The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 45

t- i Big-play Yols humble Auburn to FSU runs wild on Michigan trickery pays By Bobby Hall the Commercial Appeal the answer you need" UT freshman tailback James Stewart rushed 26 times for 141 yards and freshman place-kicker John Becksvoort made his debut with field goals of 44 34 and 26 yards and three extra points The defending SEC champion Vols stretched their victory streak to eight games outgained the Tigers 557-325 and overcame some of the frustration of a 26-26 tie at Auburn last season can write all you want about the mystique of Neyland Stadium but I saw a bunch of men in orange who whipped us in every way shape form and Auburn coach Pat Dye said UT and Auburn who had played continuously KNOXVILLE The golng-away party filth-ranked football team threw Saturday night was a big-play bash to remember The Vols said goodbye to Southeastern Conference rival Auburn until 1998 with a 30-21 victory before the largest crowd in Neyland Stadium history 97731 as quarterback Andy Kelly passed for 355 yards and three touchdowns And it was a farewell too for the Vols (4-0 over By Steve Berkowitz I vVMvwigion roc ANN ARBOR Mich Perhaps i this Michigan will come back all 2-0 SEC) who play another home game until Nov 2 against Memphis since 1956 meet again in a regular-season until 1998 They will be placed in and win that elusive na- tional championship Today however there seems to be no doubt that No l-ranked Florida State is the best team in college football ivlsions when the 10-team adds Arl and South Carolina for the 1992 season The Vols and Tigers could meet hi the SEC championship game UTs victory over the 13th-ranked Tigers (3-1 1-1) probably provided enough memories to last Vols fans a while at least through an October without a home game After an open date this Saturday Tennessee will play Oct 12 at Florida which Shares the SEC lead with the Vols Auburn will host Southern Mississippi next Saturday feels pretty bad and win a back here and win a knowing you come ne later in your FSITs Howard Dinkins kills a Michigan drive with an interception in front of the Wolverines' Tony McGee In the and zone game said Auburn linebacker Darrel Crawford Auburn took a 7-8 lead early in the second got an Interesting team" Vols coach' Johnny Majors said know where well end 'The Seminoles descended upon Michigan Stadium Saturday and made it their own whipping the third-ranked Wolverines 51-31 before 106147 fans who can say they witnessed the quarter on quarterback Stan 78-yard pass ack Joe Frazier who had slipped out of the to halfback Florida State might have sur-i Wildcats' total were it passed the' but we certainly been dull" of passes were bombs TDs of 87 and 67 yards to all-American candidate Pickens who made four catches for 172 yards backfield to catch the short toss UT fumbled away one scoring chance in the sec- yards CarlF greatest scoring output by a Michigan opponent in a Wolver Like a sailboat in a hurricane the game listed from side to side during an rale first half that ended with Florida State leading 31-23 But the Seminoles added a touchdown on their second possession of the second half then turned to their defense The 87-yarder was the longest pass in school history Kelly completed 230135 passes with one Please see VOLS Page D5 not for its failure to make extrapoint conversions after five of its eight touchdowns Wolverines coach Gary Moeller said with as much disbelief as-disgust the heck? We want to play that way" ines home game Florida total was the most Michigan has allowed since it gave up 55 at in 1958 interception DBs (defensive backs) said a couple of things in the newspapers this week I Pickens said guess a game like this is all fourth-quarter rally sparks memory of 1990 tie P5 third-greatest opponent total in Michigan football history Please see FSU Page D6 OH SPODIS 2: via Thafottowing hfgNtghts the other top stortee on D3 out second front page Florida rebounds to trip Mississippi State ByUwWoddeH Braves beat Astros Dodgers lose Shows Luke shine as Ole Miss shreds Arkansas defense Europe rallies to tie U3 In Ryder Cup Alabama runs past Vanderbilt 48-17 David on the NL West race By Ron Higgins The CommereW Appaal JACKSON Miss Those lingering questions about the strength and accuracy of the passing arms of Ole Miss quarterbacks Russ Shows and Tommy Luke have been laid to rest At least for another week Capitalizing on weak secondary Shows and Luke combined to complete 17-of-23 es for a season-high 268 yards as the Rebels the Razorbacks 2i-17 Saturday at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium before an estimated crowd of 5600 The victory Improved Ole Miss to 4-1 heading into next Southeastern Conference By Mike Nsdel The Associated Press game at Kentucky Arkansas which may have played its best 1991 game dropped to 2-2 The Razorbacks play next Saturday at Texas Christian in a Southwest Conference game Shows was ll-of-16 with one interception for a season-high 193 yards Luke was 6-of-7 for 75 yards bels players caught passes good ul week throwing the ball in practice my arm felt stronger" Shows said Even though the Rebels had 400 yards total of-132 yards rushing it was the drives for scores drives lasted were only taking advantage of what was offered them I 1 1 1 i i I 1 4 1 I If his season-long performance convince everyone should have: That was why the Minnesota Twins got Jack Morris was pretty excited after we him I thought he would 'catcher Bri- definitely