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2C Kingsport Times-News Sunday September 19 1976 Pitt Rolls Past Georgia Tech 42-14 I i The Bear defense then stopped Auburn twice in their own territory in final minutes once forcing a punt and the second time a fourth down try by the Tigers to clinch Baylors first victory after an opening loss Auburn is now 0-2 season Cavanaugh threw touchdown passes of 50 and six yards to Gordon Jones and scored himself on a four-yard run on a keeper early in the third period Georgia Tech had trouble moving the ball against the Panthers most of the game but drove 85 yards to a touchdown late in the second period the tally coming on a one-yard sneak by freshman quarterback Mike Jolly im Cr ATLANTA (UPI) Tony Dorsett continued his early bid for a Heisman Trophy Saturday night by npping off 113 yards and three touchdowns while pacing high-ranked Pittsburgh to a 42-14 victory over Georgia Tech Dorsett who rambled for 181 yards against Notre Dame last week and now has a career total of 4428 yards in his drive toward the all-time NCAA career rushing record scored on a six-yard run in the first penod a five-yard run in the second and a 10-yard run in the fourth as the Panthers ranked No 4 completely outclassed the Yellow Jackets Dorsett had plenty of help from Matt Cavanaugh who took over at quarterback early in the second period when starter Bob Haygood suffered a torn ligament in his left knee which may sideline him for the remainder of the ATLANTA (UPI) Statistics ot the Pittsburgh Georgio Tech footboil game Baylor Auburn AUBURN Ala (UPI) Quarterback Mark Jackson engineered a fourth quarter touchdown drive and then completed a two-point conversion pass to split end Tommy Davidson to give Baylor a 15-14 victory over Auburn in a sloppily-played intersectional battle Saturday Jackson passed for 60 of the 62 yards in the final drive hitting Davidson deep in the end zone with a 12-yard strike for the score with 4:43 left to play He then rolled to the right on the conversion and hit Davidson just over the goal line for the winning points Florida Houston GAINESVILLE Fla (UPI) Quarterback Jimmy Fisher ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third to lead a potent Florida attack which rolled up 615 yards total offense in walloping Houston 49-14 Saturday night Fisher connected on a 35-yard scoring pass to split end Wes Chandler and ran for 31 and eight-yard touchdowns and the Gators exploded for two quick touchdowns the first two times they had the ball Vanderbilt halfback Adolph Groves breaks tackle to score first touchdown of game in win over Wake Forest First downs Rushs-yrds Passing vords Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penolhs-yrds Baylor Auburn Aub Vacarella 35 pass from Gargts (OOonoghue kick) Boy Hawthorne 2 run (Delrose kick) Aub Hovlev 8 poss from Gorgls (O Oonoghue kick) Boy Davidson 12 pass from Jockson (Dovidson pass from Jockson) 49 14 GAINESVILLE Fla (UPI) Statistics of the Houston-Florida football pome Hou Flor First downs 19 25 Rushes-vards 56-229 54-415 Passing yards 100 200 Return yards 8 60 Passes 6-202 11-17-0 Punts 543 8 3-43 3 Fumbles-lost 52 31 Penoltles-yards 28 870 Hautfon 8 7 7 014 Florida 14 14 14 7-49 'Flo Wilder 35 run (Posey kick) Flo Chondler 35 pass from Fisher (Posey kick) Flo Fisher 31 run (Posey kick) Fla-Corr 18 run (Posey kick) Hou-Oovls 3 run (Copiin kick) Fla Fisher 8 run (Posey kick) Hou Maddox 11 pass trom Davis (Copiin kick) Flo Corr 46 run (Yepremian kick) Fla Green 1 pass from LeCount (Yeoremlan kick) A 49820 34 7 Mistakes proved costly for Tulane now 0-2 The Green Wave turned the ball over four times in the first half on fumbles and in the second half gave up the touchdown following an intercepted pass OXFORD Miss (UPI) Stotistlcs ot the Tulone-Mississippl football gome Pttt-Oorsett 6 run (Long kick) Ptt Dorsett 5 run (Long kick) Tech Jolly I run (Smith kick) Pitt Cavanaugh 4 run (Long kick) Tech Rucker 1 run (Smith kick) Pitt Jones 50 pass trom Covanough (Long kick) Pitt Dorsett 10 run (Long kick) Pitt Jones 6 pass from Covanough (Long kick) A 43424 24 6 fourth quarter Swinehart hit split end Phil Logan with a 36-yard touchdown pass South Carolina scored twice in the first