| Show C4 The Salt Lake Tribune t COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday November 30 1997 Vols Win Play Wests Auburn For SEC Title THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAME SUMMARY KNOXVILLE Tenn Now that No 3 Tennessee has its first SEC East title the Volunteers are looking for more I dont think there is an SEC East champion and an SEC West champion Tennessee defensive end Jonathan Brown said after the Vols beat Vanderbilt on Saturday Theres an SEC champion We're not content with where we are right now The Vols will meet Auburn next Saturday in Atlanta for the SEC title and a berth in an alliance bowl A win over the Tigers most likely puts Tennessee in the Orange Bowl on Jan 2 " Were elated with the win and having the eastern I I Vanderbilt Tennessee 1 7 19 9--10 -17 Stroud Quarter VU Markham 47 FG 14 56 Term i opeland 33 pass from Manning (Hall kick) 440 Teno PG HaD 19 22 Third Quarter Tenn Manning run iHaU feck) VU McGrath 14 run (Markham feck) 259 A 106 683 17-1- 0 INDIVIDUAL Hogans 9 STATISTICS McGrath Alien ilhams 4 Morgan Lewis Tenues Bry- Duke son minus 111 PnreNmuufeS) Manning p ANSI V Vanderbilt Allen Tennessee Manning RECEIVING Vanderbilt Duke Allen 7 Williams Azama iminus 6) Tennessee Nash Price Copeland Bryson Lewis minus 3) McCullough Irish Earn Win At Crucial Time division championship defensive ranking by limiting the Vols to 339 yards but ended without a conference victory for the second straight year Manning also threw an inPeyton Manning the Heisman Trophy favorite terception and directed the didn't have one of his better Tennessee band in "Rocky performances completing Top after the game when the Vols seniors took a vic12 of 27 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown in his final tory lap The main thing was to home game But hes just happy for the chance to play win the game but i wanted to soak everything in and enin the SEC title game "Pve watched it every joy the moment" Manning year and I've always been said I enjoyed it out there real envious of the two today The Volunteers seemed to teams playing" Manning whose TD pass was his first have figured out the Vanin three games against the derbilt defense in the second half but couldn't hang onto Commodores said "I wanted to be a part of the game the ball Tennessee fumbled at or inside the Commodores and now we have a shot Jamal Lewis gained 196 20 three times in the half The Vols defense was up yards to lead the Vols in a to the task however holdtense struggle against Vanderbilt which held Tennes- ing Vandy to 215 total yards see to its season low for and coming up with four points for the third year in a turnovers Vols cornerback row Dwayne Goodrich interceptI don't want to hear ed two passes and recovered Same ol Vandy' or about a fumble moral victories said ComThey gave another good modore Coach Woody fight and they lost said Vol as the Commodefensive tackle Bill Duff dores lost their 15th straight Thats the way it is to the Vols I dont want to What proved to be the take anything away from winning score came after Tennessee Theyre a great Goodrich intercepted a Dafootball team they deserve mian Allen pass and retheir ranking But we just turned it 4 yards to the Vanbattled them derbilt 41 early in the third Coach Phillip Fulmer said I hope the players understand thats not the last stop Were looking forward to going to Atlanta" Carloa OsorioThe Associated Press Michigan State's Sorie Kanu intercepts a pass intended for Penn State's Cuncho Brown (82) Afterward Michigan State accepted an invitation to EAST LANSING Mich Joe Paterno expected play in the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day Michigan State to run the It was the first time the ball He just never dreamed two playthe Spartans would run it so Nittany Lions had ers run for 200 yards