The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 29

THIi SUNDAY' OKLVROMAN Section September 18, 1977 3 Majors Gets First Win Wifh Vols Bulldogs Hit Late, Top Central, 14-13 Gamo in Figures Southwestern 10 First Dawns -l47 Rushlno Y.irdace SJ Passim) Yaroaoe 3-1 1 Passes Completel 33 1 Punls-Aseraee Fumbles Lost ing the final nine yards on an elusive quarterback draw, Oklahoma City sophomore Don Willis keyed the drive with a 21-yard carry from the Central 45 to the 27 on the second play, and Uurd slashed for 20 more on a third down play from the 2S to keep the eight-play march alive. SOUTHWESTERN U. CSU IS session of the hall for the final time with just under three minutes to play, trailing 13-7. After a pair of costly 15-yard penalties against the Bronchos, quarterback Mike Sekul zipped a 30-yard touchdown pass to Lewis Blanton to lie the game. And when ILL.

Washman split the uprights on the conversion kick, the Bulldogs were on their way to a 14-13 decision and second victory in as many outings. The NAIA District 9 By Mike Brown EDMOND Using a two touchdown, 126-yard rushing performance by Luther freshman Steve Tate, the Central State Bronchos came within three minutes of winning their first football game under first-year coach Gary Howard Saturday night at Wantland Stadium against visiting Southwestern State. But the Bronchos will have to wait another week, at least. Southwestern got pos left by a gusty south wind. The script was uncomplicated from that point on.

Southwestern took the ensuing kickoff at its 33 and surged 66 yards in 12 plays, ignited by slashing runs of 20 and 16 yards by Ard-morc sophomore Freddie Ilurd. But the Bulldogs were halted at the Central one-foot line with to go when Broncho nose guard John Adams jerked Southwcstom's schools battled to a 7-7 tie at halftimc and it looked, for the longest time, like the game might end that way before Tate dashed 55 yards on the final play of the third quarter to Southwcstom's 10-yard line, giving his team its best scoring opportunity of the half. Tate cashed in two plays later on a skittering seven-yard run with 14:16 to play. Broncho kicker Bert Gilllland's conversion attempt was blow wide at Sottthweslern's 34 and went nowhere, but the Bulldogs got 15 yards when the Bronchos were hit with a fa-cemask penalty. From the Central 49, Ilurd manage four yards on first down and Cent a 1 State was guilty of personal foul that moved the ball into position at the 30 for Sekul's big play.

Blanton, in catching his first reception and Southwostorn's i completion of the night, leaped high in the back of the end zone to corral the pass. Central's Ron Cramer fell on a Bulldog fumble in the first quarter after defender Paul Lewis had bcltinl Sekul to cause it at the 27. From there, the Bronchos took the load three plays later, Tate carrying on an option around the left side from 19 yards away. Southwestern drove 45 yards and scored with 12:21 to go in the second quarter to tie the score, Sekul cover KNOXVILLE, Tcim. (AP) Kclsey Finch scored on runs of 35 nnd three yards and Johnny Majors recorded his first coaching triumph at Tennessee as the Vols defeated error-plagued Boston College 24-18 Saturday night.

Finch bolted 35 yards with 5 minutes gone in the game for his first touchdown and Tennessee's defense reminis- Roy Ellison on fourth-and-goal carry from the one. Taking over at that point, Central converted on third down twice for first downs and consumed 5:40 of the clock before being forced to punt from the 20 with three minutes to go. ilurd fielded the punt tr.l Male ,7 0 0 A-IJ SU Steve Tate 7 run IMck GIHIIand I SW-Aiaes, Se (H. L. CSC Steve Tate 7 run Hick- First Down j-ja Kusnts-Ynras i7-U7 Pastlnu Yards Kwn Yards JS-41-4 Passes MO-I 52-Yard FG Allows Tulsa 37-35 Victory Game in Figure First Downs 7S RuSflMYrits 73-334 Return Yards 3 71 to split em! John Floyd, with 3:43 remaining.

First string quarterback Bud pi a passed for three touchdowns and had 166 yards in the air and 47 on the for Northeast. Tulsa's Watts ran 124 yards and had three touchdowns. (cL'lf'i NIILyjonnson Spass Irom Cei- cent of the Vols' strong defensive tradition, throttled four Boston scoring threats with in-crceptions and another with a fumble recovery. The Vols, who nursed a 7-3 lead through the second and third pori-sds, sealed their first victory in two games ivith 17 points in the first seven minutes of the final quarter. Jimmy Streater 1 i an 11-yard touchdown pass to Billy Arbo, Finch went three yards for his second touchdown less than three minutes later and Jim Gaylor made it 2-1-3 with a 35-yard field goal.

