The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 35

1 wp Hr ry -vtv 1 i pi i i 1 a INSIDE Burns Dunaway Martenhoff Section Miami Ueralb RinanciallinlThislSoction October 30 1966 Vv 4 1 I 1 those other times it looked like they were trying to double-team us on the right Graves said he could not see whether Auburn had the ball on fumbles by Tommy Christian and Larry Smith was away from the he said But several Gator lineman said Smith already was on the ground when linebacker Gusty Yearout claimed the ball to set up tying touchdown in the final four minutes "Our offensive line play was very Graves Turn to Page 911 Col since the Florida State game our kickoff coverage has been fouled Ellenson said FSU we kept telling our kids to stay in their lanes while they were running down because FSU had those laterals and reverses But still veering and our right getting outnumbered We know there's something wrong and we'll definitely have to work on Again Larry Rentz the sophomore safetyman had to make two last-man tackles to keep Freddie Hyatt from scoring on a pair of kickoff returns The one time Rentz was boxed in Larry Ellis went 89 yards for a touchdown came up too fast the first time Rentz said "But anybody else had been kicking have worried about said center Bill Carr who delivered the flaw- M-A at less snap with Steve you never So Florida escaped with a 30-27 victory over Auburn Saturday While Coach Ray Graves found another batch of superlatives for his All-America quarterback Florida coaches and players tried to figure out why statistics had lied the most uneven close game ever said defensive coach Gene Ellenson when learning that Florida had gained 442 yards to 159 "It have even been -What made it close were two Florida fumbles deep in Gator territory and six Auburn kickoff returns for 219 yards Field Goal Rescues Gators 30- PLA AUBURN 10 it 7-18 0 1 IS seemed Intent on rerunning their IDAS setback when they were stripped of a national ranking Auburn led 17-14 at halftime on an 89-yard kickoff return by Larry Ellis and Gusty Yeorout's 91-yard gallop with a Florida fumble Only Spurrier's cool and GAINESVILLE Steve Spurrier found another way to win a football game Saturday afternoon at Florida Field But it wasn't with his golden arm While a record crowd of 60511 howled in delight and amazement Spurrier kicked a 40-yard field goal in the final two minutes that carried the unbeaten Gators to a 30-27 victory over opportunist Auburn It was only the third field goal In three-year career and his first since opening day "Right from the start It looked said sophomore Larry Rents the holder Just too The kick was like something out of an old Pete Smith football film Florida at the Auburn 23 on fourth down and 13 yards short of a first down So Spurrier calling for a kicking shoe while Florida players are calling time out Exchanging his light- Gator Quarterback Gets Mauled After Field Goal Sails True his passing was simply too much In completing 27 passes he etched another record into the school books erasing the 22 he logged against Auburn in last year's 28-17 loss For awhile Saturday the event h-ranked Gators weight lowcuts for a special squared-toe model which zips on for instant use Spurrier settles himself and then hangs up seventh straight victory Spurrier's kicking mo ments (he also averaged 475 for five punts) may have won the drama award But BIRMINGHAM SpurrierToes 4 40-Yarder Staff Photo by JIM 23-21 First- Downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passas Passes Intercepted by Punts fumbles lost Yards penalized By RAY CRAWFORD HarsM Spsrft Writ BLACKSBURG Va Virginia official nickname is but the students call the team the Florida State fans were wondering what "hok- meant right up to the final gun here Saturday in one of the wildest football games ever seen After it was over and VPI owned a 23-21 victory the Seminoles had an answer: what they put on on Sophomore quarterback Gary Pajcc threw a school record 53 passes completing 28 for 338 yards in an effort to pull it out for Florida State In the end it was the In-ability of the Seminoles to get one foot on a fourth-and-goal try with 13 minutes left that lost the game The Seminoles had a first down at the seven on what had all the earmark! of 0 game-winning drive Pajcic