against well them The Spartans' 452 toSedrick Irvin and Marc tal yards were the Renaud each ran for more mostrushing ever allowed by Penn 200 No 4 than yards against State the previous Penn State as Michigan mark oftopping 425 yards by Notre vicState rolled to a Dame in 1989 tory Saturday virtually killI thought we practiced the Lions' ing hopes well this week Nittany Paterno for a berth in an alliance said The thing I dont bowl game think people realize is how I was surprised with the good Michigan State is and way they ran Paterno said that worried me Michigan I knew they were going to State really killed themrun but I thought it would selves all year be a contest Theyre good They really should have backs but weve got to tackteam if they been an le better than we did kicked a couple of field Irvin rushed 28 times for goals 238 yards and three touchPenn State was outplayed downs he also caught one of through much of the first two TD tosses by Todd half but came back from a Schultz Renaud rushed 21 14-- deficit to tie the score times for 203 yards includat 14 at 3:45 of the third ing a scoring dash quarter Then the Spartans e 49-1- 4 8-- 2 quarter belly-to-bell- y We gave it all we could give Vanderbilt put up yet another valiant defensive efthe Commodores fort held on to the league's No 1 Lewis who carried 36 times gained 32 yards on five carries and Manning bootlegged in from the 1 on third down after faking to Lewis 0 d E Washington GAME SUM Northwestern EW feck) 347 EW FG Atwood EW d Prescott Eagles scored the first 17 points before Northwestern State from Natchitoches La scored on Eric Collins field goal with 10:26 left in the first 04) Tune of quarter Eagles quarterback Harry Leons completed passes for 196 yards including a scoring pass to Rex Prescott Northwestern St Emanuel Patterson 247 33-1- 3 Washington Prescott 14 Correa I 133 113 I 7 First Quarter Turner 4 pass from McNabb Syr Turner 49 pass from (Trout feck) 6 28 Second Quarter (Trout McNabb 623 Jones run (feck failed) 400 Third Quarter Syr Trout 48 FG 10 45 Syr McNabb 43 run (Trout feck) Fourth Quarter UM Jackson 14 run (pass Trout 27 FG 2 30 25114 Syneuae 24 Fust downs failed) 4 45 11 22 Miami 16 s Passing 152 d 38-3- 1 Return 60 Yards 192 446$ Fumbles-Lo- 34) s 35 48 Time RUSHING Te Jones STATISTICS McIntosh Syracuse McNabb Brown 1M00 Sudano 5 Miami n M Downing Williams Tr Jones PASSING Downing 2412 of Possession INDIVIDUAL Covington 0100 McNeese in the closing moments Montana had seized a lead after marching 73 McNabb Miami beat MSU 438 ATLANTA Mike Bobo threw an touchdown pass to Corey Allen with eight seconds remaining and No 14 27-2- 4 touchdown run with 48 onds remaining A fourth-and-- on sec- 1 two-poi- nt Tech a lead Hines Ward failed to beBut Georgia moved for come the first player in the winning TD in four NCAA Division histoplays and benefited from ry to accumulate 1000 a critical pass interfer- career yards in rushing ence penalty on Tech passing and receiving that wiped out Travares Ward 82 yards short l-- M4 Moss Johnson HO Miami Wayne DJones Jackson 14mmus TrJones 1 (minus 4) 1) fensive back and intercepted a Ryan Clement pass Miami scored in the second quarter when Ryan Clement hit freshman Reggie Wayne with a touchdown pass Tillman's interception with 14 seconds to go After the penalty Bobo lofted a pass into the left corner of the end zone and Allen guarded closely by Tech corner-bac- k Kofi Smith man pass from Prejean 32 Montana M 310 24 of Possession 31 16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Montana Gales Sanders 6 Ah Yat 4 minus 34) McNeese St Davis Ashley PASSING Bynum Montana McNeese St Prejean Prejean Ah Yat 84 minus 3447-- 310 200 PaMontana Walker Watkins 544 Paffbau-seGales 24minus 1) Fams McNeeseSt Moms Ashley 545 VUlanova(124))vs Western Kentucky ton ) Delaware McNeese