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The Sunday Pantagraph, Nov. 16, 1980 B-3 Cowdrey's last Chattanooga tips Redbirds, 27-19 Baylor tops Rice, 1 2-6 HOUSTON (AP) Walter Abercrombie scored on the second play of the game, Robert Bledsoe kicked field goals of 43, 24 and 33 yards and 12th-ranked Baylor defeated Rice 16-6 Saturday and won its second Southwest Conference title in seven years. Coach Grant Teaff, who led the Bears to their first title in 50 years in 1974, also led Baylor's charge into the dressing room where they were to accept an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day. Baylor clinched the title with a 7-0 SWC record and moved within one game of its first unbeaten SWC season in the school's history. The Bears now are 9-1 for the season, losing a non-conference game to San Jose State.

McMahon fires Brigham Young CHATTANOOGA Tennessee-Chattanooga quarterback Steve Woods threw three touchdown passes to tight end Ed Stanford Saturday to let the Moccasins come from behind in the second half for a 27-19 football victory over Illinois State University. The victory was the fifth straight for Chattanooga and lifted its season record to 8-2. ISU finished the season 4-7 after their last game under Coach Charlie Cow-drey, who "resigned" earlier this season. Woods, who completed 13 of 26 passes for 273 yards, threw scoring passes of eight and 12 yards to Stanford in the second half to overcome a 16-13 ISU halftime lead. ISU's only scoring in the second half under wet, misty conditions was Isaac Camargo's 35-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

In the second Camargo had kicked the longest field goal of his career, a 49-yarder. Chattanooga broke out on top early in the first quarter with Jack Teichmann's 25-yard field goal. A 52-yard field goal attempt by Camargo fell short, and Chattanooga took over on its own 35. On first down. Woods hit Stanford with a 65-yard scoring pass.

ISU's first score came on Bill iAp Ov-V. Georgia dumps Auburn to victory PROVO, Utah (AP) Record-setting quarterback Jim McMahon shredded Colorado State's defenses for 441 yards and five touchdowns as 13th-ranked Brigham Young demolished the Rams 45-14 Saturday and all but smashed the team's hopes for a Western Athletic Conference football title. McMahon, the nation's total offense and passing leader, set new NCAA season passing and total offense marks and completed 23 of 33 passes in less than three quarters. A victory for Colorado State would have given the Rams their first conference title and a trip to the Holiday Bowl Dec. 19 in San Diego against Southern Methodist.

But Brigham Young's win set up another conference title matchup next Saturday between the Cougars and Utah. McMahon propelled the Cougars to a 14-3 lead on BYU's first two possessions, connecting on touchdown passes of 23 yards to Danny Plater and a 70-yard bomb which Lloyd Jones caught on the 20 and scored untouched. IWU, ISU ILLINOIS WESLEYAN RUSHING Att. 21 Name Britt Travis Craig Maury Steve Niesman Name Maury Loss Net 14 74 0 21 II 10 2 -2 Int. Yds.

3 105 0 0 Yds. T.D. 71 1 10 21 21 7 1 0 PASSING Comp. Att. II 24 0 1 PASS RECEIVING Rec.

7 1 1 2 Joe Hanson. Name Joe Hanson Randy Staton Randy Smith. Britt Name Dave Pearce Warren No. Avg. 7 35.7 I 0 MILLIKIN RUSHING Name William Jones John Cooper Tony Wilkins Jeff Ridner Joe Camillo Dan Callahan Jeff Nelson Sebastian Frankli Att.

.20 10 8 9 1 1 .2 Loss Net 0 42 57 1 PASSING Name Comp. Att. Jeff Ridner 4 II PASS RECEIVING Name Rec. Marc Knowles 1 Joe Hoefert 1 Kent Kuhle I William Jones 1 PUNTING Name Kirk Reno Int. Yds.

I 85 12 67 2 No. Avg. 5 33 6 ill I A Millikin fumble was surrounded by as bodyguard in rear. Yowell re- Si i three Wesleyan football players in the covered the ball, his second recovery. UrrOUDOGO fourth period.

Free safety Ken Shaffer Shaffer also recovered one. See anoth- (23) and end Mike Yowell (85) dove for er photo on B-6. (Pantagraph Photos by ball while tackle Jim Eaton (71) acted Nancy Holding). Millikin spoils Wesleyan finale with 17-7 decision game Fenn's 1-yard run in the second quarter. With 3:30 left in the half, the Redbirds took the lead when Vic Friederich, a senior defensive end from Metamora, blocked a long field goal attempt by Phifer Howell, picked up the ball and ran 65 yards for a touchdown.

