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Fort Myers News-Press, Sunday, September 17, 1978 5C Texas romps Rice 34-0 Huskies crunch Jayhawks Flick, a sophomore, completed all seven of his passes in the drive for 61 yards, including a four-yard toss to Scott Greenwood for the TD. Kansas, which lost its opener 37-10 to Texas last week, got its only points on a safety with 1:09 to play when reserve tailback Vince Coby tipped the ball out of the Washington end zone after a Flick pitchout went awry. longest field goal at 67 yards, then took over with his 26-yard and 46-yard kicks and Jones caught his 33-yard pass from backup quarterback Mark McBath to stake the Longhorns to a 27-0 halftime lead. Although the game became sloppy in the third quarter with four turnovers, including three by the Longhorns, Texas' defense added another touchdown with 13:56 to play. By The Associated Press HOUSTON Johnny "Lara" Jones used his Olympic speed to glide under touchdown passes of 57 and 33 yards and Russell Erxleben booted field goals of 26 and 46 yards to ignite seventh-ranked Texas to a season opening 34-0 victory over shell-shocked Rice Saturday night.

The Texas offense, operating for the first time in four years without graduated Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell, did not appear any less awesome, scoring two touchdowns on its first five offensive plays. Jones, a member of the United States' gold medal-winning sprint relay team at the 1976 Olympics, raced down the sideline under a pass by quarterback Randy McEachern on the third play of the game for a 57-yard pass run touchdown play. Halfback LeRoy King popped 47 yards through the middle of Rice's line for a touchdown on the second play of Texas' next possession. Erxleben, who holds the NCAA record for the By The Associated Press SEATTLE Junior tailback Joe Steele rushed 26 times for 102 yards and two touchdowns, and Washington's defense thoroughly frustrated the Kansas offense as the 18th-ranked Huskies beat the Jayhawks 31-2 Saturday. Washington, which lost its opener 10-7 to ninth-ranked UCLA last week, mounted scoring drives of 43, 50 and 77 yards in the first half and 51 yards in the final period against the young and inexperienced Jayhawks.

The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Steele, who led the Huskies in rushing last season, scored on a one-yard run in the second period that put Washington ahead 14-0 and a three-yard burst in the fourth period for the Huskies' final score. Junior quarterback Tom Porras' seven-yard run staked Washington to a 7-0 lead on its first possession in the opening period. Reserve quarterback Tom Flick engineered a 77-yard, 12-play drive for the Huskies' third touchdown with 27 seconds left in the first half. Texas 22 Washington 9 26 38-72 63-233 47 152 109 72 1-25-1 17-26-0 11-37 7-38 2-0 4-3 4-20 6-50 First downs Rushes-vords Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Kansas Washington First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards -Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Texas Rice Texas Lam Jones 57 Texas FG Erxleben Texas FG Erxleben Texas Lam Jones 33 Texas T. Campbell 1 Wash Porras 7 run (Lansford kick) Wash Steele 1 run (Lansford kick) Wosh-FG Lansford 24 Wash Greeruwood 4 pass from Flick (Lansford kick) Wash Steele 3 run (Lansford kick) Kon safety (Flick pitchout out of end zone) Washington State pounds Idaho 28-0 I i kV xy '))- 1-1 7-J1 Far West The Lumberjacks built a 28-0 halftime lead in the regionally tele-vised contest and added a pair of field goals in the third quarter.

-T The victory was Northern. 'J. Arizona's second straight following a season opening loss. Idaho State is 0-3. The Lumberjacks scored three times in the first quarter.

The first Vlj touchdown came on Hoist's 13-yard completion to flaker Ken Fraser with just two minutes into the contest. Later in the period Clark scored on a one-yard run, then Hoist found tight end James Collins on a five-yard scoring pass. In the second quarter, Hoist hit wide receiver Tyrone Peterson for five years and a touchdown. Idaho Sf. 15 28-52 224 118 23-44-3 10-41 1-0 3-22 Ariz.

