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"ijr V1' fc THE COURIER-JOURNAL. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1993 COLLEGE FOOTBALL (E urray fails to hit home runs, so Marshall prevails 29-3 At Huntington, W. Vi. MURRAY STATE 3 00 0-3 MARSHALL 0 10 6 13 29 Murray Stat Dill FQ 26; Marshall Pedro 12 run (Merrick kick); Marshall Merrick FQ 35; Marshall Pedro 3 run (kick tailed): Marahall Parker 32 run (run failed); Marahall Parker 21 run (Mernck kick). A 21.208.

Murray Stat Marahall First downs 12 21 Rushes-yards 43-93 40-238 Passing 62 109 Return Yards 4 25 Comp-Att-Int 7-21-1 12-24-1 Punts 2-48 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-61 3-10 Time ol Possession 35:56 24:04 and Mosby overthrew him. "A lack of communication," Mosby said. "He thought it was a stop and curl, and I thought it was a On the next play same route, same side of the field Smith faked a curl and got his defender to stop, then took two steps to free himself and dropped the ball. That was the last real gasp for Murray (0-2). Marshall (2-0) locked it up with Pedro's two-yard run and Parker's 32- and 20-yarders.

"I don't think they expected us to be tough at all," Mosby said. "But we threw some screen draw delays and sprint-outs at them and they didn't know where we were coming from for awhile. If we can eliminate a few mistakes and mental errors, we could be a really good team." thing somewhere. It turned out to be sophomore Chris Parker. He rushed for 160 yards and two scores, the last a 20-yard ripper through two tacklers who hit him simultaneously.

"A freshman (safety Elliott Dunn) was welcomed into I-AA," Nutt said. "Parker ran right over him. But that's a big-time back, and overall I know there weren't as many missed tackles as we had our first game." "Parker showed tonight why he's such a big threat," Marshall coach Jim Donnan said. "I thought Murray played very hard. But I'm disappointed with the approach Marshall took to the game, and I'll take the blame.

We're not as good as everything thinks, but we're not this bad." The Racers got on the board first after Martin Diehl rocked Pedro for a four-yard loss when the Herd went for it on fourth down from its 40-yard line. Butch Mosby hit tight end Xavier Shephard on passes of 20 and 6 yards before Marshall tightened at its 8 and Chris Dill kicked a 26-yard field goal with 2:39 left in the first quarter. Marshall then got the Pedro TD and a 35-yard field goal from David Merrick on its next possession, but the Racers were in it and receiving the second-half kickoff. On that first series, quarterback Butch Mosby (ex-Male High School) and receiver Sheldon Smith had two superb back-to-back chances for a home run. First, Smith was wide open at the Marshall 40 but stopped his pattern By JIM TERHUNE Staff Writer -i HUNTINGTON, W.

Va. An interception that wasn't and a few bull-like rushes by big-time Marshall running backs were all that prevented Murray State's football team from taking the Thundering Herd well into the third quarter. But the quality of the defending NCAA Division I-AA champions wore on the Racers for three second-half touchdowns and a 29-3 victory last night before 21,208 at Marshall Stadium. If there was a surprise, it was the margin. About all Murray coach Houston Nutt could have asked for was a few more good men and big plays.

"We've got to be able to make a had Jermaine Scott's diving end zone grab of Marshall quarterback Todd Donnan's pass been ruled an interception. Television replays indicated Scott had his hands under it, but officials said no. Marshall scored on Glenn Pedro's 12-yard run five plays later to make it 7-3. "I had my hands cupped off the turf," Scott said. "I thought it was going to be tipped (by Murray freshman Reuel Shepherd), and my eyes enlarged greatly." "I know we got that one," Nutt said.

Had that drive been stopped, it probably would have only postponed the inevitable. The Racers couldn't sustain penetration to the end zone, and some Marshall running back was going to get some 5S i -J: 1 -s, Ml ll.l.-l III. II. II .1 III .1. l.l.n i KENTUCKY COLLEGES Wesleyan ekes out win; Funke gets IGeorgetown rolling i' Thomas More quarterback Larry Hutson was sacked for an 8-yard loss Bill Nunn.

