PERKIN' UP THE SCORE

N. Brooks Clark

October 10, 1983

Don't invite Memphis State's Rex Dockery and Alabama's Ray Perkins to the same coaches' clinic next summer. After spotting the Tigers 10 points last Saturday, the Crimson Tide rallied for 41 in the second half and ended up a 44-13 victor. Dockery was irked that Perkins played Quarterback Walter Lewis the whole way and also allowed freshman Van Tiffin to kick a 51-yard held goal in the final minute. "For sure, Lewis is a great quarterback," Dockery snapped, "and Perkins gave him plenty of good opportunities to show it." Said Perkins, "I thought about putting somebody else in at quarterback but I decided against it."