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r a 1 Western Athletic Conference record threw : standings with a three interceptions and gained just 45 yards on the ground ' "1 think first of all that we need to characterize this team as one that finds a way that comes up 4-- ae ff 0 I ag ft i ' as with big plays when they're really needed" said Cowboys coach Paul Roach "A team that doesn't panic They're very calm on the sidelines very confident" Wyoming couldn't muster any offense in the fourth quarter until Rivers returned Troy Rossean's punt to New Mexico's 2 Jay Daffer ran the ball in pulling Corontzos hit Wyoming to 22-2- 0 Shawn Wiggins for a game-tyin- g I inin i I M‘ 41-yar- d conversion New Mexico got the ball back with 4:47 left but tackle Thomas Williams hit wide receiver Mike Henderson hard on third-and-- 5 and knocked the ball loose Defensive end Doug Rigby recovered at the Lobos' 38 Corontzos threw an pass to Ryan Yarborough on first down and found third-strin- g tight end rowers for six yards on Ryan third-and-- 8 moving the ball to the two-poi- 18 Fleming who earlier had missed field goals from 42 and 45 yards nailed his third attempt of the day 2 to put Wyoming ahead with 25-2- 2:07 Texas-E- Continued From D-- 1 defensive I looked for a flag and hen I didn't get it I ran off the field" Referee John Nealon said the coy-rin- g officials just didn't see it as an interference situation "The question is basically when goward had the ball did he have possession when he hit the ground" NeaIon said "In order to have possession y:ou must be able to do one of three things: run with it throw it or kick it He could not have run with it" : Howard had brought Michigan back from a 4 deficit by returning a kickoff 95 yards for a TD with 5:50 I 21-1- "I felt as if I caught the ball" How- l ard said "As I looked up after the Ilan popped out the first thing I saw was the officials' face and I was lookitig for him to raise his arms for a touchdown but he never did" Michigan State coach George eerles said he didn't have a good enough view of the play to comment But he applauded Moeller's decision tn go for it ' Moeller was trying to do what no other Michigan coach has done since Bennie Oosterbaan in 1948 — beat Michigan State in his first try "It was a play we had practiced for six to eight weeks" Moeller said 'Woo run it and execute it to perfection and something like that happens If I knew they officials were going to do something like that to us I would Itave gone for one point" : Michigan got the ball back after recovering an onside kick but Grbac's h pass from the Spartans' 47 line was intercepted at the It was the first time Michigan (3-overall Big Ten) had been ranked No 1 since the 1989 preseason poll — hen the Wolverines lost to Notre in the first game Dame lOst-ditc- 2 444 ' gre : Iry 44 ' 4- - e 1 ‘ 4 s 1 - 1 It 44 44 1 e : il 4 410 10 I I k1 t-- i t 45-2- 1 w " 4 i11" I 6 rain-drench- k t 12-ya- 17-1- Paso 12 Hawaii 10: At El g d 3-- 2-- WAC Rainbows kicker Zerin Kahn was field goal atshort on a tempt with 3 seconds to play that would have won the game for Hawaii The game's only touchdown came on a pass from Hawaii quarterback Garrett Gabriel to Darrick Branch in the first half d 25-ya- ":7 seemed to be bankrupt against the fourth-ranke- d Oklahoma Sooners Saturday they proved they had just enough Cash Keith Cash that is Cash hauled in a : ( I V i I I i ti ' A - r- t e :2141 :sbik:05:: irt 4 v v ' ''''t - - - ' 4 14 71' :::1"34t 1 4 a't 0 0 toe t' ' 1:1:4 ::h:Nt'l': ''''''rlttt' t 4 l '11:1 - 41t4111:14' : ‘‘ 40s4: 7 i- i if 57-2- South until a d field goal try into the wind by Oklahoma's RD Lashar on the game's final play sailed wide to the left Keith Cash's touchdown catch endd ed a