The Kilgore News Herald from Kilgore, Texas • 2

--r-s mrmrn Page 2A KILGORE NEWS HERALD Sunday October 7 1973 angers By JOHN INMAN Unable to mount a consistent offensive attack Kilgore College fell to winless Wranglers here Saturday night 17-8 The disappointing Rangers dropping their second straight conference encounter new stand 1-4 for the season- while Cisco triumphant for the first time is now 1-3 The Wranglers showing an unusually stiff defense limited KC to but 62 total yards in the first half as they built up a surprising 10-0 lead Although beginning slowly Cisco moved to the Kilgore 15 on its third possession of the game where Macial White booted a 31-yard field goal with 2:49 remaining in the opening quarter Ad "jr The scoring march began at the Ranger 41 and consumed eight plays On the play before the score Gary Robinson missed an interception at his own 7-yard marker giving the Wranglers new life Cisco had missed a field goal on its previous possession when the pigskin sailed wide to the left The Wranglers recovered a Kilgore miscue on their own 46 late an the second stanza to begin a touchdown drive Nine plays later quarterback Wayne Andrews found his tight end Darrell Covey strike with only 6 seconds left in first half action White converted the PAT for a 1(M) lead at the intermission break Covey made a tremendous diving grab of pass behind Charles Wampler The second half found penalty after penalty stopping drives for both teams The longest cither team held the ball was six consecutive plays untiHate in the third period when Cisco again sustained a scoring march for their third score of the game Tailback Gary Sutherland took the ball over his right guard from 16 yards out for the TD Covey got the PAT and the Wranglers had a 17-0 margin with 2:47 left in the third quarter of play Kilgore sparked by QB Steve Adams began a move at its own 47 and covered the 53 yards in 13 plays Adams connected with split end Bobby Matkin on a 6-yard paydirt strike at 8:36 in the final period Adams also hit Matkin for a 2-point conversion for the final 17-8 nod Sutherland garnered game rushing honors with 85 yards in 18 trips through the Ranger defense Claude Barnes had 72 on 16 carries Kilgore will host Ranger next week in St John Memorial Stadium for 1973 homecoming activities as TJCFF action continues open behind the Ranger secondary for a 9-yard Texas Overwhelms Wake Forest 41-0 Razorbacks Win 15th Straight Over Texas Christian 13-5 Texas Tech Upsets 11th Ranked Oklahoma State By JERRY SCARBROUGH my Carmichael who took over Associated Press Sports Writer when starter Joe Barnes was injured early in the second quarter scored both Tech touchdowns Don Grimes added the extra points and kicked field goals of 28 yards and 23 yards to cap the Red Raiders scoring Oklahoma State quarterback Brent Blackman who also was injured in the contest got the lone touchdown with a nine-yard scamper in the By ROBERT HEARD Associated Press Sports Writer AUSTIN Tex (AP) Defen sive halfback Jay Arnold ran back a pass interception 58 yards for a touchdown Saturday night to spark sputtering Texas past Wake Forest 41-0 score made it 21-0 in the third quarter first team offense scored only two touchdowns against the Deacons as they undoubtedly were A 39-yard punt by Greg Anderson was knocked out of bounds at the Arkansas one and led to second score Three plays netted two yards and Allen Hooker blocked an Arkansas out of the end zone with 7:32 remaining TCU reached the Arkansas 30 following the free kick but Mike Campbell dumped Marshall for a 14-yard loss and the Horned Frogs wound up kicking the ball away By HARRY KING Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK (AP) Arkansas quarterback Mike Kirkland shook off four pass interceptions and completed a 26-yard scoring toss to wingback Freddie Douglas that sealed the 15th consecutive victory over TCU 13-5 here Saturday night The game was the Southwest Conference opener for both teams scoring passxame three plays after defensive end Ivan Jordan recovered a fumble at the TCU 45 Freshman fullback Alan Watson on his second carry of the game broke lose up the middle but fumbled Arkansas tackle Lee King recovered seven yards down field at the TCU 26 A running play gained nothing and then Kirkland drilled a pass to Douglas at the 15 Douglas playing in place of injured Kelvin was hit at the five but dragged a tackier into the end zone The score came with three minutes gone in