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C16 d- THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Sunday, September 22, 1996 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ranked Teams LSU picks off Auburn Iowa, Syracuse fall Big Green top Penn by 24-22 in opener on Malcolm Thomas' second touchdown run with 7:44 to play. Cory Sauter drove the Gophers to Bailey's career-long 48-yard field goal with 5:23 left to make it 33-32. After Minnesota's rejuvenated defense forced Syracuse to punt, Sauter marched the Gophers to the Syracuse 9 with the help of a 21-yard pass to Tutu Atwell and a 23-yarder to Ryan Thelwell. Bailey drilled the winner three plays later. Washington State 55, Oregon 44 Oregon scored four touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but the 25th-ranked Ducks lost to Washington State in Pullman, Wash.

Ryan Leaf threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score as Washington State (2-1, 1-0 Pac-10) took a 52-14 lead with 4 minutes, 12 seconds to go in the third quarter. But Oregon (3-1, 0-1) capitalized on Washington State mistakes on kickoff returns, including three fumbles, to stage a fourth-quarter rally. Derien Latimer had a pair of 8-yard touchdown runs and Jed Weaver and Pat Johnson each caught 4-yard scoring passes for the Ducks in the fourth quarter. Ohio State 72, Pittsburgh 0 Sev-. enth-ranked Ohio State handed Pittsburgh its worst loss ever, getting three touchdowns apiece from Pepe Pearson and freshman David Boston in Columbus, Ohio.

The Buckeyes scored on their first 10 possessions, outgained the Panthers by 602-120 in total yards, and had a 294 edge in first downs. In 107 years of football, Pittsburgh (1-3) had never given up more points or been beaten by a bigger margin. Ohio State (2-0) led by 65-0 with three minutes, 12 seconds left in the third quarter when Pitt picked up its second first down of the game on a 28-yard run by Billy West. The Panthers only had 1 yard rushing up to that point. Starting quarterback Stanley Jackson hit 6 of 9 passes for 94 yards, including a 12-yard scoring pass to Boston.

He also had a 5-yard TD run that made it 21-0 after the first quarter. The Buckeyes have scored on every drive that Jackson has directed this season. Michigan 20, Boston College 14 Scott Driesbach, taking advantage of two big Boston College turnovers, led No. 8 Michigan to two fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Wolverines rallied to win in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan (3-0) lost two of seven fumbles to the Eagles (1-2), but the Wolverines defense came up with two crucial interceptions, setting up both fourth-quarter scores.

Driesbach, who completed 19 of 28 passes for 292 yards and two TDs, tied the game at 14 on a 1-yard sneak 13 seconds into the fourth quarter. He hooked up with Jermane Tuman from 58 yards out for the go-ahead score. Tuman, wide open over the middle, shook a tackle at the 10 and went the rest of the way untouched, putting Michigan ahead, 20-14, with 8:59 left in the fourth quarter. A bad snap from center resulted in a missed extra point, and Michigan held the Eagles the rest of the way. Alabama 17, Arkansas 7 Freddie Kitchens threw a 29-yard pass to set up Brian Cunningham's 31-yard field goal and then completed three big passes in the final minutes as 13th-ranked Alabama beat Arkansas in Little Rock.

Alabama (4-0, 2-0 SEC) had 10 yards on 13 plays in the third quarter until Kitchens' completion to Michael Vaughn on third and 21. Nine plays later, Cunningham made it 10-0. Arkansas (0-2, 0-1) didn't run a play from the Alabama side of the 50 until the last seven minutes of the game. But Pete Burks' 22-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Eubanks cut it to 10-7 with 6:35 to play. Kitchens quieted the crowd when he threw to Calvin Hall for 18 yards and a first down at the Alabama 40.

On second down, Kitchens threw deep for Hall behind Zac Painter. The play was good for 50 yards, and, on third down, Vaughn reached over Marcus Campbell and caught Kitchens' 9-yard touchdown pass. Cougars (2-2) back. He blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt by Abrams with 4:55 to go in the third quarter and he intercepted a pass by Otton with 14:48 to go in the game. Virginia 42, Wake Forest 7 Jikj Barber rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown as No.

