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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, Nov. 27, 1988 The Philadelphia Inquirer 13-D defense stops Hens in playoff opener 1 By Willie T. Smith 3d Special The Inquirer 1RFF.NVn.I F. Raffia DeBusk, who had completed 64 percent of his passes in Furman's last five games, managed only seven completions in 19 attempts for 92 yards. DeBusk and his Furman teammates did manage to dodge the turnover bug, however, as the Paladins lost only one fumble.

Furman's offense was but the Blue Hens' offense was busy destroying itself. Although it outgained the Paladins, 319 to 311 yards, Delaware committed four turnovers, three on in- Blue Hens placekicker Don O'Brien also missed second-half field goals of 36 and 43 yards. "1 thought our kids played a truly great game," said Delaware coach Tubby Raymond, whose team ended its season with a 7-5 mark. "They have nothing to be ashamed of. For the want of a couple of bounces this way or that, we would have won the game.

Furman is obviously a good football team, and we wish them the best of luck." Furman (10-2) took a 13-7 lead into the locker room at halftime but had to dodge several Delaware threats in the second half. After holding the Paladins to no gain on three attempts on the first possession of the second half, the Blue Hens drove from their own 34 to the Furman 19. On fourth and 12; O'Brien attempted a 36-yard field goal, which was wide to the left. The Delaware defense again held the Paladins without a gain in three plays. This time, the Blue Hens' of- fense drove S3 yards on seven plays.

Delaware, though, bogged down at the Furman 26, and O'Brien attempted a 43-yard field goal, which sailed wide to the right. The Blue Hens appeared to have another chance at taking the lead, when Furman's DeBusk made a bad pitch to tailback Bobby Daugherty that was recovered by Delaware's Bryan Bossard at the Paladins' 25. On Delaware's second offense play, however, quarterback David Sierer's pass to James Anderson was intercepted by Furman linebacker Kevin Ken-drick at the Paladins' 15 to kill the threat. Furman put together its best drive of the day early in the fourth quar ter, when it traveled 72 yards in seven plays for a touchdown. DeBusk then passed to split end George Quarles in the back of the left side of the end zone for a two-point conversion to give the Paladins a 14-point lead.

The big play in the drive was a 63-yard run by tailback John Bagwell, which gave Furman a first and goal at the Delaware 5. "They made the right call on that defense, and there wasn't a man there to cover him IBagwelll," Delaware senior linebacker Jim Bor-kowski said. "I said before that big plays can be the key in the playoffs, and, except for that one, we did a good job of keeping them in control." Delaware Furman 0 7 0 07 7 6 0 821 FUR DeBusk 3 run (Connally kick) FUR FG Connelly 19 UD Yergey 19 pass from Sorer (O'Brnn kick) FUR FG Connaly 24 FUR Bagwell 1 run (Quarles pass rom 'offense for most of the came. Fur- man employed a strong defense to vpost a 21-7 win over Delaware in a DeBusk) first-round NCAA Division I-AA playoff game at Paladin Stadium. "Any time you win in the playoffs.

UD 17 44-166 153 26 14-34-3 6-42 2-1 3-40 FUR 14 62-219 92 33 7-1 9-0 6-1 2-25 32:28 First downs Rushes-yards you have to be satisfied," Furman Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-kat Penalties-yards Time of possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS coach Jimmy iattertield said. "Of fen-' -sively, we weren't as prepared and 411UU I yiaj aa wen aa we wuuiu IlilVe I liked. But that was mostly due to Delaware. We did make the big plays when it counted." The Blue Hens never led, but they mniaged to keep the Furman offense SSnfused for most of the came. Pala- 27:32 RUSHING Knight 17-82.

Holmes 9-33 Healy 5-15. A. Sydnor 2-16. Furman. Daugherty 16-64.

Sterling 12-39. DeBusk 14-36 Bagwell 4-72. PASSING Delaware. Sierer 14-34-3-153. Furman, DeBusk 7-19-0-92.

