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hen Prooerlies. inc. Arnold 38S-383Q" 4C Th SUNDAY Tennewan NOVEMBER 9. 1986 HI Majors, UT players say season can be saved I this beautiful view every Jean A 3 Jo I 1 AP felt weak before the game, but my blood started pumping when I ran through the As for his fumble recovery, it was just a case of being in the right place at the right time. "I saw the ball sitting there and I knew somebody had to pick it up," he said.

"I like to make things happen on the football field, not to wait back and let things happen to you." The wet turf at Neyland Stadium brought back some bad memories for Carlos Reveiz. Two weeks ago, on a damp surface at Georgia Tech's Grant Field, Reveiz slipped on his approach and missed what could have been a winning field goal. "I couldn't help but remember the Georgia Tech game. Believe it or not, it was slicker today than it was at that game," Reveiz said. Reveiz had a new snapper, Tim Stafford, on placements.

Nick Zec-ehino had done the snapping in earlier games. "The holds and snaps were great today," Reveiz said. "Tim was great in his first game. Everything worked fine." Memphis State entered yesterday's game hoping to win a self-styled state collegiate championship and now some of Tennessee's players have picked up that mythical goal. "I think it's important for us to play our best against the other teams from our state," said running back Keith Davis, a Nashville Overton High product "This game had a lot to do with in-state pride.

It was like a state championship game. In order to complete that in-state sweep, the Vols must beat Vanderbilt in their finale. time, linebacker Kelly Ziegler differed. "Something like this should've happened back in September and maybe we wouldn't be 3-5 right 1 now," Ziegler said. "But it's never too late.

The team got together and said, 'Hey, it's do or die The defense finally got back to the way we should play football. We were 11 guys flying around like mad men out there. We threw our ears back and went after 'era" While many veteran Vols contributed significantly in the win, it was an influx of youth that may have lit the spark. Freshman Tracy Hayworth, just one year removed from Franklin County High, recovered a fumble on the third play of the game to rob Memphis State of field position and set up the Vols' first touchdown. "Tracy probably made a few freshman mistakes but he was around the ball," Ziegler said.

"He's big, strong and he can run. He wants to play football. "I went over to him after the game and told him I was glad he was in there fighting with the rest of us." Until injuries and lackluster play left the Vols defenseless on their left flank, Hayworth was ticketed for a redshirt season. Yesterday, the color of the shirt changed. "At first, I hated losing the redshirt year because we had already played seven games.

But when I found out I had a chance to wear this," he said, tugging at his orange jersey, "I knew it was worth it "When the coaches told me I was starting, it caught me by surprise. I had to learn the whole defense in one week. I didn't sleep a wink and I DAVID CUMFR Sports Writer KNOXVILLE Phase 1 of Operation Vol Salvage was successfully completed yesterday. Stressing that all is not lost to a team that has stumbled through two months of mediocre football, Tennessee coach Johnny Majors says his team can still prove itself. A 33-3 blowout of Memphis State got the ball rolling.

Reacting to a question about the number of young players he used, Majors said: "I'm excited and enthused about our future, but we're going to do everything possible to salvage our season. If we're fortunate enough to win our last four games, it would be a heckuva accomplishment "I know people are disappointed about our season and so am but we're going to keep on keeping on. It's better to be working to salvage something than sitting back and hoping things get better." Majors says it's what happens last that counts. And the Vols appear to believe him. "This is the start People remember what you do in November and we've got to go all-out," running back Keith Davis said.

"We've been practicing well all season but we would come out on Saturday and something was missing. There was a bad feeling in the air. We got rid of that today." After three straight losses, the Vols may also have gotten rid of something else. "The monkey's still on our back, but we might've nudged him a little with this one," defensive back Charles Davis said. While many of the players said yesterday's win came at the right Tennessee running back Keith Davis turns the corner for a long gain against Memphis State in Knox-ille, yesterday.

The Vols won the game 33-3. Young Tiger QB under fire all day Jones thinks better days ahead mmamim fim i. i. i 1 "mqiiww tfr'w WW isy T'- "ij 1 'WaJX "Every time it seemed like we were about to get something going, we hurt ourselves with a penalty," Bailey said. By keeping Memphis State un- tracked on first and second down, the Vols forced the Tigers to throw the football.

The Tigers threw effectively against Vanderbilt last weekend, but Jones generated just 13 yards in the air. He completed 4 of 14 throws and was intercepted twice by Charles Davis and once by Terry Brown. "They defended the wishbone really well," Jones said. "They did a lot of moving around on the defen-'." sive line. I just tried to to block it out of my head." Unfortunately, Jones' linemen didn't block the Vols out of his face.

"Sure, I felt the heat I knew they were coming after me," he said. "We wanted to keep it on the -ground but they forced us to pass. Their secondary was swift and they have a lot of good athletes." Bailey said, "We couldn't take advantage with a passing game. We never got anything going. Either Timmy overthrew them or the receivers dropped the ball.

When -they start crowding the running game, you have to be ready to do other things." Jones said he felt the damp Neyland Stadium artificial turf was a -factor. Both Tiger and Vol players slipped on several occasions. "We're a young team and we just didn't handle the wet turf as well as they did," Jones said, "but that's part of growing up. I think our day will come. You have to go through days like this to get better and I think we'll get better." Nashvillian Jim Miller scored on a 1-yard run in the second period.

