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2C Burungion, Timei-News Sept. 25, 1977 Error-Prone Sooners Rally to Beat Ohio St. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Fumble-prone Oklahoma blew a shocking 20-point second-period lead, then rallied in the final minutes on Elvis Peacock's two-yard touchdown ran and a 41-yard field goal by Owe von Schamann with' three seconds left for an incredible 2-2S triumph over Ohio State Saturday in the first meeting between two giants of college football. Until the stirring finish, thirdranked Oklahoma had tried its darndest to give the game away, losing four fumbles and throwing two interceptions. Coach Barry Switzer had said his Sooners "lead the universe in turnovers," and all that charity gave them the astounding total of 19 turnovers ia three games.

But ironically, it was a fumble by second-string quarterback Greg Castignola with 6:24 remaining that swung the tide back to Oklahoma after the fourth- ranked Buckeyes had surged to a 28-20 lead by playing error-free football since early in the game. The Sooaers stormed 43 --U 3 29 tt 9-a (Xla-- 23 ran fixade re- ca.fr (van Oua-- rvo Sctaa--iaaei Xia 2 jj arcs Passes 71-250 5MJ3 44 -M 3-36 S-35 3-3 7-70 INDIVIDUAL. LEADERS --CXia'wma, Pea- 12-43- Sia) yards in 13 plays after Dave Hudgens separated Castignola from the ball and Reggie Kinlaw recovered at ihe Ohio State 43. The Buckeyes turned back a two-point conversion run by Peacock. But Oklahoma was successful on an on-side kick which everybody knew was coming Tigers Rip Tech, 31-14 ATLANTA (AP) Quarterback Steve Fuller ran for two touchdowns, threw for another and workhorse running back Lester Brown ripped off a 20yard scoring run to power ihe Clemson Tigers to an easy 31-14 college football victory over Georgia Tech Saturday- Fuller, a 198- pound junior, hit his favorite receiver, end Jerry Butler, with a 66yard scoring strike in the opening quarter and scored himself on runs of seven yards and one yard in the second period to give the Tigers.

2-1, a 24-7 half time edge. Brown, who rambled for 134 yards on 28 carries, added a fourth quarter TD of 20 yards after Fuller had connected with Butler on a 46-yard pass play. Rodney Lee scored on a 17- yard run for Tech midway in the third period which had gotten the losers. 1-2, within 24-14. Jimmy Russell opened the scoring for Ciemsoa with a 37yard field goal in the opening period.

Tech got within 10-7 when Pat Moriarty scored oa a one yard plunge later in the period. Fuller hit on five of nine passes for 163 yards, all to Butler. This set a Clemson single game pass reception a a record. The previous mark of 152 yards Teen Os-- FG Russell 27 Ce-- SijTis- 46 sass ir .0 7-3! 7. .3 .7, Oe-- Fuller 7 run Puffer 1 rvn (Anri i Cfe-- Brown 23 r-jn (Ariri Ju Relurn yards Passes 53-231 143 ri S-Jr-2 6-44 7-33 5-2 2-2 5W3 was Craig Brantley against Virginia in 1S74.

The Tech scoring drive of 66 yards was keyed by three straight pass completions by quarterback Gary Lanier. He had tried only three in Tech's first two games and did not complete any. Fuller iced the game ia the second quarter when he capped a 10-play, 70-yard drive with his darting seven- yard run into the end zone one minute into the second quarter. He then bulled over from one yard out with 59 seconds left before intermission. The latter drive went for 82 yards in 13 plays with Fuller connecting with Butler on three pass completions for 51 yards.

Brown gained 30 yards in sis plays during the drive. He had 83 yards hi 18 first half carries. Pirates Nip VMI, 14-13 N.C. (AP) East Carolina's Junior Creech booted the winning point Satyrday night to give East Carolina a 14-13 college football win over Virginia Military Institute. Despite losing out of 10 fumbles.

