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E) ST. PETERSBURG TIMES section SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1977 Floiradla's dlSsiposes if Temnmessee; ill FS powers pasti surprised AybyorD Seminoles 24 Tigers 3 'SV 'J A i.vt I mP -sirji I Gators Vols 27 17 fits Florida to a (Hubert Mizell column), 8-C Majors can't work miracles (Bob LeNoir column), 8-C By MIKE TIERNEY St. Patarsburg Timet Staff Writar GAINESVILLE Giving its faithful fans another full 60 minutes of football suspense, the University of Florida sweated out a 27-17 success over far inferior Tennessee on a cool Saturday afternoon. Coach Doug Dickey provided an immediate solution to this week's Pigskin Puzzle when he aligned his pupils in the infamous I-formation for the game's first hike.

From there, the Gators shifted with remarkable ease between the and their much maligned wishbone to erect a 17-3 lead by halftime that seemed irreversible. But with the offensive formation no longer a mystery, the Gators introduced another: When would they snuff out the Vols? It was later amended to: Would they ever? Beginning with the second-half kickoff, Florida's defense chose to play hide-and-seek from Tennessee ball-handlers as the Vols rocketed with a 99-yard scoring play to a 17-17 tie, and they just missed vaulting ahead on a field goal that was wide by a week's growth of whisker. See GATORS, 8-C First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-tost Penalties-yards Tannassaa Florida 35-168 164 -7 17-N-O 5- 45 4-1 6-60 Fla Chandler 1 run Yepremian kick) Term FG Gaylor 45 Fla Johnson 10 run Yeprtmlan kick) Fla FG Yepremian 48 Term Harper 18 pass from Streater (Gaylor kick) Term Finch run (Gaylor kick) Fla FG Yepremian 28 Fla Green 6 run (Yepremian kick) A 62,711 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Tennessee: Finch, 1-21, Foxx, a-33. Florida: Green, 18-129, Chandler, 11-74, Wilder 10-64. PASSING Tennessee: Streater, 17-29-0-166.

Florida: LeCount, 4-12-1-41. RECEIVING Tennessee Harper, 7-80, Moore, 4-43 Florida: Chandler, 2-37, Collins, I-14, Gaffney, 1-10. St. Petersburg Times TONY LOPEZ Volunteers' Noonan (60) has material designs on Gators' LeCount (7). Can Bay Bojcs rack the Pack? Gophers upset Mo.

1 Michigan By RAY HOLLIMAN St. Petersburg Timat Staff Writar TALLAHASSEE Auburn came to Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday night primed to stop a go-for-broke passing game, but the Florida State Seminoles didn't cooperate. Instead, the Seminoles passed only when necessary and relied instead on offensive muscle to drop the Tigers 24-3 and run their record to 5-1. The victory, FSU's third in a row, came before the seventh largest crowd in school history 42,464 jammed into a stadium designed to hold 2,000 less than that. It was the largest crowd ever at Doak Campbell with the exception of games against the University of Florida.

ALSO WATCHING were scouts from the Gator, Peach, Tangerine and Sugar Bowls, although the latter was merely paying a courtesy visit to look at Auburn, which shares the Southeastern Conference lead with a 2-0 league record despite its 3-4 overall mark. Florida State managed a touchdown and a field goal the first two times it had the ball and added another TD early in the third quarter. And all three scores were mostly the result of the ground game, an area that has been a continuing source of concern to Coach Bobby Bowden this year. But two weeks of preparation obviously paid off, and FSU quickly established its superiority at the line of scrimmage. With Larry Key and the other backs finding so much success with the run, quarterback Wally Woodham limited his passing to obvious situations.

See SEMINOLES, 8-C Auburn 13 52-164 78 II 5-17 3 3-433 3-3 6-60 0 10 FSU 24 48-240 161 0 14-25-2 2-330 1-1 9-95 0 3 7-24 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penatties-yards Auburn Florida State FSU Woodham 1 run (Cappelen kick) FSU FG Cappelen 20 Aub FG Portela 39 PSU Key 15 run (Cappelen kick) FSU Key 25 run (Cappelen kick) A 42464. FOR THE BUCS, strong safety Mark Cotney will not start because of strained knee ligaments and will be replaced by Curtis Jordan. And left outside linebacker Cecil Johnson, victimized by Seattle's ground game last week, has come up with a minor back injury and Paul Harris may start in his place. "I don't think their talent is better than ours," McKay says of the Packers, who have been rated four-point favorites to stop the Bucs. "But they have an edge on us in experience.

