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A en 13 JUL XQ)S 7 0 15 7 14 10 7 Delaware Sf. S.C. Slate SCS Hicks 1 run Youno kick) SCS Solomon 37 pass from Marshall (Youno kick) DSU Jones4 run (Jensen kick) SCS Marshall 33 run (Young kick) SCS FG Young 34 SCS Miller 7pass from Marshall (Young kick) SCS Montford63 fumble return Young kick DSU Jones2run (Watson run) DSt SCSt First downs 20 18 Rushes-yards 47-147 Staff, wire reports ORANGEBURG South Carolina State quarterback Marvin Marshall passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Bulldogs to a 38-15 win over Delaware State Saturday. The Bulldogs, 7-2, kept their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title hopes alive with two conference games remaining. S.C.

State's defense held the Hornets to 219 yards of total offense, while the Bulldogs offense gained 272. The Bulldogs were helped by tailback Michael Hicks, who rushed for 130 yards and one touchdown on 24 carries. Hicks performance pushed him past the mark for the season. He's the first S.C. State running back since 1982 to eclipse the mark.

"We didn't expect the score to come out as it did," said State coach Willie Jeffries. "We knew it was gong to be a tough ball game. We got some good breaks, but they're still a good football team." S.C. State extended its lead to 14-0 when Marshall found Freddie Solomon in the end zone for a 37-yard touchdown. Delaware State scored its first points on a one-yard run by quarterback Erik Jones late in the second quarter.

On their next possession Marshall, trapped in the backfield with his receivers covered, eluded the pass rush and scampered 33 yards for a touchdown. "Our defense was able to play well enough to win," Jeffries said. "We knew they wre going to get us every now and then, but we were able to hold them out and give our offense a chance to generate some points." S.C. State stretched its lead to 24-7 with a 34-yard field goal in the third quarter. And on their next possession Marshall hit wideout Quincy Miller for a 7-yard touchdown completion.

In the fourth the Bulldogs capped their scoring when linebacker Joe Mont-ford scooped up a Delaware State fumble and rambled 63 yards for the score. The Hornets finished the scoring with less than a minute left when Bulldog re serve quarterback Russell Thomas fumbled. Delaware State's Dennis Jones dove in for a one-yard touchdown, and Bert Watson ran in the two-point conversion. "Our offense did a good job of blowing them off the bowl," Jeffries said. "It was a wet day and they couldn't dig in as much.

"Overall we had good play. Ithought we made the plays when we had to." The Bulldogs next play at Howard. "Next week, we play a good Howard football team, another big test for us," he said. "We just hope to go oup there and play like we know we're capable." 56 Passing 72 Return Yards -13 Comp-Att-Int 4-21-1 Punts 4-22 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 Penalties-Yards 9-92 Timeof Possession 28:39 INDIVIDUAL 49 3-54 2-37 1-1 8-52 31:21 Rushing DS Anderson 1 7-116, Spears 14-65, Watson Coleman 1-14, Jones 9--68. SCS: Hicks 24-130, Marshall T.

Manigault9-36, Mackev2-8. Passing DS: Jones 5-13-0 57. SCS: Marsholi3-5-0 56. Receiving DS: Neal 3-32. SCS Solomon 2-49, Miller 1-7.

ordon helpi 0S6 Cfefeclf III IJJI III I IIIB I MKWilllJ.I tic '-J 4ffe, WfF :8 Wingate, 35-6 aw -a mS I i 1 1 r'O 'SfP" V4 The Citadel's Terrance Rivers (19) tries unsuccessfully marsnan defense tor a toucnaown Staff reports MONROE, N.C. Mason Gordon rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns and Presbyterian kept the Wingate run-and-shoot off the field most of the game Saturday, enabling the Blue Hose to win their fourth game, 35-6. Gordon, who last week went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season, scored on runs of 8 yards and 1 yard, each capping two long drives. The Blue Hose built a 22-6 lead at halftime, their first score on an 85-yard punt return by Stewart Hackney in the first quarter. Wingate tied the game 31 seconds later, travelling 78 yards in three plays and scoring on a 27-yard pass from Vernon Buck to Marlowe Davis.

The Bulldogs would never score again as their pass-happy offense continually misfired. Wingate would complete only 18 of 45 passes for 187 yards. Meanwhile, Gordon and fullback Steve Gorrie would alternately pound the Wingate defense and eat substantial portions of turf and clock. Presbyterian's first long drive covered 78 yards in 10 plays, with Mason getting the last eight to make the score 14-6 in the first quarter. A second quarter safety, when Kevin Cox tackles Joey Vines in the end zone, made it 16-6.