The Moccasins tied the score briefly on Teichmann's 46-yard field goal, but Camargo's 49-yarder with 30 seconds left in the half gave the Redbirds the lead at intermission. Illinois State Chattanooga 0 16 0 10 3 7 3-19 7-27 CHAT Te'Chmann 25 yd field goal CHAT Stanford 65 yd pass from woods Teicrimann kit. i ISU Fenn yd run ikick tailed' ISU Friederich 65 yd return ot blocked field goal attempt (Canargo kick) CHAT Teichmann 46 yd field goal ISU Camargo 4V yd field goal CHAT Stanford 12-yd pass from Woods (Teichmann kick) CHAT Stanford 8 yd pass from Woods Teichmann cK ISU Camargo 35 yd field goal. ISU 10 6 I 3 162 138 15 6 9 0 4J9 166 273 26 13 I 3 27 3 6 Total First Downs By rushing By passing By penally Net yards gained from scrimmage By Rushing By passing Passes attempted Completed intercepted by Number ot punts Average distance Number of FumDIeS Own fumDIes recovered Yards penalized 2 8 4 another here Saturday afternoon top-ranked Georgia took control with controversial touchdown at the end of the first half and bolted into the Sugar Bowl with a 31-21 victory over Aubui Belue tossed a 1-yard touchdown pas? to Norris Brown as time expired in ln half after he had fumbled on the previous play that began with ninr seconds remaining. Officials stopped the clock with fUr seconds left to determine possessir.r.

and when it was restarted Belue had his team ready to go and hit a stumlii ing Brown in the right corner of the end zone. Auburn's coaches raced onto the held to dispute the play and drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty at the star! of the second half. Georgia's Will Foils recovered a short kickoff nt the start of the third period and the Bulldogs quickly moved 34 yards, setting up Belue's 1-yard touchdown run that gav the Bulldogs a 24-7 advantage helped offset a fourth-quarter coir; back bid by the Tigers that produced two touchdowns. It was the 10th straight victory by Georgia, which finished as the Soulh eastern Conference champion with a-6-0 league record, earning an automatic berth in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. Aft nf rM rOi IE1 A 'mm''W yx 'V i( AUBURN, ALa.

(AP) Buck Belue scored one touchdown and passed for statistics ILLINOIS STATE RUSHING Att. 19 8 5 2 2 2 1 Name Bill Fenn Jeft Martin Edroy Yancey Steve Willie Boyd Kevin Dave George. Gain 61 37 10 7 7 18 PASSING Name Comp. Att. Int.

Yds. 0 0 0 23 1 1 Yds. TD Edroy Yancey 0 1 Willie Boyd 6 13 Steve Moews I 6 PASS RECEIVING Name Rec. Jim Fitzpatrick 3 22 Bill Fenn 1 -9 Rodney Kellar 1 0 Jeff Martin 1 3 PUNTING Name Steve Moews No. Avg.

8 33 4 CHATTANOOGA RUSHING Name Att. Gain Gwain Durden 13 65 Mike Smith 7 23 Steve Woods 6 9 Dennis King 8 38 Welton Ellison 6 30 Curtis Gipson 3 1 PASSING Name Comp. Att. Int. Yds.

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Suits Sportcoats Slacks Sweaters Outerwear position whenever we got the ball in the second half and we had to throw from there." Millikin boasted the leading rusher in William Jones, who carried 20 times for 87 yards. Running strong "Our offense has been sputtering all season," said Chapman. "Jones has been hurting the last three weeks and not able to go full tilt. But he was running strong today. "Our offensive front got off the ball and controlled their line.

This allowed us to run. We've felt our defense has been strong all year but we thought this would be a close game and we were worried about the field goal because of their good kicker. "You have to give Wesleyan credit. They're a very good team and they played well." An obviously saddened Larson said it was no fun ending the season with a loss. "There have been lots of years when I would have been happy to be 7-2," said Larson.

"But we have to be pleased with our season. "We were hoping for a year like this but if you had told me after we lost to Elmhurst that we would tie for the title, I wouldn't have believed it. "This is the first time since Elmhurst that anyone has moved the ball on us like that. We had to play their type of game in the fourth quarter. We tried to force them into mistakes but they didn't make any." Career record Running back Britt Travis set an IWU career record for rushes.

He carried 21 times for 74 yards and those rushes gave him 604, breaking Kurt Swearingen's record of 589. Marty Heller, a 153-pound freshman from El Paso, intercepted a Wesleyan pass in the final seconds and Marc Knowles, a Gibson City freshman, caught a 4-yard pass from Ridner in the first period. Millikin holds a 37-29-7 edge in the series and has won the last four games. Wesleyan Millikin 0 7 0 0-7 0 10 0 7 17 SCORING SUMMARY: Wesleyan Hanson, 19 yd. pass from Barry Pearce kick) Millikin Stupek, 19 yd.

