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The KnoxviQe News-Sentinel Prep News Page 1 1 Dyergram Page 5 Pro Footbafl Page 6 Outdoors Page 10 SECTION KNOXVILLE TENN 37901 SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER 2 1973 20-17 to Win in Tom Siler A News-Sentinel Sports Editor Holloway ft Done Fake Punt Backfires on Vandy Townsend Kicks 2 Field Goals in Late Surge By MARVIN WEST ifiwi BMiinai spots wrmr As if this dizzy season still lacked a little something Tennessee gave away a football game yesterday at Neyland Stadium and Vanderbilt gave it back In a maddening finale to a yoyo year these unpredictable Volunteers pieced together enough of foe puzzle for a 20-17 triumph Surely the 66702 at foe arena did not believe what they nw The scene developed this way: Tennessee dominated the first half driving for an opening score and cashing in an 80-yard punt return by Captain Eddie Brown Vandy caught on in foe third period as foe Vols floundered without quar- terback n-1 dredge Hollo- i way sidelined 1 with a foot injury Hie Commo-dores completed a Fred Fisher-led drive and tallied a touchdown on foe second play 1 of the fourth Brow quarter Tennessee promptly folded Gary Valbuena losing 16 yards on two plays and Neil 1 Clabo kicking Vandy another score The struggle against the Southeastern Conference cellar-dwellers wag at a 14-14 peak when Valbuena erred again leaving a pitchout for Vandy at the UT 22 Hawkins Golden kicked a go-ahead field goal The Vols were dead And then foe worm turned Holloway got a shot to mask the pain in his foot and ran back onto Shields-Watkins Field to work more miracles It was a magic moment in Big Orange Country the Little Man putting team ahead of self a modern Moses coming out to lead a pilgrimage People cheered Two tremendous plays by Holloway gave Ricky Townsend an excellent shot at foe tying field goal He made it from 34 -yards with 4:16 left It was 17-17 and somebody said about old Tennessee playing for a tie against But the Commodores hold it The potato was too hot Art Reynolds and Steve Poole smothered a feeble comeback It was fourth down and six to go Vandy had to give up the ball Kicker Barry Burton was on the spot He by his YOU asked Bill Battle VI can get answered Condredge Holloway Vanderbilt led 17-14 Eight minutes to go Tennessee had the ball at its own 20 second down 10 to goThe Commodores had already scored 17 points in the last quarter Ten nessee was floundering almost helpless since Condredge had gone out with a foot injury early in the third quarter What did Battle want Holloway to do? didn't know what he could do But I knew he could hand it off and I know the offense gets a lift when he goes on the Holloway foot taped up and full of wondrous tonic did it all He "got it done" Third-aiid-fbur: Holloway -ducked and twisted past frantic Commodore hands and dived for a six-yard gain first down at the Vols' 33 He hit Stan Morgan for a quick six yards Three plays later he came out looking dodging looking ducking and found Emmon Love on a deep route Love playing his last game in tfeyland arena snatched the ball Chip Howard his longtime buddy saw him coming yelled at him waved him to come my way If he would that would set up a block for hie He heard me and I got my block I think it was the best one lever The remarkable pass gained 34 to the Vanderbilt 22 That one play made it possible for the Vols to pull out another cliff-hanger Shortly thereafter Ricky Townsend who had had a field goal blocked earlier in the day kicked foe i points 17-17 Later an abortive punt by Barry Burton gave the Vols another field-goal shot Townsend did it again and the fantastic 11-game season wound down to zero an 8-3-0 Campaign that left one and all perplexed mildly pleased a little worried and CONDREDGE HOLLOWAY definitely relieved can get if COACH BATTLE came! into the room to talk to football writers his usual game rumpled and wrinkled disheveled and wearing a look I saw how we beat Duke (with a late surge after trailing a good part of the game) I never dreamed we'd be doing that all season Holloway something? We had to have him and he came through That pass to Emmon Love was simply Bill was asked what the doctors did to get the nimble quarterback ready to goback in know My job is to coach and they've got a job to do too I know we had to have himN HAIRY DECISIONS are part of a life If you win the inevitable second-guess dies in the throat of the fan If you lose you hear it a long time Steve Sloan had to decide: Fourth-and-one at foe Tennessee 1 score tied at 14-14 Almost nine minutes to play Sloan opted for three points and took a 