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1 0 00 Stanford rally ties USC From News Dispatches LOS ANGELES Quarterback Turk Schonert fired two scoring passes and ran for a third touchdown all in the second half Saturday to earn Stanford a stunning 21-21 tie with top-ranked Southern California in a Pacific-10 game, snapping the Trojans' 13-game win streak. Trailing 21-0 at halftime, Schonert passed 19 yards to tailback Mike Dotterer to make it 21-7 with 9:23 left in the third quarter. The Cardinals cut the USC lead to one touchdown 2:37 into the final period with Schonert's 9-yard pass to Ken Margerum. Stanford tied the score with 4:33 left in the game when Schonert scrambled 10 yards through the heart of the Trojans' defense. Ken Naber, whose 56-yard field goal against UCLA last week gave Stanford a dramatic victory in the final six seconds, kicked the extra point.

With the score tied 21- 21 with 2:49 left in the game, Stanford's Rick Parker intercepted a Paul McDonald pass and returned it 8 yards to the USC 49. On the sixth play, Naber attempted a 53- yard field goal with 43 seconds remaining, but the kick fell short and USC took over on its 36. McDonald completed three consecutive passes and a pass interference call against Stanford gave the Trojans the ball on the Stanford 22 with three seconds remaining. A 39-yard field goal attempt by Eric Hipp was blocked by Gordon Banks as time ran out. Schonert completed 16 of 27 pass attempts for 163 yards, while reserve quarterback John Elway hit nine of 16 passes for 118 yards.

Margerum, the Pac-10's leading receiver last season, caught six passes for 104 yards to lead all receivers in the game. On USC's first series of the game White ran for 58 yards in five carries, capping the drive with an 8-yard touchdown burst just 2:42 into the game to give the Trojans a 7-0 lead. White also had runs of 23 and 14 yards in the drive. Stan USC First downs 22 Passing yards 67 Rushes-yards 49-128, 47-295 Return yards 35 77 Passes 25-43-1 7-13-2 Punts 3-1 2--2 Penalties-yards 4 63 4-45 Stanford 1 14-21 USC 14 USC-White 8 run (Hipp kick) USC-White 1 run (Hipp kick) USC-Allen 15 run (Hipp kick) Stan-Dotterer 19 pass from ert (Naber kick) Stan-Margerum 9 pass from Schonert (Naber kick) Stan-Schonert 10 run (Naber kick) California 45 Oregon St 0 BERKELEY, Calif. Rich Campbell passed for two touchdowns and four running backs scored one TD apiece Saturday as California handed Oregon State its third straight shutout 45-0.

BYU. 48 Utah State 24 LOGAN, Utah Quarterback Marc Wilson passed for 372 yards and two touchdowns and fullback Eric Lane smashed for a BYU record five touchdowns to lead 16thranked prigham Young to a 48-24 victory over Utah State Saturday. Washington 17 UCLA 14 PULLMAN, Wash. Mike Snow's block of a fourth quarter UCLA field goal attempt set the stage for an 84-yard touchdown drive that brought Washington State from behind to score a 17-14 upset win over the Bruins Saturday, the Cougars' first win over their Pac-10 riPA val in 21 years. Notre Dame 38 Air Force 13 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.

Quarterback Rusty Lisch for two touchdowns and scored once Saturday to lead ninth-ranked Notre Dame to an easy 38-13 intersectional football victory over -classed Air Force. Air Force Notre Dame 183 ND-Ferguson 5 run (Male kick) ND-FG Male 43 ND-Lisch 1 run (Male kick) AFA-Jame I run (Sturch kick) ND-Vehr 4 pass from Lisch (Male kick) ND-Ferguson 24 run (Male kick) AF 2 pass from Ziebart (run failed) ND-Hunter 75 pass from Lisch (Male kick) A- 34,881 The News and I Observer, Raleigh, N. C. 3-11 Sunday, October 14, 1979 Simon paces Georgia to 21-14 upset of LSU United Press International Georgia's Anthony Arnold slips Chris Williams to catch pass Seminoles shut down Mississippi 17-6 From News Dispatches TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Tenth-ranked and unbeaten Florida State shut down 20th-ranked Mississippi State's wishbone offense, and quarterback Jimmy Jordan led the Seminoles to two secondquarter touchdowns Saturday night to stop the Bulldogs 17-6.