seven minutes of the game moving 64 yards with the opening kickoff The drive was climaxed with a three-yard run by tailback Kevin Long COLUMBIA (UPI) Statistics ol the Duke South Coroimo footboil gome 22 0 Hill to only 24 yards rushing The victory avenges AP-SUs bitter 24-0 loss last week to University of Ten-nessee-Martin APSU now 1-1 in the early season travels to Western Kentucky next week to begin Ohio Valley Conference play Mars Hill is now 1-1 i Austin Peay Mars Hill CLARKSVILLE Tenn (UPI) Austin Peay State University earned their first shutout since 1971 with a 22-0 blitzing of Mars Hill (NC) in a non- conference football game Saturday The Govs although lighter than the North Carolina team held Mars Tennessee Tech Youngstown YOUNGSTOWN Ohio (UPI) Tennessee Tech spotted Youngstown State a 10-0 lead then roared back for two touchdowns one set up on a pass interference penalty for a 13-10 win Saturday The winning touchdown was set up in the fourth 13 10 quarter on a pass interference call in the Youngstown end zone on a pass from quarterback Gary Perdue to Cornize Hoke Perdue ran over from the one on the next play The loss left Youngstown winless in two games South Carolina Duke COLUMBIA SC (UPI) Freshman quarterback Steve Swinehart came off the bench in the second half Saturday night and scored one touchdown and passed for another to lead South Carolina to a 24-6 victory over Duke The win was the third of the season for the undefeated Gamecocks but it took the heroics of Swinehart to assure the victory Leading only 10-6 at halftime with starting quarterback Ron Bass out with injuries the Gamecocks scored midway through the third quarter on a one-yard plunge by the Swinehart The Lancaster Ohio native set up his first touchdown with a 58-yard dash On the first play of the Georgia Clemson CLEMSONSC (UPI) Matt Robinson tossed three touchdown passes and Ray Goff who alternated with him at quarterback had a 73-yard touchdown run Saturday as 9thranked Gerogia embarrassed Clemson 41-0 in a regionally televised game Robinson a senior had scoring passes of nine 36 and 85 yards as Georgia pushed its record to 2-0 Bulldog Coach Vince Dooley substituted freely but Clemson was clearly outclassed by the Southeastern Conference powerhouse The Tigers now 1-1 missed two field goals in the first half and could never get its offense underway against a funous Bulldog rush Gemsons main scoring threat came late in the Gobblers Win Ole Miss Tulane OXFORD Miss (UPI) Michael Sweet scored two touchdowns and speedy Reg Woullard ran for 135 yards and one tally Saturday to spark Mississippi to a 34-7 rout of Tulane Sweet scored on runs of three and 15 yards while Woullard scored the first Rebel touchdown in the second penod and continually sprinted around the Green Wave defense on end sweeps Tyrone Richard and Leon Perry also scored touchdowns for the Rebels Tulanes only score came on a 95-yard kickoff return by sophomore Reggie Scott in the final period Mississippi State Louisville STARKVILLE Miss (UPI) Halfback Darryl McGlasker filling in for an ailing Walter Packer scored two touchdowns and Kinney Jordan kicked three field goals Saturday to lead Mississippi State to a 30-21 victory over surprisingly tough Louisville McGlasker a speedy 165-pound junior went three yards in the second quarter for his first touchdown and scored again on a four-yard run in the final period as the Bulldogs picked up Miss Woullard 3 run (Langley kick) Mfss Sweet 4 run (Langley kick) Miss Richard 3 run (Langley kick) Miss Sweet 15 run (kick failed) Miss Perry 3 run (Langley kick) Tul Scott 95 kickoff return (Murray kick) A 33231 30 21 hauls down pass during 27 24 James McDougald scored the first Deacon touchdown on a 62yard run in the second period Wake Forests other two tallies came on a nine-yard run by John Zeglinski and a 32-yard pass from Mike McGlamry to Steve Yourg The Commodores scored in the first 11 seconds when Wake Forests Harold Odom fumbled the opening kickoff on the 10 and Vandys Jack Chandler pounced on it Groves swept 10 yards around left end on the first play for the score NASHVILLE Tenn (UPI) Statistics of the Woke Forest Vanderbilt football game Woke Von First downs 22 16 Rushes yords 51228 55254 