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Broncos, Raiders In Second Showdown Page 15 College Scoreboard Page 14 DAILY WORLD Sunday, Oct. 30, 1977 Mac Awed econd-HaSf Comeback SPORTS By ROGER BRANDT Daily World Sports Editor) Charlie's Angels came through in the second half. In fact, Charles McClendon LSU's veteran football coach claims he has never seen anything like it before. LSU, 21-0 in the second quarter, came on strong in the second half to LSU's winning points came with only 1:25 left in the contest. THE VICTORY gives LSU a 5-2 overall record.

And, the Tigers are in the running for a post-season classic. In SEC play LSU stands 3-1. It was the 66th meeting between these two Dixie rivals. LSU has now beaten its arch rivals five out of the last six years two of these wins coming in Jackson. Mac in now one win from being .500 against the Rebs.

He is 7-8-1. The loss left Ole Miss with a 4-5 season mark. In SEC play the Rebs are 1-4. The lost may have been very costly for Ole Miss' Ken Cooper. The Rebel coach is very much under fire and his future as Rebel coach is very the Ole Miss TD and the Tigers were forced to punt from their own 12-yard line.

Ole Miss gained controlled of the pigskin on the 45-yard line of the Tigers. A 15-yard penality against LSU moved the ball down to the 30-yard line for the Reba. It took Ole Miss eight plays to cross the Tiger goal line. On a SBcond and goal from the 1-yard line QB Tim Ellis went up the middle of the Tiger defense for the TD. Langley's kick was again good.

TIME: 1:53. OLE MISS 14, LSU OLE MISS: The Tiger offense ran three plays and was forced to punt following the second Reb TD. LSU's Bobby Moreau got off a 39-yard punt and the Rebs took control of the pigskin on their own 31-yard line. On the very first play at that point, tailback Leon Perry went right up the middle of the Tiger defense and was off to the races a 1-yard scoring run. Langley's kick was good and the Rebs held a surprising 21-0 lead.

TIME: 7:13. OLE MISS 11, LSU I. LSU: After getting three touchdowns behind, LSU's offense began to roll. The Tigers, using a passing game, marched 84 yards ill 10 plays to paydirt. Charles Alexander, the nation's leading scorer, powered his way into the Rebs end tone from the 1-yard line.

Mike Conway's PAT was good and the Tigers were back in the ball game. The big gainer on the drive was a 32 yard pass from QB Steve Ensminger to Mike Quintela giving the Tigera a first down on Ole Miss's 27-yard lino. Quintela lost bis footing after making the catch or might have been off to the races. TIME: 3:37. OLS MISS 21, LSU 7.

THIRD QUARTER LSU The first time LSU bad its hands on the ball in the second half the Tigera put points on the scoreboard. Going mostly through the air the Tigera marched 88 yards in 14 plsys. Faced with a fourth and six situation at the Ole Miss 8-ysrd line McClendon elected to go for the TD. QB Ensminger hit split end Mike Quintela in the end sone for the aix-pointer. Conway's PAT was good and the Tigers were within seven points of the Rebs.

Ensminger connected on five of eight passes for 52 yards on the drive. Quintela was on the receiving end of four passes from Ensminger for 38 stripes. TIME: 1:03. OLE MISS 11, LSU 14. FOURTH QUARTER LSU: Late In the third quarter LSU took control of tha pigskin on Its own 28-yard line following an Ole Miaa punt.

The Tiger offense waa on the march again. LSU went 74 yards in nine playa to paydirt. On a firat and goal at the 4-yard line QB Ensminger went around left and for the TD on the first plsy of the fourth quarter. Conway's kick was good to make it an even ball game. Tha big gainer on the drive was a 32-yard pass from Ensminger to Alexander on a third and 23 situstion.

LSU's drivo was kept alive twice by coming up the needed yardage on third down plays. LSU The winning points for LSU was setup by a paes Interception. Willie Tesl made the steal of QB's Tim Ellis' pass on the 39-yard line. He returned the ball down to the 10-yard line of the Rebels. Two plays later Ensminger, going around right, scored from three yards out.

Conway's kick was true end the Tigers were on top for the first Umo. TIME: 1:25. LSU 28, OLE MISS 21. score a 28-21 Southeastern Conference victory over Ole Miss before a crowd of 47,200 at Mississippi Memorial Stadium and a regional TV audience here Saturday afternoon. "OLE MISS got on us the first half," said Mac after the come-from-behind win.

"But the second half was ours." The game might have ended in a tie if cornerback Willie Teal hadn't come with a steal for the Tigers. Ole Miss' Tim Ellis, faced with a second and 10 at the 26-yard line of the Rebs, went to the air ways. Teal made the steal on the 39-yard line of the Rebels and returned the pigskin down to the 10-yard line. It took LSU two plays to punch it in for the go ahead TD the first time the Tigers had the lead in the contest. "WE SHOWED a lot of poise," said Mac.

