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Show COLLEGE FOOTBALL TheSalt Lake Tribune C4 « Sunday, November 10, 2002 __FEATURE GAME COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEXAS A&M 30, #1 OKLAHOMA 26 SATURDAY Sooner Boomer HOW THE TOP 25 FARED Freshman QB comesoff bench to lead Aggies BY STEPHEN HAWKINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE STATION, Texas Oklahoma escaped Kyle Field two years ago, clearing the way for the Sooners to win the nationaltitle. They couldn't pull off another victory against Texas A&M on Saturday, and now the Sooners might not get another shot to win it “I nevertalked aboutit when we hada BCS future. I don’t know that SATURDAY’S BEST we have one now and don't really care,” coach Bob Stoops said after his top-ranked Soonerslost30-26. RUSHING The Sooners (8-1, 4-1 Big 12) cer tainlywill drop from the No.1 position in both The Associated Press Houston, ran fora school-record 300 a yards and four touchdowns in a 54-48 three-overtimeloss to East Carolina. poll and the Bowl Championship Series standings. Second-ranked Miami hadan easy 26-3 win at Tennessee on Saturday. “No, y’all don’t have to ask us about the BCS anymore,” tight end ‘Trent Smith said. W Terry Cauley, Connecticut, scored four touchdownsand ran Blan Smart, C.W. Post, set an NCAADivi reer rushing touchdowns when he scoredthree ver Bentley. He brokethe record of 88 TDs by Brian Shay of Em- ‘The Aggies (6-4, 3-3) beat a No. 1 poria State (1995-98). Smart gained 243 yards on 34 carries for the Oklahoma’s Trent Smith, on ground, fumbles as Texas A&M's Randall Webb, right, and Sammy Davis move in to re- tory behind freshman quarterback Chris Brown, Colorado, ranfor 211 yards and scored three s, ‘Brett Coomer/The Associated Press team forthefirst timein schoolhis- Pioneers, Reggie McNeal, who came off the including a 1-yard run in OT as Coloradobeat Missouri 42-36. cover the ball during the third quarter Saturday in College Station, Texas. bench to throw for 191 yards and 18 LR. Taylor, EastemIllinois, rushed for 208 yards and scored four touchdowns. four TDs as Eastem Illinois beat Tennessee-Martin 55-43. McNeal had scoring passes on three straight possessions to give coach R.C. Slocum under intense pressure. But this one victory — The struggles had put Aggies Curtis Fagan — whoraced by Kiel —for a 68-yard TD. Then came McNeal’sonly inter- TD, a 40-yarderto Terrence Murphy before a mostly maroon-clad crowd of 84,036 — may go a long way in lowering the heat on the 14th-year at the Aggies 31 midway through the Texas A&Mits first lead. His fourth PASSING @ Ryan Schneider, Central Florida, threw for a career-high five with 1:51 left in the third quarter, touchdowns and 360 yards in a 45-21 win over Buffalo. He ran for put the Aggies ahead 27-23 before the teamstraded field goals in the fourth quarter. another TD. IW Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M, frestimian OB completed eight Terrence Kiel, who was burned for an earlier touchdown, ‘nter- of 13 passes for 191 yards and four TDs, and rushed for 89 yards, to lead the Aggies to a 30-26 upset of Oklahoma. cepted Nate Hybl’s pass with 1:12 @ Brad Banks, lowa,threw for three TDs, rani for two more and left toseal the victory. When the Sooners won the na- did not throw an incomplete pass as lowa beat Northwestern 62-10. @ Quarterback Mike Warker figured in seven of Widener's 10 1Ds — throwing for three, running for three and catching one — as tional championship twoyears ago, they arrived here coming off three straight impressive wins over Top Widenerbeat Juniata 68-33, RECEIVING IB Nate Burleson, Nevada, caught 19 passestor 179 yards and a touchdown pass in a 23-17 win over UTEP. @ OmarJenkins, Notre Dame, caught four passesfor 166 yards in a 30-23 win over Navy. pass as time expired to give LSU a 33-30 win over Kentucky. Hend- SPECIAL TEAMS 1@ Chris Onorato,Hofstra,kicked field goals uf 33, 41, 20 and After the Aggies went three-andout on his first possession, and yards and an interception) on the ‘inal possessionof thefirst quarter. iicNeal was 8-for-13. beaten Texas, Iowa State and Colo- Oklahoma then drove for a field the Aggies goal and a 10-0 lead, McNealwas almostunstoppable. and McNeal, who also er. Quentin Griffin had his fifth losing streak at Kyle Field, where theylost just four times throughout half. That camejust three playsafter McNeal's 33-yard keeper converteda third-and-16. Oklahoma needed just three playsto catch up, with Hyblhitting thel Johnson to start the second their last two home games. Marshall Trace,in a 44-31 win over Edward Waters College. Jer- a 30-23 lead early in the fourth McNeal threw a17-yard pass to Be- didn't emy Kearson returned two of the blocked punts for TDs '@ James Davis blocked two field goal attemptsto lead West straight 