The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 31

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL Memphis Tenn Sunday Sept 7 1980 te 1 1 te By Joims Shtorm Falls As Ball Bounces Away Tiger Quarterback Mike Murray (11) Lets Fly A Bomb To Russell Richards Who Reaches And Then Growling Bulldogs Bite Then Bury Tigers By AL DUNNING muacolar oat of Stott at a potentially mui could pound the day Ughta played footaie Ping-Pong with Richard! holding a alight edp until Miatiarippi ndingoflea- late in the aecood quertaer They soy you an suppoeed to let sleeping does lie and Memphis State UnlverstyY football teas discovered lad night you'd itter not mem with sweating anas either Playing before a sweltering i 1749 inuberty Bowl Memorial crowd of Ibany yieided two first-half lead at lntermiadoa pme Tiger faaa would have growled Yeeh but only ooe of the runawat earned" It waa aa offoaaive miatake by Memphia I yarda in 13 playa with Mardya McDole flying the Uat iyarda around left end after taking a handoff from quarterback Bobby Mink drive waa an Mg gay in State 40 and then ranched the bell to die 31 At that point on fourth-aniMnches there appearead to he some con-fuaioa at the Tigers attempted to decide ona play Before they could align themselves It wm raining yellow handkerchiefs for delay of game and instead of going for short yardage the Tigers had to punt oa fourth-and-6 It wm apparent early that Memphis State! offense wm going to nave a long hot night trying to climb over Bulldog roadblocks In the first half Memphis State only 24 yarda rushing and 16 passing Things didnl get much easier for the Tints in the second half the Marti n-toJCnowfton touchdown bomb in the third one of the few Bulldog mostly excellent night Memphis State's one play after Mlsaisii quarterbacks subbing John Bond for Mink came on flubs of a lost On Bond's first play catch of a Mink pam by Haddix at the tdyard line Haddix collided-hard-wlth Tiger defender Dean Nichola on the play but caught the ball anyway and wm ctill Jolted Ulaaluli with a brief watched the aky cave la aa IflaaMppi State thandarad to a 34-7 victory It sraa the aeasoiMpening game for both teams la their eerier over Memphis State to 14 victoriee five defeats the BaUdop avenpd a 14-13 Ion to the Tigers la lait roar's opening game and sounded a serious warnlni to unwary rivals in the Southeastern Conference: The Balliea may be Mg troable by the tloie -cold weather comes Alter Memphis State! only toaebdowa of the night cat Ifiaaiadppi Sum's lead to 13-7 one of the Muter awifter offoaaive atari la eollep football aad laat alght he did a complete Bomber oa Memphia kata He caught roar pamea for S3 yards carried the baU aloe ttame for yards aad raa beck a peat for 5S yards and a touchdown McDole waa the fuse-lighter oa a Mississippi State offerae that ate ap 393 yarda (2M rushing 129 passing) eod ultimately won dowa aa overworked Memphia State defame lad by linebacker Todd Ondra (10 tack-lea aad aevea aaaiata) Memphia State oa the other head got needy aowbere nsahing agaioat a ferocious Bulldog defeaae (ao yarda ia 30 attempts) The Tigers did gala 134 yarda paaaiog 37 of which came la one bank whea qaartarback DarraU Mania hit Jerry KnowHoa for the Tigera1 only toucb-dowa ia the third quarter Chief toraentor of Tiger rnaaera waa Bulldog tackle Gleo Collins a 260-pouod Juoior who made eight aaeaaiatad tacklea eod helped oa three am "We didn't come doee to atoppiag him aaid Memphia State coach Richard williaaiaoa "We made him liaemea of the yeer tbere'a aoawthing wroog if he doeaal get all the votea then are" On the Bullies' next possession they slammed 7S yards in 12 plays with freshman halfback George Wonuey bleating 2 yards for the touchdown Bond passed to David Ellis for a 2-potnt conversion and Mississippi State's lead stretched beck out to 13 points at 20-7 Early in the fourth quarter Moore bounced 39-yard punt out of bounds at the Memphis State 5-yard line