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Macon Telegraph News Sun Nov 22 1987 football Vanderbilt whips Maryland for third straight win The Associated Press NASHVILLE Term Eric Jones hit flanker Carl Parker with a pair of touchdown passes and ran for SEC another score Sat urday to lead Van derbilt to a 34 24 win over Mary land The victory which upped Vander bilt to 4 6 for the season marked the first time since 1984 the SEC Commo dores have won three straight games Maryland closed its season with a 4 7 record the ACC first losing year since 1981 Jones who completed 16 of 25 pass attempts for 225 yards gave Vandy the lead for good at 10 7 with a 14 yard touchdown pass to Parker with 1:37 left in the second quarter The Jones to Parker combination struck again eight seconds into the fourth quarter with a 15 yard scoring play that boosted the Commodores into a 31 14 lead Vandy improved upon its halftime edge quickly taking the second half kickoff and marching 80 yards with Jones scoring on a 6 yard run for a 17 7 Commodore lead With 5:57 left in the quarter Vandy fullback Mark Johnson pushed the Commodore edge to 24 7 with a 3 yard scoring run 15 yard touchdown recep tion came three minutes after Mary land had pulled within 24 14 on a 30 yard pass from Dan Henning to Vernon Joines Henning and Joines connected for a 12 yard scoring play with 13:12 left in the game to move the Terrapins within 31 21 Maryland added a 28 yard field goal by Dan Plocki on its next possession to harrow the score to 24 with 9:12 remaining Vanderbilt then was able to take some time off the clock on a 51 yard drive that ended with a 39 yard field goal by Johnny Clark and a 34 24 lead The Terrapins killed another prom ising drive and their hopes for a vic tory when Vanderbilt linebacker Bob Scanlan recovered a fumble by Mary land split end Azizuddin Abdur at the Commodore 34 with 3:22 still to play Maryland 0 7 7 Vonderbiit 3 7 14 10 34 Clark 20 Lowery 11 run (Plocki kick) Parker 14 pass from Jones (Clark kick) Jones 6 run (Clark kick) Johnson 3 run (Clark kick) Joines 30 pass from Henning (Plocki kick) Parker 15 pass from Jones (Clark kick) Joines 12 pass from Henning (Plocki kick) Plocki 28 Clark 39 34816 VU irst downs 20 25 Rushes yards 32 68 52 261 Passing 376 225 Return Yard 05 22 Comp Att Int 25 42 2 16 25 1 Punts 2 37 3 31 umbles Lost 4 3 3 3 Penaltles Yards 4 30 3 25 Time of Possession 28:37 31:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Maryland Lowery 17 70 Morton 10 29 Vanderbilt Crawford 21 125 McCarroll 16 65 Jones 10 51 Maryland Henning 25 42 2 376 Vander bilt Jones 16 25 1 225 Maryland Abdur 7 151 Joines 4 63 Edmunds 4 44 Vanderbilt Parker 6 115 Kosano vich 3 39 Tennessee 24 Kentucky 22 LEXINGTON Ky Tennessee stopped Mark Higgs on four runs inside the 5 yard line in the final minutes as the 15th ranked Vol unteers held on for a 24 22 SEC foot ball victory Saturday Quarterback Jeff rancis return ing to the Tennessee lineup after missing two games tossed two touch down passes as the Volunteers improved to 8 2 1 overall and 3 1 1 in the SEC rancis hit wingback Terence Cleveland with a 10 yard scoring strike with 6:25 remaining giving Tennessee a 24 20 advantage its first lead of the game Glenn ohr then completed four passes for 47 yards helping Kentucky move the Tennessee 5 Higgs went off right