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Page 4CThe Jackson Sun SECAREA FOOTBALL Sunday, Oct. 10, 1993 Auburn remains yobeaten; Florida rolls SEC First downs 16 18 Rushes-yards 38-123 46-162 Passing 113 159 Return Yards 39 78 Comp-Att-Int 1432-1 13-23-0 Punts 8-32 6-36 Fumbtes-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-23 649 Time of Possession 26:51 33:09 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-East Carolina, Smith 27-136. McPhall 1-3. Hester 1-3. South Carolina, Bermetl 31-102, Reddick 4-31, Troupe 4-28.

PASSING-East Carolina, Hester 7-21-1-53, Matlison 7-11-0-60. South Carolina, Taneyhill 9-16469, Williamson 4-7-0-90. RECEIVING East Carolina, Crumpler 3-32. McPhail 3-24, Linville 2-27, Blake 2-12, Letcher 2-11. South Carolina, Afford 3-28, Cates 2-12, Prtlchett 2-12, DeBoer 2-1 1.

Vanderbilt 17, Cincinnati 7 NASHVILLE Ronnie Gordon scored on a 1-yard run and the Commodores' defense shut down the Bearcats to break a three-game losing streak. The Commodores (2-3) trailed 7-3 when Gordon replaced fellow redshirt freshman Cedric Douglas on the end of a 14-play, 55-yard drive in the fourth quarter. His 1-yard run gave Vandy a 10-7 lead at 10:12. Then Vandy's defense, which had four sacks and allowed Cincinnati (3-3) 141 total yards on offense, took over. Tigers improve to with 31-17 win over Mississippi State.

The Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. No. 22 Auburn overcame four early turnovers to ensure its first winning season since 1990, getting three touchdown passes from Stan White in a 31-17 victory over State Saturday. The Tigers (6-0 overall, 4-0 SEC) had lost two years in a row to Mississippi State, but this is a different Auburn team than the one that stumbled to records of 5-6 and 5-5-1. 1 White was intercepted three times by State (1-4, 0-3) but shrugged it off to throw scoring passes of 57 yards to Frank Sanders, 35 to Steven Davis and 7 to Tony Richardson.

Richardson also ran for a touchdown as the Tigers piled up 278 yards on the ground. James Bostic led with 141 yards on 20 carries. The Tigers appeared to be ahead to next Saturday's showdown against No. 5 Florida, committing four turnovers in the first 18 minutes. Mississippi St 6 0 3 8-17 Auburn 0 21 7 3-31 MSU-FG Burke 4t MSU-FG Burke 45 Aub-Sanders pass from White (Ettleridge kick) Aub-Davis 35 pass from White (Etheridge kick) Aub-Richardson 7 pass from White (Etheridge kick) MSU-FG Burke 31 Aub-Richardson 3 run (Etheridge kick) MSU-McCrary 4 pass from Jordan (Jones pass from Jordan) Aub-FG Etheridge 32 HSU Aub First downs 17 24 Rushes-yards 32-130 50-278 Pissing 155 186 Return Yards 46 17 Comp-Atl-Int 17-41-2 14-24-3 31-24 on Howard McGee's 15-yard scoring run in the final minute of the third quarter.

S. Mississippi 0 tO 14 0-24 Georgia 10 14 7 23-54 Ga-FG Parkman 23 Ga-Hunter 36 pass from Zeier (Parkman kick) USM-FGLomoro36 Ga-Graham 51 pass from Zeier (Parkman kick) USM-M. Morrtgorwry 13 pass form Bentley (Lomoro kick) Ga-T. Davis 10 pass from Zeier (Parkman kick) USM-Pearson 27 pass from Bentley (Lomoro kick) Ga-Hunter 60 pass from Zeier (Parkman kick) USM-McGee 15 run (Lomoro kick) Ga-FG Parkman 25 Ga-T. Davis 1 run (Parkman kick) Ga-B.

Montgomery 12 run (Parkman kick) Ga-Godfrey 46 interception return (kick failed) USM Ga First downs 26 31 Rushes-yards 34-159 34-123 Passing 242 644 Return Vards 28 54 Comp-Atl-Int 2147-3 3047-0 Punts 441 147 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 645 8-76 Time ol Possession 29:28 30:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-S. Mississippi, McGes 8-91, McKinney 6-24, Boyd 6-23, Buckhalter 3-20. Georgia, T. Davis 21-83, Montgomery 2-26, Harvey 6-24. PASSING-S.

