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4C THE PALM BEACH POST SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1988 College Football uburn makes short work of Golden Eagles senior leadership, will finish ThAssociated Press Tennessee 10, SEC AUBURN, Ala. Reggie Slack thrfw for 272 yards and a touchdown and ran for another Saturday as No. 9 Auburn beat Southern Mississippi 38-8, snapping the Golden Eagles' seven-game winning streak. strong. I'm very proud of this football team." Auburn, attempting to defend its SEC title, plays Georgia next week and closes against Alabama on Nov.

25. "It's coming down to it again," Dye said. "It's a great time of year for Auburn football." The Tigers took a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. Stacy Danley, who gained 97 yards on 18 carries, Conference All Oamee Georgia I 0 7 2 0 LSU 6 i 0 6 2 0 Auburn 4 10 8 10 Alabama 4 2 0 6 2 0 Florida 3 3 0 5 4 0 Kentucky 2 3 0 5 4 0 Mississippi 2 3 0 4 5 0 Vanderbilt 2 4 0 3 5 0 Tennessee 0 4 0 2 6 0 Mississippi State 0 5 0 1 7 0 Auburn (8-1) which entered the game with three consecutive shut mm NO. 9 AUBURN USM Aub scored on a 1-yard First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Melvin Adams scored on a 2-yard run in the third as for Tulane.

Notes West Georgia (4-5, 3-4) shut down North Alabama (2-7, 2-5) 16-0 at Florence, and broke the longest current scoring streak in NCAA Division North Alabama had scored in 114 consecutive games since being shut out on Oct. 21, 1978. Halfback Darrell Mid-dleton's 2-yard touchdown run with six minutes remaining lifted Gardner-Webb (3-5-1, 2-4) past Presbyterian (2-7, 0-5) 20-19 in a South Atlantic Conference game at Clinton, S.C Richard McKinnon ran for two touchdowns and Wade Broxie set up two others with a blocked punt and a fumble recovery in the end zone to lead Alabama (6-3) over Clark College (0-8) 39-0 at Huntsville, Ala. Kenny Jones threw for one touchdown and ran for another score as Virginia Union (7-2) defeated South Carolina State 29-6 at Orangeburg, S.C. Boston College 7 KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

Tennessee defensive back Preston Warren returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown and Chip McCal-lum kicked a 43-yard field goal to give the Volunteers (2-6) a victory over the Eagles (2-6). Boston College appeared to take the lead with 1:26 to play when Mike Power hit Marcus Cherry with an 80-yard pass on third-and-19 from the Boston College 20-yard line. Tulane 14, Mississippi 9 OXFORD, Miss. Terrence Jones passed for 246 yards and one touchdown as the Green Wave (4-5) defeated Mississippi (4-5) to end a four-game losing streak and dampen the Rebels' bowl hopes. Jones hit Jerome Mcintosh with a 32-yard touchdown pass over the middle in the second quarter and 14 30-6 212 2 Conference gamee remaining Auburn: Georgia, Saturday; vs.

Alabama at Birmingham, Nov. 25. Alabama: Vs. Auburn at Birmingham, Nov. 25.

Georgia: At Auburn, Saturday. LSU: At Mississippi State, Saturday. 21 39-190 272 47 14-23-1 3-44 3-3 8-70 27:39 8 8 038 Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession So. Mississippi Auburn 21-43-0 11-35 6-1 13-123 32:21 0 0 0 21 10 7 The Tigers, who had 462 yards of total offense, held Southern Mississippi to 218. Slack completed 14-of-23 passes and was intercepted once.

"Auburn is the best defensive team I have seen since Clemson in 1981 (a national championship team), and maybe better than that," Southern coach Curley Hall-man said. "If there are seven or eight teams better than this Auburn team, then this is an excellent year for college football. "I take the blame for putting too much pressure on the kids," he said. "I'm sure these kids, with our outs, won its fourth straight since losing to Louisiana State and didn't allow any points until there was 1:47 left. Brett Favre threw a 22-yawl touchdown pass to Eddie Ray Jackson for the first points against Auburn.

"I hate that they scored on us laie, on our reserves," Auburn coach Pat Dye said. "But the first burtch played awfully well through the third quarter." 'Southern Mississippi (8-2) rushed for just 6 yards and was penalized 14 times for 128 yards. Favre completed 25-of-43 passes for 212 yards. Aub Danley 1 run (Lyle kick) ris pass from Favre) A 73.787. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING S.

