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B-3 Town Talk. Alexanilria-Pincv illc. Sunday. October 16. 1977 Chapter Two in McEachern's fictional Ro kansas' football team, but Campbell and McEachern just played great." Campbell, who established an all-time SWC career rushing record, said, "they hit hard and they are a good, clean football team.

As far as the records and the Heisman Trophy, if it happens, it happens." Arkansas Coach Lou Holtz, said, "The screen pass to Campbell was a critical play. He made a great move on it. As it turned out, we should have been more wide open in the fourth quarter, but hindsight is always 20-20." McEachern, from Pasadena, completed passes of 14 yards to Ham Jones, 31-yards to Alfred Jackson and 28 yards to Campbell. Jones punched across from the one with 4: 31 to play to silence the rabid Razorback Stadium crowd of 44,296. The nationally televised game was strictly a cross-country field goal duel between Steve Little and Texas' Russell Erxleben until the last-ditch Long-horn drive.

FAYETTEV1LLE, Ark. (AP) -Scrappy Texas quarterback Randy McEachern wrote another amazing chapter to his almost fictional role as the leader of the nation's No. 2 ranked team with another clutch performance Saturday in a 13-9 victory over eighth-ranked Arkansas. "I was nervous all week, but we made the big plays when it counted," said McEachern, who burned the Ra.orbacks with three critical passes and pitched out the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter of the Southwest Conference football shootout between unbeaten teams. With Texas trailing 9-6, going against a blustery North wind and only eight minutes to play, McEachern came alive to ignite the Texas offense, which had consisted solely of Earl Campbell's thundering runs.

McEachern, a redshirt junior who has never lettered, took Texas 80 yards with 73 of them coming off his uncanny passing arm. Erxleben kicked field goals of 58 and 52 yards in the first period and Little retaliated with Howitzer shots of 33 and 67 yards in the second period to tie the game 6-6 at halftime. Little's 67-yarder tied the NCAA record held by Erxleben. Little kicked a chip shot 25-yard field goal to give Arkansas a 9-6 lead midway in the third quarter. Texas is now 5-0 over-all and 2-0 in SWC play while Arkansas is 4-1 and 1-1 in league play.

Campbell, the rough-house running senior tailback of the Longhorns, thundered 189 yards on 34 carries as he broke the school rushing record and the all-time SWC mark. Chris Gilbert, held the old Texas record and Campbell shattered Dickey Morton's ledger of 3.317 yards he established at Arkansas. Campbell now has 3,386 career yards. Texas almost fumbled the game away in the third period as Campbell lost the ball twice and Ham Jones coughed it up once. Arkansas drove to the Texas 12-yard line where Arkansas quarterback Run Calcagni faced a third-and-cight.

Calcagni was stopped on a rollout at the Texas eight-yard line and that was the closest Arkansas got to the Texas goal as the Razorbacks settled for Little's third field goal. Texas' Jimmy Johnson returned a punt 49 yards to the Arkansas 21-yard line early in the fourth period, but the swarming Razorback defense shot down the Texas offense at the 15. Erxleben then attempted a 33-yard field goal which would have tied the game, but the officials ruled it wide to the right Erxleben thought it was good and was visibly upset over the call. Little uncorked a 56-yard punt into the Texas end zone with 8:36 to go and then McEachern guided Texas downfield on a masterful 80-yard journey. The winning touchdown came on a one-yard run by Johnny "Ham" Jones, after McEachern had bootlegged the ball down the line of scrimmage.

The score was set up by a play Texas had not used all year, a 28-yard screen pass to Campbell. "We practiced the screen to Earl all this week and they (Razorbacks) were yelling reverse when I was cafling the signals at the line of scrimmage," said McEachern. McEachern, who projected his name into the national limelight when he came off the bench to lead Texas to a 13-6 victory over Oklahoma last week when the No. 1 and No. 2 quarterbacks were injured, said: "I was given the responsibility to read Arkansas defense on the winning touchdown.

"I faked to Earl and then their secondary came up for me and I just pitched to Ham who was wide open." Texas Coach Fred Akers said, "McEachern is a lays it on the line. I have nothing but admiration fof Ar 1 Tide Bumps Tennessee 24-1 0 Rutledge Powers Alabama Texas 13, Arkansas 9 Arkansas First downs 14 14 Rushes-yards 50-244 54-189 Passing yards 90 67 Return yards 60 24 Passes 4-10-0 6-18-0 Punts 4-35 8-40 Fumbles-lost 33 1-1 Penalties-yards 4-30 6-43 Texas ..6 0 0 713 Arkansas ..0 6 1 0 Tex FG Erxleben 58 Tex FG Erxleben 52 Ark FG Little 33 Ark FG Little 6 Ark-FG Little 25 Tex Ham Jones one run (Erxleben kick) A 44,296 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Texas, Campbell 34-188, Ham Jones 8-31. Arkansas, Cowlns 24-94, Calcognl 16-46. PASSING-Texas McEachern 4-10-0, 90. Arkansas, Calcagni 6-18-0, 67.

