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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1994 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SPORTS 9F COLLEGE FOOTBALL MIZZOU NOTEBOOK Washington U. Gives Carnegie Mellon Rare UAA Defeat 4T. 1.1- a NV num and sophomore tight end Chris Cox all played key roles in the Bears' victory. The Bears, after falling behind 12-7, used a little razzle-dazzle to take the lead for good on a halfback option pass with 6 minutes 9 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

Han-num tossed a 41-yard pass to Josh Haza, who caught the ball at the 15-yard line and raced into the end zone for the go-ahead score. Larsen hit Cox on a 2-point conversion for a 15-12 halftime lead. On the Bears' second series of the third quarter, Larsen fired a 34-yard scoring pass to Cox for a 22-12 lead. Then the Bears pulled a surprise, catching the Tartans asleep with an onside kick. WU's Chris Nalley recovered at the Carnegie Mellon 42-yard line.

Five plays later, on a fourth-and-2 play, Larsen found Cox again for a 12-yard touchdown and a 29-12 lead. Larsen completed a 16 passes in 30 attempts for 163 yards and the two touchdowns. He also made several key runs, rushing for 37 yards on nine carries. Hannum finished with 67 yards and two touchdowns. Carnegie Mellon was led by Jason Grusky, its 235-pound senior fullback, who scored three touchdowns and rushed for 73 yards.

Matt Gomric paced the Bears' defensive effort with a 18 tackles. Special to the Post-Dispatch Washington University gained one of its most meaningful football victories in recent years, defeating University Athletic Association power Carnegie Mellon University 36-25 Saturday afternoon at Francis Field. The Bears never had defeated the Tartans in UAA play, who came into the game with a 15-1 record against league foes and an 8-0 road mark. Washington which resumed its series with Carnegie Mellon in 1987, had lost seven games in succession to the defending UAA champion and 1994 preseason favorite. The victory, coupled with Chicago's 14-8 win over Rochester, leaves Washington U.

(5-2) as the league's only unbeaten team, at 2-0. Chicago (2-1) is in second place. Carnegie Mellon is 3-3 overall and 0-1 in the UAA. "All week long we kept stressing that this game was going to come down to fundamentals," Bears coach Larry Kindbom said. "We felt we were good enough to beat Carnegie Mellon if we could just go out and execute for 60 minutes and limit our mistakes.

And that's exactly what we did." The Bears can clinch a share of the UAA crown next weekend if they defeat Rochester. Freshman quarterback Thor Lar-sen, senior running back Todd Han- Mizzou receiver Frank Jones slips by two Oklahoma State defenders into the end zone in Saturday's game in Stillwater, Okla. Determined Olivo Rolls Over Cowboys AREAREGION St. Louisan Ward's Big Plays Carry Miners Over Bearcats By Vahe Gregorian Of the Post-Dispatch Staff STILLWATER, Okla. When freshman tailback Brock Olivo of Missouri fumbled last week against Colorado, he ran off the field directly to coach Larry Smith.

"He said, 'I never fumble, and I'll never fumble again it's not like Smith said. What has been like Olivo was what he did Saturday: lead his team in rushing. Olivo, whose motto is "Dream Big," rushed 15 times for 87 yards all in the second half. That included a 32-yard burst, MU's longest play from scrimmage this season, and six successive carries when Miz- zou was trying to run down the clock late in the game. "He did a beautiful job," Smith said.

"He's just an all-out kid. Every player on our team knows it. Every coach knows it. From the day he walked in. "I think he's got real good talent, but I don't think he's got super, super After Friend's Death, Jenkins Keeps Promise -J nD PCJ CD in i'n l' -bl 'il Jul- vr -ill If- 'J 'J iii i ii iWti I said.

"Violation of team policy and regulations. That's it." Major could not be reached for comment. Jekyll And Hyde: MU's Kyle Pooler made good on just one of three field goal attempts Saturday and is three of 10 this season. But Pooler also averaged 52 yards on six punts, including a 72-yarder from the MU 3 to bail out the Tigers midway through the fourth quarter. "He's a gutsy guy," Smith said.

