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Sunday, November 24, 1996 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER C15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ranked Teams Michigan Mocks off Ohio State Jm i 1 "mmmm m.m Z. -w fay W.V,.,,,,i.1. 1 I yyium mymmm 1 tt jt LlilJfc Top 25 Associated Press. EQ Florida (10-0) Idle. Next al Florida Slate, Saturday.

El Ohio State (10-1) lost to Michigan, 13-9. Next: Rose Bowl, vs. Arizona State. E2 Florida State (10-0) det. Maryland, 48-10.

Next: vs. Florida, Saturday. EQ Arizona State (11-0) det. Arizona, 56-14. Next: Rose Bowl, vs.

Ohio State. fM Nebraska (9-1) Idle. Next: vs. Colorado, Friday. G33 Colorado (9-1) Idle.

Next: at Nebraska, Friday. E23 Penn State (10-2) def. Michigan State, 32-29. Next: To be announced. ED Brigham Young (12-1) def.

Utah, 37-17. Next: To be announced. 52 Tennessee (8-2) def. Kentucky, 56-10. Next: at Vanderbilt, Saturday.

Ed Notre Dame (8-2) def. Rutgers, 62-0. Next: at Southern Cal, Saturday. IJO Northwestern (9-2) Idle. Next: To be announced.

Washington (9-2) del. Washington State, 31-24, OT. Next: To be announced. The Philadelphia Inquirer REBECCA BARGER Temple's Kareem Gilliard breaks through in the first half, despite a diving attempt by Phil Nash. The Owls lost their 10th straight game, and finished at 1-10 for the third time in four years.

Temple brings down curtain with 36-15 loss to Syracuse "In 18 years of coaching, I've never been around a group of seniors who are such class individuals like the 15 I have, guys who have never given me a lick of trouble, 12 who are graduating. I just can't say enough about them. I really can't." Character notwithstanding, Temple's play left much to be desired yesterday as it did all season, highlighting the urgency for Dickerson. Coming just after the contract extension, the performance didn't say much for Temple football. The offense was shut down, the defense was pushed around, and the special teams gave new meaning to the term horrific.

"We'll get to work immediately," Dickerson said. "Players will be in a conditioning program by Monday. We'll be out recruiting immediately, and we'll have a walk-on program this spring." The message is clear: Help needed, now. North Carolina (9-2) def. Duke, 27-10.

Next: To be announced. SQ Kansas State (9-2) df)f. Iowa State, 35-20. Next: To be announced. ETT1 Alabama (8-2) Auburn.

Npxt: To be announced. EHjfjSyracuse (8-2) def. Temple, 36-15. Next: vs. Miami, Saturday.

EEJVirginia Tech (91) del. West Virginia, 31-14. vs. Virginia, Friday. 8fTl Louisiana State (7-2) ve.

Tulane. Next: at Arkansas, Saturday. EE1 Virginia (7-3) Idle. Next: at Virginia Tech, Friday. fol Wyoming (10-1) file, ext: To be announced.

EQ Michigan (8-3) Set. Ohio State, 13-9. ext: To be announced. fPI Clemson (7-4) lost to South Carolina, 34-31. flext: To be announced.

E3 West Virginia (8-3) lost to Virginia Tech, 31-14. Next: To be announced. 1 123 Iowa (7-3) Minnesota. Next: To be announced. EE1 Miami (7-3) Wet.

Boston College, 43-26. Jlext: at Syracuse, Saturday. Two plays later, Kyle Mcintosh scored on a 13-yard run up the middle, giving Syracuse a 14-0 lead before the first quarter was eight minutes old. It was 17-0 before the period ended, courtesy of a 21-yard field goal by Nate Trout after cor-nerback Nate Bullock's interception. Typically, it got worse.

"It hurt watching all of it," Burris said. "The last thing I wanted to do was sit down, especially against Syracuse. They're a great team, but they were making some mistakes that we could've taken advantage of, and maybe pulled out a win." Hardly. If anything, Syracuse was guilty of taking it easy. After pressuring Boies into a quick punt that traveled 11 yards, the Orangemen marched 62 yards in five plays, taking a 24-0 lead on a 1-yard run by Tebucky Jones with 8:10 left in the half.

