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SCORECARD 14 OUTDOORS PRO PAGE (CUrioiicrtotr DiLY News October 2, 1983 Sunday Auburn whips FSU PAGE 3 1 TTrrvrw im 1 III VN OT TTOTV-T3C ir II 11 I i Majors easy winners -mVf, cfeS Page 4 'r ls fir I IV Northwest JC upset Page 5 No.l Huskers roll Page 10 4 VN cL J) fW'l" i ummw Yaz bows out Page 12 Staff photo by Mark Lyons USM defenders, left to right, Chris Jackson, Bruce Miller and James Cooper celebrate tackle as Ole Miss QB Kent Austin lies injured. 27-7 USM defense crushes Ole Miss Giants beat Dodgers Page 12 "The Ole Miss Rebels' offense made enough mistakes to last a lifetime," said head coach Billy, Brewer after watching his team gain just 27 yards rushing and just 106 yards in the second half. "They took advantage of our mistakes where we didn't take advantage of their mistakes in the third quarter." "It seemed like we weren't even in the game," said a frustrated Ole Miss quarterback Kent Aus' tin, once again used and abused by yet another opposing defense. "I don't know why. Mental letdowns.

Mental breakdowns. You can't pinpoint See Golden, page 8D Golden Eagles, never in jeopardy of ever winning any congeniality awards, lent a helping hand, the Rebels turned up their noses at the offer. It wasn't the time to be snobbish, for in that never-ending third quarter, Ole Miss stole possession of the football four times within the Southern Mississippi 35-yard line and never scored a point. Nothing. Zero.

Zilch. And when the Golden Eagles finally ran out of patience and scored two more times, the Ole Miss faithful couldn't bear to watch any more, filing out of the stadium in fire-drill fashion as the Rebels' record sank to 1-4. nothing that would challenge beauty. Wanda Gayle Geddie had that market cornered hands down. Why, this game had eight fumbles, five interceptions, 20 penalties, a third quarter which made time stand still, offensive ineptitude and enough personal fouls for at least a one-year sentence.

Shucks, a whole box of all-temperature Cheer couldn't have cleaned this game up. What the people did see was Southern Mississippi, 3-1, take advantage of Ole Miss' unintentional kindness to take a 17-point lead, and then when the Extensive coverage. Pages By MICKEY SPAGNOLA Daily News Sports Writer OXFORD Southern Mississippi did. Ole Miss didn't. It was that simple, that simple here on the opening day of October when the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles partied like it was 1999 in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium after cold-cocking the Ole Miss Rebels 27-7.

What the sweaty 36,015 people saw Saturday afternoon under ocean blue skies was nothing tactically brilliant, nothing intangibly decisive and 65 Bays' makes own calls Page 15 Saints host Dolphins Page 16 Saturday's baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Blue Jays 4 Twins 3 Indians 3 Red Sox 1 Brewers 10 Tigers 1 Royals 4-7 A's1-3 Yankees 5 4 Angels 6 Rangers 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds 6 Astros 4 Mets 5 Expos 4 Cardinals 3 Cubs 2 Giants 4 Dodgers 1 Georgia whips Miss. State 20-1 More coverage, Page 7 By BILLY WATKINS Daily News Spoils Writer -1; ATHENS, Ga. Georgia, as it did so many times the last three seasons on the way to the Sugar Bowl, looked mighty beatable here Saturday afternoon. But two big offensive plays and two stout defensive stands inside its 10-yard line gave llth-ranked Georgia a 20-7 victdi' ry over Mississippi State at Sanford Stadium before 82.12J fans. It was the 23rd consecutive home victory for Georgia, now! 3-0-1 overall and 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference.

State is; 2-2 and 0-2. "I thought we played good football," said State coach Emory Bellard. "But you have plays from time to time that you need to make, and we didn't make 'em. Usually, that spells the difference." It certainly did Saturday. State, trailing 3-0 late in the first quarter, drove to the; Georgia 9-yard line, but John Bond's pass was thrown a little short toward wideout Art Mordecai.

