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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994 Battle Creek Enquirer 3C MSU beats Indiana; No. 1 Penn State rolls Wire Reports Big Ten toe, he finished the scoring on a 1-yard sneak. (At) No. 1 Penn State 63, No.

21 Ohio State 14 Penn State did all it could to hold onto its No. 1 ranking, handing OSU its worst loss in 48 years. Penn State, which already knew No. 3 Nebraska had beaten No. 2 Colorado 24-7, led 35-0 at half-time.

Ki-Jana Carter, who grew up 10 minutes from the Ohio State campus, ran for four TDs and left in the third quarter with the score 49-7. Carter finished with 137 yards on 19 carries. Kerry Collins, the nation's top-rated passer, engineered five long drives and completed 19 of 23 for 265 yards and two touchdowns. The Nittany Lions (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) sent OSU (6-3, 3-2) to its most lopsided loss since a 58-6 defeat in 1946. Only a touchdown in the final three minutes helped the Buckeyes avoid their worst loss since an 86-0 beating by Michigan in 1902.

Illinois 28, (at) Northwestern 7 Johnny Johnson passed for two touchdowns and Simeon Rice dominated defensively as Illinois (5-3, 3-2) survived Northwestern's successful Hail Mary pass to beat the Wildcats. Purdue 21, (at) Iowa 21 Purdue's Brad Bobich missed a 30-yard field attempt wide left with seven seconds to play, allowing Iowa to escape with a tie. wideouts Derrick Mason and Muhsin Muhammad and tight end Bob Organ for 38 yards. And after quickly spelling sore-kneed starter Duane Goulboume, Renaud finished the job with twisting sweeps of eight and six yards. After Indiana's third dropped pass of the quarter, Michigan State took over at its 39 after an ugly punt and immediately moved into field goal range.

A sideline flip to fullback Scott Greene was good for 46 yards. And on fourth-and-eight from the 9, Chris Gardner made it 10-0 with a 26-yarder. After a short toss by Banks was intercepted by cornerback Eric Smedley, the Hoosiers moved 40 yards to cut it to 10-7 on a 2-yard run by Smith. After an Indiana punt, Banks telegraphed another toss to Smedley. His 47-yard TD return gave Indiana a 14-10 lead.

In the second half, after a TD-saving tackle by cornerback Stan Callender forced an Indiana punt, MSU went 95 yards in three plays. Carter got behind a two-deep zone, turned slightly to make the catch and strode down the sideline the 93 yards to make it 17-14. Indiana made it interesting with a 64-yard push in 11 plays, its only serious threat of the half. After a 12-yard quarterback draw by Dit Perles' job safe for season The Associated Press EAST LANSING Michigan State President M. Peter McPherson didn't' even wait for the start of Saturday's; game to make dear that George Perles'; status as coach is safe until the end of-.

the season. McPherson told boosters at the Pres-' ident's Club brunch before the Spartans'; game with Indiana that he plans no coaching change before the last game with Penn State on Nov. 26. "As to Coach Perles, I expect that he; will coach the full season," McPherson said in a statement Perles was grateful for McPherson's, statement i "That's beautiful I'm glad to hear that," he said. EAST LANSING If they couldn't learn to protect a halftirne lead, the plan Saturday was to overcome one.

And the Michigan State Spartans did just that, snapping a three-game losing string and proving there's still some reason to play their final three games this season. George Perles' players rallied with 17 straight points in the last two periods, then held off die Indiana Hoosiers 27-21 in an error-filled Big Ten football struggle. The Spartans moved to 2-3 in Big Ten play and 3-5 overall by moving the football with a big-play offense that netted 462 yards. "I don't know how many times we've been behind at halftime," said Perles, whose teams have led their last 11 games in the second quarter and lost eight of them. "But it was a nice treat to see the kids come back." Especially nice for Perles, who has been under the gun since school president Peter McPherson had required him to achieve an "outstanding" season.

Before a crowd of 60,773, MSU turned ing TDs reminiscent of 1987-90. The defense set up 17 points with three takeaways and held Indiana to 267 yards, including just 76 through the air. In a matchup of redshirt freshmen, tailback Marc Renaud came off the bench and outrushed Hoosier hotshot Alex Smith, the Big Ten leader, 181-100. And despite throwing three interceptions, quarterback Tony Banks hit 15-of-23 passes for 248 yards, including a Spartan-record 93-yarder to wideout Nigea Carter. It didn't help that Indiana's (5-3, 2-3) John Pad was 7-for-20 for 43 yards, or backup QB Chris Dittoe was 3-for-10 for 33.

