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4 Worst Defeat Since 1961 STATE ialbaina Soundly WWp Florida ,0 A State 2 p. r. 1W By JIM SELMAX Assistant Sports Editor TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The angry Alabama Crimson Tide gave the Florida State Seminoles a good barnyard whipping 21-0 on three long running and pass plays, and a thieving pass defense yesterday sent the Indians limping home from a murderous first-half season. Quarterbacks Steve Sloan and Kenny Stabler, fullback Steve Bowman and halfback Leslie Kelly ripped the Seminoles offensively and left cornerback Bobby Jones added to the humiliation with his pass defense.

loss to then nationally first-ranked Ole Miss Rebels in 1961 and the first shutout since a 7-0 setback by Florida in 1963. It left the Seminoles hanging pecariously at the mid-point of their season with a 2-3 record. A win here going Into a less demanding second half schedule might have sent them bowl-ward. Instead, it was all Alabama on a beautiful day for a Crimson Tide homecoming, a tribute to a Bear Bryant eleven that could rise from a 7-7 tie with Tennessee the week before and so convincingly beat an FSU team that had just knocked off nationally (No. 5) ranked Georgia 10-3.

A full house of 43,936 in TJirth TiAo Denny Stadium watched the IS -Jt! Tide do no wrong and set itself i xrv ircfj -Ram, up for two short touchdown runs I CM 1 A 1 Dy neny ana one oy sioan wun HE TAllPA TRffilJy three well-executed long plays. KELLY SCORED one 1-yard smashes in the first and fourth First downs 15 15 Rushing 125 223 Passing yardage 76 87 Passes 8-25 5-9 Passes intercepted by 0 3 Punts 6-39 6-42 Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized 64 66 quarters and Sloan on a 3-yard keeper in the second period. Markets Business Section TAMPA, FLORIDA, SUNDAY, OCT. 24, 1965 mRflMmmmmmmmMMMMmmmmmmmmmmMmmm David Ray kicked one extra point and missed on another and Stabler purposely ran for a 2-pointer in the fourth quarter after taking the center snap in a kicking formation. A 43-yard Bowman run after a pitchout from Sloan set up the first touchdown, a 42-yard Sloan pass play to end Tommy Tollyson put the Tide in posi tion for the second one and a 28-yard run by Stabler on a fake field goal lineup got the Ala bamans in business the last w-St .0 r.

-afce i irtW time. Johns intercepted two of Ed Ritchett's passes at key times and plucked off another which ik --fu was nullified by off -setting wew- 1 penalties. 41. NXv Sloan suffered cracked ribs late in the third period and Stabler, a slick runner who AP Wirephoto score in the first quarter of the game at South Bend, yesterday. Other USC players are end Ray May (67) and tackle Doug Patrick (63).

NOTRE DAME fullback Larry Conjar (32) is brought down by Southern California guard Larry Petrill, but not before he crossed the goalline for a went 62 yards against Tennes see, ran his team well from then on. ml' I 1 jhjI I' 1 BAM AS DUDLEY Ken- missed a 38-yard field goal in risn the first quarter and the Semi. noles stopped another Tide thrust at the FSU 28 in the fourth period. Southern Florida State wasn't in the game at all until the third period but the Seminoles were still beaten 8-0 in the second 8 to 7 half although briefly taking some of the attention away from Alabama. FSU drove from its 41 to the Alabama 19 in the second quarter on successive 15-yard runs by Bill Moreman and Jim Man-kins and an 8-yard carry by Moreman.

But the Indians couldn't move beyond there in four plays. In the second half, FSU drove SOUTH BEND, Ind. (-Battering Larry Conjar's four touchdowns swept Notre Dame to a crunching 28-7 football victory yesterday over unbeaten Southern California whose herladed Mike Garrett was almost completely shackled. Conjar's feat tied a modern Irish single game scoring record. THE TROJANS and national first quarter of the game at Tuscaloosa, yesterday.

(Special AP Wirephoto Transmission for The Tribune) MAURY BIBENT (22) of Florida State, pulls down Alabama's Dick Thompson, but not until the Tide ner had picked up six yards in the from its 22 to the Alabama 26, but Johns intercepted an Ed TPritchett pass -to thwart that threat when a Seminole TD could have made it 13-7. Mich tate Nips rushing leader Garrett never Then in the fourth quarter, igan Pritchett ran out of the pocket had a chance against a devastat for 14, 27 and 15 yards to carry the Seminoles from their 43 to ing Irish attack in the nationally televised game. the 'Bama 15, but left end Frank 14-10 Whaley intercepted a pass to wis J- ft SA, iv ouermaKers stop this thrust. Either the Alabama backs were greased with lard or the Statistics Seminole defenders had their worst game of tackling, because all afternoon Bowman, Sloan, Kelly, Dicky Thompson and 'LAFAYETTE, Ind. () Second-ranked Michigan State scrambled back from the brink of extinction on the running of Bob Apisa and Clint Jones and beat Purdue 14-10 yesterday on two fourth-quarter touchdowns.