"I think we can beat the Packers. But then I thought we could beat Washington." Site: Tampa Stadium. Time: 1 p.m. today. Expected attendance: 50,000 (72,000 capacity).

Tickets: Approximately 22.000 available at $8 and $6 at stadium box office until game time. Television: None. Radio: WFLA (970 am) and affiliated stations. Records: Green Bay 1-4 (beat New Orleans 24-20, lost to Houston 16- 10, Minnesota 19-7, Cincinnati 17- 7 and Detroit 10-6); Tampa Bay 0-5 (lost to Philadelphia 13-3, Minnesota 9-3, Dallas 23-7. Washington 10-0 and Seattle 30-23).

Injuries: Green Bay Defensive tackle Dave Roller (leg), linebacker Gary Weaver (knee), tackle Dick Himes (knee) and tackle Steve Knutson (knee), all doubtful; Tampa Bay tight end Jack Novak out (hamstring), tackle Jeff Winans (arch), strong safety Mark Cotney (knee), linebacker Cecil Johnson (back) and tailback Ricky Bell (shoulder) will play. Players to watch: Green Bay quarterback Lynn Dickey, kick returner Willard Harrell, defensive tackle Dave Pureifory; Tampa Bay wide receiver Morris Owens, linebacker Dewey Sel-mon, running back Anthony Davis. How the AP's top 20 college teams fared 1. Michigan (6-1-0) lost to Minnesota 16-0 1-C 2. Texas (6-0-0) beat SMU 30-14 7-C 3.

Alabama (5-1-0) beat Louisville 55-6 4-C 4. Ohio State (6-1-0) beat Northwestern 35-15 6-C 5. Southern Cal (5-2-0) lost to Notre Dame 49-19 6-C 6. Oklahoma (6-1-0) beat Iowa State 35-16 6-C 7. Colorado (5-1-1) lost to Nebraska 33-15 6-C 8.

Kentucky (6-1-0) beat Georgia 33-0 4-C 9. Arkansas (4-1-0) vs. Houston, night. 10. Penn State (6-1-0) beat West Virginia 49-28 9-C 11.

Notre Dame (5-1-0) beat Southern Cal 49-19 6-C 12. Texas (4-1-0) vs. Rice, night. 13. Texas Tech (5-1-0) did not play.

1 4. Pitt (5-1 -1 beat Syracuse 28-21 9-C 15. California (5-1-0) vs. UCLA, night. 1 6.

Iowa State (5-2-0) lost to Oklahoma 35-1 6 6-C 17. Brigham Young (5-1-0) beat Wyoming 10-7 7-C 1 8. Nebraska (5-2-0) beat Colorado 33-1 5 6-C 19. Florida (3-1-1) beat Tennessee 27-17 1-C 20. Clemson (6-1-0) beat N.C.

State 7-3 4-C Starting lineups, 2-C By RON MARTZ St Petersburg Times Staff Writer TAMPA The last time the Green Bay Packers hit town, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were in the midst of a 19-game losing streak that included preseason and regular season games. The Packers provided the cure for what ailed the Bucs at the time, losing 10-7 in the preseason earlier this year. The Packers have returned to town for a 1 p.m. encounter with the Bucs in Tampa Stadium today at a most inauspicious time, for the Bucs have lost another 19 consecutive games, these of the regular season variety. It is the second-longest losing streak in National Football League history, tying the 1961-62 Oakland Raiders for consecutive flops and behind only the 1942-45 Chicago Cardinals, who ran off 29 straight losses.

"This team needs a victory," says Head Coach John McKay. "We have enough talent to win. What we lack is experience in winning." THE PACKERS have won one game in five starts this season, a 24-20 victory over the New Orleans Saints in the season opener. Since then victories have been as hard to find as points for Coach Bart Starr's padded legions. In the second half this season the Packers have scored only three points and in the last four games have totaled a mere 30 points.

The Bucs have not been much better, scoring only 13 points before a 23-point outburst last week in a loss to Seattle. But McKay feels that with the return of massive Darryl Carlton at right tackle and Ricky Bell at tailback, the Bucs will be able to move the ball offensively against a Packer defense that has been weakened by injuries. Linebacker Gary Weaver and defensive tackle Dave Roller were injured in last week's 10-6 loss to Detroit and will probably not play today. In addition several offensive linemen have been hampered by injuries. "Green Bay is a lot better defensively than they were in the preseason," says McKay, "hut offensively they're a lot like us.

