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I wk Im phv i' BQ KM Ml a tn 'i Staff Photo by Allen Horne Auburn's Charlie Trotman Hauled Down After Short Gain Georgia Ties Auburn 22 22 By Cecil Darby Ledger Staff Writer AUBURN Ala nuich inahgned Tigers beat Georgia everywhere but on the scoreboard here Saturday and it was a disappointed band of War Eagles who trooped to their dressing room after a 22 22 tie They had deprived their oldest rival of an immediate bid to the Sugar Bowl but to a man they felt that they should have won I'he Tigers had the statistics on their side amassing 502 yards in total offense to 208 for the Bulldogs and felt that they had been victimized by some critical calls by the officials just sick to my stomach said Auburn coach Doug Barfield I he players are disappointed 1 personally feel we deserved to win Our men played hard and well enough to win But we quite do it" Joe Cribbs had the greatest day ever by an Auburn running back rushing for 250 yards and ihe Tigers manhandled the Bulldog defense for 502 yards total offense Il took a clinch touchdown by Georgia in I lie fourth quarlet to gam the lie and Bulldog coach Vince Dooley ill probably hear from the seeond guessers for his decision to go for the lie with 5 18 left to play feel like now it was lhe right decision because we had time Io hold them and let (Rex) Robinson kick" said Dooley alter the game no doubt lhai Rex could have kicked had we gotten into position" Robinson had already kicked field gods of 35 ID and 17 yards in the game to lie lhe Southeastern Conference season record of 1 5 set by Auburn' urge Port el a last year Not even Cribbs who became all time rushingleader for a season with 1087 yards could fully enjoy his achievement "We were ready to play" said die junior from Sulligent Ahi "and 1 feel lik we did win The scoreboard show though" The Tigers hit the Bulldogs with a series ul big plays which spoiled Georgia's hopes ol clinching ihe fouith Southeastern Conference championship or shares for Dooley With Georgia leading 6 late ihe first half Cribbs broke over lhe right side lor C0 yards and a touchdown which wuh conversion gave Aubinn a 7 6 lead "I surprised really" said Cribbs "The type defense they were playing I figured if 1 got through the first line of them 1 could bieak all ihe way" he last minute of the first half was wild Responding Cribbs' shocker the Bulldogs drove 57 yards to re take lhe lead on Willie McClendoirs one yard scoring run will) 36 See GEORGI A Page 5 (She jiiunilaij Ictltjc ntftiircr Sunday Nov 19 1978 sports Section Page 1 I xV Tom Giffen Dogs Lucky To Escape With a Tie AUBURN Ala Harris Rabren had fire in his eye fire the color of the orange jerseys Auburn surprised a ret old crowd al Jordan Hare Stadium with Saturday after noon going to lhe Sugar Bowl? 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The Vat Eagle linebacker bit off lhe question alter lhe Bulldogs and Auburn battled to 22 22 lie Georgia Wiilie McClendon inds Rare Opening in Auburn Line iMWIjwSP I 7 if you beat or tie Alabama" 1 responded he snapped with a linger in my face That would be nice for Georgia as only three major bowl slois remain open as of this writing And that would also mean Auburn turned a season around and nailed its arch rival for the first time since 1972 But considering the way Georgia played Saturday it ought to be Auburn worrying about lhe bowl situation in stead of the Bulldogs who despite escaping ihe nest with a lie had their Heel exposed in an embarrassing manner Auburn should have won the football game lhe offense was better and the defense was better But what matters is on the scoreboard And tn this case it read 22 22 rom the dressing rooms you would have thought Au burn had lost and Georgia had tied While the Bulldogs happy with lhe lie nobody was claiming victory should have been theirs The prevailing concensus was that Georgia could have won the ballgame but was lucky to get out with lhe tie Georgia did have its chances to win missing a two point conversion late in the first half and disdaining lhe two pointer for Rex talented toe with 5:18 to go in the game" "It all came down to the decision to kick the extra Bowl Bound Missouri Stuns Huskers LINCOLN Neb (AP) Missouri Coach Warren Bowers said ins unranked Tigers just kept al and coming tit 'em" to surprise No 2 ranked Ne braska Saturday by outscor ing them 35 31 and earning a berth in the Liberty Bowl "It was a typical Mis souri Nebraska football game" former Nebraska player and Coach Powers said in the jubulant Tiger locker room was a hard fought hard hitting football ga me coming at and coming at Nebraska keep off their backs" comments had a double meaning for it was lhe second upset in a row he had engineered over his alma mater said Powers who last year lead a Wash ington State squad to