Mississippi, Bentley 2043-3-218, Carroll 14-0-24. Georgia, Zeier 3047-0444. RECEIVING-S. Mississippi, Owens 467, M. Montgomery 4-61, McKinney 3-26.

Georgia, Hunter 10-170, Mitchell 5-47, Bo-hannon 3-55. South Carolina 27, East Carolina 3 COLUMBIA, S.C. Reserve quarterback Blake Williamson threw a touchdown pass and the Gamecocks took advantage of mistakes to beat the Pirates. Williamson, who replaced Steve Taneyhill in the second quarter, hit Terrell Harris with a 17-yard scoring pass to put the Gamecocks up 14-3. He also guided a fourth-quarter drive that ended on Reed Morton's 20-yard field goal.

East Carolina 0 3 0 0-3 South Carolina 7 7 10 3-27 SC-Troupe 40 blocked punt return (Morton kick) SC-Williamson 17 pass to Harm (Morton kick) EC-FGHolcon25 SC Taneyhill 6 pass to AKord (Morton kick) '-SC-FG Morton 32 SC-FG Morton 20 EC SC Punts 5-42 2-57 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 3-25 3-6 Time of Possession 27:23 32:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Mississippi M.Davis 1363, Bouie 14-43, Jordan 3-13. Auburn, Bostic 20-140, Davis 13-70, Richardson 5-25. PASSING-Missuswi Jordan 17-39-2-156, Bouie 0-1-0-0, Taite 0-144. Auburn, White 14-24-3-186. RECEIVING-Mississippi Clark 46, Bouie 3-31, Moulds 2-34, Euan 2-27.

Auburn, Sanders 3-78, Richardson 3-28, Davis 2-43, Bailey 2-20. No. 5 Florida 58, LSU 3 BATON ROUGE, La. -Danny Wuerffel threw for 221 yards and four touchdowns in less than three quarters as the Gators handed the Tigers the worst defeat in their 100-year history. Errict Rhett added 75 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries for the Gators (5-0, 4-0), and Terry Dean picked up where Wuerffel left off, hitting Sorola Palmer with a 34-yard touchdown pass to make it 44-3 late in the third quarter.

When Dwayne Mobley ran it in from 7 yards out with 9:48 left in the game, it gave LSU (2-4, 1-3) its worst SEC loss ever and marked the first time the Tigers gave up more than 50 points in once-foreboding Death Valley. Florid 10 13 21 14-58 LSU 3 0 0 0-03 LSU-FQ29LaFleur Fla-FG 19 Davis Fla-J. Jackson 39 pass from WuerfW (J. Davis kick) Fit-Houston 16 pass from WuerfM (kick failed) Fla-W. Jackson 10 pass from Wuerffel (J.

Davis kick) FLA-Houston 35 pass from Wuerffel (J. Davis kick) FLA Rhett 15 ran (J. Davis kick) FLA Palmer 34 pass from Dean (J. Davis kick) FLA-Mobley 7 run (J Davis kick) FLA-Foy 6 ran (J. Davis kick) Fla LSU First downs 28 14 Rusrwj-yartJs 33-158 34-90 Passing 352 173 Return yards 99 00 The Associated Press Auburn's James Bostc is brought down by Mississippi State's Johnnie Harris (24) and Andre Bennett (9) Saturday.

Zeier's scoring passes covered 38 and 60 yards to Brice Hunter, 51 yards to Hason Graham and 10 to Terrell Davis. The victory stopped a two-game losing streak for the Bulldogs (2-4). It was the third loss in a row for Southern Miss (1-4). Zeier, who completed 30-of-47 passes, broke the SEC record of 484 set by Alabama's Cinciflriitl Vanderbilt Scoring 0-7 3 0 0 14-17 VAN-FG 44 Yenner CIN-Smatl2 run (Dallen kick) VAN-Gordon 1 run (Yenner kick) VAtt-Jackson 43 run (Yenner kick) CIN VAN Fill downs 12 17 Rushes-yards 35-83 66-264 Passing 58 30 Return Yards 22 3 Comp-Att-tnt 6-22-0 2-10-2 Punts 7-34 6-30 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 6-1 Penalties-Yards 3-29 9-68 Time of Possession 24:29 35:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cincinnati, Small 16-54, Brrttord 1-6. Harp 8-f 18), Kimbrough 1-t, Blackwood 41 a Harding 6-30.

