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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 4 Section 2 Page 12 I Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sunday September 13 1987 Arkansas whips Mississippi 31-10 7' 7 1 By ROGER BRows halfback Joe Johnson dashed around right end from 14 yards with 8:26 remaining Trainor added the extra point to conclude the scoring "We were worrying too much about feuding instead of playing football" Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer said "We were too emotional and when a couple of breaks went against us it just totally deflated us raix( 7 Viii 09 IF 'i Iiii 4'4 111 2 ir t''- AV: IL 444 06' ''N' 'N- -414k -i-' --t- '11: -'1' 1 11 4 '2''''''''' -1 -'I r- 7 i 4 I 0 4 2 ''4 -I' tAN 1 '1 '7-7' i it'4-17 4 :7 44 for a Razorbacks' touchdown with 10:03 remaining the Razoprbacks limited the Rebels to three plays on their next possession and took over at their own 39 Nine plays later second-string quarterback Quinn Grovey dashed around left end for 9 yards on an option keeper with 4:25 remaining The Ole Miss offense finally came to life just before the half by marching 62 yards in six plays capped by a I 2-yard touchdown pass from Young to tight end Shawn Sowder Owens added the extra point and Arkansas led 24-10 at the hall "We looked at the film of their game last week against Memphis State and saw that they won (Memphis State) by not turning the ball over" Hatfield said "That is really unusual for that to happen to a team with a defense like theirs for two consecutive weeks Ole Miss is going to look back at this film and see how close they came to winning" The only score of the second half came in the third period when Ole Miss fullback Joe Mickles fumbled at the Rebels' 28-yard line and Richard Brothers recovered for the Razorbacks It took the Razorbacks five plays to capitalize on the Rebels' miscue when said "They had us spread all over the field and we had to go sideline to sideline to chase after them They did a good job of passing the ball but we didn't give up anything easy and that was the key That was unusual for a fiNt game to not have any turnovers especially against a hard-hitti ng defense like theirs We kept them backed up and it's hard ler any offense to have to go the distance against a good defense" The Razorbacks offense was more than gracious and only one scoring drive covered more than 50 yards Arkansas opened the scoring with a 31-yard Kendall Trainor field goal on its initial possession But Ole Miss retaliated with a 22-yard field goal by Bryan Owen to tie the score at 3-3 The Razorbacks then reeled off 21 unanswered points to take a 24-3 advantage and put the game out of reach After Ole Miss tied the score on Owen's field goal Arkansas put together its best drive of the game by moving 62 yards in 10 plays I fallback James Rouse scored on a 1-yard smash to conclude the drive on the initial play of the second quarter The defense then took over Junior safety Steve Atwater stepped in front ola Mark Young pass intended for Bobby Martin and raced 16 yards Arkansas' Quinn Grovey Associated Press scores on a 9-yard run North Texas State wins SLC opener -n --r7 "7 71 i i0'" '''1'3i I (: fk l'ikie 1 4 1 7 74 I le 164416 14r i 1 A tilts It t4 1 A II 1 si 441- I t-' IN0k0 i' kys 7 7 iew444 i ''''y --01 I' lel ti4t -fr rt 1-- -lv i L- 4 4: i te -i''' 'ir' 4 Ile o' 0 1 Vot '410' :1 4-' kl I Is At 4 1 1 7 4 i "4 '44s''' 41( te 4: fit 4 4 4 3'' ir' '41 tk 00 0 '''k 4 1 ie tAS '4400' 1 )'44i1oeotikr li! S144 0 il g- 0 I it t7 041' dl '71- wt: 4' mmt 0 late said how In have trip disa! 1 Al I were 1 Thei first His guar 1 Fiel( win( theil and erba teal wor low was of a the ing and insr ope 64 out thir Tea che eve lea( con gnu' froi sai( five bac Go Ma Ma on floa rett the rig! bec zor in co( fiul it" bec kle oth thi he dit all' Cc ter mi po tlu St As wi qu of a 1 ya Pa ye th ag th la th in th (v4 an te ni tic Ya Eon Wonh rant rant rant JACKSON Arkansas coach Jim Hatfield expected more Much more But he wasn't too disappointed with what he saw as his