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Show DAI! M Y Sunday, September 26. 2004 HERALD COLLEGE FOOTBALL Big plays lift Wyoming to first win over SEC C THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LARAMIE, Wyo. Special teams, big defensive plays anda little razzle-dazzcarried Wyoming to its first victory over a Southeastern Conference team. Josh Barge returned a punt 87 yards and pass from receiver Jovon caught a Bouknight, and the defense forced five turnovers in Wyoming's 2 win over Mississippi on Saturday. "Jovon made a great throw and I was off to the races," Barge said. "I'm pretty happy that I was able to run away from some good SEC le 1 69-ya- rd 37-3- i a :; ; MWC ROUNDUP D. BROSIGThe ANDREW Southern Utah quarterback Casey Rehrer drops back to against Stephen F. Daily Wyoming roach Joe Glenn saw his team take a major step in his bid to resurrect a program that has not had a winning season since 1999. "As a longtime coach, this is one of my most gratifying wins ever," he said. "This was a great test of our mettle and we had to compete every second to get it done." Wyoming, which never trailed in imwas 8 vs. the SEC from proving to 1951 to 2002. All the losses were on the road. the Rebels' Ole Miss dropped to worst start since 1988. "We shared the loss across the board," Mississippi coach David Cutcliffe said "I'm really disgusted with the penalties. We are not that kind of football team" The Rebels were penalized 14 times for 97 yards. Wyoming had six penalties for 44 yards. Vashon Pearson rushed for a career-hig- h 139 yards on 21 carries for Mississippi, which had 221 yards on the ground. Mario Hill had a personal-bes- t eight catches for 142 yards. Joseph Harris rushed for 121 yards and a score for the Cowboys after stepping in for injured Ivan Harrison Harris credited d his blockers for the team's first day by a rusher since the sixth game of last season. "My performance today was due in part to our line stepping it up 110 percent from what they did the week before," he said. "Everyone got their assignments done." Wyoming had 158 yards rushing and 239 passing for 397 total Mississippi piled up 567 yards, including 346 through the air. But the Cowboys intercepted Ethan . Flatt four times, including twice in the end zone, and Jacob Bonde forced him to fumble the ball away late. One of the biggest plays for UW was a pick by Derrick Martin in the deep right corner of the end zone on a pass to Hill with 12:39 left and Wyoming clinging to a Sentinel pass Austin during the first half Saturday. Snow whips Phoenix; SUU fails just short THE 2-- 1, LOCAL COLLEGES HERALD D MANTI Haying their first home game of the season on a borrowed field at Manti High School their own stadium is still under construction the Snow College Badgers the improved Phoenix Bears, Led by Landon Beus, who rushed for 139 yards on 16 car-- , ries, and Manti product Curran Christensen, who added 47 yards on nine carries, the Badgers ran over the smaller Bears with 227 net rushing yards. Still, Phoenix showed im: provement over last year's embarrassing 62-- 7 loss to Snow, but the Badgers were simply too big and too strong. Defensive linemen Derek Beardall, BYU transfer C.J. Ah You, and NJCAA preseason Jeremy Cow art led a Badger defense that rang up six sacks and held the Bears to less than 140 yards of total offense. Snow got off to a quick start when linebacker Steven Cook sacked Bear QB Tommy McDonald in the end zone for a safety on the Bears' first series of the game, putting the Bad gers up 1 Snow (2-WSFL) gave it right back as QB James Prit chard fumbled on the Badgers' next possession and Phoenix's David Henderson carried it 35 yards for a score to give the Bears ) their only icau wj gcuut;, After a shaky start, Pritchard found Jason Knighton in the end zone from eight yards out with 1:36 left in the first quarter. Snow led 7 and upped that to 16-- 7 soon after when Ah You returned a Bear fumble to the Phoenix 10 and Todd Daniels punched it in from there. In the second quarter, the Badgers added scores on runs by Pritchard and Beus, while the Bears managed a run by Marquis Broom. Snow led 4 at the half. Beus added another TD early in the fourth quarter to account for the final margin. Snow's stadium, which is unn dergoing Phase 1 of a dollar renovation with the installation of " that is used by 29 NFL should be ready for the teams, Badgers' next home game on 26-ya- 2-- (0-2- 9-- 4 30-1- 37-1- multi-millio- state-of-the-a-rt "A-tu- Oct 16against No. ie State. V I ' y VVV,,.,. 