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AONMNK FOOTMLL '72 Table of Contents Press Information _________________________________________________ 1 1972 Grizzly Outlook ______________________________________________ 2 Coach Jack Swarthout ____________________________________________ 3 A ssistant Coaches, Athletic Trainer ______________________________ 4-5 President Pantzer, Athletic Personnel ______________________________ 6 The University of Montana _____________________________________ 7 1972 Roster _______________________________________________________ 8 1971 UM Stats ____________________________________________________ 9 Squad Analysis ___________________________________________________ 10 P layer Profiles_________________________________________________ 11-18 A ll-Opponents Record_____________________________________________ 19 1972 Opponents_______________________________________________ 20-25 1971 Big Sky Stats_______________________________________________25-26 1971 Review __________________________________________________ 27-31 All-Time Coaches Records ____________________________________ 32 UM Scores Since 1897_________________________________________ 33-37 UM Football Records ___________________________________________ 38-43 All-Conference, Awards ___________________________________________ 44 A ll-Americans, Pros ______________________________________________ 45 Grizzly Cup, Past Big Sky Champs_______________________________ 46 Big Sky Conference, Nickname ___________________________________ 47 Cross Country ________________________________________ __________ 48 Basketball Schedule _____________________________________ Inside back 1971 Scores, 1972 Schedule___ __________________________________ Back Athletic Staff Numbers Jack Swarthout, Athletic Director- Office Home Head Football Coach 243-5331 549-7682 Earl Martell, Athletic Business Manager 243-4051 549-7661 Gary Hughes, Ticket Manager 243-4051 543-5611 George Fultz, Sports Information Director 243-2522 549-6757 Cela Burham, Athletic Secretary 243-5331 549-0207 Dr. Earl Lory, Faculty Athletic Representative 243-5422 543-7379 Bill Betcher, Assistant Football 243-5331 549-5722 Ron Nord, Assistant Football, Golf Coach 243-5331 542-2254 Charley Armey, Assistant Football 243-5331 728-4332 Harley Lewis, Track and Cross Country Coach 243-5331 549-5385 Fred Stetson, Swimming Coach 243-2763 549-3656 Rusty Lyons, Ski Coach 243-5331 Naseby Rhinehart, Athletic Trainer 243-2652 543-6916 Dr. Robert Curry, Team Physician 243-4351 244-5501 Rupert Holland, Equipment Manager 243-4351 549-7040 Press Passes............ Requests for press box passes are to be filed with the sports infor mation director as soon as possible. Due to space limitations, assign ments will be made on a first come-first served basis. Only those with passes will be admitted to the press box. Broadcasting............ Three radio booths are available in the press box. One is reserved for KUFM (FM), the University of Montana student station, another is for KYLT, the originating station for the Grizzly Radio Network. The third booth is for the official radio station designated by the visiting school. Services ........... Depth charts, programs and pre-game information will be provided before the game. At halftime flash stats will be provided and shortly after the game’s conclusion complete statistics will be available, includ ing play-by-play. Contact with coach Jack Swarthout may be made in the dressing room 10-15 minutes after the game. Sideline Passes............ Requests for sideline passes should be directed to the University of Montana Ticket Office, Field House. LOCAL MEDIA Jeff Herman, sports editor, The Missoulian Bill Schwanke, sports director, KYLT Radio John Campbell, sports director, KYSS Radio Chuck Dahlstrom, sports director, KGMY Radio Sports Director, KGVO Radio-TV Bill Owen, sports editor, Montana Kaimin, UM Sports Director, KUFM Radio, University of Montana Ken Woolsey, sports director, KXLF-TV, Butte MONTANA MEDIA Harry Missildine, sports editor, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Hudson Willse, sports editor, Montana Standard, Butte Warren Pettit, sports editor, Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell Mayo Ashley, sports editor, Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls Warren Rogers, sports editor, Billings Gazette, Billings Roy Pace, sports editor, Independent Record, Helena Bob Gilluly, editor, Ravalli Republican, Hamilton Len Carroll, sports editor, Tribune-Examiner, Dillon Robert Geiger, sports editor, Bozeman Chronicle, Bozeman Esther Hill, sports editor, Daily News, Lewistown David Mayer, sports editor, Daily News, Havre Greg English, sports editor, Enterprise, Livingston Gordie Spear, sports editor, Miles City Star, Miles City Lee James, AP, sports, Helena Bureau