Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 45

rr- lireSlINllERALD E3 SUNDAY SEPT 20 1987 SECTION FOR THE RECORD D-4 LOCAL CALLS D-4 OUTDOORS D-10 SHORT STOPS D-3 i -1 V-ri 1 V'' Rebels knock Arkansas State sas wishbone contained We got ahead of them stayed ahead of them and forced them to Goodloe had a long-distance punt return for one touchdown and a 1-yard carry for a another TD Meanwhile Ambrose gathered in a pair of scoring passes from quarterback Mark Young to tie an all-time school record Ambrose boosted his career touchdown receptions to 12 matching the record set by Burney Veazey in the early 1970s The mark was equalled with Ambrose's leaping 24-yard catch which created a 34-7 Rebels cushion on the first drive of the second half Backup linebacker Bubba Dickey who is from Biloxi also was in on the Ole Miss TD parade During the dosing minutes of the game he gave the Rebels a 47-10 advantage by recovering a fumble in the end zone This turnover which occurred on first-and-10 from the 8-yard line marked Arkansas third lost fumble of the day Ole Miss used the first two to set up scoring plays in the opening half The previous opponents had played error-free Ole Miss forced no takeaways while losing to the Memphis State Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks A 17-point spree in the first 2:59 of the second quarter carried the Rebels to a 27-7 halftime lead things start clicking for you momentum gets you and you feel Please see OLE MISS) D-2 Br JOHN BIALAS SPORTS WRITER OXFORD After a season-opening two-game slumber the Ole Miss Rebels finally received their wake-up call Saturday afternoon The Rebels answered it at the expense of the Arkansas State Indians Ole Miss came alive blistering the Indians in a 47-10 runaway at Vaught Hemingway Stadium It was the first victory of the season for the Rebels who improved to 1-2 before a crowd of 24000 Ole Miss had produced only 10 points in each of its two previous contests this year Arkansas State which made an NCAA Division I-AA title game appearance last year fen to 1-2 Halfback Willie Goodloe and wide receiver JR Ambrose highlighted the blowout They accounted for four of six Ole Miss TDs which pushed the Rebels to their biggest victory margin since a 61-7 thumping of Memphis State in 1980 The Ole Miss defense also played a mjor role This unit stymied the wishbone-oriented Arkansas State offense The Indians committed four turnovers and gained only 223 yards Quarterback Dwane Brown who is regarded as Arkansas most dangerous weapon completed merely 2-of-ll passes for 19 yards and rushed 23 times for just 47 more yards He was sacked twice team got on track a little bit offensively Ole Miss head coach Billy Brewer said defensively we fid what we had to do to keep Arkan PHOTOS BY TIM ISBELUSUN HERALD PHOTOGRAPHER USM wide receiver Alfred Young celebrates after catching the winning touchdown pass from quarterback Brett Favre in the fourth quarter awe leads USM ira By DOUG BARBER MSU saves face with comeback win just put that play in this week hoping to get man-to-man Favre said what happened I just lofted it up and hoped he would run under it" During his second offensive series Favre directed USM 32 yards in four plays taking advantage of Kerry interception of Terrence Jones Favre rolled right and hit Chris McGee with a 7-yard toss that put USM ahead 17-16 was a drop back pass "Favre said was the same play I threw to Alfred It was a busted play The rush came in so I rolled out man fell down and I lofted it out and hoped catch it He caught them in man-to-man McGee sakl comerback ran into his own player and that left me free Give credit to Brett Favre He made a heQacious move on the blitz to get away and attempt to throw it to Tulane countered rather quickly though with Jones galloping 52 yards on a keeper off the counter option fake Jones then passed to Marc Zeno for the two-point conversion and a 24-17 Green Wave lead as the third quarter ended romp proved to be high water mark The Tulane defense could not stop the Favre-Ied offense on the next two series while the USM defense yielded nary a first down during the final 15 minutes Shelton two-yard TD sweep tied the Please see USM D-2 SPORTS WRITER HATTIESBURG A 17-year-old freshman put the thrill back into Southern Mississippi football Brett Favre a true freshman from Hancock North Central rallied the Golden Eagles from an early six-point deficit in the third quarter to a srintiHating 31-24 triumph over offensive-minded -Tulane Saturday afternoon in Roberts Stadium A surprise replacement even to himself Favre threw two second-half touchdown passes and directed USM to a third score to lift the Golden Ragtes to their first victory in two tries before 16023 fans The 198-pounder who quarterbacked for his father Irvin at Hancock made a believer of senior center Jim FerrelL "Brett came in and was the Ferrell said had seen him in practice and we knew what he could da But we knew he was a true freshman and we expect him to come in like that We just thought it was going to be another king game the second series he quarterbacked we knew all we had to do was hold them out and we were going down the field He sparked us we got a roll going and we burned the house down Even when they came back and scored right