Led by nose guard Ron Simmons and ends Arthur Scott and Ed Richardson, the stingy Seminole defense held the Bulldogs to a late fourthquarter touchdown by Michael Haddix and forced three fumbles and two pass interceptions. Jordan, subbing for the injured Wally Woodham, pushed Florida State 44 yards in seven plays to open the scoring, five minutes later capped a 63-yard march with a 17- yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jackie Flowers. Dave Cappelen booted a 46-yard field goal in the third quarter as Florida State notched its sixth victory. Mississippi State is 2-3. After a scoreless first quarter, Florida State jumped in front when Michael Whiting rammed over from the one.

The score was set up by a pass interference call. against Mississippi State in the end zone. Cappelen's extra point was his 200th point in his four-year college career. Jordan drove the Seminoles for their second score with less than 30 seconds left in the half. He set up the tally with a 14-yard run and a 17-yard pass to tight end Grady King, before hitting Flowers for the touchdown.

Mississippi State finally scored with one minute left in the game on Haddix' 2-yard run. The Florida State defense maintained control in the second half with Simmons and Scott repeatedly throwing Bulldog backs for losses. Richardson recovered two fumbles. Cornerback Bobby Butler stopped one Mississippi State drive with an interception in the end zone, and defensive back Ivory Joe Hunter pulled down a Duane Brown pass to foil another drive. Richardson's first fumble recovery came when Bulldog punt returner Kenny Johnson bobbled a punt, and he stopped a Mississippi State threat at the close of the third quarter by recovering a James Doss fumble in the end zone.

MSU FSU First downs 18 15 53-216 41-125 Passing yards 116 120 Return yards 34 Passes 5--19-2 11-28-1 Punts lost 7-3 1-0 Penalties- 6 46 5-45 Miss. State Florida State 888 0- 17 FSU- Whiting 1 run (Cappelen kick) FSU -Flowers 17 pass from Jordan (Cappelen kick) FG Cappelen 46 MSU-Haddix 2 run (pass failed) Presbyterian. 30 Elon. 14 CLINTON, S.C. Presbyterian quarterback Jimmy Spence threw three touchdown passes, including a 59- yarder, to take the Blue Hose to a 30-14 South Atlantic football frolic over Elon Saturday night.

The victory pushed Presbyterian, 3-0 in league play and 5-1 overall, one game closer to the title. Elon dropped to 0-2 in the conference and 2-3 overall. Spence's first two touchdown passes came From News Dispatches ATHENS, Ga. Matt Simon ran 11 yards for one touchdown and Buck Belue threw 11 yards to Carmon Prince for another in a -minute span of the third quarter Saturday to give Georgia a 21-14 upset victory over 12th-ranked Louisiana State. Simon, a sophomore who missed Georgia's opening three losses because of an injury, rushed for 126 yards and his TD run was a sprint to the outside that put the Bulldogs ahead 14-7 with 12:32 left in the third period.

The next time Georgia got the ball the Bulldogs drove 51 yards and Belue found Prince in the left corner of the end zone for the 21-7 lead with 8:31 left in the third period. Georgia, 2-3, opened the scoring with 2:01 left in the first half on a 13- yard run by Anthony Arnold: However, LSU came back to tie the score with 36 seconds left in the half on a 1-yard run by LeRoid Jones. LSU narrowed the gap to seven points in the opening minutes of the final quarter on a 24-yard run by reserve quarterback David Woodley, but three fumbles and a pass interception prevented the Bengals from catching up in the closing minutes. Georgia missed a scoring opportunity late in the first quarter when Rex Robinson was low on a 41- yard field goal attempt. next time the Bulldogs were inside LSU territory came on a short LSU punt and a fair catch interference call that gave Georgia the ball at the Bengals' 31-yard line.

Six plays later, Arnold took a pitchout from Belue and raced 13 yards for the opening touchdown. LSU Geo First downs 15 14 Rushes- 40-131 57-182 Passing yards 185 89 Return yards 10 17 Passes 14-241 9-14-1 Punts Fumbles-lost 54 1-0 Penalties- 3-25 2-10 LSU 00 7 0 7-14 Georgia 14 0-21 Geo-Arnold 13 run (Robinson kick) LSU- Jones 1 run (Barthel kick) Geo-Simon 11 run (Robinson kick) Geo-Prince 11 pass from Belve (Robinson kick) LSU dley 24 run (Barthel kick) Alabama. 40 Florida. .0 GAINESVILLE, Fla. Second-string quarterback Don Jacobs set up one touchdown with a 24- yard run after a fake punt alignment and bolted 73 yards for a third period score, leading secondranked Alabama to a 40-0 romp Saturday over winless and punchless Florida.

