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FOOTBALL THE TIMES-. 2C SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1989 1 Bm again Tech comes back to iniaiD Tulsa 34-31 Tulsa FG Fuess J3 J. Tech Slaughter 35 boss from Hughes (Stover Kick), Tulsa Hill 25 pass from Rubley (Fuess kick) Tech Douglas 1 run (Stover kick) Tech -FG Stover 44 Tech Brown 78 Interception return (Stover kick) Tech FG Stover 24 Tech Brown 32 toss from Hughes (Stover kick) Tlso Mcvav 5 pass from Rubley (Fuess kick) Tlsa Tech First downs 2, Said Brown, who had been back for the return, but stepped up when he saw the fake coming: "I saw the fake and I knew I was supposed to play a safety. I saw the tight end dragging across the middle and nobody was covering him, so I figured he was my guy. Hey, tell them that qualifies for a punt return." The freak play aside, when Tech needed offense it turned to its old friend, Douglas, who tied his school record for rushing attempts with 35.

His 203 yards and ninth touchdown run of the season brought him to 954 yards on the season. D.h...wvHi M-IM 171 Pnuina 777 "94 Bv EVAN GRANT The Times RUSTON Louisiana Tech Coach Joe Raymond Peace put his lips cooly against the game ball his team had presented him after a 34-31 win over Tulsa Saturday night. Then he raised his head, turned to redshirt freshman Sam Hughes and choked with emotion. He played the part of the doting father, if only for a minute. "You talk about special teams and special people, but there is nobody more special than this guy right here," Peace said.

"He came here to win football games and tonight he did." Hughes, subbing at the last mo on a punt play though it came as a 78-yard interception return and the game-winning touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. With Tulsa at the Tech 36 in the third quarter, the Golden Hurricane attempted a fake punt, when backup quarterback Frank Cassano ran up under center, took the snap and rolled out. He tossed tjie ball just before stepping out of bounds, finding Brown at the Tech 22. "That was such a key," said Tulsa Coach Dave Rader. "Usually it's a safe play for us.

If we don't see anything he goes out of bounds. All we could get with a punt is maybe a 20-yard gain. But he decided to throw it back in the middle right before going out. I don't know why." know. Bobby Slaughter somehow just came open in the end zone (in the second quarter) and that got me started." He had some help, too.

Running back Derrick Douglas, who had failed to gain 100 yards in his last three games, ran for a career-best 203 yards on 35 carries. Wingback Michael Richardson, who had touched the ball only 36 times in the first seven games, came up with 64 yards on 12 carries and two receptions. Slaughter was his usual self with six catches for 74 yards and a touchdown. And wide receiverkick returner Eddie Brown, who had longed for a punt return for a touchdown, scored ment for the mumps-infected Gene Johnson, engineered Tech's win, it's third straight in front of 17,100 at Aillet Sadium. Hughes completed 12 of 25 passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns as Tech overcame a 17-0 deficit and improved to 4-3-1.

Tulsa, which had hoped to inch closer to the Independence Bowl Association championship, fell to 5-4. Hughes was basically dumbfounded after his touchdown passes of 35 yards to Bobby Slaughter and a 32-yard game-winner to Eddie Brown. "The coaches came to me at 10:30 Thursday night and told me they needed me to start," Hughes said. "When I got out there I just don't Return yards Comp-Attlnt Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession 12-25-2 5-36, 44 12-74 34:05 19-39-1 7-34 4-35 25:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tulsa, Rubley 8-24, Brus 4-5, Adams 19-91, Jockson 1-1-1). Tech, Douglas 12-46.

