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THE TIME. j-LVDAV. SEPTEMBER 9, 1973 5) Memphis' Fowler begins reversal, reaches maturity 'Mr I Pancoast ventured, "and he played, a good game. I was a little disappointed in his punting (he averaged onJy( 33 yards on seven punts), but he made the big play for us. And he was going, up against what I consider to be a great defense." Fowler passed for 96 yards in the-game, hitting on 10 of 17 attempts, importantly, he ran of silly witf the option play in the second half when'Mem-phis scored three times to clinch it.

"We decided to attack their endSrltaore in the second half," Fowler explained. "We felt we could get outside ofpiiem. Really, coming into the game, I thought we'd throw more." But he didn't have to. The Memphis State game plan was to stick pretty much to the inside stuff for the first half, sort of feeling out what could and couldn't be done against the of veteran defense. Then it was gangbusters for the final 30 minutes.

"I felt like if we were tied at the jhalf," Fowler said, "we'd win. I think we out-conditioned them. It was so hot and humid we thought they'd wear down, and they got dog-tired in the second half." Fowler didn't score himself, but he came close in the final quarter. JGoing left on the option, he faked a pitdbut then cut inside. He was stopped four.

"I thought I had it when I got tfjf'the defensive end," he grinned. "Buttheir safety and cornerback closed in By PAUL BORDEN Courier-Journal Times Stall Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. David Fowler played very little at quarterback for Memphis State last year. He got into games where the cause was either hopeless or already well-settled in Memphis' favor, probably more in the former instances than the latter since Memphis had to finish fast for a 5-5-1 split on the year. Thus his statistics 19 completions in 50 attempts for 258 yards and one touchdown no doubt had those college recruiters who had passed him by patting themselves on the back for their keen judgment.

Not quick enough, was the curt critique of the former high school All-America from Mayfield, Ky. So now it is a year later, David Fowler is a junior, and his ledger shows one victory in one outing for 1973, that one victory a 28-21 uncoupling of University of Louisville here last night before 33,164 sweltering fans who watched in 81-degree weather. It can be argued that one game does not a season make, and with dates with Ole Miss, Houston, Kansas State and Florida State coming up in the near future, it would be folly to start touting the Memphis signal-caller for All-America status, or, in fact, even concede that he will be the starter when Memphis closes its season Nov. 24 at Cincinnati. But his performance at least had Fred Pancoast more than happy as the second-year Memphis coach held court afterwards.

"I thought he matured out there," Wice job, little fellow' -during last night's GUARD Greg Bowen (63) helps feet after Peacock had scored the down on a five-yard run just as the official affirms-season opener at Memphis State. Fourth-quarter touchdowns, safety power Central State lift teammate Walter Peacock to his University of Louisville's first touch a 26-yard field goal that put Morehead on top 17-7 with 1:45 remaining in the half. At halftime, Central State had out-gained Morehead on the ground by 108 yards to 49 and also led in first downs by 10-7. However, the host team had chalked up 91 yards passing, with Schaetzke hitting on three of five tosses, to Central State's 69 air yards on a 4-for-11 performance by Steve Thomas. Thomas, who had not yet delivered a touchdown toss at that stage, found Michael Jackson with a 19-yard payoff pass with 4:40 to go in the third period.

Dunson's conversion kick narrowed the Morehead advantage to 17-14. Thus it still appeared to be either team's game to win as the fourth quarter got under way. Special to The Courier-Journal ft Tlmei ASHLAND, Ky. Two fourth-period touchdowns and a safety propelled Central (Ohio) State of Wilberforce to a 31-24 football victory over Morehead State University here last night, spoiling the opener for coach Roy Terry's Ohio Valley Conference team. Morehead opened a 24-14 lead when freshman tailback Ron Mosley ran three yards for a touchdown with 12:46 remaining in the game.

Then Central struck back quickly, scoring on a 28-yard pass and two-point conversion for a 24-22 deficit and then wrapping it up on Willie Hill's 95-yard punt return with 4:49 to go. Senior quarterback Dave Schaetzke, who passed for two Morehead touchdowns, fumbled in the end zone to. give Central its last two points on a safety. Central State opened the scoring with 3:24 to go in the first quarter as Jon Bradford, a 215-pound junior fullback, broke loose for a 40-yard touchdown run and Rodney Dunson kicked the extra point. In the second quarter, Schaetzke first hit Doug McCray with a 21-yard scoring pass at 14:14 and then connected with Vic Wharton on a 22-yarder at 6:36.

