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Show 992 In Review The mixing began in August, on a sunbaked practice field in drought-stricken Price, Utah. In the unlikely setting of this isolated mining town, Utah football coach Ron McBride and his assistants blended the ingredients for a centennial birthday party. Four months later, to the day, their preseason batter ended up in a bowl. Ironically, the start to Utah's 100th football season looked like anything but a cakewalk. Burned by No. 11 Nebraska (49- 22), the Utes left Lincoln smarting even worse, after the loss of All-America wide receiver Bryan Rowley for the season to a broken ankle. Five days later, the once veteran offense took another hit when it received word from the NCAA that all-conference offensive tackle Mike DeHoog had completed his eligibility and could no longer play. But rather than shelving their preseason bowl plans, the Utes went on a four-game binge, beginning with a feast at Utah State. After falling behind 12-11 at the half, Utah went airborne. Senior quarterback Frank Dolce rolled up 298 second-half passing yards (376 total), including 111 to sophomore slot back Henry Lusk, in a 42-18 Utah road romp. The Utes brought even more to the table in game three, after DeHoog was tossed back into the U. stew-his eligibility restored by the NCAA. And the Ute staff found a Rowley replacement in senior wideout Sean Williams, who gobbled up seven Dolce passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns to send Utah to a 42-9 win over Oregon State. The Ute defense also came into its own-holding the Beavers to just 312 yards of total offense and denying them the end zone in the first half. The birthday party raged for another two weeks. At Colorado State, first-year Ute Pierre Jones came off the bench to replace injured all-WAC tailback Keith Williams and responded with 143 net rushing yards. Brad Foster supplied the gift wrapping to Utah's 33-29 win, when he blocked a Ram punt on Utah's 8-yard line with 1:38 left on the clock-setting up the game winning touchdown. When Utah concocted a 38-17 win over league-leading Hawaii, a bowl for this Ute bunch seemed inevitable-and a WAC championship possible. But disaster struck on Oct. 17, when Dolce went down with a sprained knee against New Mexico, helping the Lobos to pick up their first WAC win- 24-7. The next week, winless Texas-El Paso crashed Utah's Homecoming party with a 20-13 upset. Championship balloon burst, the still Dolce-less Utes faced one of the WAC's hottest teams-Air Force-at a place they had never won (Colorado Springs). Utah ground out 297 rushing yards, 119 by Williams in his first game back off the injured reserve list, and Utah escaped Colorado Springs with an unexpected 20-13 win. Now 5-3, the Utes needed to win one of their remaining three games to make McBride the first U. coach since 1972-73 to produce back-to-back winning seasons. They laid an egg in their first attempt-losing at Fresno State, 41-15, in Dolce's first try at signal calling since his knee injury. But Dolce returned to form the next Saturday, and Utah whipped the previous week's egg into a 38-7 win over Wyoming. Dolce threw for 289 yards, Lusk hauled in six passes for 95 yards and a score, and tailbacks Williams and Jones combined for 133 rushing yards and one TD. The beleaguered Ute defense, aching for healthy linebackers, did the hurting this time around-shooting down the vaunted Poke air attack. Winning record assured, Utah prepared to face arch rival Brigham Young in its final game of the regular season. The Utes looked outmatched in the first three quarters-falling behind 31-0. But Dolce tossed a triplicate of TD strikes in the fourth quarter to pull Utah within nine (31-22). Suddenly, BYU looked beatable. Unfortunately, the clock was not. The score held, as time ran out. But no one was leaving the party yet. Along came the Weiser Lock Copper Bowl with an invitation and Utah was off to its first bowl game since 1964. On Dec. 29, Utah and heavily favored Washington State met in Arizona Stadium, where the Cougars raced to a 21-0 first quarter lead. Once again the Utes responded-this time cooking up a 28-point second and third-quarter recipe, while slamming the oven door on the WSU offense, which produced just a single touchdown after the first quarter. Unfortunately, a fourth-quarter WSU field goal blew out the candles on Utah's centennial season, 31-28. But what a party it had been. In the end, all that was missing was the frosting on the cake. A bowl victory. Ed Miller (37), Mark Swanson (5), and Preston Christensen (48) formed part