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THE COURIER-JOURNAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1995 C8 esslerls five TD passes spoil r. if 4 4 Schnellenberger's Big 0 debut Associated Press ma hopes of rallying and giving coach Colorado 14 10-38 Howard Schnellenberger a victory in Oklahoma 3 0 0-17 NORMAN, Okla. John Hessler his conference coaching debut. owahom fg Alexander 2iokithoma e. made Colorado history in his first ca- Oklahoma (3-1, 0-1) went for a first reer start last night, throwing a down on fourth-and-2 at the Colorado Penny 20 pass from e.

Moore (Alexander kick); school-record five touchdown passes 28, but a bad snap resulted in a 9- 70 aXVfSSfiS, in a 38-17 victory over No. 10 Oklaho- yard loss. Five plays later, Hessler Hessier (voskentcnian kick); Colorado Henry 28 ma rnllpd out and found Phil Savov for a pass from Hessler (Voskentchian kick); Colorado Hessler, who came off the bench 42-yard touchdown. Colorado fg voskentchian 28. last week to lead No.

4 Colorado (5-0, Hessler's other touchdown passes Colorado Oklahoma 1-0 Big Eight) past Texas after came in the second quarter a 19- Rrst downs 19 12 starting quarterback Koy Detmer left yarder to Savoy and an 11-yarder to Rushes-yards 38-65 4h the game with an injury, led the Buf- Carruth. 28 0 faloes back from first-half deficits of The Sooners capitalized on a Passes 25-3M 10-21-0 10-0 and 17-7. The sophomore did it in blocked punt to early in the second 1-0 5-2 style, completing 24 of 34 passes for quarter to set up its first touchdown, a penaities-yards 9-57 4-26 348 yards 1-yard TD run by Eric Moore. Time 01 Possession 33.5a 26:02 Hessler's five touchdowns broke Moore fumbled while getting the team record of four held by Dar- sacked by Darryl Price on Oklaho- Alexander. ian Hagan and Kordell Stewart.

It ma's next possession as Colorado Colorado got back within 17-14 on also tied a Big Eight record. took over at the Oklahoma 17. A hold- Hessler's 11-yard touchdown pass to Colorado took control in the second ing penalty on second down left the carrutn wjth 11 seconds left in the half with two third-quarter touch- Buffaloes facing second-and-24 from half Hessier wn0 was 5 0f 6 for 48 downs, a 71-yarder to Rae Carruth the 31, but two plays later Hessler duringthe drive, made a first and a screen pass that Lendon Henry found Savoy on the 19-yard touch- foUrth-and-inches on a quar- turned into a 28-yard score. down. cnpak nnp nlav hpfnrp th That gave the Buffaloes a 28-17 Oklahoma then drove 78 yards and je sneak one Detore the lead heading into the fourth quarter, scored on Moore's 20-yard pass to Ja- touchdown.

The Colorado defense held Oklahoma Juan Penny on third-and-11, making Oklahoma had no luck moving the to 28 yards during the third period, the score 17-7. Moore had kept the ball in the second half, and hasn Midway through the fourth quarter, drive alive with a 20-yard completion beaten Colorado in the past seven the Buffaloes snuffed out any Oklaho- on third-and-13 to tight end Stephen seasons. Prairie View drops record 51st in row j-XVm ASSOCIATED PRESS watch as Memphis' Kerry Cobb, who had deflected Borseth's punt, a scoreless tie late in the second quarter. 1 Selected Helsman Trophy candidates and how they fared yesterday: Quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel, Florida 17 of 27 for 268 yards, 3TDs, 1 1NT in 28-10 win over Mississippi; 77 of 112 for 1,082 yards, 12 TDs this season. Danny Kartell, Florida St.

Koy Detmer, Colorado Running backs Eddie George, Ohio St. 32 carries, 207 yards, 2 TDs in 45-26 win over Notre Dame. Warrick Dunn, Florida St. Team idle. Leeland McElroy, Tex.A&M Receiverstight ends Keyshawn Johnson, USC 13 catches, 171 yards, 1 TD in 31) win over Arizona State.

Derrick Mayes, Notre Dame 5 catches, 125 yards in 45-26 loss to Ohio State. Eric Moulds, Miss. St. 5 catches, 81 yards in 34-32 loss to Northeast Louisiana. Team idle.