RECEIVING Delaware. Anderson 4-36. Yergey 2-28. Healy 3-24. Knight 2-40.

Furman. Key 2-44. Clardy 2-21. JSUfLsophoraore quarterback Frankie Furman Owls end with 45-28 win; Palys' 3 TDs ruffle BC Arians' future on the table mm J3 3 i 1)1 College pushed Arians' career mark at Temple to 27-39. I "No decision has been made as yet," Theokas said right after yesterday's game.

"I'll be on the phone tonight with the president and vice president. We'll talk tomorrow and Monday, if necessary. But we'll have a decision before next weekend." Theokas declined to give his opinion of Arians' job this year. "We're just happy to beat B.C." he said. When asked whether the victory would have any bearing on the decision, Theokas said, "I don't think so." is, 1: If )t Boston College QB Mark Kamphaus tries to escape the grasp of Field goals get Miami past Arkansas, 18-16 By M.

G. Missanelli Inquirer Staff Writer i Bruce Arians made no Gipper-type speeches before yesterday's game with Boston College. It's not his style. In fact, the embattled Arians never even alluded to his tenuous position as Temple's head football coach. But his players were aware.

Very much aware. "The seniors all signed the game ball and gave it to lAriansI," said wide receiver Mike Palys. "We all knew that this one could have been his last game. And if it was, we wanted to make it a memorable one." Palys caught three touchdown passes from quarterback Matt Baker two on flea-flickers to spark a convincing 45-28 win over BC before 12,892 at Veterans Stadium. With the season-ending victory, the Owls improved their record to 4-7.

Whether yesterday's triumph was e'nough to save Arians' job remains to be seen. Temple athletic director Charles Theokas said after the game that he would meet with university president Peter J. Liacouras and vice president H. Patrick Swygert and arrive at a decision on Arians' future "sometime this week." Arians, who has compiled a 27-39 record in six years at Temple, has one year remaining on the three-year contract he signed in 1986. Whatever happens, yesterday's performance will go down as the Owls' finest of the season.

Temple's offense rolled up 407 yards, its second-highest total this season, with tailback Todd McNair rushing for 121 yards and two TDs on 22 carries. It was only the second 100-plus rushing game this season for McNair, the senior from Pennsau-ken, who last year had five games of 100 yards or more. Baker, the up-and-down Owls QB, completed 7 of 14 throws for 203 halftime tie. Louisiana State 44, Tulane 14 Greg Jackson returned an interception 71 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown, and Tommy Hodson threw for 222 yards and two touchdown as the Tigers (8-3) breezed past the visiting Green Wave (5-6). Hodson completed IS of 21 passes for LSU (No.

16 AP, No. 17 UPI), including a 15-yarder to Eddie Fuller and a 30-yarder to Tony Moss for TDs. Georgia 24, Georgia Tech 3 Wayne Johnson passed for 167 yards and a touchdown, and Wycliffe Lovelace returned an interception 33 yards for a TD as the Bulldogs (8-3) defeated the visiting Yellow Jackets (3-8), giving Vince Dooley his 200th coaching victory. Dooley, in his 25th year at Georgia, is only the 10th coach in NCAA Division I-A history to reach the 200-victory plateau. His teams have lost 77 games and tied 10.

The Bulldogs (No. 20 AP) now will await a Jan. 1 date with Michigan State in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. Arizona 28, Arizona State 18 Ronald Veal threw three touchdown passes, and Alonzo Washington rushed for two TDs as the Wildcats (7-4, 5-3) defeated the visiting Sun Devils (6-5, 4-3) in a Pacific 10 Conference game. Veal, who completed only 6 of 15 attempts, hit Derek Hill with scoring passes of 55 and 47 yards and lobbed an 8-yard touchdown pass to Washington, who ran for 150 yards.

