The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky • 32

Ucralh-fGrafirr Section November 1 1981 Eastern Scores 2 1 Points in 4th Period to Beat Murray em suddenly switched on its electrifying offense and the Colonels changed from singing "Gloom Despair and Agony on on the field to their cheery version of "Cabin on the in the locker room Eastern scored 21 points in the final 14 minutes to light up the scoreboard and lake a 24-21 lead Then the Colonels' All-American safety George Floyd picked off a Murray pass at the goal line with just IS seconds left to give Eastern an amazing come-from-behind victory before 16JOO frenzied fans The win the Colonels' first here since I960 and first ever at Roy Stew art Stadium boosts Eastern to an I-I overall record f-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference The victory clinches at least a tie for the OVC crown for the Colonels who have two conference games left and gives them the automate bid to the Division I-AA playoffs because Eastern has already beaten ail the teams that could possibly tie them for the title Murray falls to 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the conference and completely out of the playoff picture "It was getting a little dark out there but we really didn't notice it side" Issac said "Before you knew It we had the thing turned around not easy to da But I think the mark of a champion I knew we could do it if we played hard to the last Eastern started its miracle comeback early in the fourth quarter The Colonels were behind 20-3 and faced with a second-and-20 at the Murray 40-yard line with just 14:52 left Isaac backpedaled and lobbed a long pass intended for tight end Tran Armstrong down the left sideline Murray freshman comerback Alan Arrington knocked the pass away at the 2-yard line but he was called for that much I was really concentrating on the game" said Eastern senior rnerback Chris Isaac who threw a career-high 318 yards and one touchdown "I knew we could come back I knew we had a quarter Issac said "But some of the guys were getting down on the bench So I Just kept trying to cheer them up keep them up A couple of years ago when we came down here and got behind we got down and didn't come back I wasn't going to let them get down this time "We got a couple of breaks and then we got the momentum on our By Gene McLean SMI Writer MURRAY Things did not look bright for Eastern Kentucky the No 1-nnked team in Division I-AA yesterday It looked downright gloomy for the Colonels when they fell behind the 10th-ranked Murray State Racers 20-3 with just a little more than a quarter left in the game It looked even bleaker when the sun set and made Roy Stewart Stadium about as bright as a sleazy bar But late in the game Murray officials finally turned on the lights East interference on a close play and questionable call That gave Eastern a first down at the Murray 2 and two plays later Isaac waltzed In for first touchdown of the day Jamie Lovett's extra point cut the margin to 20-10 and the rally was on "I think that was the turning point in the game" Isaac said "That little break got us going It got momentum on our side I think it gave our players some confidence We knew we could catch Murray quarterback Gino Gibbs could also feel the slip of momentum Turn to EASTERN B3) Fumbling Cats Suffer Seventh Straight Loss Kentucky-Va Tech Statistics Paul VPI Silly Hit 1 run (Don Wad kick) VPI Wad 17 FG VPI wad 11 FG KY Toni 6(101 40 FG VPI Cvrui Lawranc 1 run (Wad kick) VPI Wad 21 FG VPI Wad 22 FG VPI Wad It FG Individual Statistics KMtuckv By Jerry Tipton MlJI ii-u sun wriur Virginia Tech spoiled Kentucky's homecoming last night and Wildcats coach Fran Cure! saw the season rotting on the vine of a difficult schedule Kentucky again fumbling (three times) and blundering (one interception and two Ill-timed penalties) fell 263 to Tech before a crowd of 54500 at Commonwealth Stadium not the same team as we were against Alabama against Clem-son against South Curd said can take failure only so many times before it starts working on you We're caught up in a schedule and right now not going for us" The loss was the first for Curd in a homecoming game at Kentucky It was the Cats' first homecoming loss since 1071 It was seventh straight loss after an opening-day victory only the second time a Kentucky team has lost