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PORTS I J. Sunday, November 14, 1982 Hattiesburg AMERICAN 1 SEC FOOTBALL, Page 4C BASKETBALL, Page 7C, OUTDOORS, Page 12C if USM FULLBACK CLEMON TERRELL follows the block r.r of Steve Carmody (51) Saturday afternoon against the Alabama AMERICAN Photo by Chuck Cook Crimson Tide. USM won the contest; 38-29. weir mo IP hi ii mi. j.

i JmmLtf fA 0 fi week." That the USM coaches had done a good job preparing for this game was evident to many, including Bryant. "Their staff just did a great job of getting them prepared for us," Bryant said. "As a matter of fact, I think their preparation had a lot to do with their winning." "I expect that if we went out there and played again, they'd beat us again. They are a fine football team; they're for real, no doubt about it. This was no fluke." USM's excellent offensive game plan included inside power running by Clemon Terrell, the Hattiesburg fullback who rushed for 71 yards on 19 carries going strictly up the middle.

Once USM established the fullback power play, the outside opened for Collier and running back Sam Dejarnette, the latter leading the game in rushing for 152 yards on 26 carries. "I don't know that it was the game plan," said offensive coordinator Keith Daniels. "I think we blocked and executed well, and that's something when you consider who we were playing." Dejarnette, a Selma, native, scored USM's other two touchdowns including USM's final touchdown early In the third quarter after Alabama fumbled on the first second half play from scrimmage. "This is hard to realize and very hard for me to describe," De- Kmette said about the win. "I do ow I'm happy right now.

This is probably the greatest victory for me, coming back to my home state and winning one." While the offense shined in the first half, it was the defense that was called on to turn off Alabama's lights for good. Jerald Baylis, the Junior noseguard, led the way with 18 tackles. George Tillman, a senior end, had nine stops and described later how the Nasty Bunch was able to really stop the Bama rally in the fourth quarter. "It didnt look too good for us going into the fourth quarter (USM led 35-22 and Alabama was driving)," Tillman said. "But today we managed to piay uie Dest fourth quarter we've on third down and one from the UA eight.

Clark added the PAT and the quarter finally ended with the Eagles leading 21-7. The lead went to 28-7 when Collier scored his third touchdown on a five-yard sweep with 9: 19 left in the half. The Eagles drove 55 yards on 11 plays. Alabama, of course, isn't a team to die easy. The Crimson Tide took the following kickoff and marched 80 yards on 15 plays behind quarterback Ken Coley, who scored the touchdown on a beautiful bootleg run of one yard.

Kim's PAT made it 28-14 at halftime and set up an interesting second half. Second Half Bama, trailing by a pair of touchdowns, couldn't take the wind option and had to get the ball. Kennington reached the end zone and the Tide had to start at their 20. Lewis was back at quarterback and on the first play he handed to Moore up the middle. Moore ran into USM sophomore end Richard Byrd, who forced a fumble that linebacker Greg Haeusler recovered at the UA 21.

Collier kept on first down for nine and then Dejarnette took over. He carried four straight times and scored on the fourth on a three-yard run around left end. Clark's PAT made it 35-14. Bama came right back and drove 43 yards on nine plays, after Joey Jones had returned the kickoff 50 yards to the USM 43, to cut the lead. Craig Turner got the Tide touchdown on a one-yard drive.

On the PAT attempt, the snap was bad and holder Paul Fields had to scramble away from the rush. At the last minute, he lofted a pass in the end zone and 6-5 defensive end Mike Pitts grabbed it for a two-point conversion. The lead was now 35-22 and Bama was on the way back with 8:40 left in the third quarter. The teams traded punts with USM's Bruce Thompson winning the war with a 76-yard er on his first punt of the day. Finally, late in the third quarter, Alabama began to PLEASE turn to Page 2C didn't make the end zone, but was high enough for USM to get down and make the tackle at the 13.

However, the plan looked busted when Alabama quickly drove for two first downs to the Bama 48. The Tide helped out, splendidly, when running back Don Horstead fumbled a Walter Lewis handoff and USM's Bruce Miller recovered the ball and field position at the Bama 48. Eight plays and two third-down conversions later, Collier executed the quarterback delay perfectly. He took the snap, retreated a step and then raced through the line 22 yards for a touchdown. Steve Clark's PAT made it 7-0 with 10:28 left in the first quarter.

