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Southern edges Rebels THE GREENWOOD ft Sporfs Sunday, October 5, 1 980 Pages VAw By LOUIS HILLIARY PARK Commonwealth Sports Editor JACKSON The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles's overcame a miserable first quarter and a 14-0 deficit to dominate the final three periods, and in so doing, take a 28-22 win over the Ole Miss Rebels. "I'm so proud of our team," said USM head coach Bobby Collins afterwards. "They have proved time after time that they'll never quit. The players all believe and so do the coaches." Ole Miss came out running the ball up the middle and stinging the Southern defense with short passes. AFTER TAKING the opening kickoff and running 8 26 of the clock, the Rebels completed a 17-play, 74-yard drive with a 4- yard run by Buford McGee.

Todd Gatlin's successful PAT gave Ole Miss a 7-0 lead. Southern took the ensuing kickoff, ran three plays and punted. It was the only time during the first period that the Eagles handled the pigskin. The Rebels took the USM kick at the Ole Miss 36 yard line and promptly drove 64 yards on 12 plays, using up 6:28 enroute to their second TD. John Fourcade, the Rebel signal caller, ran into the end zone with 13:13 showing in the second quarter.

Gatlin's kick put Ole Miss ahead 14-0 but the Rebel offense was never really in the game after that. THE GOLDEN EAGLES took the kickoff which followed Ole Miss' second tally and drove 80 yards for a touchdown as USM quarterback Reggie Collier and runningback Sammy Winder came alive. Winder took a pitch and charged from the Rebel 13 to the 1, then pushed through up the middle for the score. Winston Walker's PAT added a point, but Ole Miss held the lead 14-7 with 7:54 left before the half. After Ole Miss ran three plays and kicked, Southern took the punt at the USM 27.

The Eagles had pushed out to their own 38 when Collier connected up the middle with Don Horn who took the bullet on the run and sprinted into the end zone. The reception was good for 68 yards and the TD. WALKER'S PAT knotted the contest at 14-14 with 3:39 left in the half the way it remained at intermission after a USM drive played out at the Ole Miss 14 as time expired. "We were concerned when we fell behind 14-0," conceded Coach Collins, "but we stuck with our game plan. We didn't run scared." Southern took the lead midway the third quarter when Winder turned the corner at the Ole Miss 11 and threw himself over a Rebel defender to fly the last 5 yards to paydirt.

The PAT gave USM the lead 21-14, capping the second half opening drive which covered 80 yards in 14 plays. THE GOLDEN EAGLES made it 28-14 with 8:39 left in the game when Winder tallied from the one and Walker booted the PAT. Although the Eagles had dominated the game's midportion, Ole Miss managed to build a drive following the Southern kickoff. The Rebels marched 80 yards in 13 plays to score. Chester Thornton ran 4 yards for the TD then caught a pass to complete the 2-point conversion.

However, USM held the lead 28-22 with 4:11 left OLE MISS got a big break on their scoring drive when a pass interference call on fourth down and 28 moved the ball from the USM 44 to the Eagle 8 and gave Ole Miss a first down. 'lne Rebels got another big break when Winder fumbled at his own 12 and Ole Miss recovered with 3:20 remaining in the game. But instead of moving toward the Eagle end zone, the Rebels went in reverse. After Kinny Hooper picked up 4 yards to the Southern 8, Fourcade lost 2 back to the 10. The Rebel quarterback was then sacked and called for intentional grounding the football to put Ole Miss in a fourth down and 29 yards to go position at the USM 31.

OLE MISS' final chance went down the AP OLEMISS LINEBACKER NAKITA WILLIAMS MAKES TACKLE Southern's icky Floyd stopped, but Southern won 28-22 4. 9j a 428-yard game total. Collier was the leading rusher and passer with 110 yards on the gallop and 143 by the pass. Winder gained 97 yards on 22 tries and scored three TDs. HOOPER WAS OLE MISS' leading rusher with 48 yards on 12 tries.

McGee, who did not play in the second half due to an ankle injury, gained 33 yards on nine attempts. Fourcade was 14 completions of 27 attempts in passing for 106 yards. "It just seems like we don't have the killer instinct," said Ole Miss' All-SEC quarterback referring to the fact that two teams in two weeks have come from behind to topple the Rebels. Southern's victory kept the Eagle record unblimished at 4-0. "This was a complete win," said Collins.