Then the Blue Hose consumed nearly six minutes and 52 yards in 15 plays, with Gordon getting his second touchdown. Freshman quarterback Randy Sullivan, who's matured with the offense this season, teamed with Corey McKelvie on a 26-yard Herd ram "Marshall did more things to cause us to lose than we did," Citadel Coach Charlie Taffee said. "Chris Parker is the best running back I've seen in the Southern Conference since I've been at The Citadel." Marshall scored on its first three possessions and four of its first five. The Thundering Herd took the opening kickoff and drove 64 yards -a drive capped by Parker's 1-yard sweep around left end for the score. Parker later scored on a 28-yard sweep and caught a 3-yard touchdown pass.

He added a third touchdown on a 17-yard run late in the game in front of a Johnson Hagood Stadium crowd of 7,110 and a regional television audience. Donnan started quickly. He was 11-for-ll before he threw his first in-completion with 33 seconds remaining in the half. But he found Parker with the touchdown pass two plays later. Donnan also threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to flanker Ricky Carter.

The Marshall defense didn't let the Bulldogs across mid-field until the second quarter when C.J. Haynes scored on a 1-yard keeper to cap a 64-yard drive. UAB wallops Wofford By Willie T. Smith III News staff writer SPARTANBURG On the night children celebrated as Halloween in the Upstate, the University of Alabama-Birmingham brought a bag of treats to Snyder Field. When the night was over, it was the Wofford Terriers who were tricked as the Blazers earned a convincing 23-11 victory.

UAB exhibited proficiency in both the running and passing departments on offense, while managing to throttle the Terriers' wishbone attack. The victory enabled it to improve its winning streak to five games, improving its record to 6-2. The Terriers, 5-3-1 after two straight defeats, never managed to get their running attack in gear. "We battled and we battled and we battled some more, but it just wasn't good enough tonight," Wofford head coach Mike Ayers said. "We tried everything to get on track but their defense just throttled us." Before the season, it appeared Wofford's best opportunity for a victory over a NCAA I-AA team would come against UAB, new to the division this year.

The Blazers, in only their third season of football, were much more effective against Wofford's attack than either Citadel or Furman. The Terriers defeated and tied, respectively, those two schools. Wofford was ranked third in NCAA Division II in rushing with a 313.5 average. The Blazers held it to a season-low 79 yards, however, and only 198 in total offense. No Wofford runner gained more than 43 yards as quarterback Adam Wiles was frequently forced to the air where he completed seven of 16 attempts but was intercepted twice.

"Our free safety walked up to the linebacker spot to help against the option and our cor-nerbacks helped out," UAB junior free safety Tommy Harrison said. "But, they came after us, especially at the start of the second half. They're a tough team. We wanted to stop all aspects of the option and I think we did a pretty god job." Alabama-Birmingham crossed up the Terriers by keeping the ball on the ground throughout most of the first half. The Blazers capped a 64yard drive when fullback Eddie Sinclair bolted over from two yards with 5:33 remaining in the opening period.

Following Kevin Kevin Thomason's extra point, UAB held a 7-0 advantage. Wofford scored its only points of the half on a 30-yard Brian Por-zio field goal on the first play of the second quarter. That cut the UAB margin to four. The Blazers lengthened their advantage with 3:07 left in the half when wing back Mike Coal-son ran in from seven yards out, capping a 59-yard drive. The Terriers had an opportunity to score late in the half, but watched their drive come to a halt when free safety Tommy Harrison intercepted an Adam Wiles pass at the Blazers' 8 to end the period.

7 7 3 423 Wofford 0 3 8 0-11 SCORINOSUMMARY UAB-Sincloir 2rush, Thomasonkick. W-PoriioJOFG. UAB-Coalson7run, Thomasonkick. W-Umberg 36 pass from Wiles, Wiles conv passfoiled. A B-Thomoson 28 FG.

W-Solety. UAB-Thomoson27FG. UAB-Thomason46 FG. UAB WOF Flrstdowns 24 13 Rushes-yards 46-179 40-79 Possln yards 228 119 Return yards 17 13 Comp-Att-Int 21-32-1 7-17-3 Punts 3 36 8-37 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penollles-Yards 11 103 2-23 Timeot Possession 32:37 27:23 INDIVIOUALSTATS RUSHING UAB: Green 23-114, Coalson 4-27, Porter 3-19, Thornton 9-11, Sinclair 2-5, Couley 3-3, McKlnney 1-3, Whitcomb 1-1-3). Wotlord: Taylor 12-41, Burrls 7-24, C.

