Show B6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday October 5 2003 NMSU blows big lead ' Lindgren throws 5 TDs in 2nd half to lead Idaho LAS CRUCES NM(AP) —At the top of Brian Lindgrcn’s halftime wish list was pass protection He might want to add it to his holiday list as well With the score at halftime 21-- 0 in favor of New Mexico State — the Aggies playing before a home crowd of 18624 — a modest dusting of pass protection was all the Idaho quarterback asked for Wish granted Then Lindgren threw five touchgame-winn- er down passes including the to Jeff Stowe with 14 seconds left edging New Mexico State 35-3- 1 “I told the offensive line at the half that I needed just a little extra time to throw” Lindgren said after Saturday’s game Sun Belt) recovered a The Vandals (1-- 5 SCOBGBCAB® Fpotball line Tony Joseph fumble on their own seven-yar- d with 1:09 left Lindgren then engineered the five-pla- y drive that ended die Aggies' seven- game home winning streak It took 55 seconds The Nfoltjals scored all their points in the second half It was21-- 0 Aggies at halftime and 28-- 0 early in the third But with 6:31 left in the game Idaho had closed to within 3 at 8 8S Lindgrep connected with Wendell Octave for 10 yards and a touchdown— five minutes before the pass to Stowe sealed iL ‘Tonight we were spectacular” said Idaho coach Tran Cable “We had only three penalties in the entire game Our players showed NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 94-yat- d ' : 31-- BuMo vi- N England ‘ j 0 2 4 Art PF M 0 1000 120 47 0 750 20 78 0 500 69 113 0 300 73 109 W L T 2 2 0 500 82 74 0 M0 84 96 1 2 2 3 3 W L T 4 4 2 0 0 W L 3 2 1 tndtonapdle ' Rmbuipi T Cincinnati KanaaaChy Oakland SanDlago 0 2 4 T ' Pet FF PA 0 250 0 250 61 East 84 L 3 2 2 1 T PCI 750 PF 90 65 79 33 NY Giants NOriaana O' - 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7 back Janimal Lord ran for two touchdowns as the Com-huske- rs overcame a slow start to beat Troy State The Cornhuskers (5-broke open a 10-- 0 game with' 1 - 0) two touchdowns in the third quarter Lord hit tight end Matt Herian on a 77 -- yard pass before Cory Ross ran in from 3 Then Lord scored on ' yards run to push Nebras- a ka’s lead to 23-- 0 No 14 Washington SL30 Arizona 7 At Pullman Wash Matt " Kegel threw two TD passes and Jason David returned art interception for a score for the Cougars0 Washington State (5-- 1 iW-1dominated Arizona ' 0-(1-- 5 n the Wildcats’ first ' game since coach John Mack ovic was fired last Sunday Mike Hankwitz is coaching the team on an interim basis No 17 N Illinois 30 Ohio 23 (OT) At Dekalb 111 PJ Fleck touchcaught a tying down pass with 1:42 remaining and set up quarterback score in Josh Haldi's overtime as Northern Illinois survived a scare Fleck had 14 catches for a - school-recor234 yards d the two big plays including that helped the Huskies (5-- 0 Mid- - American Conference) remain unbeaten After Haldi's score on the first overtime possession Northern Illinois stopped Ohio 0-(1-- 4 on four straight plays The game ended on Kursten Strothman's sack UCLA 46 No 18 Washington 16 At Pasadena Calif Rodney Leisle returned from a first-ha- lf suspension to score on a fumble recovery and intercept a pass as the Bruins rallied to beat the Huskies The tackle was suspended for the half for punching a San Diego State player in the stomach last week The senior star made an impact on his very first play pouncing on the ball in the end zone after defensive end Dave Ball knocked the ball out of quarterback Cody Pickett's hand No 20 TCU 27 Army 0 At Fort Worth Texas Brandon Hassell making his third - 2-- 0) 2) : 15-ya- rd -0 un un GM AP photo Members of the Tennessee Volunteers react near the end of a 28-2- 1 loss to the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night start in place of the injured Ttye Gunn threw two TD passes to Brace including a Galbert to start the second half ' Freshman Robert Merrill had rushd his third straight ing game for the Horned Frogs 2-- 0 (5-Conference USA) since replacing injured tailback Lonta HobbsTyrone Sanders returned a questionable fumble 35 yards for a touchdown Hassell a fourth-yea- r junior who had never thrown a pass before taking over for Gunn was passes for 162 yards — 151 after halftime — in what might have been his last 40-yard-er 100-yar- Q 21 start : No 21 Minnesota 42 Northwestern 17 At Evanston 111 Asad threw for three touchdowns including a - Abdul-Khal- game-changi- iq to 96-yair- Jared Ellerson as Minnesota roared back from an early deficit Marion Barber III ran for two scores as the Gophers piled up 572 yards and improved to 6-- 0 for the first time in 43 years Minnesota (2-- 0 Big Ten) hosts No 9 Michigan on Friday night No 22 Purdue 43 Illinois 10 At West Lafayette Ind Jerod Void ran for a career-hig- h 119 yards and four touchdowns for Purdue The Boilermakers (4-- 1 Big Ten) have won four straight overall and seven straight conference openers under Joe Tiller who became just the second Purdue coach to win 50 games Mississippi 20 No 24 Florida 17 At Gainesville Fla Eli ' Manning directed a late 50-yatouchdown drive to lift Mississippi past reeling Florird AikanaaaSt 44 Louisiana Monroe 41 Baylor 42 Coioiado 30 GramBiing SL 6S Piabto Vtow 7 North Atobama 21 & Arkansas 14 Oktohoma SL 56 Loutoiana-Laisyatl- a 3 Portland SL 21 Stephan FAuaHn 13 flics 28 San Jose SL 24 TCU 27 Army 0 IbaaB 24 Kansas SL 20 Monday OeL 9 Indtonapoiia at Tampa Bay 7 pm Tutoa 27 Hawaii 16 NCAA TOP 25 SCHEDULE For the second straight seaSaturday Oklahoma (53) beat towa State son Ole Miss (3-- 2 2-- 0 South t 53-- 7Nal Next vs No 13 Itotaa Saturday V: No ZMtoml (54) beat Waal Vkglnia 22- eastern Conference) held 20 Thursday Nest at Na 5 Florida Staia 2) Flmida (3-- 3 scoreless in Saturday No 3 Ohio State (M) did not ptay Na: the second half to earn an ' atWiaconain Saknday “upset" victory adding this to - 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