20 Virginia won in Winston-Salem, N.C, its.J3th straight victory over Wake Forest. The Cavaliers (3-0, 2-0 ACC) collected eight sacks against Wake Forest (2-2, 0-2), three by defensive end Duane Ashman. Virginia also limited the Demon Deacons to minus 45 yards rushing on 29 carries, iwo yards short of a school record. Washington 31, Arizona 17 Brock Huard became the first Washington freshman to pass for 300 yards in a game, leading the No. 24 Huskies over Arizona in Seattle.

Replacing the injured Shane Fort-ney, Huard made his first start for the Huskies (2-1, 1-1 Pac-10) and completed 20 of 31 passes for 311 yards and three touchdowns with one interception. Huard passed 4 yards to Gerald Harris, 24 yards to Jerome Pathon and 5 yards to Dave Janoski for touchdowns, all in the first half, as the Huskies built a 21-10 lead over Arizona (2-2, 0-1). Kansas State 34, Rice 7 Brian Kavanagh tied his own school record with four touchdown passes, three to Jimmy Dean, as 16th-ranked Kansas State beat Rice easily in Houston. Marlon Charles scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter for the only score oh the ground for the Wildcats (4-0). The Owls closed to 14-7 in the third quarter when quarterback Chad Nelson scored on a 13-yard run.

Nelson fumbled as he crossed the goal line, but officials ruled it a touchdown the first rushing TD against Kansas State this season. But Kansas State came right back and scored on a 15-yard pass from Kavanagh to Dean, who caught the ball on his knees in the end zone. The score was set up by Chris Can-ty's 70-yard kickoff return. i North Carolina 16, Georgia Tech 0 Chris Keldorf threw a pair of first-half touchdown passes as No. 11 North Carolina remained on a collision course with Florida State, beating previously unbeaten Georgia Tech in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Tar Heels (3-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) meet the third-ranked and four-time defending ACC champion Seminoles Saturday in Tallahassee, with first place in the league on the line. Georgia Tech (2-1, 2-1), hurt by a series of first-half mistakes, fell to 0-' 8-1 in Kenan Stadium since joining the ACC. The North Carolina defense, ranked No. 2 in the nation, threw a shutout in the first half for the third straight game as the Tar Heels went up by 16-0 at intermission. North Carolina led Clemson by 10-0 and Syracuse by 17-0 at halftime in its first two wins.

Georgia Tech did drive to the North Carolina 19 on the opening drive of the second half and was trying to make a game of it, but red-shirt freshman quarterback Joe Hamilton bobbled the snap on a fourth-and-1 play, and the Tar Heels' defense held. Southern California 26, Houston 9 Delon Washington returned to the lineup for No. 15 Southern California, but tight end John AUred and quarterback Brad Otton made the difference as the Trojans (3-1) won in Houston. Allred caught 10 passes, a school record for a tight end, for 103 yards and Otton completed touchdown passes of 35 and 32 yards to Billy Miller. Washington, USC's leading rusher last year, played in his first game of the season after sitting out the first three on NCAA suspension for a nonfootball ethical violation.

La Vale Woods, who was replaced by Washington in the starting-lineup, scored on a 2-yard in the second quarter, and Adam Abrams kicked a 31-yard field goal that gave the Trojans a 17-9 halftime lead. Houston cornerback Delmonico Montgomery almost brought the ASSOCIATED PRESS Raion Hill returned one interception for a touchdown and another for a defensive extra point as Louisiana State, victimized by interceptions in its last trip to Auburn, two years ago, took a 19-15 Southeastern Conference win over Auburn last night. Two years ago, LSU seemingly had Auburn beaten, only to have the Tigers return three interceptions for touchdowns in the fourth quarter and pull out an improbable 30-26 victory. Hill returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown and, after Auburn had closed to 17-15 inside the last minute, returned Jon Coo-ley's pass for a defensive extra point that gave LSU a four-point lead. It was the first win for LSU (2-0, 1-0) at Jordan-Hare since 1973 and gave the Bengal Tigers a huge edge over Auburn (3-1, 1-1) in the race for the SEC West title.

