Pensacola News Journal from Pensacola, Florida • 17

The Pensacola News-Journal Sunday, September 18, 1983 Sports World, 4B Hear Ye, Hear Ye, 9B Junior pc Ingram vZ'- News-Journal Sports editor Tulane gives FSU English lesson, 34-28 They believe to a touchdown only moments earlier, cutting the Tulane lead to 31-28. Just when it seemed the inconsistent, sometimes non-existent FSU defense was coming to life, English took charge. His long bomb to Route did not result in a touchdown, but it gave the Green Wave a first down at the FSU 17. Tulane eventually turned the ball over on an interception, but got the ball right back on the next play when Lowrey tried to go long and was intercepted, but the long pass had served to snuff out a brief FSU rally. It was a typical FSU game: plenty of opportunities for both teams.

Tulane made more of its chances See TULANE, Page 4B By JUNIOR INGRAM Newt-Journal Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS Until a few weeks ago, Jon English was not even sure he could play football for Tulane University this season. He had been declared ineligible by the NCAA because Tulane was the third 4-year school he had attended in five years. However, he went to court and won a restraining order against the NCAA. A final decision on the case is expected in six weeks. Saturday afternoon, he went out and did a number on Florida State's previously unbeaten Seminoles.

English, son of Tulane's first-year Coach Wally English, passed for 210 yards and one TD to lead the Greenies to a 34-28 upset victory before a small, but noisy Super-dome crowd of 35,463. English's figures aren't impressive by today's standards (16 completions, 29 attempts and three-interceptions), but as FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said, he made "big play, after big play, after big play." The biggest of all was a 60-yard bomb to his favorite receiver tight end Larry Route on a third-do wn-and-10 play in the fourth quarter. Florida State quarterback Kelly Lowrey had driven the Seminoles Bowden now NEW ORLEANS No one really believed Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden this past week when he said that unheralded Tulane could "give us fits." Most passed it off as the customary pre-game comments coaches are supposed to make about their upcoming opponents. But Saturday afternoon in the Superdome, Bowden's fears were confirmed. Tulane's 34-28 victory will come as a shock to many because the Greenies were supposed to be one of the soft spots on the Seminole schedule.

Tulane is rebuilding under first-year coach Wally English, and the fruits of hi3 labor have paid off with consecutive victories over Ole Miss and FSU. "With a break or two, they could have easily beaten Mississippi State and be 2-0," Bowden told writers early in the week. "That win against Ole Miss has got to give them some confidence." It did more than that. It gave English's plan a shot in the arm and made the Green Wave believe they were on the right trail. Saturday's victory over Florida State only solidified those thoughts.

For Florida State, however, another Bowden concern proved to be true. After winning two shootouts (47-46 over East Carolina and 40-35 over Louisiana State), the Seminoles had successfully dodged the bullet twice. Bowden knew it was only a matter of time before the Seminoles ran into someone they couldn't simply outscore. "When you play like we do, you think about it catching up with you," Bowden said. "We made too many mistakes offensively to win today.

You can't make it to the big time if you can't stop people. And we can't." FSU may yet win game That was evidenced against Tulane. English's son Jon, who was playing in his third game after getting a restraining order against an NCAA ruling declaring him ineligible, picked the Seminoles apart with pin-point passing and when Tulane needed a big play, he made it. Jon English is playing for his third 4-year school in five years and the NCAA said that was a no-no. English went to court, got permission to play and is awaiting a court decision which is expected in six weeks, according to Tulane officials.

If English is declared ineligible, Tulane will forfeit any and all games he participates in. That would mean little to Bowden and the Seminoles, who were clearly the second best team in the Superdome Saturday. Florida State 11 728 Tulane 7 7 10 It 34 TUL Songy 99 interception return (Wood kick) TUL Bottom 77 ount return (Wood kick) FSU G.Allen 8 run (Hall kick) FSU Hester 55 pass from Lowrey (Hall kick! FSU G.Allen 1 run (Holl run) TUL Veals 39 run (Wood kick! TUL FG Wood 39 TUL Smith 15 pass from English (Wood kick) FSU Lowrev run (Holl kick) TUL FG Wood 40 A 35.443 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Florida State. G.Allen 26-11 S. Ce-Jones 14-88.

Hester 3-47. Tulane, Veals 15-112, M.Jones 3-37. Robinson 5-17. Passing Florida State, Lowrev 15-31-2-241. Tulane, English 16-2? 3-210.

Receiving Florido State, Hester 5-126, T. Johnson 2-24, Wheeler 2-20. CeJones 2-16. Tulane, Route 6-120, Savini 5-34, Smith 3-37. Associated Press photo FSU's Greg Allen avoids the grasp of Tulane's Gerald Broussard for a first-half touchdown.

Texas burns Auburn Gators rally to spoil upset bid GAINESVILLE (AP) Neal Anderson rushed for 16S yards and one touchdown and Wayne Peace tossed a 15-yard scoring pass to Joe Henderson with 9:22 remaining as 15th-ranked Florida came from behind to beat upset-minded Indiana State 17-13 in college football action Saturday night Anderson, a 208-pound sophomore running back, carried 26 times as he went over the 100-yard rushing mark for the fourth time in his career. His 12-yard scoring burst just before halftime lifted Florida into a 10-7 lead, but the Gators needed a 13-play, 80-yard drive leading to Peace's TD flip to Henderson to prevail. The game was expected to be a breather for the 2-0-1 Gators, who opened the season against Miami and Southern California and begin Southeastern Conference play at Mississippi State next Saturday. Indiana State dropped to 2-1. But the unheralded Sycamores used a balanced offensive attack to control the ball much of the first half as a Florida Field crowd of 68,191 sat in a rainstorm that left the scoreboard clock inoperative.

