The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 41

Thirty-six marks set by '74 Bulldogs MISSISSIPPI STATE (Specialj-No less than 36 senson, game, career, individual, and team records were set by members of the 1974 Mississippi State football a whose 8-3 regular-season mark was the best since an 8-2 worksheet by the 1940 Bulldog edition. One of the most besieged categories record-wise was the team offense single season slate. Of these norms 13 fell outright and one was tied. The 301 points scored by the MSU attack broke the existing standard of 271 in 1946 while the 42 touchdowns tallied iti 1974 eclipsed the 40-TD performance by the 1946 entry. In '74 31 touchdowns were scored by rushing to overcome the record of 23 in 1954.

In the team point-after-touchdown department 38 PATs were recorded to snap the 31 extra point showing in 1946 The '74 unit also topped the old mark of 31 PATs by kicking with a 36-kick point after production. Amassing 4,065 yards total offense for an average of 369.5 yards per game, the 1974 crew outlasted last year's outputs which were 3,755 yards for a 341.4 average. Sticking to the ground 608 times, the Bulldogs broke the 1956 team standard of 552 infantry thrusts. The club's 2,753 yards on the ground zipped past the 2,433 record total in 1954 and averaged out better (250.3 yards per game as compared to 248.4 ypg in 1952) than any other MSU grid outfit. Bulldog opponents set or tied five records during the course of the year on the team ledger.

One was most fumbles caused as State hobbled the ball 50 times and outdid the 45 fumbles by the 1955 squad. Foes also tied the 1967 record for fewest penalties assessed with 37 walkoffs. The opposition registered 44 bobbles to finish one above the 43 miscues of 1953. Auburn's three-return, 102-yard punt runback feats (34.0 average) broke Houston's 1967 average of 28.7 per return. Ole Miss lost six fumbles in State's 31-13 finale in 1974 to lie Kentucky (1952), Florida (1957), and LSU (1972) for most single game turnovers via the fumble route vs State.

Several career records fell by the wayside in 1974 as this year's senior crop managed a 1G-15-2 mark entering Ihe 1974 Sun Bowl in El Paso, on Dec. 28 against North Carolina. Kicker Vic Nickels of Tunica converted 59 of 63 to topple Memphian Max Stainbrook's standard of 50 career PAT boots from 1949-51. Nickels also recorded 92 total points by kicking to scratch Glenn Ellis' 79-point showing from 1970-72 off the list. Punter Mike Patrick of Biloxi, with 171 punts for 6,999 yards in three seasons, snapped Justin Canale's 1961-63 standard of 39.11 yards per punt for a career.

Defensive back Steve Freeman of Memphis (Term.) Whilehaven High School and Lamesa, tied Frank Dowsing's 1970-72 mark of 10 career pass interceptions. Chalking up 220 first downs overall, the 1974 aggregation overturned the 196 previous norm for first downs in the 1973, and the 143 by rushing easily eclipsed the 118 first downs by the 1955 MSU football group. A 1966 standard of 14 first downs via penalties was tied in 1974. For the season Nickels' 38 PAT attempts tied the 38 tries of Ted Shuff of Vicksburg during 1946 while the i a a i consecutive point-after mark (19 in succession) by splitting the uprights 20 straight times in six games over a span of 1973-74 action. Mike Lawrence nabbed a 31.3 yard average per interception rate (94 yards on three pilfers) to supcrcede Ken Phares' 23.3 yard standard in 1972 as the Wan-en, Ark.

sophomore established a new norm. Soph tailback Waller Packed missed by six yards in a try to become State's second carrier. En route to his 994 yards in 157 carries the Leakesville native broke the MSU record for highest ayerage in eight carries in one game with a 15.4 yard outing against William and Mary (eight sorties for 123 yards). Freshman Dennis Johnson of Weir netted 198 yards in 26 tries to replace Joe Forlunato as the leading single game rusher of all time. Johnson's night against Memphis State upended FortuniUo's 189 yards against Northj: Texas State in 1952.

Quarterback Uockey Felker, a senior from Brownsville, who guided the Bulldog Veer, tied four other Stale signal callers by tossing three TD passes against Auburn while Patrick got oft Ihe two longest punts in the school's history--an 84-yarder against Alabama and an 82-yarder against William and Mary. i a i State and Louisville were the victims of the Veer's punch as State reeled off 32 first downs (24 by rushing) against the Tigers to accumulate 516 yards total offense. In a 56-7 rout of the Cardinals at Homecoming '74 the Bulldogs ran their most plays ever in one game, 91, and tallied their most yardage totajj''' offense, 581, to blitz to record for the school in all single game catagories. Biggest Reb-Wave stat was 'turnover UNIVERSITY (Special -The most important statistic produced in Ole Miss' 26-10 victory over Tulane last Saturday in New Orleans was spelled "turnover." The keynoters were fumbles, the four dropped and lost by the Green Wave. But not to be overlooked were five pass interceptions, three in the hands of swift free safety Gary Hall.