First downs Rushes-vards Passing vards Return vards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Idaho State 25 54-300 -168 89 11-27-0 5-40 5-3 8-80 0 1414 0 0 Northern Arizona 21 7 6 034 NAU Fraser 13 oass from Hoist (Unrnh Southwest Arkansas rumbles by Vanderbilt By The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Arkansas freshman Thomas Brown zipped 96 yards with a kickoff return that deflated Vanderbilt and assured the second-ranked Razor-backs of a 48-17 victory in the season opener for both teams Saturday night. Arkansas grabbed a 24-0 lead five minutes into the third quarter, but Vanderbilt, a 25-point underdog, came roaring back. The Commodores reeled off 17 points in slightly more than five minutes and had momentum. Brown's kickoff return halted that moments later and made a stadium record crowd of 55,718 much more comfortable.

Brown, who played high school football at Montgomery, fielded the kickoff on his four, exploded into the open at the Arkansas 35 and ran past the final defender. Vanderbilt ran three plays and punted. Four plays later. No. 2 quarterback Kevin Scanlon hooked up with Robert Farrell on a 21-yard pass play.

It was the second scoring pass of the game for Scanlon, who also scored once and appeared sharper than No. 1 quarterback Ron Calcagni. Scanlon was recruited by Arkansas Coach Lou Holtz when Holtz was at North Carolina State. Scanlon transferred to Arkansas after Holtz took the UA job and sat out last year to gain eligibility. Vanderbilt Arkansas 60-302 35-1-36) 194 121 011 13-17-1 5- 43 6- 5 0O0 13-28-2 11-37 3-3 0714 00 pass from McEachern (Erxleben kick) 26 46 poss from McBath (Erxleben kick) pass interception return (Erxleben kick) The Aggies, down 7-3 at half-time, fell further behind when the Rams took the kickoff on their own 24 and marched 76 yards in nine plays, culminated by a throw by Fairchild over the middle to Mark E.

Bell for a touchdown that made the score 14-3. On the next series of plays, Hippie kept the Ram defense off balance with roll out passes alternating with off-tackle slants by Parros, and covered 77 yards in 13 plays, going in for the score himself with 7:25 left in the third period. The Rams came back again with 4:28 left when Mark R. Bell hauled down a 5-yard touchdown pass from Fairchild after, a 10-play series covering 71 yards, making the score The extra point snap was bobbled and an attempted pass fell incomplete. On the ensuing kickoff Parros grabbed the ball on his own 6-yard By The Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash.

Junior running back Tali Ena, the "other Samoan," tied a school record Saturday by scoring three touchdowns as Washington State registered a 28-0 victory over error-plagued Idaho. Idaho, 0-2, lost the ball eight times, six on fumbles and two on interceptions. The opportunistic Cougars, 2-0, converted four of the turnovers into the game's only touchdowns, with Ena scoring on plunges of one and two yards and taking a 14-yard pass from Washington State's "Throwin' Samoan," Jack Thompson. Second-string running back Brian Sickler scored the Cougars' other touchdown on a 13-yard run in the fourth quarter. Ena's 18 points tied a single game Washington State mark shared by 14 others.

Thompson had one of his worst days, completing 11 of 23 passes for only 82 yards. The game had been expected to be a Cougars' rout, but the Vandals' defense, led by linebackers Larry Barker and Ron Jessie and nose guard Monty Elder, surprisingly held their own. Idaho's offense mistakes resulted in the lopsided score. Idaho Washington St First downs Rushes-vards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-vards Idaho Washington St 14 58-146 67 60 4-14-2 9-42 7-6 6-61 1 1 49-110 82 16 11-25-0 11-48 3-1 7-55 0 0 7 7 0 0-0 7 7 28 WSU-Eno 2 run (DeSanto kick) WSU Ena 14 pass from Thompson (DeSanto kick) WSU-Eno 1 run (DeSanto kick) WSU-Sickler 13 run (DeSanto kick) A 16,950 Stanford 38, San Jose State 9 STANFORD, Calif. Quarterback Steve Dils passed for two touchdowns and running back Dar-rin Nelson and Phil Francis ran for scores to lead Stanford to a 38-9 victory over San Jose State.

