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It had gotten so bad that Iowa coach Bob Commings, who saw much better days when coaching at Massillon High, had all but given up. Down 31-0 with 3 minutes to play in the half, Iowa had a fourth-and-one situation near midfield and in almost self-defense, the Hawkeyes punted. Hundreds were already streaming out of the big concrete horseshoe at intermission. But Hope, an honored guest at homecoming festivities, refused to let the show bomb. AS THE Ohio State band played "Thanks For The Memory," Hope strode on the field wearing a scarlet beret and got down on both knees and bowed to the musicians.

"I really want to thank you for inviting me to this wonderful bas averted a shutout with an 80-yard third period drive capped by fullback Jon Lazer's six-yard run. Ohio State? Well, it did little or nothing, trying such things as shovel passes and line bucks on obvious passing downs and playing second-team quarterback Greg Castignola the final 10 minutes of the game. Of course, things had gotten so out of hand in favor of Ohio State in the first half that Castignola also played the final 3 minutes of the second quarter after it was obvious freshman flash Art Schlichter was just too much for the Hawkeyes to handle. HAYES summed it up pretty well when he said, "I don't think a game like that helps you very much. When you're ahead 31-0 at the half, you aren't very hungry." Iowa's Commings said simply, "We just played for our pride in See BUCKEYES, page C-4 By JACK PATTERSON Beacon Journal Staff Writer COLUMBUS Thanks for the memory, Bob Hope.

Thanks for the memory of a beautiful fall afternoon which might as well have been cancelled for lack of excitement if it hadn't been for you. Ohio State beat Iowa, 31-7, in a z-rated production. That's as in zzzzz, the sound of 87,586 snoring at Ohio Stadium. It was left to Hope to save the day and ol' Ski Snoot did so at halftime in concert with the Ohio State marching band. For by intermission, Ohio State had taken a 31-0 lead over an inept and out-classed band of Iowa Hawkeyes.

THE BUCKEYES had rolled up 317 yards in offense to Iowa's 40. Ohio State's pass defense, the worst by statistics in the Big Ten, had ketball game," said Hope as the crowd roared. And then Hope performed the show-stopper. Strutting along with Ohio State drum major Dwight Hudson, Hope dotted the in the Ohio State band's famed "Script Ohio" formation. Almost as if on cue, as the crowd erupted in ah ovation seldom seen here even at; Michigan games, the Ohio State team raced on the field and coach Woody Hayes ran up to Hope, threw his arms around the entertainer and shook his hand as the cheers continued.

It was a dramatic, heart-tingling moment. Too bad, indeed, that they had to go back to playing football afterwards. FOB THERE was very little football played in the last two periods. Iowa, aided by a key 15-yard personal foul call on the Bucks, OSU's Paul Ross dives over blocker to make stop Snoddy leads Penguins9 win Pill vfc- Ch By JIM DERENDAL Beacon Journal Staff Writer AUSTTNTOWN Youngstown State head football coach Bill Nar-duzzi had said before Saturday's important Mid-Continent Conference game with the University of Akron that injured star running back Mar-schell Brumfield would play only if the Penguins needed him. They didn't need him.

In fact, the undefeated Penguins didn't need anything more than what they got as they rolled to a 27-3 victory over the Zips before 10,200 at Fitch High School Stadium to take over sole possession of first place in the MCC and stretch their winning streak over the past two years to 10 games. "Everyone thinks we're a one-man team, but we're not," Narduz-zi said of Brumfield, the leading scorer in Division and the MCC's leading rusher who was out with a sprained wrist. "Marsch does an awful lot for us, but we have a lot of other people, too. We didn't get to be 7-0 just because of one player." THAT THEORY received a hearty endorsement from Akron head coach Jim Dennison, whose team dropped to 2-1 in the MCC (Youngstown is 3-0) and 4-3 "They are a very experienced team," Dennison said. "In fact, they remind me of our team from 1976 (which finished second in the NCAA Division II playoffs).

They had the experience and we made the mistakes." Indeed, Akron had its chances to make the game closer, if not win it, but the Penguins always came up with the big play when needed. And, Youngstown seemed to be aware of its ability to do so, although the Penguins didn't really put the game away until the final seven minutes. THE MAIN REASON behind Youngstown's sense of well-being; was quarterback Keith Snoddy, a junior from Triway High. For the second straight year (Youngstown beat Akron 28-10 last season), Snoddy ran and passed with excellence, gaining 249 of Youngstown's 493 yards in total offense. In the first half Snoddy passed for 131 of his 151 yards and in the second half, he ran the option as if it had been designed specifically for him, gaining 88 of his 98 yards rushing.

But Snoddy didn't do it all by See YOUNGSTOWN, page C-S Beacon Journal photo bv Dennis Gordon Akron's Winters fumbles ball away to Youngstown on Penguin three-yard line Ifs a loneso yride home for a winner mebut happ Torn Melody ed itself to excellence on this day and how he had stoked it by having it listen to a talk show on an Akron radio station Thursday evening. "Things were said about our team, about our program, about our so-called weak schedule. I'm glad we don't have a program like that in our town for players on other teams to listen to." He also talked about the motorcade that accompanied his team to Saturday's game, the banners that saluted his team along the way. THE RADIO show, the motorcade, the banners. Sure, they were important, he said, but the bottom line was, "Our players know that they have a pretty good football team." Good, indeed.