It was intercepted by! All-American Terry Hoage in the end zone. I Never mind that Hoage was playing safety instead of his normal roverback position. "He played solid," said Georgia defensive coordinator Bill; Lewis. Georgia, still carrying a 3-0 lead, made a big play on of-! fense midway of the second quarter. Fullback Barry Young; took a handoff off right tackle a simple little play and ran 45 yards to the State 31.

State was stunting on the play. "And somebody went in the wrong gap," explained linebacker Calvin Zanders. See Crucial, page 7D JSU holds off Nicholls 27-20 More on JSU, Page 6 By ROSCOE NANCE Clarion-Ledger Sports Writer THIBODAUX, La. With top-ranked South Carolina State and Eastern Kentucky already the victims of upsets, fourth-ranked Jackson State put in a bid for the top spot in the NCAA Division I-AA rankings with a 27-20 victory over 18th-ranked Nicholls State Saturday night at John L. Guidry Stadium.

But the Tigers did it the hard way, carrying a 24-6 lead into the fourth period and then holding for dear life. "We started making mistakes in the fourth quarter and we got tired," said Jackson State coach W.C Gorden, whose team improved to 5-0. "We played a helluva game under adverse circumstances. But we made it tough." The Tigers made it tough by failing to recover an onside kick in the fourth period, giving up a pass interception and allowing a kickoff to be returned 70 yards. The Colonels, 2-2, scored on Dwayne Brown's 4-yard run and got out their trick bag with an onside kick.

They recovered the ball at their 43 when a Jackson State player bobbled it. But Jackson State turned the Colonels back without a score. Eric Dozier's 34-yard field goal with 6:27 left in the game sent Nicholls State's fans towards the exits, resigned to the fact the Colonels had lost. However, they returned to their seats when Lionel Vital returned the kickoff 70 yards to Jackson State's 30. Brown got the touchdown for the Colonels on a 3-yard run.

Backup quarterback Doug Hudson got the two-point conver-See JSU, page 6D (P i r- a i is ft Phillies 5 Pirates 3 Alcorn shocks No. 1-ranked S.C. State Index For the record ...2 Independents. SEC 3 SWC 11 State games .4 5 Pac-10 11 JSU. 6 Ivy League 11 Miss.State 7 Sports Digest 2 Baseball 12 Big Eight 10 Golf 2 Ar in Scorecard 14 The Braves, who had given up 28 points to 17th-; ranked Grambling State a month ago, held the nation's second-best ground attack to 179 yards 115 under its average.

The Bulldogs netted just 82 yards rushing and were victimized by a shaky; kicking game. Moon tied the game early, 6-6, with his sparkling punt return up the middle of the field. Isaac Holt laid down the block that sprung the 5-foot-8, 160-pound Moon at the 50. See Braves, page 41 scoreless over the final three quarters. The victory was the 118th at Alcorn for Marino Casern, Division I-AA's sixth winningest head coach.

Decided before a home-opening crowd of 8,573, it couldn't have come at a better time. "This was a tremendous win for us," Casern said. "They (Bulldogs) were ripe to get beat. They're 4-0 and come down here to the boondocks, playing afebuilding football team. We had a week off and we were ready.

"For us to beat the No. 1 team in the country, hey, it's great." Stadium. On this particular occasion, played in positively ideal conditions, there was no call for any dramatic, last-second Hail Mary pass which provided for a similarly-stunning 24-22 Braves' victory here in 1981. Gutsy Alcorn State, 2-1, got a dazzling 86-yard punt return from junior defensive back Eric Moon to score and field goals of 20 and 26 yards from sophomore George Green for its main punch. But the day's big battle was won by the Braves' defense, which held the usually-potent Dogs, 4-1, Statistics, Page 14 By JOE CULPEPPER Daily News Sports Writer LORMAN They may have to rename the renovated highway leading into Alcorn State University Easy Street, seeing how that is where the Braves sit after stunning top-ranked South Carolina State 18-13 here Saturday in college football.

For the second time in three years, the Bulldogs of the Mideast Athletic Conference (ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division I-AA) brought high only this time the highest credentials into Henderson Big 10 Outdoors 1 5 ProPage 16 I-.