Injured, did not play against Oklahoma. Team idle. Young (2-2, 2-1) to a 28-21 Western Athletic Conference triumph at Colorado State (2-2, 1-1). Beau Morgan scored the go-ahead touchdown on a fourth-down run and Kelvin King intercepted a pass in the end zone to enable invading Air Force (3-2, 3-1 WAQ to escape with a 27-24 victory over New Mexico (2-2, Donovan McNabb threw two TD passes to Marvin Harrison and Syracuse (3-1, 1-0 Big East) whipped host Rutgers (1-3, 0-1) by scoring 24 straight second-half points for a 27-17 victory Reserve Brady Batten threw the first two TD passes of his career as host Arizona (3-2, 1-1 Pacific 10) edged California 20-15 to snap a two-game skid. Leylan Cates ran for three TDs as visiting Bowling Green (3-2) won 37-31 to extend Temple's losing streak to 12 games, the longest in I-A.

A of L's Jeremy Borseth could only ran It In for a touchdown that broke Cards finally take flight "Continued from Page 1 players had more than 10 tackles: Johnny Frost (13), Campos -and safety Rico Clark (11 each) and linebacker Tyrus McCloud (10). "The defense comes to play every Lowe said. "I hate to expect that, but as an offense it gives you -momentum." To Frost, the impetus came from a 17-10 loss to North Carolina on Sept. 21 that was decided by a 35-yard pass with 14 seconds to play. "The defense felt that we owed the team 14 seconds," Frost said.

"We felt like this game was make-or-break for the season," Powell added. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak for the Cardinals (3-2), who have notched all three victories on the road. Memphis fell to 1-4 in losing to of for the fourth straight time. After managing only 3 net rushing yards in the first half, of stretched its lead to 17-7 with 9:31 left in the third quarter on a 1-yard run by Calvin Arlington. For the game, the Cards had only 92 rushing yards including 55 by Arrington as they continue to struggle running the ball.

However, Cooper and Lowe said they didn't have particular concerns with the running game. "That was a pretty good defense," Cooper said. "I think these are two of the best defenses in the country, and by the end of the year will be in the top 20." Said Lowe: "If beating Memphis meant running the ball, I really believe we would have done that." of clicks by winging it Continued from Page 1 set to another channel, you missed a stirring 17-7 Cardinals victory and clicking of another kind: The Cardinal passing game shifting into the no-huddle, shotgun mode and moving the football just the way coach Ron Cooper knew that it could. The Cardinals' defense stealing the football just the way Cooper expected it would, taking it away from the Tigers six times. The Cardinals' special confusing people by recovering a crafty bloop kick just way Cooper promised it would.

The Cardinals' running game pounding the ball just the Wellll, three out of four ain't bad. "Sometimes you've got to try something different to jump start your team," quarterback Marty Lowe said. "When this season is over, I think we'll look back on this game as the one that really got us going." "I told our football team after last that we were starting our season over," Cooper said, "so we're '1-0." After 30 minutes in which it 'looked like 2-3 might be of L's Hokies (2-2, 2-1 Big East) won at Pitt (2-3, 0-1). Clemson 43, N.C. State 22: Nealon Greene threw two touchdown passes and Raymond Priester ran for two scores, leading the visiting Tigers (3-2, 2-2) to an Atlantic Coast Conference victory at North Carolina State (1-4, 0-3).

North Carolina 62, Ohio Octavus Barnes caught eight passes for 211 yards and tied the school record with three TD receptions as the host Tar Heels (2-2) won. Other games: Ryan Huzjak passed for 284 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third score as visiting Toledo (4-0) outgunned Cincinnati 45-31. Steve Sarkisian threw three TD passes to lead Brigham rwi IndianSpbings Associated Press Prairie View set a sorry standard for college football last night in Dallas, dropping its 51st straight game and showing little hope the skid will ever end in a 64-0 drubbing by Grambling State before 63,425 fans. Minutes after the opening kickoff, it was obvious the Panthers (0-5, 0-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) would extend a streak that started Oct. 28, 1989.

They trailed 7-0 before their band even arrived in the stadium, and the rout reached 21-0 before the first quarter ended. Grambling's victory was the 399th in the 54-year coaching career of Eddie Robinson, the winningest coach in college history. His first chance for No. 400 will come Saturday at home against Mississippi Valley State. Grambling (2-2, 2-0) scored on five of its first six possessions and finished with nine TDs.

The Tigers scored at least two TDs in each quarter, the last coming as time expired. It was followed by a two-point conversion. Army 21, Rice 21: With Doc Blanchard, Glenn Davis and more than 50 other members of the great Army teams of the 1940s watching from the sideline in West Point, J. Parker kicked a 44-yard field goal as the final gun sounded to give the Cadets (1-2-1) a tie with Rice (1-2-1). Penn 20, Bucknell 19: Sophomore Jeremiah Greathouse's 41-yard field goal at 0:27 gave the host Quakers (3-0) their 24th straight victory, the longest streak in the nation.