the fourth quarter and put Arkansas on top 13-3 defensive unit was outstanding in the second half in the face of outstanding Area Grid Highlights Pirates Rally to Nip fDogs has not scored a touchdown in four games this year crossed midfield once when the defense recovered a Texas fumble on the Longhorn 40 Wake Forest made one first down but a fake field goal play on fourth and 10 from the Texas 29 was snuffed out when defensive end Malcolm Minnick hit quarterback Bill Armstrong from behind just as he was releasing the ball Texas scored the first time it got the ball driving 80 yards in 15 plays with Joe Aboussie ripping the last 14 yards after a fake handoff to Leaks Wake Forest stopped the Longhorns on the next three possessions Quarterback Marty Akins failed by four inches at the Wake Forest 28 on a fourth and one A 54-yard field gqthe Deacons forced a punt at their own 48 second touchdown drive covered 90 yards in 13 plays A 14-yard pass interference penalty set up Akins one-yard TD run Billy Schott was wide to the left on second missed field goal attempt from the 29 Akins who looked sharp passing against Texas Tech last week threw poorly A couple of his passes were dropped but he overthrew or under threw four or five others when he had receivers open He completed five of 16 for 64 yards Wake Forest managed only four first downs in the first half Defeats Qemson looking ahead to next annual war against Oklahoma Even before the opening kickoff the Deacons showed they came to play Texas They jumped on top of each other in the pre-game mass huddle Texas players stood in their mass huddle as if a prayer were being spoken Longhorn Coach Darrell Royal liberally substituted in his offensive unit after the first stringers stunk up the field against the team that lost 0-41 to the Richmond Tigers Roosevelt Leaks outstanding fullback bulled his way 78 yards on 15 carries in the first half then sat out -the second half with a neck injury that was called The Deacons whose offense LONGVIEW The Pine Tree Pirates rallied to win their first game of the year topping the Carthage Bulldogs 27-12 Carthage led 12-0 on the strength of a 1-yard plunge by Verlin Smith and 60-yard pass to Linus Pellum Then Chuck Smith scampered in from 12 yards out and Charlie Dempwols sprinted in for a 22-yard TD Don Hawkins who carried 38 times for 274 yards cracked over from the 3 and ran 60 yards for another Pirate TD Guy Jackson kicked two PATs and Keith Rash kicked one GILMER 33 JEFFERSON GILMER Mike Webb paced the Gilmer Buckeyes to a 33-9 district win over the Jefferson Bulldogs here Friday night Webb rambled for touchdowns of 20 and 15 yards Other Buckeye scores came on a 10 yard run by Lester Moore and 5 yard runs by William Griffin and David Duncan Don Robinson sprinted 25 yards for only TD and John Cornelius kicked a field goal JOHN TYLER 21 TEXARKANA 16 TYLER John Lions took a big step in pursuit of the District 14-AAAA title downing Texas High of Texarkana 21-16 Fullback Earl Campbell a 210-pound workhorse for the field position The Horned Frogs took over 63 42 54 59 and 54 yards away from the Arkansas goal on five of their first six possessions in the second half but came away empty handed each time Kirkland missed two field goal attempts and Berl Simmons missed one before Kirkland scored on a seven yard run with 8:08 left in the second half touchdown ended a 54-yard drive that included four carries by Dickie Morton for 30 yards and a 13-yard pass from Kirkland to Jack Ettinger on a third and seven situation TCU took the ensuing kickoff and aided by a 31-yard burst by quarterback Kent Marshall reached the Arkansas 26 Three plays netted six yards and Simmons booted a 37 yarder that made it 7-3 at the half first six possessions in the second half ended with a missed field goal a fumbled pitchout three punts and a fumbled handoff Missouri Wins Over Mustangs By DENNE II FREEMAN" Associated Press Writer DALLAS (AP) Missouri senior John Moseley a dimin-uitive 5-9 package of dynamite who came to college without a scholarship kept the Tigers unbeaten Saturday with an incredible 74-yard punt return for a the first of his career Moseley escaped the grasp of six SMU tacklers on the fourth quarter jaunt that gave the 15th ranked Tigers a 17-7 victory oyer the previously unbeaten 19th-ranked Mustangs in the regionally televised game just kept spinning spinning and said Moseley who walked on for football practice at Missouri oven though