Razorbacks whipped Mississippi 31-10 in their season opener last night before an estimated crowd 457500 at Memorial Stadium "I was expecting to see a crisp finely tuned explosive offense and a tough rock-hard defense" Hatfield said "But what I saw was an efficient offense that did just enough to get by and a bendbut-don't-break defense that came up with the big play when it needed to" I latfield says those factors keyed his team to victory The offense used a ball-control attack to rush for 232 yards with no turnovers And the defense forced four turnovers to constantly give the offense good field position The Razorbacks defense returned one interception for a touchdown and killed two other potential Ole Miss scoring drives inside their own 5-yard line with interceptions The defense also set up the only score of the second half by recoveringan Ole Miss fumble "Our defense played hard and it had to go the distance tonight" I laffield Tarleton triumphs in opener By BKVIT IIOFFNIAN Special to Iht7 BROWNWOOD Tarleton State depended on a stalwart defense occassional offensive spurts and its kicking game to defeat floward Payne 16-6 last night Junior kicker Mike Myers kicked three field goals to lead the Texans to victory in their season-opener at Gordon Wood Stadium Howard Payne is 1-1 Tarleton's defense was responsible for its first score when Iloward Payne quarterback Jerrod Summers threw an interception into the arms of free safety Craig Hancock Hancock returned the ball for a 75-yard touchdown and Myers added the extra point to give the Texans a 7-0 lead with 6:30 remaining in the first quarter "I was basically on the sideline when 1 caught the ball and took off running" said Hancock a senior "1 knew 1 only had to get past their quarterback and a possibly a running back to return it all the way "Their quarterback was the only one who got close to me and from then on it was an easy run to the goal line because 1 had some good blocking as well" The Texans' offense came to I i le midway through the second quarter Eric King's 47-yard run on a draw play moved the ball two yards shy of the goal line But Howard Payne's defensive stand forced the Texans to settle for a field goal four plays later Myers hit from 15 yards out to give TSU a 10-0 lead with 5:17 remaining in the first half TSU's defense stopped Howard Payne's promising drive late in the first hallwhen Mario De Santiego intercepted Summers' pass in the end zone TSU wore out the clock to take its 10-0 lead in at halftime "They (I loward Payne) hit us hard but we had some great blocking and it was fun to run against them" Tarleton fullback Cody Owen said "We were able to move it at times when we needed too" A 28-yard run by Gaylon Bowser midway through the third quarter enabled Tarleton to extend its lead with another field goal Myers hit from 34 yards with 4:43 remaining in the third quarter to give TSU a 13-0 lead Tarleton came within a yard of scoring midway through the fourth quarter after a personal foul gave the Texans a first down at the Howard Payne four But on third and two from the two-yard line Bowser was stopped at the one Myers then kicked his third field goal from 20 yards to give TSU a 16-0 lead with 8:40 remaining in the game TSU outran lloward Payne with 257 yards on 50 carries to I 00 yards on 40 carries Tadeton 16 Howard Payne 6 Tar 7 3 3 3 16 HP 0 0 0 6 6 ISU Hancock 75-yard int room iMyers kick) ISU Myers 25-yard field goal TSU Myers 34-yard field goal TSU Myers 20 yard field goal HPU Davis I6-yard pass from Summers (Run failed) Team statistics Tat HP First downs 14 17 Rushes-yards 50 257 40-100 Passing 52 166 Comp-Att-Int 3-13 0 17-34-3 Punts 8-38 5 4-37 3 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 10-110 3-33 Individual statistics King 14-98 Owen 7-40 Bush 5 22 Davis 9-42 Bowser 12-62 Haynes 211 Pena 9 (-6) HP Harvey 9-52 Webb 8-43 Goodson 6-16 Lewis 2-3 Summers 15141 Passing Tar David 2-12 Sells 1-1 HP Summers 1 7- 34 Receiving Tar Neely 1-13 Jones 1-10 Ali 1-29 HP Bailey 6-44 41ussell 3-20 Davis 3-38 Butelson 2(34 Webb 2-1 1 Clinaiti 1-19 