Tulsa World from Tulsa, Oklahoma • 67

Tulsa world Index Story on 8 Stories on 10 Story on 9 Story on 9 Story on 2 Page 12 Bama Penn State Win Impressively Streck ires 63 Crenshaw on Top Seattle Slew Denies Affirmed ootball Scoreboard Twisters Ride Into Championship Yanks Win In Bottom of 9th second half But it was quickly announced that injury was not serious and he spent the rest of the game on the sidelines signing autographs for the faithful in the lower rows of the east stands first offensive unit seemingly alternated the wishbone and I formation at random and passed with a mostun Sooncrlike frequency in building a 24 0 lead two plays into the second quarter A couple of series later sophomore quarterback JC By DEAN CLARK World Sports Writer MORMAN OWEN IELD WAS TRANSORMED into a laboratory very early Saturday as vastly supe rior Oklahoma spent most ot tne afternoon ooserving tne results of various experiments and almost incidentally blitzed to a 52 10 victory over badly mismatched West Virginia Things went almost exactly according to a script that had the third ranked Sooners favored by 35 points OU had covered half of that spread with the game less than eight minutes old whigh undoubtedly caused mixed emotions in the crowd of 71187 Most undoubtedly wanted to see a Sooner romp but the ease with which the OU regulars were cutting up the Mountaineers both offensively and defensively almost certainly made many wonder if a ringside view of the bloodbath was worth suffering under temperatures that were 94 de grees at game time and got higher Most of them stuck it out through the first half al though 80 people had to be treated at tne tirst aia siauon But after OU scored a pair of touchdowns less than two minutes into the second half to build a 45 3 lead the exits were immediately jammed Only a relative handful were around at the finish to watch freshman quarterback Kelly Phelps direct a fourth quarter drive for the final touchdown Oklahoma did get one scare in the game when star quarterback Thomas Lott limped off the field after gain ing 24 yards on the Sooners' first offensive play of the World Staff Photos by Johnny Walker and Jim Wolfe George Cumby (center left) sails tackles Dutch Hoffman (7) At right Thomas Lott of OU pitches ball as he is tackled by Ken Braswell Watts guided a reserve dominated team on a 67 yard scoring march to build a 31 0 bulge less than halfway through the second period At that point Oklahoma had picked up 250 total yards and was averaging over seven yards per offensive play West Virginia by contrast had only 18 yards and one first down out of seven possessions Whatever point that was going to be made had ob viously been conclusively settled and the Sooners began looking at some of their younger talent instead of trying to amass an astronomic point total that might elevate them one spot on the polls Halfback Billy Sims who had 106 yards and three long gainers out of just seven first half carries would run with the ball just once more in the game ullback Kenny King who had 49 yards on just five carries did not carry the ball again starting offensive team did return at the start of the second half probably just for some tune up work but the visitors virtually gifted them with two touch Continued on 9 Tulsa Oklahoma Sunday September 17 1978 Sooners Peak Over Mountaineers "7 Sb SmSsf MV" jC a it i 1 Xvi ti Vi 'f AW gulp rww wfrw Tv TU Sub jects Cajuns to Ambush 10 3 By BILL CONNORS World Sports Editor Tulsa lived through a perilous first half on its best defensive perfor mance in two years and reserve quarterback Bill Blankenship passed to flanker Jerry Taylor for a 31 yard touchdown in the third quarter Saturday night as the unbeaten Hurricane defeated Southwestern Louisiana 10 3 The victory equalled total last year and gave the Hurricane its first 3 0 football start since 1967 An estimated turnout of 2i500 at Skelly Stadium saw defense dominate the sweltering night It was only the second time in the last 83 games an opponent failed to score a touchdown A 9 3 upset of Ar kansas in 1976 was last such masterpiece Tulsa missed its first shutout in 11 years only because an interception and runback in the final minute of the first half enabled the Cajuns to get position for a 42 yard field goal by John Roveto That matched a field goal of the same distance by Stu Crum only three minutes earlier to give Southwestern