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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, November21, 1999 Wyoming Rolls Past New Mexico THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LARAMIE, Wyo. — Ciiff Brye rushed Second Quarter NM_Urlaciners pass from Stein (McKinney hick). 7.0 Wyo -Momigomery«© pass fm Stoner(tingich) £28 for 155 yards and two touchdownsand Jay Stoner threwtwo touchdown passes to lift Wyoming over NewMexico 42.28 Saturday, keeping the Cowboys’ bow! hopes alive. Brye’s scoring runs of 4i and 78 yards boosted Wyoming to its third straight win and sent New Mexico toits third consecu- tive loss. Wyoming has won nine of 10 against the Lobos. His 41-yard run lifted Wyoming to a 26- lead at the 7:25 mark ofthe third quarter. I ter teammate Robbie Duncan broke up a fourth-downpass intendedfor New Mexico safety-wide receiver Brian Urlacher, who caught two scores to keep the Lobos close. Urlacher, who also returns kicks, scored his sixth touchdownofthe season on a 4-yard pass from Sean Stein with 1.07 remainingin the third quarter, pulling the Lobosto 28-21. After a Wyoming punt, New Mexico droveto the Cowboys5, but Trent Gamble knocked away a fourth-down pass in the end zone, On Wyoming's next possession, yard score that put 27 for 249 yards and no suist Ey 193853 e Rushes sands P Return Yard A =m 2 via0 s ano Wyoming 4 Air Foroa 24 NewMexico 2 4 6 3 Diego St 4 sv ro New Mex Baxter 296 Hemphill 23%, Wiliams fanning 18, Wyoming, Mo easy 398, Nash 294, King 210.8. Ralph 13. Utah 20, omingaNIM 28 SDSU 37, UNLV 7 SAN DIEGO STATE 37 UNLV 7 ~ CSU ai UNLV Wyoming at SOSU Air Force at New Mexico LAS VEGAS — Jonas Lewisrushed for 145 yards and a touchdown to lead San Di- intercept ions, scored on a 16-yard scramble with 3:43 left to increase Wyoming'sleadto ego State to a victoryover UNLV. The victory ended a two-gamelosing Holmon Wiggins’ 7-yard TD run for NewMexico with 1:49 left capped the scoring. streak for the Aztecs. The Rebels started 20 underfirst-year Coach John Robinson, but New Mexico @ 2) 177 7 77M 4 Wy roming ( First Quarter NM--Hempbill7 pas rom Stein (McKinney kick), 82. ‘Wyo Bensiey 18 run (ling kick), 620 San Diego Sate (+5. 2-4) UNLV (37,15) st Qua rer Chums sat SOst— blues passfom HawCandbery ke) have since dropped seven oftheirlast eight, including four straight. os ures pas ray PRKis Second Quart spst Tolver 1 pass rom Ha eyanders 1h Sos eran Tanger DSU Ned run Tandbar38 eons Fourth SDSU Lewis CTandbery kick), 11.85 1,66 Finally — Seott Sady/Reno GazetteJournal Utah State's Demario Brown weaveshis waythrough Nevada defenders Greg Oliver(8) and Dan Rockwell (51) on Saturdayafternoon in Reno. Utah State defeated Nevada, 37-35, in Big West Conference action. Aggies Snare Late Interception, Top Nevadain Offensive Shootout Roses for THES LAKETRIBUNE Nevadawide receiver Trevor Insleygot the best ofDonald Dicko and the Utah State secondary for most of Saturday afternoon Stanford until it mattered most. Dicko intercepted David Neil's pass intended for Instey at the USU 16-yardline with 19 seconds remaining in the gameto preserve the Aggies’ 37-35 victory Mackey Stadium in Reno. ‘evada’s “offense is somewhatsimilar to BYU's; they're always in the game, no matter what the score is,” Dicko said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STANFORD,Calif —TheBig Game turned intoa big party for Stanford. Stanford wrapped upits first un: disputed Pac-10 title with a 31-13 victory overCalifornia on Saturday, and ‘Their passing attack is sogood,it'shard to time since 1972. defend.” Utah State (3-7) brokea four-gamelos- “It’s surreal right now. | can't believe it’s happening,” said Stanford quarterback Todd Husak, who joined teammates in wavingroses to fans as onthree straight plays fromthe Wolf Pack lyard line, The gameincluded four lead is heading to the Rose Bowl for thefirst the game ended Casey Moore