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DAILY WORLD The Sainls Aost St. Louis today. See story on page6B. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1995 deadlock Option breaks ISU-Tid A 'H' Mi I -ea, I Kitchens, who replaced starting quarterback Brian Burgdorf for the third time in four games. "What can I say? It looked like the old Alabama defense.

They kept coming up big when the offense did nothing." Kitchens, who was 6-for-16 for 93 yards, noticed a difference in the Crimson Tide. "This was the first time all year that we played as a team," he said, LSU's Jamie Howard, who missed the last two games with an injury, was 10-for-23 for 127 yards and two interceptions. He was knocked out of the game twice, but returned. "After I came back in the game, I didn't have the same zip on the ball," Howard said, Sheddrick Wilson caught six passes for 81 yards. The tone was set early.

After Burg-dorf's pass was intercepted by Clarence Lenton at the start of the second quarter, LSU drove from its 36 to the Alabama 3. The Tide stopped the Tigers on first-and goal from the 4 and second-and-goal from the 1, forcing Andre Lafleur to kick a 20-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. Then LSU put together some defensive stops of its own. After an interception by Kevin Jackson, Riddle carried Alabama from its 10 to the LSU 3. But the Tide could not break through, and Kevin Proctor tied the game with a 20-yard field goal.

With Riddle still dominating in the third quarter, Alabama drove from its 6 to the LSU 20. The Tide's drive was ruined by a holding penalty, and Proctor missed a 37-yard field goal. Proctor also missed a 38-yarder after LSU stopped the Tide following a 48-yard fumble return by Dwayne Rudd. Alabama dominated on defense even though its leaders, Shannon Brown and John Walters, played sparingly due to injuries. The Tide stopped LSU on fourth-and-inches at the Tide 37 at the start of the fourth See LSU Page 6B AP Photo LSU's James Gillyard, 7, sacks Alabama quarterback Freddie Kitchens, 9, in the second quarter Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Kitchens was thrown for a nine-yard loss on the play. By KEN BERGER Associated Press Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. With a defense that lived up to lofty expectations and an offense that barely, exceeded diminished ones, No. 16 Alabama beat LSU 10-3 Saturday by finally converting a turnover into a touchdown. The big play came on an Interception by Deshea Townsend that gave the Crimson Tide (7-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) the ball at the LSU 22 with 13:05 to play.

After both teams failed numerous times to score from deep in the opponent's territory, Alabama finally found the end zone as Dennis Riddle sauntered in from the 2 on an option play. Once Alabama went ahead, the Crimson Tide did not give LSI' (4-4-1, 2-3-1) a chance as they had the ball for 10:19 in the fourth quarter. Riddle finished with 174 yards and became the Crimson Tide's first 100-yard rusher this season, breaking the plateau on the 11th play of the third quarter of Alabama's ninth game. That was one encouraging sign for Alabama. The other was the play of the defense, a unit burdened with expectations of great Alabama teams of the past.

After, suffering through several games of confusion, the defense turned in a near flawless effort. "I feel like the defense was the best we've played," Alabama coach Gene Stallings said. a The game was a fierce test of defensive clout that left both offenses stymied. Alabama had four of the game's seven turnovers. Time and again, the coveted territory inside the 10 belonged to the team that was defending it.

"Momentum is a funny thing," LSU coach Gerry DiNardo said. "Today it was based on whose defense was playing well." Alabama held Kevin Faulk to 75 yards on 23 carries, "The defense?" asked Freddie Photo by David Orwnllllon Delhomme led the Cajuns to their second touchdown in the third quarter, giving the Cajuns a 24-23 lead with 5:55 left In the quarter. With first and 10 from the Tech 34, Delhomme faked a pass to Brandon Stokley. Delhomme then hit Darren Strother who was wide open at the See Cajun Page 6B potential 27 DslhommeipacesGajunsrally 9J)-: iWwrFSXsftM' tejtMx us your schedule Area boys and girls high school basketball coaches are invited to send in their season schedules to the Daily World sports department. The schedules can be mailed to P.O.

Box 1179, Opelousas, LA 70571 or faxed to (318) 948-6572. Tired golfer 5 clings to lead KAPALUA, Hawaii For guy who's dead tired, Jim Furyk isn't giving some of the golf world's elite all that much of a chance. Furyk, a second-year player who won his first PGA Tour event three weeks ago at Las Vegas, posted a 2-under-par 71 Saturday six strokes off his short-lived course record of the previous day to cling to a two-stroke lead over a new group of challengers in the Ka-palua International. After 54 holes Furyk was at 16-under 201 with Steve Pate, Hale Irwin and Jim McGovern two shots behind. Barry Lane v.

was another stroke back with Ben Crenshaw, Peter Jacobsen and Tom Lehman at 205. "I'm kind of tired," Furyk said. "I just wanted to relax and have fun. But it seems to be a formula that's working this week." NFL may return to Baltimore BALTIMORE Burned before on promises to bring the NFL back to Baltimore, fans and some qfficials took a proye-it-to-me attitude Saturday to I rpnorts thn flptfKTfltTiri' crowns were moving 10 "I'll believe it when I see a kickoff," said Craig Carmen, who was tailgating at a Baltimore Stallions' Canadian Football League game. Browns owner Art Modell confirmed Friday night that he was negotiating seriously with Baltimore but wouldn't confirm that a deal was reached.

