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Page 4 THE DAILY, HERALD, Tyrone, Monday, December 3, 1990 NFL ROUNDUP: Runnin' Rebels NFL Leaders Back In Gear ROHID in By LISA HARRIS was the only front-runner playing and Kelly's scorine strikes included By LISA HARRIS UPI Sports Writer One week after the NFL's division leaders showed why going undefeated is a Herculean task, they displayed Sunday why they are title contenders. After all six division front-runners fell last week, no losing streaks were allowed to blossom; the four leaders in action Sunday rebounded with close victories. AFC East leader Buffalo, loser to Houston on Monday night, held on for a 30-23 victory over Philadelphia coming off the toppling of the previously unbeaten New York Giants last week. Cincinnati, which lost to Indianapolis on Upset Sunday, came out of a three-way tie atop the AFC Central by virtue of a 16-12 triumph over Pittsburgh. The Los Angeles Raiders came back from the loss to Kansas City that cost them sole possession of the AFC West to drop division doormat Denver 23-20 and remain a co-leader with the Chiefs.

In the NFC, Central-leading Chicago was the'only front-runner playing and responded to last week's drubbing by Minnesota with a 23-17 overtime decision over division rival Detroit. The NFL's top two teams, the NFC East's Giants and NFC West's 49ers, take 10-1 records into their game Monday night at San Francisco. At Orchard Park, N. Buffalo raced to a 24-0 lead against Philadelphia, then held on after the Eagles' 23-point comeback. With quarterback Jim Kelly engineering a no-huddle offense, the Bills rolled up 229 passing yards in the first quarter and scored on all four possessions, including three touchdown passes by Kelly.

"We were real hungry," said run- ningback Thurman Thomas, whose 53 yards rushing pushed him over the mark for the season. "Philadelphia was an NFC team. They just came off a victory against the Giants and they're going to be flying high. They didn't give us a chance." BYU's Big Day Ruined By Hawaii By JEFF SHAIN UPI Sports Writer Brigham Young won its first Heisman Trophy on Saturday, then lost its outside shot at the national championship. The Cougars, still basking in the glow of quarterback Ty Detmer's Heisman victory earlier in the day, were brought back to reality with a thud Saturday night in losing 59-28 to Hawaii.

"It's hard to say that (a post- Heisman letdown) couldn't have had some sort of effect," Hawaii Coach Bob Wagner said. "But we've always seemed to match up well against them. In addition, we had only one turnover and they had five." Hawaii quarterback Garrett Gabriel outgunned the Heisman winner, completing 21 of 39 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns, with only one interception. Detmcr completed just 22 of 45 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns, throwing four interceptions. However, Detmer's yardage was enough to allow him to set the NCAA record for single-season passing yardage with 5,188.

That broke the mark of 5,140 yards, set earlier in the day by Houston's David Klinglcr. They arc the only two quarterbacks in NCAA history to pass for more than 5,000 yards in a season. The Cougars, headed for a Holiday Bowl meeting against Texas finished their regular season with a 10-2 record. At Austin, Texas, the Texas Longhorns nearly saw their national-title hopes go out against Texas but stopped a two-point conversion with 3:46 left to secure a 28-27 victory. Texas quarterback Bucky Richardson scored on a 32-yard keeper to pull the Aggies within 28-27.

Richardson pitched to Darren Lewis for the two-point conversion, but Lewis slipped on his cut and was stopped by comerback Mark Berry at the 5. "I think that's the only tackle we had on Darren Lewis all day. But if I had to pick a time to have one, that would be it," said Texas Coach David Me Williams, whose Longhorns improved to 10-1. Meanwhile, the final pieces of the bowl picture fell into place Saturday when Tennessee wrapped up the Southeastern Conference title and Alabama beat rival Auburn. At Nashville, Tony Thompson rushed for 236 yards and four touchdowns as the Volunteers pulled away from a precarious one-point lead and lock up the SEC's automatic Sugar Bowl berth with a 49-20 triumph over Vanderbilt.

