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2 8 College football SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1984, Longview Morning Journal Apaches turn back upset-minded Rangers, 20-3 THE STATISTICS First Downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Total yardage Passes attempted Passes completed Had intercepted Punts-average Fumbles lost Yards penalized TJC KC 10 12 204 64 94 '104 298 168 8 23 3 10 0 0 6- 33. 5-46 1-0 3-2 7- 40 1-5 7 0 3- 3 The Rangers lone score came on a 27-yard field goal by Roach in the fourth quarter with 10:24 left in the game to keep the game from being a shutout. The Ranger defense gave the offense group time and turnovers to get the ball into the end zone. Even the Kilgore specialty teams on kick-off and punt retunrs gave the Rangers excellent field position on Tyler soil, but the sputtering offense, whichmanged to produce 168 yards total, couldn't put the ball into the end zone. The defense allowed only Tyler three first downs in the first quarter and shut down any running lines for Ducksworth and Allen.

Although the Apaches boasted the league leading rusher and offense in the conference, their defense was the tell of the tape, deep into TJC territory, but the Rangers came up short when kicker Greg Roach's 37-yard field goal was blocked by Reggie Oaks. The the drive was highlighted by the running of freshman star Paul Butler. Butler, who finished with 80 yards on 22 carries for the night, kept the drive going with 36 yards on 10 carries. But the field trip was cut short on the 21 yard line when quarterbcak Clifton Thurmond's pass went through the hands of tight end Barron Barry at the 5-yard line on a third down play. The Rangers second chance to score came at the beginning of the second quarter.

Henderson product Calvin Neal started things off with a 23-yard punt return putting Kilgore on the Tyler 49-yard line. Butler took three hand-offs, slashing for runs of three, seven and 11 yards. Then a the big play of the drive came, a screen pass from Thurmond to fullback Bill Hooper for 13 yards, put the Rangers at the Tyler 5. That's when the Apaches defense got tough and even tougher stopping all forms of progess at the one yard line halting Kilgore's scoring drive at the one foot line. The final scoring threat by the Rangers took place in the third quarter, when Kenneth Coleman grabbed the opening kick-off of the half and rambled down the left sideline for 23 yards.

Yet, the Rangers offense dropped the wrapped gift at the Tyler 39 yard line due to fumbles and three incoplete pass plays by Thurmond. By DAVID TRAVIS Staff Writer KILGORE The seventh-ranked Tyler Apaches put on a excellent acting performance here Saturday night on a rain-soaked R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium -field. The tribe played possum for 26 minutes in the first and second quarter before unloading 17 unanswered points in the sec-jond and third quarters to defeat the -upset-minded Kilgore College Rangers, 20-3.

It was their fourth consecutive Texas Junior College Football Conference victory. The Rangers, whose record drops to 2-2, had their opporunities to draw first blood in the opening quarter. Kilgore took its Opening possession on its 24 yard line. A 12-play drive moved KC SCORE BY QUARTERS Tyler 0 10 Kilgore 0.0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing (KC) Butler, 23 80; (Tyler) Duckiworth 20-104, Hafford 13 57, Allen 14 47. Passing (KC) Thurmond 10 23 104; (Tyler) Hat ford 3 8 V4.

Arkansas rumbles past Texas Tech in 24-0 whipping From Wire Reports LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Stumpy Marshall Foreman pounded the Texas Tech middle for 118 yards, Brad Taylor accounted for two touchdowns and the Arkansas defense did the rest as the Razor-backs whipped the Raiders 24-0 Saturday night. The 5-8, 190-pound Foreman carried, 24 times as he helped Arkansas control the football againstthe lecn aeiense i ranked first I Texas scene in the Southwest Conference. Taylor tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Donnie Centers on third and goal midway through the second quarter and scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter. That TD gave Arkansas a 21-0 lead.

