UA safety Chuck Cecil grabs the face mask of Washington State receiver Tim Stallworth while driving him out of bounds. Mari A. Schaefer / Arizona Daily Star

Cecil hit standout Bruins receiver Flipper Anderson so hard that Anderson fumbled into the end zone, recovered for an Arizona touchdown and a 10-0 lead over the heavily-favored Bruins. He finished the bitter 34-24 loss, Dick Tomey’s third game at Arizona, telling reporters "we lost, so I must’ve sucked."

Not hardly, as John Wayne would say.


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