Held goal Millikin Kuhle, 67 yd. pass from Ridner (Stupek kick) Millikin Ridner, 1 yd. run (Stupek kick) YARDSTICK i Total First Downs 12 By rushing 6 10 By passing 3 2 By penalty 3 0 Net yards gained from scrimmage 206 32B By Rushing 103 243 By passing 105 85 Passes attempted 25 11 Completed 11 4 Intercepted by 1 3 Number of punts 9 5 Average distance 27.8 33.6 Number of Fumbles 4 7 Own tumbles recovered 2 0 Yards penalized 27 103 Wesleyan's offense had the ball for just 10 plays and one of those was a punt. Twice, Millikin was moving only to fumble away the ball. Then the Big Blue drove 78 yards in 16 plays and Ridner scored on a 1-yard plunge with 12:47 to go in the fourth period.

Stupek's point-after-touch-downkick made it 17-7. Wesleyan grabbed a 7-0 lead in the second period when Barry passed 19 yards to Joe Hanson and Dave Pearce kicked the point-after-touchdown. Barry completed four passes to Hanson in the 8-play, 57-yard drive. Millikin stopped Millikin threatened late in the second period but was stopped on the Wesleyan 1-yard line when Scott Kutzner recovered a William Jones fumble. The Big Blue had taken possession on the IWU 44 when Mark Hosey recovered Britt Travis' fumble.

Big play in the surge was Ridner's 33-yard sprint to the Wesleyan 7. Ridner seemingly was going to be thrown for a loss but got away from a pack of Titans and then headed downfield before being forced out at the 7. After Barry threw an incomplete pass, LaDew fumbled and Dan Famera recovered for Millikin on the 2-yard line. Jones couldn't get a yard and Ken Luck threw Ridner for a two-yard loss. Joe Hoefert's catch of a Ridner pass was ruled a good juggling act and not a touchdown because the official said Hoefert didn't have control of the ball when he stepped out of bounds.

With 3:24 left, Stupek kicked a 19-yard field goal and it was 7-3. Millikin used its offensive reserves in the final two and one-half minutes and even though they fumbled away the ball three times, Wesleyan couldn't take advantage. "Maybe I should have been worried about having the subs in there that soon," said Millikin coach Merle Chapman. 'Deserved to play' "But they had been on the bench all year and I thought they deserved to play. And our defense was playing so well, I thought we could hold them.

That second touchdown put a lot of pressure on Wesleyan and they were forced to pass a lot and not try and run the ball." Wesleyan coach Don Larson admitted Millikin controlled IWU the second half. "That was the real kicker," said Larson. "They picked up a lot of momentum with that late touchdown pass and it took away from us a little. "We didn't have the ball a lot in the second half and when we did, it was in poor field position. The first half was all ours but for a few plays.

But it seemed like we were in poor field By Jim Barnhart Pantagraph sports editor Millikin University's football team made one big play in the first half and all of the plays in the second half and I spoiled Illinois Wesleyan University's bid for an undisputed conference championship with a 17-7 decision over the Titans at IWU Stadium Saturday afternoon. A United Methodist Youth Day crowd of 3,000 people watched Millikin score on a 67-yard pass play with 12 seconds left in the first half and then control both sides of the line of scrimmage in the second. Wesleyan took a five-game winning streak into the contest but had to settle for a share of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championship when Elmhurst defeated North Park Saturday. IWU and Elmhurst finished their schedules with 6-2 records. Wesleyan's overall record is 7-2.

Millikin, which won its last four games, finished with a 6-3 season record and a 5-3 CCIW mark. Wesleyan was leading 7-3 with time running out in the first half. Millikin had a second down and seven yards to go situation on its own 33-yard line. Long pass Millikin quarterback Jeff Ridner lofted a pass to split end Kent Kuhle who caught the ball on the 30, nearly ran down a slow-moving, slightly over-; weight official, and went on to score. Marty Stupek kicked the point-after-touchdown and Millikin owned a 10-7 lead.

And even then Millikin got another opportunity. IWU's Randy Smith returned the next kickoff 20 yards to his own 31-yard line. On first down, Vesleyan quarterback Maury Barry aimed a pass downfield but the Big Blue's Rick Cizek intercepted on the Wesleyan 46. So, with two seconds left, the Big Blue tried again but Ridner's pass was incomplete. The third period was all Millikin.

Local Deaf Club stumbles in opener Bill Flatt poured in 33 points to lead the Jacksonville Community School for the Deaf to a 71-53 victory over the Bloomington-Normal Deaf Club in basketball action Saturday night at University High School. The game opened the season for Bloomington-Normal. Gary Hohenberry paced the local team with 23 points while Wayne Barth added 22. Bloomington-Normal will return to action Nov. 29 in the Lincoln Club for the Deaf Tournament in Chicago.

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