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5 "Clarfcwillf Iraf-Chronitlf" Tech Upsets Eastern, 14-3 Tech1 got the only score it needed when Perdui. engineered a 69-yard drive the waning minutes of the first half. Perdue keyed the drive with an 18-yard pass to Dave Quay and a 14-yard strike th Mike Derossett before finding -Russ Waddell on a 7-yrd touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in the half. Perdue got the clinching score himself in the third period, capping a 31-yard Gary Perdue passed for one touchdown and ran for one touchdown and ran for another and the Tennessee Tech defense stymied Eastern Kentucky's vaunted offense throughout the day as Tech upset the nation's 7th ranked college. division team -14-3 Saturday afternoon in an Ohio Valley Conference footbal game.

Tennessee Tech, 6-3 ocerall and 4-1 in the OVC, spotted in i.i in. i 'I i.j i i i'm mi i i I i- 'V fSHfJ -Tvil Eastern Kentucky Howard Stidham recovered an field goal before taking Ernie House fumble: Perdue ran 13 yards for the score. Eastern, which lost its second straight game, was held to 121 rushing yards, more than -100 below its average. The Colonels were Unable tonake up the deficit in the air, completing just six of 20 passes for 65 yards. Western Wins 24-10 MURFREESBORO, Tenn.

(AP) Western Kentucky dominated the to defeat Middle Tennessee State 24-10 in Ohio Vajley Conference college football Saturday, a. Coupled with Eastern Tenn. Tech Kentucky It 17 55 150 46 121 33 65 10 JO 5 9 0 6 20 1 9 40 5 44 3 2 2 2 8 90 6 68 First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards 0 7 7 014 0 3 0 03 Tenn. Tech E. Kentucky EKy-FG Cody 27 TT-Waddell 7 pass ningham Jcick) TT-Perdue 13 Irom Perdue IC'jn Kunrwigham kicki StatMtroto by Gene Washer The Center Of Everyone's Attention picture are Larry Jones (36) and wing Brad Hemmann (84).

Coming in to help is Austin Peay's Bob Bible (46) who later in the game intercepted a pass. Terry McCabe 57) a linebacker shows how he became the Austin Peay State University leading tackier this year as he wrestles tight end Doug Sanders on thls play. Others in the Kentucky's 14-3 loss to Tennessee Tech, Western's victory pushed the Hilltoppers into sole possession of first place in the OVC. Western's Hilltoppers-gained 283 yards rushing but only 49 passing. The Blue Raiders rushed for 70 and picked up 144 in the air.

Arnold Snardon was Western's leading runner, carrying nine times for 93 yards. Charlie Johnson kicked a 45 yard field joal to give the Hilltoppers the first points in the game. He also kicked three conversions. Western's other scores came on an 11-yard run by Jimmy Woods and 1 yard runs by Lawrence Jefferson Steve Larimore. AAorehead Moves Up MOREHEAD.

Ky. (AP) -PhilSimms passed 67 yards to Keith Mescher for the winning touchdown Saturday afternoon as Morehead State ended a sixgame losing streak with a 7-3 Ohio Valley Conference football victory over' East Tennessee. The victory lifted Morehead out of the OVC cellar and pushed East Tennessee into the bottom IfTHTD i Western Kentucky 10 7 7 0-24 Middle Tennessee State 0 1 0 8-10 ETSO Morehead U. 12': 49 177 53 133 76 140 96 29 23 3 10 23 1 West-FG 45 West-Woods 11 (Johnson kick) First downs West-Jefterson 1 (Johnson cickl Rushes.yards Mid-Salety Herod stepped out of end Passinq yards zone on punt Return yards WestrLjrimore 1 (Johnson) Passes Mid" -Skinner "20" "pass from Punts Kkinner pass from Robinson) Fumbles lost 11,306 Penalties yarns 31 32 2 35 6 50. By GENE WASHER Sports Editor MURRAY, Murray State University Thoroughbred band was playing "The Old Grey Mare, Ain't What She Used To Be Maybe she ain't, but in the last minute and seconds on a short-sleeved Saturday afternoon here Jn western Kentucky, she gave the 9.2(H) fans a scene' out of the Sunday afternoon pro football races: You know the situation.

