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C16d The Philadelphia Inquirer College Football Sunday, September 18, 1994 Midlands i Temple quarterback Henry Burris was able to get the pass off before airborne East Carolina defensive back Temple is swallowed up in The Philadelphia Inquirer CHARLES FOX Daren Hart arrived. But the sophomore had a bad first half. the Vet, 3144 1 't'WMWIIIilllWllWHIIIllHWIIW With the stands mostly empty, E. Carolina rode Owls mistakes and the running of Junior Smith. Huskers blow out Bruins, 49-21 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tommie Frazier ran for one touch-( down and threw for two yesterday as No.

2 Nebraska ran away from No. 13 UCLA, 49-21, in Lincoln, Neb. The Bruins (2-1) wanted to avenge last year's 14-13 loss to Nebraska at Pasadena, but Frazier, Lawrence Phillips and the rest of the Cornhuskers had some paybacks of their own in mind as Nebraska improved to 3-0. i Phillips, who came into Nebraska's running back picture with a 137-yard game against UCLA a year ago, had 178 yards on 19 carries Saturday. He ran a yard for a touchdown and his 60-yard gallop set up another.

Nebraska last year managed only 208 yards rushing against UCLA but had 234 yards on the ground by half-time this year. The nation's rushing leader, averaging 446 per game, totaled 484 yards on the ground. Frazier put the Cornhuskers on the board first with a 23-yard pass to Eric Alford five minutes into the game. Colorado 55, Wisconsin 17 Ra-shaan Salaam ran for four TDs and the Colorado defense converted four first-half interceptions into 17 points as the No. 7 Buffaloes stomped No.

10 Wisconsin in Boulder, Colo. Kordell Stewart threw two TD passes and accounted for 301 total yards as Colorado (2-0) posted its sixth straight victory. Wisconsin (1-1) trailed by 27-10 at the half and 48-17 after three quarters. Salaam, who has scored seven touchdowns in two games, finished with 85 yards on 26 carries. The 55 points represented the most that Colorado has scored against a ranked opponent and the most allowed by Wisconsin since 1988.

Oklahoma 17, Texas Tech 11 The No. 21 Sooners got two second-quarter TDs from Jerald Moore and an outstanding performance from defensive end Cedric Jones to hold off the Red Raiders in Norman, Okla." The Sooners (2-1) were three-touchdown favorites and had beaten Tech by 31 and 25 points in the last two years. But the Red Raiders (1-2) gave Oklahoma all it wanted and nearly spoiled the Sooners' home opener on their new grass field. Moore finished with 106 yards on 23 carries, scoring on runs of 5 and 11 yards. Jones had five sacks and was in on 10 tackles.

Tech made things interesting in the fourth quarter when quarterback Garrick McGee fumbled on a blindside hit by end Byron Wright Nose guard Sean Johnson recovered in the end zone. Baylor 14, Oklahoma State 10 Freshman Jeff Watson threw two second-half touchdown passes, including the game-winner early in the fourth period, to rally the Bears (34) to a hard-earned victory over Oklahoma State (1-1) in Waco, Texas. Watson hit John Stanley with an 81-yard scoring pass, seventh longest in school history, to tie the game at 7 in the third period. Lawson Vaughn's 20-yard field goal regained the lead for Oklahoma State, but Watson came right back to team up with tight end Damon Rhynes on a 70-yard pass-and-run play for a TD. Texas Christian 31, Kansas 21 Max Knake threw two of his four touchdown passes in the final quarter as TCU raced past the favored Jayhawks in Fort Worth, Texas.

The flashy junior quarterback threw scoring shots of 28, 53, 50 and 3 yards as the Horned Frogs (2-1) upset the Jayhawks (2-1) before the second-largest crowd ever to witness a TCU nonconference home opener. A feverish audience of 37,313 watched the Homed Frogs overcome three fumbles with some clutch defensive plays and Knake's fourth-quarter, heroics. Knake was 19 for 29 for 299 yards! Kansas State 27, Rice 18 Chad May passed for one touchdown and ran for one in Manhattan, Kan, lifting sluggish Kansas State over Rice for its 22d straight home victory over a nonranked opponent. Kansas State (2-0) committed two turnovers in the first period as Rice (0-2) took a 10-3 lead in its second game under coach Ken Hatfield. J.J.

