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ir sj! The Philadelphia Inquirer Collegfi FOOtball Midwest Powlus throws for three scores as Irish rout Stanford, 34-15 Big Ten Conf. All games Penn State 2 0 0 5 0 0 Ohio St. 1QQ 410 Purdue 1QQ 310 Michigan 1 0 0 3 1 0 Michigan St. 1 0 0 2 2 0 Indiana .110 41 0 Wisconsin 1 1 2 2 0 Illinois 0 1Q 2 2 0 Northwestern 0 1 1 2 1 Iowa 0 2 0 2 3 0 Minnesota 0 2 0 2 3 0 touchdowns in his first start of the season, helping seventh-ranked Michigan rebound from its loss to Colorado to beat Iowa in a Big Ten Conference game in Iowa City, Iowa. Michigan (3-1 conference, 1-0 overall) also got three field goals from Remy Hamilton and a touchdown run from Wheatley's backup, Tim Biakabutuka, in winning its 13th straight Big Ten opener.

Iowa (2-3, 0-2) led by 7-3 after quarterback Ryan Driscoll's 1-yard touchdown run with 12:23 left in the second quarter. But the Hawkeyes didn't make another first down until the third quarter, and by then Michigan was in control. Michigan State 29, Wisconsin 10 Duane Goulbourne scored two touchdowns and Michigan State's defense came up with four turnovers as the Spartans upset 15th-ranked Wisconsin in a Big Ten game in East Lansing, Wisconsin (2-2, 1-1), which had four turnovers in a 55-17 loss at Colorado, lost two fumbles and two inter the second half. The turnovers included two interceptions by Bryant. Bryant returned his second one 0 yards for the go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter.

Paci a 1-yard score after the Hoosiers recovered a fumble by Minnesota quarterback Tim Schade. Western Michigan 24, Kent 10 Jay McDonagh passed for 248 yards and two touchdowns as Western Michigan (5-0, 3-0) stayed unbeaten by beating Kent (1-3, 1-2) in a Mid-American Conference game in Kalamazoo, Mich. Nevada 35, Northern Illinois 31 Mike Maxwell passed for three touchdowns, including the 7-yard winner to Mike Senior with 2:09 to play, as Nevada (4-1, 2-0) beat Northern Illinois (14, 0-2) in a Big West Conference game in De Kalb, 111. Bowling Green 38, Cincinnati 0 Ryan Henry passed for three touch: downs as Bowling Green (4-1) trounced Cincinnati (0-3-1) in ceptions to the Spartans (2-2, 1-0). The Badgers had to play the second half without quarterback Darrell Be-veil, who separated a shoulder.

Goulbourne rushed 26 times for 115 yards as the Spartans won their fifth consecutive homecoming game. Chris Gardner kicked field goals of 37, 28 and 19 yards, and a redshirted freshman, Marc Renaud, wrapped up the scoring on a 41-yard run for Michigan State. Ohio State 17, Northwestern 15 Eddie George rushed for 206 yards on 39 carries as 20th-ranked Ohio State (4-1, 1-0) rallied and then held on for its 19th victory in a row over Northwestern (1-2-1, 0-1 )). The Big Ten game was played in Evanston, 111. George, who rushed for more than 100 yards for the fourth straight game, would have been the goat had the Buckeyes' Matt Finkes not made a saving tackle on Northwestern's attempted two-point conversion with 5:01 to play.

George had fumbled three minutes earlier. The Buckeyes trailed by 9-0 at half-time, and had been solidly outplayed. But Ohio State owned the third quarter and took a 17-9 lead on George's 6-yard touchdown run on the final play of the period. Purdue 22, Illinois 16 Corey Rogers ran for two touchdowns and Purdue (3-1, 1-0) stopped tight end Ken Dilger on the 1-yard line on the game's final play as the Boilermakers upset the 25th-ranked Illini (2-2, 0-1) in a Big Ten game in Champaign, 111. Quarterback Rick Trefzger led the Boilermakers on a fourth-quarter scoring drive of 80 yards, which ended with Rogers' winning score.

