| Show : - : - - - - ' :I 11 e :!D The Salt Lake Tribune Fresno State Throttles Inept Utah Southern Miss Stuns SixthwRanked Seminoles -- A4 :i ? 1" :4'"'7r'''''r417- ' Continued From I)-if Mitchells three-yeaUte career was 17 for 47 for the night Meanwhile Barsotti rushed for 77 ards on nine carries and was 14 for for 213 yards in passing file loss snapped Utah's fourgame liming streak pasted in the last month Of last year's campaign Utah 21CPIS another Big 'West foe Utah 'tale next Saturday night in the flume opener r t: k :: plan was to ktep Fresno's offense off the field To that end the Vies were lucky the Bulldogs scored quickly on occasion Still Fresno controlled the ball more '5e ':' ': :::: :1 :: iq:A :::v '" ::0:: ' ::i ::'''T'i:1:-:'''''- ' ' ":': r'1": k i 4' : $ ' '' '' t''''"' ''': 4' 4(4c! iel? 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':: :Y:: - :: 1 ::: ::: ::!!'::!::i''::: 1i:::: t4r4i-t'- " ' ?1:0:'EA:-5'- :: '4' '!§!a':'-- ' ' :::::: l:: :::::::!!::::i ::::::: Horton re92 yards for a touchdown and the Texas A&M Aggies scored twice in the final 2:58 of the game for an upset of seventh-ranke- d Louisiana State 0 with 2:58 to play Leading fullback Robert Wilson ran 20 yards for a touchdown Fifteen seconds later Kevin Smith returned an interception 40 yards for another score Horton who was converted from 'v'11fili1r:: k!:14 — Associated Press Plato FSU's Lawrence Dawsey (29) reaches in vain for pass in Sat urday's 3026 loss by Seminoles to Southern Mississippi DALLAS (AP) — Southern Methodist's ex- NCAA "death penalty" is over Vtit Rice showed Saturday night that the pun- 44! h m e n t will continue :1 Tho Owls broke an losing streak 1vith the 356 Southwest Conference victory Ile from the e wasn't the slaughter some experts énvisioned he wasn't claiming a moral victory '4ital coach Forrest Gregg said he was proud it - his team battled to the end They were playing as hard at the end as they were in the beginning and that says some- thing" Gregg said "I don't want them to ever be happy or satisfied about losing a game But this will be a valuable learning experience SMU a after re- underdog led a on fumble the kickoff and covering opening was outscored only in the second half even though the Mustangs had 17 freshmen in the Wire Services accolades thrown Dee Dow's' 'he kaybli Saturday did not need to be tjtialifjed never been t sTic oOtC of a game r-v- a player AiNt: domnated the way E Dee :Dowis did to- day- - Air Force 4 '1000''') !mich Fisher De Verry:said 'film( was the best performance f-e Neen by an individual player echoed San Diego State coach Cugmbill "Air Force is certainly team but they were -VNIts::' t1 one-ma- voso NCAA West Virginia 35 Bail St 10: At Mor- gantown WVa Major Harris passed for two touchdowns and tailback Gar rett Ford ran for two more in 17thranked West Virginia's victory Reg 3-- 0 7-- 3 two of them Saturday his 249 yards on only 13 carries set a Falcon single-gamrecord eclipsing Dowis own mark of 241 yards set against Utah 1987 Ills six touchdowns — on runs of 55 28 12 16 60 and 17 yards — established a school and WAC mark Ernie Jennings (1969) and Marty Louthan (1983) had shared the previous school record of five scores in a game and several WAC players had scored five times in a game Dowis got three of his touchdowns as the Falcons scored on four straight possessioos in the first half e Tennessee 0 one today" :!:ls4is Air Forces mercurial koI1 qquartorback dashed for wish- a re 749 yards and six touchdowns iturflay to lead the Falcons past visitin a West ing-San Diego State Trn Athletic Conference football opener There is no question in my mind Oiat Dee is the best option quarterback in America today" DeBerry uij lie showed the kind of surgeon Ile cut them up" buginbill said his Aztec defense o Ili primed to stop kiwis hut couldn't gut the job done Down a senior who is in reach of lootd of the school career rushing and records put his name on Zrord- - 52-3- 17 Colorado St 14: At Knoxville Tenn Reggie Cobb gained 98 yards and scored on a fake reverse as Tennessee held off stubborn Colorado State in Earle Bruce's first game as coach of the Rams Tennessee scored the winning field Points on Greg Burke's goal with 837 left to play for a 17-lead It was the