Kicker Ken Naber booted field goals of 27 and 39 yards, and reserve quarterback Turk Shonert connected with receiver Ken Mar-gerum on a 9-yard touchdown play to complete Stanford's scoring. Dils' scoring passes included a 6-yard toss to Mitch Pleis and a 4-yard toss to Nelson. Nelson ran 4 yards around left end for a score, and Francis went off left guard from 23 yards out for his touchdown. San Jose State scored when defensive back Steve Hines intercepted a Dils pass and carried it 15 yards into the end zone in the first quarter. N.

Arizona 34, Idaho St. 14 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Quarterback Bill Hoist threw three touchdown passes and running back Allan Clark rushed for over 200 yards to lead host Northern Arizona University to a 34-14 victory over Idaho State in a Big Sky Conference clash. BUCKNELL RUNNING BACK JOEL BOYD (28) IS CAUGHT FROM BEHIND VMI's Gary McNeal (20) hangs on as Boyd adds a few yards in Saturday's game Utah St. edges Colorado St.

kick) NAU Clark 1 run (Vorah kick) NAU J. Collins 5 oass from Hols (Varah kick) NAU Peterson 5 pass from Hoist (Varah kick) NAU FG Varah 50 NAU FG Varah 31 ISU Neussen 2 run (deBruvin kick) ISU Riedel 23 poss from Spoon (deBruvin kick) A 9,318 Wyoming 30, South Dakota 11 LARAMIE, Wyo. A tenacious Wyoming defense led by Saunders Montague and Randy Hughley cor-railed the South Dakota Coyotes lead the Cowboys through game miscues and a 30-11 C- Montague intercepted two passes and returned one for a touchdown, and Hughley turned in an intercep-tion and a fumble recovery as the Cowboy defense forced five turn-' overs and kept South Dakota bot- tied up all afternoon. The Wyoming offense showed flashes of brilliance, but was sty- mied by mistakes and and often failed to sustain drives. First downs 10 23 Rushes-yards 47-16 1 62-308 Passing yards 30 120 Return yards 109 (-4) Passes 4-13-0 9-17-1 Punts 9-37 5-42 Fumbles-lost 5-4 3-1 Penalties-vords 5-66 7-73 Vanderbilt 0 0 17 0-17 Arkansas 7 14 10 17-48 S.

Dakota Wyoming 8 12 48-97 46-139 33 84 56 57 2-11-3 8-15-1 8-381 5-199 4-3 3-1 4-54 7-32 First downs Rushes-vards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbtes-lost Penalties-yards South Dakota Wyoming Ark Duckworth 30 pass from Scanlon (Ordonez kick) Ark Clacognl 8 run (Ordonez kick) Ark Scanlon 2 run (Ordonez kick) Ark Ordonez 46 FG Van Heflin 13 run (Woodord kick) Van Brown 90 punt return (Woodard kick) Van Woodord 33 FG Ark Brown 96 kickoff return (Ordonez kick) Ark Farrell 21 pass from Scanlon (Or. donez kick) Ark Ordonez 32 FG Ark Wright 5 run (Ordonez kick) A 55,718 N. Texas State 28, Texas-Arlington 23 IRVING, Texas Sophomore Bernard Jackson rushed for a school record-tying 207 yards and scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 41-yard-run to ignite North Texas State to a 28-23 non-conference victory over battling Texas-Arlington. UPI line and eluded four tacklers to scamper 94 yards for a touchdown, closing the gap to 20-15. UtahSt.