Allen (89) tackle Mars Fred Whittingham during last night's game Arkansas 31 Mississippi 10 Arkansas 3 21 7 0-31 Msstssippi 3 7 0 0 10 31 Trainor 22 Owen 1 run (Trainor kick) 16 pass infercepnon (Trainor kick) 9 run (Trainor locig Sowder 12 pass from Young (Owen kick) 14 run (Trainor kick) A-51900 Team statistics Ark Mis First downs 15 17 Rushes-yards 56-232 33107 Passing yards 50 270 Return yards 69 7 Passes 560 19-35-3 Punts 6 42 6 36 Fumbles-lost 1-0 5-1 Penalties yards 9 75 10-84 Tune of Possession 31 27 28 33 Individual statistics Rushing Arkansas Greg Thomas 17-73 James Rouse 10-52 Joe Johnson 8-33 Ouirin Grovey 8-22 Ole Miss Shawn Sykes9-41 WillieGoodloe 5 -29 Joe Mickles 5-26 Passing Arkansas Greg Thomas 5-4-0 31 Quinn Grovey 1-1--0 19 Ole Miss Mark Young 31-18-3 264 Arkansas Ju)u Harshaw 1-19J A Brown 1- 14 Lim Horton 1-12 Ole Miss Ambrose 5-38 Willie Green 4-111 Shawn Sykes 2-21 Jim Earl Thomas 2-17 Associated Press Cougars 160-138 in the first hall saw two additional scoring opportunities go awry before intermission Kicker Wayne Clements hooked a 44-yard field goal attempt and Metcalf fumbled the ball away at the BYU 25 BYU 22 Texas 17 BYU 0 14 8 0 22 Texas 7 3 0 7 17 1 run lClements luck) 21 pass from Jensen Chilly kick) 27 pass from Jensen (Chitty kick) Clements 46 PU----Safety Hobbs blocked Wads punt in end zone Chitty 33 Chitty 33 3 run (Clements kick) A--65102 Team statistics BYU TEX First downs 14 21 Rushes-yards 41-44 38-152 Passing yards 199 190 Return yards 22 59 Passes 16-35-1 19394 Punts 11-41 533 Fumbles-lost 2-0 6-4 Penalties-yards 7-70 5 35 Time of Possession 34-22 25 38 Individual statistics Rushing BYU Tuipuloto 6-16 O'Brien 7-16 Whiting ham 11-13 Jensen 17-(-1) Texas Norris 8-85 Metcalf 15- 78 Taylor 1-3 Kelley 2-2 Stafford 12-1- 161 Passing BYU Jensen 16-35-1-199 Texas Stafford 1226 3-107 Kelley 7-13-1-83 Receiving Cutler 5-70 Handley 5-70 Miles 1-21 Whittingham 2-20 Zayas 2- 10 O'Brien 1-8 Texas Jones 5 61 Metcalf 4-39 Johnson 3-25 Cash 2-26 Kerry Cash 2- 8 Walker 2-21 Clark 1-10 two touchdowns "I made some mistakes and it didn't seem like I had over 100 yards" Gray said "They were very aggressive on defense and that's what kept them in the game" Ironically Gray fumbled the ball on the carry in vhich he went over the I 00- yard mark No harm done however Colorado State's Tony Carr fumbled the hall hack on the next play Dykes' homecoming had appeared to be sailing smoothly when the Red Raiders opened the second half with a I 0-0 lead To that point Tech's defense had held the Rains to 35 total yards and kept Colorado State from getting closer than 3 I yards of the Raiders' goal line Rut just when it appeared safe for the Red Raiders to go hack into the huddl RN' RICI IIE NVi sp1 to the Star- Telegram DENTON Midway through the fourth quarter of last night's Southland Conference opener against Southwest Texas State North Texas State looked like a punch-drunk fighter 'I he Eagles with a 6-3 lead staggered around on offense and seemed content to rely on its defense to carry it to the game-ending bell But Southwest Texas' Mike Collins mulled a punt breathing new life into NTSU as the Eagles went on to knock out the Bobcats 20-3 before 14480 at Fouts Field Collins who earlier returned a punt 44 yards fumbled a fair-catch attempt and NTSU's Lou Smith recovered on the Bobcats' 27 Five plays later redshirt freshman quarterback Scott Davis who replaced an ineffective Broil Beal (2-10 13 yards passing and two interceptions) in the third quarter scampered 3 yards around left end fora 13-3 lead with 4:16 left in the game "Our intensity was really down on offense at that point" NTSU coach Corky Nelson said "Our defense carried us until that play It gave us a lift and sort of a second wind" With that second wind NTSU's defense then set up a victory-clinching score when linebacker Robbie Legg hit Bobcats quarterback Ron Rittiman and forced a fumble recovered by Tom Middaugh at the Bobcats' 34 Running back Tony Baker then sealed NTSU's first victory of the season with a 17-yard touchdown run off a draw with 1:24 