But Ryan Reynolds and Dan Calhoun led Thomas More to a Thomas More muscles past Hanover for 36-22 victory play every so often," he said. "But embarrassed? Not at all. We got great effort, and when we came in at halftime, I wouldn't have changed a thing." It was 10-3 at intermission, and the Herd might not have led at all TD passes covering 78 and 58 yards and finished with five catches for 198 yards. Brian Lavan caught a 95-yard TD pass from Wynn, also a team record. Urbana cut a 21-point Union lead to 38-26 with 4:08 left, but Mackey ran 47 yards to score as Union pulled away.

Centre 21, Denison 16: Quarterback Dave Clark threw a 75-yard TD pass and ran for another score to lead the host Colonels (1-0). Centre led 14-10 in the third period when it stopped a Denison drive on fourth down on the Centre 12. The Colonels then capped an 88-yard drive with a 1-yard run by Clark with 7:35 left in the game. Denison scored a touchdown at 3:41, but Centre ran out the clock on its next possession. Steve Dowdy caught a 75-yard TD pass from Clark in the second period.

He completed 12 of 21 passes for 203 yards, with no interceptions. Wilmington 17, Cumberland (Ky.) 14: Cumberland (0-2) led 14-0 in the first period of the fumble-filled contest at Wilmington, Ohio. Cumberland dropped the ball seven times, losing five, while Wilmington lost five of six fumbles. Wilmington (1-0) tied the score at 14 on Luke Chambers 1-yard run as time expired in the first half. Wilmington got the winning points on Val Haunn's 22-yard field goal at 6:57 of the third quarter.

Cumberland (Tenn.) 26, Campbellsvllle 21: Chris Jefferson's 13-yard TD run with 10:23 lifted Cumberland to victory at Camp-bellsville (0-2). The Tigers had taken a 21-20 lead with 10:03 left in the third quarter on quarterback John Myers' 10-yard run and two-point conversion pass to Brian Weinrich. Cumberland gained 317 total yards to Campbellsville's 314. But the Tigers made three turnovers to none for Cumberland. Campbellsville's Rod Turpin scored on a 9-yard run and a 24-yard pass from Myers.

summaries CUMBERLAND (Tenn.) 7 13 6-26 CAMPBELLSVILLE 7 6 8 0 21 Cumberland Robert Ingram. 90, interception return (Woolen kick); Campbellsvllle Rod Turpin. 9. run (Montgomery kick): Cumberland Mario Porter, 4, run (Woolen kick); Campbells-villa Turpin, 24, pass from John Myers (kick tailed); Cumberland Porter, 1, run (kick failed); Campbellsvllle Myers. 10.

run (Brian Weinrich. pass from Myers); Cumberland Chris Jefferson, 13, run (pass failed). A 2,500 est. Cumberland C'vllle First downs 1B 16 Rushes-yards 56-205 51-256 Passing yards 112 5g Passes 9-15-0 4-9-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-yards 9-73 4-25 URBANA 6 6 18 32 UNION 21 10 0 20 51 Union Clarence Mackey, 22, run (kick failed); Union Chris Kearson, 78, pass from Keith Wynn (Willie Larkin, pass from Wynn); Union Kearson, 58, pass from Wynn (Jeremy Macejewski kick); Union Macejewski, 41, FG; Urbana Jay Jude. 75, interception return (Tod Brininger, pass from Ronnie Wallace); Union Brian Lavan, 95.

pass from Wynn (Macejewski kick); Urbana Brenton Tucker, 5. run (pass failed); Union Larkin, 15, run (Macejewski kick); Urbana Wallace. 25, run (pass failed); Urbana Tony Naylor, 39, pass from Wallace (pass failed): Union Mackey. 47, run (Macejewski kick); Urbana Trip Hopkins, 85, kickoff return (pass failed); Union Wynn, 3, run (no attempt, time expired). Urbana First downs 1 Union Rushes-yards 40-134 Passing yards 216 Passes 13-37-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 3.2 Penalties-yards 4-26 24 47-283 401 16-34-2 2-0 9-93 GEORGETOWN 10 14 024 MOUNT 8T.

JOSEPH 3 0 7 2 12 Mount 8t. Joseph Pimenidis, 34, FG; Georgetown Stills. 22. FG; Georgetown Funke, 1, run (Stills kick); Georgetown Baker, 60, pass from Damron (Stills kick); Georgetown Groves. 28.

run (Stills kick); Mount St. Joseph Jackson, 2, run (Pimenidis kick); Mount St. Joseph Safety; Damron tackled In end zone. Marauders pillage Ky. State again, 68-0 By DAVE KOERNER Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky.