Arizona grabbed a 21-18 lead in the first half, then went up by 10 points on Washington's TD in the fourth period. Tennessee 14, Vanderbilt 7 Keith Davis rushed for 162 yards and scored the winning touchdown on a 5-yard run in the third quarter, lifting the visiting Volunteers (6, 34) to a Southeastern Conference victory over the Commodores (3-8, 2-5). Tennessee wound up winning its last five games after starting the season with six consecutive losses. Davis TD capped a 67-yard drive on the Vols' first possession of the second half, giving them a 12-7 lead in a game played in rain and gusting winds that reached 35 m.p.h. Davis, who carried nine times for 59 yards on the march, was stopped short of the goal line on the two-point conversion attempt.

Vanderbilt handed Tennessee the two points with 3:56 left in the third quarter, when center John Short snapped the ball over the head of punter Jeff Owen and out of the end zone. The Commodores never were able National Barry Foster with 5:03 left in the third quarter. Grovey, who did not start but alternated at quarterback with John Bland, scrambled out of trouble and threw across the field from the right sideline to a wide-open Foster at the Miami 2. Arkansas then went for the two-point conversion, but Grovey's pass was incomplete. 1 After taking possession at their 23 By M.

G. Missanelli Inquirer Stall Writer Temple athletic director Charles Theokas said yesterday that a decision on the future of embattled Owls football coach Bruce Arians would be made "sometime this week." Theokas said that he would meet with Temple president Peter J. Liacouras and vice president H. Patrick Swygert over the next few days to decided whether to retain Arians, who has one year left on a three-year contract he signed in 1986. Yesterday's 45-28 win over Boston yards and on this day was better than Boston College starter Mark Kamphaus, who is being mentioned as a possible high NFL draft pick.

Kicker Bill Wright scored nine points, and his 32-yard field goal early in the second period pushed him past Don Bitterlich as Temple's all-time leading scorer. Wright now has 228 points. (Paul Palmer amassed 264 points at Temple, but the university no longer counts his senior season statistics.) Defensively, the Owls picked off Kamphaus three times, with linebacker Pat Dudley returning one interception 74 yards for a second-quarter touchdown that pushed Temple to a 17-7 lead. One series later, an interception by Loranzo Square set up a 1-yard TD plunge by McNair that gave Temple a season-high 24 points at halftime. But it was a flea-flicker on Temple's first offensive possession that set yesterday's tone.

ct i r. 4 'MS Miami fullback Cleveland Gary runs the ball against Arkansas. to move past the 50-yard line in the second half. Mississippi 33, Mississippi State 6 Mark Young threw for 334 yards and three touchdowns to power the Rebels (5-6) past the Bulldogs (1-10) in a Southeastern Conference game on a neutral field in Jackson. Ole Miss took advantage of four turnovers and a blocked punt to break open a game it led by only 9-6 in the third period.

Tulsa 32, Colorado State 28 T. J. Rubley threw for four touchdowns three of them scored by Dan Bit-son as the Golden Hurricane (4-7) got past the visiting Rams (1-10). Tulsa forged a 22-0 lead midway through the first quarter but needed to recover an onside kick with less than a minute to play to assure itself of the victory. The Rubley-to-Bitson scoring plays covered 65.

74 and 49 yards. Nevada-Las Vegas 42, Long Beach State 41 Tommy Jackson ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 1:51 left, and the visiting Rebels (4-7, 34) added a two-point conversion on a pass from Darin Brightmon to Richard Williams to beat the 49ers (3-9, 3-4) in the Big West Conference. State's Jeff Graham responded to Jackson's TD with his third scoring pass of the game, a 4-yarder to Kelly Ryan with 12 seconds remaining. But Graham's attempted conversion pass fell incomplete. BC had driven its first possession to the Temple 11 when Kamphaus threw right into the belly of corner-back Joe Greenwood in the end zone.

