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By MARK MIHANOVIC
Tim Wrightman has it made.
Born and raised in southern Califor-
nia, he won All-American honors in
football at Mary Star of the Sea High
School, and, to fulfill a boyhood dream,
received a scholarship to attend UCLA.
He has been the Bruins' starting tight
end since the beginning of his
sophomore year-another dream
fulfilled. Last week he was named to
the Associated Press and Kodak All-
American first teams.
AND FOR THOSE whese dreams
flow along a different track, thumb
through those old Sports Illustrateds of
last spring until you run across a story
on the UCLA song girls. See the big guy
with his arms around the scrumptious
bikini-clad flesh in the whirlpool? Yep,
it's him. Ah, red-blooded Americanism
But Wrightman, a Catholic, at one time
contemplated forsaking the sun and fun
of the West Coast to play his football
ALL-AMERICAN tight end Tim Wrightman (inset) hauls in another pass for
UCLA against Arizona. The senior tight end is the leading Bruin pass receiver
this season with 26 catches to his credit.
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Notre Dame.
"I was thinking about UCLA and
Notre Dame," said the 63, 237-pounder.
"But when I went to Notre Dame to
visit, it was 18 degrees there, a little too
cold for the boy from southern Califor-
nia. Things couldn't have turned out
better for me. I couldn't have gone to
a place where they were more suppor-
tive of what I like to do."
WHAT HE LIKES to do is catch the
pigskin, and he did it more often than
any other Bruin during the regular
season, 26 times for 294 yards and five
touchdowns. The numbers may not stun
anyone, particularlycoming from the
pass-happy Pac-10, but his con-
tribution, both as a receiver and
blocker, is a major factor anytime the
Bruins chalk up a win.
Wrightman contended that his team's
relatively unimpressive 7-3-1 record is
deceptive. "We really only got beat one
time," he said, "and that was against
Iowa (a 20-7 defeat). Andwe were
hoping to have a rematch against them
in the Rose Bowl, get a chance to play
them on our own turf."
Wrightman anticipates no difficulty,
however, in getting pumped up for the
Wolverine contest. "the team is ex-
cited about playing a team of
Michigan's stature in the Bluebonnet
Bowl," he said. "After the loss to USC,
if we were going to play a lesser team,
it wouldn't have been worthwhile. I
wouldn't have wanted to play against
an Iowa in the Bluebonnet Bowl, for
example."
BESIDES HIS pass-catching duties,
Wrightman provides a large measure
of support to the Bruin running game,
specializing in moving out to lead the
UCLA tailback sweep.
"My strengths are my blocking and
my ability to get open and catch the
ball," he said. "I take pride in both
because we work hard on both aspects.
"Maybe if I would have had the chan-
ce to catch a few more balls, it (the
season) would have been more
pleasant, but things couldn't have gone
much better. If you're not hungry to
catch more balls, then it's time to
become a lineman."
WRIGHTMAN CARRIES A 3.2 grade
point average as a history major and
plans to someday go to law school-but
first there is the matter of the NFL
draft, in which he will likely beone of
the first two tight ends selected.
"I'm going to go to law school, but
first I'm going to give pro ball a shot. If
I didn't, with the God-given size and
ability I've got, I would always be
looking back and saying, 'Maybe I
could have done it.' The pros are
worried about my speed (4.9 in the 40-
yard dash), but once you get signed, it
doesn't matter what you run the 40 in,
it's how you play the game."
The crowds, the competition, the
books, the girls-what does he do to get
away from it all?
"I like to go walking on the beach,"
he says. "I live four blocks away."
Tim Wrightman has it made.
Total First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
Total Net Yards
Total Plays
Avg. Per Play
Avg. Per Game
Net Rushing Yards
Total Attempts
Avg. Per Play
Avg. Per Game
Net Passing Yards
Att/Comp/Int 20
Avg. Per Attempt
Avg. Per Comp.
Avg. Per Game
Punts/Yds/Avg. 45/1
Punt Ret/Yds/Avg 34
KO Ret/Yds/Avg. 25
Int/Yds/Avg. 19
Fumbles/Lost
Penalties/Yards
Scoring
Total Points/Avg. X
Touchdowns
Rushing
Passing
Returns
PAT's/Att.
2-Pt. Conf./Att.
Field Goals/Att. 7/13
SCORE BY QUARTERS
MICHIGAN
Opponents
MICH.
