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The Selma Times-Journal SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1978 SECTION SportS Late field goal nips Auburn OPEN FIELD Auburn's James Brooks picked up 50 yards in Saturday's game against Miami before a sprained ankle forced him out of the game in the third period. Miami beat Auburn 17-15 on a late fourth period field goal. Fumble recovery Tide nips By TONY BAKER 20-17 victory over AP Sports Writer Washington. Husky quarterback Tom SEATTLE (AP) Tony Porras hit Spider Gaines with Nathan scored the go-ahead his second long scoring pass touchdown midway through of the game, this one for 58 the third period and Jeff yards, with 5:54 remaining in Rutledge passed 36 yards to the game to close within three Rick Neal in the fourth points. quarter Saturday to boost The Huskies got the ball eighth-ranked Alabama to a again with 3:37 left and, with LSU whips Gators 34-21 ByF.T.

MacFEELY Associated Press Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) With devastating power up the middle and flashy outside speed, tailback Charles Alexander ran the 11th-ranked Louisiana State Tigers to a 34-21 Southeastern Conference victory over the Florida Gators Saturday night. Alexander, a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy and already LSU's alltime career offense record holder, ran through and around Florida for 156 yards in 40 carries, and scored one touchdown. The Tigers dominated the line of scrimmage on defense as well as offense, forcing three fumbles and intercepting three passes. Quarterbacks David Woodley and Steve Ensminger and wide receiver Mike Quintela joined Alexander in short runs for touchdowns and Mike Conway booted field goals from 42 and 25 yards.

Florida was throttled without earning a first down six of the first seven times the Gator had the ball. LSU built a 17-7 halftime lead. The Tigers appeared in command with a 27-7 lead late in the third quarter, but a fumble when they appeared about to score again fired up Florida for a last-ditch effort to pull an upset. Florida got all its touchdowns on long, spectacular plays. Quarterback John Brantley lofted a 43-yard score to wide receiver Cris Collinsworth, Collinsworth streaked 97 yards on a kickoff return, and wide receiver Tony Stephens passed 48 yards to tight end Ron Enclade.

By JOHNNY HASLAM Times-Journal Correspondent First the good news. Auburn University's football team drove the ball 80 yards in 17 plays to score what could have been the game's winning touchdown and twopoint conversion in a battle with the University of Miami Saturday. That scoringdrive came with 1:26 left in the game and gave the Tigers: a 15-14 lead over the Miami Hurricanes. Now the bad news. Miami took the kickoff and drove 67 yards in eight plays and kicked a field goal with six seconds remaining in the game to beat Auburn 17-15 before a disappointed home crowd of 55,136.

Auburn had found new life in the supposedly winning drive, with quarterback Charlie Trotman and runningback Joe Cribbs gaining most of the yardage as the partisan crowd held its breath. Auburn converted on five third down plays to keep the drive alive- with Cribbs scoring from the one yard line on third goal. The excited crowd chanted, and there was no hesitation on the Auburn sideline to try for what seemed to be the game's winning two-point conversion. one After a time out, Trotman rolled out to the right and fired a pass to wide receiver Mark Robbins, who virtually leaned over backwards to successfully stay in bounds. Auburn led 15-14 with 1:26 left in what appeared to be a classic, come-from-behind victory.

But the Miami Hurricanes, coached by former Buffalo Bills Coach Lou Saban, had other ideas. Miami took the squib kickoff and went into a twominute offense that moved the ball from its own 27- yard Huskies the aid of a pass-interference penalty, moved to a first down at the Crimson Tide 36. But safety Murray Legg recovered Joe Steele's fumble at the 32 on the next play to kill Washington's chances and boost Alabama's record to 4-1. Alabama defensive end E.J. Junior dropped punter Aaron Wilson for a 13-yard loss at the Washington 16, and Nathan rammed over the goal line four plays later to give Alabama a 13-10 lead with 6:15 left in the third quarter.