On a first and 10 at the 20, Baker pitched to McNair, who ran to the line, then pitched back to his quarterback. Baker waited for Palys to clear, then lofted a bomb that the Owls wideout caught at the BC 30, then ran to pay dirt for an 80-yard TD play. "On the films, we noticed that their safety IRico Labbel usually came up on the first play real tight looking for a run," Arians said. "We felt the play would go. "History says that when we hit a big play early, we either win the game or take it down to the wire." "I was tempted to run the thing because I had a huge hole," McNair said.

"But I'll take the TD any day." If jet lag BC beat Army in Ire-" land last week didn't affect the Eagles' offense yesterday, perhaps jet leg affected BC kicker Brian Lowe. Lowe missed a 45-yarder in the first quarter and a 29-yarder in the second. Still, the Eagles tied the score on Marcus Cherry's electrifying 74-yard return of Ed Liberati's 50-yard punt early in the second quarter. On the play, Cherry skirted Liberati's attempt at a shoestring tackle in the final 10 yards. Wright hammered through a 32-yarder on Temple's next possession, then Dudley and McNair added scores before Kamphaus rambled 10 yards for a TD in the final 44 seconds of the half to make the score 24-14.

Baker connected with Palys on a 33-yard TD pass on Temple's third play of the third quarter to make it 31-14. McNair scored on a 1-yard dive with 12:45 left in the contest. Following Ed Toner's 1-yard TD plunge with 9:34 remaining, Baker and Palys hooked up on another flea-flicker, this one for 42 yards and a touchdown. That pushed the score to 45-22 and made a 19-yard pass to Ray Hilvert from backup QB Willie Hicks in the final two minutes academic. Afterward, it was left for Arians to respond to questions about his future.

"I can look at myself in the mirror and be very happy," he said. "I'm pleased with the improvement we've made each week. I'd like to play some of those top 20 teams now, because we're certainly a better football team. "I have a contract and I plan on honoring it. Beyond that, it's out of my control." Boston College 0 14 0 1428 Temple 7 17 7 14 45 Tern Palys 80 pass from Baker (Wright kick) BC Cherry 74 punt return (Lowe kick) Tem FG Wnght 32 Tern Dudley 74 interception return (Wright kick) Tem T.

McNair 1 run (Wright kick) BC Kamphaus 10 run (Lowe kick) Tem Palys 33 pass from Baker (Wnght kick) Tem T. McNair 1 run (Wright kick) BC Toner 1 run (Cherry pass from Hicks) Tem Palys 42 pass from Baker (Wright kick) BC Hilvert 19 pass from Hicks (pass failed) A 12.892 BC 23 39-103 332 TEM 16 45-191 216 First down Rushes-yards Passing yards Neturn yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of possession 108 123 23-42-4 8-16-1 3-39 4-42 1-0 2-2 5-33 6-35 34:16 26:44 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Boston College. Bell 10-46. St. Pierre 6-18.

Frager 3-15. Toner 4-14. Sanders 7-8. Kamphaus 5-6, Bronner 1-2, Hicks 3H-5I. Temple, T.

McNair 22-121. Stevenson 7-46. Ba 6-27 Henwa 3-14 Dmond 2-5. Omnn 1-1. McNair 1-1, Lay H-2).

Drayton 2-1-221. PASSING Boston College, Kamphaus 17-29-3-199, Hicks 6-13-1-133. Temple. Baker 7-14-1-203. McNair 1-1-13, Lay 0-1-0.

RECEIVING Boston College, Cherry 5-75, Waddle 6-68, Chmura 4-68. Green 2-49, Bell 3-21, Hilvert 1-19. St. Pierre 2-18, Skerntt 1-14. Temple, Palys 3-155, T.

