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'Cats Dodge Bullet, Hang On To Win Despite Offense's Lack Of Ammunition
A win is a win?
Although Kentucky's 14-7 victory over a 1-7 Virginia Tech squad enabled UK to improve its record to 5-3, the "W," in this case, wasn't pretty.
"Well, I feel kinda banged up, but a win is a win, whether it's one point, seven points or nine," said defensive tackle Jerry Reese in the Wildcat locker room after last Saturday's ballgame. "I was kinda disappointed that we didn't win by the margin going in. A win's a win. I feel good, but I'm not ready to go out and party or anything like that."
UK scored on its first two possessions of the game, one on a strike thrown by Kevin Dooley to Jimmy O'Neal, the other was a blazing 52-yard run by Mark Higgs.
Higgs's contribution was two-fold. Not only did he score the winning touchdown but the Owensboro native socked the Hokies for 168 yards on 22 carries. His touchdown came at the 10:03 mark in the initital quarter. After that, penalties. Tech's defense, two missed field goals within All-SEC candidate Joe Worley's range and futher blunders by the 'Cats kept them off the scoreboard.
Twenty-one penalties marred the game, 12 (for 103 yards) of which were whistled the Wildcats' way. A Kevin Dooley fumble late in the fourth quarter set the stage for Tech's only touchdown drive. Following an unsuccessful onside kick attempt by Hokie kicker Chris Kinzer, the Wildcats soaked up enough time to drain any hopes of a Tech rally.
The game left Dooley, who was making his return after nearly a month's absence, with a dejected feeling.
"i have to take the blame for my mistakes," said Dooley. "I have absolutely no excuses for the way I played tonight. Hopefully things will get better.  -see what happens next week. It's going to be a challenge for me and see what kind of person I am. I lost a lot of pride tonight. It's going to tell what I am made of."
Records of Dooley's performance probably won't be on display in the family scrapbook. The fifth-year senior hit eight of 19 passes for 88 yards. Surprisingly, he played the entire game.
For Dooley and his offensive buddies, it's back to the drawing board.
"I have to get the offense motivated," he muttered. "I don't know what's wrong. I tried to make big plays but they weren't happen ing. If it weren't for the defense I don't know what would have happened tonight.
"They kept us alive."
Earlier in the day UK's upcoming oppo nent, Vanderbilt, racked up 560 total yards in its win over Rutgers. That was same Rutgers team which defeated the Wildcats 19-18 during the 'Cats third game of the campaign. Those who were already thinking ahead. . .and thinking that UK will beat the Commodores, had better reconsider.
If UK can't tally more than 14 points against Vandy, then it may be a long trip back from Nashville for the boys from Lexington.
Just ask Higgs.
Thinking about the team's remaining three games is Higgs' biggest concern. If Kentucky is to have any chance of playing a 12th game this season then the offense had better get things in gear. And Higgs knows that.
"To myself it felt like a loss," said Higgs describing his emotions after the contest "But I'll take a win. . .it's better than a loss Anything is better than a loss or a tie."
For the third straight week a defensive gob bjinpuj jts Kex^on Kentucky's, offense in \\\e
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second halfzero points. The same unit which produced 41-, 35-, and 34-point performances earlier in the season has been haunted away from paydirt. At the end of the first quarter Kentucky had 19 total yards offense. Impressive, right? When the halftime gun sounded UK's total offense statistic showed only an additional 11 yards. Depressive, right? By the end of the third quarter? Add 50 yards. And at the game's end? Add 45 yards. Despite scoring with ease on its first two
scary. We just couldn't score points. . .We didn't get the job done like we should have."
While the offense was having a rough go of it, UK's defense did turn in a solid effort. Led by defensive tackles Oliver Barnett and Reese, the defense kept the Hokies in check. During the next three weeks, meanwhile, the offense will be forced to generate more points if UK is to end its season on a happy note.
