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-V f- Dyergram 5 Outdoors 10 Major Averages Pro Football 11 Section 0 i Knoxville Tenn 37901 Sunday Morning October 3 1976 vtA 1 -ft 6t-V i 5 UT Holds On To Chalk Up 21-19 Win Play at QB Guides Mv'7 5 VOL Randy Wallace (S) Tennessee Is being blocked quarterback fires a long pass over the outstretched (More pictures on hands at Mg Clemson end Jonathan Brooks (14) who bv Vol fullback Bobby Emmons Page D-3) nunistam cost easts svjewwmsse Crimson Fide Handed First Shutout Defeat Since 70 Loss to UT ATHENS Ga They said Georgia's defense with only one starter 210 pounds was too small to contain is feersi Alabamas fearsome wishbone offense But the sixth-ranked Bulldogs not only contained the ninth-ranked Crimson Tide Saturdsy they stopped Alabama dead Paced on offense by quarterback Matt Robineon who ran ior one touchdoum and passed for another and on defenae by a swatming horde unbeaten Georgia manhandled Alabama 214 fat a Southeastern Conference showdown the first shutout for the Crimson Tide in 70 games Oet IT 1178 whan Tsn-' that trick had any foe te held the Crimean Tide Geenla net only btaaked Ala-' the Crimson Tide te atwllhiails2ljaat The final statistics were blurred a bit 1 countless sacks as Alabama went to i air in desperation in the final period But the Bulldogs held the wishbone to only 41 yards rushing 2S8 yards below Alabama average prior to Saturday A year ago Georgia called its defenae the Dow" because it was 'i scrappy This year because it was even smaller than a year ago defan- mall but ago defensive coordinator Erk Russell decided to rename that defense Runts1 time you shut out Alabama done something" said Georgia Coach Vince Dooley the Bne of eerim- defoorive football torn' I up front' Paul (Bear) Bryant Alabama coach said lost to a euperior football team That's an understatement I'm Bryant added that he still had hopea at -halftime when Ms team trailed only 7-S a matter of fact I thought we'd win" he aaid got worse during the second half" Bryant said he had not expected Gear-gia to blank Ms team but wanted It awfolty bad and they deserved it They have a very fine teem but ask me how good they are'' Georgia broke a scoreless tie with only eight seconds left in the first half on a gamble by Robinson who kept it es yards into the end aone haddi Bulldogs had driven IT yards Dssfay said he thanght his a 1st of first-half mistakes an af wo and wars relaxed In Am aecond half deliberate" the -coach The Bulldogs other touchdown came on a twoyard run by Rayfield Williams to climax a (1-yaid drive with 2:18 left in the third period I inside In the Georgia 28 a fumble at only once lee GEORGIA Page 4 STATISTICS Mckll Uerrit 4 sew SSL" By See Air tv imri Dim Mna iwaaca TV Tat NFL Tttfav TVIfc NFk tarns si ait TVS t-TV I PMMBMNS MM VS t-TV Ift: CaSSntoftaipN tTV OtktanS vs Mtw Car TVVCWt: Cisclsisa -TVfc nrnssl la-TVIlSiNM Auburn Defenders Bully Miss in 1 0-0 Upset Interception Foils Conversion Try as Tigers Battle Back By MARVIN WEST Tenneseee won one for the coach Saturday It wasn't a classic this 21-11 victory wrapped over Ctemson It wasn't neatly 1 There was no big orange ribbon no bow But it was from die heart The Volunteers strained and struggled rove their to turn back the Tigers and improve record to 2-2 The winning edge was enough to send the Clem tons home talking to themselves Tackle Pert Jenkins of ill people intercepted the Tigers' perfectly planned two-point conversion pass Just like last time when these two teams clashed there was controversy during and after Clemaon drew nine penalliee for US yards including an unsportsmanlike conduct call on the coach Red Parker was bitter He said he was too angry to talk Some of the Vols too happy either They thought letefour the Tigers were fouling too muci the game in the seeing Iron a 7-S deficit wcmowbs The out end quarter recoil burst lasted lose than eight minutes The Vais got whipped in the second There were some landmarks Larry Seiven tied the UT single-game record with 11 catches good for 131 yards and one TD Linebackers Andy Spiva and Craig Puki swapped Jobs a switch the coaches