Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 35

KINGSPORT Sunday September 14 1980 Gobblers weur down Muccaneers 33- 7 Even though the Gobblers appeared to be hitting on only seven cylinders there was little reason for alarm Although State continued to find some success with the option defense would only bend and then ever so slightly glad said Tech head coach Bill Dooley of his second straight win were very inconsistent I hope our kids learned we have to play 60 minutes every game instead of the 40 we played today "We only got three snaps in the first quarter before we had to punt East Tennessee State had the ball the rest of the quarter Our defense certainly bent and stretched Fortunately it Tech added a pair of TDs in the final quarter on drives of 52 and 51 yards Cyrus Lawrence who rushed for 83 yards on 22 carries tallied from seven yards out and Johnny Edmonds got the final touchdown with a five-yard run the exception of about five or six mistakes our kids played about as well as they said Carlisle have no depth which took its toll in the second and fourth Carlisle said he knew his team had to put a lot of points on the board early why he elected to erase a 3-0 State lead late in the first quarter After missing on a 27-yard field goal attempt earlier in the game when the ball hit one of the uprights Phil Hunt connected from 34 yards out But Tech was offsides on the play a penalty Carlisle accepted to bring up a fourth-and-mches situation at the 13 The Bucs now 0-2 picked up the first down but the drive then stalled and Hunt was called back for a 29-yard attempt Pannell got in to block More on page 3D col 1 By DENNY DARNELL Assistant Sports Editor BLACKSBURG After Virginia defense was forced to do plenty of bending throughout the first quarter but without breaking the Gobblers got down to serious business here at Lane Stadium yesterday afternoon to pin a 35-7 setback on visiting East Tennessee State Tech a heavy favorite in the first-ever meeting between the two schools before a crowd of 27500 was simply outplayed by the fired-up Buccaneers in the first 15 minutes During that time offensive moved the football impressively and had two good opportunities to score only to come up empty handed Suddenly the sluggish Gobblers came to life Jerome pass interception and 32-yard return to the one put a damper on offensive machinery At the same time Tech was ready to launch a 21-point spree during the next nine minutes to take control Steve Casey started the fireworks with a one-yard plunge after the interception The Gobblers scored the next two times they had the football First it was a nine-play 67-yard drive capped by a 39-yard TD strike from Casey to Sidney Snell Then a State fumble at its own 19 had the Gobblers back in business for a seven-play march with reserve quarterback Jeff Bolton crashing over from the one That was enough spark to give the Gobblers complete command of the game although Tech was plagued throughout the afternoon by inconsistency Missing was the aggressiveness displayed by the defense in the season-opening win over Wake Forest or the fine-tuned offense that ripped the Deacon defense to shreads Times News Photo Earl Corter East Tennessee fullback action Trying Johnny McFall follows the to make the stop for Virginia blocking of his offensive line for a short gain during Tech Is linebacker Padro Phillips Late field goal lets Trojans win sr vs- i Ccv tjy-sfr 'iS-e- 1 ly Xx I seconds remaining and Jeff Fisher alertly picked off the pass to set up the game-win-ning field goal Fisher returned the ball 20 yards to the Tennessee 44 After a holding penalty set the Trojans back to their own 41 walk-on quarterback Gordon Adams cooly hit Hobie Brenner for a 15-yard gain to the Vol 46 and after an interception connected on a 16-yard flare pass to Vic Rakhshani to the 30 Four seconds remained After a timeout Hipp who had earlier connected on a 45-yard field goal try kicked the ball over the left side of the goal post to give the Trojans the victory and set off a wild USC celebration interception was my said Alatorre a native Californianvybe-Jives just 45 minutes from thcUSC campus threw into coverage and will take thel blame I lefarned from The Vols werhoping for man-to-man coverage but Southern Cal used azone the man said Alatorre made a good play Other than the interception Alatorre was the man of the hour for the Vols More on page 3D col 1 How They Fared (1 Ohio Stote beat Syracuse 3) 31 (2 Atobomo did not play (3 Oklahoma beat Kentucky 79 7 (4 OftHburftt beat Boston College 14-6 IS USC beat Tennessee 70-17 (6 Texas did not ploy (7 Nebraska beat Utah SS-9 (8 Notre Home did not ploy (9 Houston and Am St pioved late (10 Michifon beat Northwestern 170 (H) Florida State beat Louisville 52 0 (12 enn State did not play (13) North Cored na beat