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Page 2 I 14, Big Red Burns 017 Passing Attack Too Much For Horns CAGE CLINIC WELCOME NTSU President c. c. left foreground, chats with some of the visiting basketball coaches who will be lecturing during North Texas State's first annual Coach of the Year and Clinic Staff Photo By LARRY BARR of Champions this weekend at the new Super Pit. The coaches, from left: John Widner, Wayne Cobb, Henry Whittlesey, Carl Owens, Jackie Carr and Gene Bobbins, head coach at NTSU. DALLAS (UPI) Sixth- ranked Oklahoma pulled Us passing attack out of storage Saturday with Joe Washington and Steve Davis stinging the flabbergasted Texas secondary for three first half scoring bombs that touched off a victory over the Longhorns in a nationally-televised game.

It was the third straight win for Oklahoma in this 73- year-old rivalry and marked the first time since Darrell Royal became Longhorn coach in 1957 that the Sooners had won three in a It was the most one- row. sided loss by a Royal- coached Texas team. Oklahoma had completed only nine passes in its three -games this season for an average of 57.yards a game, Ixit Davis and Washington combined to complete six of seven passes for a startling 225 yards and three touchdowns against the Lohghorns. Washington, who gained 118 yards rushing from his halfback spot, threw his first pass as a collegian on Oklahoma's first possession and it turned into a 40-yard touchdown to flanker Tinker Owens. Davis then hit Owens with a 53-yard scoring pass early in the second quarter arid found tight end Bill Brooks with a 47-yard TD throw with 29 seconds left in the first half.

Davis ran for two more touchdowns of 15 and two yards in the third quarter when Texas mistakes turned the game into a rout. Rick Fulcher kicked a 20- yard field goal, Jaime Melendez recovered a fumble by; backup quarterback Scott Hill in the Texas end zone and third string quarterback Joe McReynolds ran 11 yards to round out the Sooner Three of the last four- OC lahoma scores were set: i by two Sooner ihterceptip(K and a fumble recovery; Texas' only scoring icaife on two first half field goals 36 and 44' yards by Bilty Schott and a 31-yard run quarterback Mike the first Texas touchdown against Oklahoma in years. It was the most one-sidea" loss for Texas since the 'Horns fell to Mississippi in Ihe 1958 Sugar Bowl, The crushing defeat was the', second loss of the year against two victories, Morton Salts Hog VictoryHi WACO, Tex. I Arkansas tailback Dickey Morton shredded the Baylor defenses for 271 yards and two touchdowns Saturday "night to lead Arkansas to a -13-7 victory over the Bears and preserve a share of the lead in the Southwest Con' ference race. Morton struck for lightning touchdown gallops of 81 and 68 yards in the first half, then the Razorbacks defense held off a last period Baylor threat with a goalline in! terception by Rollen Smith to save the victory.

Baylor, riding the passing arm of quarterback Neal drove 80 yards the second period for only touchdown, with Gary Lacy going the seven yards through the The Bears drove to a first 'down at the Arkansas eight minutes to play, but passed incomplete and on thfrd down picked off a pass in- fended for Brian Kilgore and it to the Hog 25 to spoil Baylor's hopes for a Baylor drove inside the 25 four other times iwithout getting a score, twice missing field goals and posing the ball on fumbles the other two times. i Raiders Ride yard pass interception score as Memphis State rolled to a 28-16 victory Saturday night. Ward set up Memphis Stale's first touchdown with a 40-yard punt-return, then pulled down the long scoring pass from sophomore quarterback Joe Bruner with three seconds left in the half to give the Tigers a 14-3 halftime lead. The Golden Hurricane, now 3-2, picked up momentum in the second half and cut the lead to 21-16 before Harris picked off a JoeMcCulley pass and raced untouched into the end zone 'to cinch the Tigers' fourth win against two losses. his first nine passes of the day, seven of them to Swann, teamed with his star senior flanker on a 29-yard scoring pass in the first quarter and JJruillS again on an ll-yarder in the fourth period.

His other TD passes were a 31-yarder to tight end and a 30-yarder to Dean Lingenfelter, USC's other tight end, Jimmy Obradovich in the opening period with 2:59 left in the game. injured shoulder, Careathers got 125 yards in 13 carries, 103 yards in the second half. 0-St. Rolls WSU Wins LUBBOCK, Tex. (AP) Joe Barnes, seizing on Texas A miscues, winged three touchdown passes and scored once himself as Texas Tech gunned down Texas AM in a 28-16 Southwest football duel night.