Olsen Davis Bobo (Langley pass from 48 Ward Gary Tech Hamilton PASSING Georgia Tech RECEIVING Georgia Bobo Georgia C Rogers 746 Wiley Bobo Hamilton Georgia Ward wards 642 Allen L Brown Small Greer Tech 447 Wilder Sbendan Georgia Ed- Bailey Wiggins 1 Middleton 7 Steagall season-hig- h 530 yards to 415 for Georgia Tech Ward still had a productive day catching six passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns Notre Dame Brown Barry 16 Denson 14mmus-8- ) Elli147 Hawau Tharp 540 Kane Johnson Nelson son Mims Kirby HI Kalama Macon put Hawaii ahead but Notre Dame moved within two points on a run by Denson The last two Hawaii scores were set up by spectacular punt returns of 36 and 51 yards by Eddie Klaneski The Irish made it into Ha22-1- 4 waii t only twice in territory the second half but made both count leading to s Densons TD and the Cen-gia- field g game-winnin- goal Semifinal winners Dee 6 Noon NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals vs Georgia Southern ) vs Western Illinois (11- ) Mount Union 59 John Carroll 7 Lycoming 46 Trinity Texas 26 Rowan N J 13 College of New Jersey 7 Minn 21 Simpson 61 Augsburg Saturday Dec Mount Union Pa Lycoming Washington winner Southern winner vs Stale W Illinois winner Dec Dee 13 Championship At Florence Ala ) Youngstown State vs Eastern Washing) Saturday O PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Slippery Rock Saturday 14 State winner vs a 6 Semifinals Sites TBA Ohio (124)) vs Sunpson vs Rowan Saturday Dec 13 Iowa NJ ) Championship Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl At Salem Va 20 Semifinal winners GAME SUMMARY 7 0 6 (44 74) St (44 74) 6 7 7 Ftrsl Quarter Rone 35 puss from Patndge 8 39 Second Quarter 815 Mississippi Mississippi Miss sey tack) 14 (Lind- 5 pass from Morgan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miss Stewart Patridge a threw touchdown pass to Andre Rone with 25 seconds left and Mississippi then convertconvered a sion to beat No 22 Mi15-1- 4 Edwards ) State W Kentucky-- ssissippi State Saturday in a game marred by a pregame STATISTICS Powlus Carey RECEIVING M Dec 13 Saturday Semifinals Sites TRA two-poi- Alien 8 pass from Bobo (pass failed) Dueso Skinner Patridges Pass Rallies Ole Miss STARKVILLE (Langley Weaver Notre Dame Hawau Jackson 1) Fontenot Watkins for a touchdown with 3:55 left in the first half -- 7 1124 Ellison PASSING Quarterfinals SiteTBA 1) Sandes 13 Saturday 5 RECEIVING 7 Kane 21 23 Albany State Ga 22 Northern Colorado 35 Northwest Missouri State 19 UC Davis 50 Angelo State 33 Saturday Dee 6 Semifinals Sites TBA UC Davis (94) vs New Haven Conn (IH) Northern Colorado ) vs Tenn (114)) PLAYOFFS Colgate 28 Delaware 24 Hofstra 14 Youngstown State 28 Hampton 13 Georgia Southern 52 Florida A&M 37 Western Kentucky 42 Eastern Kentucky Western Illinois 31 Jackson State 24 E Wash 40 Northwestern St La 10 McNeese State 19 Montana 14 s Tune STATISTICS Notre Dame Denson Driver Powlus Barry Hawaii Carey Tharp RUSHING NCAA DIVISION First Round 5 15170 7 NCAA DIVISION 10 Fumbles-Los- t 6 run (Frakes tack) 1 43 Quarter pass from Bobo (Langley Georgia INDIVIDUAL Stokes New Haven 49 Villanova49 Return Yards Perkins Cengia 20 41 509 A Championship At Tennessee Centennial Stadium Chattanooga Tenn Semifinal winners Noon 19 200 1 14) 7 Flnt Quarter INDIVIDUAL ND ND--FG d 34 Virginia Tech 20 MIDWEST Michigan St 49 Penn St 14 FAR WEST Notre Dame 23 Hawau 22 d RUSHING Haw Haw SOUTH 27 Georgia Tech 24 15 Mississippi Mississippi St 14 Southern U 30 Grambling St 7 33 13 Miami Syracuse Tennessee 17 Vanderbilt 10 3674 Passing 6 from Haw Georgia (feck downs s 1) Tharp Haw SCORES PLAYOFF SCHEDULES McNeese State First 17 checo run (feck failed) 13 49 12 run (Cengia feck) ? 