swing" back has started back toward the line of scrimmage . . Hopefully, the ball arrives as he has picked up acce)eration so that he receives the p ass while The swing pass is a high-percentage play with little or no danger of turning the ball over. conti nued 19t ~.~' =~=~=~ ______________________________________________________________________________ ~c~o~n~ti_n~u~e~d he is shifting into third gear. The blockers, meanwhile, have engaged their men and now they are swinging to the side of the field where the back has received the ball, forming a convoy. Or they may be ordered to stand fast, chop down their men, cut off all avenues of pursuit. For the ultimate purpose of the swing pass is this: To get a back in an open field as quickly as possible, before the defense has time to react. " It's a bing-bing kind of play:' one coach agrees. "The old hit- 'em-wherethey- ain't theory. You're trying to get your runner to the outside, away from the traffic, where he'll have some room to do his thing. "It's not like a screen pass in that you try to disguise it, or that it takes some time to unfold. It 's usually done pretty quickly. The quarterback goes back a couple of steps, whips it, and you're off to the races. It's a relatively easy play to teach. I don't mean to imply that it's as much a snap as it looks on the blackboard because the timing is crucial. But one of the nice things about it is you don't have to be a . passing team' to use the swing. " It's the perfect play to spring your quickest back, your best broken field runner. Once he's turned the comer, you could get six out of it every time." It masquerad es under a number of names. The Swing. The Flare. The Dump. The Safety Valve. The Circle Route. But it is a play that seems especially effective for a team that is outmanned, that is being physically whipped up front. "It's also good when you're bogged down," adds another coach. "You've had one of those days when they stuff you no matter what you try. You can't trap them, you can't slant on them, you can't run right at them; they stackyou up when you try to go wide; they dump you every time you try to go back and pass . we've all had those games. Well, that's when I like to go to the swing pass. "It's a nice change of pace. And it 's something you can go to when you're in a desperate spot but at the same time you're not admitting it, you're not doing something out of panic that's going to be very risky. And, hey, if they've stopped you cold on everything else, and then they cream you on the swing, too, then you run up the white flag." There 'is one theory of coaching that says once you have found a play that works against a particular team, run it until they stop it. Does that also apply to the swing pass? Isn 't there a chance of overworking a good thing? "Listen," says one veteran coach , "the swing pass is a license to steal. You know why? 'Cause there are other things you can do off of it. Just one example: You throw the swing, only instead of running on upfield with it, the back stops and throws a forward pass before he ever gets to the line of scrimmage. The 01' fleaflicker! Now you've really got the other guy going in circles. The next time you pull the swing, the defense is leery, back on their heels. Is this just a regular swing pass, or is that little so-and-so gonna pull up and heave one way downfield? '~nd there 's another variation, too, if you want to start jazzing things up. You throw the swing pass, and this time the swing back stops and throws the ball back to the quarterback, and then he cuts loose with another pass. Three passes on one play! "Hey, you might end up with about third-and-37. Or you might get a 70-yard touchdown. But one thing's sure, nobody's gonna be nodding off up in the stands." It sounds like something out of "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice:' but college football obviously is turned on by swinging. ,a_ The Overland® Tie, a blucher oxford, fully leather lined with foam padded quarters and Vibram® Caravelle sole. Available in five colors for about seventy-eight dollars. Johnston (insiials Write for J&M Casuals style folder (Genesco Park, Nashville, TN 37202) or call 800-447-4700 toll free for your nearest dealer. In Illinois , call 800-322-4400. = BEHIND THE SCENES David P. Gardner President Dr. Ned Alger ,-\ssistant Athletic Director Colin Thomas Promotion Director ., ' Arnie Ferrin Athletic Director Dr. R.j. Snow Vice President for Uni\', Relations Fern Gardner Dir. of \\'omen's ,-\thletics Ted Jacobsen Monty Howard Gary Ratliff .-\thletic Facilities Bruce Woodbury Spo,ns Informat ion Director of Ticket Manager Special E ,'ents Center Bill Bean Head Trainer Vikki Ablired \,"omen's Sporns, ! 