The senior Tech quarterback stunned the Cadets two quick touchdowns 'in the second period, hurled another in the third quarter, closed the Red Raider 'scoring by plunging in from one in the final period. The Raiders, victimized by Texas, squared their SWC record at l-l. and hiked their seasonal slate to 4-1. The Cadets are 0-1 and 2- Barnes uncorked scoring shots of 28 yards to Lawrence Williams and seven yards to John Garner i a chaotic three- minute span of the second quarter. He got his third on a 12-yarder to Williams after AM had pulled within 10 points on a 43-yard field goal by Randy Haddox early in the third period.

Owls Topple WICHITA, Kan. (UPI) -Tailback Fred Speck ran two yards for a touchdown in the final three minutes of play Saturday night to i Wichita Slate an 18-13 victory over Fresno State. Speck's touchdown was set up by a 40-yard pass from quarterback Tom Owen to Stan Ricketts on a second and 10 situation. Fresno had taken the lead two minutes earlier or. reserve quarterback Rod Kraft's 11- yard sprint around end.

The Shockers moved up and down the field with ease, but lost three fumbles. Wichita State went ahead 107 in the third quarter on Johnny Potts' 25-yard field goal, but lost the advantage on Kraft's touchdown. Potts ran for two points after the last Wichita touchdown when he bobbled a bad snap from center and was unable to kick. It was the first chance he had to carry the football in three years of college football. MADISON, Wis.

(AP) Archie Griffin rushed for 169 yards on 29 carries and Ohio State's defense smothered Wisconsin's vaunted rushing attack as the top-ranked Buckeyes rolled to a 24-0 college football victory Saturday, their fourth win in as many starts. Griffin, last year's freshman sensation, injured a leg in the fourth quarter but earlier he ran.for a total of 82 yards to spark a pair of long Buckeye scoring drives in the first and third periods. Bruce Elia and Cornelius Greene scored the touchdowns oh respective runs of one and two yards. The Buckeyes wrapped up their second Big Ten victory on a 36-yard field goal by Blair Conway and a one-yard touchdown run by Elia, both in the fourth quarter. STANFORD, Calif.

(UPI)-James McAlister ran for 117 yards and scored three touchdowns in less than a half of play to help lead the bruising UCLA ground attack to a new school rushing mark of 621 yards Saturday and a 59-13 rout of Stanford. The llth ranked Bruins, who averaged 42 points per game going into the Pacific 8 matchup, rolled to an impressive 38-6 halftime lead, scoring six of the seven times they handled the ball and then coasted in. McAlister, who left the game with 5:40 left in the second quarter with a leg injury, scored on runs of five, three and 50 yards. The 202-pound fullback and his running mate Kermit Johnson combined for 243 of the team's 370 first, half rushing yards. Bulldogs Bite LSU Again HOUSTON (UPI) -Workhorse fullback Wayne Bullock scored twice on one; a bursts and Tom tossed a 21-yard 'touchdown pass to lead ninth-ranked Notre Dame to a 28-0 triumph over Rice University Saturday night.

Bullock, a 210-pound junior, rushed for 79 yards on 19 carries. He scored first 2:12 left in the first on a 48-yard drive set up by a Rice fumble and again on the first possession of the second half. MSU Wins MEMPHIS, Tenn. UPI) Freshman flanker Bobby Ward caught a 62-yard touchdown pass and freshman cornerback Eric Harris Tide Rolls A I I Fla. (UPI) Fullback Calvin Gulliver scored two touchdowns and a two-point conversion Saturday as third-ranked Alabama overwhelmed Florida 35-14.

The unbeaten Crimson Tide stunned the Gators early with a touchdown on a blocked punt with the game barely 1:38 old. Safety David McMakin blocked a Buster Morrison punt at the Florida one and defensive back Tyrone King fell on it for the score. Culliver scored on touchdown runs of 11 yards in the second quarter and 13 yards in the final period to lead the romp. Quarterback Richard Todd plunged over from the one-yard line for another Tide touchdown and halfback Wilbur Jackson got another on a six-yard dash with 5:42 to go. AUBURN, Ala.