"You've got to learn to put someone away when you get the breaks like we did," said coach Jerry Claiborne, referring to UK's two
Where's The Offense? Dee Smith Drops Pass
series, the Wildcats could only supply 225 yards of total offense. Take away Higgs' production, and UK has a measly 57 yards from the rest of its offense. This Halloween bash turned out to be ho-
quick scores. "We were fortunate we didn't get beat.
"And Vandy only had about 600 yards of total offense (against Rutgers), and they ran everything from the "I" to no backs, and they
Where's The Offense? Kevin Dooley Blames Himself
hum affair, a real offensive bore as far as the Wildcats were concerned.
"I don't know why the offense didn't do much tonight," Higgs said. "It's puzzling to everybody.,Jt, .vsjike,Hajlo^e.en.-fuid,a
just kicked the team that beat us bad. And if we don't get ready to play better against them than we did Virginia Tech, we'll get embarrassed." JfoiMm/>er 7, (9^7
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A Win (Even One Like Saturday's) Is A Win
Any victory is better than any defeat.
At least that's what any optimist would say after Kentucky's boring 14-7 victory over Virginia Tech Saturday.
The Wildcats were solid 18-point favorites and appeared to be well on their way to destroying the Hokies in the first period, only to quit midway through the opening stanza.
The first two times UK took possession, the Wildcats racked up 14 points. After that, they took the night off to play trick-or-treat. and it was mostly tricking the 50.000 or so fans who forked over greenbacks to watch a faked exhibition.
But that game is now history and UK remains alive for a postseason bowl invitation with a 5-3 mark.
It seems like every week has been a "must" game for the Big Blue. This Saturday is no different. Unlike last Saturday when UK was a prohibitive favorite, Vanderbilt presents a team which can stand the Wildcats on their head if UK isn't careful.
Rutgers, which held Kentucky in check most of the game, gave up almost 600 yards offense to Vandy.
If Kentucky is going to have any shot at a seven-win season, it must escape an ambush in Music City. It won't be easy.
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The Central Tennessee Wildcat Club is sponsoring a free pregame hospitality party this Saturday from 9:30 a.m. till 12 noon (Central Time) at the Marriott Hotel in Nashville prior to the UK-Vandy game.
Some of UK's official party is expected to drop by the event, which is being held at the team's headquarters. There will be a cash bar and the CTWC is providing free snacks according to Barry Britton of the CTWC.
The CTWC is a sports boosters club made up of UK fans living in the greater-Nashville area. It makes at least one football and basketball trip to UK each season.
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Time-out for basketball.
Eddie Sutton puts his 1987-88 Wildcats on public display twice this week, first in Louisville on Tuesday and then at Rupp Arena on Thursday, after some 14 days of intense practice sessions.
What fans will see is a wide array of talent which has Sutton expecting great results this winter.
The biggest concerns over the summer have been the rehabilitation of fifth-year senior Winston Bennett and just how quickly Sutton's bumper crop of freshmen would adjust to the big-time.
This is to report that both projects appear to be right on target, perhaps even ahead of schedule.
"I've really been pleased with Winston's comeback," said Sutton last week, "he's really banging around the boards. The first couple days he was sorta tentative and I had a talk with him, told him he had to throw his body around. Ever since then, he's been the Winston of old.
"He's had a little sorness in his knee a couple times after practice, but I've been told that's normal. Our doctors say he is 100 per-
cent physicially," added Sutton. "If Winston plays like I think he will, we're going to be a very fine basketball club."
Sutton also has been impressed with the crop of freshmen he brought in. ^
Although no official decision has yet been made, Sutton has hinted he'll probably red shirt Deron Feldhaus, Johnathon Davis and John Pelphrey, thereby playing true frosh LcRon Ellis, Eric Manuel and son Sean.
"It's really amazed me in practice, these freshmen have picked up things much faster than freshmen I've had in the past," said Sutton. "I think all our freshmen are going to be mighty big contributors here at Kentucky."
