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10D THE CLARION-LEDGER SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2000 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2000 THE CLARION-LEDGER 1 1D 1 tub rS COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEC C-USA GAME Foster runs over Alabama, 9 Cardinals work 0T to down Wildcats oeips uula regain respect 'What are they going to say Tigers answer doubters Rushing yards Jackson State Passing yards Jackson State ByJohnNadei The Associated Press Howard Howard The Associated Press Total yards Jackson State First downs 19 11 flH Mil mm 1 1 1 Howard Howard JSU Penaltiesyards Jackson State Third downs Jackson State 4 of 16 25 Howard 3 of 17 18 Howard of Foster, a 6-foot-l, 217-pounder. "A lot of people had counted us out. I wanted to do my part, and I guess my part was to run for a career-high total," Foster said. "It's a great feeling to come back, in the opening game, beat the No. 3 team in the country and get some respect.

"It's essentially the same team. The line was kind of young; we had a lot of injuries. We knew that once we got everybody back we'd have a good team." UCLA won convincingly despite quarterback Cory Paus separating his throwing shoulder on the game's first play. Toledo said Paus is expected to be sidelined 2-4 weeks. Ryan McCann stepped in and did an admirable job, completing 14 of 24 passes for 194 yards and one touchdown with one interception the only UCLA turnover.

Toledo, starting his fifth year as the UCLA coach, said this win ranked with his best. "I don't know if we're back," said Toledo, whose team went 10-2 in both 1997 and 1998. "But I'm very excited right now for our football team and the Pac-10." The Crimson Tide took a 24-21 lead early in the third period when Reggie Myles intercepted a pass by McCann and returned it 91 yards for a touchdown. However the Bruins needed only three plays to go back on top, scoring when McCann lofted a 46-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Mitchell, a junior who hadn't caught a TD pass since his freshman year. "They dominated us on both sides of the line of scrimmage," Alabama coach Mike DuBose said.

"We had our opportunities in the first half. We just did not make the plays. I'm disappointed in the way we played, and I'm disappointed in the way I prepared them. They just kept the ball away from us too much." PASADENA, Calif. -UCLA coach Bob Toledo's plan was simple: Give the horse the ball.

It was the right approach. DeShaun Foster gained a career-high 187 yards on a school record-tying 42 carries and scored three touchdowns, and UCLA's much-maligned defense held No. 3 Alabama in check Saturday as the Bruins upset the Crimson Tide 35-24. The outcome made Alabama's first trip to the Rose Bowl in nearly 55 years an experience to forget. It also got the Bruins off and running in their attempt to put a 4-7 season behind them.

Foster, a junior hampered by a sprained ankle most of last season when he gained only 375 yards, scored on a pair of 1-yard plunges in the first half and an 8-yard run late in the third quarter. "We were going to run him at least 30 times," Toledo said 9-2-00 1 2 3 4 J-State 13 7 8 6 34 Howard 0 3 7 6 16 Michael CaulfieldThe Associated Press UCLA's Deshaun Foster scores against Alabama's Milo Lewis during UCLA's 35-24 win. JSU running backs coach Dar-rell Asberry had to talk running back Damion Ducksworth into coming back for his senior season. Tiger fans are glad he did. Ducksworth, from Gulfport, had 16 carries for 90 yards and came up big when JSU needed him most.

Strong and durable, you could see the difference in JSU's offense without Ducksworth in the game. Losing streak, goalposts tumble at USC Ducksworth Western Division SEC Miss. State 0-0 LOUISVILLE, Ky. Tony Stallings burst up the middle on Louisville's first play of overtime to give the Cardinals a 40-34 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night. On the first possession of overtime, Anthony Floyd intercepted Jared Lorenzen's pass.

Stallings dashed 25 yards untouched on the next play for the winning score, unleashing a wild celebration of Louisville's players and coaches. The Wildcats blew a golden opportunity to win the season opener in the final minute of regulation. Linebacker Marlon McCree scooped up a fumble by Louisville quarterback Dave Ragone at the Cardinals' 46 with 47 seconds left and returned it to the 2. But four plays later, safety Curry Burns blocked Brandon Sanders' 18-yard field-goal attempt as time expired. The blocked kick capped a wild fourth quarter that featured four touchdowns and three turnovers.

