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2C 2C College Football SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1997 i OTF 1 1 T.1 FORT HURON, MICHIGAN SATURDAY'S SCORES Wolverines survive fumbles MICHIGAN 21, NOTRE DAME 14 When Michigan and Notre Dame collide, count on a close contest. Three years ago, it was a last-second field goal that gave Michigan 26-24 in. Four years ago, the Irish won 27-23 at the Big House. The last four games have been decided by a total of 13 points. We knew it was going to be a fourth quarter game," Griese said, "and it was." While the Wolverines get ready for Big Ten games against No.

11 Iowa, No. 12 Michigan State, No. 2 Penn State and No. 8 Ohio State, the Irish have to regroup again. "That's how things go sometimes," Irish linebacker Kory Minor said.

"Hopefully, we can bounce back." Not since Gerry Faust's final Irish team dropped three straight at the close of the 1985 season has Notre Dame sunk so low. And with a game next Saturday at No. 20 Stanford, the Irish could find themselves with the school's longest losing streak since 1963. James Hall. No gain, Michigan ball, 3:26 left.

The Wolverines managed a few first downs and ran out the clock. "Give Michigan credit. They dug in and stopped us on that fourth-down play," Davie Said. "I think you have to be able to make a yard and a half to win a football game." Michigan Coach Lloyd Can-said: "It's a credit to our kids, that when you turn the ball over in your own end three times, and your defense stops them three times. It says a lot for the character and determination that the Michigan player have." Earlier in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame's Lamont Bryant covered a fumble at the Michigan 47, the Irish drove to the 9, but Powlus' pass was intercepted by Tommy Hendricks in the end zone.

The next fumble recovery was at the Michigan 42, but the Irish were forced to punt. The Irish had failed to recover a fumble in their first three games. THE FIFTH QUARTER The Associated Press ANN ARBOR Even in victory. No. 6 Michigan didn't look so hot.

And Notre Dame? Well, the Irish played their most inspiring game under new coach Bob Davie, but the Wolverines still won 21-14 on Saturday, sending Notre Dame (1-3) to its first three-game losing streak in 12 years. Michigan (3-0), outplayed in the first half, struck for two touchdowns in the first 5:39 of the second half and survived three fourth-quarter fumbles for the narrow escape. "I thought Notre Dame played their hearts out," said Michigan quarterback Brian Griese, who threw a 41 -yard TD pass to Tai Streets 24 seconds into the third quarter that tied the score at 14. "We prepared like they were going to come in and play their best game, and that's exactly what they did. They were not going to give up." But the Wolverines, who took Notre Dame Michigan 7 7 0 14 7 14 21 Fm Quarter ND Brown 15 pass from Powlus (Sanson kick), 3 16.

Second Quarter Mich C. rWuams 4 run (Bakef kick). 1340 NO Drivet 2 run (Sanson kick), 18 Third Quarter Mich Streets 41 pass from Griese (Bakef kick). 14 36 Mich Flovd 14 run (Baker luck). 9 21.

A 106 508 NO Mich First downs 16 16 Rushes-yards 44-149 34-168 Passing 205 1 77 Comp-Atl-Int 20-27-1 16-22-0 the lead on Chris Floyd's 14-yard TD run a few minutes later, weren't prepared for fumbles by Aaron Shea, Russell Shaw and Griese that nearly cost them the game. Griese, 16-22 for 177 yards, fumbled while handing off to Floyd, and linebacker Jimmy Friday recovered at the Michigan 28 'X, Johnson tossed five touchdown passes Lexington, Ky. The No. 1 -ranked Gators AP'S TOP 25: HOW THEY FARED ran MX SATURDAY'S STARS: Ricky Williams, Texas, ran for 249 yards and scored a school-record five touchdowns as the Longhorns defeated Rice 38-31; Amos Zereoue, West Virginia, rushed for a career-high 206 yards in the Mountaineers' 28-17 win over Miami; Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, rushed 34 times for 202 yards and two TDs in the Badgers' 27-26 win over Indiana. SPECIAL WIN: Virginia Tech's 50-0 win over Arkansas St.