Boston Coll 300 IS II Tennessee 7 0 0 17-24 kick' 35 rUn Ji.C.-FG Moorman 33 Tenn-Arto II pass Irom Slree-ler (Gavlor kick) Term- gificn 3 run (Cavlor lick) Tenn Gavlor 35 6 1 1 pass Irom TULSA (AP) Sophomore kicker Sieve Cos stunned Northeast Louisiana with a 52-yard field goal with 11 seconds iiinittg to sweep Tulsa lo a 37-35 victory over Northeast Louisiana Saturday night. Tulsa climbed back from a 35-2S deficit when Ring back Rickey Watts jumped one yard into the end zone, but Tulsa's attempt to make it 30-35 failed when the two-point conversion pass was intercepted In the end zone. Second string North- fensive standoff at 14-14 at the half until North-cast. Ixuilsiann capitalized on Tulsa's mistakes with two quick touchdowns i a through the third quarter, Tulsa the score back lo 28-28 when running backs Donald I licks and Watts scampered in from one and two yards out. Iiwreneo came into lht game 30 seconds after Tulsa tied the score and Northeast I.ouisinna ahead when he tossed the ball 30 yards east Louisiana quarterback Ronald Lawrence chose to stall the ball on the ground on the next scries of plays and was forced to turn it back to Tulsa on the Northeast 38.

On the next play, Cox's kick, a school record, barely cleared the goal posts, with the help of a 20 mile per hour wind. The game was an of UL-Watii 7 run tick) e'e (Wader klcl ULrr, Co Soufhwesfern Freddie Hurd is stopped by Centra I's Sylvosior Mooro Ion ground) and Thorn Royco. WASHINGTON DAZZLES MUSTANGS Mean Green Is to SMU Gamecocks Coast 42-19 Gomc in Figures Adans 41st Straight Victim for Texas Northeastern Upended Game in Figures Cast Central Texas 134 Rushtnq Yardage 3-12 Passes Completed 0 Inlcrceollons Bv Game in Figures 4-43 IRVING, Tex. (AP) Senior quarterback Kenny Washington rifled a 211-yard tone h-down pass and dashed four yards for another score to direct North Texas to a 24-13 upset victory over Southern Methodist Saturday night, the first win for the Mean Green over the Mustangs in 34 years. It was only the second time North Texas had beaten the Mustangs in 23 outings, including mm! tic.

Washington had one of the best games of his career, completing 17 of 25 passes for 1S4 yards and scrambling for 5-1 yards on 4 carries. North Texas kept the ball almost seven min- four yards tor a touchdown early in the third period as the Mean Green built a 17-0 ad-v a a belore the (i a 11 finally scored. A pass from freshman quarterback Mike Pord to Emanuel Tnlberi that caromed olf the arms Eagle safety Danny Whitaker m'I up Rice's one-yard touchdown run. SMU had a 01-yard scoring pass In Tolbei called back because of a penalty and Jones ran 15 vards to give NTSU an insurmountable lead 24-7 early in the fourth quarter. The Mustangs got a consolation touchdown with 3:23 to play when tight end Ellon Garrett caught a seven-yard COLUMBIA, S.C.

(AP) Quarterback lion Bass threw for 161 yards in key situations and flanker 'Aon Mc-Kinncy completed the longest non-scoring pass- in South Carolina history Saturday night as the CI a toasted to 42-10 college football victory over Miami of Ohio. With the score ticil 7-7 early in the second period, Bass directed South Carolina on scoring drives of 72 and 55 yards. Game in Figures tie Pfnallies-v-rtls 11161 uics on the opening drive of the game be fore lseed kicked a 30-yard Held goal. Alter the Mustangs wasted two scoring opportunities when Paul Hiec fumbled on the North Texas 14 and John Dunlup missed a 24-yard field goal nt-l Washington the second quarter with a IS-yard pass to Tim Ujftiti, then collaborated with him again for a 20-yard TD pass to climax a 05-yard drive. TAIILEQUAII Gerry Compton's scoring run on the third play of the game set in motion a bruising Arkansas Tech ground game which ran away from Northeastern Saturday.

26-7. Compton, who led all rushers with S4 yards on 20 carries, sprinted Jones VuiMKltiw liWO-fifll oass Irom rwrl (klf Ifalian Neftcrs Take 3-0 Lead ROME (AIM Adrian) I'analta and Paolo Beilolucci of Italy beat Francois Jauffrei and Patrick Doiningtuv. C-l, 3-f, 0-7, 0-1 Saturday lo give Italy an unbeatable 3-D 1 a over Prance and qualify the defending champions for the final of the Pa-vis Cup tennis totirnn- for the score with onl S5 second gone. HARDING 10, N-VESTCRN 7 Nerthvsestcin moo- Hard-Allen Grlrb 1 run IDavi Dukes klckl Hard-FG Dukes 35 (Ette kick) The Javelinas, paced by the Stroman-Starks combination, exploded for 21 second-quarter points to put the game out of reach, 2S-7 at the half. East Central's Don Erwin plunged in from the one in the final period to end scoring.

gained 492 total yards while holding East Central to 176. KINGSVILLE, x. Texas famed veer offense rolled for yards rushing and the Javelinas extended their winning streak to 41 games by beating East Cent a 1, 35-14, Saturday night. Sophomore field general Martin Stroman threw for two scores nnd ran for two more lo lead the Javelina charge. receiver Glen Starks complemented Stroman, snagging four Stroman aerials for 131 yards and TD bombs of 75 and 39 yards.