Hughes 12-25-2-171. Adams 5-27, Hill 1-25, Molloy 1-45. Tech, Brown 1-32, Slqugh- I ter 6-74, Richardson 2-18, Porhom M8, Fitlhenry MS, Douglas M4. Tulu Louisiana Tech 17 7 I 7-11 I T7 7H-J4 Tulsa Bitson 7 pass from Rublev (Futsj kick) Tulsa Bltson pass from Rubify (Fuess kick) A cDassic due II ami ILMOe Rock LSU special team wasn't so special Arkansas 45, Houston 39 Houston Arkansas 14 7 7 l- 7 18 7 2W5 i Scr slt JTW? 'iV Tenneseea 45 LSU 39 Temrnm I 14 11-45 LSU Nil 15-39 LSU-Boss pass from Hodson (Browndvke kick) LSU Fuller 2 pass from Hodson (Browndvke kick) Tenn-Amsler 1 run (Burke kick) Tenn-Webbl run (Burke kick) LSU-FG Browndvke 19 Tenn-Pickens 93 klckoff return (Burke kick) Tenn-Webb I run (Burke kick) 1 LSU-Hodson 2 run (Browndvke kick) Tenn-Amsler 2 run (Burke kick) Term-Webb 1 run (Burke kick) LSU-Fuller 23 pass from Hodson (Jacob pass from Hodson) Tenn-FG Burke 31 LSU-Kinchen 11 pass from Hodson (Burke kick) A-71AR Cooper 60 pass from Anders (Anderson kick) I Russell 65 pass from Grovey (Wright ki6ty 1 Weatherspoon 3 run (Anderson kick) Grovey 2 run (Wright kick) Smith 37 pass from Ware (Anderson kick) i Wright 37 FG Grovey 2 run (Wright kick) -b- Weatherspoon 37 pass from Ware (Anderson Russell 51 pass from Grovey (Wright kick)' Anderson 46 FG Rouse 3 run (Wright kick) 'J Grovey 2 run (Wright kick) i Hazard 5 pass from Ware (Hazard pass from Houston -Arkansas Houston -Arkansas -Houston -Arkansas -Arkansas -Houston kick) Arkansas -Houston -Arkansas -Arkansas -Houston Ware) Times photoNANCEE E. LEWIS LSU quarterback Tommy Hodson gets a heavy pass rush bv Tennessee defender Dewayne Dotson as he passes to Alvin Lee.

Tern LSU 23 28 57-242 24-57 179 438 9 23 11-17-0 11-494 3- 38 2-55 3-1 4- 44 4-34 32:12 27:48 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return yards Comp-AtWnt Punts Fumbles-lost Penolties-yards Time of Possession Continued from Page 1C Instead, the Volunteers go back to Knoxville at 6-1 and 3-1 in the SEC. For LSU, it was another frustrating loss. This time, the Tigers got out to a quick start, leading 14-0. Hodson, passing out of the shotgun formation for the first time this season, threw 30 yards to Tony Moss for a 7-0 lead. Hodson gave LSU a 14-0 first quarter lead with a 2-yard pass to Eddie Fuller to complete a 32-yard drive.

While LSU was enjoying its largest lead in a conference game this season, Tennessee was busy regrouping. "They came out and hit us with a few things," Tennessee defensive back Jason Julian said. "And we were kinda shocked. They had two scores but they really hadn't sustained any kind of a drive." After completing only one of his first five passes, Kelly completed 10 of his next 12. And tailback Chuck Webb began pounding an LSU defense that was already hurt by injuries.

Webb rushed 30 times for 132 yards and three touchdowns. But it was not the Tennessee offense that gave the Vols a lead they would not relinquish. It was the special teams. After settling for David Browndyke's 19-yard field goal to give LSU a 17-14 lead with 18 sec- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tennessee, Webb 30-134, Thompson 12-45. LSU, Fuller 12-48, Windom 5-10.

PASSING-Tennessei, Kelly 11-17-0-179. Hodson 31-49438. RECEIVING-Tennessee, Woods 4-51, Horper 2-76, Amsler 2-13. LSU, Klnchen 7-88, Let 6-94, Hallburton M-7, Fuller 543. posed to take the ball up.

the middle of the field, but I cut to the right and I picked up two good blocks." The rest was slim Pickens for LSU. "Running back the kickoff definitely swung the momentum into their favor," LSU Coach Mike Archer said. Actually, the momentum may have been turned three plays earlier. On second-and-goal from the 2-yard line, Hodson's pass went through tight end Ronnie Hali-burton's hands incomplete. On the following play, Hodson's pass bounced off the hands of tight end Willie Williams incomplete.

The Tigers took the field goal. But if the momentum was not turned prior to the kickoff return, it turned in the second half. Tennessee scored on four of its first five possessions. LSU got as close as 28-24 on Hodson's 2-yard touchdown run. It was his first career rushing touchdown.

Tennessee and LSU swapped touchdowns throughout the remainder of the half. Hodson, who completed 31 of 49 passes, threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Fuller and an 11-yard touchdown pass to Todd Kinchen. "I'm glad we don't have to face him again," Julian said of Hodson. By JIM McLAIN The Times LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Arkansas' Quinn Grovey stole the thunder from Heisman Trophy candidate Andre Ware here Saturday night as the Razorbacks shocked Houston 45-39.

Grovey, known as a good run, no throw quarterback, ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more as No. 13-ranked Arkansas kept its hopes alive for a repeat title in the Southwest Conference. Grovey completed 11 of 14 for 256 yards and ran for 79. Ware hit on 34 of 46 for 352 yards, but Arkansas held him below his 430 yards per game average by employing six defensive backs. "Grovey keeps getting better and better," said Arkansas Coach Ken Hatfield.

