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PORTS 1C Sunday, November 7, 1982 Hattlesburg AMERICAN USM, MSU OPEN DATES, Page 50NFL STRIKE, Page 70THE FINE PRINT, Page 9C off od bomb sTU xp Re didn't play well. It seemed like they were ready to play, but 'boom' it just didn't happen. You have to give credit to Ole Miss. Steve Sloan had his kids ready to play It was a record night for Ole Miss Austin, who set a new NCAA record for highest percentage of passes completed in a single game (with a minimum of 15 completions). His 18-of-19 performance was good for a sparkling 94.7 percent.

The old mark was set in 1980 by Washington's Tom Flick, who connected on 16-of-17 passes for 94.1 percent against Arozona. Austin also broke the Ole Miss record for consecutive completions, hitting his first 13 passes. He broke a record held by former Rebel great Charles Conerly and Bobby Garner, of 11 straight. He also broke Rebel and Southeastern Conference marks for completions percentage in a single game. By GENE PHELPS AMERICAN Sports Writer JACKSON-Ole Miss' offense, almost nonexsistent in its last two outings, caught fire and burned Tulane 45-14 here Saturday night at Mississippi Memorial Stadium before a disappointing crowd of only 23,314 and a national television audience on Atlanta's WTBS.

Maybe it was the weather, a chilly 42 degrees at kickoff, that kept the fans at home. It's a lot easier to sit at home and watch the game on television, especially when the teams playing have 3-5 reocrds. But those brave souls who attended Saturday night's game were treated to an offensive explosion by OleMiss. Ves, the same Ole Miss offense that was embarrassed in last week's 45-8 loss to LSU in Baton Rouge. This was the same Rebel team that managed just 82 yards in total offense against the Tigers.

linebacker Thomas Hubbard at the Ole Miss 44 gave the Rebs the ball. Ole Miss put the game away in the final quarter, scoring on a 57-yard screen pass from Austin to tailback Buford McGee, and a one-yard run by tailback Arthur Humphrey. It was an important win for the Rebels, who are now 4-5 with two games (Tennessee and Mississippi State) remaining. Tulane fell to 3-6. "I would like to congratulate our team on the victory," said Sloan.

"We had a great week of practice and really needed to come back after last weekend's game with LSU. It was a great win for our team." Tulane head coach YInce Gibson was a bit puzzled in the quiet Green Wave dressing room. "I don't understand it," he said. "We practiced well all week, but we and scored three touchdowns. It was Thomas' first full game since he Injured his right knee against Georgia four weeks ago.

Tulane put on quite an offensive show for the fans, piling up 412 yards in total offense and 21 first downs. The visiting Greenies used three quarterbacks Mike McKay, Bubba Brister, Mark Massey in the contest. The trio connected on 22 of 51 passes for 267 yards, but had three interceptions. "Austin had a superior game, in fact it was almost a perfect game," said Rebel head coach Steve Sloan of his young signal-caller. "The biggest play of the game was the pass play from Austin to (James) Harbour." The play Sloan was referring to came in the second quarter with Ole Miss on top 14-0.

The Rebels had just intercepted a pass at their own 29 yard line. Two plays later, Austin found Harbour over the middle for a 55-yard touchdown pass, giving the Rebs a three-touchdown lead with 12:27 left in the second period. Ole Miss scored twice in the initial quarter on runs of 18 and six yards to jump out 14-0. Tulane's lone first half tally came with 2:42 remaining on a one-yard run by halfback Elton Veals. Tulane took the second half kickoff and marched 80 yards in 11 plays to score on a 23-yard pass from Brister to tight end Gregg Stopher, cutting Ole Miss' lead to seven.

But Austin took the Rebels 71 yards on 12 plays after the Green Wave kickoff to score. It was Thomas doing the honors, racing around left end for a six-yard TD, giving Ole Miss a 28-14 lead. Rebel place-kicker Todd Gatlin made it 31-14 late in the third quarter, when he booted a 32-yard field goal. An interception by Rebel The story was different, however, on this cool November evening. Rebel Sophomore quarterback Kent Austin directed the offensive show.