Passing yards 123 110 Return yards 40 5 Posses 9-20-1 5-10-2 Punts 3-39 3 4-40 Fumbles-lost 31 21 Penolties-yards 6-49 9109 Woke Forest 3 14 7 824 Vonderbilt 17 0 0 1827 Vand Groves 10 run (Mortln kick) Vand Johnson 3 run (Martin kick) Woke FG Hely 38 Vand-FG Martin 28 Woke McDouoaid 62 run (Hely kick) Wake Zeglinski 9 run (Hely kick) Wake Young 32 pass from McGlamry (Hely kick) Vond FG Mortln 25 Vond-Wright 1 run (Mortln kick) A 21900 25 17 quarter and a one-yard effort in the third quarter His second tally put the Indians ahead The Indians took their first league win in as many games and boo ted their overall record to 2-0 The Eagles suffered their first league loss and went to 0-2 overall 31 12 Davis the first player in ASUs history to receive a scholarship solely for his kicking booted field goals of 39 yards in the second quarter 20 yards in the third quarter and 42 yards in the fourth quarter 51-0 28 11 Robiskie opened the scoring in the first period on a three-yard run capping a 72-yard drive in nine plays Robiskie led the Tigers ground attack errying 17 times for 87 yards Alternate tailback Charles Alexander carried 14 times for 81 yards Oman St Ill 1-11 LSU 14 7 Jl LSU Robiskie 3 run (Conway kick) OS FG Wolford 25 LSU Trimble 42 run (Conwav kick) LSU Dow 45 punt return (Conway kick) LSU Trimble 37 pass trom Lyons (Conway kick) OS Grossart 2 run (Overton pass from Grossart) A 68057 BATON ROUGE Lo (UPI) Statistics of the Oregon Stote Louisiana Stole football gome Ore LSU First Downs 14 IS Rushes Yords 51151 51277 Passing Yards 31 52 Return Yards 0 104 Passes 16-5-1 9-3 0 Punts 8-37 0 5 36 0 Fumbies-Lost 1-0 2-2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2 2 Penoltles-Yards 4-40 3-35 Floridas Wes Chandler Gators rout of Houston Vanderbilt Wake Forest NASHVILLE Tenn (UPI) Sophomore quarterback Mike Wright drove Vanderbilt 42 yards in the final period following a pass interception and plunged one yard for the touchdown to lift the Commodores to a 27-24 victory over Wake Forest Saturday Vanderbilt jumped out to a quick 14-point lead but the Deacons caught up at 17-17 by halftime Wake Forest led 24-17 after three quarters Weights touchdown capped a march in which he ran for 16 yards and passed for 17 more following the interception by linebacker Randy Sittason After a tight defensive performance against defending national champion Oklahoma last week Vanderbilt finally got some zip in its offense with Adolph Groves and David Johnson racing for touchdowns of 10 and 3 yards respectively and Greg Martin booting two field goals and three conversions Catawba Carson-Newman SALISBURY NC (UPI) Runningback Steve Jewell scored two touchdowns and set a school rushing record of 152 yards Saturday to lead Catawba to a 25-17 football victory over Carson-Newman in a South Atlantic Conference game Jewell who carried the ball 34 times scored on a two-yard dive in the first Appy State VMI LEXINGTON Va (UPI) Appalachian State freshman kicker Gary Davis kicked three field goals and two extra points Saturday as the Mountaineers crushed Virginia Military 31-12 in a Southern Conference game LSU Kansas State BATON ROUGE La (UPI) Split back Carl Otis Trimble scored two touchdowns on a 42-yard run and a 37-yard pass from quarterback Pat Lyons leading 14th ranked Lbuisiana State to a 28-11 victory Saturday night over winless Oregon State Trimble scored the first touchdown on a reverse with 2:46 left in the first half Tiger split back Rob Dow scored for LSU just 1:12 later on a 45-yard punt return up the left side Trimble scored his second touchdown with 2:24 left in the third quarter when he took a pass on the run from Lyons and carried it in from about the 25 It was Lyons second completion of the night Lyons threw seven passes and completed only two of them for 46 yards Senior tailback Terry Continued From Page 1C I was pleased with our overall performance said Eagle coach Bobby Collins It was far far better than last week We got beat on fourth down plays both days We didnt take advantage of the scoring opportunities and that was the difference Tech is a big strong football team The win was the Gobblers sixth straight at Lane Stadium and gives Sharpes forces a 2-1 record on the year The Hokies