opening game of the season for both Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference and Colo 3 rado State of the Western Athletic Conference Colorado State pulled back into it hen Bob Stratman recovered an Andy Kelly fumble at the Tennessee 37 Four plays later KeVin Verdugo threw a 2vard touchdown to trei4Q k R:i' k -- 18th-ranke- d 0 3 d Pitt 38 Pacific 3: At Pittsburgh Cur yin Richards ran for 112 yards and a touchdown leading Ni v I'1'''- tjoi114 t :itvi:yt ::'?4-71- Paso 0 d NC State 10 Maryland 6: At Raleigh N C Anthony Barbour's 7- yard run late in the third quarter and North Carolina States defense gave the Wolfpack its season-openih- g victory Damon liartman's field goal at the end of the first half broke a scoreless tie and Barbour's run with :3:03 left in the third period gave the Wolf pack all the points they needed 'rhe Terrapins couldn't get near the end zone until late in the fourth quarter Fuess kicked three field goak including one with 25 seconds : ' - 41 A : f" ' 1 :iti r A ::004 :::-'- :' — A 74677:::7414ii-'- l-i'-' 7 :: t- )' - ' ' one-yar- d 0 4:- ''ier::vi': — ''' 2::c1 '::'"' gt4 ti':i - 4:474?': v0: t :: :: '::''' i :: Otc-- 4:-: N ''s0 :u qk a Av Tp:: '' '' tc ''' 7?:': i '::: i !:: 'continued From IL dure by going to the Loho lockor room first I lust wanted to tell them congrat uldt ions and to stay tith 1- said Edkt Ards 15 minutes after the game and Ilefore he talked to his own squad which had Lobo defense rt:i ed proud and tough for three whiriers began to wilt in the final peI1-1 MT used an to eat up a chunk of tuni in the Oh 8 38 lull in 111 'HIl crEirtr and BYtT put it on ire It crok d of 27045 the Lobos' t11ott home attendance since drio III i'er 27000 for their home opener tp:unst Utah in '033 began to tile out t Unh irtt lachum !'led Whittingham bla!ted up Ole I 1- I 01-1- ' 1 middle on a scoring run and the tired Lobos were helpless to stop him At that point it was 21-Jason Chaffetz tacked on a field goal with 2:57 left to play The Cougars favored by 29 points came Out tight I thought Ty was too hyper said We had to settle him Edwards down" "They were a lot better than at said Delmer vho pitched the victory oer UNN1 Cougars to a m Provo The hit and came harder They showed a lot of different fronts Nlithis had a great first half when he caught eight passes for 108 yards Ile didn't catch another in the final 32 minutes of the game Mathis is chas var ifi!5-- ItI Wcs(1-1- Altdt ConferenCe ca rctr record holder Jeff Champine ri: v - vofeerfttrt Press Pho Air Force quarterback Dee Dowis leaves an Aztec defender in the grass as he scrambles for one of his six TDs those 184 receptions from 1980 to utq is the most in the league lath ts now has 183 and is tied for second place with Phil Odle who from 1965 to 1967 played for We concentrated more on him in the second half- - said Mitchell who praised the Lobos team effort ''They had a lot of heart and that can take you a long way Wc lutil to figLt like that to sta‘ kith thern' expressed UNNI Coach tke Sheppard "BYU came after us hit le more in the second half They ficured mit thev would bay- - to Os from the left tustead of the right rb Itetmer 4 hose four-yartrounti the right side put keeper 13YU ahead for good finished with 317 yards on 18 completions in 29 attempts tie was not intercepted 'right end Chris Smith was the leading reciever with 114 yards on five catches Perhaps one of the biggest receptions for BYU was a diving catch by Andy Boyce that netted 15 yards on a sttuation in the third quarter His catch kept alive a drive on which BYU finally took the lead It wasn't until Mitchell s interrerlion return that the Cougars could breathe with some relief The Lobos looked like a cinch to convert a field goal and close to within one at that touchdown was a point A strong possibility The Lobos despite all their offense held only a halftime lead third-and-lon- Pot 0NoswAt!m101 NeW Mexico had not held BYU score less in the first half of any game since 1975 The Lobos led 12-- in that game before sophomore Gifford Nielsen rallied the Cougars to a victory The Lobos had plenty of opportunities to take a more commanding lead in this one UNM ran off 50 plays in the first half BYU had 29 The Lobos totaled 228 yards to BYLIs 