Don Russell booted both conversions and then used his kicking prowess again by kicking Statistics Western Appalachian Stat First downs 12 15 Net yards rushing 123 225 Passes 16-26-0 4-1-5 Yards passing 176 51 Fumbles lost by 0 2 Yards penalized 103 98 Punts WESTERN KENTUCKY 0 JO 0 21-41 APPALACHIAN STATE .0 7 0 07 WK Jackson, 66, punt return (C. Johnson kick). Appal. Tucker, 15, run (Clark kick). WK Em-bree, 99, kickoff return (C.

Johnson kick). WK Jackson, 1, run (kick tailed). WK Jackson, 7, run (Wafzig pass from Peckenpaugh). WK Williams, 20, pass from Tomek (Pierce kick). WK A.

Johnson, 7, run (Pierce kick). Attendance 8,200. Jackson, Embree ignite Western to 42-7 triumph quicK. six yards, DePaola hit Kaminski foryip yards to the Memphis 21. After that Ja( stayed on the ground, going the "remaining distance on four straight carries by the tiny but durable Peacock.

Peacock rammed over from the three as Alley moved linebacker Steve Reese and defensive tackle Richard Bishop into the backfield to block. Summers kicked the point. Aroused, MSU mounted its drive on the following kickoff, starting from its. 24. MSU did it mostly on the ground, orr the runs of Dornell Harris and Clifton Taylor.

A big play for MSU came when Harris ran five yards and had the help of an additional 12 yards on a half-the-dis-tance-to-the goal penalty on a late tJyof tackle. That put the ball on the of 'L 11. Two plays later Taylor smacked Oyer from the two and Hal McGeorge tiedvit with his kick with 28 seconds left in Jthe first quarter. Alley's first big decision as a hjrad coach came with five minutes left iSnhe second quarter. of had driven frorh its own 43 to the MSU 12, with fourth down and three yards to.

go for a first down. A field goal try seemed likely, but Alley tried to cross up MSU with a pitch-out to Bishop. He was hit, and fumbled, five yards behind the line. Peacock gained 94 yards in 15 carries for the half. HMMIiiiiWiiB Stall Photos by Larry Spitzef UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE teammates swarm team's first touchdown last night in Memphis.

Hew- around little Walter Peacock after he scored his ever, Memphis St. came back to win the game 28-21. of rally too late as Memphis triumphs I After Mosley scored, however, the visitors came to life on Thomas' 28-yard scoring toss to Jackson and the run for conversion by Carl Lewis. Statistics Central M'heed First downs IB 16 Net yards rushing 201 167 Passes 10-19-O 4-13-1 Yards passing 158 105 Fumbles lost bv 0 1 Yards penalized 5-55 3-18 Punts CENTRAL (OHIO) STATE 7 0 7 17-31 MOREHEAD STATE U. 0 17 0 7-24 a 40, run (Dunson kick); Mor.

McCray, 21, pass from Schaetzke (Russell kick); Mor. Wharton, 22, pass from Schaetzke (Russell kick); Mor. FG, 26, Russell; Cen. Jackson, 19, pass from Thomas (Dunson kick); Mor. Moselev, 3, run (Russell kick); Cen.

Jackson, 28, pass from Thomas (Lewis run); Cen. Hill, 95, punt return (Dunson kick); Cen. Safety (Schaetzke lumbled in end zone.) Attendance 7,000 Bowling Green, came right back with a touchdown of its own, going 80 yards in 10 plays and knotting the score 7-7 on halfback Jim Tucker's 15-yard excursion into the end zone. Then the bomb fell in the form of Embree, a senior from Buffalo, Ky. Goes 99 yards for score Embree grabbed the ensuing kickoff and raced 99 yards for a touchdown.

It was the longest kickoff return in Western history. From then on, the Western defense slammed the door on Appalachian State, forcing two fumbles and making five interceptions. Fumble recoveries by Rick Green and Larry Deweese set up the other two scores by Jackson on runs of one and seven yards and interceptions by Tom Ward and Dale Young led to two more scores. Porter Williams and Audrey Johnson collected the final two TDs, Williams pulling in a 20-yard pass from Dennis Tomek and Johnson running in from seven yards out. Another factor in Western's one-sided victory was the punting and kicking of Charlie Johnson.