11 t(}rmanion Di,lTecror Dr. Craig McQueen Team Physician Rick James Assistant Ticke~ \lanageT Bud Jack Don Reddish Asst. Vice President Assist<lJl'lt Athletic Ath letic Development Director Elmer Baldwin Concessions \La'nager Dr. Burtis Evans Team Physician Keith Russen .cli.ssistant Business Manager Pat Watkins Eql!l,jpment \1;H1 ager Dr. John Henrie T eam Ph ys ician DaveCopiel' Asst. Concessions Manager AN INTERVIEW WITH COACH HOWARD By Anne E. Bradshaw AEB: What exactly do you do as the head coach? Howard: My mainjob is to organize all the different areas. This includes organizing the offensive and defensive plays. I also meet with my assistant coaches and work with the players. In season I spend a lot of time with the players and off season I work on recruiting. In the last little while I've been helping the players find summer jobs. AEB: How did you get into coaching? Howard: I had played football most of my life, and when I decided on ajob I planned on teaching History in high school and coaching. Soon I started to get better offers and I gave up teaching fQr straight coaching. At first I missed teaching, but now I don't. AEB: If you weren't coaching what would you be doing? Howard: Well, I was a pilot when I was in the military so I might have flown for a commercial airline, or I might have stayed with teaching. AEB: To you, is coaching just ajob or does it take up your whole life? Howard: It consumes your whole life. On a high school level you have more free time but in college it takes up your entire life. It's a 365 day job. AEB: Are you a disciplinarian? Howard: No, I'm not a disciplinarian and I'm also not super organized, but I hope I'm a coach who relates to his players and assistants. I try to make it a team effort. AEB: Ha\"e vou eyer had to kick a player off the team? Howard: Well once I had to when a player slugged a coach, but I ha"en't had to do it often. I'm not \"ery demanding. I don't like to make rules just for the sake of making rules, because it's too hard to enforce them. AEB: How much control do you exercise over your players? Howard: If the players are working on physical conditioning and are giving an honest hard effort academically, that's all I worry about. It doesn't matter to me how long their hair is or what time they get back to the dorms, if they are doing everything else right why should it matter. Of course it's a different story right before a game. AEB: How close are you to your players? Howard: Close I hope, but you never know. I don't have many players come into my office but it's because I usually see most of them every day. I don't think any other staff does more than we do. We know each player individually because we're with them all the time. We get to know their objectives and personal lives. I think there's a lot of love and good feelings between the players and the coaches on this team. AEB: What kind of half time talk do you give when your team has had a terrible first half? Howard: Well, if we're playing well even though we're still behind I just try to get the players to stay up. If they're playing badly I try to change the mood. I appeal to their sense of team loyalty. It doesn't work to tell them they're playing badly because most players think they do a good job all the time. AEB: What are your feelings when you lose a close game? Howard: I don't feel any worse than when we lose by one point or by 70. Either you win or lose. Although sometimes if it was a real close game you start to second guess yourself. Most people don't realize how many fans and writers try to pick out the one mistake that lost us the game. During a game I might make up to 1000 decisions and there is no coach who is going to make much more than 50 percent of the decisions correctly. I f you do come out a little above 50 percent you know you've done a goodjob. AEB: What is the mostexhilerating moment you've had as a coach at Utah? Howard: When we beat B YU two years ago had to be the best moment, but I guess the most exhilerating moment had to have been our first game with Oklahoma, I'd never seen anything like it. When I walked on to the field I couldn't breath. There must have been 90,000 people there and the press box looked like it was 16 stories up. AEB: How important is the home game advantage? Howard: It's a big advantage. Subconsciously, your players have a feeling of mental comfort. They're in familiar circumstances. On the road, your whole routine is changed. I feel players play at their best when they're relaxed and feel good about themselves. AEB: What do you feel about the new changes in the recruiting rules? Howard: I love it. Right now things are ridiculous. The rules now give high school players a false impression of themselves. Three months is enough time to do your recruiting, in fact I'd like to see it shorter than that. The only rule I don't like is the one limiting players to only three visits at one school. If you're going to go with a program for four or five years, you should be able to have more than three visits so that you know exactly what you're getting into. AEB: How would you like your players to remember you? Howard: Just as somebody that was fair and honest. 