remaining The Eagles improved to I-I this season and 1-0 in the SIX' while Southwest Texas fell to 0-2 and 0-1 "It was a tough defensive game like we expected" said Nelson whose team entered the game ranked fifth in Division I-AA "That one break turned the game This was a very important win for us Our defense helped us hang in there until something good finally happened" NTSU's defense which last week gave up a school-record 69 points to Oklahoma carried the Eagles against the Bobcats With the offense turning comatose after two early field goals the defense led by Legg (two sacks) stopped four con secut ve third-quarter Bobcat drives inside NTSU's 35 Southwest Texas did score its first points of the season on David I laass' 34-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to pull within three "We had a good elThrt all night" said Legg vIm had live tackles and broke up a pass "We had a lot to prove after last for victory the Rams struck for 10 quick points The first three came when Mark Tyler booted a 5 I-yard field goal with 9:54 left in the third One kickoff and six seconds later it was I 0- I 0 on Toone's 24-yard interception return for a touchdown The sudden turnabout re-awakened the Red Raiders They took the ensuing kickoff and pounded out an 80-yard drive capped by Farris' 39-yard touchdown run in which he broke two tackles near the line of' scrimmage Earlier in the drive an official's inadvertent whistle wiped out Steve Rule's recovery of a Tornan fumble near the Tech 20 The Rams had to give the ball back the down was played over and Tech continued on its way to an 80- yard touchdown drive SLC standings Conf Team WLT NW Louisiana 1 0 0 North Texas St 1 0 0 Sam Houston St 0 0 0 NE Louisiana 0 0 0 SF Austin 0 0 0 McNees St 0 1 0 SW Texas St 0 1 0 Season 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100 101 020 020 Yesterday's results North Texas St 20 SW Texas St 3 Montana St 52 Sam Houston St 48 NW Louisiana 39 Mc Neese St 3 NE Louisiana 44 Louisiana Tech 7 Prairie View 13 SF Austin 13 Saturday's games NTSU at NW Louisiana 7 pm NE Louisiana at SW Texas St 7 pm SF Austin at McNeese St 7 pm Texas AM at Sam I louston St7 pm week and we played a tough game We had a lot of chances to give up points but we came up with some big sacks and good stands" The Eagles which dominated the first half blew an early touchdown chance when Southwest Texas' Ben Jessie fumbled the opening kickoff-after a hit by Tony Shaw Gene Pool recovered for NTSU on the Bobcats' 7 Three dive plays gave the Eagles a first-and-goal on the I but NTSU failed to score on two runs and a third-down pass after an illegal-motion penally Keith Chapman's 23-yard chip shot salvaged the opportunity and gave NTSU a 3-0 lead with 10:21 left in the first quarter NTSU held Southwest Texas to 38 net rushing yards on 33 attempts including 67 yards of sacks (five) and tackles behind the line (seven) The Eagles also recovered three Bobcats fumbles and intercepted one pass NTSU 20 SW Texas St 3 SW Texas St 0 0 0 3 3 Texas St 6 0 0 14-20 Chapman 23 Chapman 38 Haass 34 3 run (Chapman luck) 11 run (Chapman luck) A-14480 Team statistics SW 16 33-38 176 53 13-33-1 6-175 4-3 230 28 11 NTS 13 55-247 18 24 3-14-2 6-221 3-1 4-35 9 9 9 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penaities-yards Time of Possession Individual statistics Rushing SWT SU Haass 3-21 Gordy 3-17 Duffy 5 14 Jackson 3-3 Roman 7-1-162 Collins 21-93 Davis 9-50 Brewer 9-41 Passing SW ISU Rittiman 10-25-0-150 Haass 3-8- 1-26 210-2-13 Davis-1-4-0-5 ReCOIVillg SVVTSU Tennessee 5-87 Barber 3-35 Murphy 2-23 Grant 2-21 Toney 1-10 NTSU McGinty 2- 1 I Green 1-7 Texas Tech 33 Colorado St 24 Colorado St 0 0 10 14 Texas Tech 0 10 9 14 TECH--FG Segrist 52 3 run (Segrist kick) Tyler 51 24 interception return (Segnst kick) 39 run (kick failed) Segnst 20 33 pass from Molander (Tyler kick) 2 run (Segrist kick) 99 kickoff return (Tyler kick) 32 pass from roman (Segnst kick) A-28786 Team statistics Cot Tm First downs 15 15 Rushes-yards 33-25 52-275 Passing yards 173 147 Return yards 49 74 Passes 13-26-3 