The Owls finally managed a 10-play, 72-yard drive that Ramod Lee ended with a 6-yard touchdown run, but garbage time had already arrived. Temple opened the second half with Franklin McBride's 82-yard kickoff return to the Syracuse 15-yard line, but the opportunity was squandered when Bonner's pass was intercepted by cornerback Phil Nash in the end zone. Syracuse scored again when the Owls snapped the ball over Boies' head in the end zone for a safety, making it 26-7. The game got out of hand on Syracuse's next possession, when the Orangemen faked a field goal and faked out every Owl on the field, allowing the holder, Keith Downing, to scamper 25 yards for a touchdown that gave Syracuse a 33-7 lead with 1:09 left in the third quarter. The Owls finally scored again on a 3-yard touchdown pass from third-string quarterback Charles Andrews to tight end Casey Jones.

"When you give up 10 turnovers in a game, there's no way you're going to win," Dickerson said, referring to the various mistakes and mishaps in the punting game. "It's unfortunate for our seniors to end their careers like this. By Stephen A.Smith INQUIRER STAFF WRITER As the gun sounded, ending another season of Temple futility, one thought came to mind: Thank goodness it's over. And for Temple, it ended in appropriate fashion. Playing without injured quarterback Henry Burris, the Owls threw three interceptions, saw their punter manhandled, and surrendered 216 rushing yards as 16th-ranked Syracuse clinched a tie for the Big East Conference title yesterday with a 36-15 victory before 4,312 spectators at Veterans Stadium.

Syracuse (8-2 overall, 6-0 conference) can win the title outright and earn a bid to an alliance bowl by beating Miami in its finale. The season is mercifully over for Temple, which went 1-10 for the third time in four years and 0-7 in the Big East, and lost its 10th straight game just two days after coach Ron Dickerson's contract was extended through the 1998 season. And all on Seniors Day. "We've got to get ready for next year," said Dickerson, who is 5-39 in four seasons as Temple's coach. "It's been a long, tough season." As if things weren't bad enough coming into the game, the Owls were forced to do without Burris, who couldn't play because of an injured left elbow.

Pat Bonner took his place. He was in over his head. Bonner completed just 9 of 23 passes for 104 yards, and threw three interceptions. The Orangemen, meanwhile, didn't need much from their quarterback, Donovan McNab. They simply ran the ball down the Owls' throats, which was fairly predictable inasmuch as Temple was yielding an average of 208.6 rushing yards per game.

It started early. Malcolm I nomas finished a five-play, 43-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown run just 5 minutes, 33 seconds into the game, giving Syracuse a 7-0 lead. After Temple did nothing on its first possession, Syracuse roared through the core of the Owls' offensive line to bury punter Josh Boies at his 17-yard line. ing in, gained 225 yards on 48 car ries for Iowa State (2-9, 1-7). Florida State 48, Maryland 10 -r Starting quarterback Thad sat out the second half with a mild -t; knee sprain, but the Seminoles still pounded Maryland in Miami.

Warrick Dunn led the charge against Maryland with 109 yards in rushing, including touchdown runs of 13 and 9 yards. Florida State imn' proved to 10-0 (8-0 in the Coast Conference). Maryland finished its season 5-6 and 3-5. The status of fifth-year coach Mark Duffner is in doubt, and, he'll meet this week with athletic director Debbie Yow. Virginia Tech 31, West Virginia 14 Jim Druckenmiller picked apart'v the nation's top-ranked defense! with 238 yards passing as the 17th- ranked Hokies defeated No.

23 West Virginia in Blacksburg, Va. The victory keeps Virginia Tech-' (9-1, 6-1) in contention for the Big East title. West Virginia dropped 8-3, 4-3. Cornell Brown had 10 tackles, three sacks and swiped a pitch iri the backfield to spark the Virginia Tech defense. West Virginia had gone 19.r straight games without allowing running back to gain 100 yards.

But Ken Oxendine snapped that streak with 104 yards. Miami 43, Boston College 26 The 25th-ranked Hurricanes broke out of their offensive slump at the Or--ange Bowl, piling up a season-high 617 yards in a romp over visiting Boston College. Edgerrin James and Dyral McMil-Ian rushed for a combined 266 yards and three touchdowns, and Scott Covington threw three TD passes iri' his first college start for Miami (7-3," 5-1 Big East). Miami had scored only 29 points in three consecutive losses at home, but Boston College (5-7, 2-5) was no match for the Hurricanes. South Carolina 34, Clemson 31 Duce Staley ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns as South Carolina kept alive its bowl hopes by upsetting the 22d-ranked Tigers in Clemson, S.C.

