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1 0B THE CHAKLOI 1 1 OBbtKVtK bUil uli 1000 Furman Romps Charlottean's Kick Lifts Lenoir-Rhyne South V'flLasaP1 5 'y CaroHnas Undefeated SMU Trips Tulane 31-21 From Associated Press Reports Quarterback Mike Ford accounted for three touchdowns and cornerback John Simmons returned a punt for an 82-yard fourth quarter score leading Southern Methodist to a 31-21 victory Saturday over Tulane Ford passed for two touchdowns and ran for one His final touchdown pass came with Tulane ahead 21-17 in the fourth quarter He led SMU on a crisp 80-yard drive for the score capping it with an 18-yard pass to Gary Smith Tulane was unable to move the ball after the ensuing kickoff and Simmons fielded Vince Manalla's punt at his 18 broke through the Tulane coverage and sprinted 82 yards down the left sideline for the clinching touchdown SMU is 4-0 Tulane 2-3 Soutfiem Mem Tulane 14-31 0-21 Anderson 84 pass from Hall (kick failed) Fox 8 pass from Ford (Garcia kick) FG Garcia 51 Griffin 16 pass from Hall (Franz pass from Hall) Ford I run (Garcia kick) Griffin pass from Hall (Manalla kick) Smilh 18 pass from Ford (Garcia kick) Simmons 82 punt return (Garcia kick) 4253 (al New Orleans) Louisiana Tech 7 East Tennessee 3 George Yates scored for the Bulldogs on a 3-yard run in the second quarter climaxing a 91-yard six-play drive The series was highlighted by a 43-yard pass from quarterback Matt Dunigan to Freddie Brown giving Tech a first down on the Buccaneer 7 Two plays later Yates scored East Tennessee of the Southern Conference remains winless in five games Louisiana Tech East Tennessee Yales 3 run (Lee kick) ET-FG Reed 42 6489 (at Johnson Cily Tenn) McNeese State 24 Ball State 7 Freshman tailback Buford Jordan ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns leading McNeese Jordan carried 17 times and scored on runs of 13 yards in the third quarter and 2 yards in the fourth quarter Ball State McNeese State 7 10 0 0-7 7 7-24 FG 37 Stump Starring 16 run (Stump kick) Wlllen 37 interception (Fellmeth kick) Jordan 13 (Stump kick) Jordan 2 run (Stump kick) 19879 (at Lake Charles La) Tennessee State 35 Long Beach State 18 Quarterback Joe Adams threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score in leading Tennessee State to a eome-from-behind victory Adams a senior hit 23 of 34 passes for 281 yards giving the Tigers their third consecutive victory this season and the 200th in the career of Tennessee State coach John Merritt His 28-year record is 200-60-9 Only Alabama's Bear Bryant who Saturday won his 300th career game has more triumphs among active NCAA Division 1 head coaches Long Beach St Tennessee St 10 I FG Petrosian 21 Jones 6 oass from Adams (Walkins kick) Duddridge 1 run (Pelrosian kick) Jones 36 pass from Adams (Walkins kick) Adams 1 run (Walkns kick) Havnes 16 pass from Adams (Walkins kick) Foster 6 pass from Adams (Walkins kick) Wilson 1 run (Williams pass from Gasca) 15000 (al Nashville Tenn) Memphis State 24 Arkansas State 3 Memphis State playing at home spotted Arkansas State a field goal then scored all its points in the fourth quarter Arkansas State 0 Memphis State Sladler 41 FG Thomas 37 pass interception Bennell 35 FG Williams 8 run (Bennett kick) Williams 1 run (Bennelt kick) 20352 (al Memphis) 0- 3 24-24 UPI Photo Furman Defensive Back Chris Buono Moves In To Make Tackle Chattanooga running back Tony Ball is trapped for a loss Kansas Romps Past Syracuse 23-8 From Observer Staff Associated Press Reports Tim Sorrells and Mike Glenn put on an outstanding offensive show Saturday night lifting Furman past Tennessee-Chattanooga 42-28 in a Southern Conference football game Sorrells threw four touchdown passes and tailback Glenn set two Paladin career scoring records The victory kept Furman first in the conference at 3-0 The Paladins' closest competition is