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College football closed out the regular season campaign and basketball got in full swing during one of the busiest weekends on the season.
Nothing much has changed in football as Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide clinched the conference championship and Sugar Bowl bid with a 34-16 win over Auburn.
"Sugar Bowl, Sugar Bowl," chants were heard from the Alabama locker room after the game. "Penn State, We Can't Wait; Penn State, We Can't Wait."
The Tide will meet Joe Paterno's number one ranked Nittany Lions January 1 in a showdown for the national championship.
Against Auburn, Alabama's main man was quarterback Jeff Rutledge, who broke Joe Namath's school record for career touchdown passes. Rutledge threw two to Bruce Bolton and one to Rick Neal and tied the single game touchdown pass mark as well as the
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one season record of 13 shared by Namath and Harry Gilmer.
His scoring tosses enabled Alabama to gain its seventh Southeastern Conference title in eight years.
It wasn't a happy going away for Florida Coach Doug Dickey, fired a week ago, as Miami crushed a collapsing Gator team 22-21.
The Gators jumped out ot a 14-0 lead and were threatening again on the Miami 18 in the first quarter. Suddenly it turned from a rout to a wake.
Fullback Terry Williams fumbled and the team lost it's momentum. The Hurricanes rallied to outscore Florida 22-7 the rest of the way behind three field goals by Dan Miller.
Georgia made a gallant comeback in defeating Georgia Tech 29-28 in one of the most exciting games on the college circuit this year.
Tech cashed in on two fumble recoveries, a recovery of an onside kick and a pass interference call in the end zone to run up a 20-0 lead.
Georgia sophomore Anthony Arnold caught a 42 yard touchdown pass and then ran for the two point conversion with only 2:24 remaining to cap off the comeback by the 11th ranked Bulldogs in the nationally televised game. Arnold caught the pass on a fourth down desperation pass from freshman quarterback Buck Belue at the Tech 20 and raced to the end zone untouched.
In the Tennessee matchup, the Volunteers routed the Commodores 41-15 at Nashville in Vandy coach Fred Panacoast's last game.
Junior quarterback Jimmy Streater ran for two touchdowns and set a Tennessee season offense record. The victory gave Tennessee a 5-5-1 record under second year Coach Johnny Majors. Vandy ended 2-9 for the third consecutive season.
On the roundball court, Alabama didn't fare so well as the Tide lost for the second time out of the gate, this one a 99-84 thrashing at the hands of homestanding Michigan.
Forward Mike McGee and center Phil Hubbard combined for 51 points as the eighth ranked Wolverines outscored Bama 14-6 at the beginning of the second half to break open a close game.
McGee hit 11 of 19 shots for 27 points. Reserve forward Alan Hardy scored 20 and Hubbard collected 24 points and 15 rebounds. Alabama's Reggie King was held to 11 points.
Florida raised their record to 2-1 by defeating the University of North Carolina-Wilmington 66-51. Florida broke open a nip and tuck game midway through the second half.
Malcolm Cesare led Florida with 20 points and seven rebounds. Mike Milligan added 14.
Center Ricky Brown hit for 24 points
to lead Mississippi State to a 90-68 victory over Auburn-Montgomery. The 6-10 Brown pumped in 11 first half points and grabbed nine rebounds for the game as State ran its record to 2-0.
Tennessee traveled to Louisville and the highly ranked Doctors of Dunk proved too much, defeating the Volunteers of Coach Don Devoe 82-61.
Louisville used a blend of freshmen and veterans to build a quick 29-14 lead and never looked back. Junior forward Bobby Turner led the Cards with 18 points. Freshman Scooter McCray added 17 and junior sensation Darrell Griffith 16.
Reggie Johnson led the Vols with 19 points, followed by Chuck Threeths with 15 and 6-10 Kevin Nash with ten. Louisville is 3-1 with the win and Tennessee 1-1.
SEC Football Statistics
	RUSHING		- Top	Ten		
				Att		
.Player & School	.G	Att .	Yds	Avg	Aver.	TD
McClendon, Ga.	10	26U	1239	k.T	123.9	11
Cribbs, Aub.	9	221	1087	h.9.	120.8	lb
Alexander, LSU	10	262	1118	k.3	111.8	13
Mordica, Vandy	10	152	939	6.2	93.9	8
Nathan, Ala.	10	105	752	7.2	75.2	. 6
Jones, M.St.	11	130	687	5.3	62.5	10
Perry, Miss.	11	ll+8	673	k.5	61.2	3
Gajan, LSU	10	126	586	b.l	58.6	1
Williams,Miss,	11	137	627	h.6	57.0	3
Jackson, Ala.	10	96	53U	5.6	53.1*	2
Streater, Tenn.	10	135	521	3.9	52.1	8
PASSING - Top Ten
RECEIVING - Top Ten
			Yds	Aver	Cght	
Player & School	GCgt		Gnd	Gain	PrGm	TD
McDole, M.St.	11	1+8	1035	21.6	U.h	7
Wilson, Ky.	11	1+3	727	16.9	3.9	k
Cox, Vandy	10	39	627	16.1	3.9	 2
Collinsworth,Fla.	10	36	712	19.8	3.6	7
Harper, Tenn.	9	31	356	11.8	3.k	1
Scott, Ga.	10	29	1*3!+	15.0	2.9	2
Quintela, LSU	10	29	3*t0	11.7	2.9	1
Stephens, Fla.	9	25	It'17	17-9'	2.8	3
Williams, Miss.	11	30	232	I?.!	2.7	1
Carson, LSU	10	27	568	21.-0	2.7	2
Moore, Tenn.	10	25	U36	ITvfc	2.5	2
Pugh, Ala.	10	20	1+1+6	22.3	2.0	1
Player & School
Marler, M.St. Streater, Tenn. Brantley, Fla. Woodley, LSU Heflin, Vandy Pyburn, Ga. Rutledge, Ala Trotman, Aub. Garner, Miss. McCrimmon, Ky. Coleman, Miss. Fourcade, Miss.
G	Att	Cmp	Int	Pet,	Ycls
11	287	163	17	.566	21+22
10	iSif	93	10	.505	1255
10	160	83	11	.519	133 3
10	1U5	77	6	.531	973
10	153	75	11	.1+90	976
10	126	69	it	.5**8	862
10	119	60	9	.50k	90h
10	103	hi	9	.1*56	700
11	79	51	2	.61+6	512
9	106	35	11	.330	752
9	69	33	1	.1*78	bbQ
11	86	36	1+	.1)19	1+1+1
TOTAL OFFENSE -			Top	Ten	
		Rush	Pass	Ttl	Game
Player & School	G	Yds	Yds	Yds	Aver.
Marler, M.St.	11	-31	21+22	2391	217.lt
Streater, Tenn.	10	521	1255	1776	177 .b
Woodley, LSU	10	336	973	1311	131.1
Brantley, Fla.	10	7	1303	1310	131.0
McClendon, Ga.	10	1239	33	1272	127.2
Cribbs, Aub.	9	1087	5b	lll+l	126.8
Heflin, Vandy	10	2l+3	976	1219	121.9
Alexander, LSU	10	1118	0	1118	111.8
Rutledge, Ala.	10	12l+	90li	1028	102.8