came up with last Sunday after the thumping by Auburn It was a good more running game was stifled Bobby Emmons powerful fullback Kined nine yards Stanley Morgan got 21 Kelsey Pinch produced 74 including a 21-yard touchdown sweep behind some of the best blocking of the day There were other flags and flashing lights UT students didn't pick up thousands of tickets they had already paid for and attendance was 78161 including some 22 sales to high school students Smart sophomore Steve Fuller completed II of 14 passes for Clemson which means Tennessee's secondary still has some unfinished projects Center Mike Overton added some excitement Twice on kicking downs Mike snapped the ball over Craig Colquitt's head The punter saved one the other lost 33 yards Bill Bsttle after a stormy week that i stormy Included fen criticism ana a spirited rebuttal by the coach was relieved if was a win and any win at this point is a good said Battle Tennessee moved early only on Randy to Servers The second Wallsce passes bad snap from center put the Vol defense in an awful hole (UT 28) but it came jumping out in just two plays Puki Masted Fuller and the ball popped free Kim Logan recovered at the 32 Seiven with an All-American stretch pulled in a 34-yard catch and the Vols threatened but Jimmy Gay lor misfired on a 31yard field goal try Clemso nson marched 88 yards to a touchdown The first 64 looked easy enough The Vol pass defense was playing much too loose and Fuller threw to Joey Walters for 11 Jerry Butler for nine and Butler for seven Warren Ratchford broke up the middle for 11 The Vols got crusty near the goal and almost had a great stand Harold Coggings got across on fourth down from the I Willie Jordan converted with 12:21 left in the half Tennessee and the officials ate up 88 See VOLS Page I clem srsn-it VENN stits-n clem-cmshm 1 IBssms am ran tnw tilS) A-ISHI STATISTICS CMm Tmn Hwt Sums SS Busk-vOs ss-ws IS-Ml Pis vis ISt Ml Bat Ul IS I tS-IT-l H-SS-I SKI MM IIS Ml WSNSCS I IM tCsvtsr kKk) Rock II ih tOavlar kick): IMMts 4 saw ksm Wskscs tOavlar klckli MMr I dropped in the first half Red went home again feeling he didn't get a fair shake He said Mtteriy always happens to us when ere come over here" I suppose Red referred to Ctemson playing at SEC schools He could not have meant Tennessee specifically because there eras no Tennessee Clemson game between 1844 and 1874 Furthermore the situation isn't that bad for an ACC visitor Check Mike McGee coach of the Duke Blue Devils GETTING A Tennessee football coach Bill Battle sets a ride off the field bv his Vols following the two-point decision over Clemson Clutch Defense Kills Tiger Rally Late Goal-Line Stand Preserves 28-23 Win Rabiskie Scores 3 TDs GAINESVILLE Fla (UPI) Reserve quarterback Billy Kynes passed for one touchdown end ran six yards for another to lead 17th-ranked Florida to a thrilling 28-23 victory over 13th-ranked Louisiana State Saturday The Gators' defense preserved the victory by foiling a two-point conversion attempt and throwing up a stout goal-line stand in the final seconds LSU's Terry RoMskie SEC rushing leader scored three touchdowns to tie an LSU record for rushing touchdowns in a game Florida opened the scoring when LSU cornerback Ronnie Barber fumbled a punt and the Gators' Don Dickey recovered on LSU's 11 No 1 quarterback Jimmy Fisher fired a lS-yard pass down the middle to Wes Chandler with St left in the first quarter LSU then drove 81 rente in IS plays to tie the game with ReMskle scoring from the 7 The Mg plays In the drive were a Ibyaid paw from quarterback Pat Lyons to fullback Thad Minaidi and 17-yard nut by tailback Charles Florida then took advangtage of another LSU fumble as Bob Dow misjudged a punt Larry Cline recovered for the Gators on LSU's 8 and Kynes scored from the 8 two plays later Florida's third touchdown came at the end of S7-yaid dire when Kynes passed 18 yards to tight end Jimmy Ray Stephens with SS seconds remaining in the half to give Florida a 21-7 lead Shortly after bitermissian Gator halfback Willie Wilder fumbled and Butch Knight recovered on Florida's 21 Lyons hit Mike Quintets for 21 Rabiskie balled