Of the trio which isn't expected to play this season, Sutton offered these observations:
On Feldhaus: "He's a competitor and a great athlete, a great shooter and plays the hard-nosed style I like. In most years Deron would have been able to step right in and contribute as freshman here, but because of all the seniors it's a little different."
On Pelphrey: "A lotta people said he was slow, but I don't agree. After two weeks of practice, he's showed me he has some real quickness. He's a heckuva basketball player. He's much better than some people believe. He's going to be an excellent player here. He just needs development."
On Davis: "Has a great athletic body but probably needs more development than the others. He's going to be a fine, fine player in time."
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It's winding-down time for the crucial early national letter-of-intent signing period next week for basketball coaches around the country.
Kentucky, it appears, is zeroing in on four players, hoping to sign a trio from the likes
ing date. The other three have not announced their intentions.
Mills made his official visit over the past weekend, said he enjoyed the stay and expects to sign during the early November period.
He said his decision would be made among a group of five schoolsUNLV, UCLA, Syracuse, Indiana and Kentucky.
Mills visited Indiana the same weekend as Eric Anderson and Shawn Kemp did. Anderson recently announced for Indiana and some recruiting experts believe Kemp will choose either IU or UK.
That has prompted rumors that Kemp and Mills will go as a package somewhere. Mills denied the rumor.
"That's not true," said Mills. "If we end up at the same school, that would be nice, but Shawn had to do what's best for him and I have to do what's best for me."
Mills said he plans to make an official visit to UNLV before making his decision. He's already visited the other four schools.
Early rumors had it that Mills has been locked up to UNLV for months, but one recruiter in the Mills hunt said he'll be shocked if Mills goes to UNLV.
Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports Publications said he believes Kemp will go to either Kentucky or Ohio University. Ohio U.?
"It may surprise a lot of people, but Kemp's high school coach has a brother coaching at Ohio U. and I think that he'll either go to UK or to Ohio U., a small school where he will get a lot of attention. In the end, I believe it'll be Kentucky," added Gibbons.
In the end, Sutton and his staff may have saved the best for last. The final blue-chip prospect to make an official visit is one of the biggest names on the high school level.
Don MacLean was first scheduled to make a visit back in October, but Kentucky apparently wanted MacLean to visit late, so his
Shawn Kemp
of Sean Woods, Shawn Kemp, Don MacLean and Chris Mills.
All except MacLean have made official visits to the Lexington campus and MacLean is scheduled to tour this campus this week.
Woods announced several weeks ago he would sign with UK during the early sign-
Don MacLean
trip to Kentucky would be fresh on his mind when the signing date arrives.
It just so happens that Kentucky will be playing one of its Blue-White games this week when Dandy Don comes to town.
Perhaps that's a good nickname for MacLean.  Much like Don Meridith,
MacLean has an itch for the flare, the limelight. If there is one thing in Kentucky's favor, it is that Don MacLean enjoys the big-time atmosphere, the attention of a state engulfed with hoop hysteria.
He'll certainly witness that here.
Don was the MVP of the Kentucky Prep All-Star Festival in Lexington this past Fourth of July. At the time, he said he liked Lexington.
MacLean's a terrific shooter, and as Los Angeles Herald-Examiner sportswriter Steve Guiremand said, "I don't think I ever saw him have a bad shooting game. There's no question he is the best shooting big man in the country."
The 6-10, 210-pound forward plays at Simi Valley High in southern California.
Among MacLean's official visits have been stops at Georgia Tech and Arizona. Earlier, many felt Arizona had the inside track. Georgia Tech, according to some, has come on strong and could be leading the pack, but no one is counting out Kentucky.
The fact Kentucky successfully persuaded MacLean to wait late for a visit has to be a good omen for the Wildcats. Of course, the only thing which really counts is the name of the school above the dotted line next week. And, according to all reports, Dandy Don will sign next week.