he offered a scholarship out of Columbia Mo Hickman High School Moseley said was too small in high school but really made the team when I was a sophomore the first time scored on a punt return or a kickoff It meant a lot to Missouri held a precarious 10-7 lead at the time and twice beat back fourth-down-and-two attempts deep in Tiger territory Moseley a 5-9 160-pound senior from Columbia Mo snapped a tight battle of the unbeaten with his inspired jaunt through half the SMU team The dazzling dash began when Moseley shook otf a head-on tackle at his own 35 but maintained balance with free hand Moseley shed tackier after tackier as he weaved down the sidelines sending the Missouri bench into a wild celebration with 14:38 left in the last quarter Baylor Triumphs 21-14 Over Florida State ing on a 15-yard pass Ken Pengitore to tight end Dennie Cunningham The pass interception set up a 24-yard Clemson field goal by Bob Burgess Then the Aggies struck back Bean cut off right tackle found the way clear and scampered down the sideline for 78 yards and the first touchdown The Aggies went ahead to stay on a 26-yard field goal by Randy Haddox In the third quarter Texas scored twice both on runs by Hubby one of three yards the other of four The visitors scored their final touchdown in the closing seconds when David Walker went over from five yards out to cap a 14-play drive Qemson 's only offense threat in the final half was a 95-yard drive with Pengitore going over from the one Pengitore kept the drive alive with a 44-yard run and two pass completions covering 37 yards GRID SCORES By The Associated Press Harvard 16 Boslon Univ Holy Cross 10 Dartmouth 0 Indiana 28 West Virginia 14 Massachusetts 25 Rutgers 22 Tulane 24 Pittsburgh 6 Texas 30 Clemson 15 Virginia Military 23 Citadel 6 William Mary 33 Villanova 21 Miami Ohio 24 Marshall Univ 6 Michigan 24 Oregon 0 Ohio State 27 Washington St 3 Yale 24 Colgate 18 Arizona 23 Iowa 20 Auburn 14 Mississippi 7 South Carolina 27 Virginia Tech 24 Georgia Tech 14 Army 10 Maryland 38 Syracuse 0 Colorado 23 Iowa State 16 Notre Dame 14 Michigan State 10 Ohio 14 Northwestern 12 Oklahoma 24 Miama Fla 20 Purdue 27 Duke 7 Texas Tech 20 Oklahoma State 7 Alabama 28 Georgia 14 Tennessee 28 Kansas 27 Vanderbilt 39 Virginia 22 Kansas St 21 Memphis State 16 Utah State 13 Bngham Young 7 Columbia 14 Princeton 13 Tennessee State 19 Grambling Col 13 Tuskegee 48 Alabama 19 Kansas St Univ 21 Memphis State 16 Nebraska 48 Minnesota 7 Oklahoma 24 Miami Fla 20 Stanford 24 Illinois 0 Missouri 17 South Methodist 7 Montana 31 South Dakota 19 Penn State 19 Air Force 9 Southern Cal 21 Oregon State 7 Arkansas 13 TCU Baylor 21 Florida State 14 Baltimore Beats Oakland STILLWATER Okla (AP)-Texas Tech took advantage of Oklahoma State fumbles to upset the llth-ranked Cowboys 20-7 Saturday Tech punched two quarter touchdowns following fumbled punts by the Cowboys added field goals following two more Cowboy fumbles then relied on a strong defensive effort to knock Oklahoma State from the unbeaten ranks Substitute quarterback Jim- second Lions reeled off TD runs of 41 and 19 yards but it took a 73-yard option pass from Campbell to Ralph Campbell to clinch the win For Texarkana Herschel Moore tallied on a 24-yard run and Reginald Scott took a 52-yard pass from Wendall -Rodgers for a third period score Rodgers also kicked a field goal GLADEWATER 39 JACKSONVILLE 7 GLADEWATER Charles Gordon and Lenard Lott each scored three touchdowns as the Gladewater Bears downed Jacksonville 39-7 Friday Gordon scored on runs of 6 11 and 41 yards while Lott had TDs of 1 1 and 33 yards John Crowley kicked 3 PATs Jerry Aldrege returned a pass interception 60 yards for touchdown and Paul Verhayhan kicked the point after NEW DIANA 48 UNION GROVE 2 DIANA The New Diana Eagles kept their seasonal slate clean with a 48-2 clobbering of Union Grove here Friday night Quarterback Dal Hankins passed for four touchdowns On the receiving end were Willie Neal Larry Smith and Kirt' Yocum Yocum caught two TD passes The Union Grove score came when a snap from center sailed over the head of Eagle punter topped his previous strikeout high of 11 against Boston on Aug4 He also enabled Baltimore to keep its perfect record in American League playoff competition The Orioles beat Minnesota three straight games in 1969 and 1970 and Oakland in three games in 1971 assessment of his performance was seconded by Oakland's Reggie Jackson the best game ever seen