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mp mnimliiw C6 THE COURIER-JOURNAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1996 ywn' pu'1 WM Jiw 'w jmm VI Gal tops Arizona 56-55 in 4 OTs; Army goes 8-0 WU.J- i-'WW NATIONAL ROUNDUP 7 hi 1 1 I -4 Associated Press The longest football game in maior-college history finally ended when visiting Arizona, faking an extra-point try in the fourth overtime, failed to make a two-point conversion and lost 56-55 to California yesterday. Pat Barnes threw for eight touchdowns and 503 yards, both school records, for Cal (6-2, 3-2 Pac-10). He had scoring passes in the first, third and fourth overtimes. Keith Smith threw for five touchdowns and ran for two more for Arizona (4-4, 2-3). Army 41, Lafayette 21 Ronnie McAda threw two touchdown passes and Jeff Brizic scored three times as host Army remained undefeated by beating Division I-AA Lafayette (3-4).

The Cadets (8-0) equaled their best start since 1950 and are one win shy of tying the school record for victories in a season. Army, the nation's top rushing team, ran for 321 yards. East Carolina 34, Arkansas State 16 Marcus Crandell threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game with an injured left knee as East Carolina (5-2) defeated visiting Arkansas State (3-6). Texas 28, Baylor 23 James Brown threw two TD passes to Pat Fitzgerald and Ricky Williams scored twice as host Texas (4-4, 3-2 Big 12) raced to a 21-0 lead and then held on to beat Baylor (4-4, 1-4). Kansas 34, Iowa State 31 June Henley ran for a season-high 226 yards and three TDs, and Ben Rutz hit Isaac Byrd on a fourth-down TD pass with 2:13 left to give the Jay-hawks (4-4, 2-3 Big 12) a road victory over Iowa State (2-6, 1-4).

Byrd's 8-yard catch on fourth-and- imwAii tiiMii trn -i iimiilw. Memphis quarterback Qadry Anderson stiff-armed Louisville's Derrick BY DURELL HALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL sacked 10 times yesterday. one produced the 10th lead change. Texas 38, Oklahoma State 19 D'Andre Hardeman scored three TDs and Keith Mitchell returned an interception 42 yards for a score as visiting Texas (4-5, 2-3 Big 12) downed Oklahoma State (4-5, 1-5). Cent.

Michigan 52, Kent 51 Silas Massey rushed for 292 yards and four TDs as visiting Central Michigan (5-5, 4-3 Mid-American Conference) withstood a 27-point fourth-quarter barrage from Kent (2-7, 1-6). Stanford 21, UCLA 20 Chad Hutchinson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Brian Manning with 58 seconds remaining to give the Cardinal (3-5, 2-3 Pacific 10) a victory over UCLA (3-5, 2-3). Elsewhere Shayne Graham kicked four field goals and Ken Oxendine rushed for 140 yards and two TDs as host Virginia Tech (6-1) won 47-16 over Southwestern Louisiana (4-5) Emory Smith ran for two TDs and the defense piled up six sacks in a half as host Clemson (5-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) won 35-3 over Maryland (4-5, 2-4). Randy Moss caught four TD passes and returned a kickoff 88 yards to set up another score as host Marshall, the top-ranked team in Division I-AA, defeated the Citadel 56-25. Burnel Dedeaux returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown as Mississippi Valley State took advantage of six turnovers to win 20-6 and extend visiting Prairie View's NCAA record losing streak to 66.

underdog. Coach Dan Henning said he learned of the rumors last weekend. The team continued to practice for Thursday night's loss at Pittsburgh, 'WlC Boston College investigates gambling Cardinals' win goes by script Continued from Page 1 back, had never carried the ball in a game. But the play called was for him to barrel straight into the end zone, which was exactly what he did. "After the referee raised both arms into the air, the of bench cleared as the players sprinted toward Wade in the end zone.

Clark quickly shed his sullen attitude to join the celebration, which brought a 15-yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff. "If it had been anybody else except him who had scored, I probably would've still been a little angry," Clark said. "At least it was him." I Cooper had told his players Friday night that Wade would score. And, he told them, they would mob him in the end zone and get flagged for a penal- ty. That the Tigers would gain 15 'r yards on the kickoff was of little im- jportance to Cooper, who was looking tor a way to kick-start a faltering offense that has been hurt by injuries.