McNair 3-35, Drayton 2-28. Lambert Trophy winners 1987 Syracuse 1986 Penn 1985 Penn State 1984 Boston College 1983 Boston College 1982 Penn State 1981 Penn State Miami, Fla. 18 Arkansas 16 Arkansas 10 0 6 016 Miami. Fla. 10 0 318 Mia FG Huerta 36 The PhiladelDhia Inaurar GREG LANIER Temple linebacker Greg Taylor.

with 9:08 remaining, the Hurricanes, who have won 24 consecutive games at home, drove to the Arkansas 3 to set up Huerta's game-winning kick. "Arkansas took it to as," Miami guard Mike Sullivan said afterward. "They were snorting, they were panting, they were shoving. They were playing the way we should have played." Said Foster, noting that Arkansas was a 17-point underdog: "The fans and medial are not really going to credit us with a good football game. They're just going to credit Miami with a bad day." Steve Walsh, who passed for 361 yards, set a Miami record with 33 completions.

He threw 50 times. Florida State 52, Florida 17 Chip Ferguson threw three touchdown passes in 12 minutes to spark the Seminoles (10-1) to a rout of the visiting Gators (6-5). Ferguson opened the scoring with an 18-yard pass to Lawrence Dawsey three minutes into the game; Florida came back for a tie on a 1-yard plunge by Emmitt Smith, but Fergu-. son threw a 15-yard pass to Tom O'Malley to put State (No. 5 AP and UPI) ahead to stay with five minutes left in the first period.

John Hadley intercepted a pass at the 24-yard line on the Gators' next play from scrimmage, and shortly thereafter, Ferguson drilled an 8-yard strike to Sam-mie Smith, making it a 21-7 game. Houston 4S, Rice 14 Andre Ware threw five touchdown passes, and Jason Phillips and James Dixon became the first teammates in NCAA history to finish 1-2 in the nation in receiving as the Cougars (No. 15 AP, No. 16 UPI) routed the visiting Owls in a meeting of intracity rivals at the Astrodome. Rice finished its season 0-11 overall, including a 0-7 record in the Southwest Conference, extending the nation's longest losing streak to 18 games.

Houston (9-2 overall, 5-2 conference) will play Washington State in the Aloha Bowl on Dec. 25 in Honolulu. "Its just good to be on a winning team for a change," Dixon said. Ware, who was 39 for 53 for 471 yards, completed touchdown passes of 1 and 64 yards to Phillips, who caught 11 passes for 207 yards to finish the season with 108 catches, putting him second on the all-time NCAA list to Howard Twilley, who caught 134 for Tulsa in 1965. Dixon made 15 catches for 108 yards yesterday and wound up with 102 receptions for the year.

Phillips took a short pass from Ware and turned it into a 64-yard touchdown in the third quarter, enabling the Cougars to break a 14-14 From Inquirer Wire Services Freshman Carlos Huerta kicked three field goals, including a 20-yarder with 5 minutes, 38 seconds Training, to lift Miami to an 18-16 victory over visiting Arkansas yes-ierday. X.Utyerta's final field goal pierced i the upset hopes of the Cotton Razorbacks (No. 8 AP and UPI) and improved the record of the Orange Bowl-bound Hurricanes ..3 APand UPI) to 9-1. Previously unbeaten Arkansas taken a 16-15 lead on a 16-yard from Quinn Grovey to fullback SCOREBOARD College football scores REGULAR SEASON Arona 28, Arizona St. 18 'Bethune Cook man 25, Florida 0 Florida St.

52, Florida 17 24, Georgia Tech 3 Houston 45, Rice 14 LSU 44, Tulane 14 Miami, Fla. 18, Arkansas 16 Mississippi 33, Mississippi St. 6 Nevada-Las Vegas 42, Long Beach State 41 Notre Dame 27, Southern Cal 10 Temple 45, Boston College 28 Tennessee 14. Vancle'bilt 7 Tulsa 32, Colorado State 28 DIVISION l-AA PLAYOFFS Eastern Kentucky 28, Massachusetts 17 Furman 21. Delaware 7 Georgia Southern 38, The Citadel 20 Idaho 38.

Montana 19 Marshall 7, North Texas 0 State. La. 22. Boise State 13 Stephen F. Austin 24, Jackson St, 0 Western Kentucky 35, Western Illinois 32 "DIVISION PLAYOFFS N.

Dakota St. 36. Millersville St. 26 Portland St. 20, Jacksonville St "13 Sacramento St.