The Hoosiers' first play was a 42-yard sprint by Smith over left tackle. And when fullback Sean Glover picked up 23 on a draw, it was first-and-goal at the 4. But two plays later, Pad's rollout pass was picked off by cornerback Demetrice Martin seven yards deep and returned to the Michigan State 35. MSU scored in 11 plays, with Banks hitting MIAA back the clocks by forcing turnovers and scor- No. 3-ranked Nebraska beats No.

2 Buffs, 24-7 The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. The poll voters wffl decide, but Nebraska played like the nation's No. 1 team Saturday in a 24-7 victory over Colorado. Quarterback Brook Berrmger, thrust into the spotlight after starter Tommie Frazier was sidelined for the season, directed the offense with precision and the Cornhuskers' defense shut down Colorado's high-powered attack in their crucial Big Eight showdown. The win over the No.

2 Buffaloes (7-1, 3-1) gave the No. 3 Cornhuskers (9-0, 4-0) the inside track to the Big Eight title and Orange Bowl berth, and could vault them over No. 1 Penn State when the polls are released today. Penn State, however, did its part, blasting No. TOP 25 21 Ohio State, 63-14.

Nebraska built a 24-0 lead on Berringer's 30-yard TD pass to Eric Alford with 10:42 left in the third quarter. Colorado, shut out in the first half for the first time since 1992, finally scored on Rashaan Salaam's 6-yard run with 1:06 remaining in the third period. But the Buffaloes, who were averaging 40 points per game, continued to struggle against a swarming defense that had given up only 16 points in its previous three games. Colorado was 0-for-ll on third-down tries and 0-for-4 on fourth down. Nebraska won its 22nd straight game at Memorial Stadium, which was sold out for a record 200th consecutive time, going back to 1962.

The win also snapped the Huskers' 12-game losing streak against top 5 teams since 1987. Berringer completed 12 of 17 passes for 142 yards and smoothly guided Nebraska's option attack, which had lost its punch after Frazier was lost for the season with a blood clot in his leg after the Huskers' fourth game. But the star of the day was Nebraska's defense, which limited Colorado to 314 yards in total offense, 189 under its average. Salaam, the nation's leading rusher with a 179-yard average, gained 134 on 22 carries, but his only long run was a 41-yarder in the third quarter. Nebraska's Lawrence Phillips, third nationally in rushing with a 154-yard average, gained 86 yards on 25 carries.

Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart, the NCAA's fifth-leading passer, was harassed aU day by Nebraska's defense. He was 12-of-28 for 150 yards, ran 14 times for 24 yards and was sacked three times. (At) No. 4 Auburn 31, Arkansas 14 Stephen Davis rushed for a career-high 246 yards A Ttnx -v. '---s V- 1.

tj i i-i a i i riii i i-r rmt1iHi iii'rtHi I iHr.il i Albion wins 6th-straight league title Enquirer Staff ALMA Albion College's drive for a sixth straight Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title vfcs successful Saturday as Albion blanked previously-unbeaten Alma, 26-0. Albion more than doubled its total yardage figures on the Scots, but could not put the game in the win column until the fourth quarter. Albion scored on back-to-back possessions in the final eight minutes after defensive back Dave Lefere picked off an Alma pass in the Albion end zone. Worried about Alma's high-powered passing game, Albion inserted a fifth defensive back, sent at least one of its linebackers on a blitz with every play, and made life difficult for Alma quarterbacks Jason Falk and Bill Nietzke. The pair combined for ofrly 16 completions in 38 pass attempts for 172 yards, nearly 100 yards below the Scots' regular-season averagel Albion defenders also picked off three Alma passes, setting up two of four Briton TD drives.

Offensively, Albion rolled up a sea-son-high 610 total yards. Sophomore QB Kyle Klein fired TD passes of 55 and 21 yards to Chris BamerL Senior running back Jaff Robinson rushed for 154 yards and added a pair of 1-yard TD runs. Robinson's TDs marked the 17th consecutive game of at least one score for the Mount Clemens native. He also broke Hank Wineman's career rushing mark in the fourth quarter, becoming the second player' in Albion's 108-year grid history to gain more than 3,000 yards in a career. With one game remaining, Robinson has 3,028 yards.

His rushing record is added to a growing listlof school standards that include career TDs (41), career rushing TDs (37), and career points (246). Barnett tied John Eflinger's singje-season receiving mark for TDs. His first score came a play after sophomore Ryan Maki picked off a Falk pass early in the second quarter. The other TD aerial finished a six-play, 80-yard drive that started with Le-fere's fourth-quarter pickofL The three interceptions (freshman Neil Johnson had the other) gives the Albion defense 30 turnovers for the season, 25 by interception. Kalamazoo 29, (at) Olivet 24 Kalamazoo's Seth Simpson scored three touchdowns, including the game-winner with 8:29 left.

