Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 39

i tiieSunHerald SECTION IS) SUNDAY SEPT 27 1987 A FOR THE RECORD D-4 LOCAL CALLS D-6 OUTDOORS D-8 SHORT STOPS D-5 5m' Ikelp Aggies pop Eagies 3 By DOUG BARBER SPORTS WRITER JACKSON When fans gather to discus Texas Mississippi battle the subject of big plays will certainly dominated the conversation And they will have plenty to talk about The 16th-ranked Aggies broke open a tight contest in the second half with runs of 77 and 82 yards to stop the upset-minded Golden Eagles 27-' 14 in Mississippi Memorial Stadium of the big plays they broke were because of missed USM linebacker Sidney Coleman said played them tough the first Halt We had planned to come out the Second half and play them even tougher But missed tackles really hurt us not like we there We 'were there but we missed Leading 10-7 with 24 seconds left in the third period the 2-1 Aggies broke the game open when 205-- pound freshman Darren Lewis swept I to the right then sprinted 77 yards a for a touchdown Rick Slater who also kicked field goals of 38 and 30 yards then connected on the second of three PAT Third-string quarterback Bucky Richardson also a freshman iced the contest when he raced 83 yards up -the middle while trying to evade the USM pass rush When Slater added the PAT the Aggies owned an un-catchable 24-7 advantage with 8:08 left know anything about the third Coleman said of Richardson he came in and did a great job That (touchdown) was because of missed tackles too He should have never made that run I wish I had been in at that The Aggies jumped to a 7-0 advantage on yes their first big play of the day Quarterback Lance Pavlas dumped a pass to fullback Matt Gurley in the flat and after eluding some tacklers at the line of scrimmage Gurley raced 69 yards for a touch- Please see USMy D-2 pass defense They allowed merely 97 yards passing through three games But their previous opponents Memphis State Arkansas and Arkansas State had combined for only 12 completions in 29 attempts Jones whose scrambling ability also frustrated the Rebels completed 23-of-39 passes as Tulane improved to 2-2 this season Ole Miss which was rated in some national preseason polls fell to 1-3 "We played good football but we contain the big play And what we had to do to Rebels head coach Billy Brewer said broke containment several times That was the key to their making big big plays on The winning TD finished a four-play 63-yard drive that was set up by Ole Miss fullback Ed fumble Tulane comerback James McKin Green Wave rolls over Rebs Rebs seasdDim a apesttiami mniairk Southeastern Conference the eternal pretender and fan favorite who lacks one important quality a knockout punch Championship teams do jiot struggle with the Tulanes of coUtge footbalL But then neither do they open the season losing to a Memphis State and following that with a surrender to a decent but not overpowering Arkansas Excepting one or two players Tulane has neither the talent nor experience of the Ole Miss team There was little evidence of that Saturday night however Ole Miss sparred with Tulane By JOHN B1ALAS SPORTS WRITER NEW ORLEANS Quarterback Terrence Jones defused the No 1 pass defense Saturday night in the Superdome Jones threw for 358 yards and three touchdowns- as the Tulane Green Wave flashed past the favored Ole Miss Rebels 31-24 before a crowd of 40302 His 13-yard scoring toss to wide receiver Marc Zeno was the difference giving the Green Wave a 31-24 lead with 7:20 remaining in the contest Jones floated the ball toward Zeno who made a leaping reception in the end zone and overcame the double coverage of safeties Howard Moss and Todd Sandroni The Rebels entered the game ranked No 1 in NCAA Division I-A SCOREBOARD I Gators hand Bulldogs another SEC loss 38-3 ley made the recovery turnover came only three plays after the Green Wave had fashioned a 24-24 tie on Todd 20-yard field goal Each team produced two third-quarter touchdowns with the Rebels holding a 24-21 edge as they headed into the fourth period Halfback Willie Goodloe who managed only eight yards on three rushes in the first half had scoring runs of 66 and two yards on the first Ole Miss possessions of the second half Meanwhile Tulane countered with a 28-yard touchdown pass from Jones to running back Michael Pierce and a 3-yard scoring carry by tailback Marvin Allen Jones broke away from some defensive pursuit before spotting Pierce Please see OLE MISS D-2 State coach Rockey Felker said think any secret: We match up with the top teams in our conference right loss was the sixth consecutive SEC loss for the Bulldogs dating back to last season last conference win was a 16-10 victory over the Gators last season Since then MSU has been outscored 220-25 But those numbers apparently registered with Bulldog players so far feel like better than anybody else every time we go out