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-1 9 NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL' SCOREBOARD 1 THE CLARION-LEDGER JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1992 RICK jju CLEVELAND Columnist The Clarion-Ledger LID, I- II in mi li Defense keys Ole Miss win Arkansas manages only 161 total yards in the 17-3 loss to the Rebels. asr By Rusty Hampton Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer fumble after a sack. It was the first road victory of the season for Ole Miss, 4-2 overall and 3-2 in the SEC West. The next game is Saturday against unbeaten Alabama at Tuscaloosa. "Today was a big step for our football team," said Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer.

.1 hope we can carry this attitude for the rest of the season. We were consistent, aggressive and confident." Arkansas dropped to 2-5 overall and 2-3 in the SEC West. Ole Miss has beaten Arkansas three consecutive years for the first time since wins in 1961, '62 and '69. Tailbacks Cory Philpot and Dou Innocent combined to run for 172 of Ole Miss' 286 total yards. Philpot had 123 yards on 25 carries.

Game coverage, 6D tO LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A great defensive effort sparked Ole Miss to a 17-3 victory Saturday night over Arkansas before 53,513 at War Memorial Stadium. The win moved the Rebels into second place in the Southeastern Conference West Division. The Rebels held the Razorbacks to 161 total yards and 10 first downs. Arkansas' only points came on a second-quarter field goal that was set up by a fumbled punt.

The Rebels sacked Arkansas freshman Barry Lunney six times, intercepted a pass and recovered a 2 4 2. The Associated Press Ole Miss" Chad Brown right) wraps up Arkansas tailback Jerry Pryor. The Hogs managed just 161 yards. Where, oh where, did Bulldogs go? COLUMBIA, S.C. All points bulletin: Missing, one Mississippi State football team, last seen boarding a jet at Golden Triangle Airport to come toy with the lowly South Carolina Gamecocks.

The Bulldogs, who were making a scheduled stop here en route to a New Year's Day bowl, never showed. Southeastern Conference championship hopes crashed and burned. It happens every week of every college football season. Somebody bad beats somebody good when nobody thought it possible. This weekend's upset special: South Carolina 21, Mississippi State 6.

It was worse than that. "Mississippi State didn't come to Columbia. We're still back in Starkville somewhere," linebacker Daniel Boyd said, staring blankly. "We were very, very flat." All the signs were there beforehand. South Carolina had an open date last week.

State was coming off two consecutive emotional and physical victories. The Gamecocks were feeding off the emotional turmoil of an early week player revolt. "We're not dummies; we knew all that," said Watson Brown, State's offensive coordinator. "This is the third time this season that a team has come back from turmoil to play a great, great game. Arkansas, then Memphis State, now South Carolina." With apologies to Arkansas and Memphis State, this one takes the cake.

South Carolina entered with the longest losing streak (nine games) in Division I-A. The Gamecocks were scoring fewer and giving up more points than any team in the SEC. Gamecocks sure did wake up South Carolina hadn't scored a touchdown in the first three quarters of any game; the Gamecocks scored on their first two possessions Saturday. South Carolina, which averaged just 3.43 yards per play beforehand, gained a whopping 7 yards per play against State. True quarterback Steve Taneyhill had never thrown a collegiate touchdown; he threw one on "South Carolina's first possession.

Asim Penny had never caught a TD; he caught it. South Carolina hadn't had a back run for 100 Tyards in a game; two Gamecocks, tailback Brandon Bennett and fullback Rob DeBoer, 1 ij i SC blows off turmoil to handle Bulldogs 1 St! i i -did it to State. Mississippi State hadn't given By Mike Knobler Clarion-ledger Staff Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. Five days after voting in vain to dump their football coach, South Carolina's players dumped Mississippi State instead. The Gamecocks entered with the nation's longest losing streak and left with a 21-6 victory.

The Bulldogs entered with a No. 15 ranking and left two games behind Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Western Division standings. It had been 364 days and nine losses since South Carolina's last victory. The Gamecocks, now 1-5 overall, 1-4 in the SEC, had never won an SEC game. The Bulldogs, 4-2 and 2-2, didn't expect to be challenged, let alone beaten.

"They took it to us," quarterback Greg Plump said, "and we took it for granted." On Monday the Gamecocks voted overwhelmingly to ask coach Sparky Woods to resign. He didn't, but the team came together and found a more constructive way to handle their frustration. SeeMSU, 7D up a first quarter touchdown all season; South Carolina got two. Bulldog after Bulldog and coach after coach began post-game discussions by giving South ovr The Associated Press South Carolina's Brandon Bennett, who finished with 1 29 yards rushing, breaks free from MSU's Keith Joseph, No. 93, in the first half.