Alan McElroy's attempt for the extra point was wide. Rutledge, Alabama's starting quarterback who alternated throughout the game with Steadman Shealy, hit Neal all alone near the goal line with 8:51 to play for the Tide's final score. Major Ogilvie's 13-yard scoring run early in the second period capped a 53- yard, nineplay Alabama drive and tied the game at 7- 7. Washington, now 2-3, had taken a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter on Porras' 74- yard scoring bomb to Gaines. Mike Lansford's 37-yard field goal following a Steve Whitman fumble gave the Huskies a 10-7 lead with 2:36 left in the first half.

Top 20 results Here is how the Associated Press Top Twenty teams fared in weekend action: 1.0klahoma (5-0) defeated Texas 31-10 2. Cal (4-0) did not play 3. Michigan (4-0) edged Arizona 21-17 4. Arkansas (4-0) clobbered TCU 42-3 5.Penn State (6-0) butchered Kentucky 30-0 6. Texas lost (3-1) to Oklahoma 31-10 Texas (4-0) whipped Texas Tech 38-9 8.Alabama (4-1) squeezed past Washington 20-17 9.

Pittsburgh (4-0) downed Boston College 32-15 10. Nebraska (4-1) blanked Iowa State 23-0 11. Louisiana State (4-0) defeated Florida 34-21 12. Maryland shelled North Carolina State 31-7 13.Colorado (5-0) clipped Kansas 17-7 14. Ohio State (2-1-1) tied Southern Methodist 35-35 15.

Iowa State (4-1) fell to Nebraska 23-0 16. UCLA (4-1) squeaked past Stanford 27-26 17 (3-2) lost to UCLA 27-26 18. Florida State (4-1) beat Cincinnati 26-21 19.Auburn (3-1) upset by Miami 17-15 20. North Carolina State (4-1) blitzed by Maryland 31-7 Sooners pound Texas DALLAS (AP) Billy Sims can go home to Hooks, Texas, with his head up now. The junior halfback who never had been healthy for this game before rushed for 131 yards on 25 carries and scored two touchdowns Saturday as the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners buried the sixth-ranked Texas Longhorns 31-10 in the 73rd renewal of their bitter football rivalry.

With Sims on the sidelines injured, the Sooners had lost to Texas in 1977 and only tied the Longhorns in 1976, making it tough on Texans who had decided to cross the Red River to play at Oklahoma. "Billy had a great day," said Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer. "It's the first time he's been healthy for Texas and he made some great plays." Sims said, "I took a lot of ribbing at home. It has been frustrating to watch this series from the bench." Switzer used to fly to the small East Texas hamlet of Hooks to watch Sims on Friday nights, then fly back to Norman, the next morning. Switzer said, "I'm really surprised we scored as many points as we did against a fine defensive football team.

It was a physical, hard-fought game and we're a beat-up football team." Texas middle linebacker Lance Taylor said, "Sims everything I ever heard he would be. Oklahoma certainly is 1 team in the nation they were today." Texas Coach Fred Akers sprinted across the field to tell OF Switzer at the end of the game: "Barry, you have a hell of a team good luck." Akers said later in the dressing room, "Oklahoma has a great football team. They took advantage of every break and opportunity they had." Sims' running and the timely if sparse passing of Sooner quarterback Thomas. Lott got Oklahoma off to a start from which Texas never recovered. line to the Auburn six-yard line in seven plays that took only one minute and one second.

Ther amazed partisans agonized when Miami's freshman field goal kicker Danny iller kicked the clincher. The ball was placed down at the Auburn 14-yard line with ten seconds left in the game, and when it went through the uprights with six seconds left, the stadium was quiet as a tomb appropriately enough. The field goal was the nail in Auburn's coffin, but the drive engineered by Miami quarterback Kenny McMillan was the clincher. Auburn tied the game at 7 all midway through the third quarter, when linebacker Donnie Givens intercepted a McMillion pass at the Miami 32. Cribbs scored his first touchdown of the game nine plays later on fourth and goal at the Miami one.

Portela kicked the point with 6:20 left in the third quarter. Auburn forced Miami to punt on its next possession, but the Tigers couldn't capitalize on good field position. Auburn drove from its 42 to the Miami 26-yard line before Portela missed his second fielder from 46 yards out. Miami got the ball at the 30 under the new field goalmiss rule, and lightning struck when McMillion hit James Joiner on a 70-yard touchdown pass. McMillion was under pressure on the play, but the quarterback escaped Auburn's defensive effort and found Joiner open deep.

