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College football 6B Longview News-Journal, Sunday, October 21, 2001 or, 55-17 Sooners spillBayl Hybl the past, two games, fin "it A'" By OWEN CANFIELO Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. Jason White threw for 343 yards In his First start and No. 2 Oklahoma tuned up for next week's showdown against No. 3 Nebraska with a.lackluster 33-17 victory over Baylor on Saturday. The Sooners (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) extended their winning streak to 20 games, but were sluggish after building a 27-7 halftime lead.

Oklahoma allowed eight sacks, one more than it -had given up in the first six games. Baylor (2-4, 0-4) lost its 25th straight conference game, dat-ingtol998. The Bears chose to crowd the line of scrimmage to negate Oklahoma's running game, and it worked. But White, named the starter this week after strong performances in relief of Nate If- AP Photo stopped short of a first down by Oklahoma's linebackers Rocky Calmus (20) of Saturday's Big 12 game. Nebraska hangs on to beat Texas Tech Baylor quarterback Greg Circero 00) is and Teddy Lehman during the first half SOUTHWEST Hawaii 36, Tulsa 15 North Texas 45, Arkansas St 0 Oklahoma 33, Baylor 17 Texas 41, Colorado 7 SOUTH Alcorn St 48, Prairie View 20 Appalachian St 34, Wofford 23 Auburn 48, Louisiana Tech 41, 0T Davidson 27, Randolph-Macon 24, 20T Delaware St 38, Morgan St 12 E.

Kentucky 34, Tennessee Tech 10 East Carolina 32, Memphis 11 Florida ASM 47, Norfolk St 9 Furman 31.ETSU6 Gardner-Webb 29, Liberty 25 Georgia 43, Kentucky 29 Georgia Southern 14, The Citadel 6 Georgia Tech 27, N.C. Sferte 17 Hampton 28, S. Carolina a 17 Jacksonville 20, Virginia-Wise 13 Jacksonville St 38, SW Texas 17 Kentucky St 21, Morehead St 14 Marshall 42, Cent Michigan 21 Maryland 59, Duke 17 Mississippi 45, Middle Tennessee 17 N. Carolina A8J 76, Howard 30 North Carolina 38, Clemson 3 Northwestern St 47, Nicholls St 14 Samford 45, Charleston Southern 21 Cuuonnih 17 Mnrric Dmum 1 A waioiHioit uu ii, 'fruity vivnn it South CarQlina 46. Vxiderbilt 1 4 Rf Man' fal 94 Rnriria fltfonfa Tennessee 35.

Alabama 24 Tennessee St 55, 7 Texas Souftem 38, MVSU 21 Troy St 44. CS Northridge 31 UCF 38, Louisiana-Monroe 6 W. Kentucky 21 McNeese St 0 EAST Boston College 45, Pittsburgh 7 Brown 49, Cornell 21 Bucknell 34, Georgetown, D.C. 0 Colgate 37, Towson 5 Columbia 27, Dartmouth 20 1 Tennessee wide receiver Donte Stallworth (4) catches a touchdown pass against 09) in the first quarter on Saturday. scored on a 17-yard run.

Oklahoma ended the half with a field that capped a bizarre, 17-play drive that started at the Baylor 40. White was sacked three times, for 27 yards, and Oklahoma was penalized three times, including an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty against coach 1 Bob Stoops. Stoops got upset when a Baylor player tackled White after a play had been blown dead. Oklahoma eventually faced second and 37, but Baylor was whistled for a personal foul that gave the Sooners a first down at the Bears 30. Ten plays later, Tim Duncan kicked a 19-yard field goal.

Baylor was outgained 310-83 in the first half, but scored on a 93-yard kickoff return by Randy Davis that made the score 7-7 early in the first quarter. opponent with a winning record, but the Cougars (7-0, 3-0) silenced criticism of their soft schedule with an outstanding effort. No. 20 Auburn 48 Louisiana Tech 41 OT AUBURN, Ala! Daniel Cobb threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Deandre Green in the first overtime to give No. 20 Auburn a 48-41 victory over Louisiana Tech.