had twoscoring runs for Stanford. His 94-yard runearly in the fourth quarter was the second longestin school history andthe longestat Stanford in 47 years. Moore also hada L-yard scoring run in the second period. The Cardinal overcametwotouchdownsby Deltha O'Neal, who returned a kickoff 100 yards anda punt 58 yards for scores. Cal managed just130 yards total offense. The Bears had eightfirst downs, three in thefirst three quarters. Stanford, which has lost its only two non-conference games this season andhas a gameremaining next Satur- ing streakby overcomingseveral missed opportunities including being stopped changes in the final 11 minutes after the Aggies held their 24-21 halftime lead through thethird quarter. Ss John Froschauer/The Associated Press Washington's Paul Amold leaps for extra yardage against WSU on Saturday. Washington won, 24-14, but was denied a Rose Bow! bid. USC. Kelly pass rom Fox (Newbury kick), 132 FreshmanPaul Arnoldscored on an 80yard touchdownrun in the fourth quarter ‘as Washington completed its regular sea- OREGON 25 son by beating Washington State in the OREGONSTATE14 Apple Cup. The Huskies finished second in the EUGENE, Ore. Reuben Droughns Pac-10 behindStanford, whichcinched the conference title and Rose bowl bid bybeat: day against Notre Dame,will face Big ing California $1-13. Ten champion Wisconsin in the Rose Bowion NewYear's Day. “There's a real sense of euphoria,” ington in the Rose Bowl because the Hus: said Cardinal Coach Tyrone Willing- A Stanford loss would have put Wash: kies beatthe Cardinal three weeksago. Washington, upset at UCLAlast week, ham, who is 8-0 in the Big Game with five straight victories since becoming Stanford coach in1995 and three wins wasinvited to the Holiday Bowl at San Di. ego on Dec. 29, bowlofficials announced as anassistant in 1989-91. “We've accomplished somethingthat many people don't understand. This just feels “We plan to take Washington back to where our fans want usto be,” said Neu- The Cardinal are a mostunlikely conference champion. Comingoff a 3-8 season in 1998, they had the nation’s athletic director second-worst defense entering this weekend. They have not been ranked this season. It is thefirst undisputed conference championship for Stanford since the Pac-8 expanded to the Pac-i0 in 1978. The Cardinal tied Washington for the titie in 1992 The win was the fifth straight for Stanford in the Big Game,the oldest rivalry on the West Coast. Stanford has a 52-09-11 record in the series against Cal, which beganin 1892 andis tied for 10th longestin the nation, Former walk-on Wes Dalton, a fifth-year senior makinghis first start for Cal, was 11-0f-25 for 119 yards and threw twointerceptions. California (47, 39) 7800 13 7374) 714010 at First Qua San Allen 22 run ial al” Peal 1Kickreturn rach Me) 1247 Stan Moore | run(BiselKick), Cal--O’Neal 58 punt return (kick bloc Suan Dav pus om a Cel kick), 208 Sean -Moory run (sl ek), 1128 Stan PGHise WASHINGTON24 WASHINGTONSTATE 14 SEATTLE Rick Neuheisel wanted to talk about the future, not the present. “We'll look back and think what might have been, but we ought (o beexcited about the future ofHuskyfootball,” Washington's first-year coach said Saturdaynight. heisel, who was lured awayfrom Colorado by a $L-million-a-year contract offer from January, Barbara Hedges Washington (2,17 Washngion Sate (4 62) fn ist Quarter Wash PUJ Anderson 20, $e. in oson— 1—u ier Wash M Shaw 4 rund Anderson kick), 31 Second WSU PG Lindell 2 184 WSU 7G Lindel aa rushed for 197 yards and a touchdown as Oregon earned a trip to the Sun Bowl by holdingoff OregonStatein the 103rd Civil War. Oregon finished with the same conference record as Washington, but the Huskies are headed to the Holiday Bowlin San Diegosince theybeat the Ducks. The Sun Bowl, in El Paso, Texas,likely will match Oregonagainst Purdue, although the Big Ten ida meet Sunday to decide on the opponet KenSimonton had twoshort touch: down runsto lead the Beaversback from a 22.0deficit regan uae 74 44) ‘Oregon (8-1. 