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THE COURIER-JOURNAL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1999 C9 SEC Louisville 39, Houston 33 SCORING SUMMARY NOTEBOOK Tackle turns into Galloping Gantous i i I 1 T7" V1 is ft 7 By ASHLEY McGEACHY and RICK BOZICH The Courier-Journal Never again will University of Louisville defensive tackle Mike Gantous criticize a running back who fails to wiggle free for an extra yard or two. "You know what I learned today?" Gantous asked yesterday. "That it's hard to be a running back." Gantous learned this in the Cards' 39-33 victory against Houston. Teammate Donovan Arp blocked a punt midway through the third quarter. Gantous picked up the ball on Houston's 45-yard line and carried it 5 yards.

"That's all it was," he said. "Five yards. It seemed like it was at least 30. When I came up with the ball, the first thing that came to my mind was, 'What do I do The Cards led 25-24 when Arp and Gantous teamed for their big play. Five plays later Chris Redman threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Arnold Jackson.

"Any time you get a special-teams stop, it's good for the defense," Arp said. Gantous interrupted the questions about his run to ask one of the gathered reporters: "What the heck do we have to do to get more people into this stadium?" The crowd 27,261 was nearly 15,000 under capacity. It was the Cards' smallest crowd in their 11 games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. "Don't get me wrong," Gantous said. "The fans who come out are great fans.

Very loyal. But we're an exciting team to watch, and we're-playing for a conference championship. We need more people to come out and watch." Buffone honored When he joined the Chicago Bears in 1966, Doug Buffone had the best fundamentals of anyone on the team thanks to four years playing under of coach Frank Camp, he said yesterday. HOUSTON 1410 6 3- LOUISVILLE 31521 0- 33 39 Attendance: 27,261 FIRST QUARTER Houston 7 UofLO Ketric Sanford 72 run (Mike Clark kick), 13:39 time remaining. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1 :21 elapsed time.

Houston 7 of 3 Jon Hilbert 34 field goal, 5:54. Drive: 1 1 plays, 63 yards, 3:40. Key plays: Two 15-yard penalties against Houston. Houston 14 UofL3 Mike James 29 interception return (Clark kick), 0:00. SECOND QUARTER Houston 14 UofL9 Lavell Boyd 18 pass from Chris Redman (pass failed), 13:50.

Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:10. Key plays: Charles Sheffield 34 pass from Redman; Eric Lockhart 16 run. Houston 17 UofL9 Clark 48 field goal, 10:49. Drive: 9 plays 49 yards, 3:01. Key play: Orlando Iglesias 17 pass from Jason McKinley.

Houston 24 UofL9 Mike Green 4 run (Clark kick), 4:41 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:22. Key play: Jeremy McCardell 26 pass from McKinlev. Houston 24 UofL15 Boyd 75 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick failed), 3:45. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, :56. Houston 24 UofL18 Hilbert 33 field goal, 1:51.

Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards, 1 :38. Key play: Ibn Green 1 1 pass from Redman. THIRD QUARTER UofL25 Houston 24 Boyd 7 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick), 9:207 Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 2:28. Key plays: Arnold Jackson 40 pass from Redman; Sheffield 21 pass from Redman. UofL32 Houston 24 Jackson 4 pass from Redman (Hilbert kick), 5:04.

Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, :58. Key plays: Donovan Arp blocked a Houston punt, recovered by Mike Gantous; Boyd 15 pass from Redman. UofL32 Houston 30 Sanford 5 run (pass fail), 2:55. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 2:09. Key plays: Iglesias 29 pass from McKinlev.

Uof L39 Houston 30 Rnvri nas? from Rnrlman Hilhfirt kick), 1:52. Drive: 3 plays, 73 yards, 1 :03. Key play: Jackson 31 pass from Redman. FOURTH QUARTER UofL39 Houston 33 Clark 35 field goal, :05. Drive: 13 plays, 68 yards, 2:34.

Key plays: Sanford 13 pass from McKinley; McCardell 24 pass from McKinley; Green pass from McKinley. TEAM STATISTICS PHOTOS BY JAMES H. WALLACE. THE COURIER-JOURNAL Ftashad Holman, left, congratulated defensive tackle Mike Gantous after his recovery of a punt that was blocked by Donovan Arp. Martin, Vols deal Alabama 21-7 loss Associated Press Tee Martin ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third yesterday to lead No.

