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Sunday, September 7, 1 The Clarion-Ledgerackson Daily News 1 1D -JACKSON STATEi -State STATISTICS JSU 26, ALABAMA STATE 20 JSU The Game ASU 5L 9686 1 2 3 4- JSU 712 0 7- 26 Ala. State 7 6 7 0-20 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Jackson State 11 25-37 197 153 14-27-1 1-0 7-78 12 0 128 1 835.1 WJU 11075 I First quarter JaCkSOtl State SCOrRrl first Into in tho nttaria, Alabama State 6 7 JSU Maynie 9 pass from Boyd (Uriri If MTI I Ct iiiiiiiBiiiaiiiiiiiMMianJ play, 50-yard drive. The big play of the drive was Shannon Boyd's 32-yard pass to Ron Lewis to the Hornets 18. Three plays later, on a second-and-1 trom i the Alabama State 9, Boyd passed John Maynie in the end zone. After a kickoff return to the 33, on the Hornets's first play from scrimmage, Herman Baxter went off the right side and went 67 yards for the tying Jackson State's Lee Holloway returns a kickoff Second quarter kick) ASU Baxter 67 run (Gregory kick) ASU Baxter 1 run (kick failed) JSU Smith 2 run (pass failed) JSU Flowers 20 pass from Boyd (run failed) ASU Bonon 39 pass from Smith (Gregory kick) JSU C.

Johnson 92 blocked field goal return (Uriri kick) A INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS JACKSON STATE McJulian Long .64 Int. Punting No. Yds. Avg. 7 313 44.7 Returns-yards Punts KOs 4-81 2-34 2-37 (ft in ni It Jones Holloway Dent Collins 1-0 Baxter played a big part in the Hornets' scoring on an 80-yard drive on their first possession of the second quarter.

Darryl Pearson pulled off the first big play on a third-and-7 from the ASU 23, a 13-yard reception to the Hornets 40. The next big play came on a second-and-2 from the JSU 41 when Baxter went 36 yards to the JSU 5. Three carries later Baxter went over from the 1 at the mark. Carl Johnson blocked the point after. Daryl Jones got the Tigers in scoring position with 6:26 left when he returned a punt from the Jackson State 45 to the Alabama State 7.

After a pass interference call in the end zone, Billy Smith went over from 2 yards out. The snap was bad on the point after and Boyd's pass to Johnson failed. The Tigers scored the next time they touched the ball on Stacey Mobley's 25-yard reception on a second-and-10 play from the JSU 46 to the ASU 29. Three plays later from the Alabama State 20, Ricky pulled in Boyd's 20-yard pass for a touchdown. Jackson State's two-point run failed.

ALABAMA STATE Rushing No. Net TD Long Rushing 16 3 1 5 L. Williams Smith Jones Boyd 36 0 13 No. Net TD Long 8 1 9 Baxter 29 233 2 67 1 0 1 Lemons 12 49 0 11 -8 0 3 Smith 9 9 0 Days 1 4 0,4 Jenkins 2 3 0 2 Yds. TD Long Passing 197 2 36 Att.

Cp. Int. Yds. TD Long Smith 29 8 2 128 1 39 Third quarter Boyd Passing Att. Cp.

Int. 27 14 1 Receiving No. Yds. 5 107 Alabama State took the lead again in the third period with 2:55 left. Kenneth Bonom capped an 8-play 58-yard drive when he caught a 39-yard pass.

The play of the drive was a late hit call on Jackson State after stopping Baxter on a second-and-10 from the JSU 48 to keep the drive alive. Gregory's kick made it 20-19. The Hornets blew a chance to score earlier when they missed a 30-yard field goal at the end of a 14 play drive. The Tigers stopped another Hornet drive after they drove to the JSU 25. Pearson had a ball tipped off his hands to Dent to kill that opportunity.

Bonon Pearson Sinkfield Receiving No. Yds. TD Long 4 78 1 .39 3 39 0 '18 111 0 11 Punting No. Yds. Avg.

Long 8 281 35.1 -45 TD 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 Long 36 9 20 32 3 3 2 Mobley Maynie Flowers Lewis L. Williams M. Williams Smith The Associated Press 1 1 Adams JSU's Levy Williams is sandwiched by 2 Alabama State defenders. Fourth quarter Tigers Alabama State kept plugging away at the Jackson State defense's middle with great results. It got 18- and 15-yard pass receptions from Pearson and Bonom on the drive to keep it going from the ASU 20 to the JSU 8.

