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VOLS EXT ATOR CATS, Mills Leads Assault on Aerial Records, Grabs 7 in the Vol dressing room. "My goodness, everytime we got going, the game would just reverse itself. But Johnny Mills played one heckuva game and I'm glad it's over." It couldn't have been more entertaining for the regional television audience in the South which had voiced displeasure over seeing this game instead of the battle between aerials for a whopping 225 yards and surely put the Vols into their second post-season game in two seasons. The towering Tennessee press box was buzzing with bowl talk and most of it centered on the Gator Bowl, which was represented by scouts Ted Twomey and John Lanahan, both of whom remained noncommittal after the rugged Michigan State and Notre Dame. The fans in the South got the better of the live telecast, the "big game" ending 10-10.

Dickey pointed to two big pass receptions by Mills as the turning point of the game which saw the Vols struggling to a 14-13 halftime margin after two fumbles deep in Wildcat territory and a pass passes for 275 yards and all four Tennessee touchdowns needed to rack up the sixth win in nine games. FLEET Richmond Flowers, who threw a key block to allow Mills to score on a 72-yard pass play, hauled in two touchdown passes of seven yards each. These came in the waning moments of the second Tie died. The game ended with Notre Dame struggling to get off a bomb on its own 40. The tie, disappointing to (Turn to Page 3) 10 TO 10 STALEMATE! WIN WITH EASE, 34 Southeastern Conference tilt had ended.

But, the brilliant Vol aerial produced all kinds of team and individual records and was sure to have impressed the bowl scouts and a regional television audience, despite a flood of mistakes. Warren, who sets a record every time he runs or passes for a yard, completed 14 of 30 Smith, threw the Irish back to the 24. THE HOPES of Notre Dame supporters in the record Spartan Stadium crowd of 80,011 Spartans Rebs Rip By JIMMY DAVY TENNESSEAN Sports Writer KNOXVILLE Record-smashing Johnny Mills played the leading man in Tennessee's television spectacular here yesterday and boosted the Vols to a hectic 28-19 victory over Kentucky before 43,704 at Neyland Stadium for the last home game of the season. MILLS, A 6-3 senior from Elizabethton, scored only one touchdown, but snared seven of Dewey Warren's Irish, EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Notre Dame and Michigan State fought to a savage 10-10 tie yester day in their nationally-viewed blue ribbon battle and left unan- Wow, Who's No.

7 Notre Dame Mich. St. First downs 10 13 Rushing yardage 9) 142 Passing yardage 128 142 Passes 8-24 7-20 Passes Intercepted by 3 1 Punts 8-42 8-38 Fumbles lost 1 1 Yards penalized 10 32 swered the question of who has the best college football team in the country. The top-ranked Fighting Irish, their ace quarterback Terry Han-ratty lost by injury in the first quarter, and playing entirely without their game-breaker halfback Nick Eddy, struck back after trailing 10-0 to deadlock the game with a 28-yard field goal by Joe Azzaro on the first play of the last period. THEN THE Irish missed winning by a few agonizing yards when Azzaro failed on a field goal try from the Spartan 31 with less than five minutes remaining.

Azzaro's pressure kick slithered to the right of the goal posts. That wasted big break came after Irish safety Tom Schoen plucked a Michigan State pass out of the air at midfield and raced to the Spartan 18. It was then that Michigan State's fighting defensive unit, headed by 283-pound Bubba By JOHN BIBB TENNESSEAN Sports Writer JACKSON, Miss. Compassionate Ole Miss compounded Van- the Move Tough as Expected Kentucky Tennessee First downs 7 21 Rushing yardage 66 205 Passing yardage 174 275 Passes 9-17 14-30 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 9-42 7-47 Fumbles lost 2 2 Yards penalized 30 11 period and early in the fourth for a 21-13 advantage for the struggling Vols. The other touchdown for Tennessee was a three-yard toss to co-captain Austin Den-ney, a 227-pounder from Donel-son, which gave the Vols a 7-0 first-period lead and Austin a record of seven scoring receptions for the year.