seven straight in a single season The first time was in 1938 after the Wildcats had opened with two straight wins And for the first time Curd wondered if his team can halt a slide into the muck of mediocrity When asked if the Cats could rebound against Vanderbilt next week and Florida and Tennessee thereafter Curd said after a long pause: don't know I've never been in this situation The situation was another rash of mistakes followed by a visible letdown Tech trying to prove its 5-2 record going into the game done with mirrors took command from the start the game you could sense everybody was said Cyrus Lawrence the top rusher with 180 yards thought Tech win on the road- We wanted to prove "We read in the papers about how we were an easy team on linebacker Mike Johnson added way we felt tonight a lot of teams have beaten The Gobblers got a school-record five field1 goals from freshman Don Wade and ball control from Lawrence The result was first win on the road and its sixth in eight games Kentucky got four more quarters (Turn to WILDCATS B7) HaraM-LaadsrRon Gatrlson Virginia Tech defensive tackle Padro Phillips (76) blocked this Terry Henry pass Associated Press Top 20 They Finally Played For Cats Impotent Offense Glorious Song Kicks To Victory in Spinster 1 Perm State lost to Miami Fla 17-14 B1 2 Pittsburgh beat Boston College 29-24 B4 1 Clemson beat Wake Forest 82-24 B4 4 Southern Cal beat Washington State 41-17 B5 5 Georgia beat Temple 493 B3 6 Texas beat Texas Tech 299 B5 7 Mississippi State lost to Alabama 13-10 B3 8 Alabama beat Mississippi State 13-10 B3 9 North Carolina beat Maryland 17-10 B4 10 Arizona State was idle 11 Iowa State lost to Kansas State 10-7 B4 11 Nebraska beat Kansas 31-15 B4 11 Southern Methodist beat Texas AIM 27-7 B5 14 Washington State lost to Southern Cal 41-17 B5 11 Michigan beat Minnesota 34-13 B4 11 Iowa lost to Illinois 24-7 B4 17 Florida State beat Western Carolina 5931 B4 11 Washington beat Stanford 42-31 B5 11 Oklahoma beat Colorado 490 B5 21 Arkansas beat Rice 41-7 B5 VIRGINIA TECH COACH Bill Dooley showed his early disdain of UK's offense by two first-quarter decisions It was halftime and the University of Kentucky percussion section beat out a steady somber cadence It was part of the Homecoming festivities this steady somber beat of the bass drum But to some less musically inclined observers the sound was of yet another nail being driven in the Kentucky coffin Call it Requiem for an Offense The Cats came within five toes and 40 yards of suffering their second straight shutout when Tommy Griggs nailed oops that word again a field goal with a second left in the first half Griggs' three-point play was the only time during this Halloween evening the Kentucky side of the board blinked The Cats have now gone nine quarters without scoring a touch-town Dead offense has been described a by some because you find many major colleges favoring the formation today It's also been described as "eunuch" by others because of its impotence The Wildcats entered last night's fray second only to Bowling Green as possessing the poorest offense in the country and after yesterday's revised stats are in UK could well enter Saturday's Vanderbilt game in the basement The Gobblers faced a fourth-and-4 on the Wildcat 35-yard line with 11 minutes left in the opening period when Tech called a time out Punt or pass? Dooley decided to go for it and though Steve Casey's pass to Billy Hite was overthrown the Gobblers had made their point The second incident came in the waning seconds of the period Kentucky looking at a third-and-6 from its own 49 was called for holding in its backfield while a Randy Jenkins pass sailed incomplete Virginia Tech could have forced the Cats to punt but instead Dooley opted for the penalty giving UK another opportunity to run a play That play coming on a third-and-21 was a Shawn Donigan draw that gained 3 yards (Turn to CAT 87) Robin Platts Sports Inside Larry Holmes prepares hr soother title bout Page B1 The Lions may have found a savior in Erie Hippie Page BS Several records were set at the fall Keeneiand meet Page Bll Spots Digest B2 College football B3-7 Probasketbll B9 Crosscountry Bll Hose racing B13-13 Outdoors B15 Holmes By Maryjean Wall -wan wmr Glorious Song a mare whose problems sometimes got the better of her through the year turned loose the kick that