made Frank Beamer the winningest coach in Virginia Tech history at is 65-51-2. SCHOOL RECORDS: B.J. Adigun caught six passes for 151 yards and scored two TDs in East Tennessee State's 28-18 win over Western Carolina to set a school record for career receiving yardage with 1,873 yards and tied the TD reception record with 20; Montana, ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division l-AA, set a school record with 694 yards in total offense in its 52-10 win over Sacramento State. QUICK SCORES: Emory Henry and Davidson College combined for 35 points in 2:16 in Emory Henry's 35-30 win.

Each team ran back a kickoff a 98-yarder by Davidson and a 90-yarder by Emory Henry during the stretch, and Tommy Dugan threw a 54-yard scoring pass for Davidson. SUDDENLY ILL: James Knight, a football official working the Virginia-North Carolina game, had a heart attack and collapsed in the second quarter. Dr. Greg Mears, who treated Knight, 51, on the stadium turf and then accompanied him to the hospital, said the official was in critical condition and would be expected to face surgery within the next 24 hours. CARDINALS SOAR: Tim Neelands rushed for 115 yards and quarterback Jeff Klopf scored three touchdowns to lead Saginaw Valley State to a 56-7 victory over Fairmont State.

Saginaw Valley (4-0) outrushed Fairmont 330-21. ALBION COMEBACK: Joe Pesci threw two touchdown passes to lead Albion to a 24-10 win over DePauw. Pesci, who finished 16-29 for 165 yards, led Albion (2-. 1) on a second-half comeback that featured 24 unanswered points. DePauw (2-1) took a 10-0 lead in the third quarter when Johnathan Stigall scored on a 2-yard run.

SNEAKING BY: Brandon Graham scored on a 12-yard touchdown run with 3:15 left in the game to lead Hope past Wabash 14-13. Graham also led the Hope rushing attack with 157 yards on 32 carries. Justin Wormmeester was 12-27 for 161 yards. COMEBACK VICTORY: Aurie Hall ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Kalamazoo erased a 14-point halftime deficit and defeated Aurora 15-14. Mike Nishizawa capped the comeback with a 26-yard field goal with 7:59 left to play, giving Kalamazoo (3-0) the victory.

Hall completed 12-23 passes for 119 yards. Eastern Michigan rallies for 31-24 win over CMU MIDWEST Adrian 41, Anderson. Ind. 14 AJOion 24. DePau 10 Allegheny 37.

Ohio Weslyn 21 Alma 48. Elmhurst 7 Ashland 27. Hillsdale 3 AugsDurg 42. St Olaf 0 Augusuna IH SI. Benedictine.

II 0 Bjidwm-Wallace 20. Heidelberg 13 BekHt 28. Cornell. Iowa 20 Black hills SI 22. Dakola St.

6 Butler 17. Clinch Valley 3 Cent Iowa 55. Dubuque 25 Chadron St 40. tebraska-Keamey 34. 0T Chicago 16, Rose-Hulman 14 Coe 28.

CartoU. Wis 21 Concordia, Moor 28 Macalester 0 Concordia. Wis 31. Eureka 0 Doane 21. Dakota Weslyn 19 Drake 27.

Valparaiso 7 Michigan 31, Cent Michigan 24 Grand Valley St 45. Wayne. Mich. 30 Gustav Adofphus 31. Bethel.

Minn. 21 Hanover 25, Mount St. Joseph 21 Hastings 21. Concordia, Neb. 14 Houston 45.

Minnesota 43 Illinois Weslyn 50, Washington, Mo. 21 Indianapolis 35, Michigan Tech 29 Iowa 38, Illinois 10 John Carroll 18. Marietta 12 Kalamazoo 15, Aurora 14 Kansas St. 58. Bowling Green 0 Lakeland 40.

