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Show Cs « The Salt Lake Tribune COLLEGE FOOTBALL #3 NEBRA’ SATURDAY Rest Not Mami 6-0) (beat W Virginia 45-3, Thar. aides m2 lost No 3 Nebraska 20-10 Vs. Tulsa, Saturcay. Otdahome (7-1) NOS Nebrasie(9-0) beatINo. 2Oldahoms 20-10 ALKansas, Saturday Ned UCAG1) No.5 Virginia Tech (@-1) {ost No. 20 Stanford 38-28 AtNo. 14 Wash. Sate, Sanacay. lost Symowe 22-14 A Pitsbuyh, Saturday No.7 Teas (7-1) (beat Missouri 35-16 No.6 Pirie(6-1) beatNo, 5Georgia24-10 Vs. Vanderbilt, Satay. Quarterbackputs Huskers in good shape fortitle run ‘At Baylor, Saturday. Deat lone 22-26 ‘AMctigan State, Seuay. ‘beatNo. 12S. Caro. 17-10 ALNotre Dame, Saturday Iestto No 19Fla 52.31 Vs. Troy State, Satria. beatNo. 14Wash St 24-17 Vs. AtzonaState, Saturn. No. 13. Weashingon (6-1) No. 14 Wash. State (7-1) Sate S331 Ws No. 20Strlord, Saturcay lost No. 11 Oregon 24-17. Vs. No. 4 UCLA’ Saturday. ost io Hawai 38-34, Friday Vs. Rice, Saturciny iio, 19 Feria Sate (2) beat No. 10Manfand 52.31 Atlomson, Saturday. No.20 Stanford (5-1) beat\No.4UCLA 38-28 Ne-21 GeogTech 2) —aenotpey No. 22 Hincis (1) notplay No.23 NothCarina (53) didnot pay ‘No. 24 ‘Purdue (5-1) \No.25 Colorado (6-2) #8 Nebraska 20 #2 Oklahoma 10 Otdshoma (7-1,41Bigi2) Nebraska 50) NU—Diedtck2 run (Brown kc, 558. 236. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN,Neb. — Oklahoma is out and Nebraska is in the national title race — for now. At Washingon, Saturday. Vs No 23Noth Carin, Tha ‘AtPurdue, Saturday. Vs. No. 21 Georgia Tech, Thar Vs. No. 22 iincis, Saturday. ‘beat Oklshoma State 22-19 Vs. Missouri, Saturday. ey Se se = Third-ranked Nebraska beat Oklahoma 2-10 in a defensive struggle Saturday,derailing the No. 2 Sooners’ hopes of repeating as national ions and ending their 20-game winning streak. “As far as wins go,I’ve had a lot of them, but this one pretty much ’ MWCStandings Big Sky Standings Team BYU Conf. Over, 40 80 Team Montana Cont. Over. AD'S caughta pitch pass ona trick play andtookit yards for a touchdown Colorado State 3-1 44 Montana State 31 44 to put the game away. Utah Air Force New Mexico UNLV San Diego State 21 22 22 22 1-3 52 43 34 35 2-6 No. Arizona Ea.Washington PorllandState Weber Siate IdahoState 32. 22 22 24 13 «62 52 34 26 34 With the victory, the Huskers likely put themselves in front of the national title race. They were second to the Sooners in the Bowl Championship Series rankings en- 05 26 Sac. State 4 25 tering the game. i ‘i rauks_ wp foward the top” sd quarterbac! ‘ic yuch, who Oklahoma could have a chance to return the favor in the Big 12 Championship on Dec. 1 if both SATURDAY’S BEST tincremage pee Nebraska led 13-10 through most of the second half before Nebraska RUSHING coach Frank Solich caught Okla- @ Onterrio Smith, Oregon,ran for a school-record 285 yards and scored three times in the Ducks’ 24-17 victory over Washington State. W ShanDerrick Charles, Southem Methodist,ran for 212 yards and four touchdowns in a 40-14 win over Texas-El Paso. 1 Maurice Hicks, North Carolina A&T, ran for 233 yards and a touchdown in a 16-14 win over Bethune-Cookman. I Josh Scobey, Kansas State, ran for 204 yards and scored two homa by surprise with a rare stray from Nebraska’s normally conser- vativeoffense. “Against a defense like Okla- ‘touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 40-6 victory over Kansas. homa ifyou don’t take a few chances and makea few calls like that you're not going to movetheball atall,” Solich said. “Sometimes it’s just a matteroftiming.” yarder with 2:26 remaining, as Army beat Tulane 42-35. Young had a braska 37 with 6:10 left, wingback 1B... Young ran for fourtouchdowns,i the winning 13- career-high 191 yards as Amy won just its third game in 22. 