Probably as good as the Montana State team that defeated Akron for the national championship two seasons ago. So maybe it wasn't so bad, after all, that Narduzzi had to ride home alone. Wouldn't do for him to get overconfident, you know. AUSTTNTOWN Most everybody was gone now. The press, the players, the back-slappers, the wisecrackers.

His work done for another day, Bill Narduzzi, once a tackle for Ara Parseghian at Miami of Ohio, wrapped his substantial arms around his two young sons and said, "C'mon, boys, let's go home; you can ride with me." "No, thanks, Dad," one of the boys said. "We're going to ride with Mom." Oh, well, can't win 'em all, right, Bill? Maybe not at home. ON THE football field, however, an undefeated season today is a gleaming possibility for Narduzzi, who has indeed constructed a monster for Youngstown State University. Youngstown State does not yet have a football stadium and it is stuck with a nickname that even South Pole Tech would refuse. It does, though, have a football team so uncom- no more of a game of it than the score (27-3) indicated.

"We tried everything," an Akron assistant coach said, "but it didn't seem to matter. I'm not so sure we could have won had we done everything perfect." And Jim Dennison, Akron's head coach, tossed his head back and forth in wonderment and said, "That is an exceptional football team." In truth, he had said it all in those six words. Akron was ready and set it simply could not go against an opponent with no apparent weakness. THEN, too, Youngstown State had attached peerless meaning to this contest. "It probably was the most important in the (38-year) history of football at Youngstown State," said Narduzzi, "because we did so much right in front of such a big (10,200) homecoming crowd.

For the first six games of the season, we gave our fans reason to come to this game and today we gave them reason to come back." Narduzzi talked about how his team had dedicat monly splendid that school records are falling as rapidly as opponents. Saturday afternoon at Aiistintown Fitch High Stadium here, the Penguins won their seventh game of the season a feat matched by no other Youngstown State team and set a season, yes, season, scoring record (282 points) in the process. The sweetness of it all was enhanced by the fact it occurred against the University of Akron, the Penguins' heartiest rival. AKRON, set-upon by injuries but most likely no match for Youngstown State if it were healthy, made lays help i Cavaliers win third straight Stat Kent rally On page C-2: Sheldon (taker's column By JOHN SEABURN Beacon Journal Staff Writer KENT For the first time this season, Kent State's football team showed a marked tendency to accomplish the big play and the result was a come-from-behind 20-17 nonconference victory over Marshall University Saturday. It was Kent State's third victory in seven games and gave the Flashes an impressive 3-1 record at Dix Stadium.

Coming as it did over a Marshall team depleted by player suspensions earlier this week, the victory nonetheless halted a two-game Kent losing streak and moved coach Ron Blackledge to say, "It was a mishmash out there today, but the big play pulled us through." A PARENTS' DAY crowd of watched as Kent quarterback Tom Delaney passed to Mike Moore and J. Stafford for touchdowns while the running game, led by Doug West, rolled up 336 yards as the offense netted 385 yards. By SHELDON OCKER Beacon Journal Staff Writer RICHFIELD The Chicago Bullies have had a history of pushing the Cavaliers around, even before 7-2 Artis Gilmore joined the gang. But Cleveland is not just any old team right now. No sir.

These Cavaliers are the No. 1 team in the NBA's Central Div-sion. They improved their record to 3-0 Saturday night by being a little quicker and a little more aggressive than Chicago and beat the Bulls 113-104 before a crowd of 11,030 at the Coliseum. Gilmore was there, trying to turn both keyholes into his personal fortress. He didn't quite succeed.

Despite scoring 32 points more than anyone on either team and grabbing 14 rebounds, Gilmore was unable to keep the Cavaliers from making productive thrusts into his Kent rusher to gain more than 100 yards in a single game this season when he netted 112 on 17 rushes. West's longest gain was 41 yards and helped set up placekicker Lou Caraccf 22-yard held goal in the second quarter for Kent's first of two rallies. IT WAS the big play, however, that sent the Thundering Herd down to its sixth straight loss and left it 1-6 on the season. Kent came away with its 18th victory in 25 games with Marshall after this variety of big plays: Delaney threw 22 yards to Mike Moore for a touchdown and a 13-3 Kent lead in a pressure-packed situation made more desperate when 12 seconds ticked off the clock during a time out near the end of the first half. Woodie Thompson returned a punt by John Huth, a third cousin of Kent punter Mike Huth, 55 yards to set up the final Kent touchdown.

Delaney threw 14 yards to Stafford for his second touchdown See BIG, page AUSTIN CARR, who is probably Cleveland's all-time leader in driving to the basket, did not flinch when Gilmore suddenly loomed in front of the basket. "To me a blocked shot is a blocked shot," said Carr, who led the Cavs in scoring with 20 points, though he played only 26 minutes and was not a starter. "Driving is my game and if I stop penetrating just because I might get a shot blocked, Tm ruining the thing I've got to do." And while Cleveland pivotmen Jim Chones and John Lambert did not keep Gilmore from being the Bulls' primary weapon, he did not stop them altogether, either. Chones was supposed to draw See UNBEATEN, page Oil Beacon Journal photo bv Dennis Cardan Bulls' Gilmore goes over Cbones for Held goal West, a 183-pound running back from Wintersville, became the.