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C4 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Sunday October 6 1996 SEC Football ISECIStandings test NO 1 East SEC Overall Teem 34) 54) Florida 1-1 2-2 1-1 Georgia Byft FAYETTEVILLE Ark Nothing like a challenge to get Danny blood pumping Wuerffel and top-ranked Florida led Arkansas 14-7 at the half and for a moment in South Carolina 1-2 0-2 Kentucky 03 Vanderbilt of tgring the West' SEC Overall 2-3 1-4 0-4 50 4-0 4-1 2-2 3-2 1-3 34) Alabama 24) LSU 2-1 Auburn 1-1 Miae 1-2 02 Arkaneas trying to make a WuerfEd aril was just trying to play the game It was tiia Arkansas (1-3 0-2) had a chance to tie earfy in the second hulf after a pass from Wuerffel tmufMPii off shoulder pads and himfo tjhe air long enough for Chris Akins to intercept Quarterback Pete Burks wttfa a first down inside the 12 before the Gators took over Ed Chester tackled Oscar Malone after a 1-yard second down Johnny Vnnrkwi down Malone yard loss third-down was too long and Todd Latourette missed a 80-yard field-goal attempt The Gators then covered 80 yards in 66 seconds Wuerffel eted passes of 18 22 and 18 before Anthony caught a perfect throw for 23 yards and a 21-7 lead' That was 87th touchdown pass and tied him with Troy Kopp of Pacific He passed Kopp with a 6-yard TD pass to Anthony moments later David Klingler of Houston threw 91 TD passes and Ty Det-mer of Brigham Young has the record of 121WiUieTotten of Mississippi Valley State has the overall NCAA record of 139 not eligible for title Thursday result 1 The Florida defense held then Wuerffel completed 10 of 17 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns in the thud period He threw four TD passes three of them to Rridri school-record 462 game Florida 42-7 victory scoring passu gave him a career total him third on the NCAA'Dhriskm I-A career list He completed 23 of 39 passu for 462 yards breaking tlm school record of 458 yards set last year by Eric Kreeeer who started one game backup Florida (5-0 3-0 SEC) scored on two of its first three possessions but led only 14-7 at the half The Gators outscored their first four opponents 146-13 in the first half said that this was fim at the start of the third Florida coach Steve Spurrier said is the first time in Saturday1 results 42 Arkansas 7 io 35 Kantudqr 7 -28 South Carolina 24 1 35 Mississippi State 19 Ojfc 1 4 LSU feVondwhilK) Next Saturday Arkansas linebacker Vincent Bradford (left) takes down Florida running back Elijah Williams Arkansas people get mad when you keep throwing the bdSpurrier There were some bom when Wuerffel was still throwing mid-through the fourth quarter way tnrougn toe Florida Alabama at Vandsrbilt at North Tams Auburn at Mtfiliiinpi Stats 7 pm South CaroSna at Ksnhicky 7 am laiiWanaladimArfcantMjJJ a while it has been this dose at halftime They were tough to run on so we had to throw and Florida leading 85-7 Adams LSU proves good against Vanderbil By John Adams we had been thinking about since last summer inliwritoH so many great traditions here also added a couple of things of our own that have added to the mystique of LSU Vanderbilt will tell you more to LSU football than mystique LSU tailbacks Kevin Faulk and Rondell Mealey took turns powering scoring drives in the first quarter Each scored on 20-yard runs Faulk had 111 of his 114 yards rushing in the first half and also scored on a 1-yard run Mealey rushed for 69 yards and caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Herb Tyler who complemented the sixth-ranked rushing attack with his passing Tyler 8-0 as a starter was ll-of-17 for 165 yards and two touchdowns including a 5-yarder to tight end David LaFleur In his last two games Ttyler has completed 18 of 27 passes and rushed for 132 yards on only 11 carries He ran for 76 yards on nine carries against the Commodores best scoring opportunity mim midway through the fourth quarter when it drove to the LSU 5 On fourth down the Marcus Lewis passed on a fake field-goal attempt mid Mark Roman intercepted in the end seme seventh consecutive