Mississippi, Wamsley 5-28, Gandy 10-19, Bradley 5-9. Auburn, Danley 18-97, Love 9-45, Taylor 1-20. PASSING S. Mississippi, Favre 25-43-0-212. Auburn, Slack 14-23-1-272.

RECEIVING S. Mississppi, Jackson 8-50, Weeks 4-35, Rowell 3-46, Powell 3-28. Auburn, Weygand 4-84, Taylor 4-75, Tillman 3-82, Wasden 1-24. Aub Weygand 38 pass from Slack (Lyle kick) Aub Taylor 20 run (Lyle kick) Aub FG Lyle 26 Aub Slack 1 run (Lyle kick) Aub Danley 1 run (Lyle kick) USM Jackson 22 pass from Favre (Mor- I'm I Allen, Clemson whip Tar Heels Atlantic Coast The Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. Terry Allen rusjied for a season-high 167 yards and one touchdown as No.

17 Clemson defeated North Carolina 37-14 in 'an Atlantic Coast Conference game Saturday. The Tigers (7- Conference All Gamee WIT Clemson 5 10 7 2 0 Maryland 4 1 0 5 4 0 N.C. State 4 2 0 6 3 0 Virginia 3 2 0 5 4 0 Wake Forest 3 3 0 5 4 0 Duke 2 3 0 6 3 0 North Carolina 14 0 18 0 Georgia Tech 0 6 0 3 6 0 NO. 17 2, 5-1) are seeking their third Georgia Tech 34, VMI 7 ATLANTA Georgia Tech's Jerry Mays ran for 151 yards, and T.J. Edwards scored two touchdowns while the Yellow Jackets' (3-6) defense came up with five turnovers in a victory over the Keydets (1-8).

Mays, who played less than half the game and carried the ball only 13 times, set up Tech's first two scores. The junior broke loose for a clemson straight ACC ti-tleClemson holds a half-game lead over Maryland (4-1 in the ACC) heading into next week's game in College Park, Md. Tar Heels (1-8, 1-4) made a game of it for a while mainly because of Clemson's turnovers. The Tigers, who had nine turnovers in their first eight games, made three in the first 17 minutes and trailed 10-7 with 12:36 left in the half. But two scores in "the final 8V2 minutes helped boost the Tigers past the Tar Heels.

"I don't think our team took advantage of all of our opportunities early in the game," Clemson coach Danny Ford said. "We looked like we weren't ready to play in the first half." The Tar Heels' lone first-half touchdown came after Arlington Nunn inadvertently touched the football on a punt, i North Carolina's Leonard Dempsey recovered the ball at the Clemson 37. On the next play, Ken-nard Martin ran up the middle for a 37-yard touchdown to give North Carolina a 7-3 lead. the Tigers countered with a nine-play, 82-yard drive keyed by a 48-yard end around pass from wide receiver Chip Davis to Gary Cooper that put the ball on the Tar Heels' 15. "You have to give our young guys credit for forcing the Clemson mistakes," North Carolina coach Mack Brown said.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia's Shawn Moore makes an errant pitch under pressure. The pitch was fumbled and N.C. State recovered and later scored. Rattlers shake up Howard 34-17 51-yard run to set up a 22-yard field goal by Thomas Palmer midway in the opening period, then ran five times for 45 yards in an 89-yard drive, capped by Nate Kelsey's 1-yard touchdown early in the second period. Citadel 20, Marshall 3 CHARLESTON, S.C.

The Citadel (7-2, 3-1), behind a tenacious Bulldog defense and the 106 yards rushing and two touchdowns by fullback Adrian Johnson, upset the Thundering Herd (8-1, 5-1) the top-ranked team in Division I-AA and the Southern Conference leader. The result clouds the race for the conference championship and its automatic bid to the Division I-AA playoffs. Three teams now have only one league loss. The Citadel wishbone attack directed by quarterback Gene Brown rolled up 359 yards on the ground Appalachian State 42, Western Carolina 21 BOONE, N.C. Lance Redding passed for three touchdowns, and Tim Sanders ran for a pair of scores as the Mountaineers (6-3, 4-2) defeated the Catamounts (2-7, 1-4) in a Southern Conference game.