and a fumble by Tiger Demur Felts two plays later set up Mississippi State touchdown No 4 Tyrone Keys recovered for the Bulldogs at the 5 Bond scored the TD on a keeper and then passed to Glen Young for a 2-polnt conversion pumping Mississippi State's lead to 28-7 with 1209 to play McDole turned it into a runaway midway In the final period when he fielded a Memphis State punt at his own 43yard line sliced through a giant gap in the Tlger coverage and whistled 55 yarda down the right sideline to score Morganh extra point lock sailed wide but it didn't matter a wm Mississippi State 34 Memphis State 7 leaving the tigers to ponder Saturday aflaernoon's date at Ole Miss while Mississippi State prepares for a home game against Louisiana (Additional Story on Page DR Additional Pictures oa Page Al D3) State not a defonaive breakdown that allowed MlsateMppi State to dart Into a lead late in the tint quarter With the ball oa the Memphia State 43yard line Tiger quarterback Damll Martin attempted a pitchout tp sophomore running back bwayne Ricketts but Martin waa bathed by the Bulldog defame at the moment of releaM The football never got to Ricketta Inatead it bounced crailly back apfield and wound up under the aoggy Jeraey of omaipneent defonaive end Mike McEaany et thelfemphls State Mlaaiaalppi State needed Juat five playa to turn the turnover into the Bullies' firm of 1940 Hard-working sopho-back Michaei Haddix took a printed five yarda around right end for the acore with 257 left in the flrat qaarter A high anap from center Bob MorgariTextraraint kick end lead held at Ml licharda of Memphia Mooie of Miatiaaippi State touchdown defonaive back Tania Sudduth broke up Mink's pam Mimteslppi State went to the dreaalng room with a 12-point lead and a defaaae that waa looking deadlier by the minute Memphia State hod only one promlaing acoriag chance in the flrat half and that one came on the Tigera' very flrat possession A tackle laid on Bulldog fullback by Tiger linebacker Todd On-dra Moated the bell loooe and Nicholt recovered for Memphia State it the Tigera1 35-yard line with the game only a minute and a half old The Tlgen quickly drove toa flrat down et from scrimmage Haddix wm hit trying to take a handoff and Ondra recovered for Memphis State at the Bulldog 37 On the Tigers' first play Knowlton blew pest State defender Bobby Junkin and caught Martin's higherching past Just a stride short of the left post Rusty Bennetts PAT kick chopped Miamaaippi lead to 127 with SJ9 left in the third quarter but the Tigera stayed that cIom only for five minutes late ia the third quarter the BaUdop lit aa afterbaraer that left the tiring llpra floun-dertac la the distance The Balliea (cored 22 poiata la the lact 21 minutes of the pae capitalising oa Memphia State alatakeaaad aoae aifty offensive skills of their own 'conTOEmory Ballard's feaae which ia designed to McOole free la eaeay cad ion of- it Mardya McDole la i ceofarmed with preaeaa pectatlona almoat froei the word go: phla State aa a tough defenaive outfit might have problema swvlng the ball Chicks Capture Belated Georgia Surge 5 I Kills Volunteer Hopes Western Title Face Charlotte who gained 44 yards on 24 carries bolted off left guard and ran over three defenders en route to the first of his two touchdowns Rex Robinson's extra-point kick wm perfect for the 66th straight time and Tennessee's lead i to 139 with 1:03 left in the third By BOBBY HALL nqiMi KNOXVILLE A major tremor shook the top of ol' Smokey here Saturday night and a bellowing foot-stomping crowd in Neyland Stadium caused only pert of the shock waves Spunky Georgia did the test In a gutty comeback which poled the multi tudM of Big Orange faithful and probably left many of them with upset stomachs the Mth-rankad Bulldogs erupted far 16 points in the final 19 mlnutM to beet Tennessee ISIS before the largest crowd in the history of By GREG HANEY goal line UT had a first-andgoal attempt Iran the 1 But when