Smith, who had 114 yards rush, ing for the Wildcats, went 36 yards with the return after Rice's first TD and May, last year's Big Eight passing leader, hurled the Wildcats back into the lead. SMU 34, New Mexico 31 Ramon Flanigan, refusing to be denied at the goal line again, escaped from heavy pressure to throw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Brian Berry with three seconds left in Dallas, giving Southern Methodist the win over the Lobos. Missouri 16, Houston 0 Missouri ended a 17-game road losing streak as Joe Freeman ar.d Lament Flakier each scored a late second-quarter touchdown, leading the Tigers tD victory at Houston. By Mike Jensen 1NQMRRK STAFF WHITER The Temple Owls returned lo the Vet last night. The experience was as dark and depressing as ever.

There were Temple penalties nobody had ever heard of, and Temple turnovers that stretched the imagination. Off the field, the scene wasn't any better. There was no college football atmosphere. There were entire empty sections in the lower deck. The upper deck was closed.

A 165-yard rushing performance from Junior Smith spurred East Carolina to a' 31-14 victory. The Pirates took control simply by holding on to the football. The Owls were called for delay of game on a kickoff, right after they were called for an illegal kick formation on a kickoff. Owls personal fouls were called on two East Carolina punts. The fact that two of the calls seemed to defy reality didn't help the Owls a bit.

It was the turnovers that really did them in. Four in the first half, and the game was over. Halftime must have really been ugly in the Temple locker room. The Owls (1-1) didn't return to the sidelines until East Carolina was walking out on the field for the kickoff. "After some of the worst defeats I've ever been associated with, I came in here with a pretty good attitude," said Temple coach Kon Dickerson at his postgame news conference.

"I've come in with a positive approach, to just go on. This game bothered me. We worked too hard as a team to come out and make the same mistakes. I can't keep preaching we're a young football team." Owls sophomore quarterback Henry Burris struggled from the tata-V 1.. Owls defensive end Tealang Lloyd gets ahold of East Carolina quarterback Marcus Crandell despite the blocking of Jamie Gray.

yards on four plays, the last being a 13-yard shot up the middle by backup fullback Jerris McPhail. East Carolina went ahead 21-0 late in the first half after another Temple blunder. Owls tailback Danny Davis was hit after a short gain by Pirates outside linebacker Morris Foreman. Just before Davis hit the ground, the ball popped back up into Foreman's hands. Three plays later, Smith was flopping into the end zone after a 10-yard gain.

If anything, the halftime score could have been worse. The Pirates showed how cocky they were on their first offensive possession and gave up a chance at a gimme field tice game. Told that the attendance was announced as more than 18,000 for that game, Logan had said the person doing the counting "must be on LSD." The Owls had no turnovers against Akron in their opener, a 32-7 victory two weeks ago. But Burris was intercepted on Temple's first series when he overthrew tight end P.J. Cook.

Another pass was picked when Burris tried to force a second-quarter ball into Cook and Pirates linebacker Mark Libiano stepped in front. That second interception led to East Carolina's first touchdown, after two field goals. The Pirates kept the ball on the ground and went 44 Big East goal to go for it on fourth-and-goal from the Temple 4-yard line. Quarterback Marcus Crandell found a seam up the middle that closed up a yard before he reached the end zone, when he was slammed down by Owls defensive tackle Sean Carden and free safety Ted McDuffie. The Pirates had a lot more speed than the Owls.

But everything revolved around the mistakes. With the score just 3-0, the Owls stopped East Carolina at midfield. A personal-foul call against Temple on the punt gave the Pirates the ball back, first and 10 at Temple's 39. East Carolina got only a 27-yard field goal out of it, but the play threw an emotional barrier up. It was the last time Temple seemed to have a chance to win.

"I'm disappointed with the team tonight," Dickerson said a couple of hours later. "I've never said that before." Eait Carolina 3 18 7 331 Tempi 0 0 7 714 ECU FG Holcomb 42 ECU FG Holcomb 27 ECU McPhail 13 run (Crandell pass to Shannon) ECU Smith 10 run (Holcomb kick) ECU Smith 1 run (Holcomb kick) Tern Kersey 11 pass trom Burris (Maston kick) ECU FG Levine 41 Tern Singleton recovers punt in end zone (Maston kick) A 13,002. ECar Tarn First downs 25 18 Rushes-yards 46-281 20-63 Passing 170 270 Return Yards 0 23 Comp-Alt-lnl 17-36-0 18-44-3 Punls 3-102 4-170 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 5-44 5-45 Time ot Possession 36:37 23:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: East Carolina, Crandell 5-13, Smith 23-165, McPhail 16-81, Nichols 1-22, Foreman 1-0. Temple, Davis 12-31, Morse 6-24, Mack 1-1, Atwater 1-7. Pining: East Carolina, Crandell 17-36-0-170.

