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-14- THE TENNESSEAN, MVNe8a fR iV hl-V 5V fClflfB I frvl urvives, iteacnes How They Stand Ohio Vallev Conference "We had blocked seven, kicks before game, and they had seven kicks blocked? so we felt like we could get in there on onen they let us," Donnelly noted afterwards. "The block that Dennis Mix got was josja great individual effort absolutely super, And the Raiders weren't really trying-to block it. "We actually had a return caltea and I faked inside, then went back outsi0e; and the ball hit me right in the behind," Mix, the senior defensive end from Warren County who's being touted as the OVC'frDe-fensive Player of the Year by Donnelly. "We were really eager to even thingpP with them they won the first two ancHve won the last two," said Mix, one of a group of players who came to the school for Donnelly's first season. While Mix led the defense with 1 1 tackles, other standout efforts were turned in -by several Raiders, including preseason picks Emanuel Toles at tackle, aha.

James Griffin at safety; and two young players from Wilson County sophomores pan Allen and Gary Brooks. Allen finished with six solo tackles, an interception and aJutt ble recovery while Brooks had four solos three of the for losses. Middle Tennessee's team is idle this week, but that doesn't mean a week of rest forlhe Blue Raiders. This week's games find Eastern Kentucky at Central Florida in a non-league game, Akron is at Murray, Austin Peay hosts Tennessee Tech, Youngstown is at Morehead, and Akron at Murray in league games. gap to 20-17, but the league's No.l-ranked offense ground out two TDs before the end of the third quarter.

The two teams battled without scoring in the final period. "They get my vote for Number One," said "They certainly played well enough against us," he added. AMONG THE players for the Golden Eagles injured during the contest was senior running back Bazel, who was thought at first to have suffered a serious neck injury. "It turned out that there was no serious damage, but his status is very questionable for the remainder of the season. Nose guard Tim Ormond and offensive tackle Danny Templin also suffered injuries that are expected to bring their seasons to an early end.

Tech's date at Austin Peay this week will match up to of the most injury-plagued teams in the league. "Maybe at halftime we ought tp let our injured players have a game against their injured players," quipped wade, who spent most of spring practice in the hospital himself with gall bladder trouble. MTSU coach Boots Donnelly, meanwhile, was happy with his team's defensive performance against Western Kentucky including eight recovered turnovers and two blocked kicks. THE FIRST block, a Dennis Mix Special that resulted in a return touchdown by Albert Lane, was something Donnelly sais he had been counting on. By JOHN LEWIS PITTS Tennessee Tech's football team "played about as good as we can" before losing 34-17 to No.l-ranked Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, head coach Don Wade sa id yesterday.

The way the game turned out came as something of a surprise to Wade, who had figured his team would be hard-pressed to drive the football against the talented Colonels. "Every time we scored, it came on a drive, though, and when they made a mistake and gave us the ball where we might be able to do something with it, we couldn't move it," he reflected. THE LOSS was Tech's fifth in a row, dropping the Golden Eagles' record to 3-6. Eastern Kentucky's victory, their 17th in a row, assured the Colonels of yet another trip to the NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs. In other action, Middle Tennessee State topped non-league rival Western Kentucky 31-16 and Murray State spoiled Austin Peay's homecoming with a 21-7 victory.

Also, Youngstown State defeated Western Illinois 28-20 and Morehead State lost to Liberty Baptist 13-10. Akron was idle. WADE'S TEAM led 3-0 on a field goal by Franklin junior Ray Mullican, but Eastern surged ahead 10-3. The Golden Eagles tied it a 10-all in the second quarter on a touchdown pass from Mark Powers to Marvin McClennon, but the Colonels moved ahead 20-10 before the half. A 1-yard run by Reggie Bazel closed the Southeastern Conference Conference All Games WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP Ga 5 0 0 160 59 9 0 0 248101 LSU 4 0 1 161 71 7 0 1 258 91 Aubrn 3 1 0 94 53 7 2 0 204130 Ala 3 2 0 124102 7 2 0 266130 Vandy 3 2 0 107100 5 3 0 165169 Fla 2 3 0 88133 5 3 0 199170 Tenn.

