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Show PCI UdUULI lillUUUupUls do Hawaii confuses Utah "Carter played a great game and he made a lot of plays," Utah head coach Ron McBride said. "He ran the offense real well and did a good job Special to the Chronicle The University of Utah football team's slim chances for a bowl bid got slimmer late Saturday night in Honolulu as the University of Hawaii Rainbows racked up 324 yards rushing en route to a 0 over the Utes. With just under five minutes to play in the game, quarterback Mike McCoy drove the Utes down the field, completing five out six passes on the touchdown way including a Hooks to to Greg bring the Utes pass within five points at Hawaii immediately countered to put the game out of reach, driving 80 41-3- 29-ya- rd 35-3- 0. yards in nine plays, with quarter- back Michael Carter capping it off d with a touchdown run to make it 0 with just 1:22 remaining in the game. On the day, Carter rushed for 135 yards on 11 attempts including two touchdowns and a long run of 56 yards. Carter also completed 13 out of 19 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns. More amazing than that, Carter caught a touchdown pass from tailback Brian Gordon for the game's first score. four-yar41-3- in win Cawtli 7 7 15 12 Utth 3 13 0 It tonight" 5 McCoy completed passes for 447 yards and one touchdown, all career highs. He completed passes to Cunningham 12 run UH (Oswalt kick) Yergansen 22 FG UU Anderson 13 kick ; UU Yergensen 22 FG UII Veneri 19 pass from Carter (Oswalt kick) UII Veneri 16 pass from Carter (Gordon pass from UU ing five passes for 128 yards. Jamal Anderson led a Utah rushing attack that managed just 131 yards on 36 carries. Anderson picked up 43 yards on 11 carries, rushing for two touchdowns as well. "We fought our way into the game," McBride said, "but you've got to make big plays. That's football the team that makes the plays, wins the games. You can't give a team 41 points. If you give a team that many points, you're not going to win." The Utes dropped to in the WAC and 5 overall, and host Air Force in their final home game of the year Saturday in Rice Stadium at noon. run-(Yergens- Carter) Anderson UU run 1 (Yergensen kick) UH Carter 24 run (run failed) UU Hooks 29 pass from McCoy UH Carter 3 run (kick failed) 3 5-- Rushes-yard- 23 s Comp-Att-I- Player of the Week 26 42-3- 30 36-13- 221 76 Punts - Greg Hooks 13-7- 5, 8- - 4, 24, Claiborne PASSING Hawaii, Carter Gordon Utah, McCoy 447. 1-- 23 33-45- -1 . RECEIVING Hawaii, Hirota Veneri 2-5- 9, 5, Utah, Rowley. Harding 9- - 133, Hooks Geiborne 3. 2, Drive. Bowe loses title to Holyfield in 12 BY TIM KAWAKAMI Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS The sky didn't fall on Riddick Bowe, but it was close. Befitting a sport that often verges toward the insane, the heavyweight title changed hands Saturday night, but the most memorable instant came from a wild prank dropped from above. In a tight majority decision, Evander Holyfield stunningly reclaimed the title he lost a year ago. Holyfield beat the bigger, younger Bowe with crackling right and left hooks and subtle movement away from Bowe's significant blows. But the picture-perfeperformance was delayed and in many ways upstaged by a prank stunt that delayed the seventh round identifor 21 minutes. A fied as James Miller from Las Vegas, circled the Caesars Palace outdoor pavilion, then sailed his parachute ct sky-divi- sky-dive- r, directly into the ring ropes near Bowe's corner. "It was a major league unfortunate incident," said Bowe's manager, Rock Newman. Bowe's pregnant wife, Judith, who was sitting near where the parachutist crashed back into the crowd, fainted and was taken to Sunrise Hospital for observation. The parachutist was taken to University Medical Center for unspecified injuries, and a nurse there said he was in stable condition. "I saw that parachute guy coming in, I didn't know what was ing and I was trying to get away," Holyfield said of the incident. "I did think about that tennis lady (Monica Seles) being stabbed I didn't know who was he coming after, me or Bowe? And I didn't want to get hit, either." Said a Caesars official: "I'm sure there's a law against flying into a boxing ring with a parachute." During the delay, both fighters prowled the ring and tried to keep warm in the chilly night breeze. Bowe wrapped himself in towels and Holyfield mostly stared out into the area of the crash, shaking his head back and forth. But they resumed the seventh round in the same rhythm they had all fight long with Bowe on the attack but Holyfield answering with punishing shots to Bowe's head. Holyfield lost a unanimous decision to Bowe a year ago when he stood in front of Bowe and slugged away. This time, he used more movement mixed in with his standard inside brawling. Needing a knockout, Bowe was all over Holyfield in the last two rounds, landing a series of hard punches, but he never came close to putting Holyfield down and seemed to know he had lost the fight when the bell rang. "I told everybody I was coming back because God was giving me the opportunity," said Holyfield, who became the third man to win back the heavyweight title, after Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali. "I promised them I would win this fight. And I know it seemed strange to people. "But after watching the first fight, I knew I couldn't go for 12 rounds. I knew if I did the same thing I would be beaten again." Bowe came out aggressively early, but seemed to tire by the third round, toe-to-t- oe when Holyfield began to pile up points with hard shots to Bowe's head. By the fourth, Bowe had a cut over his nose and looked noticeably slower. Bowe was staggered in the fourth round with a Holyfield right. In the seventh, Bowe was rallying before the parachute delay, but could not maintain the momentum. One judge ruled the fight a draw, but two other gave Holyfield 3 4 the fight by marand gins. "I thought it was a very close fight, and I thought it could've been given to him," Newman said. "But there is no quarrel with the decision." 