Prediction: Gibbons predicts Kentucky will wind up signing threeWoods, Kemp and either MacLean or Mills. "I believe it'll come down to which one of them tells Eddie first he is coming. I don't think Kentucky can sign both of them because they're similar players."
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HITS AND MISSES . . . In just a couple weeks, most of the recruiting attention will be turned toward the junior crop and Kentucky fans will have an opportunity to see the nation's top junior perform at Rupp Arena this December. Macomber-Whitney High of Toledo, Ohio, will bring its team and super guard Jimmy Jackson to the annual Coca-Cola Thoroughbred Classic the weekend of the UKIT. Also playing in the one-day event will be LfK-bound Sean Woods and his Indianapolis Cathedral team. Ticket information can be obtained from either Rupp Arena or Lafayette High School in Lexington . . . During last Saturday's practice drills at Memorial Coliseum, Sutton had his players walk to the end of the court to meet and welcome sportscaster Alan Cutler back to Lexington, a gesture which left even the ever-witty Cutler speechless. Cutler returns to WLEX-TV, Channel 18 after a three-year stint with KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh where he also hosted a popular weekend radio call-in show over the powerful 50,000-watt KDKA Radio. On the Pittsburgh television side, Cutler was controversial to say the least, and some observers said he was too liberal for a conservative city like Pittsburgh. So what does that say for Lexington, where he had a popular following? At first Cutler was reporter, fill-in anchor for the station and during his second year in the Steel City he was added to the Pittsburgh Pirates television net-
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Split End	Left End
17 Tim Jones	6 Tony Massey
21 Jimmie O'Neal	98 Carwell Gardner
81 Jim Wetta	30 Tony Zigman
80 Phil Logan	84 Billy Swanson
Lett Tackle	Left Tackle
75 Mike Pfeifer	79 Oliver Barnett
76 Mike Nord	96 Donnie Gardner
77 Mike Jones	70 Tom Howard
Left Guard	Left Guard
73 Butch Wilburn	91 John Shannon
68 Tony Mills	97 Scott Stubbs
66 Brian Denham	99 Doug Houser
Center	Right Guard
71 Brad Myers	92 Vic Adams
56 Jim Hill	55 Scott Endris
67 Brian Cralle	95 Mike Meiners
Right Guard	Right Tackle
57 Dermontti Dawson	54 Jerry Reese
61 BillHulette	93 Gary Ralston
74 Dean Wilks	
	Right End
Right Tackle	36 Jay Dortch
60 Greg Kunkel	30 Tony Zigman
78 Tony Nash	42 Paul McDowell
69 Tom Crumrine	31 Mike Robinson
Tight End	Left Linebacker
88 Charlie Darrington	45 Chris Chenault
87 Martin Pennington	46 Steve Kelley
48 Joe Curry	94 Carlos Phillips
86 Bryan McKenzie	
83 Mike Meece	Right Linebacker
Quarterback	53 Jeff Kremer
18 Kevin Dooley	40 Randy Holleran
4 Glenn Fohr	47 Jay Amshoff
12 Bill Allen	39 Jeff Brady
14 Chuck Broughton	
	Left Cornerback
Fullback	24 David Johnson
35 Andy Murray	25 Jay Chabrak
29 Darren Bilberry	23 Anthony Gardner
31 David Scott	34 Todd Meyer
Tailback	Right Cornerback
22 Mark Higgs	8 Ron Mack
32 Ivy Joe Hunter	44 Chris Tolbert
5 Al Baker	37 Todd Allgeier
Flanker	Free Safety
19 Dee Smith	26 Ron Robinson
28 Ray Gover	11 Mark Sellers
82 John Bolden	27 Gary Willis
Kicker	Punter
15 Joe Wbrley	16 Jay Tesar
9 Ken Willis	1 Jeff Nelson
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75 Fred Peterson
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71 Mike Johnson 59 Charles Pierson
Center
51 Daryl Holt
62 Thor Erickson
Right Guard
76 Burr Seaver 74 John Fouts
Right Tackle
70 Mills Fleming
63 Craig Witt
Tight End
80 Nabil El Sheshai 87 Steve Kosanovich
Quarterback
5 Eric Jones 15 John Gromos