Ill 73 76 4 3 1 190149 Mss.St 0 4 0 68111 3 6 0 198210 Miss. 0 4 0 42139 4 5 0 181215 KntckyO 4 0 37102 0 8 1 76220 Saturday's Results Vanderbilt 23, Kentucky 10 Tennessee 29, Memphis State 3 LSU 20, Alabama 10 Auburn 30, Rutgers 7 Georgia 44, Florida 0 Mississippi 45, Tulane 14 Mississippi State, idle Saturday, Nov. 13 Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt Tennessee vs. Ole Miss at Jackson LSU at Mississippi State Florida at Kentucky Georgia at Auburn Southern Miss, at Alabama Conference All Games WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP E.Ky 6 0 0 167 92 8 0 0 222133 Akron 4 1 0 105 74 5 4 0 132121 Yngtn 3 2 0 115 84 4 5 0 183216 MTSU 3 3 0 117 81 7 3 0 221107 Morhd 2 3 0 73 99 5 4 0 152148 Tech 1 4 0 69137 3 6 0 135210 APSU 1 4 0 58117 2 6 0 118193 Murry 1 4 0 60 78 3 6 0 104121 Saturday's Results MTSU 31, Western Kentucky 16 Murray State 21, Austin Peay 7 Eastern Kentucky 34, Tennessee Tech 17 Liberty Baptist 13, Morehead State 10 Youngstown 28, W. Illinois 20 Akron, idle Saturday, Nov.

13 Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay Youngstown at Morehead State Eastern Kentucky at Central Florida Akron at Murray State MTSU, idle Other College Conference Standings Atlantic Coast Conference Conference All Gaines 143179 187152 110206 75183 91 85 51 84 59124 65124 5 4 0 4 5 0 3 6 0 1 8 0 3 2 0 1 3 0 14 0 1 5 0 Citadel VM1 Marshall K.Tenn. St. WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP 4 0 0 155 83 7 2 0 286161 4 0 0 151 56 6 11 220102 2 2 0 133141 5 4 0 268252 2 2 0 102 63 5 3 0 245 88 2 3 0 90115 5 4 0 182198 1 3 0 64142 2 6 0 166227 0 5 0 91186 3 6 0 176256 Maryland Clcmson Duke N.Carolina N.CaroJJt. Virginia Wk.Korest Ga. Tech Bryant Plans To Talk With Bama President; Austin Sets Record Southland Conference Conference All Games WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP La.

Tech 5 0 0 133 65 8 1 0 270122 NK La. 4 1 0 123 75 7 3 0 285189 McNseSt. 2 2 0 94 92 4 5 0 191179 Ark. St. 1 3 0 65 95 4 5 0 150215 0 3 0 42 88 2 7 0 197275 Lamar 0 3 0 32 74 3 6 0 114214 N.Tex.

St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 115208 Southwest Conference Conference All Games 000 0 0 540 176242 Big Eight Conference Conference All Games WLT PtsOP 5 0 0 205 56 WLT PtsOP 8 1 0 380 97 7 2 0 231129 I 178132 WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP 9 0 0 296113 Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas St. Missouri Okla.St. Iowa St. Kansas Colorado 2 177145 2 162203 5 0 0 147 46 2 2 1 75 83 1 2 2 98 91 1 2 2 98144 13 1 71 77 1 3 1 69167 0 4 1 77176 yVs? swx MUsi pz.

i -rfc-'-; 1 0 216 65 2 0 192 77 1 190124 2 137232 6 0 0 176 86 4 1 0 135 36 3 1 0 128 37 3 3 0 89122 2 3 1 125149 2 3 1 93176 2 3 0 121125 1 122265 123176 175217 163234 SMU Arkansas Texas Texas Tech Iiaylor Houston Texas TCU Rice Big Ten Conference Conference All Gaines 5 0 5 1 5 1 4 0 6 0 9 0 236212 WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP 7 2 0 265135 2 4 0 116128 0 6 0 71195 168194 104298 237149 Southwestern Conference Conference All Games 149176 WLT PtsOP Michigan 7 0 0 221 81 OhioSt. 5 1 0 179 78 Iowa 4 2 0 118101 Illinois 5 3 0 225171 Wisconsin 4 3 0 173143 Indiana 3 4 0 159157 Purdue 3 4 0 155196 Nrthwstrn 2 6 0 134306 269201 235221 WLT PtsOP 8 2 0 215143 272156 2 0 183195 183259 178339 3 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 0 131 67 4 1 0 143 86 4 1 0 117 55 2 2 0 82 94 2 4 0 121171 0 4 0 31121 0 5 0 97128 192140 142189 175196 Jackson St. Grambling Southern U. Alcorn St. Miss.Val.

