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C carrie~ !or a total of 40 yards to set up the sl'cond Aztec touchdown early In the sec- ond quarter. "We wrrr lucky )larlo t·ame throuirh !ot_- us or we would have been hurting," :atd coach Don Coryell. Regular tailback Kern Carson was hurt early in the game and Coryell was torced to take the wraps of! Mendez, who had been used only in ,pots in the first eight Aztrc game . "Thi· was our best game," Coryell continued . "The kids kept the pressure on them.... We didn't think we would be able to run so well against the USD line " Mike Pccarovich, USD coach, wa, im- pressed understandably by the Aztecs. "State was the ·trongest running team we' ve faced all season,'' Pecarovlch said, "We ju ·t couldn't top this boy Mendez. He wa terrlfic." The Aztecs won with ~urprhini;- ease over the Toreros. Middleguard Jim 0 Leary saved the Torcros from a greater di aster by his brilliant defense. The Staters scored the first time they got their hands on the baU, going 67 yards tn even plays, Mendez s eplng the left side !or the final 25 yards. cvier plunged over from the one tor the ,tcond TD early in the second quarter, A fumble recovery on the Aztec 14 set up USD's first score. Joe Gray tallied from the one. Moments later in the second quarter, Mendez was back with a 11-yard TD run to give the Aztecs a 20-6 halftlme lead. The Toreros' best often 'he rffort wa a 79-yard drive from the op ning second half kickoff for a touchdown. Gray again scored from one yard to lose the gap to 20-12. From there on it was all-Aztecs. They marched 61 yards to score again, Men- dez booming over from the p ve late in the third quarter. Putting the icing on the cake were a 13-y rd touchdown pass from J Knr p,cler to Cooks and a two- plung by Mendez early m fo qu rter. The Aztecs outgained h r . 393 yards to 191. ·f)Ol'ting a 6-2-1 eason record, the Az. l cs go up again t 1arine Corps Recruit D p in their ~cason windup Saturday mght in Aztec Bowl. Mende would like to have a starring role in that production, too.

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Mendez Rips Toreros For 4Scores By HOWARD HAGEN h c y turned halfback M'

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-San Diego Union Photo by Thane McIntosh to bring him down are Toreros Jim O'Leary, " o. 40, USD center, and tackle Tony Pro- copio, , 1 o. 75. Carson made a short gain. Con\'ergin

San Diego State hal k Kem Car.son, • ro. 24, picks ~P yardage at midfield during first period of last night's game with Uni\'er ity of San Diego.

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San Die,go Union Stoff Photo e Aztecs' second touch- the Torel'o. last night 42-12

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Ca I Western University's football team prepared for its Thanksgiving Day game with University of San Diego to- day in a zestful mood. Th e Westerners defeated University of California at Riverside Saturday in the cit- rus city, 10-0, tor their sec- ond win of the season. Terry Love kicked an eight. yard field goal in the f i rs t, half and Jesse Murdock col-, laborated on a 66-yard scor. ing pass in the third period with Jim Rombs for the West- erners' scores.

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