Louisville led 20-19 until McCree picked up Ragone's fumble and took it 9 yards for a touchdown with 12:50 left. Zek Parker returned the ensuing kickoff to the Kentucky 30 and Ragone found Deion Branch for the tying touchdown just 45 seconds later. Lorenzen threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Quentin McCord with 8:46 left before Ragone capped a long drive with a 3-yard scoring pass to Damien Dorsey to tie the game again. Ragone and Lorenzen combined to throw for 578 yards and six touchdowns. Lorenzen threw two 34-yard touchdown passes one to Dougie Allen and the other to Derek Smith in the first six minutes of the game to help Kentucky to a 13-0 lead.

The Cardinals marched into Kentucky territory on their first four possessions but only managed one score, on a 33-yard touchdown pass from Ragone to Branch. A severe thunderstorm caused a 74-minute suspension of play. The game resumed at 9:30 p.m. CDT. Ole Miss Auburn LSU Arkansas Alabama 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 All 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 JSU middle linebacker Edward Reese.

Reese, a senior from Chunchula, and one of only two returning starters on defense, opened the season in fine fashion, recording six tackles and returning an interception 1 1 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. Reese timed the pick perfectly, stepping in front of a Bobby Townsend pass and running Eastern Division Florida Georgia S. Carolina 0-0 0-0 0-0 Reese Tennessee 0-0 Kentucky 0-0 Vanderbilt 0-0 untouched into the end zone. Reese recorded 73 tackles last year. and three touchdowns as LSU opened the Nick Saban era with a win at Baton Rouge The team fulfilled some of Saban's wishes, but questions remained about how LSU would do when they stepped up from a Division I-AA opponent.

LSUs defense not only shut out Western Carolina, it shut them down, limiting them to just 167 overall yards on 54 plays, and 11 first downs. The Tigers also sacked Catamount quarterback David Rivers once, intercepted him once and recovered a fumble. The LSU offense was impressive, with 680 total yards with three quarterbacks runningit. LSU's 485 total passing yards is a school record. Arkansas 38, SW Mo.

0 Robby Hampton had a nice tangible statistic to go along with all those intangibles that coach Houston Nutt expects from his Arkansas quarterback. Hampton, a 24-year-old sophomore making his first start, completed his first nine passes and wound up with 17-of-22 for 237 yards and two touchdowns as the Razorbacks opened the season with a victo-ry over Southwest Missouri State in Little Rock. From Wire Service Reports Nearly two years after he came to revive South Carolina's stumbling program, coach Lou Holtz and the Gamecocks took their first steps to success Saturday, breaking their 21-game losing streak with a 31-0 victory over New Mexico State. Derrick Watson ran for 114 yards, Andrew Pinnock scored two touchdowns and the Gamecocks pestering defense kept the Aggies off-balance in the opener. It was South Carolina's first win since beating Ball State on Sept.

5, 1998. As time and the losing streak ticked away, fans couldn't take it, swarming the field with 36 seconds to go. Holtz and his coaches helped clear the field for the final plays. It was bedlam when the game ended with fans chanting, cheering and ripping down both goalposts. The 80,814 in attendance in Columbia, S.C., knew early that things would be different.

The Gamecocks used a four-receiver spread offense that took them places like the end zone they didn't see very much in averaging less than 8 points a year ago. numerous to list completely, although a few stuck out. One came midway through the third quarter, when Spurrier got tired of watching his offense bumble and called for a punt on third-and-26. On the next drive, Ball State scored on a 49-yard pass from Talmadge Hill to Corey Parch-man. The Cardinals then blocked a punt to take over at Florida's 13, trailing 33-19.