anyone pitch" said Jackson who and struck out twice the best seen in my Oakland Manager Dick Williams said however that the should have had him the ropes in the first inning if they had stayed away from the high second touchdown after the first of two interceptions by Trojan defensive back Danny Reece at the Oregon State 37 He went over from the two for a 14-0 lead in the second quarter The junior tailback slammed over from the one-yard line early in the fourth period after Trojan linebacker Ray Rodriguez fell on a dropped Oregon State punt at the 22' The touchdown camp after Oregon State had pulled within 14-7 late in the third period when quarterback Alvin White tossed a four-yard pass to tailback Ray Taroli in the right corner of the end zone South TENNESSEE 28 KANSAS 27 MEMPHIS Tenn (AP) -The Tennessee defense stopped quarterback Dave Jaynes as he tried for a winning two point conversion and preserved a 28-27 Volunteer victory Saturday Following a second-half surge led by tailback Haskel Sian- hack and safety Eddie Brown Jaynes fired a 17-yard touchdown pass to Bruce Adams with second quarter to end a 72-yard drive Abbie Daigle kicked the extra point Herbie Meshell and out of the end zone LUFKIN 20 ROBERT LEE 0 LUFKIN Tailback Tommie Ash scored two touchdowns to lead Lufkin past Robert Lee 204) Friday Ash bulled over from the 5 yard line then broke for 45 yards Greg Cannon plunged over from the 1 and James Wilson tackled Tim Jones in the end zone for a safety the only points scored in the second half CHAPEL HILL 35 CENTER 7 CHAPEL HILL The Chapel Hill Bulldogs pleased a Homecoming crowd with a 35-7 victory over the Center Roughriders Halftime score was 35-0 Halfback Allen Scott scored the first two Bulldog touchdowns on runs of 1 and 6 yards then ran the conversion TROUP 25 SPRING HILL 6 SPRING HILL Troup opened District 19-A play with a 25-6 victory over Spring Hill here Friday Keith Tillman returned an intercepted pass for 35 yards and a TD then scored again on an 85-yard Rayford Jackson plunged over from the JTASS AAAA Longview 41 Marshall 24 Tyler John TVler 21 Texarkana 16 Lufkin 20 Tyfer Lee 0 Richardson S7 Denison 7 Plano 30 Richardson Pearce 7 Sherman 40 Greenville 15 CLASS AAA Chapel Hill 35 Center 7 Daingerfield 36 Pittsburg 0 Mount Pleasant 32 Sulphur Springs 0 Gilmer 33 Jefferson 9 Henderson 29 Kilgore 2 Pine Tree 27 Carthage 12 Gladewater 39 Jacksonville 7 Atlanta 34 Liberty-Eylau 6 Crockett 28 Jasper 14 Terrell 20 Athens 18 Lancaster 21 DeSoto 12 CLASS AA Linden-Kildare 28 Dallas Bishop Lynch 0 Kaufman 22 Canton 14 Rockwall 28 Grand Saline 0 Hallsville 31 Whitehouse 7 Hughes Springs 22 Alto 0 DeKalb 7 New Boston 0 Diboll 25 San Augustine 13 Paul-Pewitt 28 Idabell Okla 22 CLASS A Forney 28 Wills Point 19 Quitman 53 Mount Vernon 26 Hawkins 22 Kerens 8 Troup 25 Spring Hill 6 New Diana 48 Union Grove 2 Sabine 18 Arp 0 Queen City 34 Ore City 6 White Oak 47 Overton 0 Waskom 62 Harleton 0 Timpson 13 Tatum 12 CLASS Crandall 14 Kemp 9 Big Sandy 55 Como-Pickton 6 Harmony 37 Chapel 0 3:15 left in the game completing a 70-yard drive and setting up the decison on whether to go for the tie or the win that would keep Kansas undefeated Jaynes who also had two other touchdown passes attempted to throw for the two-point conversion but he was forced to run and was halted by several Volunteers The 6-foot-2 207-pound senior had directed the Jayhawks to two touchdowns in the second quarter for a 21-7 Kansas lead at halftime In the third quarter safety Eddie Brown recovered Steve fumble for Tennessee at the Kansas 42 and the Volunteers drove in Quarterback Condredge Holloway ran 20 yards and after he was shaken up his replacement Gary Valbuena drilled 'a 15-vard pass to John Yarbrough to set up fullback Bill 'eight-yard scoring run his second touchdown of the day GEORGIA TECH 1 1 ARMY 10 ATLANTA (AP) Jim Stevens ignited a sputtering Geor gia Tech offense for a pair of second half scoring drives Saturday as the Yellow Jackets By ROB WOOD Associated Press Writer CLEMSON SC (AP) -Texas overcame a rash of first-half mistakes and used a slashing ground attack led by halfback Bubba Bean to defeat Clemson 30-15 in an intersectional football game Saturday The Aggies giving up one fumble and four pass interceptions in the first three quarters put it all together in the last half Bean ripped off 197 yards in 20 carries and substitute halfback Ronnie Hubby scored two touchdowns Clemson jumped off to a 9-0 lead taking