33 COACH WAYNE HOWARD & STAFF Wayne Howard is an enthusiastic man. just ask any l ite football fan \\'ho has watched Howard on (he sideline du ring a game. Just ask the players how excited their coach gets during a pre-game peptalk and Ifvou want to see for vourself just sit 'down with the fou~th vear lite coach and watch his contagi'1us enthusiasm as he talks about his fa\'orite subject. Cte football. You'd think that after:? I years of coaching football the enthusiasm might have waned a little. but in Wayne Howard's case just the opposite seems to be true. E\'en enth usiasm can only get a person so far and anyone who knows Howard will agree that he has all the ingredients for a top football coach . He has an excellent football mind, has put together a top-notch staff and is a tireless worker. Since he has been at Utah he has been named Western Athletic Conference Coach of the \' ear (1978). became the first coach in the school's history to win the Beehiye Boot. symbol of football supremacy in the State of Utah. r and has built l'te football into a contender for confer:ence and national honors. The fast two season's the l'tes have finished second in the \\' AC and last year played BY l ' for the title on the last day of the season. ete football fans have come to expect exciting. hard-hitting. winning. football from Howard and his staff and again in 1980 they should not be disappointed. Howard came to Utah in December of 1976 from California State Long Beach (Long Beach State) where he posted an outstanding three vear record of ~ :~- I 0-0. The year before Howard took O\'er the ~ger fortunes the school had gone through its worst grid season in historv, Howard turned the program the first year b\· going 6-5. The next two years his teams went on a rampage posting 9-~ and 8-2 records. Howard's first four \ear college coachingjob was at the Lni\'ersity of California at Ri\'erside where he went in 197~. In (\\'0 years there he posted a 17-:) record. In eight years ot tour year college football (Ri \'erside, Long Beach, Ctah) Howard has posted an outstanding :"i7<W mark. His record for three \'earsat Utah is 17-17. Howard began his football career in Long Beach. He played football and baseball in high school and went on to star in both sports at the l'ni\'ersity of Redlands where he graduated with a bachelors degree in 1957. He earned a masters degree from SanJose State in 1965. His first coachingjob was at Lincoln High School where he started out as head coach in 1959. In se\'en years he posted a 4-5-15-:) mark. In 1966 he moved to Ga\·ilan J lInior College in Gi lroy. California where he took a program that had gone ~-~4--1 in its three year history and completelv turned it around. \\'hen Howard left Ga\'ilan in 1972 to go to Ri\'erside his six year record was a glossy 37-18-0. Howard has never been an assistant coach and in 20 vears of coach ing has had just three losing seasons. He and his \\ite.June. ha\'e a daughter. Kristen. Wayne Howard Ron McBride Tom Gadd Jerry Cheek Head Football Coach Offensi"e Coordinator Dcfensi,'e Coordinator (luanerb"l ks "nel Wayne (jugi) Hogue Pat Hill De lcmi,'c BdCb Oll e nsi, c l.ine OITe nsi, e Line Delensi,'e Enels Rccei,eJ's Sean McNabb Ben Randolph OITensi"e Backs alld Defensi"e Backs Special Teams Steve Hallsey Linebackers Dave Kotulski Defensi,'e Tackles THE UTES 1 Jeff Griffin 3 Forrest Henry 4James Wilson 5 Rondle Woods 6 Ricky Hardin 7 Harlan Karnofsky 8 Scott Daniels 9 Charlie Reid 10 Curtis Evans 11 Tyce Ferguson 12 Floyd Hodge 13 Gilbert Alvarez 14 Mike Kunz 15 Terry Hess 16 Rick Harrison 17 Jeff Hucko 19 HilriaJohnson 20 Jim Teahan 21 Tony Reed 22 Tony Lindsay 23 Robert Pennington 24 Joe Tarver 25 Tony Kemp 26 Marc Lauderdale 1Ib;,L 27 Tony Graham 29 Ricky Price 30 Greg Day 31 Danny Tarver 32 Ernest Sampson 33 Del Rodgers 35 THE UTES L- 34 Sam Baldwin 35 Bria n Martinek 42 Morris Cole 43 Henry McCloyn 49 Gary Allred 50 Mike T ra pletti 56 Chel Kinkade 57 Walt Dixon 63 Ron Adams 36 Todd Speer 38Jac k Kerr 40JeffRogers 45 Leonard Ma rchese 51 Peter Vargas 52 Gene LaRocque 58 Grett Van Sciver 59 Mark Kri cfalus 64 Dean Miraldi 65 Way ne J ones 53 Sam Modesitt 50 Bill Gompf ~- 67 Tom Smith 41Jon McAllister 48 Peter Owens " JI' 55 Do n Eck 61 Randy Ho lladay 68 Da rryl Haley THEur •• 72 Tim Davis 73 Gene Knickrehm 74 Ernie Carrasco 75 David Doust 76 Jack Campbell 77 Bob Alvey 78 Frank Negrete 79 LanceJohannessen 37 38 UTAH ROSTER # Name f) :{ ROil Adams 411 (;.In Allred 1:1 Gilbe rt ,-\h'a rez 77 Bob Ah'ev ~ \t.l rk .-\nderso ll :14 Sam Baldwin 76 J ack Campbe ll i ·1 E rll ie ( ~a rrasco ~I Ste ve Clark 4:! 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H·2 1·59 TR 9· 16·59 I \'I , 12- I :1-',9 2 \ ' 1. 1-6-60 HS 11 - 11i·1i1 SO I \ 'L Y- II)·59 JR SO JR SO JR .JR FR FR SR JR JR FR SO JR JR JR JR SR FR SO SR 2VL 1i-22-60 I VL 9- 19-60 JC 8-4-fiO SQ 9·24-60 J e :{-n-60 2VL 5·14-60 HS 1-18-62 HS 12·2 1-h l IVL 12-7-58 2VL :1-2 1-59 JC 1-19·60 HS 8-9· 10 I VL 8-20-58 2VL 1-6·,'>9 I VL 9-9-59 2VL 1-2 1-59 JC 1-1 8-60 :WL :~-25· 58 HS 9-9-6 1 SQ 9-26-60 I VL fi- :~-58 Age 1'1 2 1 20 2:1 20 2:1 21 19 211 19 20 22 2:1 18 20 19 18 2 1 22 20 19 19 2 1 19 2 1 22 2 1 2 1 22 19 18 19 20 20 22 19 20 18 19 211 19 20 20 25 19 2~ 2 1 19 20 20 19 22 1'1 21 18 19 19 19 2 1 ~ I 21 20 19 2 1 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 18 21 21 20 20 22 21 2 1 21 20 22 1'1 20 22 Hometown Previous School Salt Lake City, LIT Skdine SI. George, LIT Dixie Los Angeles, CA VenturaJC Sunnyva le, CA DeA nza JC Alta La ma. CA Alta Lo rna Salt La ke Citv, LIT East Redondo Be;lch , CA Southern Calil,)rnia Oxnard, CA Channel Islands Salt La ke Cit\" LIT Skyline Pomo na. CA Garey Maywood . 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