Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 27

'iriiini-Tdiir I 1 xSrp- business the arts editorials iMrfr 4 La ft 42 fcJ jk XifeZw- wl rt 'ft2vr r' LJ-xYrC" Sunday October 26 1975-y Yorth Texas Humbles Yols By RICK PATTERSON Times-News Staff Writer -M 4 ia 4 KNOXVILLE The Tennessee Walker pulled up lame before the game started One wondered The start of the Tennessee Volunteers' second season was supposed to be a cake walk over an outgunned North Texas State team 'H 1 i0x i Yra vi Instead it was ample miscues by the Vols which gave the disbelieving Mean Green three touchdowns in a 21-14 win here Saturday A 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by halfback Sears Woods in the fourth quarter stunned 72670 Vol fans The go-ahead touchdown came only 14 seconds after Tennessee had fought back to tie the game with 7:39 to go Woods was a common figure cutting through the Orange line with 121 yards in 26 carries He garnered North Texas' first 100-yard game this season and its first kickoff return for a touchdown He also scored all three touchdowns pS I- Typical of the action yesterday tailback Mike Gayles in the fourth quarter had a 41-yard run called back for illegal motion On the following play Gayles fumbled a draw and North Texas recovered on Tennessee's 24 The Vols escaped that mistake but they werent so fortunate in the first half Quarterback Gary Roach in the game for only one series lateraled into the open arms of a North Texas defensive end at the Vol eight Two plays later the Green team pushed over its first score to tie the game 7-7 North Texas squibbed the next three kickoffs two of them out of bounds But no matter how far kicker Iseed Khoury was forced to back up he made the strategy work On the third try fullback Terry Moore fumbled as he was hit at the Vol 35 North Texas recovered at the 21 Woods scored three plays later and the visitors saw halftime and a 14-7 lead Sears Woods falls backwards Into end zone while scoring one of his three touchdowns In Eagle win over Tennessee In all the Vols fumbled the ball away three times and had two passes intercepted Three clipping penalties on kick returns kept Stanley Morgan and Company locked out of good field position Tennessee's touchdowns came in the second and fourth quarters on a two-yard run by Morgan from the power-I and a two-yard pass from Randy Wallace to reserve tight end John Murphy i -1 (Times News Photos Joe Willis) Tennessees Larry Seivers stretches to catch pass during Vol loss to North Texas State Seivers caught five passes for 162 yards but it wasnt enough lies 5 2nd Half Rally Nets The Vols outrushed their opponents 234 yards to 193 and outpassed them 235 to 37 as third-string quarterback Glen Ray completed only of two of 10 for North Texas Tennessee also had 22 first downs to the visitors 11 but in the end the Vols were the gracious hosts North Texas coach Hayden Fry said after the game We are not that good a football team We have to have some good things go our way "Our job is to convince our people that we can line up against the big teams To do it at Tennessee is beyond my wildest dreams Battle was more forceful with a fourth-and five on the North Texas eight in the first drive of the third quarter Morgan however was held for no gain on a pitch right Tennessee again had the first drive in the fourth quarter With a fourth-and-four at the North Texas 20 Battle this time went for the field goal Gaylor was wide left The first quarter was scoreless North Texas keeping intact its record of not scoring in the opening frame this season Even so North Texas took the opening kickoff and moved to the Tennessee 23 its only sustained drive of the afternoon The drive saw both of Rays completions a 23-yarder to Hollins and a 14-yarder to Jeff Webb North Texas missed a 4 l- ard field goal attempt After that it was all Woods' running and waiting for Tennessee to give up the ball The only Vol flurry in the first quarter was a 25-yard More On Page 2C Col 1 StoNtlici Nortti Tnoi ttoOoll tome NTS Tfn F(r1 Down 77 Ruthei Yotdi 5AJ14 Passing Yord 215 Return Yard 71 37 Pot 2 17 1 12 242 Puntt I 44 4-41 Fumble Lott 2 3 7 3 PenoHie Yord 4-JO 40 Nortft Texas State 14 4 113 Tennessee 0 7 I 34 Term Morgan 2 run (Gaylor kick 3 NTS Wood run (Khoury kick 3 NTS Wood 4 run (Khoury kirk 7 Tenn Murphy 7 pom from Wallace (Gaylor kick) NTS Wood 91 kl koff return (K houry kick A -72 440 10-10 Tie With Murray By DENNY DARNELL Times-News Sports Writer Coach Bill Battle's wrapup was short: We are 3-3 for the season and it's time to find out what type of team we can make of ourselves We are back to fighting for our lives Battle showed no inclination to do anything but tie the game after Murphy's touchdown with more than seven minutes left Jim Gaylor booted the extra point through but Woods runback made it academic JOHNSON CITY The East Tennessee State University Buccaneers scored 10 second half points to salvage a 10-10 tie with Murray State before approximately 7000 homecoming fans at Memorial Stadium here Saturday On the kickoff Woods went straight up the middle from the two The Vols broke