"He threw the ball extremely well." "I've been able to throw deep all year long but tonight it just came together," said Grovey, whose total offense of 335 yards was the third highest ever by a Razorback. Grovey fired a 65-yard pass to Derek Russell in the first period, ran in from the 2 in both the second and third periods, lofted a 51-yarder to Russell early in the fourth period and cinched the win with his third 2-yard run with 3:08 left. Arkansas' 647 yards total offense was the second highest figure in school history and the most yardage ever yielded by No. 12-ranked Houston The win boosted the Hogs to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the SWC. Houston fell to 5-2 overall and evened at 2-2 in the conference.

The Cougars quieted the boisterous War Memorial Stadium crowd of 55,112 early in the game with a trick play. Ware lateralled to inside receiver Kimble Anders who fired a 60-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Patrick Cooper. Arkansas then caught the Cougar defense napping as Russell got behind everyone and Grovey hit him for the 65-yard score. Chuck Weatherspoon put Houston back ahead on 3-yard sweep a little later. Grovey's first TD got the Razorbacks even in the second onds left in the first half, Pedro Suarez kicked off.

Carl Pickens then went 93 yards for the touchdown, the second scoring return against LSU this season. "We really expected them to on-sides kick it to try to get the ball back," Pickens said. "When they kicked it, I was surprised. I was sup A 55.112 i Hon Ark First downs 26 27. Rushes-yards 20-159 67-391- Possing yards 412 256- Return yards 30 11- Passes 47-3M 14-1H Punts 4-39 2-31 Fumbles-lost 11 "1-0' Penalties-yards 7-55 3-15 Time of Possession 22:50 .37:10, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Houston, Weatherspoon 15-143; Arkansas, Foster 20-125, Rouse 19-114, Grovey 17-79.

PASSING-Houston, Ware 46-344-352; Arkansas, Grovev 14-11-1-254. RECEIVING-Houston, Weatherspoon 6-115, Cooper, 6-10), Hazard 11-75; Arkansas, Russell 6-164, Horton4-89v quarter. It took only 2:24 for Houston to regain the lead, though, as Ware fired a 37-yard strike to wideout Paul Smith. A 37-yard Todd Wright field goal with no time left in the half pulled the Razorbacks to within The Razorbacks roared into, the lead in the third quarter as Grovey capped a drive that was set up when rover Kirk Collins sacked Ware and. recovered a fumble.

"The fumble was a big play. We had the momentum and could have put the game away with a score, but the guy came from the blind side un-; touched and I just couldn't hang on! to the ball," Ware said of the play; that gave Arkansas possession on its own 22. The Cougars came right back to, regain the lead as Ware dumped one off to Weatherspoon and the stumpy-running back barreled 37 yards up; the middle for the score that made it' 28-24 Houston with 3:26 left in the third quarter. Arkansas sprinted back on top on; the first play of the fourth quarter when Grovey hit Russell on the 51-! yard play for a 31-28 advantage. Houston's Roman Anderson nailed a 46-yard field goal with! 12:33 left and it was tied at 31.

WLU beats ASU 13-7 with a capital NLU 13, Arkansas St. 7 Arkansas St. NE Louisiana I I 7-7 I 7-1) 94ELA FG Talltnl 39 NELA-FG Tollent 29 NELA-Steele 77 punt return (Tallent kick) ASU-Collier 14 run (Jose kick) A St NELO IS 13 51-174 39-90 36 149 34 162 4-13-2 21-264 641 7-38 3-1 2-1 7-50 MS 26:56 33:04 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return yards Comp-Att-lnl Punts Fumbles-lost Penoltles-yards Time of Possession by Hiram Porter turned ASU back at the NLU 1. A Frank Shelvin interception in the second quarter set up a 39-yard field goal by Rob Tallent, who added a 29-yarder in the third quarter. NLU quarterback Doug Pederson completed 21 of 26 passes for 149 yards, moving him into third-place in the school's all-time passing list with 3,068.

He passed Bubby Brister. Next week, NLU will play Louisiana Tech at Ruston. SFA 42, EASTERN WASH. 36 Todd Hammel passed for 421 yards and six touchdowns for Stephen F. Austin and the Lumber- Jacks held off a late rally by the eastern Washington Eagles for a 42-36 non-conference victory at Cheney, Wash.

