The Opelika-Auburn News from Opelika, Alabama • 14

PAGE 2 THE OPELIKA AUBURN NEWS Sunday September 7 1 980 Walker Paces Curry Says 'Dog Comeback Tech Had No Chance Seminole Defense Individual Leaders Whitewashes LSU Maryland Wins 7 3 16th 5 55 Tide Rolls Miami Subdues Mosely Runs Aggies By Ole Miss 23 20 his Yardstick (kick A swarming Louisville 11 97 McDole Lifts State Past i Si i Tide Tech Stats How Top 20 ared Stanford Beats Oregon main Barna (kick failed) two the the the 9 7 Capece added a 45 yard field goal early in the third quarter and lorida State drove 57 yards for its only touchdown later that same period Platt scored from the 3 as the Seminoles covered 57 yards in 11 plays 24 8 I Dan 0 12 36 and Capece followed with another 34 yard field goal six plays later Kickoffs Ogilvie yards GIVING TECH THE SLIP reshmen split end Jesse Bendross puts a move on Georgia Tech linebacker Ivey Stokes during action from the Crimson 26 3 opening 6 41 5 4 4 40 LSU 08 31 95 144 00 12 20 1 7 36 Tenn 14 41 124 186 1 15 20 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbleslosl Penalties yards irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards the game Hokie Gajah fumbled at the 24 and Bobby Butler recovered our plays later Capece kicked a 34 yard field goal David Hardy added a 43 yard field goal to provide the Aggie victory margin irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards a 5 came on a 55 yard punt return in the fourth period Two of Mississippi touchdowns resulted from Memphis State fumbles It was a Tiger fumble on the Memphis State 35 late in the first period that led to the first Bulldog score Halfback Michael Haddix took a pitchout from quarterback Robby Mink from the 9 and raced aroufid right end to make the score 6 0 That end around play proved to be Memphis nemesis all night long first td came on a similar play with 17 seconds left in the half THe Tigers scored their lone touchdown following a Bulldog fumble with 5:59 left in the third Linebacker Todd Ondra recovered a fumble by Haddix on the Bulldog 37 On the next play Darrell defense held Miami scoreless in the first halfand set up two Cardinal scores as Louisville built a 10 0 halftime lead Midway of the third period however Kelly who had been held to 42 passing yards in the first half hit Larry Brodsky with a 31 yard pass at the Louisville 1 yard line Two plays later Kelly passed to tight end Mark Cooper for the score Monk pass interception at the LSU 15 started the touchdown drive It was kept alive by a roughing the kicker penany at the 19 after another 34 yard field goal attempt by Capece was wide (kick GEORGIA TECH ALABAMA Ala Jackson 15 yard run (Kim kick) Ala Jackson 5 yard run (Kim kick) Ala Mallard 39 yard pass from Jacobs Tech Rice 36 yard field goal Ala Gray 3 yard run (Kim kick) A 78410 EUGENE Ore (AP) Quarterback John Elway riddled the Oregon defense for 250 yards passing Saturday to lead 15th ranked Stanford to a 35 25 victory over the Ducks in the football season opener for the two Pacific 10 Conference schools The Cardinals one of five Pac 10 teams eligible for the Rose Bowl this season Memphis State In Opener game win over Georgia Tech Alabama with the longest winning sireaK in collegiate tootball has now won 22 consecutive games KNOXVILLE Tenn (AP) Celebrated fresh man recruit Herschel Walker bolted for two second half touchdowns after Georgia scored a safety and the 16th ranked Bulldogs edged Tennessee 16 15 in a Southeastern Conference football opener Saturday night The Vols playing before the largest crowd ever to watch a football game in the South 95 288 reached the Georgia 1 in the closing minutes where Glen fumble was recovered by the Bulldogs Pat McShea The Vols had bult a 15 0 lead on a safety of their own and a pair of touch downs produced by unheralded quarteback Jeff