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4C The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Sunday, Dec. 16, 1 984 sports Smith can't save team Tec Court gives Smith last-hour reprieve Air Force rolls over Virginia peat as champion. According tb Independence Bowl statistics, Virginia Tech is wlnless in five'post-season contests. 'l: Linebacker Vince Daniels of Virginia Tech was named the game's outstanding defensive player. He was in on 15 tackles.

lead late in the first quarter, when Maurice Williams scored on a three-yard run. Air Force went ahead when Mark Simon punted 63 yards to the Virginia Tech 3 and the Hokies' Nigel Bowe fumled the ball away to the Falcons on the first offensive play after the punt. Simmons scored on the next play. Tech suffered four turnovers, including pass interceptions by Mike Chandler and Scott Thomas that stopped scoring threats. Air Force is the first team in the nine-year history of the bowl to re 1 UNLV beats Toledo in California Bowl SHREVEPORT, La.

(AP) The court-mandated presence of Bruce Smith did little to help Virginia Tech Saturday night as quarterback Bart Weiss's running and passing sparked Air Force to a 17-7 college football victory in the Independence Bowl. Smith, honored with the Outland Trophy this year as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman, had been ruled ineligible for post season play by the NCAA. But a Louisiana judge issued a restraining order Friday that kept bowl officials and Virginia Tech from barring Smith's appearance on the field. Smith was credited with eight tackles in the game. He sacked Weiss once.

Air Force, 84, played errorless football, with scoring runs of 3 yards by Jody Simmons, 1 yard by Mike Brown and 13 yards by Weiss. Weiss also hit six of seven passes for 49 yards and was named the game's outstanding offensive player. Weiss carried 29 times for 93 yards against a defense ranked No. 2 in the nation against the run and No. 3 in total defense.

He completed six of seven passes for 49 yards. Virginia Tech, also 8-4, took a 7-3 order being handed down the day before the game. It's very, very difficult to do anything within 24 hours," he said. "We may eventually take other appeals said Gilliam. "I think Smith is ineligible, and has been for 18 months.

It may be moot as to the Independence Bowl, but I still think it will hold up," he said. The Circuit Court said it would be unfair to keep Smith out of the game because the NCAA apparently hadn't taken steps required by its own rules on Tech's appeal of a league ruling that recruiting violations made him ineligible for post-season play. The 6-foot-3, 283-pound senior went to court in Shreveport after Lloyd bowed to an NCAA threat to take away the bowl's league-sanctioned status if Smith were allowed to play. But Bryson's order Friday put Lloyd and other bowl officials in line for contempt of court charges if they kept Smith off the field, and the bowl chairman said he did not see any way to do so. SHREVEPORT, La.

(AP) -Seven hours before kickoff, a state appeals court ruled Saturday that Virginia Tech's Outland Trophy winner Bruce Smith should be allowed to play tn the Independence Bowl "It's the dead end of the road," said Dr. Cecil Lloyd, chairman of the bowl. He said Smith part of the nation's No. 2 defense against the run would be permitted to play in the game between Virginia Tech, 8-3, and Air Force, which rolled up a rushing average of 326.5 yards a game in going 7-4. The decision left intact state District Judge Eugene Bry-son's order forbidding bowl officials to keep Smith off the field.

NCAA attorney Bruce Gilliam said there would be no appeal to the state's Supreme Court to overturn the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal's decision, which was handed down shortly before noon. He said a full hearing on Smith's eligibility status would be held Wednesday in state district court in Shreveport. "Time was the most serious problem in this case, with the before turning downfield behind several blockers for a 56-yard gain. That set up a 19-yard touchdown pass from Cunningham to wide receiver Tony Gladney. Cunningham engineered the Rebels' second touchdown with five completions for 53 yards, the last a seven-yard scoring strike to Kirk Jones.