1§T.J. Duckett, Michigan State, ran for 186 yards and two touch- downs in a 42-28 victory over Wisconsin. Ricky Williams, Texas Tech, ran for 153 yards, caught nine passes for 46 yards, and scored four touchdowns as the Red Raiders beat Baylor 63-19. PASSING @ Chris Rix, Florida State,threw five touchdown passes in a 52-31 win over Chris Simms, Texas, passed for four touchdowns and ran for a fifth as the Longhoms beat Missouri 35-16. On first-and-10 from the Ne- Thunder Collins took a handoff aroundtheright end andpitched it to freshman Mike Stuntz, a quar- terback whois playingreceiver this fall. Stuntz lofted a perfect pass to Crouch, who caughtit aroundthe 40 and ran untouched to put the Huskers up 20-10. “Whenit’s called you're kind ofa little hazy aboutit, but when you’re wide open you've gotto take advantage of it,” Crouch said. Stuntz was told notto throwitif Crouch was covered, but didn’t have to hesitate when he saw Crouch sneak into the secondary. “Not only was hegoing to catch it, he was going to outrun everybody because he’s one very fast man,” Stuntz said. “I was just thrilled to death.” Thewin was especially sweet for Crouch, who led the Huskers to a 140 lead in the first quarter last year but was shutouttherest of the way as the Sooners’ upset the top- and years to come. This was icing onthe cake for my career,” Crouch Crouch finished with 184 total yards, completing10 of 18 passes for 102 yards and rushing for 19 yards on13carries,totals that won’t necessarily bolster his Heisman Trophy campaign but he said he was more concerned with stayingin the title race. “More important, it was a win for our football team. We just want to keep winning gameafter game andgetto the Rose Bowl,” hesaid. . “Losing is a strange feeling in our locker room. We do not know “Tn a gamelikethis,a lot of people are going to lookatit for years whatto feel.It's been a long time,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. completing a pass. Hybl, the Sooners’ starter for the first six games, threw a 4-yard pass to Trent Smith in the second quar- ter for Oklahoma's only touchdown. football team.” Penn State 29 The gamesolidified freshman Zack Mills’ spot as Penn State’s lead quar- Ohio papal Matt Senneca started, threw two touchdownsandbrokehis freshman ing his chase for the major college victory record was no big deal. Now thathe’sgotit, he’s changing his tune. “You neverthink it’s going to be a big deal until it happens likethis, with Saturday after his Nittany Lions rallied from an 18-pointdeficit to beat Ohio State 29-27. “It’s just hard to describe. ButI'm a very, very lucky guy The Nittany Lions took their first lead twoplaysinto the fourth quarter. On the first play, Mills missed the snapfrom the shotgun formation, ran rove wir te’ second Quarter ee ae Osu nee ee (OSU-Wols 65 Lewal OSU—DRoss.o5ten meee 9" kei), 12:16. _paTavromrstruteshhaGa Pat Little/The Associated Press back several yards to recover the ball still completed a 31-yard pass to bik),440. Penn State coach Joe Patemo is and Quarter R.J. Luke. Mills’ 14-yard touchdown 14 pass from Mis (Gould hugged by his wife, Sue, after his pass to Eric-McCoo gave Penn State a ic),PSU—McCoo 1447. ‘A-108,27, win over Ohio State on Saturday. 