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Bubba Wy che Uncorks As Vols Wham Rebels Tennessee Quarterback Chunks 3 TD Passes ClarionLeUffer Jackson daily news Sunday, November 17, 1968 SECTION By LEE BAKER Daily News Sports Editor Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. Talk about "Dying By The Sword" Tennessee used the favorite Ole Miss weapon the forward pass to beat the Rebels into a 31-0 heap here Saturday. The Vols threw four touchdowns, pleasing immensely the 62,686 attending, and intercepted a school record seven passes to stifle utterly the Reb offense. GRID SCORES the second half No. 2 tailback Laney Pearce and on the final VOLS GAIN ON THE DRAW Tennessee fullbback Richard Pickens (34) picks his day in Knoxville.

Vol blocker is tailback Lanny way through the Ole Miss line on a draw play in the Pearce (42) as Rebel end Dennis Coleman moves second quarter of the Rebel-Volunteer battle Satur- in. Tennessee won 31-0. AP Wirephoto. Colgate 10, Lafayette 6 Connecticut 35, Rhode Island 6 MIDWEST Purdue 9, Michigan State 0 Minnesota 20, Indiana 6 Michigan 34, Wisconsin 9 Xavier 27, Kent State 7 Illinois 14, Northwestern 0 Nebraska 22, Colorada 6 Notre Dame 34, Georgia Tech 6 Kansas 38, Kansas State 29 Oklahoma State 26, Iowa State 17 Dayton 10, Toledo 3 Oklahoma 28, Missouri 14 Ohio State 33, Iowa 27 Northern Illinois 7, Bowling 6 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 35, SMU 29 Houston 77, Idaho 3 Baylor 42, Texas Tech 28 Texas 24, Rice 14 Texas 47, TCU 21 North Texas State 36, Louisville 14 FAR WEST Southern California 17, Oregon State 13 Washington 6, UCLA 0 California 36, Oregon 8 West Texas State 22, Colorado State 17 Arizona State 47, Brigham attlin tate Bulldogs STATE Tennessee 31, Ole Miss 0 LSU 20, Miss. State 16 Delta State 10, Northeast Louisiana 3 Randolph-Macon 35, Mill-saps 12 Mississippi Valley State 26, Bethune-Cookman 6 Alcorn 17, Prairie View (Tex.) 3 Vanderbilt freshmen 44, Ole Miss freshmen 15 Miss.

State freshmen 14, Tulane Freshmen 7 Jackson State 21, Bishop 15 Centenary at Mississippi College, cancelled SOUTH Georgia 17, Auburn 3 Florida 16, Kentucky 14 Alabama 14, Miami 6 Florida State 48, North Carolina State 7 Clemson 24, North Carolina 14 Duke 18, Wake Forest 3 Virginia 63, Tulane 47 The Citadel 34, William and Mary 21 Memphis State 40, Wichita 18 Davidson 24, Wofford 9 Louisiana Tech 34, Lamar Tech 7 Lafayette 14, Colgate 10 Davidson 24, Wofford 9 Virginia Tech 17, South Carolina 6 EAST Penn State 57, Maryland 13 Syracuse 44, Navy 6 Yale 42, Princeton 17 Dartmouth 27, Cornell 6 Army 26, Pitt 0 Coast Guard 34, RPI 20 Harvard 31, Brown 7 Rutgers 41, Holy Cross 14 West Virginia 30, Villanova 20 Boston College 45, VMI 13 eaten Barely By LSU Wrong Count On Downs Mars Hard-Fought Tilt series an unknown reserve full back, Steve Wold. Pickens finished with 122 yards on 16 totes, Pearce 76 on 14, and Wold 52 on four. Manning threw 40 times, completing 16 with six intercepted for 162 yards, before being shaken five minutes into the last period and giving way to Don Farrar who zeroed three passes two to Rebs for 24 yards, once to a Vol for the record surpassing six interceptions against Villanova in 1945 and Wake Forest in 1962. Only fullback Bo Bowen did any ground gaining of consequences, carrying 14 times for 50 yards. Tailback Steve Hind-man, only employed twice, netted six yards.

With Manning losing 15 yards and Farrar 11, the Ole Miss net rushing was a rather unbelievable 28 well below the 147.8 average brought into the contest. More favorable was the passing yardage with the 186 better than the 155.8 averaged against eight previous foes. REB OPPORTUNITIES The Rebs, despite the quick hole, had some opportunities, but could make nothing of them. Near the first quarter's end, tackle Claude Herard covered a Vol fumble at the Reb. 41, but after a penetration to the Tennessee 25, Manning lost a fumble in turn.

