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Spring game 1998

White 24, Red 21, Fans 60,498
April 25, 1998

White     14  7  3  0  --  24 
Red        0  7  7  7  --  14 

W - Newcombe 91 run (Hadenfeldt kick) 10:56 
W - Vanderhoef 43 pass from Newcombe
 (Hadenfeldt kick) 1:29 
W - London 1 run (Long kick), 11:33 
R - Buckhalter 24 run (K.Brown kick), 3:32 
R - Makovicka 1 run (K.Brown kick), 8:04 
W - FG Hadenfeldt 42, 1:01 
R - Alexander 9 run (K.Brown kick), 2:42 

                      White   Red 
First downs              16   18 
Rushes-yards         46-291   58-240 
Passing                 106   48 
Return Yards             44   54 
Comp-Att-Int         5-10-0   6-13-0 
Punts                5-43.8   7-36.3 
Fumbles-Lost            2-2   3-0 
Penalties-Yards        4-30   3-17 
Time of Possession    24:55   35:05

RUSHING--White, Newcombe 6-116, London 6-34, Crouch 11-31, Applegate 3-29, Soucie 7-26, Alexander 2-17, Diedrick 3-16, Tillery 4-13, Kingston 2-5, Uhlir 1-4, Legate 1-0; Red, Newcombe 7-59, Buckhalter 12-55, Makovicka 7-43, London 11-34, Crouch 5-17, Miller 2-11, Wiggins 1-7, Evans 2-5, Tillery 3-5, Alexander 5-4, Legate 1-2, Runty 2-(minus-2).

PASSING--White, Newcombe 3-6-0-56, Crouch 2-4-0-50; Red, London 3-7-0-28, Newcombe 1-3-0-8, Crouch 1-2-0-2, Runty 1-1-0-10.

RECEIVING--White, Haafke 2-28, Vanderhoef 1-43, Finister 1-27, Applegate 1-8; Red, Wiggins 2-6, Davison 1-20, Beveridge 1-10, Cheatham 1-8, Alexander 1-4.

A--60,498

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