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Cats Open SEC Slate
With Tough Mississippi State
The University of Kentucky Wildcats, 3-1 on the season after succesive victories over Tulane, Cincinnati, and Clemson, open their Southeastern Conference season at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium against Mississippi State.
In its last outing, Kentucky, playing without the services of starting quarterback Bill Ransdell, defeated Clemson 26-7 before a Commonwealth Stadium record crowdl of 58,230. Ransdell suffered a collapsed lung on the first play from scrimmage and was replaced by sophomore Kevin Dooley of Cincinnati.
Dooley completed 15 of 23 passing attempts for 142 yards and one touchdown, a five-yard screen pass to Mark Logan. The Wildcat offense
UK Improves
Turnover Rate
had its lowest turnover total of the season, losing one fumble in the fourth quarter.
The Wildcat defensive unit turned in its third straight impressive performance, holding the Tigers to 230 yards of offense. Kentucky also forced seven Tiger turnovers, including interceptions by Russell Hairston, Maurice Douglass, and David Johnson.
Joe Worley kicked four field goals and two extra points, and Brian Williams broke loose for a 57-yard touchdown on a punt return in the third period to round out the scoring for Kentucky.
Mississippi State, coached by Emory Bellard, capped a 17-point fourth-quarter rally with a school-record! 54-yard field goal by Artie Cosby as time expired to life the Bulldogs over an in-spiredl Memphis State squad 31-28 in Starkville.
The Bulldogs bring a record of 4-1 to Commonwealth Stadium, having defeated Arkansas State (22-14), Syracuse (30-3), Southern Mississippi (23-20) and Memphis State. The Bulldogs lost their conference opener to Florida by a score of 36-22 two weeks ago in a game played at Starkville. State battled the Gators on even terms in the first half with the score standing at 20-20 at intermission.
Bellard, who is credited with inventing the wishbone offense, is in his seventh year at the Bulldog helm. His record at State is 36-37-0, including appearances in the Sun Bowl (1980) and the Hall of Fame Bowl (1981).
WILDCAT FOOTBALL NOTES
The University of Kentucky coaching staff has selected sophomore quarterback Kevin Dooley of Cincinnati as the offensive back of the week
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for his performance in Kentucky's 26-7 victory over Clemson. Dooley, playing in the absence of starting quarterback Bill Ransdell, completed 15 of 23 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown.
Vernon Johnson, a senior offensive tackle from London, is the offensive lineman of the week. Johnson anchored an offensive line that allowed zero quarterback sacks, while also opening the Clemson defensivel line, enabling the Wildcat running game to net 167 yards.
Senior tackle Jon Dumbauld of Troy, Ohio, and junior guard Tom Wilkins of Russellville, share the defensive line award. Dumbauld had four first hits and one asist, including a quarterback sack in the second period. Wilkins had three first hits and two assists.
Senior safety Russell Hairston of Lanham, Maryland, and sophomore linebacker Jeff Kremer of Newport share the defensive back award. Hairston intercepted Tiger quarterback Randy Anderson and tallied four first hits and one assisted tackle. Kremer was in on five first hits and two assists.
Sophomore place-kicker Joe Worley of Oakwood, Virginia, received the kicking game award. Worley scored 14 points in the Clemson contest, hitting four of four field goal attempts and both of his extra point attempts.
University of Kentucky head trainer Al Green reports that junior quarterback Bill Ransdell of Elizabethtown suffered a collapsed lung on Kentucky's first play from scrimmage in the Clemson game. Ransdell was admitted to Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington where a tube was inserted to inflate the lung. According to Green, it is questionable when Ransdell will be able to return to action. Green did say, however, that Ransdell will not see action when Kentucky hosts Mississippi State Saturday night.
When Joe Worley kicked his fourth field goal lof the evening against Clemson, a 32-yarder in the fourth period, he tied a school record of 11 field goals in a single season set in 1974 by John Pierce. Worley also tied his school record of four field goals in one game, set in the season opener against Bowling Green. Worley has hit 11 of 12 field goal attempts and leads the Wildcats in scoring with 41 points.
How the Top 20 fared
The 58,230 spectators that witnessed the Kentucky-Clemson contest broke the attendance mark for the 13-year history of UK's Commonwealth Stadium, and also represents the largest non-Kentucky Derby crowd to witness a sporting event in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The old record was 58,010 set in 1984 against Rutgers.
Brian Williams' 57-yard punt return for a touchdown was Kentucky's first punt return for a score since 1981 when Andy Molls went 87 yards against Vanderbilt for the winning points in the Wildcats' 17-10 win over the Commodores.
Redshirt freshman tailback Ivy Joe Hunter saw his first collegiate action in the Clemson game. Hunter, a native of Gainesville, Florida, missed the first three contests lof the season with knee and ankle problems.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Bill Allen of West Liberty also saw his first action against Clemson, relieving Kevin Dooley in the game's final minute.
Kentucky's 26-7 victory over Clemson was the worst defeat for the Tigers since 1980, when they were defeatedl 34-7 by Maryland, then coached by current Wildcat boss Jerry Claiborne.
When Clemson scored in the third period against Kentucky, it marked the 70th consecutive game in which the Tigers had scored. The last time the Tigers were held scoreless was on September 15, 1979, when they were shut out by the Maryland Terrapins, then coached by Claiborne.
Kentucky's win over Clemson broke a 16-game winning streak in the month of October by the Tigers. The last team to defeat the Tigers in October was North Carolina State on October 25, 1980. The winning streak started with a 21-3 win over Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium on October 3, 1981.
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Team (record)
Opponent
This week
Iowa (4-0-0)................beat Michigan St. 35-31..... At Wisconsin
Oklahoma (2-0-0)...........beat Kansas State 41 -6 ... Texas at Dallas
SMU (2-0-0)................lost to Arizona 28-6............. Baylor
Florida State (4-0-0).........did not play............At Auburn
Ohio State (3-1-0)...........lost to Illinois 31-28.............Indiana
Oklahoma State (4-0-0)......beat Tulsa 25-13..............Nebraska
Michigan (4-0-0)............beat Wisconsin 33-6......At Michigan St.
LSU (2-1-0)................lost to Florida 20-0.........At Vanderbilt
Penn State (4-0-0)..........did not play....................Alabama
Arkansas (4-0-0)............beat TCU 41-0.......... At Texas Tech
Florida (3-0-1)..............beat LSU 20-0................Tennessee
Alabama (4-0-0) ....:.......did not play.......".......At Penn State
Nebraska (3-1-0)............beat New Mexico 38-7.....At Okla. State
Auburn (3-1-0)..............beat Mississippi 41-0......... Florida St.
BYU (4-1-0)................beat Colorado St. 32-7 .... San Diego St.
Tennessee (2-0-1)...........beat Wake Forest 31-29.......At Florida
Air Force (5-0-0)............beat Notre Dame 21-15.........At Navy
Georgia (3-1-0).............did not play................At Ole Miss
Baylor (4-1-0)..............beat Houston 24-21............ At SMU
Texas (2-0-0)...............beat Rice 44-16 ... .......... Oklahoma