Later the Rebs had the ball at the Vol 46 when Archie, with lots of time, threw squarely into the hands of U. T. linebacker Jack Reynolds. Not too much promising de veloped after that with nary so much as a first down de veloping again until after Tennessee had moved in front by 21-0. Another recovered Vol Fumble, this by linebacker Frank Trapp on the Reb 44, was followed by a penetration to the U.

T. 32 in the third quarter before being halted and Parry King tried a 53-yard field goal that didn't even reach the goal line. At the fourth quarter's start, the Rebs had reached the Vol 42 when Vernon Studdard had a pass taken away from him by U. T. coriwrback Jim Weather-ford.

LAST CHANCE One last chance came after Tennessee ran its edge to 31-0 with six minutes left. Farrar threw for a couple of first downs as far as the Vol 44, Bowen slammed for four, then lost sewn on a wide option run when a trapped Farrar lateraled to Bo, who was trapped even worse. Farrar then lost 11 trying to pass and Fagan came on. On interesting developement still remained thereafter. Tennessee punted, just a 34 Continued On Page 2C Bubba Wyche chunked three I of the Tennessee T.

D. passes, 37 yards to split end Gary Kreis and 21 yards to wingback Bill Baker in the first five minutes, then 38 yards to No. 2 split end Lester McClain 3 minutes before halftime. Kicking specialist Karl Kres-mer, four for four on his extra points this day, plugged through a sidewinding 46-yard field goal a minute from halftime to add to a note of gloom to the Ole Miss intermission. Vol Coach Doug Dickey to a great extent called for a bombing halt in the second half, giving reserve quarterback Bob by Scott his chance to cooperate with the direction largely given to the running game.

Thus, the only scoring after halftime developed on a sort of pass-of-necessity, coming on fourth down at the Rebs, with Scott looping a quickie to McClain flaring into the left flat of the end zone for the final Vol touchdown. EARLY STRIKE Tennessee moved from the opening to score in eight plays, struck from an interception by linebacker Stew Kiner for its second touchdown only a minute after the first and could have ceaser the destruction right there for Ole Miss couldn't make a move for points. Reb Coach Johnny Vaught credited those two quick scores in the early stages as the prime difficulty that Ole Miss was unable to overcome. The sophomore wonder, Ar chie Manning, threw and threw and threw, but to little avail. By the half, he had completed only eight of 28 with three inter ceptions for 104 yards.

Wyche, by contrast, threw only 17 times for as many com pletions, just one interception and 179 yards plus the all- important three touchdowns. And while Reb passing lim ited its running to only 11 yards for tha opening 30 minutes, Vol fullback Richard Pickens ac counted for 94 yards on 12 car ries. Just about the only bright spot for the Mississippians was the punting of Julian Fagan, who boomed an average of 48.1 for eight kicks. The Vols, while making much of Rebel errors that included a couple of lost fumbles along with all those interceptions, loused up often enough to keep a rout from broadening to real disaster status. Tennesses wound up being in tercepted three times and losing three fumbles, but with a big bulge early, the Vols could put on the defensive pressure in fearless fashion.

SUSCEPTIBLE And after being burned on the deep-pattern passes that Vol coach Doug Dickey said afterwards "we thought we could throw," the Ole Miss defense became susceptible to sturdy running from Pickens, then in I I I I i I TOPPLES AUBURN Georgia Captures SEC Grid Crown deal, Shira said the officials refused to talk to him and he was afraid to go on the field lest it cost his team 15 yards. State did fight, all the way, and deserved a better fate. Jack Thomas was credited with! 14 tackles, Al Morrell with nine, Harrison with eight and Jack Thomas with seven while Bill Thomason, John Sage, Mike Anderson and Mickey Christian had led the Tigers defensively. Pharr, who continued to set records offensively, had 73 net yards on 18 carries one 61-yard job to lead the ground game while he completed 25 of 42 passes for 200 yards for a net night of 273. His seasonal total is now 1,189 withone game left.

Sammy Milner, the league's leading receiver, caught eight for 62 yards; Smith, seven for 61; and Gossett, who also added 21 rushing yards on 10 tries, caught seven for 49. For LSU, Kenny Newfield had 42 on nine carries, Hillman 32 on nine and Glen Smith 29 on six. In the air, Hillman com- NO COMMENT FROM 'MICK9 ON RETIRING NEW YORK (AP) -Mickey Mantle, slugging star of the New York Yankees for 18 seasons, is retiring from baseball the New York Daily News said in a copyrighted story in its Sunday editions. In a bylined story by Dick Young, Mantle, who celebrated his 37th birthday last month, is quoted as saying, "I just can't hit any more." Mantle nor any Yankee official was available for comment. while the Tigers got their first two tallies in the second period.

