The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 35

i y-y "nnnnnryiMF T'rmr TVie Commercial Appeal Sports 1 Memphis Tenn Sunday September 29 1985 CMM Vols halt Auburn mnwnfyi fyp By AL DUNNING SporftEditer KNOXVILLE Tennessee's Volunteers rocked college football's Richter scale by burying No ranked Auburn here yesterday 38-20 As 18-point shellackings go this one was a blowout from the start Egged on by an uproarious crowd of 94358 the Veils opened a 24-point lead at halftime and never allowed Auburn to come closer than 18 points coach John Majors was only slightly less jubilant than Big Orange fans who started University of Tennessee fans ride high after the Volunteers toppled top-ranked Auburn 38-20 bite nips Bulldogs offense it drubs Tulane there in the second half and blistered us with the long touchdown Bellard said don't know if we were in a man-to-man coverage or a While reception and Jeff point-after gave Florida a 27-20 lead 47 seconds into the second half the Gators (2-0-1) breathe easily until Neal Anderson provided the visitors with a 33-20 cushion on a 6-yard run at 4:55 of the third quarter The PAT kick was blocked Anderson and his running mate John Williams did a number on defense which entered the game ranked third in the nation Anderson a 60 210-pound senior rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns Williams a 60 222-pound senior carried 19 times for 79 yards and caught eight passes for 88 yards and one touchdown Florida finished its night's work with 499 total yards Mississippi State was limited to 289 The Bulldogs had minus-six yards total in the ill-fated third uarter after totaling 177 in the rst half just didn't make any plays in the second Bellardsald really didn't have good field position in the third second-half fortunes were a sharp contrast to a flrst-(See GATORS on Page Dll) uprooting the south goalpost 17 seconds before the end of the game was one of our biggest wins at Majors said We are going to think about Wake Forest (the next opponent) tomorrow but not until then gonna enjoy beating Auburn tonight This was one of the great football games been apart of think we played as well as we can play against a good football Tennessee (1-0-1) won a cofeatured Heisman Trophy audition too with quarterback Tony Robinson clearly upstaging Auburn running machine Bo Jackson Robinson passed for 259 yards and Jackson ran for 80 Robinson hit 17 of 30 passes and threw touchdown darts of 37 4 10 and (See ROBINSON on Page D3) whose squad will host Vander bilt this week before playing Memphis State in Memphis Oct 12 nVe made more mistakes tonight than we have all season Sophomore David McKinney made his first start at quarterback for Ole Miss subbing for senior Kent Austin who was hobbled with a stiff knee McKinney completed 10 of 16 passes for 118 yards and one touchdown Austin came on to direct a pair of second-half touchdowns as the Wave (0-4) (See OLE MISS on Page Dll) i National League Cincinnati 5 Houston 2 Chicago 11 Philadelphia 10 Montreal 2-2 SL Louis 64 (second game 11 Innings) New York Pittsburgh 1 Los Angeles 3 San Francisco 1 San Diego 6 Atlanta (13) American League Minnesota 5 Kansu City 3 Boston 2 Detroit 0 (10) Cleveland 7 California New York 6 Baltimore Toronto 6 Milwaukee 1 Oakland 7 Chicago 4 Seattle 3 Texu 2 (College scores Page D2 Other scores Page D12) Twins scored once more in their half of the Inning on Steve RBI single At Cleveland California had a 54) lead relief ace Donnie Moore on the mound and the knowledge that Kansas City already had lost when Cleveland's Andre Thornton and' Jerry Willard struck Thornton ripped a three-run homer in the eighth to cap a five-run rally and two-run shot in the ninth off Stu Cllburn (63) as Cleveland took the win marts We had the thing counted up I don't want to talk about it much more because it's too California manager Gene Mauch said Don Sutton pitched seven shutout innings before Mauch called on Moore to start the eighth Inning thought he (Sutton) was breezing 1 thought he'd go all the way said Moore who took a 155 earned run average into the game but gave up five hits starting with a solo shot by George Vukovich they called the bullpen and said if I got loose Fd be in I was kind of surprised I excuses' lousy no Florida's Neal Anderson scores the Gators' second touchdown In a 36-22 victory over Mississippi State RJ McKenna (25) and Brian Hutson defend By BOBBY HALL Staff Raportar NEW ORLEANS There was a long-awaited reunion last night in the Louisiana Superdome Ole Miss greeted its offense with a time no Blending as many ingredients as in a bowl of Cajun gumbo the Rebels romped put winless Tulane 27-10 before a crowd