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4 s. THE TENNESSEAN, Suntlov, Novwbf 1, 1981 up with only 238 yards total offense. The Tigers' deepest penetration into Commodore territory was the Vandy 31-yard line just before half time. "WE HAD a little trouble with the sprint draw, but the second-. ary helped us out," said the junior Staley, who is starting for the third straight year.

"I didn't expect them to run the draw so ear- first safety since leather headgears were outlawed. "We bent, but we didn't break," said Staley, who has made the switch from defensive end to linebacker with a minimum of difficulty. "We kept them out of the end zone and that's what counts. You can't lose if the other team doesn't score." Memphis State rushed for 156 yards in the first half, but wound The heftier Barnes won the argument, and Staley was through for the game. But it was the only confrontation Staley lost during the 26-0 romp over Memphis State before 33,285 alumni and fans.

STALEY AND his defensive teammates got their first shutout in 50 games, their first interception of the season, and their By TOM SQUIRES Vanderbilt linebacker Joe Staley noticed defensive coach Ray Barnes rounding up the ond unit during the closing minutes of yesterday afternoon's homecoming football game at Dudley Field. "Hey coach, I'm going back in there," snapped Staley rather curtly. defensive end Bob O'Connor It put Vanderbilt ahead 12-0. "MARCUS the cornerback, deserves most of the credit," said O'Connor. "He's the guy who came up fist and forced him to go outside.

I think Steve (McCoy) and I hit him about the same time. I thought about the safety when I got ray hands' on him, but I wasn't sure he was behind the line until I saw the signal. It was a great feeling." ly in the game. I really thought they would throw the ball more and I kept looking for it. We made some mental mistakes out there, but we made up for it with a lot of gang-tackling." State attempted only six passes and completed four, but one of those wound Up in the' hands of a diving Staley with Vanderbilt's first interception of the year.

"It was about time," grinned Staley. "Big (Rod) Gurley deflected the ball and I -wasn't The Commodores goi anomer about to let it hit the ground. It key turnover in the first quarter was a Gurley-to-Staley pass. when Memphis State's Mike Dion IRONICALLY, Vandy recorded the shutout while playing without-preseason All-SEC linebacker Andrew Coleman (dislo broke into Vandy territory lor a 20-yard gain, but coughed up the ball at the Commodore 33 where sophomore defensive back Tom Moore recovered. "I think Timmy (Bryant) knocked it loose and that's not unusual," said Moore.

"It's tough trying to remember that you can't run with a fumble and I've tried to do it a couple of times in practice. But, this one was out in the open so much that I had time to remember just to cover it." Senior tailback Van Heflin now has six touchdowns in the last two games. He rushed for 62 yards and a score, while catching 10 passes for 89 yards and two more TDs. "I'm beginning to feel more comfortable at tailback. I know where the holes are," said Heflin.

"Hammond, Hudgins, Monaco, Hancock and all the rest are sup plying a lot of running room( It was rough early in the season trying to adjust to a different position, but it was worth all the time and work. The 'Man Above is looking after me. He knows how much I want to help this team," said Heflin. cated elbow). "It's rough when you lose a player like Andy," said "But, we've still got Timmy.

(Bryant) and let me tell you something about Andrew's replacement, Steve McCoy. He's only a freshman, but he's going to be a great player. I called the signals this week to take a little pressure off of him and it I know I played poorly my first few games at linebacker trying to read the offense. He's young, but he doesn't need much help out there." Staley admitted that the Memphis State game meant something special to him since he, signed a scholarship to play there after graduating from Highland Park High in Dallas. "I WANTED to be a receiver and I was recruited by Memphis State's receiver Chuck Dycus," explained Staley.

"I visited and liked the place. It's a great school and they have a good program. But, Dycus got out of coaching before school started and I decided to go to prep school for a year and take another look. "I wanted to go to a good academic school. I came here as a walk-on without a scholarship and Coach (George) Maclntyre said he would give me a fair shot Now, I'm just happy I'm playing Statistics r.d 0 H-M to II 0 MenpeleSt.

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Vanderbilt's saf ety came in the fourth quarter after a Commodore drive was stymied at the Memphis State 1-yard line. On the second play from scrimmage, BUSHWa Memphle St Wiley lt-TS. Dion H-T, Senden 1S-40, Parker 7-21 Vanderbilt, Heflin MS. Bronfter Ml, Steipheneon 4-14, Gooleby M4. PASSING Memphia SC Martin S-tSS, Sanderi 1-l-e-S.

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Uattlwwi M7, Roach 26-0 Memphis State Tiger running back Tony Wiley was tackled, in the end zone by Vandy Swamps (From First Sports Page) 7-our team, I've done a bad job. We've gone backwards in the last of games." TThe first-year coach said that he was proud of the early effort of his team, but that penalties 13-yard roughing the passer penalty, Heflin plowed over from the 2-yard line for the touchdown. Woodard kicked the conversion and Vandy was in front 19-0. The Commodore defense then held Memphis State, forcing the Tigers to punt-from their own end zone again. Weaver's punt went only 29 yards and Young carried it back to the Memphis State 17.

Four plays later, Taylor flipped a touchdown pass to Heflin, covering 6 yards and wrapping up the scoring for the day after Woodard. kicked the third, and final, conversion. RECORDS CONTINUE to fall for Vandy's players and yesterday It was Taylor and Woodard who had the team historians flipping through old books. Taylor, with another year of eligibility, now has 245 pass completions, breaking the career record 220 previously held by Fred Fisher (1972-75). Taylor also smashed the career at and eclipsing the former record of 436 by Ail-American Bill Wade (1949-51).

Woodard's field goal, his 23rd, tied the record held by Mark Adams since 1975. Woodard missed a 49-yard field goal attempt in the third period, his first miss in his last 11 attempts dating to last year. The former Antioch High kicker also owns the career mark for conversion attempts, 74, smashing the record of 73 held by Zack Clinard (1947-48). MACINTYRE viewed the day as "the most complete win since I've been at Vanderbilt. Offensively, the only time we bogged down, we stopped ourselves.

Defensively, we wanted to stop their outside stuff and counters, which we With momentum picking up and the promise of a fast finish becoming reality, the Commodores jump back into SEC action next Saturday, hosting Kentucky at Dudley Field. Memphis State, now 1-8, is at Cincinnati Satur- day; and the Commodores took their mental and physical toll in the fourth period when Vandy blew the Tigers away with a 16-point burst. "They finally wore us down," Dockery said. "I was impressed with Vandy's aggressive play and poise. We were never able to make the big plays and on short yardage we just got whipped." That, and a mismatched kicking game, was about the size of it.

VANDY, BUOYED by an upset over Ole Miss just a week before, scored 10 points on a 48-yard field goal by record-tying Mike Woodard and a touchdown pass of 12 yards from Taylor to Heflin in the first two possessions of the game. The Commodores huffed and puffed on offense, but couldn't blow away the aggressive Tiger eight-man front and a variety of stunts. That is until the final quarter when O'Conner got things going with a tackle of Wiley in the end zone for a safety. Memphis State had wound up near its own goal-line after the Commodores moments before failed to score on a four-and-goal pass at the Tiger 1-yard line. Reserve kicker Stan Weaver tempts mark, now totaling 466 S'jS; WHITEWALLS SS' ANY SIZE LISTED ryf jgW'fif tCwK 678-14 H78-15 1 ftLL REGULAR All 14 Ij" 3.s was then forced to punt to Vandy from Memphis State's 20-yard line.

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