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The Salina Journal Sunday. October 1,1995 D3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Associated Press Florida wide receiver Ike Milliard (19) is upended by Mississippi's Davis Knott (32) Saturday. Wisconsin upsets Penn State By The Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. was unintimidated by its first trip to Happy Valley, ending the longest winning streak in Division I-A and destroying Penn State's national title hopes with a 17-9 upset Saturday. Darrell Bevel completed 18-of-22 with two touchdown passes for the Badgers Big Ten), as Penn State's linebackers were unable to keep up with Wisconsin's receivers and backs.

No. 6 Penn State (3-1, 0-1) could not establish a running game and Joe Paterno made two questionable coaching decisions, including a failed two-point conversion on a fake kick with Penn State trailing 17-9 and four minutes remaining. With 20 seconds remaining in the first half and Penn State trailing 10-0, Paterno passed up a 41-yard field goal attempt and Bobby Engram dropped Wally Richardson's short pass on fourth down. It was the first time Penn State had been shut out in the first half since 1992 against Miami, 33 games ago. Penn State had won 20 in a row since losing to Ohio State on Oct.

30, 1993. USC 31, ARIZONA ST. 0 At Los Angeles, Keyshawn Johnson had 13 catches for 171 yards as fifth- ranked Southern California, rocked by the suspension of three starters two days earlier, churned out a victory over Arizona State. OHIO STATE 45, NOTRE DAME 26 At Columbus, Ohio, after waiting 59 years for a chance to beat Notre Dame, Ohio State made the most of its opportunity. The seventh-ranked Buckeyes scored three touchdowns following Irish turnovers during a SVi-minute span in the second half, including an 82-yard catch by Terry Glenn, and beat No.

15 Notre Dame in the first meeting of the schools since 1936. FLORIDA 28, MISSISSIPPI 10 At Gainesville, Danny Wuerffel continued his touchdown barrage, throwing for three scores in No. 3 Florida's lackluster victory over Mississippi, which kept the game close by controlling the clock. Florida (4-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) also got two IDs from freshman Jacquez Green, who started in place of suspended receiver Reidel Anthony. But the Gators defense continued to struggle, surrendering 325 yards to Ole Miss and leaving coach Steve Spurrier looking exasperated on the sideline.

Florida scored on its first three possessions but couldn't pull away because Ole Miss held a 10:40 advantage in time of possession. MICHIGAN 38, MIAMI, OHIO 19 At Ann Arbor, Brian Griese threw two touchdown passes in a nearly flawless first half and No. 8 Michigan went on to beat Miami of Ohio. VIRGINIA 35, WAKE FOREST 17 At Charlottesville, Mike Groh passed for 335 yards and two touchdowns as No. 11 Virginia continued its mastery over Wake Forest with a victory.

AUBURN 41, KENTUCKY 21 At Lexington, Patrick Nix passed for three first-half touchdowns as No. 13 Auburn built a 35-7 lead en route to a victory over Kentucky. SOUTH CAROLINA 20, LSU 20 At Columbia, S.C., Sheddrick Wilson, who severely sprained his left knee just before halftime, returned to catch a 19-yard touchdown pass with 1:06 left as No. 14 LSU salvaged a tie against South Carolina. Wilson limped through most of the second half after getting helped off the field in the second quarter.

But he sped past safety Chris Abrahams slanting toward the middle of the field for his sixth catch of the game. Andre Lafleur came right out and tied it with the extra point for LSU (3-1-1, 3-0-1 Southeastern Conference). WASHINGTON 26, OREGON ST. 16 At Corvailes, Damon Huard surpassed the mark in career passing and 18th-ranked Washington used its kickoffs as a major weapon in a victory over mistake-prone Oregon State. Redshirt freshman quarterback Tim Alexander rushed for 182 yards in 24 carries, passed for 140 yards and scored two touchdowns in his first start for Oregon State.

ALABAMA 31, GEORGIA 0 At Athens, Deshea Townsend returned a blocked field goal 90 yards for a touchdown, Cedric Samuel returned a fumble 25 yards for another and Kevin Jackson scored on a 26- yard interception return, leading No. 20 Alabama to a win over Georgia. TEXAS 35, SMU10 At Dallas, James Brown threw two touchdown passes and Shon Mitchell scored twice and rushed for 180 yards as No. 21 Texas rolled to a victory over Southern Methodist. Nebraska too much for Washington State By The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb.

