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I IS I I I IMI (X SUNDAY. ITOO C9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Titans Salvage Pride, Moral Victory in Loss to Auburn AT A GLANCE FULLERTON 38 17 Ftpld goals missed Nr-vifi-lfl Von Wyl As- r.ilerl Prr Pelting Fullerton pa pc Receiving Fullerton Ceiestmo Harrison Hogan Baitd Yarbroiigh Pasquil Toteli Fullerton quarterback Paul Schulte, going against a defense many consider to be among the nation's best, completed 17 of 28 passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns. Auburn, which returned eight defensive starters from last season's team, had allowed just three touchdown passes in all of 1989. "If you would have told me before the game that (preseason All-American defensive tackle) David Rocker and (All-American offensive guard) Ed King would be in there at the end, I would have thought there was something the matter with you," Fullerton Coach Gene Murphy said. "But our kids played very hard the whole game.

Auburn was flat, and justifiably so, but they weren't playing against air, either." It only seemed that way in the first half when the Tigers scored on five of their six possessions. White, with protection that would make the Secret Service proud, had plenty of time to carve up the Titan secondary, completing 14 of 22 first-half attempts for 241 yards Please sec TITANS, C10 intfla31-17game. The Titans forced a punt on Auburn's next possession and woilld have had good field position had return man Greg West not fumbled the ball away at the Titan 41-yard line. The Tigers, after recovering a fumble of their own, later scored on Stan White's 13-yartl pass to Greg Taylor the redshirt freshman quarterback's fourth touchdown pass of the garrie to make it 38-17 with 11:18 remaining. "We didn't win, but it was a big, big moral victory for us," Fullerton kicKer Phil Nevin said.

"I think people were expecting a Long Beach-Clemson type score (59-0 last week), but they're going to look at this and say, 'Wow, we gave them a We played a hell of a second half, and their first team was in there most of the time." To Fullerton's credit, the Titans' offensive success didn't come against the Tigers' third- and fourth-string players. Auburn Coach Pat Dye shuffled reserves in and out of the game but never pulled entire starting units. Football: With a tenacious second half, Fullcrton gives No. 3 Tigers a decent game before falling, 38-17. By MIKE DiGIOVANNA TIMCS STAFF WRITER AUBURN, State Fullcrton flies home from Auburn today with its $250,000 guarantee check and an unexpected piece of carry-on luggage a big bag of respect.

The Titans didn't exactly put fear into the hearts of 77,500 fans in Jordan-Hare Stadium, but they did give the third -ranked Tigers a decent game before losing, 38-17, a score not nearly as lopsided as most anticipated. Fullcrton outscored Auburn, 14-0, in the third quarter, their second touchdown coming on a play reminiscent of Pittsburgh Steeler running back Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception in the 1972 playoffs, to turn a 31-3 deficit ROUNDUP 42 Attendance- 7 7.500 TEAM STATISTICS CSF AUBURN First downs 10 1 Rushes yards 28 32 35 ISO Net yd passing 235 330 Sacks-ydlost 00 21 Passes IB 31 0 22 37 0 Int yd ret 0 0 0 0 Plays-net yd 59 267 72 519 Punts average 7 43 6 3 29 Pontsiet yd 11 10 Kicloltstet yd 7 1 1G 4 R4 Fumbles lost 2 1 4 1 Penalties yards GO 6 55 Time ot possession 28 18 3142 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Ruthing Fullerton TCB NYG Avg TO Schulte 13 5 26 0 Yarboroijgti 1 1 23 2 09 0 Payne 3 12 40 0 Pasquil 1 2 20 0 Toteli 28 32 1 A 0 Auburn TCB NYG Avg TD White 2 9 45 0 Danfey 3 9 3 0 0 Williams 15 65 13 0 1 Smith 3 G2 20 Richardson 4 26 5 0 Mounds 30 GOO Stewart 1 0 00 0 Mclnlosh 2 6 30 0 Yd ID 70 1 37 (1 Auburn No Wasden 2 Overton 3 Russell 2 Cherry 2 A Smilh 1 Casey 2 Williams 3 Stewait 1 Gray 1 Bauer 1 Taylor 3 Hall Toteli 22 THE PACIFIC 10 Illinois Mistakes Costly as Arizona Pulls Upset, 28-16 GAME FIRST QUARTER Auburn 3. Fullsrton Von Wyl 48 y.nd t'(1 rro.il .11 2 22 32 yard drive, rime itoys lo rhp Titan 31 -yard Imp Key pMy-Whitf? i.i,w! 1(5 yards to Wasdon on tfiirrl Piqht In Ihf; Titans 33 Auburn 10, Fullerton 0 Warden 54 pass from White at 20 67-yard drrvfi, ptayS PAT Von Wyl ll.cH Auburn 17. Fullerton 0 Russell 10 pass Irom White at It 17 72-yard drive. 1 1 plays Key play White 20 pass to Overton on lust and 10 to Titans 22 PAT Von Wyl diet) SECOND QUARTER Auburn 24, Fullerton 0 Casey 22 pass Irom White at 33 66 yard drive.

