Word: utah
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first Gotham Bowl at Manhattan's Polo Grounds, one of the West's best football teams proved no match for an also-ran from the rugged Southwest. Unbeaten, once tied Utah State bowed, 24-9, to the oft-beaten underdog, Baylor...
...supposed to be long on brawn and short on brains. The winners: Tufts' David Thompson, Rutgers' Alex Kroll, Vanderbilt's Wade Butcher, Western Reserve's Albert Iosue, Colorado's Joe Romig, Rice's Robert Johnston, Oregon State's Mike Kline, Utah State's Merlin Olsen...
...line includes Jerry Hillebrand, Colorado, and Bill Miler, Miami of Florida at ends; Bill Neighbors, Alabama, and Merlin Olsen, Utah State at tackle; Roy Winston, Louisiana State, and Dave Behrman, Michigan State at guard, and Alex Kroll, Rutgers, at center...
Tackles: Merlin Olsen, 21, Utah State; 6 ft. 5 in., 265 Ibs. Fate Echols, 22, Northwestern; 6 ft. 1 in., 255 Ibs. The nation's No. 1 college lineman, Olsen is a home-grown giant from Logan, Utah, who boasts brains as well as brawn: his scholastic average (3.96 out of a possible 4) is the highest in Utah State's College of Business. Tough and tenacious ("He doesn't block; he explodes"), Olsen could play either offense or defense with the pros. Smaller but extremely fast, Echols probably will be shifted to guard if he accepts...
...forward passes, to win 16-7 and remain tied for Big Ten leadership with fifth-ranked Minnesota, which outrushed Iowa 16-9. Continuing its return to national prominence, fourth-ranked Louisiana State ran over strong North Carolina 30-0. Upsets soured some bowl hopes. Unbeaten Colorado fell to Utah 21-12; ninth-ranked Georgia Tech was surprised by a fired-up Tennessee 10-6. "We'll be home for Christmas,'' moaned Michigan State Coach Duffy Daugherty after Purdue edged his Spartans 7-6 in a jarring battle of defenses. In the east, Columbia, fielding its finest team...