Tulsa World from Tulsa, Oklahoma • 65

tt ir llr wHWWP'WWil lawmim OWIi i mH Mi I u' 'ii 'm nwILJ rtM i 1 MM SECTION defense was last in the conference against the rush Wu if SM' Sooners Hold Off Scrappy Inside 4 I SB An exhausted Gunter his 42 carries surpassea uy Tech in 1958 and repeated by Josh Ashton against Roughnecks Open Indoor Campaign The Tulsa Roughnecks seeking an indoor title to complement their Soccer Bowl trophy face the Chir cago Sting in the indoor opener Sunday night 20 it Al ou 17 44 351 72 24 7 3 0 3 41 3 3 11 99 IS 40 155 194 IS 21 29 1 4 42 1 1 12 144 Third ranked Auburn battles past No 4 Geor gid 13 7 to clinch at least share of the Southeastern Confer ence championship and a Sugar Bowl bid 1 Mike Rozier breaks oneNCAA Record and a Big Eight Conf erence standard as top ranked Nebraska steamrolls Kansas 67 13 to push its record to 1 1 0 10 Whitman who played three years for the Chicago Bears in the '50s is proud to have been ''one of PapaBear's boys" Connors Column 2 MU 14 44 144 208 6 11 20 2 5 34 2 1 If rowing can be pro moted into a popular sport in Tulsa energetic Paul Edward Walters will 21 irst downs Rushts yards Passing yards Rtturn yards Passes Punts umblcs lost panaltias yards fl lone loss was 10 7 to Southern Meth odist two weeks ago The defense was in for some credit as well The Razor backs could muster only 39 yards on 39 carries Arkansas quarterback Brad Taylor was sacked eight times generate a running game and that is always disas said Holtz was as poor as played intelligence wise was always thinking ahead of what we should do next but we could never get anything going In fact two of touch downs were the direct results of plays The lone field goal came when Murray fumbled at the 15 trying to run the clock out with only nine seconds left be fore halftime Arkansas had led at halftime 9 3 on a pair of gifts from the pass interference and fumble But with the wind gusting to 25 miles per hour at its back got cranked up in the third quarter The Pint dawns Rushes yards Passing yards Raturn yards Passes Punts umblas lost Panaltias yards after the pregame warmup ses sion practice all said Johnson he got all taped up and came out for the warmups thought then he might play But he and I just took advantage of my Tillman praised effort which equaled David performance in 1980 also against Colorado did a good said Till man who suffered a strained neck in last Missouri game had a great day a great back be ready for Nebraska I knew I going to play i Oklahoma started like it to match 69 19 romp' over the Buffaloes Of the and blew fourth quarter leads in its last four games But the Buffaloes dedicated to protecting the record of 3542 yards that was set by their Bo Robinson in the late held Gunter to 49 yards as he carried on 18 of last 22 plays He fumbled and lost four yards when he was within 10 of the record with 3:36 left But a West Texas wiirpu itdLR iu uavn vvuvumvi hm nutes left TU began concentrating on getting Gunter stopped him for no gain with 53 seconds lett the record An exhausted Gunter his 42 carries surpassed by The odds Seemed in favor The West Texas six the TU record set by Bob Brumble against Texas Northeastern State thumps Southeastern 24 3 to winjts fourth consecutive Oklahoma Intercollegiate Confer ence football title and a berth inthe hlAIA play offs 3 irst down Ruihai yardi Palling yards Return yards1 Panel Punti umblei loit Penaltiei yrds The Cowboys got one more chance when Rodnck isher inter cepted Adler at the OSU 26 with 47 rnmoinino A Hail MflV js OCLUliUO 1 A a heave by Jackson from the OSU 48 was batted out of bounds at the goal ed' line by Terry Matichak on the final play ot me game But it was the chance Lewis had Cincinnati in 1969 said he was disappointed but had no regrets I gave it my best shot Gunter had one consolation His touchdown was the 32nd of his career tying the school record by wide receivers Howard Twilley and Steve Largent Cornerback Brent Dennis also set a school careen record for punt return yardage with a six yard re turn that pushed his total to 750 He broke the record of 745 set by Ralph McGill The loss dropped West Texas which has one game left to 0 9 1 for all games and 0 4 1 in the Valley Tulsa drove 70 yards in nine plays with the opening kickoff but had to settle for 26 yard field goal after bogging down at the nine when