Redding hit tight end Reggie Spruill with a 2-yard scoring pass with 10:14 left in the first half. It was the first touchdown of Spruill's career, and it gave the Mountaineers a 14-0 lead after Sanders' 3- UNC Clem First downs 1 2 29 Rushes-yards 24-109 69-336 Passing yards 82 146 Return yards 0 49 Passes 11-24-1 9-14-1 Punts 8-35 0-0 Fumbles-lost 4-1 5-2 Penalties-yards 4-37 9-95 Time of Possession 19:51 40:09 North Carolina 0 7 0 7 14 Clemson 3 14 7 13 37 The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida quarterback Tony Ezell scored on a 28-yard run and Derrick Gainer caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Ezell to put the Rattlers ahead in the second quarter as they rolled to a 34-17 win over Howard in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game. Howard (6-3, 3-2) was leading 17-7 when FAMU (6-2-1, 4-1) scored two touchdowns with 1:06 left in the second quarter to give the Rattlers a 21-17 halftime lead. Gainer also scored a touchdown in FAMU's opening drive, and Ezell scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter.

FAMU won its fifth straight game, including a forfeit loss to Delaware State. touchdowns in less than four minutes on a 65-yard run from scrimmage by Charles McCray and a 61-yard punt return by Richard Shelton as the Flames (6-3) defeated the Knights (6-4) in a Division I-AA game of independents. McCray was the game's leading rusher with 81 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. The Flames relied on their ground game, which rolled up 183 yards, and Shelton's return for the win. Liberty gained only 41 yards through the air as quarterback Paul Johnson completed 4-of-7 attempts with two interceptions.

Knights' quarterback Shane Willis racked up 191 yards in the air, completing 19-of-36 passes. But the Flame defense, led by Mickey Paige with 14 tackles, held the visitors to only 80 yards on the ground. Southern University 20, Bethune-Cookman 13 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -Charles Wright threw a 22-yard touchdown pass and Milowe Klein-peter hit field goals of 40 and 49 yards to spark the Jaguars (4-5) to a win over the Wildcats (3-6). Wright came off the bench in the third quarter and went 7-fo-ll for 110 yards and a pass to Robert Valentino for the go-ahead touchdown with 3:44 remaining in the game.

The Wildcats scored first with a 40-yard Kleinpeter field goal, and Robert Ziegler scored Southern's opening touchdown on a 16-yard run. State Colleges Howard's Gary Mossop kicked a 32-yard field goal and Darryon Robinson scored a touchdown on 30-yard interception return in the first quarter. Bison quarterback Lee DuBose's touchdown came on a 1-yard run in the second quarter. The Rattlers' Jimmy Vertuno kicked field goals of 21 and 18 yards in the fourth quarter to round out FAMU's scoring. Gainer had 79 yards on 13 carries, and Ezell rushed for 61 yards on 10 carries.

Liberty 24, Central Florida 7 LYNCHBURG, Va. The Liberty scored two second-quarter Louisville dmvns Virginia Tech yard touchdown run late in the first quarter. Furman 10, 7 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Pat Turner, a junior cornerback, scored on a 13-yard interception to lead the Paladins (7-2, 4-1) to a Southern Conference victory over the Moccasins (3-7, 2-3). Turner's interception came on Tennessee-Chattanooga's first possession with 13:59 left in the first quarter, and the Paladins never relinquished their lead.

Mike Wood, a junior place-kicker, added the extra point on the play. Clem FG Gardocki 20 "UNC Martin 37 run (Gwaltney kick) Clem Hooper 13 pass from R. Williams (Seyle kick) jClem Allen 3 run (Seyle kick) Clem T. Johnson 3 run (Seyle kick) Clem FG Gardocki 24 Clem FG Gardocki 52 Clem James 15 run (Kubu kick) UNC Keller 23 pass from Burnett (Gwaltney kick) -A 80,000 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING North Carolina, Martin 16-1 16. Clemson, Allen 29-167, T.Johnson 13-45, Cooper 1-41.

PASSING North Carolina, Burnett 11-24-1-82. Clemson, Williams 6-10-1-91, Da-vir 1-1-0-48, Morocco 2-3-0-25. RECEIVING North Carolina, Renken 2-32. Blount 2-12, Benefield 1-16. Clemson, Davis 3-42, Jennings 3-41, Hooper 2-33.

