1987_11 The Daily Collegian November 1987

              Collegian Sports
CaMomk) Stale University, Fresno
Monday, November 2,1987
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Bulldogs devastate
By Lee
Sports Writer
On Halloween Saturday night, Bull¬
dog Stadium resembeled something of a
house of horrors for Nevada-Las Vegas,
courtesy of the Fresno Stats Bulldog
football team.
After trailing early, the Dogs came
back to spook the Rebels of Las Vegas
and cruise to a 46-10 rout in front of a
sparse crowd of 18,247.
The people who wore willing to come.
to the game despite the wet, cool autumn
weather saw the Bulldogs bounce back
from tough losses to San Jose State and
Pacific to even their record at 4-4 and 2-
2 in the Pacific Coast Athletic Associa¬
tion.
With one home game remaining and
the possibility of a winning record well
within roach, FSU Head Coach Jim
Sweeney is urging fan support from tha
locals.
1 feel our seniors should be honored
by a full house next week," said Sweeney
of next Saturday's final homo game
against Fullerton. "We vindicated our
loss to UOP and I was proud of the fans
who stuck with us tonight."
The 35-point final margin is certainly
a welcome change from the last two
losses which were decided by a total of
five points. Early on though, the contest
looked as • if it had the makings of
another potentially frustrating game.
The Dogs stopped the Rebels on their
-first possession and forced a punt.
Bulldog return specialist Anthony Willi¬
ams reeled off an excellent return,
taking tha kick 33 yards to the UNLV 34-
yard-line. However, the effort was
nullified by a chp and went for naught.
When the Rebels got tha ball back,
they marched down the field behind the
running of Tommy Jackson and Ickey
Woods. The drive stalled deep in Bull¬
dog territory, so Rebel kicker Jim Cook
was called on to boot a 37-yard field goal
to give UNLV a 3-0 load with 6:08 loft in
the first quarter. * .
It looked as if lightning could strike in
the same place twice on the ensuing
kickoff. FSUs Brock Smith fielded
Cook's kick and ran it down the left
sideline 91 yards for a touchdown. The
play immediately reminded the scream¬
ing 'spectators of Smith's 96-yard TD
return against San Jose.
This time, it was not meant to be. The
'Dogs were flagged for an illegal block
on the runback and Smith was denied
his  second  touchdown  return  of the
Nonetheless, FSU maintained pos¬
session deep in Rebel territory and
pushed into the end zone six plays later.
Tailback Kelly Skipper was the main
weapon on the drive, gaining 37 yards
on four carries.
Skipper gained 24 yards to the UNLV
let on his first carry. Two plays later on
a third down and five, Skipper took a
pitchout and got seven yards to the right
side. He eventually scored on a two-
yard run to give tha Bulldogs a 7-3 lead
with 4:14 left in the first quarter.
The Rebels wasted no time in an¬
swering back. George Thomas returned
Barry Bern's short kickoff 48 >ards to
tha FSU 34. In eight plays Vegas hit the
jackpot when Ickey Woods scored on a
five-yard run to give the Rebels A^10-7
load with 122 remaining in the first
quarter.
Wood 3, a native Frasnan who grad¬
uated from Edison High, led all rushers
with 112 yards in 25 <
that play," said Telford.
Coach Sweeney agreed. "The catch
was one of the best Tve seen." he said.
Two plays after the catch, the Dogs
were faced with another third-and-long
situation.
Telford and Jenkins again responded
to the situation as Telford hit Jenkins in
the right side of the end zone for an 18-
yard touchdown. This gave the Bulldogs
a 14-10 lead with 13:37 left in the second
quarter.    ;f
The-next time the 'Dogs got the ball
back, it was.following a strange and
,45-10
rather ill-advised play. The Rebels lined
up to punt on fourth down when their
punter Tony Rhynes threw a long pass
down the sideline into double coverage
that fell incomplete.  _
FSU took over on the UNLV 35, and
four plays later Barry Belli made a 45-
yard field goal to stretch the lead to 17-
10 withl0:41 left in the first half.
From that point on, the 'Dogs were
basically in control of the game. The big
blow may have come on UNLVs next
See UNLV, page 6
'Dog runners place*high
in PCAA Championships
Early in the second quarter, the Dogs
mounted their second straight scoring
drive and took the lead for good After
Anthony Williams gained 11 yards on a
reverse, it was time for Dave Telford
and Ron Jenkins to take over.
On a third-and-11 play, Telford threw
over the middle to a tightly covered
Jenkins, who tipped the ball, juggled it,
and finally caught it lying fiat on his
back for a 14-yard gain.
"Jenkins just made a great catch on
By Jon Matsune
SporU Editor
Fresno State's cross country squads
did not make a run at highly favored UC
Irvine, but they did both manage Top-
Three finishes. The Bulldog men's squad
finished second to the powerful Ant-
eaters, and the FSU women placed third
behind Irvine and San Diego State.
With a total of 63 points, the Bulldog
men finished well behind Irvine, which
had 22. Hugo Cibrian, who finished 10th
with a time of 30:43, was Fresno State's
top finisher.
Ho was followed by Ernie Freer (11th
place with a 30:43), Jason Lienau (12th,
30:53), don Charanduk (14th, 31:08),
Jim Zimmer (16th, 3127), Ryan Gilliam
(19th, 31:38,) and Noff McGhie (23rd,
31 £7).
"Every man on our team had a PR in
the race, ahd most we're over a minute
improvement," said Head Coach Red
Estes, "What got us the second place was
our group togetherness. Forty-four sec¬
onds separated our No. 1 and 5 runners.
"And Ryan and Noffs placing as our
No. 6 and No. 7 runners pushed Long
Beach State's total throe more points.
That was the difference."
UCI's Richard Graves won the 10K
race with a 29:57, and was the first of
five Anteater runners to place in the first
107 David Schumacher of Long Beach
Stats finished second at 30:06 and
Irvine's Grog Houlgato took third at
30:12.
The Fresno State woman's squad was
led by Janine Ogas who captured ninth
place on the 5K course with a time of
17:29. She was trailed closely Cindy
Rockwood (10th, 17:38) and Daidra
Vaughan (16th, 1&07).    (■
Cissel Bernsten (27th, 18 30). Eileen
Dyer (29th, 18:35) and Chantol'Plante
(38th, 19:15) were FSUs fourth, fifth
and sixth runners, repspectively.
The Dogs, second-place finishers in
the '86 PCAAs, were without Stacey Mc-v
Afee and Mary Kuphaldt, who missed
the second half of the season due to
injury.
"I really think the women ran very
See RUNNERS, page 6
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