Franklin 0 Lawrence 38. Knox 36 Luther 14. Buena Vista 13, 0T Mac Murray 59. Pnncipia 13 Manchester 31, Bluttton 24 Mankato St 21. Dakota St 7 Marantha Baptist 50, Crown College 22 Marshall 42.

Ball St. 16 Mary 40. Mayville St 0 McKendree 30. Evansville 26 Michigan 21. Notre Dame 14 Millsaps 56, Greenville 12 Monmouth.

III. 14, Lake Forest 7 Mount Union 49. Otterbein 0 Muskingum 35, Hiram Col. 27 Iowa 28. Illinois 27 Michigan 23, Ferris St.

21 NW Missouri St. 52. Mo. Western 13 Nebraska Weslyn 35. Midland Lutheran 28 Nebraska-Omaha 38.

South Dakota 14 North Central 44. Blackburn 0 North Dakota 28. Morningside 14 Northern St D. 20, Moorhead St 17 Northwd. Mich 62, St.

Francis, III. 38 Northwestern, Iowa 12. Dana 7 Ohio Northern 61. Capital 27 Ohio St. 31, Missouri 10 Ohio U.

31, W. Michigan 7 Olivet 41, Defiance 14 Olivet Nazarene 44, Urbana 16 Peru SI. 28, Friends 7 Pittsburg St. 42, Mo. Southern 14 Purdue 21, Northwestern 9 Ripon 17, Grinnell 14 SW Minnesota 16, Bemidji St.

0 Simpson, Iowa 58, William Penn 12 Sioux Falls 56, Huron 12 St. John's. Minn. 21. Hamline 0 St.

Norbert 70. Illinois Col. 13 St. Thomas, Minn. 36, Carleton 8 Susquehanna 28.

Wilmington, Ohio 7 Toledo 31, Nevada 13 Truman St. 37, Cent. Missouri 34, 20T Walsh 55, St. Xavier 21 Wartburg 13. Upper Iowa 10 Washburn 27, Missouri-Rolla 13 Westmar 37, S.

Dakota Tech 7 Westminster, Mo 33. St Ambrose 30 William Jewell 20. Mid-Am Nazarene 13 Winona St. 52, Minn -Morris 19 Pt 54, 0 28, 21 50, Claire 34 Wisconsin 27, Indiana 26 Wittenberg 62, Kenyon 10 Wooster 21, Case Western 14 Youngstown St. 27.

Hotstra 22 EAST Brown 35, Lafayette 27 Bucknell 20, Penn 16 Cincinnati 24, Boston College 6 Colgate 44, Cornell 38, 0T Columbia 16, Towson 6 Connecticut 28, Yale 0 Dartmouth 35, Holy Cross 6 Delaware 38, Northeastern 14 Delaware Val. 43, La Salle 0 Georgetown, C. 34, Fairfield 9 Hampton U. 42, Grambling St. 7 Harvard 35, Lehigh 30 James Madison 24, Maine 22 Marist 42, St, Peter's 0 Maryland 24, Temple 21 Massachusetts 18, Rhode Island 14 Miami, Ohio 38, Army 14 Pace 26, lona 0 Princeton 9, Fordham 7 Robert Morris 44, Cent.

Connecticut St. 21 Siena 41, Canisius 38 St John's, NY 23, Stony Brook 19 Wagner 42, St. Francis, Pa. 6 West Chester 30, Buffalo 27 SOUTH Alabama 27, Southern Miss. 13 Appalachian St.

40, Citadel 15 Auburn 41, Cent. Florida 14 Catawba 38, Charleston Southern 13 Dayton 42, Morehead St. 28 Duke 26. Navy 17 E. Illinois 10, Tennessee Tech 7 E.

Kentucky 56, Austin Peay 3 E. Tennessee St. 28. W. Carolina 18 Emory Henry 49, Davidson 35 Florida 55, Kentucky 28 Florida 24, Howard U.

15 Furman 35, VMI 14 Georgia Southern 37, Chattanooga 10 Liberty 33, Delaware St. 17 McNeese St. 27, Jacksonville St. 6 Mississippi St. 37, South Carolina 17 NW Louisiana 19.