"We played our best when we had to." Mac claims LSU is like kittens. "We are a young football team. We have only 10 seniors on the team. Our win, the way we did, is a big plus for LSU." LSU's defense was outstanding in the second half. Ole Miss drove down (continued on Page 14) How They Scored SECOND QUARTER OLE MISS: On the first play ef the second quarter the game's first points went up on Uw scoreboard.

Sophomore tailback Freddie Wiulama, giving off left tackle, raced 41 yards to paydlrt. Hoppy Langley's PAT was good and the Reba had a 74 lead. The Rebel drive started on their own M-yard line. It took Ole Miss only live plays to go the distance. TIME: 14:82.

OLE MISS 7, LSU0. OLE ISS: LSU tailed to pick up a first down following LSU 77 14-18 II 0-11 Oil Mill STATISTICS LSU UM 18 52-321 110 431 5-14-1 4-2 8-81 31 Flrit Downs Ruahes-Yardago Palling Yardage Total Offeosa PaSSSS Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Virdi Pensllsed Return Yardage 17 46-127 111 so HIM H9 6 i -a si 19 Cajuns Clip East Carolina 9-7 Rides Roveto's Foot USL By BOBBY ARDOIN GREENVILLE, N.C. The magic wand of Roy Henry was cut in two by the defensive sword of East Carolina's Pirates. But the Cajuns traveled to the foot of a different drummer.

The air was abandoned here by the Cajuns Saturday night at Ficklen Stadium, and USL went by ground instead, using an often ineffective ground game and the uany wona Sports Writer if i head coach Augie Tamariello worked. In the fourth quarter, the Cajuns held the ball for slightly over 12 minutes, while the Pirates controled offensive play for only a little over two. East Carolina, which had passed off of the wishbone successfully prior to Saturday night, had a rough time throwing the football completing only two of 13 attempts for 20 yards. Plus the Bucs ahd trouble holding on to the football, as they fumbled five times and lost four of those all deep in their own territory. LINEBACKER MIKE Pentecost said following the game that the Cajuns didn't do anything differently on defense.

"We just played our normal 5-2 and it worked to perfection. We just played so well defensively," he said over the shouts of the dressing room. Tamariello was proud of the way his team came back from last 3 2X bid at the conclusion of the season. Either USL or Louisiana Tech appears headed for the contest depending upon which of the teams has the better mark at the end of the season. With only 127 net yards rushing, the Cajuns' ground statistics didn't exactly tell the story, since 54 yards were lost on sacks of Henry by the Pirate defensive line.

But, USL outgained the Bucs in total offense 267-253. HENRY COMPLETED only 10 of 28 passes during the night for 140 yards, and had two interceptions. But, the ground control plan of USL daylight on the ground, but LSU still overcame a 21-0 Ole Miss margin to win the Southeastern Conference game 28-21. (UPI Telephoto) SOME DAYLIGHT LSU running back Hokie Gajan (47) finds some running room through the Ole Miss defense Saturday afternoon in Jackson. The Bayou Bengals didn't find much week's loss to Temple, while in addition he said, "we played great defense against a great team like East Carolina.

Pur offense functioned when it had to." The Cajuns' newly-found running game was led by fullback Allen Strambler and sophomore Charles Gray, who came into the game in the first quarter when starter Barry Herbert dislocated a finger on the first play from scrimmage for the Cajuns. STRAMBLER GAINED 80 yards, while Gray got 62 stripes on 23 carries. "Allen Strambler and Charles Gray ran tough, "Tamariello said. "Gray came in there and did a good job under stress. He was the only I-back left on our team." The USL passing game was almost completely shutdown as CAlvin James, the Cajuns' tight end, had only two first-half receptions for 36 yards and was halted the rest of the game.

Split end David Gray had only one catch, for 54 yards but it was a key play on the first scoring drive. PAT DYE the Buc head coach who has won 72 per cent of his games while coaching East Carolina, was scared of the Cajuns before the contest began. "I've said all week that the strength of their team was their defense. They showed that tonight. They are probably the best defensive team we have seen all year." How They Scored THIRD QUARTER USL: After missing two field goals, on in the first hslf and another in the early part of the third period, USL placekicker John Roveto booted 15-yard field goal midway in the quarter for the first points of the game for either team.

