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College football Sunday, Sept. 4, 1988 St. Cloud (Minn.) Times 5D East No. 2 Nebraska romps, 63-13 4 1 1 A W. Virginia marches to 62-14 win Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va.

Sophomore quarterback Major Harris directed six first-half scoring drives Saturday Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. Quarterback Steve Taylor ran for two touchdowns and passed for another Saturday to lead second-ranked Nebraska past Utah State, 63-13. Taylor ran for scores of 22 and 15 yards in the first half and hit Richard Bell on an 11 -yard pass to cap a 56-sec-ond, 74-yard scoring drive late in the first half. Midwest then third-string quarterback Mickey Joseph ran 8 yards for another Husker score with 13:24 to play. Gdowski added his second touch-: down with a 1-yard run less than seven minutes later.

Snyder teamed up with Kendall Smith on a 15-yard scoring pass for the Fullback Sam Schmidt added a 6- Aggies other score. 2 Nebraska 63, Utah SL 13 Utah St 0 0 7 613 Nebraska 14 14 14 21-63 Taylor 22 run (Barrios kick) Schmidt 6 run (Barrios kick) Taylor 1 5 run (Drennan kick) Bell 1 1 pass from Taylor (Drennan kick) Clak 7 run (Barrios kick) US Newman 1 pass from Snyder (Moody kick) Rodgers 2 run (Barrios kick) Devall 6 pass from Gdowski (Drennan kick) Joseph 8 run (Drennan kick) Gdowski 1 run (Janky kick) US Smith 1 5 pass from Snyder (Pass failed) y'i-y i (( fm tl ill JV 1 jtjurtewmj. niwiiM.TKffi'',w" Wfcr yard TD run following an 18-yard Taylor sprint in the first quarter for Nebraska, 2-0. Taylor's 37-yard pass to Bell on the first drive of the second half set up a 7-yard Ken Clark touchdown run before Utah State, 0-1, scored its first points on a 1-yard TD pass from Brent Snyder to Patrick Newman. Terry Rodgere added another Husker touchdown in the third period with a 2-yard run for a 42-7 Nebraska lead.

A 76.233 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: US Payne 12-43, Snyder 8-17. Clark 1 2-90, Taylor 9-74, Knox 5-50, Rodgers 7-19. 1 PASSING: US Snyder 21 -39-1-187. NTaykx 7-9-0-143, Gdowski 2-3-0-19, Joseph 1-1-0-7. RECEIVING: US Smith 8-108, Payne 7-50.

Newman 2-6. Bell 3-87, Brinson 1 -34, Devall 1 -J- 6. On the first play of the fourth reserve quarterback Gerry hit Brad Devall for a 6-yard scoring pass on fourth-and-four, AP photo Nebraska l-back Ken Clark pulls away from Utah State's Kevin Bouwman. Georgia grounds Vols; LSU blanks AMU Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. Rodney Hampton ran for 196 yards and two touchdowns and Tim Worley added 144 yards and two scores as No.

12 Georgia used an overpowering ground game to down to lead Wo. 16 West Virginia to a 62-14 college football victory over Bowling Green in the season opener for both teams. Harris had 163 yards total offense in the first half, throwing for 90 yards and one touchdown and rushing for 73 yards and another score. The Mountaineers led 24-0 at the end of the first period and were up 38-0 before Bowling Green could push beyond the West Virginia 44. The Falcons' first score came after pass interference and personal foul penalties moved the ball to the Mountaineer 15.

Their second came with six seconds left in the game. The victory kept Don Nehlen perfect in season openers and made the ninth-year head coach the most successful in WVU's 96 years of football. West Virginia scored its first touchdown when Willie Edwards fell on a Cris Shale fumble in the end zone 1:17 into the game when the Bowling Green punter dropped the ball during a heavy rush. The next two times Shale punted, Grantis Bell returned them beyond midfield to set up drives that ended in Charlie Baumann's 44-yard field goal and a 4-yard scoring run by Anthony Brown. With 1:32 left in the first quarter, Craig Taylor's 9-yard run up the middle put WVU up 24-0.