The Gamecocks (6-5) were ahead by 17 points with 7:16 left, but Clem-' son rallied behind Brian Wofford's 11-yard scoring catch and Raymond-' Priester's 10-yard touchdown recep-' tion. The Tigers (7-4) drove to South 'j Carolina's 20, but Matt Padgett missed a 37-yard field-goal attempt with 6 seconds left. Tennessee 56, Kentucky 10 In Knoxville, Peyton Manning passed for 317 yards and three touchdowns in just over a half to lead No. 9 Tennessee past Kentucky in Wildcats coach Bill Curry's lasv-' game. Kentucky (4-7, 3-5 had won three straight games since Curry was fired on Oct-20, but could not summon the magicj against the Volunteers (8-2, 6-1).

Brigham Young 37, Utah 17 On a rare day for pass-happy Brigham Young's running backs, Brian McKenzie and Ronney Jenkins com bined for 332 yards and four touch-downs as the eighth-ranked Cou-gars routed Utah in Salt Lake City. McKenzie carried 23 times for 176 yards and one TD. Jenkins had 156 yards and three scores on 29 carries as Brigham Young (12-1, 8-0 Western '-Athletic Conference) won the Mountain Division and earned a ti tie showdown Dec. 7 against Pacific Division winner Wyoming. The Utes fell to 8-3, 6-2.

North Carolina 27, Duke 10 Os-' car Davenport came off the bench to complete 10 of 13 passes for 162 yards as No. 13 North Carolina capped a 9-2 season by beating the" hapless Blue Devils in Durham, N.C: The defeat doomed Duke to the first 0-11 season in Atlantic Coast" Conference history. Davenport replaced starter Chris Keldorf, a junior who dislocated his left ankle late in the first quarter. 1 1. downs and rushed for 167 yards to lead the Tar Heels (6-2 ACC), who-will likely accept a Gator Bowl invitation in two weeks the pro-" gram's fifth straight bowl appear- ance under coach Mack Brown.

However, North Carolina likely' will be without the 6-foot-5, 250-" pound Keldorf, who threw for 2,347 yards and 23 touchdowns this sea-, son. His postseason status was un-'' certain pending X-rays in Chaper' Hill, N.C. The Blue Devils (0-8 ACC) tended the nation's longest losing', streak to 13 games and became the first winless team in the ACC siace Maryland's 0-9 squad in 1967. ASSOCIATED PRESS Backup quarterback Brian Griese ignited a second-half comeback yesterday as No. 21 Michigan ruined Ohio State's bid for a perfect season, stunning the second-ranked Buckeyes, 13-9, in Columbus, Ohio.

The' Wolverines upset the Buckeyes for the second straight year. The loss shattered Ohio State's bid for its first national title since 1968. The dejected Buckeyes (10-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten), now conference co-champions with Northwestern, will play in the Rose Bowl against No. 4 Arizona State on Jan. 1.

"We have had a good year, but it's not a great year when you don't beat Michigan," said Buckeyes coach John Cooper, now 1-7-1 against the Wolverines. For Michigan (8-3, 5-3), the upset salvaged the season. The Buckeyes, who had won 14 in a row at home, led by 9-0 at halftime. But Griese, who replaced starter Scott Dreisbach (dislocated left elbow), threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to split end Tai Streets and the Wolverines trailed, 9-7. Michigan took a 10-9 lead on the last play of the third quarter on Remy Hamilton's 43-yard field goal.

In the fourth quarter, the Buckeyes' offense, averaging 42.6 points and 465.8 yards per game, never woke up. Whether it was Joe Ger-maine or Stanley Jackson at quarterback, the Wolverines had all the answers. After Hamilton kicked a 39-yard field goal with 1 minute, 19 seconds left in the game to give the Wolverines a four-point lead, the Buckeyes had one last chance. Germaine, 12 of 31 for 148 yards, moved Ohio State to the Michigan 47 with 24 seconds left, but threw three incompletions before a fourth-down pass was intercepted by safety Marcus Ray on the final play of the game. Griese was 8 of 14 for 120 yards, while teammate Chris Howard gained 105 yards 86 in the second half on 25 carries.