Florida's Tron LaFavor recovered a fumble two plays later to stop the insanity, then Jesse Palmer hit Bo Carroll on the sideline for a 75-yard scoring play that put the Gators ahead by three touchdowns. Georgia 29, Georgia So. 7 Georgia's Quincy Carter passed for two touchdowns and ran for another against the defending I-AA champion Eagles. Visiting Georgia Southern's Adrian Peterson, last year's Payton Award winner as the top player in I-AA, extended his streak of 100-yard running games to 3 1 in a row encompassing his entire college career. He gained 152 yards to become the school's leading career rusher with 3,891 yards, breaking Joe Ross' mark of 3,876.

Carter completed 16 of 27 passes for 203 yards, with one interception. Miami 0. 33, Vandy 30 Mike Bath threw two touchdown passes in the final 2:53 as Miami (Ohio) beat hostVanderbilt. Vandy led 30-20 before Bath hooked up with Mike Sullivan on a 4-yard strike to make it close, and then with Cal Murray for the 2-yard winner with just 20 seconds left on a fourth-down play. Bath was 24-for-41 for 358 yards, four touchdowns and one interception for the Red-Hawks, who won their fifth straight opener.

Ty Buxton and Sly Johnson both finished with 134 receiving yards. GregZolman threw two long touchdown passes and ran for a short one himself for Vander-bilt, which was hurt down the stretch by the absence of suspended All-American linebacker Jamie Winborn and top cornerback Jimmy Williams. LSU 58, W. Carolina 0 Josh Booty passed for 291 yards and two touchdowns and Rohan Davey threw for 194 South Carolina scored two rushing touchdowns and got two interceptions of New Mexico State's K.C. Enzminger to lead 17-0 by halftime.

In 1999, it took the Gamecocks two games to score a touchdown, five to do it on the ground and six before the defense got an interception. Florida 40, Ball State 19 The boos came down as steadily as the rain Saturday night at The Swamp. No. 9 Florida deserved every bit of it, plodding through a waterlogged victory over visiting Ball State, a team riding a 17-game losing streak that was expected to roll over for the not-so-mighty Gators. The team from David Let-terman's alma mater never gave up, and Gators coach Steve Spurrier found a top-10 list's worth of reasons to flip his visor, yell at his quarterback and pace the sidelines, forced to sweat through a game his team should have won easily.

The low points were too JSU: QB T.C. Taylor scored on a 21 -yard run at the 4:46 mark to cap a 4-play, 32-yard drive. Brian Reynolds kicked the PAT. Key play: JSU FS Vinoe Davis intercepted a Townsend pass at the Howard 32-yard line setting up Taylor's scoring run. JSU 7, HU 0.

JSU: RB Nathan McLaurin scored on a 2-yard run at the 3:04 mark to cap a 3-play, 72-yard drive. Reynolds missed the PAT. Key play: A 70-yard pass from Taylor to WR Tim Manning. JSU 13, HU 0. Thursday's results Auburn 35, Wyoming 2 1 Saturday's results Ole Miss MSU 17, Memphis 3 UCLA 35, Alabama 24 Florida 40, Ball St.

19 Georgia LSU 58, W. Caro. 0 S.Caro.31,NMSt.O Tennessee 19, USM 16 Miami-0 33, Vandy 30 Louisville 40, Kenutcky 34 Arkansas 38, SW Mo. 0 Stephen Carrera The Associated Press JSU linebacker Edward Reese, one of two returning defen- the end zone for a touchdown after intercepting a pass sive starters, rumbles, bumbles and stumbles 1 1 yards to intended for Howard's Rice Tauric during the 2nd quarter. JSU starts rusty receiver Guy By Mark Alexander Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer CHICAGO Everywhere Jackson State's players went the past month or so all they heard were doubters.

How would it respond after losing 26 seniors and 16 starters? How would the defense, with only two starters returning, hold up? What about the schedule, a schedule that included four of the first five games on the road? The Tigers answered those doubters in a major way here Saturday night in the Chicago Classic. Led by a defense that forced six turnovers, scored twice and set up another score, JSU manhandled Howard 34-16 in the season-opener for both teams played before 43,464 at Soldier Field. "That's what really gave us motivation," JSU quarterback T.C. Taylor said. "Everybody doubted us.