drive engineered by quarterback Peter Gardere — an unlikely march that came against an Oklahoma defense that forced three second-hal- f turnovers "To say the least it was a great win over a great Oklahoma team" said Texas Coach David McWilliams whose teatus have struggled to losing records the last two seasons "More than anything it showed we Li Miami 34 Kansas 0: At Miami the Hurricanes traded shoves and punches with Kansas players during warmup drills then knocked out the Jayhawks A mass of players fought near midfield 30 minutes before the game and it took coaches of the teams about a minute to break up the brawl The third-ranke- d Hurricanes' defense which had given up more than 20 points in every game this year goal-lin- e mounted a stand and dominated the rest of the scored on six consecway Miami (4-utive possessions to lead 34-- 0 late in the third quarter first-quart- i - p :(---' r 01 e -- - :t I )p t 4 74 1 46060416' 1PJ if - itwitmetadvmool6whij -- —United Prou International Aubürn 56 Vanderbilt 6: At Auburn Ala Stan White threw two touchdown passes to Greg Taylor and Auburn's special teams accounted for three more scores Saturday powerd Tigers to a rout ing the of Vanderbilt sixth-ranke- Georgia Tech 21 Clemson 19: At No 18 Georgia Tech hung on to beat d Clemson in an Atlantic Coast Conference game the Yellow Jackets ninth straight victory Mississippi 28 Georgia 21: At Athens Ga Randy Baldwin rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns to lead No 24 Mississippi to a Southeastern Conference upset of Georgia Other Games: At Waco Texas quarterback JJ Joe led Baylor to scores on its first seven possessions as the Bears thumped Southern Methodist At Fort Worth Texas Texas Christian improved to with its fifth straight win a 38-2- 8 victory over At Tulsa Okla Louisiana Rice 1 At Tech defeated Tulsa Fayetteville Ark Texas Tech withstood a frantic Arkansas rally for a 49-4- 4 victory over the Razorbacks At Lexington Ky Kentucky used three blocked kicks to beat Mississip5 At New Orleans pi State Southern Mississippi stopped Tulane 15th-ranke- 5-- 1 At- fourth-quartlanta Kevin Tisdel's kickoff return set up a touchdown run by TJ Edwards and 87-ya- Photo touchdown in Oklahoma 52-17- Houston 36 Texas ASA 31: At Houston Chuck Weatherspoon scored two run touchdowns including a with 20 seconds left lifting Houston to a Southwest Conference victory over No 20 Texas MM er Tribune Wire Services Washington is in the driver's seat on the road to the Rose Bowl but there's no boasting among the Huskies just yet "It keeps getting harder every week" Mario Bailey said following Pacific-1- 0 7 No 17 Washington's Conference victory over No 19 Oregon on Saturday in Seattle "You want to say Rose Bowl but you can't" Quarterback Mark Brune II ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third Greg Lewis rushed for 169 t ' 35-2- 17-1- 20-1- 4 7— - ik J11 '74N ' I A 4 '4 ' 38-1- ) 1 C ire L ' oi: ea :7t Ikci jr kw 40 to - J1 k 4 4"' A141 '' - '6' :ii'' 1 - it t West caused Oregon quarterback Bill Musgrave to commit three turnovers "1 felt like we were beaten and I don't remember that many times here when we were beaten that way" said Oregon coach Rich Brooks PacWashington (5-- 1 overall 10) virtually eliminated Oregon (4-- 2 from the race to Pasadena The team Huskies are the only Pac-1- 0 without a conference defeat "We did not have a good first half but I was pleased with the second half" said Washington coach Don James Lewis rushed for more than 100 yards for the sixth time this season run for Washingincluding a ton's first touchdown in the opening 3-- 0 0-- d quarter "That hole was so wide open I couldn't do anything but score" Lewis said Musgrave who directed Oregon to a victory over Brigham Young in