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4 www.thejoumalnews.com College Football The Journal News Sunday, November 19, 2000 9C Seminoles keep title hopes thev now have to wait twn utE UAB 27, Army 7 UAB 7 3 7 l-27 Amy I 7 I I- 7 First Qwrter UAB-Coriley 1 run (Gallego kick), 12:18. Second Quirtw UAB-FG Gallego 41, 5:35. Amv-Dodson 23 pass from Jenkins (Mullen kick), :10. Third Quart UAB-Little 63 pass from Aaron (Gallego kick), 6:59. fault! Quarter UAB-fbss 72 interception return (Gallego kick), 14:47.

UAB-fG Gallego 27, 6:25. tfa Florida State rips Florida, hopes for Orange Bowl bid The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State made a strong case for a chance to defend its national championship, beating Florida in the game that usually gives the winner a title shot Chris Weinke fought off the flu and threw for 353 yards and three touchdowns two to Marvin Minnis as No. 3 Florida State had a surprisingly easy time beating its bitter state rival 30-7 last night The Seminoles (10-1) completed their regular season by beating the No. 4 Gators (9-2) for the third year in a row, but streak to 35 games, dating to 1994.

Now comes the wait Florida State, third in the current BCS standings behind Oklahoma and Miami, is expected to move ahead of Miami when the new point totals are released tomorrow. Miami (9-1) beat Syracuse 26-0 last night and closes its season next week against Boston College. The BCS standings are based on four components the AP media poll and the coaches' poll, eight computer rankings, strength of schedule and number of losses. Florida State is expected to gain ground in the strength of schedule and computer rankings. "Again, 111 leave it up to the computer," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said.

"And it better not betray me." made him the Atlantic Coast Conference's career passing leader, moving him ahead of Duke's Ben Bennett Weinke, who also enhanced his Heis-man Trophy chances, has thrown for 9,789 yards in his career. Minnis, who caught three touchdown passes in last week's win over Wake Forest, had eight catches for 187 yards. For Florida, Jesse Palmer was 17 of 30 for 180 yards and two interceptions. Rex Grossman, who took the first snap and didn't return until the game was decided in the fourth quarter, also threw an interception. He finished 10 of 16 for 98 yards.

With the win, Florida State extended its unbeaten streak at home to 52 games, dating to 1991, and its home winning to find out if they'll play for the Bowl Championship Series' title in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3 Florida, the SEC East champion, still has a chance to play in the Sugar Bowl if it beats Auburn in the league title game Dec. 2. The Seminoles can feel good about their chances because the winner of the Florida-Florida State game has gone on to play for the title five of the last seven years. In the 45th meeting between these powers, a Doak Campbell Stadium-record crowd of 83,042 witnessed the Seminoles' most impressive performance of the season.

Weinke completed 23 of 44 passes, and his second TD pass of the game a 34-yarder to Minnis in the first quarter 1MB 16 41-209 218 14-28-1 136 5-30 2-1 15104 31:35 19 32-47 216 22-49-1 104 10-32 1-1 7-60 28:25 First downs Rushes-yards Passing ComrMtt-Int Return Yards PuntsAvg. fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHIN6-UA8, Coleman 643, Fair 10- 46, Thatch 743, Dugger 12-39, Conley 2-5, Aaron 2-(mims 2), team Hminus 2), Quinnie Hminus 3). Army, Holden 13-56, McCallum 5-7, Riise 1-1, Jenkins 6minus 1), Standi 5minus 3), Thompson Kir nus 6), Gerena 1-tminus 7). PASSING-UAB, Aaron 14-28-1-218. Army, Jenkins 1942-1-169, Gerena 30- 47, team 01 00.

RECEIVING-UAB, Quinnie 669, little 2 75, Crosby 244, Coleman 2-11, Gallery 1-10, Thatch 1-9. Army, Comeaux 648, Miller 446, Dodson 440, Bruenton 3-58, Standi 2-19, Thompson 1-6, Holden 14, McCal-him Mminus 5). SL John's 30, Iom 21 I St John's 7 I 13-M 14 7 1-41 RrstQurtw SU-Newman 15 run (Tunnell kick), 9:59. lon-Uonard 40 pass from Collins (Callaghan kick), 7:53. lon-leonard 38 pass from Collins The Associated Press Minnesota's Sean Hoffman (45) savors the moment as Ben Hamilton holds the coveted Floyd of Rosedale after the Gophers defeated Iowa 27-24 yesterday.