Tha drive, which covered 88 yards in five plays, featured one big play a 84-yard completion from Roy Henry to David Gray that brought the ball to the East Carolina 12-yard lino. On a fourth and fie from the eight, USL decided to go for the field goal. TIME: M. USL 3, East Carolina 0. ECU: On the next aeries, the Pirates came back with a drive of their own as the Bucs went ft yards on 10 playa.

Loander Green, the second string signsl caller, came in for Jimmy Southerland to call the signals, and he scored on a 33-yard keeper for the night's first six-pointer. The drive's big play came when Green, trapped behind the line of scrimmage at his own IS, turned the near sack into a 35-yard gsia. TIME: 1:10. East Carolina 7, USL 8. FOURTH QUARTER USL: The Cajuns drove 45 ysrds early in the period for another three points as Roveto completed the 14-play scoring march with U-yard field goal.

Henry drove USL to the Pirate three-yard line, but the Buc defense pushed USL back to the five. The big plays were made by Allen Strambler, who had I s-yard pass completion and a 14-yard run. Roveto kicked his second of the night in (our attempts. TIME: 10:38. Essl Carolina 7, USL 8.

USL: Theodore Sutton's fumble at his own eight, yard lino gave USL another three points aa the Cajuns traveled by the foot of Roveto, who drilled a 23-yard field goal. A first Iowa holding penalty drove USL back to the but I'SL got back to Uw original lino plus two more. TtME: 1:51. USL 8. East Carolina 7.

foot of John Roveto to upset heavily favored East Carolina, 9-7. FICKLEN STADIUM'S smallest crowd of the year, 18,341, watched as Henry's aerial magic was transformed into a disappearing act by a five man deep secondary that formed an umbrella of zone coverage. However, it was the USL defense that experienced perhaps its finest hour of the season. Limiting a usually highly-potent Pirate offense that was averaging 24.9 points a game to only seven tallies, the Cajuns shut off the wishbone, attack that the Bucs had turned into a lethal weapon prror Saturday night. And it may have cost the Bucs, now 7-2 for the season, a trip to a bowl game at the end of the campaign.

USL'S RUSHING game didn't garner that many yards in the game, but the Cajuns altered their offensive look into a ball control offense which was the look that East Carolina usually gave to opponents to cut them apart. Roveto, who had missed two field goals earlier in the night, redeemed himself with three field goals in succession in the second half breaking a 0-0 first-half tie. The USL placekicker booted a 25-yarder in the third period to give the Cajuns a 3-0 lead, and then put the Cajuns within one point of the lead 7-6after the Pirates scored on a 91-yard touchdown drive. That boot measured 22 yards. Then, with 8:52 left in the game, Roveto kicked a 23 yarder that proved to be the winning numbers THE VICTORY gave the Cajuns a 6-2-1 mark and kept them in the running for an Independence Bowl Wave No Trouble For Pittsburgh, 48-0 PITTSBURGH (UPI) Matt Cavanaugh tied a school record by passing for two touchdowns and Gordon Jones and Bob Jury set all-time school marks for TD pass receptions and interceptions respectively Saturday to lead 12th-ranked Pittsburgh to a 48-0 victory over Tulane.

Cavanaugh, who played two quarters, completed 10 of 16 passes for 149 yards, including scoring strikes of 8 and 13 yards to Jones. The passes gave Cavanaugh 21 TD completions, tying the Tula no Pittsburgh 14 20 14-48 PITT: Jones 8 pass from Cavanaugh Schubert kick. PITT: Blaser 28 interception return. Schubert kick. PITT: Walker 18 run.

Schubert kick. PITT: Walker 21 run. Schubert kick. PITT: Jones 13 pass from Cavanaugh. Kick failed.

PITT: Trocano 2 run. Trout kick. PITT: Jackson 48 ioterceptioo return. Trout kick. 48,173.

all-time Pitt career mark of Dave Havzrn, and gave Jones an all-time record of 15 TD receptions, passing the mark of 14 set by Joe Walton between 1954 and 1956. Jury had two interceptions, giving him 16 for his career to surpass the mark of former Pitt coach Carl DePasqua, who had 14 in 1947-49. Two other Pitt touchdowns came on interception returns by Mike Balzer, who took one 29 yards for a score, and Rick Jackson, who returned one 48 yards for a TD in the final quarter. Running back Elliott Walker rushed for 118 yards on 13 carries while scoring secondperiod touchdowns of 16 and 21 yards. Freshman quarterback Riek Trocano, who substituted for Cavanaugh in the second half, scored in the final period on a 2-yard plunge.