114-11- 4, 115-11- Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor Miami. Hawaii ; Carter 8. 35-3- Utah must win their next two games against Air Force and BYU to have a shot at a bowl. If they don't, I think I'll transfer to the school of higher elevation. V'f-"-- 1 35.08 11-4- 8, 29-ya- rd undefeated Nebraska, but even more so for teams like Tennessee, Texas A&M and West Virginia. As we have all seen in the past, Nebraska has the uncanny ability to choke in the Orange Bowl, especially against, oh say, 2-- 0 Cunningham Gordon Utah, Williams Anderson 41-3- Third-ranke- d Ohio State will no doubt drop after tying Wisconsin. Taking into account a Notre Dame win, the door is open for 7-- 81 Indiviijl Statics 0 the Utes' loss to Hawaii in Honolulu Saturday night. Hooks caught a touchdown pass from Mike McCoy to pull the Utes within 0 with just 4:58 remaining in the game. Lumpy's Social Club proudly honors Greg Hooks for his efforts Saturday and supports University of Utah athletics. Lumpy's offers a wide variety of food and beverage and is located at 3000 S. Highland are going to heat up. 1 3--1 RUSHING 11-13- -- 13 Time of possess. 2432 112 yards and one touchdown in fifth-ranke- 447 5-- 35 115-11- of upsets, at least for me, is Whether you want to talk about Arcangues unbelievable win d in the Breeders Cup, Louisiana State's upset over Alabama or Evander Holyfield reclaiming the heavyweight championship from Riddick Bowe, I'm satisfied. In fact,, every where" I turned last week it seemed that there was something noteworthy going on. College Football: When unranked Louisiana State upset the Crimson Tide last Saturday, the college football race all of a sudden got a lot more interesting. Even though Notre Dame and Florida State will play for the No 1. ranking November 13, the winner is by no means guaranteed the best shot at the national championship. If Florida State wins, chances are no one will catch them, but if Notre Dame wins, and I have a feeling they will, things 56 Fumbles-lo- st Senior wide receiver Greg Hooks is this week's Lumpy's Player of the week. Hooks hauled in nine passes for part about a weekend The best not upset. 33-45- -1 14-20- -0 nt Moose assesses it all: football, boxing and yes, horseracing Utah Hawaii First downs Passing yards Return yards h 1 C3 UII Carter id pass from Gordon (Oswalt kick) UU Yergensen 23 FG eight different receivers overall, including nine a piece to Hooks and Brian Rowley. Hooks had 112 yards and one touchdown while Rowley had 133 yards on the night, his bet effort of the season. Junior Deron Claiborne also had a big night, catch- 3-- ED UOODUUD) 41-3-0 Carter does it all for 'Bows uuuiLiiiuy But should Notre Dame occupy the top spot and meet Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, a Corn Husker-Iris- h match up is much more even. The possibilities for the bowls are endless but a Notre Dame win over Florida State will result in one thing: a more cloudy picture of a college football championship. Basketball Anyone?: Time is wearing short for the Ute football team. They must win their next two games against Air Force and BYU to have any shot at a bowl. If they don't, I think I'll transfer to the school of higher elevation. Luckily for Utah, Air Force is ineffective offensively; and the only other defense in the conference that is more banged up than theirs is BYU's. The Cougars, as of early last week had a large number of their linebackers and running backs injured. Utah, as we all know, has its entire secondary hurt. The result? Utah will do a lot of running and BYU will do a lot of passing against each other. The game will be the best opportunity the Utes have since 1988 to beat BYU, and to do it front of 65,000 Cougars fans would be icing on the cake for Ron McBride's crew. With a win over the Cougars, Ute quarterback Mike McCoy may finally be able to get some rest from fans unsatisfied with Utah's occasional inability to score inside the d line this season. Let's face it, the guy has proved himself over and over. The past three games he has had career-recor- d performances, he is 13th in the nation in total offense and is leading a team that is scoring almost 30 points a game. As much as it hurts you fans, if you score 30 points a game and lose, you don't have a quarterback problem, you have a defense problem. A horse is a horse: Unless you bet on Arcangues, the 133-- 1 long shot that shocked the world and a few bookies by winning the Breeders Cup last Saturday. The old Arcangues, whose name his jockey could not even pronounce prior to the race had only earned $298,520 in his career before picking up the $1,560,000 winners share. Not as as he thought: In a fight that had all the theatrics of a soap opera, Evander Holyfield became only the third fighter, in boxing history to regain the title from the - 20-yar- Bowe-dacio- us man he lost it to when he defeated Riddick Bowe by' unanimous decision. . The only knockdown of the fight came when Holyfield's trainer wrestled him to the floor after the two kept swinging at the end of the 12th and final round. Just for a moment I thought I heard one of them shout "Let's , finish this outside." The only thing more shocking to fans than Holyfield's win, d and his temper, was the fact that Bowe physically went 12 rounds. Prior to the Fight, the former champ had been criticized as going on the Buster Douglas "see" food diet. see "Woodland" on page nine final-roun- |