I Taneyhill makes it happen, 7D vjin Game Carolina all the credit. And then would come the addendum, "but we sure helped 'em." They sure did. "We played like we were in a trance," said Brown, who wanted to take all the blame for State's offensive futility. Sorry, Watson, there's plenty blame to go around. State had no spark, no crispness, no emotion or in football-ese, no execution.

State was called four times for illegal procedure, i twice for holding. All seemed critical. "Every time it seemed like we'd get something going, we'd get a penalty," Jackie Sherrill said. "We had so many mental breakdowns. There's just no question it was not an emotional game for them." As time wore on, Dogs wore out No question.

State blew pass coverages, missed tackles, jumped offsides, missed more tackles, dropped passes, threw low, threw high, missed more tackles, ran left when they were supposed to run right, ran right when they were supposed to run left, etc. etc. All the while, the Gamecocks played as if their very lives depended on the outcome. State's lethargy was never more apparent than in the fourth quarter. Down by 15 points, their season possibly on the line, the Bulldogs' offense dragged to and from the huddle.

On the sidelines, Brown yelled himself hoarse, and Sherrill kept moving his arm in a circular motion, his message clean "Come on, guys, get going. We're running out of time." It was no use. Still, the Bulldogs dragged. Afterward, someone mentioned to Daniel Boyd that the Bulldogs must hope against hope for a Tennessee victory over Alabama. Boyd shrugged.

"I'd rather we done something about it ourselves," he said, still staring blankly. JSU carries on Tigers rally in the fourth quarter to beat Southern U. 25-24. Damon Berryhill's 3-run homer beats Toronto's Jack Morris. By David Cummings Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer 1 4 4 Ilr- JzL The Associated Press GAME 2: Today, 7:29 p.m., CBS, Toronto (David Cone) at Atlanta (John Smoltz), 7:29 p.m.

Added up, it was a 3-1 victory for Atlanta over Toronto in the World Series opener Saturday night. It was a win that the Braves were beginning to believe they might not get. Morris had pushed his scoreless streak vs. Atlanta to 18 innings including a 10-inning shutout in Game 7 last October for Minnesota before Berryhill's blow. Glavine's one mistake was a solo shot by Joe Carter in the fourth.

Game coverage, 3D BATON ROUGE, La. Jackson State continued its roll through the Southwestern Athletic Conference with a 25-24 victory Saturday night over Southern University. JSU quarterback Ricky Jordan threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to bring JSU back from a 12-point deficit. JSU improved to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the SWAC. Southern fell to 3-2 and 1-2.

"I have never had a victory like this before," JSU coach James Carson said. ATLANTA Not this time, Jack. This time, the Atlanta Braves got the big hit off Jack Morris when they needed it. This time, Damon Berryhill's shocking three-run homer in the sixth inning put the Braves ahead. And this time Tom Glavine pitched them past the man they couldn't beat in Game 7 last year.

The Associated Press Damon Berryhill (center) was the Braves hero with a 3-run homer. I Game coverage, 4D THE SOUTH TOP 25 INSIDE S. Carolina 2115. Miss. State 6 Texas So.

30 Alabama State 28 Arkansas 3 Ole Miss 17 Alcorn State 63 Prairie View 0 Jackson St. 25 Southern U. 24 Livingston 37 Miss. College 32 W. Georgia 42 Valdosta 28 Jacksonville 10 N.

Alabama 6 JL -f- -20 Bston Coilege 35 I i "I No. 4 Alabama 17 1 No. 6 Florida State 29 I i AIR ATTACK: Steve McNair threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns as Alcorn State beat Prairie View 63-0. 4D 'NOLE RALLY: Charlie Ward passed for 183 yards and two touchdowns as No. 6 Florida State rallied to a 29-24 victory over No.

16 Georgia Tech. 5D CO-LEADERS: Mark O'Meara and Ted Schulz each shot 64s and were tied for the Disney Classic lead. 9D MAKING A STAND: A Madison man designed a climbing stand he could manage with one hand and is on the verge of entering a new business. 10D 1 Washington 24 Oregon 3 2. Miami 45 Texas Christian 10 3.

Michigan 31 Indiana 3 5. Texas 35 Rice 9 6. Florida State 29 16. Georgia Tech 24 7. Colorado 24 Oklahoma 24 Arizona 21 8.

Stanford 6 No. 20 Boston College 35 9. Penn State 32 14. Syracuse 20 24. West Virginia 17 North Carolina 27 17.

Virginia 7 18. Southern Cal 27 California 24 19. Clemson21 Duke 6 21. N.C. State 13 Virginia Tech 13 22.

Washington State 30 UCLA 17 25. Kansas 50 Iowa State 47 4. Alabama 17 13. Tenn. 10 10.

Georgia 30 Vanderbilt 20 Sewanee 27 Rhodes 1 7 23. Florida 24 Auburn 9 Colorado Col. 40 Trinity 6 LSU25 Kentucky 27 iMIlihrriMiMMlMAhtAhWlMMl.