Quarterback Tommie Frazier scored three touchdowns and freshman Ahman Green ran for 176 yards and a score Saturday to lead No. 2 Nebraska to a 35-21 victory over Washington State. The Cornhuskers (5-0) rolled up 428 rushing yards against the fourth- best rush defense in the country. Washington State, which came into the game allowing just 69.7 rushing yards, had given up 259 yards by halftime. Junior Damon.

Benning started at tailback and finished with 62 yards, but it was Green who stole the spotlight. His touchdown with 27 seconds left in the third quarter came after he had already broken runs of 36 and 54 yards against a swarming Cougars defense. Still, it was the toughest test of the season for Nebraska, which averaged 60 points and 507 rushing yards through four games. Nebraska gave up 278 passing yards to Cougars quarterback Chad Davis, including two touchdown throws to Shawn Tims. Davis was sharp, completing 20- of-37 attempts.

He went 4-for-5 for 84 yards on the Cougars' eight-play, 90- Big 8 standings BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE Conference' All Games Nebraska 100 -5 0 0 Colorado 100 5 00 Kansas 000400 Kansas Slate 0 0 0 400 Iowa State 000 220 Missouri 000 2 2 0 Oklahoma 0 1 0 31 0 Oklahoma State "0, i 0 1 4 0 SATURDAY'S GAMES Nebraska 35, Washington State 21; Kansas State 44, Northern Illinois Tennessee 31, Oklahoma State Colorado 38, Oklahoma 17. NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES Oklahoma At Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.; Missouri at Kansas State, 1:10 p.m.; Kansas At Colorado, 1:10 p.m. yard drive capped by his 33-yard scoring strike to Tims with 12:14 remaining in the game. But Washington State managed just 72 yards rushing. Except for Frank Madu's 87-yard scoring run in the first quarter, the Cougars finished with minus-15 rushing yards.

Madu opened the scoring with his burst over the right side in the first quarter, tying the school record set by Chuck Morrell against Pacific in 1958. It was the longest scoring run against Nebraska since Washington's Jay Barry ran 81 yards on Sept. 21,1991. Wildcat notepad Notes from Saturday's Kansas State-Northern Illinois football game: Bill Snyder became Kansas State's winningest coach with Saturday's win. Snyder's 40th victory in his seven seasons with the Wildcats surpassed the legendary Mike Ahearn, who went 39-12 at K-State from 19051910.

"I appreciate it because a lot of excellent people have done a lot of nice things that have helped our program," Snyder said. "But to win 40 games and be the win- ningest coach in the history of your school, I haven't figured that out yet," he cracked. Mitch Running's 10-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter marked the Wildcat senior's 100th career reception. He becomes the fifth player in Kansas State history to reach that milestone, joining Michael Smith (179 from 1988-91), Dave Jones (127 from 1966-68) and Frank Hernandez (120 from 1988-91). Kansas State's Kevin Lockett had a career-high nine catches on the day, including two for touchdowns to bump his career total to a school record 14.

Lockett came into Saturday's game tied with current San Diego Charger Andre Coleman for the mark. Kansas State has outscored its opponents 59-0 in the third quarter this season and has produced back-to- back games of 500-plus yards of total offense. The last time Kansas State held an opponent to under 100 yards in total offense was a 34-7 victory against Iowa State in 1969. The Cyclones managed just 47 yards rushing, 20 passing and five first downs that day. Quarterback Matt Miller's fumble on the Wildcats' opening possession was just the second time this year that Kansas State did not score inside the opponents' 20-yard line.

Former Hutchinson Community College coach Sam Pittman is the offensive line coach for Northern Illinois. Pittman directed Hutchinson to an 119-1 record in two seasons, including the school's first bowl in 23 years the 1993 Valley of the Sun Bowl. By TROY PALENSKE Baker falls in HOC game By The Associated Press FAYETTE, Mo. Central Methodist stopped a 65-yard Baker drive with 1:35 left to hold onto a 34-28 victory Saturday in a Heart of America Athletic Conference game. Baker started the drive after a 20- minute lightning and rain delay, but an incomplete pass in the end zone on fourth and 4 allowed Central Methodist to run out the clock.

Central Methodist (1-3 overall, 1-2 HAAC) jumped out to a 28-12 halftime lead after Tony Wright returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. Wright scored later in the half on a 19-yard run. The Eagles also got touchdowns from Craig Gunn on a 5-yard run, Scott Groom on a 4-yard run and a 33- yard pass from Josh Richards who connected with Scott Gerling. Shawn Tarango threw touchdown passes of 18 and 35 yards for Baker (21, 1-1). Rob Winfrey and Reggie Carter rushed for touchdowns for the Wildcats.