Robinson 8-23, Arnold 1-3, B. Robinson 2-1, Wiles 10-1-13). PASSING UAB: Whitcomb 20-31-1, Move 1-1-1. Wolford: Wiles 7-16-2, 119 B.Ro-binsonO-1-1. RECEIVING UAB: Porter 5-45, Ingram 5-33, Green 3-10, Buchannon 3-58, McKlnney 2-34, Coalson 1-12, Norton 1-32, Thornton 1-4.

WOFFORD: Umberg4-78, Yarborough2-28. N.C. wins, 29-14 touchdown play in the third quarter. The Blue Hose drove 76 yards in nine plays to make it 286. Sullivan, who completed 12 of 19 passes for 125 yards, also scored the game's final touchdown.

PC drove 87 yards, using 16 plays and nearly seven minutes, with Sullivan scoring from the 1. "Once again we got off to a quick start on a punt we had our offense on the field for a long time," said PC coach John Perry. "The first drive of the fourth quarter, when we had the ball six or seven minutes and that was big." Perry praised a team that has bounced back from a 1-4 start to win three of its last four games and stand 3-2 in the South Atlantic Conference. "Everybody still came to work and bounced back," he said. Wingate coach Steve Wilt lamented the lack of big plays.

"We just couldn't make them happen," he said. "We didn't control the line of scrimmage." Presbyterian 14 8 6 735 Wingate 6 0 0 06 P-Stewart Hackney 85 punt return, Frank Jordan kick. W-Marlowe Davis 27 pass from Vernon Buck, kick blocked. P-Mason Gordon 8run, Jordan kick. P-Safety.

P-Gordon 1 run, kick fal led. P-Corey McKelvie 26 pass from Randy Sulli-van, run failed. P-Sullivan 1 run, Jordankick. PC WGT Flrstdowns 27 16 Rushes-yards 64-248 20-161 Passingyards 125 187 Comp-Att-Int 12-19-0 18-45-0 Punts 5-33 6-39 Fumbles-Lost l-o 1-0 Penalties-Yards 1-5 12-96 Timeof Possession 39:17 20:43 IN DIVIDUAL ST ATS RUSHING Presbyterian: Gordon 38-1 80, Gorrie 16-69, Sullivan 6-5, Gary 2-2, Yonce 1-1, Smith l-(-9). Wingate: Huffstetler 10-86, Buck PASSING Presbyterian: Sullivan 12-19-0, 125 yds.

Wingate: Buck 12-32-0, 120 Gandy RECEIVING Presbyterian: Jones 4-34, McKelvie 1-26, Edwards 1-20, Gordon 1-18, Gorrie 3-13, Ttaynum 1-8, Hackney 1-6. Wingate: Davis 8-85, Watson 3-37, Ragin 4-31, Booth 1-16, Vines Fla. 41, Morgan 14 ORLANDO, Fla. Sophomore running back Kwame Vidal rushed for 157 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Florida over Morgan State. With three touchdowns in the first half, Vidal outrushed the entire Morgan State (2-6, 0-5) team by 132 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter with a frac-1 tured right leg.

Howard 34, Morehouse 9 WASHINGTON Quarterback Jay Walker and wide receiver Gary Harrell set school and Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference records as Howard remained undefeated. Walker, who directed four touchdown drives, became the Bison's all time passing yardage leader, with 4,484, and completion leader with 301. The marks shattered school standards established by Michael Banks in 1976. points in the fourth quarter. Charleston Southern 3 3(06 Liberty 0 14 7 2142 CSU FG Decker 26 Lib Safety, ball snapped through end rone Lib Cook 2 pass from Chiles (pass tailed) CSU FG Decker 28 Lib Jones lOpassfrom Chiles (pass failed) Lib Cherry 6run Whitehead kick Lib McKnlght 47 pass from Chiles (Whitehead kick) Lib Lewis recovers blocked punt In end lone (Whlteheadklck) Lib Bouslough 19 pass from Chiles (Whlteheadklck) A 7,000.

