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4 THE COUUER-JOITLNAL TIMES, Sl'MDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1973 Chattanooga choo-choo derailed Eastern saves last dance for son in 10-6 win By TOM PATTERSON Courier-Journal a Times Staff Writer RICHMOND, Ky. Dazzling Alfred Thompson dances with a football. Yesterday, before 13,750 shirt-sleeved and halter-topped fans in Hanger Stadium, Thompson waltzed, tangoed and jjtterbugged for a single-game rushing as Esstern Kentucky University 'defeated Chattanooga 10-6. Thompson, a 6-foot, 196-pound senior tailback from Owensboro, tip-toed through defenders 33 times for 206 yards. Threatening to become the greatest runner in Eastern history, Thompson erased his own record of 197 yards, which he set a year ago against Indiana and he also scored what proved to be the winning touchdown.

"Wow," said Thompson as he came to the sidelines after gaining seven yards off tackle to overtake his own record with 17 seconds left in the game. "I only ran where I was supposed to. Everything else was done by the offensive line. They deserve the credit." Thompson's show, along with a surprisingly strong Eastern defense, played the most important parts in the opening game for both teams. Chattanooga's choo-choo offense, engineered by quarterback Mickey Brokas, took the opening kickoff and powered the ball down Eastern's throat.

In just six plays, running backs Darnell Powell and Mike Hogan pushed Chattanooga from its own 22-yard line to Eastern's 26. However, on the next play, Brokas was thrown for a 10-yard loss by Eastern's Howard Miller and Junior Hardin, and the drive finally ended when Chuck Taylor missed on a 53-yard field goal attempt. "I think our defense was scared as hell on that first series," said Eastern coach Roy Kidd. "But they really sucked it up and stuck them a few times. And, ooh, that pass rush.

We kept bustin in there putting pressure on Brokas." Brokas noticed it, too. He completed only five of 17 attempts for 125 yards one of them an 81-yard touchdown strike to Larry Stokes with 12:46 remaining in the third quarter. "It wasn't one of my better games," he admitted. "They surprised us with some blitzes, and I was looking down the throat of No. 79 all afternoon." Number 79 is Miller, a defensive end from Richmond, Ky.

A 6-4, 240-pound sophomore, Miller was one of a half doz- Thomp en Eastern defenders starting their first game. Eastern took a 3-0 lead with 19 seconds left in the first half when Jim DeFranco kicked a 19-yard field goal. The boot was set up when Eastern quarterback Jeff McCarthy completed his first pass in seven tries. The completion to freshman running back Everett Talbert from Lexington Bryan Station went for 37 yards, and moved Eastern down to Chattanooga's 10-yard line. Defense comes alive Eastern's defense a pleasant surpise," said Kidd) took hold of Chattanooga in the second half, and graciously threatened to shake them to death.

Chattanooga got only 13 plays, before starting a short drive with 11:42 left in the game. However, one of those plays was Brokas' pass to Stokes, who worked his way behind Eastern's Fred Young (another freshman), and put Chattanooga on top 6-3. After Vic Smith partially blocked a Chattanooga punt, Thompson carried the ball three consecutive times and four of the seven plays Eastern needed to move 42 yards for the TD. "He had a hell of a day," said Chattanooga coach Joe Morrison, who made his coaching debut after playing the last 14 sessions iar the New York Giants. "We didn't do anything to key on him; maybe we should have." In any case, Thompson gained all but 87 of his team's rushing yardage.

He also caught one pass for 29 more yards as Eastern had a commanding 438 yards total offense compared to Chattanooga's 252. Misktakes stop drives "I told Alfred before the game, he could expect to carry the ball 25 times," said Kidd. "We planned to keep it on the ground and control the game, and we did." AH the while Eastern's defense was derailing the choo-choo, its offense was marching up and down the field with ease. Twice Eastern moved to Chattanooga's one-yard line, but turned over the ball. Once, backup quarterback Tom McQueen threw an interception into the end zone "on a busted play," according to Kidd.