Prairie Vw. Texouthn Minnesota 1 6 0 142231 3 6 0 240245 7 0 74217 Mich. St. 1 6 0 133175 1 8 0 158211 Big Sky Conference Conference All Games 9 1 140248 Missouri Valley Conference Conference All Games WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP 7 2 0 273192 WLT PtsOP 5 0 0 176 77 WLT PtsOP 8 1 0 256162 226249 243226 195177 Idaho Montana St, Montana Poise St. Weber St.

N.Arizona Idaho St. 0 293208 0 151191 0 157189 0 188323 6 4 5 4 6 3 4 5 3 6 4 5 3 6 8 2 5 5 4 5 3 7 3 7 Tulsa Wichita St. Indiana St. S.lllinois N.Mex.St. Drake W.Texas St, Illinois St.

213235 204204 245198 4 1 0 159120 3 10 76 57 3 1 0 64 48 1 3 0 76 90 1 4 0 114149 0 3 0 66114 0 4 0 38114 AP Laserph6to 190188 0 233277 0 159300 0 121219 1 7 2 7 4 1 0 131128 5 2 0 163171 4 2 0 177141 3 3 0 127129 2 3 0 147149 2 3 0 114122 1 4 0 117123 1 4 0 95108 Ivy League Conference WLT PtsOP 4 1 0 137 83 4 1 0 125 58 3 2 0 115125 3 2 0 105109 2 3 0 113112 2 3 0 100126 1 4 0 133184 Western Athletic Conference Conference All Games All Games WLT PtsOP 6 2 0 198148 6 2 0 193106 3 5 0 183227 WLT PtsOP Looking For Room JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi quarterback Kent Austin (5), a former Brentwood Academy standout, tries to get by Tulane defenders Reggie LeBray (left) and Burnell Dent (right) during the Rebels' 45-14 win. Austin completed 18 of 19 passes during the game. WLT PtsOP 6 3 0 283147 Penn Harvar Princeton Dartmouth Yale Brown 3 5 0 3 5 0 4 4 0 1 7 0 2 6 0 154199 153163 153185 189320 153176 Alabama fumbles, holding Alabama to no first downs in the first half, and Bengals quarterback Alan Risher completed 20 of 26 passes. "This is, without a doubt, my biggest win," said Stovall.

"You can't understand what it's like to get kicked in the mouth 1 1 years in a row." ALABAMA WOUND up with only 119 yards in total offense. "That really surprised me," said Stovall. "I had no idea our defense played that well in the first half." It was the third straight year that Walker wrecked Florida. As a freshman, in 1980, he rushed for 238 yards in a 26-21 victory and last year he rushed for 192 and scored all four of the Bulldogs' touchdowns in another 26-21 victory. Walker, with 1,413 yards this year despite the broken thumb that handicapped him the early part of the season, moved ahead of Ed Marinaro into fifth place on the NCAA career rushing list with 4,920 yards.

He needs 39 yards to move ahead of fourth-place George Rogers, the 1980 Heisman Trophy winner. WALKER SET two NCAA three-year records Saturday, his 936 carries topping former record-holder Marinaro and his yardage erasing Charles White's three-year mark. "Herschel showed us why he is the most dominant player in college football today," said Florida Coach Charley Pell. "The only way you can beat Georgia is to keep the ball away from Herschel that's how good he is." Walker had 107 yards and two touchdowns by the time the second quarter was barely two minutes old and Georgia was leading 27-0 when he retired for the day with 4:48 left in the third quarter. "IF HERSCHEL doesn't win the Heisman Trophy this year, it will be one of the greatest injus- Brig.