Indiana 25, Minnesota 14 Indiana (4-1, 1-1), struggling throughout on offense, turned turnovers into second-half touchdowns by Reggie Bryant and John Paci in a Big Ten victory over Minnesota (2-3, 0-2) in Bloomington, Ind. The Gophers, leading by 14-10 at halftime, turned the ball over on four of their first five possessions in added a 43-yard field goal by Scott Cengia after Ray Zellars broke loose for a 58-yard run that brought the ball to the Stanford 6. The Irish then took command with 24 straight points in the second half. Michigan 29, Iowa 14 Tyrone Wheatley ran for 182 yards and two Villanova gets a real kick out of 1 a 38-6 runaway 'X it kill Vvr? 4 rV-. i ASSOCIATED PRESS Ron Powlus threw three touch-flown passes and set up a touchdown with a 44-yard run as eighth-ranked Notre Dame crushed Stanford yesterday, '34-15, in South Bend, Ind.

ii Powlus completed 10 of his first 11 passes for 168 yards, including touchdown tosses of 15, 10 and 47 yards for the Irish (4-1). Stanford's Steve Stenstrom, who is closing in on the Pacific Ten Conference and Stanford passing records in his senior year, completed 37 of 59 passes for 360 yards. Mark Harris caught touchdown passes of 9 and 19 yards in the fourth quarter, after the outcome was already determined. The Cardinal (1-2-1) opened an early 3-0 advantage on a 34-yard field goal by Eric Abrams. But the Irish built a 10-3 halftime lead despite having the football for only 7 minutes, 52 seconds in the half.

Notre Dame took the lead for good on a 15-yard touchdown strike from Powlus to Charles Stafford, and South Tennessee upsets Wash. State ASSOCIATED PRESS Nilo Silvan went untouched 62 yards on a reverse in sparking Tennessee to a 10-9 upset of No. 17 Washington State in Knoxville, yesterday. Silvan's sprint with 3 minutes, 34 seconds left in the third quarter gave Tennessee (2-3) a 7-6 lead. His run was the first TD Washington State (3-1) had given up in 16 quarters going back to the second quarter in last season's final game.

Washington State retook a 9-7 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter on Tony Truant's 32-yard field goal, his third of the game. But the Vols responded with a drive to the Cougars' 10, and John Becks-voort kicked a 27-yard field goal with 10:15 left for the winning points. Florida 38, Mississippi 14 Terry Dean threw four touchdown passes, but top-ranked Florida still played its closest game of the season in a victory over Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Dean threw two touchdown passes to Jack Jackson in the final 8:37 of the first half as the Gators (4-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference), after blowing a quick two-touchdown lead, pulled in front, 28-14, by halftime. The Gators still have not given up a point in the second half this season, and allowed Ole Miss (2-3, 1-3) just 46 yards after the break.

In the first minute of the third quarter, Ole Miss quarterback Josh Nelson threw his first interception in 145 attempts this season while running away from pressuie. Alabama 29, Georgia 28 Jay Barker threw for a career-high 396 yards, and Michael Proctor kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:12 remaining to give No. 11 Alabama (5-0, 3-0) an SKC victory over Georgia (3-2, 2-2) in Tuscaloosa, ruining a record-breaking night for Bulldogs quarterback Eric Zeier. Zeier became the yardage leader in conference history, throwing for 263 yards and four touchdowns to give him 9,327 yards in his brilliant career. That eclipsed the record of 9,287 set by Florida's Shane Matthews from 1989-92.

