The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 11

Spt. 1980, Murfretboro, Newt JoornoL IB Vols take first wm "A good acting job when our kid hit the field goal kicker, two shanked punts, a couple of penalties and the second quarter was a kicking disaster," he said. niSS Suu ujc viggeai pointment was when bis quarterback, Samoa Samoa, kept throwing to the outside when receivers were open in the middle with the only down five points. Washington State plays host to Army next week, while Tennessee travels to Auburn. Tenn Berry, 1 run, Dunkin kick Wash St Field goal, DeSanto 30 Tenn Alatorre, 1 run, Duncan kick -s Tenn Berry, 9 pass from Olszewski, Dunkin kick Tenn Ford, 1 run Wash St Ramberg, 2 run, run fails Wash St Williams 18 run, Williams, run Wash St Ramberg, 9 pass from Samoa, pass fails Tenn Ford, 4 run, Dunkin kick start as Tennessee's signal-caller, also scored a 1-yard touchdown.

Washington State's only score in the first half was a 30-yard field goal by Mike DeSanto. But the Cougars, now 0-2. Dulled to within ft 25:23 02 touchdown runs of 2 and 9 yards by Ramberg, sandwiched around Wilhams' 18-yard scoring run. ''Anyway you get it, it's a pleasure," Tennessee Coach Johnny Majors said of his first victory this fall. "We did it when we had to, and particularly on the last drive, when we killed the clock." Majors said four punts and an interseption allowed Washington State to get back into the game in the second half after "they had helped us with some bad plays in the first half." Washington State Coach Jim Walden said things went downhill after Tennessee kicker Alan Dunkin missed a 54-yard field goal attempt in the first quarter.

But the Cougars were penalized for roughing the kicker to set up the Vols' first KNOXVTT Tenn. (AP) Tailback James Berry scored two touchdowns before leaving the game with a foot injury at the half to lead Tennessee to a 35-23 non-conference college football victory Saturday over w'aahingtoa Scale. The visiting Cougars rallied with 20 points in the second half on a pair of touchdowns by fullback Tom Ram-berg and a third by Robert Williams but could not catch the previously winless Vols. Tennessee tailback Glenn Ford put the game out of reach with 24 seconds remaining with a 4-yard touchdown run over the right side, climaxing a 90-yard drive. After giving up crucial fumbles in losses to Georgia and Southern California the past two weeks.

Ford also scored a 1-yard touchdown to send Tennessee to the dressing room at the half with a 28-3 lead. Berry opened the game's scoring with a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter and followed in the second period with a 9-yard touchdown on a pass by backup Vol quarterback Jeff Olszewski Steve Alatorre, in his first Tide rolls Miss 59-35 'f I r. CV i 1 HARRIS HUSSLES Washington State Time Harris (43 with ball) attempts Tennessee linebacker Danny Spradlin (50). to free himself from the grasp of Patrick had 111 yards on nine carries, scoring on a 24-yard sprint. Major Ogilvie contributed two touchdowns on runs of 36 and 4 yards.

The Tide threatened to make a first-half rout of it, taking a 21-0 lead with only nine plays in the opening period. But the Rebels battled back to 28-14 at halftime on two Fourcade touchdown passes a 26-yarder to Breck Tyler and a 35-yarder to Ken Toler, who had a four yard touchdown reception in the third quarter. But Alabama chilled Mississippi with Tucker's interception and 35-yard return to the sue on the first play of the third quarter Tucker snared the ball as Fourcade, handing to a runningback and then taking a pitch while standing in the end zone, tried to bomb the Tide defense. Western trips Akron 8-2 for tor nrst UVt. wm ot theyear and two field goals by Greg Dolence.

But Tennessee Tech racked, up drops first touchdowns with interceptions, one a back-breaker opening the second half in support of a bevy of Alabama backs who shared the scoring. The Tide handed Cach Paul "Bear" Bryant his 298th career coaching victory and kept the nation's longest unbeaten streak intact. The victory gave the Tide a 2-0 record this season fell to 1-2. The Alabama triumph overshadowed a big passing day for Mississippi quarterback John Fourcade, who had four touchdodwn completions against the usually bruising Tide defense. Fourcade hit 21 of 43 passes for 296 yards.

Jackson wound up with 108 yards on 10 rushes, scoring on a 6-yard run and NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Running backs Fred Collins, Michael Haddix and Donald Ray King scored a touchdown apiece and kicker Dana Moore boomed a 46-yard field goal in leading Mississippi State to a 24-14 Southeastern Conference football victory over Vanderbilt Saturday night. The Bulldogs, in collecting their third-straight win of the season and their first in SEC competition, extended the Commodores' losing string in league play to 25. Collins, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound senior, opened. Mississippi State's scoring midway in the first quarter when he plunged up the middle from the one.

