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Stthdhy, September 29, 1996 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER C15J COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ranked Teams urangeme snap Va. Tech's -V j. i inia cruises Virs: sr. V'i ii itmt The Philadelphia Inquirer JERRY LODRIGUSS Quarterback Mark Lindell sees the ball get away from Teddy Hutchinson (30) as the running back is hit on Colgate's first possession. The fumble wound up being one of six lost by the Raiders.

Penn rides generosity of Colgate to a 38-7. rout Top 25 Associated Press HI Florida (4-0) beat Kentucky, 65-0. Next: at Arkansas, Saturday, El Florida State (3-0) beat No. 1 1 North Carolina, 13-0. Next vs.

Clemson, Saturday. 021 Penn State (5-0) beat Wisconsin, 23-20. Next: at Ohio State, Saturday. LUJ Ohio State (3-0) beat No. 5 Notre Dame, 29-16.

Next: Vs. Penn State, Saturday. Efl Notre Dame (3-1) lost to Jo. 4 Ohio State, 29-16. NexfrVs.

Washington, Oct. 12. S3 Arizona State (4-0) beat Oregon, 48-27. Next: s. Boise State, Saturday.

Michigan (4-0) beat UCLA, 38-9. Next: at Northwestern, Saturday. E3 Nebraska (2-1) beat Colorado State, 65-9. Next: at Kansas State, Saturday. E0 Tennessee (2-1) Idie.

Next: vs. Mississippi, Thursday. EE1 Miami, Fla. (4-0) beat Pittsburgh, 45-0. Next Vs.

Florida State, Oct. 12. EO North Carolina (3-1) lost to No. 2 Florida State, 13-0. Next: at Wake Forest, Saturday.

IEI Colorado (3-1) beat Texas 24-10. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Oct. 12. Ill Texas (2-2) lost to No.

19 Virginia, 37-13. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Saturday. Alabama 4-0) ldle.i;o,v Next: Saturday. EH Southern Cal (3-1) Next: Saturday.

E33 Kansas State (4-0) Idle. Next vs. Nebraska, Saturday. FFI Louisiana State (3-0) beat New Mexico State, 63-7. Next: vs.

Saturday. UJ Virginia Tech (3-1) lost to Syracuse, 52-21. Next ys. Temple, Oct. 12.

13 Virginia (4-0) beat Texas, 37-13. Next at Georgia Tech, Saturday. El Kansas (2-1) lost. lo. Utah, 45-42 Saturday.

Washington (2-1) Next vs. Stanford, Saturday. Prl Auburn (3-1) ii! Next vs: South Carolina, Saturday. El West Virginia (4-0) boat Maryland, 13-0. Next: ys.

Boston College, Saturday. PZl Brigham Young (4-1) beat Southern Methodist, 31-3. Next at Utah, Friday. E3 Northwestern (3-1) beat.lpdwa, 35-17. Michigan, Saturday.

The Quakers transformed four of the Red Raiders' nine yes, nine turnovers into touchdowns. streak: this season, ran for 109 yards four touchdowns as No. 7 Michigan 1fJ A 1 A A sioppeu uplift nnn Ai oor, Micn.i Howard, who was scholastically ineligible for the opener and missed -last week's Boston College game with an injury, scored on runs of 31,. in iiTirl 7 vnrHa frtr tho 'Xrttuorinoc (4-0), Phillip Ward scored on a 42-yard interception return and Bjorn Mer-. ten kicked a 25-yard field goal for UCLA (1-2).

Miami 45, Pittsburgh 0 In what amounted to a pit stop before taking on Florida State Oct. 12, No. 10 Mi omi rrvl 1 cA tn ito srrr A ctroin-Vit shutout by beating Pittsburgh in Mi- Tony Gaiter, making Lis first reer start, caught three passes including an 85-yard score while tailback Danyell Ferguson i had yards and a TD. The Panthers (1-4, 0-2 Big who lost 72-0 to Ohio State last been outscored 117-0 in their last two games. The Hurricanes (4-0, 2-0) shut out Rutgers 33-0 in their last game.

Nebraska 65, Colorado State 9 Scott Frost, hammered by critics for two lackluster passed for two touchdowns and ran for one in leading No. il Nebraska, ovef Colorado State in Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers (2-L who fell from the No. 1 spot after a 19-0 shutout by Arizona State las: down a scrappy Cobrado State (2-3) squad that moved ball inv the early going but couldn't score. Frost capped Nebraska first possession with a 3-yard TD pass to Ver- shan Jackson.

