European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes monday september 5,1977 two Long to runs Field goal save Mississippi state from major upset by the associated press Mississippi state was the Only member of the top Twenty to see action on the first saturday of the 1977 College football season and the 16th-ranked bulldogs narrowly escaped with a 17-15 Victory Over North Texas state. Eighty Yard touchdown runs by Len Copeland and James Jones and a 30-Yard Field goal by Dave Marler saved the Bull dogs from suffering the first major upset of the season. Jones finished with 126 Yards on 12 rushes and Copeland had 86 on six tries As the bulldogs piled up a total of 260 Yards Rushing. In other College games East Carolina surprised North Carolina state 28-23, South Carolina outscored appalachian state 32 17, Mississippi edged Memphis state 7-3, the Citadel blanked Wofford 7-0, Miami of Ohio edged Dayton 26-23, William and Mary Defeated Norfolk state 27-13, Jack son state beat Alabama state 17-6 and Cen trial Michigan routed Alcorn 39-7. Tommy Southerland ran for one touch Down and passed for another and Leander Green galloped Yards for a third score As East Carolina held on to beat North car Olina state. The Wolf pack with quarterback Johnny Evans passing for 301 Yards scored two touchdowns in the fourth Quarter and was on East Carolina s two Yard line when the game ended. Quarterback Ron Bass passed for one touchdown and set up three More with his passing to Lead South Carolina Over appalachian state which got an 86-Yard run from halfback Emmitt Hamilton who finished with 142 Yards in 12 carries. James Storey who rushed for 100 Yards on 18 carries romped 19 Yards for a touch College Roundup Down in the first Quarter and Mississippi made it stand up As Memphis state Man aged Only a 30-Yard Field goal in the second Quarter from Rusty Bennett. The tigers threatened late in the game but were stopped on Downs on the Ole miss 15 with 1 11 left. Lonnie Ford s one Yard touchdown run with 32 seconds left in the first half gave Tadel its Victory Over Wofford. Harmut Strecker kicked a 22-Yard Field goal with 38 seconds left pulling Dayton into a tie with Miami of Ohio but the red skins won the game 30 seconds later on Fred Johnson s 26-Yard Field goal. Jimmy Kruis and Keith fimian each scored two touchdowns in William and Mary s Victory Over Norfolk state. Five Central Michigan players scored touchdowns in the chippewas Triumph and Jackson state made its debut in Mcaa division i by holding Alabama state to 41 Yards Rushing on 30 attempts. In late night games new Mexico state crushed Southern Illinois 29-7, southwestern Louisiana trounced Tulsa 48-21, Wichita state upset Missouri Valley conference favorite West Texas state 14-10, Northwestern Louisiana outscored Texas Arlington 28-24, Eastern Michigan blasted Northern Illinois 25-2, Southern Mississippi walloped Troy state 42-19, Jacksonville edged West Ern Carolina 21-16, Tennessee state blanked Middle Tennessee 27-0. Outstanding performances in the late games included four touchdown tosses and 235 passing Yards by Roy Henry of South Western Louisiana. Craig Motzer booted four Field goals for Eastern Michigan. Ben Garry rushed for 126 Yards on 17 carries As he became Southern Mississippi s All time leading rusher with 2,587 Yards. Northwestern Louisiana s Kenny Philibert passed for four 12-Yard touchdowns. Raiders Blank 49ers 33-0, oilers Surprise Dallas in nil exhibitions by the associated press the super bowl Champion raiders scored six of the first seven times they had the Ball As Oakland beat the san Francisco 49ers, 33-0, saturday night in a nationally televised National football league exhibition game. Quarterback Ken Stabler hit tight end Dave Casper on scoring passes of 20 and 13 nil Roundup Yards and totalled 184 Yards passing before retiring for the night when the score reached 30-0 Early in the third period. Rookie Rolf Benirschke added Field goals of 47 and 38 Yards and 36-year-old Errol Mann booted Field goals of 24 and 27 Yards As the raiders chalked up their second shutout of the season. In other nil exhibition games