29-27 lead with 14:47left. quickly wentto his locker room. “Thaverespect for his tremendous career, but that moment was for he and his team,” Tresselsaid. as an assistant for 15 years before be- style Penn Seiedaneee one win behind Bryant, but was ques- a ceremonyat midfield. brief congratulations to Paterno, then After the in th OhioState got to the Penn State 17 with 2:55 left, but Bryan Scott blocked thefield-goal try. Mills’ first touchdown pass came in the third quarter when he found Tony Johnson from 26 yards out. But the freshman’s biggest play Top 10 NCAA Division | college oe Patemo 924 4 3 leaped over a blocker, bounced off a Pop Wamer 319 106 32 cominghead coachin 1966. pect, Paterno praised his team, hugged ight have comeearlier in the third, Bear Bryant Paterno cameinto the season just his wife and held his grandchildren at When he took a quarterback keeper, %BobbyBowden See a Ratete Ran On Tear The Tigers tioned andcriticized — even by some of the Penn State faithful — after his this football team,” Paterno told the defender and ran 69 yards for a touch- down. It was the longest Penn State ‘Amos Alonzo were inside the UAB 40 on each drive, but came away without any points. The Blazers also blocked late field-goal attempt. team started 04. He tied Bryant last week crowd. “They could have packed itina run in more than two years and the Tom Osbome with a 3835 win CHANGE OF PACE Ohio State coach Jim Tressel saida Norfolk State gained 124 yards of total offense (75 in overtime), but was penalized 109 yards in its 7-0 overtime victory over Howard. Howard, meanwhile; had three quarterbacks combine for a total of 11 yards passing. Louisiana Tech held a 31-0 lead over Rice at one point, and held the Owls to just afield goal in the frst half, but wound up needing overtime to win 41-38.Rice almost won the game in regulation, but had a 42-yard field-goal attempt partially blocked. M '@ Florida State coach Bobby Bowden passed Pop Wamer for third place on the major-college coaching victories list, eaming his 320th with a 52-31 victory over Maryland. STREAKS [iOklahoma's 20-game winning streak was stopped by Nebraska in a ee O90 Stim Cal 61-94,tn tered Panbe ; viclory. COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES est Maret 38, Georgetown, 0.35. ‘Nbaoy, WY, 24, St Franc, Pa. 14 Mone 2Toe 1 ‘any42, Tbs 95 Norheastom40, St Mary's, Cal. 13 BatSt. 10,Comectnt5 Pon27,Brown 14 Boston Collage21,Nore Dame 17, PormSt 29, OtoSt 27 Col20,alee 16 5, Tole7 Coan 28, Yale 14 Robert Mors49, Magne Camel 10, Pinca7 SacredHeat49, ona 7 Ouquonne 585, Stan0 47, Fecha 17, Buch12 Havent31, Daren 21 ‘Aubama St. 5, AbanaABM O Nera35, NewHompow20, ‘epanchion S51, Chatnoogn 14 Nohara25, NewHarpatae20 (CalSL.0-21, bomSt 12 chacrnie29, StoryBrook20 (Creo21, Wa Foret 14 (aSate 28, St dobors, Y 12 57,Hampden 17 Cows 14 ETSU 19,Georg South 16, 255 49 3 week, and they came back today, andI The 2-point conversionfailed, leaving BoSchembechler 234 65 8 OhioState with a 27-15 lead. Hayden Fry 232 178 10 ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clemson 21 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Wake Forest 14 238 72 10 i Tech sansacengin oven Muisiana Tome ene Seri Boston College 21 Notre Dame 17 gameofthe season, passing for two touchdowns and running for another score in Clemson's 21-14 victory over Wake Forest on held bento ler, boty to 1 116 Jeames, ail bikes a North Carolina's 391 Vanderbilt handed Duke its 20th consecutive loss with a 42-28 257 1013 tell youthey’re going tobe onehellofa — Woodrow Dantzler rebounded from his worst straight season. 