In the second period, Harris hit Reggie Rembert with a 6-yard scoring pass and added a 5-yard run halfway through the quarter. After Mike Ma-geee's one-yard sweep put Bowling Green on the board, Baumann added a 47-yard field goal just before halftime to give WVU a 41-7 lead. Eugene Napoleon, Undra Johnson and freshman Barry Browning each scored on short runs for West Virginia in the second half. Magee added a one-yard run to close the scoring with six seconds remaining. 16 West Virginia 62, Bowling Green 14 6 wing Green 0 7 0 714 W.

Virginia 24 17 7 14-62 WV Edwards recovers Shale fumble in end zone (Baumann Kick) WV FG Baumann 44 WV A. Brown 4 run (Baumann kick) WV Taylor 9 run (Baumann kick) WV Rembert 6 pass from Harris (Baumann kick) WV Harris 5 run (Baumann kick) BG McGee 1 run (Zeller kick) WV FG Baumann 47 WV Napoleon 1 run (Baumann kick) WV Johnson 6 run (Baumann kick) WV Browning 2 run (Baumann kick) BG Magee 1 run (Zeller kick) A 53 515 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: BG McGee 16-56, Edgerton 6-21. WV Harris 7-73, Napoleon 9-58, Taylor 5-51, U. Johnson 13-49, A. Brown 10-39.

PASSING: BG Dacklin 13-33-1-128, Smith 7-1 1-0-78. WV Harris 6-9-0-90, Jones 3-3-0-84, Levi nus 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: BG Rankin 3-46. Heard 3-26, Thornton 2-29, Bongers 2-28, Hockman 2-22. WV Rembert 4-53, Mitchell 2-22, Bell 1-50, Phillips 1-25, Winn 1-24, Mitchell 2-22.

Navy 27, James Madison 14 ANNAPOLIS, Md. Backup quarterback Gary Mcintosh ignited Navy with a 37-yard touchdown run late in the first half as the Midshipmen came from behind to beat James Madison University. James Madison was leading 14-7 Southeast the Tigers and No. 2 Nebraska. Hodson, a 61 percent passer for two years as a starter, completed only seven of 27 passes Saturday night for 112 yards, about half his usual output.

Sancho scored a first-quarter touchdown on a 20-yard pass interception, and keyed a defensive effort that kept out of the end zone on four shots from the 5-yard line as the fourth quarter began. LSU's offensive touchdowns came on a 3-yard pass from second-string quarterback Mickey Guidry to running back Eddie Fuller in the second quarter and a 1-yard plunge by Victor Jones with 2:41 left in the game. David Browndyke kicked field goals of 37 yards and 27 yards for LSU, both in the first quarter. 17 LSU 27, 11 Texas 0 Texas 0 0 0 00 'LoualanaSL 12 6 0 727 In WtM -t'ry 1) hi vO 4 I ft loth-ranked Tennessee 28-17 in a Southeastern Conference game Saturday night. Hampton scored on runs of 43 yards in the first quarter and went two yards on fourth down with 6:35 remaining to give the Bulldogs an 1 1 -point lead, Worley's scores in the season opener for both teams came in the second half, a 3-yard run following a fumble recovery and a 15-yard scamper that was set up by Hampton's 56-yard run.

The ground assault enabled Georgia to start Coach Vince Dooley's 25th season with a victory, leaving him seven shy of becoming the 10th coach in NCAA Division 1-A history to reach the 200 plateau. The Bulldogs had to overcome the pinpoint passing of Jeff Francis, who became Tennessee's all-time leader in passing yardage. Francis hit 25 of 39 passes for 354 yards, lifting his career total to 3,989 and breaking the record of 3,823 set by Alan Cockrell from 1981-83. Francis scored one touchdown on a 6-yard scramble and the other Vols touchdown came on a 20-yard run by Reggie Cobb. Chip McCallum kicked a 24-yard field goal for the Vols.