By The Associated Proas How the top 25 teams In The Associated Pins' collage foottuH poll fared thn week: No. Nebraska (9-0-0) beat Iowa State 73-14. Next it No. 11 Kansas, Saturday No. 2 Florida Stale (7-1-0) tost to No 24 Virginia 33-28, Thursday.

Next: at North Carolina, Saturday. No. 3 Florida (8-0X1) beat Northern Illinois 58-20. Next: at South Carolina, Saturday. No.

Otw State (M-0) beat Minnesota 49-21 Next va. IMs, Saturday. No. Tennessee (8-1-0) beat Southern IMssIpp! 42-0. Next: St Kentucky, Nov.

15 No. 6 Northwestern (8-IO) but No 12 Perm Slate 21-10. Next vs. Iowa, Saturday. No.

7 Michigan (7-2-0) lost to Michigan Stale 25-25. Next: vs. Purdue, Saturday. No 6 Noue Dame (8-2-0) beat Navy 35-17, Next at At Force, Nov. U.

No.tKansasSlate(r1-0)beatNo 25 Oklahoma Next: at Iowa Slate, Saturday. No. 10 Colorado (7-20) beat Oklahoma State 45-32. Next: vs Missouri, Saturday: No. 11 Kansas (8-1-0) beat Missouri 42-23 Next vs No.

1 Nebraska, Saturday. No. 12 Perm Slate 6-30) tost to No. 1 Northwenani 21-to. Next vs No.

7 Michigan, Nov 18. No. 13 Texas (6-1-1) beat No 23 Texas Tech 48-7. Next at Houston, Saturday. No.

14 Southern California (7-1-1) beat Suntord 31-30. Next at Oregon State, Saturday. No. 16 Washington (5-3-1) tost to No 19 Oregon 24-22. Next at No.

22 UCLA. Saturday. No. 16 Alabama (7-2-0) beat Louisiana State 1H. Next vs.

Mississippi State, Saturday. No. 17 Texas AtM (5-2-0) ttd not play. Next: at Rice, Thursday, Nov 9. No.

19 Arkansas (7-2-0) beat Mississippi SUM 26-21. Next vs. SW Louisiana. Saturday No. 19 Oregon (7-2-0) beat No 15 Washington 24-22 Neat at Arizona, Saturday.

No 20 Syracuse (6-2-0) lost to Virgma Tech 317. Next at Pittsburgh, Saturday. No. 21 Auburn (6-30) beat Northeast Louisiana 36-14. Next a) Georgia, Saturday No 22 UCLA (6-34) tost lo Arizona Stale 37-33.

Next vs. No. 15 Washington, Saturday. No. 23 Texas Tech (WO) lost to No.

13 Texas 49-7. Next vs Texas Christian, Saturday No. 24 Virginia (7-30) beat No 2 Florida Slate 33-29. Thursday, Nov 2 Next: et Maryland. Saturday.

No. 25 Oklahoma (5-3-1) lost to No. 9 Kansas Stale 49-10. Next vs Oklahoma State. Saturday STATE SCORES Alabama 10, LSU 3 USL 40, La.

Tech 33 Southern 52, FAMU 38 McNeese 28, SW Texas 7 Louisville 34, Tulane 14 Auburn 38, NLU 14 Alabama St. 37, Grambling 16 Sam Houston 24, Nicholls 14 SEC SCORES Florida 58, N. Illinois 20 Ole Miss 34, Memphis 3 Vanderbilt 14, Kentucky 10 Tennessee 42, Southern Miss 0 Arkansas 26, Miss. St. 21 JMFi T0P25 By JAY McGOVERN Dally World Sports Writer LAFAYETTE It seemed only fitting on a night when Jake Del-homme became USL's all-time leading passer that it would be Delhomme who would lead the Ca-juns to 40-33 come-from-behind victory over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Saturday night at Cajun Field.

Trailing 33-32 in the fourth quarter with 6:11 remaining in the game, Delhomme led the Cajuns to a 10-play, 72-yard winning touchdown drive. Delhomme hit Brandon Stok-ley for the second week in a row on a 21-yard touchdown pass with just 1:45 remaining on the clock, giving the Cajuns a 38-33 lead. Delhomme hit Garrick Mayweather for the two-point conversion giving the Cajuns a 40-33 lead. "We were going to do a come back," coach Nelson Stokley of USL said. "They blitzed and brought the corner in.