"When our offense needed to score, they did. When our defense needed to make a big play, they did. And our kicking was great all day. There are too many heros to name." Miss 7 7 0 822 S. Miss 0 14 7 728 Miss McGee4 run (Gatlin kick) Miss Fourcade 2 run (Gatlin kick) USM inder 1 run (Walker kick) USM Horn 62 pass from Collier (Walker kick) USM Winder 11 run (Walker kick) USM inder 1 run (Walker kick) Miss Thorton 4 run (Thornton pass from Fourcade) Miss.

S.Miss. First downs 18 24 Rushes yards 44-102 S5-585 Passing yards 106 143 Return yards 00 04 Passes 14 27-0 08 16 1 Punts 5.47 4-42 Fumbles lost 00 1-1 Penalties yards 8 65 11-107 yards, and King plunged over to make it 28-7 Mississippi State. Illinois settled down, and Wilson guided his team to a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns. He hit Brookins with a six-yard toss, then connected with Martin for a 23-yard TD pass. But the "Fighting Illini" could not muster the necessary drive to score again.

Miss. State 0 14 7 7 28 Illinois 7 0 0 14 21 ILL Holmes, 1 run, (Basskick) MISS Bond9 run, (Morgan kick) MISS Ellis, 3 pass from Bond, (Morgan kick) MISS Wonsley-2run, (Morgan kick) MISS King -1 run, (Morgan kick) ILL Brookins 6 pass from Wilson, (Bass kick) ILL Martin 23 pass from Wilson (Dass kick) A 60,889 Miss III. First downs 20 24 Rushes-yards 62-276 31-101 Passing yards 67 283 Return yards 57 74 Passes 6-9-0 23-41-1 Punts 2-110 5-140 Fumbles-lost 2 2 4-2 Penalties yards 5-51 4-34 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Miss. King 18 94, Bond 13 81, Wonsley 18 68. Holmes 13-46, Murphy 3 26, Brook ins 5 13.

PASSING Bond 69-67; Wilson :23 41-283. RECEIVING Ellis 3-28, Knight 2-28. Murphy 7-72, Lopez 4-61, Dentlno, 4-57. State holds on to defeat Illinois 28-21 3 MY 1 AP JM II drain when Fourcade was sacked for the second straight time by Eagle right end George Tillman. "They didn't do nothing to stop us," said Fourcade in the dressing room.

We didn't throw the ball right it was my fault. I made too many mistakes. "I thought the Texas was bad," the Rebel quarterback said, "but this was the worst game I ever threw a football in in my whole life." REBEL HEAD COACH StdV2 Sloan said in his post game press conference that his stratgey had been to play a more conservative game. "We wanted to keep the ball away from them (the Eagle offense) if we could," said Sloan. "We did that early but we had a couple of mixups in the second quarter and weren't able to sustain a long drive." Indeed, the second stanza was almost a reverse of the first.

Ole Miss had the ball for 13:05 of the opening period. Southern Mississippi kept the ball for 9 36 in period two and continued to maintain possession in the third and fourth quarters 9:53 and 8 54, respectively. The Golden Eagle defense held the Rebel offense, which came into the game ranked 6th in the nation and leading the Southeastern Conference, in closer check than any of the Rebel's previous four opponents. OLE MISS PICKED UP 102 yards rushing and 106 passing for 208 total far below the almost 500-yard-per-game pace the Rebels were setting coming into Saturday's contest. Southern Mississippi gained 299 yards on the ground and 143 through the air for moved to the Mississippi State one yard line on a pass interference call, and Holmes picked up the TD on fourth down.

However, a Holmes fumble was recovered by Tyrone Keys, and Bond led a 67-yard scoring drive. He ran for 12, passed for 13, then scored on a nine-yard dash around right end to tie the score. THE BULLDOGS' Johnnie Cooks picked off a deflected Dave Wilson pass a few minutes later, setting up the Bond-to-Ellis scoring pass and giving the Bulldogs a 14-7 halftime lead. The Illini mistakes continued in the second half. A Calvin Thomas fumble was picked up by the Bulldogs' John Miller, and Mississippi State marched 56 yards to set up the Wonsley TD run in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, Illinois kicker Kirk Bostrom bobbled a snap, his punt was blocked and picked up by Mississippi State. THIS TIME, the Bulldogs moved 39 in college football. Carter sparked an Irish ground attack that wore down the Spartans in the second half. The sophomore piled up 254 yards rushing, his third straight game over 100 yards, and one yard shy of the Notre Dame record held by Vagas Ferguson. He raced 53 yards to set up reserve tailback Jim Stone's 1-yard scoring plunge late in the game after Michigan State came within a point of tying the score.