5 Tennessee to a 21-7 victory over No. 10 Alabama in the Volunteers' first football game in Tuscaloosa in 69 years. "It makes no difference where we play the game," linebacker Eric Westmoreland said. "Jt was just a big win for Tennessee." The Vols (5-1, 3-1 Southeastern nave won five straight over the Crimson Tide (5-, 2, 4-1). Afterward, Tennessee's players held victory cigars and chanted "We Own Alabama" as they left the field.

"We knew it was going to be a four-quarter, physical football game," Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said. "I'm really proud of our offense. The defense played great all day long. I feel like we're coming together and peaking at just the right time." The defending national champions remained alive in a bid for an appearance in the Bowl Championship Series. It ruined the chances of Alabama, which already had lost to Louisiana Tech.

"I said going in that Tennessee may be the best football team in the country, and they didn't do anything today to make me think otherwise," Alabama coach Mike DuBose said. "It was a disappointing loss to a very good football team." A crowd of 86,869 the largest to watch a football game in Alabama was on hand for Tennessee's return to Bryant-Denny Stadium. By the end, only a few thousand remained, and they were Tennessee fans singing "Rocky Top." The game was a defensive struggle until Martin led the Vols on a game-breaking, fourth-quarter drive. Trying to run time off the clock and protect a 14-7 lead, Tennessee marched 84 yards in 11 plays. A screen pass to Cedrick Wilson went for 37 yards to overcome a personal-foul penalty, and two plays later, Martin ran 21 yards for a touchdown that made it 21-7 with 8:26 left.

"Tee Martin was the difference," Alabama cornerback Milo Lewis said. "We couldn't contain him. Every time he got backed up against the wall, he made the play." The Tennessee defense still hasn't allowed a back to rush for 100 yards or run for a TD. Alabama's Shaun Alexander had 98 yards rushing and scored his only TD on a 26-yard pass from Andrew Zow. Alexander, the former Kentucky Mr.

Football from Boone County, had 148 all-purpose yards but saw his streak of six straight 100-yard rushing games end. Westmoreland and several other Vols taunted him with Heisman poses. "We came into the game saying he's not going to win the Heisman on us," Westmoreland said. "He's not going to get 100 yards on us." Mississippi State 17, LSU 16: Rod Gibson plunged in from a yard out on fourth down with 1:39 left, enabling the No. 12 Bulldogs (7-0, 4-0) to snap a seven-game losing streak to Louisiana State (2-5, 0-5).

Gibson's TD capped a 14-play, 65-yard drive for host Mississippi State. Josh Booty then completed passes of 11 and 18 yards to Jerel Myers to put LSU on the Mississippi State 46, but the threat ended with Pig Prather's interception. Vanderbilt 11, South Carolina 10: Greg Zolman threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Todd Yoder with 7:16 to play, then hit him for a two-point conversion as the Commodores (5-3, 2-3) dealt the host Gamecocks (0-8, 0-6) their 18th straight loss. The two-pointer made it 11-8, and South Carolina's Steve Florio missed a 46-yard field-goal try with 1:04 to play. Vandy took a safety on the final play.

SOUTHEASTERN East Boyd's four IDs spark Cards' Buffone, a standout linebacker and center for the Cardinals in 1962-65, had his No. 56 jersey retired at half-time. He is one of three players to lead the Cards in tackles for three consecutive seasons. The others were Tom Jackson (1970-72) and Tyrus McCloud (1994-96). Camp once called Buffone (pronounced Buff-own) "the most complete ballplayer I've ever coached." The fourth-round draft pick played 15 seasons at linebacker, retiring in 1980 as the team's leader in games played.

"Frank Camp put all these guys in the pros," said Buffone, who now works for WSCR radio in Chicago. "He was so good. He had guys ready to play. He taught me the game of football." Buffone retired from the National Football League with 24 interceptions his first two were against Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas and more than 1,200 tackles. He went over the 100-tackle mark seven times.

His retired jersey joins those of of greats Lenny Lyles, Ernie Green and Frank Minnifield. Unitas' No. 16 was retired and cannot be worn again. Tidbits Houston might have the most prolific broadcast team in college football. Quarterback David Klingler, the former No.

