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Rte, (Ttm) HEWS-HEftALD, Sondat. DKtmbtr Michigan's Schembechler criticizes BYU's holding SAN DIEGO (AP) Sriiham Young, which had had to defend its schedule, its conference and its No. 1 raflkiftg tot the last mofttft, foufid itself embroiled ia another controversy Saturday when Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler accused the Cougars of being "absolutely the worst holding team in the United States of America." Schembechler made the remark after BYU Coach La Veil Edwards, whose offensive linemen had been accused of holding in Friday night's 24-17 victory in the Holiday Bowl, said, "We don't have a lock on holding. The two worst holding teams are Ohio State and Michigan. People think passing teams are the only ones that hold.

But there's more holding on running plays than passing plays." Schembechler, who spoke after Edwards at the news conference Saturday night, snorted that "his team (BYU) should be outlawed absolutely outlawed. Their offensive linemen stand up, they detach two guards so there's no one on the line of scrimmage and they got called for it twice. "You're telling me that he (BYU quarterback Robbie Bosco) got out of some of those messes without their tackling us?" Schembechler said that on BYU's tying a 7-yard pass from Bosco to Glen Kozlowski with 10:51 remaining, a Michigan pass-rusher "was not ALMOST pulled down, he was tackled. You can hone in on our nose guard all game long, and you'll see everything from grabbing his face mask to a black eye from holding onto him." Edwards again made a pitch for BYU to maintain the No. 1 ranking it achieved in the final three Associated Press regular-season polls.

He called the Holiday Bowl triumph, which made BYU only the second major-college team in the last 80 years to post a 13-0 record (Nebraska did it in 1971), "one of the more victories we've had because all the pressure was on one side. It seems we had to defend ourselves week after week. Our players ctft read the papers, but they kept it in perspective and got themselves ready. "There are always distractions when you go to a bowl and they get you out of your rhythm a tie bit. It was probably reflected in the way we played.

We made more errors (six plus a blocked field goal) than we usually do. Some can be attributed to Michigan's defense but some were our own doing. To come back and play the way we did in the fourth quarter is a remarkable achievement." Terps Army edges Michigan State (Continued from Page IB) Junior Al Covington recovered bobble for the Terps on their own 30-yard line, and 'Maryland held onto the ball to Ihe end. Maryland held Tennessee's all- time leading rusher, Johnnie Jones, to 69 yards on the ground. The game was a rematch of last year's Citrus Bowl, which -Tennessee won, 30-23.

After Maryland took a 22-21 Vol sophomore running Pete Panuska grabbed a kickoff in the end zone and raced 100 yards for a touchdown, put Tennessee up 27-22. And until Badanjek's winning score, it appeared the Vols were for a win. Tennessee scored its first six points on its second possession of the game on a two-yard run by Johnnie Jones. The touchdown capped a 69-yard, 10-play drive, in which Jones and Vol quarterback Tony Robinson together rushed for a total of 29 yards. Maryland turned the ball over during its next drive when Reich was trying to avoid a Tennessee rush.

Vol outside linebacker Dale Jones recovered Reich's bobble on Maryland's 14-yard line. The Vols scored five plays later on a 24-yard field goal by placekicker Fuad Reveiz. After being down 10-0 at the end of the first period, the Terps', penetrated Tennessee territory for the first time in the game with 10:31 left in the second quarter. But after driving to Tennessee's 33, running back Alvin Blount fumbled and the Vols recovered on their own 35. Tennessee went on to score three more points and take a 13-0 lead on a 53-yard field goal by Reveiz with 5:13 left in the period.

Tennessee scored its second touchdown on a six-yard pass from Robinson to junior wide receiver Tim McGee with :37 se- cond remaining before intermission. The Vols' drove 48 yards in nine plays and added a two-point conversion on a Robison-McGee pass to take its 21-0 halftime lead. Maryland scored on its first four possessions in the third period. Sophomore running back Tommy Neal, who led the Terps in rushing with 107 yards in 12 carries, ran 57 yards with 12:45 left for Maryland's first six points. A two-point conversion attempt pass from Reich to Greg Hill was incomplete, but the Terps added three more points on their next possession on a 23-yard Jess Atkinson field goal.

Badanjek made the score 21-15 with 3:47 remaining in the third on his first touchdown, another one-yard run. The Terps grabbed their 22-21 lead with :22 seconds remaining in the third when Reich hit Perrell Edmunds with a 40-yard pass down the middle. Denison holds off Tomball WACO (AP) Denison quarterback Erick Harper passed for a touchdown and a two-point conversion and kicked two field goals to carry the Yellowjackets to their first Class 4A State Football Championship in 68 years with a. 27-13 victory over the Tomball Cougars Saturday. The Yellowjackets, who started playing in 1916 but had never reached the finals, finished with a 16-0 record and the Cougars bowed out with a 14-1 ledger.