Notre Dame now is 3-0, with all its victories against Big Ten Conference teams. Michigan State dropped to 1-3. UCLA 17 Ohio State 0 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Sophomore quarterback Tom Ramsey engineerd llth-ranked UCLA on two third-quarter scoring drives Saturday, leading the Bruins to a 17-0 upset of second-rated Ohio State in a non-conference college football game. The Bruins handed Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce his first loss in 15 regular-season games as Woody Hayes' replacement. A regional television audience and 88,084 fans, Ohio Stadium's 74th straight sellout crowd, looked on.

Art Schlichter, Ohio State's heralded junior quarterback, suffered a concussion midway through the fourth quarter and was replaced by Bob Atha. The Bruins made life miserable for Schlichter, permitting him only five completions in 12 attempts for 59 yards and holding him to no yards in 13 rushes. UCLA boosted its record to 4-0 and handed the Buckeyes their first loss in five games this seasoa STATE'S FRED COLLINS FUMBLES AT GOAL LINE Bulldogs go on to defeat I llinois 28-21 at Cha mpaign Major college football results Collcrp in the second half for the Bulldogs. Wilson tossed two fourth quarter touchdowns, one to Mitchell Brookins and one to Mike Martin, but it was not enough to overcome Mississippi State's 21-point lead. THE BULLDOGS' scoring came despite the loss of key runner Mardye McDole with a rib injury early in the game.

The crowd of 60,899 was the largest in Memorial Star since the Ohio State game in 1977. Mississippi State now is 4-1 for the season, while the Illini fell to 2-2-1. WILSON, the junior college transfer student who won another court test of his eligibility Friday, set an Illinois pass completion record, with 23 of 41 for 283 yards. The old record was set in 1952 by Tommy O'Connell with 22. Illinois was in control early in the game.

On its second possession, the Illini Joe Sullivan, directed scoring drives of 80 yards and 70 yards shortly before the half to give Auburn a 24-10 lead at intermission. Richmond, led by quarterback Steve Krainock, cut the lead to 24-16. But the rest of the game belonged to Auburn. Penn State 29 Missouri 21 COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Paul Lankford intercepted two passes to set up two Herb Menhardt field goals in the third period and quarterback Todd Blackledge romped 43 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown to give 17th-ranked Penn State a come-f ram-behind 29-21 victory Saturday over 9th-ranked Missouri.

The previously unbeaten Tigers, with Phil Bradley throwing touchdown passes of 31 and 53 yards, led at halftime 21-16 but fell flat after intermission. Lankford returned his first interception 33 yards to the Missouri 33-yard line and Menhardt followed with a 27-yard field goal to cut Missouri's lead to 21-19. Seconds later, a Bradley pass popped out of the arms of Ron Fellows and Lankford took possession on the Tiger 47. Menhardt's 35-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the quarter gave Penn State a 22-21 lead. Notre Dame 26 Michigan St.

21 EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -Junior Harry Oliver booted four field goals and tailback Phil Carter ran for the go-ahead score Saturday as seventh-ranked Notre Dame rallied to beat Michigan State 26-21 By ROBERT LEE ZIMMER Associated Press Writer CHAMPAIGN, 111. Freshman quarterback John Bond passed for one touchdown and ran for another Saturday to lead Mississippi State to a 28-21 victory over mistake-prone Illinois. The Bulldogs played a nearly error-free football game, and turned two Illinois fumbles, one interception and a blocked punt into their four touchdowns. Illinois moved the ball well, especially with the passing of quarterback Dave Wilson, but turnovers and dropped passes took a heavy toll on the Illini.

ILLINOIS SCORED FIRST on a one-yard plunge by Mike Holmes, but Bond scored on a nine-yard touchdown run, then tossed a three-yard scoring pass to David Ellis to give Mississippi State a 14-7 half time lead. George Wonsley and Donald Ray King scored on runs of two yards and one yard four straight possessions to upset No.3 Nebraska, 18-14, in a non-conference college football game Saturday. Seminole tackle Garry Futch recovered a fumble by Nebraska quarterback Jeff Quinn at the Florida State 10-yard-line with 10 seconds remaining in the game to seal the Cornhuskers' fate. S. Carolina St.

33 Alcorn 0 ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -South Carolina State broke open an early defensive struggle with 17 second-period points and went on to thrash Alcorn State 33-0 Saturday in a regionally televised battle between black college football powers. Anthony Reed ran for 67 yards and scored two touchdowns, including the game's first S.C. State improved its record to 5-0, while Alcorn State suffered its first loss after two victories. Auburn 55 Richmond 16 AUBURN, Ala.

