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C8 THE COURIER-JOURNAL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1999 Redman, of v. 3 S.Mf. ty 1 U. 2 A L' 1 1 1 959th career completion. He now is 975 of 1,588 both NCAA records for 11,829 yards, second only to Detmer's 15,031.

"The records and the stats are great, but winning this game was real big for us," Redman said in a statement. "Right now my focus is on helping us win games." His teammates particularly longtime pal and target Ibn Green were happy for his individual accomplishments. The offensive linemen were sorry for allowing the chin-busting hit. "We said we've just got to pick it up and not let him get touched no matter what," senior tackle Anthony Byrd said. "If you have to block two guys, block two guys.

Just the fact that he got nit, and all of us were like because our goal was not to let him get touched and all of a sudden a guy comes free and hits him." Said Green: "Chris is our warrior. He comes out and takes the lick and gets right up. He shows no pain. I know he's hurtin' real bad, but he shows no pain. He's a great leader.

I'm proud of him. "I told him on the bench, 'I'm proud of He said, and I was like, 'No, man, I'm really, really proud of Louisville took a 10-7 lead when Redman found Green for their 31st collegiate touchdown pass, a 7-yarder with 9:30 left in the third quarter. After UAB (3-5, 2-2) was forced to punt on its next possession, of scored again when Redman hit Arnold Jackson in the front of the end zone on another 7-yard strike with 1:54 left in the quarter. Jackson caught nine passes for 80 yards. Frank Moreau, playing despite a broken right hand, gained 128Vards on 28 carries and scored the Cards' final touchdown, a 4-yard run with 10:59 left in the game.

Uncharacteristically playing the" speed option, the Blazers rushed for 237 yards, led by Percy Coleman's 166 yards on 19 carriers, including a 30-yard TD run. Quarterback Daniel Dixon completed 9 of 19 passes for 124 yards and rushed 24 times for 104 yards. But Dixon never was popped as hard as Redman. And certainly his mother wasn't in tears after the game. "That was just the second time I've ever seen him not pop up after being hit," Pam Redman said.

"I grabbed Bobby's arm. It was just awful." Continued from Page 1 USA. At least he has a $3 million insurance policy from Lloyd's of London. Redman should have more than that soon. His father, Male High School coach Bob Redman, said after the game that he has spoken with three football power brokers about representing Chris.

All three have told him Chris easily could mirror Kentucky's Tim Couch as the No. 1 pick in the National Football League draft in April. "Chris future looks very, very bright," Bob Redman said. "Very shortly the people of Louisville are going to realize what a special player Chris is." New York Giants vice president and general manager Ernie Accorsi and New England Patriots scout Ken Sturnfeld watched Redman's performance from the press box. It was the first time in seven games that he hasn't thrown an interception.

Jackson, whose No. 50 of jersey was retired at halftime, and Uni-tas, in town for a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Education Foundation benefit, also watched the hometown hero perform before a modest crowd of 34,786. "I played with his dad and obviously Chris has a lot of skills," Jackson said. "The throwing ability is there. I think the heritage is there.

It's hard to predict where you slot people in in the NFL, but certainly, the kid has skills." Said Unitas: "From what I've seen and knowing Chris, I don't think he should have a problem (in the NFL). He's been well coached. He knows the game. It'll take him a while to get accustomed to things wherever it is he will be, but he certainly will be very rich." Unitas said one scout likened Redman to former Giants quarterback Phil Simms, a Southern High School and Morehead State University product. "I said, 'No, he's more accurate than Simms was and he's tougher than Simms Unitas said.

"Simms got hurt quite a bit in the early part of his career. And (Redman) will hang in the pocket and not roll out and take that abuse." The abuse he took yesterday offset the excitement of breaking Ty Detmer's NCAA Division I-A record for career completions. Four plays before Abrams' hit, Redman fired a 14-yard bullet to Lavell Boyd for his OF NOTEBOOK SCORING SUMMARY UAB 7 0 0 7 14' LOUISVILLE 3 014 6- 23., Attendance: 34,786. FIRST QUARTER UofL3 UAB01 Jon Hilbert 51 field goal, 6:10 time remaining. Drive: 11 plays, 30 yards, 5:15 elapsed time.

r. Key play: Frank Moreau 2 run on fourth down. i UAB 7 UofLlT Percy Coleman 30 run (Jake Arians kick), 3:25. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:45. i Key play: Coleman 24 run.