'This is really a glorious moment for all of us," said Thompson, who scored on runs of 9, 12, 11 and 13 yards. "We've been shooting for the Sugar Bowl since we started our first day of practice this season." At Birmingham, Alabama held Auburn to just 52 yards rushing and forced five turnovers in locking up a Fiesta Bowl berth with a 16-7 triumph over the Tigers. The Crimson Tide, who won seven of their last eight games after an 0-3 start, will play Louisville on New Year's Day. Auburn, 7-3-1, accepted an invitation to face Indiana in the Peach Bowl. Alabama scored only one touchdown, but kicker Philip Doyle added three field goals.

The Crimson Tide defense intercepted three Stan White passes and recovered two fumbles. "I'd have to say it was really an enjoyable thing to watch this team come back after starting oh-and-3," said Gene Stallings, in his first year as Alabama's coach. "It was quite a challenge." Auburn fullback James Joseph said the Tigers "self-destructed. We felt we could do just about anything we wanted to, but we didn't execute." Mississippi, which finished second in the SEC, wound up accepting an invitation to face Michigan in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 29.

At Athens, Shawn Jones threw four TD passes as Georgia Tech remained the only unbeaten team in the nation with a 40-23 triumph over rival Georgia. Georgia Tech, which will play Nebraska in the Citrus Bowl, fell behind 9-0 in the first quarter, but scored 23 points in the second to improve its record to 10-0-1. "We've been down before, but then their crowd (of more than 82,000 at Sanford Stadium) got into it and it got a little Jones 'I just told the guys to keep their poise. I told them if we'd score and keep on scoring, it would get a little easier." At Tallahassee, Casey Weldon passed for 325 yards to lead Florida State to a 45-30 win over rival Florida. "I never expected we'd move the ball on them as well as we did," said Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden, whose 9-2 Seminoles are headed for a Blockbuster Bowl meeting against Penn State.

The two teams produced nearly of offense. Florida State, which led 38-16 after three periods, had 487 yards and Florida wound up with 484. Florida, which finished the season 9-2, wound up with the best record in the SEC at 6-1, but was ineligible for the conference championship or a bowl berth because of NCAA sanctions. "We got beat by (independent) Florida State, so we aren't No. 1 in Florida," said Steve Spurrier, closing out his first season as coach of the Gators.

'But we are No. 1 in the SEC, so it was still an outstanding year for us." Report Says Dentists Helped Divert Pitt Booster Money PITTSBURGH (UPI) Two dentists apparently helped the former executive director of the University of Pittsburgh's Golden Panthers sports booster club divert club donations through a secret Beaver County bank account. But a lawyer for one of the dentists authorized to withdraw money from the fund told The Pittsburgh Press on Sunday that the account was set up as a legitimate Pitt sports banquet fund in 1982. Attorney Tim Sheerer identified the dentist as L. Keith Fammartino, president of the Golden Panthers from 1982-83 and a resident of Chippewa.

A Pitt internal audit said the second dentist was Mark Antonucci, who maintains an office in Verona. The two reportedly were signalers to a covert account in an Equibank branch in Beaver. The bank account is key to an investigation being done by District Attorney Robert Colville at the request of Pitt auditors who discovered possible diversions of booster contributions for personal use by former Golden Panther executive director Robert Heddleston. Auditors did not disclose the purpose for which the diverted funds were used or why the bank account was maintained after the football banquet. On Friday, The Press reported that the Pitt investigation alleges at least $36,000 in donations to the Golden Panthers athletic booster club was funneled through a non-university account and delivered in cash to Heddleston, with the help of another person.

a copyright article, The Press said the account, called the "Golden Panther Banquet Fund," was maintained in the Equibank branch. The investigation also disclosed Heddleston may have used Golden Panther donations to pay off his own debt for athletic tickets he bought, The Press said. It also found he may have accepted, for his own use, gifts of services from donors instead of the money contribution the university ired, the newspaper said, all, Pitt officials believe Heddleston actually may have diverted to his own use at least $52,700 in contributions and payments meant for the university including a $3,000 fur coat donated by one contributor, The Press said. Colville said he could neither confirm nor deny the reported disclosures in the audit report. "It's under investigation, and I can't comment beyond that," Colville said.