Hammel completed 20 of 36 passes, including two touchdown strikes each to Pat Jackson and -Anthony Landry. By JACK MITCHELL The Times MONROE Whoever says you've got to play offense to win a football game wasn't paying much attention here Saturday night. Northeast Louisiana combined aggressive defense and a punt return for a touchdown to beat Arkansas State 13-7 before a homecoming crowd of 17,466 at Malone Stadium. The non-conference victory improved NLU's record to 4-3-1, while ASU fell to 4-4. The NLU defense forced three turnovers and stopped ASU on two fourth-down plays, including a fourth-and-six with 1 minute, 59 seconds left to play to preserve the win.

"Boy, did that defense play," NLU Coach Dave Roberts said. "That defense played as well as any I've ever been around." The defense limited ASU, the nation's I-AA rushing leaders, to just 174 yards on 51 carries. To compound ASU's problems, the NLU defense held quarterback Roy John son to just 4 completions in 13 attempts for 36 yards. "Northeast just lined up defensively and gave us a whipping," ASU Coach Larry Lacewell said. "We played about as bad offensively as we could." It wasn't just fortuitous for NLU that the defense played so well.

It was critical. The NLU offense could muster only two field goals, one of which was set up by a turnover. Not coincidentally, the offense was on the sideline when NLU got its only touchdown. Senior Jeff Steele fielded a fourth-quarter ASU punt at his own 23, was spun around by the first defender, found a seam in the middle of the field and had only punter Michael Killen to beat. After a cut to the right sideline shook the punter, Steele picked up a wall of blockers and completed the 77-yard return to give NLU a 13-0 lead with 14:10 left.

"The first two guys missed me and then I saw it was the punter and me," Steele said. "Once I got by him, I had a whole field of my guys wav- ing me on." The lead, however, was not completely safe. ASU drove 65 yards, aided by a 15-yard personal penalty, to cut the lead to 13-7 on Chris Collier's 14-yard touchdown run with 7:54 to go. But the NLU defense stopped ASU in four plays on its final possession. Noseguard Darren Rimmer, a freshman from Shreveport, batted down Johnson's fourth-down pass.

In the first half, an interception Stoker was off target, but IMSU defense held www wwwiMWMiPMMMiw-ii iiiiiihiwihw 111 ijm nu 'V WjUjnw mmvmmmmn Grambling is within Sam Houston St. 26, Northwestern State 3 NW LoulHono I 1 (-1 Sam Houston St. I II II 4-24 NWL-FG Homier 28 Sam-Stewort 45 pass from Van Meter (Klein kick) Sam-FG Klein 35 Som-Thomos 3 run (Klein kick) Sam-FG Klein 53 Som-Thomos 4 run game of SWAC Grambling 49, Taxas Southorn 6 21 7 7-49 I I Tern Southern Sam' 14 57-210 122 126, 5-13-1 6-0 1-2 14-95 36:54 NWL 10 30-96 120 1 9 11-32-6 1 4-40' 1-2 4-35 a 23:06 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Como-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession GSU-Fred Jones, 22 pass from Clemente Gordon (Derrick Levi kick) GSU-Steven Gront, S5 pass from Gordon (Levi kick) GSU-Jones, 44 poss from Gordon (Levi kick) GSU-Wolter Dean 2 run (Levi kick) GSU-Deon3run(Levikick) TSU Gilbert Ramires, 7 pass from Irvln Worsham (Worsham pass toiled) (Levi kick) j9iA 4 Wif A Hr 4 6r A GSU TSU First downs 29 14 Rushesvords 12 I Passing yards IS 4 Passes IA-C-1) 2 2 Punts-average 5-27 l-(-l) Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-yords 9-111 7-50 Continued from Page 1C The last time the Demons lost a conference game was a 34-7 setback to Sam Houston in 1987. Last week against Northeast, Stoker helped set an NCAA Division I-AA record with a 99-yard touchdown pass. Against Sam Houston, Stoker's six interceptions set a school record he'd rather not have.

The senior had never previously thrown more than two interceptions in a game. "I just didn't play very well," Stoker said. "Our scheme is on our quarterback and when the quarterback doesn't play well you get beat. "It was just a bad day and everybody has them. You gotta deal with it one way or the other." For the second straight week, NSU's leading receiver, Al Edwards, watched from the sidelines with an Achilles tendon pull.

Edwards warmed up but came out of the dressing room in street clothes. Even so, Stoker said the Demons should have been able to do the job without Edwards. "One guy is not going to be able to hurt our team one way or the other. We miss him, but we've got guys who are just as capable." Stoker, who completed 11 of 32 passes for 122 yards, took the blame for the loss, but Sam Houston's defense, ranked second in the SLC, deserved a lot of the credit. "I've got an awful lot of respect for Stoker.