Minnesota has retained possession of Floyd for three straight years. NATIONAL ROUNDUP Casey leads Penn St. The Associated Press Rashard Casey threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores as Penn State beat Michigan State 42-23 in State College, Pa. Penn State coach Joe Paterno recorded his 322nd career victory in the season-ending game to move within one of the major college record held by former Alabama coach Bear Bryant Casey finished with 218 passing yards and no interceptions. Minnesota 27, Iowa 24: At Minneapolis, Jermaine Mays caught an 81-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to lead Minnesota.

The victory gives the Gophers (f5, 44 Big Ten) a bowl bid, probably to the Micronpc.com Bowl, Dec. 28 in Miami. Louisville 32, Houston 13: At Houston, Dave Ragone passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as Louisville wrapped up the Conference-USA championship and a Liberty Bowl berth. Air Force 45, San Diego State 24: At Air Force Academy, Qualario Brown rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns, and Air Force's wishbone generated 540 yards of total offense. The Falcons will go to either the Las Vegas Bowl or the new Silicon Valley Classic.

Virginia 24, North Carolina State 17: At Charlottesville, Bryson Spinner threw for 149 yards and rushed for 83. The victory made Virginia (64, 5-3 ACC) bowl-eligible and kept alive its hope of winning seven games for the 14th straight season. The Wolfpack (64, 34) failed to boost their own bowl credentials. Iowa State 38, Kansas 17: At Ames, Ennis Haywood rushed for 190 yards and Michael Wagner broke the game open with a 66-yard touchdown run as Iowa State completed its best regular season in 22 years (8-3). Tennessee 59, Kentucky 20: At Knoxville, Travis Henry ran for 139 yards and three touchdowns and set a school rushing record.

Casey Clausen finished 19 of 24 for 362 yards and four touchdowns as Tennessee beat the Wildcats for the 16th straight year. (Callaghan kick), UAB dumps Army Injury-plagued Cadets manage just 47 yards rushing SU-Koliopoulos fumble recovery in end zone (Tunnell kick), 8:07. SU-FG Tunnel 21, :20. ThMIQurtar Ion-Terry 3 run (Callagnan kick), 7:49. Forth Qurtw SU-Hulse 5 run (Tunnell kick), 15:00.

SU-May 43 pass from Krapf (run failed), 10:05. A-900. SU ka First downs 20 18 Rushes-yards 39-188 45-150 Passing 201 244 CompMnt 10-23-1 14-20 Return Yards 6 11 PunMvg. 3-33 6-22 Fumblestflst 6-3 1-1 Penalties-Yards 749 11-80 Time of Possession 29:44 30:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHIMG-St. John's, Krapf 7-60, Hulse 1M0, Newman 1036.

Iona, Saldiveri 28- 122, Terry PASSING-St. John's, Millheiser 6-12-78- 1, Krapf 4-11-12J0. Iona, Collins 14-24- 2440. RECEIVING-St, John's, Muniz 4-55, May 3-85, Newman 1-37. Iona, Leonard 4-117, Minott 2-65, Palmiotto 2-35, Seyda 2-27.

Holy Crow 27, Ford haw 20 Hoty Cross I 14 I 13-27 FenthM 10 10 I S-M Rrtt Quartor FOR-FG Colsant 30, 11:06. FOR-Watson 9 run, (Colsant kick), 8:00. Son4 Quart HCR-Green 11 run (rush failed), 8:25. HCR-Larsen 10 pass from Stewart (Thompson pass), 6:27. FOR-Watson 11 run (Colsant kick), 3:37.

FOR-FG Colsant 37, 0:13. Foarth Quart HCR-Green 86 pass from Stewart (Rolfert kick), 10:25. HCR-Gillis 7 run (kick Nocked), 3:26. FDD NCI First downs 20 25 Rushes-yards 39-183 40-110 Andrew Gross The Journal News WEST POINT Running back Michael Wallace was out So was center Brandon Calhoun. Those grim losses due to injuries left Army without much of a chance coming into yesterday's game against Alabama-Birmingham.

UAB's two quick-strike touchdowns in the second half squelched whatever other slim hopes of victory remained for the Black Knights. The Blazers won 27-7 before a crowd of 35,267 in the final game of the year at Michie Stadium, limiting Army to 47 rushing yards on 32 carries. "I think if obvious we miss Mike, he's a great player," said Army sophomore running back Josh Holden, who gained a team-high 56 yards on 13 carries. "This year, he's Wallace, a senior who needs 2 yards to become just the eighth Army back to gain 1,000 in a season, was sidelined by a combination of a hamstring injury suffered last week at Louisville and a strained shoulder from the week before. Calhoun, a senior who makes the formation calls on the offensive line, broke his right ankle against Louisville.