The drive went dead after Johnson broke up a pass in the end zone. On the next play, an ASU field goal attempt, Johnson blocked the kick, picked it up and went 92 yards for six points. Quotes Jackson State coach W.C. Gorden: "CJ (Johnson) 'has scored so many points for us and won so many games, I feel like we should start inviting him to the offensive meetings, too." JSU defensive coordinator James Carson: "Run defense was supposed to be our forte, but we didn't-get off the ball like we should and they ran it right at us. We didn't play a good game, but rose to the occasion.

Those (both blocked kicks) were big plays by Carl. He's a money player and we love him." "C.J. (Carl Johnson) has scored so many points for us and won so many games, I feel like we should start inviting him to the offensive meetings, too W.C. Gorden 13. The Tigers blew a chance to go ahead on a bad snap to Boyd on the extra point and Boyd's pass to Carl Johnson failed.

Jackson State got a big break on ASU's next possession. On a second-and-10 pass from the Hornet 37, Pearson split two Tiger defensive backs into the clear, but dropped the pass. After a Cammie Collins sack, the Hornets had to punt. JSU went on a quick 5-play 54-yard drive. On a second-and-10 play from his own 46, Stacey Mobley pulled in Boyd's un-derthrown pass for a 25-yard gain to the ASU 29.

Smith ran for 9 to the 20 and after an incomplete pass, Boyd found Flowers in the end zone for the score. Smith's 2-point run attempt Jackson State, from ID Alabama State took its first lead of the game on its initial possession of the second quarter and again it went almost exclusively on the ground. Beginning from their own 20, the Hornets got 3 yards from Tim Lemons. Then Antonius Smith hit All-SWAC tight end Darryl Pearson for 13 yards to the Alabama State 36. Three plays later Baxter had the play of the drive.

On a second-and-2 at the Jackson State 41, Baxter went off the right tackle for 36 yards to the Tiger 5 before JSU defensive back Kevin Dent brought him down. Baxter carried to the 1 on two carries then lept over for the go-ahead score with 9:35 left in the half. Carl Johnson then blocked Gregory's extra point. Jackson State tied the game with 6:16 left in the half largely through the efforts of punt returner Daryl Jones. Jones fielded an ASU punt from at his 45 and went down the right side to the Alabamam State 5.

Edwin Ross interfered with Ricky Flowers in the end zone on the ensuing play to move the ball to the 2. Tiger fullback Billy Smith went over from 2 yards out to tie the game at 13- failed, and Jackson State took a 19-13 lead into the half. Alabama State caught the break of the game late in the third period. On a second-and-10 from the JSU 48, Baxter was stopped for no gain, but officials called the Tigers for a late hit to move the ball to the JSU 31. A holding penalty moved ASU back to the 39, but the Hornets got out of that in a hurry.

Kenneth Bonom on the right side blew past Dent, who was still looking toward the ASU backf ield, and gathered in a 39-yard touchdown pass. Gregory's kick was good and ASU took a 20-19 lead after three quarters. Again a JSU special teams player came through for the Tigers. With the Hornets still running all over Jackson State, they moved from their 20 to the JSU 8 before the drive stalled. The Hornets were forced to go for a field goal, but Johnson raced in untouched, blocked the ball scooped it up and went 92 yards for the winning touchdown.

Alabama State got a 40-yard return by Bonom to the Tiger 50 and moved to the JSU 26, but Charles Johnson tipped a Smith pass and Collins intercepted at the 28 to give the Tigers the ball with 1:21 in the game. Next game Jackson State travels north to Nashville to meet Tennessee State while Alabama State visits SWAC foe Southern in Baton Rouge. SWAC S.F. Austin bombs Alcorn State 28-14 Valley rocks, rolls 42-21 By LEE BAKER Clarion-Ledger Sports Writer ITTA BENA No Willie Totten, no Carl Byrum, no Joe Thomas and no sweat for the Delta Devils. Even without those he- MISS.

VALLEY 42, ALA. AAM21 A AM MVSU 9 25 26-17 48-159 66 226 83 385 7-32-2 22-40-0 2-0 1-0 10-80 15-161 0 7 0 14-21 First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Passes Fumbles-Lost Punts-Avg. Penalties-Yards Alabama A AM S.F. AUSTIN 2), ALCORN STATE 14 SF ASU FtrstDowns 23 10 Rushes-Yards 53-317 35-78 Passing Yards 167 172 Total Yards 484 250 Passes 12-26-0 17-38-1 Fumbles-Lost 4.3 4.2 Punts-Avg 7.34.8 Penalties-Yards 4-35 n-86 Stephen F.Austin 7 0 14 7 28 Alcorn State 0 6 0 814 SFA Williams 32 pass trom Whitten (Ashley kick). ASU Bush 8 run (kick failed).