OTTAWA 26, BETHEL 7 At Ottawa, Chris Welch rushed for 219 yards and scored a touchdown as the Braves rolled to victory over Bethel. Ottawa jumped out to a 200 lead after three quarters and never looked back in the victory. MIDAMERCA NAZARENE 32, CULVER STOCKTON 7 At Canton, Troy Hinkson hit Jerry Hayes with two touchdown passes and Sammy Laury carried the ball in for two more scores as MidAmerica Nazarene defeated Culver-Stockton. Jermaine Peacock also had a 68- yard touchdown run for the Pioneers, who improved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Rob Etter caught a 32-yard pass from Chad Hermida for Culver-Stockton's only tally.

The Wildcats fell to 04 and 0-3. BENEDICTINE 34, EVANGEL 7 At Springfield, Toriano Pride caught five passes for 94 yards, including a 74-yard touchdown pass as Benedictine rolled to a victory over Evangel. College stats pack Stastistics from Saturday's football games Kansas State 44, Northern Illinois 0 GAME IN STATS Nl KSU First downs 6 31 Rushes-yards 34-80 64-223 Passing yards 4 296 Comp-Att-Int 4-17-0 24-32-1 Total plays-yards 61-84 96-519 Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-1 Penalllas-yards 5-40 10-96 Punts-avg INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Nl: Talley 12-27, Gilbert 6-23, Mitchell 6(-8), Haywood 3-9, Griffin 1-7, Thomas 1-0, Florence 5(-4). KSU: Lawrence 22-100, Hlckson 14-62, Anderson 8-42, Miller 11-11, Charles 4-7, Kavanagh 2-4, Kelly 23, Dean 1-(-6). PASSING Nl: Gilbert 4-17-0, 4 yards.

KSU: Miller 19-28-1, 230 yards, Kavanagh yards. RECEIVING Nl: Mitchell 3-0, Willis 1-4. KSU: Lockett 9-116, Schwelger 5-74, Running 5-41, Swift 1-25, Lawrence 1-16, 1-9, Hlasney 1-8, Dean 1-7. PUNTING Nl: Dobay KSU: Garcia FIELD GOALS Nl: None. KSU: Qramatlca 0-1.

LEADING TACKLERS (Top 5) Nl: Rose 9, Triplet! 8, Thomas 8, Garifo 8, Smith 7, Lloyd 7. KSU: Marlowe 8, Colston 6, Fogle 6, Wiren 5, T.Ochs 4. TACKLES FOR LOSSES Nl: Rose 3-23, Thomas 24, Smith 2-5, Phillips 1-2, DuPart 1-20, Brown 1-1, Alexander 1-7. KSU: Colston 2-6, Damon 2-3, Wiren 14, T.Ochs 1-2, D.Ochs 1-3, Fogle 1-6, Gasklns 1-2, SwazeM-11. INTERCEPTIONS Nl: Garifo 1.

KSU: None. FUMBLE RECOVERIES Nl: Smith 1, Bartol 1. KSU: Hlckeraon 1. QUARTERBACK SACKS Nl: Rose 2, DuPart 1. KSU: Wiren 1, Colston 1, D.Ochs 1, Swazer 1.

SCORING SUMMARY Northern III. 00 0 0-0 Kansas State 702314-44 First Quarter KSU Running 10 pass from Miller (Gramatlca kick), 2:22. Third Quarter KSU Miller 1 run (Gramatlca kick), 9:37. KSU Wiren safety, 9:08. KSU Lockett 31 pass from Miller (Gramatlca kick), 6:53.

KSU Lockett 5 pass from Miller (Gramatlca kick), 0:34. Fourth Quarter KSU Kavanagh 1 run (Qramatlca kick), 10:54. KSU Anderson 3 run (Gramallca kick), 3:31. A 38,527. Fort Hays State 35 Fort Lewis 27 GAME IN STATS FH FL First downs 23 20 Rushes-yards 45-101 27-54 Passing yards 219 209 Comp-Att-Int 18-32-2 16-45-2 Total plays-yards 320 263 Fumbles-lost 2-1 7-3 Penalltles-yards 12-116 11-89 Punts-Avg INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: FH: Bedore 29-85; McReynolds 4-16; 1-1; 11-(-1).

