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The Atfanta Journal The Atlanta Constitution spcrrrs Sunday, November 29, 1992 F3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE SEC seeking Auburn post not keep Arkansas job I James not ASSOCIATED PRESS Seattle Washington's Don James, mentioned in the search for a new football coach at Auburn, says he will not leave the Huskies as long as he's wanted. James said Washington will be his last coaching job "as long as they want me." The Huskies have a .722 winning percentage in 18 sea and was assured his job is not in jeopardy. Saturday, Gerberding issued a statement supporting James. Auburn athletics director Mike Lude mentioned James Thursday as a possible candidate to replace Pat Dye. Dye, having health problems and hurt by a year-long scandal involving NCAA violations, announced Wednesday night he was resigning.

Vols outlast Vanderbilt in Majors finale 29-25 By Thomas Stinson "STAFF WRITER Nashville The Johnny Majors Farewell Tour completed its run through his home state here Saturday, proving if nothing else that Tennessee a 1 y'r sons under James, but the program has been tarnished in the past month. Quarterback Billy Joe Hobert was suspended for accepting $50,000 in loans in violation of NCAA rules. Tuesday, defensive end Danianke Smith and former inside linebacker James Goodwin were among eight people charged with felony drug activity. James, 59, met with school president William Gerberding Fulmer to be named coach Nashville Offensive coordinator Phil Fulmer will be named Tennessee's new head coach tonight at a press conference in Knox-ville. Fulmer guided the Vols to a 3-0 start this season while coach Johnny Majors recuperated from heart bypass surgery.

Tennessee declined to extend the contract of Majors after 16 sea-1 sons. Majors is expected to stay with the team through its bowl game, sharing head coaching duties with Fulmer. Thomas Stinson art's 1-yard plunge gave the Vols a 22-19 lead with 1:49 to play. "We knew there was a sense1 of urgency. I don't know if wej were ever concerned," said Garner.

Wilson fumbled on the Com-j modores' next snap, and defen-, sive end James Wilson recovered for Tennessee at the Vandy 12 to set up Garner's 8-yard touchdown run with 1:24 remaining. "I never doubted that the team would play hard," said Vanderbilt coach Gerry DiNardo, himself caught up in controversy this week involving illicit tape recordings and disgruntled players. "But we didn't win, and you gotta win." The Vols finished the year 8-3 and are expected to draw an invitation to the Hall of Fame Bowl. But the people of the Volunteer state have seen the last local appearance of Johnny Majors, at least on a Tennessee sideline. Tenn Vandy Fif9t downs 24 9 Rushes-yards 40-174 38-95 Associated Press Vanderbilt's Rico Francis takes down Tennessee's Charlie Garnett (30) after a short gain.

Passing 263 248 Return Yards 27 14 Comp-Att-Int 23-38-0 10-140 Punts 8-38 9-47 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-45 3-25 Time of Possession 28:08 31:52 Tennessee 7 0 0 2229 Vanderbilt 10 3 1225 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS sutures that hold together the coach's freshly repaired heart work pretty darned well. Coming from behind twice in the fourth quarter, Tennessee tested Majors's cardiovascular limits by scoring 15 points within '25 "seconds in the closing two to defeat surprising Vanderbilt 29-25 on a frozen, gray day at Dudley Field. Majors saw his first game in this stadium in 1947. But never had he seen a Tennessee-Vanderbilt game like this one, which included three touchdowns within 47 seconds in the dying moments. "I was excited about winning r.

the game for all of us," Majors said. "But I was happy for me too. The last game in the area Where you grew up, it's very meaningful." For most of Saturday, Ten-- liessee hardly impressed a shiv- iring crowd of 41,000. The Vols trailed 19-14 with 12:19 to play, i 'TJT's offense boiling down to one first-quarter bomb and but one 'sustained drive as a fine snow began to fall. Vandy quarterback Marcus Wilson and water-bug Split end Clarence Sevillian were winning the day, Sevillian scor-' ing three times on 225 receiving yards, fifth highest in SEC his-.

