Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 50

IIIKStoHHIUI) SUNDAY NOV 9 1986 Valdosta rallies to down Db2 BrigBKawpwa STATE VALDOSTA Gl Quarterback Mark Dace scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead Valdosta State to a 21-10 victory over Mississippi College in a Gulf South CnHifwiM fron Saturday The gau waa tied 7-7 when Dace acored on an 8-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter FoDoaig a 47-yard field goal by Mississippi College's Chuck May Dace acored on a 1-yard keeper The College quarterback ran by WSama A 3-yard touchdown ran by West Stevie Young left Delta State with a 21-14 lead at halftime Delta State acored twice in the third quarter including a 53-yard pass from Williams to Arrikc James and once in the fourth James caught aeven passes in the game for 129 yards Quarterback Cater Pierce who completed 22 of 48 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns led West Georgia Hal Lamb caught nine passes for 144 yards The victory boosted Delta State to 5-3-1 overall and 3-2-1 in die conference West Georgia is 2-7 0-6 MnXSAPS 43 LANE 0 Tailback Ricky Johnson ran for two touchdown and tossed a 15-yard touchdown pass on an option play to lead MiQsaps to a 43-0 drubbing of Lane in a dash of independents at Jackson Johnson carried the ball 24 times for 100 yards giving him 915 yards with one game left in the season He scored on four- and three-yard runs and delivered the pass to tight end Pete Dunn with 11:48 left in the fourth quarter Lane3-5 lost the ball following five of seven fumble A second quarter fumble set the stage for a MEsaps touchdown with one minute remaining in the halt Placesetter Ken Ranager kept the ball during a fake field goal attempt and passed 16 yards to open receiver Ton Magandy But the Majors 6-2 concentrated on their ground attack running 61 tunes for 283 yards and four touchdowns rushing Tfan Lawrence paced a sluggish Dragon attack rushing 13 times for 101 yards Division Ed punting leader Darren Estes of MiBsaps kicked four times for 171 yards an average 428 yards per kick Qn the season Estes is averaging 438 yards per kick quarter on a 43-yard pass from wide receiver Randy Fisher to flanker Darxien Teak The win boosted Valdosta record to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the conference The loss dropped Mississippi College to 7-3 5-2 DELTA STATE 42 WEST GEORGIA CARROLLTON Ga CAP) Quarterback Keith Wfifiams rushed for 108 yards passed for 170 yards and scored a touchdown to lead Delta State to a 42-27 victory over West Georgia in Gulf South Conference at CarroOton Ga After West Georgia took a 7-0 lead on a 3-yard ran by Larry Adams early mthe first quarter Delta State reeled off three unanswered touchdowns inHwiwg a 2-yard TD Henry tanMmd on his 11-yard fine and Janies Gibeon Miaaiaafopi College acored in the first quarter when Curtis Potter capped an 80-yard 11-play drive with a 23-yard touchdown run Vakloeta State acored its first touchdown in the second Bell soimds deatk for (Georgia By THE AI10CKIHP WBPS JACKSONVILLE Fla Quarterback Kerwin Befi rallied Florida from a big deficit for the second straight game against a Top Twenty opponent Saturday passing for 272 yards and three touchdowns leading the Gators to a 31-19 Southeastern Conference victory over 19th-ranked Georgia Bell who engineered an 18-point fourth-quarter rally to beat then-No 5 Auburn last week threw all three of his touchdown passes to Ricky Nattiel as Florida overcame a 16-3 deficit to win its fourth straight game Nattiel playing with a shoulder separation scared on receptions covering 8 9 and 42 yards with the last one efindmg the victory nine minutes after James 3-yard ran put tiie Gators ahead 24-19 The triumph before a Gator Bowl crowd of 81957 boosted record to 54 overall 2-3 in the SEC Georgia which had won three straight games fell to 6-3 including a 3-2 record in the league Befi limping on a sprained knee that sidelined lam for two games last month completed 20 of 31 passes and was intercepted twice He came off the bench against Auburn to run for one touchdown and pass for another before scoring the winning points in an 18-17 victory on a two-point conversion ran in the final minute The Gators started their comeback much earlier Saturday Georgia built a 16-3 second-quarter lead on