Yng New Mex. Air Force Sn.DiegSt. Colo. St. Hawaii Utah Wyoming Tx-EiPaso 5 I 0 225110 3 1 0 124114 4 2 0 210181 3 2 0 125132 3 3 0 113119 3 3 0 113127 2 3 0 95 75 2 5 0 135164 0 4 0 33141 7 1 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 4 6 1 8 0 273166 0 308277 0 227246 0 186200 0 162130 0 189141 0 211221 0 90309 -Columbia 1 4 0 107138 Mid-American Conference Conference All Games Yankee Conference HJowl.

Grn WLT PtsOP 6 2 0 192106 7 2 0 178 89 Conference All Games Miami, O. Cent.Mich. 5 3 1 6 2 1 191167 167 68 129223 WLT PtsOP Maine 3 2 0 194151 Boston U. 3 2 0 146102 Rhode lsld 2 2 0 104118 Mass. 2 2 0 77105 WLT PtsOP 7 3 0 337221 4 4 0 208169 6 3 0 219195 3 6 0 164214 WLT PtsOP 6 2 0 192106 5 2 0 116 59 4 2 1 150133 4 2 1 105 65 4 3 0 103152 4 3 0 92116 4 4 0 137117 3 4 0 100 85 1 6 0 56115 0 7 0 66169 OhioU.

Ball St. Toledo 5 4 0 4 5 0 5 5 0 3 5 0 112166 181162 106116 54 78 '4 5 0 131159 73 94 4 5 0 145170 Conn. 2 2 0 New Hamp. 1 3 0 JCMich. Major Independents 1 8 0 0 9 0 75178 94243 Kent St.

1-A Paclf ic-10 Conference Conference All Games WLT PtsOP 5 0 0 117 46 WLT PtsOP 9 0 0 231 79 when Washington's Tom Fllik hit on 16 of 17 against Arizona." In games involving area independents, No. 12 Florida State mauled South Carolina 56-26No. 19 Maryland edged Miami Florida 18-17 on Jess Atkinson's 38-yard field goal with 2:14 "remaining, Louisville, overcame'a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit to trim Indiana State 35-23 and Southwestern Louisiana erupted for a 40-26 victory over Northeast Louisiana after trailing 26-0 at halftime. The Georgia at Auburn and LSU at Mississippi State clashes this week could settle the host berth in the Sugar Bowl game on New Year's Night. In other games this week, Southern Mississippi is at Alabama, Florida at Kentucky, Ole Miss vs.

Tennessee at Jackson and Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt. Among independents, FSU entertains Louisville and Louisiana Tech visits' USL while Memphis State, Miami and Tulane ha ve open dates. tices of all time," said Georgia Coach Vince Dooley. "I considered leaving him in because unfortunately some people cast their vote based entirely on statistics. But wouldn't it have been a shame if I had done that and Herschel got hurt?" As for the probability that Georgia, the 1980 national champion, will be No.

1 this week, Walker said, "We can't let our rankings go to our heads." In other SEC action, Kent Austin broke the NCAA single game pass completion percentage record when he hit on 18 of 19 attempts for 269 yards and two touchdowns in Mississippi's 45-14 victory over Tulane, Tennessee downed Memphis State 29-3 as Fuad Reveiz kicked five field goals, and Whit Taylor threw for two touchdowns to pace Vanderbilt over Kentucky 23-10. AUSTIN'S 94.7 pass completion percentage broke the old NCAA mark of 94.1 set two years ago 8 1 6 2 7 1 5 2 5 4 5 4 2 6 0 296136 0 218 69 1 317163 1 235140 0 273234 0 161199 1 132201 Ariz. St. Washngtn South. Cal UCLA Arizona Stanford California Wash.

St. Oregon St. Oregon 5 1 0 185108 4 1 0 169 45 3 1 1 160 94 3 1 1 150103 3 3 0 184165 2 4 0 76175 1 3 1 84124 0 6 1 78227 0 6 0 53169 From WIRE REPORTS It may have been just the agony of defeat talking, but Alabama's Bear Bryant sure, sounded like a coach seriously considering imminent retirement. Bryant's seventh-ranked Crimson Tide had just lost, 20-10, to lOth-ranked Louisiana State Saturday. That, in itself, was bad enough, but it also marked the first time in six years that Alabama had lost two Southeastern Conference games the same season.