The sophomore from Louisville averaged 49.4 yards on seven punts to keep Appalachian out of Western territory most of the contest, and he also kicked off consistently into the home team's end zone. One of Johnson's punts traveled 76 yards another school record. In the second half, Appalachian crossed midfield only once. That was late in the final quarter and the drive was stopped by Young's interception. West Texas State 13, Drake 10 CANYON, Tex.

(AP) Billy Pritchett gained 112 yards and scored the winning touchdown last night as West Texas State defeated Drake 13-10 in a Missouri Valley Conference victory that opened the season for West Texas. It was Drake's second consecutive loss of the year. West Texas taking advantage of Drake's mistakes, recovered four fumbles and intercepted a Drake pass that put an end to a dangerous drive. Drake's Jim O'Connor was the leading rusher with 199 yards. tatistic Drake W.

Tas First downs 20 18 Rushes-yards 51-230 59-254 Passmg yards 89 49 Return yards 16 Passes 0-18-1 4-M Punts 3-41 4-33 Fumbles-lost 6-4 6-3 Penalties-yards 6-66 11-9 DRAKE 0 7 0-10 WEST TEXAS 0 7 6 0-13 Drk. FG, Gaffney 18; Wis. Burgess, 2, run (Wvie kicked); Wis. Pritchett, 6. run (kick failed); Drk.

Zelenovich, one run (Gaffney kicked). Attendance 19,100. Upchurch, defense lift Arizona; Glemson survives; Virginia rolls Special to The Courier-Journal Times BOONE, N.C. The Western Kentucky football team, stalled momentarily in the early stages, exploded behind some fancy running by Clarence Jackson and John Embree to bury Appalachian State 42-7 last night in the opener for both teams. Jackson, a senior tailback from Knox-ville, ran 86 yards with a punt to break a scoreless tie with 14:34 left in the second quarter.

It was the first of three touchdowns for Jackson for the game, But the host team, which nipped Western 7-6 in last year's season opener at Va. Another sophomore, quarterback Scott Gardner, aho helped Virginia by passing for 106 yards and one TD. At Amherst, Holy Cross shocked favorite Massachusetts 30-28 on the strength of tackle Bob Curran's safety in the second period. Curran burst through the UMass line to tackle quarterback Peil Pennington in the end zone. Quarterback Carter Davis hurled two TD passes, one to fullback Randy Perry for 14 yards and another to split end David Creasy for 13 yards, as Wofford whipped Davidson 23-0.

Ricky Glow's one-yard spurt and Al Clark's 34-yard field goal completed the scoring. CITADEL 6 fj CLEMSON 7 7 0 0-14 Cit. Paine, 4, run (kick failed). 21, rYn, (Buraess kick) Clem. Pentigore, 1, run (Burgess kick) Cit.

Lanmng, 6, pass from Lynch (run failed). Attendance 40,000. VIRGINIA MILITARY 0 0 0 0-0 VIRGINIA 3 13 0 0-16 FG. 30. 24, run (Maxwell Va.

McGugan, 8, pass from Gardner (run failed). Attendance 21,000. HOLY CROSS 14 7 0-30 MASSACHUSETTS 13 0 0 15-20 Mass. Mika, 25, pass from Pennington (Dutkanicz Ws--Berra, 10, pass from Pennington (kick failed). HC-Rock, 6, pass from Vaas (Kelley kick).

HC-Vaas, 3. run (Kelley kick). HC-Buchanan, 25, run (Kelley kick). HC Safety (Pennington tackled In end zone). HC-Rock, 9.

pass from Vaas (Kelley kick). Mass. Berra, 4, pass from Pennington (Berra pass from Pennington). Mass. Pennington, 1, run (Dutkanicz kick).

Attendance 18,100. ARIZONA 3 7 7 14-31 COLORADO STATE 0 0 0 0-0 Gorham, (20). Ariz. Unchurch. 3.

run (Gorham kick). Ariz. Uochurch, 13, run (Gorham kick). Ariz. Hamilton.

27, run (Gorham kick). Ariz. Neal, 6, pass fmm Castle (Gorham kick). Attendance 17,217. WESTERN MICHIGAN 0 I 0 10-18 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7 0 0-13 CM Lafleur recovered fumble In end zone (Fran-ckowiak kick).