54 ft? Hannum 23 4 til Third Quarter FG Hannum 45 9 23 FG Hannum 33 2 31 Fourth Quarter Tharp 8 run (Hannum kick) 13 34 Denson 4 run (pass failed) 1138 Haw NEMnson Virginia 28 44 (Cengia Quarter -14 73 failed) A 13681 Lillie Ml of passing for 1000 yards didnt get a chance dogs piled up a Bobo to throw a pass handled those duties just fine completing 30 of 39 passes for 415 yards and four touchdowns tying a school record The Bull- - g 1 Ashley 0 27 46015 140 C Rogers Irvin HO 30 1 MSU Frakes 23 22 Fourth Quarter GT-- FG Frakes 45 1229 GT Wiley 3 run (Sheridan Pas Rarnko 43 9 13 Second Quarter run (LaFrenz feck) 9 42 UM Watkins 17 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) 3 55 Third Quarter MSU FG LaFrenz 29 8 06 Fourth Quarter UM Olsen 33 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner GT--FG 10 453 Keur First Quarter feck) return 37 interception Second 23-2- 2 FG LaFrenz Davis feck) 4 51 17-1- Fields I MSU Frakes 21 43 Third Quarter Ga Ward 1 pass from Bobo A Brown McNmeSMIM) MSU Rossum ! -72 1442 feck) 9 GT--FG Ga 08 State Jurevicius Penn touchdown Still the Nittany Lions were held to 313 yards and only 14 first downs Penn State turned the ball over four times 147 Hamilton) Schultz States other 7 Allen 59 McQueary Michigan State Cleary Michigan State Scott Renaud Long 1342 Ga Irvin Burke 6) 423 Second feck) Slate GAME SUMMARY pas ND -- 1 7 III First Quarter sub-pa- State RECEIVING Enis minute earlier when Tech drove for its first lead of the game The only drawbacks for Georgia on this day: Tennessee clinched the SEC Eastern Division ti0 tle with a victory 24-2- 1 Clement Covington RECEIVING Turner Syracuse Brown 117 McIntosh Spotwood stunning victory Saturday over Georgia Tech the Bulldogs seventh straight win over their state rival The Yellow Jackets appeared to have clinched an upset when Charles Wiley powered up the middle for a aged to grab the ball and drag his left foot just inside the line before tumbling out of bounds The Georgia players danced in the end zone drawing two penalties for excessive celebration while Tech players kneeled on the field in anguished disbelief The situation had been exactly the opposite less than a Schultz G4ME SUMMARY Hamilton 210 Enis Montana Gtorglo (Ml GT 16106 Watson Eberly 210 Cleary 176 Thompson d tack) STATISTICS State Penn Mitchell 2) drive midway Ward 54 44 7 DiW(JS) Hwil 22-2- 0 PASSING-P- enn through the first period and on a touchdown run by William Davis to cap an Ga 1 McQueary 6(minus 29) Michigan Renaud McFadden d THl run (Gardner luck) 8 00 from Schulti (Gardner INDIVIDUAL Shonz LaFrenz midway Goorgl 15 73 623 RUSHING 0 Georgia Avoids Upset by Jackets Quarter GAME SUMMARY Noire third-and-1- 7 through the second quarter Montana answered with a drive and Ah Yat passing 17 yards to Jeremy 14-1- 3 Ballew (Edtnger Fourth Quarter run (Gardner feck) 13 27 Irvtn 30 run (Gardner feck) 10 32 McFadden 2 run (Gardner feck) 2 Irvin MSU A game-winnin- g d Schulti I pas Irvin MSI' McNeese took possession on its own 20 and used just six plays to get to the Montana 32 where Prejean threw to Ashley for the touchdown McNeese built a 10-- lead on a field goal by 80-ya- from 504 feck) kickoff the I 42 ran iKdinger feck) 3 48 run (Pomev feck) 1 43 Third Quarter Jurevicius 14 pass from McQueary (Forney kirk) MSU Irvin 19 yards in just four plays capping the drive with a touchdown pass from Brian Ah Yat to Justin Olsen It was the only time the Grizzlies would lead all evening After 19 pitas 11 d conversion gave over Vanderbilt and Clement Syracuse E Montana Georgia pulled off a Syr A 117 sends for the second round Western Illinois eliminated Jack-soState earlier Saturday Saturday nights game was a virtual replay of a 1994 playoff game in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wavne 2 pass from Clement Syr victory which HO (MM) The McNeese to Western Illinois E Palmer Robertson Ogden (J- -l d 30-2- 8 Northwestern St Johnson GAME