-torv- "We knew it was time to come 'j back, and we knew we had time," said Vols quarterback Heath Shuler, who set a school passing record for least interceptions in a (four). "This has been a xpmeback team all season." Cueing a lightning drive, Shuler connected with wingback Craig Faulkner on a 31-yard pass, then audibled an off-tackle play for tailback Charlie Garner i for 27 more before James Stew- Kines will ASSOCIATED PRESS Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas interim head coach Joe Kines made it clear Saturday he will not become the permanent head coach. Kines, who took over for Jack Crowe one game into the season after a loss to The Citadel, said at a brief news conference he had met for a few minutes with the university's selection committee. He said Al Third Quarter Vanderbilt: Chura 34 field goal.

Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards, 4:27. The Commodores scored on the second half first possession, a 25-yard Sevillian's reception again getting Vandy started. Chura was called In after a 16-yard Wilson-to-Sevillian attempt was just overthrow in the comer of the end zone. VanderblH 1 3, Tennessee 7. Time: 1 0:33.

Fourth Querter Tennessee: James Stewart 13 run (Becksvoort kick). Drive: nine plays, 71 yards, The Vols reclaimed the lead with their longest drive of the game, three Shuler completions for 35 yards powering the effort. As Shuler went down around the 7 on an option play, he flung a pitch to Stewart who was some eight yards away and made the end zone. Tennessee 14, Vanderbilt 13. Time: 13:31.

Vanderbilt: Sevillian 43 pass from Wilson (Run failed). Drive: three plays, 64 yards, Striking just 22 seconds later, Vandy ran twice before Wilson faked another option run and then dumped a perfect pass to a streaking Sevillian who broke beyond coverage. Tailback Cliff Deese appeared to have a clear path on the two-point conversion but dropped Wilson's pitch. Vanderbilt 19, Tennessee 14. Time: 12:19.

Tennessee: Stewart 1 run (Faulkner pass from Shuler). Drive: three plays, 59 yards, :54. Shuler opened the drive with a 31-yard pass to Faulkner then called an audible that led to Charlie Garber's 27-yards run, Tennessee 22, Vanderbilt 19. Time: 1:49. Tennessee: Garner 8 run (Becksvoort kick).

Drive: two plays, 12 yards, :16. Wilson fumbled the snap on Vanderbilt's first snap before Garber went over from left tackle for the secone UT touchdown in 25 seconds. Tennessee 29, Vanderbltt 19. Time: 1:24 Vanderbilt: Sevillian 3 pass from Wilson (Pass failed). Drive: three plays, 70 yards, :37.

Wilson twice threw to Sevillian, the first a 45-yard bomb to the UT 25, then two plays later a spot pass to the right corner of the end zone for the final score. Tennessee 29, Vanderbilt 25. Time: :47. 5-10, McCrary 2-8, Brown 4-1, Plump 7-(minus 2)," Hudson 2-(minu8 6), Jordan 2-(minus 7). Mississippi, Philpot 19-107, Courtney 11-23, Innocent 5-22, Shows 5-14.

PASSING Mississippi Plump 9-21-0-141, Jordan 3-8-1-29, Hudson 0-2-0-0. Mississippi, Shows 12-23-2-73. RECEIVING Mississippi Truitt 5-90, Harris 4-45, Clanton 2-29, Roberts 1-6. Mississippi, Small 2-42, Couretney 4-29, Philpot 3-10, Kohn 2-1, Lindsay 9). A 41,500 (est.) HOW THEY SCORED SECOND QUARTER Mississippi State: Fullback Michael Davis scored on a 7-yard run.

Chris Gardner kicked the extra point. 11:40. Scoring drive: 20 yards, 14 plays, 1:46. The drive was set up when Ole Miss punt returner Eddie Small fumbled and Mississippi State recovered on the Ole Miss 15. Four plays later, State missed a 32-yard field goal, but a personal-foul penalty against Ole Miss gave the Bulldogs a first down at the Ole Miss 7.

Davis scored on the next play. Mississippi State 7, Ole Miss 0. Mississippi State: Chris Gardner kicked a 22-yard field goal. 8:20. Scoring drive: 52 yards, six plays, 3:01 The drive was set up when Mississippi State cornerback Charlie Davidson Intercepted Ole Miss QB Russ Shows at the State 43.

The score came seven plays later. Mississippi State 10, Ole Miss 0. Ole Miss: Quarterback Shows threw a 7-yard pass to fullback Marvin Courtney. Brian Lee kicked the PAT. 3:59.