(AP) Senior tailback James Brooks, returning to the form that made him the leading Southeastern Conference rusher last year, raced for 204 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to fire Auburn to a 55-16 rout of the Richmond Spiders. Brooks, who had averaged only 60 yards a game in a slow start this year, carried 30 times and burst repeatedly through the Richmond line to pace Auburn, now 3-1. Richmond, 2-3, hung close at first but Auburn's back-up quarterback, secutive victory, struggled throughout a sluggish first half but turned the game into a rout by striking for three touchdowns within a span of 2:20 early in the final quarter. Bryant, a coaching legend who was raised on a farm in Arkansas, lifted his career record to 300-77-16. The triumph left him him only 14 victories away from the all-time record held by Amos Alonzo Stagg.

LSU24 Florida 7 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Alan Risher came off the bench Saturday to pass for one touchdown and halfback Jesse Myles ran two others in as fumble-prone Lousisiana State knocked off 19th-ranked Florida 24-7 in a Southeastern Conferece football game. LSU's starting signalcaller, Robbie Mahf ouz, was taken out after fumbling twice in the first series. In all, LSU fumbled 12 times and lost five of them. Florida lost its starting qur-terback as well as the game, which left it 3-1, 1-1 in the SEC.

Quarterback Bob Hewko, hit hard in the first quarter, left the game with an injured right knee. LSU, now 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the SEC, scored first with a 30-yard field goal by David Johnston, capping a 31-yard drive that began when Hewko fumbled and LSU's George Atiyeh recovered. Florida State 18 Nebraska 14 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Bill Capece booted four field goals and 16th-ranked Florida State scored on Southern U. 14 Miss.

Valleyl2 BATON ROUGE, La. The Jaguars of Southern University held off a determined Delta Devil team from Mississippi Valley State University at Itta Bena to take a 14-12 victory here Saturday night in a Southwestern Athletic Conference football game. Valley scored its second TD of the night with one second left on the clock as Lloyd Farmer tossed 15 yards to Billy Brown. A two-point conversion effort failed in an attempt to tie the game. Southern got into the scoring column in the first period as Reggie Morgan ran six yards to score and Brian Williams ran over for a two-point conversion.

In the second period, Norman Gibbs passed to Williams for nine yards and the point after failed. The Devils scored in the third stanza as Farmer ran in from two yards out The point after failed. The Devils are now 2-2 and 0-2 in conference play. MVSU holds it homecoming in Bulldog Stadium in Greenwood next Saturday as they entertain North Carolina ina 1:30 p.m. contest Alabama 45 Kentucky 0 BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

(AP) -Freshman Linnie Patrick set up two touchdowns with runs of 60 and 38 yards as top-ranked Alabama smashed Kentucky 45-0 Saturday, enabling Paul "Bear" Bryant to become only the third coach in college history to win 300 games. The Tide, rolling to its 25th con By The Associated Press SOUTH S.Miss. 28, OleMiss22 Mississippi St. 28, 1 II ino is 21 Southern U. 14, Miss.

Valley 12 Millsaps66, St. Leo 0 Alabama 45, Kentucky 0 Louisiana St. 24, lor Ida 7 Florida St. 18, Nebraska 14 S.Carolina St. 33, AlcornO Auburn 55, Richmond 16 N.

Carolina 33, Georgia TechO NE Louisiana 38, NW Louisiana 14 EAST Brown 28, Prlncetonll Harvard 15, Army 10 Holy Cross 17, Dartmouth 6 Kansas 23, Syracuse8 Penn 24, Columbia 13 Rutgers 44, Cornell 3 Springfield 31, Northeastern3 Connecticut 24, Colgate 21 Pittsburgh 38, Maryland 9 Tufts 14, Bowdoin 10 W. Virginia45, Virginia21 Appalachian St. 23, Marshall 6 Clemson 13, Virginia Tech 10 Wake Forest 27, William Mary 7 MIDWEST PennSt. 29, Missourl21 Purdue 28, Miami (O.) 3 ArizonaS, Iowa 3 Dayton 45, Slippery Rock 10 Iowa St. 69, Colorado St.

0 Michigan 38, California 13 UCLA 17, Ohio St. 0 Notre Dame 26, Michigan St. 21 Kent St. 15, Ohio U. 14 Minnesota 49, Northwestern 21 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 44, Texas Christian 7 Texas Tech 41, Texas 21 Washington 24, Oklahoma St.

18 W. Texas St. 17, New Mexico St.15 FAR WEST New Mexico 24, Wyoming 21 Oklahoma 82, Colorado 42 Pacific U. 24, Washington St. 22 Southern Cal 23, Arizona St.

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