Chris Perkins' 48-yard field goal gave Florida a 3-0 lead with 4:35 left in the first quarter, but a See GATORS, Page 6B "When you play like we do, you think about it catching up with you. We made too many mistakes offensively to win today. You can't make it to the big time if you can't stop people. And we can't" Bobby Bowden By JEFF HAND News Sports Editor AUBURN Ala. When the sun rose Saturday morning it engulfed the Auburn plain with an ominous burnt orange.

For War Eagle faithful, it was just another beautiful football Saturday. By mid-afternoon the burnt orange belonged to the No. 3-ranked Texas Longhorns, who gave the unbeaten and No. 5-ranked Auburn Tigers an old fashioned whipping, 20-7, in front of 73.500 fans and a regional CBS television audience. Neither the final score nor the final statistics give an accurate account of how much Texas dominated this game.

The Longhorns came out of the dressing room as if they were late for a ranch-saving cattle drive and scored on four of their first six possessions. "Auburn is a good football team, we just played very well today," said Texas Coach Fred Akers, modestly downplaying the fact Texas forced three Auburn turnovers. "I was proud of our offensive line, and thought everybody responded very well." One big wheel in that offensive line, which helped the Longhorns accumulate 266 yards total offense, was 6-foot-3, 263-pound guard Doug Dawson. See AUBURN, Page 4B Hr'l iiiBfiiii: Attocioted Press photo Auburn's Bp Jackson finds a little running room against Texas. Lewis awesome as 'Bama romps by Rebels, 40-0 Alabama has room for improvement.

Lewis said, echoing a Per Si gy, ArgjM Mhr-? Att Vl yy- ZJ "Yeah, I've thought about that," Bowden said when asked about the potential forfeit victory. "That won't help us in the polls, though. Everyone saw us get beat today. We can't hide that." Tulane played aggressive defense, forcing the Seminoles into a series of mistakes in the first quarter. Offensively, English made the right plays at the right times.

Add to that touchdowns on a 99-yard interception return by strong safety Treg Songy and 76-yard punt return by Curt Baham and you can see it just wasn't FSU's day. Bowden, frustrated by his team's poor defensive showing and the two long touchdown plays, was at a loss to describe how and why the Seminoles couldn't do better. "I'll take a long look at the Films and see if I can spot something," he said. "We're not good enough to overcome those things, especially on the road. English drops the bomb "The East Carolina game was a good example of how you' can overcome those mistakes at home and still win.

If we had played Tulane in Tallahassee, maybe we could have won. 'Tulane played a great game; they had a great game plan," Bowden continued. "But, doggone it, that last pass They had third down and long and English completes a bomb. I cant explain why it happened." English came up with what Bowden calls the game's deciding play midway through the final quarter. Florida State had scored its final touchdown, cutting the Tulane lead to 31-28, and appeared to have garnered the game's momentum.

Tulane put the ensuing kickoff in play at its own 23 and English fired incomplete passes on the first two plays. On third down, however, he burned the Seminole defense again. Tight end Larry Route beat FSU comerback 1 Rocky Kinsey deep and English threw a perfect pass to his target at about the FSU 30. Route hauled it in and was finally brought down at the FSU 17, completing a 60-yard play. Tulane eventually turned the ball over on an ingterception, but the Seminoles did likewise on their first play.

Still, Florida State had one more crack at pulling out a victory, but ran out of downs at its own 24 when Lowrey threw three straight incompletions, the last one on fourth down with three minutes left Why had Bowden not punted on fourth down with so much time remaining? "We had to keep the ball." he said. "I just couldn't see us giving it up because we probably wouldn't see it again." Put in laymen's- terms, Bowden had no confidence in his stop troops. After watching English at rork. Saturday, that's understandable. TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

(AP) Walter Lewis has a lot of fans, but none any better than his coach. "Lewis had a great game, an absolutely great game," Ray Perkins said after watching his Alabama quarterback hit on 13 of 15 passes for 230 yards to lead the Crimson Tide to a 40-0 Southeastern Conference football victory over Mis- -sissippi Saturday. "Lewis executed everything almost to perfection," Perkins said. "He made a couple of plays on raw ability, running by himself." Lewis was more 'anxious to talk about the Alabama defense, which he described as excellent adding, "We like those goose eggs on the scoreboard." kins statement that his 12th-ranked team "can be as good as See 'BAMA, Page 7B MHjiSSippI I Alabama 14 74 Ala Carter 1 run (Tiffin kick) Ala Turner 1 run (Tittin kick) Ala Carter 20 pass from Lewis (Tiffin kick) AlaLewis 5 run Tiffin kick) Ala FG Tiffin 45 Ala Safety Walker recovers fumble in end zone Ala Richardson 62 punt return (Tiffin kick) A 40,210 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Jshing Mississippi. McGee9-54, Wonstev 11-2S, Powell 1-15.

Alabama. Moore 10-85. Patrick. 1-44, Carter 9-28. Passing Mississippi, Austin 15-32-5-138.

Alabama, Lewis 13-15-0-230. Fields 1-2-4-12, Shula 1-4-1-4. Receiving Mississippi. Moffeft 3-49 Holder 5-45. Alabama.

Richardson 3-oQ. Chandler 1-52, BendToss 4-42. J. Jones 3-39. Auocioled Preu photo Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis (left) scampers past Ole Miss' Lee Davis for a touchdown.

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