Olszewski before Georgia staged its second half rally It began in the final four minutes in the third quarter when Bill Bates fumbled a punt at the Tennessee 27 when he was hit by Joe Happe A wild scramble for the ball developed and it eventually squirted out of the end zone with neither team gaining possession giving Georgia its safety MEMPHIS Tenn (AP) Wingback Mardye McDole scored two touchdowns Satuday night as Mississippi State humbled Memphis State 34 7 in a nonconference college football contest McDole ran over around and through the Memphis State team as the Bulldogs avenged a 14 13 loss to Memphis State a year ago The 6 foot 205 pound senior had nine runs for 61 yards and caught four passes for another 53 yards His second touchdown On next possession All America noseguard Ron Simmons recovered an Alan Risher fumble at the Untimely penalties fumbles and poor execution continually stalled young offense CURRY SAID Alabama though rough around the edges was the best college team ever seen are particularly strong on he said have the finest group of linebackers and linemen ever seen tol( oach Bryant he had a great deam and he got mad at me Seriously Though l)e must have a' great team when he can throw a bunch of freshmen out there and not lose much He coached a great game Everytime we got something going offensively I looked up and saw the second string defense going out and the first string going in We just had a heck of a time moving against that first string" GEORGIA TECH quar terback Mike Kelley blood ied on his forehead from the battle said Alabama was every bit as strong as it was last year when it wore down the Jackets 30 6 in Atlanta good again The reason why the game was a little clear this year is because we're Kelley said heard a lot about their defense and how great it was but we moved the ball on them We should have scored two touch downs maybe more I think we were intimidated scored three times in a nine minute span in the second quarter to blow open a 21 0 lead Oregon rallied behind the running of junior college transfer Reggie Brown to pull within four 21 17 on Brown's 30 yard scoring run with 12:02 left in the game But Elway a 6 foot 4 sophomore directed Stanford to two late touch downs to clinch the victory Three LSU fumbles and an interception led to all of lorida scores and a roughing the kicker penalty kept the only touchdown drive alive On the first play play of CURRY SAID undoing was a dropped punt attempt by Jeff Pierce less than five minutes into the game giving Alabama a shot at its first touchdown and a long pass for the second touchdown with only 32 seconds remaining in the half Those two scores along with another touchdown gave Alabama a 19 0 halftime lead and the Tide coasted the rest of the way to its 22nd straight victory Though he was impressed with Alabama Curry easily thought the game could have been closer wre were a lot of ifs in this one The dropped punt the long pass some key penalties some missed field goals just a lot of things that could have turned the game 'he noted had a lot of effort and intensity You take away some of the foolish mistakes and incidentally a lot of those mistakes were made by our older players and it could have been a different game proud of our kids We didn't fool around out there We were inconsistent and our concentration was lacking sometimes but not going to get a whole lot going against a team like urman scored on two field goals by Tim Tanguay and a 94 yard fumble return by defensive end Kevin Quinlan Bryant scored the Tar final two touchdowns in the third quarter on runs of 1 and 5 yards North Carolina was marching for yet another score in the final period when Quinlan scooped up Ron fumble and ran uncontested for the only Paladin touchdown SU 14 57 187 35 28 6 1 1 0 7 46 1 0 7 62 OENSIVE effort please Bryant' as