-c THIRD QUARTER of 10 UAB 7 Ibn Green 7 pass from Chris Redman (Hilbert kick), 9:30. Drive: 1 1 plays, 80 yards, 5:30. Key plays: Arnold Jackson 13 pass from Redman. Uof L17 UAB 7 Jackson 7 pass from Redman -(Hilbert), 1:54. Drive: 9 plays, 93 yards, 3:41.

Key plays: Charles Sheffield 19 pass from Redman; Lavell Boyd 17 pass from Redman; Jackson 19 pass from Redman. FOURTH QUARTER UofL23 UAB? Moreau 4 run (Hilbert kick fail), 10:59. Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, Key plays: UAB roughing-the-kicker, penalty set up touchdown. of 23 UAB 14 i Daniel Dixon 19 run (Arians kick), 7:35. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:24.

Key plays: Undrae Crosby 27 pass from Dixon. 3 TEAM STATISTICS UAB UofL First downs .....27 22 Rushes-yards 54-237 32-133 Passing yards 124 224 Return yards 25 32 Passes 23-34-0 Punts 4-41-8 Fumbles-lost 4-0 0-6 Penalties-yards 8-7 Time of possession 30:43 29:17. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING in-; UAB, Coleman 19-166, Dixon jf Conley 3-9, Thatch 6-6, Dugger 1 -3, Team 1-(minus-26). Louisville, Moreau. 28-1 28, Lockhart' 1-3, Redman 3-2.

1 PASSUJKJ j-, UAB, Dixon 9-19-1-124. Louisville, Redman 23-34-0 224. RECEIVING UAB, Ross 3-51, Malone 3-23, Thatch 2-23, Crosby 1-27. Louisville, Jackson 9-80, Boyd 4-60, -Sheffield 4-45, Green 4-26, Moreau 2- -13. At Oxford, Ohio CINCINNATI 14 14 21 352 MIAMI, OHIO a 16 7 7 1242 Mlimi FG Brumbergs 42, 12:46: Miami FG Brumbergs 30, Cincinnati Cooper 29 rurt '-(flutlin kick), 8 36; Miami Prentice 1 run (Brum bergs kick), Cincinnati Cooper 12 run (Ruffin; kick), Miami Gaylor 25 pass from Bath (Brumbergs kick), 9 44; Cincinnati Garden 1 run (Ruffin kick), Cincinnati Smikle 2 pasa (ram Kenner (Ruffin kick), 0:07: Miami Sexton 77 pass from Bath (Brumbergs kick), Cincinnati Cooper 32 pass from Kenner (Ruffin Kick), Cincinnati Smikle 2 pass from Kenner (Ruffin kiokfc, 1 Cincinnati Kenner 4 run (Ruffin kick), Miami Gayl6r 14 pass from Bath (pass failed), Cincinnati FG Ruffin 35.

Miami Gaylrj pass Irom Bath (pass failed), 1:12. A 22,469, j( Cincinnati Miami' First downs 28 '17 Rushes-yards 62-285 2(J-S6 Passing 243 isa Comp-Att-Int 18-28-2 2141. Return Yards 182 J70 Punts-Avg. 2-54 6-37 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-35 6-69 Time ol Possession 36 52 23:08 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Cincinnati, Cooper 37-209, Mays 7-44. Kenner 11-17, Garden 7-15.

Miami, Ohio, Preriioi? 19-54. Bath 5-4. Little 2-(minus 2). PASSINO Cincinnati, Kenner 18-28-2-243 Mbf ami, Ohio, Bath 21-41-2-362. RECEIVING Cincinnati, Chatman 4-93.

