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28 l'OST-(, A.KTTK: OH. 13, lHO Pitt's hopes for national championship given boot byFSU Thp nnnWated oart is. particularly in the makeshift secondary, uhirh was nlavin? without starters Ter Pitt-Florida State summary Panthers 8eminoles 15 Firsl downs 16 22-86 Rushes-yards 56-163 300 Passing yards 127 13 Return yards 81 19-3S-3 Passes 10-20-0 6- 37 Punts 7-48 5-4 Fumbles-losl 3-0 7- 59 Penalties-yards' 6-54 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Pitt, McMillan 10-41. Jones 4-20, McCall 3-12. FSU, Plait 26-123, Whiting 16-52, Stockstill 9-minus 34.

PASSING Pitt, Marino 18-34-286, Collins 1-1-14 FSU, Stockstill 10-20-127. RECEIVING Pitt. Collins 6-183. Pryor 6-50, Oombrowski 2-29. FSU.

P. Williams 2-24. Unglaub 2-32, Platl 1-28. Pit, 7 0 15 022 Florida SI 3 20 7-36 Pitt Collins 39 pass Irom Marino (Trout kick) FSU FG Capece 24 FSU Johnson 23 pass from Stockstill (Capece kick) FSU Childers pass Irom Stockstill (Capece kick) FSU FG Capece 43 FSU FG Capece 50 Pill Collins 36 pass Irom Marino (Pryor pass Irom Marinol FSU FG Capece 30 FSU FG Capece 44 Pill McCall 2 run (Trout kick) FSU Unglaub 13 pass Irom Stockstill (Capece kick) A 52.894 streak was snapped, will long remember the names Bill Capece and Rohn Stark Toe and Thunderfoot." Capece set a school record with five field goals and Stark averaged 48.1 yards on seven punts. "They put a lot of pressure on you," said Sherrill.

"They can change the look of an entire game." That they did. FSU capitalized on superb field position and seven Pitt turnovers (four fumbles, three interceptions) to register the most points against a Pitt team since Oklahoma beat the Panthers, 46-10, in 1975. Pitt had previously allowed just 20 points in a single game this season. Pitt's defense, its ego bruised and image tarnished, had liberties taken against it that were believed impossible before the game. The Seminoles picked the blitzing Panthers apart with a well-conceived, well-executed offense that relied on play-action passes and sprint-out draws.

"We felt that they keved on our sweep all week long," said Piatt, who gained By Phil Axelrod PoslGarette Sports Wmer TALLAHASSEE. Fla. The gloom hanging over Pitt's locker room was almost as thick as the steam coming from the hot showers in the cramped dressing quarters deep inside Doak S. Campbell Stadium. The players quietly stripped away the tape and shoulder pads as a hostile Florida State crowd a tew feet outside the room joyously shouted in unison "FSU FSU." Jackie Sherrill walked into the narrow hallway, shrugged his shoulders, forced a wan smile and whispered, "Well, the pressure's off now." At times, that pressure had become suffocating, making the Panthers tentative, afraid to lose.

For Pitt, a 36-22 loser to Florida State Saturday night, the dreams of a national championship are now merely that. They were drowned in a sea of mistakes against the opportunistic Seminoles, who literally kicked the Panthers into submission. The Panthers, whose 14-game win NOTES Pitt 4-l hosts West Virginia (4-2), a 16-13 loser to Hawaii, Saturday FSU is 5-1 Fourth-ranked Pitt will probably drop out of the Top 10 this week Marino has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 12 consecutive games The loss was Marino's first as a starting quarterback after nine victories Marino punted from the Shotgun formation for the first time Collins ran the ball, caught and threw the ball from his flanker position FSU has won 12 in a row at home Pitt still has not given up a touchdown on the ground this season. Sherrill was upset with what he called "an inadvertent whistle" by the officials that took away an apparent fumble recovery. Pitt was hit with a 15-yard penalty for arguing too much.