17-14 lead Following which Holloway swept the offense down-field taking the Vols to fourth-and-five at the Vandy 17 4:40 remaining Go for a tie? went for the field said Battle I felt like our defense was going great I really did think get the ball They did and won the game So the second-guess horns are worn by Sloan instead of Battle COACH BATTLE said he had an idea why punter Burton tried to run on fourth down think they saw that one side was open for such a run two or three times This occurs to me because I think they blocked our man out of the way earlier in the game So they may have figured they could get by with a run on fourth Battle agreed with the capsule summation: Three Tennessee fumbles all surrounded by Alert Commodores denied the Vols a chance of winning by perhaps three or four touchdowns But that's been the story of Tennessee football 1973 and no one seems to know why not even Bill Battle nessee's 20-17 verdict over Vanderbilt Quarterback Condredge Holloway is the holder (More pictures on Page 3) Hiw Santlnal Cotar Ftiota by Trry Moor CLUTCH Ricky Townsend (22) follows through with one of his I a e-kick attempts And it was Townsend who kicked two fourth-period field goals for the winning edge in Ten Gave Vandy a Lift Fumbles Got Vols in Jam Battle Final SEC Standings Tide Again! then he took off I think the films will show some great blocking on that run owa fumbles got as In trouble and gave Vanderbilt a lift But you've got to give a lot of credit to Steve Sloan and his team They came back at us good and strong and had us backed up They did a good Job of getting ready for us got a big kick out of Chip Howard yelling at Emmon love on the big pass from Holloway Chip was telling him whrre to come I think block actually enabled Emmon to get down in field-goal range for Of the team in general Bill said is not an emotional team It hasn't been all season I know why But proud of this By TOM SILER told these Tennessee players that I was proud of them And I said Coach Bill Battle we do some things expected of us but we made a fine comeback today to beat Vanderbilt finished up with an 8-3-0 season and going to the Gator Bowl We'll be at foe Gator Bowl when a lot of others are at home watching the bowl games on Battle was especially pleased with the Tennessee performance in the first half "The offense was going good and the defense stopped almost everything they tried Then Eddie Brown's punt return gave us some room Eddie waited maybe two or three seconds so his blocking wall would form Nettles and RotellaGet Too For just a minute It was like old times yesterday at Tennessee Ray Nettles and Jamie Rotella great linebackers from days gone by Jumped the fence and ran to the bench to share the happiness of Vol linebacker Art Reynolds after his game-ending interception They cuffed Art around and gave him a bear hug and said whatever gutty linebackers say to each other when Tennessee has I a 1 1 won It mattered to Art Reynolds The smile have been any bigger If he had been voted into the Hail of Fame Saturday's Results TENNESSEE 20 Vanderbilt 17 Alabama 35 Auburn 9 Georgia 10 Georgia Tech 3 Florida 41 Florida State 0 Tulane 14 LSU 6 On 2 Big Plays Shocker! Tulane Upsets LSU the ball at the Commodore 24 Surprisingly Vandy dug in on defense The Vols do it on the ground It was all up to Townsend again He won with 37-yard fielder Sixty-eight seconds remained Thank the Lord for Ricky said Bill Battle in the dressing room am proud of this team It has won Ip Vo! indeed kept alive tneir best-in-the-nation streak of -eight or more victories for nine consecutive years They are 8-3 with the Gator Bowl struggle gainst Texas Tech to go Vanderbilt is finished at 56 it seems more like fiction than fact The Vols know whether to laugh or cry had a lot of things go i Holloway Tnis time one went for us" we look like we can beat anybody in the said Brown we don look so Nobody could recall anything to equal this strange campaign Here was a school with defen-j sive tradition which gave up 219 points second highest total in UT history Picked to be one or top teama the Vols by the thinnest of margins de- 61 touchdowns erasing the featcd Duke Kansas Kentucky previous SEC mark of 58 set byj and Vandy record to 9-2 with foe Greenies headed for the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl LSU also finished 9-2 losing its last two games first to No 1 en route to the Orange BowL Football Scores Navy Sinlis Army Greiner had key interceptions in the first half and Greiner picked off another one in the fourth quarter just after Tulane had gone ahead 14-0 The victory boosted Tuiane's a Greenie