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Hattiesburg American from Hattiesburg, Mississippi • 27

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Sunday, November 27, If 77 Htrttletburg Amrican Pag 3C Nitt any Lions hold off Pittsburgh for close win With about four minutes left before halftime, Cefalo caught a Pitt punt at the 50-yard line, swept to his right and slipped the ball on a reverse to Mike Guman, a safety who began the season as a tailback. Guman raced untouched to the end zone, and his last screen block came from Cefalo to give Penn State a 12-7 halftime lead. wore a brown suit and no hat on the frigid sideline the entire day. Although the wind-chill factor was near zero degrees at game time, the field was dry and Penn State quarterback Chuck Fusina threw a 48-yard pass to Jimmy Cefalo that set up a 34-yard field goal by Chris Bahr on the game's first series. Later in the first quarter, Jones made a twisting, 42-yard punt return and caught a 21-yard pass to set up a 1-yard touchdown sneak by Cavanaugh that gave Pitt a 7-3 lead.

In the second quarter, a Cavanaugh fumble set up a 31-yard Bahr field goal. I': ts' rj fV i Up and over C. I Vil 11. I PITTSBURGH (AP) Penn State turned back a two-point conversion run by fullback Elliott Walker with 12 seconds to play on a slick, snowswept field to give the Nittany Lions' a 15-13 victory over the University of Pittsburgh Saturday. The victory raised ninth-ranked Penn State's record to 10-1, restored the Nittany Lions' Eastern football dominance, and gave them a measure of consolation for their Orange Bowl snub.

Tenth-ranked Pitt, which scored a touchdown with 12 seconds left on a 17-yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh to Gordon Jones, fell to 8-2-1. MORE The white field was spotted with foot prints when Pitt began its 48-yard touchdown drive with 40 seconds left in the final quarter. Cavanaugh hit two passes before finding Jones on the 17-yarder that pulled Pitt to within two points in the nationally televised clash. As Walker bulled off left tackle on the conversion try, he was driven into the synthetic turf by Penn State sophomore tackle Matt Millen. Fans rushed onto the field as the officials signaled that Walker hadn't crossed the goal line, obliterated by the snow.

An onside kick try failed and Penn State ran out the clock and ran onto the field, led by Coach Joe Paterno, who Streater 's Vols over KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Quarterback Jimmy Streater ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth to give Tennessee a 42-7 college football victory Saturday over Vanderbilt, putting the Commodores in the basement of the Southeastern Conference. The lanky, 165-pound sophomore put the Vols out of range at 28-0 at the half Saturday with scoring runs of one and nine yards and a 51-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Moore, all in the second quarter. The game ended what has been a dismal season for Tennessee Coach Johnny Majors and Vanderbilt's Fred Pancoast. The Volunteers finished with a 4-7 record with Vanderbilt their only victim in six SEC encounters.

The Commodores were winless in six SEC games and 2-9 for the season. Tennessee's defense prevented Vanderbilt from ever getting its air attack going. Until he left the game with an injury midway in the third quarter, Commodores' quarterback Mike Wright, the SEC's leading passer, connected on only five throws for 43 yards in 12 attempts. Vanderbilt's only score was with 4:11 remaining in the game when freshman tailback Terry Potter ran around the left side for a nine-yard touchdown. Tennessee opened the scoring on the Vols' first possession with a six-yard touchdown by Nate Sumpter on a pitch around right side climaxing a 71-yard drive.