of the WAC's third-place total defense leader in 1992. Miller and Swanson are back this fall. 49 topper Bowl Days Ed Miller on kick return duty at Copper Bowl. The McBride family showed up in force at Utah's first bowl game in 28 years. The Utes relax in Tucson, Ariz., before taking on Washington State in the Weiser Lock Copper Bowl. 50 Copper Bowl Days Ute coach Ron McBride (right) offers his opinion to WSU coach Mike Price. Greg Hooks excites the crowd at the Copper Bowl. 51 1992 Utah Football Statistics (6-6, WAC: 4-4, Sth/tle) GAME SUMMARY Home: DATE 09-05 09-12 09-26 10-03 10-10 10-17 10-24 10-31 11-07 11-14 11-21 12-29 OPPONENT at Nebraska at Utah State OREGON STATE at Colorado State HAWAII at New Mexico TEXAS-EL PASO at Air Force at Fresno State WYOMING BRIGHAM YOUNG Washington State* 3-2 Away: (ATT.) 76,234 18,177 32,298 25,307 30,506 20,009 27,802 36,872 37,555 25,080 33,348 40,876 "Copper Bowl at Tucson, Ariz. 3-3 Neutral: 0-1 SCORE 22-49 42-18 42-9 33-29 38-17 7-24 13-20 20-13 15-41 38- 7 22-31 28-31 W/L/T L W W W W L L W L W L L TOTAL OFFENSE Dolce, Frank McCoy, Mike Jones, Pierre Williams, Keith Anderson, Jamal Ma'afala, Roy Abrams, Steve Williams, Sean Hooks, Greg Lusk, Henry G PLAY RUSH PASS YARDS TD AVG 9 6 11 10 10 1 10 11 11 9 382 118 136 100 55 1 35 4 2 1 5 -23 715 511 317 14 128 19 7 5 2369 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2374 486 715 511 317 14 128 19 7 5 22 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 263.8 81.0 65.0 51.1 31.7 14.0 12.8 1.7 0.6 0.6 Utah Opponent 11 833 1698 2878 11 771 2508 1812 4576 33 416.0 4320 30 392.7 RUSHING Jones, Pierre Williams, Keith Anderson, Jamal Abrams, Steve Williams, Sean Ma'afala, Roy Hooks, Greg Dolce, Frank Lusk, Henry McCoy, Mike G ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG PG TD LP 11 10 10 10 11 1 11 10 9 6 136 100 55 35 4 1 2 60 1 33 734 532 318 128 27 14 7 161 5 79 19 21 1 0 8 0 0 156 0 102 715 511 317 128 19 14 7 5 5 -23 5.3 5.1 5.8 3.7 4.8 14.0 3.5 0.1 5.0 -0.7 65.0 51.1 31.7 12.8 1.7 14.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 -3.8 31 54 26 13 17 14 7 16 5 12 INTERCEPTIONS G NO YDS Swanson, Mark 4 4 55 Leary, Kareem 2 3 50 Kirkman, Jeff 3 3 43 Alston, Reggie 1 1 69 Shah, Sharrieff 1 1 17 Christensen, Preston 1 1 12 Odum, Derrick 6 1 0 AVG 13.8 16.7 14.3 69.0 17.0 12.0 0.0 TD 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 LP 46 22 43 69 17 12 0 Utah Opponent 11 11 14 12 246 24 17.6 2.0 69 Utah Opponent 11 11 427 502 2005 2770 307 262 1698 2508 4.0 5.0 154.4 19 228.0 21 54 HELD GOALS G 1-19 20-29 30-39 4049 50+ FA-FM PCT LP Yergensen, Chris 9 0-0 5-5 8-7 7-1 0-0 20-13 .65 43 Utah 11 0-0 5-5 8-7 7-1 0-0 20-13 .65 43 PASSING G ATT CMP INT PCT YDS YDS/G RTNG TD LP Dolce, Frank 9 322 188 10 .584 2369 263.2 128.3 14 47 McCoy, Mike 6 85 48 2 .565 509 84.8 102.1 0 39 MISCELLANEOUS YARDS Chaytors, Dave Odum, Derrick G 1 6 ATT YDS 1 5 1 0 AVG 5.0 0.0 PG TD 5.0 0 0.0 1 Utah Opponent RECEIVING Williams, Sean Lusk, Henry Hooks, Greg Williams, Keith Anderson, Jamal Jones, Pierre Welch, Joe Abrams, Steve Kozlowski, David Murry, Scott Hoffman, Greg Haws, Kurt Whiddon, Derek Rowley, Bryan 11 11 407 270 G 11 9 11 10 10 11 5 10 4 4 2 2 1 1 236 128 12 14 .580 2878 .474 1812 261.6 164.7 122.8 14 104.4 9 47 REC YDS 51 734 44 37 20 18 17 12 11 11 6 4 2 2 1 547 510 203 159 93 147 159 147 90 36 30 21 2 AVG 14.4 12.4 13.8 10.2 8.8 5.5 12.3 14.5 13.4 15.0 9.0 15.0 10.5 2.0 YDS/G 66.7 60.8 46.4 20.3 15.9 8.5 29.4 15.9 36.8 22.5 18.0 15.0 21.0 2.0 C/G 4.6 4.9 3.4 2.0 1.8 1.5 2.4 1.1 2.8 1.5 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 TD LP Utah Opponent PUNTING Young, Steve Jones, Jason TEAM 11 11 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 G NO 11 53 3 3 2 2 YDS 2170 113 0 AVG 40.9 37.7 0.0 LP 62 43 0 BLK 1 1 2 47 36 42 39 37 10 27 45 29 37 21 16 13 2 Utah Opponent 11 11 58 2283 59 2482 39.4 42.1 62 KICKOFF RETURNS G NO YDS AVG TD LP Lusk, Henry Williams, Keith Jones, Pierre Rowley, Bryan Odum, Derrick Lambert, Kim Miller, Ed 9 10 11 14 1 2 24 91 306 40 112 12 55 24.0 22.8 21.9 20.0 16.0 12.0 11.0 24 50 36 26 20 12 15 Utah Opponent 11 11 236 2878 128 1812 12.2 261.6 14.2 164.7 21.5 11.6 14 9 47 Utah Opponent 11 34 640 18.8 0 50 11 37 664 17.9 0 52 992 Utah Football Statistics {6-6, WAC: 4-4, Sth/tie) SCORING Yergensen, Chris Dolce, Frank Anderson, Jamal Williams, Keith Jones, Pierre Williams, Sean Lusk, Henry Abrams, Steve Hooks, Greg Welch, Joe Haws, Kurt Kozlowski, David Kirkman, Jeff Odum, Derrick McCoy, Mike Swanson, Mark Alba, Brian Marsh, Curtis Young, Steve TD 0 8 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 XP 