The senior from Memphis thereby joined select company, five other Rcbs who have handled that many in a single game. The upset decision did a lot for the Rehs. First and foremost, it ended the longest losing string in Ole Miss football history, a total of seven consecutive defeats. Also, it will serve as a springboard for 1975 spring training. Cipa to start atQB NEW ORLEANS (UPIV-Coach John North announced rookie Larry Cipa will start at quarterback for the New Orleans Saints Sunday against the St.

Louis Cardinals. Regular a a Archie Manning and backup quarterback Bobby Scott are both nursing knee injuries, North said, and he wants to take a look at Cipa. Both Manning and Scott will be available for limited duty if needed, the coach said. Cipa is 6-3 and 209 and played his college football at Michigan. In play this season Cipa has completed three of 15 pass attempts for 42 yards and no touchdowns.

His longest completion was for 20 yards. Cipa didn't get much chance to in because of Michigan's powerful ground game. During his three college years he completed 24 of 71 passes for 360 yards and three scores. Two knee operators made him pass up the entire 1970 season at Michigan. He was picked in the 15th round of the 1974 player draft by the Saints.

Cipa attended McNicholas High School in Cincinnati, where he was named most valuable player in 1967 and 1968 and was voted to the all-city team both years. to open season in Starkville I COLUMBUS (Special)--Hoping to improve its 15-7 record of last year, the Missisippi University for Women basketball team will open the 1974-75 season against Mississippi State University today In Sfarkville. Highlighting the 24-game schedule, heaviest in the history of The basketball team, will be the second annual M.U.W. Chirstmas Tournament Dec. 20-21, won last year by Lambuth College of Jackson, Tenn.

The local tournament at Lee High School and Pohl Gymnasium on The 1 campus will bring together 16 teams from across the nation, including Memphis Tenn.) State University, Illinois State University, Stephen F. Austin State College of Nacogodches, Tex. and others. Except for the Christmas tourney, all home games will be played in Pihl Gym, with students and faculty members admitted upon presentation of identification cards. Admission for the public will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12.

The state tournament, which until last year had been won by The four years in a row, will be hosted by defending state champion Delta State I University in Cleveland, Feb. Although over 50,000 tickets had been peddled for the game last September--and it was scheduled as an opener on the 7th- there were at least 30,000 "no shows." For only 21,628 hardy fans braved the irey weather to watch the Hurricane Carmen-delayed headlincr in giant Tulane Sugar Bowl Stadium. The Rebel victory was highlighted by the fifth-longest pass play in Ole Miss i i a 7 7 a pass-and-run production spun by freshman quarterback Tim Ellis and tailback James Reed. It handed the Rcbs a 7-0 lead they were never to relinquish early in the second quarter. It produced, incidentally, the Kebs' first down of the game.

One other Reb landed in the Record Book when kicking specialist Steve a i i 41st consecutive extra point, a string that spanned two complete seasons. He went 25x25 a year ago, then 16x16 through 1974. The old record of 40x40 was held by All-SEC linebacker Jimmy Keycs, set in 1965-66-67. Lavinghouze hasn't missed a conversion kick since the final effort against Mississippi State here Nov. 25, 1972.

He had strung together 11 consecutive placements when he fouled up on the last (of seven) against the Bulldogs in a 51-14 Ole Miss win. As for the Greenie fumbles, the first one stymied a drive that had spanned 66 yards down to the OM 4 when QB Terry Looney lost the ball and DE Creg Markow covered on the 1. om the 37 the Wave had driven 33 yards to the 4 when Looney's pitrhback weny astray and DE Robert Arnold covered at the 14. Starting the second half, Martin Mitchell bobbled on a kickoff return to the Tulane 26 where free safety Charlie Moss took over. Leading 12-0 at that juncture, the Rebs scored in six plays with Ellis taking it in on a QB-keeper from the 1.

Then, for the finale, midway the fourth quarter with the Rebs leading 19-10, Greg Brcland punted 37 yards from midfield and Mike Keefer couldn't handle the ball at the 13. He had signalled for a fair catch. Soph center Reggie Pace covered that miscue and it took the Rebs six plays to score, Ellis repeating by sneaking up the middle for the six points. That was the last touchdown of the game and it came with 8:18 left to play. The i i aside stalling the Green Wave, led directly to the payoff window on one occasion, with Lavinghouze capping Hall's second interception with a 28-yard field goal.

Hall had returned 36 yards to the Tulane 29. The Rebs had driven to the TU 5 before a 15 yard penalty set them back. was one other a turnover worth mentioning. Just before the half Wave center Cameron Gaston snapped the ball out of the reach of punter Howard McNeill. From the Tulane 30, the ball zoomed 40 yards but of the end zone for an automatic safety.

For a change, the Rebs were the recipients of a few breaks and they were happy to cash them in. They couldn't have turned up at a more opportune time. The incidentally, brought the Rcbs a 10th consecutive win in this series for a 24-23 edge in won-lost totals. The five former Reb players picking off as many as three interceptions in a single game were Jim Kelly (vs. Arkansas) in 1952, Ray Brown (vs.