"No way we're going to chance something like that when we could settle for a field goal. It was just a mistake between the coaches and McQueen." The other time Eastern muffed it's opportunity, Don Blessing fumbled. Still, Eastern managed to run 85 plays compared to Chattanooga' 49 and pile up 23 first downs to Chattanooga's 11. "Fantastic," said Thompson. Statistics UT-Chattanooga Eastern Ky.

First downs 11 23 Rushes-yards 32-127 67-293 Passing yards 125 145 Passes 7-18-1 Punts 8-35 6-37 Fumbles lost by 2 Yards penalized 30 20 UT-CHATTANOOGA 0 0 6 0-6 EASTERN KY. 0 3 7 0-10 EKU-FG, DePranco, 20) UT-C-Stockes, 81, pass from Brokas (kick blocked); EKU-Thompson, 8, run (DeFranco kick). Attendance 13,750. i i mmpmmmr i mmn inn wjt mmm1 WnI 1 I ii)jLuMjViwittmwwiM-H8fc 1n- in i ill i iii hi ii I wmii imi nullum Football scores KentuckyOVC Colleges Central State 31 Morehead 24 Eastern Kentucky 10 Chattanooga 4 Georgetown 13 Flndlay 0 Henderson Statt 17 Austin Peay 7 Kentucky State 49 St. Paul's (Va.) 0 Memohla State 20 Louisville 21 Tennessee State 23 Middle Tennessee 0 Tennessee Tech 19 Western Carolina 10 Western Kentucky 42 Appalachian State 7 Majors Arizona 31 Colorado State 0 Clemson 14 The Citadel 12 Dayton 22 Youngstown State 0 Furman 13 Presbyterian 6 Holy Cross 30 Massachusetts 2 Idaho 42 Texas-El Paso 14 Mississippi 24 Villanova 4 Nebraska 40 UCLA 13 North Carolina Statt 37 East Carolina I Temple 49 xavier (Ohio) 7 Texas-Arlington 31 North Texas State 7 Virginia 16 Virginia Military 0 Western Michigan II Central Michigan 13 West Texas State 13 Drake 10 William Mary 31 Virginia Tech 24 Wofford 23 Davidson 0 Other Colleges Alabama 41 Mississippi Valley 13 Alma College 24 Culver-Stockton 0 Ashland 34 Franklin (Ind.) 27 Bluefield State 27 Concord 1 Carroll (Mont.) 26 Ricks College 6 Colorado College 23 Hastings Delaware 45 Akron 24 Defiance 28 Olivet (Mich.) 13 fast Central State (Okie.) 44 McMurray 12 astern Michigan 17 Ball State 14 Edlnboro 0 Fairmont State 0 Emory Henry 26 Newberry 19 Emporia (Kan.) 4 Benedictine (Kan.) 0 Emporia State 41 Arkansas Tech 17 Favettevllle 21 Federal City 13 Glenvllle (W.

Va.) 15 Hilldale 14 Grambllng 29 Long Beach State 14 Guitavus Adolphus 13 Wisconsln-Oshkosh 7 Hemline 19 Wlsconsln-Stout 3 Hampden-Sydney 29 Guilford 7 Howard Payne 28 Texas Lutheran 7 Indiana Central 10 Evansville 2 Jackson State (Miss.) 17 Nebraska-Omaha 0 J. C. Smith 19 Maryland Shore 14 Jamestown 7 South Dakota Tech 7 Kansas Wesleyan 13 Baker (Kan.) 7 Lehigh 49 Hofstra 0 Maine, 14 Vermont 0 Mars Hill 34 Mlllsaps (Miss.) 7 Michigan Tech 17 Northwood 7 Nicholls State 7 Tennessee-Martin 0 Moorhead State (Minn.) 49 Minot (N.D.) 7 North Carolina A8.T 10 Elizabeth Citv 0 Northern Illinois 42 Indiana State 24 Northern Iowa 13 Pittsburgh State (Kan.) 0 Ottawa (Kan.) 21 Bethany (Kan.) 7 Petersburg State 21 Delaware State 0 San Francisco State 31 Nevada-Reno 28 Sheoherd 20 Virginia Weslevan 7 South Dakota Springfield 7 Sioux Falls 3 South Dakota State 39 Southwest (Minn.) 6 Southern Colorado 30 Ft. Lewis 17 Southeastern (La.) 26 Florence State 0 Southern State 6 Southwestern (Okla.) Stephen F. Austin 17 Cameron College 0 Stevens Point 21 Eastern Illinois 20 St.

