Southeast Roundup : Tennessee Sputters but Beats Georgia

Tennessee’s offense sputtered and all but stopped against Georgia’s determined defense, but the sixth-ranked Volunteers came through with just enough to manage a 17-14 victorySaturday night at Knoxville, Tenn.

“Georgia played rugged, hard-nosed football, but so did we,” said Tennessee Coach Johnny Majors, whose team improved to 5-0 with its 10th consecutive victory over two seasons.

A crowd of 96,058, third largest in the history of Neyland Stadium, saw the Volunteers mount just one offensive threat in the second half but make it pay off as Reggie Cobb raced 26 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter to give Tennessee a 17-6 lead.

Alabama 62, Mississippi 27--Gary Hollingsworth threw for a record five touchdowns, and, after trailing 21-0, the 13th-ranked Crimson Tide scored 62 unanswered points to defeat the Rebels in a Southeastern Conference game at Jackson, Miss.

Mississippi led, 21-0, after the first seven minutes, taking advantage of a blocked punt and an interception. But Alabama stormed back with the help of five Mississippi turnovers. The Crimson Tide (4-0 and 3-0) scored 34 points in the second quarter.

Hollingsworth, a senior who started his first game for the Tide a week ago, threw for 363 yards, hitting 25 of 43 passes.

Mississippi is 3-2 and 1-1.

Auburn 24, Kentucky 12--Reggie Slack passed for two first-quarter touchdowns that gave the 11th-ranked Tigers a lead they never relinquished in an SEC game at Lexington, Ky.

Auburn (3-1 and 1-1) kept Kentucky (2-2 and 0-2) from scoring on three opportunities inside the Tiger 30 in beating the Wildcats for the 11th time in a row.

Slack’s touchdown passes came on plays of 25 yards to Greg Taylor and 36 yards to Pedro Cherry.

Both teams had two fumbles and two interceptions apiece.

Memphis St. 13, Vanderbilt 10--Tim Jones threw three interceptions but also had a 12-yard scoring pass to Wayne Pryor as the Tigers (1-4) beat the Commodores (1-3) in a nonconference game at Memphis, Tenn.

Mississippi St. 28, NE Louisiana 14--William Prince rushed for 148 yards in 17 carries and scored three touchdowns, one on a 60-yard run, to lead the Bulldogs (3-2) over the Division I-AA Indians (2-3) at Starkville, Miss.