Colorado 24, Texas 10 Detmer threw touchdowa passes of; 50 and 9 yards and No. 12 Colorado had seven sacks and forced four, Texas fumbles in a 3ig Twelve game in College Station, Texas. It took the Buffaloes (3-1, 1-0) only 13 seconds to quiet tht standing-room-only crowd of 70,339 at Texas (1-3, 0-1). Michae. Jennings fumbled the opening kickoff, and Colorado's Brandon Southward re- covered at the Aggies 28 On the first play, Rse Carruth took the ball around the eft side on an end around and barreled into the end zone with 14:47 to go in the first quarter, igniting Colorado to a 21-7 halftime lead.

Louisiana State 63, New Mexico State 7 Rondell Mealey scored four touchdowns and ran for 124 yards as the 17th-ranked Tigers buried New Mexico State in Baton Rouge, La. The Aggies (0-5), the lowest-scor-' ing team in the nation with only 28 points, got 164 rushing yards from Devin Means on 31 carries, but little else. Mealey had scoring runs of 17, 44, 31 and 3 yards as LSU, 3-0 for the first time since 1987, gained 609 yards. Northwestern 35, Indiana 17 After being stung by Wake Forest in its season opener, 25th-ranked Northwestern won its third straight game, beating the Hoosicrs in Bloo-'' mington, as the Wildcats opened their Big Ten tit defense. Darnell Autry rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns, and D'Wayne Bates had 159 jards in receptions and both TD passes from Steve Schnur as the Wildcats made big plays and took advantage of big mistakes by the Hoosicrs.

Indiana (2-2, 0-1) led 10-0 in the second quarter and 17-14 at half- time, but Northwestern (3-1, 1-0) converted a Hoosiers fumble into Autry's second touchdown, a 1-yard run that nut the Wildcats ahoad for good midway through the third quarter. Bates' 40-yard ci ten on the next possession and two short runs by Autry set up his 23-yard run for a 28-17 lead. West Virginia 13, Maryland 0 Amos Zereoue ran for 145 yards and scored the game's only ouchdown No. 23 West Virginia's defense i taineers stopped Maryland in Mor- gantown, W.Va. West Virginia (5-0), seventh na-" tionally in total defense i.nd fifth in crnrino Hnfpncp niiVni' nff frm lviaryianu pusses.

ttTr.t. .1 tii uv i inn phm) "ju vn vvner virainia nplprKP hp MnrvlnnH (2-2) to 9 yards rushing a id 62 yards overall and never let the Terps past midfield. Brieham Youne 31. Southern Mth. odist 3 Steve who passca lor ms yaras, passea tor one touchdown and set up or as No.

24 Brigham Young beat Western Athletic Conference rival Southern Methodist in Provo, Utah. SarkKinn sarkpil nil sprnnH rlnmn comnlcled a na tr! K.O. Kealaluhi that went for a 47-yard gain, setting up Ronney Jenkins' 1-yard touchdown run that gave the host Cougars (4-1, 2-0) a 17-3 lead over SMU4 (2-3, 1-2). ASSOCIATED PRESS Tebucky Jones scored on a 23-yard run and Phil Nash returned a blocked punt for a score to key a 17-point second-quarter run yesterday as Syracuse beat Virginia Tech, 52-21, in Syracuse, N.Y., and ended the Hokies" 13-game winning streak. The Orangemen (1-2, 1-0 Big East), plagued by turnovers and penalties In losses to North Carolina and Minnesota, finally put a solid game together.

But ending the nation's longest winning streak in Division I-A and getting Syracuse's 600th football victory wasn't i Leading 24-14 at intermission, the Orangemen nearly self-destructed again. This time, Donovan McNabb wouldn't let them. McNabb rebounded after two subpar performances, completing 8 of 12 passes for 123 yards and rushing for 127 yards on 15 carries. After fullback Ken Oxendine scored on a 3-yard run midway through the third quarter to pull the Hokies (3-1, 2-1) within 24-21, McNabb led Syracuse right back. He completed a 48-yard pass to Jim Turner to the Virginia Tech 8, then scrambled and hit freshman Quintan Spotwood at the end line with 3 minutes, 44 seconds left in the third quarter for a 31-21 lead.