Time is running out. One leam is ahead by three points. There's Francis Tarkenton tossing to Chuck foreman, or some like facsimile directing hook and curl patterns inside a loose secondary which Is designed to give up short yardage, but not the touchdown. Only Saturday, it.was Murray's Mike Hobbie who was tossing, over his mammoth offensive line, to tight end Doug Sanders anil wingback Willie 1 TIM MAXWELL Red-White Game Set For Thursday MSU 42 133 -4 12 3 7 46 3 -s-r- 00 APSU 10 52 130 57 37 11 7 1 10 36 6 5 36 the half ended. Hobbie, being chased by the Greens (James and Ron) lost the handle on the ball and Lorenzo Keenan alertly fell on it.

With 22 seconds left on the clock, Coveak Moody high-stepped it in the endzone with a pitch from quarterback Jlandy Christophel to put the Govs on top 10-7. Neither teanv-was -able io run-more ihan fouL plays in ihe third period, except for once when Austin Peay ran six, but the Govs did get a scoring opportunity and failed to take advantage of it. Ronnie Greene recovered Jones' fumble on the Murray 44, but the farthest the Govs could get was to the 19-yard line where Maxwell missed a 36-yard field goal. "We gave them the ball too many times in the fourth quarter," lamented Bushofsky. 'if we could, have just one first down in any of the last three series, it would have meant the difference." Murray took uverwitlr lrr34-tr gcrotrthe 50 and couldn't get in.

jThen it took over on the 34 and moved down to the Austin Peay 16,, where Bob Bible stole Hobbie's pass. Six minutes, 11-seconds remained. Then with 1:13 showing on jhe clock, Bruce Walker took Tim Maxwell's 48-yard punt at his own 20, ran it 26 yardrto the 49 where Hobbie and Company took over in pro fashion to up Murray's OVC record to 3-2-1. The Racers are 4-3-1 overall. Austin Peay is 2-7 and 2-3 in league play.

Next week the Governors travel to Cookeville for an afternoon game with Tennessee Tech. And the "Old Grey She'll just keep plodding along with the chance Austin Peay wanted to finish up there high in the standings. the one-yard line, where it fell to the ground at the one-foot line, where an Austin Peay player gathered it in! If Austin Peay knocked the ball loose, and recovered it like the players thought they did, then Austin Peay sljpuld have won the game 10-7. Head coach Jack Bushofsky wouldn't Blame the officials for the Governors loss, however. "We made some-mtstakes-eartier- which- we shouldn't have made.

That's the difference. I'll have to look at the game on film to see about the fumble." "It was a fine ball game," exclaimed Murray's head coach Bill Ferguson. "I knew it would be. It was two good football teams going after each other." Austin Peay's defense, which continues to be tough at times, gave Austin Peay its first point. Mike Bernikow intercepted Hobbie and Austin Peay had the ball 19 yards away from the Murray goal line.

But as far as tie Govs' offense could go was to the Tim Maxwell hit his ninth field goal of the year. Robert Tripp intercepted Hobbie on the very next series to stop a Murray, -drive, but Peay couldn't get anything going forward. They got things going backwards, or Coveak Moody did, losing 23 yards which lead to a Murray touchdown. Moody, who was supposed to be throwing a halfback pass went into his razzle-dazzle act and went back to the 10 where he was dropped. Then Maxwell got off a 21-yard punt and Murray started at the Govs' 36.

It took them" 10 plays, but Jones went in from the one on fourth down to put Murray in front Austin Peay took advantage of a break just before minute changes in that There were a few last First Downs Rushes yards Passing yards Returftyards PasSf Punts r- um'bies lost Penalties yds 'AISU APSU -KBffiTjrcky- "Austin Peavveriiify-KBnTOc PeyUniverslfy 0 7 0 7 3 7 0 0 SCORING Saturday, but Clarksville Wildcat Club officials say there won't be any changes in the Red-White game. It is still -scheduled for Clarksville High School Thursday night at 7 p.m. The Austin Peay-Kentucky scrimmage took place in- Lexington Saturday afternoon instead of Clarksville Saturday night as planned. No results could be learned by press time. So the first time fans will be able to see the Govs in action will be Thursday: All proceeds from the Red-White game go to the athletic programs at Clarksville High School, and Greenwood Junior High Austin Peay was leading 10-7.

And there was only a thread of hope that Murray could win. Hohty'e threaded the needle "and won the game 14-10 when officials signaled a touchdown which might not have really been a touchdown. The big play in that final minute was when Hobbie lofted a pass to Sanders on a 16-yard curl pattern It put Murray on the Austin Peay 16 yard line mainly because one of the Governors' secondary men didn't cover Sanders like he was taught to do. Then a pass to Deloach moved the ball to the two yard line where Hobbie stuck the ball into the arms of Larry Jones, who stepped into the endzone from two yards out and was signaled as scoring a touchdown. The only catch was that Jones fumbled the ball.

