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ECSunday, November 16, 1997 Tallahassee Democrat College Football sec ROUNDUP ACC ROUNDUP Wollpack a big a a Baraetle 1 if i i SctV 1 Auburn tailback Fred Beasley runs Auburn knocks down Dawgs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, NX. Jamie Barnette threw three touchdown passes in a 12-minute span and also ran for a score as North Carolina State beat Virginia 31-24 Saturday to keep its postseason hopes alive. In addition to Barnette's clutch passing, the Wolfpack (5-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) gained 245 yards on the ground against the nation's lOth-best run defense. It was the first time since 1981 that N.C. State rushed for more than 200 yards against the Cavaliers (6-4, 5-3).

Tremayne Stephens gained 111 yards, his fourth straight 100-yard game and 17th of his career. A win over East Carolina next weekend would qualify the Wolf-pack, 3-8 each of the past two seasons, for a bowl, Meanwhile, the Cavaliers must beat No. 19 Virginia Tech on Nov. 29 to qualify for a bowl because a victory against I-AA Richmond doesn't count toward bowl consideration. Scouts from the Peach and Car-quest bowls attended Saturday's game.

All three of Barnette's TD passes came in a 21-point second quarter for the Wolfpack. Two were to Torry Holt, who has eight scoring receptions in his past three games. A 33-yard reception by Holt late in the third quarter helped set up Barnette's 1-yard keeper as the Wolfpack went up 28-10. N.C. State then had to hang on after two scor-.

ing passes from Aaron Brooks to Terrence Wilkins pulled the Cavaliers to 28-24 with 12:34 left Virginia's comeback attempt took a major hit when Brooks suffered an ankle injury while being dragged out of bounds by Rodney Redd with 10:07 remaining. Redd then knocked out backup Dan Ellis a minute later with a hard hit on a sack. Brooks returned after getting his right ankle taped but failed to rally the Cavaliers with good field position. Ellis returned a series later but was intercepted on his first play by Morocco Brown at the Virginia 30, setting up the Wolfpack's final field goal. No.

8 North Carolina. 17 Clemson 10 CLEMSON, S.C. Quarterback Chris Keldorf and receiver LC. Stevens perked up North Carolina's offense just enough to get by Clemson. North Carolina (9-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost a perfect season and starting quarterback KARL DEBLAKERThe Associated Press Receiver Torry Holt set North Carolina State single-season records for receptions (56) and yards (963) on Saturday.

JOHN BAZEMOREtfhe Associated Press 6, 2-5) since 1954-55 and moved within one-half game of first place in the SEC West Kentucky 21 Vanderbilt 10 NASHVILLE. Tenn. Ken tucky beat the Southeastern Conference's top defense at its own game. With Tim Couch having nis worst game this season, Kentucky intercepted three passes and recovered two fumbles in beating Van derbilt (3-7, 0-7 SEC) for its first victory on the road in the league this season. Kentucky (5-5, 2-5) led only 14-10 in the third quarter when Jeff Sne-deger picked off Damian Allen's pass at the Wildcats 45.

Mississippi 41 Tulane 24 NEW ORLEANS Stewart Pa-tridge passed for two touchdowns and ran for one to lead Mississippi to a victory over Tulane. The Rebels won their second straight to improve to 6-3 and become eligible for a bowl game. The Green Wave, which had won two straight is 6-4. Patridge completed 26 of 34 for 267 yards, including touchdown throws of 16 yards to Andre Rone and nine yards to Eli Anding. i IV i over Georgia safety Kirby Smart.

ning's pass in stride for a 23-22 lead with 11:33. The score came four plays after Arkansas (3-6, 1-5 Southeastern Conference) had taken a 22-17 lead by putting together an 81-yard drive. Tennessee (8-1, 5-1) needs to beat Kentucky and Vanderbilt to win the SEC East Manning was 20 of 35 for 264 yards. Notre Dame 24 No. 11 LSU 6 BATON ROUGE, La.

Notre Dame played its best game under new coach Bob Davie, shutting down LSU until the final minutes for a victory over the Tigers (7-3). Clement Stokes, a senior backup tailback who was academically ineligible last season, ran for 92 yards and two touchdowns for the Irish (5-5). No. 17 Mississippi State 32 Alabama 20 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. James.

Johnson ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns to lead Mississippi State to a victory over Alabama, leaving the Crimson Tide winless at Bryant-Denny Stadium for the first time in school history. Mississippi State (7-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) logged its first back-to-back wins over Alabama (4- Oscar Davenport to injury last week against Florida State. Keldorf hit Stevens on three long plays to set up the Heels' three scores, as North Carolina overcame four turnovers and two blocked kicks to win at Death Valley. A 44-yard bomb to Stevens set up Na Brown's 5-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter, the Heels first TD in two weeks. Steven's 67-yard catch to Clemson's 1 led to Jason McGee's 19-yard field goal.