Thomas (Minn.) 14 St. Cloud State 13 Tabor (Kan.) 7 McPherson (Kan.) 0 Trinity 34 Austin College 0 Troy State 15 Northeast (La.) 15 Valparaiso 12 Wabash 7 West Liberty 29 Salem 13 West Virginia State 31 West Virginia Tech 9 William Jewell (Mo.) IS Northwest (Mo.) 13 William Penn 28 Missouri Western 0 Kentucky Highs Bourbon County 22 Scott County 21 Crittenden County 16 McLean County 0 05S J5 j. Durrett 6 East Hardin 21 Wayne County 0 Fleming-Neon 22 Jenkins 9 Johns Creek 48 Virgie 12 Male Hiqh I DeSales 0 M. C. Napier 34 Whitley County Russell 26 Belfry 6 St.

Xavier 41 Fort Thomas Highlands 6 Wheelwright 20 Pikevillt 16 INDIANA niGHS New Albany 34, Flovd Central 7. Bloomington South 55, North Central (Marlon County) 7. Staff Photo by Paul Schuhmann Eastern's wonder IS ONE bad moment Eastern Kentucky tailback Alfred Thomp-t son experienced yesterday as he's slammed into and stopped by Jerry of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. On the ground after making a block is Eastern's John Rogers. Thompson, a senior from Owensboro, scored the winning touchdown and set a single game rushing record of 206 yards as his team won its opener 10-6.

Tiny, undermanned St Paul9 nev Dixon, Hudson, Beckham, Radford power Ky. State 49-0 By MICHAEL FLOOD Courier-Journal Times Stall Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. "A win is a win and we'll take them anyway we can get them," was the smiling reply from Leroy Smith, Kentucky State's football coach. "St Raul's may not be in our class, but it makes a lot of difference to start the season on a win." er threatens Kentucky State was never really threatened and It was not until the second quarter that St. Paul's achieved its initial first down of the game.

Smaller at every position except quarterback, St. Paul's certainly was not a physically formidable foe. A small college with a total enrollment of 425, St. Paul's went 2-7 last season. Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb.

Quarterback Steve Runty drew his first starting assignment yesterday and teamed with sophomore running back Tony Davis to propel Nebraska to a 40-13 victory over UCLA. The 5-foot-ll Runty, filling in for injured David Humm after being a reserve for two seasons, ran for one touchdown and passed for another in the nationally televised clash between a Nebraska team rated fourth in the Associated Press preseason ratings and No. 10 UCLA. Davis, a 212-pounder, scored two second-half touchdowns one on a 43-yard Runty, Davis pave the way as Nebraska rolls 40-13 To the student body chant of "Woo-woo, Upside the Head, Woo-woo," Kentucky State ripped through St. Paul's College of Lawrenceville, Virginia 49-0 yesterday before a partisan gathering of about 1,200.

(The estimate is given because those in attendance at State's season opener spent most of the game strolling around if at a fashion show), Associated Press thin air Virginia State was probably the strongest foe it faced. "This is my first year at St. Paul's," confessed head coach Pernell Sims. "Last year I coached high school football. Kentucky State's win was not an impressive thing to us because we have 39 freshmen on the team and we need a lot of experience." scamper in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.