for five and then took it aver from the Florida made it 28-14 when Wilder cap ped an 60-yard drive tar scoring from two left in the third quar- yards out with 8:38 I ter The drive which took 18 plays was highlighted by a 18-yard run by Kynes kicked a 48- After LSU's Mike Conway 1 yard field goal with 3:87 left in the quarter LSU cashed in on another Mg break when Florida's Fisher fumbled on the Gator 5 RoMskie scored on the next play but LSU's attempt at a two-point conversion failed The Tigers draw to the Florida IS is than with less than 28 seconds left in the game hut ran out of downs LSU LA us-ii IM (p A-Bllf ne 6 im tesMV kKSl IM rss ICsmsv Sick) sla-kvms sew im IPshv SUMS IS SOI Kvnss linn Lsu-asenkw I STATISTICS sippi was held to only ST yarde in IS attempts by the Tigers Coach Doug Barfield aaid Auburn did what we had to do We give them He said the defense did a The offense Barfield said needed some work but was enough to Cats (Sec stery (Other scene Page 2) SEC Tenaeasee 21 demean 11 AUburn HOIe Miss 1 Florida 28 LSU 2 Georgia 21 Alabama 1 Kentucky 22 Pvna St 1 Miss St Cai-Fefy 1 Taiaae 24 Vaady 12 AREA Catawba 21 A Hen 7 Ky 27 A Peay 1L ETSU 21 Ky 18 Kentucky St 31 C-N IS Maryvlte 17 Centra 1 -MTHJ UT-Chatt 21 Murray St 7 Msrehcad 1 1 TTU htafey-Omaha 21 UT-Mait 21 Miss 14 SOUTH Appy St 24 Car 17 £01101108X10182411 Fla St 21 Kan St II Army 2t Stanford Boston Col 17 Brawn 11 Cetumbin 11 Psrtmenth 41 Delaware II Harvard 27 Rutgers 21 Syracuse 21 Va 1 Yale 21 Lehigh Arisona 27 EAST 21 Navy 1L Princeton 7 Penn 11 Cross 7 Temple II Boston 11 Cornell II Ore St 1 Richmond 1 1 MIDWEST Wuestetn 11 Green II Mich 21 Mick 21 St 7 Chut 21 So Mbs 21 Colorado 41 Drake 24 Kansae 14 Wbeanaia 2L Kent SL 24 Air Farce II JACKSON Miss (UPI) Quarter back Phil Gargis ran five yards with rle kicker Neil seconds left and socccretyN O'Donoghue boomed a 44-yard fiekl goal to cap a surprising 1M Auburn victory ever Mississippi Saturday Gargis scampered for only touchdown after the T' Ole Miss Rebel 1 Gargis scored three plays later to cinch the win for the Tigers now 2-2 ffPsaaghaa from Dublin Ireland provided the only scan fat the ng- 0Donoghue's three pointer was set up tar a 27-yard nine-play Auburn drive with the only Mg gainer a IS-yi 11-yard burst by McIntyre -The Rebels new 3-2 could not cross midfield in the first half and only accumulated II yards total offense In the game Auburn's defense was at its best The lone AUburn touchdown esme after Mississippi quarterback Bobby Gardner fumbled on a pass attempt at nis own 21 and Auburn defender Kim Sellers scooped the ball ap at the A field goals In The tfM flrat hfttf 4 a aarf yardHM O-ytffi attMopt wWt Ml tfc ysrtor was perttaUy Meeks The AUburn defense held Mississippi to only six first downs Gargis who Isst week passed for three touchdowns in a 38-28 win over Tennessee connected on only five of 11 attempts a oe a AU uu forST yards against Ole Mias Mississippi's Michael Sweet who rushed for one foudidown and ever 111 yards last waek against Southern Missis- BATTLE in no way minimised the importafice of the victory in a season that te now 2-24 with Georgia Tech Alabama and Florida on tap on successive Saturdays want into the game thinking that football team ti Ctemson had a better Auburn defense gave us a great game The offense was a disappointment but then sometimes your defenae has to do it for you I thought the defensive secondary played especially ureU Yes I think this will help them pray with more corfi- dence far the future (A reference to the ibar feet that AUburn embarrassed the seco-' da ry a week ago) the defense threw them for some and we had some success rushing the passer Old Pert Jenkins (defensiw tackle from Elizabcthton) made a great play on that pass interception on the two-point play Sura that was the biggest play of the game I thought Pert waa going to laoffthe tear the fence down whan he came i field Russ Williams made a great inter- keep us item getting beat" STATISTICS Shred Lions Page 2) Lhrflle 21 Wichita St 11 Michigan 21 Forest 1 Missouri 21 Car 1 Neb 17 Miami Fla 1 NX St 21 Indiana 21 PL Dame 21 Mich St 1 OMo Univ Toieda 1 