234
152
70
12
4556
775
5.9
414.2
2973
572
5.2
270.3
1583
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7.8
17.4
143.9
/1969/43.8
14/306/9.0
/501/22.0
/220/11.6
16/9
59/528
UCLA
194
99
79
16
3558
765
4.7
323.4
1880
543
3.6
170.9
1678
222/126/18
7.5
13.3
152.5
64/2627/41.0
17/194/11.4
23/522/22.7=
19/111/5.8
24/12
61/556
Edwards
Ricks
Rogers
Carter
Ingram
Hassel
K. Smith
Dickey
Mercer
S. Smith
Dickey
88
78
21
11
8 30
7 22
3 19
5 5
1 2
Passing
PA PC Int Pct.
437
393
127
57
Yds. TD Lp
195 88 11 .451 1509
8 3 0 .375 74
14 71
1 42
5.0
5.0
6.0
5.2
3.8
3.1
6.3
1.0
2.0
1
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0
0
0
0
Receiving
322/29.3
43
28
15
0
37/38
2/5
228/20.7
35
21
14
0
32/32
2/3
14/19
Total/Avg.
98 322/29.3
23 143/13.5
Carter
Bean
Dunaway
Edwards
Woolfolk
Betts
Brockington
Ingram
Hassel
Carpenter
Carter
Jackson
Cooper
Rose
S. Smith
Ricks
Carter
Haji-Sheikh
Woolfolk
Edwards
Dunaway
Bergeron
Bean
Betts
Hassel
Rogers
No.
44
14
11
7
7
4
2
1
1 6
Punt Returns
No. Yds.
12 100
10 150
10 47
1 8
1 1'
Yds.
825
303
152
97
47
76
67
10
Avg.
18.8
21.6
13.8
13.9
6.7
19.0
33.5
10.0
6.0
Avg.
8.3
15.0
4.7
8.0
1.0
TD
7
1
3
2
0
1
0
0
1
TD
0
0
0
0
0
TP
68
54
50
50
Nelson
Bruno
Cephous
Morehead
Scott
Andrews
Townsell
Saipale
Curran
Wiley
Bono
Ramsey
Goynes
Neuheisel
Att. Yds.
177 850
73 261
36 170
53 160
28 114
33 107
8 62
8 54
5 44
7 23
9 16
101 15
3 8
2 -4
Receiving
No
Avg. TD
26 294
24 450
23 393
14 198
9 134
9 80
Yds.
Wrightman
Carney
Townsell
Curran
Coffman
Bruno
Avg.
4.8
3.6
4.7
3.0
4.1
3.2
7.8
6.8
8.8
3.3
1.8
0.1
2.7
-2.0
11.3
18.8
17.1
14.1
14.9
8.9
TD
5
3
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
5
5
1
0
1
0
UCLA
INDIVIDUAL
Rushing
Nelson
Cephous
Andrews
Morehead
Forge
Howell
Saipale
Sullivan
Turner
Johnson
Wrightman
Carney
Nelson
Bruno
Andrews
Scott
Ramsey
Forge
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Coffman
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TD ExP
11 0
9 0
MICHIGAN
INDIVIDUAL
RUSHING
8
0
5
3
-- 3
0
1
1
0
32/32
0
0
0
5/s
0
0
0
0
x-Pt FG/A
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 6/11
0 30
0 0
0 0
0 1/2
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Schembechler and Donahue in the
SCHEMBECHLER'S RECORD
1970 Rose Bowl-Southern California 10, MICHIGAN 3
1972 Rose Bowl-Stanford 13, MICHIGAN 12
1976 Orange Bowl-Oklahoma 14, MICHIGAN 6
1977 Rose Bowl-Southern California 14, MICHIGAN 6
1978 Rose Bowl-Washington 27, MICHIGAN 20
1979 Rose Bowl-Southern California 17, MICHIGAN 10
1979 Gator Bowl-North Carolina 17, MICHIGAN 15
1981 Rose Bowl-MICHIGAN 23, Washington 6
DONAHUE'S RECORD
1976 Liberty Bowl-Alabama 36, UCLA 6
1978 Fiesta Bowl-UCLA 10, Arkansas 10
SCORE BY QUARTER
UCLA
18
18
8
6
6
6
6
Woolfolk
S. Smith
Att. Yds. Avg. TD
226 1273 5.6 5
124 610 4.9 11
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