Central State University had Kentucky State surrounded last night. On one side of Alumni Stadium, in single file and clear view behind the Central State bench, were seven Central State buses. On the other side, which has all the seating, were about 5,500 spectators, many if not most from Central State. Down on the field it also was all Central State as the Marauders, the defending NAIA Division I football champions and ranked No. 1 in a preseason coaches' poll, rolled 68-0.

The victory improved Central State to 1-0-1 following a 24-24 tie at Carson-Newman in which it blew a 24-0 lead and managed only 2 rushing yards. It was the second straight loss to a national champion for Kentucky State, which fell 27-7 in its opener at NAIA Division II king Findlay. The loss was the seventh in the past eight games for Kentucky State, which has suffered 13 consecutive losing seasons. The rout was the Wilberforce, Ohio, school's fifth in a row against Kentucky State, following ones of 83-0, 77-0, 69-14 and 46-0. Central State was dominant from the kickoff, just as a fan whose voice could be heard in Shelbyville had predicted.

"Hey, didn't we beat you all, like 99-0, last year?" he shouted at a Kentucky State manager. "No? Well, we'll do it tonight." For the longest time it appeared that Central State would approach the 90s as it rang up a 21-0 first-quarter lead and a 48-0 halftime bulge. But Central State coach Billy Joe pulled many of his starters early in the third quarter and used four quarterbacks in all. It was a sharp contrast to last season's game when Joe ordered a late fake punt that resulted in a touchdown. Central State, which returned only eight starters, scored on its first three possessions last night, one following an interception and another after a Kentucky State fumble.

The visiting Marauders didn't need the help, but Kentucky State kept offering it. In the second quarter, Kentucky State made two more big boo-boos, each resulting in a Central State touchdown. On the first, Kentucky State failed to cover the kickoff following Shawn Harding's third touchdown run, that one a 3-yarder. Central State recovered on the Thorobreds' 15, and following an illegal-block penalty, struck again when quarterback Joe Pica Jr. hit wide receiver Delius Morris with a 30-yarder.

Central State completed its 27-point second-quarter blitz following a Kentucky State punt that went only 2 yards. Pica hit Morris with an 18-yard scoring strike. Pica and Morris also teamed up in the first quarter on a 49-yard pass play. Harding's other touchdown runs were for 1 and 2 yards. The most exciting score was Marvin Coleman's blurry 82-yard sideline sprint on a second-quarter punt return.

He danced around one would-be tackier near his 30, then raced untouched the rest of the way, holding an index finger aloft much of the final 30 yards. Kentucky State, meanwhile, managed only three first downs in the first half against a stingy defense led by ends Hugh Douglas and Milton Jones. The Thorobreds crossed midfield only once in the first half, to the 48. Kentucky State reached the Marauders' 33 late in the third quarter but lost the ball on downs. The Thorobreds' deepest penetration came with about three minutes left, when they drove to the 11 only to fumble.

HwHJf 'ftfr STAFF PHOTO BY PAT McDONOGH in the first quarter by Hanover's 36-22 victory. defense fell apart and the offense fell apart." Thomas More coach Vic Clark thought his team simply wore the Panthers down. "We're a power running team, and we can run fresh backs at you," he said. "We were able to get on top of them and then we played great defense. "We don't have just one or two backs we can use, we've got a team of talented guys who are going to go at you.

Calhoun has that extra gear that a lot of guys don't have." Scott Steiner, a 295-pound center who is part of the Thomas More program's first senior class, credited Hanover with playing well early against him and a veteran line that includes two other seniors and two juniors. "They're better than they were last year," Steiner said. "They did a real good job. But we turned it up a notch in the second quarter and started getting to their middle linebacker (Bill Nunn)." Isphording went out with a back injury early in the third quarter. His backup, junior Robert Robertson, capped a fourth-quarter drive with a 7-yard scoring run.

But that was after one of his passes was picked off by Kyle Niederman and returned 25 yards for Thomas More's final touchdown. Perry said Isphording, who completed 13 of 26 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns, should be able to play in next Saturday's home game against Bluffton. UAB 52-14 back hopes later in the quarter with a 35-yard TD run by Thornton and a 67-yard TD strike from Whitcomb to Derrick Ingram. UAB rounded out the slaughter in the fourth quarter on a 9-yard TD pass from backup Chris Williams to Chip Harris. Bass ran eight times for 107 yards, and McCormack, in his first college game, was 14 of 26 for 126 yards with one interception, but Morehead lost four fumbles.