It was a victorious sendoff to the head coaching career of Tom Osborne, successor to Bob Devaney, and avenged the 20-17 upset in which UCLA snapped a 32-game unbeaten Nebraska streak one year ago, Nebraska started out to make it a rout, running up a 14-0 first-quarter lead, headlined by a 77-yard punt return for a touchdown by Randy Borg. But a Nebraska fumble in the waning moments of the period, recovered by Jim Bright on Nebraska's 14, put UCLA on Kentucky opens its season against Virginia Tech at Lexington next Saturday afternoon. run and caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bruce Arians, but that came with only 1:01 left in the game. Tech sophomore Phil Rogers ran 17 times for 85 yards, caught four passes for 11 yards and unloaded a 65-yard scoring bomb to wide receiver Ricky Scales on the first play of the final period, pulling Tech within seven points. Statistics WM Va, Tech First downs 19 2) Rushes-yards 66-256 45-223 Passing yards 40 215 Passes 3-6-1 19-27-0 Relurn yards 18 19 Punts J-43 4-42 Fumbles lost 0 4 Penalties-yards 5-47 6-92 WILLIAM MARY 7 7 10 7-31 VIRGINIA TECH I 7 14-24 WM-Gerdelman, 3, run (Regan kick).

WM-Deery, 4, run (Regan kick). Tech FO, Latimer, 33. Tech-Barber, 1, run (Latimer kick). WM-Molllca. 1, run (Regan kick).

WM FG, Dalton, 38. Tech-Scales, 63, pass from Rogers (Latimer kick). WM-Gerhart, 2, run (Regan kick), Tech Barber, 9, pass from Arians (Latimer kick). Attendance 18,500, St. Paul's took the opening kickoff but Kentucky State was too big, too fast and much more effective in carrying out its assignments both on defense and offense.

St. Paul's only gained 20 yards rushing and its hapless running backs found themselves being tackled almost before the ball was snapped. After two series of down? showed the scoreboard. Kermit Johnson ran 12 yards for the tally, UCLA scored again with seconds remaining in the first half, after Nebraska had pulled in front 20-6. Quarterback Mark Harmon plunged for three yards and UCLA trailed by only seven, 20-13, at tha half, But Davis' two touchdowns and a final score by Jeff Moran after the intermission clinched the Nebraska win before the 59th consecutive Memorial Stadium sellout crowd of 74,966.

Runty wound up with nine completions in 11 attempts for an .818 mark, a Nebraska and Big Eight Conference accuracy record. It topped a .778 effort by Humm against Army last season. Davis came through with 147 yards in 24 carries. "I hope they have a good team, a really good team," said UCLA coach Pepper Rodgers, or we were overrated." Said Jim McAlister, the highly regarded UCLA fullback who was limited to 48 yards in 13 tries: "They always seemed to know what we were going to do. When we'd come out of the huddle, they'd call the precise play." Nebraska was ready Nebraska coach Osborne figured his team was in for a good afternoon.

"When we left, the locker room," he said, "I realized I'd never been with a team that was more ready to play. I thought we'd win." There were ajew problems, "Yeah, we were in a pretty big sweat at the half (leading by only a touchdown)," Osborne admitted. "We were afraid the momentum had shifted to UCLA. We stressed that we had to take the ball and drive it in to score right off the bat and we did." Co-captain John Dutton, who heads the Nebraska defensive unit, said that, among other things, the winners proved "we've got as good a defense as we've ever had (even though such notables as Rich Glover and Willie Harper aren't around this season). "People have been saying we have our worst defense in five years.

