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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1979
Page
17
A sprawling list of college football scores dominates the page with Ohio State and multiple conference results. Includes brief notes on key plays and a long scan of nationwide game outcomes with numerous teams and scores.
TV sports briefs list girls district action Tuesday Mount Mercy at Cornell 730 pm and multiple NFL games on CBS NBC ABC and KWWL with matchups including New Orleans Tampa Bay New England Chicago Bears Detroit Green Bay Los Angeles Dallas and Minnesota Jets along with college football times and network notes.
Big Ten results include Iowa 58 Northwestern Ohio State 47 and Indiana 31 Michigan 7. Missouri Valley shows Illinois 31 over Saint White 7, while Missouri Valley scores list Wichite St. 7 and N. Texas St. 21 over N. Mexico St. 7. Other notes include Louisville 24 Tulsa 7 and West Texas St. 33 Indiana St. 17. Iowa Conference results feature Buena Vista 37 Wartburg 7 and Dubuque 24 Central 7. Midwest Conference reports Lake Forest 17 Chicago & Lawrence 13 and Monmouth 7 Carteton 27 Beloit 6. Mid-Continent results N. Iowa 38 W. Illinois 25. E. Illinois Akron 24 E. Michigan 12. Other Iowa colleges Lakeland 28 Loros 3 Northwestern 43 Northern St. 0 Westmor 30 Sioux Falls 2 Wisconsin Whitewater 24 Morningside 7. Olat 18 Gus Adolphus 14.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson stars Jean Sedlacek and Jan Sedlacek sprint to first and second in the Mississippi Valley Conference girls meet. Jean clocked 11 58 with Jan at 12 04 as Jefferson edges teams for the title while Dubuque Hempstead takes the boys crown with 37 points led by John Riley's 9 59.
Joel Jenson recovered a Kansas State fumble setting up a 29 yard march that capped ISU’s drive. Payne, a last minute starter from Gary Indiana, ran 82 yards on 30 carries while Walter Grant added 96 rushing yards and 89 passing yards. Coach Duncan praised the effort despite missed chances as kicker Alex Giffords faced early pressure.
ISU stopped a three game losing streak and Kansas State saw two key players end their seasons. ISU players missed long field goals and fumbled twice while Darrell Dickey threw an interception. Larry Crawford sealed it with late picks as ISU held K State out of ISU territory in the fourth quarter.
University of Northern Iowa tailback Kelly Ellis rushed 40 times for 373 yards to set the NCAA single game rushing record as the Panthers beat Western Illinois 38 25 in MCC action. Ellis had 210 yards in 24 carries by halftime and scored once on a 71 yard run.
Cornell remained undefeated in conference play at 2-0 and 5-1 overall after a 37-23 win over Ripon in Wisconsin. Jake Remes and Matt Dillon fueled the attack with five combined touchdowns, Dillon scoring twice and passing for two more while Remes added a 29-yard TD reception and six catches for 159 yards. Ground yardage leader Chris Hipsley and John Bryant each posted 84 rushing yards as the Rams totaled 403 yards, 195 rushing and 208 passing.
In Lafayette, Jeff Council kicked a 20-yard field goal with six seconds remaining to give the University of the Pacific a 10-7 comeback victory over Southwestern Louisiana. The Cajuns threatened late after Sterling Bruner intercepted Dwight Prudhomme, but Pacific halted the drive and secured the win with the late kick.
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