"It would be different if he were a flaky kicker, but he's not." As for the kicking, Pooler says he doesn't doubt his ability and simply has to "shoot my way out of it." Despite Pooler's misses, each from 42 yards, MU prospered on special teams. In addition to his punting, MU blocked a punt, OSU missed an extra point and muffed a field goal attempt on a bad snap. Get Rewrite: MU's complex, multi-verse fight song was written by a political science professor, Robert "Coach Larry Smith helped me out a lot; he really, really came through for me when I needed him," Jenkins said. "I really appreciate that. They did everything they could to make everything comfortable for me." That included arranging for Jenkins to fly directly from St.

Louis to Oklahoma on Friday, shortly after Jenkins told Williams' mother that MU would win. Before the game, Jenkins told his teammates, "I need this win bad, because I made a promise." Jenkins almost wasn't able to help deliver it, though. MISSOURI 14 0 3 7 24 OKLAHOMA ST. 0 15 0 0 15 FIRST QUARTER Sallee 21 pass from Handy (Pooler kick), 9:23 Mis F. Jones 16 pass from Handy (Pooler kick), 1:44 SECOND QUARTER Cheatwood 15 pass from Jones (kick fail), 7:45 Grenier 50 run (pass fail).

2:28 THIRD QUARTER Vaughn 27 FG.0:00 FOURTH QUARTER F. Jones 8 pass from Handy (Pooler kick), 8:14 A 30,120. TEAM STATISTICS Tigers Cowboys First downs 20 19 Third down efficiency 6-18-33 2-11-18 Total net yards 334 367 Total offensive plays 79 66 Rushes-yards 46-145 30-235 Passing yards 189 132 Passes 18-33-1 15-36-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 6-40 5-40 Time of possession 36:43 23:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINQ Tigers An. Yds. Avg.

Lg TD Handy 4 -24 -1 0 Freeman 23 76 3.3 15 0 Janes 2 3 1.5 2 0 Ohvo 15 87 5.8 32 0 Washington 2 3 1.5 2 0 Cowboys Att. Yds. Avg. Lg TD Thompson 7 8 1.1 5 0 none loomed larger than Andre White's blocked punt after OSU's second offensive series. "Oddly enough, that punt we blocked was on return-oriented play, Smith said.

"But when we go return, we always send at least one person, maybe two. But Andre just slipped through there, and that was a big play. That really got us rolling. You get big plays like that, you have to turn it into seven." And so MU did, when Handy changed the play at the line of scrimmage and lofted a 21 -yard pass to Sallee in the left corner of the end zone. MU went on to eclipse its per-game average of 13.2 points by the I'M ft 1 talent.

But he does have super, super competitive ability. He just goes so hard. He just hits the hole and blasts up through it. He doesn't worry about jickey-jacking or anything else." Olivo (St. Francis Borgia) was in the game, Smith said, because starter Joe Freeman was hobbled by an ankle injury.

Freeman rushed 23 times for 76 yards. MU, which had been averaging 84 yards rushing, finished with 145 against OSU 112 of which came in the second half. Name, Rank, Serial Number: On Friday, unannounced, Smith suspended defensive end-linebacker Darryl Major (Mehlville) for undisclosed disciplinary reasons. Smith, who suspended three players for similarly vague reasons before the Colorado game, once again was mum about his rationale. "Well, it's real simple.

I'll get it out of the way in about two sentences: Darryl Major was suspended for disciplinary reasons. That's it," Smith death early Monday morning. "I had nightmares about it, and I had dreams about it," said Jenkins, who attended Williams' funeral Friday in St. Louis. "I just went up to him, and I told him how I felt.

I talked to him a lot when I was just by myself, too "He knew everything about me; I knew everything about him. I knew what he was thinking at the funeral, when he saw everybody crying and stuff like that. I knew he was like, 'Stop Despite the traumatic situation, Jenkins never doubted whether he would play this week. Darryl Major, who was suspended for undisclosed reasons. But the Tigers, for the second successive weekend, arched their backs instead of crumpling.