victory set up next matchup with No 1-ranked Florida which routed Arkansas 42-7 Saturday BATON ROUGE La It takes more than white shirts to win at Tiger Stadium Vanderbilt preventedLSU from ditianal white jerseys It stopped little elae I night at Tiger Stadium The 14th-ranked Tigers (4-0) donned new gold jerseys and wore out the winless Commodores 35-0 before a predominantly white crowd a fashion statement) of 80142 at Tiger Stadium Tiger fans wore white because their team The NCAA allows teams to wear white at home unleu the visiting team objects and Vanderbilt did "We have the power of dunce and we made the choice to wear our white Vanderbilt coach Rod Dowhower said like it upeet a few people' HSU credit apretty dam good football team I doubt jerseys had much to do with decision to wear white gave LSU coach Gerry DiNardo an opportunity to deck out the TigBrs gold jerseys for the first time in more than 80 years saw a picture of Billy Cannon (1957-59) wearing said DiNardo who left Vanderbilt for the LSU job after the 1994 season was something SUPREME 75 PLUS 4 far Continued from page Cl DiNardo turned no into a promo Earlier last week the Bengal Belies a support group for LSU football began urging Tiger fans to wear white to game The fans responded They wore white sports shirts white T-shirts white collared shirts with ties And with some fans fortified with their usual supply of white lightning Tiger Stadium sounded like the days of old Curley Hallman have the place a monument to the Hallman Era aka the Dark Ages ofIBU football only a few miles from Tiger Stadium a hamburger joint named dosed After four consecutive losing seasons under Hallman even a coach who lost to Tennessee 65-0 looked Rockne-like by comparison DiNardo looks even better now not so much that last -season he took U3U to its font bowl in seven years Or that his second team is 4-0 and pressing toward the top 10 with a viat to No 1-ranked Florida next Saturday that DiNardo has LSU fans excited about their football teem again The personal transformation is more stunning than the football revival At Vanderbilt DiNardo even say Now as publicity-conscious as a Louisiana priitiAn His fans wore white Saturday 4 for SENTRY PREMIER II piHmns wwwm ptflMami novnms piTimns KtsmRis PtKMRIS M2OTWIS pmvri4 nmms P1W7SR14 MMNlN nm piTiasni nmm HH0WU RIW9MW wnm nmsm mWWIM RHMM VIMirta 4225 Each 3475 Each durielni( RIEIS TRIATHLON I'JgSB TOURING A tmm SENTRY PREMIER II piwioRta rmmKum pimmas mwmm PfMffORMW RQBffOHW rmnvtmnwmm Georgia strikes early in 38-19 win fmammmmmm mnmmnwtmm mnmmmmmm 3675 Each 4975 Each By lbs STARKVILLE Mias Mike Bobo threw two of his career-high three touchdowns in po ay night aa latfijssiB- i at 1 IMNIMoIMM MHBHilMM i DUNLOP I SP20 SENTRY ULTRA SPORT 4 for H27 1SBBR12 ITBfTOTmS iwramu IMTOIRM T758R14 HVTOTRM monm iTVToami MMWRIl iwrani4 NMwmi nman "BMMMgi IMWartM 31 75 Each 3475 Each mnwiN jcxEmffiRias first five snans Saturday the Bulldogs won 38-19 appi estate After Mississippi State drove 86 yards on 17 plays on the opening possession Georgia (2-2 1-1 Southeastern Conference) needed just five plays to sane twice end take the lead for good Mississippi State (2-2 1-1) playing without SEC rushing leader Keffer McGee failed on a chance to start 2-0 in the conference for the first time since 1986 24-yard TD to Hines Ward three plays after Greg Bright recovered a fumble by Mississippi State uarterback Derrick Taite gave I VIPER HX 4 for 6225 Each Georgia flanker Juan Daniels sprints away from Mississippi Saturday Anthony Derricks for a touchdown I 1 IlJlGIHilMUlRilQLFmLie riels: His team wore gold' Press box historians trying to recall the last time an LSU team von grid jerseys The best guess was the 1950s or mavbe in movie Not that the Tigers needed a gimmick to beat Vanderbilt But a gimmick surely inspired them to beat Vanderbilt worse It also further endeared DiNardo to hie admiring fans When tailback Kevin Faulk ran 20 yards for the first LSU touchdown LSU fans reacted as though the 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