"Jake did a super job of rolling out to buy a little more time and when Brandon came back the guy kind of bit on it. I think he (Stokley) kind of ad-libbed on it and Jake found him in the end zone. "It wasn't how we drew it up to tell you the truth." After the Bulldogs took a 23-7 lead with 44 seconds remaining in the first half, Delhomme led the Cajuns on a seven-play, 62-yard drive to the Tech 29-yard line. Mike Shafer then hit a 39-yard field goal as time ran out in the half to cuUhe Tech lead to 23-10. "We came out in the second half knowing what we needed to do," coach Stokley said.

"We just couldn't Bowe wins bout By ED SCHUYLER JR. AP Boxing Writer LAS VEGAS Evander Holyfield predicted a knockout. It was Riddick Bowe who got one Saturday night. Bowe struggled up from a smashing knockdown early in the sixth round and won when he knocked Holyfield down twice in the eighth round. Referee Joe Cortez halted the fight with Holyfield on his knees near the ropes and his cornermen coming through the ropes to his rescue.

Holyfield was one point ahead on all three officials' cards after seven rounds. "This fight will be better than both the fights we had before," Holyfield had said. It certainly was just as exciting as the first two between these two. And it was shorter. Early in the eighth round, they went at it toe to toe and then Holy-field went face down from a tremendous right to the head.

The 32-year-old Holyfield struggled up at 9 and appeared out on his feet. Cortez took a long look at Holyfield and then motioned for action to resume. Then Bowe ended it with two rights to the head that dropped Holy-field to his knees. Cortez immediately signaled the action was over at 58 seconds of the round. See Bowe Page 6B 'Noles Jeff Mitchell of the USL Ragin' Cajun defense stops a La.

Tech ball carrier as Deryk McKinley joins In on the play. get our running game going and I think that kind of hurt us. VWe weren't consistent at all, we just couldn't get any type of rhythm going. All we did when we took that last drive I told Jake 'we got to throw the football." The Cajuns opened the second half with a 13-play, 73-yard touchdown drive to cut the Bulldog lead to 23-17. The big play on the drive was a 15-yard pass from Delhomme to Donald Richard on a fourth and six from the Tech 35 yard line.

A Kenypn Cotton, who struggled all night on the ground, took the ball into the end zone with 9:26 remaining in the third quarter cutting the Bulldog lead to 23-17. After forcing the Bulldogs to punt, OHS graduate lives up to Robert Hammond opening doors with INSIDE iicrum add another name to the growing list of local athletes in the national sports spotlight. As expected, Robert Hammond of Opelousas is quietly moving into a starring role for the Florida State Seminoles. Only in his second year at FSU, Hammond is becoming a force in the Seminole secondary as a strong safety. The Opelousas High graduate had his best game earlier this year in FSU's 41-17 win over Miami.

He finished with six tackles, one for a loss and three pass breakups. A Florida publication that covers the Seminoles recently did a full-page article on FSU's rising star. Hammond talked about the move from high school to one of college football's elite programs, his days at OHS and his goals for the future. Hammond is defying gravity at Florida State. At 6-foot-2, he has increased his weight from 177 pounds to a solid 198.

But the added weight has not slowed Hammond down, but made him faster. Last March After Hammond finished the year with eight tackles and two passes broken up, more doors opened for him. Junior strong safety Devin Bush left FSU for the NFL, leaving Hammond as the top candidate for the position. He made the switch and had to fight through knee injuries in the two early games. But Hammond now has close to 30 tackles on the season and he's drawing praise from FSU defensive backs coach Mickey Andrews.

Andrews compares Hammond to past FSU greats like Deion Sanders, LeRoy Butlter and others. "He'll continue to get better as he continues to get reps because he's got the kind of pride about himself that a lot of our other great DBs in the past had," said Andrews. "He wants to be not only the best he can be, he wants to be the best there's been here. Time will tell." As he approaches stardom, Hammond has not forgotten his roots. The article reports Hammond has taken ribbings about "his home state, Cajun country, swamps and snakes, backwoods bayou boys." But like Granny Clampett with a shotgun full of rock salt and bacon rind, Hammond is givin' dem city slickers what fer.

"It was a big change when I came here," Hammond said. I really took it hard not being with my friends all the time and seeing my family, but after two-a-days were over and school started, the homesickness started going away and I started getting comfortable. "(Opelousas) is just like any other place. It may not be as big as Miami and places like that, but it's home for me. I love it." Look out for Hammond, who wears No 6 the next time FSU plays on TV.

He's making Opelousas proud. Herman Fuselier is sports editor of the Daily World. His mail address is hermanSrOnei connect.net. i -w" Herman Fuselier he ran a 4.55 speed in the 40-yard dash, up from his 4.69 time in August, 1994. Hammond was expecting a redshirt season when he arrived in the fall of 1994.

He was listed third on the depth chart at free safety behind Steve Gilmer and Sean Hamlet. But when Gilmer went down with a knee injury in the second game of the year, Hammond was moved up to second team. He played against the Miami Hurricanes, recovered a fumble and tipped a pass that led to an.