127 Mistakes prevented the Lobos from reaching the end zone The only scf!re in the half came on a 35yard field goal by David Margolis with 11114 remaining in the first 16-1- quarter APPt 41 Montana State 17: At Lawrence Kan Tony Sands scored twice and Kelly Donohoe passed for two touchdowns E nd ran for a third to give the Jayhawks an easy victory Montana 41 E New Mexico 15: At Missoula Mont senior quarterback Grady Bennett passed for 285 yards and one touchdown as Montana downed Eastern New Mexico Nevada-Ren41 S Illinois 3: At Reno Nev Eric Smith rushed for 109 yards on eight carries to lead Nevada-Reno The game played before 15280 was Iteno's largest opening this crowd Big West Long Beach St 28 Northridge 9: At the 49ers scored three fourth-quarte- r touchdowns to defeat Cal State Northridge in a e season opener at Veterans Long Beach Calif non-leagu- Stadi um N Illinois 26 Fullerton St 17: At De Kalb Ill quarterback Stacey Robinson ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead Northern Illinois to victory Robinso a junior in his first college start completed 10 of 17 passes for 114 yards IN 0: At Las Vegas quarterback Andre Ware and a smothering defense helped llouston take a commanding 56-halftime lead en route to a crushing rout of the University of Nevada-LaVegas ‘vhich suffered its worstever at ever 11nlist011 69 UN Nev The Lobos used quickness and guile to control the ball in the first half BYLIs bigger stronger team had to chase the elusive Lobos all over the field 4 1 d Kansas 4e1S:''Ci 't ' P k '''' i: 5::?:''''''-'44- 1 7 :: :z:7':-: 41- : '''':: '':10ft:1:" " — :''::' ti4:-:'- ': 41:k 'e'1''i i: 4 ::': ifrt': i :IY 0 ':f iv5! 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''1A:::! :H4-'-: Tribune Wire Services Brad Gossen completed 17 of 22 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns in his first start and Washington State held Idaho scoreless after the first quarter for a 41-win in former Weber State coach Mike Prices debut on the Washington State sidelines The lefthanded Gossen directed the Cougars on four scoring drives that each covered at least 80 yards and took less than three minutes Leading 17-- midway through the third quarter a punt and an illegal motion penalty backed the Cougars inside their line But Gossen hit tight end Doug Wellsandt with a pass to get out of the hole then threw over the middle to senior flanker Tim Stallworth who raced in for a 621ard scoring strike Junior 4:1i:I :7-:?- !t: rii446- -- ' ?'':'M't:e '7-::::- '':!:::1r-0:::::::'-f:::::h4q-- t ::?S ' " !::: - --- 4:::::: 't7::: :J::'''::: r:: :'::: '''' ' 2 j "1ck44 ': - ::'" :Nr11:1IV:g:::1'i-::':''?:11P'::'7:!''1'- '77: ' - 45k as Minors David li' 1°4te' 35-- 6 4 :'':':-- v':''':14 iii Tex- Tulsa quarterback TJ Rub ley Paso for 187 yards burned 1 exas-Epassing including a scoring strike to ace receiver Dan Bitson as he Golden I lurricane swept past the ill ::it-:--2::- g 23 UTEP 14: At El R ::::: 4:al: 4it''--''- i: 2''' d WSU's Price t Wins Debut lkik?tla:cze:::1:::::&itk‘i::4 Over Idaho :q:::'-':-:- " - :::q:4 20th-ranke- Pittsburgh over Pacific Alex Van Pelt the first freshman quarterback to start a season opener in the modern era of Pitt football ran for a touchdown as Pitt took a 28-halftime touchlead lie later threw a down pass to tailback Glenn Deveaux liosea Heard who sat out last season for disciplinary reasons scored on a 55yard reverse and Henry Tuten added a punt rrturn for a TD Rice quarterback Donald Ifollas ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more He said SMU gave a good account "They were really excited" he said "It was good to get out of here with a win" A crowd of 23227 406 shy of capacity watched the game It was a far cry Texas Stadium from luxurious 65000-sea- t home of the Dallas Cowboys and SN1U's adopted home until its "death penalty" BIT Rallies in Second Half to Overcome Gritty Lobos ' Arizona 19 Stanford 3: At Tucson Ariz Doug Pfaff kicked four field Arizona ungoals and leashed a strong ground attack and smothering defense in opening the Pacific-1Conference football season by defeating Stanford Arizona held the Cardinal to 34 yards rushing in 34 attempts and school record equaled an for fewest points by a conference opponent Arizona gained 