won her a championship to nip Truly Bound in the Spinster Stakes here yesterday The 5-year-old Canadian-bred mate owned by an international partnership of Frank Stronach of Toronto and Nelson Bunker Hunt of Dallas came around three horses turning for home to wear down Truly Bound in the final yards and win by a neck Safe Play was third in the 1 -mile 5164700 weight-forage filly and mare stakes The well regarded Heavenly Cause herself a former champion never did put in a run and finished sixth beating one filly think one of the all-time great Stronach said proudly after Glorious Song ridden by Canadian jockey Robin Platts covered the course in a respectable 1:4911 Stronach said his only regret was that Love Sign and Relaxing two top female runners were not In the race "She was short In the Beldame (when Love Sign beat her seven lengths last time Stronach explained wanted another encounter" Love Sign expected to tun in the Spinster was not entered after her plane from New York was forced to turn back The filly threw a fit when the plane started down the runway but apparently she was not hurt Even with Love Sign gone Glorious Song faced one of the toughest fields of fillies die could possibly find when she raced yesterday against Truly Bond Heavenly Cause and Expressive Dance Glorious Song was sent off second choice to Truly Bond because her form has been spotty ia rJen faces 9 Glorious Sorg a cham- Hurricanes Blow Down Top-Ranked Penn State pion last year in both Canada and the United State had won only two races this year Stronach whose business is electronics explained that high weight assignments were responsible for some of her losses had a few problems with the Canadian said had the flu and had a sore throat for a long time We had to scratch her out of the Whitney Stakes and that scuttled our plans so we were a little short in the last The filly was scratched when her connections teamed they could not race in New York on a cough medication they had given Glorious Song Stronach said that the mare raced at Keeneiand on the anti-bleeder medication Lasix and that the medication seemed to have a beneficial effect Bill Taylor manager of Blue Grass Farms also pointed out that Glorious Song has been racing against some tough horses mostly males She got heat a neck by Eleven Stitches a California stakes winner ran fifth John Henry who could he Vftm to GLORIOUS 813) vaunted running game to 09 yards a figure so low that no one could recall the last time it happened Tailback Cun Warner the nation's third-leading rusher managed only 21 yards in 13 carries before leaving late the second quarter with an aggravated hamstring injury The defense stopped Pern State at the Miami 35 3d 5 and 2 the first half and the 29L 1 1A 29 and 33 in the second half The Hurricanes now 52 and hop-mg to climb toward the Top ICL dorm-nared the first half and jumped (3 a Jum to MIAMI'S Bit) Hurricane defensive line coach Bill Trout said in the noisy jubilant UM locker room "I was too young for V-J Day but this is the next best Coach Howard Schnellenberger called it "another major step forward that you have to go through to build a toprotch program I teD you how proud I am of our assistant coaches the team and aR the people who have supported us the last years Tlus is the culmination of an awful lot of work There must have been 44 men out there ptayrng their guts Neve'jLefote had a UM squad de feated a team ranked No 1 by the wire services But seldom before has there been a season like this Penn State was the fifth No 1 team to tumble following Michigan Notre Dame Southern California and Texas "The No 1 jinx had nothing to do with said Penn State coach Joe Psterno after the Nittany Lions lost for the first time in seven games "The Miami footbal team did They blacked and tackled bard They played great football hut Tn proud of us We hirg in there and didn't give ViamT defense budgeted Perm By Jim Martt Knight-RdM Nm Sorwca MIAMI The University of Miami played a game yesterday it can etch in gold in its S5year football history The inspired Hurricanes continually came through with clutch defensive plays and scored just enough points to weathers valiant Penn State comeback and knock off the nation's top-ranked team 17-14 before 32117 Orange Bowl fans and a national television audience smee I've been alive wantewto be part of a big.