Starting tailback Donnell Gordon didn't play. Neither did his backup, Otis Floyd. Wideout Charles Sheffield nursed a sprained ankle and didn't play, and tight end Mike Bogan is out for the year with a broken leg suffered Jast weekend. Center Craig Hoffman was out with a strained Achilles' tendon, and Matt Johnson nursed a sore ankle. ''But Wade was healthy, and his touchdown preserved the emotional health of this team as the victory put the Cardinals at 5-4 (2-3 Conference USA) going into Saturday's matchup with eighth-ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

"Wade has a great attitude, works hard, and the team loves him," Cooper said. I told the team last night that Wade was going to score a touchdown and to meet nim in the end zone. I just didn't expect it to be that big of a touchdown." shouldn't have been. The Cards Associated Press NEWTON, Mass. Boston College has launched an investigation into rumors of gambling surrounding its football team, although none have been substantiated, athletic director Chet Gladchuk said last night.

He said the university had contacted the Middlesex district attorney's office for guidance. The school's announcement came two days after the football team was upset 20-13 by Pittsburgh, an 11-point wnich dropped the tagles to 4-5. "1 felt that there was nothing to the rumors," he said, "so we went on with the ballgame." A late-afternoon practice that had been scheduled for yesterday was not held, and players reportedly shouted at each other after coaches left a team meeting. Hair Transplantation Depending on your hair loss goals, 1-3 sessions may be all you need to restore your own living, growing hair. Several hundred lo several thousand grafts per session.

-6 rrs T-J 3J MEMPHIS 3 0 0 7 10 LOUISVILLE 7 0 0 13 FIRST QUARTER LoulavMla Tandai Charasika 1 run (David Akers kick). 6:14. Drlva: 1 1 plays. 80 yards, 4:26. Kay plays: Ibn Grsen 17 pass from Chris Redman; Miguel Montane- 9 pass' from Redman.

MemphU Ted Lane 38 field goal, :47. Drlvt: 12 plays, 61 yards, 5:27, Key plays: Jesse Allen faks punt run 25: personal foul against of grves Memphis first-and-10 at the 14. THIRD QUARTER Louisville Ryan Wade 2 run (kick 2:30. Drive: 2 plays, 2 yards, :08. Key play: Rico Clark 49 punt return.

FOURTH QUARTER Memphis Jeremy Scruggs 13 pass from Qadry Anderson (Ted Lane kick), 6:35. Drive: 4 plays, 37 yards, 2:12. Key plsy: Kerry Cobb 14 pass from Anderson. Team statistics Memphis Louisville First downs 15 16 Rushes-yards 38-30 40-133 Passing 137 154 Comp-AtWnt 16-35-0 17-27-1 Return Yards 11 75 Punts-Avg Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1 Penalties-Yards 6-41 9-80 Time of Possession 31:55 28:05 Individual statistics RUSHING Memphis, Riley 9-33. Allen 1-25.

Scruggs 7-(minus 1). Woods 2-(minus 5). Anderson 19-lminus 22). Louisville, Charasika 19-93. Williams 14-68, Wade 1-2, Payne 2-(minus 6).

Madison 1-(minus 10). Redman 3-(minus 15). PASSING Memphis, Anderson 16-35-0 137. Loulsvllls, Redman 17-26-0 164, Payne 0-1-1 0. RECEIVING Memphis, Scruggs 5-43.

Floyd 3-26, Carr 3-21. Cobb 2-22. Oden 1-12, Bailey 1-7, Riley 1-6. Louisville, Montano 6-60. Croley 3-37, Bates 3-30, Green 3-9, Purry 1-16, Williams 1-2.

came out on their first drive of the game and moved the ball 80 yards in 11 plays. Freshman Tendai Charasika motored into the end zone from 1 yard out to put of up 7-0. Memphis, which hadn't scored a touchdown in nine quarters, hit a field goal on its subsequent possession as Ted Lane sent a 38-yarder through the uprights. After the teams traded possessions, the Cards got the ball on their 29-yard line and put together one of their most impressive drives of the season. Charasika, in the first start of his short career, got back-to-back first downs on runs of 22 and 20 yards, and Rico Williams, who wasn't even listed on the depth chart, ran 13 yards to the 2.

But then Jason Payne replaced Chris Redman at quarterback and NEXT FOR UOFL Opponent: North Carolina. When: 1:30 p.m. EST Saturday. Site: Chapel Mill, N.C. them and they are in a comfort zone and they feel like, 'I can make these things Keldorf threw TD passes of 19, 26 and 63 yards and was 16 of 22 for 315 yards yesterday.