Ohio State's Pepe Pearson fin ished with 117 yards on 30 carries. Arizona State 56, Arizona 14 Terry Battle rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns as the fourth-ranked Sun Devils finished the regular season undefeated by thrashing the Wildcats in Tucson, Ariz. Jake Plummer threw for 201 yards and three TDs for Arizona State (11-0, 8-0 Pacific Ten). The Sun Devils sacked Arizona's Keith Smith seven times and intercepted him once. Mikal Smith returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown for Arizona (5-6, 3-5).

Kansas State 35, Iowa State 20 In Manhattan, Mike Lawrence rushed for a team-record 252 yards as No. 14 Kansas State beat the Cyclones and Troy Davis, who became the first Division I-A player to post consecutive rushing seasons. Lawrence scored three touchdowns for the Wildcats (9-2, 6-2 Big Twelve). Davis, 40 yards short of 2,000 com- sour note sistency and frustration, was over. "It was a season of peaks and valleys," Bagnoli said.

"We were never able to pull ourselves out for any consistent length of time. At times we played extremely well; other times we played very poorly. It's been frustrating for us all." renn Cornell First quarter 7 7 7 021 7 7 10 024 Cor Krawczyk 39 pass from Carroll (Rodin kick), 4:20 Pen Ricchio 5 pass from Russell (Greathouse kick), 7:13 Second quarter Cor Krawcyzk 17 pass from Carroll (Rodin kick), 4:04 Pen James 25 pass from Russell (Greathouse kick), 9:48. Third quarter Cor FG Rodin 28, 601 Cor Busch 11 pass from Carroll (Rodin kick), 9:23 Pen Scott 6 pass from Russell (Greathouse kick), 14.31 A 5,223. Penn Cornell First downs 19 16 Rushes-yards 45-170 36-116 Passing 208 244 Comp-Att-Int 17 27-2 17-30-1 Return Yards 33 3 Punts-Avg.

4-33 0 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-44 7 48 Time of Possession 29:41 30:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Perm. Scott 36-125, McGee 5-39, Russell 3-4, Granata 1-2. Cornell, Kiesendahl 32-130, Carroll 4-(minus 14). Passing: Penn, Russell 17-27-2 208. Cornell, Carroll 17-30-1 244.

Receiving: Penn, Dalferner 4-70, Scott 4-38, James 3-53, Bonanno 3-23, Ricchio 2-12, Thompson Cornell, Busch 7-67, Krawczyk 6-127, Kiesendahl 2-9, Wilson 2-41. Cornell ends Penn's Syracuse Temple 17 7 9 336 0 7 0 815 First quarter SU Thomas 10 run (Trout kick), 5:33. SU Mcintosh 13 run (Trout kick), 7:52. SU FG Trout 21, 10:23. Second quarter SU Jones 1 run (Trout kick), 6:50.

TU Lee 6 run (Michalski kick), 11:49. Third quarter SU Safety, ball snapped out of end zone, 11:30. SU Downing 25 run (Trout), 13:51. Fourth quarter SU FG Trout 27, :17. TU Jones 3 pass from Andrews (Michalski run), 12:04.

A 4,312. SU Temple First downs 12 15 Rushes-yards 39-216 44-126 Passing 87 1 16 Comp-Att-Int 6-16-2 11-31-3 Punt Returns 1-15 1-9 Kickoff Returns 4-67 5-152 Interceptions Ret. 3-39 2-46 Punts Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-28 9-64 Time of Possession 27:34 32:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Syracuse, Thomas 13-75, Morris 6-61, Mcintosh 7-52, Downing 3-24, Jones 5-7, McNabb 5-(minus 3). Temple, Lee 16-65, Cul-breath 13-57, McBride 4-26, Bonner 6-15. Andrews 2-8.

team 1-(mmus 10). Boles 2-(minus 35). Passing: Syracuse, McNabb 4-13-1-63. Downing 2-3-1-24. Temple.

Bonner 9-23-3-104, Burris 0-2- 0- 0, Andrews 2-6-0-12. Receiving: Syracuse, Spotwood 3-59. Johnson 1- 4, Lowe 2-24. Temple, Overocker 2-47, Johnson 3-35. Davis 2-19, Ford 1-9.

Lee 1-3, Jones 1-3, Kersey 1-0. season on Big Red a 24-14 lead. "I take this game a little personally," Carroll said. "When you drive down Ithe Schuylkill Kxpresswayl, you always see that banner 'Ivy League champs' on the stadium. It's always there right in your face.