Scoring drive: 36 yards, three plays, 0:42. The drive came after Mississippi State punt returner Tony James fumbled at the State 36. On the second play from scrimmage, tailback Cory Philpot ran for 20 yards, giving Ole Miss flist-and-goal at the 7. Mississippi State 10, Ole Miss 7. THIRD QUARTER Ole Miss: Tailback Philpot scored on a 7-yard run.

Lee kicked the PAT. 2:00. Scoring drive: 40 yards, eight plays, 3:45. On third and 10, Ole Miss quarterback Shows hit receiver Eddie Small on a 12-yard pass to the State 17. Ole Miss 14, Mississippi State 10.

FOURTH QUARTER Ole Mlsa: Brian Lee kicked a 22-yard field goal. 10:50. Scoring drive: 12 plays, 76 yards, 5:00. Lee's kick gave him the Ole Miss career scoring record with 207 points. Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 10.

It was generally believed Kines, hired in 1991 as defen-; sive coordinator, and former Clemson coach Danny Ford were the leading candidates. Ford, who had the title of consulting assistant coach, said he wanted to help Kines get the head-coaching job. Athletics di- rector Frank Broyles said re- cently he had a short list of can-' didates for the job and that Kines was on it and Ford wasn't Mmml i- Florida St. Florida Even Spurrier had to admit, "Florida State is a better team. Today we were outplayed and outcoached." On the coaching side, Bow-den's no-huddle, shotgun offense led him to his sixth straight 10-win season, an NCAA record.

On the playing side, the Seminoles didn't even show a weakness on special teams, as Tamarick Van-over set up a touchdown and a field goal with kickoff returns of 80 and 76 yards. Not bad for a team whose week of practice was highlighted by a brawl between receiver Matt Frier and cornerback Corey Sawyer (Sawyer needed stitches to close a cut, but at least he broke up two Florida passes.) It was slightly more violent in the game, particularly the times Jones buried Florida running back Errict Rhett (nine carries, zero yards). "He got around me early and said something like he can't be stopped," Jones said. "But, see, I was still a little rusty. I went and got some WD-40, got warmed up and turned out his lights.

See, he don't know. I eat players with ketchup." Words for the pollsters. CP FSU First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 21 30-41 313 18 24-55-2 4-41 2-2 10-83 30:44 26 32-140 331 '25 27-471 5-35 1-0 12-111 29:16 Florida Florida St 7 10 17 21 7-24 0-45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Florida, T.Davis 5-37, T.Dean 12-12. Florida Ward 9-70, Jackson 8-23, Floyd 8-21, Vanover 1-15, McMillon 5-11. PASSING-Florida, Matthews 15-30-1-175, Dean 9-25-1-138.

Florida Ward 27-47-1-331. RECEIVING-Florida, WJackson 548, J.Jackson 4-97, Hill 4-58, Rhett 4-32, Everett 2-22, C.Dean 2-19. Florida Knox 1 1-123, McCorvey 6-78, Baker 4-54, Vanover 3-43, Frier 2-29. A 68,311. HOW THEY SCORED First quarter FSU: Sean Jackson 10 run (Dan Mowrey kick), 7:24.

Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 1:28. OB Charlie Ward keyed no-huddle drive with 30 pass to Kez McCorvey and 13 run. Seminoles went 65 yards In 1:28. FSU 7, Florida 0. FSU: Tamarick Vanover 7 pass from Charlie Ward (Mowrey kick), 8:19.

Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards, 1:51. FSU started on own 45 after interference penally on punt return. Wards threw 24 to Kevin Knox. FSU 14, Florida 0. Florida: Aubrey Hill 8 pass from Shane Matthews (Judd Davis kick), 11:38.

Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 2:19. Matthews' 53 pass to Jack Jackson set up TD. FSU 14, Florida 7. FSU: Mowrey 26 field goal, 1 3:40. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard, 2:02.

Seminoles started at 9 after Vanover's 80 kickoff return. FSU 17, Florida 7. Second quarter FSU: Tiger McMillion 2 run (Mowrey kick), 1:44. Drive: 8 plays, 39 yards, 2:18. DE Derrick Alexander recovered Errict Rhett's fumble at Florida 39.

FSU 24, Florida 7. Florida: Charlie Dean 8 pass from Matthews (Davis kick), 7:30. Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards, 2:08. Hill's 13 reception and FSU roughing passer penalty set up Gators' TD. FSU 24, Florida 14.