an upset victory over the Busk ers "We got ourselves tn the hole twice and we just kept coming he said Nebraska Coach Tom Os borne expressed his disap and we just kept poinlment with typical candor blaming the victory on not being able Io stop Missouri from short gams "We knew they had a great offense but we expect them to score 35 he said have a good offensive line so they knocked us off the ball pretty well and their backs got a good start on us Plus their backs ran very well" One of those backs James Wilder called it the best game he had ever played and stud the Tigers were "too powerful" for lhe Ne braska defense Missouri 7714 Nebraska 14 314 3l Berns 82 rundodd kick) Wilder nine run Brock hous kick) Millet two pass from SorleyfTodd kick) Neb Todd Winslow 14 poss from Brad lev Brockhous kick) Berns two run (Todd kick Wilder one runtBrockhous kick) Wilder four uni Brockhous kick) Hager four runi Todd kick) Wilder seven run (Brockhuuskick) 75850 MissouriNcbroska irst downs 25 27 Rushes yards 55 289 73 381 Passing yards 187 136 Return yards 101 Passes 21 10 0 14 91 Punts 3 35 2 33 umbles lost 2 1 TO Penalties vards 6 67 2 10 Vince Dooley said of the boot with left lhe score 22 22 "I felt at the time that it was the best way I didn't hesitate and 1 still think it was the best wav" Clemson Stops Maryland thinking was that his Bulldogs would be able to hold Auburn and get the ball back thereby giving Robin son a chance for his fourth field goal of the day and an other victory by a foot However thanks to a rugged Auburn offensive line and a crucial face mask penalty on Georgia it work out that way Doug Barfield on the other side of the field was thinking field goal too But he had to think closer than Dooley did as Jorge Portela missed four attempts at tempts Barfield thought were "reasonable" while Robin son was three for three "We just wanted to get the ball down within an obviously upset Barfield explained knew we had to keep the ball" But Auburn didn't as Tiger running backs See DOGS Page 5 COLLEGE PARK Md (AP) Steve uller's touchdown pass plays of 87md 62 surds twice rallied Clemson froint third quarter deficits and ihe 12th ranked Tigers beat llth ranked Maryland 28 24 Saturday on Lester Brown's 5 yard fourth period run The victory gave Clemson a 9 1 record and its first At lantic Coast Conference championship since 1967 with a 6 0 record Maryland finished the regular season with a 9 2 mark including 5 1 tn the ACC The Terps who took a 21 14 lead on Steve Atkins' 9S yard scoring run tn the third quarter had a chance to win in the closing mi nutes But the Terps stalled after reaching lhe Clemson seven and had to settle for a 35 yard field goal by Ed Loncar with 1 56 remain ing Clemson which trailed 4 7 at halftime tied the score when uller hit spin end Jerry Buller on the Maty land 35 and he ran the remaining distance for an 87 yard score Aller the TD run by Atkins who gained 197 yards on 28 carries Clemson came right back to score on its next possession lanker Dwight Clark took a third down pass from uller on the Maryland 40 and ran un mol ested (or a score Clemson 0 7 14 Maryland 7 7 7 3 24 Mary Maddox 3 run (Loncar kick) uller 1 run (Arid kick) Mary Carney recovered blocked punt in end zone (Loncar kick) Butler 87 pass from ulier (Ariri kick) Atkins 98 run (Loncar kick) Clem Clark 62 pass from uller (Anri kick) Clem Brown 5 run (Ariri kick) Loncar 35 51376 irst downs Rushes yords Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts lost Penalties vards Clem Mary 20 16 61 238 51 269 216 83 6 6 8 17 0 9 16 0 6 30 9 36 3 1 1 0 12 90 5 32 erguson Steals Spotlight By Buddy Pinkston Ledger sports Editor ATLANTA Grant ield has been Eddie Lee stage for the past four football seasons but in his last home game the spotlight fell on somebody else Tailback Vagas erguson broke two Notre Dame rushing records in a 38 21 victory over Georgia Tech while Ivery was held 254 yards below his output of the week before 255 yards broke the single game record of 219 he had set against Navy earlier this season and his 1160 yards in 10 games broke the season record of 1058 set by Al Hunter in 1976 Ivery fought his way to 102 yards 42 below his game average but several more than he might have been expected to gain under the circumstances first few times Eddie Lee got the said Tech head coach Pepper Rodgers I heard was a when 1 knew vve were in Actually Tech was in trouble before that On the second play from scrimmage erguson swept to his right then cut back through the Tech secondary and ran 68 yards before being knocked out of bounds by Don Bessillieu at the Tech four The ighting Irish managed only a field goal out of that opportunity but the game's pattern had been set in the first minute The outcome was a disappointment to most of the 54526 witnesses ho had hoped to see revenge for last 