utah football 1975 - of College Football Games

Game Number 6
New Mexico
at Albuquerque
October 18 - 1:30 p.m. (MDT)
——^——^————— BILLMONDTI Hk%
GENERAL INFORMATION Head Coach A '
President: Dr. Ferrel Heady | ^
Athletic Director: Lavon McDonald th , accurate place kicker in the
Publicity Director:Don Mcguire (505) 277-2026 ^llegl ranks
Colors: Cherry and Silver Defense could be the strongest part of
Nickname: Lobos tne LoDO squad going into spring practice
Enrollment: 20,000 „„„__. with nine starters returning from last spring.
Stadium: University Stadium (30,000) R o b j n Co|e and Dave -Thompson lead the list
Location: Albuquerque of returnees. Cole accounted for 52 unassist-
Offense: Pro-set ed tacx\es and 38 assists from his defensive
Defense: 5-2
Conference: Western Athletic
end spot |ast season. Thompson, like Cole,
started every game as a sophomore last
COACHES season and ended up as the team's leading
Head Coach: BillMondt tackier. Dave had 58 unassisted tackles and
Alma Mater-Year: Colorado, 1959 74 assists.
Record at New Mexico: 4-6-1 Other top returnees include tackle Andy
Career Record: 4-6-1 Frederick, linebacker Mark Rupcich and
Assistants: Bill Canty, Dell Wight, Gene middle guard Steve Ciepiela. All three start-
Huey, Bill Waters, Jim Anderson, Bob ed at least nine of the Lobos' 11 games last
McCray, Harold Queisser season.
Trainer: L.F. "Tow" Diehm LETTERMEN RETURNING (36)
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Offense: Mike Andrakowicz (ot), Edgar Bell
H t : > U L I : > , a ' b "" (og), Bob Berg (k), Ken Brown (og),
,, „ _ . Ken Bryant (qb), Preston Dennard (se),
j?*-" Colorado state Preston Hall (te), Rick Haury (ot), Jim
7S i= a * Haynes (k), Bob Keeran (qb), Gary
, „ ,„'Ta 0 et a atp McAllster (te), Steve Myer (qb), Pete
l ii Q,„J state Robison (te), Gil Stewart (fl), Ben Turner
32 21 wvomina (tb), Troy Williams (qb), Steve Wilson (c).
% 2T a-, niwatf Defense: Don Block (de), Marion Chapman
Z11J New Mexico State < lb >' G D ab « Chav f z 10 21 Utah
('»>. Steve Ciepiela
(mg), Robin Cole (de), Dave Cooksey
3-36 Brigham Young | d ^»' £ nd * F !, ede !l Ck , < dt) ' B ° b , HaineS
in oi T»y« FI p«n
( ct d/-). Max Hudspeth (db), Bob Johnson
( m K Rick K o p e c k y {mJi C h u c k Pettet
< dt >; Earl Pe ' tet „ < dt >. Rand V Rich ( s the return of quarterback Steve Myer. Myer
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M a r k Rupcich (lb), Bob Supergan (s),
led the nation for the first six weeks in Dave Thompson (lb), Ronnie Wallace (cb),
1974 and then underwent surgery on a knee.
T i m Westcott (cb).
He has fully recovered and should return to HONOR CANDIDATES: Steve Myer (qb),
midseason form. Myer hit on 53.6 percent Robin Cole (de), Edgar Bell (og), Randy
of his pass attempts last year (105 of 196). Rich (db).
Mondt will have three of the top four running I FTTPRMFU I nQT n
backs returning, led by fullback Floyd Perry LCI itraviEin LU»I. u
with 294 yards. The top newcomer on the TOP NEWCOMERS: Bobby Scott (fb),
squad could just be fullback Bobby Scott, a Bobby Forrest (rb).
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SERIES RECORD: Utah leads 12-4-1
860 yards rushing last season.
Thirteen different players caught passes
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Year b Year Slnce
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1 9 6 2
last season with eight returning including the 1962 - 7-7 1969 - 24-0
leader, tight end Pete Robison (20 for 236 1963-19-6 1970-28-34
yards). The interior line is a veteran group 1964 - 16-0 1971 - 39-57
led by honors candidate Edgar Bell (235) at 1965-10-13 1972-59-14
the guard. There should be no problem 1966-27-0 1973-36-35
with the kicking game. Bob "Ice" Berg may 1967-42-27
1968 - 30-7
1974-21-10
September 13—Fresno State Albuquerque
September 20—Texas Tech Lubbock
September 27—Colorado State Albuquerque
October 4—Brigham Young Provo
October 11—Arizona State Albuquerque
October 18—Utah Albuquerque
October 25—Arizona Tucson
November 1—Texas-El Paso Albuquerque
November 8—San Jose State San Jose
November 15—Wyoming Albuquerque
November 22—New Mexico State Las Cruces
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