6 plays Key playWhite passed 15 yards toCheryon thurJanr) tO to Titans 36 PAT Von WyMkick) Auburn 24, Fullerton 3 Nevm 21 yard field goal a I A 1G GB yard drive. 1 1 plays to the Tioers4 Auburn 31, Fullerton 3 Williams 11 -yard run at 1257 93 yard drive. 3 plays Key play Smith 6G yard tun on first and 10 to Tiians 1 1 PAT Von Wyl (kick) THIRD QUARTER by halftime en route to a 27-7 lead. Sun Devil quarterback Paul Justin completed 10 of 18 passes for 131 yards but was intercepted three times, one coming in the Baylor end zone late in the first half. Kansas 38, Oregon State 12 Chip Hilleary threw scoring passes of 28 and 42 yards and ran 11 yards for his first collegiate touchdown as the Jayhawks beat the Beavers at Lawrence, Ka.

Kansas, beaten 59-10 by Virginia last week in its season opener, held the Beavers (0-2) to 39 yards in the first half while taking command of the game. The Jayhawk defense sacked Beaver quarterbacks eight times for 54 yards in losses. Stale rally. The 6-foot-8 quarterback threw 22 yards to Jim Hanawalt for one touchdown, then scored on a one-yard dive on fourth down lo slice Oregon's lead to 28-21 with 4:45 left in the third quarter. But Oregon, aided by a pair of Azlec penalties, went 85 yards in 11 plays to score on its next possession.

Hargain scored on a two-yard end-around play as the third quarter ended. The next lime the Ducks had Ihc ball. Musgrave connected with Jeff Thomason on a 37-yard pass play. McGwire completed 20 of 40 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns. "Obviously, it was a comedy of errors." I.uginbill said after his AUBURN CS 12 play son PAT 14 to Auburn defenders wrap up Titan Paul Schulte.

Auburn 31, Fullerton 10 Cetestme 5 pass from Schulte at 18 49 yard drive. 5 plays Key Schulte passed IB yards to Ham on third and two lo Tigers 10 Nevm (kick) Auburn 31, Fullerton 17 Yarbrourjh 6G pass from Schuttn 34 72 yard drive. 3 plays PAT Ncv indicM FOURTH QUARTER Auburn 38, Fullerton 17 Taylor 13 pass from White at A A2 41-yard drive. 5 plays Key play White passed yards to Taylor on lourth and 4 Titans 13 PAT Von Wyl (kick Associated Press Hilleary, a sophomore, put the Jayhawks on top with an 11 -yard run less than five minutes into the game after Roger Robben blocked an Oregon State punt and Kansas took possession on the Beaver 17. Wyoming 34, Washington State 13 The Cougars, after taking a 6-0 lead, gave up 27 straight points to lose to the Cowboys at Pullman, Wash.

Neither team generated much offense in what had been billed as a passing battle. The loss was the first for WSU in a non-conference game since Colorado defeated the Cougars in 1987, and snapped a two-game winning streak over Wyoming. The Cowboys improved to 2-0. team was penalized 10 times for 93 yards. "I don't think if we would have gone out and written a script, we could have had more bad things happen to us.

But that was our fault. "Our inability to execute and play the game the way it was meant lo be played has lo be altered. It's that simple. You can't play good football teams and allow the things to happen that we allowed to happen. "I'm extremely disappointed with our critical errors in the football game.

We have worked so hard, and obviously have a long way lo go. But we won't stop working, we won't change our philosophy. This football learn will be a good football team. 1 want il to get lo the point where it doesn't beat itself." quarterback, completed only seven of 27 passes for 66 yards and one touchdown. He had one pass intercepted and was sacked four times.