You always want to have bragging rights when you go home." Russell, who completed 17 of 27 passes for 208 yards in relief of the injured Tom MacLeod, brought the Quakers back with his third TD pass of the day, a 6-yard toss to Scott with 29 seconds left in the third quarter. His earlier TD throws went 5 yards to John Ricchio and 25 yards to John James. i- i. i. football three times in the fourth quarter, twice on turnovers: a lost fumble and an interception.

Penn got the football back for its final possession, at its 30 with 5 minutes, 11 seconds to play. The Quakers made a first down, then faced second and 1 from their 49. Scott, who set a school record with his sixth straight 100-yard game and will probably be named an All-Ivy running back this week, was stopped for no gain, no gain and a 2-yard loss. The Big Red took over at the Penn 47 with 2:15 remaining and ran out the clock. Avid the season, marked with equal parts excellence, incon- Ridley High graduate Scott Carroll victimized the Quakers for 244 passing yards in a 24-21 victory.

'P; Tan Conference Overall DIS len Ohio State 7 1 10 1 Northwestern 7 1 9 2 Penn State 6 2 10 2 Iowa 5 2 7 3 Michigan State 5 3 6 5 Michigan 5 3 8 3 Wisconsin 3 5 6 5 Purdue 2 6 3 8 Minnesota 16 4 6 i Illinois 17 2 9 Indiana 17 3 8 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Penn Stale 32, Michigan State 29 Indiana 33, Purdue 16 Michigan 13, Ohio Stale 9 Wisconsin 35, Illinois 15 Iowa at Minnesota SATURDAY'S COME Wicsonsm at Hawaii B- r- Conference Overall 'S "St VY Syracuse 6 0 8 2 Virginia Tech 6 1 9 1 Miami 5 1 7 3 West Virginia 4 3 8 3 Boston College 2 5 5 7 Pittsburgh 2 4 3 7 Rutgers 15 2 8 Temple 0 7 1 10 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Noire Rutgers 0 Syracuse 36, Temple 15 Virginia Tech 31, West Virginia 14 FRIDAY'S GAME Virginia at Virginia Tech SATURDAY'S GAMES "I'm disappointed in the play of everyone, to be quite candid," Bagnoli said. "I'm very disappointed in the way we played, in the way we gave up big plays, in the way we turned the ball over, in our inabil: ity to run the ball in crucial situations. It was a complete team collapse." Neither Bagnoli nor his players anticipated a performance this flat. Bagnoli theorized that maybe the absence of Cornell running star Chart Ipvitt sidplined with a broken arm, caused his team to relax. "We just didn't make the plays is what it comes down to," cornerback Larrin Robertson said.

"If you lose a little focus and a little concentration, it leads to a lack of confidence. It's hard to say what it was." To replace Levitt, a former Cheltenham High School star who fell 58 yards short of Ed Marinaro's Ivy career rushing record, Cornell coach Jim Hofher found a capable man in Kiesendahl, a 5-foot-9, 181-pound junior who carried 32 times. Meanwhile, Carroll, a junior, threw TD passes of 39 and 17 yards to Eric Krawczyk and 11 yards to Steve Busch, the last one giving the By Jop Juliano INljClKFR STAFF WRITER ITHACA, N.Y. The Cliff Notes version of Penn's topsy-turvy 1996 football season was displayed for 5,223 people to see on a chilly, gray day at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field yesterday. Despite three touchdown passes from freshman Brian Russell and 125 yards rushing by Jasen Scott, the Quakers ended the season with a 24-21 Ivy League loss to the Big Rod in thpir in.ld mpptinp Scott Carroll, a graduate of Ridley High School, passed for 244 yards and three touchdowns for Cornell (4-6 overall, 4-3 Ivy).

The loss ended a three-game winning streak by the Quakers (5-5, 3-4) and gave coach Al Bagnoli his first non-winning season in five years at Penn. The Quakers made some big plays offensively but failed three times to gain 1 yard with the game on the line. They committed four turnovers. The defensive line, which had been dominant recently, yielded 130 yards to reserve running back Brad Kiesendahl. The secondary allowed completions of 35, 39 and 44 yards.

Rutgers at Pillsburgh Miami at Svracuse.