One was on an 80-yard drive following an unsuccessful State field goal attempt, this coming mil i uu a pass li uiu ninuiaii iu luin-my Allen i while those officials helped the other as the Tigers moved 40 yards in four plays. The big play here was pass interference against State at the Bulldog 15 clearly a case of mistaken identity by the officialbut Hillman passed to Bill Stober for the final six and the score. Mark Lumpkin's conversions had sent LSU ahead 14-7. at halftime before State fought back. A 26-yard pass from Tommy Pharr to David Smith was the payoff but Culver's kick was off line and LSU held at 14-13 with 6:57 left in the third period.

Then came the goof-up. The Bulldogs drove from their own 37 to the LSU five and faced a third-and-three situation but the I officials ruled it was fourth 1 down although every play-by play in the booth indicated it was third down. Mike Wade was forced to kick for the fielder when the officials wouldn't change and his 22-yarder was perfect, making it 16-14 with five second left in the period. State had later fourth quarter shots but couldn't make 'em good while the Tigers did drive that 87 yards for the winner. That's the way it will go into the books.

SHIRA PROUD State coach Charlie Shira refused to comment on any of the questions, but called the Bulldogs' effort the finest he had ever witnessed. On the third vs. fourth down By WAYNE THOMPSON Clarion-Ledger Sports Editor BATON ROUGE A Tiger is supposed to defeat a Bulldog in nature's scheme of things. But nowhere is it written that the larger beast should have all the rules in its favor. Such was the case here Saturday night as the LSU Tigers got every break in the book, including at least two highly questionable calls plus one outright goof-up, in edging the underdog Mississippi State Buildogs 20 to 16 before 57,992 fans on a perfect night for football.

True enough, the Tigers did drive 87 yards in 13 plays in the final period to cement the victorybut even that one was given impetus when Calvin Harrison's interception of Mike Hillman's first pass on the drive was ruled incomplete when the official said he caught it out-of-bounds. This view from the press box indicated otherwise. It was Hillman putting the icing on the cake with an 11-yard bootleg around left end for the tally with 2:33 left and State had come just close-and-almost again. By winning, the Tigers brought their record to 6-3 and kept alive faint bowl hopes with only Tulane remaining at New Orleans next week. State, 14-point underdog going into the game, is now winless in nine starts with a tie on the record for an 0-8-1 mark with Ole Miss remaining on Nov.

30 at Oxford. State moved ahead 7-0 in the first period, driving 72 yards in 12 plays with Bobby Gossett going over from the one and Bob Culver adding the point; Young 12 Arizona 16, Utah 15 Standford 24, Pacific 0 Washington State 46, San Jose State 0 No. Arizona 18, Montana Air Force 28, Tulsa 8 JUNIOR COLLEGE Holmes 17, Itawamba 15 Jones 38. Delta 7 HIGH SCHOOL Hamasa Shrine Bowl (At Meridian) Bay Springs 18, Southeast Lau derdale 7 key defensive plays for Georgia, and Scott ran his interception total for the year to 10, only two shy of the SEC record. Auburn's only points came af ter Brad Johnson fumbled on Georgia's 37 in the middle of the first period.

The only other Auburn threat was in the second period when halfback Mike Currier returned a kickoff 73 yards to the Georgia 18. But Georgia held and Riley was wide on a 34-yard field goal attempt. Green then recovered the second fumble by Auburn's Dwight Hurston on the Tigers' 47. Cavan hit passes of 20 and 11 yards to Charles Whittemore, then tossed to Lawrence, who flashed into the end zone. The final Georgia score came on a 69-yard drive in which Cav-an's passes provided the power, including a 14-yard toss to Whittemore at the one.

Cavan leaped in to give Dooley his second league title in the last three years. i i i mm 1 I i mm tmi pleted 17 of 26 for 172 and two touchdowns, Jimmy Gilbert one of four for 50. In receiving, Al Morel he is close to LSU career records both in catches and total yards led with six tor 111 while Hamlett had four for 52 and Stober two for 27. In overall statistics, LSU led in first downs 19 to 18 and in total yards by 10 yards 349 to 339 with the Tigers getting 127 on the ground and 222 in the air while State had 200 in the air and 139 afoot. Pharr also set a pair of rec ords.

His 186 passes broke Charlie Furlow's three year to tal of 161 while the gutty junior now has 2,571 total yards in just two seasons breaking Billy Stacy's three-year total of 2,332. He is still short of Shorty McWilliams' 2,932 total set over four years. But, the heck with records. State needs a win. And, deserves it.

FIRST QUARTER After an early punt exchange, State got something started after Smith's fair catch at the Bulldog 28. Runs by Pharr and Rhoades carried to the Tiger 43 before Milner's first reception went for 23 yards and a first down on the 20. Tosses to Milner and Gossett got the first down at the 10 before Pharr, with all receivers covered, scampered to the two on first down. Gossett, in two tries, smashed over for the score and State led 7-0 after Culver's perfect conversion with 7:22 left in the first period. The 72-yard drive took only 12 plays.

