Montana Tech University of Montana - Magma Yearbook (Butte, MT)

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UTAH STATE GAME UTAH STATE COLLEGE 6: MONTANA STATE COLLEGE 6 In the second conference game of the season the Bobcats sur- prised sports fans by holding the favored Utah Aggies to a six to six tie. It was the Bobcats game from start to finish, as they completely outplayed their rivals. After leading for nearly the entire game, the Bobcats fumbled away their chances to victory and let the Utah Aggies pull a tie out of the ashes of what appeared to be a certain defeat. The Bobcats scored in the second quarter when Little returned a punt to the Aggie 26-yard line, and, after a series of line plunges, Went over from the 6-yard line. The Utah score came in the fourth quarter when Fullback Poole recovered cr fumble deep in the Bob- cat territory. After several plays Magnussen scored from the 3-yard line on a wide end run. The Bobcats were forced to accept a tie only because of penalties. The Cats' strong defense stopped prac- tically every Utah Aggie offensive attempt. Outstanding per- formers of the day were Little and Cosner in the Bobcat backfield and Norris and Kimberley in the line. For the Utah Aggies, Mag- nussen and Wayment were outstanding.

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PARIS FELDMAN WILLET UTAH UNIVERSITY ,CAME MONTANA 7: UTAH UNIVERSITY 19 Montana State's Bobcats broke the scoreless jinx with Utah in their first major game of the season. Although they put on one of the best homecoming games in nearly a decade, they lacked the final punch to beat the powerful Utes. The heavier and more ex- perienced line of the Utes punched big holes in the defense of the Bobcats, and let their runners score long gains, which ultimately spelled victory for the mighty Redskins. The Utes first drew blood with a short pass from Cooper to Ballcin after a long march down the field. Their next score came in the second quarter when Schleckman charged in on Cosner who was attempting to pass from his own end zone and recovered Cosner's fumble for the touchdown. ln the third quarter Cosner tossed a long pass to Holloway, and then rnade it first down on the Ute's 22 with a straight line plunge the Bobcat quarterback then threw one into the end zone, which was blocked by Snow of Utah and caught by Roth of Montana. The Utes then pushed across the third and final touchdown in the last quarter to make the score 19 to 7. Outstanding for Utah were Captain Schleckman, Cooper, and McDonough: for the Bobcats, Cosner, Kimberly, and Chessy-Cat Roth.

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't hu 'Sv F,.r',,a . .Nl Hifi l x i li? - . VOLMER DooLEY NORRIS GREELEY STATE GAME GREELEY 33: MONTANA STATE 26 In a strictly offensive game, Greeley proved to be stronger, and Came out on top in the final count The Bobcats scored first when Niclc Yovetich ran came back strong downs as a result kept the audience through right guard for a touchdown Greeley in the second period to push over two touch- of Gromer's powerful running The second half in a frenzy, as first one team scored and then the other. Greeley started the touchdown parade as Behoweldt in- tercepted Cosner's pass to return it to the MSG 10-yard line. The Cats were penalized to the one, and from there Cromer went over. lt was the Cats turn to score when Gosner threw a long pass to Holloway, who went over untouched. Greeley repeated this feat when Cromer passed to Rehoweldt for a total of 78 yards gained and a touchdown. The score at this point was 27 to 13, as the third quarter ended. The fourth quarter brought two Bobcat touch- downs by Gustafson to bring the count to 27 to 26. At this point Greeley's hero, Cromer, scored his fourth touchdown of the day to end all hopes of a Bobcat victory, as the game ended with Greeley in possession of the ball. The outstanding player of the game was Cromer, the Greeley fullback, who overshadowed all other efforts.