Vander-bill, Gordon 2-1, Johnson 7-36, Simon 8-35, Douglas 25-63, Chalmers 1-27, Lewie 2-7, Jackson 77-92, Love 34. PASSING-Clncinnati, Harp 6-22-0-58. Vanderbilt, Simon 0-2-1-0, Douglas 2-8-1 -30. RECEIVING-Clncinnati, Stewart 1-6, Sweet 3-38, Patterson 14, Guzfta 1-10. VanderbiH, Ware 2-30.

STANDINGS Scott Hunter against Auburn in 1969. He also broke t.h fiporuia record of 407 set by Larry Rakestraw against Miami in 1963. Georgia pulled away in the final 11 minutesafter the Golden Eagles had cut the lead to "7- 1 Razorbacks, 28-14 sec EAST SEC Overall TEAM W-l-T W-L-T Florida 4-0-0 5-O-0 Tennossee 3-1-0 5-1-0 Kentucky 2-1-0 3-2-0 S.Carolina 1-3-0 3-3-0 Vanderbilt 0-3-0 2-3-0 Georgia 0-4-0 2-4-0 SEC WEST SEC Overall TEAM W-L-T W-L-T Auburn 4-0-0 6-0-0 Alabama 3-0-0 5-0-0 Arkansas 2-2-0 3-3-0 Mississippi 2-2-0 3-2-0 LSU 1-3-0 1-4-0 Miss. St, 0-3-0 1-4-0 62-degree weather. Arkansas, 3-3 overall and 2-2 in league play, never cooled off and kept UT supporters uneasy with 393 yards total offense.

The Razorbacks rushed for 210 yards and converted 12-of-18 third-down plays. "They play smash-mouth football and run that option," UT defensive back Victor Brown said. "For the most part, we shut that down, but they mixed up their plays real well on us." Two lost fumbles and the interception hurt the Hogs' chances for another upset. "It's a sick feeling when you play as hard as you can and give the other people the opportunity to beat you because of turnovers," Arkansas coach Danny Ford said. Tennessee had its share of mistakes.

The Vols' Charlie Garner, who rushed for 84 yards on 20 carries, fumbled away UT's second possession at the Arkansas 12. But on the Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession 21-26-0 2-87 2-0 6-40 19-33-3 6-172 0-0 6-28 31:36 28.24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Florida, Rhett 14-75, Foy 4-27, T. Davis 444, Mobley 4-18, Bilkie 1-7, Frazier 1-4, T. Dean 1-4, Evans 2-0, Wuerffel 2-(-1). LSU, J.

Sharp 8-28, Johnson 3-25, Davis 3-20, Toomer 6-10, Butler 3-6, J. Williams 2-6, Loup 2-1, Howard 6-1, Franklin 1-(-7). PASSING-Florida, Wuerfell 14-18-0221, 1 Dean 50 68, Kresser 2-24 63. LSU, Howard 1547-2 141, Loup 44-1 32. RECEIVING Florida, Houston 5-100, Palmer 340.

Rhett 3-24, Frazier 2-25, W. Jackson 2-19, Hid 2-31, Doering 1-11, Wuerfell 1-0, C. Dear) 1-13, J. Jackson 1-39. LSU, Kennison 5-54 LaFleur 4-28, Hill 3-23, Johnson 2-18, Wilson 2-31 Bech 1-8, Bishop 1-7.

Butter 1-4. fianrnia ha Vaeorgiaot, S. Mississippi 24 ATHENS, Ga. Eric Zeier passed for a conference record 544 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulldogs routed the Golden Eagles. next offensive series, UT drove 80 yards to take a 7-0 lead.

Shuler sneaked over from a yard out, and John Becksvoort kicked the first of his four extra points. He has made 93 straight. Reggie Ingram Jed Tennessee's defense with 12 tackles. Talley had 10 and Brown eight. Linebacker George Kidd had five tackles.

Tennessee 0 14 7 7-26 Arkansas 1 7 7 0-14 Teim-Shuler 1 ran (Becksvooit kick) Ark-Gray 6 pass from Lunney (Elison kick) Term-Stewart run (Becksvoort kick) Tern-Faulkner 11 pass from Shuler (Becksvoort kick) Ark- Hebert 1 run (Elison kick) Tenn-Shuler 7 run (Becksvoort kick) Tenn Ark First (towns Rushes-yards 41-136 52-210 Passing yards 307 163 Return yards 37 1 Comp-Att-Int 19-26-1 15-25-2 Punts 344 5-35 Fumbles-lost 1-1 4-2 Penalties-yards 3-25 1-5 Time of Possession 28:57 31:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tennessae, Gamer 20-84, Slewart 9-27, Shuler 7-1 1 Arkansas, Hebert 15-61, Calvin 1342. PASSWG-Temmsee, Shuler 19-26-1-307. Arkansas, Lunney 15-25-2-183. RECEIVING-Tennessee, Faulkner 5-123, Fleming 664, Williams 3-30, Philtrps 2-23. Arkansas, Meadors 462, Botkin 441, Catdweil 3-38, Gray 33.