apart at the 30 and Woods had only one man to beat Billy Arbo standing right at the the cross-mark on the 40 Arbo just got his hands on Woods as he went by The Bucs even had a chance to take the win but a 37-yard field goal attempt by Bobby Neff with :33 left sailed off to the right Neff had earned a spot in ETSU record books in the third quarter with a 42-yard field goal which surpassed the previous mark of 40 yards set by Ron Harrold against Morehead in 1968 YPI Suffers 10-7 Loss 6 1 The Bucs downfall was the first half when they couldnt seem to get anything going Sophomore quarterback Reed Nelson had a shaky start having two passes intercepted but settled down to finish with a very respectable 13 for 19 and 135 yards -03 MORGANTOWN Va West Virginias fumbling Mountaineers fought off a late bid by Virginia Tech to capture a 10-7 victory Saturday and snap the Gobblers four-game winning streak West Virginia 5-2 lost four fumbles and had a pass intercepted but rallied from a 7-0 deficit to halt its two-game losing skein Virginia Tech unable to move the football against the Mountaineer defense fell to 4-3 for the season Statistically the Bucs dominated the game especially in the second half but seemed to bog down when they moved into striking distance Top 20 The Racers got on the scoreboard midway through the first period on a 26-yard field goal by Eric Amagula Murray State had driven to the ETSU six-yard line but Racer quarterback Mike Hobbie was caught in the back-field by Andy Whetsel and James Mackey for a four-yard loss bringing up the field goal attempt rC A Bill McKenzie kicked the first field goal of his career to provide the Mountaineers winning points The sophomore kicker's 20-yard field goal came early in the fourth period when West Virginia capitalized on Virginia Techs only lost fumble 1 OHN Stott (7 dfltalN Ptirdvi 35-4 1 Ofcionemo (7 NdolN low Stott 39 7 Stoftitrn Coltttrmo (7 9) 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Techs Roscoe Coles fumbled when tackled by Chuck Braswell and Gary Lombard recovered for the Mountaineers at the Tech six-yard line to set up the winning field goal That was all the scoring for the first half which had the Racers holding a 10-0 lead In the second half the already tough Buccaneer defense Greg Anderson returned a punt 61 yards to the Tech 25 to set up West Virginias only touchdown Fullback Ron Lee twisted the final yard through the center of the line bringing the Mountaineers even at 7-7 with nine minutes left in the first half (Time News Photo John f-uHer) Murrays Mike Hobbie launches pass during ET-SU-Murray stalemate More On Page 2C Col 5 OTHERS OP INTCRCST Ottrfi 21 Ktntvcky 1) Norm Toko St 21 Ttmttt 14 ETSU 19 Murray Stott 19 ft) ModiiM 7 Em try A Htnry 4 (on Niwmo 17 GarOntr Wtbb 1) attorn Ktntvcky 13 Wttttrn Ktntvcky 7 Mittitttpoi 17 Vtndtrbtlf 7 Rich mono 34 Apooiochtan Stott 17 Ttnnottot Ttcb II Morthood II Wokt Port! 44 Virt'ftta 21 Colorado Stott 47 Air Foret tl Wtl Virtimo tl Vtrtmm Ttcfi 7 Authn Poay 17 Middit Ttnnttttt 13 Cougar Express Rolls On Virginia Tech jumped to a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter after Gary Smith who played quarterback at Dobyns-Bcnnett in 1974 jumped on a fumble by Mountaineer quarterback Danny Williams at the West Virginia 38 Eight plays later Coles blasted two yards off tackle for the Gobblers only TD The Mountaineer defense stopped Tech's only sustained drive of the game 65 yards at the WAa 25-yard line with 248 left and the Gobbler bid for victory failed at that More On Page 2C Col 3 MimpMt Stott 14 Tutt 14 North Carolina Stott 45 Cltmton 7 Airboro 17 Florida Stott 14 Bill Lane Well the New York Mets made it from last to first so why not the Central Cougars? Actually Central never has been last in anything but the Cougars football potency is increasing rapidly Today the Cougars find themselves atop the Big Nine Conference standings alone On Prep Sports ullins Keys Wave 44-0 By BOB FOLEY Times-News Sports Writer boy on this team knows how we got where we are by hard work desire and dedication No we re not about to get overconfident" Friday night's 33-0 blasting of Sullivan East helped McFerrins team reach some milestones It was win No 8 for the unbeaten Cougars who happen to be ranked eighth in the state poll Thats the most wins for a Central grid team in one season and of course the schools longest win streak since it began the sport back in 1968 Also Central tied the school record for number of shutouts in one year four The Cougars have blanked Sullivan West Tennessee High Daniel Boone and Sullivan East They're leading the Big Nine in fewest points yielded 27 just got whipped And today I think I saw the best defensive back ever to play in the IPD in Mullins He made some great plays and covered everything deep so couldn't throw NORTON DR Mullins finally came up with some snakebite antidote here Saturday afternoon leading Clintwood to another easy victory in its relentless pursuit of a third consecutive Lonesome Pine District football championship Mullins had been snakebitten throughout the eight-game old season with eight