And with the score tied at 10-all in the third quarter, Keldorf sent a 58-yard pass to Stevens inside the Tigers 5. Jonathan Dnton blasted through for the score on the next play and the Tar Heels held on. A victory next week against last-place Duke could send North Carolina to an alliance bowl. Since Clemson (6-4, 4-4) has one win against Division I-AA Appalachian State, the Tigers must beat traditional rival South Carolina for a postseason shot Georgia Tech 41 Duke 38 DURHAM, N.C. Joe Hamilton threw two first-half touchdown passes to Harvey Middleton and later ran for another score as Georgia Tech kept its bowl hopes alive.

Georgia Tech (5-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 38-11 after three quarters but had to survive a fourth-quarter comeback by the Blue Devils (2-7, 0-6), who lost their 17th straight conference game. Duke quarterback David Green came off the bench in his last home game to complete four touchdown passes to fellow senior Corey Thomas to get the Blue Devils within a field goal with less than a minute left to play. The ensuing onside kick was caught by Georgia Tech's Travares Tillman to secure the victory and give Duke its sixth straight loss. AROUND THE NATION MEAC ROUNDUP UCLA, Hicks make a Rose Bowl run Eddie Robinson finishes at home mth loss to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Ga. No.

16 Auburn kept alive its Southeastern Conference title hopes and likely bumped No. 7 Georgia out of the race, routing the Bulldogs 45-34 Saturday night as Dameyune Craig ran for two touchdowns and threw a 76-yard scoring pass. Georgia (7-2, 5-2 SEC) was trying to keep pace with Tennessee in the SEC Eastern Division and remain in contention for a spot in the bowl alliance. But those goals came crashing down when the Bulldogs were overwhelmed by Craig and the Auburn offense. The Tigers (8-2, 5-2) can clinch the Western Division berth in the Dec.

6 SEC championship game by beating Alabama in the regular-season finale next weekend and Mississippi State loses to either Arkansas or Mississippi. No. 5 Tennessee. 30 Arkansas 22 LITTLE ROCK Peyton Manning's 49-yard touchdown pass put Tennessee ahead to stay and Eric Brown blocked a punt to set up a TD in the final minutes as the Vols beat Arkansas. Nash got a couple of steps on Marcus Campbell and caught Man Holy Toledo! THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif.

Coach Bob Toledo made a plea to UCLA fans early last week, imploring them to lend his team needed support against Washington. The fans came through, and so did the Bruins. Skip Hicks scored four touchdowns and Cade McNown passed for three TDs and ran for one Saturday as the ninth-ranked Bruins overpowered the No. 13 Huskies 52-28. The crowd of 85,967 was the largest in a regular-season home game for UCLA against any opponent other than crosstown rival Southern California since 1946, when 92,962 attended a game against St Mary's at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

No. 1 Michigan churns out a win over Wisconsin. 12C No. 3 Nebraska creams lowly Iowa Stale. 12C The Bruins began playing home games at the Rose Bowl in 1982.

The large gathering turned out even though the game was televised locally. "The first thing I want to do is thank the fans for showing up," Toledo said. "That was definitely a home-field advantage, something we've been fighting for for a long time. "Our players played inspired because of the fan support." Hicks, a senior who called the game one of the best of his life, has scored 24 touchdowns this season, one more than the Pac-10 record of 23 shared by USCs Marcus Allen and Washington's Corey Dillon. Hicks, who gained 147 yards on 25 carries and caught three passes for 106, has scored 53 touchdowns since coming to UCLA, tying former USC running back Charles White for the Pac-10 career record.

"It feels great," Hicks said. "It JOHN HAYESfThe Associated Press UCLA running back Skip Hicks scores the first of his four touchdowns against Washington. He had 25 carries for 147 yards. feels even better to win like we did today. We have confidence that we can beat any team in the country." UCLA's eighth straight victory, its longest winning strealc since 1987, put the Bruins (8-2, 6-1 Pac-10) closer to earning their first Rose Bowl berth in four years, UCLA needs to beat USC next weekend and have Washington beat No.

14 Washington State in Seattle to clinch the Rose Bowl bid. Miami 51 Rutgers 23 MIAMI Edgerrin James ran for 194 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Hurricanes to a win over Rutgers and becoming just the third Miami player to exceed 1,000 yards rushing in a season. James, who increased his season rushing total to 1,098, joined Ottis Anderson and Danyell Ferguson as the only Hurricanes to reach the plateau. His two scores gave him 14 for the season, equaling Eddie Dunn's school mark. James, who carried 30 times, now has the second highest season rushing total for any Hurricane and trails Anderson's record of 1,266 yards by 168.