"(UAB) is ranked nationally in rushing defense and there's a reason why," Army coach Todd Berry said. "They were getting a good push on us. I don't think they lined up in anything that really gave us problems other than they were just very physical and we had to do a lot of things to try to slow down the penetration on the run game." Somehow, though, the Blaz- The Associated Press Alabama-Birmingham running back Jegil Dugger escapes a tackle attempt by Army defensive tackle Doug Larsen in the first half of yesterday's game at West Point. 144 40-16-1 34 4-3 1-10 27:43 39-282 18 342.7 4-3 6-55 32:17 Comp4tt-lnt Return Yards PuntsAvg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Clint Dodson with 10 seconds remaining, cutting the Blazers' lead to 10-7.

Still, the late touchdown could not mask Army gaining just 24 yards on 21 carries in the first 30 minutes and junior punter Dan MacElroy having two punts blocked, the second one leading to Gallego's 41-yard field goal to give the Blazers a 10-0 lead with 5:35 left in the second quarter. The Blazers scored on their first possession of the game as senior tailback Percy Coleman took the opening snap and ran 49 yards to the Army 5. Three plays later, senior fullback Cory Conley scored on a 1-yard run. Army ends its season Dec. 2 against traditional rival Navy (0-10) in Baltimore.

the game. "At quarterback you've definitely got to be locked in every play," said Jenkins, who completed 19 of 42 passes for 169 yards. "There were certain situations on hot reads and stuff like that. I've got to be able to pick that up and just execute." Army took over on UAB's 44 after junior outside linebacker Brian Zickefoose who already had an interception recovered junior Jegil Dugger's fumble. The Black Knights converted two fourth-down plays, including an 11-yard pass on a fourth-and-10 to freshman wide receiver Anthony Miller that put them at the UAB 23.

The Black Knights (1-9, 1-6) salvaged an otherwise miserable first half when Jenkins ers (7-4, 3-4 Conference USA) held just a 10-7 halftime lead. But junior quarterback Jeff Aaron connected on a 63-yard touchdown pass to junior split end Leron Little with 6:59 to go in the third quarter. On the first play of the fourth quarter, a first-and-10 from the Blazers' 29-yard line, Army junior quarterback Chad Jenkins was flushed out of the pocket, rolled right and was hit, stumbling backward and throwing a bloop pass that was intercepted by Wes Foss. The junior defensive back returned the ball 72 yards for a 24-7 lead. Jenkins also fumbled after Foss blindsided him, and senior defensive end Otis Leverette recovered on the Army 30, leading to junior Rhett Gallego's 27-yard field goal with 6:25 left in INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINS-Fordham, Watson 28-161, Wttyte 3-15, House 2-8, Mucd 51.

Holy Cross, Gillis 21-109, Green 1-11, Souder fr 3, Team 2-(minus 2). PASSiNS-fmdham, Mucd Cichocki 1-1-0-19. Holy Cross, Stewart 39-28-2-388. RECFJVINC-ForrJham. Harris 3-31, Dudley 3-18, Creer 3-16, McGratti 2-33.

Holy Cross, Thompson 11-139, Coleman 4-22, Green 3-109, Larsen 3-33. Brown 45, Columbia 27 Cokntia 7 7 7 1-27 Brown I IS 7 17-45 First Qiartar COL-Cockburn 87 pass from McCall (Berghoff kick), 5:09. BRN-Campbell 6 pass from Webber (kick failed), 1:00. I BRN-8rookman 1 pass from Webber (Dorgonzi pass), 8:58. COL-Orr 11 pass from Mccall (Berghoff kick), 5:27.

BRN-Malan 1 pass from Webber (Jensen kick), 1:28. Third Quarter BRN-Malan 1 pass from Webber (Jensen kick), 6:59. COL-Reese 1 run (Berghoff kick), 2:39. Fourth Qurtar BRN-FG Jensen 30, 12:03 BRN-Malan 20 run (Jensen kick), 7:17. COL-Reese 1 run (kick failed), 6:18.

BRN-Malan 4 run (Jensen kick), 2:44. Dimmie runs away with Hofstra record EAST ROUNDUP West Virginia wins The Associated Press West Virginia gave coach Don Nehlen the chance to postpone his retirement Brad Lewis threw for a career-high. 290 yards and two touchdowns to lead West Virginia to a 42-24 victory yesterday over East Carolina in Nehlen's final home game in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia (64) is now eligible for a bowl the main blemish in Nehlen's 21 seasons at West Virginia. Nehlen, who is retiring at the end of the season, has lost eight consecutive bowl games.