FL: Tmjlllo 1-33; Guillory 6-15; Murphy 4-10; Hlckey 6-5; Strauss 6-1; Jaworsky 4-(-10). PASSING: FH: Behr 17-28-212-1; McReynolds 1-4-71. FL: Styrauss 10-29-98-1; Jaworsky 6-16-11-1. RECEIVING: FH: Schwlndt 6-63; Powell 5-96; Brown 4-45; Bedore 2-10; Martin 1-5. FL: Holmes 6-93; Yu 489; Schmltten 3-24; Gulllory 1-(-1); Hlckey 1-(-4); Uhl 18.

PUNTING: FH: Miller FL: Schmltten SCORING SUMMARV Fort Hays 0 0 21 14-35 Fort Lewis 687 6-27 First Quarter FL Strauss 1 run (kick failed), 2:54 Second Quarter FL- Hlckey 1 run (Hickey pass from Jaworsky), 5:47. Third Quarter FH Jenkins, 40 fumble return (Behr pass), 4:33. FH Schwlndt 5 pass from Behr (Browning kick), 3:19. FL Yu 28 pass from Jaworsky (Sandoval kick), 2:46. FH Flax 4 fumble return (kick failed), :52.

Fourth Quarter FH Schwlndt 5 pass from Behr (Browning kick), 11:45. FH Behr 2 run (Browning kick), 8:26. FL- Holmes 10 pass from Strauss (pass failed), 2:42. Kansas Wesleyan 41 Colorado College 3 QAME IN STATS CC 15 First downs Rushes-yards 34-73 Passing yards 124 Com-Att-Int 14-23-3 Total offense 57-197 Fumbles-lost 3-3 Penalties-yards 6-31 Punts-average INDIVIDUAL RUSHINQ COLORADO COLLEGE: Leroux 19-79, KW 20 31-191 192 16-26-0 57-383 3-0 12-116 3.49.0 Roberts 89, Close 3-(-4), Johnson 3-(-9), Menaldo 1-(2). KANSAS WESLEYAN: White 10-85, Harris 1-50, Lohman 4-(-6), Wall 6-18, Sherron 2-8, Littles 1-12, Jones 1-2, Bass 5-20, Wolflnger 1-2.

PASSING COLORADO COLLEGE: Roberts 9-14-294, Johnson 5-9-1-30. KANSAS WESLEYAN: Lohman 16-25-0-192, WoHlnger 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING COLORADO COLLEGE: Quinlen 1-11, Close 1-13, Southall 2-18, Holt 1-7, Leroux 4-39, O'Sullivan 2-22, Clancey 3-14. KANSAS WESLEYAN: Harris 1-5, Walter 1-4, Alexander 1-9, Gibson 3-55, Pipkin 332, Burke 3-18, White 1-12, Littles 3-57. PUNTING COLORADO COLLEGE: Roberts KANSAS WESLEYAN: Ranleri SCORING SUMMARY Colorado College 0300-3 Kansas Wesleyan 7 7 7 20 41 First Quarter KW Gibson 24 pass from Lohman (Ranleri kick), 9:44.

Second Quarter KW Waller 4 pass from Lohman (Ranleri kick), 7:09. CC Roberts 24 Held goal, 0:33. Third Quarter KW Lohman 13 run (Ranleri kick), 11:42. Fourth Quarter KW White 1 run (pass fail), 9:52. KW Burke 3 pass from Lohman (Ranleri kick), 6:05.

KW Bass 7 run (Ranleri kick), 1:14. A-500. Bethany 58, Friends 23 GAME IN STATS FU BC First downs 21 21 Rushes-yards 24-175 71-252 Passing yards 21 329 Comp-Att-Int Total plays-yards Fumbles-lost Penalltles-yards Punts-Avg 2-5-1 76-273 4-3 6-65 16-27-1 51-504 1-1 14-171 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: FU: Delgado 19-39, Kelley 19-36, Ramirez 20-138, Alvarez 1-4, Wells 1-(-4), Parker 4-4, Hefley 735. BC: Godwin 6-63, Jones 6-45, Hilt 6-34, Beckett 12, Hooper 2-13, Brown 1-1, Bratt 1-12, Adams 1-0. PASSING: FU: Kelley 0-3-0-1; Parker 2-2-21-1.

