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minim rr 0 FINAL CHA D4 THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1987 El A A. A Memphis State defense decks No. 15 'Bama Republic Sports Wires MEMPHIS, Tenn. Defensive tackle Greg Ross returned an interception 24 yards to set up a 47-yard, fourth-quarter field goal by John Butler that gave Memphis State a 13-10 victory over 15th-ranked Alabama on Saturday. "When I hit it, I knew it was good," Butler said of the field goal.

"The wind was in my face, and I kept my First-half surge by Pitt rocks 1 Notre Dame 5 1 Republic Sports Wire PITTSBURGH Sal Genilla threw for a foucH-down and ran for another as Pittsburgh turned two first-quarter turnovers into a 27-0 halftime lead and held on for a 30-22 upset of fourth-ranked Notre Dame on Saturday night. Craig Heyward ran for two first-half touchdowns, broke the career rushing mark and carried a IT -r j-'TV. "7 J1" Air head down. 1 never saw it (the kick). My holder tells me if it is good." SOUTH school-record 42 times for 132 yards for Pitt (4-2).

Heyward had his sixth straight 100-yard game. EAST 1 Butler, who had a 37 -yard field goal on the final play of the first half, 'made the winning kick with 8:28 remaining, six plays Rafter Ross had turned Alabama away from the goal line. i Alabama's Vince Sutton was hit by nose guard Tory Epps as he released the third-and-11 pass, and Ross intercepted and ran 24 yards to the Memphis State 45. The interception came on the play after a 6-yard scoring run by Alabama tailback Kerry Goode was wiped out because of a holding penalty. "They did what they had to do, and it was just a great, great win," said Memphis State coach Charlie Bailey of his defense.

Alabama committed several costly mistakes, which Alabama coach Bill Curry 6aid made his team undeserving of a victory. "If we scored to go ahead, we committed a penalty on the play, if we had a chance to pin them down at their goal, we didn't," Curry "They deserved to win." The victory was the first for Memphis State (2-3) in six games against the Crimson Tide (4-2). Miami 46, Maryland 16 i MIAMI Bubba McDowell set up 17 first-half points on two blocked punts and a tipped punt attempt for third-ranked Miami, Fla. "We studied the films and felt we could put pressure on their punter," said Miami coach Jimmy Johnson. "We moved McDowell and (Bennie) Blades around.

We felt we could get one of them to an open spot. The Hurricanes (4-0) were outplayed in a sloppy first half, but led, 17-8, because Maryland (2-3) The Associated Press Louisiana State running back Harvey Williams is defenders, including Bill Goldberg and Terrie brought to a stop by a crowd of Georgia Webster (60). The No. 7 Tigers won, 26-23. Top-ranked Oklahoma capitalizes on interceptions to whip Texas Notre Dame is 3-1.

"This was a big game for the team but it was bigger game for me," said Genilla, who nearly starting job after throwing four interceptions last week in a loss to Boston College. "I knew if we didn't win, the younger guys would probably play the rest of tl)e season. I had a lot to prove." XX'. Genilla hit Billy Osborn with a 30-yard scoring pass with 6:02 left in the first quarter. On Notre Dame's next play from scrimmage, Gajy Richard intercepted a Terry Andrysiak pass and gave Pitt possession at the Irish 38.

Andrysiak, a senior, suffered a broken collarbone later in the half and could be lost for the season. Genilla, directing an offense that had generated only two touchdowns in its last 10 quarters, hit HenrjfTuten with a 17-yard pass, setting up Heyward's -yard touchdown. Genilla hit Reggie Williams for the two-point conversion and a 14-0 lead. Andrysiak connected with Tim Brown for 39 yards on a third-and-6 play. However, Brown, who had six catches for 156 yards, fumbled after being hit by Troy Washington.

Quintin Jones recovered at the Pitt 26. Genilla kept a 16-play scoring drive alive by running 20 yards on a third-and-13 play. He then scored from the 2. Pitt made the score 27-0 on its next possession when Heyward scored from the 1. Penn State 35, Rutgers 21 ,1 STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

Blair Thomas surpassed 100 yards rushing for the fourth straight week and scored three touchdowns. Thomas, the nation's eighth-leading rusher, gained 116 yards on 20 carries. Penn State coach Joe Paterno moved into seventh place on the all-time victory list with 204. Thomas ran 9 yards to give 14th-ranked Penn Stae (5-1) a 7-0 first-period lead. A 3-yard run in the secoijd quarter gave Penn State a 14-7 lead.