the fourth quarter on touch down passes of 20 and 3 yards from backup quarterback Jar-rett Harper. The Dragons are idle next week and host Knoxville College for homecoming Oct. 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Rothrock Stadium. statistics llllllil fllllili The Associated Press Arkansas' Oscal Gray is stopped by Tennessee's Ben Talley during the third quarter of the Vols' 28-14 win Saturday.

stuns MTSU, 24-14 Vols top Continued from 1C best in the nation. Shuler completed 19-of-26 passes for 307 yards and one touchdown. He tied UT's single-season record of 18 TD passes set by Dewey Warren in 1966. Shuler has 29 career touchdown throws, eight short of the record. Senior wide receiver Craig Faulkner caught Shuler's TD pass, an 11-yard completion that helped give UT a 21-7 lead early in the third period.

Faulkner had five receptions for 123 yards, including a 53-yarder to the Hogs' 1-yard line on a fake reverse. That set up James Stewart's TD leap for a 14-7 UT halftime lead. "I was supposed to run a 15-yard comeback, but I saw an open area and took it," Faulkner said. "Heath saw it, too. It was an amazing throw into the wind." A 17-mph breeze blew out of the northwest all day to keep a sellout crowd of 54,120 cool in rolls by Lane NAIA Division I sixth-ranked team overpowers Dragons, 49-12.

By JOHN DENTON The Jackson Sun What was already a bad situ- -ation at the half Saturday night for the Lane College Dragons, only got worse in the second half. Sixth-ranked Langston (Okla.) College built a two-touchdown lead in the first half, then returned the second halfs opening kickoff for a score as the Lions 35-straight points en route to a 49-12 victory over Lane College Saturday night at Itothrock Stadium. I "I definitely thought we were still in the game at the half and they returned the opening kick-off and that just took our spirit away," said first-year Lane coach Craig Gilliam. "It's just extremely frustrating right how, because we're not playing very well." The loss drops Lane College to 1-4 on the season. The Dragons ended their 28-game losing streak two weeks ago with a win over Kentucky State, but have now lost their last two.

In Langston Saturday's games: Tennessee at Alabama; Arkansas at Ole Miss; Florida at Auburn; Georgia at Vanderbilt; LSU at Kentucky; South Carolina at Mississippi State. Fumbles-lost Punts-Avg. Penalties 24-34-1 12-27-2 3-2 1-0 4- 44 4-38 5- 30 5-67 Ky. Wesleyan Bethel 7 10 0 7 ,6 6 6 0 24 18 KW- Lazarski 22 pass from Holsclaw. (Robertson kick).

B-Nelson 76 pass from Ladner, (kick faired). B-Butts 76 punt return, (pass failed), KW-Hobertson 31 FG. KW-Holscfaw 1 run. (Robertson kick). Bausch 25 pass from Ladner.

(kick failed). KW-RatcHff 2 run. (Robertson kick). UAB 40, Lambuth 14 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Division I-AA Alabama-Birmingham turned two first-quarter interceptions into touchdowns en route to a 40-14 rout of Lambuth University Saturday.

Eagles quarterback Cory Hill was unable to move the offense, completing 6-of-20 passes for 82 yards, and was replaced late in the third quarter. "We knew they were a good team," Lambuth coach Vic Wallace said, "we let them get up early with offensive turnovers, but we didn't play badly after that. "We're not going to give too much thought to this loss. We've got to get back and get ready for conference play." Statistics At UT-Martin The Jackson Sun MARTIN Freshman quarterback Jason Griffin connected with CharJes Malone for two touchdowns within a span of 2:15 as Tennessee-Martin stunned Middle Tennessee State 24-14 Saturday night in Ohio Valley Conference action. The Pacers, 3-2 overall and 2-1 on the OVC, had a season-high 409 yards of total offense against the Blue Haiders (2-3, 1-2), who suffered their second straight conference loss, "We fought our hearts out and won as a team," Pacers coach Don McLeary said.

