The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 43

1 y'l'-i 1 tV sr' r''-. i -s j- rt THE COURIER-JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1991 9 Tennessee tops Auburn; Florida beats Miss. State Yesterday's summaries Appalachian State rips Tennessee-Chattanooga BOONE, N.C. (AP) J.K. ave scored two touchdowns, and D.J Campbell and Andy Arnolds a counted for two scores apiece yesterday to lead Appalachian State to a 42-7 victory over Tennessee-Chat tanooga.

tn-: Reaves scored on a 1-yard run in the second period and a 2-yard run in the third quarter for the Moun- taineers (3-2 overall, 3-0 in; Southern Conference). Chattanooga (3-1, 1-1) was going its first 4-0 start since 1979. sn; Campbell had a 1-yard run, with, 1:04 left before halftime that gave the Mountaineers a 14-0 leadi. Anii thony Smith caught a 22ryarb touchdown pass from Campbell' with 5:20 left in the third period fevo a 28-0 lead. Arnold, a reserve quarterback, ac-: counted for his scores in the fourthp quarter: a 29-yard TD pass to Nafe Abraham with 14:50 to play and artu 8-yard dash for a score with left.

zAi wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwm wmmmmmmm, uu- mNfnmmvmmma-fmmm. mmwm- SV i rT iildim, msminxj fat Kempa passes for 346 yards as Lehigh rolls NEW YORK (AP) Glen Kempa passed for 346 yards and three touchdowns yesterday, leading beaten Lehigh to its third victory; 22-9 over Columbia. vi Kempa completed 26 of 45 passes'j and threw scoring tosses of 12 and 35 yards to Horace Hamm, and a 21- yarder to Jason Cristino. WrC Columbia (0-2) took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 21-yard field goal by John Boccafola, but the En- gineers went ahead to stay on Ken) pa's pass to Cristino that capped aAl 80-yard drive in 12 plays early In thel second quarter. Solomon Johnson led the Lions' offense by rushing for 221 yards in' 30 carries, including a 67-yard scor-.

ing run in the second period, Lehigh was hampered by six first'1 half fumbles. ''i'OCJ of women blanked by Wright State in soccer The University of Louisville en's soccer team remains scoreless-this season after losing 3-0 to Wright State yesterday at Parkway Field. i The Cardinals (0-4) had six shots on goal but were unable to capital- ize. Wright State had 14 and got on the board when Melissa Jones set up Nikki Samuels late in the first half. of hosts Kentucky at 1 p.m.

today. STAFF PHOTO BY STEWART BOWMAN Kent's Shawn Barnes soared above Kentucky's Brad Armstead In the end zone to catch a touchdown pass. UK won 24-6 as Bill Curry won his first game by more than a touchdown as coach of the Cats. UK takes breather against Kent Associated Press As Auburn coach Pat Dye noted, Tennessee's Carl Pickens didn't catch many passes, but he made them count. Pickens caught four passes for 172 yards, including the Vols' long-est-ever touchdown pass of 87 yards as host No.

5 Tennessee clipped the 13th-ranked Tigers 30-21 last night before a Neyland Stadium record crowd of 97,731. Andy Kelly completed 23 of 35 passes for 355 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Vols (4-0, 2- SEC 0 in the Southeastern Conference) in the last of 36 consecutive meetings against the Tigers (3-1, 1-1). They won't meet next year. "Kelly had a great night, and Pickens is the kind of guy who makes a quarterback confident when you can throw it up there for anybody to get and you know he's going to come down with it," Dye said. "Pickens, I don't think he caught but three or four passes, but they were big ones." Kelly added a 67-yard TD pass to Pickens and a 15-yard scoring pass to Tavio Henson.