Buffalo beat Tampa Bay 17-6 Cincinnati routed Minnesota 26-7 new Orleans beat Miami 17-10 Cleveland edged Green Bay 19-14 and Houston surprised Dallas 23-14. Bills 17, buccaneers 6 quarterback Joe Ferguson ran one Yard for a touchdown and connected with . Simpson on a 62-Yard touchdown pass in leading the Bills Over the buccaneers. Simpson scored in the third Quarter after taking a Short pass in the Backfield from Ferguson while Ferguson s scoring run came on a busted play earlier in the period. Sex Tulane age coach Dies at 81 Garland Tex. A former Tulane basketball coach Cliff Wells died at his Home of an apparent heart attack. He was 81. Wells lived in this Dallas suburb the past eight years after coaching for some 20 years in Indiana and at Tulane for 13 years. He served As the director of the Basket Ball Hall of Fame in Springfield mass., for three years and was executive director of the National association of basketball coaches for 12 years. Wells teams won 259 games in 18 sea sons at Tulane. He coached the Green wave to its All time Best records of 23-3 in 1948 and 24-4 in 1949. Bengals 26, Vikings 7 defensive backs Jerry Anderson and Marvin Cobb returned interceptions for touchdowns in leading the bengals Over the Vikings. Cobb went 57 Yards with a Bob Lee pass and Anderson a Rookie from Oklahoma grabbed a pass from Rookie quarterback Tommy Kramer and raced 95 Yards with less than five minutes left in the game. Cornerback Mel Morgan recovered two fumbles deep in Minnesota territory. Saints 17, dolphins 10 backup quarterback Bobby Scott s pass ing set up touchdown runs of six and eight Yards by Chuck Muncie for the saints. Scott subbing for injured starter Archie Manning completed 15 of 21 passes for 219yards. Browns 19, packers 14 Greg Pruitt carried the Ball 12 times for 126 Yards including a 70-Yard touchdown run and Don Cockroft kicked four Field goals As the Browns edged the packers. Oilers 23, cowboys 14 skip Butler booted Field goals of 20, 43 and 20 Yards and Don Hardeman broke out of a slump with touchdown runs of eight and 18 Yards As the oilers upset the cow boys. Weiskopf wad Kins Pace series by Bob Green Akron Ohio a Lanny Wadkins called his shot saturday predicting he d make the spectacular play that tied him with Tom Weiskopf for the second round Lead in the $300,000 world series of Golf. I d just put my second shot in the Bunker on the 18th Hole Wadkins said and Jerry Mcgee who was playing with me said if you can get that up and Down it la be a real solid round i told him hell Jerry i m Gonna Hole it. I Haven t holed a Bunker shot in a Long time. I m due he did. The Long shot from the Sand found the Hole for a Birdie and Wadkins who was seven shots Back with nine holes to play finished his Back nine in a spectacular five under Par 30 and took a share of the Lead. The current pea Champion played his second round in the four under Par 66 he had to Nave to overcome Weiskopf s once commanding Lead. Weiskopf who once appeared on the verge of a romping runaway had a wildly erratic 68 that included bogeys on four of five holes coming Home followed by Bir Dies on the last two  dropped seven shots Back of the leading Weiskopf after taking bogeys on the seventh eighth and ninth. I was hot Wadkins said. I just said to hell with it. I la just play a Good Back nine and get in shape for the next two Days " the scores Lanny Wadkins 69-6&135 Tom Weiskopf 67-68135 Mark Hayes 68-69137 Ray Floyd 67-71138 Hale Irwin 67-71138 Jerry Mcgee 71-68139 Gary player 69-70-139 Graham Marsh 69-70139 Hsieh min Nan 75-67142 Mike Morley 73-69142 Ben Crenshaw 71-71142 Severiano Ballesteros 69-73142 Jack Nicklaus 69-73142 Lee Trevino 74-69143 Tom Watson 72-72144 Ernesto Perez Acosta 71-73144 Bruce Lietzke 74-72146 Isao Aoki 74-74148 Hubert Green 72-77149 Mark Lye 78-76154 Buffalo running Back . Simpson grabs the Shirttail of teammate Joe Delamielleur As be picks up yardage some Yards for the juice against the Tampa Bay buccaneers Inan nil exhibition game at Buffalo. Tampa Bay s Council Rudolph 78 Fol lows the play. The Bills won the game17-6 with Simpson scoring one of their two touchdowns. A photo