tackle on the first two plays and tried dives over the middle on the last two But on his final attempt with 1:59 left he was inches from the goal line rancis kept the ball on three plays and on the last play with the final seven seconds ticking off punter Bob Garmon ran out of bounds for a safety Kentucky closing at 5 6 and 1 5 took a 10 0 lead in the first quarter on Joey 22 yard field goal and 68 yard pass play to Dee Smith ullback Charles Wilson scored on a 3 yard run with 9:48 remaining in the second quarter for first touchdown ohr connected with Smith on another long TD pass with 6:14 left in the half this time for 50 yards giving Kentucky a 17 7 lead rancis lofted a 9 yard TD pass to Cleveland with 1:21 before halftime trimming the margin to 17 14 Tennessee 0 14 0 Kentucky 10 7 3 Worley 22 Ken Smith 68 pass from ohr (Worley kick) Wilson 3 run Reich kick) Ken Smith 50 pass from ohr (Worley kick) Ten Cleveland 9 poss from rancis Reich kick) Worley 24 Reich 38 Cleveland 10 pass from rancis Reich kick) Safety Garman steps out of end zone 57127 Teri Ken irst downs 22 31 Rushes yards 51 239 38 107 Passing 148 240 Return Yards 22 0 Comp Att Int 12 23 0 12 31 0 Punts 2 31 4 41 umbles Losf 3 1 1 0 Penaltles Yards 5 44 8 43 Time of Possession 30:26 29:34 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Tennessee Cobb 26 144 Davis 8 48 Wilson 4 21 Kentucky Higgs 30 139 ohr 7 4 Smith 1 0 Tennessee rancis 22 11 0 152 Garman 1 1 0 4 Kentucky ohr 31 14 0 240 RECEI VI Tennessee Woods 4 85 Cleveland 2 19 Kentucky Smith 7 170 Darrington 3 27 Miss State 30 Ole Miss 20 JACKSON Miss reshman quarterback Eric Underwood came off the bench and threw for a pair of touchdowns and Mississippi State dominated the second half Saturday for a 30 20 Southeastern Conference victory over arch rival Mississippi Ending a four game losing streak in the season ending series Mississippi State 4 7 won for only the third time in the last 10 years against the Rebels Ole Miss a bowl team a year ago closed at 3 8 Both teams finished 1 5 in the Southeastern Conference Underwood who came in midway through the first quarter tossed TD pssses of 54 yards to Jesse Anderson and 9 yards to Albert Williams as Mississippi State built a 14 13 halftime lead Mississippi 3 10 0 20 Miss Stale 7 7 6 10 30 Mis Owen 22 MSU Anderson 54 poss from Underwood (Logon kick) Mis Sowder 8 pass from Young (Owen kick) MSU Williams 9 pass from Underwood (Logan kick) Mis Owen 42 MSU Phillips 3 run (kick failed) MSU Wade 11 run (Logon kick) Mis Thigpen 56 run (Owen kick) MSU Logan 32 43450 irst downs Rushes yords Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts MIS MSU 17 17 37 165 29 153 133 217 49 25 14 34 0 12 27 1 7 39 7 35 umbles lost 4 3 3 1 Penaltles vards 9 74 13 105 Time of Possession 27:21 32:39 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Mississippi Cleveland 9 40 Sykes 6 15 Thigpen 9 103 Goodloe 3) Young 5 24) Mississippi St Phillips 14 31 Young 846 Williams 8 28 ode 10 45 Mississippi Darnell 1 0 5 2 Young 13 29 0 131 Mississippi St Dvls 0 4 0 0 Underwood 12 23 1 217 Mississippi Hines 2 15 Green 4 53 Goodloe 4) Sowder 1 8 Mississippi St Anderson 1 54 Kennybrew2 18 Williams 1 9 Hodlev 5 95 HALL AMERS Hyatt Regency Ravinia Exit 21 oft 1 285 (Opposite Perimeter Mall) 404 395 1234 10 am 4 pm ATLANTA Baseball Card Show II SAT NOV 28 4 Johnny Mize 4 Eddie Mathews 4 Lou Boudreau 4 erguson Jenkins SUN NOV 29th 4 Billy Williams 4 Bob Gibson 4 Bobby Doerr Autographs 1 1 am to 2 pm 7OAf VOICE 9 DISPLAY! 