Tulsa 27, Iowa 20 John Fitzgerald completed 22 of 38 passes for 353 yards and a touchdown as Tulsa snapped a six-game losing streak to upset No. 19 Iowa in Tulsa, Okla. The Golden Hurricane (1-2) came from behind to pull out its first victory over a ranked opponent since beating No. 15 Texas in 1991. The Tulsa defense held Iowa (2-1) twice within the 10-yard line in the fourth quarter.

The game ended on an incomplete desperation pass by Matt Sherman at midfield. Fitzgerald, who made his first start of the season after going 5 of 19 for 111 yards in Tulsa's previous two games, threw for one touchdown and sparked the offense to rally from a 17-10 deficit. Minnesota 35, Syracuse 33 Minnesota wasted a 29-12 lead before two Adam Bailey field goals in the final 5:23, including the winner with 42 seconds left, led the Gophers (3-0) over No. 23 Syracuse in Minneapolis. Bailey's second field goal stunned the Orangemen (0-2), who had capitalized on two Minnesota turnovers to rally from the 17-point deficit in the third quarter to take a 33-29 lead Nation East Carolina wins By Joe Juliano INQUIRER STAFF WRITER HANOVER, N.H.

The referee waved the football aloft to signal the end of the game, and Penn's Mark Fabish fell to his knees, doubled over with his helmet buried in the grass at Memorial Field. On a gorgeous, farewell-to-summer day in northern New England, the Quakers played an unattractive season opener, yet until the waning seconds they were able to hold off a Dartmouth team that spent the afternoon hurting Then the Rig Green hit the game-winner, an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jon Aljancic to Eric Morton with 19 seconds left, and picked up the 24-22 Ivy League victory. Even when it was over, the Quakers wanted one more play. Penn coach Al Bagnoli contended that Fabish had dashed out of bounds with time remaining after catching a quick sideline pass from Steve Teodecki, with one second left for Jeremiah Greathouse to try a field goal of about 50 yards. However, the scoreboard at the north end read :00, and the argument went for naught.

"I don't think there's any question there was one second left," Bagnoli said. "If that was at Franklin Field, we'd have one second left." Maybe, but the Quakers, who were picked before the season to finish second in the Ivy to Dartmouth, lost this one without any official's help, which Bagnoli readily acknowledged. In the fourth quarter, trying to hold a 22-18 lead, they were unable to take any time off the clock because of a running game that continually went backward. In the fourth quarter, they lost 13 yards on six rushes. Five of the plays lost yardage, and none was a sack.

"Their offense was getting really tired," said Zack Walz, Dartmouth's all-Ivy linebacker. "Every time we pushed them back, we were building confidence." Penn's Jasen Scott broke an 84-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and finished the first half with 165 yards on 14 carries. But it was all different 11 carries, 1 yard in the second half, when the Quakers gained zero yards in 20 attempts. Two turnovers an interception by Joe Piela and a fumble recovery on a kickoff return by reserve defensive back Joey Alofaitulli led to nine points for the Quakers in a 53-second span of the third quarter. Piela returned his pickoff to the Dartmouth 2, but the Quakers went false-start, 2-yard loss, no gain and sack, and had to settle for Great-house's 32-yard field goal.

They were more efficient after Alofaitulli's recovery at the Big Green 19. After a run lost 1 yard, Teodecki found Fabish on a crossing pattern and the speedy senior broke a tackle and scored. A two-point conversion pass failed, and Penn led by four with 3:44 to play in the third. With tackle Mitch Marrow watching from the sideline after suffering a pulled hamstring early in the second half, the Penn defense came up with big plays. Tackle Tom Foley recovered a fumble by Ambrose Garcia at the Penn 21, then linebacker Darren MacDonald broke up a fourth-down pass to stop a Dartmouth drive at the 25.