CSU Lib Flrstdowns 11 20 Rushes-yards 37-93 43-257 Passing 122 148 Return Yards 55 86 Comp-Att-Int 11-26-0 16-26-1 Punts 1-4 5-31 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 8-69 6-58 Timeof Possession 26:54 33 06 INDIVIDUALSTATISTICS RUSHING Charleston Southern, Gomlllion 10-25, Dereef 12-14, Johnson 9-53, Gordon 6-1. Liberty, Cherry 26-161, Thomas 10-62, Chiles 6-31, Parker 1-3. PASSING Charleston Southern, Johnson II-26-0-122. Liberty, 16-26-1-198. RECEIVING Charleston Southern, Collins 2-32, Siemon6-61, Gomlllion 1-1, Dereef 1-18, Mook 1-6.

Liberty, Jones 6-83, McKnlght 3-57, Thomas 1-12, Cook 3-7, Bousloijh 2-31, Duncan 1-8. The Associated Press to go over top of the The Bulldogs added a safety late in the game when Marshall punter Tim Martin stepped over the end line trying to field a high snap. Travis Jervey scored on a 19-yard run late in the game with the issue already decided. Halfback Erick Little led The Citadel's wishbone rushing attack with 80 yards. Marshall 14 14 0 735 Citadel 0 7 0 815 MAR Parker3run (Merrickkick) MAR Carter 17 pass from Donnan (Merrick kick) MA Parker 28 run (Merrick kick I Haynes 1 run Trinh kick MAR Parker 3 pass from Donnan (Merrick kick) MAR Parker 17run (Merrick kick) CIT Colquittstepsoutofendzone CIT Jervey 19run (pass foiled) A 7,110.

Mar Cit Flrstdowns 20 20 Rushes-yards 35-174 55-242 Passing 195 130 Return Yards 9 0 Comp-Att-Int 17-21-0 6-10-1 Punts 3-35 3-35 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2 Penalties-Yards 6-43 2-22 Time of Possession 26:46 33:14 INDIVIDUAL Rushing The Citadel Little 17-80, Sands 12-41, Walker 2-39, Rivers 6-22, Haynesll-21, Jervey 1-19. Marshall: Parker 16-118, Pedro 9-38, Donnan 3-17, Thames 6-11. Passing The Citadel: Haynes 5-8-1 85, Walker 0-1-0, Little 1-1-045. Marshall Donnan 17-20-0 195, 0'Shea 0-1-0. Receiving The Citadel Boatwright 4-80, Flintom 1-5, Fillmroe 1-45.

Marshall: 9-128, Parker 3-12, Brown3-37, Martin 1-12, Hill 1-6. PASSING Newberry, Broome 4-18-1-70, Spi-vey 1-3-0-11. W. Carolina, Gallowoy 10-13-0-172, Huntl-3-0-9, Niemesh 1-2-0-9. RECEIVING Newberry, Allred 2-32, Castles 2-33, Cannon 1-16.

W. Carolina, Hayes 4-80, Aiken 2-29, Roberts 1-9, Howell 1-5, Simpson 1-9, Jordan 1-17, Fitzpatrick 1-32, Patten 1-9. Appalachian 39, UTC 14 BOONE, N.C. Scott Satter-field rushed for three touchdowns and Appalachian State scored 25 unanswered points in the second half. Appalachian State (2-7, 2-4 Southern Conference) held the Moccasins to 33 yards in the second half.

The Mountaineers also forced seven turnovers. Tn. -Chattanooga 7 7 0 014 Appalachian St. 7 7 II 1439 UTC Earn run(Simpsonkick) ASU Satterfleldlrun(Fergusonkick) ASU Satterfield3run(Fergusonkick) UTC Roberts2run(Slmpsonklck) ASU FG22 Ferguson ASU Scott 2ron Yaudes run) ASU Satterf leld 1 run Fergusonklck) ASU McLain8run(Fergusonklck) A 9,546 East Carolina leading 10-3 at the half. East Carolina has been outscored 66-7 in the third quarter this season.

Virginia Tech quarterback Maurice DeShazo set up the game's first touchdown when he hit flanker Steve Sanders with a 37-yard pass to the East Carolina 1-yard line, and Thomas leaped over the pile on the next play. ry routs IMswher AP reports DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. James White scored two touchdowns and set a single-season rushing record for North Carolina as the Aggies defeated Be-thune-Cookman 29-14 Saturday afternoon. White, a senior, rushed for 147 yards on 16 carries, giving him 969 on the year to break the old record of 941 set in 1983 set by Mike Jones. The Aggies (7-1, 4-1) trailed 14-0 in the second quarter but converted Wildcat mistakes into 29 unanswered points.

