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ss Rummb By erbi Mo WOULDN'T you know it, that rascal left here smiling again. I'm talking about Steve Sloan, skipper of the Ole Miss Rebels who did an about face in the second quarter and proceeded to waltz to a 35-10 Southeastern Conference victory over Vanderbilt yesterday at Dudley Field. The triumph came before a Commodore homecoming crowd of 25,043 fans, most of whom remembered the days not rPf too far re- mrtvpn whpn ll A HI 11 UUUyMiniU -1 Sloan led the Vandy football program out of the doldrums and into a bowl game. WITH JOHN BIBB know that I did was jump up and down and holler and stomp. That's what I did.

The players did the job. They did what we asked them to do, and that was to block the guy in front of them," Sloan said. "Sure, I'm grateful to win, but somehow it doesn't give me satisfaction that it might because the team we beat is Vanderbilt, and you know I have a special feeling about this place. Vandy had an excellent game plan and did a good job early. They stopped the stuff we had done well in other games.

The second half was merely a matter of us controlling the ball on them. That limited Vandy's offensive opportunities, and the defense just had to get a little tired." SLOAN'S modesty, however, couldn't over-shadow the fact that Ole Miss made major adjustments in their offense, and the result was total devastation. From up above, it appeared the Rebels sighted the Vandy overshifted defense. Ole Miss then went to a two tight-end attack, offering much more equal blocking assignments, and the opportunity to run away from the Commodore over-shift. This maneuver led to a 67-yard, nine-play touchdown drive just before the half.

In the third quarter, during which Ole Miss absolutely took command of the game, Vandy moved to counter the Rebel strategy and utilized a more balanced defense. This led to a series of trap plays inside, the result of which was knocking Vandy noseguard out of the action and giving Ole Miss great running room in then interior section of the Commodore defense. (Turn to Page 4) -SPORTS EDITOR- 1 Vi 1 mi 1 4 They remembered, too, how he left the scene early in 1975 when he felt the Texas Tech opportunity to be more advantageous than the position at Vanderbilt. So when Vandy broke on top, 10-0, in a most impressive fashion yesterday, there seemed to be an extra bit of zip and zest in the hearts and throats of the Dudley Field gathering. THEN, with about five minutes to go in the-first half, something happened.

Vanderbilt's defenses suddenly were torn to shreds, powerless in the face of an inside running game that battered the Black and Gold for a total of 398 yards at game's end. Sloan, far too much of a nice guy to let his delight show, nevertheless managed to agree with interviewers that it was a significant victory for the Rebels. It was, after all, his first SEC victory at Ole Miss, and it did snap a three-game losing streak. "What did we do? What adjustment? Well, you gotta ask somebody else about that. About all I v.

i ter- Ml 1- ilii if-'r'r-'-'-'Vu-iifiiifnn -t-irr UTENNESSFvVN SeCtlOn I I SPORTS SUNDAY WIT I 0ctober 29, 1978 StoH pht by Robert Jotnto lead. Providing protection for Woodard Ss Vonderbilt freshman Marcus Williams (251. Ole Miss, undismoyed by the field goal, went on to claim a 3510 victory. Vonderbilt freshman plocekicker Mike Woodard (12) follows through on 52-yard field goal in the first quarter that staked the Commodores to an eorly 3-0 Right According To Script 34 Vols Tripped SS cf, By F.M. WILLIAMS Teuesieu Sports Writer r- MEMPHIS Director Bob Tyler wrote a tough, demanding script for his Mississippi State lootball cast, and they followed it to the letter to a 34 to 21 victory over frustrated Tennesseee before .40,879 fans here yesterday afternoon.

Hit 'em hard. Hit 'em early. Hit first. That's what the Bulldog coach told his players they had to do to win this game, and when they did it as he said, the decision was on ice less than 20 minutes after the opening kickoff. State scored on the fifth play of the game, scored again before the first quarter was over, and had it at 21 to 0 two minutes and eight seconds into the second period.

IT WAS an amazing offensive show that Tennessee Coach John Majors said was the finest he had seen since returning to the Southeastern Conference two years ago. Tyler and his people have built it around the forward pass, as thrown by quarterback Dave Marlcr, and caught by a sophomore named Mardye McDole, who is an All-American or was on this afternoon. Long plays by the Bulldogs, and again, crucial errors by the Vols, were the difference. Four of the State touchdowns came after three fumbles by James Berry, Frank Foxx, and Jimmy Streater and another followed a blocked punt against Dale Schneitman. But that is not to take anything away from State, and Coach Majors emphasized that he sure didn't want to leave such an impression.

"OUR OWN MISTAKES helped them," he said, "but I want to giv them more credit for what they did than for the help we handed out. We lost to a very sharp football team that showed us one of the most impressive offenses that I have ever run across." Tyler, who might have lost McDole for next week's Alabama" game because of a leg injury, admitted he played his regulars throughout the game despite a 34-3 lead that came early in the third quarter when Streater made a pit-chout to a back who wasn't there. But he denied that he called off his passing attack in the second half. "I told our team that we had to have a big first quarter because Tennessee is a team that keeps coming back at you," Tyler said. "I think they should be given credit for that, but our tackling in the last half was pretty bad." THE VOLS, with Streater at the helm after David Rudder had won the starting quarterback job last week, scored three times in the final quarter.