Appalachian (3-1) The Citadel (2-1) and Western Carolina (1-1) The losing Moccasins defending league champs are 1-2 in conference play Glenn a junior who entered the game as the nation's No 10 rusher scored a touchdown hiking his career totals to 26 touchdowns and 156 points It breaks Larry Robinson's marks of 25 and 150 set from 1974-76 Glenn finished with 101 yards rushing and teammate Steve Bishop had 108 Furman 7 14 14 7-42 Tenn-Chattanoow 0 7 7 14-28 Wright 63 pass from Sorrells (Tanguav kick) Glenn 5 run (Tanguav kick) Stanford 8 pass from Woods (Teichmann kick) Risher 25 pass from Sorrells (Tanguav kick) Risher 18 pass from Sorrells (Tanguav kick) Clark 6 pass from Sorrells (Tanguav kick) Burke 5 pass from Woods (Teichmann kick) Burke 21 pass from Woods (Teichmann kick) While 4 run (Tanguay kick) Burke 12 pass from Bloodsew (Teichmann kick) 11000 (at Chattanooga) Lenoir-Rhyne 3 Newberry 0 Charlottean Jeff Long kicked a 21-yard field goal and the Bears' defense stopped a late Newberry threat in this South Atlantic Conference game Newberry which threatened only twice in the game advanced to the Lenoir-Rhyne 12 before the Indians were stopped on downs in the closing minutes Late in the first half the Indians' Sonny Hardman tried a field goal from 43 yards but the ball was blocked by Lenoir-Rhyne linebacker Ernie Brown The loss was the first of the year for Newberry which had previously won both its games with conference opponents Lenoir-Rhyne is 1-2 in the SAC-8 and 2-2 overall Lenoir-Rhyne 3 0 0 0-3 Newberry 0 0 0 0-0 FG Long 21 3200 (at Newberry SC) Western Carolina 24 Middle Tennessee 10 David Mashburn passed for 261 yards and a touchdown as the visiting Catamounts improved their record to 2-3 Mashburn completed 19 of 29 passes with one interception Middle Tennessee never led Western Carolina's wide receiver tion pass for 58 yards to the Princeton 6 and three plays later the senior scored on a 3-yard run for a 14-0 Brown lead Princeton's Rick Wise hit a 22-yard field goal cutting the lead to 14-3 But Bruin linebacker Ken Newcomer intercepted a pass setting up a four-play 17-yard drive capped by Curtin's second touchdown Princeton fell to 0-3 0-2 in the Ivy League Brown is 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the Ivy League Holy Cross 17 Dartmouth 6 Dave Shimshock ran 1 yard for a second-quarter touchdown and linebacker Steve Raquet rambled 34 yards with an interception for a fourth-quarter score as the two freshmen led Holy Cross (2-2) Dartmouth 0 0 0 6-6 Holy Cross 3 7 0 7-17 H-FG Mlchaud 25 Shimshock 1 run (Mlchaud kick) Raquet 34 Interception return (Michaud kick) Shula 20 pass from Kemp (pass failed) Att 15973 (at Worcester Mass) Yale 17 Air Force 16 Tailback Rich Diana rushed for 136 yards and quarterback John Rogan threw two scoring passes leading Yale past Air Force which fell short on a late two-point conversion attempt Yale improved to 3-0 Air Force is 0-4-1 Air Force Yale Y-FG Jones 24 7 3 6 0-16 3 7 7 0-17 Bark 24 pass from Schafer (Pavlich kick) FG Pavlich 34 Grieve 20 pass from Rooan (Jones kick) Diana 25 pass from Rogan (Jones kick) Moore 47 pass from Schafer (run failed) 23000 (al New Haven Conn) Pennsylvania 24 Columbia 13 Quarterback Doug Marzonie ran for two touchdowns for Pennsylvania (1-2 overall 1-1 in the Ivy League) Columbia 3 10 0 0-13 Pennsylvania 0 0 7 17-24 C-FG 23 Cabrera Carbrera 1 run (Carbera kick) FG Carbrera 20 Marionle 10 run (Dwyer kick) FG Dwyer 31 Marionle 5 run (Dwyer kick) Brodsky 5 run (Dwyer kick) 7076 (at Philadelphia) Navy 21 Boston College 0 Fullback Kevin Tolbert ran for two touchdowns and quarterback Fred Reitzel passed to tight end Curt Gainer for another leading Navy Boston College 0 0 0 0- 0 Navy 0 1' 0-21 Gainer 4 pass from Rellzell (Fehr kick) Tolberl I run (Fehr kick) Tolberl 6 run (Fehr kick) 27405 (al Annapolis Md) Temple 53 Boston University 