"I don't think the fans can complain," Tennessee coach Johnny Majors said. "They certainly got their money's worth." Backed up to his own 13-yard line after Tennessee clipped on a punt return, Kelly hit Pickens at the Auburn 40 on the Vols' first play of the second half. Pickens shook off cor-nerback Fred Smith at the Auburn 35 and raced into the end zone. "I think that was the turning point," Pickens said. "We wanted to come out in the second half and score early, and that's what we did.

We got our momentum going right there, and once we did it was kind of hard to stop." Tennessee freshman James "Little Man" Stewart rushed for 141 yards, his third 100-yard game this season, and the Vols held Auburn to 103 yards rushing. Auburn's Stan White, who threw for 338 yards against the Vols last year, completed 11 of 26 passes for 222 yards and one TD, a 78-yarder to Joe Frazier on a screen pass. White also ran 5 yards for a TD. Florida 29, Miss. State 7i The 14th-ranked Gators (3-1, 2-0) rebounded from an embarrassing loss to Syracuse to beat No.

21 Mississippi State (3-2, 2-2) in Orlando, Fla. After giving up more than 400 yards in a 38-21 loss at Syracuse, the Gators held Mississippi State to 233 yards. State, which played without injured starting quarterback Sleepy Robinson, gained only 77 yards on the ground 160 below their SEC-leading average of 237 a game. "We had a lot of defensive players embarrassed about what happened last week, especially our seniors," Florida coach Steve Spurrier said. "But this week the effort level was turned up to near capacity." Shane Matthews completed 22 of 35 passes for 322 yards and two TDs and and Errict Rhett rushed for 142 yards and one TD to pace the Gators.

Matthews' TD passes covered 41 yards to Tre Everett and 19 yards to Willie Jackson. Rhett, the leading rusher in the Southeastern Conference, scored on a 3-yard run. "We moved the ball up and down, but every time we got inside the 20 we just couldn't get the ball in the end zone," Cordelli said. "This has to be a complete and total game, and we just didn't quite get it there tonight." Said Couch, who seemed quite a big more pleased with the defensive effort than most: "We held them to six points (the lowest total allowed by UK in 17 games), and anytime you can do that you've got to be happy." At Orlando, Fla. FLORIDA 7 10 3 29 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 7 07 Florida Everett 41 pass from Matthews (Czyzewski kick); Florida FQ Czyzewski Z7; Florida Jackson 19 pass from Matthews (Czyzewski kick); Stala Prince 1 run (Gardner kick); Florida FQ Czyzewski 37; Florida Rhett 3 run (pass tailed); Florida FQ Czyzewski 23.

A 69,328. Florida Stat First downs 27 16 Rushes-yards 47-195 36-77 Passing 322 156 Return Yards 35 1 Comp-Att-Int 22-37-1 9-19-2 Punts 3-42 6-32 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 9-58 7-60 Time of Possession 35:57 24:03 At Athens, Ga. FULLERTON 8TATE 7 7 0 0-14 GEORGIA 7 10 3 727 Georgia Strong 12 pass from Talley (Peterson kick); Fullerton Bedford 5 pass from Payne (Nevin kick); Georgia Hearst 44 run (Peterson kick); Fullerton Yarbrough 6 run (Nevin kick); Georgia FG Parkman 26; Georgia FG Parkman 20; Georgia Harvey 2 run (Parkman kick). A 76,117. Fullerton Georgia First downs 13 17 Rushes-yards 62-220 36-205 Passing 87 146 Return Yards 7 47 Comp-Att-Int 7-18-0 12-28-1 Punts 7-43 6-40 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 8-51 6-53 Time of Possession 35:10 24:50 At NaahvHIe, Tenn.