Nicholls St. 0' Norfolk St. 48, Morgan St. 6 North Carolina 48, Virginia 20 S. Carolina St.

34, Tennessee St. 28 Samlord 21, Alcorn St. 16 Virginia Tech 50, Arkansas St. 0 West Virginia 28, Miami 17 William 4 Mary 20, Boston U. 17 SOUTHWEST Brigham Young 19, Southern Meth.

16, OT Oklahoma St. 38. NE Louisiana 7 Texas 38. Rice 31 Texas 36. North Texas 10 FAR WEST Arizona St.

13, Oregon St. 10 Cal Lutheran 39. San Diego 32 Cal Poly-SLO 24. St. Mary's, Cal.

14 Colorado. 20, Wyoming 19 Montana 52, Sacramento St. 10 UCLA 40. Arizona 27 Washington St. 58, Boise St.

0 Pass will play role for MSU Gannett News Service EAST LANSING As opponents focus on stopping Michigan State's running game, the Spartans will need to open up their offense and pass more. To this point, it really hasn't been necessary. No. 12 MSU (3-0), which returns from a bye week to play Minnesota next Saturday in the Big Ten opener, has dominated teams with its highly regarded offensive line clearing big holes for the running backs. Notre Dame put nine defenders near the line of scrimmage and still couldn't stop the Spartans' running game last week.

arc putting as many guys up on the line as the law allows to stop the run against us," MSU Coach Nick Saban said. "I'm sure we'll have to pass the ball to win in our league. I want to improve our. passing game and our ability to make more big plays." Return Yards 0 29 Punts-Avg 7-45 9 4-408 Fumcles-Lost 04 3-3 Penalties-Yards 10-92 6-37 Possession 35 44 24 16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Notre Dame. Denson 25-72.

Barry 4-31. Driver 10-24. Powlus 3-14. Spencer 2-8 Michigan. Howard 16-91.

Floyd 7-41. C. Williams 6-28, Thomas 3-6, Griese 2-2. PASSING Notre Dame. Powlus 20-27-1-205.

Michigan. Griese 16-22-0-177. RECEIVING Notre Dame. Johnson 7-106. Nelson 5-45.

Denson 4-20. Brown 3-31, Spencer 1-3. Michigan, Floyd 4-35, Williams 4-23. Streets 3-77, Shaw 2-19. Shea 2-10, Tuman 1-13.

with 5:08 to go. Ron Powlus, 20-27 for 205 yards with a TD and an interception, handed off to Autry Denson three times for nine yards and, on fourth-and-1, Denson got the call again. With the crowd of 106,508 at Michigan Stadium on its feet, Denson hit the line and was stacked up by end Glen Steele and linebacker Get By ED REIKE, The Associated Press Saturday in a 55-28 Southeastern their record to 4-0 with the victory. (3-1) beat Southern Mississippi (2-2) for the sixth straight time. The Crimson Tide rebounded from last week's loss to Arkansas.

No. 22 TEXAS 36 NORTH TEXAS 10 At Irving, Texas, Dante Hall rushed for 156 yards and set up two touchdowns, and Sirr Parker rushed for 124 yards and one TD as Texas (3-0) defeated North Texas (2-3). No. 23 BYU 19 SMU 16, OT At Dallas, Brian McKenzic's 15-yard TD run on BYU's third overtime play won it for the Cougars (2-1, 1-0 WAC). No.

24 UCLA 40 ARIZONA 27 At Pasadena, Skip Hicks tied a school record with four touchdowns and became UCLA's" career TD leader. Hicks scored on runs of 8, 19, 4 and 3 yards for the Bruins (2-2, 1-1 Pac-10). No. 25 ARIZONA STATE 13 OREGON STATE 10 At Corvallis, Robert Nycz kicked two second-half field goals and Arizona State (3-1, 1-0 Pac-10) survived 14 penalties. Team (Record) This week Next week 1 Florida (4-0) beat Kentucky 55-28 vs.

