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THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16 1997 B5 College football Blocked punt keeps Cards from second win Tenn (AP) Don Haselwood got to Louis punter when it counted Saturday The Tiger safety had grazed a previous punt by Jeremy Borseth but Haselwood blocked punt with 3:24 remaining Jeff Bazemore returned the ball 23 yards for a touchdown and Jim Cande kicked a 35 yard extra point as Memphis rallied for a 21 20 victory over Louisville Cande came through after the Tigers (4 6 2 3 Conference USA) were penalized 15 yards for celebrating after the touch down tied it 20 20 gotten close on blocks all year said Memphis coach Rip Scherer got a partial block early on We finally got a break played better and lost for or Ron Cooper the game summed up a frus trating season that has the third year coach under fire sort of like how things have gone all season anoth er disappointing Cooper said situation here is very The winning score ruined a performance where Louis ville (1 10 0 6) outplayed Memphis most of the game The Cardinals led 20 7 through three quarters capi talizing on Memphis turnovers thanks to two first half fum bles they turned into points On the first Memphis play from scrimmage Bernard Oden was sacked by Mike Gantous and fumbled Kendrick Gholston recovered at the Memphis 36 Eight plays later rank Mor eau who finished the game with 158 yards on 24 carries scored from 10 yards out The other Louisville first half touchdown came on a 70 yard fumble recovery by Ra shad Holman Cardinals kicker Jon Hilbert converted field goals of 33 and 28 yards in the third quarter to extend the Louisville lead to 20 7 But Memphis rallied in the fourth quarter scoring with 13:27 left when Oden hooked up with Dodson from 38 yards for their second touchdown STATISTICS At Memphis Tenn Louisville 14 0 6 0 20 Memphlt 7 14 21 irst Quarter Louisville Moreau 10 run (Hilbert kick) 10:02 Memphis Dodson 26 pass from Oden (Cande kick) 5:27 Louisville Holman 70 fumble return (Hilbert kick) :33 Third Quarter Louisville Hilbert 33 12:08 Louisville Hilbert 28 :29 ourth Quarter Memphis Dodson 38 pass from Oden (Cande kick) 13:27 Memphis Bazemore 23 return ot blocked punt (Cande kick) 3:24 15243 irst downs 19 15 Rushes yards 0 223 36 53 Passing 159 188 CompAttlnt 2035 0 15 291 Return Yards 5 48 Punts Avg 6 298 7 324 umbles Lost 3 2 2 2 Penalties Yards 3121 7 71 Time of Possession 32:36 27:24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Louisville Moreau 24 158 Roundtree 10 52 Gordon 3 9 Redman 2 2 Williams 1 2 Memphis Arnold 21 69 Dodson 15 Riley lminus 2) PT Jones (minus 7) Oden 12 (minus 12) PASSING Louisville Redman 20 35 0 159 Memphis Oden 1629 1 188 RECEIVING Louisville Green 678 Montano 4 28 Gordon 3 4 Jackson 3 6 Boyd 2 9 Moreau 1 12 Roundtree 1 12 Memphis Dodson 7 101 loyd 4 47 Kendall 2 20 Powers 1 11 Carr 1 9EMD Cooper says one game decide his fate By Bruce Schreiner Associated Press Writer A blocked punt sank Louisville football to its lowest point in a generation and put Ron job security on possibly shakier ground 21 20 loss to Memphis ended the season at 1 10 and gave de tractors more ammunition in calling for his fir ing It was the first time since 1964 that Louisville won just one game in a season Cooper completing his third season as head coach at Louisville said the fourth quarter blocked punt summed up his season is definitely Cooper said during his post game radio interview is sort of how the season has gone the way this thing ended We should have ended this thing with a win today but we Cooper whose overall record at Louisville dropped to 13 20 said he think his future hinged on the performance at Memphis not putting the one game on my he said now to a point to where what ever happens happens Whatever the Man upstairs has planned for me what got to go Louisville athletics director Tom Jurich has said he will decide fate as early as Tuesday Cooper has two years left on his contract but a handful of boosters offered to donate money so the university 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