Temple, Burris, 18-44-3-270. Receiving: East Carolina, Linville 2-14, Nichols 4-26, Wilson 3-12, Debrew 2-26, Galloway 4-54. Richards 1-7, Smith 1-31. Temple, Davis 3-26, Kersey 6-97, Baxter 3-61, Morse 1-3, Cook 2-17, Johnson 2-52, Frederick 1-14. end zone for a 12-yard touchdown.

Scan Reali missed the extra point to leave it at 30-30. Two minutes later, Terrell Willis fumbled at the Rutgers 40 when he was hit by Ed Hobson and Dave Rebar. Syracuse marched it in from there. Rutgtrt 7 16 7 636 Syricui 10 14 0 1337 Rut Presley 8 run (Duborg kick) Syr Mason 1 run (Reall kick) Syr FG Reali 53 Rut FG Duborg 23 Rut Funderburk 47 pass trom Presley (Duborg kick) Syr Turner 89 kickoff return (Reali kick) Syr Dar Dar 3 run (Reali kick) Rut Willis 17 run (kick tailed) Rut Hutton 4 pass trom Lucas (Duborg kick) Syr Chenoweth 12 pass from Mason (kick tailed) Syr Dar Dar 4 pass from Mason (Reali kick) Rut Funderburk 40 pass Irom Lucas (conversion tailed) A 44.925. Rirt Syr First downs 26 11 Rushes-yards 45-220 39-110 Passing 320 149 Return Yards 79 215 Comp-Alt-Int 21-33-1 11-14-0 Punts 5-41 4-48 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-2 Penalties-Yards 9-127 3 31 Time ot Posvwion 32 58 27.02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rmhinj: Hutuers.

Willis. 20-127, Presley 20-90, Lucas 53 Syracuse Thomas 9 59, Dar Dar 15-53, Robinson 4-10, Morns 1-1, Mason 10-(minus '3 Patting: Rutgers, Lucas 20-32-1 273, Presley 1-1-0-4. Syracuse. Mason 11-14 0-149 awMy F'ct-v. TS5.

ga'tajfa 4 95. KiTper 3f 23. briq 2 22. Presley 2 17. Huttun 14 Syracuse.

Cnenoweth 3-43. Harrison 2 Dar Dar 2 10, Rorwnson 1 11, Wilson Ml, Maddoi I 6. Morris 1-4. start, with his passes and his reads. He was 6 for 19 in the first half, with two interceptions.

He was much better in the second half, but East Carolina (1-1) already had a 28-0 lead by then. Burris said he was just too hyped for the game. "I have a tendency sometimes to try to do too much," said Burris, who ended up completing 14 of 44 passes for 270 yards, with one touchdown and three interceptions'. "The interceptions, that was just a sign I was trying too hard. Even my fellow players on the sidelines were telling me I wasn't playing up to my ability." Nothing was going right for Temple.

On one of the personal fouls, a Temple player was clearly blocked into the punter. Dickerson said an official told him it was still a penalty. With 2 minutes and 20 seconds left in the third quarter, the Owls finally got on the scoreboard when Troy Kersey was open on a slant to the goal post on a fourth-down play from East Carolina's 11. Burris found him for Temple's only offensive touchdown of the game. The Owls got down to the East Carolina 13 in the fourth quarter, but decided to go for a field goal on fourth and 10 and missed it.

They got down to the East Carolina 17 and ran out of downs. Something good happened with 5:16 left. Owls linebacker Alsher-mond Singleton blocked a Pirates punt and trailed the ball 10 yards into the end zone, where he pounced on it for the second touchdown. Attendance was announced at 13,002, a nice piece of fiction and a Temple tradition. Before the game, East Carolina coach Steve Logan had talked about how the last time the Pirates were here, it was like a prac- wiped out a fifth tackle for a loss, denying him a share of the Ohio.

State record. Ohio State quarterback Bob Iloying completed 14 of 21 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns. One TD came on a 12-yardcr to Buster Tillman in the second quarter after Hoying's 45-yard run, and the other was a 43-yard strike to Chris Sanders in the third. Eddie George chipped in with 126 yards on 17 carries and also scored a touchdown for Ohio State (2-1), which had 512 yards, but committed five turnovers. Pitt (1-2) was limited to 242 yards.