It appeared the ball was snatched out of his arms at APSU Tim Maxwell 22 Field Goal MSU tarry Jones 1 fun (Emodi Amaqula kick) APSU Coveck Moody I run (Maxwell kick) 3WSU Jones 1 run (Amagula kick) RUSHING APSU Henry Yarber IV 51. Randy fhristophel 47. Coveak Moody 11 13; MS4J Larry Jones 26 90. Art Ken 49. 4 TACKLES-ASSISTS MikeElmoree Bob Bible 6 APSU Admission price is tor aauus anu cem iui students and children.

2. Mark MSU David Reagan Hickman 6 9,200 (Est Keihfucky. Inspired Vtahdy Tops gene yards in that drive. sher wa Sports Editor 20-yard field goal by John Pierce, making the score 10-3. Adams kicked his 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter after Fisher compledted passes of 7 yards to Barry Burton and 11 yards to Jesse Mathers.

Fisher's passing also set up Adams' first field goal. He completed five passes for 60 completed 12 of 20 passes. Kentucky's Sonny Collins rhad his second straight sub-par game but went over the mark by gaining 39 yards. Collins, averaging 124 yards a game, now has 1,029 yards rushing this year. The Wildcats' only score came in the third quarter on a With the score 13-3 early in the fourth quarter.

Kentucky had a good scoring, opportunity after Vandy's Lonnie Sadler fumbled and Terry Haynes recovered for the Wildcats on the- Commodore 16. But two plays later reserve quarterback Bill Tolston fumbled and Vandy's Joe Reynolds recovered. On Kentucky's next series, the Wildcats drove to the Vandy 12 but Ed Oaks intercepted a Cliff Hfte pass in the end zone and returned it 54 yards. Collins got 5 of his 39 yards-on five carries that set up Pierce's field goal. Burton boomed punts of 78 and 56 yards to push Vandy out of trouble twice.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (API-Fred Fisher passed for 129 yards and one touchdown leading inspired VafWrjrbilt to a 13-3 victory over Kentucky Saturday in a battle of teams with winless Southeastern Conference records. Fisher's 3-yard touchdown pass to Hal Kemp and field goals of 35 and 23 yards by Mark Adams provided the Commodore's scoring as Vandy boosted its overall record to 5-4 and its SBC mark tol-4. 'The victory put the Commodores in excellent shape for. their second straignt winning season.

Remaining opponents are Army and Tennessee. Kentucky, a 10-point favorite, skidded to 2-6-1 and 0- Fisher, injured most of the time since leading the SEC in total offense two years ago, Oklahoma. Upset I Kentucky II IS 45 130 SO 3 52 6 61 6 24 2 1J2J0 940 650 62 43 424 53t First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards streak at 28 it was the first Oklahoma defeat in.37 games. Junior Laverne Smith scored two second half touchdowns for Kansas, and a crippled Jayhawk defense gave a fanatical performance in the convincing victory that seemed certain to end Oklahoma's dream of repeating as college football's national champions. Continued on Pag 2B URRAY, Austin Peay lost a football Saturday afternoon in a little different It appeared that a blown call by the offlcials helped the Govs get whipped this week.

Endzone observers agreed after the officials signaled Larry Jones' game winning touchdown good, that the ball was knocked loose from his arms at the one-yard line, 'where it fell to the turf and bounced before an Austin Peay player recovered it. Loosing that game brings of a question about the Govs being jinxed or snakebit. "I just don't know why," was head coach Jack Bushofsky's reply to the "Why the Govs aren't winning question?" "I'll tell you why," said square-Jawed Bill Furgerson from the winners' dressing room. "They (APSU) would have won that one out there today, if they had had a two or three game winning streak. We're accustomed to winning some.

That was the difference. "They are soundly coached. "They have some good talent. And I'll tell you what! They got Just about as much out of their talent as you can get out of a group out there today," he said. "All they've got to do down there is get all tile people behind them.

Get some support. Gtve'em they'll turn that thing around." There is one thing for certain, while Austin Peay's players didn't win, they did have a much better, and cleaner game than the one against UT Martin, a week ago. they hit and got hit. And they did some thmgs well, especially when you consider 3 0 0 3 if NORMAN, Okla. (AP) r- "I hardly know "where I am," said Bud Moore, basking in the victory of the college football upset of 1975-the 23-3 shellacking his Kansas Jayhawks administered to second-ranked Oklahoma.