His final touchdown came on a 13-yard run in the fourth. Penn State's Matt Knizner completed 16 of 26 for 215 yards, both career highs, and one Scott Erney was 32 of 55 for 346 yards and thrge Touchdowns for Rutgers (3-2). Princeton 38, Columbia 8 PRINCETON, N.J. Columbia set the MtiA Division 1 record for most consecutive losses at 35. I As the final seconds ticked off, Columbia far)s started chanting, "We're No.

1, we're No. 1." Said Columbia coach Larry McElreavy: "These same people who profess concerns for national issues don't seem to have the same kind of sentiment for u. Sometimes I don't understand our society, why we dwell on the unpleasant things instead of the pleasant? Northwestern had lost 34 straight between Sept. 22, 1979, and Sept. 18, 1982.

Columbia tied that mark la'St weekend with a 23-0 loss to Penn. Columbia's last victory was on Oct. 15, 1983, a 2148 triumph over Yale. Since then, it has gone 0-36-2. The all-time NCAA losing streak in football Is" held by Macalaster of St.

Paul, Minn. -t Holy Cross 62, Dartmouth 23 ,2,1 HANOVER, N.H. Gordie Lockbaum, a Helsma'n Trophy contender, scored twice, and Jeff Wiley passed for four touchdowns for Holy Cross (5-0). Lockbaum scored on a 62-yard pass from Wiley with 3:32 gone in the first period. In the third quarter, line scored on a 25-yard run, his 30th career touchdown.

Tulsa 24, Temple 17 PHILADELPHIA Freshman T.J. Rubley connected on 18 of 35 attempts for 278 yards and three touchdowns. Boston College 29, Army 24 NEWTON, Mass. Reserve quarterback Mark Kamphaus hit Darren Flutie on a 20-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter for Boston College. Air Force 23, Navy 13 ANNAPOLIS, Md.

A 23-yard scoring run by fullback Andy Smith and a 32-yard field goal by Steve Yarbrough late in the fourth quarter lifted Air Force. SOUTHWEST Texas Christian 30, Rice 16 HOUSTON Tony Jeffery ran for 197 yards and two touchdowns, and Tony Darthard added 181 yards to lift Texas Christian. Jeffery rushed 34 times and scored on runs of 6 and 7 yards. Darthard carried 14 times. TCU (2-3, 1-1) scored 16 points after turnovers by Rice (2-4, 0-2).

TCU built a 30-3 halftime lead before Rice rebounded in the second half. Arkansas 31, Texas Tech 0 LUBBOCK, Texas Halfback James Rouse ran for 111 yards and a touchdown to lift 20th-ranked Arkansas into a tie for the Southwest Conference lead. The Razorbacks (4-1, 2-0) stung Tech (3-3, 1-2) with two touchdowns in an 84-second span of the second quarter to take a 21-0 halftime lead. Arkansas is tied with Baylor. Baylor 36, SW Texas St.

15 WACO, Texas Brad Goebel threw for one touchdown and set up three other Baylor scores. The score was 15-15 at the half, but Southwest Texas (0-5) lost quarterback Ron Rittiman because of an injury, and the Bears pulled away. Charles Perry and reserve quarterback Jay Mapps scored on 1-yard runs, and Darnell Chase caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Goebel in the second half. Goebel completed 16 of 25 for 268 yards. Republic Sports Wires DALLAS Seven interceptions destroyed pass-minded Texas on Saturday, and top-ranked Oklahoma rolled behind quarterback Jamelle Holieway and Lydell Carr to a 44-9 victory.

The Sooners (5-0), off to their best start since 1978, had three third-period touchdowns after interceptions. "Our wins over Texas never come easy," said Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer. "They are down some right now, but they'll be back. We have our bats now, but it comes in cycles, and they'll get theirs. "Our guys did a great job at the start of the second half.