Eugene Ore two weeks ago completed 22 of 45 passes for 302 yards But the Huskies intercepted him twice and recovered a Musgrave fumble to set up two touchdowns Musgrave was sacked four times Washington which leads the nation in rushing defense held Oregon to seven yards on the ground Colorado 28 Iowa State 12: At Boulder Colo Eric Bieniemy rushed 21 - 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' '3k :t t 4k 1 '''''v (::fi 1 a i -1 ti 1 I1 3 ' ti k y times for 131 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with an injured shoulder in the third quarter leading No 14 Colorado to a Big Eight triumph over Iowa State Southern Cal 37 Stanford 22: At Stanford Calif Todd Marinovich completed 17 of 30 passes for a 338 yards and three toucher-high downs and caught a scoring pass lifting No 16 Southern California to a triumph over Stanford in a Pacific-1Conference matchup care- 0 Oregon St 35 Arizona 21: At CorvalOre Reggie Pitchford scored three touchdowns and freshman Duane Jones ran for two more as Oree losing WW&b"E nine-gam- 4 ' and returned a kickoff 34 yards and forced Air Force to surrender field position by punting away from him "I think our biggest problem was figuring out where Ismail was" said Air Force's biggest problem early in the game was Ryan Mihalko who blocked two punts by the Falcons' Jason Christ to set up Irish touchdowns The Notre Dame defensive line led d nose tackle Chris Zorby d tackle George Wilich and liams battered the smaller Air Force line to open the way for Mihalko "Everyone hit their gaps well and I was able to get in there pretty clean" Mihalko said De Berry saw it differently "That's probably as poor as Job as we've done since I've been at the Air Force Academy" he said Dorsey Levens in his first start at tailback rushed for two touchdowns to seal Air Force's fate led 31-- 7 at the early The Irish (4-half over the Falcons 1 " t 1 i sq Press Photo gon's Ngalu Kelemeni Huskies earned inside track to Rose Bowl with big win streak by stunning No 21 Arizona in a Pac-1- 0 game Redshirt freshman Fred Schweer directed two long second-hal- f scoring drives for the Beavers who beat the Wildcats for the first time since Arizona joined the Pacific 10 in 1979 California 31 Arizona St 24: At Tem- pe Ariz Russell White scored three touchdowns while Mike Pawlawski threw for 232 yards as California survived a second-hal- f rally by Arizona State in a Pac-1matchup Other Games: At Santa Ana Calif sophomore quarterback Troy Kopp passed for 515 yards and seven touchdowns to lead the University of the rout of Fullerton Pacific to a 0 67-3- AlbztM140wOV41440e State in a Big West Conference game At Moscow Idaho Devon Pearce rushed for three touchdowns and a 190 yards in leading Idacareer-hig0 ho to a victory over Idaho State At Reno unbeaten Big Sky leader Nevada rolled to a 40-1win over Eastern Washington Boise State stayed in the hunt in the Big Sky with h 41-2- 7 a 28-2- 0 Arizona I t4t '0 It I N ire 4st : t17t :A r 171 tw rr tt 1 i ()1 1 298-poun- r) A first-quart- 1) A C4 3-- Nebraska 69 Missouri 21: At Lincoln Neb Mickey Joseph ran for four touchdowns in the first half and threw for another as No 7 Nebraska rolled over Missouri in the Big Eight Conference Joseph's TD runs of 15 five two and three yards in the first half tied a school record for quarterbacks set by Gerry Gdowski last year against Iowa State Joseph also threw 10 yards to Jon Bostick for a TD Nebraska improved to 0 on the season and 0 in the Big Eight while Missouri dropped to 4 and 2 The victory extended Nebraska's NCAA record with a 29th consecutive winning season 10: I It& - tt L 6-- 2-- 2-- 0-- I t i Illinois 34 Purdue 0: At Champaign quarterback Jason Verduzco threw for two touchdowns in leading d Illinois