defense which was nothing short of Inspired for foe traditional grudge battle with the upstate rivals Safeties David Lee and David Story on Page 7 But as much of foe credit for the stunning upset had to go to Ilth Tide Triumph (Iowa) 10 GlenviUe 1 Hie 3 Wittenberg 21 San Diego 14 Boise St 53 South Dakota 10 Ab Christian 34 Langston I NCAA PLAYOFFS Millikin III 51 Bethany 7 Juniata 35 Bridgeport 14 Grambling 17 Delaware 8 Kentucky 25 Lehigh II Louisiana Tech 18 I1L 13 Rolls to 35-0 Victory Over Auburn NEW ORLEANS Dec 1 tin tailback Doug Bynum which set Tulane struck with vengeance up a one-yard touchdown run by on two long plays as the Green fullback Lyndon Lasiter In the Wave blanked eighth ranked fourth quarter Louisiana State 1441 Saturday night for foe first Tulane victory over the Tigers in 25 years It was a dramatic second chapter to a tale Tulane began unwinding last season when the Greenies fell one yard short of upsetting the Tigers on foe last play of foe game In that 1972 match Tulane played LSU on even terms but for a handful of key plays But this year the game was Tuiane's all the way as the Tigers never seriously threatened except for several missed long field goal attempts killing plays offensively were a 36-yard touchdown from Terry Looney to reserve tight end Darwin Willie 19 seconds to play in the half and a 53-yard run by Alabama BIRMINGHAM Ala Dec 1 Halfback Wilbur Jackson's running and pass-catching fired No 1-ranked Alabama to a 354) football victory over arch-rival Auburn Saturday night giving the Tide a perfect record going into its bowl match with Notre Dame Jackson scored once on a 14- JStaSf? rthe 5 mark to take into its Sun Bowl Tide oa runs of one and three yards and shared direction of foe offense with sophomore Richard Todd SEC TENNESSEE 20 Vandy 17 Alabama 35 Auburn 0 Florida 49 Florida St 0 Georgia 10 Georgia Tech 3 Tulane 14 LSU 0 SOUTH Tampa 34 Rutgers I Notre Dame 44 Miami Fla I 'EAST Navy 51 Army 0 Boston Col 42 Holy Cross 21 MIDWEST Oklahoma 45 OkU St 18 SOUTHWEST Houston 35 Tulsa 18 SMU 21 TCU 10 Rice 27 Baylor 0 NAIA PLAYOFFS Elon 35 Wis-Lacrosse 24 game with Missouri The Alabama defense led by linebacker Woodrow Lowe halfback Mike Washington and tackle Mike Raines stymied an Auburn offense whose main weapon was the running of Secdiick McIntyre On the Air the Tide in 1945 The 1973 team racked up 192 first downs by rushing com-Alabama drove from its ownpared to 188 by Alabama in 1971 36 to score oo its first possession with foe running of Jack-son and Randy Billingsley taking it to foe 6 from where Bill- ALABAMA used 72 players Said Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant: I had a good time directing traffic" Tennessee appeared ready to play again yesterday The Vols won the toss and engulfed Captain Brown fas a mob VANOCtSILT is I a TENNEUKK 14 0 1 TTa TENN nm (TotiOm kickl RrtwM uwi I return (Ttw- 0 run Dev it kickl Gercie 1 run (CeMen (Davit kick): RvllMta I raa coavn Tawntana mi fo scene at midfield Referee Johnny Cook know See ANDY'S Page 5 -Tawiutn 17 SUNDAY 11 mWATB TV Ck Dataware Playback 48 -TtJ WSIR-TV Ck It: Tht NFL I WATE-TV Ck Voattrkill Playback 1 1 1 jj- Mliamaf vik-' "1 pass with first cinoanaii 'aurt kick) LOUISIANA STATE aa Warn LaMar I rwi (Own kickl Alabama ended Auburn's deepest threat with an intercep-j ingsley scored at left end behind tiMl ptey block 'Auburn Jff bstanS much iffi Auburn despite falling behind pSL AHWi the first penod stayed and tole the bal Ul primarily with a ground attack quarter tlking it yard5 the kcky Alabama 114 and beaded nd had little ucc Auburn 2 to set up pjjse tried with Alabama first oore Statistics intercepting twice and throwing Kiv ground Bhecktaa 17- i fosses on ot mte'mpUey l0r cords'dded shocking 17- fosses on other attempts more Southea5tern Conference llupset of ayear ago oarterback Gary marks during the game The 1973 team ended its season with Laancy (Fat-1 raa (FalfauU conical in an UU-UO and stole the ball later in the idn kick) Try Nr 411 mure atniincaaicn 18 Junior quarterback Gary marks during th agVaB toss left Auburn with a I-1 Rutledge scored twiea far the 1973 team ended it 4772 Statistics Hoosiers Win BLOOMINGTON Inc Dec (UPI) Sophomore forward wtvk-tv cjl i Statistics 1 WATf-rv Ck Atlanta Fakana lo'lata NHa MK1 fta 1 ftUJi Scott May playing his first game for the Hoosiers led rtat bun nfl im arearaU) Indiana to an Willta kick) 44J79 third-ranked easy i-wsjk-tv ca us a 74-55 win Over The Citadel Sat- Dp5l SEX iirday May clicked for a game- 7405 win Over The Citadel sat- 4 watk-tv ca UnUy May clicked for a ucihr CMwa ifUS rn a ri i a a I A cq 1 iiv'tv.