Pittsburgh 7, Temple 0: At Philadelphia, Antonio Bryant set two records and caught a touchdown pass. Bryant, who had six catches for 81 yards, set Pitf single-season receiving record with 1,154 yards, surpassing Latef Grim's mark of 1,106 last season. That total also is the most by a Big East player, breaking former Syracuse star Marvin Harrison's record of 1,131 set in 1995. Penn 45, Cornell 15: At Ithaca, junior running back Kris Ryan ran for 243 yards and scored four touchdowns and quarterback Gavin Hoffman threw for two more as Penn captured its 10th Ivy League championship. Dartmouth 42, Princeton 37: At Princeton, N.J., Greg Smith threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns as Dartmouth avoided its first winless Ivy League season.

Robert Morris 36, Stony Brook 6: At Stony Brook, Sam Dorsett ran for 162 yards and one touchdown as Robert Morris won its second straight Northeast Conference championship. Duquesne 56, Canlslus 13: At Buffalo, Tony Zimmerman passed for 280 yards and four touchdowns as Duquesne ended the MAAC season undefeated and with a 10-1 overall record. Miami (Ohio) 17, Buffalo 16: At Amherst, Steve Little rushed for two touchdowns and a career-high 222 yards as Miami sent Buffalo coach Craig Cirbus out on a losing note. Marlst 28, Siena 18: At Loudonville, Kevin Char-trand connected a 70-yard touchdown pass to Brian Taylor for Marist's third score in a five-minute span of the second quarter and Brian Diffile scored twice in the quarter for the Red Foxes. LOCAL ROUNDUP St.

John's tops Iona The Associated Press Elliott Hulse's 5-yard run and quarterback Josh Krapf 43-yard pass to Matt May, both in the fourth quarter, enabled St John's to overtake Iona 30-21 yesterday in New Rochelle. Krapf finished only 4 for 11 for 123 yards for the Red Storm (5-6). Jason Collins threw TDs of 40 and 38 yards for the Gaels (4-7). Collins finished 14 for 24 for 244 yards while Leonard caught four passes for 117 yards. Holy Cross 27, Fordham 20: At Worcester, Erreick Stewart 86-yard touchdown pass to Steve Green highlighted a fourth quarter comeback for the Crusaders.

With Fordham leading 20-14, Ben Roller intercepted a pass from Fordham's Mike Mucci. On the next play, Stewart connected with Green on a short pass and the receiver raced down the sideline to give Holy Cross a 21-20 lead with 10:25 remaining. Michael Gillis added a 7-yard scoring run at 3:26, and Holy Cross halted a final Fordham drive at midfield. Brown 45, Columbia 27: At Providence, R.I., Brown's Stephen Campbell broke the Division I-AA single-season receiving record. Campbell caught 14 passes for 137 yards and one touchdown to finish the season with 120 catches and eclipse the mark of 115 set by Rhode Island tight end Bob Forster in 1986.

Campbell also finished second on the I-AA career list with 305 receptions, passing San Francisco 49ers great Jerry Rice, who caught 301 passes at Mississippi Valley State. First downs Rushesyards I C01 19 2841 307 17-29-1 1 3-1 7-62 24:38 24 37-174 415 35460 119 1-18 20 71 35:22 Brees, Lowe lead Purdue to Rose Bowl The Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue is bound for the Rose BowL Drew Brees and Montrell Lowe made sure of that yesterday. Brees threw for one touchdown, ran for another, and Lowe rushed for four TDs to lead the Boilermakers to a 41-13 victory over Indiana giving Purdue its first trip to Pasadena in 34 years. Brees completed 20 of 29 passes for 216 yards, and Lowe carried 38 times for career-high 208 yards and four touchdowns.

Afterward, fans poured onto CompVUMnt Return Yards PuntsAvg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession Fabulous freshman Trevor Dimmie's game-by-game Hofstra rushing totals so far this year: Date Opp. Carrles-Yds Sept. 2 Montana 28-122 Sept. 9 Maine 34-158 Sept.

