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Houston ................................14 Florida ....................................0 Oklahoma 21 Iowa .6 -21 -35 ..14 Utah State. Ohio State. Minnesota Notre Dame 12 Michigan 10 Pittsburgh 24 ..........0 Syracuse 24 West Virginia ....................14 UCLA 31 Purdue 21 Penn State .....45 Rutgers 10 Wake Forest 22 Georgia ....21 Villanova 35 UMass 7 Army ..........26 ......10 Southern Cal 42 Oregon ............5 Boston University ..24 Maine 13 Northeastern ..............17 Rhode Island ........................7 New Hampshire ................26 Holy Cross ...........................17 .41 .17 ,14 ....0 Louisiana State Colorado Michigan State Oregon mm Commentary Scoreboard Recreation Obituaries 58 62 62 64 $oton 5lobc NEWS SECTION 16 lead fizzle it's Teimeee9 INSIDE Watson hits for the cycle in 10-2 win if If (J Volunteers' 2 late scores sink Eagles By Ernie Roberts Globe Staff Coach Ed Chlebek and his maligned Boston College 11 dropped a heart-tugging opener, 28-16, to Tennessee last night, but their valiant performance regained the respect of New England football fans. The Eagles thrilled the Alumni Stadium crowd of 30,150 by leading the heavily favored Volunteers twice, at 9-6 in the second quarter and again at 16-9 early in the second half. Even when coach John Majors' swift invaders jumped ahead for good at 22-16, BC revealed a new spirit and offensive punch, a complete turnaround from last year's woeful 0-11 effort.

But Tennessee's Val Barksdale stopped one bid with an end zone interception of a 22-yard Jay Palazola pass to tight end Tom Sherwin. And then the BC senior quarterback from Gloucester had the misfortune to stumble and down the ball for a five-yard loss at the Tennessee 10 on a golden, fourth-period, fourth-down opportunity. It still was a redeeming night for Palazola, who drew much of the blame for last year's problems. He gained 61 Bob Watson became the first Red Sox player to hit for the cycle in 15 years as the Red Sox blasted the Orioles, 10-2, last night in Baltimore. Watson singled in the second, doubled in the fourth, tripled in the eighth and capped the evening with a two-run homer in the ninth.

The last Sox player to accomplish the feat was Carl Yas-trzemski in 1965. Steve Renko got the win for Boston with relief help from Dick Drago. Page 44. I -i fh 1 if J-J 4 i hf fif; I jT I 1 1 ss" I More college football Pages 52-56 Commentary RAY FITZGERALD Just in case more future interviews between writers and players end up in brawls, this columnist is making a list of those athletes he's willing to interview. LEIGH MONTVILLE There are a bunch of exclusive clubs around the world of sports.

The 400-Homer Club. The 3000-Hit Club. The 50-Goal Club. And each has its own atmosphere. JACK CRAIG Football fans in those metropolitan areas with two NFL teams (New York, San Francisco Bay Area) are shortchanged when it comes to seeing some of the week's top games.

Page 58 Patriots' defense comes of age Back in 1973 Chuck Fairbanks made news when he installed the old Oklahoma 3 4 defense into the Patriots' system. Since then, the 3-4 has grown up along with the Patriots. It used to be that the 3-4 was considered good against the run while the old 4-3 was effective against the pass. What the Patriots have now, though, is a sophisticated 3-4 that is effective in passing situations and a nonstandard 4-3 that can stop the run. Mike Madden writes about Patriot defensive coordinator Henry Bul-lough and the defense that's allowed just 19 points in the team's first two games.

Page 50. i REFLECTING VICTORY Jim Day's tuba plays backup as Stoughton beats Randolph, 6-5. School football, Pages 60, 61. (Globe photo by Da vid L. Ryan) yards himself against the mobile Tennessee line and passed for another 134, including a superb 39-yard touchdown toss to split end Rob Rikard.

His senior fullback, Dan Conway, also had a sparkling opener, leading ail runners with 100 yards in 25 rushes and adding another 38 on four pass receptions. But in the end Tennessee's ability to penetrate BC's defense with long, time-consuming drives in the crucial second half made the difference. Three times after trailing BC 16-9 on that stunning Palazola-to-Rikard bomb, Volunteer quarterback Jimmy Streater took his squad on lengthy, determined scoring marches. For instance, Tennessee drove 69 yards in just five plays, including a 34-yard Streater to Tony Hancock strike, to tie it again quickly at 16-16. Then the Vols slammed 72 yards in only eight plays to go ahead for good, 22-16.