The Hornets (4-4 overall, 2-2) jumped to an early 16-0 lead on a 5-yard run by Simpson, a safety and a 15-yard pass frdm Greg McDonald to Simpson. After the teams traded TDs, Olivet 1-7, 0-4) scored on an 8-yard pass from Jason Tokar to Dennis Hall and on a 60-yard punt return by Tray Brewer to take a 24-23 lead. But Simpson's final tD capped a six play, 69-yard drive by the Hornets. Andre Harlan also scored for Olivet on an 8-yard pass from Tokar, and Wade Thompson scored on a 26-yard run for Kalamazoo. Associated Press STIFF ARM GIVES STIFF NECK: Miami's Larry Jones (23) fights his way through Virginia Tech's Stacey Henley for a TD.

1-2C More college football. VT to minus-14 yards rushing. No. 7 Texas 21, (at) SMU 21 Kyle Bryant missed a 67-yard field goal attempt with 1 second to play and Texas (7-0-1) had its 26-game Southwest Conference winning streak snapped by a tie with Southern Methodist (1-7-1). (At) No.

9 Fla. St. 59, No. 14 Duke 20 Danny Kanell threw for 225 yards in a 32-point second quarter as Florida State beat previously unbeaten Duke for a record 22nd straight Atlantic Coast Conference victory. Kanell, who had struggled in Florida State's last two games, passed for 394 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game in the third period.

(At) Oregon 10, No. 11 Arizona 9 Danny O'Neil threw 15 yards to Josh Wilcox for the game's only TD early in the fourth quarter as Oregon (6-3) came from behind to beat Arizona (6-2). (At) No. 12 Utah 52, UTEP 7 Charlie Brown ran for four touchdowns and Mike McCoy passed for three more as Utah (8-0) matched its best start ever with a rout of Texas El Paso. (At) No.

15 Washington 24, Oregon St 10 Damon Huard passed for two touchdowns to Eric Bjornson and ran for a touchdown as Washington (6- 2) beat Oregon State (2-6). The Huskies' Napoleon Kaufman was held to a season-low 69 yards on 21 carries. (At) Texas Tech 33, No. 19 Texas 9 Freshman Zebbie Lethridge threw for three TDs as Texas Tech stunned Texas to keep alive Red Raiders' hopes of playing in the Cotton Bowl. Arizona St.

36, (at) No. 20 BYU 15 Jake Plummer threw for 327 yards and three TDs as ASU (3-5) shocked Brigham Young (7-2). No. 22 Washington St 26, (at) California 23 Tony Truant's field goal with 5V4 minutes to play completed a comeback from a 20-0 deficit as No. 22 Washington State edged mistake-prone California.

No. 23 Kansas St. 37, (at) Oklahoma 20 Chad May broke the game open with two third-quarter touchdown passes, Ron Brown scored twice and Kansas State (5-2) forced five turnovers in hammering Oklahoma (4-4). (At) No. 24 N.

Carolina 31, N.C. State 17 The Tar Heels' (6-2) Leon Johnson rushed for 133 yards and scored three first-half touchdowns against the nation's fourth-ranked defense. and scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns to help No. 4 Auburn (8-0) overcome a post-Florida hangover and beat Arkansas, the Tigers' 19th consecutive victory. (At) No.

5 Florida 52, Georgia 14 The Florida defense, criticized for giving up the winning touchdown in the final minute of a 36-33 loss to Auburn that cost the Gators the No. 1 ranking two weeks ago, redeemed itself by scoring twice on interception returns and also running back a fumble. The defense matched the Gators' powerful offense touchdown for touchdown for three quarters. Two of the scores came in the final 95 seconds of the first half, leaving Georgia's Eric Zeier with little alternative but to throw every down to try to get the Bulldogs (5-4, 3-4) back into the game. (At) No.

6 Miami 24, No. 13 Virginia Tech 3 Middle linebacker Ray Lewis made 17 tackles, broke up four passes and intercepted one to help Miami's defense dominate the Hokies. The Hurricanes forced three turnovers, had six sacks and held Unranked Notre Dame blasts Middies, 58-21 The Associated Press of 24 yards in the second half in becoming the first Notre Dame player to rush for four TDs since Anthony Johnson scored four against Navy in 1987. Navy scored twice in the second half against Notre Dame reserves. Chris Hart's 49-yard interception return set up Brian Grana's 2-yard TD run on the next play, and Will Smith added a 13-yard touchdown run with 2:40 left.