ALABAMA 14 7 14 1348 VANDERBILT 0 3 0 1417 Alabama Palmer 25 pass from Woodson (Greene kick): Alabama Turner 7 run (Greene kick); Van-derbilt FG Owen 19: Alabama Palmer 56 punt return (Greene kick); Alabama Stacy 8 run (Greene kick); Alabama Spikes 1 run (Greene kick); Alabama Lassie 18 run (Greene kick); VanderbUt Payne 51 pass from Healey (Owen kick); Alabama Williams 5 run (kick failed); Vanderbllt Healey 15 run (Owen kick). A 40,736. Alabama VanderbUt First downs 26 21 Rushes-yards 48-371 44-189 Passing 167 211 Return Yards 95 -11 Comp-Att-Int 13-1M 15-29-0 Punts 3-43 6-43 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-3 Penalties-Yards 2-10 3-23 Time of Possession 27:07 22:53 At Knoxvllle, Term. AUBURN 0 0 14-21 TENNESSEE 0 10 10 1030 Auburn Frazier 78 pass from White (Von Wyt kick); Tennessee FG Becksvoort 44; Tennessee Henson 15 pass from KeHy (Becksvoort kick); Tennessee Pickens 87 pass from Kelly (Becksvoort kick); Tennessee FG Becksvoort 34; Auburn F.Smith 21 interception return (Von Wyl kick); Tennessee Pickens 67 pass from Kelly (Becksvoort kick); Auburn White 5 run (Von Wyl kick); Tennessee FQ Becksvoort 26. A 97,731.

Auburn Tennessee First downs 17 23 Rushes-yards 35-103 46-202 Passing 222 355 Return Yards 21 24 Comp-Att-Int 11-26-2 23-36-1 Punts 6-43 3-39 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 2-17 10-93 Time of Possession 24:52 35:08 "Defensively, they found a soft spot and picked on it," State coach Jackie Sherrill said. gave up too many easy plays." Mississippi State, which received $1 million to move its home game to Orlando, has lost nine of the past 10 games in the series and hasn't won at Florida since 1965. Georgia 27, Fullerton St 14: Garrison Hearst scored on a 44-yard run and set up another TD with a 49-yard run as Georgia (3-1) struggled past visiting Fullerton State (1-3), which had snapped a 13-game losing streak last week. With Georgia clinging to a 20-14 lead early in the fourth quarter, Fullerton drove to the Georgia 29 only to come up short on a fourth-and-one play. Fullerton failed on another fourth-and-one at their own 40 with 3:21 remaining.

Georgia then drove to a 2-yard TD plunge by Frank Harvey with 32 seconds left. "We were lucky to win," Georgia coach Ray Goff said. "We didn't play with a lot of emotion or intensity. We're not a good enough football team to get away with that." Alabama 48, Vanderbllt 17: Siran Stacy rushed 16 times for 180 yards and an 8-yard TD and David Palmer scored on a 56-yard punt return and 25-yard pass reception as No. 22 Alabama (3-1, 2-1) crushed host Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-2).

Last night's summary ARKANSAS 7 0 3 717 MISSISSIPPI 10 7 0 724 Mississippi Courtney 1 run (Lee kick); Missis, elppl FQ Lee 41: Arkansaa Caldwell 46 pass from Allen (WngM kick). Mississippi AsNey 3 run (Lee kick): Ariiansaa FQ Wnont 27; Mlseleaippl Courtney 9 run (Lee kick). Artujineas Dickerson 14 pass Irom Allen (Wright kick). A 66.500. Arkansas OK Mies First downs 15 21 Rushes-yards 43-153 46-132 Passing 123 2t8 Return Yards 89 96 Comp-Att-Int 8-14-1 17-23-1 Punts 6-47 627 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0 Penalties-Yards 5-38 9-95 Time ot Possession 26 06 31.56 he scored from 9 yards out, ending an eight-play, 80-yard drive.

Freshman Jason Allen threw a 14-yard TD pass to Ron Dickerson with 6:50 to go. for the Razorbacks. Allen completed 8 of 14 passes for 123 yards. Ole Miss scored on its first drive for the second straight week, with Courtney plunging in from 1 yard out on the sixth play. In the 76-yard drive, Shows completed passes of 43 yards to Derrick Owens and 30 yards to Tyrone Montgomery, who was knocked out of bounds at Arkansas' 1-yard line.