"I take a lot of pride in that," Smith said. "I think guys are sticking together. I think our unity that we started at camp in Lexington, Mo. has gone a long way." The Tigers matched their most methodical maneuver of the season by opening the second half with a 15-play, 67-yard drive. They regained the lead on a 30-yard field goal by Kyle Pooler with 9:59 to play in the third quarter.

MU's defense then took command, allowing only five second-half first downs and preventing the Cowboys from reaching the Tigers' side of the field until less than 4 minutes remained in the game. By then, the Tigers had gone up 24-15 on an 8-yard pass from Jeff Handy to Frank Jones. The touchdown was Jones' second of the game and the third touchdown pass for Handy, a senior. It gave him an MU-record 34 career TD passes. That opportunity was gift-wrapped by the defense, just as MU's first touchdown was a product of alert and aggressive special-teams play.

The final score was set up when Mizzou got the ball on the OSU 21 after Matt Murray battered the ball loose from Andre Richardson and Bo Adams recovered. Adams squelched OSU's next drive, too, when he intercepted a pass from Jones. "You don't have a guy blessed with great speed, but you have a guy blessed with a pretty good head, and he plays all-out," Smith said. "He's one of those guys who's going to make big plays. Every game he's been in, he's made a big play." As big plays went, though, perhaps Karsch.

"I believe it," Smith said. "Why don't we get some jock to just use about five or six words, and not so many sentences and paragraphs? I like the tune, but dadgum, all those words. At Arizona, it was just, 'Bear That's all you'd have to say, about 20 times. At Southern Cal, it was "Fight about 20 times. And this one, gol-llly." Noteworthy: Bo Adams and Rhino Janes became MU's 21st and 22nd first-time starters this season.

Frank Jones' two touchdown catches tied an MU record for TD receptions in a game held by many The loss to the Tigers was OSU's 12th successive conference game without a victory. MU held OSU to 86 yards of offense in the second half, and MU had the ball for 21:41 to the Cowboys' 8:59. Quarterback Jeff Handy's three touchdown passes gives him nine in three career games against Oklahoma State. "I almost missed my plane, because I went to the wrong gate and I had to run back and ask them to hold the plane for me," Jenkins said. "They held the plane." Good thing for the Tigers.

Jenkins' 30-yard reception was MU's longest pass play of the season, and he followed it immediately with another for 18 yards that helped set up MU's second touchdown. "The guys on the team are my friends; we hang out together," Jenkins said. "But he was the one person I could really say was my best friend. "He's always with me, and I'll always keep him with me." 1 Richardson 15 130 8.7 32 0 Jones 3 30 10.0 22 0 Jefferson 3 16 5.3 13 0 Greiner 2 51 25.5 50 1 PASSING Tigers Att. Comp Yds.

Int. TD Handy 33 18 189 1 3 Cowboys Att. Comp Yds. Int. TD Jones 34 15 132 2 1 RECEIVING Tigers No.

Yds. Lg TD Sallee 7 72 21 1 Jenkins 3 48 30 0 Jones 3 28 16 2 Frazier 3 35 23 0 Freeman 1 4 4 0 Olivo 1 2 2 0 Cowboys No. Yds. Lg TD Jones 1 4 4 0 McNeal 1 8 8 0 Richardson 4 34 11 0 Cheatwood 3 30 15 1 Denson 5 46 13 0 Pfieffer 1 10 10 0 PUNTING Tigers No. Avg.

Lg Pooler 6 52.0 72 Cowboys No. Avg. Lg Ivy 5 41.7 62 PUNT RETURNS Tigers No. Yds. Lg TD Baker 3 40 15 0 White 1 17 17 0 Cowboys No.

Yds. Lg TD Richardson 3 27 13 0 KICKOFF RETURNS Tigers No. Yds. Lg TD Jenkins 1 20 20 0 Cowboys No. Yds.