he complained of inconsistency The Tide had lost its quarterback of last year Steadman Shealy and its whole offensive line and those losses showed The Tide defense showed signs of its old dominating self though especially on a couple of goal line stands in the second half Alabama let nothing by it on the ground giving Tech less than 100 yards rushing but Tech quarterback Mike Kelley found some success in the air He gained 162 yards passing completing 11 of 26 Miss 16 33 113 219 38 16 33 4 8 42 1 0 ourcade completed 16 of 33 passes for 219 yards and added 44 more yards run ning But he also threw four interceptions one of them to Aggie defensive back Dan Davis who sprinted 11 yards for the other touch down his passing and scrambling runs He threw touchdown passes of eight and 49 yards to split end Ken Toler and dashed 25 yards for the other touch down COLLEGE PARK Md (AP) Charlie Wysocki scored on the fifth play of the game after Villanova fumbled away the opening kickoff and the Maryland defense held off repeated second half threats by the Wildcats to win a college football opener 7 3 Saturday 21 56 358 128 13 1119 0 7 39 3 2 5 32 0 0 3 0 7 26 1 OHIO STATE (0 0) was open 2 ALABAMA (1 0) stung Georgia Tech 26 3 PITTSBURGH (0 0) was open 4 SOUTHERN CAL (0 0) was open 5 OKLAHOMA (0 0) was open 6 ARKANSAS (0 1) was gored by Texas 17 23 7 NEBRASKA (0 0) was open 8 HOUSTON (0 0) was open 9 PURDUE (0 1) was riveted by Notre Dame 10 31 10 TEXAS (1 0) beat Arkansas 23 17 on Labor Day 11 NOTRE DAME (1 0) riveted Purdue 31 10 12 MICHIGAN (0 0) was open 13 LORIDA STATE (1 0) goosed LSU 16 0 14 NORTH CAROLINA (1 0) tarred urman 35 13 15 STANORD (1 0) ducked Oregon 31 25 16 GEORGIA (1 0) Tennessee 16 15 17 MISSOURI (0 0) was open 18 PENN STATE (1 0) brushed Colgate 54 10 19 AUBURN (0 0) was open 20 WASHINGTON (0 0) was open Yardstick Georgia 0 9 16 Tennessee 0 9 6 Safety Belue fumbled in end zone Olszewskl4run (Duncan kick) Miller 36 pass from Olszweski (run failed) Geo Safety Tennessee fumbled out of end zone Geo Walker 16run (Robinson kick) Walker 9 run (Robinson kick) 95288 JACKSON Miss (AP) Quarterback Mike Mosley sprinted for two touchdowns Saturday night as Texas combined his light ning slashes and fine passing to overpower the Mississippi Rebels 23 20 Mosley ran 43 yards in the first quarter and 40 in the second to keep the Aggies ahead in the season opening battle of high powered quarterbacks Mosley accounted for 116 yards on 16 rushes and 128 yards on 11 pass com pletions as Texas kept just ahead of the eager Rebels John ourcade made his Ole Miss quarterback team a constant threat with (rom Page l) Piercejafter the first possession which led to the only score Alabama needed and a long touchdown pass from Tide quarterback Don Jacobs to track star James Mallard with only 32 seconds left in the half Those scores along with another second period TD put Alabama out of sight of the Jackets "WE GAVE cheap touchdowns in first half one on dropped puntsnap other on the long said Curry whose initiation into the collegiate coaching ranks was a rough one love to have seen what would have happened if we given them those touchdowns It would have been something like a 12 9 or 12 10 game give a team like Alabama two touchdowns though and you're dead Our kids tried their hardest to fight back but we had to much to Texas 13 0 10 Mississippi 0 7 13 AM Mosley 43 run (Hardy kick) AM Davis 11 interception return failed) Ms Toler 8 pass from ourcade (Gatlin Kick) AM 43 Hardy Ms ourcade 25 run (Gatlin kick) AM Mosley 40 run (Hardy kick) Ms Toler 49 pass from ourcade blocked) BATON ROUGE La (AP) Bill Capece kicked three field goals and Sam Platt ran for a short touch down Saturday night as 13th ranked lorida State blanked erring Louisiana State 16 0 in a non conference football opener tor ootn teams The