On the winning drive, Barker scrambled 13 yards for a first down and hit Tony Johnson with a 22-yard pass that put the Tide in position for Proctor's third field goal. North Carolina State 21, Georgia Tech 13 Geoff Bender rescued No. 22 North Carolina State (4-0, 2-0) one more time, running for a score and I 1 1 -v Associated Press SUSAN STERNER Florida's Jack Jackson hauls in a 46-yard pass as Mississippi cornerback Alundis Brice closes in for the tackle. Jackson caught two touchdown passes from Terry Dean in the closing minutes of the first half. A 51-yard FG broke a 69-year-old school record in the first quarter.

It got worse for Richmond. By Chris Morkides INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT Andy Talley walked into the interview room lugging a cigar almost as long as the school-record 51-yard field goal Frank Venezia kicked in Villanova's 38-6 rout of Richmond yesterday. "It's a special cigar," the coach said after his Wildcats ended a two-game losing streak. "I don't do this after every game." He certainly had no reason to light up after losses to Delaware and Boston University the last two weeks. The consecutive Yankee Conference defeats left the Wildcats (3-2 overall, 1-2 league) in a must-win situation against Richmond (3-2, 1-2).

Before the game, Talley let his players know where they stood. "We really challenged the team," he said. "We told them that their backs were against the wall, that they had to prove something to people. All the coaches told them this was a game where they had to stand up and be counted." Villanova was leading, 7-0, when Venezia trotted onto the field with seconds left in the half. Tom Marche-se, starting at quarterback for Erik Pearson, had provided the highlight to that point with a 3-yard TD run with 3 minutes, 39 seconds left in the first quarter.

Then Venezia a senior who had kicked all of one field goal, a 22-yarder, in his career set the school record, outdistancing Joseph Broder-ick's 1925 boot by one yard. The field goal gave Villanova a 10-0 lead, and momentum that it would not soon surrender. "I didn't see it go through, because everyone had their arms up," Venezia said. "When I saw the ref signal that it was good, I had a great feeling." It would not be his only great feeling of the game. Five of his six kick-offs reached the end zone, and he averaged 42 yards on five punts as Villanova dominated special-teams play.

Marchese, meanwhile, was making the most of his first start of the year. Pearson had stomach problems and a bruised forearm, but Talley said he decided to start Marchese after the sophomore led the Wildcats to two touchdowns in last week's 30-15 loss to Boston University. After watching Marchese complete 13 upset by Colon, who alternated at quarterback for the first half before taking over for good in the second, hit on 11 of 18 passes for 114 yards. Delaware fullback Brown carried 19 times for 134 yards and two touchdowns. His two scores gave him 38 for his career, tying the school career record set by Bill Vergantino in 1992.

The Hens were hurt defensively when linebacker Sean Lenz, the team's top tackier out of Cental Bucks East, left the game with a broken fibula in the first half. "Nobody likes losing," said Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove, whose team has lost twice by a touchdown or less this year. "We failed a few times, but we can't be classified as losers. We knew we had to control the line of scrimmage and control the football. We succeeded in both with mash-mouth football." 12 of 19 passes for 177 yards and rush for 58 yards yesterday, Talley said he, will start him again Saturday, against Connecticut.

That's all right with Marchese. "Mentally, it's easier starting," the quarterback said. "It's easier preparing for the game. As a backup, you never know when you're going in." His 10-yard touchdown run capped an 82-yard, 10-play march to start the' second half. The lead grew to 24-0 on, Villanova's next possession with the extra-point kick after Anthony Cow-, sette carried 3 yards off left tackle; for a touchdown.

Marchese found his favorite Brian Finneran (5 catches, 97 yards), on a 44-yard touchdown pass with. 4:21 left in the third period to make it 31-0. Finneran broke a tackle at the Richmond 25 and rumbled the rest of the way. Early in the fourth quarter, Mar-: chese hit Rob Carter on a 25-yard touchdown pass. Richmond quarter-.

back Joe Elrod avoided the shutout with a 7-yard run with 4:15 left in the game. Villanova's defense, led by linebackers A.J. Burawski (7 tackles), and Andy Cobaugh (6 forced three turnovers and held the Spiders to 164 yards through three: quarters. "We've been trying to get what we got today for the last five Talley said. "Our offense, defense; and special teams played well.