19-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 PAT- 2PT 0-0 0-5 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 DXP 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Utah Opponent 36 31 23-24 25-27 6-12 1-4 0-0 0-0 SAF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FG 13-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 13-20 15-22 PTS 58 48 24 24 22 20 18 12 12 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 2 292 258 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOT AVG Utah 63 57 67 105 292 26.5 Opponent 92 73 59 34 258 23.5 PUNT RETURNS G NO YDS AVG TD LP Garrette, Edwin 1 1 22 22.0 0 22 Foster, Brad 1 1 11 11.0 0 0 Williams, Sean 11 28 280 10.0 0 49 Rowley, Bryan 1 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 Kozlowski, David 4 1 6 6.0 0 6 Utah Opponent 11 11 32 28 311 252 9.7 9.0 49 TEAM STATISTICS Total First Downs First Downs-Rushing First Downs-Passing First Downs-Penalty Rushing Att-Yds Pass Comp-Att-Int Passing Yards Total Offense Plays-Yards Punting Number-Yds-Avg Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Sacks by-Yds Lost Third Down Conversions Third Down Conversion Pet. Fourth Down Conversions Fourth Down Conversion Pet. Avg. Time of Possession UTAH 261 105 134 22 427-1698 236407-12 2878 8334576 58-2283-39.4 23-10 66-579 15-100 68-164 .415 9-16 .563 30:37 OPP 215 118 81 16 502-2508 128-270-14 1812 7714320 59-248242.1 26-10 84-673 30-232 55-178 .309 12-17 .706 29:23 DEFENSIVE STATS Tonga, Pita Elliss, Luther Berger, Blaine Swanson, Mark Christensen, Preston Chaytors, Dave Alston, Reggie Shah, Sharrieff Leary, Kareem Martin, Errol Miller, Ed Walejko, Mark Crawford, Cedric Castain, Daren Kirkman, Jeff Manliguis, Keoni Garrette, Edwin Lewis, Mike Odum, Derrick Hall, Anthony Rhodes, Sam Swaney, Adam Lambert, Kim De'Malignon, Adam Fa'amoe, Toele DeCastro, Louie Buss, Ken GP 8 11 11 11 11 11 9 11 10 5 6 8 5 10 10 6 9 9 4 3 5 4 3 1 3 2 2 UT 39 34 27 37 31 32 23 36 37 14 22 14 7 25 15 11 23 5 4 1 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 AT 33 53 58 46 45 40 35 31 21 10 6 23 15 18 19 9 7 23 7 7 5 7 5 1 2 1 0 TOT/AVG 72/ 9.0 87/ 7.9 85/ 7.7 83/ 7.6 76/ 6.9 72/ 6.6 58/ 6.4 67/ 6.1 58/ 5.8 24/ 4.8 28/ 4.7 37/ 4.6 22/ 4.4 43/ 4.3 34/ 3.4 20/ 3.3 30/ 3.3 28/ 3.1 11/ 2.8 8/2.7 12/ 2.4 9/2.3 6/2.0 1/1.0 2/0.7 1/0.5 1/0.5 TFL-YDS 7-19 16-39 8-12 1- 3 3- 7 9-14 2- 2 2- 8 0- 0 5-11 0- 0 3- 4 2- 6 3-10 0- 0 2- 3 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 SCK-YDS 2- 2- 14 7 3-20 0- 1- 2- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 0- 0 7 19 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2-21 0- 2- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PBU 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FR 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 Dave Chaytors (47) led the Utes in quarterback hurries. NEBRASKA 49, UTAH 22 Game 1, September 5, 1992 LINCOLN, Neb-Nebraska jumped to a 35-0 halftime lead and held off the late-surging Utes for a 49-22 win over Utah. Utah, which won the second half, 22-14, lost All-America wide receiver Bryan Rowley for the season when Rowley broke his ankle leaping for a pass. Tailback Keith "K-Dub" Williams kicked off his junior campaign with 106 net yards on 15 carries. He raced for a 54-yard touchdown with just over a minute remaining in the third quarter. In his first outing as a Ute, backup tailback Pierre Jones rushed for 42 yards and one score. Senior quarterback Frank Dolce struggled early against the powerful Nebraska defense. Dolce finished the afternoon with 207 passing yards (21- of-38), with a 7-yard TD strike to slot back Henry Lusk, but he threw four interceptions. Utah 0 0 14 8 22 Nebraska 21 14 7 7 49 Scoring Summary NU-Lewis 57 run (Bennett kick) 11:11, 1st NU-Brown 26 run (Bennett kick) 5:20, 1st NU-Grant 16 run (Bennett kick) 0:47, 1st NU-McCuffy 6 run (Bennett kick) 13:34, 2nd NU-Jones 14 pass from Grant (Bennett kick) 7:07, 2nd NU-Grant 6 run (Bennett kick), 9:42, 3rd UU-Lusk 7 pass from Dolce (pass failed), 4:34, 3rd UU-K. Williams 54 run (Jones run) 0:20, 3rd NU-Armstrong 11 pass from Grant (Sieler kick) 12:07, 4th UU-Jones 25 run (Jones run) 4:02, 4th Team Statistics Utah Nebraska First Downs 16 24 Net Rushing 36-172 47-399 Passing 38-21-4 26-13-1 Passing Yards 207 118 1992 Game-By-Game Total Offense 74-382 72-524 Fumbles 1-1 3-1 Penalties 4-21 9-60 Interceptions 0-0 0-0 Punts 7-38.1 543.2 Return Yards 68 129 Time of Possession 31:27 28:33 Sacks By 04) 3-10 Individual Leaders Rushing-Uta/i. K. Williams 15-106-1; Jones 842-1, Abrams 4-17-0. Nebraska: Brown 15-105-1, Jones 11-92-0, Lewis 6-85-1, Grant 5-63-2. Passing-C/to/i; Dolce 38-21-4-207-1; Nebraska: Grant 23-12-1-114-2 Receiving- Utah: Lusk 5-58-1; Hooks 3-57, Murry 2-23. Nebraska: Dixon 3-40-0, Muhammad 2-19-0. Kickoff Returns- Utah: Rowley 2-40, Jones 1-22. Nebraska: Hughes 248, Dixon 240. Punt Returns-Utah: S. Williams 2-2. Nebraska: Hughes 2-29, Dixon 1-12. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Miller 11, Tonga 8. UTAH 42, UTAH STATE 18 Game 2, September 12, 1992 LOGAN, Utah-When Utah's emphasis on a ground attack yielded just 36 rushing yards and a 12-11 halftime deficit, the Utes went to the air against Utah State. Ute quarterback Frank Dolce peppered Utah State's defensive backfield for 376 yards (298 in the second half) and two touchdowns. Dolce, who targeted seven different receivers, completed 25-of42 pass attempts. He also rushed for a touchdown. Sophomore slot back Henry Lusk had a career day, hauling in seven Dolce tosses for 111 yards. Senior fullback Steve Abrams caught the first two touchdown passes of his career. Defensively, the Ute secondary manhandled two USU quarterbacks, with senior nickel back Reggie Alston picking off a pass and returning it 69 yards to the Aggie 1-yard line. Junior free safety Mark Swanson intercepted a pass and romped 46 yards for a score and sophomore DB Jeff Kirkman got the first pick of his career. Utah 8 3 9 Utah State 9 3 6_ Scoring Summary UU-K. Williams 8 run (Young run) 10:23, 1st US-Jones 24 FG, 6:22, 1st US-Gordon 2 run (kick failed) 1:23, 1st UU-Yergensen 33 FG, 4:04, 2nd US-Jones 42 FG, 1:10, 2nd UU-Yergensen 25 FG, 12:25, 3rd UU-Abrams 45 pass from Dolce (run failed) 6:10, 3rd US-Ray 16 pass from Calvillo (run failed) 1:05, 3rd UU-Abrams 22 pass from Dolce (Marsh pass) 13:35, 4th UU-Dolce 1 run (kick good) 9:35, 4th UU-Swanson 46 interception (kick good), 4:05, 4th Team Statistics First Downs Net Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Interceptions Punting Return Yards Time of Possession Sacks By Individual Leaders Rushing-Utah: Anderson 7-35, Abrams 8-31. Angelovic 6-30. 22 0 42 18 Utah 22 32-88 42-254) 376 74464 2-2 12-111 3-115 446.0 50 30:10 0-0 Utah State: Gordon 1844-1 Utah State 22 30-91 48-26-3 296 78-387 2-2 7-59 00 6-35.7 76 29:50 0-0 54 992 Game-By-Game Passing-Utah: Dolce 42-25-0-376-2. Utah State: Angelovic 14-7-0-77-0 Calvillo 34-19-3-219-1. Receiving-Utah: Abrams 3-66-2, Lusk 7-11. Utah State: Jenkins 9-118, Watts 4-54. Kickoff Returns- Utah: K. Williams 1-8, Jones 1-19. Utah State: Watts 243, demons 2-17. Punt Returns- Utah: S. Williams 2-23. Utah State: none. Utah Defensive Leaders-Tackles: Tonga 15, Castain 7, Elliss 7; Interceptions: Alston 1-69, Kirkman 1-0, Swanson 146-1. Passing Yards .... Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Interceptions Punting Return Yards Time of Possession Sacks By 403 58-527 2-1 6-54 0-0 640.0 34 26:36 0-0 17 74-312 2-1 7-62 1-0 10-39.6 95 33:24 1-7 UTAH 42, OREGON STATE 9 Game 3, September 26, 1992 SALT LAKE CITY-Quarterback Frank Dolce found receivers in the end zone three times in the first half against Oregon State, in a game whose outcome was never in question. Senior wide receiver Sean Williams, Utah's No. 1 wide out after the season-opening injury to All-America Bryan Rowley, caught two of Dolce's TD pitches-for 36 and 38 yards. True freshman David Kozlowski came out of redshirt status to catch five passes for 101 yards and the first TD of his Ute career. A stingy Ute defense, which allowed OSU just 312 yards in total offense, shut out the Beavers in the first half and held them to a field goal and a touchdown in the third and fourth quarters. Utah put 21 points on the board in each half, with its final score coming on a blocked punt recovered by Derrick Odum in the end zone. Utah's offense gained 527 yards in the 42- 9 blowout. Oregon State . Utah 0 14 6 14 9 42 Scoring Summary UU-S. Williams 36 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 10:16, 1st UU-Hooks 22 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 7:08, 1st UU-S. Williams 28 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 3:47, 2nd David Kozlowski caught 5 passes for 101 yards against Oregon St. OS-Burke 34 FG, 12:47, 3rd UU-Kozlowski 18 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 9:04, 3rd OS-Owens 21 run (run failed) 13:59, 4th UU-K. Williams 35 run (Yergensen kick) 11:33, 4th UU-Odum recovers blocked punt in end zone (Alba kick) 5:36, 4th Team Statistics Utah Oregon State First Downs 23 15 Net Rushing 25-124 61-273 Passing 33-24-1 134-0 Individual Leaders Rushing-Lto/i. K. Williams 7-75-1, Jones 5-10-0. OSU: Paulson 1141-0, Olford 20-87-0, Owens 4-39-1. Passing-cta/i: Dolce 33-24-14034. OSU: Olford 10-3-043-0. Receiving-£/to/i: S. Williams 7-127-2, Kozlowski 5-101-1, Hooks 5-74-1. OSU: Branscomb 2-31-0. Kickoff Returns- Utah: none. OSU: Owens 2-33, Paulson 2-30. Punt Returns: Utah: S. Williams 2-6, Garrette 1-22. OSU: Owens 2-35. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Chaytors 15, Elliss 13, Swanson 13, Berger 12. UTAH 33, COLORADO STATE 29 Game 4, October 3, 1992 FT. COLLINS, Colo.-The Utes met a Colorado State team coming off a big upset road win over LSU and the fired up Rams scored on their very first possession with a 76-yard run. But Utah knotted the score nine minutes later on a 2-yard plunge by fullback Jamal Anderson. Starting tailback Keith Williams left the game with a sprained ankle on Utah's first drive, but his replacement, Pierre Jones, didn't miss a beat. Jones rushed for a career-high 143 yards on 23 carries, while Anderson stepped up with 86 yards and two touchdowns. Utah led 17-13 at the half, but fell behind, 17-19, when CSU opened the second stanza with a touchdown. Utah still trailed late in the fourth quarter, 29-26, but Brad Foster blocked a Ram punt on Utah's 8-yard line with 1:38 left on the clock, setting up the game-winning TD pass from Frank Dolce to Sean Williams. Utah 7 7 10 6 6 13 10 3 33 29 Scoring Summary CS-Brown 76 rush (Rantzau kick) 13:30, 1st UU-Anderson 2 run (Yergensen kick) 4:04, 1st CS-Ward 3 run (kick blocked) 9:22, 2nd UU-Dolce 2 run (Yergensen kick) 5:35, 2nd UU-Yergensen 22 FG, 0:00, 2nd CS-Ward 2 run (run failed) 9:59, 3rd UU-Anderson 9 run (pass failed) 5:58, 3rd CS-Phillips 5 pass from Hill (Rantzau kick) 1:55, 3rd CS-Rantzau 43 FG, 11:49,4th UU-Yergensen 34 FG, 8:42, 4th UU-S. Williams 8 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 1:31, 4th Team Statistics First Downs Net Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Interceptions Punting Return Yards Time of Possession Sacks By Individual Leaders Rushing-Utah: Jones 23-143-0, Anderson 9-86-2. CSU: Brown 10-132-1, lvlow 18-79-0 -Utah: Dolce 33-16-1-180-1. CSU: Hill 26-12-2-196-1. Utah 29 43-281 33-16-1 180 76461 0-0 4-30 2-21 3-51.0 94 28:04 1-0 Colorado State 23 56-347 26-12-2 196 82-543 3-1 4-27 1-14 1-53.0 79 31:56 0-0 55 992 Game-By-Game Receiving-Maft. S. Williams 5-82-1, Lusk 342-0. CSU: Primus 7-95-0, Frisch 4-96-0. Kickoff Returns- Utah: K. Williams 1-50, Jones 1-20. CSU: Cam 2-57. Punt Returns- Utah: Foster 1-11. CSU: Myers 1-1. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Christensen 17, Alston 13, Elliss 11. interceptions: Christensen 1-12, Swanson 1-9. Sacks: Castain 1-11. UTAH 38, HAWAII 17 Game 5, October 10, 1992 SALT LAKE CITY-Eventual WAC champion Hawaii came to town with an unblemished WAC mark and the league's best defense. But the Utes would send both packing in a 38-17 win in Rice Stadium. A high-octane Rainbow offense managed just 335 total yards and connected on a dismal 4-of-21 pass attempts. On the other side of the ball, Hawaii's defense gave up 478 yards of total offense. In his first start at Utah, junior tailback Pierre Jones rushed for 159 yards and one touchdown. Quarterback Frank Dolce tossed 82 of his 248 passing yards to senior wide receiver Sean Williams and benefitted from fullback Jamal Anderson's leaping 24-yard touchdown grab in the corner of the end zone. Hawaii Utah 3 7 7 14 7 7 0 10 17 38 Brad Foster's blocked punt against CSU set up the winning TD. Scoring Summary UH-Elam 35 FG, 8:42, 1st UU-Dolce 1 run (Yergensen kick) 5:42, 1st UU-Lusk 22 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 10:34, 2nd UH-Jasper 1 run (Elam kick) 3:34, 2nd UU-Anderson 24 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 1:02, 2nd UH-Sims 65 run (Elam kick) 13:48, 3rd UU-Dolce 1 run (Yergensen kick) 7:09, 3rd UU-Yergensen 36 FG, 14:46, 4th UU-Jones 4 run (Alba kick) 0:56, 4th Team Statistics Utah Hawaii First Downs 31 20 Net Rushing 43-233 53-288 Passing 34-19-1 214-1 Passing Yards 284 47 Total Offense 76478 74-335 Fumbles 1-0 4-2 Penalties 5-51 9-78 Interceptions 1-0 1-2 Punting 5-38.0 645.0 Return Yards 82 84 Third Down Conversions 5-11 6-17 Sacks By 2-17 2-14 Individual Leaders Rushing-Maft. Jones 23-159-1, Dolce 10-32-2. Hawaii: Sims 10-125-1, Gorden 7-54-0. Passing-Utah: Dolce 34-19-1-248-2. Hawaii: Carter 10-3-0-30-0, Glover 5-1-0-17-0. Receiving-Utah: S. Williams 8-82-0, Lusk 3-61-1. Hawaii: Gorden 2-19-0, Branch 1-17-0. Kickoff Returns- Utah: Jones 2-24, Lusk 1-24. Hawaii: Branch 2-35, Harding 1-15. Punt Returns-Utah: S. Williams 3-34. Hawaii: Branch 4-34. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Tonga 10, Swanson 9. Interceptions: Kirkman 1-0. Sacks: Castain 1-10, Christensen 1-7. NEW MEXICO 24, UTAH 7 Game 6, October 17, 1992 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-The Utes rode into Albuquerque, N.M. with a four-game win streak and a favorite's role against a New Mexico team in search of its first WAC win. But disaster struck when starting quarterback Frank Dolce injured his knee on one of six Lobo sacks and left the game in the second half. Utah's offense never got untracked, managing just one first-quarter score. Sophomore transfer Mike McCoy, in his first real test as a Ute quarterback, completed 15-of-25 passes for 163 yards, but couldn't get the Utes across the goal line. Pierre Jones had another big day-rushing for 90 yards. Utah 7 0 0 0 7 New Mexico 3 10 0 11 24 Scoring Summary NM-Margolis 42 FG, 8:44, 1st UU-Dolce 1 run (Yergensen kick) 0:38, 1st NM-Goodloe 41 pass from Case (Margolis kick) 14:54, 2nd NM-Margolis 33 FG, 0:13, 2nd NM-Case 13 run (Case run) 10:23, 4th NM-Margolis 37 FG, 3:01, 4th Team Statistics Utah New Mexico First Downs 22 23 Net Rushing 39.71 47-202 Passing 37-230 21-150 Passing Yards 247 215 Total Offense 76-318 68417 Fumbles 4.1 o_o Penalties 8-65 846 Interceptions 0-0 0-0 Punting 7-36.7 440.8 Return Yards 109 56 Third Down Conversions 6-15 3-12 Sacks By 2-14 6-61 Individual Leaders Rushing-Maft. Jones 20-90-0, Anderson 540-0. New Mexico: W. Oliver 29-112-0, Case 15-59-1. Paasing-f/fa/i; Dolce 12-8-0-84-0, McCoy 25-15-0-163-0. New Mexico: Case 21-150-0-215-1. Receiving-Waft; S. Williams 6-100-0, Abrams 3-38-0. New Mexico: Goodloe 4-81-1, 56 992 Game-By-Game Winston 543-0. Kickoff Returns- Utah: Jones 1-36, K. Williams 1-22. New Mexico: G. Oliver 1-33. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 2-31. New Mexico: Martin 2-14. Utah Defensive Leaders-Tackles: Tonga 11, Alston 7, Garrette 7. Sacks: Chaytors 1-7, Tonga 1-6. TEXAS-EL PASO 20, UTAH 13 Game 7, October 24, 1992 SALT LAKE CITY-Utah became Texas-El Paso's first victim of the season, when the Frank Dolce-less Utes lost 20-13 before a disappointed Homecoming crowd. The Miners, who gained 80 yards on a pair of 'fumblerooskis,' jumped to a 14-0 lead and Utah never caught up. In his first start at Utah, backup quarterback Mike McCoy threw for 192 yards and rushed for Utah's only TD, but was sacked five times. Sean Williams provided some sparks by returning five punts for 108 yards, including a 49-yard run. UTEP 14 3 3 0 20 Utah 13 3 0 0 13 Scoring Summary UT-Durio 1 run (Young kick) 11:54, 1st UT-Bailey 1 run (Young kick) 9:17, 1st UU-Yergensen 26 FG, 3:57, 1st UU-McCoy 1 run (Yergensen kick) 1:31, 1st UU-Yergensen 35 FG, 14:57, 2nd UT-Young 33 FG, 0:09, 2nd UT-Young 36 FG, 0:25, 3rd Team Statistics Utah UTEP First Downs 16 14 Net Rushing 36-134 47-209 Passing 36-27-2 154-1 Passing Yards 192 121 Total Offense 72-326 62-330 Fumbles 1-1 0-0 Penalties 8-80 7-50 Interceptions 1-20 2-0 Punting 446.0 744.0 Return Yards 215 44 Time of Possession 30:09 29:51 Sacks By 2-17 5-34 Individual Leaders Rushing-Utah: Jones 544-0, Anderson 5-38. UTEP: Villereal 2-80-0, Bailey 16-61-1, Passing-Waft: McCoy 36-17-2-192-0. UTEP: Gray 154-1-121-0. Receiving-Waft: S. Williams 3-54-0, Hooks 4-52-0. UTEP: Miles 1-52-0, Bailey 1-38-0. Kickoff Returns-Waft: Jones 3-89, Miller 2-18. UTEP: Rogers 2-30. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 5-108. UTEP: Haqq 2-14. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Berger 14, Alston 11, Chaytors 10. Interceptions: Leary 1-20. Sacks: Chaytors 1-12, Elliss 1-5. UTAH 20, AIR FORCE 13 Game 8, October 31, 1992 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Utah responded to a pair of losses to the WAC's worst teams by knocking off one of its best-Air Force-fresh off a win over league-leading San Diego State. Utah incorporated an AFA-like rushing attack in a game played in near-blizzard conditions, and Keith Williams returned from the injured reserve list with a bang, rushing for 119 yards. With backup quarterback Mike McCoy doing more handing off than passing, the Utes gained 297 of their 381 total yards on the ground. The Ute defense, led by a 10-tackle day (five for a loss) by Luther Elliss, allowed just one AFA touchdown and a pair of field goals in the 20-13 Utah win. Utah Air Force 7 7 3 3 7 3 3 0 20 13 Mark Walejko was a key player at defensive end when healthy. Scoring Summary UU-Jones 1 run (Yergensen kick) 9:35, 1st AF-Baker 31 run (Macinnis kick) 4:46, 1st UU-Yergensen 25 FG, 9:56, 2nd AF-Maclnnis 23 FG, 7:36, 2nd AF-Macinnis 53 FG, 12:26, 3rd UU-Anderson 1 run (Yergensen kick) 8:10, 3rd UU-Yergensen 43 FG, 4:58, 4th Team Statistics Utah Air Force First Downs 23 9 Net Rushing 58-273 41-220 Passing 16-12-0 11-34) Passing Yards 108 31 Total Offense 74-381 52-251 Fumbles 3-0 2-0 Penalties 3-20 2-10 Interceptions 0-0 0-0 Punting 342.0 541.4 Return Yards 47 64 Time of Possession 35:18 24:42 Sacks By 1-2 1-8 Individual Leaders Rushing-Waft: K. Williams 20-119-0, Jones 17-84-1, Anderson 9-55-1. Air Force: Banks 3-61-0, Baker 17-50-1. Passing-Waft: McCoy 16-12-0-108-0. Air Force: Baker 11-3-0-31-0 Receiving-Waft: Hooks 6-60-0, Anderson 3-25-0. Air Force: Onuoha 1-18-0. Kickoff Returns-Waft: Odum 1-20, Miller 1-11. Air Force: Washington 242, Young 1-16. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 2-16. Air Force: none. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Elliss 10, Christensen 7. FRESNO STATE 41, UTAH 15 Game 9, November 7, 1992 FRESNO, Calif.-Starting quarterback Frank Dolce returned to action after nearly three complete games on the disabled list and his long layoff showed in a 41-15 Ute loss to Fresno State. However, Dolce did score both 57 992 Game-By-Game of Utah's touchdowns-both on 1-yard keepers. A beat-up Ute defense, relying on third and fourth string players in many cases and virtually devoid of healthy linebackers, allowed 557 yards. Sophomore Henry Lusk caught seven passes for 76 yards and Keith Williams rushed for 64 yards. Utah Fresno State 0 14 9 10 0 10 15 41 Scoring Summary FS-Seabron 92 pass from Ross (Mahoney kick) 9:31, 1st FS-Neal 1 run (Mahoney kick) 6:19, 1st UU-Dolce 1 run (Yergensen kick failed) 11:28, 2nd FS-Neal 5 run (Mahoney kick) 7:39, 2nd FS-Mahoney 24 FG, 1:10, 2nd UU-Yergensen 34 FG, 0:03, 2nd FS-Daigle 2 run (Mahoney kick) 9:46, 3rd FS-Mahoney 22 FG, 2:40, 3rd UU-Dolce 1 run (run failed) 13:14, 4th FS-Daigle 5 run (Mahoney kick) 2:45, 4th Team Statistics First Downs Net Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Interceptions Punting Return Yards Time of Possession Sacks By Utah 28 43-131 42-21-3 272 85403 4-2 5-51 1-0 5-37.8 126 29:47 0-0 Fresno State 23 49-242 26-14-1 315 75-557 2-1 9-85 3-(4) 347.0 41 30:13 3-35 Individual Leaders Rushing-Waft: K. Williams 18-64-0, Jones 8-52-0. Fresno State: Neal 15-74-2, Rivers 14-664). Passing-Waft: Dolce 34-17-3-226-0, McCoy 84-046-0. Fresno State: Dilfer 25-13-1-223- 0, Ross 1-1-0-92-1. Receiving-Waft: Lusk 7-76-0, Anderson 240-0, Abrams 240-0. Fresno State: Seabron 2-142-1, Thompson 349-0. Kickoff Returns-Waft: Jones 3-52, Odum 2-30, Miller 2-26. Fresno State: Ross 1-21, Daigle 1-13. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 2-18. Fresno State: Jones 2-1. Utah Defensive Leaders-Tackles: Swanson 12, Elliss 8. UTAH 38, WYOMING 7 Game 10, November 14, 1992 SALT LAKE CITY-Frank Dolce threw for 298 yards, slot back Henry Lusk caught six passes for 95 yards and a score, and tailbacks Keith Williams and Pierre Jones combined for 133 rushing yards and one TD to help Utah to its most points in five games. While the Utes were piling up 38 points, Wyoming's vaunted air attack never got off the ground. Three Cowboy quarterbacks combined for just 217 passing yards and were sacked four times-three by junior defensive tackle Blaine Berger (who had 12 total tackles). Wyoming Utah .... 0 17 0 10 7 38 Linebacker Kim Lambert, the surprise recipient of a kickoff against Wyoming, rumbled for 12 yards on the return. Scoring Summary WY-Yarborough 74 pass from Hughes (Mindlin kick) 13:32, 1st UU-Yergensen 33 FG, 9:19, 1st UU-Hughes tackled for safety, 11:45, 2nd UU-Kirkman 42 interception return (pass failed) 0:35, 2nd UU-Lusk 17 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 12:32, 3rd UU-Yergensen 35 FG, 10:50, 3rd UU-Haws 14 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 3:09, 3rd UU-Yergensen 23 FG, 14:48, 4th UU-K. Williams 1 run (Alba kick) 8:39, 4th Team Statistics First Downs Net Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Interceptions Punting Return Yards Time of Possession Sacks By Individual Leaders Rushing-Waft: Jones 18-66-0, K. Williams 11-67-1. Wyoming: Driver 1348-0. Passing-Waft: Dolce 40-27-0-298-2. Wyoming: Hughes 104-3-11-1, Jones 10-6*29-0, Gustln 15-6-1-77-0. Receiving-Waft: Lusk 6-95-1, S. Williams 6-65-0. Wyoming: Yarborough 8-140-1. Kickoff Returns-Waft: Jones 443, Lambert 1-12. Wyoming: Rhone 3-55, Edmond 3-63. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 2-7. Wyoming: Rhone 2-7, Turner 1-13, Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Berger 12, Walejko 9. Interceptions: Kirkman 143-1, Leary 2-30, Shah 1-17. Sacks: Berger 3-20, Walejko 1-7, Manliguis 1-0. BRIGHAM YOUNG 31, UTAH 22 Game 11, November 21, 1992 SALT LAKE CITY-Quarterback Frank Dolce directed a furious fourth-quarter comeback, which saw t he Utes come from 31 points down to nearly upset arch rival Brigham Young. Utah, which trailed 31-0 after three quar- Utah 27 44-144 40-27-0 298 84442 1-0 5-51 4-90 442.0 57 37:40 5-27 Wyoming 10 22-23 35-164 217 57-240 4-0 11-84 0-0 4-39.5 138 22:20 4-33 58 992 Game-By-Game ters, scored the game's last three touchdowns, with Dolce throwing for two scores and hopping over the pile for another. Too little, too late, as it turned out, but the fourth-quarter fireworks featured a fine show between seniors Dolce (who threw for 347 yards on the day) and wide receiver Sean Williams, whose 109 yards in receptions included some acrobatic catches. Brigham Young Utah 17 0 0 22 31 22 Scoring Summary BY-Willis 4 run (Lauder kick) 0:49, 1st BY-Lauder 42 FG, 12:48, 2nd BY-Drage 19 pass from Rex (Lauder kick) 10:17, 2nd BY-Rex 6 pass from Hancock (Lauder kick) 1:25, 2nd BY-Hall 24 blocked punt return (Lauder kick) 13:30, 3rd UU-Hooks 34 pass from Dolce (pass good, S. Williams) 10:00, 4th UU-Welch 4 pass from Dolce (pass good, Welch) 3:27, 4th UU-Dolce 3 run (pass failed, Anderson) 0:50, 4th Team Statistics Utah Brigham Young First Downs 24 22 Net Rushing 3847 49-214 Passing 56-31-0 28-17-1 Passing Yards 347 217 Total Offense 84-394 77431 Fumbles 4-2 4-2 Penalties 645 11-112 Interceptions 1-0 0-0 Punting 10-37.0 845.0 Return Yards 69 110 Time of Possession 28:11 31:49 Sacks By 1-7 5-30 Individual Leaders Rushing-Waft: Dolce 12-11-1, K. Williams 8-21-0. BYU: Willis 28-148-1, K. Hall 11-21-0. Passing-Waft: Dolce 56-31-0-347-2. BYU: Hancock 27-16-1-198-1. Receiving-Waft: S. Williams 8-109-0, Welch 7-85-1, Hooks 3-56-1; BYU: Rex 4-73-1, Doman 345-0. Kickoff Returns-Waft: Odum 2-32. BYU: Christensen 1-16. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 5-37. BYU: Drage 5-53, Johnston 2-17. Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Shah 12, Elliss 11, Leary 11. Interceptions: Odum 1-0. Sacks: Tonga 1-7. WS-Wright-Fair 3 run (Price kick) 1:20, 1st UU-S. Williams 10 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 9:35, 2nd UU-K. Williams 25 rush (Yergensen kick) 2:51, 2nd WS-Bobo 48 pass from Bledsoe (Price kick) 0:31, 2nd UU-Lusk 49 pass from Dolce (Yergensen kick) 8:49, 3rd UU-Jones 8 rush (pass good, Murry) 5:25, 3rd WS-Price 22 FG, 5:08, 4th • < TrT^Jt J^*« 7mu mh * * * . * * " *< «*/W i- *^|«Jr VUaTj •L ..-MJ WASHINGTON STATE 31, UTAH 28 Weiser Lock Copper Bowl, December 29, 1992 TUCSON, Ariz.-In the early going, Utah played the part of a team which hadn't "gone bowling" for 28 years. An uptight Ute team spotted favored Washington State a 21-0 lead just one quarter into the Weiser Lock Copper Bowl. But the Utes got the feel of postseason play in the second and third quarters, when they put 28 points on the board, while holding the Cougars to one second-quarter TD. Frank Dolce hit Sean Williams for Utah's first score, a 10-yard pass play. Six minutes later, Keith Williams scampered into pay dirt from 25 yards out to narrow the gap to 21-14. After a 48-yard touchdown pass by Washington State's Drew Bledsoe, Dolce countered with a 49-yard strike to Henry Lusk, who plucked the ball from his defender's hands in a leaping end zone catch. An 8-yard TD rush by Pierre Jones tied the score at 28, but only for 20 seconds, at which point Washington State responded with 22-yard field to take a 31-28 lead. Utah's Chris Yergensen's 20-yard attempt with 3:19 remaining in the game went wide left and the Utes came up short. Utah Washington State 0 . . . . 21 14 7 14 0 0 3 28 31 Scoring Summary WS-Wright-Fair 3 run (Price kick) 13:25, 1st WS-Bobo 87 pass from Bledsoe (Price kick) 10:32, 1st Greg Hooks scored one of Utah's three fourth-quarter touchdowns against Brigham Young-a 34-yarder. Team Statistics ... First Downs Net Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Interceptions Punting Return Yards Time of Possession Sacks By Individual Leaders Rushing-Waft: K. Williams 13-112-1, Jones 1143-1. WSU: Wright-Fair 27-123-2. Passing-Waft: Dolce 40-21-0-316-2. WSU: Bledsoe 46-30-1476-2, Pattinson 2-2-0-16-0. Receiving-Waft: S. Williams 7-127-1, Hooks 5-75-0. WSU: Bobo 7-212-2, Davis 8-134-0, Pointer 5-73-0. Kickoff Returns-Waft: Lusk 1-25, Jones 2-23. WSU: Hunter 3-55. Punt Returns-Waft: S. Williams 3-17. WSU: Hunter 2-(-2). Utah Defensive Leaders- Tackles: Swanson 9, Leary 9, Tonga 8. Sacks: Lambert 1-6, Christensen 1-5. Utah 20 39-179 40-21-0 316 79495 3-1 7-55 1-9 643.0 90 30:08 2-11 Washington State 28 41-144 48-32-1 492 89-636 4-2 18-136 0-0 6-36.5 60 29:52 1-8 59 |