"It ain't much fun," said Barry Switzer, viewing his team's first defeat in three seasons. The victory, accomplished with the aid of six Oklahoma turnovers in the second half, ended college football's longest winning Irom Fisher Kentucky VanderDilt Vand-FG Adams 35 Vand-Kemp. 3 pass (Adams kick) Ken-FG Pierce 20 Vand-FG Adams 23 33.115 they were playing a team, which a week before had beaten the conference's leading team. Eastern Kentucky, 26-7. They made some mistakes, but you have to be proud of the way they hung in right down to the last.

There was no justice in none what-so-ever. There was one odd statistic. Murray did not have one penality--not one all afternoon long. That's highly unusual for any team, especially one which had been getting 5.3 yards of penalities a game prior to Saturday. With Austin Peay's record dipping to 2-7 and prior talk about Bushofsky telling his players he might resign following the season, rumors will start flying again as to the head coach's intentions.

"I have no comment on the matter at this time," Bushofsky said late Saturday. There will be no pressure from school officials, though some is being applied from the community outside. What should happen? He deserves one more year. Bushofsky has made some mistakes-like all humans do. His have probably hurt him more than anyone else because he Is such a There are only four seniors leaving the squad two from now.

Those will be Robert Tripp, Mike Bernikow and Dan Inman on defense and Bill Hammon on offense. The players returning are Bushofsky's first "real and full" recruiting. He came In to take the Job the first year after most of the recruiting had been done. Added to those who are coming back Willis Appleton, a Nashville defensive lineman who could become one of the greatest players to wear the Red and White. Willis stands 6-foot-4 and weights 240 pounds and has the potential to become an Little All-America player If he applies himself.

He was Ineligible this year. So Bushofsky has a lot of reasons for staying. Whether he does or not will be up to him. He's got a lot to stay maybe, Just maybe the opportunity to see the the Governors do that turn about. ls Fresh man's TPs Pace The Vols fumbled seven times and lost the ball four, but the Utes were unable to produce any points from the turnovers.

Ulad 2J. 15 HI 10 IIS 11 J0J 40 lr Tennessee, with reserves playing most of the one-sided contest piled up a whopping 317 yards rushing and added 149 passing for a total offense of 466 yards. Utah mustered 204 yards in the air on nine pass completions by Degnan, who was Intercepted three times. Vol quaterback Randy Wallace, the SEC's leading passer, hit five of nine tosses for 68 yards. This boosted his figures for the season to 96 completions for 963 yards and seven touchdowns.

The victory gave'Tennessee a 5-3' record and kept alive slim hopes for a post season bowl game. Utah is now 1-8. Tennessee scored two of Its touchdowns after passj in-' terceptlons and turned a fumble recovery Into a third score. The Vols engineered drives of 84 land 80 yards for two of their six touchdowns. Gayles was the leading rusher with 87 yards on 17 carries, while Foxx ran 13 times for 68.

Their combined total of 135 yards equaled the Utes' ground yardage. third 6-poiriter. Gayles smashed from the 1 twice for touchdowns and qua'terback Gary Roach ran in from the 5 on a keeper for the final Vol score In the fourth Utah 'got its touchdown late In the second period with quarterback Pat Degnan sneaking from the 1 after completing a 32-yard pass to split end Mike Cordy. This was the only threaj of the lackluster contest by the outclassed Utes. KNQXV1LLE.

Tenn. (AP) Freshman tallbeck Frank. Foxx scored three touchdowns Saturday as Tennessee whipped outmanned Utah 40-7 In an Intersectional football game. A homecomjhg crowd of 67,437 saw Tennessee score in each period in a tuneup for Its Southeastern Conference battle wlth: Mississippi, at Memphis next Foxx, subbing for Mike Gayles, crashed from the 1 In 3 and skirted right end for 14 yards on a reverse for his First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yard! Passes Punts Fumble lest. Penalties yards Utah .020 1 14 1) t-0 Tennessee Tenn -Gar let I run IGtylor kicks) TiUaaiuiia in DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -Trailing 61-56 Saturday night, the Soviet national basketball team scored seven consecutive points to take a 63-61 lead and went on to defeat the University of Dayton 84 71, I I Tenn-Giyiei I run (kick tails) T-Foi run iGaylet run) Uth-Degnen 1 run (trown kick) Tenn -Foil I run (kick tails) Ten-F 14 run iGeyrtr kKksJ Term-Roadl run (kick tails).