6 Running back Bob Stark ran for three touchdowns and Kevin Duckett rushed for two as the Owls routed previously unbeaten Boston University Boston's defense which held its opponents to only nine points in three Division I-AA outings yielded 516 yards to Temple Gerald Harp caught 1 1 passes for 174 yards Western Carolina 1 3 0 12-24 Middle Tennessee 0 3 0 7-10 Mashburn lo Williams 15 pass (Biasucd kick) Safely ball snapped oul of end zone FG Blasuccl 32 FG Robinson 25 WC-FG Biasucci 22 FG-Biasucci 26 Williams 2 run (kick failed) Sanford 15 to Elion (Robinson kick) 2000 (at Murfreesboro Tenn) The Citadel 28 Virginia Military 0 Senior tailback Stump Mitchell scored two touchdowns rushed for 173 yards and became the Bulldogs' all-time leading career scorer in this Southern Conference game His touchdowns gave him 140 career points and he became the first Citadel player with more than 3000 career rushing yards Virginia Military 0 0 0 0-0 The Citadel 14 0 7 7-28 Alston 1 run (Thompson kick) Shrader 5 run (Thompson kick) Mitchell 75 run (Thompson kick) Mitchell 1 run (Thompson kick) 17450 (af Charleston) Elizabeth City 20 Hampton 16 Ralph Eagleton's 47-yard pass to Curtis Franklin on a fourth-and-four situation with 50 seconds left gave the Vikings a CIAA triumph Elizabeth City a league weakling in recent years is 4-0 in the conference (4-0-1 overall) Hampton which took the lead with 1 minutes left on a 5-yard run by William Lloyd falls to 1-2' and 2-2 Elizabeth Citv 0 10 3 7-20 Hampton Institute 0 0 0 16-16 FG Whitfield 35 Snead-Spivey 5 pass from Eaglefon (Whitfield kick) FG Whitfield 29 safety Eagleton tackled In end zone Mahan 4 run (Moore kick) Lloyd 5 run (Moore kick) Franklin 47 pass from Eaglelon (Whitfield kick) Att 6048 (al Hampton Va) Wofford 24 Presbyterian 0 Running back Lenny Best ran for 175 yards and tvo touchdowns keeping the hest Terriers unbeaten (5-0) Wofford is seventh-ranked in the nation's NAIA poll Presbyterian slips to 2-3 Best scored his first touchdown in the first period on a 2-yard run The score capped a 97-yard drive and was set up by a 37-yard pass from quarterback Barry Thompson to tight end Dirk Derrick Best's second score came in the third period on a 5-yard dash The touchdown was preceded by a 41-yard jaunt by Thompson Presbyterian 0 0 0 0-0 Wofford 0 14 7 3-24 Sarvis 13 run (Andrews kick) Best 2 run (Andrews kick) Best 5 run (Andrews kick) FG 34 Andrews Att 6156 (al Spartanburg) Carson-Newman 23 Catawba 13 Quarterback Jay Andrews dashed 1 yard for a touchdown and minutes later slipped an 11-yard pass to Don Sanders in the second quarter for the victors Catawba never caught up after the second quarter scoring blitz Hugh Rutledge scored the first Carson-Newman touchdown with a 1-yard plunge in the opening period and Doug Jennings padded their lead with a 27-yard field goal in the final period Halfback Chris Cook scored both Catawba touchdowns on runs of 4 and 7 yards in the first and third quarters It was the fourth straight loss for Catawba Carson-Newman squared its SAC record at 2-2 Catawba is 0-3 in conference play Carson-Newman 7 13 0 3-23 Catawba 7 0 6 0-13 Rutledge 1 run (Jennings kick) Cook 4 run (Cockman kick) Andrews 1 run (Jennings kick) Sanders 11 pass from Andrews (kick failed) Cat Cook 7 run (kick blocked) FG 27 Jennings 3000 (at Salisbury) Winston-Salem 17 Norfolk State 10 Arrington Jones ran 41 yards scoring on the second play from scrimmage and leading the Rams to a CIAA victory The Rams boosted their lead to 14-0 on a 20-yard run by Denard Smith then held off Norfolk which missed three field-goal attempts in the second half while trailing 14-13 Jones finished with 74 yards on 10 carries as the Rams upped their record to 2-1 in the CIAA and 2-3 overall The Spartans are 1-3 in the CIAA and 2-3 overall Guilford 14 Salem (W Va) 2 Quarterback Keith Milner ran for a touchdown