Virginia Tech 26, Pittsburgh 16: Angelo Harrison blocked two punts to set up scores, and Jim Druck-. enmiller threw a 73-yard TD pass to Jermaine Holmes with 10:42 left as the a trick play. While studying film, Cooper had spotted a hole on the right side of Memphis' kickoff return team. As soon as place-kicker David Akers returned from booting an extra-point, Cooper told him to kick a bloop kick to the right side of the field. Akers kicked the football about 30 yards, along the sideline near the Memphis bench.

Jeremy Stewart, the Memphis receiver, was as surprised as the 29,968 fans spread across the Liberty Bowl. He fumbled the football, and Gary Croley recovered for the Cards on Memphis' 33. Seven plays later the Cards scored again on a stop the presses 1-yard run by Calvin Amngton. Akers' conversion was the final point either team would score. "We began to establish some things in the second half, and I was proud of the way our team played," Cooper said.

rVV4 Team statistics Louisville Memphis First downs 22 19 Rushes-yards 30-92 41-173 Passing yards 258 135 Return yards 52 29 Passes 28-52-0 13-30-4 Punts FumWes-lost 4-3 3-2 Penalties-yards 11-102 12-124 Time possession 31:52 28:08 Individual statistics RUSHINQ Louisville, Amngton 19-61, Lloyd 4-20. Lowe 7-30. Memphis, Spaukting 16-61, Reeves 1-0, Fletcher 5-18, Blevins 844, Anderson 6-19, Roskelly 1- 9, Carr 1-11, Borich 2-0, Oden 1-26. PASSING Louisville, Lowe 2841-0-258, Payne 1- O-OO Memphle, Borich Anderson 4-OO0. RECEIVING Louisville, Lloyd 6-30.

Montano 8-96, Bates 3-27, Bell 840, Sims 2-17, Amngton 1-8. Memphis, Roskelly 1-13, Spaukting 1-1, Keefer 3-32, Powell 2- 22. Powers 1-8, Blevins 441, Fletcher 1-8. Attendance 29,968. punts.

Until that score, it had been much ado about nothing for either team, with a Memphis second-quarter series epitomizing the first-half futility. Memphis took over on the Louisville 44 following a Borseth punt of only 24 yards and eventually reached the 3-yard line on a 28-yard scamper by Darrius Blevins. Then it was first-and-goal for the Tigers. Again and again. Five times it was first-and-goal as Memphis was whistled for three penalties and of two, with a personal-foul infraction all but killing the Tigers' touchdown hopes.

Finally, on Memphis' 15th center snap, Drew Pairamore tried a 26-yard field goal. and guess what? It was wide right. "I think both teams were trying not to get themselves beat," Cooper said of the first half. With about two minutes remaining in the half, of L's offense began to click, with Lowe completing four straight passes to move the Cards from their 38 to the Memphis 30. That helped set up an Akers' field goal.

total is only 40 yards less than Michigan gained against Memphis. "We just have to keep believing," Lowe said. "I think sometimes we get frustrated because we're expecting too many big plays. I hope tonight we learned to take just a little bit at a time and turn that into something special." The defense, as usual, played like one that intends to finish the season as a Top 25 defense. Sam Madison intercepted the first pass Memphis quarterback Joe Borich threw.

That was the first of four interceptions for UofL. Three times the Cardinals stopped Memphis on first-and-goal situations. After five games, Louisville has intercepted nine passes, one more than the Cards' total for 11 games last season. "Our defense believes it can do those kinds of things," linebacker Johnny Frost said. "We've got people on this defense who can make plays." And, finally, there was something special about the of special teams.

Instead of celebrating his team's first touchdown in the second half, Cooper plotted ways to find more points. Most coaches with a defense that dominating would kick the ball deep and ask the defense to pin Memphis near its own goal line. Not Cooper. He saw this as ideal occasion for TULANE 0 00-0 SOUTHERN MISS 14 10 14 7-45 Southern Miss Brock 20 pass from Graham (Pierce kick); Southern Mist Thomas 75 Interception return (Pierce kick): Southern Miss Lee 74 punt return (Pierce kick); Southern Miss FQ Pierce 22: Southern Mist Buckhalter 1 run (Pierce kick): Southern Miss Kendrick 53 pass from Graham (Pierce kick): Southern Miss Buckhalter 5 run (Pierce kick). A 27,141.