I don't think that's so." UCLA undoubtedly would agree. little yardage gained, St. Paul's punted to KSU and sophomore running back Ken Chenault downed the ball on State's 42-yard line. After strapping runs by senior back Mike Beckham and sophomore Eddie Radford, State's smallest weapon 5-foot-ll, 152-pound quarterback Jimmy Dix- on set up his own TD and then scamped over left tackle for the first of his two touchdowns in the game. "Jimmy was one of our question marks," said small and we didn't know how well he'd do in the heat of the action.

He did fine as did a lot of other people we had our doubts about." Kentucky State's next score came as St. Paul's Brian Oatman, the quarterback, was dumped in the end zone for a safety by the game's leading tackier, Cleveland Hudson. State's kicking impressive Kentucky State, which scored in every quarter except the third, also got touchdowns from Beckham en a five-yard run and. from Ed Mason and Eddie Radford on one-yard scampers. Flournory Jeter scored, too, as he pulled in a 14-yard pass from quarterback Mike Wise.

With only 1:21 remaining in the game, safety Walter McClain picked off a desperation pass by St. Paul's and ran it back 35 yards for- a TD. Kicking specialist Oscar Downs managed to convert five of seven extra-point attempts and Wise got off a booming punt of 52 yards. "State's kicking game is impressive," said Sims. "They kept us in the hole all day." "Next week we play at Albany State and that will be a test," said Smith.

"The players we wanted to see in combat worked out and some others got to play. Everybody needs the experience and a game like the one today gave them that chance." Statistics First down, Ky. J8 7-161 PUntS 1 Co Fumbles-lost 2-2 3 3 Penalties-yards 9-139 ST. PAUL'S 0 0 0 0 0 KENTUCKY STATE 14 7 0 28-49 run llel). KS-Safety (Scott tackled In end zone).

10, run (kick failed). KS-Beckham, 5, run (Downs kick). KS-Jeter, 14 PS" kick)' KS-Mason, 1, run T.c.f am' 'nt'fMPtion Downs kick). Attendance 1,200 (estimated). Grambling tops Long Beach St.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Grambling College capitalized on two Long Beach State fumbles deep in 49er territory within a minute and 34 seconds of the first half and went on to a 29-16 victory in the 4th annual Freedom Classic yesterday. Beery Procliilo lead past Virginia Tech 31-24 Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. Bill Deery and Frankie Prochilo led an overpowering William Mary ground game and Virginia Tech made almost every mistake in the book yesterday as rolled to a convincing 31-24 victory in the season opener for both teams. Deery, a 175-pound junior quarterback who twice was taken out with an injured shoulder, ran 47 yards to set up first touchdown and tallied the second on a four-yard run, While he didn't score, Prochilo ran for 83 yards on 22 carries as ground Tech into the turf, moving 95 yards on 10 running plays for one score and 76 yards on 11 running plays for another. Tech, meanwhile, lost four fumbles in the first half, one setting up a touchdown and two others at 10 and 19 possibly denying Tech two touchdowns.

After intermission, Tech handed one score on a 33-yard pass-interference penalty and drawing two major infractions in final touchdown march. Tech had no difficulty moving the ball. Senior running back James Barber ran 19 times for 134 yards, scored on a one-yard Running on TONY DAVIS hurdles a UCLA player and moves to the one-foot line set up Nebraska's first touchdown in yesterday's nationally televised game at Lincoln. Nebraska crunched the Californians 40-13. UCLA Nebraska UCLA 6 7 0 0 IS tirsKdowns 14 20 NEBRASKA 14 6 6 14-40 -5" 105 N.br.-Runty, 1, run (Sanger kick).

Nebr.Bor9, 77, lasses 2-9-0 9-12-2 (Sanger kick). UCLA-Johnson, 12, run I'unts 1-42 3-31 10, pass from Runty Fumoles-lost 1 6-3 3 (ck blocked). UCLA-Harmon, 3, run (Herrera kick). Penalties yards 6-50 5-46 1, run (kick blocked). 43, AttJnr.74,V6 KiCk)' (Sanger.