and passed for another as the visiting Quakers improved their record to 4-0 Guil-' ford is ranked 15th nationally in the NAIA poll Both Guilford touchdowns came in the final four minutes Both were set up by Salem fumbles Salem (2-2) piled up an edge in total yardage 220-177 Guilford 0 0 14-14 Salem 0 2 0 0-2 Safety Scissom tackled in end zone Hunter 43 pass from Milnar (Chamberlain kick) Milner 30 run (Chamberlain kick) 1000 (al Salem Va) NC Central 7 Fayetteville State 0 Carl Sanders caught a 40-yard pass from quarterback Charles Yuille midway in the third quarter for the game's only touchdown It raised NC Central's CIAA record to 4-0 (4-1 overall) in the Eagles' first season in the conference Fayetteville (2-2 3-2) drove to the Eagle 8 in the first period but was held on downs The NC Central defense had 18 quarterback sacks five by senior defensive tackle Terry Brown NC Central 0 0 7 7 Fayetteville St 0 0 0- I NCC-Sanden 4 past from Yuille (Kenna kick) itl-3500 (at Fivilltvllle) MNRn Harvard 15 Army 10 Quarterback Brian Buckley who seriously injured his knee in the fourth quarter scored two third-period touchdowns leading undefeated Harvard Buckley scored on runs of 67 and 1 yards as Harvard won its third game But Buckley went down in the fourth quarter suffered possible torn cartilage and probably will miss the rest of the season TD Decker accounted for the Cadets' touchdown on a 1-yard run that capped a 46-yard nine-play drive in the fourth quarter Harvard 0 3 12 0-15 Army 0 0 3 7-10 FG Cody 24 Buckley 67 run (kick failed) Buckley 1 run (pass failed) FG Aucoin 22 Decker 1 run (Aucoin kick) Atl 38479 (at West Point NY) scored three touchdowns within 2:52 of the second quarter each set up by a key defensive play by Brown for a 31-0 lead Tech scored just before halftime on Ron Reeves's 11 -yard pass to Jamie Harris and twice in the third quarter on a 10-yard toss to running back Greg Tyler and a 37-vard heave to Renie Baker The victory before 85490 partisan fans erased concern that a recent drug investigation resulting in the dismissal of three Aggie players would hurt the team's future performances Coach Tom Wilson inserted eight new starters in his line-up four each on offense and defense as the Aggies captured their Southwest Conference opener and raised their season record to 2-2 Tech fell to 0-2 2-3 Beal finished with 202 yards total offense running 1 1 times for 73 yards and completing 12 of 18 passes for 1 29 yards Texas Tech 0 7 14 0- Texas 10 21 0 10- Beal 20 run (Smilh Kick) FG Smith 46 Beal 9 run (Smilh kick) Beal 25 run (Smith kick) 3 run (Smith kick) Harrii 11 pass Irom Reives (Grev kick) TT-Tvier 10 pass from (Grev kick) Baker 37 pats from Heaves (Gray kick) FG Smilh 35 32 run (Smith kick) 65490 I i- Station Tax) jjfM East Surprising Baylor Cruises Past Rutgers 44 Cornell 3 Ed Mc- Michael threw for 156 yards in the first half as unbeaten Rutgers rolled to a 34-0 halftime lead McMichael a senior completed nine of 13 passes in helping the Scarlet Knights now 4-0 to three touchdowns and two field goals by Alex Falzinelli in the first half Rutgers 10 24 3 7 -44 Cornell 0 0 0 3-3 R-FG Falcinelll 30 Dorn 47 pass from McMichael (Falcinelll kick) Ray 5 run (Falclnelli kick) R-Blackwell 3 run (Falcinelll kick) Smith 43 punl return (Falcinelllli kick) FG Falcinelli 28 R-FG Flacinelli 25 Burke 2 run (Falcinelll kick) C-FG Reida 42 Att 11500 (al Ithaca NY) Brown 28 Princeton 11 Quarterback Larry Carbone passing for 159 yards led Brown to three first-half touchdowns On their first possession the Bruins drove 70 yards in four plays using just 1:09 with Carbone hitting tight end Steve Jordan on a 52-yard pass setting up a 1-yard touchdown run by fullback Steve Curtin Midway through the second' quarter Carbone again connected with Jordan this time a play-ac- Houston Grambling 68 Prairie View 0 Thomas Ezell passed