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Noseguard Jerry Blanton preserves 14-10 triumph ramrods 'Kentiipky by Wet Virginia smarter than that." and reckless and that's theway you ought to play. "It was good to have our defense back where they were swarming all over the place. I'm really glad to see them playing that way again," Curci said. West Virginia 0 0 3 7-10 Kentucky 7 0 7 0-14 Ramsey 8 run Pierce kick WVa FG McKenzie 29 Stewart 9 run Pierce kick WVa Easley 1 run McKenzie kick A 57,703 0 in the first period. With sophomore Chris Hill adding 78 yards on 12 runs and Gregg Woods 67 on a dozen carries Kentucky racked up 303 yards rushing and outdid West Virginia 339-251 in total offense.

West Virginia scored a 29-yard field goal by Bill McKenzie early in the third period and a touchdown by Walter Easley with 11:09 left in the game after a 74-yard drive on 18 plays. Kentucky earlier had driven 75 yards on nine plays with Rod Stewart carrying the final nine. Both teams' final touchdowns came on series when they gambled on fourth down and made the needed yardage. Easley, a freshman from Charleston, led the West Virginia runners with 60 yards in 16 carries while Kendra finished the game with 10 of 21 passes completed for 133 yards. Kentucky found itself with fourth and one on its 35 midway through the third period and Ramsey barely made it to keep the drive alive so Stewart could score with 2:58 left in the West Virginia was fourth and three on Kentucky's 46 near the end of the third quarter when Kendra hit junior fullback Dave Riley with a 10-yard pass and the Mountaineers went on to score with Easley carrying the final yard.

wide open and dropped it" with the Mountaineers on a third down with two yards to go on Kentucky's 39, Cignetti said. Ramsey accounted for 117 yards in the game, but it was nosequard Jerry Blanton who save the victory for Kentucky. With seven seconds left to play and the Mountaineers having moved 45 yards in three plays to the Kentucky 37, Blanton reached up and batted down a Dan Kendra pass to ice the victory. Ramsey rushed for 81 yads in 18 carries and hit four of seven passes for another 36. One of his runs, an eight-yard touchdown, capped a 50-yard drive to put Kentucky on top 7- backed up all day and it seemed like every time we had the ball we were in a hole," he said.

"We had them on the ropes in the second half, but they hung in there." Curci had special praise for West Virginia's nosequard Joe Jelich. "Our center did the best he could against No. 65 but he's a great noseguard," Curci said. Jelich was in on 11 tackles for the afternoon. Blanton led Kentucky's defense with nine tackles, an assist, two tackles for losses and his blocked pass.

Curci said Kentucky made mistakes defensively, but felt "that our defense played wild By BOB COOPER AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) guts play of the whole game was the third and short down when we completed that pass to (Charlie) Dickerson," Kentucky Coach Fran Curci said Saturday after his Wildcats defeated West Virginia 14-10, The completion, late in the fourth period, allowed Kentucky to hold onto the ball and give the Mountaineers too little time to score when they finally got it. "We called the pass on third down," Curci said. "He (quar-terback Derrick Ramsey) would never do that. He's Section 16 Pages In the second period on series had plenty of excitement but produced no scores.

When Ramsey left the game for two plays to replace a torn jersey, sophomore Bill Tolston showed his worth by gaining 12 and five yards on two runs. Minutes later, Kentucky was fourth and two on the Mountaineer 47 when Pete Gemmill ran from punt position and gained 10 yards. However, on the following play, Stewart fumbled and senior Bill Robb recovered for West Virginia. Cignetti viewed the game as giving opposite advantage to the teams on differenf sides of the intermission. "In the first half, we were Tigers whose Ohio State team was favored by two to three touchdowns, said "they wanted to win it a little more than we did.

They deserve to win." Hayes said he did not know which player was guilty of the costly penalty in the final seconds. "But it was defensive holding," he said. Woods starting in place of injured Steve Pisarkiequicz, failed on his first try for the two points when he overthrew a pass. However, Ohio State was called for defensive holding and Woods made good on his I i If by Buckeyes Jmf i I ii a ism The situation was a third down with two yards to go on Kentucky's 34 yard line and the play gave Kentucky a first down on the 47. "We controlled the tempo of the game," Curci said.

"I we did a good job of accomplishing what we -intended to do." Kentucky controlled the ball for 33:01 while West Virginia had it for only 26:59. West Virginia Coach Frank Cignetti thought the key play came in the fourth quarter but not at the same time that Curci had chosen. "I thought the key play was where (Dave) Riley was Paducah, Ky. September 26, 1976 the miscues. One of the few bright spots for Murray State came once again from Wes Furgerson, who booted seven punts for a 42.4 average.