Tulane, 2-6, missed two field goal attempts of 56 and 51 yards by Ed Murray. The Green Wave also fell short on drives to the Pitt 18 and the Pitt 14 in the third quarter. STATISTICS li 'I 1 I IuHiiJ la li una ll Fniinrii, USL East Carolina First Downs Ruahing Yardage Passing Yardage Total Offense Passes Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalised Return Yardage Offensive Plsys 8 0 3 4-8 0 8 7 0-7 USL ECU 13 13 127 233 140 20 187 383 10-18-1 1-13-0 8-34. 8-3U 3-1 5-4 S-M 4 35 44 30 7 TUL 13 43-101 a IS 10-23-4 7-387 4-1 1-38 PITT 23 55-378 173 88 II 24 1 8-348 11 8-108 PIRATE PURSUIT USL quarterback Roy Henry found East Carolina's pass rush a stiff one Saturday night in Greenville, N.C.

Henry threw for only 140 yards, but the Cajuns relied on the foot of John Roveto, who booted three field goals, to upset the Buci by a 9-7 margin. (UPI Telephoto) First downs Rushes-yards Passing ysrds Return yards Paaaea Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-ysrds Tiger Mentor Terms Victory 'Important' INSTANT REPLAY By ROGER BRANDT Daily World Sports Editor JACKSON, Miss. Charles McClendon, who was under fire after LSU's loss to Indiana in the opener, was asked how important the Tigers' 28-21 victory over Ole Miss was to the team and him? Charlie Mac had a quick answer to the question from under the stands of Mississippi Memorial Stadium here Saturday afternoon. "I'm not important," said Mac. "It's the team that is important.

The win is important because it helps our recruiting. And people in our region saw the win on TV." McCLENDON TOLD the group of writers in the Tigers' dressing room LSU is a young team. "We were like kittens on the field," said Mac. "We have only 10 seniors but our young kids (and Mac has many nicknames for them Charlie's Angejes, Root Hogs and Mac's Young Ones) didn't lose their poise." In Mac's early days a win over Ole Miss was almost a dream. And, winning in Jackson was impossible.

This isn't so any more. Since 1970 LSU has held the upper hand against its arch rivals. LSU has won six of the last eight or four out of the last five games over the Rebs. Charlie Mac is now only one victory from the .500 mark against the Rebs. His record is 7-8-1.

"We couldn't do things we like to do because of our field position," said Mac. "In the second half it was just the opposite. We had the field position and Ole Miss didn't." LSU displayed its strong passing attack of the season its best of the season, passing for 181 yards. "I felt we would have to pass more as the season comes to an end," said Mac. "Our passing game was good." LSU USED A play Mac wanted to save for Alabama.

Marcus Quinn, a freshman, lattural the ball to Charles Alexander just before being tackled. The result was a big gainer and a first down. "We were saving that play for Alabama," said Mac. "But we needed it against Ole Miss. You know Quinn is a freshman.

He performed under pressure." LSU's come back effort was its best since Kentucky held a 21-0 edge in Tiger Stadium at halftime in the 1973 contest. The Tigers did the Ole Miss like Kentucky r-coming on strong in the second half to take the win. WON THE "The Ole Miss game is everything to the players and coaches." said John Ed Bradley a former Opelousas High great who saw plenty of playing time at center as a sophomore. "It's a war between Louisiana and Mississippi. Louisiana won the war today." LSU's win was its second straight road win of the season.

The Tigers came from behind to take a 28-15 triumph over Vanderbilt in Nashville three weeks ago. "We make the road games interesting," said Bradley. THE BACK TO BACK road wins by LSU marks the first time the Tigers have done that feat since the 1973 season. "The win over Vanderbilt gave us confidence we could win on the road and come from behind to do il remarked Jackie Casanova. Casanova rates Ole Miss a good team.

"They took it to us in the first half," said the Tiger safety. "I always felt we could come back. It was just a matter of time. It did look bad in the second quarter." Are the Tigers in the running for a post-season in-vation? YES, LSU was viewed by six bowls. The list of post -season classics include Peach tangerine.

Fiesta, Liberty, Hall of Fame and Sugar. Are the players thinking about bowls? "We want to go to a bowl," said Bradley. "The seniors deserve to go to a bowl. They are good leaders." According to Bradley the seniors aren't talking about bowls they are taking one game at a time. And, Alabama is next a very tough assignment won't listen to me," said Mac.

The first half was Ole Miss' but the second half was ours and the scoreboard belonged to us which really counts. The Tigers are coming out of the Ole Miss game a bruised team according to Mac. "Alabama might run over us next week," added Mac. LSU will be seeking its first win over Alabama since 1970. The Tiger-Tide contest will be aired on national TV starting at 3 p.m.

The afternoon contest will be the first such tilt in Tiger Stadium since the Auburn game of 19G9 a contest the Tigers won 21-20. LSU IS AN up and down team claims Mac. "Ya'll just IN THE FIRST half LSU hud no field position..