of 32578 It was the second highest point total in two seasons for Ole Miss got a lot of things done tonight that weren't successful a couple of weeks said Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer just said be patient and put this thing Ole Miss winning its second consecutive game improved to 2-1-1 going into Southeastern Conference opener at Auburn The Rebels got another consistent performance from their scrappy defense but this time it the offense that pitched in with much needed assistance despite eight fumbles After sputtering or pound in its first three games Ole Miss exploded for 243 yards rushing Tailback Nathan wons-ley led the attack with 144 yards on 25 carries the first 100-yard rushing effort by a Rebel since Wonsley did it against Arkansas last year think we're an average football said first-year Tulane coach Mack Brown AL West at a glance Pet es California J5S Kama City J5S RIMAIMIIMMMM Kmnm Ctty (I) Noma: tap Ml Oct I i CaHtonM 4 14 Oakland Away Sapt HI (1) Away: San Cttvalan 14 Oct 444 Kanaai City 444 Taiaa Howser said is not much more you can say We're still in good The Royals could only manage three hits off Burtt who struck out four and walked four over 6tt innings Filson and Davis finished up Davis his 24th save by hold-the Royals hitless and out three in 1 innings Danny Jackson (13-12) took the loss after a pair of Royals errors in the first enabled the Twins to take a 2-0 lead Dave Engle hit his sixth home run of the season in the second to make it 60 but Jorge two-run homer in the sixth cut the Twins lead to 3-2 Tom Brunansky's RBI double made it 62 in the sixth The Royals cut it to one again in the seventh on Jamie Quirk's RBI double but the By GEORGE WILLIS Staff Raperttr STARK VILLE Miss Before Emory Bellard predicted his Mississippi State Bulldogs would win the 1985 Southeastern Conference championship he should have gotten the OK from the defending on-the-fleld champs the Florida Gators Still holding a grudge for having their 1984 SEC crown stripped as a result of NCAA probation the Gators tarnished the Bulldogs' hopes for a league title with a 36-22 thumping last night before 34588 fans at Scott Field Florida ranked 18th in the Scripps Howard poll broke open a 20-20 tie at halftime by blanking the 20th-ranked Bulldogs 13-0 in the third quarter The SEC- opener for both schools turned in favor on the second play after the half Gator quarterback Kerwin Bell launched a perfect over-the-shoulder bomb to wide receiver Ricky NattieL who made the catch 60 yards downfield and stop until he had reached the State end zone The scoring connection covered 83 yards the kmert play ever against Bell's third and last TDpass of the night He has 10 for the season On the night Bell a sophomore completed 15 of 25 passes for 302 yards jumped right out Robinson ties mark for wins From Our Prow SutvIcm SHREVEPORT La Gram-bung's Eddie Robinson tied Paul Bryant as college winningest coach last night when his team scored a 23-6 victory over Oregon State Robinson who has coached at Grambling since 1941 has a record of 323-106-15 He can break the record Saturday in Dallas against Prairie View Most of the 13000 fans poured onto the Held at Indepedence Stadium as Robinson was carried off on the shoulders of his team Robinson is in the middle of what he hopes will be his 26th consecutive winning season at Grambling The game was less than perfect with the teams amassing 21 a 10-yard touchdown run and caught a 20-yard scoring pan from Terrell Landry to lead the Tigers Grambling's other scores came on a safety by linebacker yard pus from Landry to fullback Sherman Cowley with 1:18 (See ROBINSON on Page Dll) Angels keep on sputtering Royals The WllUe Wilson From Our Praia Services miinegpr Ray Miller favors Kansu (Sty over California for the American League West championship because of the pitching But it wu the pitching staff that flashed a little championship form yesterday Rookie Dennis Bum (2-1) Pete Filson and Ron Davis combined for a four-hitter to defeat the Royals for the second time in 24 hours 5-3 yesterday at Minneapolis But the Royals failed to lose any Round California also feu blowing a five-run lead to Cleveland in a 7-5 setback The double losses kept the teams deadlocked for first favored Kansu City simply because of their pitching and said Miller whose team won a three-hitter 61 Friday night have won a lot of games because of their pitching Right now they are giving Minnesota Twins up more game" than three runs a According to Royals manager Dick Howser the Royals still are pitching well enough to win but they are not getting enough offensu ve support scoring runs" not ponders defeat from bench.