Streater and tailback Frank Foxx scored Tennessee's last two touchdowns on runs of three and 15 yards, respectively. Tennessee kicker Jim Gaylor booted six extra points, ending his career with 50 straight point-afters without a miss. Vanderbilt threatened only once in the opening half, moving the ball to Tennessee's 30 after taking the opening Penn Statt Pitt First downs 16 18 Rushes yards 53 ISO 41 124 Passing yards 146 204 Return yards 52 49 Passes 13 27 1 14 293 Punts 7 40.3 9 34.6 Fumbles lost 10 41 Penalties yards 5 49 4- 20 Penn State 9 0 I IS Pitt ..7 0 0 -U Penn FG Bahr 34 Pitt Cavanaugh 1 run (Schubert kick) penn banr 31 Penn Guman 52 tailed) Penn FG Bahr 20 punt Pitt Jones 17 (run failed) pass from Cavanaugh A 56,500 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Penn State, Gise 2275, Su- hey 13 36. Torrey 1139. Pitt, Jacobs 1596, Walker 12 66, Sims 2 20.

PASSING Penn State, Fusina 1327-2, 146, Pitt, Cavanaugh 14 29 3, 204. RECEIVING Penn State, Fitike 3-45, Cefalo 2 57, Geise 3 20. Pltt-Gaustad 4-77, Jones 2 39, Taylor 2 38. runs lift Vanderbilt kickoff in subfreezing weather. Including their lone touchdown, the Commodores threatened four times in the second half, once with a first down inside Tennessee's five-yard line, but moving the ball only to the one in four plays.

Tennessee's Greg Jones, Jesse Turnbow and Danny Jenkins kept Wright and substitute quarterback David Culley bottled up in Vandy's backfield. Streater and Kelsey Finch, who ran for 74 yards in 18 plays, had little trouble moving the Vols against Vandy's defense. Vandy Tenn Rushes Yards Passing Yards Return Yards Passes Punts Fumbles. Lost Penalties-Yards Vanderbilt Tennessee Tenn Sumpter Tenn Streater Tenn Streater Tenn Atoore (Gaylor kick) First Downs 12 19 43 99 67 223 102 103 4 0 1231 2 680 4 35 6 42 5 4 4 3 4 20 7 91 6 0 0 77 ..7 21 1442 6 run (Gaylor kick) 9 run (Gaylor kick) 1 run (Gaylor kick) 51 pass Irom Streater Tenn streater 3 run (Gaylor kick) Vand Potter 9 run (Martin kick) Tenn Foxx 15 run (Gaylor kick) A 83.146 enter jolf lournev SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Some of baseball's long-ball hitters will participating in a 54-hole golf tournament at McCormick Ranch Country Club here, Jan.

27-29, tourney chairman Randall Malin announced Saturday. They are Jeff Burroughs, Greg Luzinski, Mike Graig Bobby Bonds, Steve Garvey, Reggie Smith, Johnny Bench and Richie Zisk. I Got Th shild U. nairn-nome-ar "Bui" Clark fewH. Coll at whit house) next to Coco-Cola plant 4 5441130 Georgia Tech quarterback Gary Hardie (11) hurdles Georgia linebacker Ben Zambiasi for short yardage during second quarter play Saturday in Atlanta.

(APWirephoto) Ivery sparks Ga. Tech THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT I JUST ONE WATCH CAN EQUALTIIE TOURNAMENT STYLE OF JOHN NEVJCOMDE: ROLEX. wan Winning three Wimbledon crowns and two U.S. Open titles makes a man conscious of style in timing. That's why John Newcombe wears Rolex.

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CLOVERLEAF MALL SALE 1978 F-100 Vj TON PICK-UP SPEED VINYL SEATS, CHROME FRT PADDED DASH PLUS ROOF LINER CYL. 3 victory Georgia's first blocked punt came by Bill Krug, who was unable to pick up the ball and run but did recover at the Yellow Jacket 19. Georgia failed to move and Rex Robinson missed a 29-yard field goal try. Smith's opening field goal mid-way through the first quarter came on Tech's first possession, which began at the Georgia 48. The Jackets, after failing to score on a drive that started at the Georgia 36, put together a 59-yard march that ended early in the second quarter on Hardie's one-yard run.