The Raiders never got the ball outside their 28 on their first 10 possessions and had a total of two first downs during that time one of those in the closing seconds of the first half when Arkansas Cougar defense shuts down for 9-7 triumph HOUSTON (AP) Houston's Mike Clendenen kicked three field goals in the first half and the Cougar defense kept Texas bottled up in the second half extending the Aggies' Astrodome jinx with a 9-7 Southwest Conferecne football victory Saturday night. The Aggies have never won a game in the Astrodome in five attempts and have not beaten the Cougars in Houston since a 1952 victory at Rice Stadium. The Cougars, 3-2 for the season and 2-0 in SWC games, had to rely on Clendenen's kicks to hold back the struggling Aggies after three first half drives bogged down short of the goal line. The Aggies, after a 3-0 start, are 0-2 in SWC games. Houston also had to overcome three turnovers, including one that set up touchdown and another that killed a scoring chance when the Cougars drove to 10 and fumbled.

Houston's lead was built around Clendenen's 37-yarder on the Cougars'first drive of the game and second quarter shots of 31 and 22 yards. Clendenen's second quarter field goals gave the halftime lead back to Houston after quarterback Craig Stump had thrown an 8-yard touchdown pass to flanker Jeff Nelson in the second quarter. The two teams traded second quarter turnovers that led to points for both teams. linebacker Scott Polk recovered a fumble by Gerald Landry at the Houston 25 prior to Nelson's touchdown catch. Houston's Israel Martin intercepted a pass by Stump at the Aggie 19 to set up Clendenen's 31-yarder.

The Houston defense held the Aggies in check most of the second half. Alan Smith missed field goal tries of 47, 56 and7 yards, The Aggies most effective offensive efforts came from running back Thomas Sanders, who had only 18 yards at halftime but finished with 112 yards on 23 carries. Houston's Raymond Tate led Cougar rushers with 98 yards on 22 carries. Landry completed 8 of 22 passes for 98 yards and rushed 54 yards on 23 carries. He drove the Cou-, gars to a 3-0 lead on the first series of the game with a 29-yard pass to Larry Shepherd.

A fourth down plunge by freshman Matt Pierson for a 2-yard gain kept the drive alive. v. A -I" 1 '1 yf I Staff photo by Mike Gibson Tyler's Mike Furr tries to stop Kilgore's Paul Butler Auburn nips No. 9 Florida Statev42-41 I Night games was protecting aguitisi uie pass, un muse nisi possessions, Tech had a total of 63 yards against a defense led by linebacker David Bazzel and nose-man Tony Cherico. Arkansas went 37, 31 and 31 yards for three touchdowns.

The Razorbacks, 24-4 against Tech and winners of eight straight over the Raiders, are 3-1-1 for the season and 1-1 in SWC play. Tech is 2-3 and 1-2 in the league. UTA 17, Wichita State 15 WICHITA, Kan. Safety Tim McKyer intercepted a two-point conversion pass with 2:42 remaining, preserving Texas-Arlington's 17-15 victory over Wichita State. Texas-Arlington, 4-2, took a 17-3 lead midway through the third quarter.

The Shockers' Wes Anderson returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown near the end of the period to make it 17-9. Brian McDonald threw an 8-yard touchdown pass in the closing minutes to draw Wichita State, 0-6, within two points before McKyer's interception decided the contest. Scotty Caldwell rushed for 154 yards on 24 carries and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Mavericks a 10-3 first-quarter lead. Colorado Coll. 20, Trinity 0 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

Quarterback Scott Driggers threw for two touchdowns and freshman kicker Mike Mathews booted a pair of field goals to lead Colorado College to its first victory of the season, a 20-0 romp over Trinity, Texas, in non-conference college football. Colorado College is now 1-5, while Trinity stands at 2-4. Mathews' 41-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 15-yard touchdown pass from Driggers to Tom Southall in the second quarter made the Score 10-0 at halftime. Driggers fired his second TD aerial, a 21-yarder to Tim Pytell in the third quarter, fo up the Colorado College lead to 17-0. A 22-yard field goal by Mathews in the fourth quarter produced the 20-0 final score.