Colo.St. First downs 17 21 Rushes-vards 47-92 39-141 Passing yards 246 381 Return yards 16 23 Passes 14-27-0 21 -35-3 Punts 8-45 7-43 Fumbles-lost 3-2 3-2 Penalties-yards 5-42 9-55 Utah St. 0 3 12 6- 21 Calarado St. 7 0 13 0- 20 CSU Lewis 67 pass from Lee (Barilla kick) USU FG Steinke 40 CSU Bell 5 pass from Fairchild (Barilla kick) USU Hippie 1 run (run failed) CSU Bell 4 pass from Fairchild (pass failed) USU Parros 94 kickoff return (run failed) USU Bryant 34 pass from Hippie (pass failed) A 24,285 New Mexico 16, Wichita State 14 WICHITA, Kan. New Mexico reserve quarterback Brad Wright plunged 2 yards for a touchdown with 2:42 to go to defeat Wichita State 16-14 in a nonconference game.

Army had moved 68 yards in 14 plays. Lafayette came as Glen Vereb returned the ensuing kickoff 57 yards to the Army 13. Three plays later, Uzelac went around right end for a touchdown. In the final period, Lafayette's Dave Heverling missed a 28-yard field goal attempt with 10 minutes left. Hill's 2-yard run capped a nine play, 58-yard Army drive, clinching the victory.

0 11 11 17 7 0 6 10 Wyo FG Christopulos 42 Wvo Montague 36 pass Interception (Christopulos kick) Wvo Plttman 26 pass from Cousins (Christopulos kick) Wvo Hardeman 22 run (Christopulos kick) SD Dokken 25 pass from Davis (Cooper pass from Davis) SD FG Nielsen 31 Wvo Johnson 1 run (pass tailed) FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -Scrambling quarterback Eric Hippie lofted a 34-yard touchdown pass to flanker Jimmy Bryant with 1:50 left in the game to give the Utah State Aggies a come-from-behind 21-20 interconference football victory over Colorado State Saturday. Hippie's pitch came less than two minutes after Aggie linebacker Will Withers had hauled down an errant pass by CSU quarterback Steve Fairchild to stop a Ram drive and give the Aggies position on their own 48. Hippie, a 6-foot-2, 189-pound senior, was sacked on the first play following the interception, but came back to throw to tight end John Thompson, who carried 21 yards to the CSU 31. After a 5-yard penalty for delay of game, tailback Rick Parros carried for two yards, setting up Hippie's winning pass.

Hippie's extra point pass to Bryant was caught out of the end zone. the final kick late in the fourth quarter. Air Force also capitalized on two short Boston College punts, although the Falcons themselves lost a chance to score in the first'quar-ter when quarterback Dave Ziebart raced 63 yards to the Boston College four but lost the ball two plays later on a fumble. Air Force shocks Boston College; Army rolls on quarter. Chuck Bushbeck added a 40-yard field goal eight minutes lat er to cut the lead to 14-10.

Holy Cross 27, Colgate 14 HAMILTON, N.Y. Glenn Ber-" rette ran an intercepted pass 85 yards for one touchdown and Chuck Mullen caught two touchdown es as Holy Cross beat Colgate 27-14. Holy Cross turned Berrette's in- terception and two Colgate fumbles into three second quarter touch-" downs while scoring its second vie-tory of the young season. Colgate's record is now 0-1. Wm.

Mary 27, Conn. 3 STORRS, Conn. A determined running attack directed by quarter- back Tom Rozantz enabled William Mary to dump the University of Connecticut 27-3. -y Rozantz ran and passed the Wil- liam Mary Indians to a 24-0 half- time lead, gaining more yards on. the ground himself than the entire Connecticut offense.

After putting together a 14-play drive in the first period which ended when Raymond James' 47-yard field goal fell short, UC was unable toount an attack forite rest of the gne. season with a 27-14 victory over Maine. Three of the four Boston touchdowns followed Maine turnovers, allowing the hosts to jump to a 20-0 advantage in the first 19 minutes of play. Maine is 0-2 for the season. Delaware 56, W.