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9 OQ-1? OO After that, Kentucky came out and rolled all the way to the end zone on the ground. True freshman Damon Hood picked up 40 of the 46 yards on the drive, including a 19-yard carry to the 1 that set up designated touchdown scorer Craig Walker's run to paydirt. Doug Pel-frey's kick made it 7-0 after 4 minutes and 28 seconds. After stopping the Flashes at their own 34, Johnson made his first punt return, slashing up the middle for 14 yards and another possession on Kent's side of the 50. Five plays later, quarterback Brad Smith hit Clark on a hitch.

He broke two tackles and turned a short gainer into a 33-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead. In that time, UK outgained Kent 95 yards to 17, racking up five first downs to Kent's one. From then on, the Flashes outgained the Wildcats from scrimmage, with only Johnson providing the difference. He busted a 39-yard return midway through the second quarter, finally going down at the Kent 30 when he tried to hurdle punter Benzy. From there, redshirt freshman Pookie Jones saw his first collegiate action and guided the Cats into the end zone.

He highlighted the drive with a scramble for five yards a pass to Troy Hobbs for 11 yards to the 2. It was Hobbs' first career reception. Walker's second TD made it 21-0. It looked like a rout. It wasn't.

One reason why: Curry ran hordes of players into the game, with 11 guys running the ball, six catching it and three quarterbacks seeing action. A conservative count had at least 48 Wildcats playing in the first half alone. While the substitutions were going on, the Flashes were refusing to be blown out. They responded to the three-touchdown deficit by flashing 72 yards in eight plays for a touchdown, sub quarterback Joe Dalpra standing in the face of a bring-the-house blitz and throwing a TD to Shawn Barnes, who beat free safety Brad Armstead. The only points mustered in the second half came on a 25-yard Pel-frey field goal with 7:14 to play in the third quarter a field goal set up by Johnson's 33-yard punt return.

From then on, the game was a muddle of drives ending in no points. Continued from Page 1 all three. "We've got a lot of growing up to do before next Saturday night," said Curry of UK's Southeastern Conference opener against Mississippi (4-1). There's one guy who doesn't need to do any growing, even at 5-7. Johnson starred as a dynamic kick returner as a freshman, but last year broke no big plays as he was slowed by a lingering ankle sprain.

Last night there was no slowing him. "It was very important," fellow wideout Clark said of Johnson's performance. "It kind of boosts his morale and boosts the team's morale. He's our big-play man, and we missed him Oast year)." "It felt pretty good," the Paducah Tilghman product said of his return to impact-player status. "I hadn't done it in a while.

I kind of forgot how to do it." He didn't look rusty to any of the 56,150 fans in Commonwealth Stadium, including his coach. "Kurt's obviously been a great return man for a long time," Curry said. He's always a threat to go, anytime he gets a low kick." He got several last night, as UK's special teams produced great field position, with a little help from a shaky Kent squad. One team's dazzling special-teams game is another team's disaster. "The kicking game has been atrocious," Kent coach Pete Cordelli said.

"Our special teams play has been second to none, if you ask me," Couch said. At the very least, special teams produced a quick UK start, something Curry definitely wanted. UK had all the points it needed after less than 10 minutes had elapsed. Of course, the Golden Flashes playing their fourth consecutive road game are just the team to start quickly against. Kent has tended to lead with its chin this season, coming into this one outscored 27-0 in the first quarter and leaving it outscored 41-0.

UK got its first big play on the first series, with defensive tackle Wells busting through to deflect a Mike Benzy punt and send it flopping to the ground at the Kent 46, a 16-yard duck. Wells, a junior from Louisville, has gotten a hand on several kicks in his career. Last night's KENT STATE 0 8 O-O KENTUCKY 14 7 3 024 FIRST QUARTER Kentucky Craig Walker 1 run. Doug Pettrey kick. 10 32 Ml.