Denison built a 16-6 halftime lead before 12,569 fans at Baylor Stadium, but had to beat back a spirited fourth-quarter rally by Tomball. Tomball quarterback Lance Pavlas completed a 33-yard touchdown pass to Bubba Greely in the second period and flipped a six-yard pass to him in the fourth period to cut the lead to 16-13. But Harper kicked a 35-yard field goal then ran nine yards on a key 4th-and-5 to set up Aaron Jackson's 16-yard touchdown run, his first of the season. Harper hit Tony Brown with a two-point conversion pass. After a scoreless first quarter, the Yellow- jackets struck twice for a 13-0 lead.

Harper directed a 62-yard drive in five plays with Wilson scoring from 19 yards out on a wingback reverse. James Cobb recovered a poor pitchout three plays later at the Tomball 21. Denison worked the ball to the Cougar six-yard line where Harper found tight end Fred Washington all alone for the touchdown. Harper missed the extra point. The stung Cougars retaliated with a 65-yard drive climaxed by Pavlas' 33-yard touchdown pass to Greely.

The extra point try failed. Denison got a field goal with just three seconds left in the half as Harper was perfect from 30 yards out to give the 'Jackets a 16-6 halftime edge. Greely, who had rushed for 2,144 yards and averaged 233 yards per game in the playoffs, was held to 92 yards by the tough Yellowjacket defense. PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) Army quarterback Nate Sassaman rushed for 136 yards, halfback Clarence Jones scored on a 4-yard run and Craig Stopa kicked a 38-yard field goal to help the Black Knights ground out a 10-6 victory over Michigan State in the first Cherry Bowl football game Saturday.

Army, making the first bowl appearance in its long and fabled football history, improved its record to 8-3-1 while the Spartans, making their first bowl appearance since 1966, closed out their season at 6-6. Sassaman, directing Army's devastating wishbone offense, carried the ball 28 times in topping the 100-yard mark for the seventh time this season. The 5-foot-ll, 177-pound senior from Portland, was named the most valuable offensive player of the game. The patient, time-consuming Army offense allowed the Black Knights to control the ball for 34:55 while allowing the Spartans only 25:55 on offense. Army's defense came up with four sacks of Michigan State quarterback Dave Yarema.

The cadets also intercepted three passes two by Doug Pavek and recovered a fumble by the error-prone Spartans. Both of Army's scores came after Michigan State turnovers. Jones' TD came with 6:41 remaining in the first half and capped a 46-yard, 8-play drive. Stopa's field goal with 8:40 remaining in the game gave the Cadets a 10-0 lead. However, the Spartans suddenly caught fire and zipped 51 yards in three plays with Yarema tossing a 36-yard TD bomb to Bob Wasczenski over two defenders in the left corner of the endzone with 4:19 remaining.

Yarema's attempted pass to tailback Keith Gates for the 2-point conversion was batted down at the goal line and the Spartans never threatened again. A crowd of 70,332 saw the game in the Silverdome. Sassaman attempted only two passes the entire game, and one of those was intercepted by Michigan State free safety Phil Parker selected the game's outstanding defensive player. Parker returned it 18 yards to the Army 43 yard line with 7:12 remaining in the first quarter. The Spartans could move only 9 yards, however, and Half Mojsiejenko's attempted 52-yard field goal sailed wide left.

Early in the second quarter, Yarema's fumble was recovered by Army's Jim Gentile, setting the Cadets up at the Spartans' 46 and Sassaman wasted little time in marching his team in for the score. Sassaman carried twice on the drive for 11 and 2 yards. Early in the third quarter, Pavek picked off a Yarema pass, setting Army up at its own 36. Sassaman directed the Cadets to the Spartans' 15 before the drive stalled and Stopa's 32-yard field goal attempt went wide right with 6:13 remaining in the period. Army defensive tackle Jim Jennings recovered a fumble by Michigan State tailback Lorenzo White late in the third quarter and the Cadets drove to the Spartans' 21 before Stopa kicked his 38-yard field goal.

The well-executed drive covered only 59 yards, but it took 15 plays and ate up 7:14 on the clock -i the beauty of the wishbone. Army finished with 266 total yards, while the Spartans managed 244. With 5:26 remaining in the game. Mojsiejenko booted a 60-yard field goal but it was waved off because the Spartans took too much time getting the play underway. He backed up and tried i 65-yarder that fell short.

