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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, September 26, 2004 BS COLLEGE FOOTBALL $.25 TO V'i'l A teams look at how the in Troj ans squeeze past Cardinal the AP .Top 25 poll fared: Greg Beacham THE ASSOCIATED 4 1. Severn California (4-31-2- 8. ! " , 2. Oklahoma STANFORD, Calif 4 Beat Stanford Next: vs. No. 10 California, Oct. 9 ' Matt Leinart passed for 308 yards and LenDale White scored on ' ' : . a run with 6:15 left , . s i PRESS ? C) (3-- 0) Did not play. Next: vs, Texas Tech, Saturday. USC had another narrowing trip to the Bay Area. Thanks to their defense and their unstoppable tailback tandem, this one had a much happier ending. Matt Leinart passed for 308 yards and LenDale White run with scored on a 6:15 left, capping the Trojans' comeback from an deficit for a 8 victory over Stanford on Saturday night. Steve Smith caught eight passes for 15 touchdown, and Reggie Bush contributed 95 yards rushing and a key punt return to Southern California's 13th straight victory. After yielding 291 yards in the first half, No. 1 USC gave up just 36 after half-timrd ; 3. Georgia (3-- ? C) . I tSd not play. Next: vs Na 13 LSU, . nt Saturday. 31-2- 4.Miami(3-0- ) Beat Houston Thursday. Next: at Georgia Tech, Saturday, 38-1- 3, Oct. 2. 5. Texas (3-; Next vs. Baylor, Bat Rice V; C) 35-1- . Saturday.- V - Cedric Benson rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown and Vince Young passed for three scores to his tight ends. e. - But the nation's 6. West Virginia (44)) Beat James Madison 45-1Next: at Virginia Tech, Saturday. Rasheed Marshall threw two touchdown passes to Chris Henry ' to lead West Virginia to a victory. . second-longe- st winning streak nearly ended across the Bay from the site of the defending national champions' most recent defeat, ' at California last season. Stanford took a 7 lead into halftime, embarrassing the Southern Cal tailback Reggie Bush (5) runs for good yardage in front Trojans' vaunted defense and shocking the thousands of USC Rushing in the first quarter Saturday in Stanford, Calif. fans at Stanford Stadium. The Cardinal did it in style, scoring on a fake field goal and adding keeper, cutting the lead to four for 183 Edwards was J.R. Lemon's 82yard TD run as points. yards and two touchdowns, time ran out. Ryan Killeen missed a though Stanford s offer field goal on the Trojans' It was all too reminiscent of floundered in the second lhalf. e next drive with 11:10 to piay, the Trojans' 34-3Still, this impressive perror- but Bush's spinning loss in Berkeley last fall mance was encouraging :tor That game featured similarly punt return set up a short drive the Cardinal, who were tJeaten tentative defensive play, anoth- culminating in White's TD in the by a combined deficit and a dive. schools' last two meetings. er big first-had Stanford couldn't reach poor performance by Leinart. Buddy Teevens, Stanford's third-yea- r on its final drive, with But Leinart was nearly flawcoach, is under pressure to show results this season less against Stanford, going f Frostee Rucker flattening 30 and finally getting his ofTrent Edwards on a fourth-dow- n after going 6 in his first two" seasons. The Cardinal began fense going late in the third incompletion with four reminutes left. USC then ran out this season with easy victories quarter on Smith's over San Jose State and BYU the clock inside the Stanford ception to the Stanford 12. 15. and this performance should Leinart scored on a 7. Ohio State (3-- f 0) : Did not play. Next: at Northwestern, Saturday. 8. Florida State (2-- - 1) j AY"')' 28-1- 'v 23-of-- Beat Qemson Next: vs. North Carolina, Saturday. Wyatt Sexton threw for 162 yards and a touchdown after replacing an injured Chris Rix, and Florida State forced five turnovers in the victory over Qemsoa 41-2- 2. 23-ya- triple-overtim- 33-ya- S. Auburn (4--0) 93-3- 8 Beat TheCStadel 334. Next at Nb.ll Tennessee, Saturday. ' . Jason Campbell was for 194 yards and Carnefl Williams , touchdown on 22 carries, then rushed for 95 yards and a both players sat out the second half. , , i ll-of-- . lf mid-fiel- 24-o- -- 10. California (2-- 0) Did not play. Next: at Oregon State, Saturday. 