entertain William Mary in their next outing Oct 2 Garry led the Eagles with 143 yards in 19 attempts for the afternoon Otherwise the Eagle running attack was held at bay by the Hokie defense Alderman completed 7-of-ll passes for 94 yards most of the completions coming on short patterns Sometimes people compare scores and whether we had a shutout or not Sharpe said referring to the Eagles 48-0 loss to East Carolina last week "But the end result is what counts and we won We got that straightened out after the game Our kids have their cigars and smiles on their faces The end result yes we won and thats what counts Michigan Runs Wild Annihilates Stanford MSU FG Jordan 53 MSU-Hormon 9 run (Jordon kick) MSU FG Jordon 30 MSU-McGlosker 3 run (Jordon kick) Lou Prince 7 run (Posodas kick) Lou-MIller 17 run (Posodos kick) MSU McGlasker 4 run (Jordon kick) Lou-Prince 21 run (Posodos kick) MSU FG Jordan 30 A 27000 45 14 yard line while Berns scored on runs of 3 and 5 yards Vince Ferragamo connected on eight of 12 passes for 115 yards for Nebraska but saw little action in the second half SC Long 3 run (Parrish kick) SC-FG Parrish 28 Duke-Gore 10 run (kick foiled) SC Swinehart 1 run (Parrish kick) SC Logan 36 poss from Swinehart (Parrisfi kick) A 52237 41 0 second quarter when Harold Goggins took the ball at the Georgia 35 and rumbled to the 10 Senior quarterback Mike OCain could not capitalize as he threw one complete pass and then was held to a one-yard gain before losing three yards and Clemson was forced to try a field goal which James Russell missed CLEMSON SC (UPI) Statistics of the Georgia Clemson foofboll game Geo Clem Firs! downs 21 14 Rushes yards 63320 39150 Passing vords 182 110 Return yards 48 0 Passes 7141 1019-4) Punts 2-41 0 7-39 1 Fumbles lost 21 33 Penalties-yards 545 324 Georgia 7 10 10 14-41 Clemson 0 0 0 00 Ga Goff 73 run (Leovltt kick) Ga-Oavis 9 poss from Robinson (Leavitt kick) Ga-FG Leavitt 31 Ga FG Leavitt 47 Ga Washington 85 pass from Robinson (Leavitt kick) Ga Davis 36 poss from Robinson (Leavitt kick) Ga-McClendon 1 run (Leavitt kick) A 41100 31 6 yard touchdown in the second quarter and 74-yard scoring bomb in the third COLUMBIA Mo (UPI) Stotistlcs ot However it tightened considerably allowing Stanford just one penalty-aided first down until only 4:07 was left in the first half It was the first shutout the Cardinals suffered since Southern California did it to them in 1967 ANN ARBOR Mich (UPI Statistics of the Stanford Michigan footboil game Nebraska Indiana BLOOMINGTON Ind (UPI) Eighth-ranked Nebraska shaking off last weeks stalemate at Louisiana State routed Indiana Saturday 45-13 with hard running Monte Anthony and Rich Berns each scoring twice The Cornhuskers here for the first time in 31 years piled up a 38-0 lead before Indiana scored in the third period Nebraska substituted freely from the third period on of the one-sided intersectional match Both Anthony and Berns gained 84 yards apiece with Anthony smashing over for touchdowns from the one- Mich State Wyoming EAST LANSING Mich (UPI) Quarterback Eddie Smith engineered his first series of collegiate varsity downs into a successful scoring drive and then completed touchdown passes of 27 and 10 yards Saturday to give Michigan State a 21L10 triumph over Wyoming Minnesota Wash State MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) Minnesota fullback Jim Perkins rushed for two touchdowns and quarterback Tony Dungy scored on a 51-yard keeper Saturday to lead the Gophers to a 28-14 nonconference victory over Washington State Perkins used primarily on short yardage situations scored on third quarter runs of three yards and one yard to give Minnesota a 25-8 lead Sophomore tailback Ken Kitzmann carried ANN ARBOR Mich (UPI) Sophomore quar- terback Rick Leach guided an explosive offense and the suspect Michigan defense held Stanford without a first down for 26 minutes of the first half Sa-! turday in a 51-0 romp by the second-ranked Wolveriines over the Cardinals Sophomore tailback 'I Harlan Huckleby gained 160 yards in 15 carries scoring once and setting up the second of fullback Rob Lytles two touchdowns Leach scored once and I threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to his old high school