The Golden Eagles play host to Nebraska-Omaha Saturday night while Murray State travels to Morehead for the final encounter of a three-game road trip. Murray State 0 0 7 0-7 Tennessee Tech 21 0 3 024 TT-Gary Perdue, 1 run (Murray Cunningham kick). TT Lamar Mike, 8 run (Cunningham kick). TT Craig Rolle, 57 pass from Perdue (Cunningham kick). MSU David Thomas, 11 pass from Mike Dickens (Henry Lagorce kick).

TT Cunningham, 31 field goal. STATISTICS TT 13 173 i32 8-14-1 2 11-112 39.2 MSU It 34 183 15-35-3 4-2 4-31 42.4 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passing FumMes-Lost Penalties Punting average Eagles blast Racers. 24-7 Auburn whips Vols behind Phil Gargis second try. The Tigers, bouncing back from a 31-6 loss to Illinos last week, ended the Buckeyes' 25-game home winning streak and handed Ohio State its first loss in three starts this college football season. Tailback Curt Brown ran the final two yards to move the Big Eight team within one point.

The Tigers drove 80 yards in the last five minutes for the crucial third touchdown. Missouri's dramatic rally overshadowed a three-touchdown performance by Pete running game. Auburn needed all the points it could get to offset the work of Volunteer quarterback Randy Wallace. Auburn, which fumbled nine OVC-SEC scoreboard Western Kentucky 12, Austin Peay 7 Eastern Kentucky 21, East Tennessee 10 Middle Tennessee 21, Morehead 0 Tennessee Tech 24, Murray State 7 sM Alabama 42, Vanderbilt 14 Auburn 38, Tennessee 28 Florida 34, Mississippi State 30 Georgie 20. South Carolina 12 Kentucky 14.

West Virginia 10 Mississippi 28, SMU0 West Virginia Kentucky 14 19 46-117 62-303 133 36 10-22-0 4-7-0 W7 6-34 2-0 5-2 First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes -Punts Fumbles-Iost Penalties-yards 3-25 5-44 Johnson, Ohio State's 239-pound fullback. Johnson's touchdowns all came from two yards. Woods, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound-er, had been involved in just 10 plays in Missouri's 1-1 start before the upset of the early 1976 season. Missouri 0 7 7 822 Ohio State 0 21 0 021 OSU Johnson 2 run I Skladany kick Mo Stewart 31 pass from Woods (Gibbons kick) OSU Johnson 2 run Skladany kick I OSU Johnson 2 run kick Mo Brown 4 4run run Gibbons kick Mo Iwis 2 pass front Woods (Woods run) A 87,936 times in its first two games, found the handle against Tennessee and did not lose any. The victory made Auburn 1-0 in the SEC and 1-2 overall under Barfield, who took over when Ralph "Shug" Jordan retired.

Tennessee now is 1-2 and 0-1 in the conference. Tennessee 7 14 0 728 Auburn 3 14 7 1438 Aub FG O'Donoghue 57 Tenn Finch 1 run (Gaylorkickl Aub Andrews 8 run O'Donoghue kick) Tenn Morgan 73 pass from Wallace (Gaylorkickl Aub Powell 14 pass from Gargis (O'Donoghue kick) Tenn Morgan 2 run Gaylor kick Aub Vacareila 33 pass from Gargis O'Donoghue kick Aub Gargis 6 run i O'Donohue kick) Tenn Foxx 1 run Gaylor kick Aub Fuller 30 pass from Gargis (O'Donoghue kick) A 50,000 "GRIPPER" 1 spurts By GEORGE STRODE AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Moments after the upset of the 1976 college season, a 22-21 stunner of No. 2 Ohio State Saturday, Al Onofrio said, "This was the greatest football game a Missouri team ever has played." The Missouri coach said there was no dilemma about going for the vital two points, an option run by quarterback Pete Woods, a junior making his first varsity start. "Never, not once," said Onofrio, "did we ever think about not going for two points. Anytime there is less than four minutes you have to go for it." Wood scored the tying and winning points with 12 seconds left, handing the Buckeyes their first home loss since 1971.

Northwestern last won in Ohio Stadium 14-10. Woods failed on his first extra points try, an overthrown pass to tailback Curt Brown. An Ohio State holding penalty gave him a second try. "I was quite relieved when I was given a second chance for the extra points. I just saw daylight and gofhit before I got to the goal.

I was lucky enough to get in," said Woods. A subdued Woody Hayes, Freshman linebacker Bruce Gordon made the block on the Barry wider punt and two series later Dorsett limped off the field after being kicked in the left calf on a plunge into the line. Dorsett ran only two plays at the start of the second quarter and he spent the rest of the quarter on the bench as Carson Long kicked field goals of 50 and 33 yards for Pitt. 3-0. Woody plays chicken Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes puts his fists together and chases after an official as his team is upset in the closing seconds of the game against Missouri Saturday at Columbus, Ohio.