1 draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals who threw for 5,140 yards in 1990, is Houston's TV analyst. Working in the radio booth is Andre Ware, who threw for 4,699 yards in 1989 while winning the Heisman Trophy. Houston's tight endspecial teams coach is Chad O'Shea, who lettered three years as the quarterback at St. Xavier High School. O'Shea's father is Mike O'Shea, Houston's trainer who served in a similar role at of under former coach Howard Schnel-lenberger.

comeback warrior. You zone him, throw everything at him, but, you know, I think he's as good as Jim Kelly The other kids feed off that quarterback." For Houston, Sanford gained 139 yards on 21 carries. His 5-yard TD run brought the Cougars within 32-30 late in the third quarter. The Cougars got their final points on Mike Clark's 35-yard field goal with five seconds left in the game, but the Cardinals recovered the onside kick. "Our kids played their hearts out for the second week in a row," Smith said.

"From top to bottom, everyone performed ana we live to play another day. Our kids know their backs are to the wall, and every game is vital if we want to get where we want to go." under new management new statl Relaxation Massage In Uu(v WiM SMhvvilli- 245-0100 mini" WEEK AT DEJAVU! I I Night 2 tor I Vn n-. I IBhflTigraxl tV1 'u Hou. of First downs 22 30 Rushes-yards 38-181 31- 88 Passing yards 255 397 Return yards 30 16 Passes 20-37-1 27-53- 1 Punts 5- 29.2 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1- 1 Penalties-yards 13-136 12- 116 Time of possession 31:33 28:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Continued from Page 1 Of Redman's five main targets Boyd, Green, Jackson, Zek Parker and Charles Sheffield Parker and Jackson are the speedsters. Green is Redman's boyhood connection, able to make linebackers miss as if they were chasing a ghost.

Sheffield and Boyd typically maintain lower profiles. Besides his game-winner with six seconds left at Memphis 10 days after his last-play miss in a double-overtime loss at Army, Boyd is known for his reliability on third down. Entering yesterday's game he had made eight of his 36 catches on third down, second most on the squad. His speed? No one really talks about Boyd being built for speed. But he caught a 7-yard dink pass from Redman, split two defenders and scampered 75 yards for a touchdown to pull the Cards within 24-15 late in the second quarter.

"I'm not a blazer, but you're not going to catch me from behind," Boyd said. "That's one thing; I tried to show a little speed today." Added Redman: "They were pretty much going man-to-man, and we knew that eventually we would break a big play. Our guys are such great athletes that once our guys get away, they can make the big play happen. It was just a matter of time. Perhaps more spectacular than the long touchdown was Boyd's over-the-shoulder, diving catch to boost the Cards' lead to 39-30 with 1:52 left in the third quarter.

With Houston playing soft, Redman found Jackson with a 31-yard pass to move of to the Cougars' 25-yard line. Then, on the third play of the drive, Redman lofted a pass into the front right of the end zone. Boyd extended his arms as the ball sailed over his right shoulder. Diving, he made the catch and kept his left foot and right knee in bounds for the touchdown. "He made some catches that were flat-out unbelievable," Smith said.

"The one for the (25-yard) touchdown was incredible. I was amazed Defensive back Michael Brown tried to coax some noise out of the crowd of 27,261 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium when the Cardinals had Houston pinned deep in its own territory in the fourth quarter. 1988-91. Redman surpassed Detmer to become No. 1 in career attempts (1,554) and needs six completions to move past him with 959.

"It's neat for something like that to happen," Redman said. "I'll reflect after the season's over." Jackson caught nine passes for 119 yards and one touchdown, and Sheffield made five catches for 85 yards. Eric Lockhart, who filled in for injured Frank Moreau, gained 92 yards on 25 carries. But passing killed the Cougars, who gained 436 net yards but had 136 yards in penalties. "I don't know if you ever feel good about a team with receivers and a quarterback like that," Houston coach Kim Helton said.

"Redman is just a counerffioyi The Courier-Journal WtimSmaSi Internet Access Service Calltodavl-800-391-8745 FAR EAST SPA 264 A good massage is relaxing benefits mind, body spirit! Daily 9am-2am EE3 Frmnv 502-495-2000 Rh3E 41M) HnrriMflwit R(i. Rnechel across from Rib Tawrn THIS Monday 1 1 1 worst loss since joining I-A he even got to the ball, and then to catch it was great effort. "Lavell is just a great receiver. To think two weeks ago he was so down because of the last play at Army and to have back-to-back games like he has is amazing." After going 12 of 31 including a stretch of six consecutive incomple-tions in the first half, Redman finished 27 of 53 for 397 yards, five touchdowns and one interception. He passed former Fresno State quarterback Todd Santos as the second-most productive quarterback in Division I-A history.