Texas) in the 1958 Sugar Bowl, Tommy Texas) i 1965 Bluebonnet Bowl, Gerald Warfteld (vs. Houston) in 1966 and Glenn Cannon (vs. LSU) in 19G8. Hall leads this group in yardage returned with 72. Oddly, there was not a touchdown in the collection of 18 interceptions.

The Ole Miss team record in a single game is seven, recorded against Southwestern in 1939 and repeated against Houston in 1966. Saturday's high of five interceptions, adding, one by cornerback George Nasit and oen by linebacker George Stuart, had been reached in five games prior to lie Tulane skirmish. One such ca'rro against the Wave in 1958. Sugar Bowl cage pairings set A i a champion Furman will be matched with the LaSalle Explorers in the first game and Southeastern Conference co-champion A a a a will play Houston in the second game in the opening round in the 1974 Sugar Bowl a a a a Municipal Auditorium. The pairings were announced by Elliott Laudeman, chairman of the Basketball Committee of the New a i i Association.

Play in the two-day tournament will begin on Sunday, December 29, and the consolation and finals games will be played on Monday, December 30. Tipoff both nights at 7:00 p.m. First night losers will play in the first game on Monday, and the first night winners will play in the second game for the Sugar Bowl cage championship. a a i A a i Conference runnerup last season, and Furman are making their first visits to New Orleans. For Houston, this will be their fifth trip and, for Alabama, its third in the Sugar Bowl basketball tournament.

The Alabama Crimson Tide, under C.M. Newton, is being picked as the team to beat in the 1974-75 SEC cage race. Newton, who will be in his sixth season as boss of the Tide cagers, has made steady progress with such won-loss records at Alabama as 4-20, 8-18, 10-16, 18-8, 22-8 and 22-4, for an overall 84-74 record. Newlon returns such standouts as two-time All-SEC 6-5 guard Charles Cleveland, 6-10 sophomore center Leon Douglas, and sophomore forwards Charles Uussell and T.R. Dunn.

Under Guy Lewis, the Houston Cougars for the 15th consecutive season posted a winning season last year with a 17-9 mark, Ihe straight time they have won 16 or more games in a season. Five of the seven top scorers of last year, including Louis Dunbar a 6-9 a a i Louisiana, and a third-team All- American pick, return to the 1974-75 Cougar team. Dunbar scored 21.7 points per game and was the team's leading scorer with 563 points last year. Otis Birdsong (6-3), Maurice Presley (6-10), 14.2; David Marrs (6-8), 9.3; and Ed Riska (6-2), 3.6, are coming back, also. Presley was the Cougars' leading rebounder last season wilh a 10.4 mark on 270 caroms.

Dunbar was third wilh 221 and an 8.5 norm. Gray names coaches MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI)-Dave i i University and Mike McGee of Duke will coach the Gray squad in the annual Blue-Gray football game Dec. 17, it was Blue-Gray officials already had announced the selection of Jack Christiansen of Stanford and Vince Gibson of Kansas State'as the coaches for the Blue team. Squads for the Blue and Gray teams will be announced later.

The Blue team defeated the Gray squad 20-14 last year, i Right lettermen and four starters are coining back with LaSalle, which had an 18-10 mark last season. 6-5 Bill Taylor, G-10, Joe Bryant, and 6-0 Charley the three top scorers of last season, will lead the Philadelphia team this season. Taylor's 19.7 points per game mark was highest in both i A a i a University-East Conferences. Taylor, who will be a senior forward, scored 551 points and had 197 rebounds during the past year. Bryant, a junior this year, was second in scoring with 18.7 average and 486, and was the leading rebounder with 282 grabs and a 10.8 average.

Wise scored 335 points for an 11.9 average. Furman University, which won the 1973-74 championship and tournament, will return four starters from last season's team which posted a 22-9 overall record. The Paladins advanced to the NCAA East Regionals where they disposed of South Carolina 75-C7 in the opening round, but lost to Pittsburg 81-78 in the semi-fianls Coach Joe Williams, who lias fielded i i a his last seven consecutive seasons and has an overall 74-41 mark at Furaman, will be counting on 69 muscleman Cylde Mayes, 7-1 Fessor "Moose" Leonard, Baron Hill, and sophomores-to-be Bruce Grimm and Craig Lynch to carry the Paladins to another winning season in 1974-75. Mayes was the team's leading scorer (17.9 points) and rebounder (13.4) and hit for a sizzling 57.4 percent of his field goal attempts. Mail oarder ticket requests for the Sugar Bowl basketball tournament on Sunday, December 29, and Monday, December 30, at the i i a Auditorium, are now being accepted at the Sugar Bowl office.

Room 510, 611 Gravier New Orleans, 70130. Series tickets (for both nights) are for adults and for youths.All seats are reserved. In applying for tickets for the Sugar basketball tournament, as well as for the Sugar Bowl football classis on New Year's Eve night (Tuesday, THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 8:00 P.M. Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, 6RUISERSWEETAN STAN HANSON vs 3RUISERSWEETAN THE PRO vs BILL CROUCH RON STARR vs FRANK GOODISH December 31) at Tulane Stadium, persons should add 50 ccnls.

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