Virginia 37, Texas 13 Tiki Barber, the hero of Virginia's victory last season over Florida State, turned another important game into his personal showcase, running for 121 yards and three touchdowns as the 17th-ranked Cavaliers routed No. 13 Texas in Charlottesville, Va. Barber scored on runs of 16, 26 and 12 yards first quarter as Virginia (4-0) dominated early. Texas (2-2) trailed by 21 points before the first quarter was finished and was never in the game. Utah 45, Kansas 42 Mike Fouts threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Rocky Henry with 1:39 remaining to give Utah a victory over No.

20 Kansas in Salt Lake City. Fouts, the nephew of former NFL quarterback Dan Fouts, was 21 of 35 for a career-high 476 yards and four touchdowns. He overcame two fourth-quarter interceptions to lead Utah (4-1) on the winning six-play, 82-yard drive. Kansas running back June Henley gave the Jayhawks a 42-38 lead with 4:09 to play when he caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Matt Johner on a fake field goal. Henley rushed for 216 yards on 41 carries.

The Jayhawks dropped to 2-1. Florida State 13, North Carolina 0 Florida State's top-ranked defense sacked North Carolina's Chris Keldorf eight times and its special teams blocked two punts and a field goal in Tallahassee, to snap the Tar Heels' six-game winning streak. Second-ranked Florida State's lone touchdown and two field goals by Scott Bentley were all set up by its defense, which came into the game rated No. 1 in total defense. Sluggish offensively throughout the game, the Scminoles (3-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) capitalized on the first of two blocked punts by sophomore safety Dexter Jackson and a fumble by Dre' Bly of North Carolina (3-1, 2-1 to take a 10-0 halftime lead.

Florida 65, Kentucky 0 Florida's Jacquez Green returned two punts for touchdowns as the No. 1 Gators stopped Kentucky in Gainesville, Fla. Florida (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) kept the Wildcats from crossing midfield until an interception midway through the fourth quarter gave them the ball at the 37. Kentucky (1-3, 0-1), which finished with 67 yards, trailed by 41 at halftime. On Kentucky's first punt of the second half, Green got out of the grasp of Leman Boyd on the sideline, picked his way laterally through a huge pile and then coasted down the opposite sideline for a 66-yard touchdown return.

On the next punt, he made the first defender miss badly and zigzagged the final 50 yards to finish off a 79-yard touchdown. Green, utterly exhausted, had to be helped back to the bench. Arizona State 48, Oregon 27 Jake Plummer threw for 282 yards and four touchdowns, two in a 1:57 span of the second quarter, as No. 6 Arizona State avoided a letdown and beat Oregon in Tempe, Ariz. Plummer, who had 292 yards in last week's 19-0 upset of then top-ranked Nebraska, completed 21 of 37 passes, and Terry Battle had two second-half touchdown runs for the Sun Devils (4-0, 2-0 Pac-10).

Trailing by 27-10 at halftime, the Ducks (3-2, 0-2) closed to 27-13 on Joshua Smith's 20-yard field goal early in the third quarter, only to see Battle score on a slashing 21-yard run two minutes later. Michigan 38, UCLA 9 Chris Howard, playing only, his second game Quakers being inconsistent on offense. There were missed blocks, mistimed patterns, penalties, and two lost fumbles. In the second quarter alone, Penn was called for false starts four times. "I don't think there's any question we were way, way too inconsistent," said frustrated Al Bagnoli, the Penn coach.

"The offense got great field position and came away with too few points. It should have been 21-0 in the first 10 minutes of the game. Then it got to be 7-7 and it was a fight." But the Raiders' Marcus Cameron gave Penn yet another opening. Uncertain of whether to catch a punt or let it roll into the end zone, he made a last-second stab at the ball and dropped it, and Quakers freshman Joey Alofaitulli pounced on it his second fumble recovery of the night on special teams at the 1. Teodecki 's second sneak resulted in the touchdown.

Another Colgate miscue, this one the most controversial of the night, enabled the Quakers to go into the locker room with a 17-7 lead. From the Penn 49, Teodecki threw three straight incompletions, the last on a pass over the middle on which Mark Fabish was leveled by free safety Brian Gianci. As Fabish lay in pain on the turf, the Raiders congratulated their teammate on the hit. Perhaps too enthusiastically, in one official's eyes. A flag flew, and Colgate was penalized for excessive celebration.

Instead of having to punt, the Quakers had a first down, and Jeremiah Greathouse eventually kicked a 37-yard field goal. "We lost a chance to get the ball in decent field position," Colgate coach Dick Biddle said. "I don't like the rule, but it was probably the right call." So the Quakers were up 10 at intermission and looking to settle down in the second half. They took over twice in Colgate territory but failed to score as Teodecki threw an interception at the 1 and Greathouse hit the upright on a 46-yard field-goal attempt. But Bishop's interception led to a TD, which came on Teodccki's 4-yard pass to tight end Travis Arbo-gast on the first play of the fourth quarter and made it 24-7.