It was a real quality day for us. "With a young team like ours, we thought we would explode at some point, we exploded today. Richmond 0 0 0 66 7 3 21 7- 38 Villanova Vil Marchese, 3-yard run (Kiefer kick) Vil Venezia, 51-yard FG Vil Marchese, 10-yard run (Kiefer kick) Vil Cowselle, 3-yard run (Kiefer kick) Vil Finneran, 44-yard pass from Marchess" (Kiefer kick) Vil Carter, 25-yard pass from Marchese (Kiefer kick) Ric Elrod, 7-yard run (kick failed) A 9,343. Rich Vil First downs 20 26'- Rushes-yards 34-112 50-227 Passing 192 177 Return Yards 18 83 Comp-Att-Int 22-41-1 12-21-0 Pwts 9-332 5-210' Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-81 10-79 Time of Poss. 28:34 31 36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Richmond, Elrod 15-63, Scott 14-35.

Rougers 2-11, McNally 1-2, Strashensky 2-1 Villanova, Marchese 15-58, Shepard 11-58, Sif-" ford 11-54, Rusnak 3-24. Coussete 4-9, King, bury 2-8, Hunt 1-11, Dennis 1-1, Bryant Passing: Richmond, Elrod 22-41-1, 192. Villa- nova. Marchese 12-19-0, 177, Rusnak 0-1-0, Shepard 0-1-0, 0. Receiving: Richmond, Lee 7-55, Hollorf 6-38' Bowens 4-62, Strashensky 2-23, Scott 1, Ericksen 1-11, Middleton 1-4.

Villanova Finneran 5-97, Shepard 2-24, Carter 1-25, Dolrin 1- 13, Petrillo 1-12, Dennis 1-6, Hunt 1-0 1-4 Maine Delaware Maine 6 7" 013 3 3 13 0-19 FG Binder 29 FG Binder 27 Del Brown 10 run (kick failed) Knight 6run (Binder kick) Del Brown 4 run (Leach kick) 1 Rice 32 pass from Colon (Kick failed) A 7,352 Del Maine First downs 12 27 Rushes-yards 31-140 66-303' Passing 107 167 Return Yards 0 28 Comp-Att-Int 17-7-1 22-13-0 Punts 6-217 2-68 Fumbles-Lost o-0 4-1 Penalties-Yards 4-40 6-61 Time of Poss. 19 07 40 si INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Delaware, Langan 5- (minus 13), Drown 13-134, Cuieman d-o, Williams 3-6, Scott 1-2, Maine, Colon 9-17, Knight 23-162, Jameson 6-63. Pam 2-1, Baur 13-59. Marsilio 3-1 Passing: Delaware, Langan 7-17-1, 107- Maine Marsilo 2-4-0. 53.

Colon 13-22-0, 167 Receiving: Delaware, Baits 2-17' Coleman 1-21, Brown 1-(minus 2): Delaware' 1 Baur 2-10, Knight 2-9, Maury 2-31, Cates 1-32 Rice 2-48, Oonnof 3-31, Game 1-6 and Mary for the fifth consecutive time. The Cavaliers registered six sacks and one interception, and dropped Tribe runners for losses six times. East Carolina 31, Southern Mississippi 10 East Carolina took advantage of eight turnovers, and running back Junior Smith set a school career rushing record as the Pirates 12- 2) cruised over Southern Mississippi (2-3) in Greenville, N.C. The Pirates converted five first-half turnovers into three touchdown passes by Marcus Crandell. Crandell hit tight end Scott Richards for two scores and connected with Smith on a 37-yard scoring strike in the second quarter for a 21-3 halftime lead.