Pitt's Sean Fitzgerald was harried and hurried all day by the Ohio State front wall, and he completed 14 of 33 for 139 yards, with one interception. Pitt's lone points came on a 37-yard field goal by David Merrick in the second quarter. Pitt's Billy West, who gained 226 yards on 26 carries in last week's 30-16 victory over Ohio University, was limited to 87 yards on 20 carries. Maryland 24, West Virginia 13 Allen Williams rushed lor a career-high 163 yards and backup quarterback Kevin Foley threw for a career-high 287 yards as Maryland beat West Virginia in Morgantown, W.Va. Rutgers hangs tough before losing, 37-36 Big East Virginia Tech controls Boston College, 12-7 Conf.

All games WIT Virginia Tech 1 0 0 3 0 0 Syracuse 1 0 0 2 1 0 Rutgers 110 12 0 Miami OOP 200 Temple 0 0 0 1 1 0 Pittsburgh OOP 120 Boston College 0 1 0 0 2 0 West Virginia 0 10 12 0 By Jod Stashrnko ASSlX IATK1) PHKSS SYRACUSE, N.Y. Kevin Mason threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to cap drives set up by Rutgers turnovers, and Bryce Bevill halted a late two-point conversion try, as Syracuse outlasted the Scarlet Knights, 37-36, last night. Rutgers (2-1 overall, 0-1 Big East) nearly pulled it out when Ray Lucas hit Reggie Funderburk with a 40-yard touchdown pass with 39 seconds to play. Lucas completed another pass to Funderburk on the conversion try, but Bevill knocked the receiver down on the Syracuse 1. Syracuse kept alive a streak, now at 231 games, of never losing a game in which it has scored 30 points.

Although outgaincd by 540 yards to 259, Syracuse (2-1, 1-0) trailed by only 30-24 latein the third quarter, thanks to two long kickoff returns by Jim Turner, one for a touchdown, and Rutgers penalties and turnovers. Rutgers tailback Bruce Presley fumbled deep in his own territory with 2 minutes, 29 seconds to play in the third quarter and kicked the ball toward his own goal. Syracuse's Antwaune Ponds recovered at Rutgers 7. Three plavs later. Mason rolled right and threw back across the field to tight end Eric Chenowctrw who was alone in the left comer of the ASSOCIATED FRKSS An expected shootout turned into a defensive struggle yesterday as 18th-ranked Virginia Tech held Boston College to 244 yards and Torrian Gray went 66 yards with one of the Eagles' four interceptions to give them a 12-7 Big East Conference victory in Boston.

Boston College didn't score until Jeff Ryan hit Pete Mitchell with a 12-yard scoring pass with 6 seconds left. The Eagles managed just four first downs through three quarters while Virginia Tech built a 12-0 lead. Last year, the teams combined for 1,126 yards in Boston College's 48-34 win. The offenses appeared potent again as the Eagles (0-2 overall, 0-1 conference) scored 26 points in the opener at Michigan, and Maurice I)e-Shazo, a threat to throw and run, was back at quarterback for Virginia Tech (3-0, 1-0). But the teams managed just 468 yards yesterday.

Virginia Tech gained 224, and much of the Eagles' yardage came in the fourth quarter. Ohio Statt 27, Pittsburgh 3 Defensive end Mike Vrabel made four tackles for losses and No. 24 Ohio Slate limited hn.biirgii i iu. yards hing in CoUimbus. Ohio.

Vrabel hud two sacks. A penally Maryland (1-2) entered the game averaging just 33.5 yards rushing. But Williams nearly eclipsed that average on one play: a 25-yard touchdown run with 7:45 remaining to ensure the win. The loss was the first at home in 11 games for West Virginia, which is now 1-3. The Mountaineers finished 11-1 last season and played in the Sugar Bowl.

But this season, they are averaging just 10.25 points per game after managing only two field goals and a touchdown against the Terps' defense, which came into the game ranked 105th in points allowed. Bowling Creen 59, Navy 21 Ryan Henry threw four touchdown passes and Michael Parker ran for three scores as Bowling Green defeated Navy in Bowling Green, Ohio. Henry connected with Ronnie Redd on 4- and 35-yard plays, hit Rameir Martin with a 19-yard pass for a TD, and threw a 28-yarder scoring pass to Keylan Cates. Henry was 16 for 23 for 208 yards, and his four touchdown passes tied a school record shared by four others,.