By this time, the Raiders' defense was beat, and Penn cashed in for two more touchdowns, both by Granata, a 5-foot-l 1, 220-pound junior who had transferred from Eastern Michigan. Granata showed power on a 19-yard touchdown run on which he dragged three defenders over the goal line. He then exhibited speed on a 67-yard scamper with 27 seconds to play. He finished the night with 107 yards on eight carries. "We're very fortunate to have Jay Scott, Aman Abye and Rick Granata," Bagnoli said, mentioning his three best rushers in Penn's one-back attack.

"The problem is getting enough carries for everybody." Another problem for Penn is penalties. The Quakers were cited 15 times for 116 yards, not good for a team with its sights set on an Ivy League championship. Penn Colgate 7 10 0 2138 0 7 0 07 First Quarter Penn Scott 1 run (Greathouse kick), 13:10. Second Quarter Colg LindeU 2 run (Archer kick), 13:55. Penn Teodecki 1 run (Greathouse kick), 6:13.

Penn FG Greathouse 37, 0:19. Fourth Quarter Penn Arbogast 4 pass from Teodecki (Great-house kick), 14:55. Penn Granata 19 run (Greathouse kick), 10:50. Penn Granata 67 run (Miller kick), 20:27. A 11,214.

Pen Col First downs 17 8 Rushes-yards 47-247 37-136 Passing 178 101 Comp-Att-lnt 18-34-1 10-24-3 Return Yards 78 94 Punts-Avg. Fumbies-Lost 2-2 7-6 Penalties-Yards 15-116 4-45 Time of Poss 34:46 25:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Penn, Scott 18-69, Abye 15-42, Granata 8-107, Teodecki 4-10, Fabish 1-0, MacLeod 1--2. Colgate, Lindell 13-41, Smith 5-8, Hutchinson 3-8, Cameron 1-40, Vena 5-8, Owens 4-17, Caravetta 5-13, Bowers 1-1. Passing: Penn, Teodecki 15-29-1-151, MacLeod 3-5-0-27. Colgate, Lindell 9-22-2-110, Vena 0-1-1-0, Lynch 1-1-0-1.

Receiving: Penn, Thompson 5-49, Fabish 1-6, Ricchio, 3-21, Bonanno 4-50. Arbogast 2-8, James 2-33, Karcich 1-11. Colgate, Mattes 1-5, Hutchinson 1-2, Hill 2-54, Bowers 1-1, Young 2-11, Davidson 1-9, Gregory 1-33, Caravetta 1-0. rushed for 100 yards on 19 carries. Holy Cross 7 0 15 830 Princeton 10 20 7 0-37 PR Sierk 24 field goal.

PR Washington 4 run (Sierk kick). HC Slapp 1 run (Fiatarone kick). PR Duffy 22 pass from Budzinski (kick failed). PR House 25 pass from Budzinski (Sierk kick). PR Kamara 12 pass from Budzinski (Sierk kick).

HC Laboranti 7 pass from Stapp (Stapp kick). HC Slapp 1 run (Stapp run). PR Washington 1 run (Sierk kick). HC Walz 4 pass from Stapp (Hopkins pass from Stapp) A 5,461. HC PR First downs 21 24 Rushes-yards 41-230 57-259 Passing 193 193 Return Yards 3 12 Comp-Att-lnt 19-35-0 13-18-0 Punts 7-255 5-238 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 4-41 6-45 Time of Possession 26.54 33:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Holy Cross, Walz 19-100.

Chambers 6- 46, Dalrymple 1-19, Coney 1-9, Bestpitch 1-7, Laboranti 1-2, Stapp 11-2, Arthurs 1-minus 2. Princeton, Washington 29-151, McGlothlin 12- 47, Budzinski 10-22, Dempsey 5-8, Duffy 1-2. Passing: Holy Cross, Stapp 19-35-0 193, Princeton, Budzinski 13-18-0 193. Receiving: Holy Cross, Hopkins 5-55, Laboranti Andrews 4-34, fWrttrh Wal? Myers 1-14. Princeton, Duffy 6-98, Kamara 3-39, Washington 2-6, House Giurato 1-25.