It marked his first touchdown since he scored the only points in a 6-0 win over Rutgers in 1983. The Vols used reserve tackle Kevin Simons, a 6-3, 285-pounder, as an extra tight end in short-yardage situations. UT sizes its worth by 'Bama DAMP CLIMFR iHrl. Writer KNOXVILLE In order for Tennessee's football program to be considered successful, the Vols must "look Auburn and Alabama right in the eye," UT Athletic Director Doug Dickey said yesterday. Dickey, speaking at the fall meeting of the UT Athletics Board, pointed to those games with the traditional Southeastern Conference powers as the measuring stick for the Vols.

His implication was that the Vols haven't measured up this season. "From now to the Auburn game next season is a critical point in our program," Dickey said. "We've got to be prepared to play with them. We need to get to the point where we can look Auburn and Alabama right in the eye. "That's the gauge you work on these days." The Vols' football success last year came during a season when UT beat both Auburn and Alabama.

This season, the Vols lost both games and outscored 90-36. "It's a short trip from the castle to the outhouse, but that's life in the fast lane," Dickey said. Dickey, in his second year as UT athletic director, had stem words for the basketball, golf and baseball teams. He pointed out that Tennessee won SEC championships in football, tennis, cross country, indoor track and outdoor track last year. The swimming team finished second in the conference.

"That means I patted six teams on the back and kicked three in the tails," Dickey said. Dickey told the board that fund raising has increased dramatically during his first year as athletic director, yet more money must be raised to keep up with the other schools in the SEC Tennessee raised almost $1.5 million through private contributions last year but the program "needs $2 million more a year," Dickey said. "We trail sadly in contributions compared to other schools," he said. "Only about 20 of our season ticket holders give contributions. We need to get that in the 70 range." Dickey set a goal of $3 million in contributions in two years.

Other points covered during the two-hour meeting: The men's athletic program finished fiscal 1986 with a $418,729 profit The long-delayed basketball arena has passed all structural tests by new contractor Ray Bell Construction of Brentwood, and is projected to be completed by November 1987. Foundation work has been completed already for the new pressbox, which will Include skyboxes. Bids on jthe renovation will be let this week and construction will bcyn two days after UTs final home game in two DAVID (TIMER Sports Writer KNOXVILLE With an offensive backfield comprised entirely of freshmen, Memphis State's better days should be ahead of them. Quarterback Tim Jones hopes so. He took plenty of lumps yesterday in a 33-3 loss to Tennessee.

"I think Tennessee's coaches knew I was a freshman and they wanted to test me and see if I'd make a mistake. I did," said Jones, starting only his third collegiate game. "They threw a lot of different stuff at me and I didn't handle all of it They fooled me more than I fooled them." Fighting against the same wishbone offense that has given them so much trouble in the past the Vol defenders kept constant pressure on Jones. By shooting outside linebackers in toward the young quarterback, the Vols left themselves somewhat vulnerable up the middle, but threw the Tiger offense out of sync. "They took away the quarterback in our offense," explained first-year Tiger coach Charlie Bailey.

"Normally, Timmy is the type of guy who makes things go for us, but they called a lot of quarterback stunts which really seemed to mess him up. "Our fullback play was there. Perhaps we should have gone with it more." Fullbacks Wayne Pryor and Bill Moody combined for 60 of Memphis State's 130 rushing yards. Jones managed 25 yards on 1 1 keepers. The tone was set early when the Vols limited Memphis State to just 9 yards and no first downs in the first period.

"The fumble shook us up," said Jones, referring to an early bobble on a bad exchange with his fullback, "and we never really recovered." Perhaps rattled, the Tigers were guilty of faulty execution and several costly penalties. They were flagged nine times for 85 yards. Francis directed the Vols in for the touchdown in just seven plays, with Charles Wilson scoring from a yard out with 1 1:33 left In the first quarter. Carlos Reveiz added field goals of 18 and 23 yards to extend the lead to 13-0 midway through the second period, and Francis directed an eight-play, 73-yard drive that ended with Jim Miller's 1-yard dive with 54 seconds remaining in the half. Up 19-0 the Vols failed on a two-point attempt after the latter touchdown things looked good for' Tennessee at Intermission but no body in orange was taking anything Tennessee wide receiver Thomas Woods, of Gallatin, heads State in Knoxville.

Woods was stopped just short of the goal. UT overwhelms Memphis State as losses end AP for the goal line against Memphis and Marion Hobby In the starting lineup. "Our young players were aggressive and were throwing themselves around out there," Majors said. "They made mistakes, but I liked their enthusiasm. They gave us a spark." Hayworth, moved from tight end just two weeks ago, recovered a fumble at midficld on the third play of the game and the Tigers knew they had dug themselves a quick hole.

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Ilia trol, Tennessee's offense sputtered somewhat but still managed to churn out 377 yards in a workmanlike per formance. Jeff Francis completed 13 of 21 passes for 189 yards, Including a 44-yard spiral to the streaking Anthony Miller for a third-period touchdown that stretched Tennessee's lead to 26-0. Keith Davis gained 66 yards on 10 carries while freshman fullback Greg Amsler ran for a bullish 62 yard on 12 tries. Youth was also served on defense for the Vols. Tracy Hayworth, a true freshman from Winchester, Joined state collegiate championship.

Victors over Vanderbilt last week, the Tigers were hoping to sweep the two games from their in-state rivals. No dice. "Coach Majors definitely had his team ready to play," Bailey said. "I don't know If it was because they had an open date last week or what but they took away a bunch of things we wanted to do." UTs victory continued the Vols' dominance of Memphis State. The Tigers have never beaten the Vols in 1 1 attempts.

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