The victory moved the Spartans along toward the Big Ten Mich. State Purdue First downs 15 1.1 Rushing yardage 154 2t Tassing yardage X2 127 Passes 15-S3 Passes intercepted by 2 1 Punts 2-2B-5 Fumhles lost 1 0 Stabler got away from traps for healthy yardage. fnnthall rhamninnshin and a Rosp Rnwl tnn ns Ihev ran their Yards penalized S. SB Sta- Very likely it was more of a case of Alabama aggressiveness a ji ni Attendanre 611S (Boss-Ade conference record to 4-0, Purdue dropped to 2-1. dilim record).

Conjar spearheaded the re-lentness Notre Dame ground game, piling up 116 yards on 25 carrier, including his four scoring smashes of two yards or less. Statistics Notre Dame USC First downs 18 1(1 Rushing yardage 3IIH 71 Passing yardage 19 Passes t-1 6-11 Passes intercepted by i Punts 8-41 5-83 Fumbles lost Yards penalized 40 28 Garrett, who took a five-game 1 of 852 yards into the game for nationally fourth-ranked USC, wound up with only 43 yards in 16 carrier, most coming after Notre Dame had swept to a 28-0 lead. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, unbeaten since an opening 20-20 tie with Minnesota, finally and FSU's lack of it. The Tide outgained the Seminoles 309 yards to 201. THEIR PASS defense was The rugged Spartan defense kept Purdue in the hole throughout the second half after, the Boilermakers had built up a 10-0 halftime lead on the deadly short passes of Bob Griese and the hard running of Randy Minniear.

something else. Alabama likes to bump receivers as they fire out, or run right along side them so close the players look like Siamese twins. Twice, the Crimsons were tagged with pass interference. It was a complete day of failure for FSU for it lost the coin toss for the first time this year. The third series after Alabama took the opening kickoff told the story of what was to come for although the Tide did fail in this instance to cash in Here's how the Top Ten teams in the Associated Press football poll fared yesterday: 1.

Arkansas (5-0) played N. Texas State at night. 2. Michigan State (6-0) beat Purdue 14-10. 3.

Nebraska (6-0) beat Colorado 38-13. 4. Southern Cal (4-1-1) lost to Notre Dame 28-7. 5. Texas (4-1) played Southern Methodist at night.

6. Purdue (4-1-1) lost to Michigan State 14-10. 7. Notre Dame (4-1) beat Southern Cal 28-7. 8.

Florida (4-1) was idle. 9. Louisiana State (4-1) played South Carolina at night. 10. Georgia (4-1) played Kentucky at night.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA back Troy Wimslow (10), right, goes wide behind the line while Notre Dame back Dave Martin (56) and end Tom Rhoads (87) get ready to bring him down for a 10-yard loss in the game at South Bend, Ind. (AP Wirephoto) scored in the fourth periond against the relaxes Irish on an eight-yard pass from Troy Wins- KEEPING GRIESE punting from near his goal line in the second half, Michigan State finally started clicking and scored on touchdown runs of 50 and 40 yards. The first Spartan touchdown was all Jones and Apisa except for one carry by Dwight Lee. low to John Thomas. Notre Dame, No.

7 in the As Lucas Paces 28-14 Win- sociated Press poll, simply blasted the Trhjans off their feet at the outset, scoring twice (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) in the first period and once each Apisa went the last few inches.J task mmm im.Mmt& wmm "9 Fitt oeats in the second and third quarter for a 28-0 lead before the Trojans even faintly cane to am life. Statistics The field was soggy from frequent showers, but it didn't slow up the Irish, who blasted PITTSBURGH, Pa. (P) Pitt, blending the passing of Kenny Lucas with a powerful running attack scored two touchdowns within four minutes of the first quarter, then held off a capitalizing Miami team to defeat the Hurricanes 28-14 yesterday in an intersectional football game. Lucas, Panther quarterback ranked sixth nationally In passing, guided Pitt to a touchdown the first time the Panthers and Jones got a iwo-pumi conversion on a pass from Steve Juday from a fake kick formation.

The winning touchdown drive was helped by 20 yards of Purdue penalties for offside and a "personal foul. Jones went from the eight, getting a fine block from Apisa. PURDUE GOT its points in the first half on a 20-yard field goal by the versatile Griese, a Miami Pitt First downs -7 Rushing yardage 4X 2:41 Passing yardage 20H Passea 11-15 Passea intercepted 1 4 Punts Zn Fumbles Inst 0 .1 Yards penalized 1-5 8-113 to Conjar touchdowns on drives of 69,67, 45 and 32 yards all sustained marches. a r's four touchdowns equalled the modern Irish sin gle game mark previously shard by Bob Kel (1944 got the ball and fired two touchdown passes to help Pitt to its second victory against three defeats. against Pittsburgh), Neil Word-en (1951 against Indiana) and Johnny lattner (1953 against jaf3 him Southern California).