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RAMfCAll 743 BEEP Offices in Macon and Warner Robins 743 2337 Virginia Tech barely beats Cincinnati The Associated Press BLACKSBURG Va reshman Jon Jeffries rushed for 160 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Virginia Tech held on to defeat Cincinnati 21 20 Cincinnati rallied in a 20 point fourth period as junior running back Al McKinney ran for scores of 1 and 2 yards and senior Danny McCoin hit junior wide receiver Roosevelt Mukes with an 18 yard touchdown pass The Bearcats were left one point behind when McCoin was unable to complete a conversion pass to junior wide receiver Bill Davis Jeffries a freshman tailback car ried the football 24 times and scored on carries of three and 42 yards before an announced crowd of 10600 that braved temperatures in the 20s under sunny skies in snow speckled Lane Stadium Virginia Tech had led throughout after senior fullback Sean Donnelly ran 37 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter But McKinney who led rushing attack with 142 yards on 30 carries ran 1 yard for a score to pull within 14 7 at 13:16 left to play The Hokies pulled to 21 7 on the next possession with 42 yard touchdown McCoin then hit Mukes with an 18 yard pass to make it 21 14 at 7:21 to play before McKinney gave the Bear cats their final score at 3:27 Virginia Tech finished the season at 2 9 under first year Coach rank Beamer the worst Hokie record since the 2 9 finish of 1973 Cincinnati fell to 4 7 to end the fourth season under Coach Dave Currey as the Bearcats lost to Virginia Tech for the first time in four meetings The Hokies dominated the first two periods to take a 14 0 halftime lead scoring run of 37 yards capped the first possession with a score at 8:11 in the first period then Jeffries ran 3 yards in their second possession for his first score at 1 1 45 in the second period Cincinnati 0 0 20 VirginiaTech Donnelly 37 run (Klnzer kick) Jeffries 3 run (Klnzer kick) Cl McKinney 1 run (Insalaco kick) Jeffries 42 run (Klnzer kick) CIN Mukes 18 pass from McCoin (Insalaco kick) McKinney 2 run (pass failed) 10600 CINVT irst downs 23 22 Rushes yards 43 225 55 263 Passing yards 121 66 Return yards 0 0 Passes 11 24 0 5 7 0 Punts 2 43 1 38 umbles lost 1 1 4 3 Penalties yards 11 90 9 88 Time of Possession 28:22 31:38 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Cincinnati McKinney 30 142 Cry 4 57 McCoin 7 16 Davis 1 6 Tackett 1 4 Vo Tech Jeffries 24 160 Brown 8 44 Donnelly 2 42 ox 5 19 Jones 5 18 Smith 4 11 Chapman 6 minus 19 Morton 1 minus 12 PASSI Cincinnati McCoin 11 24 0 121 Va Tech Chapman 5 7 0 66 RECEIVING Cincinnati Mukes 2 39 McKinney 2 25 Hlse 2 20 Davis 2 14 Sanders 1 10 Huber 1 9 Cry 1 4 Va Tech Johnson 3 53 Everett 2 13 AUCTION WAREHOUSE BUILDING 6 ACRES WAREHOUSE OICE EQUIPMENT (ormer Vance oods Inc) TUES DEC 1 16:30 AM MACON GA 588 1 2th Street OR MORE INORMATION ON THIS REAL ESTATE EQUIPMENT AUCTION SEE HUDSON AND DISPLAY AD IN PAPER WHILE SUPPLY LASTS OR IMPORT RADIAL 2695 NEVER BUY Continental CS75 TIRES WALL TIRE SERVICE WALL TIRE SERVICE Warner Robins WALL TIRE SERVICE WINTERIZE NOW! 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