= x mene ane ee | Ingredients of being a "Winner" sometime, one nationally known Opening their home schedule the football recruiting magazine listed next Saturday Weber’s signees the 50th best in In ce 936. behind Brigham Young and ahead of Utah and Utah State, and he had 36 lettermen returning, all of whom had an opportunity to start at one time or another last season, but they were conference foe Idaho State, 21-17 before a large crowd of 11,031 in Wildcat Stadium and they got their money’s worth. young. Weber scored on a 44 yard run by sophomore tailback Kelvin Matthews There was a very positive spirit and on a 42 yard pass from quarterback Rich McKee to flanker Curt Miller. Mike Humiston, a senior linebacker was all over the field and for his efforts, he was named the Big among the players and coaches at Id us of the ion (Sept. 20) the Wildcats bounced back to defeat nation in any division, just one place the start of Fall practice in mid-August and it was obvious to those observing practices and pre-season scrimmages that this team had the ingredients of being a winner.- Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Humiston had NINE unassisted tackles and intercepted his second pass of the season. The first game of the new season was at the University of Northern lowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Chalk it DECEMBER The University of Nevada-Reno was the next opponent. The Wolf ae Soy. ns always tough Montana State, and they beat them in Bozeman! In what was probably the finest defensive performance ever witnessed in Wildcat Stadium, the Wildcats scored on a 38 yard field goal by Roger Ruzek and a 16 yard pass interception by cornerback Bruce Perry to defeat Reno, 10-0. The Weber State defense constantly stopped the vaunted Reno running attack and shut them down completely in the passing department. With third down and goal to go at the Weber one-yard line, the Wildcat defense stopped Reno’s outstanding running back, Frank Hawkins dead in his tracks at the line of scrimmage. So, with fourth and goal, Reno’s quarterback handed off to Hawkins again who sprinted wide left for the 26 - JANUARY 3 from $595. : per person, double occupancy “Plus Air Fare “Plus $60.00 supplement for December 26, New 1980 Year’s Cruise e 8 exciting ports of call e 6 meals and snacks a day, including sumptuous late-night buffet— even breakfast in bed, if you like Welcome-aboard cocktail party Full range of entertainment Gambling casino Personally escorted by Athleen Fishburn TO THE MEXICAN FEBRUARY Cruise Departure: 7 February 28, 1981, 8:00 a.m. Salt Lake City 20 Cabins — $1599.50* “G” Catagory (Fiesta) 20 Cabins — $1672.50* “F’’ Catagory (Aloha) DEPOSIT $200.00, Oct. 20 *BASED Call: Athleen Fishburn Fishburn World Travel, Inc. or WSC Alumni Office RIVIERA 28 — MARCH ON CURRENT AIR FARE / Balance, Nov. 20 AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Includes Air Fares, Transfers to and from airport, and shipping. PORTS 394-2667 Puerto Vallarta Mazatlan Acapulco Ixtapal Cabo San Lucas” Zihuatanejo * 626-6564 Z oe Los Angeles “Port call subject to tidal conditions. Call 626-6564 for information and reservations 2 Page 9 as ee = ery ea! < off an impressive 24-12 win over AA Rt did have their best Spring practice in ede eee eternal task ahead of him, yet, the Wildcats corner of the endzone, but cornerback Bruce Perry made his second big play of the night, tackling Hawkins at the one-half yard line with just over three minutes to go in the game to prevent them from scoring. The big story in the game, however, was the play of weakside linebacker Danny Rich, a junior from Ogden, Utah. Danny had NINE unassisted tackles and another 17 assisted ones to go along with a pass interception, a tackle for loss and forcing the Reno quarterback to throw an interception, not a bad night’s work. For his superlative efforts, Danny was named Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week, making it two weeks in a row a Weber State linebacker had won the award. As of this writing, the Wildcats were 2-1-0 overall and on top of the Big Sky Conference standings by one-half game with Montana State coming to town on Saturday. eae ) Pete Riehlman knew he had quite a Pack had been ranked 6th in the Nation in the Divsion 1-AA poll earlier in the week and were coming enna up to first game jitters or the long flight back there, things didn’t go right and the Wildcats lost a 31-10 decision. = Coming into the 1980 football season, Weber State Head Coach ia alf Fe reeenice der ; by Brad Larsen Sports Information Director