The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 37

MEMPHIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27 1992 The Commercial Appeal SECTION Arkansas St gets a win Indians score big rally to beat back SIU Yols rip Cincinnati as Majors returns thing well I think got enough time in that I feel Halfback Stacy Crockett scored on a two-point pass from Sears in the third quarter that tied the game 35-35 And he saved the go-ahead touchdown with a key recovery of a fumble by teammate Kendricke Bullard near the SIU goal line ASU had managed to answer the first two scores Greg Brown scored twice for SIU on runs of 4 yards and a yard in the first period Crockett broke the ASU drought on a 1-yarder at the 5:19 mark of the first period and Seymore added a 10-yard TD with 11:42 left in the half to make it 14-all But SIU never slowed down Fullback Yonel Jourdain rushed for 83 of his 111 yards and SIU quarterback Scott Gabbert (10-of-16 197 yards) hit TD passes of 45 yards to Justin Roebuck and 61 yards to LaVance Blanks in a Please see ASU Page D7 everybody had to keep their heads in the i Apd after letting JHU J2-2) have Its way for( 332' first-half yards the Indian defense made that stick stopping the last drive inside the Tribe 10 Perkins was excited but not deluded after the victory over the Division 1-AA Salukis is the first day we deserved to be called a football he said honestly neither team actually deserved this win but we'll take it stuck with it for 60 minutes We finally scored a few points and we got excited I know I was On a team starved for heroes there were plenty Quarterback Tom Sears came of age hittini U-of-12 passes for 197 yards scrambling for 71 more Bryant Broady scored on two short touchdown bursts week (in a 31-0 loss to Northern Illinois) 1 was playing with more confidence Sears said I was seeing every Jors 57 since undergoing fiveway While coaches booth upstairs former interim coach Phillip Fulmer continued to direct the team from the sideline haven't been up there (in the press box) in 25 years but rather be there instead of watching on TV at said Majors who returned to UT's practice sessions Monday he had something to say he said it" Fulmer said of Majors's input he let us coach like he usually Tennessee which is 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference and leading the Eastern Division will resume league play Saturday at Louisiana State Cincinnati (0-3) will play host to Kent this week The Vols scored in a variety of ways touchdown run touchdown pass punt return for a Please see VOLS Page D7 By Bobby Hall The Commercial Appeal KNOXVILLE On the day Tennessee coach Johnny Majors returned to Neyland Stadium after heart bypass surgery the Vols defeated Cincinnati 40-0 relying on elements close to his heart Defense Kicking game No turnovers the kind of football Majors stresses and what he saw Saturday And offense wasn't bad either The eighth-ranked Vols were never in trouble as they pushed their record to 4-0 and made a rainy homecoming memorable for a crowd of 96597 and one alumnus in particular Majors Asked about his role from the press box Majors said with a grin always tried not to mess things up This is a team game it takes a team effort players and It was the first game for Ma- Tony Collier and Ole Miss collar Brian Bohannon ON SPORTS 1: The following highlights the other top stories on D3 our second front page US wraps up Davis Cup semifinal over Sweden Georgia Bulldogs run over Ole Miss Arenas shut out by domes for Final Fours Rhodes beats Kentucky Wesleyan Defense sends MSU oast Ho Divisive week ends with win for Tigers By Pete Wickham Tlw Commercial Appeal JONESBORO Ark Arkansas State finally got the hang of finding the end zone Saturday and hung around it long enough to pull out a 42-38 win over Southern Illinois before 8000 at heretofore dreary Indian Stadium The Indians outscored 141-0 in their first three outings had to show character as well as offense coming back from a 35-14 deficit to give Ray Perkins his first win as ASU's coach Jerrold Seymore a bowling ball fullback from Memphis Treadwell sat out last game on a disciplinary suspension He made up for lost time scoring twice including the go-ahead touchdown on a 7-yard plow through the SIU defense with 13:46 to play the first touchdown I realized this is it this is our moment" Seymore we had to show some character and PENNANT RACES! A look at the doaa divMon raco and tha magic numbara lor the othar two division leader AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Taam Ret OR Toronto 91 65 583 Milwaukee 88 67 568 2Vt Magic iwmbar (i) Any combination of Toronto wins or MHwau-kaa loaaM totaling 5 would cflncft tftta (or Toronto (6) homa 5 away 1 Mdwaufcat (7) home 1 away 6 NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST Taam Pet OS Atlanta 82 62 597 Cincinnati 87 68 561 5Vt Magic number (3) Any combination of Atlanta wine or Cincinnati loaiaa totaling 3 would clinch title for Atlanta Remaining gamee Atlanta (8) homa (7) away (2) ClnelnnaS (8) -home (6) away (2) PITTSBURGH PIRATES Magic number (1) Gamea remaining (7) OAKLANO A'S Magic number (1) Gamea remaining (7) By Lynn Zlnser The Commercial Appeal A tumultuous week for Memphis State ended in tumult for Arkansas Frustration that led to the Tigers' 70-player boycott Tuesday ended up precipitating Arkansas's demise on Saturday Venting the emotion that built after an 0-3 start MSU swarm the Razorbacks 22-6 in front of 38968 mostly stunned onlookers at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium The Arkansas half of the crowd was stunned at the soundness of defeat laid on their 1-3 Razorbacks A year that was supposed to be a successful debut in the Southeastern Conference has imploded The Memphis State half watched a team so divided earlier in the week that it walked out on coach Chuck Stobart The Tigers sought to oust their head coach but Saturday came together in one united effort to oust Arkansas felt like it would do one of two MSU defensive end Mike Davis said of Tuesday's boycott "It would either blow up in our faces or it would bring us together as a team The big word this week was The big word Saturday at least for Memphis State was defense Davis led the way with three sacks As a group the Tigers held Arkansas to 157 yards snared two interceptions recovered two fumbles and made life miserable