100-yard rushing gamebut had just 29 of his 141 yards after halftime. McNeal had an 18-yard keeper before a 61-yard pass to Murphyfor the first TD in the second quarter. DEFENSE ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRE: MILESTONES ALBUQUERQUE, formance gave hin 11,394 career yards passing STREAKS 1 Montana matched the NCAA Division |-AA record with its, s amento State 31-2 Q >Ath ae Wkseeaa aoe | William: eH ches 172 yards, extending his streak of consecutive games with al least one catch to 32, as the Longhoms beat Baylor 41-0, 3-2 MWC)from postseason N.M. Casey Kelly and DonTrell Moore scored touchdowns and New Mexico’s defense slowed one of the nation’s @ Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, passed for 425 yards andfour Ds, becoming the No. 5 passer in NCAA Division| history as Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State 49-24. Kingsbury's 38-for-49 per- | best passing attacks in a 15-8 win over San Diego State on Saturday. The win keeps New Mexico (5-5, 3-1 Mountain eligibility. Adam Hall on the run all game. Hall, uncomfortable try- San Diego State came intothe gameaveraging 334 fifth best and with the nation’s No. 1 and No.3 receivers in J.R. Tolver and Kassim Osgood. They weren't a factor against a blitzing Lobo de- run atthe stadium with a record-breaking 63-21 win over Kent 1B Marshal quarterback Byron Leftwich is doubttul for Tues day's game against Miami of Ohio with aninjuredleft shin. {8 Michigan State made Morris Watts head ;oaching debut a that at times reached 40 recovered a fumble by Hall at the New Mexico 36 late in mph, completed 18 of 35 passesfor 153 yards. Tolver, thethird quarter, leading to Moore’s l-yard TD that an NCAA-best 138 yards a game, caught just four passes for 37 yards. Osgood OTHER GAME: averaging nine catchesfor Point, N.Y., Leotis Palmer ran for a bowl bid. The loss eliminated San Diego State(3-7, interception and kept San Diego State quarterback age of 118 yards a game. Billy Strother blocked a halfback option pass as Air Force snapped a three-game losing streak. New Mexico 15 San Diego State 8 Mass Dartroxth 38 Save Hegre 6 Maw 53 a FuSHING Doge 9 Cars50, Truvilion 5-13, Hall 6-(minus-43). 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Texas ABM faa encreney inne dar th aire3, Porter: ing to throw in stiff wind MWC SUMMARIES —— NEWSWORTHY (NC. Central coach Rudy Abrams resignedalter the Eagles 29-14 loss to Johnson C. Smith He led the Eaglesto a 4-6 record rf this season. . 1 University as McNeal813-1191,|ag ere Blitzing Defense Keeps Lobos in Bowl Contention 1B Arkansas’ defense posted back-to-back shutoutsfor the first time since 1974 with a 23-0 victory over South Carolina. Arkansas beat Troy State 23-0 last week 10 ko9p students from rushing the goal posts ater the final game at LEADERS RUSHING—Otlahoma, Gin23141,Jones 9-22, eennanpee) Texas A&M, McNeal 1 11, Flemming 15, Johnson 1-2, teams MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Virginia to a 24-14 victory over Boston College Memorial Stadiumin Storrs. The Huskies closed outtheir 50-year 68 pass from Hybl (DiCarlo hick), 10:33 * " TxAMbuphy 40 pass from McNeal (Pegram kick, 1 Todd Pegram's 24-yard field goal for cooperate. Texas A&M brokea three-game yards, TkPoepasoted Pen97 Quarter sgtstra 17 ps fo Ned Pega Showing the poise of a more experienced player, McNeal came back later in the quarter and hit Murphy for the go-ahead 40-yard TD. Murphyhadfive catches for 128 yards. Smith fumbled on the next play after A&M’slast TD to give the ball right back. Helped by McNeal's 24yard keeper, the Aggies drove for Hybl completed 20 of 34 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns. 89 Oki—FG DiCarto 25, Feypn25 gave them a 23-20 lead. texas A&M went ahead when for the 1990s. They had blown fourth: quarter leads of 18 and 17 points 42 yards in a 26-16 win overRichmond. i Jacksonville University blocked three punts, two by freshman ‘The Sooners weren'table to get a first down,butthe third of DiCarlo’s four field goals — a 46-yarder — point deficit in the fourth qua’ ‘er to win 35-31, propelling them t) the nationaltitle game. Oklahoma was trying to follow the same path this time, having rushed ersonfinished with five receptions and 201 yardsreceiving “Tt’s been oneof those challenge years,”Slocum said. “It’s gratifying to go in and play with the number one team in a game where virtually no onegave us a chance towin. It is tional freshman quarterback. McNeal replaced struggling starter Dustin Long (3-for-9 for 28 radoits previous three games. But 8 Devery Henderson, LSU,caughta deflected 75-yard TD third ded 25 teams. Then they overcamea 10- a ee ember ick), 18 coach. satisfying. Thisis pretty big.” Slocum can thank his sensa- Texas A&M 30, #1 Oklahoma 25 Fest downs Rushes: nei 4, I. |