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3)ft (Die (Tlarion-rl0cr Jackson Daily News Sunday, September 25, 1977 Section, Golden Eagles Blow Down Ole Miss drove 69 yards in 15 plays for its second score, with Garry getting it on a one-yard run. Two clays later, Ole Miss' Bobb: By JERRY POTTER Clarion-Ledger Sports Writer OXFORD In the book of football myths, you can put Bobby Collins' name right up there with Bear Bryant, the man who walks on water. Well, Collins doesn't really walk on water, but you'd have a hard time a bunch of rain-soaked Southern Miss fans that their coach couldn't after Saturday's 27-19 upset of Ole Miss at Hemingway But nobody thought much of that, except Collins and his assistants. "We kept talking on the sidelines," said were saying that if we could get a score we'd be back in the game." The Golden Eagles not only got the score, they got the wind to their backs in the third quarter and it was off to the races again. This time fired by the same fuel that had sent Ole Miss off like a rocket turnovers.

Southern took the kickoff and Most of them sat in the rain and wind and watched their man and his team at work. They didn't exactly skim across he water, but given a chance to get the rain and wind to their backs, they shocked the Rebels for 20 points in the third quarter to pull off their second straight upset of an SEC team. Last week, Auburn fell 24-13. "I'm so proud of these guys I don't know what to do," said Collins after gathering his thoughts amid a rowdy crowd of supporters outside the against the wind in the second period. But with less than four minutes to go in the half, Southern began to show life.

The Golden Eagles got the wind to their backs and they began to push for a score. Quarterback Jeff Hammond hit Chuck Brown on a 32-yard pass and then two plays later with a third and nine, he caught the Reb defense expecting another pass and sent tailback Ben Garry outside on a draw play. He ran it 26 yards for a TD. Golden Eagle locker room. "That was a big win for us last week, "he continued, "but this one is bigger." This one was definitely earned under more adverse circumstances -a driving rain and wind that had gusts up to 15 m.p.h.

It was this force that drove Ole Miss to a quick 19-0 lead in the second quarter. The Rebels had used the wind to score once in the first quarter and then took advantage of Southern's fumbles to punch in two more TDs Garner fumbled and Bobby Smith-' hart got it, putting Collins' men in business at the Reb 23. Hammond used his backs to run it down to the five, then threw to fullback David Hosemann for a score. The conver-, sionmade it 20-19 and the upset was in the making. See Eagles, Page 4D Fate, Florida Deliver Blow To Bulldogs By ROBERT FALKOFF Clarion-Ledger Sports Writer All day long, the Mississippi State Bulldogs had knocked stubbornly on the door of opportunity.

All day long, they had pushed and scratched and failed and seethed at frustration only to get off the ground and come charging back at the impenetrable barrier once more. Suddenly, there was a crack. Then another. And finally, in one instant of insanity, fullback Dennis Johnson was seen prancing into the end zone. The door of opportunity had opened and visions of a Southeastern Conference championship and a spot in the Top Ten danced before the eyes of 36,000 at Mississippi Memorial Stadium.

But just as Mississippi State started to cross the threshold into a dimension reserved for college football VIPs, Old Man Fate mystically appeared to deliver a knockout punch and send the Dogs reeling backwards. In the end, the consolation and the kind words would belong to the But the victory would belong to Florida, 24-22, in the first Southeas-. tern Conference game of the season for both teams. The bizarre scenario unfolded like this: Following Johnson's nine-yard scoring run with 6:06 remaining, which gave State a 22-17 lead after it had once trailed 17-0 in the third quarter, the Gators were smothered on the ensuing series. Florida punted to Henry Davison, who returned it 31 yards to the Florida 37.

Three running plays netted eight yards and on fourth and two from the 29. coach Bob Tyler elected to go for the first down rather than attempt a long field goal. Len Cope-; land was stopped short and the; Gators got one last chance. "We went for the first down in the fourth quarter because we thought we might be able to hold onto the ball the rest of the game," said Tyler. "We started to try a field goal, but the wind, which was a real factor all day, was against us." Thus, with 2:48 to go and the ball at Florida's 27, Old Man Fate made his entrance.

See Fate, Page 3D Staff Photo by Russ Smith 1 Mississippi State's Dennis Johnson (25) finds the going rough Saturday, as a host of Florida Gators, led by Sylvester King (73) and Charlie Williams (53), gang up on the senior fullback. Penn State 27 Notre Dame 31 Auburn 14 Alabama 24 Kentucky 28 Jackson State 37 Maryland 9 Purdue 24 Tennessee 12 Vanderbilt 12 West Virginia 13 miss. Valley 13 Page 7D 'age 6 Page 5 Page 5 Page 8D Sooners Boot Buckeyes The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio Uwe von i Schamann realized his kick was good from the sound of 88,119 I crammed into Ohio Stadium, giving I Oklahoma's third-ranked Sooners a dramatic 29-28 victory over No. 4 Ohio State Saturday. "When I heard the crowd groan, I knew I had made it.

I felt I could make it with the wind," Von Schamann said of his 41-yard field goal with three seconds left. "I was just concentrating on the ball, hoping for a good hold and snap. And I got a super snap," said the West German soccer-style booter, an Oklahoma junior. Someone asked Barry Switzer, the Sooners' coach, how he landed Von Schamann, who now lives in Fort Worth, Tex. "We recruit all over the world," cracked Switzer.

"The last kicker we had was from Brazil." Oklahoma had tried to tie the game at 28-28 on Elvis Peacock's run for two extra points with 1:29 left. Ohio State linebacker Tom Blinko tackled Peacock at the two-yard line, preserving what appeared to be a two-point Ohio State decision. Von Schamann then tried an on-side kick and Mike Babb recovered for the Sooners at midfield. "It was a miracle we got the onside kick," Switzer. A shaken Woody Hayes, his head bowed, told newsmen later, "I thought we had it won and we didn't.

"I knew exactly what they were going to do after their two-point try. We worked on that three days this week. We thought they'd kick a blooper down the middle. We knew they wouldn't give us a good ball." Hayes agreed with Switzer that an Ohio State player touched the on-side kick before it went 10 yards. "This has to be the greatest thrill for me.

I think it's the most exciting game I've ever witnessed. It was not flawless, but it had more tension and drama," said Switzer, beating Hayes in the two powers' first-ever meeting. "The ball game was lost because we didn't cash in our ample opportunities with our offense," said Hayes, who opened his press conference with a brief skirmish with a broadcaster. Hayes snapped at the newsman, "Put that thing (microphone) down." Hayes then grabbed the microphone and pushed it toward the broadcaster's mouth, saying, "Just let me do that for a while. Do you like it, huh? I don't want it in my face." mum tJi 7 T-TWSS From one Bulldog to another: Missis- Threadgill glances back at the MSU sippi State quarterback Bruce mascot Saturday.

No. 113 loo I When Southern Cal and Texas Christian played a college football game Saturday, Ole No. 13 was on the line. Southern Cal has won 13 straight and TCU had lost 13 straight. Guess who won? Story, Page 9D.

Southern Cal Staff Photos by Larry Kstotrik i Texas Christian Mississippi State runner Len Cope- Florida defender tries to strip the ball L. land strains for extra yardage as a from him..