The Rockets got two first-half field goals, of 22 and 36, from Dave Walker. receiver Bill Poure. But the Rebels came back with two quick scores to run the margin to 30-13 by the end of the period. Reserve running back Elbert "Ickey" Woods, a freshman from Fresno, thrilled local fans by bursting through the middle for a 16-yard score after wide receiver -George Thomas made a diving catch for a 48-yard gain. On UNLV's next Cunningham, who passed for 270 yards on the day, faked a hand-off, then scampered to the right on a 10-yard TD run.

Toledo moved deep into UNLV territory twice in the fourth quarter but was unable to score. The Rebels exploded on their first offensive play of the game as wide receiver Michael McDade took a short pass from Cunningham, then scooted across the field FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Quarterback Randall Cunningham passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead Nevada-Las Vegas to a 30-13 victory over Toledo in the California Bowl Saturday. It was the most one-sided margin in the bowl's short history as all three earlier games were decided by one touchdown or less. And the Rebels' victory allowed the Pacific Coast Athletic Association to get even in its rivalry with the Mid-American Conference at two victories apiece.

Despite a Cal Bowl record 154 yards running by Steve Morgan, Toledo was unable to generate enough offense on key third-and. fourth-down plays. The Rockets did close the gap to 16-13 in the third quarter on a 38-yard touchdown pass from quarterback A.J. Sager to wide Use Jackson Sun Classifieds For Best Results "A t' NAIA title game ends in 19-19 tie if HE CONWAY, Ark. (AP) Carson-Newman of Jefferson City and the University of Central Arkansas tied 19-19 Saturday for the NAIA national championship title after a 71-yard field goal attempt by Central Arkansas failed on the game's final play.

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2nd. Carson-Newman, Joslln 1-yard run tftevelz kick). Carson-Newman, Tyson 30-yard run (Reveii kick), 3:12, 3rd. UCA, White 35-yard run (McGehee two-point run tall). 14:04 4m.

Carson-Newman, Ravall 2a-yard field goal. 7:39 4th. Carson-Newman Safety, 6:46, 4th, There is no overtime in NAIA championship games, so the teams will be declared co-champions, the third time teams have shared the title in the league's history. Central Arkansas opened the scoring on a 52-yard swing pass from quarterback Jeff Fusilier to Richie White with 9:47 left in the first quarter. Curtis Burrow booted a 43-yard field goal following a Carson-Newman fumble.

With 12:50 to go in the second quarter, the Bears increased their lead to 13-0 on a 30-yard field goal by Burrow. Midway through the second period, Carson-Newman tailback Kenneth Tyson raced 62 yards, putting the ball at Central Arkansas' 1-yard line. Jeff Joslin scored on a quarterback sneak. Tyson ran 30 yards for Carson-Newman's second touchdown with 3 12 to go in the third quarter. The conversion put Carson-Newman ahead 14-13.

The Bears came back early in the fourth quarter when White ran 35 yards with a pitchout for a touchdown. Louis Reveiz kicked a 32-yard field goal for Carson-Newman, and Fusilier was sacked in the end zone for a safety that tied the score 19-19 with 6:46 remaining. Burrow's 71-yard field goal attempt on the final play of the game fell short. Arriva Radial Sale Ends Dec. 31 ALL SEASON WHITE WALLS i.764 Carson-Newman NO trM P1657QR13 I $49.95 P17575R13 I 154.35 P16575R14 $60.90 P2257QR1S $80.80 P17575R14 $52.40 P2QS75R14 $83.

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Gandy hit split end Michael Sherman with a 10-yard touchdown strike to cap an eight play, 67-yard drive. Candy's pass for a two-point conversion fell CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Montana State quarterback Kelly Bradley shredded the acclaimed Louisiana Tech defense for 334 yards and two touchdowns both to tight end Joe Bignell as the Bobcats captured a 19-6 victory and the NCAA Division I-AA national football championship here Saturday. Louisiana Tech, which had been been ranked the division's toughest defense against the pass, giving up only 105.5 yards a game, surrendered 234 in the first half alone. Bradley finished with 32 completions in 52 attempts and had one interception.

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