FSU: Ward 3 run (Mowrey kick), 8:54. Drive: 4 plays, 24 yards, 1:24. Seminoles answered quickly after Vanover's 76 kickoff return to Florida 24. Ward threw three straight completions before TO run, FSU 31, Florida 14. Florida: Davis 36 field goal, 12:55.

12 plays, 54 yards, 4:01 Matthews threw 1 5 to Tre Everett and 19 to Greg Keller. FSU 31, Florida 17. FSU: William Floyd 4 run (Mowrey kick), 14:55. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 2:00. Vanover's 26 catch to Florida 4 with 1 4 seconds left in half set up TD at :04.

Vanover also ran 1 5 on reverse. FSU 38, Florida 17. Third quarter FSU: Floyd 1 run (Mowrey kick), 3:39. Drive-, 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:39. Ward completed all three attempts for 41 yards to open half.

Gators also hit with pass Interference penalty. FSU 45, Florida Fourth quarter Florida: Willie Jackson 4 pass from Terry Dean (Davis kick), 3:55. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:21. Dean ran 1 5 and threw 34 to Hill. FSU 45, Florida 24.

Li Witte, Arkansas's faculty representative and a member of the committee, "told me that the University of Arkansas would look for an experienced head coach to lead this program." "That's a business decision," Kines said of the committee. "It's a decision they made looking at what's best for this program at this time." Arkansas finished 3-7-1 after beating LSU 30-6 Friday. A By Jeff Schultz STAFF WRITER Tallahassee The war chant in Seminole country Saturday was more like a plea for a second chance. "We want Miami! We want Miami!" Didn't Florida State already play Miami? Maybe so, but the Seminoles made a rather emphatic pitch to meet the nation's No. 1 team on New Year's Day.

They took Florida which polls rated the sixth-best team in Division I-A and rolled up 38 points in the first half, shut the Gators down and cruised to a 45-24 win at Doak Campbell Stadium, then sent word to the nation's pollsters. "We're the No. 1 team in the nation, no question," said linebacker Marvin Jones. "This was supposed to be No. 6 and, let's face it, we could've done anything we wanted today." Said wide receiver Kevin Knox, who with 10 catches in the first half did pretty much as he pleased, "The polls shouldn't go strictly by won-lost record but by who's the best at that time.

We're the hottest team, no matter what, right now. Isn't that the whole point of the bowl coalition, to match No. 1 vs. No. There's no question us and Miami are the two best teams right now." Actually, there is, barring a surprise in today's Associated Press poll.

The Seminoles (10-1, with an early season 19-16 loss to the Hurricanes) likely will remain third behind Miami and Alabama two teams penciled in to meet in the Sugar Bowl. FSU would go to either the Cotton or the Orange. The only thing that could mess up that scenario is Florida upsetting the Crimson Tide in next Saturday's SEC Championship Game. If that happens, FSU would move up to No. 2 and possibly be paired with Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.

It's no surprise that FSU coach Bobby Bowden went to Gators coach Steve Spurrier after the game and said, "Beat Bama." He later echoed his players' comments about the Seminoles being no worse than the second-best team, adding, "If we played Miami, it might be one vs. one." There's no questioning the level of FSU's play lately. They scored 69 against Maryland two weeks ago, 70 last week on Tu-lane and, offered wide receiver Shannon Baker, "We could've scored 70 today if we really wanted to." After the Seminoles scored on their first possession of the second half, Spurrier chose not to play quarterback Shane Matthews. The official line was that Matthews had a sore foot, as evidenced by his limp going off the field at halftime. But Spurrier's primary concern was preserving what was left of his quarterback for the Alabama game.

"I asked Shane after the game why they took him out," said Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward, who, conversely, went the distance and threw for 331 yards and one touchdown and ran for 70 yards and another score. "He just said they wanted to go with the young guys." to pla Mississippi earns Miss. State's respect 17-10 RUSHING Tennessee, Garner 20-108, Stewart 6-46, Phillips 6-16, Shuler 8-4. Vanderbilt, Deese 8-41, Jackson 10-35, Love 5-15, Lewis 3-9, Wilson 12-(minus 5). PASSING-Tennessee, Shuler 23-38-0-283.