We played a hell of a game in the second half." With Oklahoma leading, 13-6, Ricky Dixon returned an interception 50 yards. to set up a 44-yard Holieway touchdown pass to Carl Cabbiness. The Sooners scored 76 seconds later on Carr's 32-yard run after a Troy Johnson interception. Derrick Crudup's interception, a 21 -yard run by Holieway and Patrick Collins' 4-yard run put the Longhorns away with a 21-point quarter. "Everybody here saw a great defensive team at work in the second half," Switzer said.

"We came up with 31 points from our turnovers in the second half, and that was the game for me. "It was a great team game with some great individual performances. We were in a fight in the first half. But at halftime we just talked about what Texas was doing and what we weren't doing." Texas (2-3) was a 30-point underdog, largest in the 82-year history of the series. The Sooners trailed for the first time this year when Wayne Clements kicked a 52-yard field goal late in the first period for a 3-0 Texas lead.

The Sooners then drove 78 yards as Carr capped it with a 7-yard run. Holieway's 32-yard pass to tight end Keith Jackson on third and 12 set up the score. Texas 22, Houston 17 COLLEGE STATION, Texas -Freshman quarterback Bucky Richardson guided Texas on four scoring drives. (2-3, 1-1) led at halftime, 16-7. Scott Slater kicked a 46-yard first-quarter field goal, and fullback Matt Gurley ran 1 yard to give a 10-0 lead.

Houston scored on a 2-yard run by Kimble Anders. Late in the second period, drove 73 yards, with 41 yards in penalties against Houston 0-2). A 2-yard run by Larry Horton capped the drive. couldn't block McDowell on punt attempts. When McDowell blocked the first punt attempt by Darryl Wright, Blades picked it up and ran 22 yards for the game's first touchdown.

Melvin Bratton scored from the 1 after the second blocked punt, and Greg Cox kicked a 22-yard field goal rafter a Wright punt sailed only 15 yards after McDowell partially blocked it. Miami scored on its first three possessions of the second half. "Miami is so talented it's hard to hold them off the entire game," said Maryland coach Joe Krivak. "It's like running around with a big garbage bag. Sooner or later the bottom will fall out." Louisiana State 26, Georgia 23 ATHENS, Ga.

Tom Hodson's 5-yard touchdown pass to Brian Kinchen with 3:36 remaining lifted No. 7 Louisiana State past No. 16 Georgia. "LSU is a very resourceful team with a lot of weapons," said Georgia coach Vince Dooley. "And they used them all and used them well today." The Tigers' have won 11 straight on the road in regular-season play.

LSU (5-0-1, 2-1) had seen a 16-3 lead evaporate when Georgia struck for two touchdowns within a span of 2:47 and took a 23-19 lead on Rodney Hampton's 14-yard run with 6:58 remaining. The Bulldogs (4-2, 2-1) pulled within range with 9:45 remaining when James Jackson hit Cassius Osborn on a 74-yard scoring play. After LSU took the lead on the Hodson to Kinchen pass, Jackson led Georgia on a drive that reached the Tigers' 28 before Kevin Guidry intercepted a deflected pass with a minute to play. Auburn 48, Vanderbilt 15 AUBURN, Ala. Quarterback Jeff Burger threw for a career-high 284 yards, including two touchdowns, and Curtis Stewart scored twice on short runs for No.

5 Auburn. Burger, the Southeastern Conference's leading passer, did little to hurt his ranking before he left in the third quarter with Auburn (4-0-1, 1-0-1) leading, 34-9. He completed 14 of 18, including 6even for more than 20 yards. Vanderbilt (1-4, 0-2) has dropped four straight. Florida State 61, S.

Mississippi 10 HATTIESBURG, Miss. Tailback Victor Floyd scored two touchdowns, and Sammie Smith rushed for 142 yards and a score for No. 6 Florida State. Floyd's touchdowns came on a 20-yard run and a 14-yard pass from reserve quarterback Chip Ferguson. Smith, who carried 16 times, scored from 30 yards.