It was Cobb's- school-record fifth touchdown pass of the game. The senior was making his first career start for Auburn. Louisiana Tech tied it at 41 with 58 seconds remaining on Luke McCown's 23-yard pass to DelwynDaigre. No. 21 Florida State 43 Virginia 7 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.

-Florida shaky first half didn't stop the No. 21 Seminoles from getting back on track and pulling coach Bobby Bowden closer to the career victories record. William McCray scored on a 1- yard run and Abdual Howard returned a tipped, passed 80 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter as the Seminoles beat Virginia 43-7. Penn State 38 No. 22 Northwestern 35 EVANSTON, Dl.

Joe Pater-no's season-long long wait for a share of the major-college coaching record ended with a dramatic come-from-behind victory. Zack Mills threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to ErirMcCoo with 22 seconds remaining as Penn State rallied for a 38-35 victory over No. 22 Northwestern, enabling Paterno to tie Bear Bryant for most Division I victories with 323. No. 23 Georgia Tech 27 North Carolina State 17 ATLANTA George Godsey threw two touchdown passes and embattled running back Joe Burns ran for 114 yards, helping No.

23 Georgia Tech overcame kicking difficulties in a 27-17 victory over North Carolina State. Godsey was 24)f-39 for 256 yards. His second scoring pass, a 4-yarder. to Jonathan Smith on the first play of the fourth quarter, pve the Yellow Jackets (5-2, 2- 2 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 24-17 lead, and Luke Manget added a 50-yard field goal Bali State 24 No. 25 Toledo 20 MUNCIE, Ind.

Corey Parchman returned a kickoff 100 yards with 3:07 to play as Ball State upset No. .25 Toledo 24-20 to snap the Rockets' 12-game winning streak. Toledo (5-1, 2-1 Mid-' American) trailed much of the game against Ball State (2-4, 2-0). Southern Cat This time the comeback began late in the second half on a foiled fake punt by Southern Cal. Punter Mike MacGillivray attempted to run.

for a first down on thlrd-and-5. Shane Walton made a nice open-field tackle at the Southern Cal 291 ished 32-of44 with one touch'-down and no interceptions. Freshman Mark Clayton had eight catches for 108 yards. Trent Smith caught seven passes for 70 yards, and Curtis Fagan had five catches including a 16-yarder for the Sooners' first touchdown. Oklahoma took the lead for good on a 1-yard sneak by White late in the first quarter.

The 10-play drive included a 45-yard completion to Clayton on a third-and-10 play, and a roughing-the-passer penalty that gave the Sooners first-and-goal inside the 5. Oklahoma scored on all three of its second-quarter possessions, thanks in part to good field position. A 37-yard punt return by Fagan set the Sooners up at the Baylor 33, and three plays later Renaldo Works AP Photo Alabama defender Roberto McBride Carolina rolled up a school-record 656 yards in a 46-14 victory over Vanderbilt. The No. 16 Gamecocks set the yardage, record a week after scoring only seven points and gaining 272 yards in a loss at Arkansas.

South Carolina's Brian Scott caught six passes for 143 yards, all in the first half. Andrew Pin-nock and Derek Watson both ran for 105 yards and a touchdown. No. 17 Georgia 43 Kentucky 29 ATHENS, Ga. Freshmen David Greene and Fred Gibson won a shootout with Jared Lorenzen, connecting on two long touchdown plays to lead No.

17 Georgia to a wild 43-29 victory over Kentucky. Gibson broke a 59-year-old school record with 201 yards on nine receptions, including touchdown catches of 68 and 56 yards. Greene, a redshirt freshman, had his third straight 300-yard game. He was 22of-36 for a career-high 364 yards, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another score. No.