AA-I scored first on Ilughio Shaw's four-yard run and East Central drew even for the final time on Kyle Mir-nclo 's five-yard run rarlv in the second Northwestern Bows, 10-7 Game in Figures Washington boll nienr. TEX. All), E. CENTRAL Fumpies-ldst while Harding is now SEARCY, Ark. Harding used a 25-yard field goal by David Dukes in the second quarter to defeat Northwestern, 10-7, Saturday night before 5,000 fans.

Northwestern trailed only 10-7 at the half but count not mount a serious drive in the second ha f. The loss leaves Northwestern at 1-2. EC-KvIe Miracle run (Jim tT a 1 1 Stroman run (Soencer kick) Starts cass (com Stroman (Spencer kick! Tei-Snarks vast Irom Stro- (5pencer Tej-Stroman II CC-Oon Erwin 1 IE-Ross 35 pass Norsemen Squeak Iss than two minutes remained in the first half when Mc-Kinney, faking an end-around run, hurled a 76-yard pass ft) split end Phil Logan, who stepped out of bounds at the three yard line, setting up the Gamecocks' fourth touchdown. The victor was South Carolina's first over Miami in four attempts and boosted the Gamecocks' record to The Redskins of the Mid-American conference fell to 1-1. College Football Coiaate 7 10 14 7-3n Lalarttla 3 3 0-13 Cot-wells 13 pass Irom Reipn (Arwirewlavaee kick) lel-Oeme-M 7 from insert (: fe.iedl Cot-FG Andrewlavaee 3 Col-Sifiker puss frem UCLA Tips Jays, 17-7 RANGER, Tex.

Bill Vining punched In from the one with 14 seconds remaining, capping a 63-yard march and lifting Northeastern A.C-M to a KM" victory over Ranger Junior College Saturday night. Vining sot up the last-eoond touchdown by connecting with Icn Oliver on 47-yard pass. NEO was ranked second in the nation and Ranger sixth going into the game. The Norsemen are now 2-0 and host Dodge City. at Miami Saturday.

HE AIM 19. RANGER 4 XEO-CMii Rooers 13 run (Perrlsh 'Vc. Clark la run (Tarrisn kick) Officials Fail io Show; Cameron Goes Home LOS ANGELES (AP) 1 i hurdler James Owens rushed for OS yards and a touchdown anil UCLA's defense bottled up Kansas' wishbone Saturday night as the 14th-ranked Bruins scored a 17-7 victory over the Jayhawks. A crowd of in the Coliseum watched the Bruins win their sixth straight home opener and snap a three-game losing streak thr-ir longest since 1971 that began last year. The Bruins had just three first downs and yards in total offense in the first half, but led at the intermission.

UCLA' ir.snran-e tnu hdown r.itr.e late the third mi a a ke. quanerhack Ri 5.i-shr.re. ending susia.ncd drive of Gomez' Jaw Injury Postpones Fight TOKYO (API Champion Wilfred Gomez of Puerto Rico has proved to Japanese Boxing Commission officials that his jaw injuries were genuine when he asked tor a second postponement of his World Bovir.g Council featherweight title against Japanese challenger Roal The BC" Saturday the match has been r-nred from Oct. 27, iS77, to Jan. K'7t.

SAN MARCOS. Tex. fAP) About 6.000 football fan; showed up Saturday at Southwest Texas State's Evans Field to watch thdr cam play I'amcrcn of iklahoma. Rut the game didn't show u( and Cinirrriri elected not to play. 'This is said Southwest Texas coach Bill "I they of it.

I'm damn sure not gonna forfeit." Millar ho had substitute i i a 1 available, but the Cameron tf.im voted not play thf game without the scheduled arbiirrs. An athlrtic drpan-rnrnt Thf game tmw had been moved up nrxin To accomodate a chili-rooking j-elf hratirin rwir.g in San Var- the cials who were coming from Victoria didn't get that word," He said Southeast Texas offered to accept a forfeit and play the game anyway with substitute officials, but the Cameron team refused. The fiklahr.rn.ms were reported on their ay back home. The sjkcsirian snt! the matter of who gets fr.r the would be left up the NAIA. Arkiintas' Doug Erwegn is upended by Okleherr.e Sfe't Gery Iricrt on Sai.rdy nigM' cp-niig VlcWoff.