Show '4 Monday September 30 2002 A8 The Herald Journal Sports briefs in season opener Utah State's golf team posted its Idaho best round of the three-roun- d Vandal Classic oh Sunday but still finished 3th at the season-openin- g event The Aggies who had posted scores of 309 and 310 in the first two rounds Saturday posted a 301 Sunday but were unable to make up' any ground placing five shots British Columbia behind I2th-plac- e Host Idaho won the event with a score of 84 while USU finished with a total of 920 Individual scores were not provided by Idaho which according to its press release boasted the individual winner as Travis Inlow 1 ' ANAHEIM Calif (AP) — Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki who struggled in September may undergo surgery to remove a bone chip from his right elbow Sasaki pirns to consult with his doctor in Japan to decide whether to have the operation he said Sunday had surgery in The Japan to remove chips from the same elbow in 1999 Sasaki had 37 saves this year with a 4--5 record and 252 ERA But in the final month of the season he had a 648 ERA blowing three of seven save chances Sasaki did not pitch in the series in ' Mariners’ season-endin- g er Anaheim Rice passes Payton in record books OAKLAND Calif (AP) — Oak- land Raiders receiver Jerry Rice fourth-quartpass caught an from Rich Gannon on Sunday against Tennessee making Rice the NFL’s career leader m yards from scrim- er rd mage Rice finished with 131 yards in the Raiders’ 52-2- 5 win to give him 21281 for his career 16 more than Walter Payton’s previous record He has 20649 receiving and 632 rushing career in liis “It’s an honor to break a record like Walter’s" Rice said - 18-ye- ar Hernandez falls short of strikeout mark ST LOUIS ( AP) — Milwaukee's Jose Hernandez sat out the season finale Sunday and finished with 188 strikeouts one short of tying the major league record Bobby Bonds fanned 189 times in 1970 Hernandez appeared likely to break the mark but Brewers manager Jerry Royster played him sparingly over the last week saying media was making a “mockery” of the record Sunday's scores NFL Dallas 13 St Louis 10 Buffalo 33 Chicago 27 OT Detroit 26 New Orleans 21 Kansas City 48 Miami 30 Green Bay 17 Carolina 14 Pittsburgh 16 Cleveland 13 OT Jacksonville 28 NY Jets 3 Philadelphia 35 Houston 17 Arizona 21 NY Giants 7 Tampa Bay 35 Cincinnati 7 San Diego 21 New England 14 Oakland 52 Tennessee 25 Seattle 48 Minnesota 23 : - Toronto 1 al Detroit 0 Boston 11 Tampa Bay 8 Cleveland 7 Kansas City 3 NY Yankees 6 Baltimore 1 Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox Oakland B Texas 7 Anaheim 7 Seattle 6 nl 6 Atlanta 1 1 Montreal 7 Cincinnati 2 SL Louis 4 Milwaukee 0 Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 7 Houston 0 i Florida 4 Philadelphia 3 JO Innings San Diego 2 Los Angefes0 Arizona 11 Colorado 8 On television NFL FOOTBALL 7pjju ABC — Denver at Baltimore Chargers top Patriots KC ' - I VVin- i’ I - - v- - beats Miami By The Associated Press i' LaDainian Tomlinson tied San rushing record Diego's single-gam- e with 217 yards and scored on runs of 58 and 37 yards as the host Chargers knocked off defending Super Bowl 4 in a batchampion New England tle of unbeaten teams Tomlinson got the score on run the longest of his career a on the second play of the third quarter helping the Chargers improved to 4-- 0 for the first time their Super Bowl sea- son of 1994 The Patriots (3-- 1 j lost for the first time in 13 games and it was their first loss in 1 1 games against the Chargers dating to 1973 With both Seau and safety Rodney Harrison in the lineup for the first time since opening day the Chargers shut down the Patriots’ powerful offense Tom for 353 yards with Brady was two touchdowns and two interceptions Adam Vinatieri was wide right on a 41 -- yard field goal attempt in the sec- ond quarter snapping a streak of 1 1 that straight that included his beat St Louis in the Super Bowl ' i r "‘i r'-- s The rent '£ V - ' f 00 ff field 9 1 '4Lj a fa I c 21-1- s' ' 1 - go-ahe- ad ' ' A f S v m ’is u: o: ‘Z ' tfs d I ‘ r : B atal 36-for-- Cre has E er unc Chiefs 48 Dolphins 30 Trent Green threw five touchdown passes — including three to tight end Tony Gonzalez — ran for 48 yards and even threw a block on a TD run by Priest Holmes as the Chiefs handed Miami its first loss of the season Safety Greg Wesley intercepted three of Jay Fiedler’s passes in the final eight minutes to set up the final IQ points for the Chiefs (2-who had lost five in a row to the Dolphins Green was 2of-3- 4 for 