We wanted to prove to everybody that this isn't a rebuilding year at Jackson State, it's a reloading year. We lost a lot of folks, but we've got a lot of talent coming in." Said Howard coach Steve Wilson: "It's like I told you earlier in the week, I find it hard to make myself feel sorry for Jackson State. No matter how young or inexperienced you think they might be, Jackson State has a lot of tradition and pride." The 34 points match the jersey number of former JSU and Chicago Bears great Walter Payton. Over half of those points were put up thanks to the Tigers' which played with a black-and-blue-NFC Central-type attitude. "The defense played excellent," JSU coach Robert Hughes said.

JSU's set the tone early when Vince Davis picked off Howard quarterback Bobby Townsend. Four plays later, Taylor scored from 2 1 yards out right up the gut on a QB draw from the shotgun formation. Linebacker Edward Reese made it 20-3 JSU with six minutes remaining in the second quarter when he stepped in front of a pass from Townsend and raced 11 yards for a score. Then with 1 :37 left, defensive back Corey Bonner returned an interception 44 yards to put a fitting end to the festivities. "They said we couldn't stop anybody," JSU defensive back Kenny Bryant said.

"What are they going to say now?" Said Reese: "We were in the perfect defense for that play (his interception). It was a great call by our defensive coordinator (Robert Kelly). I was just at the right place at the right time. I wanted it. "This game showed that the young guys are coming along just fine.

And the older guys stepped up. One down in September, three more to go." JSU faces Texas Southern next week to open Southwestern Athletic Conference play and then goes to Memphis and New Orleans to play Tennessee State and Southern in back-to-back weeks. That's what made this win all the more important for a team that entered the season with a lot of young faces on both sides of the ball." "I expected a win, and its good to start the season with one," Hughes said. "All I wanted is to see these guys under fire. All we needed was a little competition." Howard went through three quarterbacks and managed just 256 yards on 70 plays.

Still, the Bison hung in the game as JSU failed to capitalize on several scoring opportunities. Placekicker Brian Reynolds missed three field goals. Howard pulled to within 10 points, 20-10, early in the third quarter on a 45-yard scoring pass from Townsend to Jevontye Philpot. The scoring play came after back-to-back turnovers by JSU's offense. But the offense responded several minutes later, driving 93 yards on 12 plays to go ahead 28-10.

The Tigers kept the ball on the ground the entire drive, rotating handoffs between Ducksworth and Nathan McLaurin. Ducksworth rushed for a team-high 90 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. McLaurin, a redshirt freshman from Brandon, picked up 71 yards and a touchdown in his JSU debut. "We got a little lackadaisical after we got the lead," Hughes said. "But we came back and wore them down.

Ducksworth and McLaurin, that's not two little guys you're talking about." HU: Charles Cord kicked a 23-yard field at the 14:57 mark to cap a 9-play, 62-yard drive. Key play: A 30-yard pass from Townsend to WR Kevin Simmonds on the second play of the drive. JSU 13, HU 3. JSU: Reese picked off a Townsend pass and scored from 1 1 yards out. Reynolds kicked the PAT.

JSU 20, HU 3. Hampton ended his night when he recognized single coverage on Boo Williams and lobbed a pass that Williams took in stride at midfield. The 79-yard play made it 31-0. East Carolina shuts down Duke 38-0 Irish stop Aggies, but Davie can't relax The Associated Press The Associated Press HU: Townsend threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to WR Jevonte Philpot at the 13:57 mark to cap a 1-play, 45-yard drive. Card kicked the PAT.

Key play: JSU's McLaurin fumbled the ball on the previous play. JSU 20.HU10. JSU: Ducksworth scored on a 3-yard run at the 4:45 mark to cap a 12-play, 93-yard drive. Taylor threw a pass to WR Daniel Guy for the 2-point conversion. Key play: A pair of 13-yard runs by McLaurin.