Texas Tech 96 (14 Stanford beat Tuione 19 14 (IS) Georgia beat Texas AAM 42 0 (16 Arkansas did not ploy (17 Missouri beat New Mexico 47 16 (18 Washington beat Air Force SO-7 (19 Texas AAM lost to Georgia 42 0 (20 South Caredoa beat Wichito State 73-0 Games of local interest Virginia Tech 35 East Tennessee 7 Appoiochion State 17 The Citodel 14 Concord 35 Emory ft Henry 7 Tennessee Tech 26 Western Coroiina 10 Chotta4iofeo7 Middle Tennessee 7 Tennessee Maba4 Austin Peav 20 Clemson 19 Rice 3 Marylond 31 Vonderbilt 6 Mississippi 61j Memphis State 7 By RON BLISS Executive Sports Editor KNOXVILLE football program is moving ever closer to the glory Johnny return promised when he took over four years ago Last year the Vols shocked highly-touted Notre Dame on the way to their first bowl bid since 1974 And last night they almost moved another step up the ladder It took a 44-yard -field goal by Eric Hipp with no time remaining to allow fifth-ranked South-" ern California to escape with a 20-17 victory over the Vols and-extend its unbeaten streak to 21 games before a highly partisan Vol crowd of 95049 The Trojans have not lost since losing at home to Arizona State during the 1978 season It was a game Tennessee deserved to win or at least tie The Vols fought their hearts out battling back from a 10-0 halftime deficit to tie the game first at 10-10 then 17-17 on a Steve Alatorre-to-Anthony Hancock 56-yard strike with 3 57 to play But Alatorre who led the Vols to all three scores after replacing starter Jeff Olszewski midway through the third quarter threw into a crowd with 58 get a little edgy I managed to put the pressure out of my mind I took a deep breath and said heck going to be Hipp who given USC a 3-0 with a 45-yard field goal missed a chance to break a 10-10 tie when his 44-yard attempt sailed wide to the left with 14 35 remaining in the game that kick we had a high snap and I hesitated If made that one it might not had gone down to the final Linebacker Chip Banks who chosed Southern Cal over Tennessee when he was recruited said he wanted to play well here The Augusta (Ga) native was awed by the environment More on page 2D col 1 'V jft Tennessee running back James Berry finds the going on Berry Is outside linebacker Chip Banks (51) while -4 A Timet rough in action against Southern Cal teammate Charles Ussery (79) is ready Times Southern Cal (79) is ready News Photo Gory Waters Making the stop to lend a hand Eric Hipp a hero for victorious USC and play ball We played at LSU last year and have to say they're a bit noiser down in Baton Robinson said that Tennessee is not a great team good Coaching against Johnny Majors got to get up early the morning Tennessee is so well coached they can take things away a little hard to believe they have a 0-2 Hipp described his feelings when it was left up to him to decide whether USC would fly home with a victory or a tie some reason I knew they were going to call timeout with four seconds left just to shake me I even nervous when I lined up to kick the ball But after they did call time I did side I looked up and saw the referee signal the kick Quarterback Gordon Adams who destroyed the Vols with his short passing game said the change in climate affected his throwing some hands got sweaty and I overthrew the receivers a few times I had trouble gripping the football The short passing game was going well because they had us adequately covered deep I had plenty of time to throw and was getting good yardage hitting the third Adams said the noise from the crowd of 95049 really bother him that much got pretty loud once I tuxrfl to one of the officials and complained and he said to go ahead all of your boys going to class now like they are supposed Robinson stopped the interview momentarily and stared down the man who obviously had sipped a couple of drinks too many is the only low-class guy met said Robinson Hipp a 5-8 178-pound senior from San Francisco whose kicking has won several games for the Trojans said this was his biggest moment "It was pretty exciting To use a kicker's cliche I just kept my head down and followed through like they coached me to do in practice I never did see the ball go over the goal post I got knocked down by a pretty good shot from someone coming in from the left By BILL LANE Times-News Sports Editor KNOXVILLE As John Robinson head coach of the Southern Cal Trojans answered questions from members of the press in a small conference room just behind the goal post where Enc Hipp beat Tennessee 20-17 with a 47-yard field goal as time expired last night an irate Vol fan intruded Robinson had just expressed his appreciation of the Southern hospitality he and his team had received the last couple of days in Knoxville A husky man in his mid-20s barged in chastising him over the Pac academic scandal and rudely asked: are.