said MSU wide receiver Fred Hadley feel like better than the other team even if 30 points Thirty points behind is where the Bulldogs continue to find themselves when State lines up against an SEC opponent game against the Gators proved no different NFL management and an owner said the games would be iDegaL AD this came amid charges that management was using the issue of free agency to cover up a unionbreaking scheme Three days of negotiations ended Friday in Philadelphia with no further talks scheduled as the strike entered its fifth day Saturday John Jones a spokesman for the NFL Management Council said it dpear the two sides could meet again before Thursday NFLMC executive director Jack EW ORLEANS This was to be the season that Billy Brewer answered those persistent questions about the return of Ole Miss football to a posi- tfon of prominence Forget the NCAA probation Forget the loss of scholarships and the firing of some dirty-fingered assistant coaches Ole Miss would flex its Red Blue muscles this year and Hotty Toddy its way to an unofficial SEC championship because of a favOr- able if not powder puff conference schedule and the return of an experienced and liberally talented team Instead of answering questions though so far this year the Rebels have managed to only create new Florida scored with amazing ease thanks in no small part to the presence of Smith fact that they were able to run the ball on us really gave them an opportunity to mix everything up and dominate the Felker said running game was the most impressive thing because what makes them take Smith over said MSU defensive tackle Michael Simmons gives them balance that they have as good as Brent Fullwood or Bo claimed fellow tackle Anthony Butts real elusive hard to gist a hold on a pure running By blending passing and running the Gators cruised for five touchdowns and a field goal Please see MSUy D-2 Donlan had staff meetings and conference calls with owners scheduled for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday our agenda is pretty much until the rad of the week Jones said And that posed a clear threat to next games When NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle called off this weekend's game he waited until last Thursday before making the announcement By that time it had become dear that it was too to save the schedule "Hopefully we can get something By SUM SMITH SPORTS WRITER GAINESVILLE Fla Mississippi State may initiate a grassroots movement for a collegiate players strike after an oppresssive 38-3 loss to Gators Saturday at Florida FlekL MSlTs grievance? College football is unfair Gator freshman tailback Emmitt Smith ran for 179 yards and three touchdowns while senior quarterback Kerwin Bell riddled the besieged Bulldog defense for 205 yards and another score as the Gators chomped their way to a convincing victory before 74421 approving Florida fans With SEC visits to Alabama Auburn and LSU ahead a well-planned job action might be the best defense against equally futile efforts in league day disappointed that we able to play them a tougher The Sun Herald ones Like Tulane 31 Ole Miss 24? At halftime of Saturday Tulane-Ole Miss game the Rebels jogged to their locker room looking every bit the Chuck Wepner of the fruitful going next week in the way of NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle said Saturday on ABC Radio Jones indicated the next move was up to tiie union while NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw sad he was waiting for a caQ from Donlan issue of free agency dearly is where Jones said think there needs to be further con- Please see STRIXED Please see IURKUlNDy D-2 kf- Tcotocmscrc Itiddfcrthalocdf round of Ui3 Dcdoissr fo-Ivlfctlchil Fcuf- No 7 Ohio State 13 No 4 LSU 13 No 17 Alabama 30 Vanderbilt 23 South Carolina 6 No 20 Georgia 13 Kentucky 18 Rutgers 19 STATE No 16 Texas 27 USM 14 Mississippi Valley 0 Jackson State 46 West Tennessee 16 Mississippi College 28 Millsaps 33 Trinity College 10 TOPTWENTY No 1 Oklahoma 65 Tulsa 0 No 2 Nebraska 35 No 12 Arizona State 28 No 5 Miami Fla 51 No 10 Arkansas 7 No 6 Florida State 31 Michigan State 3 No 8 Notre Dame 44 Purdue 20 Georgia Tech 12 No 9 Clemson 33 a Arizona 24 No 13 UCLA 34 Long Beach State 0 No 14 Michigan 49 No 15 Penn State 27 Boston College 17 Pacific 3 No 18 Washington 31 Kansas State 13 i NO: -19 Iowa 38 Strikers may have own games Gy JOHN NELSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK Stalled negotiations jeopardized a second week of NFL play Saturday as the union revealed that it too may stage makeup games during the strike Owners continued their own plans to stage strike games with non-union players beginning on Oct 4 while the union confirmed that a national network had offered to televise games between players who were on strike The network reportedly was the Fox Broadcasting Co although both.