SFA Edwards 33 pass from Whitten (kick failed). SFA -Whitten 7 run (Williams pass from Whitten). SFA Edwards 8 pass from Whlften (Ashley kick). ASU Brown 7 run (Brown run). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING SFA, Ray 3-87, Horace 10-75, Canady 8-69, Whitten 8-33, Hammel 3-20, Franklin 9-19, Haynes 2-14.

ASU, McCoy 9-42, Thomas 8-30, Bush 6-24, Vlgne S-4, Griffin 2-2, Brown 3-0, Team2-mlnus24. PASSING SFA, Whitten 12-24-0-167, Hammel 0-2-0-0. ASU, Vlgne 13-31-1-1 12, Brown 4-7-0). RECEIVING SFA, Williams 2-45, Edwards 2-41, Ray 2-31, Patterson 3-30, Barfleld 2-22, Franklin 1-6, Canady l-mlnus8. ASU, Barney 6-68, Robinson 2-58, Thomas 1-27, Younger 1-10, Bush 1-8, McCoy 2-6.

Mississippi Valley 14 14 14 0-42 MVSU Leonard 3 run (Orey kick). roes of a year ago and numerous others, Mississippi Valley State breezed to a 42-21 season-opening win Saturday night over Alabama Such a rout, however, came as no surprise, inasmuch as coach Ray Greene had virtually gutted his team earlier in the week by kicking off two players and suspending 18 others. Particularly devastated was the 'Bama Bulldog defense, which lost eight starters and four prime backups. Such a move against as offense-minded a bunch as the Delta Devils was little less than suicidal, swiftly demonstrated as Valley scored MVSU Leonard 1 run (Orey kick). AAM Davis 4 pass from Hill (Ofodedu kick).

MVSU Hill lOpassfromLeonard (Orey kick). MVSU Holmes 43 pass from Leonard (Orey kick). MVSU Coleman 19pass from Leonard (Orey kick). MVSU Matthews 7 run (Orey kick). Clemons 5 pass from Leonard.

A8M Auston 6 pass from Leonard (Ofodeduklck). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Davis 12-13, Barnes 6-12, Armstead 3-6. MVSU, Leonard 12-25, Coleman 14-82, Williams 9-30, Mat, thews 6-30. PASSING A8.M, Brown 3-6-1-28; Leonard 3-4-0-38, Hill 0-3-1-0. MVSU, Leonard 21-37-0-215, Collins 1-3-0-U.

RECEIVING AIM, Clemons Auston 1-4, Wagner 1-22, McMullan 1-12 MVSU, Williams 5-33, Holmes 1-43, Matthews 3-10, Coleman 2-23, Marshall 1-20, Blackman 1-11. 1 I By JOE CULPEPPER Daily News Sports Writer LORMAN A multitude of questions weighed heavily on the mind of Theo Danzy when he made his debut as head football coach at Alcorn State University Saturday. One consolation for Danzy was an experienced defensive secondary that Supposedly would carry the Braves through a perilous adjustment period against pass-happy Stephen F. Austin. But somebody forgot to tell that to Jpdd Whitten, the record-setting senior quarterback of the visiting from Nacogdoches, Texas.

Whitten riddled the Alcorn secondary with 3 touchdown passes and spoiled Danzy's debut with a 28-14 victory before 3,624 here at Henderson Stadium. The Lumberjack quarterback, a Sporting News preseason All-America selection, read Alcorn's secondary coverages with meticulous precision and tossed scoring passes of 32, 33 and 8 yards by isolating his receivers one-on-one against the Braves' seasoned cor-nerbacks, Milton Mack and Bilal Abdul Malik. The result was a second straight victory over Alcorn, which dropped a 42-ft decision in the first meeting of the two teams in 1985. Sr'We all had the first-game jitters," said Danzy, obviously disappointed with the Braves' defensive showing. "But we said coming in our secondary Was our strong point.

We're gonna have to stop bragging, I guess." When Stephen F. Austin wideout Drake Williams beat Malik on a fly pattern and hauled in a 32-yard TD reception with 41 seconds left in the first quarter, Whitten became confident he c)uld strike time and again against Alcorn's tight man coverage. "We didn't expect this," said Whitten, who completed 12 of 24 passes for 167 yards without an interception. "We knew Alcorn's secondary was exper-fenced. But passing is our strength, and we matched our strength against theirs, especially against the corners.