Manager, UPI, sports, Helena ‘72 Grizzly Outlook A fine young backfield to replace three missing 1971 starters, very capable ends, and a personnel shift to fill in a graduation-depleted of fensive interior tells the story for the 1972 Grizzly offense. Summarizing the defense, one must say that an experienced defen sive line and an outstanding linebacker corps offset some doubts about the secondary. First the offense. Cliff Burnett and Jim Hann, split ends in 1971, have been shifted into the offensive line. Hann will start at right tackle and Burnett will vie with two year veteran Ron Richards for the left guard slot. At left tackle will be junior Doug Cleveland and small, but quick and strong, Kit Blue will take over at center. Bright spot of the line is holdover Barry Darrow, a 6-7, 255 pound All-American candidate. Sophomore Jerry Cooley will be the backup center and 252 pound Ted Solomon will provide tackle depth. At tight end are two exceptional athletes. Senior Tom Bod well and sophomore Duane Walker have taken over. Bodwell will start. The wide receiver will be returnee Glen Welch. Welch, a high school sprinter, will be backed by Steve Carlson and transfer Kurt Dedric. Dedric also punts. Record setting rusher Steve Caputo, blocking back Casey Reilly and quarterback Gary Berding are gone from the 1971 backfield that ranked fourth nationally in rushing, but the Montana coaching staff has confidence that the 1972 group will be, at least, faster and potentially better. Sophomore Rock Svennugsen appears to have emerged from a three-way battle with 1971 backup Jay Baumberger and transfer Tim Babish as the starting field general. All three quarterbacks run the option well and have the ability to throw the pigskin. Fullbacks Jeff Hoffmann and Buddy Walsh shared the job last year and most likely will again in 1972. The two combined to rush for 1024 yards last season. Steady Dave Manovich and shifty Sparky Kottke are experienced and will probably be the starting halfbacks for the season opener against South Dakota. Sprinter Jim Olson is the number one candidate to move in on them. Other key support will come from fullback Jim Kautz, and capable halfbacks Dave Eggebrecht, John Stark and Bill Conrad. Tackles Gary Swearingen and Rick Anderson return in the defensive line as does end Leo Laroche. They will be joined by end Marc Kouz- manoff. All should have benefitted from the experience they gained in 1971. Tackle Jim Leid and end Steve Taylor will be the number one backups. Swearingen and LaRoche are the only seniors. Montana opponents will face an imposing linebacker corps in the likes of Curt Donner, Rick Dodds and Ron Rosenberg. The quality of the secondary is in doubt, but three transfers may quiet these suspicions. Cornerback Terry Reynolds proved to be Mon tana’s best defensive back in spring drills. Free safety Mick Dennehy had six interceptions in 1971. Transfer Dean Evans earned a starting strong safety slot in the spring session. Rob Stark is not far behind. Transfers Dave Harrington and Steve Starkey will report this fall. Har rington is assured a starting berth. Coach Jack Swarthout Jack Swarthout, who came to the Univer sity of Montana to double as athletic direc tor and head football coach in 1967, has given Montana four winning seasons in his five years at the helm of his alma mater and has compiled a 35-17 record. Of all coaches with more than one season of coaching Grizzly gridiron teams—since the beginning of the sport on the Missoula cam pus in 1897—Sw arthout ranks second w ith his career winning percentage of .673. Only Roy White’s .778 figure, based on a 7-2-2 record achieved during the 1908 and 1909 seasons, is better. Montana fans had suffered through 17 seasons without a winning record before Swarthout took a surprising 1967 squad to a 7-3 record in his first season as a head coach. It was Montana’s best season since the 7-1 1937 team and the first winning record since the 5-4 1949 team. Jack Swarthout 1968 was a major disappointment as the Grizzlies dipped to a 2-7 season. But 1969 erased the memory of 1968 as Swarthout guided the Grizzlies to a perfect 10-0 season and a subsequent bid to play in the Camellia Bowl. Mon tana lost to North Dakota State that year and again in 1970 when UM again rolled over ten straight opponents and drew a return bid to the Camellia Bowl. Last year two season ending losses to Hawaii and Port land State left Montana with a 6-5 record. Swarthout received the AP and UPI Big Sky Coach of the Year aw ards in 1969 and 1970 and was UPI Co-Coach of the Year in 1967. Montana’s 1967 team ranked in the top 20 of the AP and UPI College Division Polls and the 1969 and 1970 teams were ranked in the top three. Swarthout was born in Prosser, Wash., on Feb. 23, 1920, and lettered in football, basketball and baseball in high school.