SUMMARY 7-- 0 E Leons RECEIVING Blake Prejean threw a touchdown pass to Donnie Ashley with 27 seconds remaining to rally McNeese State to a victory over Montana in the first round of the NCAA Division playoffs 14 56 PSU d 31-2- 4 34 Spangler Leons Washington Young LAKE CHARLES La n STATISTICS d UM 2839 Northwestern St Powell Patterson Emanuel 14 Traylor Spikes 24 minus 2) Pntchett Prescott MacKenae Washington Cappelletb PASSING canes have been to a bowl MIAMI Donovan game every year since McNabb threw two 1979 but wont play in touchdown passes and the postseason this year Syracuse took a ran 43 yards for a third as No 16 Syracuse beat lead on its opening drive TD on Saturday capped by a Miami to win the Big East title pass from McNabb to and secure a spot in the Jim Turner McNabb hit Turner again just over bowl alliance The Orangemen won two minutes later with a TD pass their eight straight game The second TD was set and are probably headed to the Fiesta Bowl the up when Miami failed to Hurricanes finished with convert on a fake punt on their first losing season their first possession since 1979 coming up one yard McNabb was one of short Syracuse took over three Orangemen to rush and McNabb threw the for at least 100 yards He TD pass on first down had 100 while running Tebucky Jones scored run for Syrabacks Dee Brown and on a Kyle McIntosh each cuse on his first rush of topped 100 yards as Syr- the season Jones a senior who acuse beat Miami for the was a running back for first time in 17 years Miami managed just three seasons but was 208 total yards 56 converted to defensive while Syra- back this year was rushing cuse had 358 yards in forced into the offense loss last when McIntosh had to avenging a year which knocked the leave early with an injuOrangemen out of the ry McIntosh later reOrange and into the Lib- turned and finished the game with 136 rushing erty Bowl Except for three pro- yards Jones also played de-bation years the Hurri 00 Robertson d THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 49 915-- Possession INDIVIDUAL PRESS 1 14 Cl MU Renaud PSUKnu 54 McNeese Rallies To Silence Grizz THE ASSOCIATED I T Second 54-ya- 19-1- 4 196 RUSHING Chris Pritchett scored on a run for Northwestern State in the fourth Syr feck) MUScott feck) answered with two TDs in a span of 2:56 and added three more TDs What I was most proud of is the way we came back after they tied it up" Michigan State Coach Nick Saban said It was Michigan States first victory over a ranked opponent since Nov 4 1995 when the Spartans upset No 7 Michigan It was also the first time the Spartans had knocked off a team ranked higher than No 5 since a 1990 victory over Michigan Penn States Curtis Enis rushed for 106 yards on 16 carries including a TD dash giving him a eight straight games of 100 yards or more the mark set by breaking Blair Thomas in 1989 Enis has 17 career games of 100 yards Mike McQueary 13 of 27 for 176 yards with three interceptions passed 14 yards to Joe Jurevicius for Penn school-recor- Ml (4 4 first Quarter 1 s half Miami Quarter 1016 Fumbles-Lo- 3121 Svranw SI Mlrhigin 22 6 11 Passing Return Yards t Int Punts 7 d Syracuse Secures An Alliance Berth 40 feck) 7 54 Leons (Atwood 12 Second 1 710 s 113 The 42-1- 4 8 13 run (Atwood feck) 1 11 Third Quarter EW MacKenae 7 run (Atwood feck) 8 22 1 run (Atwood EW MacKenae feck) 432 Fourth Quarter NS Pritchett 10 run (Collins feck) 11 36 A 6384 Northwestern E Washington St 21 First downs 19 run 40-1- 0 FG Atwood EW scored on its first six possessions The Eagles opened the game with a march that was climaxed by Prescotts six-pla- y 27 Collins 37 NS--FG 3 First Quarter run (Atwood pass from 41 70 runs of 1 and 7 yards Eastern Washington Rex SPOKANE Wash Prescott and Mike McKenzie combined for 231 rushing yards and four touchdowns to lead Eastern