Fullback
36 Andy McCarroll 46 Andylacenda
Tailback
1 Everett Crawford
20 Mark Johnson
Wingback
26 Rodney Barnett 29 John Newman
Flanker
12 Carl Parker
21 Jeff Mayes
4 Johnny Clark 17 Charles Bolton
VANDERBILT DEFENSE
Vanderbilt Offense
Vanderbilt Defense
Defensive End
35 Derrick Sartor
96 Jay Fischesser
Left Tackle
69 Chuck DeGroot
94 Tom Wroblewski
Nose Guard
50 Cedric Moore 56 Doug Bradley
Right Tackle
97 David Wurm
95 Eric Snyder
Outside Linebacker
52 DeMond Winston 3 Renford Reese
Left Cornerback
44 Allan Roman 25 Arnold Elliott
Strong Safety
13 Joe Gentry 32 Noel Wells
Inside Linebacker
34 Chris Gaines 49 David Summers
Inside Linebacker
64 Bob Scanlan 41 Randy Pyle
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14 Steve Law
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Basketball, Football Ties Go Way Back
Although racing at Keeneland always seems to fall conveniently it a lime when Sugar Bowlers Elliott Laudeman and Bill Kearney are in town to scout the Wildcats and whichever SEC team they might be playing on a particular weekend, the ties that bind UK
		
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athletics to these two good friends in particular and the Sugar Bowl in general are more than just a couple of fun days in the heart of the Bluegrass.
Laudeman, an insurance executive, and Kearney, a banker, both have chaired the Sugar Bowl's basketball committee while Laudeman was recently president of the Sugar Bowl (this year's president. Jerry Romig, was in town for the Ohio University game).
Laudeman has been scouting UK teams for the Sugar Bowl for the past quarter-century, remembering such good times as staying in the old Phoenix Hotel and visiting with the legendary Adolph Rupp. no stranger to the Sugar Bowl. (Laudeman first met Rupp when we took him from the press box at old Stoll Field down to the south sideline, where he shook hands and had his picture taken with "Der Baron." whose seats were front and center on the 50-yard line.)
KEARNEY HAS BEEN A REGULAR VISITOR to UK for
the past decade or so; his personal ties include son Clay, who graduated from the university a couple of years ago and now is
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finishing his M.A. in business at the University of New Orleans.
Laudeman's daughter, Susan "Susu," is a junior at UK majoring in interior design, while another daughter, Keppie, is an Ole Miss senior who joined father and sister for the UK-Ole Miss game a couple of Saturdays ago.
Susu shares an apartment across from The Red Mile with Pay ton Pettit, who is the daughter of former LSU and pro great Bob Pet-tit, a teammate of UK's Cliff Hagan on the old St. Louis Hawks.
While Hagan was in the Air Force after graduating from UK, Pettit was named 1954-55 NBA Rookie of the Year with the Hawks, who were then in Milwaukee. He was their leading scorer when they moved to St. Louis the following year and remained with them through the 1964-65 season, averaging 26.4 points per game.
Drafted by the Boston Celtics, Hagan went to the Hawks in 1956 in a trade that included Bill Russell. He remained with the Hawks through the 1965-66 season, averaging 18.0 points per game, before finishing his career as color announcer for Hawks radio broadcasts and then as player-coach of the Dallas Chaparrals. During the eight years that Hagan and Pettit played together, the Hawks were 389-301
in the regular season, defeated Minnesota and Ft. Wayne in a playoff for the Western Division championship in 1957 and were 40-37 in championship playoff games, finishing as runners-up in 1957 and 1960 and winning it all in 1958.