to a Big Ten victory over Purdue Verduzco who completed 21 of 34 passes for 329 yards hit Kamen° Bell from two yards out in the second quarter and David Olson with a 7- yarder in the fourth quarter Fullback Howard Griffith opened the scoring for Illinois with a run in the first quarter and Doug Higgins kicked field goals of 33 yards in the second quarter and 20 yards in imthe third quarter as Illinois (4-proved to 0 to share the lead in the Big Ten Indiana 27 Ohio State 27: At victory over Northern downs and Scott Bonne II kicked a 27- yard field goal with 1:09 left lifting undefeated No 22 Indiana into a tie with Ohio State Dunbar rushed 83 times and scored on runs of 3 and 6 yards the longest coming on a fourth-and-tw- o play with 9:21 remaining to pull the Hoosiers 4 within Indiana's defense held the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers drove 55 yards for the final points Indiana off to its best start in 23 overall and years improved to in the Big Ten with its first tie in 13 years Ohio State moved to and The Buckeyes are when playing as Indiana's Homecoming foe Iowa 30 Wisconsin 10: At Iowa City Iowa Nick Bell and Tony Stewart each ran for more than 100 yards and added a touchdown apiece to help No 25 Iowa to a Big Ten victory over Wisconsin Bell and Stewart who rotate at tailback pounded Wisconsin's defense for 146 and 124 yards respectively Other Games: At Minneapolis Minnesota raced to a 5 Big Ten victory over Northwestern At Manhattan Kan Kansas State quarterback Carl Straw scored from a yard out with 11:24 left in the game to break a tie and give the Wildcats a victory over Oklahoma State their first Big Eight Conference— win in four years 35-2- At Las Cruces NM Nevada-La- s Vegas edged New Mexico State 24-2At San Jose Calif San Jose State racked up 614 yards in total offense to rout Long Beach State At San Diego Barbara defeated San Diego 24-- in a 0 46-2- 9 UC-San- 3 game Bloo- mington Ind Vaughn Dunbar rushed for 188 yards and two touch- 27-2- z —Associated gon State broke a 4' t 1 5' Washington defenders John Cook (93) and Dave Hoffman knock the down out of Ore lis t A f' V t 411'''''' I t'i ' ' N s 2-- -- - r '' ittal44 44 1 s ''''1 ' ' gt A: 4 iIti elk k ' yards and Washington's defense 1 43 e til A - Ns- V:A i 4z(41it 4 t? ir 11th-ranke- st p Not --- t I : I 4 266-poun- Texas tight end Kerry Cash grabs first-hal- f Longhorns' stunning upset over fourth-ranke- d Tennessee 45 Florida 3: At Knoxd reville Tenn Dale Carter's kickoff ignitturn of the second-hal- f third quarter — which ed a included a rare touchdown pass by the tight end — and No 5 Tennessee beat No 9 Florida in a Southeastern Conference showdown ''' 404 et4 tp4 i De-Ber- ry - I- ti U'! Midwest '4 A i 1 1 4 ?11'c s'fe i i - I' i- 4 y:Ns had determination Our defense played great but we didn't do any- thing on offense Then we went 91 yards like that That's something" The game winning drive highlighted an afternoon of frustration for the Longhorns who turned the ball over four times and continually fought off the Sooners' ground game It was the second straight upset victory for the Longhorns over the Sooners i rditS' (' s t 'lit li 46-yar- Ismail Ignites Irish in Rout of Air Force Tribune Wire Services Notre Dame showed Air Force a season's worth of game highlights Saturday in South Bend Ind featuring best performances by Rick Mirer and speedy Raghib "Rocket" Ismail and best supporting role honors to the Irish punt defense "They could make their highlight film for the year or make Ismail's highlight film anyway from this game" said Air Force coach Fisher De Berry after No 8 Notre Dame 7 crushed the Falcons Mirer passed for 253 yards throwing for touchdowns to Ismail and Derek Brown in reviving the Irish (4- 