Sherrill also said an official told Marino in the end zone: "run the damn play," after Marino gestured that he couldn't hear because of the crowd noise. "The official shouldn't have done that," said Sherrill. "I think I'm going to write a letter to somebody about it." ry White and Carlton Williamson. But Sherrill absolved the newcomers, Pappy Thomas and Pete Short, of the blame as FSU threw for three touchdown passes. It will be interesting to see how Pitt's players and coaches react to the loss.

The pressure to win a national championship has been lifted, but a major bowl and a Top 10 ranking are still well within Pitt's reach. "I'm not one for experimenting," said Wally English, Pitt's offensive coordinator. I believe in trying to win with the best people you have." Which may mean that freshman tailback Joe McCall will finally break into the starting lineup ahead of seniors Rooster Jones and Artrell Hawkins. Defensively, Pitt will regroup with the same players, but the youngsters will probably see more action because 10 of the 11 starters are seniors. "This team still can reach a lot of its goals," said Sherrill.

"The season's not over." passes. Marino's 286 yards passing was 11 yards shy of his career best against Penn State last season. Collins' 183 yards on six receptions established a Pitt record for a single game, topping Paul Reider's 182 against Army in 1931. Pitt's often-ridiculed offense did the job against FSU's touted defense; but the Panthers were found lacking on defense, much of his 123 yards up the gut of Pitt's defense. "We felt if we could delay and get away from Hugh Green, we could have a ball game." And what a game" it was.

The loss, however, wasted brilliant individual efforts by Pitt quarterback Dan Marino and flanker Dwight Collins, who hooked up for a pair of touchdown Tide survives k-3 Moore crushes Terps' upset hopes Rutgers' scare Penn State summary Penn SI 3 0 14 724 Maryland 0 3 7 010 PS FG Menhardt 44 Mary FG Castro 18 Mary Wysoeki 5 run (Castro kick) PS Moore 55 run (Menhardl kick) PS Jackson 5 pass Irom Blackledge(Menhardt kick) PS Meade 6 pass from Williams (Menhardt kick) A 48,123 Lion Terripant 18 First downs 21 58-293 Rushes-yards 46-178 69 yards 162 79 Return yards 31 6-10-1 Passes 13-28-3 3- 47 Punts 4-45 4- 2 Fumbles-lost 1-1 4-35 Penalties-yards 8-96 i -r 1 VV "We were erratic in the first half," said Paterno. "That's an indication of our youth. We have potential, but we hurt ourselves. Young people will make mistakes. It's tough to get young people to concentrate for 60 minutes." You don't have to look hard for youth on the Penn State team this year.

The quarterback, Todd Blackledge, is a freshman. In only his second start Saturday, the 6-3 214-pounder from North Canton, Ohio, completed five of eight passes for 63 yards and a touchdown, but he also made several critical mistakes. In the second quarter, Steve Trimble intercepted one of his passes. Maryland converted that into an 18-yard field goal" by Dale Castro. In the third quarter, Blackledge fumbled.

Maryland converted that into its only touchdown. "I felt more comfortable than I did last week against Missouri, but this whole year is going to be a learning process for me," Blackledge said. "I only hope I can cut down my mistakes each week." Blackledge redeemed himself with a five-yard TD pass to freshman Kenny Jackson, culminating a drive triggered by freshman Jon Williams' 23-yard punt return and giving the Lions a 17-10 lead late in the third quarter. Special lo the COLLEGE PARK, Md. Booker Moore maintained it was merely your garden variety slant off tackle, but when you weigh 216 pounds and can run 100 yards in 9.8 seconds, you have the equipment to make even the simplest of plays work to perfection.

Moore's 55-yard touchdown run did more than pull Penn State abreast of Maryland at 10-10 in the third quarter Saturday before a Byrd Stadium crowd of 48,123. It reversed the momentum, shattering Maryland's visions of upsetting Penn State for the first time since 1961. The 14th-ranked Nittany Lions took it from there, winning, 24-10, to raise their record to 4-1, their road record to an impressive 3-0. Only once in its 26-game rivalry with Maryland has Penn State lost. That was in 1961, five years before Joe Paterno succeeded Rip Engle has head coach.