a 3 3 tie at halftime Linebackers Reggie Epps and John Brown safties Lovie Smith and Mike Menefee nose guard Bell Oliver ends DeWalden Irazier Don Blackmon and Steve Hatcher and cornerback Charles Washington made the strangling plays on defense for TU They stopped the Cajuns three times inside the 13 in the first halt when the Hurricane offense was inept The threats were mainly a result of inability to make first downs But when TU got respectable on offense in the second half and the defense had field position the Hurricane overwhelmed the Cajun attack They gained only 84 yards in the second half and crossed midfield only twice They did not make a first down on five consecutive possessions On their final possession the Cajuns drove to 46 But No 2 quarter back David Guidry no relation to Cajun alumnus and Yankee pitching superstar Ron Guidry was intercepted by Smith at the TU 23 with 17 seconds left TU then began to think about next homecoming game with Kan sas State The loss was the second in as many games for the Cajuns who ranked high on priority list because of a 48 21 victory last year The Cajuns were shut out by Long Beach last week and have scored only 46 points in their last six games Tulsa made only two first downs on its first five possessions and did not cross its 38 but survived with no worse than a 3 3 halftime tic thanks to its defense The Hurricane thwarted the Cajuns without a point on three threats inside the 13 TU stopped the visitors on downs at the eight at the 12 on a fumble recovery and at the 13 on an end zone interception first threat was made possible by cornerback Ron interception off Rader and return of 29 yards to the TU 39 Two pass completions gave the Cajuns a second and one at the seven at which point defense rose to the occasion with three consecutive fine plays Linebackers Reggie Epps and John Brown in for his first play denied tailback Booker Price a first down on the first play Strong safety Lovie Smith knocked down Matthews' pass in the end zone on third down Nose guard Dell Oliver and end Don Blackmon threw fullback Allen Stainbier for a one yard loss on fourth down Before the first quarter was over the Cajuns threatened a second time when flanker Nat Durant got behind cornerback Charles Washington for a 37 yard reception to 12 But on the next play Matthews fumbled when tackled by end Steve Hatcher and Washington recovered ree safety Mike Menefee made the third save for TU by intercepting Continued on 12 Seminoles Take to Air OSU Takes to Err By CLAY HENRY World Sports Writer TALLAHASSEE la The Oklahoma State Cowboys ditched their new fangled passing attack after only one game There was only one problem the lorida State Se minoles with quarterback Jimmy Jordan picking the OSU secondary to shreds kept their outstanding passing in their game plan The results of both were obvious near halftime when the Seminoles blew open a tight game to coast to a 38 20 decision before 40500 Saturday night at Doak Campbell Stadium The 16th ranked Seminoles broke loose for 14 points in a 20 second span to take a 17 6 halftime lead The Cowboys turned the ball over on a fumble on the second half kick off When the Seminoles couldn't convert the Cowboys handed it over again This time from the OSU 12 yard line the Seminoles waste time Tailback Homes Johnson dove through three Cowboys at the three to complete a nine yard scoring run on the first play That made it 24 6 with 12:54 left and the game ap peared over The Cowboys with senior Scott Burk at quarterback tried to mount a comeback on their next possesion OSU drove 75 yards in 18 plays to close within 24 14 with 4 15 left the third quarter It was tho same type of drive with Burks at the helm also that put the Cowboys ahead 6 0 with 4:24 left in the first quarter The Cowboys who hit only 10 of 35 passes last week in a 20 10 loss to Wichita State did not try a pass in either touchdown march The Cowboys hit only five of 14 passes for just 67 yards Meanwhile lorida State dazzled the Cowboys hitting 21 of 34 for 268 yards with no interceptions OSU lost five fumbles and handed over an Interception to help lorida State to some easy points The third quarter drive only en couraged the Seminoles to go back to war Jordan who completed 17 of 28 passes for 231 yards and three touch downs calmly led the Seminoles 73 yards in 15 plays to put the game away early in the fourth