Smikle 23, Cooper 3-47, Hunt 3-37, Vann 2-19, Keith Mays 1 -1 1 Miami, Ohio, Gaylor 8-1 68, Buxlon 4-50, Sullivan 3-32, Prentice 3-7, Sexton 1-77, Little 1-11, Henry 1-7. Jackson appreciates 'bit of immortality' M'' 8 i Lr-r V- Qt'- i MW- rirtrifriWrthurt, iiiir i i v-v BY MICHAEL CLEVENGER, THE COURIER-JOURNAL end also teamed up with Chris ahead to stay in the third quarter. Cooper powers Bearcats past Miami 52-42 Associated Press OXFORD, Ohio Robert Cooper scored three touchdowns and gained 209 yards on 37 carries as the University of Cincinnati's football team defeated Miami of Ohio 52-42 yesterday in the highest-scoring of the 104 games between the schools. He scored on 29- and 12-yard runs and a 32-yard pass from Deontey Kenner. His last touchdown, with 11:44 left in the third quarter, gave the Bearcats (3-5) the lead for good, 35-30.

Miami's Travis Prentice scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter for his 73rd career touchdown and 68th by rushing. The Manual High School product needs two more touchdowns to tie Ricky Williams' NCAA Division I-A record for overall TDs and is four, rushing touchdowns short of Williams' mark in that category. He needs 14 points to tie Williams' record of 452. Kenner also threw a pair of 2-yard touchdown passes to Tony Smikle and ran 4 yards for a score. Teammate Lloyd Garden ran 1 yard for a touchdown, and Jonathon Ruffin kicked a 35-yard field goal.

Mike Bath of Miami (5-3) threw four touchdown passes: 25-, 14- and 24-yarders to Trevor Gaylor and a 77-yarder to Nate Sexton. Andy Brumbergs kicked field goals of 42, 30 and 41 yards. Cincinnati's 52 points and the teams' total of 94 set records for the series, which dates to 1888 and is the oldest college football rivalry west of the Alleghenies. The previous marks were 46 by the Bearcats in 1904 and 83 in 1986. Gaylor caught eight passes for 168 yards and boosted his career total to 1,792 receiving yards, breaking the school record of 1,778 set by Jay Hall last year.

Bath was 21 for 41 for a school-record 352 yards, surpassing Mike Bates' 341 yards against Toledo in 1987. NEXT FOR OF Opponent: Cincinnati. When: 3:30 p.m. EST Saturday. Site: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati.

ference and one of the best in the country." Houston took its only lead midway into the first quarter after Garrard fumbled at the East Carolina 15-yard line. The Cougars lost 2 yards before Mike Clark hit a 35-yard field goal. Garrard retaliated quickly, hitting Keith Stokes in stride on a 36-yard touchdown pass along the left side. Memphis 49, Tulane 7: Gerard Arnold carHed 13 times for 142 yards and tied a school record with three rushing TDs all in the first half as the Tigers (3-5, 2-1) rolled at Tulane (3-5, 1-2). Arnold, who also had three rushing touchdowns in a 31-26 victory over Arkansas State on Sept.

18, scored on runs of 3, 51 and 8 yards to help Memphis to a 28-0 halftime lead. Travis Anglin threw scoring passes of 11 yards to Billy Kendall and 35 yards to Damien Dodson. Tulane's only score came on a 15-yard pass from Patrick Ramsey to Adrian Burnette with 4:17 left in the third quarter. Vi Ibn Green aot clotheslined bv Kris Redman for the 31st TD pass of their Quarterback Daniel Dixon, who rushed scored UAB's second touchdown on a and he had a point-after attempt partially blocked in the fourth quarter. It was the sixth block of the season for the Blazers.

Moreau climbs chart Frank Moreau entered yesterday's game ranked seventh nationally in rushing, averaging 139.3 yards per game. With 128 yards on 28 carries, he became the 11th running back in of history to rush for 1,000 yards, in a season. Moreau has 1,103 yards on 183 carries and at least 94 yards in each of the eight games in which he's played. Moreau broke his right hand at Memphis and missed last week's win over Houston. "Frank ran well," coach John L.

Smith said. I don't know what RECEIVING East Carolina, Chappell 4-46, Stokes 3-43. Wilson 2-32, Powell 1-25, Morris 1-10, Harris 1-0 Houston, Iglesias 12-130, Regimbald 2-28, Middieton 2-22. Hill 1-14, McCardell 1-9, Prilchett 1-8, Robinson 1-4, Cucci 1-3, Williams 1-2. Santord 1-(mmus4).