The score was tied, 10-10, after three quarters. Mike Dodd's 26-yard field goal and Beno Bryant's 52-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter enabled Washington (1-0) to pull away from the stubborn Spartans. The Huskies drove 76 yards in 11 plays in 5:38 to position Dodd for his tie-breaking field goal. Lewis, who rushed 23 times for 157 yards, had a 34-yard run during the drive. After the Spartans (0-1-1) failed to make a first down, Negrey punted 37 yards to Bryant at the Washington 48, and the sophomore from Dorsey High in Los Angeles returned it for a touchdown.

California 28, Wisconsin 12 John Hardy returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown just before halftime as the Bears won at Madison, Wis. Hardy, a senior from Muir High in Pasadena, picked off a pass after it was deflected by Cal's Ray Sanders, and ran down the sidelines, giving the Golden Bears a 21-6 lead with 39 seconds left in the first half. The return, tying a Cal record set in 1940 by Jim Jurkovich, stopped a Wisconsin drive from its own 20 to the Golden Bears' eight and capped a 21 -point second quarter for California. Hardy's long-distance return also made Barry Alvarez a loser in his first game as Wisconsin's coach. Alvarez was an assistant coach at Notre Dame the past three seasons.

Hardy ended up lying in the end zone after his long run, totally exhausted. "I was already winded," Hardy said. "The last 30 yards I thought I was going to get in, so I slowed it up. I didn't have much left anyway. I wanted to celebrate but I couldn't." Wisconsin quarterback Tony Lowery, playing his first game after sitting out last season, throw the pass intercepted by Hardy.

California's John Hardy, a sophomore defensive back from Pasadena, races toward end zone for a 100-yard touchdown on an interception return in first half of Saturday's 28-12 victory over Wisconsin. Utah State Runs Over Long Beach From Associated Press LOGAN, Utah Roger Grant ran for a school -record 292 yards and threw a touchdown pass as Utah State defeated Cal State Long Beach, 27-13, in a Big West Conference game Saturday. Tracey Jenkins caught two scoring passes as the Aggies improved to 1-1 and kept George Allen winless at 0-2 in his return to college football. Grant gave Utah State the lead with a five-yard run in the first quarter, and the Aggies never trailed after that. Jenkins caught a seven-yard scoring pass in the second quarter from Kirk Johnson, and Doug Beach kicked a 40-yard field goal as the Aggies led at halftime, 17-3.

Long Beach quarterback Todd Studer threw an eight-yard scoring pass to Mark Seay early in the third quarter, pulling the 49ers within 17-10, but they could get no closer. Grant completed a halfback option pass to Jenkins for a 27-yard scoring play in the third quarter after Kevin Bouwman intercepted a pass by Studer, giving the Aggies the ball at the Long Beach 30. Sean Cheevers kicked field goals of 22 and 47 yards for the 49ers. Beach also kicked a 42-yarder. Grant rushed for 194 yards in the first half.

His 292 yards for the game broke Rick Karros' 1978 record of 252 yards against Fresno State. BIG WEST ROUNDUP This Time, Fresno Beats New Mexico Fresno State avenged its only loss last season by defeating New Mexico, 24-17, Saturday night in a nonconference game at Fresno. New Mexico stunned the Bulldogs, 45-22, in Albuquerque at the end of last season. The Bulldogs (2-0) have won 18 consecutive games at home and have 20 victories in their last 21 games overall. Aaron Craver gained 175 yards in 31 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead Fresno.

Quarterback Mark Barsotti completed 27 of 38 passes for career-high 301 yards and one touchdown. Craver scored on a 61 -yard run early in the third quarter to give Fresno State a 17-14 lead and later scored on a one-yard run. Fresno Stale took a 7-0 lead on a 14-yard scoring pass from Mark Barsotti lo Marty Thompson in the first quarter. But New Mexico (0-1) led at halftime, 14-10. Pacific 41, CS Sacramento 33 Kris King passed for 289 yards and four touchdowns in leading the Tigers (1-1) at Stockton.