Lg TD Johnson 1 34 34 0 Denson 2 42 22 0 end of the quarter and to surpass its previous season-high of 23 points in a game. That gave the Tigers a chance to chirp after the game even if it wasn't easy for everybody. "That's a tough fight song to learn," Smith said. "I'm going to have to put one of those tape recorders in my ear when I go to sleep maybe I'll know it when I wake up." Whether he'll have a chance to sing it next week, though, remains to be seen. Nebraska visits Faurot Field.

"Oh, I know," Smith said, smiling. "No. 1 team in the country. That's what we like." Local Players Lead ISU Illinois State 17, Buffalo 7: Hazelwood East High product Kyle Robinson had two touchdown catches as Illinois State beat Buffalo 17-7 in Buffalo, N.Y. Illinois State (4-3) took advantage of four Cliff Scott interceptions.

Buffalo (2-4) was also hurt by 15 penalties for 119 yards. Hickey Thompson, from Althoff High, rushed for 89 yards in 25 carries. The Bulls, an independent, scored first on a 37-yard pass from Scott to Keith Warren in the second quarter. The Redbirds, of the Gateway, then tied the score 7-7 with just 1:36 left in the first half on a 25-yard pass from Joel Bosnian to Robinson. A 37-yard field goal by Todd Kurz gave the Redbirds a 10-7 lead.

Then Robinson, who had seven catches for a 114 yards, iced the game with his second touchdown catch, a 27-yarder with 5:45 remaining in the game. Liberty 27, Southwest Missouri State 19: Antwan Chiles threw for 268 yards and one touchdown as Liberty won a nonconference game on the road against winless Southwest Missouri. Liberty (2-4) took a 14-0 first-quarter lead, scoring after two fumbles by the Bears. Lawrence Worthington rushed 6 yards for a touchdown following the first fumble. The Flames, an independent, then scored after Damon Bo-mar recovered a fumble and ran it back 56 yards before flipping the ball to Brian McGoldrick at the 19.

McGoldrick rambled the rest of the way for the score. Jeremy Hoog passed for 375 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted three times as Southwest, of the Gateway, fell to 0-6. Western Illinois 38, Indiana State 17: Kendall McDonald ran for two touchdowns and Rob St. Sauver threw for three others in leading Western Illinois (4-2, 3-1) to a victory in Macomb, 111. Indiana State is 4-3, 2-2.

REGION Lions Blow Big Lead, Lose Doug Bonura caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Dan Teeter early in the third quarter to give Taylor a 21-17 lead, and it went on to rip Lindenwood 44-24 despite and early 17-0 deficit. Teeter completed 17 of 28 passes for 239 yards and four touchdowns as Taylor (3-3) won in Upland, Ind. Bonura had 10 receptions for 117 yards and three TDs as Taylor scored 34 consecutive points. Corey Nesslage completed 19 of 30 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions (1-6). His 5-yard scoring pass to James Niccum in the second quarter gave Lindenwood a 17-0 lead.

MacMurray 31, Greenville 12: Eric Council caught two touchdown passes, including a 25-yarder from Cory Koker, in MacMurray's victory over Greenville College in Jacksonville, 111. Koker threw for three touchdowns and completed 10 of 15 passes for 146 yards for the Highlanders (4-2 overall, 2-1 in the Illini-Badger Conference). Greenville is 2-4, 1-2. Central Methodist 27, William Penn Mark Noble threw for two touchdowns to lead Central Methodist (1-5) to rout of William Penn (1-6) in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Compiled From Staff and Wire Reports Chris Ward returned a fumble 26 yards for a touchdown and also blocked an extra-point try to spark the University of Missouri-Rolla to a 20-15 victory over Northwest Missouri State on Saturday afternoon in Maryville, Mo.

The Bearcats had pulled to within 13-12 on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Greg Teal to Chris Bilslend in the third quarter. But Ward, a senior defensive end from Parkway Central High, blocked the conversion kick that would have tied the game. Then Ward recovered a fumble and ran 26 yards for a touchdown early in the final period to extend Rolla's lead to 20-12. Russell Zung and Ernest Brown scored on 2-yard runs earlier in the game for the Miners (4-2-1 overall, 3-1-1 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association). which had not lost to UMR since 1987, is 0-7, 0-5 and has lost 1 1 games in a row.