UAB has fielded a football team only three seasons, the first two competing at the Division III level. "It's a great feeling to get this win," said coach Jim Hilyer. We played outstanding defense for the most part, and our offense was able to move the ball well." 1 1 1 jtV rtV THOMAS MORE 7 22 7 0 36 HANOVER 9 6 0 7 22 Thomas Mora Derrick Jett, 1, run (Eric Ward kick); Hanover Dan Farnngton, 26, FG; Hanover Dave Williamson, 3. pass from Scott Isphording (pass failed); Thomas Mora Ryan Reynolds, 3, run (Reynolds, pass from Larry Hutson); Hanover Mike Searcy, 6, pass from Isphording (kick tailed); Thomas Mora Dan Calhoun, 3, run (Ward kick); Thomas Mora Calhoun, 10, run (Ward kick); Thomas Mora Kyle Neiderman, 25, interception return (Ward kick); Hanover Rob Robertson, 7, run (Farnngton kick). Thomas Mora Hanover First downs 17 22 Rushes-yards 55-319 35-75 Passing yard! 50 207 Return yards 49 39 Passes 4-16-0 20-41-4 Punts 9-34 0 6-37 0 Fumbles-lost 4-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 13-112 7-50 mage and the Blue Rebels quickly moved 29 yards to a 1-yard scoring burst by Jett.

Hanover fought back for a 26-yard Dan Farnngton field goal and a 3-yard touchdown pass from Scott Isphording to Dave Williamson for a 9-7 lead after one quarter. Then Hanover matched a 3-yard Reynolds scoring run with a 6-yard Isphord-ing-Mike Searcy touchdown pass and it was 15-15 with 4:33 to go in the first half. But that's when the roof fell in on the Panthers. Calhoun scored his touchdowns before intermission on runs of three and 10 yards, and Hanover was headed for its second defeat. It left Hanover coach Wayne Perry shaking his head.

"I've been here 15 years," he said, "and that's the first time I've gone in at halftime and didn't know what to say to the guys. They were playing hard, but then the kicking game fell apart, the At Birmingham, Ala. MOREHEAD STATE 0 14 0-14 ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 14 17 14 752 Alabama-Birmingham Green 1 rush (Thomason kick); Alabama-Birmingham Green 1 rush (Thomason kick); Alabama-Birmingham Thornton 1 rush (Thomason kick); Alabama-Birmingham Johnson 14 pass from Whitcomb (Thomason kick): Alabama-Birmingham Thomason 20 FG; Morehead State Saiyer 4 pass from McCormack (Larsen kick); Mora-head State Bass 80 rush (Larsen kick); Alabama-Birmingham Thornton 35 rush (Thomason kick); Alabama-Birmingham Ingram 67 pass from Whitcomb (THomason kick); Alabama-Birmingham Harris 9 pass from Williams (Thomason kick). Morehead State UAB 19 27 First downs Rushes-yards 10-066 13-120 Return Yards passina 152 285 21 24 Comp-Att-Int 15-33-1 19-37-1 Punts 5-191 7-262 Fumbles-Lost 5-4 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-66 13-120 Time of Possession 28:37 31 :23 Chad McCormack and an 80-yard run by Tontae Bass to close within 31-14, but UAB buried any come- it From Special and AP Dispatches Brent Holsclaw scored on a 2-yard run with 56 seconds left in the third quarter and Robbie Robertson the extra point as Kentucky JWesleyan edged host Maryville 7-6 in college football yesterday. Wesleyan's go-ahead score was set up when linebacker Troy Criss-man intercepted a Jon Cox pass on Maryville's 20-yard line.

Crissman returned the ball to the 12, and Holsclaw scored five plays later. Maryville (0-1) scored on its first possession, with Cox bolting 24 yards for the TD. But David extra-point kick was wide left. Maryville drove deep into Wesleyan. territory late in the game, but David Dabney forced a fumble, and Stevon Warfield of Wesleyan (1-1) recovered at the 17 with 1:30 left.

Georgetown 24, Mount St. Joseph 12: Steve Funke's 1-yard run for a second-quarter touchdown broke a 3-3 tie and put visiting "Georgetown (2-0) ahead for good. Mount St. Joseph (0-1-1) led after quarter on John Pimenidis' 34-yard field goal. Mike Dunlap's 46-yard boot tied it for Georgetown.