Sacramento's Bobby Fresques, who passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns, was taken from the field by ambulance after being hit in the back with about 5' minutes to play. He was hospitalized: the seriousness of his injury was nol known. From Associated Press Arizona converted Illinois turnovers into two early touchdowns, and Art Greathouse's one-yard run ended a late comeback bid as the Wildcats beat the llth-ranked Illini, 28-16, Saturday night at Tucson. Michael Bates scored Arizona's first touchdown on a three-yard run two plays after Wildcat cor-nerback Todd Burden blocked Forry Wells' punt and Bobby Roland recovered at the Illini 11. Illinois' next possession ended when Wildcat safety Richard Holt intercepted Jason Verduz-co's pass at the Illini 43.

Mario Hampton went the last yard for a touchdown to cap an 11-play drive. Doug Higgins kicked the first of his three field goals, a 37-yar-der, to get Illinois on the board, but a 24-yard "fumblerooskie" run by guard Rick Warren padded the Arizona advantage to 21-3. Verduzco, a sophomore making his first college start in place of NFL draft pick Jeff George, improved after the shaky start. He threw a 12-yard scoring pass to Elbert Turner to cut Arizona's lead to 21-10 at the half, then led second-half drives capped by Higgins' field goals of 29 yards in the third period and 33 in the fourth. The latter kick reduced the Arizona advantage to 21-16, but the Wildcats then drove 74 yards, using 6:41, to put the game out of reach on Greathouse's run.

Washington 20, San Jose State 17 For the second time in three seasons, San Jose State gave 20th-ranked Washington all it could handle at Husky Stadium in Seattle. In 1988, Washington scored a touchdown with 1:31 left to beat San Jose State, 35-31. "Anyone who schedules San Jose State has made a big mistake." Husky tailback Greg Lewis said. "We weren't prepared at all." The Washington offense sputtered through much of the game. Sophomore Mark Brunell, making his debut as the starting Musgrave Friiin Stuff and Wire Reports HUG EN Ore Hilt Musgrave passed for 443 yards and three Saturday as Oregon rolled past San Diego State.

12-21, inn nonconferencc game. Tony Hargain scored three times for the Ducks and caught 10 passes for 206 yards as Oregon look a 21-7 first-half lead, then held off third-quarter rally before pulling away in the final quarter. "I gel to the point that 1 expeel so much of Hill that I gel mad if he makes mistakes. Oregon Coach ltich lirooks said, "liul he had a great game and did some tremendous things out there." Musgrave also ran for a touchdown, lie completed a career -high 31 passes in 4(i attempts and Wisconsin got its only touchdown with 4:14 left in the third quarter as Kevin Ellison's one-yard run capped an eight-play, 64 -yard drive. That cut the Cal lead to 21-12, but the Golden Bears came back on a 75-yard drive with Russell White, a sophomore from Crespi High in Van Nuys, scoring from the one with 13:14 to play.

Arizona State 34, Baylor 13 Redshirt freshman tailback George Montgomery had two of Arizona State's four rushing touchdowns as the Sun Devils rediscovered their ground game at Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State, which had 1,233 net yards rushing all last season, had 271 against Baylor 158 of it Ilargain's receiving yardage also is No. 2 on the Oregon all-time list. Musgrave threw a pair of six-yard scoring passes to Hargain in the first half, then directed a five-play, 80-yard scoring drive to start the second half. A 09-yard pass play from Musgrave to Hargain set up Musgrave's three-yard touchdown run that boosted the Ducks' lead to 28-7.

The Ducks gained nearly 200 more yards than the Aztecs 576-387. But Oregon lost three fumbles and 83 yards on seven penalties which in part explains why, as the third quarter neared completion, the Aztecs still had a chance lo win. Dan McGwire, younger brother of Oakland Athletics slugger Mark McGwire, led a San Diego Throws and Aztecs Forget to Duck, 42-2 1 did not have a pass intercepted. Ilia passing yardage was the second highest in Oregon history to his 489-yard effort against I3YU last season. "Musgrave is Ty Dctmer of BYU reincarnated, with his accuracy," Aztec Coach Al Lugin-bill said.

"We did not make a play against the pass the whole day, which is shocking to me." Musgrave's offensive show moved him ahead of Dan Fouls into the No. 2 spot on Oregon's career passing yardage and total offense lists. At various points. Musgrave completed six. nine and five consecutive passes.

"They played a lot of man-to-manl defense." Musgrave said. "That fits us well because we have a lot of quick receivers.".