Mosley, who had rushed for just 81 yards previously this season, had an 11-yard TD run five minutes into the game. A Notre Dame drive stalled after quarterback Ron Powlus injured his left ankle, and Scott Cengia kicked a 38-yard field goal Powlus returned early in the second quarter and the Irish went 22 yards in four plays, scoring on Mosley's 19-yard run. Mosley also had a touchdown run a fumble on the Navy 21 to start a Notre Dame drive that ended with Mosley's fourth TD run with 13:36 to go. Navy got on the scoreboard first on Kubiak's 32-yard pass to Ross Scott just three minutes into the game. But that was it for Navy, which hasn't beaten Notre Dame in the annual series since Roger Staubach, on his way to the Heisman Trophy, engineered a 35-14 victory in 1963.

The win came at a crucial time for Notre Dame (5-3), unranked for the first time since 1986. The Irish travel to No. 9 Florida State in two weeks. Notre Dame's defense played a big part in the game, holding the Middies (1-7) to 10 yards rushing in the first half and setting up two touchdowns. Maiden intercepted Jim Kubiak's pass at the Navy 44 and returned it for a TD with 4:02 left in the half.

Linebacker Bill Wagasy recovered SOUTH BEND, Ind. Emmett Mosley rushed for four touchdowns and tackle Alton Maiden returned an intercepted pass for a score Saturday as Notre Dame, smarting from a two-game losing streak, beat Navy 58-21. Derrick Mayes caught TD passes of 60 and 20 yards, giving him eight for the season, one short of a school record. Ferris St. rallies past Tech, 30-19 First-place BGSU downs Miami The Associated Press State The Associated Press MAC Redd's 50-yard run in the third quarter broke the game open.

E. Michigan 41, (at) Ball St 20 Michael Armour passed for 216 yards and three TDs for EMU. (At) Toledo 48, Kent 14 Casey McBeth rushed for 142 yards to become Toledo's career rushing leader and the Rockets had a 20-2 advantage in first downs by halftime. CMU 22, (at) Ohio U. 10 Brian Pruitt rushed for 183 yards and two TDs as CMU kept Ohio winless.

(At) Youngstown St 41, Akron 7 Shawn Patton ran for two TDs as undefeated YSU beat winless Akron. State scored four times in a span of 8:30 of the second quarter en route to a victory over St Francis of Illinois. Indianapolis 17, (at) Northwood 17 John Lehotan kicked a 40-yard field goal with 7:25 left as Northwood, which blew a two-touchdown lead, came back to tie Indianapolis. Hillsdale 56, (at) Wayne St 9 Greg Younger passed for 207 yards and four touchdowns and Hillsdale amassed 245 yards on the ground as the Chargers beat Wayne State. Ashland 14, (at) St Joseph's 7 Keith Weaver ran for two touchdowns, including the game-winner from the 5-yard line with 12:49 to play, as Ashland downed St Joseph's.

HOUGHTON Tyree Dye rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns and Bin Love passed for 209 yards as Ferris State beat Michigan Tech 30-19 on Saturday. The Bulldogs (9-0 overall and MIFC), ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division II, trailed 13-10 at halftime, but scored 13 unanswered points in the third quarter to take command as Dye scored on runs of 4 and 14 yards. Love, who was 12 of 18 passing with one pass intercepted, extended the Bulldogs' lead to 30-13 when he completed a 27-yard scoring pass to BOWLING GREEN, Ohio Ronnie Redd caught a touchdown pass and scored on a 50-yard reverse as Bowling Green remained undefeated in the Mid-American Conference witha 27-16 victory over Miami of Ohio on Saturday. Miami (3-5-1, 3-3) scored on its opening drive on a 1-yard run by Deland McCullough.

But BGSU (8-1, 6-0) scored 17 points in the second quarter. Keyian Cates scored on a 2-yard run and Brian Leaver added a 51-yard field goal And, just before half, Redd caught a 5-yard pass from Ryan Henry. Henry was ll-for-20 for 144 yards despite playing most of the game with a muscle strain in his back. Miami QB Neil Dougherty was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a separated shoulder. Sam Ricketts came on and threw for 170 yards, including a 35-yard TD pass to Tremayne Banks.

David Nelson. Tim Bonk scored a pair of touchdowns for the Huskies (4-5, 3-5) on runs of 14 and 6 yards, and Keith Latendresse scared on a 4-yard run. Grand Valley St. 24, (at) NMU 17 Youssef Sareini had seven catches for 170 yards and two touchdowns as Grand Valley State beat Northern Michigan. (At) Saginaw Valley State 30, St.

Francis, HL 20 Robert Reeves ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as Saginaw Valley.