Kennington's kickoff this time went to the two and was returned to the 14, putting the Tide in a hole they couldn't escape. After a first down and a few more yards got Alabama to the Tide 35, USM held and forced a punt and took over possession at the Eagle 29. It only took four plays to score. A Dejarnette run of 60 yards around right end gave USM a first down at the Bama 11. Two plays later, Dejarnette got the final 11 yards around left end for the score.

Clark's PAT made it 14-0 with 8:51 still left in the first quarter. Again Kennington's high kickoff and great downfield coverage bottled Bama up in a hole. But, this time, Alabama would go all the way. Fullback Ricky Moore, who led Alabama rushers with 109 yards on 10 carries, got 38 yards on the first play and on the sixth play of the drive Lewis scrambled out of the pocket and hit running back Joe Carter in the flat on a 33-yard scoring pass. Peter Kim's extra point made it 14-7 with 6:42 left in the initial period.

Starting at their own 20 this time, the Golden Eagles mounted the prettiest drive of the day. Behind the running of Terrell, Dejarnette and Collier, USM covered the 80 yards on 15 plays and took an even six minutes off the clock. Collier got his second TD sweeping right end BOBBY CLEVELAND AMERICAN Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. NCAA be damned. You can take away their bowls, and you can keep them off TV.

But, there isn't any way you can take away the 38-29 whipping USM's Golden Eagles put on 17th-ranked Alabama here Saturday afternoon. Put it down in the record books and list some 60,210 witnesses. Bama's 57-game winning streak at Bryant-Denny Staduim is over. The Golden Eagles, led by senior quarterback Reggie Collier, scored touchdowns on each of their first four possessions and then held off a determined Tide comeback effort in the second half for their sixth straight win of the season and a 7-3 record. Collier, who rushed for 81 yards on 16 carries and threw for 68 yards, scored three first-half touchdowns in leading USM to 372 total yards.

He's had better statistical games, but it's doubtful No. 10 has ever been more impressive, considering the opposition. "That Collier's just a super athlete," said a subdued Alabama coach Bear Bryant in his postgame interview. "He Just did a super job. He makes it a one-man game.

In crucial situations when he has to have yardage, he can take the ball himself and get it. It shouldn't be anything new to us. We've seen him do it before (in 1981's 13-13 tie in Birmingham)." It was Collier who was mostly responsible for USM's first half excellence on offense. The Eagles earned 272 yards in the first half and 15 first downs. They faced 11 third downs in the first two quarters and converted the first 10 into first downs.

The only miss came on a third down bomb on the final play before intermission. "I really don't think the NCAA announcement had any drastic effects on us at all," Collier would later say. "We were ready to play. Our coaches did a good job of getting USM prepared for this game with all the probation talk this AM6HK.AN Photo OysIevTcoSmin USM QUARTERBACK Reggie Collier races for yardage Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa against the Alabama Crimson Tide. and said, "It is and it has to be one of the greatest in USM's history." And, it couldn't have come at a better time, NCAA and all.

First Half Carmody made one of his best decisions of the season before the game ever started. USM won the toss and took the wind. "We figured that with the kind of wind that was blowing (gusts maybe to 10 miles-an-hour), and with the way we've been playing defense in recent games that maybe we could kick the ball through the end zone, hold them and get good field position," Carmody explained. It worked even better than planned. iheiton Kennington's kickoff played all year and that was the difference between victory and defeat" Alabama outgained the Eagles 436 yards to 372, and got 206 of its total through the air.

Bryant was pleased with that and was pleased with Alabama getting 29 points, but was admittedly shocked by his defense's inability to stop the Eagles. "I never would have thought that we could score 29 points in that stadium and lose," he said. But, you did, Bear, and it was a great win for USM. Asked if he thought it was his greatest win ever as head coach, USM's Jim Carmody smiled. The first-year boss grinned State upsets LSU; Ole Miss falls; see Page3C.