Arkansas 2. Penn State (3-0) did not play at Illinois 3. Nebraska (3-0) did not play vs. Kansas State 4. Florida State (3-0) did not play vs.

Miami 5. North Carolina (4-0) beat Virginia 48-20 at Texas Christian 6. Michigan (3-0) beat Notre Dame 21-14 at Indiana 7. Ohio State (4-0) beat Missouri 31-10 vs. Iowa 8.

Auburn (4-0) beat Central Florida 41-14 at South Carolina 9. Tennessee (2-1) did not play vs. Mississippi 10. Washington (2-1) did not play vs. Arizona St.

1 1 Iowa (4-0) beat Illinois 38-1 0 at Ohio State 12. Michigan State (3-0) did not play vs. Minnesota 13. LSU (2-1) vs. Akron at Vanderbilt 1 4.

Virginia Tech (4-0) beat Arkansas St. 50-0 vs. Miami, Ohio 15. Washington St. (4-0) beat Boise St.

58-0 at Oregon 16. Colorado (2-1) beat Wyoming 20-19 vs. Texas 17. Clemson (2-1) at Georgia Tech vs. Texas El-Paso 18.

Kansas State (3-0) beat Bowling Green 58-0 at Nebraska 19. Georgia (3-0) did not play vs. Mississippi St. 20. Stanford (2-1) vs.

Oregon vs. Notre Dame 21. Alabama (3-1) beat S.Mississippi 27-13 at Kentucky 22. Texas (3-0) beat North Texas 36-10 at Colorado 23. Brigham Young (2-1) beat S.

Methodist 19-16 vs. Utah State 24. UCLA (2-2) beat Arizona 40-27 vs. Houston 25. Arizona State (3-1) beat Oregon State 13-10 at Washington 0rT.

AIR ATTACK: Florida quarterback Doug Conference victory against Kentucky in Kto, Florida QB hurls five TD passes in 55-28 victory The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. Florida's Doug Johnson is letting his passing speak louder than his words. The sophomore quarterback threw five touchdown passes, including three to Jacquez Green in the first quarter, as the No. 1 Gators took a 28-0 lead en route to a 55-28 victory over Kentucky on Saturday. "I didn't come into the game to prove something," said Johnson, who has thrown 17 touchdown passes this season.

"I just wanted to execute. I'm not trying to make a statement. The biggest statement will be what happens at the end of the year." Johnson completed 22-34 passes for 286 yards before leaving after the third quarter as Florida (2-0 in the Southeastern Conference, 4-0 overall) won its 24th straight league game and beat the Wildcats (0-2, 2-2) for the 11th straight time. No. 5 NORTH CAROLINA 48 VIRGINIA 20 At Chapel Hill, N.C., North Carolina scored 45 straight points to avenge last year's collapse against Virginia.

The Cavaliers (1-2, 0-1 ACC) took a 20-3 lead late in the first half before the Tar Heels (4-0, 2-0) rallied to match the biggest comeback in school history. No. 7 OHIO STATE 31 MISSOURI 10 At Columbia, backup quarterback Joe Germaine threw two touchdown passes to David Boston and directed a third scoring drive as Ohio State (4-0) recovered from a sluggish start to beat Missouri (2-2). Germaine was the Rose Bowl MVP last year in relief of Stanley Jackson, who is 15-0 as a starter. No.

11 IOWA 38 ILLINOIS 10 At Iowa City, Tavian Banks rushed for 191 yards and two TDs as Iowa (4-0) rolled over Illinois (0-4). The Hawkeyes scored 17 points in the final 8:08 of the first half, and left Illinois winlcss under new coach Ron Turner. No. 14 VIRGINIA TECH SO ARKANSAS STATE At Blacksburg, Al Clark passed for 177 yards and two touchdowns, and Virginia Tech (4- The Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT Eastern Michigan quarterback Charlie Batch threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns, but it was his 1-yard scoring run that provided the winning margin in a 31-24 victory over Central Michigan on Saturday. Batch went in from a yard out with 6:27 remaining, capping a quarter in which the Eagles (1-2 Mid-American West, 1-3 overall) scored 21 unanswered points to erase a 14-point deficit.