for 173 yards and three touchdowns leading Grambling to the Southwestern Athletic Conference rout at Prairie View Tex Texas 41 Rice 28 Halfback Rodney Tate scored two first-half touchdowns and quarterback Donnie Little broke the game open with scoring passes of 57 yards to AJ Jones and 73 yards to Lawrence Sampleton The Longhorns the nation's fifth-ranked team fought for survival in the fourth quarter when the Owls went to their passing game and former starting quarterback Randy Hertel came off the bench and completed two touchdown passes and ran in another score Texas is 2-0 in the Southwest Conference 4-0 overall Rice drops to 0-1 and 1-3 Texa Rice T-i t-R-T-T-kick) R-R-R- I 14 7 14 6-41 0 7 0 21-21 Tate 3 run (Goodson kick) Tate 2 run (Goodson kick) Little 16 run (Goodson kick) Mack 41 Interception return (Sam kick) Jones 57 pass Irom Little (Goodson kick) Sampleton 73 pass Irom Llllla (Goodson Fortune 24 pass Irom Herlal (Sam kick) Herlel 3 run (Sam kick) Hubble pass Irom Herlal (Sam kirk) t- Jones 1 run (kick failed) All -5700a (al Houston) From Associated Press Reports Quarterback Steve Smith threw to David Verser for two touchdowns Saturday and Kerwin Bell ran for 143 yards and another touchdown as Kansas won its first football game of the season a 23-8 romp over Syracuse Smith completed 12 of 14 passes for 166 yards including scoring passes to his senior wide receiver Verser on plays covering 5 and 66 yards Kansas built a 23-0 lead early in the third period after Smith's scoring passes to Verser and a 16-yard run by Bell Syracuse played without its star running back Joe Morris who averaged 164 yards a game before bruising his shoulder last week With Morris on the bench the Orangemen were unable to move the ball and didn't score until the final period when quarterback Dave Warner scored from the 2 Kansas 3 13 7 0-23 Syracuse 0 0 0 8-8 FG Kallmever 36 Bell 16 run (Kallmever kick) Verser 5 pass from Smith (kick failed) Verser 66 pass from Smith (Kallmever kick) Warner 2 run (Harlman run) Atl-43126 (al Syracuse NY) sessions Arkansas had 434 yards total offense with 39 minutes gone in the game Howies scored on runs of 1 8 9 and 15 yards TCU had the football six times in the first half and never put together more than two first downs The Frogs did not cross midfield until it was 38-0 in the third quarter Texas Chrstlan 0 0 7 0-7 Arkansas 7 17 14 6-44 Bowles 1 run (Ordonez kick) FG Ordonez Bowles 8 run 'Ordonez kick) Bowles 9 run (Ordonez kick) Bowles 15 run (Ordonez kick) Douglas 3 run (Ordonez kick) Washington 21 pas from Stamp (Porter kick) Havnes I run (kick tailed) 42314 (at Faveilevill Ark Texas 41 Texas Tech 21 Quarterback David Beal a senior starting his first game weaved for four touchdowns and Leandrew Brown intercepted three passes and recovered a fumble for the AgIes BL49 Southwest From Associated Press Reports Tailback Walter Abercrombie and his back-up freshman Alfred Anderson bolted for second half touchdowns Saturday night igniting Baylor to a 24-12 Southwest Conference victory over defending champion Houston The victory for the unbeaten Bears was their first over the Cougars since they entered the league in 1976 and gave Baylor 1-0 in the league and 4-0 overall its best start since 1960 Abercrombie gained over 100 yards for the 10th time in his career Arkansas 44 Texas Christian 7 Fullback Darryl Bowles scored four touchdowns and 14th-ranked Arkansas whipped the Horned Frogs for the 22nd straight time Arkansas set a school record with 37 first downs including a record 29 on the ground The Hogs averaging 297 yards per game in their first three outings netted 282 yards and 16 first downs in the first half building a 24-0 lead The Razorbacks scored on six Of their first eight possessions and on wound up a yard short of a first down at the TCU 5 on one of the other two 0 In fact after those eight pos-.