(UPI) -Louisiana State's Brad Davis scored two second quarter touchdowns, one after a 51-yard pass from Mike Miley to Al Coffee, and the lOth-ranked, unbeaten Bengals rolled to a 20-6 victory over Auburn Saturday. Davis, a junior tailback, scored his first touchdown on a five-yard run after the Miley-to-Coffee aerial gave LSU a first down on the 10. On the next series of downs Davis snared a 28-yard scoring pass from Miley. Davis' first touchdown, tallied before a record Jordan-Hare Stadium crowd of 64,331 in 85-degree heat, was the first touchdown scored on the ground this year against Auburn, now 32. LSU is 5-0.

ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) Andy Johnson threw a 54- yard touchdown pass and set up another touchdown with a 22-yard pass, both in the first period, to get Georgia off to a fast start and the Bulldog dominated Ole Miss Saturday in a 20-0 victory that was much more decisive than the score indicated. Johnson's pass to Kevin Hartman put the ball at the Ole Miss nine and four plays later Jimmy Poulos went over from a yard out to give the Bulldogs their first score with only 6:14 gone in the game. Seven minutes later, on the very next play after Dick Conn intercepted an Ole Miss pass, Johnson, who completed only three passes all afternoon, found sophomore tight end Richard Applefay wide open at the Rebel 15- yard line and the 54-yard bomb gave the Bulldogs a 140 lead that was never to be threatened the rest of the game. punt by Randy Borg at the Nebraska four into a one- yard touchdown by Tom Mulkey with 2:01 remaining.

Greg Hill, who kicked two first half field goals, booted what proved to be the winning extra point. But the Cornhuskers, riding Humm's passing arm, bolted 72 yards in four plays for their touchdown. Humm passed 31 yards to Rich Bahe and 20 yards to Larry Mushinskie before finding Bahe over the middle for the 22-yard scoring pass with 1:00 remaining. The Cornhuskers, who like Missouri, had won four straight games, elected to go for the two-point conversion and the win, but Gillick stepped between Humm's pass to Tony Davis. FSU Scalped TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

(UPI) Quarterback Rockey Felker threw a'pair of touchdown passes and; tailback Stan Murray scored on two short runs Saturday as Mississippi State routed winless Florida State -Felker, tightening his grip on the Southeastern Conference total offense leadership, tossed a 13-yard scoring pass to tight end Danny Malone in the first period. Then he hit wingback Bill Bucklay with a 50-yard bomb early in the second quarter. Murray scored on a four- yard burst in the early minutes, then plunged over from the one just before halftime. Reserve quarterback Mike Monaghan hit Buckley with a 33-yard scoring pass in the final period, and Vic Nickels chipped in a 24-yard field goal in the third quarter. TECH'S JAMES MOSLEY DODGES AGGIES AM's Tim Gray (24) Defends In Losing Cause UPlTekpbote Worley connected with King for the score.

Lynn Billberry then clinched the victory when he hit a 46-yard field goal early in the third quarter. Angelo State scored in the fourth period when Lynn Leonard passed to Steve Wilson in a 42-yard play. USC Rallies LOS ANGELES (UPI) Blond Pat Hayden fired four touchdown passes, two pf them to Lynn Swann. Saturday as No. 5-ranked University of Southern California came back in the second half to beat stubborn Washington State 46-35 and run the Trojans' unbealcn string to 22 games.

The Trojans, who trailed 21-17 at halftime, improved iheir season record to 4-0-1 and upped their Pacific-8 mark to their bid for their' sixth Rose Bowl in eight years. Havden. who completed I Tenn. I Condredge a Tennessee's scrambling quarterback, turned busted plays into two touchdown Saturday as eighth-ranked Tennessee beat Georgia Tech 20-14 in a non-conference warmup for next Saturday's big game with Alabama. The 5-11 junior Huntsville, threw 11 yards to Bill Rudder for one touchdown, then ran 20 yards on Tennessee's next possession to give the Vols a 14-7 halftime lead.