The Golden Panthers raises money for Pitt's athletic department, and the organization has raised more than $10 million since it was founded in December 1970. Kelly's scoring strikes included a 63-yarder to veteran James Lofton, who caught five passes for 174 yards to move him into third place on the NFL's all-time receiving list Kelly also hit Andre Reed for a 56-yard score and Thomas for a 4-yard TD. Scott Norwood kicked two fourth- quarter field goals to insure the outcome. At Pittsburgh, the Bengals claimed their second victory over Pittsburgh in three weeks to drop one division co- leader, then retained sole possession of first place when Houston later lost at Seattle. Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh for the sixth straight time, lifting the Bengals to 7-5 and dropping the Steelers into a tie with Houston at 6-6.

It also temporarily delayed the Steelers' effort to make Chuck Noll only the fifth NFL coach to win 200 games. In stark contrast to the no-huddle offense that befuddled Pittsburgh two weeks earlier in a 27-3 decision, Cincinnati employed play-action fakes and slowed-down snap counts. "We were trying to take our time and take the crowd out of it," said Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason, who completed 8 of 14 passes for 165 yards. "We wanted to be real methodical. We wanted to use 45 seconds each play.

We wanted to be on the field for a long time." At Denver, Scott Davis blocked a field goal attempt to preserve the Raiders' victory after Bo Jackson rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, including a 62-yard run for the decisive score. "I was playing with the flu today and I felt I wasn't doing a whole lot," Davis said. "That made up for everything." Jackson, who rushed 13 times, also scored on an 11-yard run for the Raiders, 8-4. At Chicago, Jim Harbaugh hooked up with Neal Anderson on a 50-yard bomb with 4:03 left in the extra session for the Bears, 10-2. Chicago tied the score 17-17 with 33 seconds left in regulation on Kevin Butler's 19-yard field goal.

They then won the toss but elected to take the wind and kick to the Lions. The move appeared to backfire when Detroit promptly drove to the Chicago 17-yard line but Eddie Murray missed wide on a 35-yard field goal. "We did some bad things, but we did enough good things to win," said bears Coach Mike Ditka, whose team is on the threshold of capturing its sixth NFC Central title in seven years after the disaster of 1989. "That's the bottom line. A year ago, we couldn't have won this game." Chicago, which improved to 6-0 at Soldier Field, beat the Broncos in overtime 16-13 at Denver two weeks earlier.

This victory enabled them to rebound from last week's 41-13 trouncing at Minnesota. "Good teams find a way to win, and maybe we're a better team than we were last year," Harbaugh said. "Two or three times we've found ways to win it like this, and that's Today was a big win. I hate to think what would have happened if we would have lost today." In other games, Tampa Bay topped Atlanta 23-17, Washington walloped Miami 42-20, the Los Angeles Rams routed Cleveland 38-23, Kansas City clobbered New England 37-7, Dallas nipped New Orleans 17-13, Phoenix edged Indianapolis 20-17, San Diego trounced the New York Jets 38-17, Seattle stopped Houston 13-10 in overtime, and Minnesota overwhelmed Green Bay 23-7. Buccaneers 23, Falcons 17 At Tampa, Vinny Testaverde made a club record-setting scoring throw of 89 yards to Willie Drewery, then completed a 35-yard touchdown pass to Mark Carrier with 39 seconds remaining in the game to end Tampa Bay's six-game losing streak.

The Buccaneers improved to 5-8 and the Falcons, 3-9, lost their fifth straight game as the team's road miseries extended to 17 consecutive games. Redskins 42, Dolphins 20 At Washington, Earnest Byner rushed for 157 yards and scored three touchdowns against Miami's NFL- leading defense to boost the Redskins' chances of a wild-card playoff berth. The decision put Washington's record at 7-5 and dropped Miami to 9-3. Byner is the first rusher this year to break the 100-yard mark in a game against Miami, which allowed its most points this year. 38, Browns 23 At Cleveland, Jim Everett threw four scoring passes and Cleveland Gary added his NFL-leading 14th touchdown for Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, 5-7 and a winner for the second straight week, gained 411 yards in total offense and held the ball for 36:38. Cleveland, 2-10, lost its seventh straight game. Henry Ellard caught six passes for 90 yards to pass Tom Fears for most receptions in Rams history with 402. Chiefs 37, Patriots 7 At Foxboro, Steve DeBerg threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns and Kansas City scored on all five first-half possessions against 1-11 New England. The game was viewed by only 26,280 spectators, the NFL's smallest crowd this season, and during halftime ceremonies to retire the jersey numbers of four former Patriots, team owner Victor Kiam was vociferously booed each time he spoke.