It was his third straight 300-yard game and his fourth straight with at least three TD passes. He now has 20 TD passes and only two interceptions this season. The previous school mark for TD passes in a season was 18 by Matt Kupec in 1979. The previous highest score for North Carolina (7-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) against N.C. State (1-6, 1-4) was 44-0 in 1894 in the first game CONFERENCE C-USA standings Conf.

All Cont. AH WLWL WLWL South. Miss .4 0 8 1 Cincinnati ...2 3 45 Houston 2 1 5 4 Memphis ...2 3 3 6 Louisville 2 2 5 4 Tulane 1 4 26 at the Cincinnati 19 when Phillip Curry tackled Harold Shaw for a 2-yard loss with 9:20 remaining. The game pitted two dominating defenses against struggling offenses. Cincinnati outgained Southern Miss 245 total yards to 191, and each team had five sacks.

Cincinnati led 17-14 after scoring on three straight third-quarter possessions after Petrus replaced starting quarterback Chad Plummer. Petrus threw a 60-yard TD strike to Anthony Ladd on his first play of the game. Eric Richards kicked a 27-yard field goal on the Bearcats' next possession, and Petrus then hit Cornelius Bonner for a 62-yard score. Southern Miss led 14-0 after scoring on first-quarter drives of just 22 and 21 yards. Cincinnati turnovers led to both touchdowns.

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Anderson Cardinals coach Ron Cooper, whose for B0 yards, argued with an official threw an interception. The UofL defense held Memphis to consecutive three-and-out series. Then the Cards, starting from the Memphis 42, got to the 1, but a busted play on fourth-and-goal again with Payne subbing for Redman gave the ball back to the Tigers as the first half wound down. The Cards had trouble getting into the red zone in the second half despite having good field position on several occasions. But the of defense held Memphis to just 1 yard of offense in the third quarter and sacked quarterback Qadry Anderson 10 times altogether.

It was the most sacks the Tigers have allowed this season. Memphis finally got into the end zone in the fourth quarter when An- of the 102-year-old rivalry. The loss left N.C. State coach Mike O'Cain apologizing to Wolfpack fans. "I'm disappointed for our entire football team and disappointed for our fans," he said.

"I'm embarrassed. "They're obviously much better than Alabama and probably a little better than Virginia right now because they're a little bit more consistent. Florida State? Today they were better against us than Florida State was." Johnson, second in the ACC with 47 career TDs, had two 1-yard TD runs in a 19-0 first quarter, returned a punt 39 yards for a TD in the second period and had a 2-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. It was the third time he has scored four TDs in a game. The Tar Heels scored on the game's first play as defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday sacked quarterback Jamie Barnette.

Linebacker Kivuusama USA ROUNDUP Shaw, pressed into extended action after Eric Booth sprained his left knee in the first quarter, ran for 70 yards on 32 carries. He had a 62-yard run on the first play of the second half, but a holding call nullified the gain. Booth scored on a 1-yard TD in the fourth quarter last week to give Southern Miss a 31-28 victory at Tulane. Houston 20, Tulane 17 Sebastian Villarreal kicked a 32-yard field goal with six seconds left to give the Cougars a 20-17 victory over host Tulane. Houston (5-4, 2-1 C-USA).

which trailed much of the game, drove 62 yards on nine plays on its final possession for the victory. The Cougars, who are V6 games behind Southern Mississippi in the conference race, will play the Golden Eagles next Saturday. Houston has won more games this year than it has in the past three seasons combined. The last time the Cougars won five games was 1990, when they finished 10-1 and ranked nip. i.M was 1 1 a "Beautiful Course, Beautiful Price" NO COUPON NEEDED! ti Ei i tOJ XjZ AFTER 4:00 PM TAKE OFF ADDITIONAL $4 SEASONAL RATES NOW THROUGH 1-1-07 JL ST MENTION THIS AD Call Today (502) 477-2468 By DAVID DROSCHAK Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

North Carolina hasn't been very comfortable with the forward pass through the years. Chris Keldorf has changed all that, and coach Mack Brown has enjoyed watching the transformation unfold. iThe junior college transfer broke a school record for touchdown passes and Leon Johnson scored four times as No. 8 North Carolina beat North Carolina State 52-20 yesterday, the Tar Heels' biggest output ever against the Wolfpack. i "He has a knack for slowing the game down," Brown said of Keldorf, who is 88 of 127 for 1,239 yards and 14 TDs with no interceptions in his past four games.