Before Moore ripped off his big run, Maryland had seized a 10-3 lead, marching 59 yards with tailback Charlie Wysoeki covering the final five. The jubilant Terps mobbed Wysoeki, who had carried a couple of tack-lers the last two yards. The clock showed 10:49 remaining in the third quarter. Six plays later, Moore struck. The senior fullback bolted through a huge hole in the right side of the line and out-raced the Terps'.

secondary for the touchdown. "It was a basic 'off-tackle play," Moore said. "Our guys knocked their line back. I waited a second to let things develop and then saw the hole." But wait a minute. How had Penn State gotten itself into this ticklish position in the first place? Why was the score tied at the half, 3-3? How did Maryland contrive to get ahead 10-3? Why were the Nittany Lions, who had manhandled the Terps in recent seasons, in a spot where they needed a big play? Associated Press Penn State's Matt Bradley (86) moves in to stop Maryland's Charlie Wysoeki (18).

By The Associated Press Top-rated Alabama didn't find much Southern hospitality in New Jersey Saturday. But the Crimson Tide, which edged unheralded Rutgers, 17-13, was not the only ranked team to have trouble this past weekend. Pitt lost to llth-ranked Florida State, 36-22, and three other ranked teams had to come from behind against members of The Associated Press Top 20 to preserve their unbeaten status. Third-ranked Texas outlasted 12th-ranked Oklahoma, 20-13, in a tussle of turnovers, fifth-ranked UCLA got four second-half touchdowns from Freeman McNeil to College roundup overtake 16th-ranked Stanford, 35-21, and quarterback i Jay Jeffrey scored three times to rally 18th-ranked Baylor from a 21-0 first-quarter deficit to a 32-28 triumph over 20th-ranked Southern Methodist. Elsewhere, seventh-ranked Notre Dame cruised past Miami of Florida, 32-14; second-ranked Southern California trimmed Arizona, 27-10; sixth-ranked Georgia held off Mississippi, 28-21; eighth-ranked North Carolina whipped Wake Forest, 27-9; ninth-ranked Ohio State crushed Northwestern, 63-0, and lOth-ranked Nebraska flattened Kansas, 54-0.

In other games involving Second Ten teams, 14th-ranked Penn State defeated Maryland for the 18th year in a row, 24-10; 15th-ranked Arkansas turned back Wichita State, 27-7; 17th-ranked South Carolina downed Duke, 20-7, and 19th-ranked Missouri trounced Oklahoma State, 30-7. Alabama, making its first trip to the New York City area in 41 years, trailed for the first time all season when Rutgers' Alex Falcinelli kicked a first-period field goal, shaking up the 14,000 Tide fans who comprised almost 25 percent of the crowd at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. But Alabama tied it on Peter Kim's 23-yard field goal and added touchdowns on Billy Jackson's 6-yard run and Don Jacobs' 49-yard pass to world-class sprinter James Mallard. Meanwhile, the Alabama defense sacked Rutgers quarterback Ed McMichael six times to preserve the triumph and extend the nation's longest winning streak to 26 games. Elsewhere in college football: Southern Mississippi, which defeated Ole Miss a week ago, won the state championship by crushing Mississippi State, 42-14, as Sammy Winder scored three times California's Rich Campbell, who completed his last 15 passes against Michigan, set an NCAA record of 21 in a row by connecting on his first six in the Golden Bears' 31-6 triumph over Oregon.

He finished with 17 of 34 for 294 yards and one TD Hapless Colorado, crushed, 82-42, by Oklahoma a week earlier, was embarrassed by Drake for the second straight year, 41-22 Sammy Shon threw three touchdown passes as Ohio University Bethany hurdles CMU, 16-13 POOL District roundup TABLES By Manufacturer For Men and Women General Body Conditioning Rehabilitation Sports Call for free trial workout or stop in and visit us NAUTILUS "SBS5" College and Ellsworth Ave. 363-0505 All American Mad 372-2988 second straight 100-yard rushing game, beat Washington Jefferson, 13-3 Thiel's Tomcats survived six fumbles (three of them lost) and an interception to beat visiting Hiram, 7-6 Grove City's Wolverines ran off 16 points in the first half, then hung on to beat Oberlin, 16-14, at Grove City, Western Kentucky, fifth-ranked in NCAA Division 1-AA, bombed winless Youngstown, 42-17, at Bowling Green, Ky. 316 BROADWAY PITCAIRN From local and wire dispatches Bethany's Bisons last won the Presidents' Athletic Conference football championship in 1975. That had been the last time they beat the Carnegie-Mellon Tartans, also. So the Bisons took a giant step toward the 1980 PAC title Saturday when quarterback Jeff Beer, a Montour High graduate, hit Dale Grosso on a 45-yard touchdown pass with four seconds to play to nip CMU, 16-13, at Bethany, W.Va.

