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THE COURIER-JOURNAL LOUISVILLE. KY. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1990. SPORTS IU survives 15 penalties to rout Eastern Michigan "We've got some smoothing out to do. We fell off today in our soundness." IU coach Bill Mallory By STAN SUTTON Staff Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind.

Few flag football games have seen so much linen on the field. Yet, Indiana University's 15 penalties in a 37-6 shellacking of Eastern Michigan yesterday were only minor annoyances as the Hoosiers recorded their third straight victory and prepared to enter Big Ten play unbeaten Saturday at Northwestern. In the interim, IU coach Bill Mallory promised that the problems behind Indiana's second-highest penalty total in school history would be rectified. IU had 16 violations against Kansas State in 1962. The penalties came in all flavors.

The Hoosiers had 12 men on the field. They had an ineligible receiver downfield. They had an illegal-contact-to-the-head penalty. They had an illegal substitution. They ran into the punter.

They were called for unsportsmanlike contact and a personal foul. They held three times. "There's no excuse," Mallory insisted. "We'll get that eliminated." Most of the violations occurred on offense, where the Hoosiers were playing with a makeshift line following injuries to tackle Randy Schneider and center Scott Boatman. "They're not used to playing together.

That probably had something to do with it," said fullback Cal Miller, who gained 50 yards in eight carries. "Plus, they (Eastern Michigan) were showing some alignments that we hadn't seen on film." "We've got some smoothing out to do," Mallory said. "We fell off today in our soundness." Whatever frustrations IU's offense might have had was camouflaged by its defense and kicking game. The Hoosiers held Eastern Michigan (2-3) to 2.9 yards per play, picked off three passes and recovered a fumble. Indiana's vaunted kicking game which had returned two punts for touchdowns in earlier wins contributed a 76-yard kickoff return by Vaughn Dunbar and a 30-yard punt return by Rob Turner.

Still Eastern Michigan coach Jim Har-kema offered the Hoosiers scant praise. "I will not allow myself or my team to think it was Indiana that stopped us," he said. "Jim Harkema it up. We have no idea on offense." Certainly the Hurons did little until a penalty-induced, fourth-period march averted SeelU PAGE 7, col. 5, this section ASSOCIATED PRESS IU defenders Mike Dumas, left, and Mose Richardson knocked away a pass Intended for Eastern Michigan's Todd Bell.

1 'pill $Si- pi wJj 7 iasMJM: MIX Cards get early Southern mess, tumble25-13 By RUSS BROWN, Staff Writer HATTIESBURG, Miss. This time Southern Mississippi didn't have to rely on a "Hail Mary" pass. This time the big plays came early and often, and they knocked the University of Louisville from the unbeaten ranks with a thud. While the Golden Eagles took all 60 minutes and then some to defeat of 16-10 last year on a 79-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the game, they needed less than six minutes to wrap up last night's 25-13 victory over the Cardinals in front of 20,545 in Roberts Stadium. With of self-destructing in the early going, Southern Miss struck with numbing quickness, taking advantage of the miscues to build a 22-0 lead after just 5:51 had been played.

And that proved to be more than enough cushion against a Cardinals offense that didn't get untracked until late in the third quarter. It was the Golden Eagles' ninth straight win over of dating to 1982 and lifted their record to 3-2. The Cards, who last beat Southern Miss in 1981, fell to 3-1-1. "I've never been in a game like this before when three plays that happened so quickly early beat us," of coach Howard Schnellenberger said. "It's really unsual to lose one this way.

"I thought our football team was really ready to play. Maybe we were too tight. Maybe the moon down here in Hattiesburg was wrong, but it was certainly a most unusual thing." Southern Miss scored three touchdowns in the first 5:51 on a punt return, a long run following a pass interception and a fumble return. No one could explain the decisive early disintegration. "A freak of nature, I guess," offensive tackle Pete Burkey said.

"They got three good plays the whole day and got the score up on us. Just luck, luck is all it is. I know for sure that that team isn't better than us." After its disastrous start, of settled down in the second quarter and wound up dominating the statistics. The Cards outgained Southern Miss in total yardage 347 to 142, including just 50 yards and three points in the second half. "I had hoped that after we dug that deep a hole we could overcome it and use it as a real positive experience," Schnellenberger said.

"We battled back hard, but it was too late and we didn't make a couple of big plays we needed to salvage the win." Notre Dame lets the steam out of Boilers By MARK MONTIETH, Special Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. After two weekends of frenzied drama, the hearts of the Notre Dame faithful needed a weekend off. Purdue, to their relief, was a pacemaker yesterday at Notre Dame Stadium as the Irish rolled to a 37-11 victory that was over before it was over. "Thank God it wasn't another game where we were holding our breath and praying on the sideline," Notre Dame nose tackle Chris Zorich said. The top-ranked Irish broke Purdue with a couple of big plays early and glided to their third victory without a loss.

And, by the way, isn't it about time someone crowned them Big Ten champions at large? They've defeated Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue and have won 13 straight against Big Ten teams. "It was pretty plain to me the best team won," said Purdue coach Fred Akers, whose team dropped to 1-2. "They're very impressive. They're the kind of team you can't make mistakes on. If you give them an inch, they take a mile, and they took a couple of miles today." Actually it only seemed that way.