Drive: 46 yards, seven plays. 2 56. Key play: Damon Hood 19 run with option pitch from Brad Smith. Kentucky Neal Clark 33 pass from Brad Smith. PeHrey kick.

04. Drive: 49 yards, dvs plays, 2 23. Key play. Touchdown pass. SECOND OUARTER Kentucky Walker 2 run.

Pelfrey kick. 314 Drive: 30 yards, live plays. 2 24 Key plsy: Pookie Jones 1 1 -yard pass to Troy Hobbs. Kent State Shawn Barnes 23 pass from Jos Dalpra Kick blocked. 39 Drive: 72 yards, eight plays, 2 35.

Key plsy: UK tree safety Brad Armstead pass Interference penalty on third-down incomplalion. THIRD OUARTER Kentucky Pelfrey 25 field goal. 7:13. Drive: five yards, four plays, 1:46. Key play: Kurt Johnson punt return to Kent 12.

KeiiUicKy Ole Miss wins 24-17 for second straight victory over Arkansas tinsicr -mmm mrnmr SHOW HOURS: 12 Noon to 9:00 P.M. (NO ONE UNDER 18 ADMITTED) COMMONWEALTH CONVENTION CENTER LOUISVILLE fail SfteciaU CUUHUIM i MAJOR REPAIR DISCOUNT any major repair of: Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi got consecutive victories over Arkansas for the first time in 30 years, beating the Razorbacks 24-17 last night in the final game between the teams before Arkansas joins the NEXT FOR UK Opponent: Mississippi. iTImedate: 8 p.m. Saturday.

Slte: Commonwealth Stadium. ft Southeastern Conference next year. Marvin Courtney, who ran for three touchdowns in last week's 38-14 victory over Ohio University, scored on runs of 1 and 9 yards. He gained 67 yards on 13 carries. Russ Shows completed 11 of 16 passes for 193 yards for the Rebels (4-1), who hadn't beaten Arkansas (2-2) consecutively since 1960-61.

They won 21-17 last year. The Razorbacks closed to 17-10 with 6:57 left in the third quarter on Todd Wright's 27-yard field goal. But Courtney gave Mississippi a 24-10 lead with 13:38 remaining when I I jm 1 I siJl I IUU I TV OFF COUPON TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP $1995! (Preventive Maintenance Only) MOST VEHICLES INCLUDES Replacing the pan gasket Make necesssry adjustments I Performance cnck Cl.ilH MIDDLETOWN 1" I I I Automatic Transmission Standard Transmission Front Wheel Drive InciudtnQ ffwnnww Raptlri) Ont bttoount Psr VskcMt With Coupon Coupon Iwim 11-J-S1 COUPON BRAKE SPECIAL $54.95 PER AXLE MOST CARS ORGANIC PADS SEMI METALLIC EXTRA TRANSMISSION 245-3737 ji: summary Tm statistics Kent Stale Kentucky First downs 23 17 Rushes-yards 51-178 43-223 Passing 152 69 Return Yards 11 116 Comp-Att-Int 14-30-1 09-17-1 Punls 7-31 4-40 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 3 25 6 58 Tims ot Possession 35 12 24 48 Individual statistics RUSHING Ksnt 8tate, Kinebrew 24-77, Dalpra 10-28. Haywood 6-17. Kentucky, Collins 9-66, Hood 12-49, Samuels 6-42.

PASSING Kent State, Dalpra 8-12-0 84, Shuman 818-1 88. Kentucky, Smith 8-16-1 78, Jones 1-1-0 11. RECEIVINQ Ksnt State, Oregon 5-38. Barnes 2-35. Miller 2-24.

Kinebrew 2 24. Kentucky, Clark 2-38, Hobos 2-19, Rudolph 2-14. 221 JUNEAU DRIVE MIDOLETOWN (Behind McDonald's Opposite ProBowl).