But the offense didn't give the defense much of a break from the 80-degree heat, and the Big Green were able to pull it out. Aljancic ran and passed for 43 yards, the last eight to a wide-open Morton, the brother of Detroit Lions wide receiver Johnnie Morton. Teodecki, in his first career start, completed only 7 of 18 passes for 107 yards. At the end, Teodecki hit Fabish for 22 yards to get his team to the Dartmouth 41, then spiked the ball to stop the clock with four seconds left. But the quick out to Fabish, to near the 32, turned out to be the last p'ay.

Penn Dartmouth 6 7 9 022 6 12 0 6-24 First quarter Penn Scott 20 run (Greathouse kick), Dart. Garcia 6 run (kick failed), 14:38 Second quarter Dart. Aljancic 1 run (run failed), 2:18 Dart. Aljancic 1 run (kick failed), 4:48 Penn Scott 84 run (run failed), 6:06 Third quarter Penn FG Greathouse 32, 10:23 Penn Fabish 20 pass from Teodecki (pass failed), 11:16 Fourth quarter Dart. Morton 8 pass from Aljancic failed), 14:41 (kick A 8,521.

Brian Johnson kicked a 26-yard field goal with 14 seconds left, lifting Kentucky to a 3-0 triumph over Indiana. Backup quarterback Chris Windsor ran for four touchdowns in Southern Mississippi's 52-27 pasting of Southwestern Louisiana Ron Brockington's 10-yard TD run in overtime gave Massachusetts a 23-17 victory over Richmond. Martin threw four touchdown passes as Louisiana Tech topped Mississippi State, 38-23. Waylon Jones threw a 22-yard TD pass to Mike King with 4:57 to go, lifting Langston over winless Grambling State. Midwest Louisville 30, Michigan State 20 Trailing by 10 points at halftime, the Cardinals got three touchdown passes from backup quarterback Chris Redman in the second half to triumph in East Lansing, Mich.

The Cardinals (2-2) stunned the Spartans (1-2) with big plays. Redman, who replaced injured starter Jason Payne early in the game, fooled the Spartans with a pump fake, then hit Sam Madison with a 51 -yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. Wisconsin 14, Stanford 0 Badgers defensive end Tarek Saleh made three sacks and recovered a racks up total offense, the fourth-highest total in school history. He completed 7 of 8 passes for 225 yards to go along with his 88-yard rushing performance. Elsewhere: Tom Vanderhorst kicked a 38-yard field goal on the final play to give Navy a 19-17 victory over Southern Methodist.

Bobby Thomason's second touchdown pass of the game and Roy Hanks' interception in overtime carried Columbia to a 20-13 triumph over Harvard in the opener for both Ivy League teams. Yale opened its season with a 30-0 rout of Brown as Blake Kendall threw for three TDs. Josh Whipple caught five passes for 103 yards as William and Mary rolled over Bucknell, 47-0. Jim Murphy passed for 268 yards and two TDs to help Northeastern pound Lafayette, 36-6. Buffalo capitalized on five Lehigh turnovers to beat the Engineers, 34-20.

Southwest Baylor 42, Oregon State 10 Ka- lief Muhammad raced 100 yards with a kickoff and ran 18 yards for another touchdown as unbeaten Baylor (3-0) rolled past winless Oregon State (0-3) in Waco, Texas. Jerod Douglas and Pearce Pegross also scored twice and linebacker Anthony Taylor had an interception Delaware 58 seconds remaining. Chris Wei-bel threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Clarion to a 49-23 victory over Glenville State DaMon Macklin rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns to lead Slippery Rock to a 34-21 win over Fairmont State. Tailback Mike Han-kins rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown as Wilkes beat Susquehanna, 21-14. Ithaca kicker Scott Ernst tied a school record with eight extra points, and added a 24-yard, third-quarter field goal in a 59-23 victory over Mansfield Bloomsburg scored on its first six drives of the game and scored the most points in school history by beating Lock Haven, 64-0.