16 Delaware 13-37 Sept. 23 R. Island 16-31 Sept. 30 UMass 34-121 Oct. 7 Portland St 17-72 Oct.

13 Liberty 18-111 Oct. 21 Elon 22-99 Oct. 28 CalPoly 32-235 Nov. 4 Young. St 26-119 Nov.

18 Albany 25-214 Totals: 265 carries 1,319 yards The Associated Press Purdue's Montrell Lowe, who rushed for 208 yards and four touchdowns yesterday, enjoys the smell of roses. the field with a sign that read "We Smell Roses" and another that had a drawing of the Heis-man Trophy. They climbed the goal posts, butcould not bring them down. It was a wild scene, one that hadn't been witnessed at Ross-Ade Stadium since the days of Bob Griese. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINS-Columbia, Reese 24-106, McCall tfminus 25).

Brown, Malan 27-138, J. Rackley 633, Webber 4-3. MSSINS-Columbia, McCall 17-29-2-307. Brown, Webber 35450-315, Rowley 0-1O0. RECFJVINu-Columbia, Cockbum 6131, Peck 556, Robertson 3-36, Reese 1-54, Montgomery 119, On 1-11.

Brown, Campbell 14-137, B. RacMey 5-52, Brookman 5-26, Gessner 449, Malan 4-21, Borgonzi 2-19, Rowley 1-11. Ex-Sleepy Hollow star pushes rushing total to 1,319 yards Staff and wire reports HEMPSTEAD Trevor Dimmie started his football career at Hofstra unsure of how much he would play. The freshman from Sleepy Hollow ended up breaking records. Dimmie rushed for 214 yards yesterday, giving him a school-record 1,319 this season, as the Pride crushed Albany 55-28.

Hofstra (8-2) clinched a berth in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs with the win. "I wasn't really expecting this," said Dimmie, whose production included a 72-yard touchdown run. "I was just hoping for a chance to play. I had a great year and I broke the record." Dimmie erased the single-season record of 1,187 yards set by Mike Codella in 1987. "It felt great to do, but I knew I had to get back out there and finish playing the game," Dimmie said.

Hofstra quarterback Rocky Butler also set a school record, throwing six touchdown passes. Albany scored a pair of quick touchdowns in the first quarter when Ben Kelcey scored on a 30-yard TD run and Ryan Clair returned a fumble 20 yards for another score just 18 seconds later. Washington comes up Roses Saturday superlatives Rashard Casey threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores as Penn State beat Michigan State 42-23. Drew Henson was 14for 25 for 303 yards with three touchdowns and ran for the dinching score to lead No. 19 Michigw to a 3026 victory over No.

12 Ohio State. Montrell Lowe had a career-high 208 yards rushing with four touchdowns as No. 17 Purdue beat Indiana 41-13. Damien Anderson had 179 yards rushing and scored four touchdowns as No. 23 Northwestern beat Illinois 61 23.

Maurice Hicks rushed tot 353 yards and six touchdowns In North Carolina Airs 66-14 win over South Carolina State. Man Nagy passed for 456 yards and three touchdowns as Delaware beat VD-lanova 5942. Rocky Butler threw sti taKhdowns and Sleepy Hollow graduate Trevor Dimmit rushed for 214 yards with a 72ird touch-down Hofstra's 55-28 victory over Albany. The Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. Washington reached the Rose Bowl for the first time in eight years, with Marques Tuiasosopo throwing three touchdown passes in a 51-3 victory over Washington State.

The sixth-ranked Huskies (10-1, 7-1 Pac-10) tied with Oregon State and Oregon for the conference lead, but edged the Ducks and Beavers in the tiebreaker. Washington, which beat Oregon State 33-30 in Seattle on Oct 7, clinched the berth by winning after Oregon State beat Oregon earlier in the day. Even though the Huskies lost to Oregon, they won the tiebreaker based on non-conference records. Washington went 3-0, while the Ducks won two and lost to Wisconsin. Tuiasosopo completed 11 of 20 passes for 190 yards and three touchdowns.

He became the first Huskies quarterback with back-to-back seasons since Sonny Sixkiller in 1971-72. Tuiasosopo hit Justin Rob-bins on scoring passes of 6 and 34 yards Butler then reeled off five straight passes three of them to Charlie Adams. The pair clicked for 9 yards and then 6 yards to tie the game at 14-14. Butler then hit Kahmal Roy on a 44-yard play with 54 seconds remaining in the first quarter to give Hofstra a 21-14 lead. Then Adams caught a 14-yarder and Jason Maxwell went in on a 41-yard pass play as Hofstra built a 35-14 halftime lead.

Butler's record-breaking sixth TD pass came on a 12-yarder to Tom Kemper in the fourth quarter. 1 -A 4.