The scramble by McMillion allowed the Auburn coverage to break down, and Joiner and another Hurricane receiver were being covered by one Auburn defender, Jerry Beasley. Beasley couldn't get Joiner as he raced untouched for the score. Miller kicked the point, and Miami regained the lead with 2:20 left in the third quarter. James Brooks, the SEC's leading rusher, brought the crowd to its feet, nearly breaking the kickoff return, scooting for 49 yards to the Miami 45. Eight plays later Portela missed a third field goal attempt from 47 yards out.

After a punt exchange, Auburn started the heartstopping finish with the 80-yard drive. TheTigers got the ball with eight minutes left in the game and scored the TD in six minutes and 34 seconds. The loss dropped Auburn's record to 3-1 on the year and probably will knock the upstart Tigers out of the nation's top 20 football teams. Next week Auburn will travel to Nashville to play Vanderbilt in an SEC contest. Vandy lost to Tulane Saturday.

The field goal was the nail in Auburn's coffin, but the drive engineered by Miami quarterback Kenny McMillion was the killer. It began after an eight-yard return of Jorge Portela's short kick; the sophomore McMillion threw passes of 13 yards of E.J. Baker and five yards to runningback Ottis Anderson. Two more McMillion passes were incomplete, and Miami faced fourth down and fivefrom its 46. The deft McMillion rolled as if to pass but gave the ball to Anderson, who twisted and slithered up the Auburn middle to the Tiger 21.

It was a draw play. Miami coaches afterward said the call came from the press box, where Hurricane staffers spotted a flaw in the Auburn defensive alignment. Regardless of where the play came form, Anderson took the handoff up the middle, breaking a tackle at the line of (Continued on page B-2) BACK TO PASS Alabama quarterback Jeff Rutledge (11) game against Washington. Major Ogilvie (42) and Steve passed 36 yards to Rich Neal with only 8:51 left in Saturday's Whitman (45) provide pass protection. Alabama won 20-17.

Dodgers in By JACK STEVENSON AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Shortstop Bill Russell's single with two outs in the 10th inning scored Ron Cey and brought' the Los Angeles Dodgers the National League pennant Saturday with a 4-3 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies. The shortstop's hit off southpaw reliever Tug McGraw gave the defending NL champion Dodgers the pennant a second year in a row and was Russell's third hit of the game. Tied 3-3 after nine innings, Dodgers reliever Terry Forster retired the Phillies on one hit a single by Larry Bowa in the top of the 10th. Then McGraw got Reggie Smith and Steve Garvey in the bottom of the frame before Cey walked, and Dusty Baker was safe when the goat of the game, center fielder Garry Maddox, dropped his short fly in center field. With the runners on first and second, Russell slapped his clean single over second base.

The ball went through Maddox, but even if he had fielded it, Cey would have scored. The crowd went wild, thronging onto the field. The World Series starts at Dodger Stadium Tuesday evening against the American League champion. McGraw, the fourth Philadelphia pitcher in a game punctuated by home runs in the early innings, took the loss. The left-handed Foster, the third Dodgers hurler, gained the victory.

Forster struck out Mike Schmidt to open the 10th inning before Bowa singled to right. Maddox was called out on strikes, then Greg Luzinski, who hit a home run earlier, grounded to Russell, who tagged second to force Bowa for the final out of the inning. Smith led off for the Dodgers and flied to Maddox before third baseman Schmidt threw out Garvey. Cey walked, and it appeared the inning was over as Maddox came in after Baker's fly. But the ball glanced off his glove, keeping the Dodgers alive for the blow by Russell.

He had been a tough out all season for the Eastern champions. Through nine innings, the game was a combination of record performances and missed opportunities. The Phillies loaded the bases in the opening frame off starter Doug Rau, but couldn't score. Schmidt doubled to lead off, Bowa walked, and Maddox singled. Luzinski, who homered in the third, struck out in the first.

