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Lexington Herald-Leader Section Sunday October 1 1989 Scoreboard C2 Vols run circles around No 4 Auburn By Jerry Tipton Herald-Lwdw staff writer KNOXVILLE With an attack as steady as die downpour that drenched Neyland Stadium yesterday Tennessee beat No 4 Auburn 21-14 Tennessee ranked 12th nationally ran left ran right ran up die middle Ran up 350 yards more than enough to eventually run Auburn out of its dreams of an unbeaten season and into a regrouping mode for next game at Kentucky Auburn the two-time defending Southeastern Conference champion fell to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in league play Tailback Reggie Cobb led Tennes- it If you can line up and drive it down throats like they did to us today die sure way to get it done Dye added playing mighty good enough defense to win the conference championship" Auburn netted just 29 yards rushing Not counting the 56 yards (mid two safeties) the Tigers yielded on botched snaps on punts Auburn had only 87 yards on running plays lost confidence in our running the Dye said "I never saw us block (defensive ends) Hayworth and Hobby all day long" Marion Hobby had two tackles for losses and batted down four (Turn to AUBURN boekpago) "A lot of lesser backs get a lot of yards against lesser said Cobb who increased his season total to 510 "The good backs get their yards against great Auburn had not yielded 100 yards to an opposing bach in the last 24 regular-season games Afterward it was believed no Bat Dye-coached team had surrendered so many yards to one runner This year's team ninth came into the game ranked first nationally in total defense and rushing defense "Tennessee can line up and run die ball on anyone in the Dye said "That takes the guesswork out of next foe Kentucky plays Auburn at 12:40 pm Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium relentless attach Cobb rushed for 225 yards the second-highest total ever gained against an Auburn team Bobby Marlow gained 233 yards against die Tigers in 1951 yardage which included a 79-yard second-quarter touchdown sprint was also the third-highest total by a Volunteer back In 1963 Johnny Jones gained 248 against Vanderbilt and 234 against Rutgers Carwell coming through Jays rally again top for title By Jayson Stark Knlght-Ridder News Service TORONTO They have been asked all die questions about 85 and a hundred times a thousand times a million times many Lloyd Moseby said "Too many But finally this weekend the Toronto Blue Jays figured out some answers Two days in a row they entered the eighth inning trailing the Baltimore Orioles Losers come bade to win those games The '89 Blue Jays did They manufactured three huge runs in the eighth inning yesterday capped by George sacrifice fly They came back to beat the Orioles 4-3 They are the champions of the American League East But they did more than just snuff out the magnificent impossible dream yesterday They also snuffed out all those nightmares of their own nothing more satisfying than winning it no matter what happened said Moseby who has lived through a decade of highs and lows with this team true We win in We didn't do the job in (Turn to JAYS C4) Eastern beats Tenn State 21-9 By Christy McIntyre Herald-Leader itaff writer NASHVILLE It was an ugly night at Tennessee WJ Hale Stadium but Eastern Kentucky came up with a victory Tailback Markus Thomas ran for two touchdowns and quarterback Lorenzo Fields braved the rain and injuries and ran for another score as the Colonels downed TSU 21-9 last night Eastern tied for first in NCAA Division I-AA improved to 4-0 1-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play TSU fell to 1-4 0-2 Five quarterbacks saw action including three for TSU The Tigers fumbled the ball six times losing two and the Colonels lost one of two fumbles Rain fell throughout the game "That like Coach Roy Kidd said "I know how those kids played as well as they Fields left the game in the first quarter with a bruised right calf and a strained knee He later was hit on the right elbow that was sore from a hit last week Fields scored on a 2-yard run with 7:38 left in the third quarter after the Colonels picked up a first down on a fake field goal then Thomas broke loose on an 80-yard TD run with 1:19 left in tiie third to give the Colonels a 21-3 lead (TUm toEKUCe If nothing else UofL bests UK in daring LOUISVILLE As he got up with the ball in his hands and another Louisville touchdown on the board Anthony Cummings struck a pose He cupped his hand to an ear straining as if to hear Responding an already-cheering UofL crowd raised its rumble to a deafening roar befitting die magic that had just transpired What Cummings had done was grab a ball an the very tips of his fingers and down around his knees while slightly off balance Then though falling he somehow gathered it in On a third-and-14 play cm a rainbow of a throw from quarterback Browning Nagle Cummings had just pulled a 23-yard touchdown bunny out of the hat Louisville beat Cindnnad 37-17 here yesterday for its third win in four games And it is something to behold die explosiveness and artistry this team uses to win At UofL numbers surge and swell and spill out die good news Total offense through four games: 402 yards per Points: 29 A Not coincidentally die attendance in Fairgrounds Stadium is swelling as well Yesterday the crowd was 3605 third-largest in school history diis after a record was set only last week when 31132 watched the West Virginia game If that1 8 a wary look being cast by the blue-clad folks down in Lexington it is not without cause The University of Kentucky tries to ignore a growing clamor to play UofL in football and it struggles with more immediate problems like an injury-depleted offensive line and an angry Auburn team beaten yesterday by Tennessee that awaits it next weekend Cards' popularity growing But as long-term challenges to UK go Louisville coach Howard Schnellenberger is threatening a major one UofL is growing in popularity not just among fans but with a more vital group namely top high school talent in a state that have an abundance of it Perhaps the best example of what UK recruiting could be facing in the near future is found in a comparison between Cummings a junior and Kurt Johnson a freshman Cummings is only 5-foet-d 176 pounds