Bucky Sham-burger, who had 77 yards for the day, had a 17-yard run in the drive and Ivery an 11-yard scamper. The Jackets' 80-yard drive featured a 15-yard run by Ivery and a 26-yard sprint by Hardie, who had 101 in the game. ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech, sparked by the running of Eddie Lee Ivery, built a 16-0 lead in the first half and withstood a trio of second-half mistakes to trim Georgia 16-7 Saturday in the season's football finale for each team. The defeat gave Georgia its first losing season in 14 years under Coach Vince Dooley, with both teams having entered the game played in cold, 30-degree weather with 5-5 records. Tech, taking advantage of a brisk 15-mile-per-hour at its back, enjoyed excellent field position to take an early lead on a 35-yard field goal by Johnny Smith and a one-yard touchdown run by Gary Hardie.

Ivery, who rushed for 112 yards and lifted his season total to a school record 900, scored the other Tech touchdown on a 13-yard run with just under three minutes remaining in the first half. Tech, which had dominated play in the opening half, was victimized by a lost fumble at its 24 and Georgia blocked two punts, taking possession at the Yellow Jacket 19 and 17 yard lines. NOVEMBER FORD TRUCK VOLUME SELLING SAVINGS However, the Bulldogs were able to score only after the third turnover of the half, moving 17 yards on four plays with James Womack scoring from the one with only 6:12 left in the game. It came after Bobby Thompson blocked a punt which was returned three yards by Ricky McBride. Georgia's first scoring chance came when Ivery fumbled a punt and Mark Farriba recovered at the Jacket 24.

However, quarterback Randy Cook was forced into a fumble on the first ppay and Tech recovered and also put Cook out of the game with an injury, forcing Georgia to use freshman Davey Fawyer, the sixth quarterback used by the Bulldogs this year. Tech First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles -lost Penalties yards 10 16 40 121 46 40 S30 4 30 32 6 54 68 319 0 3 0 10 S3 11 115 Georgia 0 0 0 7 7 Georgia Tech 1 13 0 016 Tech-FG Smith 35 ech-ardle 1 run (kick blocked) Tech Ivery 13 run (Smith kick) GA Womack 1 run (Robinson kick) plunged to the 1 and then took it in on the next play. VMI 1 14 A 1 Virginia Tech VPI Fltigerald 1 run (Engle kick) vri-camiB run Mm, VPI Fltigerald 1 run (Engle kick) VMI Odd! 1 run (Jones kick) VPI Fitzgerald 1 run (kick tailed) A 10,000 Holy Cross shocks BC WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) Holy Cross, sparked by sophomores Peter Colombo and Brian Doherty and a fired up defense, shocked Boston College 35-20 Saturday in a stunning football upset in a 73-year Jesuit football rivalry. The host Crusaders, who had won only one of 10 previous starts this year, ignored the odds as five-touchdown underdogs in knocking off BC, generally recognized as New England's top college power.

Virginia Tech clobbers VMI behind Fitzgerald PER MONTH 400.00 Down plus Tax Title Cash or Trade $3766 Cash Price A.P.R. 12.67,48 Months D.P.P. 4832.70 Subject To Credit Approval BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Virginia Tech fullback Mickey Fitzgerald carried for 104 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Virginia Tech to a 27-7 college football victory over Virgiia Military Institute in the snow here Saturday. Fitzgerald's touchdowns were 1-yard plunges capping drives of 57, 17 and 50 yards for the Hokies, who didn't allow VMI's Keydets to score until the third quarter.

Tech closed out its season with a 3-7-1 mark while Southern Conference champion VMI ended with a 7-4 record. Most of the offense was generated on the ground because of the weather. Snow obscured vision, the wind was blowing at 20 miles per hour and gusting to 40 mph, and the temperature at game time was 20 with a wind chill factor of about 25 degrees. A first-quarter fumble by Keydet Joe Robinson launched Tech's first scoring drive, a seven-play effort. The longest gain was a 14-yard run by Roscoe Coles.

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