tight end David Hersey was unable to hold Steve pass See Tulsa Slams on 9 Aggies scored three touchdowns in the iirst oi viio btxvnu iMH scoring three of the first four times they had possession The wind a definite factor in all punting situations forced a short punt of 33 yards on first second half possession Murray waste much time getting the lead for good He hit tight end Rich Siler for 17 yards and Keith Woodside took an inside re verse for 14 more Roger Vick got eight before Murray hit Shea Walk er across the middle for the touch down from 14 yards Alan Smith's extra point got the Aggies the lead at 10 9 with 11:42 left in the third quarter The game was turning to and on the second play following the touchdown the Aggies got the break they needed pass to Mark Mistier hit off shoul der nads and Billy Brown intercept fed at the Arkansas 32 Murray hit Siler on a Key seconu dOwn pass avoiding the blitz in the process for nine yards On a thir el and four at the Arkansas 11 Mur ray lobbed a pass to Jimmy leai in the corner of the end zone for a touchdown and was out to a 17 9 lead After an exchange of punts the Aggies got the second big break of See Aggies Erase on 7 Grid Scoreboard 8 Colorado OU in Pictures 4 NL Roundup 2 Outdoors Column 17 Bowling Column 15 Bartlesville tailback Mitchell Nash who helped the Bruins upset McLain 22 16 in the first ground of the Class 5A prep football playoffs riday night has select ed a fine example jo emulate 9 By CLAY HENRY World Sports Writer COLUMBIA Mo It finally be came clear to Oklahoma defense after 30 minutes of play that its blitzes with man to man coverage in the secondary would not work in the snowy muck of aurot ield Cowboys made that reali zation on a pair of second quarter passes from Missouri quarterback Mnrinn Ad or to tianxer UUUlKe Shorthose They were good for THE OSU 17 50 155 94 4 13 24 1 4 39 2 1 4 42 5 34 By JOHN KLEIN World Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION Texas The Aggie on you Ar kansas Texas quarterback Kevin Murray shredded con fused defenders with pinpoint pass ing and the Aggies 12th Man Kick off team forced a key fourth quarter turnover as routed the Razorbacks 36 23 in Southwest Conference football Sat urday at Kyle ield A crowd of 58597 watched as Murray a freshman from North Dallas literally picked apart the Arkansas defense He hit 21 of 29 passes for 194 yards and four touch downs He ran 34 yards for another 'touchdown in the fourth quarter sensational perfor niance wss Arkansas second straight loss in the conference and It ended any taint hopes the controversial pass Inlerlerence Porkers had for a nowi not going any where after the said Ar kansas coach Lou Holtz Meanwhile it continued the Aggie turnaround that began with insertion into the starting lineup was 1 3 with former Southern Cal quarterback John Mazur starting With Murray guid ing the Aggies is 3 1 1 The By CHARLIE SMITH World Sports Writer NORMAN The University of Oklahoma football team played well enough early Saturday to send many of their fans home And then they played poorly enough late that the rest wished they had left early too The chameleon Sooners scored on six of their first seven possessions But underdog Colorado refused to fold up its tent and scored touch downs on three straight possessions in the second half The upshot was that OU line backer Thomas Benson had to dump tailback Chris McLemore at one with 2:32 remain ing to preserve a 41 28 Big Eiht Conference victory And that of course means Oklahoma can play unbeaten and No 1 ranked Nebras ka for a piece of the Big Eight championship here Nov 26 1 With Spencer Tillman sidelined with a neck injury OU unleashed its nihnr mdchirt frpshman 1 back and Earl Johnson responded with the first seven possessions the only fourth best rushing game eVer by time they score Colorado ah Oklahoma back Johnson gamed fumbled Darren punt giv 258 yards on 28 carries and ing thebaH'rigHt back two touchdowns on runs of 57 and Johnson scored the second time 58 yards he touched the football on the was afraid launch his ca i fourth play of the game taking a said Colorado coach Bill straight handoff from quarterback any high school tail Danny Bradley and sprinting 57 back comes to Oklahoma yards through the leftside Once he crazv tired of hearing all this cleared the line of scrimmage it nkini ma intlKanlrc nhumnc