BC: Munoz 11-19-199-1; Hooper 1-4-61-0; Bratt 4-4-69-0. RECEIVING: FU: Stubbs 1-7, Hosty 1-14. BC: Thomas 8-146, Mortensen 4-121, Rolfs 2-22, Ferralez 1-33, Harris 1-5. PUNTING: FU: Cooper BC: Dardan SCORING SUMMARY Friends 0 10 0 13 23 Bethany 23 21 7 7-58 First Quarter 1 8 pass from Munoz (Darden kick), 1 1 :49 BC-Safety, 7:22 BC-Thomas 19 pass from Munoz (Darden kick), 3:10 BC-Mortensen 61 pass from Hooper (Darden kick), 0:00 Second Quarter BC-GodwIn 6 run (Darden kick), 12:29 BC-Mortensen 43 pass from Munoz (Darden kick), 10:02 FU-Cooper 46 field goal, 5:37 FU-Ramlrez 24 run (Cooper kick), :55 BC-Thomas 25 pass from Munoz (Darden kick), :31 Third Quarter BC- Jones 12 run (Darden kick), 10:03 Fourth Quarter BC-Ferralez 33 pass from Bratt (Darden kick), 14:45 FU-Ramirez 49 run (Cooper kick), 11:00 FU-Hosty 7 pass from Parker (kick failed), :31 The Cougars had minus-8 yards over the next five possessions before halftime as the Huskers stiffened. Washington State started four of its 13 drives inside its 10.

Fumbles stalled Nebraska's first two possesions before the Huskers put together a six-play, 66-yard drive capped by Frazier's 4-yard scoring run with 14:43 left in the half. Frazier then directed an 66-yard drive and ran in a score, from 20 yards to put Nebraska up 14-' 7 with 8:29 remaining in the Kris Brown added field goals of and 22 yards for a halftime lead of- 20-7. TENNESSEE 31, OKLAHOMA- STATE 0 At Knoxville, Graham rushed for 108 yards two touchdowns and Peyton ning passed for two more scores as No. 12 Tennessee cruised to a victof ry over Oklahoma State. Tennessee (4-1) scored twice the final 70 seconds of the first hall-' to break open a close game, then I scored on back-to-back possessions" in the third quarter to put the boys (1-4) away.

Graham carried 22 times and ed his day with a 3-yard scoring 5:47 left in the third quarter! that put the Vols ahead 24-0. Defense getting job done KSU pitches another By WESS HUDELSON The Salina Journal MANHATTAN While Kansas State's offense is trying to put to-; gether four good quarters, the cats' defense has a string of eight. Saturday's 44-0 victory over" Northern Illinois marked the Wildcats' best performance since 1969 when they limited Iowa State's offense to 67 yards in a 34-7 win. Vince Gibson's squad in 1973 was the last team to turn in back-to-back shut outs. The Cincinnati Bearcats' touchdown in the final minute of the contest Sept.

9 was last score against the Wildcats. "Right now we're playing really well," senior defensive end Dirk Ochs said. "We work together well, we're practicing well. Everybody is just great this year." Ochs tipped two passes and sacked Northern Illinois quarterback Aaron Gilbert for a loss of three yards in the first half. The effort by the defense was valuable in the first hah 0 as the Wildcats took a precarious 7-0 lead into the locker room at halftime.

"We had trouble getting the offense going hi the first half, that was obvious," quarterback Matt Miller said. "Thank God we have the defense we do." The Huskies were limited to 84 yards total offense for the game. It was their worst performance since Sept. 21, 1985 when Iowa stuffed them for 85 yards. "I was pleased with the shutout," Coach Bill Snyder said.

"That's what defensive people strive for and live for. That is the ultimate." Joe Gordon, a first-team all-Big Eight cornerback a year ago, was under pressure all day and respond- ed by breaking up four passes. "I didn't get any passes caught on me today," Gordon said. "I felt like I played okay, but I have tougher tests ahead once the Big schedule starts." The pass defense was the most impressive facet of K-State's stellar defensive showing. Northern Illinois could only, muster four yards through the air as K-State maintained constant pres--' sure on the quarterback along superb down-field coverage.

As a result, Gilbert connected on' four of his 17 pass attempts. "We really did what we wanted to do today," K-State co-defensive coordinator Bob Stoops said. "To this point it's been a tremendous effort by our kids. But the true tests lie ahead in the conference." Gilbert was also forced to endure four sacks, including one for a safety by defensive end Nyle Wiren. The ball came free, but was recovered by tight end Jerry Bartol preventing a K-State touchdown.

"I just came free and had a clear shot at him," Wiren said. "I was trying to strip the ball and I did, but we couldn't come up with it." Ochs.