"When you go four games (loss to Tennessee, unimpressive wins over Cincinnati and Mississippi State and then the loss to LSU) and don't do any better than we've done, then you've got something wrong at the top," said Bryant, 69 and winner of 322 games in 38 years as a head coach. "I'M GOING to alert anybody that wants to know that we need to make some changes and we need to start at the top." Bryant, who this summer indicated he would like to have a hand in choosing his successor, said he would recommend that university president Joab Thomas "take inventory of what's going on and do something about it." Thomas' family said yesterday that he was in Washington and unavailable for comment and probably would be for several more days. THIS TIME last year it was LSU Coach Jerry Stovall who was the subject of retirement, and not by his choice, as the Bengals were struggling through a 3-7-1 campaign, their worst in 25 years. But after Alabama for the first time since 1970, LSU now stands 7-0-1 and is in the running for the Southeastern Conference championship and a berth in the Sugar Bowl. However, to reach those goals, the Bengals must have help from Auburn, which hosts Georgia next Saturday, and the way Georgia played on Saturday, those goals appear put of reach.

Auburn, which dumped Rutgers 30-7, still has a shot at the conference title, but the Tigers will need help just to claim a share of it. Auburn is 3-1 in the league going into Saturday's clash with Georgia, and the Tigers also must battle Alabama on Nov. 27. The help would have to come from Mississippi State, which entertains LSU this Saturday. THE GEORGIA at Auburn and LSU at Mississippi State clashes this week could settle the host berth in the Sugar Bowl game on New Year's Night.

The second-ranked Bulldogs, paced by Herschel Walker, who rushed for 219 yards and three touchdowns, destroyed 18th-ranked Florida, 44-0, and expect to move to the No. 1 spot in this week's national rankings since top-ranked Pitt was upset by Notre Dame. LSU recovered four of seven Archibald's Rare Feat When Nate Archibald became the only player ever to lead the NBA in scoring and assists in a single season in the 1972-73 season, he averaged 33.9 points per game and 11.4 assists. 0 8 1 0 8 1 98289 83210 PCAA Conference Conference All Games WLT Pis OP Penn St. 8 1 0 325 149 Florida St.

7 1 0 308 160 Pittsburgh 7 1 0 211 101 NotreDame 6 1 1 162 103 W.Virginia 7 2 0 202 134 Boston Col. 6 2 1 213 163 S.Miss. 6 3 0 260 138 Vir.Tech 5 3 0 176 79 E.Carolina 5 4 0 205 191 Navy 5 4 0 182 172 Miami.Fla. 5 4 0 181 137 Rutgers 5 4 0 157 182 Cincinnati 4 4 0 196 177 Temple 4 5 0 203 155 Louisville 4 5 0 168 287 Army 4 5 151 223 S.Carolina 3 6 0 201 221 Tulane 3 6 0 164 222 Syracuse 2,7 0 146 192 Richmond 0 8 0 71 220 Memph.St. 0 9 0 98 246 1-AA Tenn.

St. 7 0 1 235 81 Holy Cross 7 2 0 188 111 SWLa. 6 3 0 209 168 Colgate 5 3 0 177 179 NWLa 5 4 0 201 181 W.Kntcky 4 5 0 159 180 2 "7 0 149 285 WLT PtsOP 8 1 0 277158 3 5 0 151257 139139 WLT PtsOP 5 0 0 190 99 3 1 0 83 95 2 1 0 39 43 2 2 0 134 90 1 3 0 102122 0 3 0 55101 0 4 0 32 95 Fresno St. LgBchSt. Utah St.

San Jos St. Pacific U. FllrtonSl. 251 173 5 3 6 3 1 8 2 6 3 7 169299 163255 104182 Southern Conference Conference All Games WLT PtsOP WLT PtsOP 4 1 0 110 61 7 2 0 218134 of Pitt Notre Dame Upset Furman 4 1 0 110 53 6 3 0 195103 3 2 0 126125 4 5 0 232229 3 2 0 115 71 5 5 0 219160 W.Carolina Leaves 3 Perfect Teams What They Said Houston Coach Bill Yeoman, after his team lost to Texas 50-0, the worst drubbing in the series: "Hey, scores don't bother me. There are W's and there are L's.