Hayes apparently did not agree on the call. (APWirephoto) Bruised Dor sett helps Pittsburgh rally for 2 1 7 win over Temple MURRAY, Ky. Quarterback Gary Perdue ran for one touchdown and passed for another in a 21-point first quarter as Tennessee Tech roared to 24-3 victory over Murray State University here Saturday night. The Golden Eagles raised their record to 2-1 in their Ohio Valley Conference opener while the Racers dropped their third straight decision after a season-opening victory over Southeast Missouri. Perdue, the OVC's "Offensive Player of the Year" last season, completed eight of 14 passes for 132 yards.

The Golden Eagles' first touchdown came three plays after Joe Jachimowicz intercepted a Mike Dickens pass. Perdue plunged into the end zone at 10:37 and Murray Cunningham kicked the extra point. Just over a minute later, running back Lamar Mike ran into the end zone for another Tech TD from eight yards out. The scoring run had been set up by a recovery of a Murray fumble. Perdue completed the first-quarter explosion with a 57-yard bomb to Craig Rolle at 3:40.

Cunningham kicked his third extra point in the opening frame. The tally remained unchanged until 10:26 of the third quarter. Dickens drove Murray State 52 yards in eight plays before tossing an 11-yard scor-. ing strike to David Thomas. Henry Lagorce booted the extra point and Murray closed the gap to 21-7.

But Cunningham lined up a 31-yard field goal at 8:42 of the quarter and boosted Tennessee Tech's score to 24-7. The Golden Eagles' defense was extremely tough against the Racers. It held the Murray running attack to 34 yards although the Racers outgained Tennessee Tech, 18-13, in first downs and outpassed their hosts, 183-132. Tennessee Tech was" hit with 11 penalties for 112 yards but Murray failed to capitalize on Sports index PITTSBURGH (AP) Tony Dorsett, hobbled early in the game by a leg bruise, still rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown to help third-ranked Pittsburgh overcome a 7-6 half-time deficit and beat Temple I Dorsett now has 4,540 yards. Temple's unranked Owls, crushed 55-6 last year by Pitt, took a 7-0 first-quarter lead when safety Chuck Gill scooped up a blocked punt and ran 15 yards for the touchdown.

The teams swapped scores through three periods, with Prince romping 68 and 7 yards for touchdowns while Martin passed eight yards to Paul Proffitt and 68 yards to Pat Tuttle. The latter pass gave Drake a short-lived 24-23 lead after three periods. niATEE B0H1T SIZES 6-14 WIDTHS B-D-EE Toe (above) OPEN FRI. NIGHTS ff Best Buys In Town On MONROE SHOCK! Prince sets rushing mark as Louisville wins, 37-24 MONROE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) "I don't know of a better quarterback around," Coach Doug Barfield said after Phil Gargis ran and passed 'for 297 yards to lead Auburn to a 38-28 Southeastern Conference football decision over Tennessee Saturday.

It was Barfield's first coaching victory. "Maybe you writers will start writing about his passing now," Barfield said of his senior quarterback. Gargis hit on 10 of 13 for 224 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score in the regionally televised game. Coach Bill Battle of Tennessee, who hasn't defeated Auburn in Alabama since 1966, said "I thought we had them but it was a matter of who would win the fight in the fourth quarter." Auburn won it with 14 points to 7 for the Vols. Barfield said he decided at halftimejihat if Auburn could regain fhe lead, "We would not go in a shell.

We were determined to throw and keep them from stacking in against the M. MANAS Fldaali.KM44.)MlJ LjJ EA. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -Calvin Prince rushed for two touchdowns and a school-record 263 yards Saturday night to lead Louisville to a rousing 37-24 college football victory over Drake. Prince, a 5-foot-9, 198-pound junior transfer from Kansas University, bettered the school record of 262 yards set by Howard Stevens against Southern Illinois in 1971.

Prince's performance overshadowed those of teammate Nathan- Poole and Drake quarterback Jeff Poole rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns, including a 38-yard fourth period run that clinched Louisville's first victory of the season after an opening loss last week to Mississippi State. Martin, meanwhile, com- pleted 12 of 21 passes for 161 M0NR0E-MATIC A "BETTER" SHOCK HEAVY DUTY LIFETIME WARRANTY LIMITED TO ORIGINAL OWNER 21-7 Saturday. Dorsett's 10th straight regular season game with over 100 yards moved him to within 638 yards of surpassing Archie Griffin's collegiate record of yards rushing. yards and two touchdowns and also ran for another score. Prince showed early in the first period that Drake's defense was in for a long night when he exploded 58 yards to the Drake one-yard line.

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