Streater went 13 yards himself for what proved the winning touchdown, faking a dive play to freeze BC's linebackers and sweeping left into the end zone behind a superlative block by flanker Phil Ingram on BC halfback Jerry Stabile. The cruncher came when BC had Tennessee pinned down on its five-yard line, still trailing only by six points and with six minutes remaining, and then helplessly allowed a field-length scoring march. Hubert Simpson, a 204-pound barrelhouse of a fullback, gained two thirds of this 95 yards including the final seven up the gut of the BC defense for the TD. Tennessee coach Majors told Chlebek after the game, "Your team has made 100 percent improvement since last season. You carried the fight to us and knocked us out on the line of scrimmage.

But I'll take this victory, put it in my pocket and hurry home with it" First evidence that this BC squad had a new spirit came early after a questionable pass interference penalty helped Tennessee to a quick 6-0 lead. Middle guard Joe Ferraro forced a Streater fumble down on his own three and Shelby Gamble, strong-looking BC freshman halfback, quickly dove over for a 6-6 score. Later the teams swapped field goals and BC hopped on another Tennessee fumble (on the second-half kickoff) to set up Rickard's touchdown reception. This swift sophomore had barely missed a Palazola strike on the previous play. Given a second chance, he outstreaked defender Danny Martin down the left sideline and took the perfect, 39-yard strike in stride at the Tennessee five.

The decisive break occurred after BC, despite falling behind, 22-16, drove 76 yards to the Tennessee seven early in the final quarter. Conway, Gamble and Palazola had done this almost entirely on the ground. But with a fourth down and three at the seven, the BC quarterback decided to go to the air. As Palazola pulled back from center, he stumbled and touched the ball and his knee down on the 10-yard line. He regained his balance and threw a perfect pass to tight end Tom Carr in the end zone.

But it was too late; the ball and play already had been whistled dead. Said Chlebek, "On that play our guard (apparently Casey Muldoon who had subbed well for the injured John Schmeding) was pushed back by the Tennessee penetration. He tipped Palazola, causing him to stumble." "We'll bounce back. We're not happy with this defeat but there were some good things. We were able to move the ball in several ways and I thought we played well enough to win." So even though BC's winless streak is now at unlucky 13 and next week's opponent, Villanova, looked strong in overpowering UMass, 35-7, yesterday, spirits and the calibre of football are both improving at The Heights.

Summary, Page 55. Irish get their kicks, foil Michigan's, 12-10 7 VVVa -VTO Notre Dame lived by the field goal yesterday afternoon. The ninth-ranked Fighting Irish got four field goals from Chuck Male (40, 44, 22 and 39 yards) in a 12 10 victory over No. 6 Michigan at Ann Arbor. But it was the field goal that Michigan didnt get that decided this game.

With one second remaining, Michigan's Bryan Virgil attempted a 42-yard field goal, but the kick was low and was blocked by the Irish. Top-ranked Southern Cal hardly missed injured Heisman Trophy candidate Charles White as they blew out Oregon State, 42-5. White's replacement, freshman Mike Harper, ran 48 yards the first time he carried the ball, scored two touchdowns and ran for 126 yards in 20 carries. No. 3 Oklahoma sputtered a bit, losing five of its seven fumbles, and imitated a sleeping giant as it put upset-minded Iowa away, 21-6.

The Sooners trailed, 6-0, after one period and only led, 7-6, after three. Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims scored two touchdowns for Oklahoma and gained 106 yards, most of which came in the fourth quarter. Freshman Curt Warner's debut was a smashing success as he scored three touchdowns and gained 281 total yards to set a Penn State record in a 45-10 victory over Rutgers. Quarterback Rick Bashore fired two TD passes snd ran for two more as unranked UCLA upset fifth-ranked Purdue, 31-21. UCLA junior Freeman McNeil was the workhorse, running through the Boilermakers for 175 yards.

No. 12 Georgia was a 18-point favorite over Wake Forest, but that didn't impress the Deacons who made up a 21-13 halftime deficit for 22-21 upset victory. Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter ran 32 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown and passed for the two-point conversion as the No. 15 Buckeyes beat upset-minded Minnesota, 21-17. Minnesota led, 14-0, after one quarter and had a 17-7 halftime advantage, but Ohio State dominated the second half for its 11th straight win over the Gophers.

Minnesota fullback Garry White ran for 213 yards in the game. Stories, Pages 52-56. i 4.A' Notre Dame's Dave Waymer (34) leads rush that blocked last-gasp Michigan FG try. (AP photo).