Larry King gave the Aggies a 15-14 lead with 9:34 remaining on a 2-yard run one play after Michael Hamilton recovered a Wildcat fumble. The Aggies pulled ahead 22-14 on White's 67-yard burst with 13:55 remaining, then added an insurance score on Curtis Burgins' 70-yard interception return with 11:34 left. CHARLESTON (AP) The Thundering Herd stampeded Saturday. Marshall went over, around and through The Citadel in breezing to a 35-15 football victory. On the ground, it was tailback Chris Parker slicing through or running around the Citadel defense.

He rushed for 118 yards and three touchdowns and caught a pass for a fourth. Through the air, quarterback Todd Donnan hit receivers almost at will. He was an almost-perfect 17 of 20 passing for 195 yards and two touchdowns. "It was a total game played by our team," Marshall head coach Jim Donnan, Todd's father, said. "We played well and didn't have any turnovers, which was important in this rainy weather." Marshall, the defending Division I-AA national champions improved their record 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Southern Conference.

The moved into a tie with Eastern Carolina for second place. Marshall's win means a school-record 10th consecutive winning season. But The Citadel, (3-6, 2-4) will now have a losing season for the first time in six years. CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) Harold Hines ran for 90 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to lead Western Carolina to a 56-10 victory over Newberry.

The Catamounts (5-3) rolled up a school-record 464 yards on the ground against Newberry (1-7) Tailback Mark Howell added two touchdowns for the Catamounts, who never trailed. Western Carolina finished with 654 yards of total offense, second best in school history, and had a school-record 130 yards in penalties. Howell scored on 6-and-5-yard runs early in the first quarter to put the Catamounts ahead 14-0. Quarterback Lonnie Galloway ran for one yard and Hines scored on runs of 22, 9 and 4 yards as Western Carolina went up 42-7 early in the third quarter. Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va.

(AP) Tailback Dwayne Thomas scored two touchdowns and Antonio Freeman set a Virginia Tech record with his ninth touchdown catch of the season as the Hokies defeated East Carolina 31-12 Saturday. East Carolina f2-6) rallied in wcu Charleston Southern falls, 42-6 Quarterback Nathan Broome scored on a 24-yard run for Newberry with 4:33 left in the second quarter for the Indians' only score. Newberry 7 0 0 310 W. Carolina 28 7 14 756 WCU Howell 6run( Russell kick) WCU Howell 5run( Russell kick) WCU Galloway 1 run Russell kick) NEW Broome 24 run (Arnoldkick) WCU Hines 22 run (Russellklck) WCU Hines9run (Russell kick) WCU Hines4 run (Russell kick) WCU Houston9run Russell kick) NEW FG 28 Arnold WCU Johnson 1 run Russell kick El NEW WCU Flrstdowns 12 29 Rushes-yards 40-164 51-464 Passing 81 190 Return Yards 4 60 Comp-Att-Int 5-21-1 12-18-0 Punts 8-35 2-35 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-1 Penaltles-Yords 6-40 13-130 Timeof Possession 29:10 31:50 INOIVIDUALSTATISTICS RUSHING Newberry, Washington 8-54, Wiles 4-33, Green 7-24, Broome 11-24, Hedgepath 7-22, Broadwater 2-4, Porterfleld 1-3. W.

Carolina, Stewart 7-107, Hines 7-90, Roberts 8-86, Ti. Johnson 8-56, Galloway 7-52, Houston 5-38, Howell cruises past the second quarter and pulled within 14-12 at halftime. But Virginia Tech (6-2) scored on its first three possessions of the second half and intercepted Perez Matti-son twice to put the nonconfer-ence game away. The same thing happened to the Pirates last week against Southern Miss, when thjey lost after Staff, wire reports LYNCHBURG, Va. Antwan Chiles completed 16 of 21 passes for 198 yards and four touchdowns in his first start Saturday as Liberty defeated Charleston Southern 42-6 and broke a four-game losing streak.

Liberty (4-4), coached by former Cleveland Browns coach Sam Rutgiliano, also dominated on the ground with 257 yards compared with 93 rushing yards for Charleston Southern (3-6), which is in its first season of Division I-AA competition. Liberty's Adrian Cherry rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries. Charleston Southern scored all of its points in the first half on field goals of 26 and 28 yards by Dennis Decker. Liberty led 14-6 at the half and went on to, score 21.