62) Parse rt Quarter OreVilewns 8,254, Second ° a - LOS ANGELES Chad Morton, who Ls sed three months ago that USC Jé beat UCLAfor the first time in nine based rushed for 143 yards and John Fox threw for two touchdowns as the Trojans downed the Bruins. USC ended its eight-gamelosing streak against UCLA. With both teams under 500 going into the game for thefirst time since 191, the contest was marred by 25 penalties, 16 against USC, plus missed tackles and dropped passes by the Trojans and Bruins. remaining. “It’s been hard all year, but we keep THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PULLMAN, Wash. Bart Hen: dricks threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score as Boise State beat Idaho 45-14 on Saturday to winthe Big West title and automatic bid to the Humanitarian Bow] Boise State will advancetotheDec. ate ameon its homefield in Boise, ho, againsta team from Conference sa Louisvilleis the likely opponent in the Broncos’ first-ever bow! game. Quarterback John Welsh of Idaho for fy touchdowns and Josh Levi scored ona school-record $4-yard run as Fresno State routed San Jose State to clinch a share of the Western Athletic Conference title Volek completed 22 of 30 passes for 311 yards, His five TD passes gave him a school-record 30for theseason. After thegame, FresnoStateaccepted an invitation to the EA Sports Las Vegas Bowl onDec. 18 ‘The defeat in the 69th renewal of the crosstownrivalry ended the season for the Bruins with them in ninth place in the Pac-10 after winning the conference title last season. TheTrojans haveone game re Conferencetitle, and Nevada's Jeff Tisdel was coaching his last game, having resigned inday. But this was another Wolf Pack-Aggie offensive extravaganza. The teams combinedfor1,075 yards as Nevada (3-8) outgained the Aggies 546-529, as Insley caught 14 passes for 242 yards. The onlyturnover for either team wasDicko’s interception. Ue ee Both teams have been struggling,” said USU Coach Dave Arslanian. re pcettananciere going through hurt, but a gamelike todayis gratifying. They had every reason to have their dobbers down. They cameovertoday with a mission in mind.” TheAggiespulled outall sorts of tricks fromtheir playbook,and they all worked. Steve Mullins ran a fake punt 34 yards for a first down, Brown turned a Statue of ands inkofPoses INDIVIDUALLEADERS RUSHING “UishSt. Hrown #258 Crosbie 977 ulin, Kober 15120, Netll SIN UtahSt. Crosbie 7.224098, Brown 11 ei] 24-41 142, Stidham 1 0 ey Lemon 18, Brown 18, Dugas Libertyplayinto a 52-yard gain and Brown threw a halfback pass for 43 yardsto Demario Franklin to set up USU’s winning touchdown. yards tolift Boise State to a 31-7 lead with left in thethird. Idaho played all its home games this season at the stadium of neigh- Tenner bulled over from the3 to cut Boise State's lead to 24-7 at halftime. BigSky Year status, Boise State (9:3, 5-1) AsT M45 Idan(7-4, 42) o770—" First Quarter BSU Colbert 28 pass frum Hendricks (Calayeay 1 Welshtrun ns ck 2 Fourth Quarter BSL Ros gus rmeck (Cal “HSU Malay thong: run (Calayeay Kick), A amt 6:54 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Montana 71 92 PorlandSt| 6 2 8 3 N Anzona 62 83 E Washington 6 2 CS. North 44 C'S. Sacra 975) 7 4 56 618 BOZEMAN, Mont. Drew Miller passed for 305 yards and four touchdowns Saturday to lead Montana to a 493 victory over tana State, giving the Grizzlies the Big Sky Conferencechampionshipand an automatic berth in the NCAADivision I-AAplayoffs 26 38 Nevada North Texas Next Saturday Utah State at N. Texas Montana Rips Through Rival MSU WL Idaho St 17°38 MontanaSt 1 7 3 8 Saturday's Games Montana 49, Moniana St. 3 N. Ariz. 30, CS. Niridge 10 CS Sac. 31, Cal Poly 26 (Reger season over) oe St Utah State 37, Nevada 35 Boise State 45,Idaho 14 NM. State 