Van-, derbilt, Wilson 10-140-248. RECEIVING Tennessee, Faulkner 5-128, Fleming 5-51 Davis 3-37, Jones 3-37, Horn 3-26, Garner 2-5, Stewart 2-(minus 1). Vanderbilt, Sevillian 6-222, Wilham 2-27, Payne 1-4, Jackson 1-(minus 5). A 41,000. HOW THEY SCORED First Quarter Tennessee: Craig Faulkner 57 pass from Heath Shuler (John Becksvoort kick).

Drive: Four plays, 72 yards, 1 minute, 51 seconds. Having dropped a wide-open pass In the opening moments, Faulkner split Vanderbilt's zone on a straight fly pattern and scored untouched. Tennessee 7, Vanderbilt 0. Time: 0:10. Second Quarter Vanderbilt: Robbie Chura 47 field goal.

Drive: Seven plays, 37 yards, 3:42. Failing to gain even a first down in their first four possessions, the Commodores moved on the fifth try, Marcus Wilson igniting the drive with an 18-yard pass to Clarence Sevillian. Tennessee 7, Vanderbilt 3. Time: 7:33. Vanderbilt: Sevillian 88 pass from Wilson (Chura kick).

Drive: three plays, 88 yards, 1 :12. On the next possession, Vandy gained nothing In two running plays before Sevillian broke clear on third down on the Tennessee sideline, completing the longest pass play In Vanderbilt history. Vanderbilt 10, Tennessee 7. Time: 2:34. Lowery.

When Lowery was tackled at the 3, trying to return the interception, it looked as if Ole Miss finally had the game in hand. But only two plays later tailback Corey Philpot, whose 107 yards rushing were the key to the Rebel offense, fumbled. Mississippi State's Frankie Luster recovered, and with 1:49 to go the Bulldogs had only eight yards to go for a tie. State threw four consecutive passes, completing none. But on the fourth, Ole Miss was called for pass interference.

State had first-and-goal at the 2. State running back Randy Brown was stopped at the 1. Ole Miss's Brown dropped Brown for' a 3-yard loss. A naked bootleg by Plump lost two. On fourth-and-goal from the 6, Plump's final pass fell incomplete, and Ole Miss began the celebration.

I Miss. St Mississippi py Raad Cawthon T. STAFF WRITER Oxford, Miss. Mississippi defensive tackle Chad Brown stood on the wet sod of Vaught- Hemingway Stadium with his helmet backward atop his head, adding a gray bulb to his already I considerable height of 6 feet 7, and gestured to the scoreboard as if vindication lay just beyond. "They never gave us any respect," Brown said of the team Mississippi had defeated only moments before.

"It was always Mississippi State this and Mississippi State that. Now we showed them who the man is." The men of the moment in Mississippi are the Rebels, who scored 10 points in the second half and made two goal-line stands in the last three minutes to beat Mississippi State 17-10 before 41,500. Among those men it was the Rebels' defense, holding the Bulldogs to 39 yards on 41 rushes and 209 yards total offense, that proved to be the saviors. gave them almost 12 shots from around the 8," said Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer, calling the victory "the sweetest." "The last minute and a quar- 1 ter was the most unbelievable football playing I've ever witnessed," Brewer said. It was an energized atmosphere.

Both teams went into the game 7-3, the first time since 1947 each had that many wins in the same season. Both are bowl-bound for the first time since 1963. Ole Miss goes to the Liberty, Mississippi State to the Peach. On top of that it was the first Ole Miss-State game played in Oxford in 20 years. "I knew if we could cut that out, we could win," Brewer said.

Ole Miss held the Bulldogs to four first downs in the second half while adding a third-quarter touchdown and fourth-quarter field goal. But with 5:47 to play it was State's ball at the Ole Miss 41. Eight plays later the Bulldogs were at the 6. That is when Brown, who had 13 tackles, including two sacks, dropped State quarterback Todd Jordan for a 4-yard loss. On the next play Jordan, in the game to replace shaken-up Greg Plump, threw a pass that was picked off in the end zone by safety Michael MSU UM First downs 14 13 Rushes-yards 41-39 40-166 Passing 170 73 Return Yards 43 37 Comp-Att-Int 12-31-1 12-23-2 Punts 8-40 6-34 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 5-5 Penalties-Yards 5-24 5-31 Time of Possession 32:21 27:39 Mississippi St 0 10 0 0-10 Mississippi 0 7 7 317 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Mississippi Davis 19-35, Roberts I i.