56. North Carolina Central 7 Texas 34, Tennessee-Martin 0 DIVISION IN PLAYOFFS Augustan (III.) 28, Wittenberg lOhio) 14 Central, Iowa 16, Wis -Whitewater 13 'Ferrum 49, Moravian 28 'Ithaca 24. Cortland St. 17 JAIA DIVISION I PLAYOFFS Central Ohio 24, Catawba, N.C. 10 J' Hillsdale 42.

Fairmont St. 7 Georgia 24 Georgia Tech 3 Georgil Tch Georgia 0 3 0 03 3 7 7 724 -GA FG Kasay 46 n6A Worley 3 run (Kasay kick) GT FG Palmer 43 'i-OAu-Lovelace 33 interception return (Kasay Muriel GA Henderson pass from Jonnson (Kasay (ST GA 19 First downs Rtisfies-yards Rising 'Return Yards 16 27-93 V-195 3 21-44 3 7-25 2-1 6-45 41-138 168 39 14-25-0 6- 36 0-0 7- 72 30:39 Punts Fumbles-lost 1 1 Penalties-yards Time of possession 29:21 INDIVIDUAL siAtisiR-a h1 RtfeHING Georgia Tech. Mays 17-71. Kelsey Georgia. Hampton 10-63.

Worley 13-43. PASSING-Georgia Tech. Rampley 12-25-2--'B i- Williamson 8-18-1-100. Georgia, Johnson iiu14J24-0-168. RECEIVING Georgia Tech.

Mays 6-43. Steoall 3-32. Edward 3-23. Georgn, Henderson 5-45. "TtMm 2-32.

Ark FG Trainor 58 Mia Gary 1 run (Huerta kick) Ark Foster 80 run (Trainor kick) Mia Safety, Grovey tackled in end zona Mia FG Huerta 46 -Ark Foster 16 pass from Grovey (pass failed) Mia FG Huerta 20 ARK MIA First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards. Return Yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 6 26 36-139 47 8 42-77 361 33 2-9-0 33-50-0 7-44 1-1 4-30 20:59 4-36 2 2 2-20 39:01 RUSHING Arkansas, Foster 8-103, Grovey 9-23. Bland 5-9. Miami, Conely 12-39. Gary 14-37, Crowell 8-13.

PASSING Arkansas. Grovey 2-3-0-47, Bland 0-6-0-0. Miami, Walsh 33-50-0-361. RECEIVING Arkansas, Foster 2-47. Miami.

Gary 7-43, Chudzmski 6-73, Conely 6-69, Brown 6-57. Houston 45 Rice 14 Rica Houston 7 7 0 014 7 7 17 14 45 Hou Dixon 3 pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Rice Cyphers 1 run (Parsons kick) Hou PhiHips 1 pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Rice Roper 2 run (Parsons kick) Hou Phillips 64 pasa from Ware (Anderson kick) Hou Cooper 2 pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Hou FG Anderson 27 Hou Brown 10 pass from Ware (Anderson kick) Hou Brown 39 pass from Dacus (Anderson k.ck) A 16.923. RICE 21 54-168 156 14 HOU First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-tost Penalties-yards Ttme of possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 23 11-30 525 38 42-69-0 4 44 4-3 14-140 22:09 12-33-1 6-37 3 3 10-80 37:51 RUSHING Rice, Roper 16-71. Cyphers 17-59. Williams 9-23.

Hollas 1-20. Henley 9-(minus 61. Houston, Witherspoon 7-29, Ware 2-(minus 6). PASSING Rice. Roper 10-27-1-147.

Houston, Ware 39 53-0 471, Dacus 3-6-0-54. RECEIVING Rice, Boudousquie 3-75, Robinson 3-34, Crsvm 3-30, Turner 2-12. Houston. Dixon 15-108 Phillips 11-207, Williams 5-73, Alexander 3-32. Brown -49, Mason 1-20.

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