0-- 1 , Up u " o & 100-yar- Dix- I Stephen F. Austin 24, Southern Utah 21 : At Nacogooches, Texas, Ryan Rossner kicked a field goal as time expired to give Stephen F. Austin the win. SFA ) went 35 yards in six plays in just over 30 seconds to set up the winning kick. Southern Utah (1-- had tied the game at 1 with 39 seconds left when former Mountain View standout Casey Rehrer threw a pass to Jerome 53-ya- (4-0- . player!" 21-2- Eason. 30-2- . Robbins during the second half Saturday. lead. 2 "I 21-1- d 11-- I N. Arizona 55, Weber St. 27: At Flagstaff, Ariz., Northern Arizona blasted Weber State. (1-3- I Colorado St 39, Montana St 14: At Fort Collins, Colo., Justin Holland threw two touchdowns passes and Jeff Babcock kicked three field goals to lead Colorado State. Holland, who had thrown eight interceptions in the first three games, was for 311 yards and only one interception. Dave Osborn caught five passes for 101 yards. Colorado State ) was off to its worst start since opening the 1987 season with six straight losses. (1-3- I San Diego St 27, Nevada 10: At San Diego, Matt Dlugolecki passed for 262 yards and two touchdowns as San Diego State topped Nevada. . 38, New Mexico State 3: At Las Cruces, N.M.,on the field, D.D. Cox was I New Mexko BYU Continued from Bl key passes on BYUs last drive. BYUs 27 points was the most the Cougars have scored since a 0 overtime victory at UNLV on Oct. 25, 2003. BYU is still struggling with the run game and managed only 25 net yards. The Cougars also gave up 44 yards on eight sacks. On defense, BYU forced two Boise State fumbles and had a stand in the fourth key goal-lin- e quarter. Safety Aaron Francisco led the team with 16 tackles ' and BYU sacked BSU quarter- back Jared Zabransky six times. In the final analysis, the BYU defense did its job, holding Boise State to 27 points below its season scoring average. Next up for BYU (f3) is its Mountain West Conference schedule and Colorado State in Fort Collins on ESPN2 next Saturday. The Rams beat Montana State 4 yesterday for their first win of the season. 27-2- blocked it if Payne had hit it straight. That's the confidence of a 0 team ranked No. 21 in the country. "I thought our guys played with a lot of energy," BYU coach Gary Crowton said. "Our guys played hard and they were confident coming in. It's frustrating to lose on a field goal but in a lot of ways it's preparing us for the v Boomrang Daily as he is hit by Wyoming's Aaron ning back to return punts. "We can't worry about players getting hurt," Long said. "You put your great athletes out there and try to get them the ball." Cox, who had rushed for just 50 yards in the Lobos' first three games, also scored in the first half on runs of 10 and 1 yard. Before Moore was injured, the duo took turns running through huge holes in the , 92 Aggies' defensive front. Moore had " yards on 17 carries. headed for a highlight film kind of night. On the sidelines, DonTrell Moore was in a cart, his birthday night over and his status for New Mexico's collision with No. 14 Utah next' week in doubt. New Mexico's romp over New Mexico State was bittersweet indeed. Cox ran for three touchdowns and 110 yards and New Mexico shut down New Mexico State's stagnant offense as the Lo-b(2-had no trouble beating the Aggies for the 29th time in the last 36 games ) of a series that started in 1893. But the Lobos' most lopsided win ever in Las Cruces was tempered by the injury to Moore. The leading rusher in the Mountain West Conference who turned 22 on Saturday, left the game early in the third quarter with a strained ligament in his left knee. Moore, who last year rushed for a single season school record of 1,450 yards, was hit while trying to field a punt and was carted off the field moments before Cox's third score gave the Lobos a 24-- 0 lead with 9102 left in the third quarter. Moore wasn't talking after the game, and New Mexico coach Rocky Long felt compelled to defend the use of his star run had no help over the top so I had to force him outside," he said. "I was able to lean up against him, force him toward the sideline. I jumped up over the top of him and was able to catch it." Flatt tested Martin repeatedly, but the cornerback broke up seven passes and had nine tackles along with his interception. "I had a bad first half," Martin said. "We had a scheme that wasn't working. We switched up our schemes on them I was able to press, get physical with them, and . that's when I'm at my