RECEIVING Texas, Jackson 1-31, Campbell 1-28, Harris M7, Ham Jones 1-14. Arkansas, Sales 2-41, Forrest 2-14. in the half. Alabama had taken advantage of a 23-yard punt by Craig Colquitt, the nation's No. 3 punter, to add the late second-quarter touchdown.

The 40-yard drive took only two plays after Rutledge had connected with Newsome for 31 yards, setting up the score. The teams had swapped first-quarter field goals, a 20-yarder by Roger Chapman of Alabama and a 41-yard boot by Tennessee's Jim Gavior. It was the fourth straight SEC victory for Alabama, seeking its sixth title in seven years. The Tide is 5-1 over-all. Tennessee, which got its only touchdow on a 13-yard pass from Joe Hough to Kelsey Finch, fell to 2-4 over-all and 0-2 in the conference.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Jeff Rutledge scored two touchdowns and fired a 30-yard scoring pass to Ozzie Newsome as fourth-ranked Alabama downed Tennessee 24-10 Saturday in a Southeastern Conference football game. The Crimson Tide, whipping Tennessee for the seventh consecutive season, had numerous opportunities to turn the game into a rout, but six times failed to score after penetrating the Vol 35. Rutledge scored both of his touchdowns in the final three and one-half minutes of the first half when Alabama struck suddenly to break a 3-3 deadlock and take a 16-3 halftime lead. Rutledge's first score came on a four-yard run at the end of a 78-yard drive, and he came back with a nine-yard scoring trip with only 13 seconds remaining Tenn.

Ala. 12 24 34-105 76-347 76 82 0 32 6- 20-1 5 9 0 7- 43 6-37 4-3 7-1 2-31 7-42 First downs Rushes-yard Passing yard Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Storey, Williams Pace Rebs' Win 0 13 7 0-10 8 0-24 Tennessee Alabama Ala FG Chapman 20 Tenn FG Gaylor 41 Ala Rutledge 4 run Ala Rutledge 9 run (Chapman kick) (kick failed) trom Rutledge Ala Newsome 30 pass (Rutledge run) Tenn Finch 13 pass from Hough (Gay lor kick) A 71,000. the 40 and raced down sidelines for a 48-yard touchdown run. Linebacker Eddie Cole had recovered a fumble by Gamecock tailback Spencer Clark to start the third-quarter march. South Carolina rallied a few minutes later as quarterback Ron Bass flipped a short pass to Rogers and the fleet freshman broke away from a half dozen tacklers on a 72-yard sprint to the goal.

The Gamecocks drove 48 yards to the Ole Miss 4 on their next possession in their most sustained offensive showing, but the Rebel defense stiffened and South Carolina had to settle for a 27-yard field goal by Britt Parrish. Ole Miss killed Carolina's final hopes with a time-consuming march late in the fourth quarter, which ended with a 29-yard field goal by Hoppy Langley. OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Fullback James Storey and tailback Freddie Williams broke through South Carolina's defenses for clutch touchdown runs Saturday to give Mississippi's Rebels a 17-10 football victory over the Gamecocks. Ole Miss capitalized on fumble recoveries to launch both of its touchdown drives drives in a game termed essential to the future of Rebel Coach Ken Cooper's job.

The Rebs got their first touchdown after South Carolina fullback George Rogers fumbled on the second play of the game and defensive back William Day recovered for Ole Miss at the Gamecock 33. It took only five plays for the touchdown that launched Ole Miss on the road to the upset triumph. Storey banged the final yard after teaming with quarterback Tim Ellis to account for 30 yards in four plays. Ole Miss got a second touchdown, enough to ice the contest, when Williams circled right end, burst free at i ''TIWWflWIWWtoiMattBlii we Pyburn Runs, Passes Dogs Past Vandy NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Quarterback Jeff Pyburn ran for two touchdowns and passed for another Saturday as Georgia defeated fumble-plagued Vanderbilt 24-13 in Southeastern Conference football.