The battle of unbeatens left Bethany atop the PAC with a 4-0 record (5-0 overall). CMU, the PAC champ for the past three years, is now 3-1 and 5-1. It was CMU's first regular-season loss since early in 1978. Duquesne University's Iron Dukes (2-3) took to the air and surprised Catholic University. 21-14, at Washington, C.

Freshman quarterback Tracy Bocan hit junior Greg Kosko on scoring passes of 6 and 51 yards. Quarterback Bob Beatty hit Bob Betts with a 13-yard TD pass and flanker Steve Donelli hit Gary MacCauley on a 27-yarder as Clarion defeated host Shippensburg, 14-9, to put its record at 2-0 in Pennsylvania Conference play, 4-1 overall. Indiana (2-1, 4-1) survived a scare, but hung on for a 23-22 win over host Slippery Rock (1-1, 2-3). Edinboro's Scots (2-1, 3-1-1) got field goals of 37, 28, and 41 yards to beat California State's host Vulcans, 17-13. Quarterback Rich Dalrymple scooted 4 yards to score with about six minutes to play and spur Westminster (3-2) to their third straight win, 7-3, over visiting Waynesburg (1-3).

Allegheny's Gators got their first victory, scoring twice in the final five minutes to beat host Case Western Reserve, 28-17, in a PAC game. In other games: John Carroll University, behind Tom Baldinelli's JNff? 'H' HARDWARE fP FLUSH 'N FILL KIT PRESTONE SUPER F- PRESTONE COOLANT TESTER PRESTONE ANTI-FREEZE Reg 4" FLUSH upset central Michigan, 24-9, and snapped the Chippe-was' 23-game unbeaten streak Louisiana State defeated Auburn, 21-17, despite 207 rushing yards by the losers' James Brooks, most ever by an LSU opponent Stump Mitchell of The Citadel rushed for 180 yards in a 28-21 triumph over Western Carolina and became the Southern Conference career leader with 3,330 Theron McClendon scored five times as McNeese State whipped Northeast Louisiana, 48-28. Late Hawaii field goal Prestone Slim 99 99 tosiv; $1 $2 $327 Prestone Automatic Replacement PRESTONE ANTI-RUST OR SEALER HEATER HOSE YOUR CHOICE ESES DELIVERED IN 72 HOURS 88 $1 WALNUT DESKS STEEL DESKS THERMOSTAT WIPER BLADES One blade or a pair of refills. Easy to select, easy to install. RADIATOR PRESSURE RELEASE topples WVU, 16-13 HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii's Jim Asmus kicked a 40-yard field goal with 19 seconds left to play and Falaniko Noga blocked a 50-yard West Virginia field goal attempt 14 seconds later as the Rainbows upset the Mountaineers, 16-13, before 41,899 in an intersectional clash.

Hawaii (3-2) tied the game with 11:59 remaining in the fourth quarter on a 2-yard plunge by fullback George Bell. Asmus then missed the extra-point attempt, leaving the score knotted at 6-6. WVU quarterback Oliver Luck, who missed much of the second and third quarters because of a slight concussion, re-entered the game and quickly guided WVU to a go-ahead TD in seven plays. He hit tight end Mark Raugh on a 3-yarder, putting the 4-2 Mountaineers ahead, 13-7. Hawaii tied the score at 13-13 on Gary Allen's 1-yard plunge.

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