CM FG, Franckowiak, 27. WM White, 1, run (Mumford pass from Jorgenson). CM FG, Franckowiak, 7. WM Matthews, 24, run (Mumford pass from Screws). WM Safety (Bevlngton tackled in end zone).

Attendance 17,047. Continued From Page 1 Bruce Barnes and quarterback DePaola also did "good jobs." DePaola hit on 15 of 33 passes for 143 yards, but except, for a long touchdown Staff Photo by Larry Spitzer WHOOPING IT UP on enemy turf is University of Louisville cheerleader Terry Salle, who brightened an otherwise gloomy night at Memphis as of lost 28-21 last night. march in the first quarter had difficulty hitting his passes consistently. Kaminski caught four passes for 56 yards. As for his defense, Alley said, "I don't know if we've got enough overall quickness at linebacker.

We've got big, strong people there." Against a team with Memphis' speed, a lack of speed is fatal. The game was played in 81-degree temperatures and the humidity was high. "It may have affected us some," Alley said. Memphis coach Fred Pancoast apparently counted on the hot weather and conditioning as part of his game plan. "We wanted to stay close in the first half," he said.

"We felt, and hoped, we were in better condition." The seven-point loss was the worst for Louisville since 1970 when Dayton whipped of 28-11. And Memphis was the first team to score on Louisville in a season opener since Florida State won 9-7 in 1970. Peacock rams it over The loss broke a three-game of winning streak over Memphis. MSU last beat of on Nov. 22, 1969, 69-19, in a game made famous by Corso throwing in the towel.

Alley wasn't reaching for a towel last night. "It's disappointing to lose, but not discouraging," he insisted. "We got beat by a damned good football team." The first half would have downright dull except for a sparkling long drive by each team for touchdowns. of L's came first, starting from the Louisville 28 and going the 72 yards in 10 plays. DePaola did a beautiful job of hitting his receivers, connecting on a 16-yarder to flankerback Dale Kaminski, followed by a 14-yard strike to end John Gorman to move the ball to the MSU 42.

After Jewell hammered right guard for Associated Press Junior fullback Jim Upchurch scored two touchdowns as Arizona's ball-control offense and a new angle defense stymied Colorado State 31-0 yesterday in a Western Athletic Conference football opener at Fort Collins, Colo. Arizona's angle defense, which has the linemen slant and the linebackers fill in the holes, kept Colorado State from reaching midfield until halfway through the fourth quarter. The losers registered minus-19 yards on the ground, although quarterback Jan Stuebbe hit seven passes for 41 yards. Arizona punter Mitch Hoops helped his team maintain good field position by kicking eight times for an average of 48 yards. The victory margin was the largest for Arizona in 56 games.

"I was extremely happy with the way we played," said rookie Arizona coach Jim Young. "The defense really dominated and did a terrific job. I never thought we'd score that much without opening up." Heavily-favored Clemson got touchdowns from Smiley Sanders and Ken Pengitore but more importantly received two extra point kicks from Bob Burgess to edge The Citadel 14-12 at Clemson, S.C. The Citadel scored two touchdowns after Clemson fumbles, and had a chance for victory after recovering another fumble on the Clemson 20-yard line in the final two minutes. But Ricky Brown intercepted a Citadel pass to end the threat.

Clemson mounted the only sustained drive of the game, moving 48 yards to score on Sanders' blast off-tackle. Pengitore, the quarterback, sustained the march with several key runs. Sophomore Raymond Keys rushed for one touchdown and picked up 98 yards overall to lead Virginia past Virginia Military Institute 16-0 at Charlottesville, Statistics Louisville Mem', si. First 20 24 Net vards rushing H6 5u 15-33-1 12JQ-1 Yards passing 113 -n Fumbles lost by 1 1 Yards penalized 45 80 Punts LOUISVILLE 7 0 0 14)1 MEMPHIS STATE 7 0 14 -7-28 of Peacock, 5, run (Summers kick). M4-.

Taylor, 2, run (McGeorge kick). M.S. Taylor, run (McGeorge kick). M.S. Harris, 2, run (Dandrldga kick).

of Barnes, 18, run (Summers -kickL--U of L-DePaola, 1, run (Summers kick)..