Wake Forest 33, Army 27 Rusty LaRue threw for 263 yards and scrambled 14 yards for the winning touchdown as Wake Forest (2-3) survived 374 yards rushing by Army (1- 3) to win in Winston-Salem, N.C. LaRue completed passes to 12 receivers, with short touchdown passes to Gardell Chavis and Matt McNeel. His touchdown run with 5:54 remaining came as the passing pocket col directing two turnover-aided drives in a victory over Georgia Tech 1-3, 0-2) in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Raleigh, N.C. When the Wolfpack offense failed to move behind injured quarterback Terry Harvey, N.C. State went to Bender again.

He replaced Harvey in a game against Clemson earlier this year and threw a touchdown pass in a 29-12 victory. Clemson 13, Maryland 0 Antwuan Wyatt ran for 134 yards, and Clem-son's offensive changes led to a victory over Maryland in Clemson, S.C., in the ACC. This is the second straight season the Tigers have shut out the Terrapins. Clemson (2-2, 1-2) scored all its points off three turnovers by Maryland (2-3, 1-3). Virginia 37, William and Mary 3 Symmion Willis snapped out of the doldrums by throwing for two touchdowns and rushing for one as Virginia's Cavaliers (3-1) rolled over Division I-AA William and Mary (4-1) in Charlottesville, Va.

Virginia got another strong game from its defense in defeating William HWltl jtltt' lapsed around him and redeemed him for a fumble minutes earlier. Arkansas 42, Vanderbilt 6 Barry Lunney Jr. threw for 128 yards and three touchdowns in the first l5'2 minutes, and Arkansas (2-3, 1-2) had five TD passes in a game for the first time since 1936 as the Razorbacks beat Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-3) in an SEC game in Little Rock. South Carolina 18, LSI) 17 Stanley Pritchett's fourthndown touchdown run from a yard out in the fourth quarter gave South Carolina (4-1, 3-1) an SEC victory over Louisiana State (1-3, 1-2) in Baton Rouge, La. Mississippi State 49, Arkansas State 3 Michael Davis rushed for 120 yards, and Mississippi State (3-1) intercepted three passes for touchdowns to beat Arkansas State (14) in Starkville, Miss.

Southwestern Louisiana 13, Louisiana Tech 3 Mike Shafer kicked field goals of 49 and 20 yards, and Jake Delhomme combined with Donald Richard on a 15-yard touchdown pass play as Southwestern Louisiana (2-3, 0-1 Big West) beat archrival Louisiana Tech (1-3, 0-1) in Ruston, La. But Maine came right back and scored what proved to be the game-winner when quarterback Emilio Colon hit a leaping James Rice in the end zone for a 32-yard touchdowon pass with 2:07 left in the third quarter. "Maine did a great job, but at times we were just awful," Delaware coach Tubby Raymond said. "I honestly thought that if we got the ball back one more time we'd win the game." The Hens held Maine at the Delaware 22-yard line with 6:16 left to play and Chris Binder, who kicked two first-half field goals, missed a 37-yarder. But after getting the ball, Delaware could only gain 10 yards on six plays.

Maine then ran the clock out. Knight, a senior, scored a third-quarter touchdown that gave the Black Bears a 13-6 lead with 7:58 left. Delaware suffers a 19 FROM INQUIRER WIRE SERVICES ORONO, Maine The University of Maine's Steve Knight led a ball-control offense with 162 rushing yards yesterday as the Black Bears upset Delaware, 19-13, in a Yankee Conference football game at Alumni Field. Maine (1-4 overall, 1-3 conference) outgained the usually explosive Blue Hens offense, 470-247, and held a 21-minute advantage in possession, to snap a nine-game losing streak (one shy of the Maine record), a seven-game Yankee losing streak and an eight-game home winless streak. Delaware (2-2, 1-2), which had scored a combined 96 points in its previous two games, defeating Villanova and West Chester, tied the game at 13-13 on a 4-yard run by Daryl Brown with 6:27 left in the third quarter.

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