"We ran right at them. It was a wonderful victory, one of the best since I've been here and could not have come at a better time for our program." After trailing 6-3 at the half, Griffin hit Malone on passes of 37 and 30 yards to give UTM a 17-6 lead. MTSU, ranked 10th in Division I-AA, cut the Pacer lead to 17-14 on a 77-yard fourth-quarter drive. However, the Pacers sealed the game when Griffin scrambled 40 yards for a touchdown. Statistics The Associated Press Lane's Robert Gillard (36) and Langston's Detrich Fair try to recover a fumble during Langston's 49-12 win Saturday.

AREA COLLEGES Ky. Wesleyan 18, Bethel 14 MCKENZIE Bethel defensive lineman Paul paopao was proud of his teammates Saturday, despite Kentucky Wes-leyan's 18-14 victory over the Wildcats at McKenzie Stadium. "We played tough, but we played with some heart," Paopao said. "After coming off that (54-8) loss to Lambuth (last week), I think we showed a lot of character. They just thought we'd come back and die, but obviously we didn't" The Wildcats led 18-17 entering the fourth quarter, but Kentucky Wesleyan quarterback Bobby Ratcliffs 2-yard touchdown run with 14:33 left gave the Panthers (3-3) the win.

"I think the guys played well," Bethel coach Dick Adams said. "They played right to the end, and that's all you can ask. "Last week's loss left a bad taste in their mouths. This time we had a good team effort If they go out and play like that every week, I will not be disappointed. They hustled out there and played with a lot of spirit" The Wildcats trailed 7-6 in the second quarter when Elmon Butts gave them the lead with a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown.

Bethel quarterback Wayne Ladner was 12-of-27 for 201 yards, including touchdown passes of 76 and 25 yards. MARIA PRUNEDA Statistics KW Bet First downs 25 15 Yards rushing 41-180 41-105 Yards passing 280 201 those two games, Lane has games, been outscored 103-20. Langston, which entered the game with the nation's ninth-ranked offense in NAIA Division had little problems with the Dragons' defense. As a team, Langston rushed 209 yards and gained 206 yards through the air. "They just worked a lot harder than we did in the second half and wanted it more," said defensive lineman James Fry-son.

"We made a lot of mistakes and they capitalized on them." Langston's Ted Alford fielded the second-half kickoff at the 5, broke to the right sideline and raced 95 yards for a touchdown to give the Lions a 21-0 lead. Langston quarterback Ed Daniels then completed touchdown passes 36, 19, 7 and 15 yards to do in the Dragons. Lane's only scores came in Lng Ian First downs 18 Yards rushing 110 66 Yards passing 44 32 3-7-0 5-19-2 Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-0 Punts-Avg. Penalties 6-55 3-15 Ger 0 17 13 0 30 NS 0 0 0 6 6 MT UTM 16 22 145 215 174 194 11-25-0 12-21-0 3-2 0-0 6-34 5-37 5-40 LAM UAB First downs 14 20 Yards rushing 77 108 Yards passing 125 338 11-32-4 22-38-2 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Punts-Avg. 6-43 2-41 Penalties 4-45 14-97 Lambuth 0 0 8 6 14 UAB 21 9 7 3 40 UAB-Green 14 run (Thomason kick); UAB B-lackman 16 Int.

return (Thomason kick); UAB B- First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Fumbles-lost Punts-Avg. Penalties Tennessee-Martin Middle Tennessee 3 14 3 '3 0 24 14 MTSU-Garth PetrlW 22 FQ. UTM-Joey O'Dorv 25 FQ. MTSU-PetrllB 33i FO. UTM-Chalaa Malone 37 paai from Jason Grtttin.

(O Dormell kick). UTM-Malone 30 pass from Griffin. (O'Don-nell kick). MTSU-Corey Simpson 27 pass from Brlgham Lyons. (Lyons pasa from Holcomb).

UTM Griffin 40 run. (O'Donnell kick), O- Jim Candt 39 FO; Bin Moytr 26 pati from Chad Lovinskl; Trey Belcher 34 INT return (Cande kick); Omart Thompaon 43 INT return (Cande kick); Mark Gray 5 run kick fated); Kelvin Tate 16 pail from Rusty Campbell (pass failed). uchanan 37 pass from Whltcomb (Thomason kick); UAB-Thomason 30 FG; UAB-Coalson pass from Whttcomb (kick failed); UAB-Portar 26 paaa from Whltcomb Thomason kick); LAM Jones 3 run (Jones run); UAB-Thomason 34 FQ. LAM M-acklntosh 11 pass from Tommy Moore (pass tarred). '0.