straight regular season victory spoiled the coaching debut of former LSU great Jerry Stovall who was thrust into the head job last January when Bo Rein died in a mysterious airplane accident THEN ATER THE Barna defense stopped Tech on a fourth and one at the Tide 38 Jacobs rallied his troops to a 52 yard touchdown in the final 3:00 before intermission Alabama almost looked content to run out the clock until Jacobs found Mallard once one of the top 200 meter track men behind the Tech secondary and hit him for the 39 yard touchdown pass That made it 19 0 and church was out had a man out of position on that touchdown pass which killed Curry said JACOBS TOOK A rest most of the second half so Gray and Ken Coley third string quarterback handled the offense The Tide sputtered and went practically nowhere in the third period while Tech finally got a little offense going The Jackets had a first down at the Barna three when the third period ended but went absolutely nowhere in three plays in the face of patented goal line stand Adding insult to injury Tech then missed a chip shot field goal Martin hit Jerry Knowlton with a pass on the 5 and the senior flanker went into the end zone untouched Mississippi State wasted no time in getting the touch down back Quarterback John Bond marched the Bulldogs 78 yards in 12 plays before sending George Wonsley over from the 4 on a bootleg play Mississippi State scored twice more within minute period the first after a Memphis State fumble on the Tiger 8 Bond kept the ball and went around his right end to score A 2 point conversion made it 28 7 McDole scored his second td with 8:02 left when he took a Tiger punt at his 45 broke through a hole and streaked 55 yards to put the game out of sight TECH HAD A IRST down at the Bama 15 the next time it touched the ball but went nowhere again This time Don Rice hit a 36 yard field goal to put Tech on the board Bama added one of those touchdowns designed to enhance national rankings when it scored on its only real impressive march of the day 80 yards behind Gray before the game ended Gray "kept 'for a four yard touchdown with only 2:30 left in the game at which point the withered crowd began to file out superior depth showed in that 14 players carried the ball with All American pick Major Ogilvie only toting it once Third string fullback Charlie Williams led the Tide in rushing with 72 yards Jacobs only had to crank up his arm five times and completed two for 57 yarub Linebacker Thomas Boyd was the defensive stopper with 14 tackles By PERRY BALLARD Sports Editor BIRMINGHAM Geor gia Bill Curry said Saturday love to have seen what kind of game his Yellow Jackets could have given defending national champion Alabama if his young team made some costly mistakes He get the chance though as Alabama took advantage of the Tech errors built an early advantage and opened its quest for a third straight national title with a rather ho hummish 26 3 victory before a full house at Legion ield UP COMORTABLY ATER intermission Bryant let his reserves loose in the second half and Bama managed only one score Tech got to the shadow of the Tide goal several times in the final half but everytime Tech threatened Bryant sent in his front liners who put all of the touchdown hopes to rest Tech managed a final period goal as a moral victory or the record Tide touchdowns came on five and 15 yard runs by Phenix Billy Jackson a four yard run by second string quarterback Alan Gray and 39 yard pass to Mallard playing in his first football game ever Walker capped a 50 yard drive with only 1:03 left in the quarter when he ran over two defenders on a 16 yard scoring gallop Jeff recovery of an Olszewski fumble at the Tennessee 37 set up the Bulldogs winning drive that ended on 9 yard sweep of left end with 11:16 left in the game Rex Robinson then stretched