By Joe Juliano INQUIItKR STAFF WRITER The gifts Colgate brought to Franklin Field last night from upstate New York were plentiful. Fumbled handoffs, fumbled snaps, fumbled punt returns, plus three interceptions for good measure. Penn surveyed what was offered but didn't make a pig out of itself. The Quakers scored touchdowns after four of the Red Raiders' nine turnovers and coasted to a 38-7 victory before a damp crowd of 11,214. Steve Teodecki ran for one touchdown and passed for another.

Rick Granata, the Quakers' No. 3 tailback, added a pair of TDs, one on a 67-yard run. Meanwhile, the Penn defense held the Raiders, who had the top-ranked offense in the Patriot League, to 201 total yards. But, oh, those turnovers. Colgate (0-4), which had coughed up the ball IS times in its first three games, outdid itself with six fumbles and three interceptions.

In the first 5Vj minutes, with sheets of rain hitting the plastic turf, the Raiders fumbled the ball away three times. "When we saw that team on film, we saw a chance to create turnovers," said Penn safety John Bishop, who contributed an interception in the third quarter. "We went in with that strategy, and it worked out. The weather conditions were bad, but we just wanted to put our head on the ball." Still, with all the errors, Colgate managed to tie the score at 7-7 early in the second quarter, capitalizing on a fumble recovery when quarterback Mark Lindell made a 2-yard touchdown run. The Quakers (1-1) were squandering opportunity after opportunity.

They had scored only on Jasen Scott's 1-yard run, which came three plays after Tim Foster had pounced on Colgate fumble. That, despite starting in Colgate territory at the 24, 24 and 19. This was another case of the Budzinski ASSOCIATED PRESS PRINCETON Brett Budzinski threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns yesterday to lead Princeton to a 37-30 victory over Holy Cross, possibly putting an end to the Tigers' quarterback rotation with him and Jackie Dempsey. Head coach Steve Tosches said Budzinski would play two of every three series against Holy Cross (1-2), but Budzinski played all but one series in the first half, as Princeton (1-1) scored on five of its first six possessions for a 30-7 lead. Holy Cross rallied with two third-quarter touchdowns to make it 30-22, but Budzinski then drove Princeton to the 4-yard line before he had to leave with a twisted ankle.

Marc Washington, who rushed for 151 yards, capped the drive with a 1-yard run to make it 37-22. Holy Cross scored with four seconds remaining to make it close. The win was Princeton's 10th straight against Patriot League teams snapped the Tigers' leads Princeton to win tm Conference Overall Big Ten Penn State 10 5 0 Northwestern 10 3 1 Michigan 10 4 0 Michigan St. 10 2 2 Minnesota 0 0 3 0 Ohio St. 0 0 3 0 Iowa 0 0 2 1 Wisconsin 0 1 3 1 Indiana 0 1 2 2 Illinois" 0 1 13 Purdue 0 1 13 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Peiw Stale 23.

Wisconsin 20 Ohio Stale 29. Notre Dame 16 Michigan 38, UCLA 9 Michigan Stale 47, Eastern Michigan 0 Northwestern 35, Indiana 17 Purdue 42,. North Carolina Stale 21 NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES Penn Stale al Ohio State Indiana al Illinois Michigan at Northwestern Minnesota at Purdue Michigan State at Iowa' Big East cntrcLe STll Virginia Tech 2 1 3 1 West Virginia 10 5 0 10 3 0 Temple 0 0 13 Syracuse 10 12 Boston College 0 1 2 2 Pittsburgh 0 1 13 Rutgers 0 2 13 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston College 43, Navy 38 Miami 45, Pittsburgh 0 Syracuse 52. Virginia Tech 21 West Virginia 13, Maryland 0 NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES three-game winless streak. Princeton has not gone four straight games without a win since Tosches became head coach in 1987.

Matt Evans set a Princeton record for punting average per game, punting five times for a 47.6 yard average. Alex Sierk's 24-yard field goal and Wash ington's 4-yard touchdown run gave Princeton a 10-0 lead. Holy Cross, which came out in a no-huddle offense, scored on quarterback Brion Stapp's keeper late in the first quarter to make it 10-7. Dempsey then came in for his only series of the half, and the Tigers gained just 2 yards on the possession. Budzinski returned and on the next three possessions threw touchdown passes to Kevin Duffy, Alex House and Korli Kamara to give Princeton a 30-7 halftime lead.

Budzinski completed 9 of 13 in the half for 158 yards, and 13 for 18 overall. For Holy Cross, Stapp was 19 for 35 for 193 yards, while J.R. Walz Temple at Pittsburgh Rutgers at Syracuse Boston College at West Virginia.