but he's a bomb always ticking Yesterday he had three catches for 67 yards and me score He had only two reoeptions coming in but both of those were for touchdowns Johnson is 5-7 and 140 pounds Through first three games he even been thrown to In his all-in show this week Kentucky coach Jeny Claiborne said he'd like to get Johnson involved in his passing game but added it was difficult because Johnson was so little it was hard for a passer to see him on routes over die middle Told this Anthony Cummings wrinkled his face and bulged his eyes in amazement Cummings said struggling for diplomacy say anything about that" They throw to you over the middle? course If a receiver's dure you do anything but hit him!" It is no secret that criticism of offense zeroes in on its conservatism And anyone observed both UK and erf needs no degree in rocket science to understand which team consistently aims for the heavens But if also true that Kentucky has passed often and made an effort in recent years to mix things up The difference however is this: UofL is more sophisticated in its pass routes and more committed to daring be it with the and or in trying on talent Claiborne sees Johnson 5-7 and wonders about limitations Schnellenberger saw Cummings 5-8 and fashioned a weapon worry about Even when he was a freshman and weighed I only 150 pounds only 10 or so more than Johnson CummingB was introduced into the lineup early He started Louisville's last 10 games and caught 24 pga-s for 359 yards and five touchdowns "We worry about Schnellenberger said emphatically when asked about it yesterday "I don't care if two indies shorter than he is now When we recruit we have three criteria One does he want to get a college education? Two is he a solid citizen? Three make sure he can play football at this level and win Those are the three marching orders we give nothing about him being 5-2 or To be fair about this of was apparently wary at first about slim build Once it decided to recruit him Louisville overcome Kentucky's inroads But the fact remains that Johnson who is averaging 25 yards the eight times touched the ball (on kick returns and once on a reverse) is yet to see a pass much less catch one The mind boggles at what of might be had former Kentucky receiver Dee Smith not been ruled ineligible to play here As it is the mind marvels at what of does despite his absence Eight receives figured in the circus yesterday catching 17 passes for 215 yards Asked if observed enough other teams to judge the complexity of Louisville's offense against others quarterback Nagle smiled "You don't have to study other offenses to know this one's more complex" he said "You just look at die playbook and say 'Geez' "In talking with other quarterbacks they say it's a great system That playbook is the same as die Miami Dolphins It's about the size of a phone book" At least it has bigger print than a phone book right? "Well" said Nagle "Maybe just a little" And he grinned No wonder All that teeny type is starting to produce big results HaraU-LsaderMichaal Malone of fullback Carwell Gardner who gained 78 yards bursts through the line Nagle leads Cards over Bearcats Tm very proud of our team for coming back bouncing back from a bitter defeat last week and playing winning football" Schnellenberger said his team now 3-1 He said his team found "a way to win against a very spunky and a very enthusiastic Cincinnati football team "A game we needed to wia A game we should have won A game we won" A crowd of 3605 third-largest in Cardinal Stadium history saw of win with offense 458 yards worth Ten minutes before kickoff Nagle said "We were all sitting in (the locker roam) as a team and (Schnellenberger) asked me how I felt I By Mark Maloney Herald-Loader Half writer LOUISVILLE The University of first big rebound of the school year came not from Denny basketball team but from Howard football team The football Cardinals manhandled Cincinnati 37-17 yesterday shaking off the effects of lak 30-21 loss to ninth-ranked West Virginia And they did it with Browning Nagle passing for 214 yards even though a badly bruised toe reoeived during the West Virginia game put his playing status in doubt until 10 minutes before game time said and he said UK be the and he said Brohm you be Brohm the Kentucky high school Mr Football last year is Nagle's backup He directed the last series of the half and die game completing one of two passes for 1 yard Nagle completed 17 of 28 passes two going for touchdowns The junior from Largo Fla was neither sacked nor intercepted leading of to scores on four of its first five possessions Nagle's TD passes went for 3 yards to Ken McKay and 23 yards to Anthony Cummings (Turn to CARDS bock pmgm) Winning Colors triumphs at Turfway By Maryjean Wall HerakT-LMder racing writar FLORENCE Winning Colors looked down the gun barrel of retirement yesterday at Turf way Bark but shrugged off the threat and is back on trade for the Breeders' Cup The 1988 Kentucky Derby winner who'd finished fourth in the Maskette Stakes Sept 9 took up ha-favorite role as pacemaker and won the $150000 Turfway Budweiser Breeders' Cup by two lengths over Grecian Flight It was only ha second winning race this year in a comeback from surgery last spring to correct a breathing problem But traina Jeff Lukas substituting for his father Wayne Lukas said the filly showed the kind of response they were looking for when she pulled away from Grecian Flight on the for turn completing the 1M-mile race in 1:4414 "If she didn't run well today doubtful we would have run again" Lukas said He said the winning race no doubt booked the 4-year-old confidence enough to consider running ha in the Cup Nov 4 at Gulfstream Park Winning Colors was briefly applauded as she was led around the walking ring before the race for ha appearance at Turfway Park was unprecedented and (Turn to WWNNG C14) 5 Heraid-LaaderDavKl Pany Big day In the bike Dick Stillings won at Red Mile yesterday with Spur to a seasonal record of 1:51 for aged Kiev Hanover above and also drove Jaguar pacers Story Page C14 College football Retired Southeastern Conference associate commissioner Bob Barrett was in Dallas and working for the FBI when John Kennedy was assassinated Page C3 South Carolina 24 No 23 Georgia 20 Florida 21 Miss State 0 No 1 Notre Dame 40 Purdue 7 No 13 Alabama 20 Vanderbilt 14.