11. Tennessee ( . (3-- Beat Louisiana Tech Next: vs. No. 9 Auburn, Saturday. Erik Ainge threw three touchdown passes and Cedric Houston ran for 160 yards and two more scores. Gerald Riggs had a car ' 116 yards on 16 carries, reer-hig- h s . 12. Virginia (40) Press PAUL SAKUMAAssociated of Stanford cornerback TJ. have him back in his fans' good graces. TD catch, set Smith's up by Kevin Arbet's intercep- lon return, gave USC a lu-lead late in the first quarter. That's when the Cardinal's offense awoke, mounting consecr utive lengthy scoring drives. USC helped out by sitting back in a passive zone defense, rarely blitzing or pressuring Stanford's inexperienced offen- j 0 sive line. Edwards picked apart the Trojans with short passes to his receivers and tight ends. Purdue gets past Illinois in fourth Jim Paul 31-1- 0. liLSU(3-1- ) il When Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton called an audible on third-and-receiver Taylor Stubble-fiel- d had a better idea. He yelled at Orton, who got the message and found Stubble-fiel- d on a down-and-ofor a touchdown. The play gave the Boilermakers a lead in the fourth quarter and they held on Saton to beat Illinois urday. "I audibled to a different play but he wanted to run something different," Orton said. "I have enough trust in him to say 'OK, run what you want' and he ran it and it was a great route and a great play." The TD pass was one of four thrown by Orton, who completed 32 of 50 passes for 366 yards and was not intercepted for the third straight game. Stubblefield, who finished with 11 catches for 115 yards, said the touchdown play didn't come out of nowhere. "We had talked about it on the sidelines, so I gave him another signal and just ran to the ball," Stubblefield said, demonstrating an 'OK' sign with his 111. 8, Beat Mississippi State 51-- Next: at No. 3 Georgia, Saturday. three touchdowns in the Alley Broussard ran for a career-higfirst 17 minutes and LSU held Mississippi State to seven first . - " . downs and 130. . ': , , 14. Utah down passes for the Illini who put themselves in a hole early by fumbling a reverse on the game's first play. Receiver Ade Adeyamo hobbled the handoff from Beutjer and Bobby Iwuchukwu recovered at the 5, leading to a Orion's 2- yard TD toss to Stubblefield. Adeyamo broke his left fibula on the fumble and will miss at least six weeks, Illinois coach Ron Turner said. "It was a bad handoff," Beutjer said. "If that would've never happened, we would have had a lot better chance." Beutjer completed 22 of 37 passes for 215 yards as the Illini put up 390 yards of offense. E.B. Halsey ran for 83 yards . on 15 carries and Davis rushed eight times for 48 yards and caught five passes for 45 yards for Illinois. Illinois battled back with the help of special teams. A kickoff return by Pierre Thomas helped set up Beutjer's touchdown toss to tight end Anthony McClellan that tied it at 10 in the first quarter. But Orton led the Boilermakd drive ers on a on the next series, including a completion to Kyle on Orton ran the final yard himself to give Purdue a 0 lead. m57 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHAMPAIGN, 7 i -- 34-ya- rd (4--0) Beat Air Force 49-3Next: at New Mexico, Saturday. Marty Johnson had 20 carries for 68 yards to became the fourth Utah player to score four TDs. 15. Purdue 16. Florida (3--0) (2-- 1) Beat Kentucky Next: vs. Arkansas, Saturday. 210 yards rushing and two Ciatrick Fason had a career-higtouchdowns. 20-- h 17. Fresno State (34)) Did not play. Next; at Louisiana Tech, Saturday. 18. Michigan (3-- 1) Next: at Indiana, Saturday. Beat Iowa Braylon Edwards caught six passes for 150 yards and a touchdown and Michigan turned four turnovers into 27 points. The Wolverines won their 23rd consecutive Big Ten opener. 30-1- 7. 