Pyburn, a sophomore, scored on runs of four and 18 yards within the last 11:20 of the fourth quarter after Vanderbilt had led 13-10. It was the fourth victory in six games for the Bulldogs and their second in three SEC games. Vanderbilt, which skidded to its fourth straight loss, is 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the conference. Commodore fumbles led to gia's opening touchdown and go-ahead touchdown. Vanderbilt quarterback Mike Wright fumbled the ball away early in the fourth quarter at his 30-yard line, setting up Py-burn's first score of the final period six plays later.

The Bulldogs then trapped Vanderbilt deep in its territory before Georgia's Scott Woerner returned a punt to the Vanderbilt 18. Pyburn scored from the 18 two plays later for the final 24-13 margin. Senior running back Kevin McLee set a new career rushing record for Georgia on his first carry in the third quarter, an eight-yard run, after running for 32 yards in the first half. McLee, who gained 80 yards to raise his career total to 2,318 yards, broke Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich's mark of 2,271 yards. Pyburn threw a five-yard scoring pass to tight end Mark Hodge and Rex Robinson kicked a 33-yard field goal in the first period to give Georgia a 10-0 lead.

Wright's 28-yard scoring pass to tight end Hal Kemp and two field goals by Greg Martin, all in the second period accounted for Vander-bilt's scoring. Earl Campbell, Texas' premier running back, gets only short yardage on this play early in the game Saturday against Arkansas as Patrick Martin (24) makes the stop. The Longhorns beat Arkansas 13-9 in Fayetteville. (UPI Telephoto) S.Cor. Miss First Downs 12 16 Rushes-Yords 49-155 60-288 Passing yards 117 41 Return yards 13 85 Posses 6-10-0 3-6-1 Punts 8-43 6-45 Fumbles-lost 3-3 5-4 Penalties-yards 4-57 6-60 S.Car.

0-10 3-17 0 10 0 7 Lee Ivery Scores Twice Georgia Tech Rips Auburn Miss. Miss Storey 1 run (Langley kick) Miss Williams 48 run (Langley kick) S.C. Rogers 72 pass from Bass kick) S.C. FG Porrlsh 27 Miss FG Longley 29 est Jeff Rutledge, Alabama's quarterback, breaks tackle by Tennessee's Danny Jenkins (not shown) to score the Tide's second touchdown in the second period of Saturday's SIX' match-up in Birmingham. The score came late in the first half and was from five yards out.

(AP Laser photo) SPORT FANS! ATLANTA (AP) Running back Eddie Lee Ivery rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another as Georgia Tech ripped mistake-prone Auburn 38-21 Saturday in a college football game. Tech quarterback Gary Lanier opened the scoring after only 4: 30 of the opening quarter when he scampered over from one yard out after the Yellow Jackets recovered an Auburn fumble, the first of six Tiger turnovers. Ivery, Tech's leading rusher, then burst into action. He scored on a four-yard run to give the Jackets a 14-0 edge after one period, tossed a five-yard scoring pass to Drew Hill and added a six-yard TD run for a 28-0 Tech bulge shortly before half-time. Auburn, 3-3, made it 28-7 at the intermission as Joe Cribbs scored on a 15-yard run two minutes before the half.

Skip Johnston's 65-yard punt at his own six. Five minutes later Auburn recovered another Tech fumble, this time on the Yellow Jackets' 33. The Tigers moved to the five before Don Patterson intercepted quarterback John Crane's pass in the end zone, Patterson's second theft of the day. Tech's only scoring in the second half came on Johnnie Smith's 33-yard field goal and Hill's 12-yard run. Auburn had a fourth period touchdown when Foster Christy scored on a 20-yard run with 3: 10 left to play.

5th Straight for Miami OXFORD, Ohio (AP) Split end Steve Joecken speared a 23-yard touchdown pass with 4:47 remaining, lifting Miami (Ohio) University to its fifth straight come-from-be-hind victory, a 28-24 Mid-American Conference football triumph over Ohio University Saturday. iUvi-' Didn't Know Dayton Defeats Louisville 14-10 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Running back Sylvester Monroe piled up 135 yards in 29 carries and scored both touchdowns as Dayton defeated Louisville 14-10 in a college football game Saturday. Monroe's second touchdown, a 35-yard scamper across right tackle, came with 5: 18 remaining to play to cap a fourth quarter rally and lift the Flyers' record to 4-3. Louisville, now 3-2-1, had a chance to regain the lead after Dayton lost the ball on a Monroe fumble with 2:57 remaining to play, but Cardinal quarterback Calvin Butler's passes fell short of their tuirks. The Flyers, took over the ball on downs and rode out the clock.