for punter Pete Raether Comerback Ken Irvin blocked four punts to set an NCAA record for punts blocked in a game Tom Moorhead of Indiana had the record of three against Kansas State in 1942 Razorback quarterbacks Jason Allen and Barry Lunney Jr took turns absorbing the punishment of MSU's defense They com bined to complete 12-of-26 passes for 88 yards and suffered two interceptions and five sacks one person I'm glad I'm not is said MSU quarterback Steve Matthews took some licks Our defense played great" Arkansas which endured its own turmoil this season when coach Jack Crowe was fired after one game saw its season begin to look gloomier than the gray Memphis skies One win against SEC foe South Carolina interrupted a dismal streak In three losses Arkansas has been outscored 60-20 sure we had effort but our execution didn't Set it said Arkansas coach oe Kines who replaced Crowe after the season-opening 10-3 loss to The Citadel didn't protect the quarterback against the pressure they put on first six possessions ended in two successful Eunts by Raether two of locks and two interceptions one each off starter Allen and backup Lunney Memphis State used three field goals by Joe Allison including a 51-yarder into the wind to open the scoring in the first quarter and two impressive touchdown drives to seize its impressive victory The offense underwent one big change before the game began Stobart yielded his play-calling duties which was one of the players' demands in the boycott to running backs coach Carl Battershell The first noticeable evidence of that may have come on the first touchdown drive Please see MSU Page D6 Hogs QB surprised by MSU intensity D6 Boycott led to change in MSU coaching D6 ning 12-1 after two and 16-1 after four and the Mets finally threw in the towel by allowing infleld-er Bill Pecota to pitch in the eighth Pecota the first nonpitcher in the 30-year his-r-season up a dy Van Slyke the first hitter he faced Bonds continued to make a stretch drive for his second National League MVP award in three years hitting a two-run homer in the second and adding an RBI double in the fourth He now has 32 homers and 100 RBI and is the first Pirate since Willie Stargell in 1971-73 with three consecutive 100-RBI seasons The 19 runs are the nfost ever scored by the Pirates in a home game since moving into Three DAVID WIUIAUS Sports Columnist Players get victory in 2 ways l-v-1 our days after the majority I j4 lof the Memphis State I I football players boycotted practice amid calls for coach Chuck Stobart to be replaced the Tigers: Blocked four Arkansas punts intercepted two passes recovered two fumbles held the Razorbacks to 157 yards total offense and produced a season-high point total won the game 22-6 over the Razorbacks before 38968 Saturday night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium But the effects of the boycott probably were best seen by watching Stobart on the sidelines Standing with his arms crossed or squatting Stobart spent most of the game away from the action the emotions and more importantly the play-calling of the Tigers' first victory after three close discouraging losses He wasn't a head coach He was a still life Running backs coach Carl Battershell called the plays a situation Stobart says will continue This late result just in: The layers may have won the jycott after all It wasn't total victory Stobart didn't resign and he wasn't Please see TIGERS Page D6 Yankee Stadium Milwaukee beat Oakland for the second straight day the A's still clinched a tie for the AL West title Friday night when Minnesota lost After failing eight previous times to extend a four-game winning streak to five the Brewers finally did it beating Oakland's hottest pitcher Ron Darling (15-10) He nad won three straight and seven of his last eight Vaughn drove his 22nd homer of the season into the leftfield bleachers with one out in the sixth breaking a 1-all tie The win went to Jesse Orosco (3-1) who went 1 innings with the aid of two double plays In New Danny Tarta-bull's two-run homer stalled To- Please see Page D12 Thanks in part to MSU linemen Pat Jansen (left) and Rod Brown 88 passing yards and didn't score in a 22-6 loss to the Tigers offense managed just Brewers close gap put title on ice Pirates clinch NL Rout of Mets assures share East tie Rivers Stadium in 1975 The score is the team high since a club-record 22-0 victoiy in Chicago on Sept 16 1975 The Mets allowed so many runs in a game since a 26-7 loss in Philadelphia June 11 1985 The Pirates batted around in each of the first two innings scoring six in the first inning on McClendon's second career grand slam and starter Bob two-run double They added six more in the second as Bonds homered and Jose Lind Gary Redus and Jay Bell also drove in runs Bonds enjoying the biggest month of his career (446 inSep-tember) left for a pinch runner after his double in the fourth produced his 100th RBI of the season He became the first Pirate to have three consecutive 10O-RBI seasons joining Pie Traynor (5) Ralph Kiner (5) Stargell (3) and Bob Elliott (3) From Our Presa Services The Milwaukee Brewers still in a championship chase of their own put Oakland's American League West title celebration on hold again Saturday beating the Athletics 2-1 on Greg Vaughn's sixth-inning homer magic number remained at one after the Minnesota Twins staved off elimination at Minneapolis by beating the Kansas City Royals 9-2 A loss by the Twins would've given Oakland the AL West championship for the fourth time in five years The Brewers meanwhile moved to 2 Vi games behind Toronto in the AL East with seven es left after the first-place ue Jays were beaten 2-1 in By Alan Robinson The Associated Press PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Pirates clinched at least a ie for the National League East hampionship on Saturday by mrying the New York Mets 19-2 behind a pair of six-run innings Joyd McClendon's grand slam ind Barry Bonds's homer The next victory hey have won eight of 10 or Montreal loss will assure Pittsburgh of becoming the first NL last team to win three consecu-ive division championships ince Philadelphia in 1976-78 lie Pirates also won three in a ow from 1970-72 i- Britain's Nigel Mansell held the pole position for Portuguese Grand Prix after qualifying Saturday DIAL SPORTS Scores and more: 1-900-680-1233 (75 cents per minute).