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ews Tribune -Sunday November 1 1981 Section Miami stuns No 1 Penn St 17-14 'Canes hold off late Lion charge Auburn nips Gators 14-12 former top-ranked teams Michigan Notre Dame Southern California and Texas down the upset road by failing to launch a consistent attack until the final uarter The swarming urricane defense was led by Chickillo tackle Lester Williams and defensive back Fred Marion Penn State played most of the game without remier tailback Curtis arner who reinjured a hamstring muscle in the second period and didn't return time to go and score a touchdown had our chances to win and Auburn had their chances to take a big lead in the first the Florida coach said defense would let the other team's offense take The Auburn touchdowns came on a 3-yard run by freshman quarterback Clayton Beauford and a 1-yard run by freshman fullback Ron O'Neal Florida was in position to win the bruising defensive game after Hobby fumbled at the Auburn 31 with 2:34 left The Gators used three running plays to get into position for Clark's errant field goal try The victory evened Auburn's record at 4-4 while Florida fell to 5-3 Florida also disdained a possible winning touchdown with 5:51 left in the game when Coach Charley Pell elected to settle for a 39-yard field goal on a 4th-and-3 play at the Auburn 22 Auburn dominated play in the first half but could manage only a 14-9 lead at intermission because of five turnovers including four fumbles The Tigers scored the first time they got the ball driving 63 yards in eight plays with Beauford scoring on a 3-yard sprint for a 7-0 lead with 9:28 left in the first quarter Beauford fumbled on next possession to set up Florida at the Auburn 47 and Clark booted a 30-yard field goal AUBURN Ala (UPI) Auburn Coach Pat Dye knew just how Florida Coach Charley Pell felt Saturday the Gators missed a field goal with 1:06 to play and subsequently lost the game 14-12 A week ago Dye watched his team fell 21-17 to Mississippi State in the final 60 seconds feel exactly the opposite of the way I felt last said the Auburn coach Dye said he had been worried about how his team would perform after the heartbreaking loss against State have to be proud of our football team because last week was very very hard to he said worried about us all week long The only thing I had confidence in was that we had been up for every Dye said offense hindered itself with five tost fumbles including two inside the Gator 20-yard line and one pass interception did everything we could do to handicap the defense especially six said Dye Florida had a chance to win the game if Brian Clark who kicked four field goals earlier could have hit the late 40-yard attempt know Clark was going to miss that field said Dye been kicking since warmups and that was the first one he Pell mid the final score indicated how close the game was" He mid the Gator defense had touble with Auburn's wishbone offense the first half when the Tigers took a 14-9 lead had problems adjusting to offense early in the game but the adjustments we made at halftime enabled our defense to give us an opportunity to win the mid Pell juat couldn't make the plays at the right iwinniR ifmflnPMi Miami's Tim Flanagan (90) forces Todd Blackledge into an incompleted pass attempt Hurricane dafanaa haraaaad Pann Stata In 17-14 upaat of natlon'a No 1 rankad collaga taam LaBelle spoils Ram Homecoming MIAMI (UPI) Displaying his usual class Penn State Coach Joe Paterno making any excuses for his top-ranked Nittany Lions who fell from the unbeaten ranks Saturday with a 17-14 loss to Miami Questioned about the loss of tailback Curtis Warner in the second quarter untimely fumbles and rain that seemed to fall only when Penn State had the ball Paterao said: "I think you have to give Miami credit They played an awful good football game We gave it a good shot but it wasn't Miami Coach Howard Schnellenberger however deny the breaks that may have resulted in losses at Texas and Mississippi State went his way Saturday "I want to get down' on my knees and thank the Lord The breaks have finally evened Schnellenberger said felt we got the short end of the stick against Texas and Mississippi State but this time the breaks went for But luck wasn't the whole story Miami played superb football in the first two quarters to take a 14-0 lead at intermission and then was able to hold off Penn State in the second half told my team at halftime it was the best first half ever seen a college team Schnellenberger said Miami quarterback Jim Kelly and receiver Larry Brodsky who hooked up on an 80-yard completion for the only touchdown showed different attitudes toward the victory think the game was an upset in their scheme of things but it in Kelly said felt all along we could beat iM cm But Brodsky was as excited as Kelly was