the strength of Lars 1-yard touchdown ran and Steve Crumley field goals of 24 35 and 45 yards fourth field goal a 43-yarder with 5:28 left in the third quar- Montana SEC ter tied a school record and gave the Bulldogs a 19-10 advantage Bell brought Florida back with his 9-yard touchdown pass to Nattiel 3: 10 later and then moved the Gators 41 yards in six plays after a Georgia fumble for a 24-19 lead on touchdown run on the first day of the fourth quarter AUBURN 52 CINCINNATI 7 Tailback Brent FuDwood passed for one touchdown and rushed fix: 120 yards on only 11 carries Saturday to spark No 9 Auburn to a 52-7 rout of Cincinnati at Auburn The Tigers shut down passing attack and capitalized bn Bearcat mistakes to jump ahead 28-0 at the halL Eight different Auburn players scored as the Tigers of the Southeastern Conference improved to 8-L Cincinnati tailback Reggie Taylor rushed for 153 on 23 carries to become tiie first runner this year to get more than 100 yards against Auburn But quarterback Danny McCoin was stifled much of the game as the independent Bearcats fell to 5-5 Auburn scored on its first two possessions with Tommie Agee scoring from the four to cap a 67-yard drive and FUDwood hurling a halfback pass 31 yards to Lawyer Tillman for the second touchdown Reserve tailback James Joseph scored from seven yards out for tiie third score and wideout Scott Bolton got the fourth on a 17-yard reverse Auburn expanded its lead to 35-0 in the third quarter on a 75-yard drive in will go (59) trios to reach elusive quarterback Jamas Jackson (14) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS who ran for a first down four-game losing skid Fullback Marc Logan added other touchdown on a 9-yard run Hunter who also had runs of 18 37 and 39 yards became the first Kentucky runner to go over the 200-yard mark since Sonny Collins had 229 against Mississippi State in 1973 Kentucky improved its record to 4-4-1 overall and 1-3 in the SEC while Vanderbilt losing for the fifth straight time fell to 1-8 and 0-5 Vanderbilt got its sowing oa Tim touchdown passes of 15 and 17 to Boo Mitchell Billy 1-yard ran and Alan 41-yard field goal Florida linebacker Jason Lamberth 16 plays capped by Tim seven-yard scoring ran Cincinnati dosed the gap to 35-7 when Taylor scored from the two to end an 88-yard march But Chris Knapp kicked a 44-yard field goal Reggie Ware sewed from the one on a short drive after a Cincinnati him- ble and Kerin Porter raced 42 yards with an interception for the final Auburn prints Auburn quarterback Jeff Burger guided the Auburn attack completing 13 of 22 passes for 138 yards with one interception McCoin who had made Cincinnati the No 10 passing attack hit on 17 of 30 passes for 164 see 11 The Vote defense held the Tigers to-130 yards rushing and 13 yards passing as Memphis State quarterback Tim Jones hit on four of 14 attempts and was intercepted three times KENTUCKY 34 VANDERBILT 22 Sophomore tailback Ivy Joe Hunter rushed for a career-high 238 yards and four touchdowns to power Kentucky to a 34-22 victory over Vanderbilt in Southeastern Conference football in Lexington Ky Hunter who had 30 carries scored on two 1-yard runs and scampers of 9 and 13 yards as Kentucky snapped a against better judgment dear much the same we want to do the right not about to operate even by differently than is recommended staff and the physician himself not really changed his position at said football is a crazy has played only in that one game completing 32-of-46 passes for 356 touchdown in a 31-7 San Francisco Jeff Kemp and Mike Moroski quarterbacks as the 49ers have 5-3-1 record and trail the Los Ange les Rams in the NFC West with the toughest part of their schedule coming up After the 2-7 Cardinals they play their final six games against teams that now have a combined record of 40-13-1 The 30-year-old Montana who was walking 30 minutes a day within a week of his operation said Friday that he was aware of the hazards of returning but reiterated that he had not thought of retirement since being taken off painkillers the week of the surgery love the game and I miss he said with all the talk of my comeback not quite sure there yet I still could call it off if I take the punishment turned and threw right in the season opener at Tampa Bay Sept 7 talking from a medical remarks were