The 183-pound Rebel field general burned the Green Wave secondary, hitting on 18 of 19 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns. It was the same Kent Austin, who lived through a nightmare at LSU last week. In that contest he was sacked six times for minus 26 yards and passed for just 65 yards. In all, Ole Miss piled up 491 yards in total offense and 24 first downs. The Rebs had 270 air yards and 221 on the ground.

The Rebel's 45 points were the most in the one game this season. It was also the Rebs' most convincing victory since a 61-7 win over Memphis State back in 1980. It was also a banner evening for Rebel senior tailback Andre "Hammerhead" Thomas, who rushed for 106 yards on 26 carries s8 Surprise! uipn uipn LSU licks Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -LSU's defense came to Birmingham yielding just 193.1 yards a game and leading the nation, but the critics pointed out they had played only one team with a winning record and three which hadrl't even won a game. Now, LSU has played someone and proved something.

The lightning-quick defense stonewalled Alabama without a first down in the first half, freshman Dalton Hilliard's 16-yard touchdown run triggered a 17-point second period and the llth-ranked Tigers put down a third-quarter rally to defeat No. 8 Alabama 20-10 Saturday. The victory ended 11 years of LSU frustration against Alabama, gave the Tigers a 7-0-1 record and should have served to convince the skeptics. "You can't understand what it's like to get hit in the mouth 11 years in a row," said LSU Coach Jerry Stovall. "This is without a doubt my biggest win.

It hasn't really soaked in yet, but I think it will pretty good when it docs." Stovall had an even more profound observation, one with which Alabama's Bear Bryant surely will agree. "Our defense played well, and you build championship teams with defense," Stovall said. All LSU's defense did was thoroughly embarrass Alabama's vaunted Wishbone attack, holding the Crimson Tide to just six first downs and an unheard-of 45 yards rushing. Alabama actually rushed for 91 yards, but its ball-carriers were tackled nine times behind the line for losses amounting to 46 yards. The triumph also boosted LSU's -Southeastern Conference mark to 4- 0-1 and kept its Sugar Bowl hopes very much alive.

Alabama is 7-2 overall and 4-2 in SEC play, only the second time since 1970 Bryant's club has dropped more than one conference game in a season and just the third time in that stretch it has lost more than one regular-season contest. "I think that's the best beating we've had since the '60s," Bryant said. "We started out playing defense well enough to win, if the offense gave us any help. But the offense never did, except a little while in the third quarter. "LSU had the superior team, and I know that they had the best coach.

They were better prepared. Their line of scrimmage ate ours. Their defensive line of scrimmage ate our offense. I didn't think anyone could do that." Hilliard's run at 6:46 of the second period capped an U-play, 90-yard drive and was the 12th touchdown of the season for the 5- foot-8, 181-pound rookie who entered the game as the nation's fourth leading scorer. The Tigers then took advantage of two of Alabama's four lost fumbles to score twice in the final 58 seconds of the half on Alan Risher's 3-yard pass to tight end Malcolm Scott and 23-yard field goal by Juan Carlos Betanzos five seconds before the intermission.

LSU's defense had allowed its first seven opponents an average of 193.1 yards per game, tops in the country, and was third in rushing defense with a yield of 59.6 per game. They showed why in the first two PLEASE turn to Page 2C ND whips No. 1 Pitt PITTSBURGH (AP) Notre Dame, waking up the echoes of past upset victories, shocked top-ranked Pitt with three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to upset the previously unbeaten Panthers 31-16 Saturday. "Coach (Gerry Faust) said this win will go down in Notre Dame history," said Allen Pinkett, whose 76-yard touchdown sprint lifted Notre Dame's lead to 24-16. Quarterback Blair Kiel said the draw play run by Pinkett hadn't worked well at all this season for the Irish.

"It was a super effort on his part," Kiel said. "We called the play twice before, but I checked it off because of the defense they were in." Faust compiled a list of Notre Dame's big upsets and handed it out to his team. The list included the Irish win over Texas in the 1978 Cotton Bowl as well as two recent bowl upsets of Alabama. "We beat the No. 1 team in the nation.