THE PETTITS AND HAGANS HAVE REMAINED fast friends throughout the years, so it is no surprise that after Payton had been dissatisfied with colleges in Texas (Baylor) and New Orleans (Loyola), her parents brought her to Lexington, where a visit with the Hagans and to UK resulted in her current status, which at last report was very satisfactory.
Over the past 25 years, the dream of Laudeman and Kearney and all Sugar Bowl officials connected with basketball has been to have the Wildcats return to their tournament, but UK's commitment to its own UKIT and the games in Louisville during that time period has kept the 'Cats at home for the holidays.
The Wildcats played in eight Sugar Bowl tournaments between 1937 (third year of the classic) and 1951, and returned in 1956 and 1963, winning 10 of 15 games and five championships.
Kentucky In The Sugar Bowl Tournament		
Year	Record	Results
1963	Won 2, Lost 0	Defeated Duke for championship
1956	Won 2, Lost 0	Defeated Houston for championship
1951	Won 1, Lost 1	Lost first game to St. Louis,
		Defeated Syracuse in consolation
1950	Won 0, Lost 1	Lost first game to St. Louis
1949	Won 2, Lost 0	Defeated Bradley for championship
1948	Won 1, Lost 1	Lost in finals to St. Louis
1946	Won 0, Lost 1	Lost first game to Oklahoma A&M
1940	Won 0, Lost 1	Lost first game to Indiana
1939	Won 1, Lost 0	Defeated Ohio State for championship
1937	Won 1, Lost 0	Defeated Pittsburgh for championship
Totals	Won 10, Lost 5	5 championships, 1 consolation
Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt
Rupp endeared himself to Sugar Bowl officials in 1956. the yea that Louisiana passed a state law banning athletic contests between black and white athletes. And New Orleans had failed to get an exemption for the Sugar Bowl basketball event, which was to feature UK, Dayton. Notre Dame and St. Louis. Under pressure to join Dayton and St. Louis in a new Kentucky Invitational Tournament in Louisville, Rupp chose to remain loyal to the Sugar Bowl, which was fortunate enough to get commitments from Alabama, Houston and Virginia Tech.
Chuck Noe's VPI team, a heavy underdog, was leading UK by one point when John Brewer stole the ball on a throw-in after a UK basket to get the winning goal (56-55) with seven seconds remaining. Rupp and assistant coach Harry Lancaster later would credit Noe. then coaching at South Carolina, for the idea of a l-3-l zone-trap defense that would make "Rupp's Runts" defensive terrors a few years later.
WILDCAT CENTER ED BECK SCORED 16 points versus VPI and 10 the following night in a victory over Houston (111-76) to earn MVP honors. The Wildcats set five Sugar Bowl records, including all-time high individual team score, highest winning margin and highest combined teams total. That 1956-57 outfit finished 23-5 and returned the following year to win the national championship as the "Fiddlin' Five."
Kentucky's participation in the 1963 tournament was a sentimental return for Rupp. who knew he was approaching retirement age and wanted to cement old friendships. After practice in the Loyola Field House on the day before the opening game, he called a "press conference" that evening at the Pearl Oyster Bar, one of his favorites, in the French Quarter. After the media types gathered at "The Pearl," Rupp walked in with UK athletics director Bernie Shively, who carried the team travel money in a large "horse-swapper's" wallet in his left rear pocket.
"Boys," Rupp intoned solemnly, "this will be my last trip to New Orleans with a Kentucky basketball team. Enjoy yourself. Everything's on me."
When the time came to pay the bill, Rupp turned to his "boss," and said, "Take care of it, Shive."
Terry Mobley, the Harrodsburg flash who is now UK's Director of Development, scored only one point in UK's opening victory over Loyola, but it was his field goal that tied Duke, 79-79, with less that two minutes to play and his desperation shot in the closing seconds gave UK the championship, 81-79.