made at the Challenge of the Lumbar Spine an annual meeting of back care specialists Later he added to a reporter would not subject myself to that trauma and I would not recommend that my kids play football and I recommend that a professional football player play football before during or after back surgery Joe Montana is a football player what he wants to da And he is safer now playing football than he was last year I By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REDWOOD CITY Calif Despite statements from his surgeon that he is to be playing football San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana remained ready to resume his NFL career against the St Louis Cardinals today seven weeks after undergoing a delicate back operation him to go out and put his back under direct unprotected trauma is Dr Arthur White said Friday "I told Joe from the first day I met him that I recommend that people I do surgery on go back to anything out of control that they should stay in control oftheir spines for the rest of their Both Montana and 49ers coach Bill Walsh said their minds were not changed by the comments made at a medical panel in San Francisco White earlier this week had cleared the two-time Super Bowl MVP to play Walsh and Montana implied that a professional football player is far beyond the limits of a normal individual as defined by White So did White who acknowledged that Montana is as fit now as he will ever be just talking about what the normal' person would do said the 49ers quarterback who ruptured a disk when he ran left then yards and two interceptions TENNESSEE 33 MEMPHIS ST 3 Tennessee quarterback Jeff Francis connected with Anthony Miller for a 44-yard scoring pass and the Volunteers ran for three more touchdowns to rout Memphis State 33-3 in a nonconference football game Saturday in Knoxville Term The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Vote and upped their record to 3-5 while the Tigers feU to 1-8 The Tigers' only score with 11:53 remaining was a 25-yard Johnny Butler field goal set up by a 73-yard punt return by Jerry Craine to the Tennes Ricky Flowers for a 46-yard completion to the TSU 4 to keep the drive alive Three plays later Boyd hit Smith with a 4-yard TD pass at the 10:08 mark of tiie opening quarter The Tigers quickly extended the lead to 14-0 an their next possession rolling 67 yards on nine plays a drive capped by 5-yard TD dash with 2:31 left in the first quarter Jackson State squandered two more scoring opportunities however Gabriel Uriri missed on a 35-yard field goal atempt with 45 seconds left 316 yards Overall USM outgained USL 408 to 209 in total offenver Against Tulane USL piled up a whopping 554 yards total offense Brown paced USM in rushing with 91 yards on 9 carries Gandy had 78 yards on 13 totes while Vincent Alexander chipped in 50 yards on 13 carries really think we have put it aQ USM linebacker Sidney Coleman said "We tend a lot of sacks Everybody was playing real aggressive We were getting to the baD I think it win carry over to next USM visits Florida State a 45-28 winner over South Carolina next Saturday for a 2 pm CDT kickoff have to medically Walsh said he said degree any by our medical he has alL He just Montana this year yards and one win Since then have been the posted a the kicker Another reason Banks is tiie kicker is his concentration Although something of a midweek cutup who likes to play king of the hall in the athletic dormitory Banks is all-business an the field game days I try not to joke around too he said "I try to take each moment as it comes thinking about the situation and what the kick will mean Then I concentrate on solidly hitting the really no mystery to it he says Just as no mystery to tiie player inside USM uniform Na not your typical wild he said basically low-key hey those plane rides were a lot of QHf Nrtdand is sports adNor of The Sun drive On fourth-and-2 at the USM 46 with less than two minutes to go in the first haffi the Cajuns tried to ran Culpepper on a reverse Slaughter HiagnnsH the play dumping Culpepper unceremoniously on the USL 44 Five plays later tailback Shelton in the first quarter following a TSU fumble at the Texans 25 The second blown chance came when Smith fumbled after catching a Boyd pass at the TSU 1 Game officials ruled that Smith fumbled