Nine plays and a Vanderbilt fumble later, the Bulldogs scored again when Moore calmly booted his 46-yard field goal. A delay of game penalty had erased Moore's 41-yard field goal a play earlier. Vanderbilt got on to the scoring column with 10:19 remaining in the 1 first half when Terry Potter, a senior running back, went over the right side from the one. The score was set up when quarterback Whit Taylor hit Waymon Bugg on a 68-yard pass play. The Bulldogs kept Vanderbilt boxed into their own territory through much of the third period.

Free safety Larry Friday intercepted a Taylor pass on the Vandy 20 and returned it 19 yards to the one. King, a reserve fullback, Vandy SEC game three touchdowns, including Mc-Clennon's runs and a 72-vard pass from James Aaron to Jack Kelly to take the lead and end the scoring. LOUISVILLE, Nick Nance's 20-yard run late in the fourth quarter set up a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Tony Lester that gave Murray State a come-from-behind 13-9 victory over Louisville. The win gave Murray, a member of the Division I-AA Ohio Valley Conference, a 3-0 record and boosted the Racers' regular-season winning streak to 11 games. Louisville, a I-A member, is 0-3.

Nance's run came two plays after Murray's Ken Woods recovered a fumble by Louisville quarterback Pat Patterson at the Cardinal 24-yard The fumble came one play after Murray's David Tuck had brought the Racers within 9-6 with a career-best 42-yard field goal. 1 -Murray's defense, which has not allowed a touchdown this season, then dug in to ward off a desperate Louisville drive in the closing minutes that saw. the Cardinals drive to the Murray 1-yard line. Patterson hit Mark Clayton with a 16-yard pass to the Racer 2 in the final 16 seconds, but Louisville, out of timeouts, could manage only a one-yard run by Bo Haden before time expired. Prior to Lester's touchdown, the game had been a battle of field goals.

Tuck gave Murray a 3-0 first-quarter lead with an 18-yardcr, but AKRON, phio (AP) Troy Snardon 2-yard run with 10 minutes left in the game Saturday night gave Western Kentucky an 8-2 Ohio Valley Conference college football rVictoty over AKron. The Hilltoppers, 3-0, won their first Ohio Valley Conference game of the year. Akron fell to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference. Snardon's score came eight plays after a 50-yard punt return by Davlin Mulen moved the ball to the Akron 31-yard line. Snardon also was the leading rusher with 90 yards in 23 carries.

cr Akron's only score came on a safety with 28 seconds left in the third quarter, as Scott Miller tackled Western Kentucky punter Ray Farmer in the end zone. The Zips earlier had stopped the visitors on the 1-foot line. Ronnie Fishback attempted field goals of 33 and 34 yards for the Hilltoppers in the first quarter, but both misfired. The Hilltopper defense held Akron quarterback Tom Freeman to two pass completions in 18 attempts for 56 yards. One Freeman pass was intercepted.

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) Marvin McClennon scored on runs of two and 25 yards to lead Tennessee Tech to a 28-20 win over Northeast Missouri State University in non-conference; college football Saturday. Reggie Bazel opened the scoring for Tech's Golden Eagles with a seven-yard touchdown run. The Bulldogs came back with 20 straight points on touchdown runs of 24 and 19 yards by Dennis Bardwell arsli i i JSTmw. Aiukvnf Mi1.

VILLE, TN-Junior tailback Lanny Newman ran for two JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Running backs Billy Jackson and Linnie Patrick rushed for more than 100 yards apiece and led the top-ranked Alambama Crimson Tide to a 59-35 football romp over the Mississippi Rebels for its 23rd straight victory. Defensive halfbacks Ricky Tucker and Jeremiah Castille set up two Punt return gives Dogs 20-16 win ATHENS, Ga. AP) Georgia's defensive back Scott Woerner returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown and made a leaping end zone interception and raced 98 yards to set up. another score to lead the punchless lOth-rajiked Georgia Bulldogs to a 20-16 -college football victory over the Clemson Tigers Saturday.

Georgia, 3-0, failed to pick up a first down in the opening half as Clemson, dominated the opening 30 minutes by out-gaining the Bulldogs 239 yards to 33 and picking up 16 first downs. The Bulldogs only had the ball for 4 50 -seconds in that span. Clemson threatened to pull out the contest in the closing minutes when Woerner almost turned into the goat by picking up a pass interference penalty on the Bulldogs' 10 with only 2:42 remaining. But 42 seconds later a batted pass by Clemson quarterback Mike Gasque was intercepted at the 1-yard line by Jeff Hipp to seal the victory. Clemson, trailing 14-0 after Woerner's first-quarter heroics, came back in the second period on a 1-yard TD scamper by Gasque and a 21-yard field goal by Obed Ariri to cut the margin to 14-10 at halftime.