Georgetown completed its scoring in the third quarter on Dane Dam-ron's 60-yard touchdown pass to Mike Baker and Tom Groves' 28-yard run eight minutes later. Jason Jackson's 4-yard run as the third quarter ended and a fourth-quarter safety completed the scoring for the Lions. I Union 51, Urbana 32: Sophomore quarterback Keith Wynn, making his first start in place of injured Lee Worley, completed 10 of 18 passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns and ran 12 times for 100 yards and a TD as Union (2-0) won its home opener. t'The Bulldogs set team single-game records for total offense (684 yards) and points. Clarence Mackey, who rushed for a team-record 203 yards last week, ha'd 176 yards on 16 carries and scored twice.

Chris Kearson caught Yesterday's KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 0 7 0 7 MARYVILLE, TENN 6 0 0 0 6 Maryvllla Jon Cox. 24. run (kick tailed); Kentucky Waalayan Brent Holsclaw. 2, run JRobbie Robertson kick). Ky.

Waa. Maryvllla First downs 15 Rushes-yards 28-58 Passing yards 224 14 38-121 179 25 14-27-2 32 6-61 29:47 Return yards 31 Passes 25-46-3 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-1 Penalties-yards 8-84 i possession 31:13 CUMBERLAND 14 0 0 14 WILMINGTON, OHIO 7 7 3 0 17 Cumberland Jerome Hawthorne. 19, run 4Lars Andersson kick); Cumberland Marvin Snerton, 2. run (Andersson kick); Wilmington Cfins Garrity. 45.

pass from Enc Noble (Val Haunn kick): Wilmington Luke Chambers. 1. run (Haunn kick); Wilmington Haunn, 22, FG. Cumberland Wilmington First downs 12 Rushes-yards 51-179 Passing yards 108 Return yards 34 Passes 9-14-0 (Purrts 6-391 Fumbles-lost 7-5 Penalties yards 12-85 14 50-181 157 15 10-14-1 65 6-52 6 16 2i ENISON 3 JCEXTRE 7 Centra Steve Dowdy. 75.

pass from Dave Clark (Evan Hjerpe kick); Oantaon Magin, 23, T-3: antra Joey Johnson, 4. run (Hjerpe kick); Denison Gamett, 23, pass from Lane (Magin Centre Clark, 1, run (Hjerpe kick); Denison Chris Clark, 2, run (pass failed). Denison Centre First downs 17 14 Rushes-yards 28-34 52-150 Passing yards 279 203 Return yards 43 16 Passes 24-45-1 12-21-0 punts 8-331 10-29 3 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-0 penalties-yards 7-60 11-72 Time possession 33:33 i By GEORGE RORRER Staff Writer HANOVER, Ind. Finesse went only so far yesterday as Thomas More muscled up and beat Hanover 36-22 in a battle of regional NCAA Division III football powers. In order to bounce back from a season-opening 16-8 loss to Ferrum (Va.) and improve their record over two-plus seasons to 20-3, the Blue Rebels had to come from behind in the second quarter behind their big line and the running of Ryan Reynolds, Dan Calhoun and others.

Reynolds, a junior playing his third season in the 4-year-old Thomas More program, rambled for 166 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries. But it was Calhoun, a sophomore from Louisville Waggener High School, who turned up the heat in the winners' 22-point second quarter. Calhoun gained 84 of his career-high 91 yards in the period and scored two touchdowns. "That's part of our secret," Reynolds said. "It's not just (starting fullback) Derrick (Jett) and Ryan.

We've got about six backs we can run at you, and behind that offensive line everybody's an All-Ameri-can." Calhoun echoed Reynolds' sentiments. "We've got different backs with different sizes and different speeds," he said, "and it's hard for a defense to adjust. The blocking was great today. We can't go anywhere without our line." Thomas More got an early break when Hanover's Scott Matney fumbled on the first play from scrim- Morehead is routed by From AP and Special Dispatches BIRMINGHAM, Ala. More-head, ripped 56-0 by Marshall last week in its opener, was looking for an easier time yesterday at Alabama-Birmingham, a first-year I-AA team.

But UAB rolled to a 31-0 half-time lead and mauled the Eagles 52-14. Pat Green rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead UAB (1-1). He scored on two 1-yard runs for a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, David Thornton scored on a 1-yard run, John Whit-comb threw a 14-yard TD pass to Jermaine Johnson and Kevin Tho-mason kicked a 20-yard field goal. Morehead scored two TDs in the third quarter a 4-yard TD pass by.