Jacobs' fourth-down run after Alabama shifted out of punt formation set up Steadman Shealy's three-yard touchdown and Shealy's nifty running set up Steve Whitman's 5-yard plunge as the Crimson Tide took a 14-0 first quarter lead and coasted to its fifth triumph of the season 14th in a row. The victory marked Bear Bryant's 289th coaching success, 25 short Amos Alonzo Stagg's all record of 314. It also was his 34th triumph in 39 meetings with one of his former pupils and 24th in a row. Florida is 0-4-1 under Charley Pell, who played at Alabama in 1960-61-62 and later served as a graduate student assistant under Bryant. Ala Fla First downs 23 3 Rushes-yards 71-435 32-59 Passing yards 19 Return yards 60 Passes 2-7-1 1-9-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 7--58 Alabama14 14 3 13 10-40 Florida0 0-0 Ala A-Shealy 3 run (McElroy kick) Ala A-Whitman 5 (McElroy kick) Ala 73 run (kicked failed) Ala McElroy 31, Ala-Ogilvie 1 run (McElroy kick) ALA-Hill 2 run (McElroy kick) Ala-FG McElroy 34 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Alabama, Jacobs 7- 122.

Hill 11-74, Shealy 1055. Florida, Pleasants 7-23, Davis 4-10, J. Brown 4-5. PASSING Alabama, Shealy 2-7. 1-19.

Florida, Young 1-8-1-7. RECEIVING Alabama, Gray 1- 20. Jackson 1-minus Florida, Collinsworth 1-7. Tennessee 31 Georgia Tech 0 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Quarterback Jimmy Streater passed for two touchdowns, ran a third and set a school record for total offense as Tennessee blanked Georgia Tech 31-0 Saturday.

Before retiring midway in the third quarter in the non-conference college football game, Streater the ground and threw for picked up, 103 yards on another 96 to raise his career offense total to 4,210 yards. The old record was 4,068 yards by quarterback Condredge Holloway from 1972 through 1974. Georgia Tech, now 1-3- 1, was unable to get inside Tennessee's 30-yard line until midway in the fourth quarter as Vol defenders sacked Yellow Jacket quarterback Mike Kelley seven times. Tech's only chance to score was a 39-yard field goal attempt by Johnny Smith with 6:40 left, and it was wide. GaTe Tenn First downs 10 26 Rushes-yards 32-44 69-353 Passing yards 107 96 Return 44 Passes 9--25-3 6-13 -1 Punts Fumbles-lost 2--2 2-0 Penalties- yards 6-32 7-96 Georgia Tech 00.0 Tennessee 3 21 7 0-31 Ten -FG Duncan 42 Ten--Moore 2 run (Duncan kick) Ten--Hancock 25 Streater (Duncan kick) Ten -Harper 13 pass from Streater (Duncan kick) Ten Streater 43 run (Duncan kick) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 11-41; Lee, 5-13.

Tenn-Streater, 13-103. PASSING Kelley, 9-25-3-107. 6-12-1-96. RECEIVING- Geo-Heggs, 4-38; Etheridge, 2-34. Tenn- 2-45; Hancock, 1-25; Harper, 1-13.

NE Louisiana 21 Memphis State. 20 MEMPHIS, Tenn. Tailback Nathan Johnson ran four yards for a touchdown in the final seconds of the fourth quarter Saturday night to give the scrappy Northeast Louisiana Indians a 21-20 upset victory over Memphis State. Capitalizing on a Memphis State fumble, the Indians drove 45 yards in 10 plays with Johnson taking a pitch around right end for the score with 25 seconds left in the game. Northeast Louisiana, 2- 4, had kept close, to the heavily favored Tigers, scoring earlier on a 10- yard run by Feotis Moore, a 22-yard field goal by Bubba Toups and a 34-yard run by George Johns.

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Auburn's Joe Cribbs ran for 219 yards and three touchdowns and his backfield mate, James Brooks, added 134 yards and three scores Saturday to spark the Tigers to a 52-35 victory over a winless Vanderbilt team that refused to surrender. Auburn, 4-1, jumped out to a 21-0 first -quarter lead and appeared to be on its way to a rout of the Commodores. But Vanderbilt, forced because of injuries to go to its thirdstring quarterback, hammered away at the Tiger defense with its veer attack. in the first quarter with 15-yard tosses to fullback Walter Atkins and split end Jeffe Cason. In all, Spence connected on 14 of 16 passes for 178 yards.