18 BYU 63 Air Force 33 PROVO, Utah Brandon Doman was simply dominant Luke Staley was back in' uniform Cand BYlf SWarming defense finally stuffed that trou blejsome Air Force triple Doman completed 20 of 32 passes for a season-high 338 yards and four touchdowns and also ran for a 7-yard score to lead No. 18 BYU to a 63-33 victory over Air Force. The Falcons (4-2, 2-1 Mountain West) were the first BYU victory over take a 42-26-5 series lead. The Irish also have won 16 straight in October and are 17-2 in the month under coach Bob Davie. The comeback victory was reminiscent of two years ago when the Irish, trailing 244, 'scored ffljwlnts In the second halftobe'jt the Trojans 25-24.

VMd FROM WIRE REPORTS LINCOLN, Neb, Eric Crouch passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as third-ranked Nebraska survived a scare to beat Texas Tech 41-31 on Saturday night It was not the kind of performance Nebraska (8-0, 4-0 Big 12) was looking for with next weekend's showdown with No. 2 Oklahoma looming. The Red Raiders (3-3, 1-3) finished with 440 yards of offense, ,75 more than anyone had gained against Nebraska this season, and gave the Huskers their biggest scare since a 21-7 victory over TCU in theopener. Nebraska put the game away in the fourth quarter by holding off Tech on two fourth-down plays. The Huskers forced Kliff Kingsbury's, incompletion on fourth-and-6 from the 34, and sacked him on fourth-and-8 with less than a minute left Dahrran JJiedrick ran 20 times for 157 yards for the Huskers, who didn't hold a halftime lead for the first time this season.

The Huskers broke a surprising 28-all halftime tie on Crouch's 7-yard TD run and Brown's 33-yard field goal in Nebraska's first two possessions of the second half. Brown added a 36-yard field goal with 3:25 left for the final scoring In the game. The defense made the lead hold up by limiting Tech to Robert Treece's 31-yard field goal in the third quarter, his third field goal of the game. Kingsbury was 33-of-63 for 353 yards and a touchdown and Wes Welker returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown. Crouch 'was lO-of-22 for 196 yards with two interceptions, including one in the Tech end zone that ended a Nebraska Scoring threat in the fourth quarter.

He also had 21 carries for 105 yards, his fourth-straight 100 yard game. Kingsbury was ll-of-18 for 149 yards in the second quarter with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Anton Paige that cut Nebraska's lead to 28-20 with 4:41 left in the half. Stanford 49 No. 5 Oregon 42 EUGENE, Ore. Stanford is used to costing Oregon huge victories.

Saturday's upset, however, might be remembered for ages by Ducks fans as the one that got away again and again. Kerry Carter bulled in for a 3-yard touchdown 1:10 remaining as the Cardinal beat fifth-ranked Oregon 4942 In a game that had everything but aliens landing on the Autzen Stadium turf. Stanford (4-1, 3-1 Pac-10) rallied from a 42-28 fourth-quarter deficit by blocking a punt and Holiday, Irish SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Carlyle Holiday rushed for 98 yards, mduding a 35-yard touchdown run, as Notre Dame beat Southern Cal 27-16 Saturday for its third straight victory after opening with three losses for the first time ever. The Irish (34) fen behind 134 intercepting Oregon's Joey Harrington pass, turning both turnovers into touchdowns.

But the Ducks' Seth McEwen deflected Mike Biselli's extra point with 5:32 left, leaving Oregon with a 4241 lead. No. 11 Tennessee 35 Alabama 24 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Casey Clausen and Travis Stephens capped big games with late 1-yard touchdown runs as Nov 11 Tennessee beat Alabama 35-24. Clausen was 21-of-28 passing for 293 yards and two scores while.

Stephens racked up 33 carries for 162 yards and a pair of TDs for the Volunteers (4-1," 3-1 Southeastern Conference), With the win, Tennessee became the first team to win seven straight games over the Crimson Tide (3-4, 2-3). Alabama has blown fourth-quarter leads three times in the last four games. No. 12 Maryland 59 Duke 17 COLLEGE PARK, Md. Shaun Hill guided No.

