Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 27

Sunday September 25 1983 Kingsport Tlmes-News 3C C-N Eagles upend Eton Mike Rozier Nebraska RB Aft Yd Yesterday 26 1 59 Two game totals 76 617 How team did: No 1 Nebraska walloped Minnesota 84-13 as Rozier scored three touchdowns JEFFERSON CITY The Carson-Newman Eagles finally got on the winning track last night claiming a 15-8 South Atlantic Conference victory over Elon Carson-Newman ranked fifth in NAIA last year bolted out to a 15-0 lead in the first three quarters Brad Bell carried one in from five yards in the first (arter Ronny Wilson caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Bell in the second quarter and Doug Jennings kicked a 35-yard goal in the third Elon who won the NAIA national championship in 1981 and 1982 could only manage six points when Jesse Jones caught a 40-yard pass from Sam From-hart The conversion failed Larry Smith led the Eagles in rushing gaining 49 yards on 21 attempts Mark Isom was top defensive player collecting eight tackles five assists five quarterback sacks two fumble recoveries and two broken passes Carson-Newman outrushed Eton 150-83 and outpassed the Christians 107-70 The Eagles will host Catawba next Saturday at 7:30 pm at Burke-Tarr Stadium Appalachian State 27 Tha Cltadal 16 CHARLESTON SC (UPI) Running backs Cliff Reid and Alvin Parker combined for 120 yards and three touchdowns to lead Appalachian State to a Southern Conference win The Mountaineers scored on five of their first six possessions raising their record to 2-0 in the conference and 3-0 overall The Citadel playing its first league game dropped to 1-2 overall in the regionally-televised football game Appalachian State which upset Division I-A member Wake Forest in its season opener coasted to a 24-7 halftime lead and overcame a school-record passing performance by Citadel quarterback Robert Hill Parker who rushed for 48 yards scored twice on 3-yard runs while Reid opened the scoring on a 9-yard sweep for a touchdown and finished with 72 yards Hill a junior who was a backup quarterback last year completed 30 of 45 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns The completions and attempts were new Citadel records Furman 31 Marshall 7 GREENVILLE SC (UPI) Tailback Stanford Jennings rushed for 108 yards to break the Furman career rushing record and lead the Paladins to a 31-7 victory over Marshall Saturday in a Southern Conference game Jennings last Southern Conference player of the year broke the school record of 3038 yards set by Larry Robinson in 1976 Furman 2-1 scored early in the first quarter and never trailed against the Thundering Herd which fell to 1-3 Keven Esval connected on a 41-yard field goal int he first quarter to put Furman ahead 3-0 The Paladins increased their lead to 10-0 later in the period when quarterback David Char-pia threw a 14-yard scoring pass to Chas Fox Charpia who missed first two games with a sprained thumb rushed for 61 yards and completed 7 of 11 passes for 109 yards Robbie Garnder scored Furman's second touchdown on a 2-yard plunge with 1:27 left in the half Early in the third quarter senior flanker Billy Risher caught a 27-yard touchdwon pass from Charpia to make it 24-0 Furman touchdown was the 16th of his career trying another school record Jennings rounded out the scoring for Furman in the fourth quarter with a 4-yard run Marshall scored its lone touchdown late in the game when tailback Robert Surratt scored from 3 yards out Georgetown (Ky) 20 Emory A Henry 0 EMORY Georgetown survived six turnovers by smothering Emory ground game to improve to 3-0 Georgetown which limited Emory to only 9 yards rushing scored all of its points in the first half with a pair of touchdown passes from Ty Vandegraft and two field goals by Dan Peyton Emory Henry committed eight turnovers itself in falling to 2-1 Scott Brown paced offense which gained 314 yards with 65 yards on 11 carries Sam Blevins came on late to hit 10 of 17 passes for 124 yards Jeff Wickersham LSU QB 1983 How team did: LSU blasted No 4 Washington 40-10 as Wickersham ran for three touchdowns Walt Lewis Alabama QB 26 60 Yesterday 1983 How team did: No 5 Alabama crushed Vanderbilt 44-24 as Lewis picked up an additional 90 yards in 12 carries on the ground Other top performance yesterday: Bruce Kollmeyer and Frank Seurer Kansas: Kallmeyer kicked 4 field goals and Seurer hit 26 of 38 passes for 385 yards to give Kansas a 26-20 upset of Southern