Georgia Vandy 17 9 69-260 33-79 53 165 140 27 12-5-2 27-17-0 7-40 8-41 4-2 5-5 7-90 5-61 ..10 0 0 14-24 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Georgia Brought To You By John Bradas Vanderbilt 0 13 0 0-1) Ga Hodge 5 post from Pyburn (Robin son kick) Ga FG Robinson 33 FG Martin 43 Kemp 28 pass from Wright (Martin kick) V-FG Martin 3S Pyburn 4 run (Robinson kick) Pyburn IB (Robinson kick) William Andrews got Auburn within 28-14 early in the third period when he scored on a two-yard run after Tech's Don Bessillieu fumbled Sullivan Award Finalists Named COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Five women and four men have been chosen as finalists for the James E. Sullivan Award, given annually to the nation's outstanding amateur athlete. The announcement was made Saturday, the final day of the Amateur Athletic Union convention here. The finalists are synchronized swimmer Sue Baross, 23, Santa Clara, figure skater Linda Fratianne, 17, Northridge, speed skater Eric Hciden, 19, Madison, boxer Clinton Jackson, 23, Nashville, diver Cindy Mclngvale, 27, Dallas; hurdler Edwin Moses, 22, Altanta, swimmer John Naber, 21, Menlo Park, javelin thrower Kate Schmidt, 23, Pacific Palisades, and gymnast Stephanie Wil-lim, 13, Bethcsda, Md. The award winner will be voted on in January by sports writers, the AAU board of governors, and past winners.

i The annual award was first presented in 1930 to golfer Bobby Jones. VMI Keydets Top The Citadel by 19-3 LEXINGTON. Va. (AP) An opportunistic Virginia Military defense came up with seven turnovers by The Citadel's Bulldog, and led the Keydets to a 19-3 Southern Conference football victory Saturday. The Keydets, 3-2 overall and 3-1 in the conference, recovered three Bulldog fumbles in the first quarter but managed only one score, a one-yard run by fullback Steve Oddi with 1:47 left.

SPORTSMEN'S How's this for an oddity Garo Yepremian, now with the Miami Dolphins, never saw a game of pro football in his life until he was the kicker who kicked-off fo start a game on Oct. 16, 1966 between Detroit and Baltimore! Yepremian was born in Cyprus and came to the U.S. to visit his brother Caro had Elayed soccer in Cyprus and his rather called several National Football League teams here, asking them to give Garo a try-out Detroit did, in mid-season, signed him up, and used him to kickoff In the first football game he had ever seenl Thij season it Ihe 42nd consecutive year that those weekly football rankings nave been published by the Associated Press and we thought it would be interesting to see which team have finished first at Ihe end of each season in the 4 1 years that this poll has been in existence (The United Press International rankings didn't start till 25 years ago) In the 41 years of the AP poll, Notre Dame has finished first the most times, six Next come, in order, Oklahoma (5), Minnesota (4, Alabama (3), Ohio State (3), Southern Cal (3), Arm (2), Nebraska (2, Pitt (2), Texas (2) and Ihe following schools once each: Auburn, LSU, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Syracuse, Tennessee, TCU and Texas I bet you didn't SAFt Driver SAVf at Graham ft BEST FRIEND When You're On Your Feet All Day, You Really Appreciate The Long Lasting Comfort Of RED WING BOOTS. Come Try On A Pair. Connors Solid Pick SYDNEY, Australia (AP) American tennis star Connors is the solid favorite going into this week's Australian Indoor Tennis Championship, the country's richest tennis tournament.

Connors Joins almost 60 foreign and local entrants in this year's tournament, which offers a $25,000 winner's purse. It is the second visit to Australia for the 25-year old American. On his arrival In Sydney Friday, Connors expressed confidence In getting to the final and possibly winning the championship. "I'm playing pretty Well at the moment and I'm happy with my physical condition," he said. "I have to get through to the finals yet, and there are a lot of good players to get past In the draw but I'm confident of getting there." Other Americans taking part in the week-long tournament are Vitas Gerulaitls, Harold Solomon and Bill Scanlon.

Other foreigners include German champion Jurgen Fassben-dcr, Czech Jirl Hrebec, India's Sashi Menon and New Zealan-ders Brian Fairlie and Onny Parun. Australians entered are John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, Tony Roche, Phil Dent and defending indoor champion Geoff Masters. Thirteen sessions will be played during the schedule with semifinals taking place next Saturday. Finals will be on Sunday, Oct. 21 We Stock Safety Shoes RED WING Agency! Central Louisiana's LARGEST SELECTION of LEVI'S.