9, Medina -Valley stuns Daingerfield Chicago family wants to buy Saints NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Pritzker family of Chicago has offered to buy the National Foot: ball League's New Orleans Saints from owner John Mecom but a spokesman for the family won't say how much was offered. Denzil Skinner, the Pritzkers' representative in the purchase negotiations, said he doubted if any deal could be completed for at least a month. "You don't do this kind of tran: saction overnight," he said. "A lot of things have to take place. We just now got a handle on their assets.

Everything is on track." Mecom has said he'll take no less than $75 million for the 18-year-old NFL franchise. Negotiations between representatives of the Pritzkers and The Mecom Co. have been under way for weeks. Skinner is president of the Pritzker-owned Facility Seahawks (Continued from Page IB) In addition to his 123-yard iWng performance, Doornink wgnt four passes for 81 yards. The Haiders went 78 yards in plays for their lone score.

Management Group, which runs the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans for the state of Louisiana. The Pritzker interests also include the international chain of 150 Hyatt hotels, including one adjacent to the Superdome. The Saints, who play home games in the Superdome, closed their 1984 season with a 7-9 record. Skinner said it is too early at this point in negotiations to talk about purchase figures because there are too many financial details still to be worked out. 'So you could play around with numbers that have a variation of many millions," hp said.

WACO (AP) Michael Kempf's 92-yard touchdown return with the second-half kickoff ignited underdog Medina Valley to its first Class 3A State football title Saturday night with a 21-13 victory over Daingerfield, a loser for the first time in 32 games. The victorious Panthers' dream season ended with a perfect 16-0 mark while the losing Tigers, the defending Class 3A champions, fell to 14-1-1. Kempf's run gave the Panthers a 21-7 lead but they had to sweat a determined Daingerfield comeback. The Tigers scored on a 15-yard run by Gene Rowe in the fourth period but an intercepted pass by Mickey Barba and a fumble recovery by Gilbert Perales killed off Daingerfield threats. Medina Valley fell behind 7-0 then shocked the Tigers with two quick touchdowns within 19 seconds midway of the second quarter.

Daingerfield scored on its second possession in the first period with Danny Mitchell circling right end untouched from seven yards out. But the unheralded Panthers drove 68 yards in the second period to score on a four-yard dash by Albert Lopez with 10:41 to go in the second quarter. The alert Lopez then pounced on a Tony Evans fumble at the Daingerfield 31. On the first play, quarterback Bill Tschirhart faded back and threw a strike to Barba who made a diving catch in the end zone for the touchdown. Daingerfield threatened just before the end of the first half, driving to the Panther 15.

But on fourth down, Jamie Evans was tackled by Glenn Mangold for no gain. Daingerfield had suffered only a tie in its previous 31 games ana was seeking to become the first team to win back-to-back 3A titles since Cuero accomplished the feat in 1973 and 1974. A crowd of 10,800 watched the upset in Baylor Stadium. The Tigers lost although they never punted, and had 24 downs to only six for the Panthers. Groveton stampedes Panhandle, 38-7 Aggies hire offensive link coach COLLEGE STATION (AP) Joe Avezzano, head coach at Oregon State for the past five years, has been named offensive line coach at Texas University, Aggie head coach Jackie Sherrill announced Saturday.

Avezzano, who worked with Sherrill at Iowa State from 1970 to 1973 and at Pittsburgh from 1973 to 1977, left Oregon State after university officials decided not to renew his contract. "I'm just pleased that I've got the opportunity to join such a good football program and to contribute to the success at Texas Avezzano said in a prepared statement released Saturday. "It's also a pleasure to be around a group of quality coaches. BROWNWOOD (AP) Groveton running back Michael Horace scored five times and established a new career rushing record Saturday, firing the Indians to a 38-7 victory over Panhandle and the state Class 2A football championship. The Indians' decisive victory made up for last year's loss to Boyd in the state finals.

It was Panhandle's first appearance in a state championship game. The Panthers never found a way to stop Horace, who scored on runs of 3, 5, 81, and 12 yards from scrimmage and added a fifth touchdown on a 79-yard interception return, Horace finished the night with 269 yards on 33 carries for a career total of 7,675 yards better than the Class 2A record of 7,652 set by the late David Overstreet of Big Sandy in 1973-76. Groveton wrapped up its season with a 13-3 record while Panhandle finished at 11-3-2. Groveton built a 17-7 halftirae lead, then broke the game by scoring on its first three sions in the second half. Horace had a 3-yard scoring run late in the first period.

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