Millsaps 24, Austin Col. 3 JACKSON, Miss Tailback Edmond Donald hajl 21 carries for 152 yards Saturday to lead Millsaps College to a 24-3 football victory over Austin College of Texas. Scoring touchdowns were turned in by Kelvlh McLaurin with a 3-yard run, Steve Fuson with a 1-yard run and Donald with a 4-yard run. Millsaps' Kevin Callison added a 30-yard field only scoring came on a 25-yard field goal by John Timmons. Millsaps improved to 5-1, while Austin fell to 2-3-i Texas Lutheran 23, Prairie View 14 i PRAIRIE VIEW Justo Gonzalez kicked field goals of 47, 24 and 45 yards in the first half as Texas Lutheran downed Prairie View 23-14 Saturday in college football.

The Bulldogs, ranked 5th in NAIA Division are now 5-0-1. Prairie View fell to 0-6. A pass from Jimmy Wallace to Trent Faith in thefourth quarter added insurance points for TLC. Wallace also threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to John Clifton in the second quarter. McNeese State 26, NorthTexas 7 DENTON McNeese State amassed 423 yards and herd North Texas State to just Hi yards as the Cowboys beat the Eagles 26-7 in Southland Conference action.

North Texas scored its only points with 3:59 left in the first quarter when McNeese quarterback Don Richards fumbled into the hands of Eagle linebacker Lance White. White returned it 90 yards for a touchdown. McNeese, ranked 10th in Division I-AA ioir into the game, tied it early in the second Bob Savoie intercepted a Mike Rhone pass, putting the Cowboys on the Eagle 47-yard line. Eleven plays later, Richards plunged in from the two, making the score 7-7. The Cowboys turn "vo second-quarter Eagle fumbles into points with a Tony Wittington 45-yard field goal and Tony Hunt's four-yard run.

lead. And while the Tiger offense was putting points on the board, the Memphis State defense punished the Cajun ballcarriers. The Tigers rang up eight quarterback sacks and held the Cajuns to just 117 yards on the ground. Georgia Tech 20, Virginia 20 Robert Lavette ran 36 times for 161 yards and one touchdown and David Bell kicked a 36-yard field goal with 3:33 left as 20th-ranked Georgia Tech rallied Saturday night to salvage a 20-20 Atlantic CoastConference football tie with Virginia. Bell's game-tying field goal came just under 10 minutes after the Cavaliers had taken a 20-17 lead on a 74-yard bomb from sophomore quarterback Don Majkowski to freshman flanker John Ford.

The Cavaliers, now 4-1-1 and 1-0-1 in the ACC after seeing a four-game winning streak snapped, had a chance to ice the game when a Georgia Tech punt took a backward bounce and went only 17 yards to the Yellow Jackets' 37. Virginia got to the 14 on an 18-yard run by Howard Petty, but a pass by Majkowski was intercepted two plays later on the 5 by linebacker Ralph Ma-lone, who returned it to the 12. From the Yellow Jackets used 14 plays to set up Bell's field goal. (10) Miami 49, Cincinnati 25 CINCINNATI Sophomore passing sensation Bernie Kosar threw for five touchdowns and 373 yards in a record-shattering performance Saturday night as the lOth-ranked Hurricanes overwhelmed the University of Cincinnati 49-25 Saturday night. Kosar established new school records with his five touchdown passes and total passing yards, hooked up with split end Eddie Brown on a school-record 85-yard TD pass play, and broke George Mira's school record with his fifth career 300-yard passing game.

Kosar deftly dissected the Cincinnati secondary, completing 23 of 32 passes. He tossed two scoring strikes to tight end Willie Smith. Louisiana St. 34, Vanderbilt 27 BATON ROUGE, La. Dalton Hilliard ran for 152 yards and one touchdown to lead 12th-ranked Louisiana State to a 34-27 Southestern Conference vicotry over Vanderbilt Saturday night.

The Tigers led Vanderbilt 34-6 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but Vanderbilt reserve quarterback Mark Wracher revived the flagging Commodore offense, scoring two touchdowns late in the quarter. From Wire Reports TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Brent Fullwood's third touchdown run of the game, a 4-yarder with 48 seconds remaining, gave 16th-ranked Auburn a come-from-behind 42-41 college football victory over No. 9 Florida State Saturday night. Fullwood, a 196-pound sophomore who moved into the starting lineup after a shoulder injury sidelined Bo Jackson four games ago, also scored on runs of 1 and 5 yards as the Tigers won their fourth straight after beginning the season with losses to Miami and Texas.