This is an L. It doesn't make any difference whether it's one point or 600." Texas Coach Fred Akers. whose Longhorns took advantage of seven Houston turnovers: "We've been for someone, somehow, somewhere to let some of those bounces go our way. When it started, it overflowed," Minnesota Coach Joe Salem, whose team yielded 511 yards in a 35-10 loss to Ohio State and first-year quarterback Mike Tomczak: "I thought Tomczak played well, but he doesn't put the fear of God in you like (Art) Schlichter did." Southern Methodist tailback Craig James, who rushed for 130 yards and one touchdown and passed 62 yards for another score in leading the second-ranked Mustangs past Rice 41-14: "The most important thing to us is who is No.l on Jan.2. We intend for that to be us." Baylor Coach Grant Teaff.

whose team had won only two of eight games this season prior to upsetting fifth-ranked Arkansas 24-17: "It was maybe the biggest victory we've ever had except for maybe the 1974 and 1978 victories over Texas. I've been dying a thousand deaths. I got to thinking 1 couldn't coach a lick." Florida Coach Charley Pell, after a 44-0 rout at the hands of Georgia as Herschel Walker rushed for 219 yards and three touchdowns: "1 thought Herschel showed why he's the most dominating college football player. I don't believe a team can defeat Georgia unless you figure a way to keep the ball away from Herschel-He's that good." By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer Southern Methodist, Georgia and Arizona State form college football's ruling troika after an upset-filled weekend which saw Notre Dame write another dramatic chapter in its storied history and LSU storm back into the ranks of the elite while get-' ting Bear Bryant to mumbling about retiring. The list of unbeaten-untied major teams shrank to three when Notre Dame stunned No.l-rated Pitt 31-16, adding the Panthers to a long list of Irish upset victims, and fifth-ranked Arkansas fell to Baylor 24-17.

That left the race for No.l in this week's Associated Press poll looming as a three-way battle among second-ranked SMU, a 41-14 winner over Rice; No.3 Georgia, which thrashed No.20 Florida 44-0, and -fourth-rated Arizona State, which came from behind to turn back winless Oregon State 30-16. heels of the big three are sixth-ranked Nebraska, which walloped Oklahoma State 48-10, and No.7 Penn State, which buried North Carolina State 54-0. And don't overlook unbeaten-but-tied No.U LSU, the nation's top-rated defensive team, which throttled No.8 Alabama 20-10, a licking which Bryant termed "the best beating we've had since the '60s." Elsewhere, lOth-ranked Washington edged No.9 UCLA 10-7, No.12 Florida State swamped South Carolina 56-26, No.13 Clemson shaded No. 18 North Carolina 16-13, No.14 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 24-10, No. 15 Michigan defeated Illinois 16-10, No.

16 Southern California clobbered California 42-0, No. 17 West Virginia squeaked past Temple 20-17 and No.19 Maryland nipped Miami 18-17. Part of Notre Dame's heritage is upsetting No.l teams (see Georgia Tech, 1953; Oklahoma, 1957; Texas, 1970; Alabama, 1973 and 1974; Texas again, 1977, and now Pitt), "and that's what I talked to the players about," said Coach Gerry Faust. "I read off all the past upsets to them before the game." DURING THE GAME, Notre Dame erased a 13-10 fourth-quarter deficit on a 54-yard flea-flicker pass from Blair Kiel to Joe Howard and Allen Pinkett added insurance scores on runs of 76 and 7 yards, while' Notre Dame defense snapped Pitt quarterback Dan Marino's record streak of 19 games in which he had thrown a touchdown pass. After the game, Pinkett said this win will, go down in Notre Dame history This is a chance for us to hush lot of criticism and give us back our national respectability, this puts us back in the national bfc-ture." The same fans who were calling for Notre Dame to oust Faust now may be ready to nominate him for president.

"This has to go down as one of the best wins at Notre Dame Faust said..