JSU 28, HU 10. Tigers star missed 8 practices due to bills owed school By Mark Alexander Clarion-ledger Staff Writer CHICAGO Not only did Jackson State wide receiver Daniel Guy make the trip here to the Windy City, he started. Guy, the Tigers' leading returning receiver, missed eight straight practices before returning Wednesday after taking care of bills he owed the school. He made the second half of Wednesday's practice and all of Thursday's practice. Guy, a senior, is familiar with the system and JSU's coaches had no problem starting the Tigers' star player.

JSU didn't waste any time going to Guy. On the Tigers' first offensive possession, quarterback T.C. Taylor lofted a pass to Guy on a post route down the middle of the field. The pass fell incomplete as a Howard defender was draped on Guy like a cheap suit. Guy's first catch of the season came at the 4-minute, 44-sec-ond mark of the second quarter.

It was good for 1 1 yards. Payton remembered The name Walter Payton evokes great memories in Chicago. Payton, the late JSU and Chicago Bears star, is an icon in the city where he played his whole career and became the National Football League's all-time leading rusher. One Chicago couple was overheard before the game talking about the fact that they had a shrine to Payton in their house, and that they had named their dog after Sweetness. Rough trip It took JSU only a couple hours to fly from Jackson to Chicago Friday.

But it took almost three hours for the team to get to its hotel. JSU flew into Midway airport, located about an hour away from its hotel, located near O'Hare airport. When the team arrived there was no transportation arranged for the equipment. That, combined with Chicago traffic, made for a Stephen Carr eraThe Associated Press Jackson State's T.C. Taylor dives for the end zone, beating Howard's Donald Lank, No.

2, at Soldier Field. CUSA All E.Carolina 0-0 1-0 Army 0-0 0-0 Cincinnati 0-0 0-0 Houston 0-0 0-1 Louisville 0-0 1-0 UAB 0-0 0-0 Memphis 0-0 0-1 So. Miss 0-0 0-1 Tulane 0-0 0-1 Rice 30, Houston 27 Freshman Robbie Beck scored two touchdowns, the last a 1-yard dive in overtime, to rally host Rice at Houston. The Owls had a 24-17 lead with 1:50 left in the game but the Cougars rallied behind quarterback Jason McKinley, who completed 32 of 47 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns. The last was a 6-yarder to Brian Robinson with 39 seconds left in regulation.

Mike Clark kicked a 37-yard field goal on the Cougars' possession in the overtime. When the Owls got their turn, Beck dove over the right side from the played with a lot of heart and effort." Battle was 10 of 16 for 133 yards and also carried 12 times for 50 yards as the Irish rolled up 327 yards after a slow start. Being 1-0 is fine for now, since No. 1 Nebraska is next, followed by Purdue, Michigan State and Stanford. "We've got a long, long, long way to go in a short period of time because the football team coming in next week is probably as good a team as I've seen in a long time," Davie said of the Corn-huskers, who opened with a 49-13 win over San Jose State.

"It's a tremendous challenge for this football team." the Irish failed to get off to a strong start. It took a while, but Arnaz Battle made his first start a memorable one by throwing the first two touchdown passes of his career, and the Irish defense shut down the Aggies in the second half. Davie, an assistant at Texas under current Aggies coach R.C Slocum before arriving at Notre Dame, said the game was far from pretty but winning was all that matters. "It wasn't a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination," Davie said, "and I don't know that we played particularly well. But the thing that's really encouraging is we Kelly Hardy returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown on the third play and Jamie Wilson ran for two touchdowns as East Carolina beat mistake-prone Duke 38-0 on Saturday night at Durham, N.C.

David Garrard warmed up for his showdown Thursday night with No. 11 Virginia Tech and Michael Vick, going 22-for-29 for 264 yards and one TD in the opener for both teams. A sloppy field didn't negate East Carolina's superior speed as the Pirates rolled up 428 yards and didn't allow Duke to penetrate their 40. The shutout was only the second for the program since 1982. The last SOUTH BEND, Ind.

A handshake and hug from his new athletic director sent Notre Dame coach Bob Davie off the field to a rousing ovation from the crowd. Before he left, though, Davie walked toward the north end of the stadium and lifted his palms skyward in a "raise the roof" salute to Irish fans. Notre Dame's first victory in 10 months a 24-10 win over No. 25 Texas on Saturday allowed Davie to breathe a huge sigh of relief. With new AD Kevin White calling the shots, Davie started his fourth season knowing his job would be in jeopardy if occurred in 1998 31-0 against I-AA Chattanooga.