12 Georgia 28, 18 Tennessee 17 Tennessee 3 7 7 017 Georgia 7 0 14 728 Hampton 43 run (Kasay kick) TFG McCallum 24 Cobb 20 run (McCallum kick) Worley 3 run (Kasay kick) Francis 6 run (McCallum kick) Worley 1 5 run (Kasay kick) Hampton 2 run (Kasay kick) A 1P? LSU -FG Browndyke 37 LSU FG Browndyke 27 LSU Sancho 20 interception return (pass failed) LSU Fuller 3 pass from Guidry (Moss pass from Guidry) LSU Jones 1 (Browndyke kick) A 79,018 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Horton 13-35, Simmons 6-21, Osgood 6-1 8. LSU Fuller 1 8-84, Watkins 1 4-60, V. Jones 10-25. PASSING: Osgood 8-15-1-1 10. Pavalas 4-7-2-28, Richardson 1-1-0-0.

LSU Hodson 7-21-0-1 12, Guidry 4-4-0-32. RECEIVING: M. Jones 3-56, Garrett 3-26, Horton 3-16. LSU Jones 4-42, Moss 3-68, Fuller 3-20. 4 Clemson 40, Virginia Tech 7 CLEMSON.

S.C. Quarterback AP photo Rodney Williams scored once and deftly Georgia linebacker Richard Tardits sacks Tennessee quarterback Jeff Francis (1 9) Green, who caught five of Ellis' T. Johnson 1 5 run (Gardocki kick) FG Gardocki 38 Jo. Henderson 19 run (kick failed) C-FG Gardocki 43 A 80.500 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS passes for 68 yards, ignited South Carolina in the second half before suffering an leg injury with 5:52 remaining in the game and was carried off the field. His longest run of the game was 28 Bing3-31.

PASSING: NC May 13-34-0-121, Hall 1-5-0-5 SC Ellis 23-38-0-290. RECEIVING: NC Marriott 6-45, Thompson 2-14. SC Piatt 4-75, Green 5-68, Parlor 3-53, Brooks 3- 37, Watson 1-8. Florida 69, Montana St. 0 with just over four minutes left in the individual statistics half when Mcintosh faked a pitchout, Sidestepped two would-be tacklers and Woney 23-144, Hender- ran untouched into the end zone.

A 48- passing: Francis 25-39-2-354. w. yard field goal by Ted Fundoukos with Johnson 4-5-1 -1 3, Taiiey 3-5-0-1 2. 58 seconds left in the first half put the receiving: Cobb 6-82, woods 5-73. cieve- RUSHING: VT Fox 14-43, Blocker 7-40, Jeffries 11-27.

Allen 9-83, Jo. Henderson 7-7, Johnson yards and his longest pass reception 10-48. went for S3 vards. spt.t.inp un his sprnnrl GAINESVILLE. Fla.

Emmitt iano 3-au. saoowsN 1-10, Henderson 1-6, aCTKJKSSS chdownandputtingthegameonice sdSTitt yards and three Hampton 1-4. for the Gamecocks. ran the option offense in a 24-point second-period outburst as fourth-ranked Clemson defeated Virginia Tech in the season opener for both teams. With the victory, Williams became the all-time winningest quarterback in Clemson history with 23 victories, one more than Homer Jordan had from 1979 to 1982.

Williams, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior, and Clemson started out slowly, managing just one yard on their initial possession. But the Tigers scored on their final five possessions of the first half to put the game away early before a crowd of 80,500. 4 Clemson 40, Virginia Tech 7 Virginia Tech 0 7 0 0 7 Clemson 7 24 6 3 -40 Jo. Henderson 41 run (Seyle kick) Allen 1 5 run (Seyle kick) VT Fox 5 run (Kinzer kick) R. Williams 4 run (Seyle kick) Midshipmen ahead for the first time, 17-14.