12 Maryland to touchdowns on its first six possessions and amassed 428 yards in total offense as the unbeaten Terrapins handed Duke its 19th consecutive defeat, 59-17. With scouts from the Sugar Bowl looking on, Maryland (7-0, 50 Atlantic Coast Conference) bolted to a 21-0 lead after nine minutes and led 42-10 at halftime. After becoming bowl eligible last week by beating Georgia Tech on the road, and with a trip to Florida State looming next Saturday, there was specu-, lation the Terrapins might come out flat against the Blue Devils North Carolina 38 No. 13 Clemson 3 CLEMSON, S.C. Julius Peppers and North Carolina made sure Woodrow Dantzler followed two of his best games with one of his worst, holding the Heisman hopeful to 118 yards in the Tar Heels' 38-3 victory over No.

13 Clemson. Peppers, the 6-foot-6, 285-pound defensive end, had a remarkable interception that led to the first of Bosley Allen's two touchdown catches and never gave Dantzler the chance to dazzle the Tar Heels (5-3, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) like he did Georgia Tech and North Carolina State the past two weeks. The Tar Heels became the first ACC school to win five in a row after starting r3. No. 15 Washington 31 Arizona 28 SEATTLE Two weeks after separating his throwing shoulder, Cody Pickett ran 3 yards for the winning touchdown with 13 seconds left as Washington managed yet another amazing fourth-quarter comeback, beating Arizona 31-28.

Pickett threw touchdown passes of 78 and 75 yards in the first quarter and finished 29-of-49 for a career-high 455 yards, with three touchdowns and four interceptions. The Huskies (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) overcame five turnovers to bounce back from their first loss in 13 games. No. 16 South Carolina 46 Vanderbilt 14 COLUMBIA, C. Phil Petty was 13-for-21 for 208 yards and two touchdowns as South run with 1:21 left.

The score was set up by Palmer's fumble, The defeat leaves Southern Cal a loss away from its second straight losing season, The Trojans haven't consecutive losing seasons 'since 196041. Notre Dame has beaten Sduthern Cal three straight to Duquesne 34, la Sailed Fairfield 63, Canisius 44 Harvard 28, Princeton 26 Hofetra 42, Hon Holy Cross 63, Lafayette 53 lona Lehigh 31, Fordham 21 Maine 44, Villanova Massachusetts 43, James Madison 20 Monmouth, N.J. 33, Stony Brook 14 Northeastern 7, Richmond 0 Rhode Island 31, New Hampshire 27 Robert Morris 38, Cent Connecticut St 18 Rutgers 23, Navy 17 Sacred Heart 32, Albany, N.Y. 17 St Peter's 28, St John's, NY 7 Syracuse 45, Temple 3 Wagner 38, St Francis, Pa. 7 William Mary 21, Delaware 17 MIDWEST Ball St 24, Toledo 20 Bowling Green 16, Akron 11 Dayton 24, Drake 23 E.

Illinois 49, S. Illinois 21 Illinois 42, Wisconsin 35 Indiana St 25, SW Missouri St 19 kwa 42, Indiana 28 1 Iowa St 28, Oklahoma St 14 Kent St 35. Buffalo 13 Miami (Ohio) 36, Ohio 24. Minnesota 28, Michigan St 19 Missouri 38, Kansas 34 Murray St 45, SE Missouri 35 N. Minois 20.

W. Michigan 12 N. Iowa 17, W. Illinois 14 Notre Dame 27, Southern CaJ 16 Ohio St 27, San DiegaSt 12 Ohio St 27, San Diego St 12" Penn St 38, Northwestern 35 Texas 31, Kansas St 24 Valparaiso 24, St Joseph's, Ind. 7 Youngstown St 44, Inois St 30 FAR WEST BYU 63, Air Force 33 Davts 23 'Louisiana-Lafayette 54, Idaho 37 'Stanford 49, Oregon 42 Utah 35, Wyoming 0 Utah St 28, Idaho St 27 rally to even record with 27-16 early in the second quarter after their defense got caught In the huddle while Carson Palmer threw a 20-yard scoring pass.

But the Irish outscored the Trojans (2-5) 244 the rest of the way. Julius Jones, who ran for 95 yards on 21 carries, put the game away wittf a 5-yard TD.