running beck Glenn Ford slanted off right tackle Bulldog linebacker Note Taylor clobbered him forcing a fumble that Georgia end Pat McShea recovered at the 2 with 4412 left TennessM got only one more possession but all Vol hopes ended with 1-03 to go when two Bulldogs smothered Olmewski for a 9 yard loss at the UT 39 "1 cant fault our overall effort" Vol coach Johnny Majors said "It wm a tough game to lose The moat important factor wm mistakes We made some critical mistakes that kept us from winning the game" The Vols who now must nice for a Setup (Continued oa Page D2) The Memphis Chicks have it to rest the ghosts of Herscbei Greer joe About In the perk where they Mew a shot at the 1979 Southern League's West Division tide the beat the Nashville Sounds The Vols still didn't appear to be in sweet aside from the perspiration generated by the middMegree beet But two plays later a Jolting hit by Bulldog end Dale Carver caused UT quarterback Jeff OiSHwski to fumble Suddenly Tennessee wm in deep trouble The recovery by Georgia's Jeff Hipp at the Tennessee 37 put Belue and his tam mates back on the attack and it took Just seven plays to take the lead The remarkable Walker slashed nine yards around the left side behind a solid block from fullback Ronnie Stewart for the touchdown end a tie at IS at 11:16 of the final period Robinson's kick was automatic for die winning extra point Still it appeared Tennessee a three-point favorite wm going to snatch away the victory and reward the 9S00bpius Vol fans nearly all of whom had battled huge traffic Jems and overheated radiators to get hero on this all-important night when roe historic stadium first used a new KMMOeeat addition in the north end Ckapmaacf Tatars IS a am Sill seas I I 1511 seas Saturday night to win the SL West crown thiee gums to one The victory put Memphis into tonight's 6J0 SL championship suites opener against the Charlotte Orioles in Charlotte who didn't par-seriM bscauM of an ited to the Chicks snccsM during the regular poured the first beer of the evening over the head of Chicks' manner Larry Bearnarth in a tumultuous Memphis locker room 1 never felt better in ay said north the former New York Mete "WeYs halfway home now left get tha real of It" catcher Doug Simunic add It wm the Brut division crown far the Chicks since they reentered the Memphis sports scene In the summer of 1974 Last year the Sounds defeated the Chicks end went on to win the SL tide In a daa move Nashville manager Carl 'Stuapr Merrill cssm into the Chicks' dressing room to congratulate the West titllsts Tafs keep itln this Merrill told the celebrants Tvs always said we were the two best teams in the The game ball went to Bearnarth i SM I I ass a i i i i i i i i i i Plans for a UT cetebration appeared Justifiable late in the third period with the Vols holding a seemingly comfortable 130 lead But after receiving a rant at about his own 25 Tennessee's Bill Bates mishandled the belL By the time at least 10 players finished slapping it around the football had rolled out of the Vol end sons for a safety That breakdown didn't appear to be such a bummer until ensuing Bee kick when the Vols were guilty of a late hit That gave Georgia possession at the 50 From there It took the Bulldogs only five plays to score the touchdown that put them back into the Southeastern Conference battle rri Cranny IS Camas cl ISM sits mass a Tainr I Onaay I LOU Mimss fc MUnHai or nmmo i msum hmmm Craw Marse -Mm ana no Radio-TV Log Page D2 Alabama Wins Easily Page D4 Notre Dame Wins Page D4 Liberty Bowl Social Calendar Page Df Baseball Roundup Page DS Remember Joe Don Looney? Page D6 McEnroe Outlasts Connors Page D7 Scoreboard Page D4 Outdoors Page D9 Henry Reynolds Page D9 Tritely Anthony Johnson presented by the team's most valuable player TOm Wieghaus Three homers in the eighth Inning and a (Centinaed an Page D6) ws i i i i I I I I I I Key gainers in the drive Included a 24- yard pickup to the Vol 16 