"The real good athletes I've been around, the game just kind of goes a little bit slower for BY DURELL HALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL team was penalized nine times during the first half. derson connected with Jeremy Scruggs on a 13-yard pass, pulling the Tigers within three points at 13-10. The Tigers attempted a Hail Mary pass on the final play of the game. It was within the grasp of a Memphis receiver but fell to the ground. "It wasn't pretty out there today, but our guys played hard and never quit," said Memphis coach Rip Scherer, whose team dropped its fourth straight game and fell to 3-6, 2-3.

"We were in a position to win the game but just could not make the plays. These are tough times, but we have to find strength from within and continue to fight." So, too, do the Cards with North Carolina, 52-20 winners over North Carolina State yesterday, staring them in the face. NORTH CAROLINA 8TATE 0 14 020 NORTH CARLOINA 1 14 6 1362 North Carolina Mays fumble recovery in end zone (kick tailed). North Carolina L. Johnson run (pass tailed).

8:06: North Carolina L. Johnson 1 run (McGee kick), N.C. Stat Holt 12 pasB from Barnette (Primanli kick), North Caroline L. Johnson 39 punt return (McGee kick), 7.37; N.C. State Barnette 3 run (Primantl kick), North Carolina Walson 19 pass from Keldorf (McGee kick), NCS M.

Thomas 24 pass from Barnette (pass failed), :08: North Carolina Barnes 26 pass from Keldorf (run failed). North Carolina L. Johnson 2 run (pass failed). North Carolina Barnes 63 pass from Keldorf (McGee kick), 5:21. A 47,000.

N.C. State N. Carolina First downs 15 22 Rushes-yards 40-75 46-186 Passing 165 315 Comp-Afl-Int 12-32-0 16-23-1 Return Yards 53 49 Punts-Avg Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-2 Penalties-Yards 7-45 4-40 Time of Possession 26:50 33:10 Mays fell on the ball in the end zone for a TD 13 seconds into the game. It was the first score of the season for the nation's No. 1-ranked scoring defense, which gave up its most points this year but sacked Barnette a season-high eight times.

CINCINNATI 0 0 17 017 SOUTHERN MISS 14 0 721 Southern Miss Plnkston 6 pass from Roberts (Lomora kick), Southern Miss Lee 5 pass from Robsrts (Lomoro kick), Cincinnati Ladd 60 pass from Petrus (Richards kick), 5 39; Cincinnati FG Richards 27. Cincinnati Bonner 62 pass from Petrus (Richards kick), Southern Miss Lee 28 pass from Roberts (Lomoro kick), 9:48. A 25,241. Cincinnati Southern Miss First downs 8 12 Rushes-yards 32-55 53-51 Passing 190 140 Comp-An-Int 11-21-1 11-21-1 Return Yards 84 20 Punts-Avg Fumbles-Lost 5-4 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-95 12-63 Tim of Possession 24:53 35:07 At New Orleans HOUSTON 0 7 3 1020 TULANE 10 0 717 Tulane Dartez 29 run (Palazzo kick). Tulane FG Palazzo 42.

Houston Sanford 1 run (Villarreal kick). 3:31: Houston FG Villarreal 42, 1 S3: Houeton Sanford 8 run (Villarreal kick), Tulsn Geason 9 pass King (Palazzo kick), 5:01 Houston FG Villarreal 32. 14.54. A 14,474. Houston Tulane First downs 21 13 Rushes-yards 43-233 34-151 Passing 174 155 Comp-AtWnt 21-32-0 13-28-0 Return Yards 116 127 Punts-Avg 7-45 9-409 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-61 4-48 Time ol Possession 32:42 27:18 10th in the country.

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Roberts threw two of his TDs to Kendrick Lee, including a 29-yarder that put the Golden Eagles ahead for good. On the previous play, Southern Miss converted a fourth-and-three play when Roberts hit Sherrod Gideon for a 9-yard gain. Cincinnati (4-5, 2-3), which had five turnovers, had one more chance after Robert Tate returned a punt 42 yards to midfield with 2:18 left. After two incomplete passes and a penalty, Ada-lius Thomas sacked Brent Petrus for a 23-yard loss to seal the victory. Southern Miss was stopped earlier in the fourth quarter on fourth-and-1 I VISA I ffWWNI -1 I Ojifii Sal.

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