Rau got Jose Cardenal on a liner to shortstop and Jerry Martin fouled to the catcher to end the inning. Cey doubled with one out in the Dodger second and scored on Baker's single to left. Russell also singled, but then Phillies starter Randy Lerch retired the next two batters. Bowa singled with one out in the third, Maddox flied out, then Luzinski belted his two-run homer 385 feet to -center field Cey's 390-foot homer to left tied the score 2-2 in the fourth. Schmidt walked- to open the Phillies' fifth but was out trying to steal second.

In the Dodgers' fifth, Rau was lifted for pinch-hitter Manny Mota, who sacrificed Steve Yeager to second before the final two batters were retired. Garvey, on a count of one strike and one ball, belted his World Series fourth homer of this championship series over the left field fence. It was the sixth time he had homered in championship series competition, breaking the record of five held jointly by Sal Bando and Reggie Jackson of the American League. It also was the 12th run scored by Garvey in NL championship competition, bettering the mark of 11 by Cincinnati's Pete Rose. The homer brought reliever Warren Brusstar in to pitch a for the Phillies.

Pinch-hitter Bake McBride, batting for Brusstar against reliever Rick Rhoden, collected a home run in the Phillies' seventh on a 350-foot shot inside the right-field foul pole in again knotting the count. With two out in the eighth, Rhoden pitched carefully to Luzinski and on the final throw gave him an intentional (Continued on Page B-4) New York wins third pennant Oklahoma, boasting the most awesome offense in the country, stung the Longhorns on the Sooners' first possession in this joust of unbeatens and the outcome was really never in doubt before a sellout crowd of 72,032 in the Cotton Bowl and a region3l television audience. The Sooners intercepted three Texas passes and totally dominated the sputtering Longhorn offense, which only notched three first downs in the decisive first half. Oklahoma charged 77 yards in five plays on its first possession with Sims racing the final 18 yards untouched for the touchdown. The Texas defense, No.

3 in the nation, was stunned again in the second quarter after freshman quarterback Donnie Little fumbled the ball away at the Longhorn 26. Sims dashed 17 yards and then scored from a yard away on fourth down. A 35-yard field goal by Ewe von Schamann offset Russell Erxleben's 26-yard field goal as Oklahoma built a dominating 17-3 halftime lead. Lott, running the wishbone offense to perfection until he sprained an ankle in the fourth quarter, dashed any Longhorn comeback hopes with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Kimball to give Oklahoma a 24-3 lead early in the third period. The frustrated Horns finally broke Olympic sprinter Johnny "Lam" Jones loose on a 25-yard scoring jaunt on an endaround play in the third quarter.

Oklahoma tacked on its final touchdown late in the fourth period when David Overstreet charged across from two yards out. Oklahoma, of the Big Eight Conference, is now 5-0 while the defending Southwest Conference champion Lonhorns are now 3-1. Texas now leads the series 43-27-3. By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Veteran Roy White, often overshadowed on a club of high-salaried stars, ripped a tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning, while Ron Guidry and Rich Gossage pitched the New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over Kansas City Saturday night. The Yankees won the American League pennant for the third year in a row.

Graig Nettles also homered for the Yankees, who capped an amazing comeback from 14 games behind at midseason to capture their 32nd AL flag with a 3-1 triumph in the best-of-5 series. The Yankees, having disposed of the Royals in the playoffs for the third straight year, will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in baseball's 75th anniversary World Series beginning Tuesday in California. The Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 earlier Saturday in the fourth game of the National League series. New York managed only four hits against Kansas City pitcher Dennis Leonard, but two of them went for the distance. Nettles, leading off the second inning, erased an early 1-0 Royals lead with the third AL playoff homer of his career.

He tagged a 1-1 pitch, driving it into the area beyond the rightcenter field fence just in front of the bleachers. The shot brought a shower of paper from the capacity Yankee Stadium crowd of more than 56,356, who had seen the Royals nick Guidry for a quick run in the first inning. The New York ace, who logged a major leagueleading record of 25-3 including nine shutouts during the regular season, gave up the run before many of the fans were settled in their seats. George Brett, hitting star of the series for the Royals, (Continued on Page B4).