Their offensive line has not performed well because they've had about a hundred different guys in there. But not many people have been able to move the ball on their defense." Associated Jress MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota's stunning 16-0 upset of unbeaten and No. 1 -ranked Michigan on Saturday was for Gopher Coach Cal Stoll the biggest victory of his career. "I had a gut feeling on Wednesday that we could beat Michigan," said Stoll. "But what happened was that we had a bunch of kids who just went out there and thew their hearts on the field." Minnesota, which had not beaten Michigan since 1967, used a stifling and opportunistic defense to return the famed Little Brown Jug trophy to Minnesota for the first time in 10 years.

"The game was won with the Minnesota defense," said Bo Schembech-ler, Michigan coach. "We needed a big play and never got it. We kept handing them the football and their offense did a good jot of moving it after we gave them 10 points." Sophomore place kicker Paul Rogind booted field goals of 41 and 37 yards in the first half, and Marion Barber scored on a 3-yard run to put Minnesota ahead 13-0 at the half. Rogind added a 31-yard field goal with just over four minutes remaining in the game. Stoll said, "You don't beat Michigan unless you play with great intensity and that's what we did.

They didn't get the breaks and things fell into place for us." Stoll referred to three fumble recoveries and two interceptions by the Gophers. "You have to have those kind of breaks," Stoll said. "It's the only way to beat Michigan." Michigan fumbled four times, losing possession three times, while the unranked Gophers played mistake-free football and harassed Wolverine quarterback Rick Leach all afternoon, intercepting two passes in the final quarter. Leach did set an all-time Michigan total offense record while gaining 122 yards. It gave him 3,727 career yards to break Don Moorhead's 1968-1970 record by 86 yards.

Michigan had not been held scoreless in 113 games. The last time the Wolverines were blanked was in 1967, when they lost to 34-0 to Michigan State. It was Schembechler's first shutout at Michigan, the Big Ten. Minnesota took a quick 3-0 lead at 4:28 of the first quarter. After holding Michigan on its first series of plays, the Gophers went 34 yards in five plays to the Wolverine 24, where Rogind booted a 41 -yard field goal.

Key plays in the drive were a 23-yard pass from Carlson to Jeff Anhorn and a 10-yard completion to running back Steve Ereault. An errant pitch-out by Michigan's Leach on the Wolverines' next play from scrimmage was recovered by Minnesota safety Keith Brown at the Michigan 12 and led to Minnesota's next score. Carlson ran six yards to the four and one play later, on fourth down with one yard to go, freshman Marion Barber went into the end zone standing up from the three. Rogind's conversion at 8:35 made it 10- 0. The Gophers moved 54 yards near the end of the first half and took a 13-0 lead on a 37 -yard field goal by Rogind.

Garry White rushed for 24 yards and Kent Kitzmann gained 21 yards in the 11- play drive. The Gophers continued to move the ball in the third quarter, but a blocked Rogind field goal attempt prevented Minnesota from scoring. Operating from the shotgun formation, Carlson connected on a key third down pass for a first down to the Michigan 24 to keep the Gopher drive going. An interception by Michigan's Dwight Hicks, which he returned to the Minnesota 8 was nullified by a defensive interference call and also aided the Gophers' 61 -yard drive. Minnesota's Ken Foxworth intercepted a pass by Leach and returned the ball to the Gopher 49 with 10 minutes to play, effectively sealing Michigan's fate.

Michigan 12 13-80 122 29-13-2 7-44 3-3 3-12 Minnesota 13 61-190 60 62 10-64 8-37 1-0 4-40 a o- i i i-i. First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Michigan Minnesota Mum Rogind FG 41 Mmn Barber 3 run (Rogind kick) Minn Rootnd FG 37 Mmn Rogind FG 12 A INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Michigan, Huckleby 13-52. DavH 14-55. Minnesota, Kitzmann 17-71, While 15-66. Barber 14-3 PASSING Michigan, Clayton 4-42, Davis 30, Huckleby 1-22 Minnesota, Anhorn 1-13.

Br fault RECEIVING Michigan, Leach 29-13-1 122 Minnesota, Carlson 10-6-0, 60 i V) i Pate three ahead in Southern Open Story, 10-C Stone crabs: tasty, tricky characters This and other outdoors news, 14-1 5-C Minnesota is now 5-2 overall, 2-2 in.