69 14 whipping of Tech at Notre Dame The loss dropped Tech to 7 3 and ended a winning streak at seven Notre Dame has won eight straight and is 8 2 188 yards on 20 carries enabled the Irish to build a 17 7 halftime lead and the passing of Joe Montana in the second half prevented a Tech comeback The Notre Dame senior hit all nine of his second hall attempts and finished the day 14 of 19 for 190 yards two touchdowns and no interceptions Rodgers felt the key was that Tech never got good field position because of a fumble recovery or kick return were just belter than we Rodgers said if we played them again tomorrow probably be better than us again a team like Notre Dame we had to get some breaks but they just give us a Not surprisingly Notre Dame was keying on Ivery all time leading rusher who set an NCAA record of 356 yards in the ice and snow last Saturday at Air orce See ND Page 4 Bowls Tab Opponents rom Wiic Reports University of Alabama will either go almr ih' national ha in punish ip or stay al home lor lhe first In in: in 20 years as post season bowls hogan to make ihoir dec lions known Saturday night Wuh No ranked Penn Stale agreeing lo go lo lhe Sup ar Bowl ihe Crimson Tide has a chaneo io gam lhe national championship vvilli a victory Alabama ranked No 3 going inio ilie day's tu lion is expected to claim ihe runner up spot this week's polls alien secoud raied Nebraska fell lo Missouri Saluidav To get a chance al the game however Alabama will have knock oft Auburn which Ims upset Mississippi Stale mid lied Georgia lire pasi Iwo weekends If Alabama loses chances are il will slay home and end ns 19 year si renk of going io bowls 'I he Crimson Tide Ims gone io 31 bowls in its history most in lhe nalion nol won icd about bowl games or the aid Alabama coach Paul Bryant "we've goi lo gel ready lo play Auburn We are happy to hear ihm Penn Sime has accepted a Sugar Bowl bid because now niay he possible for our players to play for the naiional champi onship II we cannot beit Auburn we don't deserve to go to a how I game and that will be my recommendation lo the Universily" i Should Alabama win lhe learn left in ihe cold could be lhe Georgia Bulldogs 8 1 1 overall and 50 1 in lhe conforence With most of the bowl slots filled and I lie Dogs st ill nol invited the best chance appeared io he in open spois in the Peach and Astro Bluebonnet bowls Georii Tech 7 3 was also mimviied 'I lie biggest bowl surprise of lhe day came when ihe I University of Oklahoma announced il was headed lo ihe Orange Bowl and a rematch with Nebraska Nebraska beat Oklahoma 17 14 a week ago a bale unusual bow we goi there" said Okla homa cotich Barry Switzer whose team htd been ranked No I before losing io Nebraska "but nol going lo play down any" In oiher bowl maichups Houston will face Noire Dame in lhe Cotton Bowl Southern Cal will play ihe winner of ihe Ohio Staie Michigan game in lhe Rose Bowl Clemson will play lhe loser of the Ohio State Michigan game in the Galor Louisiana State will play Missouri in lhe Liberty Texas plays Maryland in the Sun Arkansas meets U( LA lhe iesia Texas plays Iowa Slate in the Hall of ame Brigham Young will play Navy in lhe Holi day and Pill plays North Carolina Stale in lhe Tan gerine Purdue will pltty an unnamed foe in ihe Peach Bowl while Rutgers is still unopposed in lhe Garden Stale Bowl and Louisiana Tech in lhe Independence The 15 howls will conclude their selections this week NC State Rips Duke RALEIGH NC (AP) Prolific Ted Brown ran for one touchdown Saturday and Nathan Ritter added three field goals of more than 30 yards each to lead Norih Carolina State to a 24 10 Atlantic Coast Confer ence win over hapless Duke locking up a berth in the Tangerine Bowl Brown tile 5 foot 10 i 199 pound running back whose No 23 jersey was re i tired in pre game cere monies rushed for 96 yards to boost his season total to 1219 and push him past Earl Campbell ol Texas as ihe NCAA's fifth leading all time rusher with a ca reer total of 4471 how top 20 fared 1 Penn Stole (10 0 0) did not Plav 2 Nebraska (9 2 0) lost to Missouri 35 3) 3 Alabama (9 10) did not plav 4 Oklahoma (10 1 0) defeated Oklahoma St 62 7 5 Southern Cal (9 1 0) defeated UCLA 17 40 6 Houston (8 1 0) did not plav 7 Michigan (9 1 0) defeated Purdue 24 6 8 Georgia (8 1 1) tied Auburn 22 22 9 Texas (7 2 0) defeated TCU 41 0 10 Notre Dame (8 2 0) defeated Georaia Tech 38 21 11 Maryland (9 2 0) lost to Clemson 28 24 12 Clemson (9 1 0) defeated Maryland 28 24 13 Arkansas (7 2 0 defeated Texas 26 7 14 UCLA (8 3 0) lost to Southern Cal 17 10 15 Purdue (7 2 1) lost to Michigan 24 6 16 Michigan State (7 3 0) defeated Northwestern 52 3 17 Louisiana State (6 3 0) lost to Mississippi State 16 14 18 Pittsburgh (8 2 0) defeated Army 35 17 19 Ohio State (7 2 1 defeated Indiana 21 18 20 Georgia Tech (7 3 0) lost to Notre Dame 38 21.