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Four Years Ago
*"We just didn't play well today," was coach Jerry Claiborne's comment after his team fell to Virginia Tech 29-3 at Blacksburg. After the defense stopped the Tech offense, Andy Molls elected to pick up a rolling punt. He fumbled, and one play later, Tech scored a touchdown. Then two plays after Tech scored, UK quarterback Doug Martin mishandled the snap and the Gobblers recovered at the Wildcat nine. Tech took it in from there and just 3:15 into the game, Kentucky was down 14-0. UK's only score was set up when tackle Cam Jacobs recovered a fumble at the Gobbler 25. George Adams then ran 16 yards up the middle to the Tech three. Once there, Kentucky did not finish the job and had to settle for a 25-yard Chris Caudell field goal. The rest of the game followed suit to previous Kentucky outings of missed opportunities and gifts to the op-
ponent. The only bright spot was the punting of Paul Calhoun, who averaged 47.2 yards per punt. However, he was not perfect as he allowed a snap.to go through his hands and through the end zone for a safety.
Seven Years Ago
*In what is becoming a common occurence for UK these days, the Kentucky football team won the battle but lost the war Saturday in Baton Rouge as the 'Cats dropped a 23-19 contest to LSU. UK outgained the Tigers all over the field, picking up seven more first downs and 116 more yards on the ground.
Behind the direction of freshman quarterback Terry Henry, who led UK to long drives in each of the first three quarters, UK led 19-3 midway through the third period. A pass interference call against UK and two fumbles set up the Tiger scores as they rallied behind the capacity crowd in Death Valley. Shawn
1. Yes or No? Does UK own a series advantage over Georgia in football?
2. True or False? UK has never defeated
Georgia in Commonwealth Stadium.
3. Who was Georgia's head football coach before the Vince Dooley era?
a) Erk Russell
b) Johnny Griffith
c) Leonard Postero
d) Wally Butts
4. What former Georgia star became an NFL Hall of Famer as a pro quarterback?
a) Randy Johnson
b) Pat Sullivan
c) Fran Tarkenton
d) Matt Robinson
5. What ex-Dawg kicker is the SEC's all-time leading scorer?
a) Rex Robinson
b) Al Del Greco
c) Bobby Raymond
d) Kevin Butler
6. Fill in the blank. Georgia has participated in_straight bowl games.
7. What former Georgia great holds the SEC record for the most career touchdowns?
a) Frank Sinkwich
b) Willie McClendon
c) Herschel Walker
d) Charles Whittemore
8. What former Georgia player caught the famous 95-yard touchdown pass against Florida during the waning seconds of their game in 1980?
a) Herschel Walker
b) Clarence Kay
c) Jimmy Rockaday
d) Lindsey Scott
9. What ex-Bulldog owns the Georgia school record for the most interceptions in one season?
a) Scott Woerner
b) Tim Foley
c) Jake Scott
d) Terry Hoage
10. The last time Kentucky defeated Georgia (1977, 33-0 in Athens), what famous celebrity was in attendance?
a) Hank Aaron
b) Billy Carter
c) Prince Charles
d) Sonny and Cher
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Donigan led the UK rushing attack with 138 yards while Henry gained 122. Donigan's total came in 28 carries and was his first collegiate start. Henry also passed for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Eight Years Ago
*A high-powered Kentucky offense turned in a record-breaking performance as the 'Cats romped to a 52-3 homecoming victory over Vanderbilt. The Wildcats ran for 234 yards and passed for 210, as six different players scored touchdowns and three quarterbacks threw touchdown passes.
Reserve quarterback Mike Shutt was named as the game's Most Valuable Player after running for one score and throwing for another. Third-string quarterback Joe Young came in and also threw for a touchdown. UK is now 4-4-1 for the year.
Sixteen Years Ago
*The Georgia Bulldogs handed UK its 10th straight SEC loss, this one by a 19-3 score. A big play was when UK quarterback Ber-nie Scruggs ran 88 yards before tumbling at
the three-yard line. Scruggs fumbled the ball over on the next play. Bobby Jones' 37-yard field goal in the third quarter was UK's only score. Scruggs hit on 14 of 24 passes for 114 yards and ran for 104 yards. Lee Clymer had 59 yards on the ground, while Jim Reed and Jim Mitchell each caught five passes.