blase the Super Bowl the World Series the best thing that ever happened to me in my whole the senior receiver said Despite a furious fourth quarter rally in which the Nittany Lions battled back from a 17-0 deficit Penn State became the fifth No 1 team to run into an ambush this year The 19th-ranked Hurricanes held a 17-point lead Into the final 11 minutes of the nationally televised game but the Nittany Lions then scored twice over a three-minute span to narrow the final margin to 17- bending without breaking and the Cowboys were sent away without even a field goal try The first Ram end zone entrance in three weeks came with 1:57 left in the first quarter when senior quarterback Jay Crocco scored on a keeper from the one yard line A punt touched foot and was recovered promptly by Bill Chapman on the 19 yard line to set this up Kam Kadivar rushed for 12 of his game high 73 yards in this drive LaBelle answered this when Thomas ran the same scoring play from the same distance The Cowboys 15 yard touchdown strike negated on this drive having one of I 4-14 MM Mi Mi Mi HMIN6 I I I I I t-t -Cram 1 im (kkk MocM) LI -TIhmi 1 rw (kick MM) LI -Salli 7 rw 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FWDmn TtW FbmMmLoN Canl Ma CmH: Mar IMZ Mali 4-14 IractanHCreccaKWarMrl-L IbHUkit H-tl: UMb: SmilliMl aul II-14 Mm 14-B Twmiwi M4 Mil hr 1-1 naniiM-IH PASSING John Canal: ran i aT I iHHkk i a I MCC: Thom i Nil I TO I MiSwdML ing attempts were halted before the damage was done the first came as close as the Carroll 10 and the other one to the 21 Repelling both surges was the defense which was their three penalties called at very bad time The final scoring came in the overtime period when Kenny Smith stumbled seven yards into the end zone The Rams countering drive fell short when they were forced to go to the air in the overtime They were thrown for a loss to the 14 and sophomore Jody Russakis tossed two incomplete passes to the end the contest really hurt us when Bill Brogan (starting defensive lineman) got hurt and we had to make said Ver-cillo This ocurred on the opening series for LaBelle (Continued on Page B5) By BRIAN FITZGERALD News Tribune Sports Writer Mixing up a grinding ground attack with strong aerial support the LaBelle Cowboys (3-4) edged the John Carroll Golden Rams in overtime 12-8 last night at Lawnwood stadium always tough to lose in said sullen coach Dave Verdllo who saw his record fall to 4-2 But it might have been a little tougher for the Cowboys Under the leadership of ruarterback John Thomas offense had several sustaining drives but a failure to capitalize appeared could come back to them Two futile Cowboy scor- Penn State's kicking game also faltered as Brian Franco missed four field goal attempts ranging from 22 to 51 yards The Lions scored with 8:51 remaining in the rainy second half on an 80-yard drive capped by a 13-yard completion from Todd Blackledge to tight end Mike McCloskey The drive was highlighted by completions of 17 21 and 16 yards from Blackledge to receiver Gregg Garrity Penn State got another opportunity a minute later when defensive back Paul Lankford recovered a fumble by Miami running back Smokey Roan on the Miami 26 and capitalized one play later with a 26-yard screen pass to backup tailback Williams with 6:53 left Brodsky's 80-yard touchdown came on the first play after Franco missed a 22-yard field goal attempt Brodsky gathered in the pass on the Miami 48 and barely outraced the Penn State secondary The Hurricanes made it 14-0 with 5:09 left in the first half when Kelly found receiver Mike Rodrigue alone in the end zone for a two-point conversion first two field goals came in the first quarter On the first possession they moved from their own 35 to the Penn State 11 on pass completions by Kelly of 17 12 and 19 yards but the march stalled and Miami came away with a 3-0 lead The next time Miami got the ball Miller connected again The Hurricanes started on their own 33 with a 16-yard completion from Kelly to Rodrigue A completion to Mark Rush for nine yards and two runs for seven yards put the ball on the 25 Kelly then missed on two pass attempts forcing 42-yarder The final 23-yard field goal came early in the four quarter and put Miami up 17-0 Mil II 41-SI SS 4S I I4-S-1 1-Mi 7-01 1-1 1-1 Mi MS mu aa I I IU-14 I I I 1-U MiFGMMirX Mlkr UUItWOy jmh Mr) Mo Mr BM I Mli-FGMHNrB FSUAkCMn pw frM IM-Mt WM) II mm fra IlKkMgi rftMi IMMf) FSU powers way over Cats 56-31 FM i iMkaa-yar Pwh far FM Flc-FG CM Fla-FG CM IM Graca Ucfcl Flt-FG CM 41 Fla-FG CM A-4MN The Catamounts 2-7 were not intimidated by the first top 20 team they ever faced or the overflow homecoming crowd of 52721 and junior quarterback Ronnie Mixon found plenty of throwing room in the Florida State secondary Mixon threw one 76-yard scoring pass to Dwayne Norman and another for 58 yards to