The game-winning march, highlighted by Pat Washington's 35-yard completion to Freddie Wey- gand, covered 76 yards in 11 plays and wiped out a 41-36 lead Florida State had taken on Eric Thomas' fourth touchdown pass of the night. Thomas, who started the night rated fourth in the nation in passing efficiency, put the Seminoles ahead with a 14yard strike to Hassan Jones, who made a diving catch in the left corner of the end zone just 3:03 after Kyle Collins ran 10 yards to 1 give Auburn a 36-35 lead. Tulsa 31, E. Carolina 20 TULSA, Okla. Quarterback Richie Stephenson threw three touchdown passes to lead the Univer-', sity of Tulsa to a 31-20 victory over East Carolina in I college football action Saturday night.

Stephenson's passing arm was good for 173 yards against the Pirates, lifting the Golden Hurricane to a 3-3 season mark while East Carolina dropped to 1-6. Tulsa staked a 7-0 lead just 1:19 into the game when split end Roe Kelley caught a 42-yard scoring pass from Stephenson. East Carolina tied the score on its first possession, marching 62 yards in eight plays to score on a 17-yard throw from sophomore quarterback barren Speed to tailback Jimmy Walden. Tulsa went ahead with its second touchdown at 9:47 of the second garter when Stephenson threw a 39-yard pass to split end Eric Borders, for a 14-7 lead. NE Louisiana 30, SE Louisiana 15 MONROE, La.

Darrell Slater returned Southeastern Louisiana's first punt 82 yards for a touchdown Saturday night and a swarming Northeast Louisiana defense i forced seven turnovers in an easy 30-15 college football virftory for llth-ranked Indians. Teddy Garcia's three field goals from 39, 34 and 43 yards also extended his streak to five in a row and Jimmy Harris ran for two more touchdowns from two and 13 yards in improving NLU's record to 5-1 and enhancing its rating among NCAA Division I-AA powers. Southeastern, now 1-5, found itself in a 20-0 hole before it could get on the board in the third quarter on a 33-yard field goal by Todd Haygood and Jerry Butler's two-yard touchdown run. Butler scored again from three yards out in the final period, but the Lions already were down by 30-9. Slater's punt return was the third longest in NLU history and his two returns for the night for a total of 117 yards bettered the schooFrecord of 114 return yards by Bubbie Dupont in a 1967 game against Henderson State.

Tulane 35, S. Mississippi 7 NEW ORLEANS Mike Jones ran for a pair of touchdowns and Ken Karcher threw for a pair as pass-happy Tulane uncorked a running game and crushed Southern Mississippi 35-7 in a football game between southern independents Saturday. Tulane, which had scored just three first-quarter points going into Saturday's night game, got 21 in the first 15 minutes of play to make the game a runaway form the outset. Karcher threw the first of his touchdown passes a little over three minutes into the contest, hitting Craig Harrison with a 5-yard scoring toss. Jones got his first touchdown on a 1-yard run.

Laraun Ambrose ran two yards for the third score of the first quarter. Tulane extended the lead 1:34 into the second quarter on a 3-yard run by Jones. Southern Mississippi got its only score of the game in the third with a 41-yard run by quarterback Robert Ducksworth. Karcher's second touchdown pass, a 15-yarder to Harrison, made it 35-7 before Ducksworth got any of fense started for Southern Mississippi. Memphis St.

20, SW Louisiana 7 MEMPHIS, Tenn. Senior tailback James "Pun-kin" Williams ran through the nation 's fourth best college football defense for 142 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night to boost Memphis State to a 20-7 victory over Southwestern Louisiana. The Tigers, now 4-1-1, spotted the Ragin' Cajuns, 24, a first-quarter touchdown, then retaliated with a field goal and a touchdown to take a 10-7 halftime.