Florida State is 5-1, Southern Mississippi 2-3. Clemson 38, Virginia 21 S.C. Terry Allen rushed for a career-high 183 yards and had two 4-yard scoring runs for No. 8 Clemson. 5 Clemson (5-0) is 27-0 against the Cavaliers (3-3, 1-2) the longest active streak by one Division 1 team against another.

Florida 65, Fullerton State 0 GAINESVILLE, Fla. Emmitt Smith surpassed 100 yards rushing for a school-record fifth straight game and scored twice on 1-yard runs for No. 18 Florida (4-2). Smith, who had 130 yards on 22 carries, overshadowed the passing of the Gators' Kerwin Bell, who completed 10 of 16 for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Wake Forest 22, North Carolina 14 CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

Wilson Hoyle kicked five field goals, and Mike Elkins threw a touchdown pass for Wake Forest (5-0). East Carolina 56, Cincinnati 28 GREENVILLE, N.C. Reggie McKinney rushed for a career-high 212 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown, as East Carolina ran for 500 yards and amassed 608 yards in total offense. Georgia Tech 38, Indiana State 0 ATLANTA Richard Hill, in his first start at -tailback, rushed for 134 yards as Tech (2-3) snapped a three-game skid. South Carolina 40, Virginia Tech 10 COLUMBIA, S.C.

Sterling Sharpe ran for three -touchdowns, and quarterback Todd Ellis threw for 334 Syards, completing 25 of 41, and a touchdown. 'Kentucky 35, Mississippi 6 LEXINGTON, Ky. Senior Mark Higgs rushed 14 times for a career-high 192 yards and touchdowns of 22 ITand 40 yards. mmmm Huskers' strength in numbers overwhelms Jayhawks, 54-2 if MIDLANDS Republic Sports Wires LINCOLN, Neb. Third-string I-back Ken Clark scored two touchdowns as second-ranked Nebraska used 104 players in a 54-2 victory over Kansas in a Big Eight game Saturday.

The Cornhuskers (5-0, 1-0) scored on their first five possessions against the Jayhawks "We were generally pleased with the ball game," said Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, whose team was a 49-point favorite. "I thought at times we sputtered offensively but overall it wasn't too bad." Clark scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter and a 22-yard run in the third period. Clete Blakeman, making his first start of the season for Nebraska, threw a 16-yard scoring pass to tight end Tom Banderas in the third period. Blakeman, subbing for injured starting quarterback Steve Taylor, also made his only start last year against Kansas in a 70-0 Nebraska victory. Kansas' Clint Normore blocked a Craig Schnitzler punt attempt out of Nebraska's end zone with 13:14 left in the game.

Oklahoma State 42, Colorado 17 STILLWATER, Okla. Thurman Thomas, the leading rusher in the nation, gained 110 yards and scored a touchdown, and Barry Sanders scored twice for 19th-ranked Oklahoma State. Thomas carried 23 times to boost his season total to 700 yards in five games. He also caught three passes for 39 yards. He scored ton a 5-yard run early in the third period for the Cowboys I "I just told our squad that since the endiof World War II, 1945, there's only been one football team in the history of this university to start off 5-0, and it's us," said Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones.

"We're very proud of that." Cowboys quarterback Mike Gundy completed 21 of 28 for 257 yards, including scoring passes of 18 and 16 yards to Hart Lje Dykes and Ronnie Williams, respectively. Missouri 34, Kansas State 10 COLUMBIA, Mo. Senior running back Darrell Wallace rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns and became Missouri's leading career rusher. Wallace scored on runs of 51 and 31 yards. He increased his career total to 2,393, surpassing the record of 2,357 yards by Jamfcs Wilder.

Missouri (3-2, 1-0) sent Kansas State (04, 0-1) to its 10th straight defeat. Iowa State 39, Northern Iowa 38 AMES, Iowa Jeff Shudak kickedta 28-yard field goal with 1:23 to play as lot a State snapped a four-game losing streak notched its first victory under first-yer coach Jim Walden. Northern Iowa (3-3) had a 38-21 lead aftlr three quarters, but Iowa State (1-4) rallied for three touchdowns in the final 10 minutaj. if ni If The Associated Press Nebraska tackle Neal Smith tackles Kansas tailback Frank Hatchett duing the second-ranked Cornhuskeraj 54-2 victorySaturday..