At New Orleans MEMPHIS 14 14 7 1449 TULANE 0 7 07 Memphis Arnold 3 run (White kick), 08 56; Memphis Arnold 51 run (White kick), 2 09: Memphis Kendall 11 pass from Anglin (White kick), 21; Memphis Arnold 8 run (White kick), Memphis Oodson 34 pass from Anglin (White kick), 7 27; Tulane Burnelte 15 pass from Ramsey (Marler kick), Memphis Sanders 18 run (White kick). 12 27; Memphis Meadows run (While kick), :45. A 17,847 Memphis Tulane First downs 26 15 Rushes-yards 46 264 36-57 Passing 236 203 Return yards 57 2 Comp-Att-Int 19-26 1 19-40-1 Punts 5 35 9-45 muggy to windy to rainy. "As well as our defense played today, theirs played that much better," said Houston defensive lineman Adriano Belli, who recovered an early fumble. It was horrible." East Carolina quarterback David Garrard ran for one touchdown and passed for one but also threw three interceptions.

1 1 If' li f- i. i S' i i ft Neal on this play, but the of tight collegiate careers. It put the Cards for 79 yards and passed for 124, 19-yard run in the fourth quarter. he had, and I really don't care because he had enough to get us the win. I think Frank did a good job coming back." Holman clinches it Junior cornerback Rashad Holman intercepted his fifth pass of the season to clinch the Cards' victory.

With the Blazers trailing 23-14 but driving, Holman stepped in front of a Daniel Dixon pass in the end zone and ran it out 15 yards. "They kept on throwing those quick outs, and I pressured that last play," he said. "I knew as a team that we had to step up and stop them and somebody had to make a play. I knew they were running that route, and when I saw it, I just jumped on it." Fumbles-lost 4-2 Penalties-yards 8-51 8-76 Time of Possession 33 36 26 24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Memphis, Arnold 13 -142, Riley 9-6S, Meadows 9-44, Sanders.6-33, Scherer 2-9, Bailey 1-0, Anglin 6-(minus 26) TU Brant 17-82, Joseph 3-14. Wilson 8-10, Roussel 1-(minus 10).

team 1-(minus 11), Ramsey 6-(minus 28). PASSING Memphis, Anglin 16-23-1 221, Suber 2-2-0 7, Scherer 1-1-0 8. TU, Ramsey 19-39-1 203, Joseph 1-0-00. RECEIVING Memphis, Dodson 5 93, Kendall 4-36, Coutain 3-26, Johnson 1-31, Higgins 1-13, Sermon 1- 11, Arnold 1-10, Meadows 18. Bailey 1-6, Riley 1-1.

TU Burnetle 8-80, Jones 3-58, Harris 3 33, Dawson 2- 7, Robinson 1-8, Hocke 1-4. Orlando Iglesias had 12 catches for 130 yards for Houston, and Mike Green and Ketric Sanford each ran for 72 yards. Sanford, who had rushed for at least 100 yards in three straight games, got most of his in the second half. "Shutting down Sanford was huge," Logan said. "He is as good a running back as there is in the con By PAT FORDE and ASHLEY McGEACHY The Courier-Journal Tom Jackson says he's more famous for his broadcasting work alongside Chris Berman than for his years playing for the University of Louisville and the Denver Broncos.

And that's why the retiring of Jackson's No. 50 of jersey yesterday seemed so special to the honoree. "When you put this into perspective, this little bit of immortality is probably more important than anything that's happened (in my career)," he said. "I certainly am aware of my age when I come around college-age students who only know me as 'the ESPN Time takes its toll on all reputations and legacies. That's why events like this are so important to me.

It's nice to be remembered as a player." Jackson was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 1970, when the Cards went 8-3-1 and tied Long Beach State 24-all in the Pasadena Bowl, and in '72, when they went 9-1 and were MVC tri-champions. Sitting in the plush environs of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, he recalled Fairgrounds Stadium. "We used to play in a half a facility, with the open side to a highway," Jackson said. "They'd put sawdust on the field after it would rain to pro- CONFERENCE USA vide some traction. The gratification from walking into this building was a slightly different feel to it." Jackson grew up in Cleveland with the dream of playing for Woody Hayes at Ohio State or Bo Schem-bechler at Michigan.