I teammate tight end Gene Johnson Michigans defense gave up 268 yards passing des-pite a 40-27 thrashing of Wisconsin last week Notre Dame Purdue SOUTH BEND Ind (UPI) Halfback A1 Hunter threw a 33-yard touchdown pass and set a personal career high rushing with 96 yards including another touch- down Saturday to lead Notre Dames Fighting Irish to a 23-0 triumph over Pur- due It was a battle of running backs as Notre Dame threw only three passes in the first half Hunter completing the touchdown toss to Mark McLane while Purdue at- tempted 12 passes and completed only three Hunter's scoring throw came after Purdues Dave Eagin had failed on a fourth down fake punt in which he intended to pass only to find his receivers covered He lost 12 yards when he was tackled by Luther Bradley turning the ball over to Notre Dame on the makers' 38 to set up the first Mich Huckleby 8 run (Wood kick) Mich Leach 4 run (Wood kick) Mich Lytle 16 run (Wood kick) Mlch-Fg Wood 49 Mich Davis 16 run (Wood kick) Mich4ytle 14 run (Wood kick) Mich Johnson 3 pass from Leach (kick blocked) Mich Davis 85 run (Wood kick) A 103741 23 0 touchdown of the game Notre Dame threw only four passes in the second half and Rick Slager completed three of them for 29 yards Slager who was the Irish quarterback until the final five minutes of the game ran as much as he passed gaining 16 yards in seven plays while he tried only seven passes Notre Dame used eight ball carriers in the contest and Jerome Heavens ran for 73 yards on 21 carries Michigans Ilarlan Huckleby jumps over a Stanford lineman on his way to a touchdown Neb-tp Evelond 29 Neb Bern 3 run (Evelond kick) Neb Anthony 1 run (Evelond kick) Neb Berns 5 run (Evelond kick) ind Calvin 3 pass from Jones (Freud kick) Neb-Glllesple 9 run (Evelond kick) Ind Horkroder 1 run (kick failed) A-4 1289 21 10 In addition to brightening Smiths quarterbacking debut for the Spartans the victory gave Darryl Rogers his first win as Michigan State head coach Smith was among five players forced to sit out the Spartans' opening game last week because of his involvement in the Spartans' football recruiting scandal 28 14 the ball 22 times for 112 yards to poast his first 100-yard game rushing Perkins' first touchdown came six plays after Gopher linebacker Desy Williamson covered a fumble by Cougar quarterback Jack Thompson at the Washington State 26-yard line Dungy who completed 11 of 24 pass attempts for 144 yards scored on a keeper in the first quarter and freshman Paul Rogind added two field goals including a 36-yarder in the final quarter Sevier Robinson Open Tuesday Kingsports two middle schools Ross Robinson and John Sevier open their 1976 football seasons Tuesday Its the first time the two city schools are playing as middle schools Previously they served as three grades (7th 8th and 9th) and fed into Dobyns-Bennett High School The ninth grades been moved into the regular phase of the high school The middle schools consist of seventh and eighth grades Sevier opens its season at home against Blountville in a 5 pm game Robinsons on the road facing Jonesboro Middle School in a 7 pm game at Boones Creek Sevier is coached this year by John Rippetoe and the assistant is Rick Everroad For Robinson their opener will be the first of a five-game schedule Their home opener will be Sept 28 against Bluff City at 5 pm Robinsons coaches are Bill Boyer and assistant coach Don Jones Home games for Sevier and Robinson will be played on their own fields Previously both played their home games at Fred Johnson Stadium i Illinois Missouri COLUMBIA Mo Tailback James Coleman ran for two touchdowns and Kurt Steger hit slotback Eric Rouse with a pair of touchdown passes Saturday in leading Illinois to a 31-6 upset of mistake-prone and sixth-ranked Missouri Coleman who gained 152 yards on 31 carries before leaving the game with two minutes to play scored on second half runs of two and four yards Steger who hit 10 of 18 passes for 160 yards before also leaving the game early hit Rouse with a 7- III Rous 74 pats from Steger (Beaver kick) (Reeve kick) ND Stager 1 run (Reeve kick) ND Hunter 2 run (kick tolled) A 59075 III Coleman 4 run (Beaver kick) A 63486 ltpi.

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