Kristy Kiser both in the fourth quarter Other Western Carolina scoring came on a 1-yard plunge by Melvin Dorsey a fake reverse pass for 80 yards from Kiser to Jeff Dean and a 24-yard field goal by Dean Biasucci Mixon connected with Dean for 12 yards Dorsey for 12 and Eric Rasheed for 14 to spark the opening scoring drive His key 10-yard pass under heavy pressure on (Continued on Page B5) TALLAHASSEE Fla (UPI) Freshman tailback Greg Allen rushed for a record-setting 322 yards and scored twice once on a 95-yard kickoff return Saturday night to spark 17th-ranked Florida State to a 56-31 rout over Western Carolina Allen's 332 yards topped the previous season high by Southern California's Marcus Allen who ran for 289 yards in Saturday's game against Washington State The previous freshman record was set by Amos Lawrence of North Carolina at 286 yards in 1977 The Semlnoles 6-2 also scored on runs of 7 and 1 yards by fullback Michael Whiting field goals of 20 and 29 yards by Mike Ren-dina an 18-yard pass from Rick Stockstill to Dennis McKinnon a 5-yard toss from Blair Williams to Tony Johnson and a 3-yard run by Cedric Jones Penn State threatened again with 2 Vi minutes remaining moving from its own 26 to the Miami 25 but tailback Jon Williams fumbled and Miami's Tony Chickillo recovered on the 25 The Hurricanes 5-2 scored on an 80-yard bomb from Kelly to sure-handed Brodsky and field goals of 28 42 and 23 yards by Miller Penn State 6-1 followed "will FM 4m laitejiuA PwUtowrW Tm if Mii-F6 (Rsiifuf (pm Carroll's Jerry Roberts rambles for several Ram tailback waa limited to Juat 14yarda aa (SMpMikjr Ml Mm) yards against stingy LaBelle defense the Cowboya apollad Homecoming 12-6 Dallas Philadelphia highlights crucial IMFL action with the Cowboys in its proper perspective don't think any one game makes a season" uid Vermeil would be nice to beat them and go one more game up But we can beat Dallas and not win the division They can beat us snd not win the division" The game matches two of the NFL's top running backs Tony Dorsett of Dallas needs 106 yards to become the first player to rush for 1000 yards in each of his first five seasons The Wilbert Montgomery had gained 654 yards Dallas once famed for its defense now ranks the NFC's worst defensive club giving up 3046 yards or 3808 per game The young secondary hu allowed 260 yards passing per game Buffalo has been up and down this year ana the Bills are trying to stabilize themselves for a playoff run "We all talked about the rollercoaster effect about los ing to teams we shouldn't have" uid Bills' cornerback Mario Clark want to go to the playoffs Now uying We've got to get down to Cleveland Coach Sam Rutigliano whose team won the AFC Central a year ago is troubled by the Browns' turnovers and penalties this season concerned about the SIW's (self-inflicted wounds)" said Rutigliano lost the ball six times against the Colts but despite all that we won That's what the good teams do" The AFC Central race has one-game separating the four clubs and Houston Coach Ed Biles feels it may stay that way right to the end race looks like it's going to go down to the wire" said Biles got four teams in this division and if they played each other six times everybody could very well come out with a 3-3 (Continued on Page B7) Kansu City San Francisco a doormat a year ago is 6-2 and leads the NFC West by two games The 49ers have a key game against Pittsburgh 5-3 and tied for the AFC Central lead Buffalo looking to wipe out half-game lead in the AFC Eut plays host to Cleveland a game back and still alive in the AFC Central despite a 4-4 -record Houston also 4-4 and struggling to keep pace in the AFC Central is at Cincinnati which shares the division lead with Pittsburgh In other games today St Louis is at Washington Detroit at Los Angeles Chcago at Tampa Bay New England at Oakland Atlanta at New Orleans Baltimore at Miami and Seattle at Green Bay The Monday night game is another key game with Minnesota the NFC Central leader at 5-3 taking on Denver also 5-3 and tied for second in the AFC West Philadelphia Coach Dick Vermeil tries to put the duel BY JOE CARNICELLI UPI Executive Sports Editor The National Football League season swings into its send half today and suddenly those wins and tosses seem take on a little extra importance The World Series is finally over and NFL clubs now find emselves with some critical matchups in the run for the ayoffs Dallas 6-2 and trailing Philadelphia by a game in the rc East tries to pun even against the Eagles And just a me behind Dallas are the New York Giants one of the igue's surprise teams at 5-3 The Giants face their bit-r area rivals the New York Jets who are still hoping to ike some waves in the AFC East race despite a 3-4-1 rk the AFC West San Diego the pre-season favorite is and hoping to puU even by beating division leader i.