the ball before breaking the plane of the end zone and Avery Huff recovered for a touchback to kill the drive with 12:26 left in the second quarter The Tigers capitalized on Kerin second interception iff the game with Uriri hitting on a 33-yard field goal attempt with 5: 15 left before halftime The Tigers then used a blocked punt by Warren Plowden in the dosing seconds of the half to extend the lead to 24-0 The Tigers moved the remaining 16 yards three plays with Daryl Jones bursting over for the score from 7 yards out with cxriy 24 seconds left before intermission LSU Continued from Page D-l pass was picked off by Eric HOI and LSU ran out the dock to register its third consecutive victory over the Tide at Birmingham's Legion Field The home team won in this series since 1980 but the Tide still retains a commanding 32-13-5 advantage passing keyed only touchdown drive He connected with Doug Allen for 21 yards to start JSU continued the assault in the second half After holding Texas Southern to three plays and a punt Smith turned a first-down draw play into a 59-yard gain to the TSU 14 Five plays later fullback Steve Weems crashed in from the 1 for a 30-0 JSU lead at the 11:11 mark of the third quarter PAT was blocked J-State pushed the lead to 37-0 on its next possession moving 49 yards in seven plays for the score Terry Harper got the score on a 2-yard dive with 4:14 left in the third quarter Nate 21-yard TD ran with 4:06 left in the game closed out the scoring run capped an eight-play 62-yard drive Jackson State will dose out its regular season with a Nov 22 meeting with arch-rival Alcorn State Texas Southern visits Bishop College to close its 1986 campaign the drive and also had a 9-yard completion before throwing for toe TD with 1:20 left in the opening quarter LSU drove 62 yards in eight plays to gain a tie with 9: 12 left in the half The drive featured a 21-yard ran by Garland Jan Batiste on a draw play that reached the Alabama 24 LSlTs go-ahead drive started after Jackson intercepted Simla's overthrown pass in the end zone with 5:30 left in the haff Hodson completed passes of 12 8 and 13 yards in the drive and Batiste had 13-yard ran on a draw but the key play could have been a 15-yaid penalty for a late hit by Alabama's Greg Gilbert RANKS Continued from Page D-l said Banks who sometime next spring will make Nancy van tiie lucky Mrs Placekicker knew this guy who he bought aQ his rings Banks said of the trip to Atlanta -V Another tiling Steve Clark knew 1 said the innocent young Banks was "how to kick tried to mirror him He was a fine Banks said showed me everything he knew I came in assuming you hit the long one and play I know in high school if you made a 40-yarder you were God or something He told me if you make tiie 20- and 30-yarders play He showed me how important it was T- to be consistent And that's why Tm Continued from Page D-l goaL Alston outleaped defender Elton Slater emerging with the baD at the USL 33 Although USM punched the baU down to the 6 the drive stalled and Banks booted his field goal with 8:50 left in the first period Hie USL gamble that backfired set up the first Golden Eagle touchdown JSU Continued from Page D-l against the Tigers TSU 1-9-1 and winless since its season-opener managed just 165 yards in total offense and needed a belated fourth-quarter scoring drive to avoid its first shutout since the 1984 season JSU blew the game open early taking the opening kickoff and rolling 80 yards in 10 plays for a 7-0 fey The J-State offense relied on a baD-' control naming game for much of the drive ripping off six straight running plays and moving to the TSU 26 But back-to-back penalties forced JSU to the pass and Shannon Boyd hit Gandy scooted eight yards on a draw play and USM led 10-0 A 19-yard run by fullback Randolph Brown on tirird-and-1 at the 35 kept the drive afore The Golden Eagles dosed out their scaring in the third period an an 11-yard dash by Anderson Anderson faked a dive play to Brown then followed Brown into the hole and cut against the grain to the left He was untouched on the sprint and Banks added his second PAT for a 17-0 advantage with 6:18 remaining in the third period The final scoring drive covered 66 yards in 10 plays USM limited USL to 11 yards rushing while the Golden Eagles piled up TflHftragiftsawrs uaeaan.