The Huskies (2-1) had 523 total yards of offense, including 343 yards rushing. Muhlenberg managed to score against Dickinson for the first time in seven years, but the host Red Devils still took a 34-12 win in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams, Quarterback Jesse Showerda thrfew three as runner Chad Hutchinson fumble in a shutout of Stanford (1-2) in Madison, Wis. Tailback Ron Dayne, a freshman out of Overbrook High in New Jersey, finished with 75 yards on 12 carries for the Badgers (3-0). West Virginia 20, Purdue 6 The Mountaineers intercepted four Purdue passes and harassed quarterback Billy Dicken with seven sacks to beat the Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind. Amos Zereoue scored on TD runs of 14 and 18 yards for West Virginia (4-0).

Purdue is 0-3. Elsewhere: Troy Davis rushed for 241 yards and five touchdowns to spark Iowa State past Northern Iowa, 42-23. Davis carried a school-record 53 times. Darnell Autry rushed for 115 yards in Northwestern's 28-7 triumph over Ohio University. Missouri piled up 292 yards rushing and Corby Jones threw his first two TD passes in a 38-24 conquest of Clemson.

Robert Holcombe ran for three touchdowns as Illinois won its first game, a 38-7 triumph over win-less Akron. East Army 35, Duke 17 In West Point, N.Y., Army's Ronnie McAda rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another as the Cadets (2-0) defeated Duke (0-3) for the first time since 1984. McAda racked up 313 yards in Franklin and Marshall in Lancaster. The Bears (3-0, 1-0) held the defending Centennial Conference champions (2-1, 0-1 conference) to 124 yards total offense. Two quarterbacks completed just four of 23 passes for 41 yards with three interceptions.

Ursinus totaled 258 yards rushing, led by senior Dan Steigerwalt's 119 yards on 24 carries his first 100-yard game of the season. Bowie State 10, Cheyney 9 Apollo Wright scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter for Cheyney University (0-3) but the Wolves fell to Bowie State (1-3) in Atlantic City. Elsewhere: Anthony Browder caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from Rob Holmes with 18 seconds remaining to lift Kutztown to a 37-34 win over Shippensburg. Holmes' pass came just two plays after Shippens-burg's Kevin Washington scored on a 2-yard run on fourth down to put the Red Raiders ahead, with 291 yards for the Bears, who extended the Beavers' losing streak to 13. Elsewhere: Branndon Stewart threw two touchdown passes and Texas churned out 624 yards in a 55-0 thrashing of North Texas.

David Thompson ran for 217 yards and scored three TDs as Oklahoma State beat Utah State, 31-17. Southern University crushed Prairie View, 63-0, extending the Panthers' NCAA-record losing streak to 61 games. West California 33, Nevada 15 Brandon Willis replaced the injured Tarik Smith and ran for 107 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, as the Golden Bears (3-0) defeated Nevada (1-2) in Berkeley, Calif. Smith, ranked fifth nationally in rushing with a 178.5-yard average, suffered a sprained right knee. Wyoming 22, Air Force 19 In Laramie, Josh Wallwork passed for 453 yards and Cory Wedel kicked his third game-winning field goal of the season as Wyoming (4-0, 2-0 WAC) beat Air Force (2-1, 2-1).

Wall-work completed 33 of 45 passes. Elsewhere: Ronney Jenkins ran for the winning touchdown as Brigham Young held off New Mexico, 17-14. State, 21-16 touchdown passes and New Haven's defense forced seven turnovers as the Chargers beat Millersville, 22-8. Robert Epps caught two first-half touchdowns to lift West Virginia Wesleyan to a 24-10 win over California University of Pennsylvania Keith Cadden passed for 275 yards and two touchdowns as Lycoming College handed King's College a 51-18 loss in both teams' Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom League opener. Mike Harrison threw four touchdowns passes as Moravian rallied for a 35-32 win over Juniata in the first overtime game in Middle Atlantic Conference history.