13-20-1 Punts 7-35 6-37 Fumbles-lost 4-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 4-51 13-139 Time of Possession 2536 34124 Individual statistics Rushing Colorado St Whitehouse 9-17 Carr 8-13 Vert 7-15 Molander 9(20) Texas Tech Gray 30-50 Farris 10-79 Garnett 7-32 Ionian 4-13 Walker 1-1 Passing Colorado St Molander 13-26 3-173 Texas Tech Toman 13-20-1-147 Receiving Colorado St Brookhart 5-81 Carr 3-23 Tyrrell 2-29 Whitehouse 2-24 Beach 1-16 Texas Tech Fares 3-34 Walker 3 4 Thurman 2-28 Gray 2-2 Rose 1- 16 Blackshear 1-13 Anderson 1-10 Texas' Britt I lager (60) and Rocky Texas From Page 1 Stafford Texas' starter the past three seasons complained of blurred vision after a hit by MT linebacker Thor Salanoa and was benched with 9:22 to play and Texas behind 22-10 Ills replacement Shannon Kelley best known for his one-time romance with gymnast Mary Lou Retton drove the Longhorns for one fourth-quarter score and had a pass intercepted at the BYLJ 3-yard line killing a second drive Stalliird Texas' career passing leader completed just 12 of 26 passes for I 07 yards and was sacked five times for minus-36 yards Kelley completed seven of 13 passes for 83 yards He was intercepted once but never sacked "It was a thrill to get to play" said Kelley who spent last season as a wide receiver and had thrown just two passes i his collegiate career before last night "But we didn't win so I'm not happy" Despite his productive performance Kelley refused to fan the flames of a quarterback controversy "No way Bret's our quarterback all the way" Kelley said MX held to minus-76 yards rushing last week in a 27-17 loss to Pittsburgh ground out 33 yards and much of the fourth quarter after Troy Long's interception stopped a Kelley-led drive at the Cougar 3 "That was the key to the whole game" said BYU coach La Veil Edwards "We got out of the hole got offa punt and put Texas in poor field position It's been a long time since we did something like that" BYLl's ball-control mini-drive made Texas' ensuing 59-yard touchdown march which concluded with Darron Norris' 2-yard run too little too late The Longhorns opened the game with live defensive backs and the move paid immediate dividends Nickel back Paul Behrman intercepted BYU quarterback Bob Jensen's third attempt at the Texas 39-yard line A 16-yard swing pass to Metcalf and Norris' 43-yard burst over right guard moved the ball to the Cougar 2-yard line Two plays later Stafford scored from a yard out to give Texas its first touchdown in nine quarters dating back to last year's Baylor game Texas' 7-0 lead was the team's first advantage since last Nov 14 when the Longhorns downed TCU 45-16 The Longhorns who outgained the ter and then twice pulled to within two points in a wild-and-woolly fourth period that featured four touchdowns Tech improved to 1-1 in non-conference play while Colorado State fell to 0-2 For Toman it was a second consecutive strong passing performance in reliefoli njured Billy Joe Toll i ver Toman completed 13-of-20 passes for 147 yards llis only serious error was a highly-thrown interception returned 24 yards for a touchdown by Colorado State's Ron Tesone The Fort Worth running-back duo of James Gray and Ervin Farris also was effective Gray rushed fora career-best 150 yards on 30 carries and scored one touchdown Farris Gray with 79 yards on 10 earries and Texas Tech beats Colorado State Ity MIKE TOWLE von Worth Star- I elmoni LUBBOCK Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes got the spine-tingling chills he was looking for last night in his coming-out party at Jones Stadium 1)ykes was presented his first victory as Tech coach when his Red Raiders outlasted a dramatic by Colorado State to defeat the Rams 33-24 before 28876 fans "It wasn't pretty but it was a great victory" Dykes said after his first home game as Tech coach Tech quarterback Scott roman sealed it with a 32-yard touchdown pass It) flanker Wayne Walker with 1:23 left That touchdown finished the Rants They had rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit to tie the score in the titird guar I.