Mcintosh, a transfer from the University of Maryland who is battling sophomore Alton Grizzard for the starter's job, took over from Grizzard in the second quarter with the Middies trailing and the offense stalled. Grizzard, returning for the second half, got a touchdown of his own midway through the third quarter, keeping the ball on a triple option play for a 3-yard touchdown. touchdowns and Stacey Simmons scored on a 93-yard pass play to lead Florida to a season-opening rout of Montana State. Smith, a sophomore tailback who rushed for 1,341 yards and finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy balloting as a freshman, scored on a 19-yard run in the second quarter when Florida, 1-0, scored 24 points to open a 34-0 half-time lead. He added TD runs of 3 and 25 yards in the third period.

17 LSU 27, 11 Texas 0 BATON ROUGE, La. Seventeenth-ranked Louisiana State overcame a bad night by quarterback Tommy Hodson and ground out a methodical victory over llth-ranked Texas on the strength of a defense led by linebacker Ron Sancho. The game was the season opener for "LSU, while is 0-2 after losses to meron 0-1-O-O, Hewett 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: VT Smith 3-28. McColl 3-22, Richardson 2-24.

Jennings 3-37, Cooper 1 -21 19 South Carolina 31, North Carolina 10 COLUMBIA, S.C. Junior tailback Harold Green rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns as No. 19 South Carolina overpowered North Carolina. Todd Ellis threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns for the Gamecocks. 19 South Carolina 31, North Carolina 10 North Carolina 0 7 0 310 South Carolina 10 7 7 731 SC FG Mackie 29 SC Piatt 48 pass from Ellis (Mackie kick) NC Marriott 43 run (Greene kick) SC Green 2 run (Mackie kick) -SC Green 1 run (Mackie kick) NC FG Greene 27 SC Watson pass from Ellis (Mackie kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: NC Dom 14-66, Martin 7-15.

Marriott 1-43. SC Green 21-100. Williams 9-1 8. Dingle 3-21 Air Force soars in opener, 29-23 Saturday's college scores Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. Greg Johnson scored two touchdowns and Andy Smith bolted 66 yards for another as Air Force kicked off its season Saturday with a 29-23 Western Athletic Conference triumph over Colorado State.

The Falcons, beating CSU for the sixth straight time, (ailed to complete a pass but generated 356 yards on the ground with their potent wishbone own territory with 1:24 left. The Falcons struck first on Smith's long first-quarter dash. Smith, running off left guard behind superb trap blocking, burst into the clear and outran the Ram defenders. A fumble by CSU running back Scott Whitehouse at the Ram 21 early in the second quarter set up a 1-yard TD run by Anthony Roberson for a 14-0 AFA lead. Far West Johnson's second score, a 10-yard run off the right side early in the fourth quarter, gave Air Force a seemingly comfortable 29-10 advantage.

But CSU then rallied for a pair of touchdown passes by Scooter Molander to pull within 29-23. The Rams got one more possession in the closing minutes, but gave up the ball on downs deep in their From Page 1 W. Illinois 17. S. Illinois 13 W.

Michigan 24, Wisconsin 14 Washington St. 44, Illinois 7 William Penn 1 5, Iowa Weslyn 6 Claire 28, Winona St. 21 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 63, Pacific U. 14 Arkansas St. 28, Delta St.

15 Arkansas Tech 34, SW Baptist 17 Baylor 27, Nev -Las Vegas 3 Cent. Arkansas 28, E. Central U. 14 Cheyney 21, Bluff 18 Lamar 42, W.Texas St 21 Mo. Southern 22, NE Oklahoma 19 North Texas 29, Texas Tech 24 Prairie View 13, Texas Southern 10 SW Texas St.

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29, Long Beach St. 10 Fresno St. 68. New Mexico 21 Hastings 36, Colorado Mines 2 Montana 35, E. New Mexico 6 San Jose St.