207 yards rushing including 75 from David Eldridge The Wildcats added a bit of spice and daring with Chris Wright recovering an onside kick on the Arizona 46 with 10:24 left in the third quarter after they took a 13-- lead on Pfalts field goal ''::::!::: 1:2tt:fdigi471r::::::'4::: 10'::::: 0- 4t-:-- Louisville 28 Wyoming 21: At Laramie Wyo Browning Nagle threw four touchdown passes in his first collegiate start two of them to Camel Gardner and Louisville used a trick play to set up the winning touchdown season-openin- ifi' — $i':jc4: 17-1- 2 vicin the Cardinak tory over Wyoming Nagle a junior put Louisville in the lead for good in the fourth quarter when he hit David Moyler from 34 yards The score was set up on a trick play Cardinals halfback Curtis Lipsey picked up a lateral pass that bounced on the ground and as Wyoming defenders relaxed in the belief it was an incomplete pass ran for 29 yards to the Wyoming 11 Penalties moved the ball back to the 34 to set up Nagle's winning throw : r!:777TV:T:!MT!:::4-:::1:'::::- with just under Scott to make it five minutes to go Verdugo then hit Sean Willis for a conversion to make it 1714 'NM "It had been so long since we played we forgot what it was like" he said Rice coach Fred Goldsmith said SMU de- serves plenty of credit "I think the pressure was on us all the way" Goldsmith said "SMU had everything to gain and nothing to lose but they played their guts out and it wasn't like a scrappy guy that comes flailing at you They played with poise and they did what the coaches told 'em" starting lineup -We were a little jittery at first and it took us a half to get settled down" freshman guar- terback Mike Romo said Room said the team was proud it didn't fold after falling behind 28-- at halftime We held our poise in the second half" Romo said SMU wide receiver Mitch Gleiber said it was obvious Rice had more talent than SMU :TIoNsTis Powers Falcons Over Aztecs Tennessee Edges Colorado State Ayherk Larry 14-1- 4:e:'k 41 Sooners are beginning a probation Five players were arrested in January and February for felonies ranging from selling drugs to shooting a teammate And Barry Switzer resigned as coach in June Fullback Leon Perry scored three touchdowns and Otis Taylor returned a punt 52 yards for another TD 15 r three-yea- turned the opening kickoff :': :' - n The No Ford the son of former West Virginia running back Garrett Ford Sr finished with 127 yards on 16 carries and became the first Mountaineer in school history to gain 100 yards in his first game Harris completed 7 of 17 passes for 178 yards with one interception He also rushed for 79 yards on 10 carries Ends Its Exile But Rice Keeps Mustangs in Misery 'S11111 put :: Texas Station 7 d :: Oklahoma 73 New Mexico St 3: At Norman Okla the Sooners with a new coach and a freshman quarterback scored on their first five possessions to crush New Mexico State and erase the memories of a long harsh Texas A&M 28 LSU 16: At College 1 " :: " n plays" : ( 44 one-yar- The Seminoles' Dexter Carter rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns Favre hit 21 of 39 passes for 282 yards -He could make big plays and keep drives going" Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said of the Southern Mississippi quarterback "Favre was good enough that he took advantage of mistakes we made" Actually Southern Miss could have made its work much easier but three of its turnovers came within the Florida State 15 "We wouldn't knock them out when we had them down the first half" said Bowden "We couldn't make the big 1 besit:'SA :' ??! :::':::::-:1-::- '' '' :i i44p :?1::::k ' :: ' ? 4 :: " Clemson 30 Furman 0: At Clemson SC Clemson's strong defense led the No 12 Tigers over Furman the defending champions Clemson's final TD came when Mitch Belton blocked Bruce Leicht's punt and Tony Mauney fell on the ball in the end zone Chris Gardocki kicked three field goals for the Tigers Furman had five turnovers including three fumbles and the blocked punt The Paladins got inside Clemson territory only once — and that came after a turnover at the 37 with 30 seconds left in the first half 7-- 3 d nullified a touchdown pass from quarterback Tommy Hodson to Ronnie Haliburton 15 '''?::-I:7141:- tf 'wv'"cot ::1$''I' ':' ''1044Vr ' :: 0 e'ir 4:'''4r::::::14 ' : ::: V3 '' 'fiio'::i' iNt'(ei31- :i 2 l!7' p!:::': 'i: !':fi:01:7'S 1111417-- "'i:44'::::'::-'1V'i:1-:''- - '''i'': :1 iOrtiVaiZ4:: ::::: :''' ::'': e: ::i !:'k50'"' :: :7:1:"?'::'::1 came down" An unusual penalty allowed Florilead Mason da State to take a had a field goal attempt blocked but a Southern Mississippi player was called for illegally batting the ball That gave the Seminoles the ball back and a first down on the Southern Miss g 26-2- 4 4 '''' :' ! 