Both quarterbacks carried their teams as the ground games combined for only 100 yards 44 yards for Eastern and 56 for Central. "In the second half we decided to quit messing around with formations and throw the ball," EMU Coach Rick Rasnick said. Batch's performance overshadowed that of his counterpart, Tim Crowley, who completed 25-48 passes for 412 yards and scoring passes of 75 and 37 yards. The Chippewas led 17-3 at half-time, behind a 27-yard field goal Casey Wilson, a 75-yard scoring pass from Crowley to Reggie Allen and a 2-yard TD run by Eric Flowers. The teams traded touchdowns in the third, Eastern scoring on an 8-yard strike from Batch to Ta-if Kumasi and Crowley answering with his second TD, a 37-yardcr to Allen, who caught six passes for 170 yards.

Batch brought the Eagles back in the final quarter, finding Fahcem Ali on a 16-yard TD pass with 10:45 to play. Eastern tied the game 1:43 later when Batch hit Jermainc Sheffield on a 10-yard score, setting up Batch's winning score later in the quarter. Ali led Eastern Michigan receivers with 93 yards on six catches while teammate Savon Edwards caught nine balls for 85 yards. Bryan Schorman led the Chippewas in catches with 11 for 142 yards. MAC ROOIWP OHIO 31 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7 At Athens, Ohio, Kareem Wilson rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns and Steve llookfin added 107 yards and a score to spark Ohio.

Ohio (2-0 in the MAC East Division and 4-1 overall) rushed for 340 yards. The Bobcats did not complete a pass in three attempts. Western Michigan (1-2 East, 2-3) lost four fumbles and had a punt blocked. Three of those turnovers led to Ohio scores. MARSHALL 42 BALL STATE 16 Chad Pennington threw a school-record six touchdown passes, including five to Randy Moss, as Marshall routed Ball Slate.

Moss made 13 catches for 205 yards, including touchdowns covering 58, 15, 8, 19 and 3 yards. He has now caught at least one TD pass in 20 consecutive games. The five TD catches set a Marshall record and tied the MidAmerican Conference mark for one game. Moss, who has 749 receiving yards and 14 TD catches after five games, is on pace to break the Division I-A record of 22 TD catches in a season by Houston's Manny Hazard in 1989. MIAMI, OHIO 38 ARMY 14 At West Point, N.Y., Sam Rick-etts threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns and Miami of Ohio stymied Army's powerful running attack.

The Redllawks defense, after a shaky first half, figured out Army's wishbone offense. Army (1-3) went into the game averaging 431.3 rushing yards per game, tops in the nation. But Miami (3-1) held the ground attack to just 261 yards, including 91 in the second half. 0) held Arkansas State (1-3) to minus-28 yards rushing. No.

15 WASHINGTON STATE 58 BOISE STATE At Pullman, Ryan Leaf threw three TD passes and ran for another score as Washington State (4-0) routed Boise State (1-4). Leaf, who played three quarters, completed 17 of 30 passes for 289 yards without an interception. No. 16 COLORADO 20 WYOMING 19 At Boulder, Ben Kelly returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and Jeremy Aldrich kicked an 18-yard field goal with three seconds left as Colorado (2-1) rallied to beat Wyoming (3-2). No.

18 KANSAS STATE 58 BOWLING GREEN 0 At Manhattan, Eric I lick-son rushed for a career-high 163 yards as Kansas Stale (3-0) routed Bowling Green (2-3). The Wildcats piled up 638 yards, while holding Bowling Green to 56. No. 21 ALABAMA 27 SOUTHERN MISS 13 At Birmingham, Freddie Kitchens broke out of a slump with two touchdown passes as Alabama.