Notre Dame took 502 yards of offense, 362 by land and 140 by air, as it controlled the ball 17 minutes, 36 seconds longer and ran 30 more plays than the Boilermakers. Purdue managed just 24 yards rushing, thanks in part to Notre Dame's four sacks, and scored its only touchdown long after it mattered. "The first three quarters went well," said Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, who added that he directed an unusually tough week of practice to avoid another hand-wringer. "Our front seven played well the whole game, our offensive line played well and our kicking game was pretty good." By the fourth quarter, Holtz had reached so far into his depth chart that he was nearly pulling volunteers out of the stands. He used all four of his available quarterbacks, five fullbacks, five tailbacks, seven split ends and four flankers.

Raghib "Rocket" Ismail gained 82 yards on just five carries, and five other ball carriers gained 30 yards or more. Quarterback Rick Mirer completed 11 of 17 passes for 130 yards without an interception, and he didn't bounce one off a defender's chest and into a teammate's hands (see: Notre Dame-Michigan State) all day. "When we got off real well in the first quarter, I knew we wouldn't have to come from behind again," See IRISH PAGE 7, col. 1, this section ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of the Cincinnati Reds celebrated In the rain after they clinched the West Division title. Reds celebrate NL West title in rain despite loss to Padres By DAVE KOERNER Staff Writer CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Reds won the National League West championship yesterday, but the San Francisco Giants were the wind beneath their wings.

The Reds lost their game, a rain-shortened, 7K2-inning 3-1 decision to San Diego, but claimed the title when the Giants edged the second-place Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 at Candlestick Park. News of the Dodgers' loss reached Riverfront Stadium at 6:05 EDT, during the rain delay, watching the Boston-Toronto game when the Dodgers score was announced. "It was real silent, then everybody started jumping up and down, like fans do when Eric Davis hits a home run," Paul O'Neill said. "There was a lot of hand-clapping and screaming." Ron Oester said fellow infielder Luis Quinones rushed toward the center of the room and "just began doing some crazy Latin dance." See REDS PAGE 2, col. 3, this section Pirates rout Cards 8-0, take four-game lead when Mets lose; Tom Brunansky's three homers and Roger Clemens spark Boston over Toronto 7-5, Page 3.

and set off a celebration often punctuated with silliness and spontaneity. Hundreds of drenched fans ran through the aisles and toward the first-base side of the stadium, near the Reds' dugout, and stomped and chanted for the players to come out. Most of the Reds were gathered around a clubhouse television SeeUOFL PAGE 6, col. 1, this section It's mostly Mosley as Central State wins 35-14 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Auburn 26, Tennessee 26 Stan White's 11 -yard TD pass with 1:56 left capped a fourth-quarter rally from a 26-9 deficit and gave the third-ranked Tigers the tie with the. fifth-ranked Vols.

Story, Page 6 Oregon 32, Brigham Young 16 Bill Musgrave passed for three TDs and ran for a fourth, and Oregon intercepted five Ty Detmer passes to stun the fourth-ranked Cougars. Story, Page 8 By JOHN C. PILLOW Staff Writer Central State University quarterback Henderson Mosley was a tired and sore warrior yesterday after leading his football team to a 35-14 victory over Tennessee State before 28,842 spectators in the first Coca-Cola River City Classic. Mosley had several angry-looking welts on his back, courtesy of the Cardinal Stadium AstroTurf, and his ankles and knees were so sore that he had to tiptoe in and out of the shower. But you should have seen what he did to the other guys.

Mosley, a 6-foot-3 210-pounder, completed 13 of 24 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns, and he ran for 64 yards and two more scores to hand the Tigers their first loss in four trips to Louisville. Mosley, who entered yesterday's contest sixth in total offense among NAIA players, was unanimously named the game's Most Valuable Player, an honor the soft-spoken junior from Washington, D.C., said he didn't deserve. "I'm going to give the award to coach Billy Joe," Mosley said between grimaces. "It was his play-calling that won the game. I just did what he told me to do." Tennessee State beat Central State 14-13 last year, but the Marauders hurt the Tigers with the option in that game.

Joe said his coaching staff noticed the Tigers' defense was geared to stop it yesterday. "They had positioned the linebackers and defensive ends outside so we couldn't run the option wide. But that just left theni vulnerable in the middle, and I told Mosley to take advantage of it," Joe said. Tennessee State (2-3) opened the game impressively. The Tigers put together a nine-play, 66-yard touchdown drive, culminated by quarterback James Wade's 14-yard run off a quarterback draw with 3:44 left in the first quarter.

Central State (3-0) was playing its first game in three weeks, and Joe said the team was sluggish early. "Our first two games weren't against high-caliber competition, and because we had a two-week bye we knew it was going to take us a while to get untracked," he said. "Henderson saved us. He's a good student and an excellent quarterback. He can recognize mistakes in a defense and take advantage of them." Mosley scored his team's first touchdown with 10:42 left in the second quarter when he ran right, then cut back across the field and sailed into the end zone untouched for a 26-yard play.

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