Thirty-One Years Ago
*A briliant defensive effort and a 20-yard field goal by Delmar Hughes within the final half-minute gave UK a 10-7 victory over Florida before 35,000 fans at Stoll Field. UK never trailed in the game. The Wildcats scored in the second quarter on a 53-yard drive. The Gators scored late in the game when UK's Bob Hardy fumbled. UK's Bob Dougherty was the game's leading rusher with 61 yards on 17 carries.
Florida coach Bob Woodruff accused UK of breaking football ethics when he said UK faked an injury to get Hughes into the game to kick the winning field goal.
Coach Blanton Collier of Kentucky said he has at no time had a player fake an injury.
Inside
The
Locker
Room
Following are Coach Jerry Claiborne's postgame comments after Kentucky was defeated by LSU 25-16 last Saturday evening at Commonwealth Stadium:
Your thoughts on the game?
Claiborne: The real critical play, of course, was right before the half when we got the snap and the punter (Jeff Nelson) should have brought the ball down and kicked it. He wasn't sure if the rush was on. But I thought we overcame it; we got the lead back. Another big play was when they went for the first down and made it. Again, it's the question of the spot. I thought our effort was good. The players played hard. They (LSU) are a good football team. I just wish we could have caught a couple of passes that we dropped. When you play a good team like LSU you can't make too many mistakes. We didn't punt the ball well. We gave them good field position practically every time we punted the ball. I thought our coverage was pretty good. We didn't boom the ball out and put them a little further away from the goal line when they started. At times we moved the ball pretty good. We also played pretty good defense at times. They (LSU) are a talented group of kids and they came up with some big plays against us. I wish we could have gone into halftime leading 7-6. We averaged 36 yards punting the football. That's not very good. We started a pretty good ways from the goal line, most of the time. It seemed to me that most of the time we were backed up pretty good. The one time we got a break, we took it in and scored. We had one good drive in the second half. That was a real big drive for (Kevin) Dooley. Our kickoff returns almost broke a couple of times. There were some bright things but the score's still 25-16.
Question: Did you think about leaving Dooley in a little longer?
Claiborne: We left him in for a couple of series (after the score). We didn't move the ball in those two series. It wasn't his fault. We went one series and then one more serieswe thought he might have a hot hand, but then we didn't move it the next time. Billy (Ransdell) came in and moved the ball pretty good; we went ahead and kicked a field goal. So, we thought we made the right choice at the time. We just came up short. Question:   What  happened to
Ransdell at halftime
Claiborne: I don't know if he got hyperventilated or what. He was getting ready to go out and he kinda fainted. He was all fired up. I guess he just fainted; tension I guess. They (UK doctors) said he was all right. We held him out until they said he was OK.
Question: Why didn't Mark Higgs play and why didn't Ivy Joe Hunter play more?
Claiborne: They didn't practice all week. It's hard to play if you.don't practice. The other kids had practiced. You never know, you might fumble the football if you're not used to carrying the ball and getting hit. They didn't get hit all week. Hopefully, they'll be better when they go against Georgia. Higgs didn't practice at all during the week. Ivy Joe didn't practice much. We felt Ivy Joe at least was able to go in and play. But again he dropped a pass that might have helped us. That's lack of practice. Hopefully they'll practice this week and be ready for Georgia. Question: Have you ever had a game where you stopped the run so well but gave up a lot of yardage on the pass plays?
Claiborne: They have got some class receivers and we stopped their passes several times. With the speed they had, we tried to mix up our coverages and they just beat our man. It was a question of them beating our man and that's what happened.
Question: What about LSU's two pass completions just before intermission?
Claiborne: They ran a kind of fade pattern. They were perfect passes. If dip passes would have been six inches shorter our kids would have knocked it down, or six inches further and they wouldn't have caught it. They were to perfect passes. You've got to give credit were credit is due. They were great passes.
Question: Is there a reason why your team doesn't throw the ball more down field?
Claiborne: When you throw it down field you have to have somebody to get down there. They (LSU) were playing three-deep most of the time. We had a couple of people open down field, across the middle, but we didn't get the ball to them. It was a tough loss, I'll tell you that.        .    . .