East Calina scored twice ia the third quarter and then held off a fiaal drive by VMI for the victory. Quarterback Jimmy Sutherland capped a 75-yard drive early ia the quarter to start the Pirates on their way toward the win. Sutherland, who had earlier fumbled the ball away to set up a VMI touchdown, scored from eight yards out after East Carolina drove 75 yards in eight plays following the second-half kiekoff. VMI got off to a strong start with two field goals in the first half kicked by Craig In the second quarter, VMI took four plays to score after Sutherland fumbled on bis own 46. Tailback Andre Gibson scored the touchdown VMI 3 ID 0 EXaraiina 0 7 7 Jane 25 VMI-- Gioson 4 run Kick; W.I-- FG jaws 32 2 run iCreezn ECU-- HWa 2 run iCreecn A-SS3! S-- 13 0-- Firs? 2owr.s Passes yards Fomsies-lasT S7-ZS 50 ii- 7-0 4-29 3-3S 4-2 134 3-65 S-7? from four yards out.

VMI led by 13-0 at the end of the first half. But the Pirates came back strong after half fame with the score by Sutherland. A fumble by VMI's Mike Alston set up East Carolina's second score in the third quarter. Eddie Hicks came up the middle for two yards to score after a 22- yard drive. Creech added the winning point- In the final play of the game.

Pirates lineback Mike Brewington stopped the play on the 41yan3 line after a pass completion. Catawba FG Boots Newberry NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) -Catawba's Tom Sexton booted a 53-yard field goal with one second remaining on the clock to break a 10-10 deadlock and give the Indians a 13-10 South Atlantic Conference football victory Saturday night. Catawba's final drive started on their own 29 yard line. Quarterback Joey Russo tossed a 28yard pass to split end Bart Crawford to i a a a to Newberry's 44.

Russo tossed two more passes to Crawford to carry the Indians to the Newberry 31 before the Indians were penalized back to the 36 for illegal procedure. OKLAHOMA'S ELVIS PEACOCK (4) ROLLS For TD Over Buckeyes' Leonard Mills Penn State DownsTerps STATE COLLEGE. Pa. (AP) Quarterback Chuck Fusina's 58-yard touchdown pass to flanker Jimmy Cef alo snapped a 33 third-quarter tie and triggered fifth-ranked Penn State's Nittany Lions to a 27-9 victory over the Maryland Terrapins Satur- dav. Fusina completed 19 of 29 passes for 285 yards and two touchdowns as Perns State beat the Atlantic Coast Conference team for the 15th straight time, and 22nd in 23 meetings between the Eastern powers.

Penn State took a 3-0 first- period lead oa a 21-yard field goal fay Matt Bahr, but Maryland tied it oa Ed 18-yarder as the clock ran out on the first half of the regionally televised game. In the third period, State broke open the savage defensive struggle after Scott Fitzkee's punt backed Maryland to its three-yard-line. The return kick carried to the Lions" 39, and on second down Cef alo raced behind the Terps' secondary and grabbed a 58-yard touchdown pass from Fasina. Later in the third. State look over at its 48.

Cefalo ran for 10 on a reverse, and Fusina completed two passes Maryland PG LCrttSr 33 ..6 3 0 9 ..3 0 K-27 20 from Fysina ISanr 33is from Dies (53SS PSU-- GefaJo c-ass, fro-r) Ktax: Rushes-yards Passing Rslum yarCs Passes Punts IS 37-31 277 2-3 20 47-145 295 15 2S3M 5-35 1-5 2-15 for a first down at the Terps' 17. Maryland held, but Bahr booted a 37vard field goal, his sixth of the season in as manv attempts to make it 133. Unbeaten Penn State clinched its third victory with a 12-play. 74-yard drive climaxed by Fusina's 20-yard touchdown throw to Mike Giunan. Bahr converted his 10th extra point of the season in 10 tries and it was 20-3.