LSU came right back after LeBlanc returned the kickoff 26 to the Tiger 32. One play went for naught before a Gilbert-to-Morel pass gained 50 yards to the State 17 where Morell made the saving tackle. Smith did drop a sure TD pass on third down and, on Continued On Page 2C pass covering six yards. John Hale converted. With 2:04 remaining O'Brien threw four yards to Livesay and Mike Dussauld converted for a 23-7 lead.

Richmond scored with 11:54 left in the game on a field goal by halfback Dussauld, a 35-yard er, pushing Richmond ahead 26-7. The Spiders scored their final TD with one minute to go when Tommy Johnson intercepted a USM pass and returned nine yards. Dassault converted. O'Brien's passing highlighted Richmond's offensive machine. He completed 21 of 34 passes for 361 yards and three TDs.

Late in the game Southern drove as far as the Richmond 17 before another pass interception killed that threat also. USM Richmond First downs 1 1 Yards rushing 75 83 Yards poking 209 38a Return yardage 30 79 Passes 14-54-4 22-39-0 Punts 9-42 7-35 Fumbles lest 1 1 Yards penalized 45 41 Score by ouertels: Richmond 10 11 10-31 Seutbera 0 0 7-; RICHMOND TOPS USM GENERALS By RON SPEER Associated Press Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. Geor gia captured the Southeastern Conference football crown Saturday, whipping Auburn 17-3 in a title showdown behind the deadly passing of Mike Cavan and an unrelenting defense. The victory in the fifth-ranked Bulldogs final league game gives Georgia a 5-0-1 mark, wh Auburn's conference record dropped to 4-1. The Tigers spoiled their championship drive with a rash of errors, losing the ball twice on fumbles and twice on pass interceptions.

COOL SOPH Cavan, a cool sophomore who wasn't bothered by the muddy field, tossed a 22-yard touchdown pass to Kent Lawrence and scored once himself on a one-yard plunge set up by his passes of 23, 9 and 14 yards. The touchdown toss came after an Auburn fumble on its 47 and Georgia's Jim McCullough had kicked a 27-yard field goal after an earlier Auburn fumble on the Tigers' 27. Auburn, which rode a three- game winning streak into tne game, got its only points in the first quarter on a 28-yard field goal by John Riley. SUGAR BOWL Georgia, reportedly set to ac cept a Sugar Bowl invitation Monday, bounced back in the second period when the Bulldogs scored all their points. The Georgia defense led by safety Jake Scott, who intercept ed two passes, and guard Steve Greeg, who recovered two fumblesheld Auburn to only 23 yards rushing.

The only trouble Georgia Coach Vince Dooley had in beating his alma mater was after the game when players carrying him off the field fell and dropped him in the mud. The triumph boosted Georgia's season record to 7-0-2, and marked the third straight year that Dooley has beaten his old coach and boss, Auburn's Ralph "Snug" Jordan. The Tigers, who had knocked off Miami, Florida and Tennessee and could have won the SEC crown by beating Georgia, never got un tracked. Tackle Bill Stanf ill and guard Terry Osbolt retched in with HATTIESBURG The University of Richmond broke a six-game University of Southern Mississippi win strong over teh Spiders here Saturday night, posing a 33-7 victory. The Spiders now are 6-3.

The los for Coach Thad "Pie" Vann's Southerners assured Vann of his first ever losing season since taking over as head coach at Southern in 1949. The loss was the fifth straight for the Southern and leaves Southern with a 3-6 mark. Southern has one game remaining against Tampa U. there next Saturday night. Richmond led 10-6 at halftime but quickly parlayed two third period touchdowns and two more in the fourth into the 33-7 finale.

The first time Richmond had the ball in the third quarter it drove 80 yards in eight plays with Buster O'Brien passing to Jim Livesay for 26 yards and the TD. Southern scored with 10:35 left in the third on a Tommy Boutwell to end Toby Vance IB I I IT ll jf EARTHQUAKE RUMBLES Oregon State fullback Bill "Earthquake" Enyart scrambles through the middle of Southern California's line in the first quarter of the Beaver-Trojan tilt at Los Angeles. Top-ranked USC rallied in the fourth quarter for a 17-13 win. AP Wirephoto. VICTORY RIDE FOR VINCE University of Georgia Coach Vince Dooley is given a victory ride on the shoulders of his players after the Bulldogs downed Auburn 17-3 to win the South eastern Conference football championship at Auburn Saturday.

Georgia players identifiable are Jimmy Wood (67) and Billy Brice (85)..