3 314 199 3 Dantzler ff for Tigers i antzler Rebounds Rebounds With With Three-TD Effort 38-3 routover the Tigers Nictigan Stal ogivethe Badgersa 1,000-ard rusherforthe inh _LaVell Edwards 323 85 17 320 69 4 BEST OF THE REST IBWisconsin's Anthony Davis ran for 101 yards in a 42-28 loss to Virginia Tech's 16-game home winning streak was snapped in a 22-14 loss to Syracuse. “T can'ttell you how proud 1am of at longtimeago. But theycameback last longest by a quarterback since 1991. Woody Hayes Nor ure ate j completed 17 of32 passes andalso ran for 138 yards and a touchdown. The win was No.324 for Paterno, who passed Bear Bryant for the record. Paterno has spent his entire coaching careerat Penn State, serving 76 140-27 Pea3) passing record with 280 yards. He to be at an institution such as Penn State with all these fans.” ‘Alabama-Birmingham's defense stopped three fourth-quarter drives knocked outof the gameearlyin the second quarter whenhe came down. awkwardly on his left knee after Nittany Lions’ secondpossessionafter 1 Jake Knott accounted for six scores,passing for five and running Se ee Huskers. terback. Mills, who came in on the passes of 25, 4, 15, 65 and 25 yards and ran for TDs of 9, 1, and 22 Kris Richard, Southem Cal, ‘elurmed an interception 62 yards for a Josh Brown,a nativeof Foyil, Okla., kicked two field goals for the starter Jason White, who was ranked Huskers 31-14. this many people,” Paterno said ina sixth as Wabash beat Allegheny 41-20. the other way.” them 27-25 in the 1999 Independence Bowl, hadjust stopped Nebraska on a third-and-2, but were called for an incidental facemask that kept the Nebraska drive going. STATE COLLEGE,Pa. — Joe Pa- yards. it, but just wish it would have went Dahrann Diedrick had 23 carries for 90 yards and a touchdown and Oklahoma’s Nate Hybl was 17for-36 for 184 yards in relief of ternospentthelast three months say- 1 Bryan Harman accounted for eight touchdowns Saturday in Division Il Fairmont State's 70-20 victory over Concord. He threw scoring “Tt was a great atmosphere and a great game.I was proud to be part of The Sooners, wholost for the first time since Mississippi beat ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Al Toon's 252-yard performance in 1983. OFFENSE ‘White 5-13-1-50, Clayton 0-1-0-0. Nebraska, Crouch 10-18-1-102,Sunt 1-1-06. Smith 7-62, Cayton 6-62, Noman 448, Grin 327, 238. traska, Thomas 648, Coins 2-18, 1463, Fingenberg 1-19, Wistrom 1-17. said. BY DAN LEWERENZ loss to Michigan State,the best receiving day in school history since RECORDS foeeee es Crouch, foreground,sprints for a touchdown against Oklahoma. Victory over OSUputs Paterno atopall-timelist RECEIVING Wl Joe Paterno passed Bear Bryant to become major college football's career victory leader, with his Nittany Lions rallying to beat Ohio State 29-27. Patemo has 324 victories. RUSHING—Okihoma, Gifin 15-63, Savage Dieick 2390, Colins 447, 1321, Kast 15, Kriewald 22, team 1s 1). PASSING—Oklahora, 17-361-184, Nebraska players cheer on the sidelines as quarterback Eric One eg Coach Passes Another Lee Evans caught nine passes for 228 yards in Wisconsin's 42-28 eee, 0 10 0 0-10 003 ra ‘Second Quarter OU—Simih 4 pass from Hybi (Duncan kick), BY DOUG ALDEN No.15 Georga(52) __estioNo.GFirkin 2410 Va. No. 17 Adbum, Nov. 10 Wo. 16 Bigham Young (6-0) beatSan Diego Sate 59:21 Vs. ColoradoSeto, Thursday. No.17 Aubun 62) (betinAtanas42:17 ALNo, 15Georgia, No. 10 No. 18 Fresno Szaie (6-2) #2 OKLAHOMA 10 Crouch Position HOW THE TOP 25 FARED fark School Sunday, October 28, 2001 aM. cent Roe eee “#00. week. had 330 of Clemson's Texas A&M 24 total yards against La. Tech 41, Rice 38 woe more on 20 carries. for a TD with 5:08 to play. STATION, A&M's RUSTON, La. — Luke McCownthrewfor384 yards of-27 passing and ran for 119 Derek Farmer ran 65 yards and two touchdowns N Cuciea AST 10, Batune “4 NC. 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