University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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FOOTBALL Pac-Ten Conference coaches pick the Arizona Football team to finish first in the conference. Skywriter tour 1) The Arizona defense was ranked among the nation ' s elite for their profi- ciency. 2) They were proficient in quar- terback sacks and stopping pass receiv- ers. 3) Troy Hunter, 34 for the Arizona offense, snared in the punt return du- A A y r-s i ii L1WO. -W f l cl ' i-JVlllllVl L U1I Li 1 1 IV lltl 1 1 away against California. 5) Tom Tunni- cliffe was considered among the very best quarterbacks in the Pac-Ten con- ference, not only because he had a strong arm and could read the defense well, but because he was a gutsy guy who was willing to scramble with the ball. 6) Brad Anderson made one of his spectacular catches against the Colora- do State Rams. Against CSU he caught seven catches for 110 yards. 7) Ruben Berry caught the Colorado State de- fense off-guard to run this catch into the end zone for an Arizona touch- down. He caught two passes that day for 61 yards. 240 FOOTBALL

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When you study films and read the scouting reports of our opponents, there isn ' t a team on our schedule that we can ' t beat. But if we don ' t go out and play and our fans don ' t go out and yell like it was at the ASU game, we could go 0-11. Head Coach Larry Smith TOUCHDOWN! That seemed to be the Wildcat ' s motto this past season. The team has scored three different ways offense, defense, and the special unit. By the mid- way of the season, the ' Cats had already accumulated 70% of the total points scored during the ' 82 season. With the help of a stagger- ing offensive line, Senior Tom Tunnicliffe, a Heismann Trophy candidate, completed pass after pass to place him in the elite group of top five all-time Pac-Ten pass- ers. On the other side of the scrim- mage line, Arizona boast All- America Linebacker Ricky Hun- ley. The team put together by Head Coach Larry Smith and his assistants may not have gone 11-0 as they would have liked, but when the Wildcats were on the field, Arizona stadium was in the presence of more talent than in 84 years of UA football. 1) Tom Tunnicliffe reads the Utah de- fense after receiving the snap. He passed for 298 yards that day. 2) Craig Schiller kicks a 71-yard punt into the Utah endzone. 3) Tom Tunnieliffe drops back for a pass. He passed for 1 5 1 yards against Cal-State Fullerton. 4) Ivan Lesnik, George Hinkle, and John Barthalt force Cal-State Fullerton to give up the ball. 5) Larry Smith, Assis- tant Mark Lundsford, and Tom Tunni- cliffe discuss play selections against Or- egon State. Tunnicliffe threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns that day. 242 FOOTBALL