"We ran in six or seven receivers and Qiey weren't subbing much." Whitten said, "At the end of the first half, I noticed they were getting tired. They Were vulnerable for the long ball, and certain alignments they' show were CHRIS TODDThe Clarion-Ledger Jackson Daily News Alcorn didn't give new coach Theo Danzy much to smile about. McNeese rips Prairie View weak against us. I called all the passes at the line of scrimmage." Mack, an All-America candidate from Jackson Callaway, was victim No. 2 after Alcorn cut the Lumberjacks' lead to 7-6 on an 8-yard run by sophomore tailback Cedric Bush of Le-land in the second quarter.

On Stephen F. Austin's first possession of a one-sided third quarter, freshman wide receiver Chris Edwards out-raced Mack down the left sideline and the result was a 33-yard scoring play. Whitten, who wears jersey No. 18 and bears a striking physical appearance to former Ole Miss great Archie Manning, would score later in the period on a 7-yard run to put Stephen F. Austin comfortably ahead, 21-6.

"We just didn't execute and live up to our expectations," said Mack. "Our cor-nerbacks beat themselves. Whitten was reading us. We were ready but didn't execute. We'll have to learn by our mis-' takes." With 10 minutes, 30 seconds remaining, Edwards victimized Mack again on a goal-line fade route from the 8-yard line.

His diving catch and a subsequent 2-point conversion made it 28-6. Freshman quarterback Larry Brown, working in relief of Alcorn sophomore starter Jerome Vigne, squirted into the end zone from 7 yards out with 4 minutes left and his conversion on the 2-point try made it 28-14. Vigne completed 13 of 31 passes for 112 yards with 1 interception. Brown was 4-Jor-7 for 60 yards. its first two possessions and twice more before half time for a 28-7 lead.

Before the third quarter ended, that Devil lead had been extended to 42-7 and MVSU coach Archie Cooley was content tol sit on that. His team, however, managed to mess up enough through the time remaining that tacked on a couple more touchdowns to make the final score at least slightly more respectable. Still, by half time, the outcome obviously was settled be-! yond any hope of recall for the Bulldogs from Huntsville, who, mustered a mere 39 yards the first 30 minutes, while the Devils were stacking up 231. Indeed, had more yards from the officials 51, than' from all the running and passing attempted against the Valley defenders. MVSU wasted little time in taking control, moving 81 yards in 8 plays from the opening kickoff to score as quarter-! back Thomas Leonard kept wide left 3 yards for the touch-; down.

I Almost immediately the Devils were back in the end zonet again, starting from an interception by free safety Wilbe Lewis at the 32 and again ending with Leonard going iiv for the score, this time on a 1-yard sneak. Before the Deltans made their big breakout, the Alabaim-' ians punched in a touchdown of their own after Ulysses Haynes ran back a punt 46 yards to the Valley 13. Still, from that point, it took eight plays and two penalties against Valley before getting in on Terrance Brown's 3-yard pass to'. Rodney Davis. Valley simply countered with a grinding drive after the en- suing kickoff, capped by Leonard passing 10 yards to Rodney' Hill for the touchdown, and just before the half, the Devils' struck swiftly for their fourth score as Leonard fired deep to Chris Holmes.making the catch on the dead run at the -oal line, completing a 43-yard play.

I touchdowns and finished with 81 yards on 14 carries as McNeese rolled up 421 of its 532 total yards on the ground. Other McNeese scoring came on a 16-yard pass from freshman Scott Dieterich to Flip Johnson and on a 30-yard field goal by Lance Wiley. Two McNeese tumbles put the Cowboys in a 17-7 hole in the first period. Prairie View scored on a 67-yard pass from Ernest Brow to Samuel Johnson after the first McNeese fumble and Jorge Medina kicked a 3-yard field goal after the other. Cravon Rogers ran 10 yards for Prairie View's other first quarter touchdown and Johnson also had a 97-yard kickoff return for Prairie View's points in the second half.

i. From Wire Reports LAKE CHARLES, La. Freshman Tony Citizen ran for four touchdowns and set national, Southland Conference and McNeese State records with 304 yards on 30 carries Saturday night in leading the Cowboys over Prairie View, 57-24, in the college football season opener for both teams. Citizen, a 5-foot-ll, 205-pound tailback from Church Point, had touchdown runs of eight, one, 33 and eight yards in compiling a yardage total that broke the previous NCAA Division I-AA record of 243 yards by a freshman back. His 304 yards also was the most ever by any Southland Conference or McNeese back.

The man Citizen displaced as starter, sopho-mori Brian McZeal, plunged for three 1-yard sMtteiiiitaiM4inll).