Steve Nelson, Gino Cappelletti, Bob Dee and Jim Lee Hunt were the honored players. Cowboys 17, Saints 13 At Irving, Texas, Troy Aikman threw two touchdown passes and completed 11 straight passes in the second half to rally Dallas over New Orleans and former Cowboys quarterback Steve Walsh. The Cowboys, 6-7, won their third game in a row and moved closer to a wild-card berth that would bring the team its first playoff appearance since 1985. New Orleans dropped to 5-8 this season and the franchise fell to 0-8 in Dallas. Walsh made his first appearance in Dallas since the Cowboys traded him earlier this season.

Cardinals 20, Colts 17 At Phoenix, Cedric Mack intercepted a pass and lateraled to Marcus Turner, who sprinted for the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter against Indianapolis. Mack's steal at the Indianapolis 35 was the first interception suffered by rookie quarterback Jeff George, the 1990 No. 1 overall draft pick, in 147 attempts. Phoenix, 4-8, ended the 5-7 Colts' three-game winning streak. Cardinals star rusher Johnny Johnson reinjured the ankle he hurt last week and was replaced by fellow rookie Anthony Thompson.

Chargers 38, Jets 17 At San Diego, AFC rushing leader Marion Butts gained 159 yards to top 1,000 for the season and scored two touchdowns after turnovers in the Char- 'gers' second rout of the Jets this season. San Diego; 6-7, dropped New York to 4-9. The Jets, who trailed 17-10 at halftime, have been outscored this season in the second half 181-72. In their first meeting this year, San Diego won 39-3. Seahawks 13, Oilers 10, OT At Seattle, Norm Johnson kicked a 42-yard field goal 4:25 into overtime against Houston to mark the mark the fourth consecutive time a Seahawks game has been decided on the last play.

The decision left both teams at 6-6. The decisive kick was set up by Houston wide receiver Bernard Ford's fumble on his own 27 after a bruising tackle by Tony Woods. Dave Wyman recovered the ball and Johnson delivered on third- and- seven from the Houston 24. Vikings 23, Packers 7 At Minneapolis, Rich Gannon completed 11 of 21 passesfor 149yards and hit Anthony Carter for a 56-yard touchdown in the Vikings' 17-point third quarter against Green Bay. Minnesota's fifth straight victory moved the Vikings into a second-place tie with the Packers, both at 6-6 in the NFC Central.

Gannon, still the Vikings starter despite the availability of Wade Wilson, for the third straight week did not throw an interception. Anthony Dilweg, playing for the injured Don Majkowski, was sacked by the Vikings five times for 50 yards, threw three interceptions and lost two fumbles. By TOM WITHERS UPI Sports Writer Larry Johnson and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels showed they are ready to defend their NCAA crown, two days after they learned they would be allowed to. Johnson scored 26 points Saturday night, leading No. 2 UNLV to a season- opening 109-68 rout of the University of Alabama-Birmingham in Vancouver, British Columbia, the first NCAA regular-season basketball game ever played outside the United States.

The victory, extending UNLV's winning streak to 12 games, came two days after the NCAA Committee on Infractions decided to allow the school to defend its collegiate basketball crown this season. The committee offered the university a choice of two penalties, both of which would allow the Runnin' Rebels to defend their crown in 1991, but would make the team ineligible in 1992. One option called for the team to make no television appearances in 1991-92, the other required Coach Jerry Tarkanian to sit out the 1991 tournament. UNLV adminstrators chose to keep Tarkanian with the team in the tournament and forfeit next season's television appearances. Saturday night's win extended a streak that includes the 103-73 defeat of Duke in the NCAA Final Four championship game April 2.