Miami, which started the season 14 evened its record at 5-5 and moved into position to qualify for a bowl game. A victory when the Hurricanes host No. 21 Syracuse on Nov. 29 would give them the six wins required by the NCAA before a team can participate in a postseason contest Such a result would probably send them to the Liberty Bowl, while a loss would shut them out of the bowl picture for the first time since the 1982. No.

6 Pen Stats .42 No. 19 Rutgers 17 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Curtis Enis ran for 186 yards and three TDs on a career-high 37 carries and caught a 67-yard 2-yard TD pass to Chart Burnette in the first quarter. Norfolk State (3-7) finished with 313 offensive yards. Bethune-Cookman (4-6) was held to 255 offensive yards and converted just 5 of 20 third-down plays.

Deangel Hodges threw a 20-yards TD pass to Delvin Peeks in the second quarter for Norfolk State's final score. Hampton 24 Delaware State 20 HAMPTON, Va. Roy Johnson rushed for 91 yards and one TD, and Acie Wyatt hit a 20-yard field goal as Hampton beat Delaware State to clinch a Division I-AA playoff berth. Hampton (9-1, 6-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) can do no worse than a tie for the MEAC championship with South Carolina State. Because the Pirates, ranked No.

9 in I-AA, beat South Carolina State earlier in the season, the Pirates will represent the MEAC in the 16-team playoff field. Howard 30 Morgan State 27 SAN DIEGO Ted White threw for 254 yards and one touchdown to lead Howard to a win over Morgan State in the Gold Coast Classic. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game was played before 9,968 at Qualcomm Stadium, capping a week of activities introducing black-college football to San Diego. Donald Green plunged four yards for a score as the clock ran out to give Morgan State (3-6, 2-4 conference) a 13-9 halftime lead. Jermaine Hutchinson ran 27 yards with 3:55 left in the third quarter to put Howard (6-4, 3-3) on top 17-13.

Green led the Bears in both rushing (12 carries for 70 yards) and passing (9 of 22 for 100 yards). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMBLING, La. It was a sad final homestand for Eddie Robinson, whose Gram-bling football teams have won 408 games. Fewer than 1,000 fans turned out to watch college football's winningest coach bow out. To make matters worse, North Carolina won the game 37-35 as Michael Bas-night scored four touchdowns.

The Aggies thwarted a Grambling comeback highlighted by Mike Kornb- Robinson lau's touchdown passes of 40, 52, 10 and 25 yards to split end Silas Payne. After Kornblau's last TD, North Carolina recovered an onside kick and ran out the clock. Robinson, tears in his eyes, faced almost an empty stadium in the pregame ceremonies but didn't let it faze him. "I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world," said Robinson. "I was born in America and able to work in Louisiana at Grambling.

"But I never won a game at Grambling. The guys behind me have done that" referring to the former Grambling players who were with him for the ceremony. Robinson has one more game, the Bayou Classic against Southern University at New Orleans in two weeks. Norfolk State 21 Bethune-Cookman 7 NORFOLK, Va. Robert Morris passed for 135 yards and one touchdown.

and rushed for another score as Norfolk State beat Bethune-Cookman. Morris was 16 for 32, including a scoring pass as the Nittany Lions (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) rebounded from last week's loss to Michigan. The Boilermakers fell to 7-3, 5-2. No. 10 Kansas State 37 Colorado 20 MANHATTAN, Kan.

Michael Bishop threw for 156 yards and one TD as the Wildcats (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) scored 21 points in the second quarter to beat the Buffaloes (5-5, 3-4) for the first time since 1984. No. 18TeiatA4M. 51 Oklahoma 7 NORMAN, Okla. Dante Hall ran for 139 yards and three touchdowns as Texas (8-2, 5-2) clinched a spot in the Big 12 title game.

Oklahoma (3-8, 1-6) must beat Texas Tech next week to avoid the first nine-loss season in school history. No. 21 Syracuse. 32 Pittsburgh 27 PITTSBURGH The Orangemen blew a 19-point fourth quarter lead, but Donovan McNabb threw a 24-yard TD pass to Quinton Spotwood with 28 seconds left to lift Syracuse (8-3, 5-1 Big East). Northwestern 15 No.

22 Iowa 14 EVANSTON, 111. Brian Musso turned a one-handed catch into a 40-yard TD early in the third quarter, and the Wildcats (5-7, 3-5 Big Ten) held on. Tavian Banks had 169 yards and two TDs for Iowa (64, 3-2). Texas Tech 27 No. 24 Oklahoma State 3 STILLWATER, Okla.

Ricky Williams ran for 91 yards and a TD, and Adrian Ervin ran 20 yards for another score as the Red Raiders (H 4-3 Big 12) surprised the Cowboys (7-3, 4-3). No. 25 Missouri 42 Baylor 24 COLUMBIA, Mo. Corby Jones ran for 126 yards and one TD, and threw for another as the Tigers (7-4, Big 12) clinched their first bowl bid in 14 years..