GARRETT HAD A necklace seven yard toucnaown pass from Griese to Jim Finley and Griese's conversion kick. Griese stayed with the short pass most of the time in the first half, hitting end Bob Ha-drick and flanker Finley with bullets over the line not calling on his line to hold the Michigan State line for long ones. of Irish tacklers around him a'l afternnon as he fell far below his five-game rushing average of 170.1. The game really was locked South up for Notre Dame in the first half, when the Irish built a 21-0 lead and had held Southern HADRICK CAUGHT two Ps in the first quarter drive PITT'S defense effectively bottled up Hurricanes offense keyed to the passing of sophomore quarterback Bill Miller, who had four of his passes picked off and was pressed continually by a charging Panther line. Lucas started Pitt on its first scoring drive in the first quarter after' Miami had punted to the Pitt 25.

He passed to Bob Longe to put the ball on the Miami 23. From there, Lucas tossed a scoring pass to Bob Dyer. A few minutes later, Dale Stewart intercepted a Miller pass on the Miami 41 and returned it to the 17. Crabtree and Barry McKnight carried to the one from where McKnight lunged over. California to 13 rushing yards 7 by Garrett on 9 carrier.

that put Purdue in a position for Griese to kick tne neia goai. Michigan State 0 0 14- Purdue 3 purttFG Griese 20 I'urd Finlov 7 pa from Griese Alabama 21. FSU (I Georgia Terh 37. Navy 18 Tennessee 17. Houston So.

Mississippi 3, Auburn 8 Camp Lejeune, N.C., 3(1, DePauw 14 North Carolina State 2. Maryland 7 Quantico 37, Pensarnta A William Marr 2, Geo. Washington 14 Tennessee 15, Houston 8 Western Maryland Wash. A Lee 7 Georgia Terh 37, Navy Id North Carolina St. Maryland 7 Southern Mississippi 3, Auburn 0 Virginia Terh 22, Virginia 14 Marvland State 35, North Carolina College 0 VMI 16.

Davidson 10 Johnson C. Smith 44, Shaw 22 Mississippi 24, Vanderbilt 7 leinson 3, TCU 0 William Mary 28, George Washington 14 Southern California 0 0 0 77 Notre Dame 14 7 7 028 ND Coniar 2 run (Ivan kirk) ND Conjar 2 run (Ivan kick) ND Conjar 1 run (Ivan kick) ND Coniar 1 run (Ivan kick) SC Thomas 8 pass from Winslow (Rosso-vichkicki Attendance 59,235. Delaware 42. Lehigh 21 Pern State 41, West Virginia 6 Pittsburgh 28, Miami It Syracuse 32, Holy Croat Vale 24, Cornell II Massachusetts 31, Boston V. 18 Franklin Marshall 27, Carnegie Tech 24 Dartmouth II, Harvard Hampden-Sydney 40, Jnhna Hopkins 0 Juniata 17, Lycoming 13 Wilkes 3, Muhlenberg 12 Northeastern New Hampshire 13 Princeton 51.

Pennsylvania 0 Rensselaer Poly 2. Middlebury 14 Columbia 12. Rutgers 7 I'rsinus II. Swarthmore 13 Williams 31, Tufls 14 Vermont 7. Norwich Villanova 2.

West Chester 13 Gettysburg 311, Kings Point 21 Drrxel Delaware Valley Lock Haven 27, Fdlnbnro II Fast Stroudsburg Mansfield Nichols 6. Maine Maritime 0 Amherst 37, Wrslevan 12 Hofslra 21, Soulhern Conn. 21 Springfield 43, American Int. Maine W. Rhode Island 0 Morgan State 34, Delaware I (Continued on Page 5, Col.

3) MslAoisa 1 run (Jone. pass from Ms-Jone ran (pass failed) Attendance 62,113. Tom McEwen's Morning After East i Southerners Beat Auburn story Page 3-D yesterday at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Reaching in to assist Gilmer is Stan Moss (50) while John Sullivan (66) comes up from behind. (AP Wirephoto) FLORIDA STATE'S Wayne (23) is brought down by Creed Gilmer (81) after four yards in the first quarter MIAMI, which couldn't get its offense moving, scored Its (Continued on Page 5, Col.

1) Boston College 38, Richmond 7 Brown 6. Colgate (I Ruffalo (I. Dayton 0, (tie) Temple 12, Connecticut 11 on 2-D today 1.

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