The young Blue Devils, with 43 freshmen on their roster, had a miserable start to the season, committing seven penalties 20 minutes into the game. In addition, Spencer Romine threw two first-half interceptions and was sacked twice. Hardy, making his first start, stepped in front of a sideline pass from Romine and raced untouched 1 :29 into the game to give the Pirates a quick 7-0 lead East Carolina drove 80 and 83 yards on its next two drives to bolt to a 2 1-0 halftime cushion. less than pleasurable arrival. Shook up JSU fullback Damion Ducksworth was shaken up at the 4:29 mark of the second quarter after a personal foul penalty on Howard.

He had to be helped off the field by trainers, but he returned in the second half and scored. Uncalled for JSU was flagged for a hand- ful of personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, something that won't go unnoticed, or unpunished, in practice this week. Strong leg JSU backup quarterback Robert Kent snowed he's more than capable of handling the punting chores. Kent's first punt traveled 43 yards, and his second punt traveled 53 yards. HU: QB Donald Clark Jr.

threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Townsend, who had moved to receiver, atthe 14:56 mark tocapa 12-play, 80-yard drive. The 2-point conversion attempt failed when JSU LB Elgin Andrews leveled Clark, forcing a fumble. Reese picked up the loose pigskin and raced all the way inside the Howard 5-yard line before being caught from behind by Howard's Simmonds. Key play: A pair of scrambles by Clark to open the drive. JSU 28, HU 16 JSU: JSU's last TD came with 1 :47 left.

It was a 44-yard interception return by Corey Bonner off Clark. Reynolds' kick was blocked. JSU 34, Howard 16. Saturday's results Tennessee 19, USM 16 E. Carolina 38, DukeO Miss.

St. 1 7, Memphis 3 Ole Miss 49, Tulane 20 Rice 30, Houston 17 Louisville 40, Kentucky 34 Monday's game Army at Cincinnati Crouch produces 4 TD's as Nebraska rolls Mays-led G-Men maul Alcorn 29-6 Pine Bluff halts Miss. Valley 40-7 JSU Howard Passes 25 41 Completions 8 13 Had intercepted 1 3 Fumbles-lost 3-1 4.3 Punts-avg. 9-40 10-46 Time of possession 33:35 26:25 Attendance: 43,364 RUSHING JSU, Duckworth 16-90, McLaurin 16-71, Taylor 19-40, Thigpen 2-10. Howard, Clark 5-44, Hutchinson 12-24, Townsend 5-16, Colbert 3-7.

PASSING JSU, Taylor 8-23-1-97, Kent 0-2-0-0. Howard, Townsend 10-30-2-155, Clark 3-11-1-26. RECEIVING JSU, Manning 2-81, Guy 2-5, Duckworth 2-3, Story 1-7. Howard. Philpott 6-88, Simmonds 3-65, Townsend 2-12, Brewer 1-9.

the KSU Stadium field. Va. Tech 52, Akron 23 Quarterback Michael Vick ran for touchdowns of 16 and 63 yards and threw for two more for the No. 1 1 Hokies at Blacksburg, Va. Vick was 7-for-ll for 186 yards and rushed eight times for 102 yards.

He threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Emmett Johnson, and a 34-yarder to Andre Davis. Washington 44, Idaho 20 Marques Tuiasosopo passed for 223 yards and a TD, and ran for 80 yards and another score. No. 14 Washington recovered four fumbles, intercepted a pass and blocked a punt at Seattle. Clemson 38, Citadel 0 Woodrow Dantzler completed 16 of 17 passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No.

17 Tigers at Clemson, S.C. Illinois 35, Middle Tenn. 6 Kurt Kittner connected with Greg Lewis for three touchdowns as the No. 2 1 IUi-ni overcame a sluggish start to beat Middle Tennessee at Champaign, 111. Colo.