OUahema 21 Iowa St 11 Okie St II Tex II Purdue 41 Miami 0 Tex ASM 11 Illinsis 7 UCLA II Okie State II SOUTHWEST Arkansas 41 TCU II Ark St 44 NW La 21 Baylor 11 Car 17 Texas 41 Rice 11 -Tex-Art 21 Texas 21 Tulsa 22 Mexice St 7 FAR WEST Calif 43 Jose II PL Matt 21 Celo St 21 Oregon 27 Utah SL 1 Utah TexE Pass Washington 21 Mian 7 Warib SL 41 Idaho 1 Wyoming Arts St 11 ICaLHIeeral COACH BATTLE thought a real plus developed when quarterback Randy Wallace went to the formation in the game they had what amounted to two men on Sehrers (Bill Wingo and Tyler) And their defense eras doing a good job on the strong side But when ere made the adjustment to the they had to play an even defense and ere began to move the ball But I thought Ctemson played awfully tough on all the stuff We an wide stuff We were not getting the Mock on the Battle was reminded that Servers opposing one man or two snagged II passes which ties a onegame record shared by Johnny Mills and Gary Kteis you have a tel low like Larry you jiust tell your quarterback to loft It down there where he is Larry will take it away from most guys he plays against I thought Clemson would try to throw long on us more than they did They hit one good one which eras well TENNESSEE'S victory was not work of art but it eras a victory It on the right side There is no solid reason to celebrate or disparage Just consider the contests as they were played It's much too early to draw any profound conclusions As for Ctemson the Tigers are not on the Vol schedule between now and 1881 That's just as well Clemson felt It was "jobbed" out of the game here In 1874 And Coach Parker lost his cool and hurt his team's cause when the penalty flags Bill Battler 'The Defense Won It for Us1 PwiH tot Ga Tech Virginia 14 VitVal Maiytand 21 1 Memphis SL 27 SMU 11 Pkteburgb 44 Duke 3L VM1 17 Fmmaal Wa A Mary 27 VPI 11 want to apologize to Clemson Once there I lost my cooL One of their hit what 1 thought eras a late i One of their players eras a late lick on Larry Stivers I got mad and I got after those Ctemson players pretty good I shouldn't haw done that and I'm sorry I did" CLEMSON blew its own chances of cutting off the Tennessee attack' The Tigers drew 88 yards in penalties in the first half mostly on late hitting and a hcMirnk infraction Coach Red Parker was furious but tent likely that the officials even a mixed set from two conferences (ACC and SEC) would pile them on like that The penalties helped UT leap ahead by halftime And a breakdown in the 21-7 at UT kicking game encouraged the cocky visitors Mike Overton sailed a punt snap hr over Craig -Colquitt's head That gaw the ball to Clemson on the Vol 21 but the Tigers tumbled it back taro plays later Abo Jimmy Gaytor missed a field goal that had to be hurried fc-i 1 A New Look at the Top BILL BATTLE changed into a flash shirt looking rather somber for a coach who had Just won a football game He didn't smile as he said: good to win no matter what you 'referring of course to the mod-1-11 margin over Clemson The charged up by Coach ura Thin defiant lectura Thursday hit the green carpet with a groat show of emotion But nothing much good happened for quite a while not good in the eyes of 71-181 spectators some 71808 of them Big Otmium nartfcani Were the Vote too tight totally committed as they were to shoring up Battle's stature as the Incumbent coach? they might have said Battle might have been a little tight in the first half" If they wen it could have been be- i the sympathetic Vote had just Ite- 1 give-'e tarred again to a tape of Bill's hell press conference BUI's robust appeal for help stirred his Mayers when they first heard the tape Thursday afternoon A second hearing had the same effect hr the locker room as a prelude to the Clem- was able to gain only 28 'yards rushing in the first quarter But the situation changed once the Vote made a few adjustments hit a few passes and began running away from Clem son's strongside alignment But Dal Shealy I suspect scored a bullseye when he said quite frankly that whipped tofhnaiw line all The Vote Conference jCwwevkwkli kick)! 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