Matt Helwig ran 33 yards for a touchdown with 35 seconds left to lead Gettysburg to a 28-21 victory over Western Maryland College in both teams' Centennial Conference opener. Ilelwig's run capped a four-play, 40-second drive in which Paul Smith carried the ball for 42 yards. Robsawne Little scored twice as Widener'beat FDU-Madison, 28-7. ASSOCIATED PRESS Scott Harley rushed for 291 yards, more than he gained all last season, and lifted East Carolina to a 23-7 victory over South Carolina last night in Columbia, S.C. Harley, a sophomore, broke the school's single-game rushing record of 282 yards set by Junior Smith against Tulsa three years ago.

South Carolina (2-1) was never in sync, with quarterback Anthony Wright fumbling four times in the second half and throwing an interception. Marcus Crandell added a 17-yard touchdown pass to Larry Shannon for East Carolina (2-1). Georgia 15, Texas Tech 12 Mike Bobo, booed much of the game, threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Juan Daniels with 1 minute, 45 seconds remaining to lift Georgia past Texas Tech in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs (1-2) went 97 yards in 10 plays, getting a fourth-down, 30-yard completion from Bobo to Daniels to keep the drive alive. Texas Tech (1-2) lost despite 214 yards rushing by Byron Hanspard.

Elsewhere in the South: Qadry Anderson threw for 291 yards and two TDs to lead Memphis to a 17-10 Conference USA victory over Tulane Missisippi had nine sacks and forced two fumbles in a 20-9 Southeastern Conference win over Vanderbilt. Small Colleges McAdams ASSOCIATED PRESS Brad McAdams passed for 257 yards and one touchdown as North Carolina Central beat Delaware State, 21-16, yesterday in Atlantic City. The Hornets (1-3) led by 10-7 at the half, but late in the third quarter the Eagles regained the lead when Adrian Jones returned a blocked Delaware State punt for a 15-yard touchdown. The Eagles (3-1) widened the gap with Shawn Gibbs's 1-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter. Running back Bryan Jenkins led a Delaware State 265-yard rushing game with 118 yards.

Johns Hopkins 42, Swarthmore 7 Mark Guzzo caught three touchdown passes to lead Johns Hopkins (1-1, 1-0) to its first Centennial Conference victory with a win over Swarthmore in Swarthmore. Guzzo scored on passes from quar-, terback Wayne Roccja of 14, 23 and leads N.C. Central past 21 yards. Roccia was 12 of 27 for 126 yards and two interceptions. Swarthmore (0-2, 0-1) got its only score with 10 minutes, 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter when quarterback Pat Straub found Mason Tootell streaking down the sideline for a 57-yard touchdown.

East Stroudsburg 54, Southern Connecticut 28 Quarterback Damian Poalucci passed for 472 yards and a conference record-tying seven touchdowns to lead East Stroudsburg (1-1) over Southern Connecticut (2-1) in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Poalucci's seven touchdowns tied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record set by Andy Breault of Kutztown against Bloomsburg in 1991. Ursinus 13, Franklin and Marshall 0 Wide receiver Ben Mills caught a 5-yard touchdown pass and Mark McGonagle added a pair of field goals to lift Ursinus to its first 3-0 start in 65 years with a win over Penn Dart 9 22 42-174 51-197 107 227 7-18-0 21-34-2 30 66 2-3 2-2 8-55 6-44 27:25 32:35 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Penn, Scott 25-166, Teodecki 3-8, Abye 10-1. Dartmouth, Smith 21-90, Aljancic Ellis 2-19.

Passing: Penn, Teodecki 7-18-0-107. Dartmouth, Aljancic 21-34-2-227. Receiving: Penn, Fabish 6-83, James 1-14. Ellis 6-91, Harper 6f0, Oberle 4-32..