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The Bed and Black
Saturday, November 13, 19K1
Small senior group leads Bulldogs
By STEVE FKANKE1.
Twelve Bulldog seniors play their last game
“between the hedges” this afternoon. Their
input as team leaders has played an integral
role in Georgia’s winning tradition.
The Dogs opened up their passing attack
this season, and flanker Lindsay Scott has
been a leader, both on and off the field.
“The leadership factor is a key the next
couple of games," Scott said. “The team
knows what it takes to win down the stretch.”
The defensive captain, another senior,
Steve Kelly, is the leader of the Junkyard
Dogs' secondary.
“The twelve seniors on the team have to be
leaders,” Kelly said. “The younger players
look up to you.
“It'd be nice to have back-to-back SEC
championships,” Kelly added. "The national
title is in the back of our minds. We may have
a shot at it. It’s been a good year.”
With only two games left on the regular
season schedule, Georgia is ranked fourth in
the nation. Georgia will be facing a tie for
another Southeastern Conference title at
least, as well as a probable second con
secutive Sugar Bowl appearance if it wins
today.
In a quiet manner, the seniors have meant a
great deal to the football team. For the
Bulldog seniors, an over-used cliche is the
most appropriate description: their actions
speak much louder than their words.
“We just go out and play,” All-SEC
defensive guard Eddie Weaver said. “We get
the job done, and I think the younger players
are inspired by that. We try to lead by
demonstration."
“We're not a real vocal group,” Center Joe
Happe said. “We just lead by example. Our
style is to go out and do our job. We lead in a
different kind of way.”
For Happe, a junior college transfer, the
last home game is important. “I’ve never lost
a game in Sanford Stadium,” he said. “And
another SEC championship would be great.”
All-SEC quarterback Buck Belue, who owns
an impressive record of 5-2 as a Georgia
starter, spoke for the seniors.
“The seniors want to leave on a good note,”
Belue said. “It’s our last game in Sanford
Stadium, and we’re excited about it.”
“We had half as many seniors as last year,
so they had to assume a greater role,”
Georgia Head Coach Vince Dooley said.
“There aren’t as many “rah-rah” types on
the team this year,” Dooleay added, “but the
leadership by example may be the greatest
kind of leadership.
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RIVALRY
From Page 3
The turning point of the
game was when Auburn
blocked Kim Braswell’s
extra point, which would
have tied the game.
On the first play after
Georgia's kickoff, Sullivan
hit Beasley with a 70-yard
bomb that put Auburn
ahead 28-20 and settled the
issue. A late touchdown
made the final score 35-20.
The year before. Georgia
took advantage of a chance
to be a spoiler and halted
Auburn’s march to the
Sugar Bowl with a 31-17
victory Auburn ended up
playing in the Gator Bowl
as a result of the loss.
A missed opportunity for
Georgia to spoil Auburn
was in 1957. Auburn’s
toughest cliallenge in its
national championship
season was a 6-0 win over
the Dogs.
Two years later — in 1959
— Georgia survived a
tough challenge to win an
SEC title. Fran Tarkenton
hit Bill Herron with a
desperation pass to defeat
Auburn 14-13 and claim the
championship.
That was the last SEC
title Georgia won on its
home field.
It won championships at
Auburn in 1966, 1968, 1976
and 1980.
Georgia will have an
opportunity to do that
today, but they must be
ready for an Auburn team
that Florida Coach Charley
Pell said wants to beat
Georgia worse than the'
Gators did last week. Pell
said Auburn Coach Pat Dye
told him that Auburn would
love to be a spoiler again.
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