on a perfect pass down the right side from quarterback Buck Belue to split end Lindsay Scotl On the next play freshman tailback Herscbei Walker ntarlU 1 Tawir Olsuewski the Junior who wm outstanding through the air with IS completions out of 20 passes for 146 yards and one TD pass had the Vols roaring toward the Georgia -T Ml AM MM lad) Look Who's Talking About Top 10 Stomach Turners HAD HE NOT picked on some TsnnesMens1 gladly would Ignore Lawrence Lindemanh college football expertiM and seek guidance ITOm more knowledgeable authorities Like Mim Piggy Or Ronald Raaganh adviser on Southern history 'UnleM you get your football information in a plain brown wrapper you probably are unaware of LindermanY work That's becauM it appears In PsnthoeM one of thorn publice- tions which boohatows keep under the counter out of sight of Mds and waak-haarted sutrons BUT PENTHOUSE NEVER promised its readers reliability on any subject above window-peeping so hero coomb Underman again blindsiding institutions Ilka Florida a putrid running Georgia Tech America's oust entertaining and Duke if the Blue Devils play to form expect them to go Vanderbilt gets a shot too According to Underman who doesn't indicate whether or not he hM ever seen Vanderbilt or anyone elM play football the Commodores this fall will be tha 10th wont team in the United States He writes: "Vanderbilt often reminds observen of an elite cadre of Confederate troops on Its way to do battle with the Union Army The Commodores are intelligent valiant well-born and well-dressed and sun to get their (bleeps) kicked" PenthouM Is so proud of Underman's incursion into the maga-ilne's smut closet that the New York-based publication circulated a "news about the collection of football cheap shots According to the release VanderMlt University Commodores my be aMa to spell Dixie well whlstla it mut theyYt still among this yearh 20 worst college football teems Well you're right about one thing Penthouse There ate some people et Vanderbilt and elsewhere in Tennessee who cmo spell For example down here we spell it Sh-o-v-e 1-t It Is true Vanderbilt's football records in recent seasons have been horrible But Penthouse's record hasn't been all that exemplary either ONE THING YOU can say about Vandy: The Commodore football teem is trying to get better Evidence of a similar effort on Penthouse's pert is totally lacking At least Vanderbilt hM been competing with other reputable institutions and operating in quality company and not among a bunch of grinning cretins wearing raincoats But stay in tonch Penthouse you hear? I mein the next time you offend public sensibilitiM somewhere and gel hauled into court on a porn rap yon might want to contact thorn folks at VanderMlt Some of thorn Commodore players you Just Insulted will be terrific lawyers one day and they'd be more than happy to take your monqr for defending your right to be 4 revolting I Penthoum devotee a lot of attention to shin but you aren't likely to find it on your allergist's maraiinetaMe the next time you're waiting to be treated for a rash since the kind of skin PenthouN displays ordinarily doM not have bruisM on It you might wonder Why such a might daive into football Who knows? Mayba they figure once seen a Jlllioa naked hidM yra'vs 'seen 'em all and Just wanted to throw their bored readersachango-! University of Psnnsylvanla labeled the worst football team in America Now you would think Penthoam would be a reliable authority on what turns tha Moauch and what doesn't but the magasinei end suggests otherwise In a similar article In the same magaxlne last year Underman naaMd Wake Forest the secondtoumest teem in the repuMIc Wake Forest went on to win eight games logs only throe and earn an invitation to the Tangerine BowL So nich for Insight the reason PsnthouMh October issue offers an article by Lindarman entitled the "20 Worst College Football TsdMs" The list includes the "Top 14 Stoaiach Turners? with the.