after that we sad take it down and take it to them And what we 23-yard touchdown pass to Alfred Williams with 8:21 left in the game proved to be the winner The toss came on third-and-10 would have been real Hadley said even say how embarrassing it would have been to lose this Tech an 0-3 Division I-AA outfit nevertheless whipped SEC-member MSU soundly until last-gasp catch and run think we overlooked said State coach Rockey Felker just did a good job of whipping us 7 Led by the passing of Ole Miss transfer David McKinney Tech out-gained its host by a 339-279 margin and held a 13-7 lead through the early stages of the final period But Davis who had replaced starter Albert Williams with 4:43 left in the third period sparked MSU to a five- Please see MSU D-2 Br sum smith sports writ er 777 STARKVILLE For the first 51:10 minutes of Mississippi game with Louisiana Tech Saturday MSU faithful were counting the days until basketball season and savoring that State cross-country win earlier in the day For until backup quarterback Mike Davis hit junior wide out Fred Hadley with a 51-yard scoring pass to' lead State to a come-from-behind 14-13 win 1987 football season had been written- off as a miserable experience seam-splitting reception and dash to the goal line with 8: 50 left in the final quarter warded off what had the makings of a horrible upset for State now 2-1 It also kept MSU fans interested in State football for at least one more weekend Favre rolls out before his first TD pass SCOREBOARD SEC Itawamba Indians scalp Bulldogs 28-17 Gulf Coast trailed 14-0 at the end of the first period as Itawamba dominated play in the period But the Bulldogs did get untracked in the second quarter and managed to make it to the dressing room at halftime trailing by only four points 14-10 just physically whipped Sekul commented following the game were tougher then we were They picked us apart and we just stop them had a couple of plays nullified just before halftime that hurt us bad That touchdown they called back could haVe been a key turning point and we get it just made too many mistakes And our defense was just not as sharp Please see BULLDOGS D-2 By KEN ERNST Sports writer The Gulf Coast Bulldogs were victims of an Indian attack at Biloxi Municipal Stadium as Itawamba captured a 28-17 junior college football victory Saturday night The loss leaves coach George Bulldogs at 1-2 for the season and that is highly unusual for a Sekul tom at this time of the year It was not a typical game It was filled with mistakes The teams collected 178 yards in penalties fumbled nine times and suffered two pass interceptions A number of the penalties came in crucial situations for both teams and cost Gulf Coast a touchdown late in the first half that could have put the Bulldogs ahead at halftime Miss Valley 0 Florida 10 North Alabama 24 Miss College 20 Sewanee 17 Millsaps 13 Gulf Coast gangs up on Itawamba quarterback Bryan Grissom after a short gain In the second quarter TOP TWENTY OroQon 1 4 No 5 Ohio State 24 Memphis State 24 No 7 Florida State 41 young tough Eagles No 17 Mich State 8 No 9 Notre Dame 31 No 10 Washington 12 Texas 29 Saints face By CUFF KIRKLAND SPORTS EDITOR PHILADELPHIA Jim Mora's in-the-frying-pan New Orleans Saints hope the second half of the 1987 season is a repeat of the first half today when his undefeated and untied team visits the Philadelphia Eagles for a noon NFC interdiviskmal contest New Orieans upset Cleveland last week in its' opener and the Saints are anxious to dose out the strike-threatened season with a victory over the 0-1 Eagles of Buddy Ryan the recognized curmudgeon among NFL head coaches According to the latest blather emanating from strike central otherwise known as the National Football Ifeague Players Association the playepra union will stage a walkout Tuesday because of an 65000 to have pro football with the young combative Eagles Saints coach Jim Mora enjoys a homecoming of sorts today He was the guiding light of the USFL champion PhiladelphiaBaltimore Stars before succeeding Bum Phillips in New Orleans Mara in fact was offered the coaching job at Philadelphia before the Saints butted in and stole him away He returns not as a favorite son though but as an opposition leader He also returns with the respect of the Eagles all Jim Mora teams the Saints know their said Eagles linebacker Mike Reichenbach inability to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Management Coundl If the strike becomes a reality the 1987 season might well conclude with the games of Week Two Therefore a Saints victory today could give New Orleans its first-ever winning season in 21 years of existence As if that mind-boggling implication was not cause enough for some trepidation among the Saints there is the added realization that a 2-0 record could mean a clear path to the exalted playoffs should the season be resumed in the final weeks of the pre-strike schedule Add to all this historical background the fact that no Saints team has ever won the first two games of a season Thus the pressure-heated Saints step into Veterans Stadium before an expected audience of No 12 Arkansas 30 Tulsa 15 Fresno State 0 No 13 UCLA 17 Temple 24 No 16 Pitt 21 Wash State 18 No 19 Michigan 44 Cincinnati No 20 Pnft State Please see SAINTS D-5.