St. 28, Colorado 24 Matt Newton threw a career-high four touchdown passes, including a 30-yarder to Jose Ochoa with 10:31 left, as Colorado State beat No. 23 Colorado for the second straight year at Denver. From Wire Service Reports Eric Crouch ran for three touchdowns and passed for another in 100-degree heat as No. 1 Nebraska beat San Jose State 49-13 at Lincoln, Neb.

Dan Alexander rushed for 208 yards and two TDs and Collins native Correll Buck-halter had 117 yards on 13 carries for the Huskers, who scored on their first four possessions. The Huskers had 596 yards of offense while winning their 15th straight opener. Crouch was 4-of-10 for 67 yards with two interceptions, and ran for 57 yards on eight carries. Michigan 42, B. Green 7 John Navarre, a redshirt freshman starting in place of From Wire and Special Reports GRAMBLING, La.

Micah Mays completed just 14 of 38 passes for Grambling State Saturday night, but three went for touchdowns and helped the Tigers beat Alcorn State Mays connected with Scotty Anderson on a 49-yard TD in the first quarter to open the scoring, and found him again for 4 yards in the third to make it 22-0. Mays added another 4-yard TD to Levi Washington on the first play of the fourth quarter to make it 29-0. Mays' 14 completions From Wire and Special Reports Mississippi Valley State scored a touchdown with 4:45 remaining in the game to avoid begin shut out in a 40-7 loss to Arkansas-Pine BluffatlttaBena. Ron Johnson and Dwight McKissic each scored a first-quarter touchdown, and Aaron Wall had field goals of 50 yards and 30 yards in the first half as the Pine Bluff offense had little trouble moving the football. Pine Bluff finished with 325 total yards, as McKissic and Johnson rushed for 77 and 72 yards respectively.

Purdue 48, C. Michigan 0 Drew Brees passed for 317 yards and three touchdowns and Steve Ennis had three 1-yard TD runs in his first collegiate start for the No, 15 Boilermakers at West Lafayette, Ind. Ohio St 43, Fresno St. 10 David Mitchell returned a fumble and an interception for scores and Michael Doss and Matt Wilhelm also had defensive touchdowns at Columbus, Ohio. The No.

16 Buckeyes' defense provided almost all of the thrills for the record crowd of 96,583, breaking the Ohio Stadium mark of 95,537 set at the 1995 Notre Dame game. I injured Drew Henson for No. 6 Michigan, tied a school record with four TD passes against Bowling Green at Ann Arbor, Mich. Navarre, who had never taken a snap in a college game, completed 15 of 19 passes for 265 yards. Kansas St.

54, La. Tech 10 Quincy Morgan caught four passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns, and the No. 8 Wildcats, 2-0, forced five Tech turnovers at Manhattan, Kan. The official high for Manhattan reached 111. At the 6:10 p.m.

kickoff, the reading was 109 outside and 127 on were worth a total of 243 yards, and he added a 26-yard run for Grambling, 1-0. The Tigers had 407 total yards of offense. Alcorn State, 0-1, had just 156 yards in offense and didn't score until Damion Ford threw 4 yards to tight end Marcus Holbert with 6:31 remaining. Ford completed just 6 of 14 passes for 47 yards, and Surhaver completed 6 of 9 for 56 more. The Braves had just 53 yards rushing.

Defensively, Pine Bluff's Demariu Jackson also got in on the scoring, returning an interception 30 yards to give the Golden Lions a 26-0 lead at the half. The third quarter belonged to special teams. Bobby Jett returned the second-half kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown, and 1 minute, 16 seconds later he returned a punt 41 yards for a touchdown. Rob Harding scored on a 1-yard run for the Delta Devils. The opponent: Texas Southern Where they're playing: Veterans Memorial Stadium Game time: Saturday.

4 p.m. Tigers' record vs. opponent: 31-15-1 Last meeting: JSU 4 1 Texas Southern 24(1 999) Dave Weaver The Associated Press Nebraska' Eric Crouch tries to get out of the grips of San Jose State I 4 Kenny Sanchez during the second half Saturday I I.