1) after last week's loss to Stanford Ismail caught six passes for 172 yards 111111:4-- 1 — ) 1:S7) 14-1- 4 i lio prt 1 I '1 t 4 ts 11 ' d pass with two 3 lied the Longhorns to a upset win in Dallas over the previously unbeaten Sooners Keith and his twin brother Kerry produced Texas' two touchdowns in a dramatic contest that was not decided it i f !' touchdown minutes to play that ral- n -- ' -- p fr:144 - of - - vial 17-a- ll 23-1- 7 ' 1 41-2- Huskies Bounce Ducks From Rose Bowl Race Number Wolverines 24-1- 9 l Texas Jason Gillespie's fourth field goal with 2:14 remaining gave Texas-E- l Paso its first WAC win in four tries this season kick raised Gillespie's the Miners' record to 4 overall 2 in the Hawaii dropped to 3 school-tyin- MSU Upsets 1 left Paso Just as the Texas Longhorns IP4110- - 4143'"t l'-- - I '' Tribune Wire Services fourth-dow- " 4 :i ' I1 I17 t 411 1 - -r 4 d- - ' t 4 od ng - s4 e:96mie44 '' Ilnagy ' 1 n of 18 passes for 194 Texas Drives ferikrit To Upset (4‘ r Of Sooners N - 11 late-gam- ot ' 40 ''' 't 4 0 41 1 ACC-recor- 3 '111 ' 71:11i 2-- Other Games: At Pittsburgh Glenn Deveaux scored on three short runs Alex Van Pelt hit Olanda Truitt with two scoring passes and Pittse burgh blocked a punt to end a rally in a victory over Rutgers At Newton Mass Boston College withstood the running of wishbone quarterback Bryan McWilliams and capitalized on Army turnovers in a 0 At Anvictory over the Cadets napolis Md Kwamie Moultrie rushed for 103 run in yards and Dominic Flis scored on a 3 the fourth quarter giving Navy a victory over Akron At Durham NC Billy Ray threw three touchdown passes and Dave Brown had two more as Duke overcame five turnovers for a 49-1- 8 At Morgantown victory over Western Carolina WVa West Virginia overcame Cincinnati 28-2- 0 Moore-to-Moor- 3-- Shawn Moore completed i : V- ''' i?Ir° is ty-- ':is' yards including six to Herman Moore for 162 d yards Virginia's final score came on an e connection in the fourth quarter "I didn't think we could do it Saturday" said Shawn a senior who has passed or run for an d 75 TDs in his career "When we scored 24 points in the first half I was stumped" Herman Moore's two TD catches boosted his career total to 23 the most in school history The 83- yarder was the longest of his career and the longest for Virginia since John Ford caught a against VM1 in 1984 Virginia also was effective on the ground rushing for 228 yards against the nation's No 4 defense Terry Kirby running behind a veteran offensive line that opened big holes up the middle led the way with 112 yards on 15 carries Penn State 27 Syracuse 21: At State College Pa 0 i s 4 '' 1 tAtrA or x - ‘ : 7: q er " quarterback Tony Sacca ran 16 yards for a touchdown and passEd 36 yards to David Daniels for another as Penn State beat Syracuse in the 68th and final game between the bitter Eastern rivals East 4-- 3 r '$i El' 4 IF ' )1 I F 9- Tribune Wire Services Moore and Moore Virginia is looking like a serious contender for the national championship Shawn Moore threw for three touchdowns including two to Herman Moore and ran for another as second-ranke- d Virginia routed North Carolina State 31-- 0 Saturday at Charlottesville Va Virginia the nation's scoring leader at 51 points a game took a 24-- halftime lead and then coasted to its fifth straight win over NC State and 12th consecutive victory at Scott Stadium "Virginia beat us just about every way you can beat a football team" said NC State coach Dick Sheridan "We have not been manhandled like this in a while Virginia is probably the best team we've faced since I came to State" The Cavaliers off to their best start in 41 years improved to 0 overall and 0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina State is and 6-- ah D3 : - |