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THE WEEK
Joe Jares
October 30, 1972
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October 30, 1972

The Week

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Temple, which had upset West Virginia the week before, was upended itself by Boston U. 17-14, Aidan Moore kicking the winning 20-yard field goal with 17 seconds left. Colgate Quarterback Tom (Above) Parr ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more in a 35-26 victory over Princeton. Dartmouth smashed Brown 49-20 in Hanover, N.H., where Brown has not won a football game since Calvin Coolidge was in his second term. Yale whipped Columbia 28-14, thanks mostly to Dick Jauron's 87-yard touchdown gallop in the fourth quarter. Harvard routed Cornell 33-15, Penn edged Lehigh 30-27 and Pitt won its first game, 35-20 over Boston College.

SOUTH

1. LSU (6-0)
2. ALABAMA (6-0)
3. AUBURN (5-1)

Tennessee defensed Alabama's Wishbone so well that the Crimson Tide, which thrives on ball possession, converted on only two of 13 third-down situations, none in the second half. In fact, the Volunteers did just what a team should do to beat Alabama—and yet it lost. Behind 10-3 with 1:48 remaining, Alabama scored on a three-play, 48-yard drive and kicked the extra point to make it 10-10. Coach Bear Bryant wanted to go for a two-point conversion but was talked out of it by Assistant Coach Pat Dye, whose thinking was that Tennessee would try to score and just might make an error, leaving 'Bama in field-goal range. Sure enough, Vol Quarterback Condredge Holloway fumbled and the Tide recovered on Tennessee's 22. Seconds later, Quarterback Terry Davis ran 22 yards for a 17-10 Alabama victory.

Who says time doesn't stand still? Late in the second period in Auburn's Cliff Hare Stadium, the Tigers were driving into Georgia Tech territory when the Tech bench noticed the stadium clock had been at 1:31 for some time. After a heated midfield argument between assistant coaches, the clock was finally restarted, but Auburn scored to cut in half Tech's two-touchdown lead and went on to win 24-14, Quarterback Randy Walls sneaking over from the one for the deciding touchdown with 2:04 left.

LSU put together one impressive drive in an otherwise unimpressive night to beat Kentucky 10-0, Quarterback Bert Jones combining with Gerald Keigley on a 34-yard touchdown play late in the third quarter. It was Jones' 24th TD pass, breaking Y. A. Tittle's school record. LSU Coach Charlie McClendon now has an 11-0 record against his alma mater.

Florida State, noted for Gary Huff's slinging rather than for defense, stopped Colorado State at the 8, 4, 12 and 14 to register its first shutout in 39 games, 37-0. Huff hit 12 of 25 passes for 218 yards and his understudy, Mike Cadwell, got the final TD on a 25-yard pass play. He has thrown just twice in seven games, both for scores.

A solid running attack featuring Nat Moore and Vince Kendrick and a strong defensive line helped Florida beat Mississippi 16—0. Georgia struck for three quick touchdowns in the second quarter to stop Vanderbilt 28-3. Duke started Quarterback Mark Johnson for the first time and he responded by dashing 68 yards for one score and passing for another in the Blue Devils' 20-14 win over Maryland. North Carolina State whipped previously unbeaten East Carolina 38-16, and North Carolina improved its record to 5-1 by smashing Wake Forest 21-0. Miami ( Fla.) took advantage of Houston mistakes, turning two fumbles and an interception into touchdowns in a 33-13 romp. Miami ( Ohio) had a ball, too, beating South Carolina 21-8. Miami (Mo.) doesn't have a college football team as far as we know.

WEST

1. USC (7-0)
2. UCLA (6-1)
3. ARIZONA STATE (5-1)

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