But everyone said he was too small, so he came to of to play for Lee Corso. By his senior season, Louisville had gone from an endangered program to a team on the map. Jackson remembers the day Corso called the team together and read the Top 20, starting at No. 1. The players went crazy when he got to Louisville at No.

13. Despite still being considered too small, Jackson played 14 years for the Broncos. A linchpin in Denver's "Orange Crush" defense of the late 1970s, he had his name inscribed on the Ring of Honor that encircles Mile High Stadium. Hilbert goes long Jon Hubert's 51-yard field goal with 6:10 left in the first quarter was his career long. Although it was 1 yard shy of of L's record, it was the longest ever by an Alabama Birmingham opponent, the longest by a Cardinals kicker since David Akers' 51-yarder against Texas in 1994 and the second-longest in Conference USA this season.

Hilbert missed a 51-yard attempt as time expired in the second quarter, At Houston EAST CAROLINA 7 6 0 819 HOUSTON 3 0 0 03 Houston FG Clark 35, 8 31 East Carolina Stokes 36 pass from Garrard (Bayes kick). 7 00; East Carolina Garrard 1 1 run (kick blocked), 7 33; Eaat Carolina Adams 55 interception return (kick blocked), 5 07. A 14,221. ECaro. Houaton First downs 13 19 Rushes-yards 38-67 34-147 Passing 156 216 Comp-Att-Int 12-23-3 23-41-3 Return Yards.

114 10 Punts-Avg 519 2 7-36 9 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 11-107 10-117 Time of Possession 25:24 34.36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Eaat Carolina, Wilson 14-20, Garrard 15-18. Ham 3-18, Henry 4-12, team 2-(mmua 1). Houston, Sanford 20 72. Green 8-72, Middleion 1-18, Hill 1-3 Helion 2-(mmus 4). McKmley 2-(mmus 14).

PASSING East Carolina, Garrard 12-23-3-156 Houston, McKmley 23-40-3-216. Helton 0-1-0-0. punter. He was pressed into service on placements because Kevin Miller had a leg injury. The Cougars controlled the ball more than nine minutes longer than East Carolina but did less with it.

They had five turnovers, including three interceptions thrown by McKin-ley. East Carolina gave it back four times in conditions that ranged from East Carolina turns back Houston 19-3 in a game of blocked kicks Conf. All Southern Miss 4-0 5-3 East Carolina 3-1 7-1 Louisville 3-1 6-3 Memphis 2-1 3-5 UAB 2-2 3-5 Houston i 1-3 4-4 Army 1-3 3-4 Tulane 1-3 3-5 Cincinnati 0-3 3-5 Associated Press All the time Anthony Adams and his defensive mates spent on the field paid off in the end. Outgained by a wide margin, No. 17 East Carolina finally put Houston away yesterday when Adams returned a late interception 55 yards for a touchdown, wrapping up a 19-3 Conference USA football victory over the host Cougars.

"We told the defense a long time ago that if they did not give up long plays and were on the field long enough, they would get the big play," East Carolina coach Steve Logan said. The Pirates (7-1, 3-1) were out-gained 363 yards to 223 but blocked two field-goal attempts and got Adams' big play, when he picked off Jason McKinley's pass, eluded traffic and stumbled into the end zone as three defenders met him there. Houston (4-4, 2-2) also blocked a field-goal attempt and two low conversion tries by emergency kicker Andrew Bayes, the nation's leading 1.h- YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Louisville 23, UAB 14 Cincinnati 52, Miami, Ohio 42 Alabama35, Southern Miss 14 East Carolina 19, Houston 3 Memphis 49, Tulane 7 NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES Louisville at Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m. East Carolina at UAB, 2 p.m. Army at Air Force, 2 p.m.

Southern Miss at Memphis, 3 p.m. Tulane at Houston, 3:30 p.m..