ON THE FOOTBALL SIDE OF THE LEDGER, the Wildcats' first and only appearance in 1951 seemed assured as they headed into Knoxville with a 10-0 record and ranked second to Oklahoma. Charles Zatarian, who died at 89 last Nov. 20, helped influence the
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Series Information...
Series Record: Vanderbilt leads 29-26-4
First Meeting: 6-0 Vandy (1896 at Nashville)
Last Meeting: 34-22 UK (1986 at Lexington)
Biggest Win For Kentucky: 53-2 (1978 at Lexington)
Biggest Win For Vanderbilt: 50-0 (1897 at Nashville)
Last Win For Kentucky: 34-22 (1986 at Lexington)
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Scouting The Commodores. . .
Location: Nashville, Tenn. Chancellor: Dr. Joe B. Wyatt Athletic Director: Roy Kramer Enrollment: 8,968 Colors: Black & Gold Nickname: Commodores Conference: Southeastern Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium (41,000) Playing Surface: Artificial turf Head Coach: Watson Brown (Vandy. '73) Watson's Record at Vandy: 1-10 (1 year) Watson's Career Record: 23^2-1 (6 years) Watson's Record vs. Kentucky: 0-1-1 Assistant Coaches: Greg Mantooth (Jacksonville State 75), assistant head coach, OLBs; Dick Hopkins (Florida State '74), defensive coordinator, DBs; Rick Christophel (Austin Peay 75), RBs; Bill Schmitz (Coast Guard 76), WRs; Mark Bradley (Samford '69), Cs, OGs; Gary Shephard (Austin Peay '73), special teams; Bob Campiglia (Colorado State '63), LBs; Lynn Hailstock (Austin Peay "81). SS; George Warhop (Cincinnati '84), TEs, OTs;  Van  Hollaway  (Iowa State 73), recruiting;  Brad Bates (Michigan '81), strength.
Primary Offense: Wishbone
Primary Defense: Multiple 50
1986 Lettermen: 67
Lettermen Lost: 19
Lettermen Returning: 49
Offensive Starters Returning: (5)FL Carl
Parker, G Mike Johnson, G Burr Seaver, C
Darryl Holt, QB Eric Jones.
Defensive Starters Returning: (6)ILB Chris Gaines, ILB Bob Scanlan, FS Andy Baker. SS Joe Gentry, CB Torrey Price, CB Allan Roman.
1986 Record: 1-10-0
1986 Conference Record: 0-6-0
1987 Record: 1-7-0
1987 Conference Record: 0-4-0
-1987 RESULTS-
VU Team Opp.
27....................Memphis St.....................17
31........................at Duke........................35
23.......................Alabama.......................30
17.......................at Tulane.......................27
15......................at Auburn......................48
24.......................Georgia.......................52
14.....................at Ole Miss.....................42
27.......................Rutgers........................13
Nov. 7.....................................Kentucky
Nov. 21 .........................................Maryland
Nov. 28...................................at Tennessee KENTUCKY AT VANDERBILT		KENTUCKY	10	KENTUCKY	7	KENTUCKY	3	KENTUCKY	13	KENTUCKY	12	KENTUCKY	21