Cal Kallmeyer has 1 7 field goals in just four games for Kansas Doug Flutie Boston College: Flutie hit 23 of 51 passes for 41 8 yards but threw four interceptions in a 27-17 loss to West Virginia Scott Stankavge and Ethan Horton North Carolina: Horton rushed for 141 yards in a 51-20 romp of William Mary Stankavage threw four TDs giving him eight for the year Horton the ACC's leading rusher now has 469 yards on the year Earl Johnson Oklahoma: With Heisman candidate Mdrcus Dupree out with a knee injury the freshman rushed for 1 43 yards 1 20 in the first quarter as Oklahoma bashed Tulsa 28-1 8 SEC Standings and how they fared yesterday Alabama (2-0 3-0) beat Vanderbilt 44-24 page 3C Florida (1 -0 3-0-1 beat Miss State 35-12 page 3C Auburn (1-0 2-1) beat Tennessee 37-13 page 1C LSU (0-0 2-1 beat Washington 40-14 page 3C Kentucky (0-0 4-0) beat Tulane 26-1 4 page 3C Georgia (0-0 2-0-1 beat South Carolina 31 -1 3 page 3C Mississippi State (0-1 2-1 lost to Florida 35-1 2 page 3C Tennessee (0-1 1-2) lost to Auburn 37-1 3 page 1C Vanderbilt (0-11 -2) lost to Alabama 44-24 page 3C Ole Miss (0-11 -3 0-1 beat Arkansas 1 3-1 0 page 3C Next games Tennessee vs Citadel at Memphis Memphis State at Alabama Floriday State at Auburn Florida at LSY Mississippi State at Georgia Vanderbilt at Tulane Kentucky is idle Terry Hoage (14) takes aim on South Carolina quarterback Allen Mitchell 6- Kentucky stays perfect Southern Conference standings and how they fared yesterday Appalachia State (2-0 3-1 beat The Citadel 27-1 6 page 3C Furman (1-0 3-1) beat Marshall 31-7 page 3C Western Carolina (1-0 1-2) beat ETSU 17-16 page 1C UT-Chattanooga (0-0 2-1 was idle yesterday ETSU (0-1 1-2) lost to Western Carolina 17-16 page 1C The Citadel (0-1 1 -2) lost to Appy State 27-1 6 page 3C Marshall (0-1 1-3) lost to Furman 31-7 page 3C Virginia Military (0-1 0-3) lost to Virginia Tech 28-0 page 4C Davidson (0-1 0-3) lost to Newberry 1 3-7 page 3C Next week's games Appalachian State at East Tennessee State University The Citadel vs Tennessee at Memphis Davidson at James Madison Furman at VMI Western Carolina at Marshall (n) UT-Chattanooga at Louisana Tech Qiamt- G-HiKa-ntte ACC standings and how they fared yesterday Virginia (2-0 4-0) beat NC State 26-14 page 4C North Carolina (0-0 4-0) William Mary 51-20 page 3C Maryland (0-0 2-1 beat Pittsburgh 1 3-7 page 4C Clemson (1-0 2-1-1 beat Georgia Tech 41-14 page 4C Wake Forest (0-0 3-1) beat Richmond 31-6 page 4C NC State (0-11 -2) lost to Virginia 26-1 4 page 4C Georgia Tech (0-1 0-3) lost to Clemson 41-14 page 4C Duke (0-1 0-3) was idle Next week's gomes: Miami (Fla) at Duke North Carolina at Georgia Tech Virginia at Maryland NC State at Wake Forest Richmond at Wake Forest Clemson is idle United Prsu International Walt Hunt (45) hashis facemask pulled by a swarming LSU defense last night on an 82-yard march that culminated in a 1-yard touchdown run by Keith Montgomery with 10:35 left in the game and scored the game's final points with his 37-yard keeper with 6 28 left to go Georgia 2-0-1 fell behind South Carolina 2-2 the first quarter when the Bulldogs missed a field goal after a long ppening drive and the Gamecocks retaliated with a long drive of their own with Mark Fleetwood' kicking a 38-yard field goal with 4 28 left in the first period A However the Bulldogs drove 80 yards after the ensuing kickoff with freshman David Me-Cluskey racing the final 41 down the left sideline to give Georgia a 7-3 lead with 109 left in the first period Mississippi 13 Arkansas (No 18) 10 JACKSON Miss (UPI) Tailback Buford McGee scored one touchdown and Bill Smith kicked a pair of field goals to lead Mississippi to an upset of 18th-ranked Arkansas McGee who caught his 100th career pass during the game and rushed for 86 yards scored from 3 yards out to climax an 11-play drive that covered 80 yards with 13 50 to go in the second period LSU 40 Washington (No 7) 14 BATON ROUGE La (UPI) Sophomore quarterback Jeff Wickersham ran for three touchdowns and passed for 259 yards and another score Saturday night to lead Louisiana State University Tiger sophomore tailbacks Dalton Hilliard and Garry James combined for 207 yards on the ground with Hilliard scoring on a 4-yard run Juan Betanzos kicked field goals of 32 and 37 yards before a record Tiger stadium crowd of 82390 Wickersham completed 16 of 20 passes including an 18-yard touchdown strike to Eric Martin in the fourth quarter Martin caught seven passes in the game