22, North Texas 9 Wt Weber St Year Pullman, which canhold crowds large enoughto retain NCAA Division LA for 256 yards. Boise State scoredon its first four possessionsto jumpto a 24-0leadby early in the second quarter. Anthony Big West boring WashingtonState University in wasintercepted fourtimes. Hendricks completed 15 of 28 passes Welsh pass at midfield and ran 44 FRESNOSTATE63_ SAN JOSE STATE 12 Billy Volek passed FRI NO, Calif, USU-NEVADA SUMMARY ‘uahSate (728) Nevada (8, 2: First Quarte USE Brown tar sah ks Nev Ini 1pase IN (Sache? hick) 617 St Cro eran New Lemon 7s run Usb PGBonne New Neill 2 run(Sanches kick) 2:28 TSU Brown New Ust New Iraeey pe sSancher Kick) 414 eanen ene Boise State Stomps Idaho, Clinches Humanitarian Bid Kareem Williams intercepted a ae Yeah earner tm M0.A nmtousIpOrbpst fn teh, Usci7 UCLA7 's Demario Brown rushed for 253 aead four touchdowns to move within 43 yards of Abu Wilson’s career rushing record, entering next Saturday's seasonfi nale at North Texas. In the fourth quarter, Brown completed a halfback pass and rushed for 130 yards and twoscores, including the game winner with 1:00 fighting nomatter what,” Brown said. “It just feels good to see people don’t give up. And when guys don't give up like that, you can reapthe benefits oftha was great to comeout andplay with someheart,” said Aggie quarterback Jeff bie. “Everybody knew what was on the line. We wereout heretor pride. This is, oneof those games we'vejust got tobuild from. It's beenfour orfive weeks since we'vefelt likethis.” Both teams had already beenelimi: nated from contention for the Big West WT ow Montana (2.71) @300-3 State O47) First Qu IM Mumphery § run (eye Ric). 10.8 uM Mh from Miller(epgRich) 136 Quarter eponer ick 31 er (eppner kick panrs Miller ge bik Quarter Havens Vieyoner hick murn (eye hick) 70 NORTHERNARIZONA 30 CS NORTHRIDGE10 LOS ANGELES Travis Brown threw for 235 yards, rushed for one touchdown and threw for another as Northern Arizona beat Cal State Northridge. Ex-BYU running back Ronney Jenkins ran for 69 yards and ‘one TD. 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Norful St. 6 Texas Tech a Oi YAR THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE Right about now, the Southern Utah Thunderbirds wish they could keep playingfootball But while the T-Birds’ strong finish was good enough for the school's best record in1 years, It cametoolate to get them into the Division LAA off a JU completed an 6-3 ser Saturday's 51-33 defeat of M State at Jayne Stadium in Moreh Wyoming «2 New Meni: y Fullback Brook Madsen ended his SUU career by rushing for 171 yards and four touchdowns, and quarterback Matt Cannon added 113 yards rushing and three TDs. Cannon also passed for 101 yards. ‘TheT-Birds led 19-7 at halftime, af ter a crazy second quarter when SUL Jost three fumbles and two interceptions and Morehead lost three fumbles and one interception. SUU went ahead before the Eagles (55) scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns SUU was on the vergeof breaking into the AA Top 25 the first step toward consideration for the 16-team playoffs before losing 38-10 at Cal Polyand 24-9 to UC Davis in early Oc tober The T-Birds righted themselves with a 997 victory at Weber State, startinga five-gamewinning streak. ‘Wehave a special groupof seniors whoprobably playedtheir last football games today, and we're going to miss them,” SUU' Coach C. Ray Gregory said. “At the saine time, we have a great group returning, and we've taken the first real step toward the playoffs. Next year, people are going to know whowe are,” SUU-MSU SUMMARY Southern Utah (8-3) urea orehead State (3-5) rowin— View Quarter w Me it). ar MS. Sep npn from Dinka (rum loa8 er Southern Ua Pea bores Mocs seeft x faye om Compan wi ve3 cant rineow Penaitee ¥ Tne of Pemseeahn IMOIVIDUAL eTATUETICS SUL Cannon 6132 101. 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