touchdowns on pass interceptions fumble recoveries rushes and punt returns called back due to various infractions Not only did Mullins key a Wave defense which limited Norton to just 98 yards and seven first downs he took team rushing honors for the day with 69 yards in 10 carries Johnny McFall second in the league rushing department suffered a shoulder bruise and played about half the game gaining 67 in 10 while quarterback A Blevins and fullback Gary Cox had 10-48 and 1 1-47 respectively Even though the Cougars crushed East with relative ease and are playing at a peak Greeneville perhaps won't be the pushover one might have expected by looking at the records a few weeks ago The Greene Devils have lost seven straight games since gunning down Knox Farragut on opening night But don't let that 1-7 record deceive you Greeneville has put the pads to the opposition the last three games Despite good showings the Devils have dropped back-to-back decisions to Morristown East (14-7) Dobyns-Bennett (13-0) and Johnson City (14-12) McFernn a native Tennessean who came to Central via Atlanta Ga is certainly elated over the Cougars success but says the last thing he expects is for them to get overconfident against any team They (the team) have far surpassed our expectations he said Saturday as the Central coaching staff started preparations for Greeneville's invasion next Thursday night Were not that good Every But yesterday he shook the proverbial monkey off his back making three big pass interceptions in the Waves 44-0 crushing of Norton Norton's game plan was to run wide and have Jake Neeley throw on the run But the massive Wave front harrassed the nimble magic-worker throughout and a great deal of credit for Mullins' thefts went to their hard-charge tactics We realize weve got to beat Greeneville" said McFernn It's a big game for us Inside A win this week automatically gives Central a share of the Big Nine championship something no Central team in any sport has landed A win the following week over D-B would hand it to the Cougars outright We just played this game with a businesslike approach said Clintwood head coach Ralph Cummins whos gunning for a second straight Group A state title The boys knew what they had to do and went out and did it Danny Brickeys 37-yard field goal with three seconds to go gave Powell Valley a 9-7 victory over Pennington Saturday night See story Page 3C Experience won the World Series for the Cincinnati Reds See commentary and Series facts and figures Page 5C Also Inside: "I expected it to be a closer game and didnt expect to hold them scoreless because Norton's so explosive In our drills this week we worked on the wide stuff making their halfbacks stay home on pass plays getting our ends to contain getting our cornerbacks to think wide stuff Nine Cougar players including star runner Randy Kitz-miller missed practice last Wednesday the team's final full-scale workout during the week because of a virus Kitzmiller did not play Friday Greg Darnell the other Central starter at running back played only sparingly because hed been ill McFernn used Chris Hickman and Eddie Crawford both of horn are defensive standouts on offense as running backs Each performed well and it convinced McFernn that hes got depth if needed at fullback and halfback His 30-yard interception return for a touchdown broke open a 164) game early in the third quarter after his leaping end zone theft had squelched the Raiders only scoring threat of the day just seconds before halftime The game realized the worst expectations of Raider coach A1 Stecker who had said he thought the current Wave edition was the greatest team ever assembled in the LPD The big emphasis was on trying to contain Jake which we did well I wouldnt say it's our best game this season but we certainly played a good football game and 1 cant think of anything I'm dissatisified with College results Pages 2C-3C D-B wins Region I C-C title Page 2C Pro football Page 4C Racing Page 6C Scoreboard Page 7C Outdoors Page 14C Joey Holt who led the way and retired with the rest of the first stnng after only about 1 2 quarters of action was at his finest Central rolled up 344 yards total offense a big part of it with Holt at the controls on the outside option "Hes what makes us go" said McFernn In view of D-Bs calamitous experience at Elizabethton Friday Central now has to be considered the frontrunner Clintwood scored after taking the opening kickoff Norton apparently ready mentally stopped the Wave for a yard loss on their first two plays But Blev ins fired 35 yards deep to Jeff Wright who took it away from Allen Richardson at the Norton 30 and eight plays later McFall went over from the three "I believe it more now" he said 1 thought we did a pretty good job on them defensively in the first half but they just whipped us I thought playing in the hot weather might be to our advantage because we were faster and they were bigger but it didn't turn out that way "I really thought we had a pretty good defensive scheme keying on the dives and making them eo outside but we More On Page 3C Col 7 Moje On Page 3C Col 7 rV'.