for 137 yards LEXINGTON Ky (UPI) Chris Caudell kicked field goals of 37 and 47 yards and Kentucky players scored touchdowns to help the Wildcats post a 26-14 victory over Tulane for the undefeated Wildcats yesterday in their best start in 33 years The field goal at the 8:03 mark in the final period put Kentucky out to a decisive 20-14 lead in the homecoming game at Commonwealth Stadium From there the Cats went on to score their final touchown a 3-yard run by George Adams with 1:18 remaining Tulane led 7-0 mideay through the first quarter on Kelvin 3-yard TD and Tony Wood's kick The Wildcats scored their first touchdown with 7:28 left in the first half on a 25-yard pass from quarterback Randy Jenkins to wide receiver Rick Mas-sie The kick by Caudell tied the game at 7-7 Kentucky took a 10-7 halftime advantage on a 47-yard field goal by Caudell with 10 seconds remaining in the first half The Cats went ahead 17-7 with 11:34 left in the third quarter on a 15yard run by Curtis Cochran and the kick by Caudell The last time the Wildcats had gone 4-0 was in 1950 when the late Paul Bryant was coach Tulane fell to 2-2 with the loss before 57425 UK horn-coming fans Alabama (No5) 44 Vanderbilt 24 NASHVILLE Tenn (UPI) Quarterback Walter Lewis scored two touchdowns last night to lead fifth-ranked Alabama to a 44-24 victory over Southeastern Conference rival Vanderbilt The undefeated Crimson Tide spotted Vanderbilt 17 first-quarter points and then scored on the next six possessions over the second and third periods to smash the hopes for an upset The triumph was the third in a row for Alabama coach Ray Perkins who succeeded the late Bear Bryant last year The Tide is 2-0 in SEC play while Vanderbilt dropped to 1-2 overall and 0- I in league play Lewis ended the night by running 12 times for 90 yards and completing 11 of 26 passes for 184 yards Lewis scored on runs of 1 and II yards as the Tide exploded for 17 points in the second period to erase the 17-0 lead Kicker Van Tiffin added a 33-yard field goal Florida (No 13) Mississippi State 12 STARKVILLE Miss (UPI) Wayne Peace passed for 260 yards and two touchdowns and John Williams ran for two more scores to lead 13th-ranked Florida to victory Peace who completed 21 of 34 passes connected on a 34-yard toss to Dwayne Dixon with 35 seconds remaining in the second quarter for the first touchdown The 213-pound senior quarterback struck again in the fourth quarter with a 5yard scoring pass to receiver Bee Lang capping in 80-yard drive in 14 plays Sophomore fullback Williams scored both of his touchdowns in the final period racing 70 yards for one and 20 yards for another to shatter any hopes for a comeback by the frustrated Bulldogs who trailed only 14-12 after three quarters John Bond completed eight of 23 passes for 118 yards and rushed for 32 yards for Mississippi State Georgia (No 11) 31 South Carolina 13 ATHENS Ga (UPI) John Lastinger delegated to second string quarterback for his play in first two games replaced injured starter Todd Williams in the second half and passed for one touchdown and ran 37 yards for another to lead the llth-ranked Bulldogs Lastinger took over when Williams suffered a side muscle tear with barely two minutes gone in the second half and followed up a 32-yard pass to tight end Clarence Kay with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kay with 10:40 left in the third quarter Lastinger also led the Bulldogs How the United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 fared yesterday 1 Nebraska (4-0) beat UCLA 42-1 0 page 4C 2 Texas (2-0) beat North Texas State 26-6 3 Ohio State (2-1 lost to Iowa 20-1 4 page 4C 4 North Carolina (4-0) beat William Mary 51-20 page 4C 5 Alabama (3-0) beat Vanderbilt 44-24 page 3C 6 Iowa (3-0) beat Ohio State 20-14 page 3C 7 Washington (2-1 lost to LSU 40-14 8 West Virginia (4-0) beat Boston College 27-17 page 4C 9 Pittsburgh (2-1 lost to Maryland 1 3-7 page 4C 10 Oklahoma (2-1 28-0 page 4C 1 1 Georgia (2-0-1 beat South Carolina 31-13 page 3C 1 2 Southern Methodist (3-0) beat TCU 21-17 1 3 Florida (3-0-1 beat Mississippi State 35-1 2 page 3C 1 4 Auburn (2-1 beat Tennessee 37-1 4 page 1 1 5 Boston College (3-1 lost to West Virginia 27-1 7 page 4C 1 6 Notre Dame (1 -1 played Miami (Fla) late 1 7 Michigan (1 -1 beat Wisconsin 38-21 poge 4C 1 8 Arkansas (2-1 lost to Ole Miss 1 3-3 page 3C 1 9 Arizona State (1 -0-1 played Wichita State late 19 Michigan State (2-1) lost to Illinois 20-10 poge 3C i.