ALABAMA AT LSU		LSU	10	LSU	3	LSU	7	LSU	4	LSU	7	LSU	6
FLORIDA STATE AT AUBURN		AUBURN	1	AUBURN	1	FLORIDA ST.	6	FLORIDA ST.	7	AUBURN	1	AUBURN	3
GEORGIA vs. FLORIDA (in Jacksonville)		FLORIDA	3	GEORGIA	6	FLORIDA	4	GEORGIA	1	FLORIDA	3	FLORIDA	10
LOUISVILLE AT TENNESSEE		TENNESSEE 21		TENNESSEE 21		TENNESSEE 46		TENNESSEE 29		TENNESSEE 28		IbNNESSEE 66	
TULANE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE		MISS. STATE	1	MISS. STATE	3	TULANE	3	MISS. STATE	3	TULANE	1	MISS. STATE	6
CLEMSON AT NORTH CAROLINA		CLEMSON	17	CAROLINA	1	CLEMSON	10	CLEMSON	8	CLEMSON	7	CLEMSON	17
DUKE AT WAKE FOREST		W. FOREST	10	DUKE	5	DUKE	2	W. FOREST	3	W. FOREST	10	W. FOREST	10
PENN STATE AT MARYLAND		PENN STATE	4	PENN STATE	9	PENN STATE	5	PENN STATE	7	PENN STATE	9	PENN STATE	7
VIRGINIA AT GEORGIA TECH		GA. TECH	7	GA. TECH	10	GA. TECH	1	GA. TECH	4	GA. TECH	6	GA. TECH	1
OKLAHOMA STATE AT OKLAHOMA		OKLAHOMA	3	OKLAHOMA	20	OKLAHOMA	10	OKLAHOMA	17	OKLAHOMA	7	OKLAHOMA	27
IOWA STATE AT NEBRASKA		NEBRASKA	40	NEBRASKA	42	NEBRASKA	37	NEBRASKA	58	NEBRASKA	42	NEBRASKA	17
MISSOURI AT COLORADO		COLORADO	17	COLORADO	21	COLORADO	14	COLORADO	4	COLORADO	6	COLORADO	10
MICHIGAN AT MINNESOTA		MINNESOTA	1	MINNESOTA	3	MICHIGAN 8		MICHIGAN	6	MICHIGAN	12	MICHIGAN	14
OHIO STATE AT WISCONSIN		OHIO STATE	10	OHIO STATE	17	OHIO STATE	3	OHIO STATE	5	OHIO STATE	14	OHIO STATE	10
ILLINOIS AT INDIANA		INDIANA	7	INDIANA	9	INDIANA	2	INDIANA	8	INDIANA	7	INDIANA	6
PURDUE AT MICHIGAN STATE		MICH. ST.	10	MICH. ST.	6	MICH. ST.	17	MICH. ST.	7	MICH. ST.	14	MICH. ST.	17
BOSTON COLLEGE AT NOTRE DAME		N. DAME	17	N. DAME	24	N. DAME	12	N. DAME	8	N. DAME	10	N. DAME	20
PITT AT RUTGERS		PITT	4	PITT	8	RUTGERS	1	PITT	10	PITT	12	RUTGERS	1
VIRGINIA TECH AT WEST VIRGINIA		WEST VA.	10	WEST VA.	16	WEST vA.	21	WEST VA.	9	WEST VA.	9	WEST VA.	17
WASHINGTON AT ARIZONA		ARIZONA	10	WASH.	3	WASH.	6	ARIZONA	3	ARIZONA	3	ARIZONA	3
USC AT STANFORD		USC	7	USC	2	USC	9	USC	10	USC	3	USC	3
BAYLOR   ' ARKANSAS		ARKANSAS	10	ARKANSAS	32	ARKANSAS	9	ARKANSAS	9	ARKANSAS	12	ARKANSAS	10
MIAMI (OHIO) AT MIAMI (FLORIDA)		MIAMI (FLA.) 40		MIAMI (FLA.	29	MIAMI (FLA.) 51		MIAMI (FLA.	28	MIAMI (FLA.) 24		MIAMI (FLA.,	37
TCU AT TEXAS TECH		TCU	7	TCU	1	TCU	7	TCU	1	TEXAS TECH 6		TCU	3
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VIEWPOINT
Letter. To The IdHor
Radio Problems
Dear Sir:
I suppose the most frustrating thing one can experience is to go from an end zone season ticket to watching the 11 o'clock news to find out who won the night games when we play second fiddle to the horses (family problems made this change necessary).
There are a lot of fans in this area and we are seeking your support. How many times I even bragged about our 75-station network,
but when we lost the two flagship stations with limit of power and clear channel that left a large dark hole in this area at night. Daytime is fine for a station in northern Ke