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Mullins Scores

It looked as though the
Cavaliers would go into the locker
room at the half behind, when a
drive late in the second quarter
stalled at the Commodore 26 and
Maxwell's 44-yard field goal try
failed, but the Wahoo defense held,
and Scheffler punted. Gerard
Mullins gathered the ball in on his
own 30, and sprinted 70 yards for a
touchdown behind a beautiful wall
of blockers. The score came with
28 seconds remaining and put the
Cavaliers ahead 14-9 at the half.

The third period was scoreless,
but the Commodore's took over the
lead early in the fourth as
quarterback Steve Burger threw a
21-yard pass to Walter Overton in
the left corner of the end zone.
Burger tried a keeper for the
two-point conversion, but failed.

Albert brought the team back
after the kickoff, driving 70 yards
in nine plays. He ran three times,
and hit Davis three times on passes
and scored again on a sneak from
the one. A two-point try failed
when Albert rolled to his right and
came up just short in a call that was
disputed by many Cavaliers.

Jamie O'Rourke scored on a
ten-yard run for the Commodores
with 2:27 left, capping a 61-yard
drive, which took 12 plays. Burger
threw to Dave Leffers for two
points after touchdown which gave
Vandy a 23-20 lead