KENTUCKY, a 21-point underdog in this traditionally tough SEC meeting, put up a whale of a fight before ending the year with a 3-6-1 record and Tennessee coach Doug Dickey was the first to admit it. "No one could say there is anything dull when we show up to play a game," he said ord in this one their first victory over Arkansas in the 10-game series between the two schools. The decision dropped Arkansas to 8-2 for the year and 5-2 in SWC play, a half game behind Southern Methodist, which needs only a victory over TCU next week to win the title and the bowl bid outright. Tech spotted the Razorbacks a 10-point lead in the first quarter, but rallied for a touch- NOV. 20, 1966 Ml Si! Here's Note (88) Conference against Hi Both Teams Come, Both Saw, But No Conquest, Just a Draw nr i RAYMOND JOHNSON Tennessee's 81 Baker on EAST LANSING, Mich.

Notre Dame's badly crippled Fighting Irish played for a tie in the dying minutes of its hammer-and-tongs "Poll Bowl" battle with Michigan State here yesterday. State, which was hoping to become national champion Baker again surrounded by Kentucky players Jeff Van and Tom Fee (22). Tennessee won the Southeastern battle 28 to 19. Next week the Vols play in Nashville Vanderbilt. KNOXVILLE Tennessee's Bill Baker plunges over the line for a first down.

Tennessee players on the ground are Austin Denney (84) and Kentucky players jerry Davis (25), Mike McCraw (40), Al Planeuf (34) and Bill Jansen (44) IUI eh Stuns Te in interception near the Kentucky goal line, ONE WAS A brilliant grab for 33 yards just before half-time which carried the ball to the Kentucky six-yard line. Two plays later, Warren hit Flowers for the TD, the sophomore knifing across the end zone like a bullet to take the pass. The other key play, according to Dickey, was the 72-yard catch and run early in the fourth period which ended Tennessee scoring on the beautiful day. Flowers, with his great speed, cut down Ken- (Turn to Page 4) 0 VU an estimated 10,500 rain-soaked fans. THE REBELS, streaking to their fifth straight triumph despite the heavy footing, used a couple of fumble recoveries and a lucky tip to stack, up a 17-0 halftime margin.

Then, with the decision obviously theirs, the Rebels employed their second-string offensive unit throughout the second half. Despite this noble gesture, Ole Miss scored two other touchdowns and another field goal. Both second-half TDs Ifs a Long Seosorr Vanderbilt Mississippi First downs 17 Rushing yardage 01 Passing yardage 54 141 Passes a-io Passes Intercepted by 1 2 Punts -3 -38 Fumbles lost 3 1 Yards penalized 10 52 were sudden and swift in keeping with Ole Miss team9 of old. ONE OF them was a 51- yard pass from sub quarterback Joe Graves to halfback Billy Matthews, which netted the thrower his first touchdown toss of the year. The other was Doug Cunningham's 64-yard streak after pulling away from a couple of Commodores on a punt return early in the second quarter.

Jimmy Keyes, who kicked both field goals and four extra points, set a Rebel field goal record for the year with his eighth and ninth boots. The first, cominar after Jim Whiteside's fumble lust before the half, was a 26-yarder. The other, after Roger Mays' pitch-out was lost, was good for 27 yards. THE REBELS got their first touchdown when Steve Bevil attempted to field the first Ole Miss punt of the dismal afternoon. Steve had trouble getting the ball as he signaled for a fair catch at the Vandy 19.

He never caught it and when it slipped through his hands, Mike Magee fell on it for the Rebels. In one quick sweep, Cunningham raced around the flattened left Vanderbilt flank to sweep 19 yards for the score with less than five minutes of the game history. Keyes' kick ran it to 7-0. It was well into the second period, with only 2:13 remaining before halftime, when Ole Miss struck again. This time, it was a 31-yard pass from Bruce Newell to end Jim Sullivan that capped a 76-yard, seven-play surge.

