Georgia upsets Auburn, 14–13

Geormci STATISTICS B A lr I 74 141 17 7 8-21 1-7 0 1 Pirst Down Hushing Yardacc Passing Yardage Passes Pastes Intercepted By Punts Fumbled I.ost Yards Penalized 6-45. J 9-40.3 34 55 ATHENS (UPI) Underdog Georgia upset Auburn 14-13 and won the Southeastern Conference championship yesterday on a 13-yard rifle pass from Francis Tarkenton: to end Pat Ilerron for a touchdown in the last 30 seconds of play. Eighth-ranked Auburn battled from behind a 7-6 third period Georgia lead and took command until Tarkenton's desperation scoring pass and the game-winning extra point, kicked by specialist Durwood (Automatic) Pennington. GEORGIA GUARD Pay Dye recovered a fumble on the Auburn 35 yard line with less than three minutes remaining and quarterback Tarkenton took it from there. He completed passes for 16 and nine yards to fullback Don Soberdash. Then, after two passes misfired, hit Ilerron alone in the end, zone. Pennington calmy kicked iUa r,nint thrit wan trip cinmp " j r. " ' VZ: r..A 7";. :;;r .'wim llKli vesie.uay first conference title since 1948. It was Georgia's first! win over Auburn since 1952. An overflow crowd of 50,000 went wild. Georgia is now 8-1 for the season and out of reach of any SEC foe for the conference title. Auburn took the lead in the fourth period when Georgia quarterback Charlie Britt blocked a punt by his own halfback Bobby Walden and Auburn's Joe Leightman recovered on the Bulldog one-yard line. Quarterback Bryant Harvard sneaked across and full back Ed Dyas, who had kicked two long first half field goals, converted to give the Tigers a 13 7 lead. GEORGIA HAD taken the lead for the fir-st tim in the closing seconds of the third period when britt returned a Upse Awbwm e " 1 .mwijyy?'ggy11- Dyas punt 37 yards for a touchdown and Pennington converted. The first half was mainly a defensive battle with Auburn capitalizing on breaks to set up Dyas' field goals the first a 43 yard boot In the first period, the second a tfl-yard kick in the second. Auburn, beaten only once in the past 23 games, was Maryland Stuns emson, STATISTICS First Downs 22 la Hushing Yardage ... 2 It Hi Passing Yardage ... 184 164 Passes 10-14 1-15 Passes Intercepted By 9 t Punts 4-36.7 6-40.1 Fumble Lost 2 0 Yards Penalized .... 64 .20 CLEMSON, S. C. (UPI) -Sophomore quarterback Dale Betty's three touchdown passes and end Vince Scott's four conversions carried Maryland to a startling 28-25 , i. ..... , UV" V.eillMHl uum- fore 26,000 stunned home- coming fans. ! Maryland, entering the rroma mK .; ram-rl ran ; Suirc viui a H.V.U.V., . ud its hie nest coint total ot ! the season on the arm of Betty, who ' threw scoring1 passes of 6, 49 and 17 yards. His 47-yard heave to Ron Shaffer from the "I" formation set up the first score. DESPITE THE loss, Clemson backed into at least a tie for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship when Wake Forest lost to Duke. The loss was Clemson's first in the conference and second overall against six wins. End Gary Collins caught Betty's last two touchdown passes, the final grab coming i with 3:02 left alter Clemson I had taken the lead for the first time by scoring twice early in I the fourth period. 0 11. 14-13 favored to win today beat Alabama later for and the SEC crown. The big Tigers marched 38 yards with the opening kickoff and Dyas booted his field goal after Georgia's defense stopped the drive on its 22 yard line Georgia 7 7i4 i Auburn 3 3 0 7-13 ! SCORING Aub. FG Ovas 43. Aub FG Dyas 40. Geo Brirt 39 punt return (Pennington kick). Aub Harvard 1 aneak (Dyas kirk) Geo Herron 13 pass fim Tar' kenton (Pennington kick). 2 8-23 Second string halfback Doug Diagneault put Clem' son ahead, 25-21, with a two yard plunge into the end zone with seven minutes left. But Maryland roared back 85 yards with Collins taking the ball away from Clemson's Harvey White in the end zone for the winning score. Collins wrestled the ball away trom White, George Usr; and Bm Mathjs of the "'J " Clemson Secondary for hiS : first touchdown. Betty. Who Completed Seven of eight for 152 yards, threw six yards to end Henry Poni - r, n,..cL-i (ti,. -.,1 onI 1 1 a m v. i iu 6i c iuai j wuu a i-u lead in tne tirst Denod. White, who completed nine of 12 for 149 yards, passed for two of Clemson's touchdowns but in the final analysis, it was Clemson's failure to cope with Betty's long passes. Clemson 7 12 2S Maryland . 7 J 1428 SCORING Ml) Poniatowski 6, pass from Betty (Scott kirk). CI Maths 40, pass from White (White kick). MO Joyce 1 plunge (Scott kick). II t ime 3 plunge (pass failed). Ml) Collins 49 pass from bmy (Scott kirk). I I rv i pass from White (pas failed). CL Daigneault 2 plunge (pass failed). M Collins 17 pass from Betty (Srolt kick). 15 Gridiron Injuries Fatal T nJ AVr.FT.FS iTTPnThp j ' ;

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Georgia upsets Auburn, 14–13

Georgia upsets Auburn, 14–13

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