The Yellow Jackets struck first, moving 80 yards in 12 plays on their first possession, with tailback Rick Hill getting the first of two one-yard scores. With 6:26 left in the third period, tailback Paul Careathers ran 40 yards for i touchdown. Substituting for injured tailback HaAel Stanback, an Wildcats Fall LAWRENCE, Kan. (UPI) Kansas quarterback David Jaynes dived one yard for a touchdown with 1 to go Saturday, giving the Jayhawks a 25-18 victory over upset-minded Kansas Slate in a Big Eight conference contest. Jaynes' touchdown erased a frantic come-from-behind attack by the Wildcats in the second half that featured two Keith Brumley field goals and an unusual safely call.

The game was played before 52,000 fans in Memorial Stadium, the largest crowd in Kansas sports history. SFA Rolls NACOGDOCHES, Tex. (AP) Quarterback Larry Mayer hit split end Ron Patlerson with a three-yard pass in the third quarter to give Stephen F. Austin a 1713 Lone Star Conference victory over Southwest Texas State Saturday night. Stephen F.

Austin held their four-point lead in a goalline stand for four plays in the final period. Southwest Texas Stale had a third-quarter scoring burst with a pair of two-yard touchdown runs by fullback Walter Hartfield. Stephen F. Austin is now 33 for the season and in conference play. Southwest Texas State is 2-3 and 1-3.

COMMERCE, Tex. (AP) Flanker Richard Williams ran three yards to score in igniting Abilene Christian College over defending NAIA champion East Texas State 18-15 in a Lone Star Conference football game here Saturday night ACC scored first on William's end-around with just 4:21 left in the first quarter, but they missed the point after. East Texas went ahead the only time in the game on a 51-yard punt rerun by Tim Collier, scoring the touchdown with just over eight minutes left in the half. ACC Quarterback Clint Longley passed 20 yards to flanker David Henson, for a 12-7 halftime score. In the third period, ACC's Wilbert Montgomery scored on a three yard run to cap a 51 yard drive.

AF Bombed Huskers Fall COLUMBIA, Mo. (UPD- Tony Gillick intercepted a two-point conversion pass by David Humm with one minute remaining Saturday, preserving a 13-12 upset victory by Missouri over No. 2-ranked Nebraska in a game thai saw two touchdowns scored in the lasl Iwo minulcs. Missouri lurncfl a fumbled Rams Ripped SAN ANGELO, Tex. (AP) Rick Worley and Mike King combined for a 79-yard touchdown pass play that sparked the Howard Payne Yellowjackets to a 10-6 victory over Angelo State here Saturday in a Lone Star Conference battle.

The victory, the Jackcls' fourth in a "row in conference play. Icfl Howard Payne sharing first place with Abilene Christian College. Angelo State dropped to 3-1 in conference and play and 31-2 in the season. Howard Payne stopped Angelo State on its own eight in the first quarler and men moved to the 21 where BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -Sophomore Dave Logan returned a punt 52 yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter, sparking Colorado to a 38-17 victory over Air Force in a college football rivalry Saturday.

Logan, a 6-foot-5, 211- pound wingback who was running back punts for the first time in this college career, tore up the middle of the field behind some timely blocks to put Colorado on top 14-3 with 13-26 left in the third period. The Buffaloes added a touchdown and field goal on their next two possessions to take control of the game. Clyde Crutchmer, who was not expected to play because of a badly bruised right elbow, started for the Buffs but could direct the leam to only one touchdown in- quarterbacking the first half. scoring pass to Jimmy Scott and the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions romped to an easy 54-3 victory over' winless Army. Fullbacks Bob Nagle and Tom Donchez each ran for two touchdowns and reserve tailback Walt Addie dashed 64 yards for another as unbeaten Penn State impressed scouts from the Orange and Cotton Bowls with its 16th consecutive victory at Beaver Stadium.

Sophomore quarterback Dick Barvinchak threw a 35- yard touchdown pass to third team flanker Jim Eaise and junior fullback John Hut- tenberger plunged one yard for another score, both in the fourth period to complete the romp before 58,194, third largest home crowd in Penn State's football history. AI Edged ALPINE, Tex. (AP) Sul Ross kicker Archie Nixon booted a 45-yard field goal with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter as the Lobos defeated Texas Ail 10-7 here Saturday. The Javalinas scored first in the closing minutes of the first quarter when quarterback Richard Ritchie hit tight end David Hill on a 38- yard touchdown pass. Sul' Ross quarterback Larry Cotlrell scored on a one-yard run in the third period.