19. Minnesota (3-0- ) , . t v , 'km) f , 38-3- 0 Beat Illinois 3840. Next at Notre Dame, Saturday. Kyle Orton passed for 366 yards and four touchdowns, and Tay- lor Stubblefield caught 11 passes for 115 yards to lead Purdue. , 1 0) Beat Syracuse Next: vs. Clemson, Thursday, Oct. 7. Marques Hagans had 283 total yards with two touchdown runs and a TD pass. ; -- 42-1-7. . ' 1 7 TOM u APress ROBERTSAssociated Purdue defensive end Ray Edwards (10) is hugged by teammates Anthony Spencer, left, and Grant Walker (8) after recovering a last second Illinois fumble to seal a 38-3- 0 win at Champaign, III, on Saturday. fingers. The Boilermakers (3-won their eighth straight Big Ten opener. Illinois (2-pulled within when Jon Beutjer hit Jason Davis out of the backf ield on a d TD pass with 4:42 left. The Illini got the ball back with 45 seconds to go, but they were out of timeouts and Beutjer fumbled the ball away on second down. , Orton also had scoring passes of 2 and 5 yards to Stubble 2, 0-- 38-3- 0 field and 49 yards to Brandon Jones as the Boilermakers rolled up 515 yards. Orton was particularly effective on third down, completing 12 passes for first down yardage. "He did a great job of man- aging the game and executing the offense," Purdue coach Joe Tiller said. "We're always looking for perfection, but he played awfully well once again." Beutjer threw three touch 72-ya- m third-and-2- 1. 17-1- . Next vs. Penn State, Saturday. t Beat Northwestern 43-1. Minnesota running back Laurence Maroney rushed 24 times for .145 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Bryan Cupito compasses for 155 yards and two touchdowns. pleted 7. 20. Wisconsin v Jin (4-- 0) Beat Penn State 163. Next: vs. Illinois, Saturday. 123 Fullback Matt Bernstein bullied his way to a career-bes- t yards after replacing an ineffective and injured Booker Stanley to help Wisconsin hold of f Penn State. , 21. Boise State (44)) V, 0 Beat BYU V (3-0- . ; f .) , ) x Played late game vs. Oregon State. Next: at Oregon, Saturday. 1 f23.Marybnd(3-1- ) ' ' ' ' .) Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Oct 9. Beat Duke the first of his career x I Vernon Davis caught three of the TDs j and Rich Parson had the other as Maryland won its fifth t,'t , straight over the Blue Devils and piled up 685 yards. 1 55-2- L j , : ' 1 - 24. Louisville (3-- s 'Beat North Carolina 34-- Next: vs. East Carolina, Saturday. 'Eric Shelton ran for three touchdowns and Louisville earned its I 'second shutout of the season. Shelton rushed for 86 yards. 1 J 0. v l'25. 05cbhcn?a St:t2 ". I ;Did not play, ".' , 2, 6 . (3-- C) tttxk vs. Iowa State, Saturday, ANN ARBOR, Mich. Braylon Edwards caught six passes for 150 yards and a touchdown and No. 18 Michigan turned four turnovers into 27 points in a 30-1-7 win over Iowa on Saturday. The Wolverines (3-won their 23rd consecutive Big Ten opener. They have won 12 straight at home since Iowa handed them their worst loss at Michigan Stadium since 1967. divEd Hinkel's ing TD catch on the opening drive gave the Hawkeyes (2-their only lead. Hinkel's TD midway through the fourth quarter pulled them to for Chad Henne was 16of-2236 yards with a TD and, most importantly for Michigan, no turnovers. Iowa first-yestarter Drew for 270 yards, Tate was two TDs, two interceptions and a botched handoff that led to a fumble. Michael Hart ran for 99 yards 30-1- 7. J ! ASSOCIATED PRESS one-hande-d, f ' 0) - ar ( i 24-of-- :. www.couaarbluo.com ' Larry Lage THE , i 22. Arizona State I ' turnovers into win ; 2. , Saturday, Oct, Friday. Next: vs. SMU, v t , 28-2- 7, P Michigan turns h CARLOS OSORIOAssoclated Press Michigan defensive tackl Alex Ofill (93) sacks Iowa quarterback ' Drew Tate during the fourth quarter at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich, on Saturday. ; 0-- and a TDf or the Wolverines. Iowa's Jermelle Lewis was limited to 35 yards on 14 carries. The Wolverines started the game ranked first in the nation with 14 takeaways and might stay on top after recovering three fumbles and intercepting two passes. After Michigan cut Iowa's lead to 3 midway through the first quarter, the Wolverines scored the rest of their points off turnovers. They would've added another score to the total, but Hart fumbled as he lunged toward the end zone. Michigan scored two TDs over a 2:07 span of the second quarter to take a 16-- 7 lead. It went ahead 0 late in the lead" third and took a early in the fourth on Grant Mason's interception and return. . Iowa Kid won two straight against Michigan, including a 34-- 9 victory two years ago at Michigan Stadium, but the Hawkeyes have still never won three in a row against 7-- . - 23-1- d |