Redman now has thrown for 11,605 yards and trails only Brigham Young's Heisman Trophy winner, Ty Detmer, who had 15,031 yards in more than 100 yards in a game. John Mackovic, later a coach at the college and professional levels, rushed for 131 yards in a 31-21 win at Virginia in 1964. ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 3 0 0 003 WAKE FOREST 24 3 7 1347 Wake Forest FG Burdick 41, Wake Forest Kane 2 run (Burdick kick). 9:11: Wake Forest Deese 29 pass from Sankey (Burdick kick), Wake Forest Kane 39 run (Burdick kick), UAB FG Arians 21 Wake Forest FG Burdick 26. Wake Forest Kane 1 run (Burdick kick), 1 1 44; Wake Forest Sankey 3 run (Burdick kick), 12:03: Wake Forest FG Ashe 23, Wake Forest FG Ashe 46, 3:29.

UAB Wake Forest First downs 10 18 Rushes-yards 26-76 51-283 Passing yards 138 139 Return Yards 188 170 Comp-Att-Int 1 3-38-3 10-18-1 Punts 1-390 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-56 9-78 Time ol Possession 26 30 33:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING UAB, Coleman 13-67, Conley 2-5, Dugqer 1-2, Cox 2-(minus 8), Dixon 8-(minus 29). Wake Forest, Sankey 12-108. Kane 22-79, Scott 4-29, McCoy 5-28, Mughelli 3-13, Davis 1-3, Team 1 -(minus 1), leak 3-(minus2) PASSING UAB, Dixon 8-24-2-84, Cox 5-14-1-54. Wake Forest, Sankey 9-16-1-132, Leak 1-2-0-7. RECEIVING UAB, Johnson 6-99, Thatch 2-8, Conley 2-1, Malone 1-23, Coleman 1-7, Dugger 1-0.

Wake Forest, Deese 5-89, Williams 2-31, Jordan 1-7, Chalmers 1-6, Caldwell 1-6. RUSHING Houston, Sanford 21-139, Green 12-39, McKinley 4-3, Hill 1-0. Louisville, Lockhart 25-92, Redman 4-0, team 2-(minus 2). PASSING Houston, McKinley 20-37-1-255. Louisville, Redman 27-53-1-397.

RECEIVING Houston, Iglesias 5-76, McCardell 4-69, Middleton 3-30, Sanford 3-26, Regimbald 2-28, Green 2-20, Williams 1-6. Louisville, Boyd 11-173, Jackson 9-119, Sheffield 5-85, Green 2-20. UAB suffers Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Ben Sankey ran for 108 yards and threw for 132 as fast-starting Wake Forest whipped Alabama Birmingham 47-3 yesterday. The Demon Deacons (4-3) scored 24 points in the first ll'z minutes and shut down the Blazers (3-4) all the way, giving up only 27 yards rushing and 165 overall.

It was Wake Forest's largest winning margin since a 66-21 rout of Virginia in 1975, while the loss was UAB's worst since joining Division I-Ain 1996. UAB's first four possessions ended in a blocked punt, an interception and punts of 34 and 20 yards. Each gave Wake Forest the ball on the Blazers' half of the field and resulted in points. "We had a blast out there," said linebacker Dustin Lyman. "Beating somebody like that, that's something most programs get to do that we've Conf.

All Florida 4-1 6-1 Georgia 4-1 6-1 Tennessee 3-1 5-1 Kentucky 3-2 5-3 Vanderbilt 3-2 5-3 South Carolina 0-6 0-8 West Mississippi State 4-0 7-0 Alabama 4-1 5-2 Mississippi 2-2 5-2 Arkansas 1-2 4-2 Auburn 1-4 3-4 Louisiana State 0-5 2-5 NEXT FOR OF Opponent: UAB. When: 2 p.m. EDT Saturday. Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. never gotten to do.

We were good in every phase of the game." UAB coach Watson Brown agreed. "We didn't get down to Nebraska and Tennessee like that," he said, referring to 39-7 and 37-13 losses to the national powers a year ago. "Their defense is very good." The convincing victory also surprised Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell. "I didn't see this coming," he said. "Some weeks you can.

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