advantage of an Aggie fumble and a pass interception The Tigers moved 25 yards in six plays for a first-quarter touchdown with the score com- ACC Defeats Lumberjacks ABILENE Tex (AP) -Freshman tailback Wilbert Montgomery the leading scorer romped for six touchdowns here Saturday night to lead Abilene Christian College to a 57-50 victory over Stephen Austin in a Lone Star Conference game The 5-11 185-pound Montgomery who now has 85 points in four games carried 17 times for 146 yards and also caught nine passes for 74 more yards ACC junior quarterback Clint Longley the National Athletic Intercollegiate NAIA passing and total offense leader completed 28 of 38 passes for 375 yards including two touchdowns Tailback John Reece of SFA carried 22 times for 150 yards and three touchdowns ACC which trailed 28-20 at the half scored the winning touchdown with five minutes to play when Longley combined with Richard Williams for a 70-yard pass play The victory gave ACC a 3-0 record in conference and a share of first place iwth Angelo State and Howard Payne Stephen Austin is now 2-3 for the season and 0-3 in conference 6 Midwest PENN STATE 19 AIR FORCE 9 COLORADO SPRINGS Colo (AP) Senior tailback John Cappelletti ran for 184 yards and two touchdowns as seventh-ranked Penn State beat Air Force 19-9 Saturday The Nittany Lions now 4-0 were held scoreless by a quick and surprisingly tough Air Fce defense until midway through the second period when junior quarterback Tom Jhuman connected with split rend Gary Hayman for a 38-yard scoring play Only 34 seconds later following an Air Force fumble Cappelletti scored his first touchdown on a four-yard run MICHIGAN 24 OREGON 0 ANN ARBOR Mich (AP) Larry Cipa came off the bench after three years of backing up starting quarter Seminoles to set them up at the Baylor 40 Sexton passed to Ed Davis for a first down at the 27 but Baylor held moments later on a fourth and three at the 20 when Sexton threw an incomplete pass to end last threat After a penalty-plagued first quarter in which Baylor lost 55 yards and Florida State 41 to rules infractions three touchdowns were scored in the second quarter all after turnovers Lacy scored the first touchdown of the game from one yard out with 10:15 left in the half That touchdown came after Lester Ealey intercepted a Sexton aerial at the Florida State 36 Baylor was penalized back to the FSU 46 after Ealey interception a bad omen for the Bears because in the first quarter they were assessed 40 yards in penalties in one series and had three first downs nullified But this time the Bears overcame the flag as wingback Brian Kilgore went wide for 26 and 17 yards on two carries to the two-yard line to set up first touchdown On the third play after the Baylor kickoff Seminole Rudy Thomas fumbled and Dale Lechler recovered at the FSU 33 Six plays later Godfrey White scored from the 10 took Alabama 59 yards on a desperation drive Saturday and the third-ranked Crimson Tide pulled out a 28-14 Southeastern Conference victory over upset-minded Georgia The drive came late in the game after Andy Poulos had given the Bulldogs a 14-13 margin After that score Rutledge directed an Alabama drive to the 13 but a 30-yard field goal attempt by Bill Davis was wide Alabama then held Georgia and took a punt on its own 41 Rutledge passed to Johnny Sharpless to the Georgia 44 flecti Willie Shelby raceb to the eight on the next play and then Rutledge took it in untouched Shelby ran it over for two extra points Alabama which had struggled throughout added a quick touchdown late in the game on a 17-yard run by Randy Billingsley The final 15 Tide points came in one and one-half minutes By WILLIAM BERNARD Associated Press Writer WACO Tex (AP) Tailback Gary Lacy rushed for two touchdowns setting up one of them with a 58-vard run on the last play of the third quarter to lead Baylor to a 21-14 intersectional football victory over Florida State Saturday night Lacy gained 140 yards in 19 carries to overshadow the hard Florida St 14 45-183 179 20 12-29-3 6-38 4-3 5-57 Baylor 12 54-307 45 4 4-8-0 9-36 4-3 9-93 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties-yards rushing performance of Hodges Mitchell who gained 109 yards in 21 carries Baylor led 14-7 when Lacy burst from the Florida State 35 to the Baylor 7 to end the third period Two plays lost two yards for the Bears but Lacy then ran around end for nirfe yards and the touchdown on third down The Seminoles threw a