Maryland scored with four minutes left in the game on a 49-yard pass frora quarterback Larry Dick to wingback Dean Richards, but it wasn't enough to avert the second loss in three games for the defending ACC champions. Spiders Top Apps, 21-13 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -Richmond's Spiders scored their first points of the season on Tim Thacker's touchdown run in the opening period, added two more touchdowns in the second quarter and held off Appalachian State's Mountaineers for a 21-13 football victory Saturday. The Spiders, routed 35-0 by West Virginia and 31-0 by North Caroiiaa in their first two games, got on die board with 4:05 left in the first quarter when Thacker, who gained 107 yards, balled 15 yards up the middle. Appalachian State, 0-3, lost its fifth game in a row over two seasons, the school's longest footbai: losing streak.

The Spiders, 1-2. also had touchdown runs of six yards by Harvey Jones on an end- around and two yards fay Demetri Kornegay. Emmitt Hamilton scored the Mountaineers' two touchdowns on runs of ight and ten yards. Mike Copley pounced on a fumble by quarterback Robbie Price on the 0 0 7 6--13 7 0 S--21 Tnaossr 15 rur- ASarns Ricn-- JDnes 6 Adans ko) AisrrK .000 ASLJ-- 3 ru "ttoci 10 r-r) -pass Tailed) A--11300 ASU RfChnxxxi 22 13 63OT SS-224 60 7 3 32 4-1M 2-11-C 7-SC 1S-36 S-2 2-3 6-74 7-75 Mostaineeis" 18 and Jones 'scored five plays to give Richmond a 14-0 lead with 29 seconds left in the first period. Richmond marched 64 yards on its next possession with Kornegay scoring with 10:50 left before intermission.

The drive was aided by a personal foal penalty and a 29-yard pass interference infraction against the Moantaineers. Appalachian State, which penetrated Richmond's territory only once in the first half, finally got its offense ia gear on its first possession of the second half, driving 85 yards in nine piays with Hamilton scoring with 10:13 left in the third period. College Scores EAST N.Y. 2a Sosaa CS. fmy 2S Sf 2 5aossea a ca.iscc a in n.

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3 A.V.33, Texas Tecri 17 Ross, Moore Lead Maroon ROCK HILL, S-C. -Gardner Webb jumped out to a four-stroke lead after 18 holes of play in the Piae Tuck Invitational golf tournament that got underway here yesterday. The Bulldogs put together a team score of 2S3, four strokes ahead of the College of Charleston and 12 strokes better a Coastal Carolina's 3(5. Wofford was in fourth pJace with 308 and the Eton Maroon golfers were in the fifth slot with a 312. Wayne Myers of Gardner Webb had the low individual score with a two-under-par 70.

Mike Ross and Bob Moore had the best scores among the Elon contingent with 76s. Barry Smith shot a six-over 78, Steve Holbrook turned in an 82 and David Overton had an 87. The 36-hole, tourn- ment concludes today. Elon Golfers Tie for 7th PINEHURST Wake Forest's Gary Hallberg fired rounds of 68-71 for a 135 to win medalist honors and help the Deacons to the team title in the Foxfire AU-American Invitational Golf tournament that concluded yesterday. The Deacs finished with a 36-hole team score of 573, 13 strokes better than second- place North Carolina.

South Carolina was third with 588. North Carolina State was fourth with 589. East Tenaesse fifth with 592 and Marshall was sisth with 595. Eion finished in a tie for seventh place with Virginia Tech in the 25-team field. The Christians and Gobblers both had 596s.

Low score among the Elon golfers was turned in by Mark Hartis. who had rounds of 74-71 for a 145. Tom DeLeuw had a 75-74 for a 149. David Graham a 65-76 for a 151, Tom Prendergrast a 7479 for a 153 and Danny Arnold a 73-73 for a 161. This was the first tournament this fall for the Elon golfers.

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(AP) Sophomore wide receiver Carlos Carson caught five passes -including bombs for 76 and 67 yards to lead Louisiana State to a 77-0 college football victory over Rice Saturday night. The first four touchdown receptions were thrown by sophomore quarterback Steve Ensminger. The fifth was from another soph quarterback, David Woodley. Senior fullback Kelly Simmons scored two touchdowns on runs of three and 19 yards. Sophomore tailback Jerry Murphree scored on runs of three vards and one yard.

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