Tulss South. Miss First downs 7 22 Rushes-yards 29-95 45-207 Passing 107 260 Return Yards 22 179 Comp-Att-Int 12-26-2 15-27-2 Punts 11-34 4-48 Fumbles-L08t 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-36 6-30 Time of Possession 35:00 25:00 from Graham to Ryan Pearson. Buckhalter scored again in the fourth quarter from the 5. The other score came on Graham's 53-yard pass to Lee Kendrick. LOUISVILLE 0 3 14 0 17 MEMPHIS 0 7 0 0 7 SECOND QUARTER Memphis Kerry Cobb, 15, blocked punt return (Drew Pairamore kick), 6:40.

Louisville David Akers, 25. FQ, :02. Drive: 8 plays. 54 yards. 1:51.

Key plays: Miguel Montano, 18, pass from Marty Lowe; Alvin Lloyd, 11, pass from Lowe to Memphis 8. THIRD QUARTER Louisville John Bell, 11. pass from Lowe (Akers kick), 11:35. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards, 3:25. Key plays: Montano, passes of 14, 12 and 7 yards, from Lowe; Bell, 12, pass from Lowe on third and 11; Robert Bales, 12.

pass from Lowe on fourth and 3. Louisville Calvin Amngton, 1, run (Akers kick), 9:31. Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 2:04. Key plays: 15-yard personal foul penalty on Memphis, roughing Akers on fourth and 11 51 -yard field goal attempt, automatic first down; Montano, 12, pass from Lowe to Memphis 3. The Cards got a huge break to set up Arlington's touchdown when Memphis roughed kicker David Akers on a 51-yard field-goal try, giving of a first down at the Memphis 19.

But an equally big play came just moments earlier when Louisville recovered an onside kick on its 33 after taking a 10-7 lead following the 11-yard touchdown pass play from Lowe to Bell. Memphis' Jeremy Stewart fumbled the kick, with Gary Croley recovering for the Cards. Louisville was stopped on three downs before Akers tried the field goal and drew the subsequent rough-ing-the-kicker penalty. Memphis had snapped a scoreless tie late in the first half when Kerry Cobb blocked a punt by freshman Jeremy Borseth with 6:40 left. Cobb shot through the center of the line for the deflection, sending the ball high into the air before it bounced on the 8, where he picked it up and ran it in.

He was given a 15-yard return because the line of scrimmage was the 15. It was Memphis' 24th blocked kick in the past six seasons, including 18 destination, the Cardinals' creative second-half rally for two touchdowns suggested Farm Aid won't be the final interesting act booked into Cardinal Stadium this year. What does a coach do when he promises his team will run the football effectively and then his top two backs carry the ball eight times for 12 yards in the first half? Cooper locked the running game in a box and left it in the locker room. Trailing 7-3, Louisville took the second-half kickoff and promptly moved 80 yards for a touchdown. On that drive the Cards passed the ball 13 times for 81 yards, capping it with Lowe's 11-yard strike to John Bell.

How does a team pass the football 81 yards on an 80-yard drive? By losing 1 yard the only time it ran the football on its first 16 snaps of the second half. The Cards were off and running by passing, passing, passing. Lowe threw 28 of his 51 passes in the second half. His numbers for the game were 28 of 51 for 258 interception-free yards. Historical note: Howard Schnellenberger's Offense for The Ages, the one that got beat 38-17 by Colorado last night, scored only 10 points against Memphis last year.

Against Memphis a year ago, the Cards huffed and puffed to 280 yards. Last night of gained 350, 211 in the second half. Louisville's Opponent: Southern Miss. When: 6 p.m. Saturday.

Site: Hattiesburg, Miss. Demarest suffered a broken collarbone when tackled by Tim Bell on his third play of the game. Southern Miss made it 14-0 when Thomas intercepted a pass by Tulane freshman Saun King at the 25 and weaved his way into the end zone. Lee's long second-quarter punt return for a touchdown and 22-yard field goal made it 24-0 at the half. Southern Miss scored with 6:31 left in the third quarter on a 1-yard plunge by tailback Chris Buckhalter that was set up by a 54-yard pass A hanks Louisville FOR A WONDERFUL GOLF SEASON! In Appreciation we are offering special rates effective October 1st through December 31st: $20.00 Includes Cart, Monday through Friday $25.00 Includes Cart, Weekends and Holidays Our Greens are in Excellent Condition! Tee Times Available 3 Days in Advance.

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The Southern Miss defense kept Tulane (2-2) off balance from the start. The Green Wave managed only seven first downs and 202 yards. Tulane starting quarterback Aley Wednesday, October 18, 1995 7:30 pm Freedom Hall Presented by The Courier Journal.