UNLV started with a 22-8 burst and never looked back as Tarkanian substituted freely en route to a 57-25 halftime lead. Alabama-Birmingham, looking every bit the travel-weary team after travelling straight to Vancouver from Birmingham after Friday night's home- court victory over Auburn, shot just 23 percent in the first half and continued its turnover woes of the early season with a total of 26. The Blazers ended the game shooting 34 percent in falling to 3-1. UNLV, meanwhile, shot 52 percent from the field and made 9 of 21 three- point attempts while outrebounding the Blazers 51 to 33. Elbert Rogers led the Blazers with 25 points while Stacy Augmon added 19 for the Rebels.

Elsewhere in the UPI Top 25, No. 1 Arizona blew out Long Beach State 95-68, No. 3 Arkansas topped Kansas St. 112-88, No. 4 North Carolina pounded Iowa State 118-93, Bowling Green upset No.

5 Michigan State 98- PIAA Football Playoff Pairings SATURDAY, Dec. -u-i. (Semifinals) CLASS AAAA EAST Ridley 14 West Lawn Wilson 12. WEST North Allegheny 35 Erie Cathedral Prep 17. CLASS AAA EAST Bethlehem Catholic 7 Berwick 3.

WEST Seton-LaSalle 10 Perry Traditional 6. CLASS AA EAST Hanover Area 32 vs. Delone Catholic 14. WEST Canevin Cam. 28 Purchase Line (III, District 6) 12.

CLASS A Catholic 34 Canton 17. WEST Farrell 63 Smethport 14. CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES will be played Dec. 8, as follows: CLASS A Farrell vs. Marian Catholic, at Memorial Stadium, Middletown, 10 a.m.

CLASS AAA Seton-Lasalle vs. Bethlehem Catholic, at Hershey- park Arena, Hershey, 1 p.m. CLASS AA Hanover Area vs. Canevin Catholic, at Memorial Stadium, Middletown, 4 p.m. CLASS AAAA Ridley vs.

North Alleghheny, at Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, 7 p.m. WASHINGTON'S MIKE RIDLEY (left) fends off Montreal defenseman Eric Desjardius while handling the puck during first period NHL action last night in Landover, Md. 85, No. 6 Georgetown manhandled Southern Indiana, No. 7 Syracuse pasted Cornell Duke downed UNC-Charlotte 111-94, No.

11 Indiana ripped No. 21 Louisville 72-52, No. 12 Ohio State dismantled Youngstown State 112-67, co-No. 14 Georgia Tech fell to Richmond 71 -69, co-No. 16 Oklahoma crushed Angelo 162-99, and No.

18 Virginia routed Winthrop 93-47. At Tuscon, Ed Stokes scored 14 points, pacing six Arizona players in double figures to lead the Wildcats, 6-0, to the rout of Long Beach State. Long Beach State, 1-2, made just 4 of its first 20 shots and finished the half a dismal 8 of 44 (18 percent). Matt Othick added 13 points and Chris Mills, Brian Williams, Khalid Reeves and Casey Schmidt had 10 points apiece to help Arizona win its 51st straight game at McKale Center. At Charlotte, N.C., George Lynch scored 20 points and North Carolina's defensive pressure forced 28 Iowa State turnovers to win the consolation game of the Tournament of Champions.

North Carolina, which was upset by South Carolina Friday night, forced 16 turnovers in the first half and built a 57-33 lead with 2:22 left in the half on a pair of free throws by Lynch. Rick Fox and Henrik Rodl scored 15 points each for the Tar Heels, who improved to 3-1. Iowa State was paced by 22 points from Victor Alexander and fell to 1-4. At Bowling Green, Ohio, Clinton Venable scored 24 points and Joe Moore added 23 as Bowling Green handed Michigan State its second loss in three days. The Spartans, 1-2, who lost to Nebraska on Wednesday, furiously fouled the Falcons in the final minutes, but Bowling Green, 3- 0, responded by going 8 of 8 in the final two minutes and hitting on 27 of 31 for the game.