Sul Ross stands 3-2 for the season and 3-1 in Lone Star Conference play, while the Javalinas dropped to 1-4 for the season and 1-3 in the LSC. Conference win over Arkansas State. Pope came up with the Bulldogs' first nine points on field goals of 26,.51 and 32 yards to keep Tech in co'iu tention midway through the! second' quarter after! Arkansas State had on a one-yard touchdown dive by quarterback Burks in the opening Late in the first half, Tech quarterback Denny Duron gave the Bulldogs a comfortable margin with a yard scoring strike to' flanker Roger Carr, wfib' pulled in his 16th career touchdown a Tech Routed UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (Tjpi) Tom Shuman ignited Penn Stale's -four touchdown surge midway in the first half with a 66-yard ANNAPOLIS. MD.

(UPI) Running back Cleveland Cooper, bidding to become Navy's alltime running champ, scored two touchdowns Saturday to spearhead a Navy ground attack as the Middies beat Syracuse 23-14 virtually assuring Ben Schwarzwalder a losing season in his 25th and final year as hcadcoach of the Orangemen. The loss was Syracuse's fifth of the season without a win while Navy is 2-3. 'Dogs Fierce RUSTON. La. (UPI) Jerry Pope booted three field goals-- including a school record 51-yarder and added Iwo extra points nighl as eighth- ranked Louisiana Tech rolled to a 23-7 Southland (' Southwest Oklahoma 52 Texas 13 Arkansas 13 Baylor 7 Houston 54 Virginia Tech 27 TCU 30 Idaho 14 Texas Tech 28 Texas AM 16 Notre Dame 28 Rice 0 Louisiana Tech 23 Arkansas Str-7 Howard Payne 10 Angelo S.

F. Austin 17 SW Texas StH3 Texas Southern 41 Bishop College 7 Abilene CC 18 East Texas East Brown 34 Yale 25 Coast Guard 27 Wesleyan 9 Colgate 22 Holy Cross 21 Cornell 37 Princeton 6 Delaware 35 Connecticut 7 Harvard 57 Columbia 0 Lehigh 43 Bucknell 15 Mass. 20 Boston U. 6 Navy 23 Syracuse 14 Penn 22.Dartmouth 16 Penn St. 54 Army 3 Pittsburgh 35 West Virginia Rhode Island 15 Vermont 14 mi) Rutgers 35 Lafayette 6 Slippery Rock 40 Soutti Alabama 35 Florida 14 Clemson 32 Virginia 27 Fisk 29 Alabama AiM 24 Georgia 20 Mississippi 0 Grambling 17 Miss.

Valley 0 Hampden-Sydney 12 W. Maryland 7 Howard 46 W. Virginia St. Louisiana St. 20 Auburn 6 St.

37 Florida St. 12 North Carolina St. 24 Maryland 22 North Texas 7 Louisville 6 Randolph-Macon 34 Wash. Lee 26 Richmond 42 Southern Miss. 20 S.

Carolina St. 20 Morgan Tennessee 20 Georgia Tech Tennessee St. 24 Virginia St. Tulane 24 Duke 17 Midwest Akron 31 Northern Michigan 7 Butler 12 Valparaiso 6 Central Mich. 21 Indiana Dayton 13 Ball St.

12 Illinois 15 Purdue 13 Kansas 25 Kansas St. 18 Kent St. 21 Bowling Green 7 Lawrence 34 GrinneH 6 Marietta 12 Otterbein 10 Marshall 39 No. Illinois 36 Miami O. 10 Ohio U.

6 Michigan 31 Michigan St. 0 Minnesota 24 Indiana 3 Missouri 13 Nebraska 12 Northern Iowa 31 Drake 3 Northwestern 31 Iowa 15 Ohio St. 2-5 Wisconsin 0 Wichita St. 18 Fresno St. 13 N.

Iowa 3VDrake.3 Memphis St. 28 Tulsa 16 West Colorado .38 Air Force 17 St. 26 Briotvam Young 24 Montana 19 Idaho St. 14 N. Arizona 28 Texas 1 Oregon 41 California 10" Oregon St.

31 Washington-7 So. Calif. 46 Washington St. 35 UCLA 59 Stanford 13 Utah St. 34 Colorado St.

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