A1 1 900 nniinnPr i Johnson said he think nil from Dallas would not De tackiea THE STATISTICS cu 16 32 49 119 13 35 13 0 4 40 2 2 4 35 I And it seemed the Cowboys had learned their lesson time when they finally glued together an am pressive march with 7:42 left reaching the Missouri 22 with a first down They even looked like they might punch home the winner at the 300 mark when quarterback Ike Jack son rifled a bullet through a maze of defenders to freshman split end Malcolm Lewis breaking across the middle at the eight yard line Hnwpver Lewis dropped Jack snnrrnnsH iiirv wciu twvi i ikiivLdnmn ctrilrp HP ntJDDI 16 10 into the clear Thelhreat talefon Ag reshman Shreds Hogs Shatters Bowl Hopes 36 23 THE STATISTICS Ark 14 39 39142 22 16 30 1 9 35 3 2 3 14 By BILL CONNORS breczcd to its fifth straight victory and closed World Sports Editor with an 8 3 record overall and 5 0 in the Valley The WEST TEXAS winless football team which victory coupled with upset of Southern Il died In the fourth quarter the four previous Hnois gave TU an undisputed championship games because of its porous defense turned Into a jasOn ytanrovsky kicked field goals of 26 34 and 41 last minute fortress for Michael Gunte Saturday var(jS an(j punter Richie Stephenson ran 70 yards for a niflhf murl in kar And The Buffaloes beaten 31 16 as Tulsa completed its auarterback Scott 42 yard pass to flank fumble gave him another chance with 1:23 remain season by clinching a fourth straight Missouri Valley john Green gave TU a 31 0 lead early in the ing Conference championship withstood a school record 42 third quarter Three straight carries by Gunter against a stacked fn Gunlcr t0 deny him career rush TU was 6bvlously m()re concerned with defense that ignored the possibility of a pass or carry iwodod 156 yards to break reeortl unsuccessful bid provided the only suspense to a game that TU dominated from the outset be fore a crowd of 22318 at Skelly Stadium TU kickers scored the first 16 points as the Hurri Tulsa world NOVEMBER 13 1983 TU Wins Valley as Gunter alls Shy of Mark rtiake the catch and we win 171K npjfi ruij irii i ms tutiHi lias uunuut to be ashamed of I don't care "We an inch of accumulation) when tney sunny 51 degree temperatures win the came but 1m uroua arose ocuuiuay iuviiu i6 1 inK cmMiT tluffioc riiirincr thA 02mP 4hn ZVz MZl oro I better football team than 6 4 r1 kept things slushy Temperatures big points keep us from being undefeated not bad consid ering we were not expected to tie over 500 when the season start at knrl All Willie iVAlbiUUll liUW 4 1 1 JSL? SE sdoring strikes to the homecoming bainimesho hopes for bid from the Inde bborthose Dealing vnu pendence Bowl i See Mizzou Chills on 6 UwaniMiW World Staff Photo by Johnny Walker crying about no tailbacks Derek Marshall got rid of the ball but couldn't escape disabling tackle by Sooners Ricky Bryan man would play but was certain i And that was followed by two l'' Bradley endorsed touchdowns a fTT 111 fl one yard run and a 52 yard pass and JT run to' tight end Darin Berryhill' 3 That elevated the score to 27 0 with rUnKsr nf ri i dnnAnrl Afiini'im nnrl i IjUULiaiV UUU VVWUu OrVViu UUU1VV1 UHU ncii snn and 50 deeree temperatures manv nf the announced sellout head coach team has nothing the Cowboys found snow (just under crowd of 75008 who turned out in' heean filing out of Memorial bta tent snow tiurries uuring ine game mum Mike Clontoh who Diavea me never made it above 34 degrees rcst of the game replaced Bradley The mercury dipped below freezing and promptly took Oklahoma on an in the fourth quarter other scoring sortie after Kevin had planned on blitzing a lot Murphy recovered a Jumble by but we get footing to rush McLemore at the CU 24 Clopton and our defensive backs slipped passed 13 yards to Derrick Shepard saia onensp ti I noh iot'o Irin If thn AAlihf frt Auaoiiai ivivix xnvi voovu vuv vuuuv vv ot Doth tne sun anu Diueiwupei iirnprv in outside 34 0 with to go Detore the Bowls OSU 2 4 in the league must sllPPey 0 strikes to the homecoming halftime show At that point the only question See Sooners Snuff on 5 SPORTS ilk i wmmi BCw iups 'Um ckKvk AwniMnuw aiuiiimt evti atbb vi7adrii 1 ir ty 'Wr a 'Wknimrmtfrtlihr a tn mine a nr mm imk ruawi nnv" 'armansiwuatsiiai'xwMBiwHWk iMuuua si i 1 I Li5 I 4 'b i a vi a BL a Wife jLisEcMk IW wsfeOT i wB 41 28 cfclp I jMT i.