European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. November 27. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 Auburn tops Alabama 15-10, wraps up berth in sugar bowl Birmingham. Ala. A Ron Stallworth icy cd Auburn s big play Ile of Csc with four quarterback sacks one for a safely and lawyer Tillman win a touchdown with a 53-Yard leaping recep Tion As the seventh racked tigers balled into the sugar howl with a 15-10 Victory Over no. 17 Alabama Friday. The Victor lifted the tigers into a share of the Southeastern conference championship with no. 16 Louisiana stale. Auburn was chosen by tic sugar bowl committee to receive the slip s berth in the Jan. 2 game in new Orleans. The tigers will Fate no. 5 Florida Slaw. Leu will head Tor the Hall of l ame bowl in Tampa 10 fart Syracuse. I was the Silli straight Victory Tor the tigers who closed their season at 10-1 Overall and by in the 5i=c. Alabama bound for a Sun bowl game wild Ami ask r closing he regular season a Tsas am thursday night. Tell to 7-3 for the year and 4-3 in the league it thus Auburn s to Laird straight Victory Over the Crimson tide. Its longest Streak in the series since pulling to Geicer five in a Row in the i95ck the last four years be fore and finl year the Bear Bryant Era. Sent Lounh s 6-Yard sack of David Smith in tie end torn broke a 3-3 lit with 3 18 left in the opening Quarter. Till min s catch set up a i Yard scoring run by Vincent Harris with 2 55 left in the third Quarter staking he Tigirt 10 a 15-3 Lead that virtually put the game out of reach. Tillman leaped up Wilh defender Lee of mind to Spear the 53-Yard bomb from Reg Gie Slack Al the Alabama 33. On the next play Stacy Dancy raced is Yards to the 15 and Harris scored one play after Slack fired a 12-Yard pass to Freddy Wygand. Auburn s other scores Cate on Field goal of 25 and 22 Yards by win Lyle. Alabama s first score came on Philip Loyle s 20-Yard Field goal forging a 3-3 tie Wilh 7 44 left in the opening period. The tide got a touchdown with 3 23 to play on Smith s 12-Yard pass to Greg Payne. The Sec Crown was the second straight for hi1 tigers and their fourth in history. Slack completed 13 of 26 passes for 220 Yards for the tigers and Smith was 2 1 of 35 for 255 Yards for the tide. Both learns had Long hrs half drives end on turnovers. Slack completed a id Yard pass to Tillman. Who got behind defender Kim ii Kendrick. With a 5-Yard Penally added for a violation. Auburn had a hurricanes Miamia curios Hursa kicked a 20-Yard Field goal i Ith 5 38 left and the third ranked Miami hurricanes held Arkansas to minus 14 Yards in the found Quarter saturday to hand the no. K razor ticks ukr first loss is-i6. Huerta s Elcid goal his third capped a 10-play, 74-, Yard drive. Arkansas Steve Alwater dropped a Polcyn my interception in the end zone one play before inc kick. Arli Ansas a 17-Poml underdog that lost to Miami 51r7 last year generated just offence including harrs Foster s Boyans touchdown run to stay in inc gaunt but the hogs managed no first Downs in tour Tosies sighs in the fourth Quarter. The Cotton bowl bound Rii Rorback fell to lol. Miami which will play in the Orange bowl stayed in Eon Leolion for the National championship it is defend in Obj improving to 9-1.two i Rick plays in the finl Quarter helped the Hurri canes score their Only touchdown. On fourth and 1 Al the Miami 46, Maurice Crim ran 9 Yards of a fake Auburn s junes Joseph 10 tries to spin away from Alabama s Keith Mccine 86 during the tires 15-10 Victor Friday first Down at the tide 6. On the next play Willie Wyatt forced a Fumble by Dancy that Charles Gard Ner recovered for the tide at the Ala. Bama 6. The drive did set up the tigers safety which came three plays later when stall Worth dumped Smith in the end zone. Trailing 8-3. Alabama drove 74 Yards to inc Auburn b. A drive on which Smith completed 5 of 9 passes for 57 Yards. The threat ended when Greg Staples deflected a pass that Yuenlin Riggins intercepted and returned eight Yards to the tigers 12. The tigers wasted a Chance Early in the third Quarter when Staples picked off Smith s pass at the Alabama 30. Derrick Thomas turned in two sacks in a Row forcing Slack out of Bounds for a 6-Yard loss and then dropping inc a Burn quart crack for an 11-Yard loss eventually forcing the tigers to punt from their own 48. Razorbacks on late Boot College football Pun l. The hurricanes faked an end around tin the next play and Steve Walsh threw Long to Dale Dawkins for a44.yardgaintotln Arkansas i. Cleveland Gary dived Over on the next play for the touchdown.-. -. Walsh completed 13 of 50 passes for 361 Yards but failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time this season. Grovey hit Foster Wilh a 16-Yard touchdown puss on third and Vioal to give Arkansas a 16-1 i Lead with five minutes left in the third Quarter. Grovey scrambled to elude Miami s pass Rush before throwing to Foster who ran in from inc 5, /. The pass was Arkansas second comp icon. The first came earlier in the 73-Yard drive when Grovey hit Foster an fourth and 2 for a 31-Yard gain to the .miami0 Foster also scored untouched on an 80-Yard run up the Middle in the first Quarter. Foster flashed through a gaping Hole at the line split the Miami safeties and pulled away from them As he raced downfield. The run was the hogs longest in 12 years and the touchdown was the first this season against the Hurri canes in their six Home games. Arkansas also scored on pc Natl Trainer s 23rd straight Field goal without a miss a 5h-yarder that hit the crossbar and bounded Over. The kick was the Long est of Trainor s career but 9 Yards shy of the school " " ". Miami too n 12-10 Lead in the second Quarter when defensive end Bill Hawkins tackled Grovey for a safer to. Grovey was trying to run wide on an option when Hawkins caught him a Yard deep in the end zone. Huc Rui opened the scoring with a 36-Yard Field goal and added a 45-Yardcrwith three seconds left in the first half. Huena now has 19 Field goals breaking the one season school record of 17 set last year by Greg Cox. The Victory k is hurricanes 24ih straight in inc see College on Page 26