He's such a fine little athlete and does so many good things," said Bearkat Coach Ron Randleman. "The thing we felt like going in against was that we had to minimize their big plays. In the past that's where they hurt us." Not only did the Bearkats minimize the big plays, they minimized Continued from Page 1C was still pretty much in the game and making sure we got the job done." That was in little doubt early in the game as Grambling struck for 35 first-half points and led by as much as 42-0. The win in front of a homecoming crowd Hammer was there to perform the Homecoming concert moved Grambling to 6-2 and within a game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference title for the first time in four years. Grambling, 5-0 in the SWAC, needs to only beat Alabama State next Friday in Birmingham to clinch the league title.

It would be the first SWAC title since 1985 and, since the Grambl-ing-Southern game has been moved' back from Thanksgiving week, the first playoff berth since 1985. Texas Southern fell to 3-5-1 and 3-2-1 in the SWAC. Grambling got out early scoring on its first two possessions with a pair of touchdown passes from Clemente Gordon to Jones (22 yards) and Steven Grant (55 yards). "I was surprised how well we moved the ball early," Jones said. "Usually it takes us a little time to warm up.

Hopefully this will continue through the remainder of the season." They have moved the ball well in the last three games, scoring 148 points. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING- TSU, J. Johnson 10, B.Tolllver 27, T.Jackson 36, J. Wllloms33, J. Wishom 14, T.

Ross 42. GSU, Dean 110, E. Jones J. Reed 32, 0 Tatum 9, S. Burros 10, D.

Ned 37, 0. Christan 5, T. Jerry 23, W. Jackson 5. PASSING-TSUJolliver 22-44 for SI yards, WIshom 7-4-1 for 23 yards.

GSU, Gordon 24-144 for 269 yards, Burras 12-M for 92 yards, RECEIVING- TSU, Jackson 2-16. Moore 25. Dubose 2-32, Romiece 1-7, Johnson 1-5. GSU, Gront 3-101, F. Jones 446, 0 Christan 2-22, 0 Ned 2-19, W.

Jones 5-91, T. Savannah 1-7, Dean 1-7, L. Henderson 1-16. T. Jerry 1-12.

Times photoRODOLFO GONZALEZ) Grambling's Wendell Jones, to the surprise of Texas Southern's Chris Daggs, held onto the ball after a big hit for a first down. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS i RUSHI NG-NW Louisiana, Dewltt -22, Ellis 1-25, Wright 1 4-22. Sam Houston C. Thomas 31-138, D. Thomos 5-31, D.

Williams 9-22. PASSING-NW Louisiana, Stoker 11-32-6 120. Sam ton Van Meter 41 101, D. Thomas 1-Sfl 21. RECEIVING-NW Louisiana, Robinson 4-36, Johnson' 3-51, 0.

Adams 1-22. Sam Houston Stewart 1-45, Caldwell I i the little ones as well. The Demons managed just 216 yards total offense. For the second' straight week, NSU was unable to generate a running game. The Demons had 96 yards rushing.

Apart from a drive to the SHS 11 in the second quarter that resulted in a 28-yard Chris Hamler field goal that gave NSU a 3-0 lead, the De-r mons' deepest penetration was the' Bearkat 29. NSU Coach Sam Goodwin said the plan going in was to pass. "We didn't try to run much," he said. I' We learned against Northeast thaC we weren't going to dominate strong defensive front. "We didn't want to beat our head against the wall, but I believe if I had to do it over again after we got the 3-point lead I think I'd have run three plays and punt the rest of the game and I don't believe they'd beat us." down catch from Irvin Worsham.

The Tigers added a final score in the last 4 5 seconds of the game when Tony Jerry had a 2-yard run. After the game, a lone Grambling player limped to the lockerroom up the sloping hill that had been a cause of concern. Earlier in the week, Grambling had contemplated moving the game to its old Memorial Stadium. "Hard work walking up that hill," he said. The hill may have been tougher than Texas Southern.

third touchdown in the third quarter. Jones, who missed three games, has caught four touchdown passes since returning against Jackson State last week. Gordon passed for 269 yards before giving way in the third quarter and Dean had his third 100-yard game of the season with 110. Grambling added a touchdown in the third quarter on Dean's 3-yard run giving the Tigers a 42-0 lead. Texas Southern finally scored Gilbert Ramirez's 7-yard touch Said Coach Eddie Robinson, who got career win No.

355: "I wanted us to get out early and get something done. We moved the ball real well and executed our offense very well. The last three weeks, we've executed as well as we have in the last three years." Grambling didn't stop there, either. The Tigers scored three more touchdowns in the second quarter on a 44-yard touchdown catch by Jones, and a pair of 2-yard runs by Walter Dean, who scored a i.jn.iWUn.