rolled right for one yard Bill Moj-eman hit the middle for one and Pajcic went wide left where he was bumped out of bounds a foot short of the goal Into the line barrelled big Jim Mank-ns and appeared to have nudged the ball into the end zone But when bodies were peeled off the referee signalled no dice and a huge Htrald Staff Photo bv JOHN WALTHER Ijirry hot running preserved Gator dignity Spurrier threw his 14th touchdown pass of the season a 10-yarder to winghack Richard Trapp two plays after Bill Galsford recovered a fumble on the opening kick- off Spurrier also crawled over for his first touchdown with 13 minutes left to send Florida in front 27-20 Smith ran himself Into exhaustion while gaining 104 well-earned yards In 22 car- ries including a two-yard scoring run Fullback Graham McKell gave every start- ing backfield member a spot in tha scoring column when he capped a 73-yard second- quarter march with a touch- down from one yard out It would have been no con- test if statistics mattered Florida now 4-0 in Soul heastern Conference with Georgia on tap in Jack-' sonvilie this week gained 442 yards to Auburn's 159 But on such intangible but important functions as kick- offs and punts the Gator gave away yards like super- market prizes i Florida has had trouble with kk-koff rnveraga sines the Florida State game In beating Louisiana State last week 28-7 the Gators sub- dued the Issue with scoring I Rut Auburn used run and returns of 43 and 37 1 yards by Freddie Hyatt to pile up a staggering 219 yards on returns more impor-1 tant it gave the Tigers posl- tion for two field goals by and 30 yards) Two Florida fumbles the Gators preferred to call 1 them set up two: Auburn touchdowns Yearout made off with the ball drib-1 bling off Tommy Christian's back then recovered a Smith bobble at the Florida 17 in the fourth quarters which quarterback Larry Blakeney converted into the tying touchdown with 4:08 left a two-yard shove be-t tween guard and tackle This was the perfect time for Spurrier to move in for another patented display of Turn to Page SD CoL 1 Football On TV 1 pm Buffalo vs New York Cha 7 5 1:13 pm Washington vs Philadelphia Ch 4 4 pm Baltimore Los Angoleo Ch 4 roar went up from the 31000 fans erwded into this picturesque stadium nestled in a mountain valley with russet-colored trees in the background 1 Florida State Coach Bill Peterson kicked the ground in in anger He never has beaten VPI In Blacksburg in three tries although every time his team runs up a big statistical edge' This one was no different While his Seminoles were marching up and down the field for 449 yards the Gobblers were using such an assortment of scoring plays as: 1 A safety 2 A touchdown set up by a short FSU free kick 3 An 80-yard kickoff return and 4 A gift touchdown following an unintentional short kickoff that was grabbed by VPI on the Seminole 41 The safety came right after' Pete Roberts missed a 26-yard field goal try in the opening minutes The Gobblers punted and FSU drew a 15-yard clipping penally shoving the ball back to the FSU 12 Kim Hammond came In to replace Pajcic who at this point was only four-for-18 Hammond wished he there as big tackle Dan Mooney grabbed him In the end zone for a safety and a 2-0 VPI lead A The free kick that FSU received backfired when John Hosack punted only 38 yards and the Gobblers were in business again near mid-field Tom Stafford a quarterback speedster put the ball on his hip and stalled off like he was going to run right end Then he wheeled and threw cross field to his halfback Tommy Francisco for 30 yards to the FSU 10 After losing three ysrds Stafford passed 13 yards to 6-5 end Ken Brefoot for the touchdown John Utin kicked Turn to Page 7D ioL Where The Game Stories Are How Top Ten Fared how the Associated Top Ten lege football teams fared this weekend: 1 Notre Dame (6-0) defeated Navy 31-7 2 Michigan State (7-0) defeated Northwestern 22-0 UCLA (6-0) played Air Force Saturday night Alabama (7-0) Mississippi State 27-14 Southern California (6-1) lost to Miami 10-7 Georgia Tech (7-0) defeated Duke 48-7 Florida (7-0) defeated Auburn 30-27 Nebraska (7-0) defeated Missouri 35-0 9 Arkansas (5-1) played Texas A A Saturday night- jj' 10 Wyoming (6-0) lost to Colorado State 12-10 Ken Wedges Betweei42 FSU Defenders for BID.