best." Flatt, who completed passes for 284 yards, felt like he let his team down. Stephen F. Austin went up 4 early in the fourth quarter on TD run. Louie Runnels' Tony Tompkins led SFA with a touchdown catch and TD run. Micha a 20 for 150 Williams was yards passing and rushed for 65 yards for SFA. Eason led Southern Utah with 10 catches for 131 yards and three touchdowns, and Rehrer for 277 yards and was 4 threw one interception. SMITHLaramie MICHAEL Mississippi quarterback Ethan Flatt fumbles the ball 7 4-- 39-1- Darnell Dickson at at reached 344-255- 5 can be or by ddicksonheraldextra.com. conference." As always, there were some critical moments in BYUs loss that could have made all the difference. The Cougars had inside the Boise State line in the second quarter and only came away with a field goaL Then late in the game with BYU clinging to a 2 lead, Beck called an audible on third-and-- 2 but not everyone heard the play change, resulting in a sack. Boise State got the ball back and scored the touchdown in three plays. BYU would probably also like to have back the two points it gave away on a safety in the first quarter. But there were some positives, especially on BYUs struggling offense. Beck threw for a 390 yards. He had career-hig- h two touchdown passes and no ' interceptions. "Beck played really well," Crowton said. "His shoulder is still sore but he's getting better. The combination of Beck and the receiving corps has the potential to get better and better as the season goes on." Todd Watkins also tallied a career high with nine catches for 211 yards and a touchdown. touchdown He had a catch and almost added a score. Instead, Watkins stumbled after making a difficult catch and ended up with a gain. With Boise State paying so much attention to Watkins, Beck was able to find Jason Kukahiko and Collie for Orent Fitness Center first-and-go- al PAS;SALE 27-2- JOSHUA BROWNDaily Herald Utah running back Marty Johnson avoids an Air Force defender in the second half on Saturday. Utes Continued from Bl finishing with 260 yards on passing, two touchdowns and no interceptions. He also ended with 84 yards rushing and a touchdown on 13 carries. Utah's scoring onslaught continued just two minutes into the second half with a Steve TD reception Savoy and a Johnson run. In alL the Utes scored 35 unanswered points. But Air Force fought back with a scoring strike from Carney to Carsten Stahr. On Utah's next possession, with Smith scrambling, Air Force's Denny Poland forced a fumble and Mark Carlson recovered, his second of the game. The Falcons were back in busiline. ness on the Utes' Five plays later, they capitalized on the turnover when Carney ran in from two yards out to pull Air Force to within Johnson took over from there, finding the end zone two more 35-2- times with scoring runs of two and one yard, respectively, to give the Utes more than enough breathing room Johnson's four touchdowns on the ground tied him with several players for the Utah record. He ended with 72 yards on 21 rushes. "Today I would just read a block, find a hole and go," Johnson said, explaining his running philosophy. "Every game is a new experience for me. It's great to get back on the field and play, and it feels good to get one under our belts." Air Force added an Edward Moss TD run with under a minute to play. Carney ended the day with 158 yards on passing, a touchdown and no interceptions. He also had 21 carries for 95 yards and three rushing scores. Ute notes: Utah's last 44 start was in 1994, when the Utes finished the season ranked No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 8 in the ESPNUSA Today Coaches polL ... Utah's last win against Air Force in Salt Lake City came iri 1995 ... The ). Utes are in the red zone this season. They have (22-21- scored 18 touchdowns and a field goal on those chances. MrFra 7 7 UM 0 21 WA 5 nm (Gmnamy Carney AfA 14 14 11:13. 47 run Grmnamy kick), 11:43. 2 run (Bonwon kick), 9:43. UUn W 65 pass tram SmWi (BoffNon kick), :50. Utah Smith 10 run (Bonwon lock), 34. ThH Quart Utah Savoy 13 pass (ram SoiWi (Bomnon lock), 12:15. 8 run (Bomson kick). 8:40. AFA Stahr 6 pass tram Carney (Greenaway kick). 5:28. AFA Carney 2 run (Graermay kick). 2:14. Carney Wan Johnson AFA Moss A 5 lock). 12:51 2 run (Borreson 1 run (Borreson kick), run (Eberte kick). :22. 7:30. i 44,043. AFA Fkstckwns 21 s I 25 2 260 110 Return Yards .' FumtM-Lo- 2 j s 0 34:33 Tmnotp -- go-ahe- 7 14 lack). 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