54f:e" q44 q:: 0144::If'0 :4P'''':P':fittli5:1:::::::: ::-- 11 A4711" first-dow- ':': rUi7:?!::ire14!t::' :'':: ''''''' i‘ g at the half holdfield goal by Daing LSU to a d vid Browndyke in the second quarter The kick came after a holding call tall-ma- - ':H::::'):::::!1'FP' ' '"'' fnts::44-- - ' ''' season-openin- lead midFlorida State took a way through the final quarter on Bill field goal Then Mason's Southern Miss began its drive capped by Favre's winning pass with just 23 seconds left "We've got a bunch of doers" I said "We knew it before we game-winnin- 4 itt " ::' victories The Aggies led d i''' i?r)'It '' :" ‘19 - ''''''"'5r ' e ' 11 - 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': 11::?' i::111'::-::':-1 - sk 44 ::: f el "- l'ap:''''' ?: ? ': :0- - A : AAf-0- :'"'?4 ' I ": :4'::: t of four straight 26-2- 4 I - -( 4 sixth-ranke- scared" A":01:'::' ' in :30-2- 6 :9 ' A ' - ' ''i loy 4 : -- W them 144 1:i '' t':" ?41: t1:e-- — ': 4' '' -- ':' f ' t:4 ) 4 3::::): ""''-'''' ? If you have the fourth quarter you will win it: " said Southern Miss quarterback Brett Favre who threwa touchdown pass to Anthony Harris in the final minute to lift the Eagles to a Florivictory over da State "We knew they were The coach told us 1: - ::::::'' 1 :4' I ''' f i1§ ' ?!4 ? ': 28-- 3 running back to starting safety last spring took the kickoff at his line headed toward the right sideline and cut behind the block of Cornelius Patterson who knocked down the last would-b- e tackler The Aggies beat the Tigers for the first time since the series was resumed in 1986 and broke ISLI's string victory 1''' 74 sr ru "::':: ' ' n Utah junior cornerback Sean Knox ultercepted Barsotti's second pass of the night and Utah ended up with a Wayne Lamm le field goal iith 11:03 to play in the first quarter But there was an omen in the first on the ttrive Mitch61 was just rive for 16 yards Utah could get only a field goal on Lammle its next thrust — a Loot But there was encouragement VI offense — Mitchell completed rasses of 18 and 26 yards to Anglesey Ind junior running back Cliff Smith TD came with Utah's only first-hal- f :244 to play in the half when Mitchell itioveled a pass to Cliff Smith who tranced 55 yards down the right sideline r 0 ti" t 4' i) t'" ::' 0 ? ' 0: - ' - :!”1' 4: ::: :g' ":4 ' i '' ' ''''i''::: '::'':' : ' - ! :' - :4' gie Rembert caught two touchdown passes the second for 70 yards with just under 12 minutes left to make it Top 25 Roundup Coach Curley Hallman wanted his Southern Mississippi Eagles to be close in the final period He got what he wanted and the Eagles got an upset '7- I 4: ': -: 1- - '- ''V' ? :c 4 ::! :!' '' 4 7:: f '' '' Tribune Wire Services 1:' 4 1?oi: f!: g:::::: I :''' '4 - ih4''''r all-Bi- g That's because the Utah defense Vtedicted to be tougher and quicker was shredded by Jones the fullback nd tailback Aaron Craver and an ocNsional gaining pass by ': 4?'S 3-- -- X ': '' 'i l''-- y' 2 ::: — :' 10' r' 4: ' - ' :'' f I Texas MAI Rolls Past Favored Louisiana State 1 - ' e: 4'''3e pregame 'ban half the time the first half Utah's receiving corps was led by Mike Anglesey but he tunior vas the only receiver to make much of a mark as Fresno bottled up senior tight end Dennis Smith and relegated new wide receivers Mike fonnaughton and Bryan Rowley to lust one reception kVith Utah's usually explosive offense stifled under a ferocious blitzing defense against Mitchell Fresno Utah lead and overcame an early rolled to a 2844 halftime lead in passing Mitchell was early in the second quarter due mainly to a suffocating defense applied by West linebacker Cox And when Utah can't muster offense as in last year's national leading 526 yards per game the Utes are in deep duo-do- " 4 r 'i' ‘k The Liles' 3 1989 Sunday September 0 I |
