utah football 1975 - of College Football Games

Game Numer 1
Utah State
at Salt Lake
Sept. 13-7:30 p.m. (MDT)
GENERAL INFORMATION
President: Dr. Glen L. Taggart
Athletic Director: LaDell Andersen
Publicity Director: Craig Hislop (801) 752-4100 i
Colors: Blue and White
Nickname: Big Blue, Utags, State
Enrollment: 8,890
Stadium: E.L. "Dick" Romney
Location: Logan, Utah
Offense: Multiple "I" and split backs
Defense: 5-2
Conference: NCAA Independent
COACHES
Head Coach: Phil Krueger
Alma Mater-Year: Southeast Missouri State,
1951
Record at Utah State: 15-7
Career Record: 25-17
Assistants: Ray Butcher, Doug Smith, Jeff
Jorgensen, Jack Robinson, AI Saunders,
Scott Ackerman, Chris Pella
1974 RESULTS (8-3)
UTAH STATE
17-7 Wyoming
9- 6 Brigham Young
3-72 Oklahoma
24-23 Colorado State
27-24 Kent State
21-16 West Texas State
17- 3 Idaho
3- 7 Southern Mississippi
34- 0 Utah
20- 7 Weber State
6-34 San Diego State
1975 OUTLOOK
A defense loaded with talent and experience;
an offense featuring the nation's best
runner in 1974 and a schedule deserving of
both.
Phil Krueger's 1975 Utah State Football
team, his third, seems to have a great deal
going for it. But the schedule (featuring
games at Texas, Arkansas, Florida State and
building power Boise State) sobers the outlook
a bit.
"This is the best talent we've had since
I've been here" said Krueger, matter-offactly.
"We've simply got to put it together.
While we're doing that, we'll be adjusting
our defensive philosophy to offset the wide
open passing attack we'll see. And, on
offense, we'll be searchinglfor a center; we
want to re-group the offensive line into a
cohesive unit; we will look hard for a quarter-
PHIL KRUEGER
Head Coach
September 13—Utah Salt Lake City
September 20—Florida
September 27—San Diego St
Tallahassee
ir 09 4-Texas
October October 11—West Texas State
October 18—Weber State
October 25—Arkansas
November 1—Wyoming
November 8—Brigham Young
November 15—Boise State
November
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Logan
Ogden
Fayetteville
Logan
Logan
Boise
22—Colorado State Ft. Collins
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back to run the offense and we'll be trying to
develop a more threatening passing attact to
complement our fine running game."
LETTERMEN RETURNING (32)
Offense: Kory Coles (se), Dan Cox (tb),
Louie Giammona (tb), Barry Grasseschi
(oc), Bill Haynes (ot), Jesse Kemp (tb),
Mike Meksto (oc), Eldon Messersmith
(og), Keith Mullins (og), Orlando Nelson
(te), Scott Parrish (ot), Bobby Robinson
(fb), Steve Smith (fb-tb), Paul Tidwell
(fb), Paul Tippets (se-fl).
Defense: AI Bateman (lb), Bob Dzierzak (dt),
Charlie Haynes (dt), Ron Holmes (de),
Jim Hough (dt-ng), Brian Longuevan (lb),
Chuck Martens (lb), Mark Masson (cb),
Steve Maughan (de), Ron "Smoke" Mc-
Cloud (fs), Claude Nelson (de), Jim
Samaduroff (ng), Randy Stockham (de),
Kim Wallace (dt), Joel Watson (lb), Dave
Williams (cb), Wayne Womack (dt).
HONOR CANDIDATES: L ouie Giammona
(tb), Scott Parrish (ot), Steve Maughan
(del.
LETTERMEN LOST: (16)
TOP NEWCOMERS: Greg Van Ness (qb),
Greg Daley (fl), John Hooks (te), Dave
Newberry (og), Dave Niiro (cb), John
Dodge (cb-punter).
Series Record: Utah leads 47-22-4
Year by Year Since 1960
1960 - 6-0
1961 - 6-17
1962 - 6-19
1963 - 25-23
1964- 14-6
1965 - 7-14
1966-- 7-13
1967 - 18-19
1968 - 13-28
1969 - 27-7
1970 - 17-0
1971 - 17-21
1972 - 16-44
1973 - 31-28
1974 - 0-34