scare into the Bears late in the fourth period when quarterback Billy Sexton threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to end Mike Allen behind the Baylor defense with 6:13 left in the game Florida State defensive star Scott Meseroll recovered the ensuing onside kickoff for the edged Army 14-10 in an intersectional college football game The Jackets 2-2 marched 80 yards from the second half kickoff and went 75 yards in the final quarter with Rick Hill scoring both touchdowns on one-yard plunges Stevens a 188-pound senior accounted for most of the yardage in both drives with some outstanding running and effective passing He connected on two passes for 58 yards and ran for 12 more in the first drive and hit on two of three passes for 32 yards in the second drive adding 22 more on two carries one a 21-yard sprint to the Cadet 15 The quarterback completed seven of 12 passes for 138 yards and ran for 73 yards in 21 carries in the game played in breezy 80legree weather Army had a late chance to go ahead but Kingsley Fink overthrew an open receiver at the Tech 20 and on the next play Randy Rhino intercepted a pass to seal the victory ALABAMA 28 GEORGIA 1 1 TUSCALOOSA Ala (AP) -Quarterback Gary Rutledge College Football Around the Nation By TOM SEPPY Associated Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) Jim Palmer said Saturday he had in striking out 12 batters and handcuffing the defending world champion Oakland 6-0 in the first game of the best of five American League playoffs was the best fast ball had all said Palmer who allowed only four singles and a double fast ball was striking out the batters in the first five innings I got the last four on breaking pitches tried tostay away from the big he continued just wanted to keep the ball in the park and I threw harder than Palmer who had first-inning difficulties because of wildness Cornhuskers to their fourth straight victory with touchdown pass plays of 19 and 67 yards in the second quarter and 32 in the third quarter NOTRE DAME 14 MICHIGAN ST 10 SOUTH BEND Ind (AP) -Wayne Bullock and Pete Dem-merle scored second-quarter touchdowns and sputtering eighth-ranked Notre Dame held on for victory over Michigan State in a non-conference game Saturdas It was a long afternoon for the error-prone Irish who had their backs to the wall as late as the fourth quarter The Big Ten Spartans drove to the Notre Dame 24-yard line before losing the ball Far West SOUTHERN CAL 21 OREGON ST 7 CORVALLIS Ore (AP) -Tailback Anthony Davis scored twice on short runs following Oregon Slate mistakes as fourth-ranked Southern California beat the Beavers 21-7 in Pacific-8 Conference football Saturday Davis-scored Southern backs to spark the fifth-ranked Wolverines to a 24 0 college football victory over Oregon Saturday Arter watching the Wolverines keep the ball almost exclusively on the ground for three weeks Cipa a 6-foot -4 210-pound senior threw for 83 yards including a touchdown loss to tight end Paul Seal Cipa was starting his first varsity game as quarterback Dennis Franklin sat out the game with a broken index finger suffered on his left hand in practice during the week OKLAHOMA 2 1 MI VMI 20 NORMAN Okla (AP) -Sophomore quarterback Steve Davis raced for two touchdowns and passed for another as sixth-ranked Oklahoma spoiled Miami of bid to become tlfe No 1 gi-antkiller with a 24-20 victory Saturday Miami moved out to a 20-7 halftime lead and appeared on the way to its second major upset of the season The Hurricanes upended Texas 20-15 in their opener But Davis "and the Sooners stormed back with two third- period touchdowns OHIO ST 27 WASH ST 3 COLUMBUS Ohio (AP) -Substitute fullback Bruce Elia scored a pair of touchdowns and speedster Archie Griffin added two more as top-ranked Ohio State belted Washington State 27-3 in a non-conference football game here Saturday The triumph left the Buckeyes with a 3-0 mark and all but assured that the team would remain at the top of The Associated Press college football poll Elia subbing for the injured Harold Henson bulled 17 yards for Ohio first touchdown in the second period then rambled nine yards for a score in the third NEBRASKA IS MINNESOTA 7 MINNEAPOLIS Minn (AP) Southpaw quarterback David Humm burned Minnesota with three touchdown passes to Frosty Anderson Saturday as the second-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers smothered the Gophers 48-7 With the score tied 7-7 Humm fired the unbeaten.