quarter Jordan even tried a bomb on third and one at the OSU 40 When it failed Johnson proved lorida State right by diving for the firstdown on fourth down Jordan hit split end Kurt Unglaub down the sidelines for 29 yards to the OSU 1 1 On fourth and one at the two Jordan hit Johnson coming out of the backfield for the touchdown and a 31 14 lead with 13:52 left In the game Harold Bailey subbing for Burk THE STATISTICS irst downs Rushes vards Passing yards Haturn yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penattiayards Oklahoma St lorida St 20 22 56 240 39 138 67 268 0 3 I4 1 34 21 0 2 74 3 130 6 5 3 3 0 00 4 41 12:43 left in the fourth quarter He showed the Seminoles have the one two punch at quarterback coach Bobby Bowden claims they have driving SU the distance in nine plays Woodham was four out of five passing with the big one a 15 yarder to end Jackie lowers on a third and who hurt his arm was intercepted by lorida State's Mike Kincaid at the OSU 47 The Seminoles used the break to make the kill Wally Woodham normally alter nates with Jordan but since things were going so well he get into the game until that turnover with three situation Woodham also converted fourth down at the OSU nine yard line with a seven yard screen pass to the Cow boy two ullback Mark Lyles blasted in for the touchdown on the next play David Cappelen who kicked a 33 yard field goal with 7:46 left In the second period for only points for the longest added the extra point to make it 38 14 with 8:43 left in the game Oklahoma State got its final six points with 3: 20 left on a six yard run by Bailey on the option The score was set up when punt returner Ivory Joe Hunter fumbled a high punt by Kris Lungaard and Wayne Brandenburger covered it at the lorida State nine The two point run try by Terry Suellentrop failed to set the final score The Seminoles had to start the Continued on 12 Razorbacks Dandy Bounce Vandy 48 17 By SCOTT CHERRY World Sports Writer LITTLE ROCK Ark Second ranked Arkansas survived a brief third quarter scare by 27 point un derdog Vanderbilt then went on to post a convincing 48 17 victory Sat urday night before a record crowd of 55718 at War Memorial Stadium Spurred by Preston 90 yard punt return for a touchdown Vanderbilt pulled within seven points of the Razorbacks 24 17 late in the third quarter Rut the responueu to iui their season opener into the lopsided contest it was billed to be on a 96 'vard kickoff return by freshman Thomas Brown and a 53 yard scor ing march to fuel the runaway 1 Despite the victory margin how ever Arkansas benefitted through out from cosily Commodore mistakes converting four fumbles into three touchdowns and a field goal Arkansas' 53 yard march was its longest for a touchdown All the other scoring drives started in Van derbilt territory following fumbles dr short punts Porker head coach Lou Holtz freely substituted quarterbacks Ron Caleugni and Kevin Scanlon going THE STATISTICS Vanderbilt Arkaim irst clowns JO JJ Rusnins vrdn 47 11 Pssm vnro 0 Rtlurn vrdB PS66 J3O Punl umbl toil 4 I Yrd MMUied 73 with Scanlon most of the second half Scanlon passed for two touchdowns a 30 yardcr to Bobby Duckworth and a 21 yarder to Robert arrell and rushed for one from the two Cal cagni scored on an eight yard run Arkansas also got a pair of field goals by newcomer Ismael Ordonez of 46 and 32 yards and finished its scoring in the waning moments when Hiram Wright a walk on ju nior college transfer scored on a five yard run Wright's touchdown was set up on a 33 yard run by Mike Scott fourth quarterback in the game Except for a 70 yard scoring march engineered by sophomore quarterback Van Heflin in the third quarter Vanderbilt was never able to muster much offense against Ar kansas' swarming defense That defense however got a jolt in the third quarter when No 2 right tackle Jim Elliott went out with an apparent head or neck injury He was carried off on a stretcher The seriousness of the injury was not de termined irst team tackle Dan Hampton also went out with a leg injury Holtz also substituted heavily at running back where the Porkers are exceptionally deep Ben Cowins led all rushers with 144 yards on 15 car ries marking the third straight year he lias opened the season with a 100 yard game Jerry Eckwood fifth year senior flashed some of the form of his soph omore campaign when he opened Continued on ll rf i At1 rr.