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game, Alcorn State moved 68 yards in
eight plays to take an early 6-0 lead in
the first three minutes. Junior tailback
Perry Quails, who scored a schoolrecord
five touchdowns, capped the
march with a nine-yard run. George
Green's extra-point attempt failed.
When Mississippi Valley's offense
hit the field after the ensuing kickoff,
'there were chants of "SWAC-busters"
from the MVSU contingent. The moment
of truth was at hand.
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fare against Alcorn defensive back
"General Ike" Holt, both considered
first-round draft picks?
Could MVSU's offense run havoc
over Alcorn State, as it had done all
year against all of its foes?
Or would Alcorn's patented
'Tomahawk Defense" prove to really
be an immovable wall of granite?
In 10 plays, the Delta Devils moved
90 yards in just 1:53 to score on their
first possession as had Alcorn',
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Armstrong in the end zone with a
14-yard pass, putting MVSU ahead 7-6
following Emmit Matthews' extra
point.
But Quails, called by one sportscaster
"the most underrated running
back in Mississippi," then shifted into
high gear, scoring the next three
touchdowns of the game. The 5-9,
191-pound junior from Forest, Miss.,
scored on a five-yard run with 7:37 left
in the opening quarter* iollowed .by.
-touchdown run-aof*thrce *yards and ay
10-yard touchdown reception from
Richard Myles, both in the second
qu<u ici .
The Braves entered the lockerroom
at intermission holding a commanding,
though surprising, 28-7 lead.
"They're beating us down," Cooley
told his team during the break.
"They're just beating us down."
But Valley has been down at the half
before. Showing their ability to score
as quick as a flash of lightning, the
Delta Devils stormed back in the
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second half, scoring the next three
touchdowns en route to knotting the
score at 28-28.
Totten connected with Rice on a
35-yard scoring toss and ran in himself
from the one-yard line, both in the
third frame, to narrow Alcorn's lead to
28-21. The score was tied at the 14:56
mark of the last stanza when fullback
Carl Byrum ran in from the five.
"The kids got complacent after the
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v-asenr. Mighty Mo turned^against us
and it was hard to get her back on our
side. But we've got all winders arfJT
that's why we were able to cofne^acle and
seal oifr victory."
Quails, who rushed for 211 yards in
37 carries and made five receptions for
79 yards, put the Braves ahead for
good with 1:51 l^ft in the game on a
one-yard plungp.. Jfie winning ASU
drive'consumed seven minutes, eight
seconds, 15 plays and 80 yards with
Quails carrying the ball 11 times and
gaining 73 yards.
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"If you've got a cannon, you shoot
it," marveled Casern. "Quails is a cannon.
He's a winner. You have to go
with your winners."
So spectacular was Quails that he ** *
overshadowed the one-on-one battle
between Rice and Holt, the matchup
that was the subject of most of the pregame
hoopla. Holt managed to hold
Rice to eiaht receptions for 134 yards
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, jinterceptec a Jotten pass intended for
'Rice and raced 29 yards for the final
touchdown. When it was over, the
commander-in-chief of the Braves'
''Soul Patrol" defensive secondary ^
considered his performance against j
Rice just a normal day's work.
"They call Rice 4All-World\" Holt
said after the game. "I knew that, to
beat him, I'd have to be
'All-Universe.
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