A 30-yard field goal by Presbyterian's Chuck Bishop gave the Blue Hose a 16-0 edge at half time. In the third quarter, Spence passed 59 yards to Cason for another touchdown. Tailback Clayto Burke closed out Presbyterian's with a 5- suscoring, fourth quarter. Elon 7 7--14 Presbyterian 13 3 7-30 Pres-Atkins 15 pass from Spence (Bishop kick) Pres Cason 15 pass from Spence (Bishop kick) Pres Bishop 30 Pres- 59 pass from Spence (Bishop kick) Elon--Hedrick 3 run (Wrenn kick) -Burke 5 run (Bishop Elon-Smith 18 pass from Currin (Wrenn kick) Newberry 31 Wofford 3 SPARTANBURG, S.C. Newberry scored three first-half touchdowns, including an 89-yard run by quarterback Eddie Pettus, in a 31-3 romp over Wofford Saturday night.

The Indians, who rolled up 409 total yards offense while holding Wofford to 159 yards, raised their record to 4-1. Wofford slipped to 2-3. Newberry 7 14 0 10-31 Wofford Newb Parker 1 run (Spencer kick) Woff-FG Andrews 29 -Pettus 89 run (Spencer kick) Newb- -Deveaux 23 pass from Tate (Spencer kick) Rogers 27 Newb -Davis 4 run (Spencer kick) Navy. 24 Wm. Mary 7 NORFOLK, Va.

Mike Sherlock ran for 150 yards Saturday as Navy's unbeaten Middies rolled to a 24-7 victory over William Mary's Indians in the 33rd annual Oyster Bowl football game. Sherlock left the game early in the third quarter when he pulled a muscle as he crossed the goal line on a 59-yard touchdown run, but by then his flashy runs had pulled Navy from a 7-0 deficit to a 21-7 lead. William and Mary 7 0 0 7 Navy 0 7 17 0- 24 11 pass from Garrity (Libassi kick) Navy-Klawinski 1 run (Fehr Navy-Dent 9 pass from kickers (Fehr kick) lock 59 run (Fehr kick) Navy- FG Fehr 22 Tulane. 20 So. 19 HATTIESBURG, Miss.

Roch Hontas hit Robert Moses with a 1-yard scoring pass with 44 seconds left to play Saturday night to give Tulane a 20- 19 victory over Southern Mississippi in the firstever meeting of the two teams. Hontas, a 191-pound senior, passed for three touchdowns as coach Larry Smith's Green Wave boosted their record to 5-1. The winning score climaxed a desperation 77-yard drive by Tulane. Tulane 0 6 20 S. Mississippi 0 13 Daniel 1 run (Walker kick) 64 punt return (kick tailed) Tul-Griffin 21 pass from Hontas (Murray kick) Tul-Holman 17 pass from Hontas (Murray kick) USM-McDaniel 1 run (run failed) Tul-Moses.

1 pass from Hontas (pass failed) W. Kentucky 49 Tenn. Tech. 7 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. Western Kentucky's John Hall completed three touchdown passes in the first quarter to get the Hilltoppers on track for their second Ohio Valley Conference win, a 49-7 decision over Tennessee Tech Saturday.

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Van Aub First downs 23 16 Rushes-vards 72-313 45 438 Passing yards 112 55 Return yards 15 44 Passes 8-13-1 7-12-1 Punts 4--39 Fumbles-lost 3-2 31 Penalties-vards 6-37 5-55 Vanderbilt 0 21 0 014 35 Auburn 21 7 10 14-52 Aub-Brooks 79 run (Portela kick) Aub-Cribbs I run (Portela kick) Aub-Brooks 2 pass from Thomas (Portela kick) Van-Potter 1 run (Woodard kick) Van- Potter 1 run (Woodard kick) Aub-Cribbs 3 run (Portela kick) Van-Mordica 1 run (Woodard kick) Aub-Brooks 15 run (Portela kick) Aub-FG Portela 40 Van- 49 run (Woodard kick) Aub-Cribbs 18 run (Portela kick) Van-Smith 4 pass from Taylor (Woodard kick) Aub-Willis 17 run (Portela kick) East Tennessee 35 -Chattanooga 0 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. Quarterback Mark Hutsell threw for four touchdowns Saturday as East Tennessee State overwhelmed TennesseeChattanooga 35-0 in a Southern Conference football upset. UTC ETS First downs 13 24 Rushes-yards 51-187 42-100 Passing yards 34 288 Return yards 5 8 Passes 13-3-0 33-24-1 Punts 6-36 3-19 Fumbles-lost 5-3 2-0 yards 3-61 8-78 UTC 0 0 0-00 ETS 14 0 21 0-35 -Farrell 20 pass from Hutsell (Hunt kick) ETS- Thomas 48 pass from Hutsell (Hunt kick) ETS -Thomas 39 pass from Hutsell (Hunt kick) ETS 5 21 run pass (Hunt from kick) Hutsell.

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