Michigan State's Steve Smith led all scorers with 29 points, At Landover, Alonzo Mourning scored 20 points to lead the Hoyas. Georgetown improved to 3-0 while Southern Indiana, a Division school, dropped to 3-2. The game featured a matchup of Georgetown's Dikembe Mutombo against his brother, Ilo. The two Zairians were matched up on the floor often. Ilo Mutombo, 29, scored 12 points compared to six scored by his 21-year-old brother.

At Durham, N.C., Christian Lacttner scored a career-high 37 points and added 11 rebounds to pace the Blue Devils. Duke led 85-83 before using a 16-2 burst to put the game out of reach. Bill McCaffrey had 14 points and freshman Grant-Hill added 13 for Duke, which improved to 5-1. Freshman Jarvis Williams led the 49ers with 30 i At Calbert Cheaney scored 19 points for the Hoosiers, who downed No. 21 Louisville in the Big Four Classic.

Indiana, 4-1, went on a 10-2 run to open a 47-29 lead and were never threatened by the Cardinals, 0-1. Matt Nover scored 14 points and Eric Anderson added 13 for Indiana. LaBradford Smith, with 17 points, was the only Louisville player to score in double figures. At Columbus, Ohio, Mark Baker scored 24 points and Perry Carter added 20 to help the Buckeyes to their third straight rout. Ohio State has scored more than 100 points in each of its games.

Reggie Kemp led the Penguins, 2-1, with 25 points. Jimmy Jackson scored 13 points and had nine assists for Ohio State. At Richmond Jim Springer hit a short jumper at the buzzer to give Richmond the upset of Georgia Tech. Richmond led 71-69 with 2:05 remaining when Eric Johnson was called for goaltending, and Kenny Anderson made two free throws to tie the score. But Georgia Tech's defense was unable to stop Springer as he nailed the basket for the upset, improving Richmond's record to 2-1.

Georgia Tech fell to 2-1. At Loretto, Darelle Porter scored all 17 of his points in the second half to help Pittsburgh rally from a 17-point deficit. Sean Miller led the Panthers, 4-0, with 21 points and Brian Shorter added 18 for Pittsburgh, which escaped its second scare in as many games. Earlier in the week, Pittsburgh held on for an 82-80 win at Siena. UPI Grid Ratings NEW YORK (UPI) The United PreM International Board of Coachei Top 25 college football with record and flnt-place In parcntheaee, total poInU (bated on 15 potato for Hrat place, 14 for tecond, and lait week'i ranking.

1. Colorado (38) (10-1-1) 1 2. Georgia Tech (7) (10-0-1) (31 3 3. Texas (10-1) MS 4 4. Miami (2) (9-2) 537 2 5.

Florida Stale (9-2) 475 8 (. Notre Dame (9-2) 4f9 7. Waihtaghm (9-2) 429 7 8. Penn Slate (9-2) 381 9 9. Brigham Young (10-2) 280 4 10.

Tenneuee (8-2-2) 278 10 11. Clenuon (9-2) 12. Michigan (8-3) 175 12 13. Nebraika (9-2) 119 14 14. MUilalppI (9-2) 111 13 15.

Iowa (S-3) 80 15 U. LoubTlIk (9-1-1) 44 17. DUnoli (8-3) 33 19 18. Southern Cal (8-3-1) 25 18 19. Texai (8-3-1) 13 17 20.

(He) Michigan St. (7-3-1) 12 21 (He) Ohio State (7-3-1) 12 22 22. (7-4) 11 NR 23. Virginia (8-3) 10 23 24. Southern MtaMppI (8-3) 9 23 25.

San Joee State (8-M) 8 25 NR not ranked Otheri receiving Baylor, Oregon, Virginia Tech. By agreement with the American Football AModatlon, learnt barred from televbton appearancee er pottoeiMii play or having tat are Ineligible lor the Top 25 and national champ- kmihlp coMUerattoa by the UPI Board of Coach- at, Thoee ichoob are Florida, Howton, Memphb Stole, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State..