Both schools traded second-half field goals with Georgia's Rex Robinson booting a pair from 42 and 27 yards out and Ariri kicking a 45-yarder and a 25-yard boot with less than seven minuts remaining to narrow the margin to 21-16. l' The Bulldogs recorded their first first down only 20 seconds after intermission on a 12-yard run by freshman sensation Herschel Walker, who finished with 121 yards on 23 rushing attempts: back to the Northwest 32 where Oakland ran out the clock for the win. The game started out on a surprise note for the Patriots as three Vikings handled the opening kick off with Joseph White carrying the ball untouched for the touchdown. Oakland then got on the board as they went 59 yards on eight running plays with Newman carrying the ball the final five yards. The Todd Wagner conversion cave the Pats a 7-6 lead as -1at.

-mMTm-mrTfiirr T'ui 'i J. "ic uic" uuubiokuic. The Pats then allowed a three yard touchdown run and a two point conversion run by Jeff Chaney before scoring their second touchdown. Newman earned the ball six yards on this occasion to knot the score at 14, where it stood at the half and throughout the third quarter. Oakland's winning margin came in the early fourth quarter when tight end Phil Dodd made an outstanding catch of Perald Ellis' pass for the 17 yard scoring play.

Ellis' pass found Dodd in the left corner of the end zone, where he lumped to make the catch just getting his feet down in bounds for the game winning touchdown. Wagner's third of three conversions set the final at 21-14. Oakland now looks at three tough games in a row as they host Cookeville Friday night, then travel to Gallatin and return the following 24-14 went into the end zone two plays later to bring the score to 17-7. Van Heflin, a senior signal caller who had been injured in a pre-season practice, was inserted into the game early in the final period, and he got the Commodores rolling again when he connected with John Clemens on a 39-yard scoring play with 5:20 to go. Clemens, a sophomore, was converted to tight end earlier in the week from a defensive end spot.

Mike Woodard's conversion brought the score to 17-14, but.Haddix, a senior halfback, capped a 72-yard, 12-play scoring drive when he bulled into the end zone from the six with 40 seconds left. Bob Morgan's point after ended the scoring at 24-14. Vanderbilt, which started the game with six freshmen five of them on defense put up a surprisingly tough fight. A mostly partisan crowd of 29,300 was on its feet through much of the fourth quarter when- the Commodores' brought the game to within three But the Bulldogs, with a surplus of quality running backs, moved quickly down the field to score and put the game out of reach with 40. seconds remaining to play.

Mddix, who notched the final score, wound up as the game's leading rusher with 144 yards, a career high. failed Oak-Newman 5 run, Wagner kick Clark-Chaney 3 run, Chaney run Oak-Newman 6 run, Wagner kick Oak-Dodd 17 pass from Ellis DNJ photo Lyto Gravn I 7 Louisville's Dave Betz hit field goals of 46, 29 and 24 to push the Cardinals to a 9-3 lead after three drop 33-7 decision SEWANEE, Tenn. (AP) Tailback James Henley Gained 114 yards on 17 carries for two touchdowns to lead Millsaps to a 33-7 college football victory over Sewanee on Saturday. Dixon gets ace at SRCC Stones River Pro Gene Dixon hit a fly ball straight into the cup Saturday on the 110 yard No. 6 hole using a Dixon was golfing with Bill Haralson, Herman Freeman and Dr.

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CMC Maulers Clarksville Northwest. But while it was Newman's running that put the points on the board, Patriot coach Bobby Morton pointed to his fullback Marvin Marsh as a decisive factor in the game. "The key to the whole game was the way Marvin ran," Morton said. "He's not supposed to get that many yards as a fullback, but he's been wanting to gain a hundred." Marsh got his hundred! with yards to ui ms.iui.ui cm. wiu, soare as the senior DacK carnea la times for 137 yards.

Marsh whos strength has primarily been as a blocking back, picked up all his yards going straight at the middle of the tough Northwest line. Oakland entire DacKiieia, wim a lot of help from the talented offensive- line, had a big night as they combined for 309 yards on the ground. Lanny Newman turned in another hundred yard performance as he carried for 107 yards on 18 carries, while Fred Wade had five carries for 71 yards. In addition to his averaging" 14.2 yards per carry, Wade gave a super defensive effort as he had three in- terceptions with all halting potential Northwest scoring drives. The biggest of these" came with three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, with Northwest driving on their own 47 yard line for a touchdown which, with the extra point, would have tied the game.

Wade stepped in front of the pass at the Oakland 45, and returned it shines in Pat win over Northwes week to face Warren County on Jones Field. Oakland 21, Clarksville Northwest 14 Clark-White 85 kick off return, kick I .7 i I touchdowns and Perald Ellis threw to Phil Dodd for a third Friday night as Oakland ran their undefeated streak 0 three with a 21-14 win over a a win over OKI photo LyU Grows I i i if- I i MARSH ON THE MO vV- Oakland fullback Marvin Marsh gets a good block from from Terry Davenport and moves downf ield aaainst WHOA I Oakland Lanny Newman finds no place to go and has to change directions during Oakland's 21-14 win at Clarksville Northwest. Clarksville Northwest Fstday..