help us catcher came into this game knowing we had to Ole Miss receivi throw to said Ole Miss receiver Derrick Brian Harper said after six-hit 5-0 victory over the Blue hit 50 victory over the Blue Jays at Toronto guaranteed the Twins a share of the AL West title important to have a big- name starter for the big-time games" Morris was certainly big-time Owens who had four catches for 85 yards think their comerbacks were that good We knew we could take advantage of them if our quarterbacks were given time" Even though Shows and Luke throw any touchdown passes they found receivers on enough nwvtlnmranga mates to set up three scored on 1-and 9-yard la 3-yard ID run came through in the dutch Arkansas scored a first-quarter touchdown and a third-quarter field goal to reduce Ole lead to 10-7 and 17-10 respectively but the Rebels retaliated with a touchdown each time answered them both times which I feel is the mark of a good Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer said becoming a more productive Saturday especially in the second half of the game The leadoff batter in the fifth got the last hit Arkansas's Orlando Watters stepa in front of Ole Vi ncent Brownlee to Intercept a first-half won Saturday's game at Jackson Miss 24-17 Please see REBELS Page DS off him and except for two sixth-liming walks he shut down the fine Jays the rest of the way for his 26th career shutout and 216th victory He retired the final 11 batters In his 10th complete game of the season Minnesota will have to wait until today's game for a shot at its second division title in five years Second-place Chicago beat Seattle 5-2 Saturday night to stay eight games back with eight to play could smell it" said Morris (18-12) who has won 18 or more games five times in his 14-year career Said Twins manager Tom Kelly "The last three innings he was pretty dominant He's a Mg horse Eighteen wins Getting SO Innings Hogs Rebels ought to feud in Memphis with an October schedule of Kentucky Georgia and Vanderbilt the Rebs may roll I TiACKSON The next I I I time Arkansas and Ole Miss IsLIplay a football game it will count in the Southeastern Conference standings and about time Any rivalry this good ought to mount to more than lust a neighborhood squabble People who enjoy holding their breaths love this series When Ole Miss won 24-17 Saturday night here it was the particularly since Mg changes are about to come down in neighborhood football relationships anyway Arkansas will become a member of the SEC next season One of the regular opponents will be Ole Miss Ole Miss coach EWy Brewer said he hopes that doesn't mean the Razorbacks will arrive in even mutter moods in the future two schools go way way back and got longstanding traditions of hard-fought good competition" Brewer said while his team universities with this much tradition fill up a football stadium in the middle of Mississippi? According to authorities in charge of guesswork Saturday an crowd" of 56500 watched Ole Miss survive an Arkansas rally for the second year In a row If that generous estimate was anywhere close to accurate there were about 4000 unoccupied seats in Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium If waiting for a better attraction to pack the house in Jackson It may be a long vigil Baseball's top winning pitcher 8 Morris left the Tt in the 1980s gers as a free agent after last son He had been 21-32 in his fi 8port Editor into November 7-1 Hello bowl game So why the empty seats? 1 Maybe because the Hogs and Rebels played this one in the wrong town Maybe if they met somewhere between the two campuses in a town crammed with hot-eyed followers of both teams If that sounds like Memphis -hey why not? Neutral site fun town easily accessible to both sides and a place where blamed near impossible to envision anything other than a 62000-plus sellout if the Rebs and Hogs were to mix at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium worth considering feuding over the 1914 game Ole Miss won that one on the field seventh time in 10 years that a ihadtx Rebels-Hogs game nal two Detroit seasons drawing speculation that the 36-year-old righthander could no longer 13-7 but only by using an i player according to Arkansas which claims a forfeit Not many visiting teamsin college football bring i as Please see RIVALS Page D8 Please see TWINS Page Dl decided by touchdown or less -The 38-game relationship has been so intense that the two sides can't even agree on the series score Arkansas claims it has a 20-17-1 lead but Ole Miss Insists 19-18-1 still victory So will someone many rooters with them as the Razorbacks da And Ole Miss is on a roll The home team in Saturday's game is now 4-1 and Arkansas-Ole Miss statistics and notebook D6 Major league roundup and averages PS please explain a football two thing: How come series thu ime old between INSIDE DIAL 8P03I8 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tigers 5 Orioles 4 Indians 5 Yankess 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE PhHIles 6 Mete 2 Cardinals 3 Cubs 2 Giants 4 Dodgers 1 Braves 5 Astros 4 Padres 4 Reds 2 Expos 3 Pirates 2 Twins 5 Blue Jays 0 sdsoxl Brewers 4 Red I New to the Memphis push for an NFL franchise Willie Davis is no stranger to success A1 Harry Gant ehasse record win IS demean beats Oeorgia Tech Week 8 in the NFL BIS BIS 1-900-737-7878 7S cents per minute Rangers 6 A's 3 Chlsox 5 Mariners 2 Angels 4 Royals 3 The 49era and Raiders meet today In an NFL matchup at 3 pm on WMC-TV Channel 5 A1 Jr 1.