Sullivan, who hadn't caught a pass in any previous Rebel game this fall, came off the bench apparently bringing in the play. THE Commodores weren't fooled on it, Bernie Kempla and another Vandy buddy sandwiching Sullivan as ho crossed the goal. Newell's pass was thrown into the midst of all three gridders, and Kemp got his hand on it. He batted the ball and Sullivan ran under it, juggling it as he raced through the end zone for six more. The field goal came with 47 seconds left in the second period.

Whiteside's fumble was recovered by Steve McQueen and when Vanderbilt failed te yield, Keyes stepped back and booted his 26-yarder. It was obvious at the start of the third quarter that coach John Vaught was eager to let his younger men see action. He started his second offensive team and Vanderbilt held the Rebels in their first series. VAUGHT wasn't about to let his Rebels' fine defensive record be marred, however, so he employed his first-string defenders. And, what a first string! Vandy got the ball at its own 31 for the first time in the second half and punted from its 26.

Cunningham caught it as the Rebel 36, slipped away from a pair of Vandy coverers and swept all the way to push it 23-0. Keyes made it 24-0. A 78-yard, seven-play effort beginning late in the third and (Turn to Page 4) son 14 Duke 41, North Carolina Z5 Virainia 41. Maryland 17 Florida State 28, Wake Forest The Citadel 10, Furman 6 SniithArn Missifisinni 35. East CaP0ina 14 William Mary 35, Richmond 19 Southwest Texas Tech 21, Arkansas 16 Intersectional Bowling Green 62, Temple 20 Buffalo 25, Youngstown 16 Louisville 29, Tulsa 18 Memphis State 26, Cincinnati 14 derbilt's dreary football campaign with an ever-so-easy, 34-0 victory here yesterday before UPI Telephotos Darr, who deflected a Jon Brit-tenum pass, then gathered it in and rambled 20 yards, giving Tech a 21-10 lead in the fading seconds of the third quarter.

Arkansas got their scores on a 21-yard field goal by Bob White and touchdowns on runs of 9 and 5 yards by halfback Jim Whisenhunt and Brit-tenum. It was Tech's ability to move the ball and keep possession that proved the difference. pated a crowd of 7,000 for its season's closing fray with Youngstown but only 3,000 fans showed up. A television set was installed in the press box and drew as much attention as the live action on the field. Wisconsin, which has been averaging 55,000 fans at every home game, had an estimated attendance of 44,000 although the opponent was Minnesota, its traditional foe, and the game was the last for Milt Bruhn as Badger coach.

Every seat was occupied at Cambridge, where Yale and Harvard met in the game that once was the toast of the football season. Several high schools in the Boston area, however, switched their games to Saturday forenoon to avoid conflict with the televast from East Lansing, which involved the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 teams. PRIESTS at Plainville, moved the opening of (Turn to Page 2) OS with a decision in its season's finale, gambled in the last quarter after watching a 10-0 advantage melt on the frigid air But the take-a-chance tactics were not enough to earn the Spartans more than a draw.

The 10-10 statemale left the way open for Alabama to take its third national title in a row. "I'm going to vote for us," said Duffy Daugher-tey, a member of the United Press International's cast of voters in its poll. "We were on top most of the game. They (Notre Dame, which was No. 1 going into this fiercely played contest) came back like champions.

"I AM AFRAID THERE will be a split vote and, if it is, Alabama could slip in. It's an unusual down in the second quarter and two more in the third period to bull the Porters under. Tech's pass-minded quarterback John Scovell found the going better on the ground against Arkansas. He ran for one touchdown, with most of the yardage on that and other Tech scoring drives coming on the running of halfbacks Roger Freeman and Jerry Lovelace. THE CLINCHING Raider score was by Tech tackle Gene Crusaders' Strong Line Chills UConn WORCESTER, Mass.