Virginia 19, N.C. State 14 "CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -Mark Inderlied kicked four field goals and the Cavaliers (5-4, 3-2) overcame a sloppy first half to knock the Wolfpack (6-3, 4-2) from atop the ACC standings. Virginia won its third straight game, but fumbled five times in the first half, had two passes intercepted and one punt blocked and still ledv 9-7 at intermission. Wake Forest 35, Duke 16 DURHAM, N.C.

Mark Young sewed two first-half touchdowns, and Wake Forest took advantage of Gator Bowl courts Irish, Mountaineers for $6 million The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE Gator Bowl officials say they're near putting together a $6 million package to lure top-ranked Notre Dame and undefeated West Virginia to this year's New Year's bowl game. "We're very bullish on making this thing happen," Gator Bowl president John Bell said. "We've got a few details to work out concerning what we think is the amount of money it will take to put this game together, but we feel that will be accomplished by the middle of next week." If the two teams remain undefeated, the game could be for the national championship, Bell said. Each team has three games left, and the $3 million offer per team would stand regardless of whether either suffers a loss. Bowl bids cannot be extended until NoVj 19.

The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. Deon Booker's 1-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter broke a 3-3 deadlock Saturday, and Louisville went on to beat error-prone Virginia Tech 13-3 for its fifth straight victory. Louisville (7-3) began its game-winning drive on the Virginia Tech 31-yard line following a short punt and seven-yard return by Joey Hamilton. Booker did most of the damage, running the ball on six of the eight plays for 22 yards, including the scoring run at the 10:25 mark. He finished the game with 83 yards on 23 carries.

Ron Bell's 25-yard field goal with 1:16 left in the game provided the final margin. The Hokies (2-7) crossed mid-field three times in the second half but turnovers ended two drives and a pair of sacks forced a punt on the third. A fumbled punt also set up Bell's kick. The teams traded field goals in the first half. Virginia Tech's Chris Kinzer made a 21-yarder witt 12:23 left in the half, while Bell connected from 52 yards at the 3:53 mark, tying a school record set by Wilbur Summers in 1975.

Virginia Tech's score was set up by Leslie Bailey's interception of a Jay Gruden pass on the Louisville 43. Georgia Southern 27, James Madison 13 HARRISONBURG, Va. -Georgia Southern got two touchdowns from Ernest Thompson, 139 yards rushing from Joe Ross, and a 60-yard field goal from David Cool as the Eagles (7-2), ranked No. 6 in Division I-AA, defeated the Dukes (4-5). Grambling 34, Alabama State 0 GRAMBLING, La.

Quarterback Clemente Gordon threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns, and fullback Bryan Tobey ran for over 200 yards and one touchdown as the Tigers (7-2, 5-1) rolled over the Hornets (5-3, 3-3) in a Scjthwestern Athletic Conference garSe. Massachusetts 26, Richmond 16 RICHMOND, Va. Kevin Smellie, Jim Pastorick and Dave Palazzi led a punishing second-half Massachusetts ground attack that propelled the Minutemen (6-3, 4-2) to a Yankee Conference victory over the Spiders (3-6, 2-4). McNeese State 37, Sam Houston State 0 LAKE CHARLES, La. Quarterbacks Hud Jackson and Scott Dietrich threw two touchdown passes each and a combined total of 227 yards in the Cowboys (5-4, 3-2) rout of the Bearkats (3-6, 0-4) in a Southland Conference game.

William Mary 30, Wofford 14 WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -Freshman Robert Green caught two touchdown passes from quarterback John Brosnahan and ran for a third score as the Indians (5-3-1) defeated the DivisioII Terriers (4-5). 1 Morehead State 20, Tennessee Tech 3 COOKEVILLE, Tenn. Chris Swartz passed for 244 yards and one touchdown to lead the Eagles (3-7, 2-3) to an Ohio Valley Conference victory over the Golden Eagles (1-8, 1-3). Austin Peay 16, Tennessee State 12 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.

Jason Jackson returned a blocked punt 24 yards for a touchdown, and Larry Scott ran 3 yards for another score as the Governors (2-7, 1-3) held off the Tigers (3-6-1, 21) in an Ohio Valley Conference gf.ne. lb Duke penalties for 131 yards as the Demon Deacons (5-4, 3-3) took an ACC victory over the Blue Devils (6-3, 2-3). The Demon Deacons also relied on a opportunistic defense. A fumble recovery and interception by linebacker Levern Belin both led to WakijtForest score one in each half.1.