Rolla quarterback Jason Politte (Hazelwood East High) completed 15 of 26 passes for 181 yards and was intercepted once. MIAA NEMO Rolls On Jarrett Anderson rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns as Northeast Missouri beat Washburn 50-31 in Kirksville to go 6-0 for the first time since 1959. Northeast (5-0 MIAA) took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter on a 1-yard run by Mark Cross and a 2-yard run by Anderson. Washburn is 1-5, 1-4. Missouri Western 28, Emporia State 21: Dess Douglas rushed for 197 yards in 31 carries and scored three touchdowns as Missouri Western came back from a 14-0 deficit to win in St.

Joseph, Mo. Emporia State's Quincy Tillmon rushed for 155 yards in 22 carries. Pittsburg State 26, Southwest Baptist 0: Sean Scott ran 60-yards for a touchdown to spark a 20-point fourth quarter as Pittsburg (Kan.) State won at home. Jeff More-land later threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jason Gardner and ran for an 8-yard touchdown. GATEWAY SEMO Rolls OverSalukis Kelvin "Earthquake" Anderson became the leading rusher in Southeast Missouri State history while leading the Indians to a 24-14 road victory over Southern Illinois Univer-sity-Carbondale.

The nonconference victory was the fourth in a row for Southeast, of the Ohio Valley Conference (5-2). The Salukis, of the Gateway Conference, fell to 0-6. Anderson, a senior, carried 24 times for 132 yards to give him 3,028 yards in his career, breaking the mark of 3,006 yards by Walter Small-wood of Webster Groves (1965-68). SEMO freshman quarterback Fred Hostonran for one score and passed for another. He ran for a 10-yard TD in the first quarter and passed 7 yards to Jay McCullough for a touchdown in the fourth period.

Stanley Parker (O'Fallon, 111.) had a 5-yard TD run in the second quarter that tied the game 14-14. Ryan Devins's 28-yard field goal put Southeast on top for good in the third quareter. SIUC had a pair of touchdown passes by David Pierson 22 yards to Aaron Baker and 5-yards to Damon Jones. By Vahe Gregorian Of the Post-Dispatch Staff STILLWATER, Okla. A few days ago, Rahsetnu Jenkins' closest friend was shot to death through the windshield of a truck he had put "all his money into to make nice." Yet Jenkins mustered the will to play in Mizzou's 24-15 victory Saturday at Oklahoma State.

"They took my only friend my only true friend," said Jenkins, a sophomore receiver from Mehlville High. Jenkins was so close to De'Angelo Williams that he said he has felt his presence on his shoulders since his Mizzou From page one down among his seven receptions. "We haven't had that." The first time MU has defeated OSU in successive seasons since 1969-70. None of that, of course, had been lurking in the minds of MU players, according to Smith. "We try to sell the guys on, 'Don't let history bury Smith said.

"This is a new team, a new season. It's all different. Don't let the ghosts of the past interfere with how we play today." But those spirits didn't disperse without making a bit of a snit. MU zipped to a 14-0 first-quarter lead but succumbed and donated to an OSU rally that left it trailing 15-14 at halftime. The Cowboys scored all 15 points in a 7 minute 45 second span, including nine in the last 2:28 of the half.

"Everybody was upbeat at half-time," said Oklahoma State receiver Mark Cheatwood, who scored the Cowboys' first touchdown on a 15-yard pass from Tone Jones. MU's bungled ending of the half featured a 50-yard touchdown run by OSU fullback Geoff Grenier, who had rushed for 51 yards all season. The Cowboys also kicked a field goal on the last play of the half after moving 66 yards in the final 49 seconds. Such duress customarily has been a catalyst for an MU collapse. Consider, too, that Mizzou began the game without three injured starters safety DeMontie Cross, defensive lineman Jon Sanft and guard Mike Morris and without defensive end.