51 New Mexico St. 0 St. Mary's, Cal. 34, St. Joseph's, lnd.0 UCLA 63, San Diego St.

13 Troy St. 26, SE Missouri 13 Tulane 33, 19 Virginia 31, William Mary 23 Virginia Union 20, Morgan St. 10 MIDWEST Ball St. 13, Toledo 3 Butler 29, Ferris St. 13 Cent.

Ohio 61, Urbana 6 Concordia, Moor. 50, Moorhead St. 10 Drake 55, Simpson 21 Duke 31 Northwestern 21 E. Illinois 16, Illinois St. 7 E.

Michigan 24, Miami, Ohio 17 Hillsdale 27, St. Francis, III. 20 Kearney St. 32, Northern St O. 27 Kent St.

34, Youngstown St. 3 Mid-Am Nazarene 13, Cent. Methodist 9 52, 7 Missouri Val. 21, Peru St. 7 Mo.

Western 24, Missouri-Rolla 6 N. Illinois 7, Akron 6 NE Missouri 36, Grand Valley St. 35 Nebraska 63, Utah St. 13 Nebraska Weslyn 24, Westmar 14 Nebraska-Omaha 38, Wayne, Neb. 10 Northwestern, Iowa 35, Morning-side 32 Olivet Nazarene 20, Lakeland 13 Quincy 14, Eureka 7 St.

Cloud St. 41, NW Missouri St. 0 Geneva 17, W. Va. Weslyn 6 Georgetown, Ky.

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Carolina 6 NC. Central 13, N. Carolina 2 NE Louisiana 23, Nicholls St. 6 NW Louisiana 24, SW Missouri St. 8 Presbyterian 34, Davidson 16 S.

Mississippi 21 Stephen F.Austin? SW Louisiana 24, Fulierton St. 9 Savannah St. 9, Fayetteville St. 6 Sewanee 27, Tenn. Wesleyan 13 South Carolina 31 North Carolina 10 32, Murray St.

24 EAST American Intl. 48, Clarion 26 California, Pa. 14, Wayne, Mich. 3 Carnegie-Mellon 24, Ouquesne 14 Concord 6, Lock Haven 3 Florida 35, Delaware St. 31 Fordham17, Kings Point 0 Hofstra17, Pace 7 Holy Cross 49, Rhode Island 7 Liberty 17, Edinboro7 Mercyhurst 36, Brockport St.

21 Montclair St. 31, Mansfield 14 Navy 27, James Madison 14 Pittsburgh 59, N.Iowa 10 Syracuse 31, Temple 21 Virginia St. 18, W. Virginia St. 14 Wake Forest 31 Villanova 1 1 West Liberty 14, Waynesburg 10 West Virginia 62, Bowling Green 14 SOUTH Alabama 17, North Alabama 16 Appalachian St.

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0 Miami back Sammie Smith, who had 189 yards in last year's classic 26-25 loss with Miami, was held to 6 yards rush Bowden 47-0 in his second game. The Seminoles had not been held to less than double figures in a regular-season game since 1981. ing. "Everybody had a grudge after what happened last year Sammie and the Florida State team ran up and down the field on us," Miami linebacker Randy Shannon said. "After the first snap, we knew we had it," defensive end Willis Peguese said.

'It was a tough game but it seemed too easy." Florida State had not been blanked in blanked Bobby It does not get any more impressive than this. The Hurricanes are 6-0 this decade against No. 1 teams. They have won 33 straight regular-season games. They had 17 players drafted orsigned by the NFL off last year's champions, had to replace all that talent, yet took a feared Florida State offense and turned it into hamburger.

The Seminoles had six turnovers. They never got closer to scoring than the Miami 30. Ail-American running When it was finally over in the Orange Bowl, when Florida State had lost its first opene in 12 years by a country mile, this much seemed clear: Miami may have been ranked only No. 8 last but the Hurricanes are the team to beat. It was expected to be a showdown to the wire, a gtime of the year.

It was 17-0 at halftime. Western St 32, Fort Hays SI. 29.