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Show MQRdQy^eptJZJOQSM Utah Statesman Saints win emotional opener (AP) — The New Orleans Saints took their minds off two weeks of death and despair, focused on football and won a game Sunday for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. ] Deuce McAllister ran for two touchdowns and John Carney kicked a 47-yard field goal with 3 seconds left to lift the Saints to an emotional 23-20 win over the Carolina Panthers. Aaron Brooks threw passes of 11 and 25 yards to Joe Horn to move the Saints into field goal range. Carney then came onto the field to win a game for New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region. The Saints rushed out on the field to celebrate the kick, their first joy since Katrina tore through New Orleans on Aug. 29. ; Like the thousands of evacuees, the storm left them homeless and searching for a little bit of normalcy. • They found it on the field, scoring an important victory over an NFC South rival and aA emotional win for their fans. , Two Panthers stars coming b^ck from injuries played well. Stephen Davis ran for 81 yards and a score, while Steve Smith had eight catches for 138 yards and a TD. Buccaneers 24, Vikings 13 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brian Kelly had two interceptions, the last one at his 6-yard line with 1:45 left that sealed a scrappy victory for Tampa Bay. Rookie tight end Alex Smith caught two touchdown passes for the Bucs, which also forced two fumbles by Daunte Culpepper and allowed only 26 yards rushing. Another Bucs rookie, Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, added a 71-yard touchdown run with 1:23 remaining against a revamped Vikings defense that played pretty well until that point. Coming off a career-best season, Culpepper looked more like a rookie than a three-time Pro Bowler. He threw his third interception to Derrick Brooks, on the final, desperation drive and finished 22-for-33 for 233 yards. zling first career start with 161 yards rushing and a long reception, and a mistake-free Ben Roethlisberger threw for two scores. The Steelers won their 15th in a row during the regular season, four short of the Patriots' NFL record they stopped last season. Roethlisberger improved to 14-0 as an NFL starter during the season, and his play was as perfect as his record. So was his perfect 158.3 passer rating; he is the first NFL quarterback since Kansas City's Trent Green in 2003 to have a perfect rating. Steve McNair looked fine after missing half the 2004 season with a sternum injury, going 18-of-26 for 219 yards and a touchdown, and Chris Brown averaged 5.7 yards on his 11 carries. Dolphins 34, Broncos 10 MIAMI (AP) — Gus Frerotte led a creative offense by throwing for 275 yards, Jason Taylor returned a fumble Steelers 34, Titans 7 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Willie Parker had a daz- JJ Ji> • NFL See page 17 • NOTEBOOK From page 13 T U D E N (,."5t*v 05-06 Smith's ?*'.'?-• :^?-. F Sign Up Today Tor your Student and SAVE at }e$$ica Alexandcr/jalvxander@cc.u>u.edu Li)N JACKSON I I I tries to elude Ute Casey Evans to look for a pass during the Utah vs. Utah State game Saturday night. Jackson ran for 87 yards, th i most yards gained by a Utah State quarterback in 15 years. "Throughout the whole game, we weren't fundamentally sound," middle linebacker Nvatt Wiser said of the defense a; a whole. tah more explosive It wasn't the first quarter that did the Aggies in, it was the big plays they gave up in the second. Guy has a theory that a team that gives up five big plays of 20 yards or more will lose the game, while a team that can hold the other side to four or fewer big plays will win. The Ags gave up two big plays within minutes of one another. The first set up the tying touchdown and the second put the Utes up for good with just under two minutes left in the second quarter. Midway through the third, the Utes had their fifth big play, while the Aggies were held to two on the night. Utah finished with six. Guy said penalties on third downs kept the Ags from get- ting back in the game. The offense false started on a third and two near the end of the third quarter while John Chick had a facemask penalty called on his third down sack of Utah's quarterback in the midway through the third. Game Notes • Utah State started five freshmen on Saturday: right tackle Derek Hoke, tailback Ryan Bohm, linebacker Devon Hall, linebacker Jake Hutton and corner back Marquis Charles. Fifteen freshmen played for the Aggies and a total of 19 newcomers saw game action. • Quarterback Leon Jackson III rushed for more yards than any Aggie quarterback in the last 15 years with 87 yards rushing. Jeff Crosbie's 77 yards against Nevada in 1999 was the 15-year high. • Tail back Ryan Bohm had the best debut of any runningback in the past three years as he rushed for 56 yards on 11 carries. Emmett White and Richard Watson were the only backs with better debuts in the past five years. White rushed for 143 yards on 20 carries in his debut and Watson rushed for 74 yards on 20 carries. • Bohm also led the team in receptions and receiving yards. Bohm caught five passes for 41 yards. • Freshmen linebackers Devon Hall and Jake Hutton finished with eight and six tackles, respectively Hutton also forced a fumble. • Terrance Washington and Matt Wiser led the team in tackles with 11 each. Wiser had two for a loss. • Wide receiver Tony Pennyman was suspended for the game for violating team rules. Pennyman will play against UNLV, Guy said. • In the first, the Aggies, who hadn't played a game since last November, looked to be the sharper team as Utah shanked a punt and had a touchdown called back on an illegal block before fumbling away a scoring chance. -krn@cc.usu.edu Smiths FOOD & DRUG STORES • The card is absolutely FREE • Sign-up takes about ONE MINUTE! • Enjoy the benefits IMMEDIATELY! 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