It has to be my biggest thrill," Pinkett said. Pitt Coach Foge Fazio spoke quietly in the losers' dressing room. "There are some players who are very upset about the loss," he said, referring to a pair of costly Panther fumbles by punt returner Jeff Casper and wide receiver Julius Dawkins. "They felt they lost the game for us." Trailing 13-10 early in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame ran a flea flicker pass from Kiel to flanker Joe Howard that turned into a 54-yard touchdown. It was the first time the Irish had used the play all season.

Pinkett's touchdown with 8:09 left to play broke open the game for the Irish. He also ran 7 yards for Notre Dame touchdown with 4:02 remaining. The Fighting Irish, 6-1-1, atoned for an earlier upset loss to Arizona and a tie to Oregon as they cooled the Panthers' hopes for the national college football championship. With Pitt leading 13-10, Kiel handed off on first down to running back Phil Carter, who shoveled back to the quarterback. Kiel found Howard for a touchdown that gave Notre Dame a 17-13 lead with 14:36 left in the game.

Pitt quickly closed to 17-16 on a 47-yard field goal by Eric Schubert. Later, with Pitt driving, Julius Dawkins hauled in a 10-yard pass from Dan Marino at the Irish 33-yard line, but defender Mike Larkin stripped the ball from his hands and John Mosley recovered for Notre Dame. Pinkett, a freshman, took a han-doff from Kiel, slipped a pair of defenders and shrugged off four tackles on the way to a touchdown with with 8:09 left that gave the Irish a 24-16 lead. After Pitt was forced to punt, Notre Dame quickly drove for its third touchdown of the quarter, a 7-yard burst by Pinkett. The loss was the first for Pitt, 7-1, since a 48-14 defeat to Penn State in the final regular season game of 1981.

Pitt entered the game a 10-point favorite. After Schubert field goals of 48 and 22 yards gave the Panthers a 6-0 lead, a short 23-yard punt by Greg Ganzer and a 15-yard personal foul penalty gave Notre Dame a first down at the Panthers' 21-yard line. Three plays netted the Irish no yards, but Mike Johnston kicked a 38-yard field goal with 8:53 left in the fint half to cut Pitt's lead to W. JJ 0 Ur L- t) I A quarter of an SEC game played in Birmingham Saturday. LSU stunned the Tide 20-10.

It was LSU's first win over Alabama since DALTON HILLIARD (21), the freshman sensation running back of LSU, slides between converging Alabama defenders at the goallline after racing 16 yards for a Tiger touchdown in the second I. on TV Digest Who's No. 1 You can bet Bobby Collins would like to stake a claim to the No. 1 position for his SMU Mustangs, and so would Vince Dooley for his Georgia Herschels. Pitt's demise Saturday leaves the door open for No.

2 SMU or No. 3 Georgia, both undefeated, to move up. SEE PAGE3C 1970. Those pods There are some people who live, hunt and write magazine articles in other states who believe that Mississippi should be sold down the river for allowing bowhur.ters to use poisonous pods while deer hunting. It's done illegally in many states and has been for years, and only our state recognizes the use of pods is a more humane way to hunt because of its quick-kill effect.

Outdoor writer Phil DiFatta takes a look at the situation. SEE PAGE 10C Roundball It's really hard to believe it's time for this, but William Carey College and Hattiesburg High open their basketball seasons this week. At Carey, first-year head coach Steve Knight feels things are progressing on schedule for the Crusaders while Johnny Hunt's HHS Tigers could be awesome. SEE PAGE 4C 11:30 Auto Racing '82, ESPN. 3 p.m.

World -oionship Tennis, ESPN. 6:30 p.m. College LSU vs. Alabama, ESPN. 9:30 p.m.

NBA Portland vs. Los Angeles, ESPN. 10:30 p.m. Steve Sloan Show, Channel 7. 10:45 p.m.

S'evrt Sloan Show, Channel 13. 10:45 p.m. USM Basketball Show, Channel 11. 11 p.m. USM Basketball Show, Channel 7..