Chester St. 0 NEWARK, Del. Cornerback Bob Woods grabbed two interceptions and Bo Dennis rolled for two touchdowns as Delaware shut out West Chester State 56-0. Lehigh 17, Slippery Rock 0 SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. Pass thefts by safety Carl Reese and linebacker Jim McCormick keyed a 17-point last-quarter surge that gave Lehigh a 17-0 victory over Slippery Rock.

Villanova 25, Mass. 21 AMHERST, Mass. Halfback Shawn Passman's 1-yard dash in the final minute rallied Villanova to a 25-21 decision over Massachusetts, spoiling the head coaching debut of Bob Pickett. Villanova, trailing 14-0 at the half, got on the board as defensive back David Martin blocked a punt by Tom Fontaine and ran 35 yards for the scre early in the third Air Force Boston Col. First downs 13 16 Rushes-vards 49-225 45-223 Passing vards 45 102 Return vards 64 92 Passes 8-17-0 11-170 Punts 6-38 5-34 Fumbles-lost 1-1 7-6 Penalties-yards 4-42 6-35 Air Force 3 3 6 6 18 Boston College 0 7 0 07 AF FG Sturch 37 AF FG Sturch 20 BC A.

Brown 34 run (Moorman kick) AF Ball 38 run (poss foiled) AF FG Sturch 21 Lafayette Army 10 26 38- 33 63-246 130 214 131 87 10-17-1 17-351 9-33 5-36 2-2 3-3 2-20 10-80 East Corky Messner opened the scoring for Army with a 30-yard field goal at 9:13 of the first period. Army scored again after Lafayette's Karl Sivek fumbled and the Cadets' George Mayes recovered on the Leopards' 27. Ten plays later, Mulrane hit Clennie Brundidge with an 8-yard scoring pass. Lafayette rallied in the second period as quarterback Gary Uzelac drove the Leopards 57 yards in eight plays, capped by a 12-yard scoring pass to tight end Tom Dolphin. In the third period, Mulrane restored the Black Knights' lead to 10 points yith a 1-yard keeper, after By The Associated Press NEWTON, Mass.

Tailback Shelby Ball raced 38 yards for the winning touchdown in the third quarter and Jim Sturch kicked a school record four field goals as the Air Force Academy shocked a fumbling Boston College football team Saturday night 18-7 and ruined Coach Ed Chlebek's debut for the Eagles. The Air Force turned six Boston College fumbles into three of Sturch's field goals and used the other two to halt the Eagles' drives. Boston College led 7-6 at half-time on Anthony Brown's 34-yard run, but Ball broke loose off left tackle after 11:10 of the third quarter to give the Air Force, 2-0, a 12-7 lead. Sturch kicked fourth quarter field goals of 21 and 26 yards to ice the game. The winning Falcons, who defeated Texas-El Paso in their opener 34-25, got a 37-yard field goal from Sturch in the first quarter and a 20-yarder in the second.

Both first half field goals were setitp by fumble recoveries, as was First downs Rushes-vards Passing vards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-vards Lafayette Army 7 0-14 7 7-24 ARMY FG Messner 30. ARMY Brundidge 8 pass from Mulrane (Messner kick) LAF Dolphin 12 pass from Uzelac (Heverling kick) ARMY Mulrane 1 run (Messner kick) LAF Uzelac 2 run (Heverling kick) ARMY Hill 2 run (Messner kick) A 25,890 Boston U. 27, Maine 14 BOSTON Art Smedberg threw for one touchdown and ran for another in his debut as quarterback as Boston University opened its AF FG Sturch 26 A 21,935 Army 24, Lafeyette 14 WEST POINT, N.Y. Quarterback Earle Mulrane passed for one touchdown and rushed for a second score, and Jimmy Hill tallied from the two late in the fourth quarter, giving Army a 24-14 victory over Lafayette-aturday..