(UPI) Defensive-minded Holy Cross stopped Connecticut cold yesterday as quarterback Jack Lentz heated up the Cross offense for a 16-0 win. The Crusaders scored twice in the first half, including a 25-yard sideline scamper by Lentz and added a fourth-period field goal for its fifth win against three losses and a tie. UConn finished at 2-6-1. Lentz, showing the running form that saw him set a school rushing record two years ago before a knee injury sidelined him last season, gained 125 yards rushing. The senior from Baltimore also completed five of seven passes for 45 yards.

A crowd of 5,000 watched the game in blustery winds and freezing temperatures. The Holy Cross defense, led by middle guard Glenn Greico, and end Dick Rzyze held the visiting Huskies to 84 yards on the ground, despite the last-period LUBBOCK, Tex. (UPI) Texas Tech, fighting for nothing but its own pride, sent sixth ranked Arkansas reeling yesterday with a 21-16 upset that all but eliminated the Razorback's Cotton Bowl hopes. THE RED Raiders went into the game with a 1-5 Southwest conference mark and the league's worst defense, but they forgot their past rec Outdoors SUNDAY MORNING, Outdoors situation, and the heads ot the wire services must decide. We could be co-national has ever happened, but when champions.

I don't know if it you have two teams as great as these two, I feel it would be appropriate. It would be a shame if they beat Southern California and finished with the same record as we have and are not co-champions. I can't see any other solution." "It will be interesting to see what the polls do" replied Ara Parsegkian when asked if he thought Notre Dame should continue as No. 1. "The most remote thing in my mind was a tie.

I never Spartan-Irish. Get Viewers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS X7IRTUAL nationwide telecasting of the play-by-play of the Notre Dame at Michigan State football game cut into the attendance at other games, an Associated Press survey dis-closed yesterday. BUFFALO University antici- i Section I Ara Parseghian thought about the consequences of a tie. I thought one team would win. I thought we would be that team.

"STRATEGY DICTATES that you don't give away the ball," Ara declared when questioned about running six times with the ball in the final 80 seconds. "We were not going to give up the ball on an error deep in our own territory. I know that Kenney (Dick) is a dangerous field Jf Field Position Ara's Top Consideration Parseghian pointed out that he was playing for field position and that time is instrumental in situations like the Irish faced in the last two minutes. "If we had gotten a first down," Ara pointed out, "and had a little better field position, where an inter-ception would have taken place about the 50-yard line, a field goal by Michigan State would have been a difficult thing." Some guessperts wondered why the Irish gambled on fourth down and needing about a yard with the ball on their own 39 Ara quickly answered by saying: "I felt it was the lesser of two evils to go for the yardage instead of kicking. I wondered about a bad snap (Notre Dame lost its regular center early in the game), a blocked kick or a punt return.

We took less risk running." itGrid. Resultsir Boston College 14, Massachu- TLSMMSLPilcV, U. 30, Rhode Island 14 TENNESSEE 28, Kentucky 191 North Carolina State 23, Clem- micnigan aiaie iu, noire uame Michigan 17, Ohio State 3 Purdue 51, Indiana 6 Wisconsin 7, Minnesota 6 Kent State 42, Xavier 14 Missouri 7, Kansas 0 Oklahoma State 21, State 6 Kansasi Northwestern 35, Illinois 7 East Princeton 7, Cornell 0 Harvard 17. Yale 0 Columbia 40, Brown 38 Dartmouth 40, Pennsylvania 21 Holy Cross 16, Connecticut 0 Colgate 26, Rutgers 7 Syracuse 34, West Virginia 7 Penn State 48, Pittsburgh 24 Leads Harriers Lawlor finished the five-mile course in 26 minutes, 51 seconds, 13 seconds in front of Army captain Jim Warner. Jim Dare of Navy was third and Jon Nolan of Army fourth.

Middies' Lawor WEST POINT, N.Y. UP) John Lawlor, Heptagonal cross country champion led Navy to a 23-33 victory over Army yesterday in the annual service academy meet. The victory stopped Army's dual meet win record at 21. AP Wire photos Cavender on sidelines. Getting the Word From DuHy EAST LANSING, Mich.

Spartan Coach Duffy Daughtery huddles with Regis.