328 yards pre ly" sail abli gar lev goi foo gra alii 2) bet put APphoto Diego Chargers running back LaDaimian Tomlinson leaps over teammate Fred McCrary while gaining 11 yards in the first quarter against the New England Patriots Sunday in San Diego San See NFL on A9 am san Good and bad news for USU Special teams and offense improved defense struggled r— - a v 1 "s? m ' s tail anc rsrw — T1 W a ' victorious ii at By Shawn Harrison sports editor Looking back at Utah State’s football game Saturday at Boise State that was some good news and some bad news First the good news: The Aggie offense doubled its touchdown output against a Division I foe USU (14) reached the end zone four times against the Broncos and tacked on a field goal ‘ Quite an Aggio football improvement from scoring just two TDs and booting dime field goals combined against Utah Nebraska and Iowa Plus this all happened with starting naming back James Samuel resting from a concussion and leading neher Roger Robinson quitting the team last week “Everybody decided to come together” said running back Richard Watson who got his first collegiate start “Die people that want to be here stepped up” Watson finished with 74 yank rushing on 24 carries and caught knt bar IT T ( wit SUTTON COLDFIELD England (AP) — They woe simply better from top to bottom ' Ripping a page from the US playbook foe underdog Europeans won early and won big with their best players Sunday in the Ryder Cup First up was Colin Montgomerie who rolled home a 30-fobirdie on the first hole for a ” 1 UP” starting a buzz in foe gallery and inspiring the rest of a cast to snatch the Cup from Tiger Woods Phil Mick-elso- n and a heavily favored US squad “You hear foe crowd roaring and it puts more pressure on you” Mickelson said “You' know your team isn’t doing well” In the end the Americans looked better on paper than they did at The Belfry Europe won the decisive singire matches for only the sixth time in history to capture the most precious golf prize on the continent An even bigger surprise came from the two I Fu: shi tha it i fee Mitt ot sai we no-na- nnnvyi" APphoto Watson carries the bafl downfieid against BSU Saturday Watson and his teammates were able to put up 38 points vs the Broncos USLTs Richard four passes for 67 yards With the offense scoring 31 points special teams adding a blocked punt for a score and the defense coming up with three turnovers the Aggies should have come out on top right? Wrong The bad news: USU’s defense gave eight TDs and allowed the Broncos to roll up 554 total yards of offense The Aggie offense turned the ball over four times including a fumble that was returned for a touchdown Boise State turned the other three giveaways into touchdowns “We have just not put it together from defense to special teams to offense" USU head coach Mick Dennehysaid “The offense will play well and the defense won’t then the defense will play it it? sai ‘01 the be to'J Le to hoi See RYDER on All Pa the Tf lL- - a do V® See USU on All anc wil ' N sau me u kx i'V v NY Mats Sanra ®d 58-ya- rd Sasaki closer may have elbow surgery right-hand- m Mot I mug USU golf finishes 13th Aggies grab another road victory '' ' By Julje Ann Grosahann staff writer x In previous seasons the road has been a curse for foe Utah State women’s soccer team It was time for a change ‘ though In the midst of a five-garoad trip foe Aggies have only dropped one game (at Wyoming) with just one left (at Utah) before they return to Bell Field Having to play through 35 mph winds the Aggies were able to upend Northern Arizona 3-- 0 at Flagstaff Ariz “WE’ve had a tough time win-ning on the road so this is a big accomplish- ment" USU coach Jen Kennedy Croft said “It’s defia big deal" soccer Because of the adverse weather conditions Croft said she was happy to come away with the shutout Aggio nitely She said there were chances toward the end of the game where NAU could have scored Aggie stalwart Brigid Dimer scored two goals tying foe USU career record pf 25 set by Jayme Amber Tracy Gcriy (1997-200found the back of the net as well Freshman goalie Amy Johnson recoded four saves for the Aggies in foe second half Megan Milk had two in the first 45 minutes of play The Aggies had 14 shots compared to eight by Northern Arizona & r i Jii'i tel ou " SJ if try Si V "( 'W''Sv 0) (6-2-- 2) sti V cu ' the f Ti - Fit aU r co Vs ek i Ini su APphoto European Ryder Cup team captain Sam Ibnimco kisses the trophy following the dosing ceremonies at The Belfry Sutton Coldfield England Sunday 1 ' f 1 ' eq ne ov |