The pitchout, recovered by State's Larry Friday at the Vol 15, was not Streater's fault, Majors said. "There were two busted plays when Jimmy was in there, and both times another back went the wrong way," Majors said. "The play where nobody was home looked like a good one to me, if we had had the trailer." Of the three touchdowns, Streater scored two on runs and passed to freshman Anthony Hancock for the other. Tries for two-point conversions failed all three times. The other UT points came on a (Turn to Page 10) Georgia Triumphs LEXINGTON, Ky.

(AP) Rex Robinson capped a furious Georgia comeback with a 29-yard field goal with eight seconds left as the 16th-ranked Bulldogs nipped Kentucky 17-16 in a Southeastern Conference football game last night. Robinson, who had hit all eight of his field goal attempts coming into the game, missed on kicks of 42 and 48 yards earlier in the game as Kentucky built a 16-0 lead in the third quarter. His winning boot came minutes after Kentucky kicker Tommy Griggs was short on a 42-yard attempt that would have forced the Bulldogs to score a touchdown to pull out the game. Griggs, a non-scholarship freshman, also -missed an extra point (Turn to Page 3) 'fs ISs SroH pkato by KO Wdch Ole Miss coach Steve Sloan, right, and Rebel assistant David Lee confer on an offensive play during a timeout in the Rebels' game with Vanderbilt at Dudley Field. Sloan, a former Vanderbilt head coach, and Lee, on ex-Commodore quarterback and assistant, obviously came up with the right decision as Ole Miss rolled past the Commodores 3510.

Game-Breaker Lifts Tigers 30-13 is Drops Southern Bv DAVID CLIMER ern-1 think we outplayed them, but they stuck All Joe Adams wanted was a first down. rght in until we broke that big one." Instead, Adams got a 56-yard touchdown pass Quarterback Adams insisted he was looking for which qualified as a real, live game-breaker in aD0Ut flve yards and no more out of the play. Tennessee State's 30-13 homecoming victory over Southern University yesterday. ll A good, safe pass, the kind you can throw "I think the cornerback came up a little too hard and once Cal slipped past him, that was it. Nobody catches up with him once he gets a jump like that." Perkins, a sophomore reserve who entered the game only after starter John Smith was injured on a nunt return, said he knew he had the The win, which came in full view of an estimat- ed 19,000 celebrants at Hale Stadium, pushed the sophomore, who completed a dozen other cornerback beat once he caught the ball.

J's record to 5-3 on the year. Error-prone Pasjes during the afternoon for a total of 207 "I saw the way he was playing me and I knew he TSU Southern dropped to 3-3. you inrow ine Dan out away from tne was SO'nS to be coming up hard on the short Protecting a tight 20-13 lead midway through defender on that play, there's almost no chance of pattern," said Perkins, who entered the game the fourth period, Adams found himself facing a an interception, so we like to use it in that situa- with only five previous catches this season. "I felt third-and-three situation near midfield. The call tlon- him break to me and then brush right over my was predictable a short square-out pattern to back-11 was easy after wide Wivpr Calvin PPrkin fllnnt? the left side- fTV ltfmtvimt I 9 line.

itiCi lumtiuuwn ana iarry waiKins version pushed TSU on top 27-13 with 8:53 left in the contest. A booming 46-yard field goal by Watkins four minutes later accounted for the final three points. Up until the Adams-to-Perkins heroics, ern had hung tough, staying within seven points ji despite such maladies as three fumbles, three interceptions and a blocked punt. Southern got away with its first fumble and the first of two interceptions by TSU defensive back Billy McBride without any damage. But a swarm iji of Tigers blasted through the line and blocked Al Barron's punt deep in Southern territory and three plays later' Adams handed off to Ronald Holland for one yard and the game's first touch- Bama Rambles Leach Sets Mark Govs Prevail No Compliments Caulkins Honored Missouri Upset Trojans Triumph Outdoors Football Scores ADAMS FADED back and delivered the ball iust as Perkins made his cut for the sideline.

The ball arrived right on schedule and Perkins gathered it in for the necessary first-down yardage. But then a funny thing happened. Instead of merely stepping out of bounds, Perkins accepted a hit from the Southern cornerback, staggered away and then breezed down the sideline for a 56-yard pass-run gain and the pivotal touchdown. "No doubt about it, it was the turning point in the game." said TSU head coach John Merritt after his Tigers sealed the victory. "That play realH broke it wide open.

We needed it because we had been having trouble getting rid of South- Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 12 Page 13 MEMPHIS Tennessee running back Frank Foxx (24) strains for yardage against Mississippi Stote defender Henry Monroe in yesterday's Southeastern Conference football game here. The Bulldogs went on to tokeVi 34-21 victory! down. (urn to Page 13).