Washington to a victory over Northwestern State in a quarterfinal game in the NCAA playoffs Saturday The Eagles will face Western Kentucky which beat in Eastern Kentucky its quarterfinal game in the semifinals next Saturday at Joe Albi Stadium here Prescott gained 102 yards on 18 carries scoring touchdowns on runs of 1 and 41 yards His backup McKenzie had 129 yards on 16 rushes including scoring 6 17 10 81(84) Prescott RY 11 E Washington(Jl-l- Is Staying Alive THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESS t SUM Ml Penn MSU e face-to-fac- GAME SUMMARY Spartans Trample PSUs Aspirations THE ASSOCIATED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU Notre Dame is going to a bowl by the barest of game margins Scott Cengia kicked a field goal with five seconds remaining to give the Irish their badly needed seventh victory Saturday night over Hawaii There was no formal announcement of which bowl the Irish would play in but there were reports that both the Sun and Aloha Bowls were interested Hawaii appeared to have the game in hand leading with 2:20 left and Notre Dames offense sputtering badly But a face mask penalty on an Autry Denson punt return put the ball on the Hawaii 49 with 2:20 left Still the Irish had to convert on a to keep the drive going Ron Powlus who had a r passing day (7 of 18 for 100 yards) connected with Raki Nelson his only catch of the game on a pass that put Notre Dame on the Hawaii 9 Three plays later Cengia made the kick that assures Notre Dame of a bowl game Notre Dame a favorite led 14-- at the half thanks in part to an NCAA record-settinpass interception for a touchdown by Allen Rossum But the Rainbows battled back moving ahead by a point in the third period on field goals of 45 and 36 yards by Eric Hannum An run by Charles Tharp fight Patridge completed six passes as Ole Miss which hadnt scored since the opening possession of the game drove 63 yards in 1:47 after a missed field goal by Mississippi States Brian Hazelwood After the second touchdown of the game the Rebels refused to settle for overtime Patridge hit Cory Peterson who had a defender right on his back for the gamewinning points Mississippi State had one last chance and got to midfield before Matt Wyatt the starting quarterback who had been on the bench since midway through the second quar ter was intercepted by Timothy Strickland During warm-up- s about 40 minutes before the game a brawl broke out between the two teams The fight which included some heaving slugging and a couple of flying helmets had to be broken up Since ramps leading to both locker rooms are in the same area the teams were sent in and out separately for the rest of the day Pregame brawls have been commonplace in this rivalry but until Sat- urday had mostly involved some pushing and shoving Just two weeks ago Mississippi State had won four straight games and the But and had a chance to win 449 Third Quarter Johnson 1 run (Hazelwood feck) MSU tack) 421 Fourth Quarter 10 pass from terson A pas from Patndge) 41200 INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Patndge (Pe- 25 STATISTICS Mississippi Avery McAllister 7) MisPatndge St Johnson Isaac Greer Mor-McKinley Wyatt Prentiss Hminus 14) gan PASSING Mississippi Patndge sissippi St Morgan Mississippi Wyatt RECEIVING Rone Mississippi Peterson G Heard French Avery Wood berry 19 Prentiss Isaac Anding M Mississippi Belcher Jennings Butler M0 Greer St - 4) SEC West Division spots Mississippi State losses to Arkansas and Ole Miss are the two then to their instate teams that could be left SEC rival have made the out Bulldogs postseason picJJ Johnson rushed ture uncertain for 119 yards becoming Seven SEC teams are only the fourth Mississipeligible for the postseaback pi State son and with the league with 1000 running yards in a seaguaranteed only five son f POOR C |