his SEC record streak to 67 straight extra points providing the victory margin It was tahe season opener for both teams and thrust Georgia into the role as the leading' challenger to defending national CURRY SAID THE difference in the contest was mistakes Some were killers like the dropped snap by Pierce at his 15 with only 4:00 gone in the game Alabama seized that opportunity quickly when Jackson raced up the middle 15 yards on the first play after the fumble to start the Tide on its way Early in the second quarter Tech had an offensive pass interference penalty called against it backing the Jackets up near their goal and a short punt gave Bama the ball at midfield Six plays later Jackson slammed over again to give Alabama a 13 0 lead ALL RETURNS Kickoffs Heggs 4 for 68 yards Interceptions Thurson 1 for 0 yards Geo 13 58 140 100 0 6 11 0 9 36 4 2 1060 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Georgia Walker Norris 8 36 Tennessee ord 15 54 iels 12 28 PASSING Georgia Belue 6 11 0 100 Tennessee Olszewski 15 20 0 186 Georgia Brown 2 46 i Arnold 2 2i Tennessee Gauit 4 74 Miner champion Alabaama in the 2 52 Hancock 2 39 SEC race Georgia and Ala bama do not meet this year ALL RETURNS Punts Ogilvie 1 for 4 yards I fnr 14 Yardstick lorida St 0 10 Louisiana St 0 0 0 Capece 34 Capece 34 Capece 35 Platt 3 run (Capece kick) 77535 Louisville 24 10 LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Quarterback Jim Kelly passed fbr two third quarter touchdowns Saturday night and defensive back Ronnie Lippett set up two other scores with pass in terceptions as Miami la rallied for a 24 10 win over Louisville in the college football opener for each team Lawrence Bryant Pace Tar Heels CHAPEL HILL NC (AP) Tailbacks Amos Lawrence and Kelvin Bryant combined for more than 200 yards rushing and five touchdowns to spark No 14 North Carolina to a 35 13 victory over urman Saturday in the football opener for both teams Lawrence the leading career rusher going into the 1980 season gained 119 yards on 16 carries and scored the Tar first two touchdowns both in the first quarter Bryant a sophomore gained 105 yards on 17 carries and added three touchdowns Sophomore quarterback Rod Elkins making his first start for the Tar Heels completed six of nine passes for 57 yards including a 13 yard scoring toss to Lawrence late in the first quarter Elkins was pressed into the starting role after firststring quarterback Chuck Sharpe suffered torn knee ligaments in a preseason scrimmage iKTItMaBn I GEORGIATECH RUAnNGYds LR Allen 14 2 YdS' Cone 7 14 5 Jacobs 10 47 14 Pierce 1 12 12 JJones 4 4 Stanley 12 26 6 Jackson 5 23 15 Kelley 7 6 8 Simon 1 11 Totals 41 84 21 Nix 2 3 2 Ogilvie 1 18 18 PASSING Gray 10 55 15 Patrick 3 7 8 A HI Yds LP Hj 3 6 5 Kelley 26 11 0 162 40 erguson 2 8 8 Peeples 4 1 0 4 4 williams 5 72 42 Totals 30 12 0 166 40 Orcott 1 16 6 RECEIVING Carter 4 9 Coley 3 22 8 NO Yds LR Totals 54 308 42 Kentera 3 35 30 Etheridge 3 34 19 PASSING 2 2 A HI Yds LP jx ck 2: 2: 5 2 52 39 Stanley 1 5 5 RECEIVING Heggs 1 40 40 Totals 12 166 40 No' Yds' LG oiiMTikir Bendross 1 18 18 No Avg LP Mallard 39 NO Avg LH Totas 2 57 3 Pierce 8 401 65 IELDGOALS PUNTING No Avg LP Att Made LG Umphrey 5 40 6 55 Smith 2 0 Nix 1 480 48 R'ce 1 1 36 Totals 6 412 55 Totals 3 1 36 GEORGIATECH ALABAMA rirst Downs 14 17 Rushing 8 13 Passing 5 2 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 41 54 Yards Rushing 115 328 Yards Lost Rushing 31 20 Net Yards Rushing 84 308 Net Yards Passing 166 57 Passes Attempted 26 5 Passes Attempted 11 2 Had Intercepted 0 Total Offensive Plays 67 59 Total Net Yards 250 365 Average Gain Per Play 373 619 umbles: Number Lost 2 1 32 Penalties: Number Yards 8 80 5 35 Number of Punts Yards 0 1 0 Average Per Punt 8 321 6 251 Punt Returns: Number Yards 0 i fl Kickoff Returns: Number Yards 4 68 114.