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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday Montgomery Advertiser October 27, 1996 'OBITDDDDOBOS SlVITDg ODIlly ACC SSS I said. "We couldn't beat these guys 35-0. They're too good." Busby had his best day as a starter, completing 25-of-36 passes, including TD passes to Wayne Messam and E.G. Green. Another scoring pass was negated by a penalty.

"Their offense is bet ter than it looks," said Virginia coach George Welsh. "I'm not sure Busby did anything different. He just did it better." The Seminoles (6-0, 5-0 ACC) had 533 yards and their defense kept 1 Florida Sta tyirgir.iaJ may not be quite as explosive as recent teams, but praised the Seminole defense. "That may be the best four-man pass rush I've seen in a long time," Welsh said. Virginia (5-2, 3-2 ACC) scored with 2:43 left on a 21-yard pass from Sherman to Germane Crowell.

The Cavs got the ball back with 1:30 left, but their hopes of another upset vanished when Sherman's fourth-down pass was picked off at midlleld by James Colzie. FSU's go-ahead TD was set up when Samari Rolle picked off Sherman's pass at the Virginia 43 on the opening series of the second half. Four plays later, the Seminoles scored on Busby's 21-yard TD pass to Green. Scott Bentley kicked a 25-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to give the Seminoles a 24-17 lead and Rock Preston added a 24-yard TD run with 5:54 left to make it 31-17. Florida State missed another scoring opportunity in the third period when Pooh Bear Williams fumbled in the end zone after a 20-yard run and the ball was recovered by Virginia's Ronde Barber for a touchback.

"We made too many errors to put them away," Bowden said. "They made too many errors to hold us down." Virginia, despite having troubles moving the ball, took advantage of Florida State mistakes to take a 17-14 half-time lead on Rafael Garcia's 38-yard field goal with 24 seconds left. The homecoming fans booed the Seminoles when they left the field at intermission without trying to move the ball after getting it at the 35 on the kickoff. The Seminoles took a 7-0 lead when Dunn went 65 yards for a TD late in the first quarter, but Tiki Barber countered with a 48-yard run 15 seconds later to tie the game. Barber ran for 150 yards on 21 carries against the nation's second-ranked defense (203.8 yards).

He also became the first back to gain more than 100 yards three times against Florida State. Auburn's Bo Jackson and Florida's Em-mitt Smith are among a handful of players who had done it twice. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State waited a year for payback and it came Saturday. Thad Busby passed for 316 yards and two touchdowns, and Warrick Dunn scored on a 65-yard run as the third-ranked Seminoles avenged their only ACC loss with a 31-24 victory over No.

14 Virginia. "We underestimated those guys last year and today we knew it was going to be a tough football game," said Dunn, who ran for 131 yards. "Those guys played exceptionally well." Last year, Virginia ended Florida State's 29-game conference winning streak with a 33-28 win in Charlottesville. But the Seminoles extended other streaks Saturday, keeping coach Bobby Bowden perfect on homecoming with 21 straight wins and running their unbeaten home string to 27 games. "To avenge last year's loss we would have had to beat them 35-0," Bowden 4 fix if? -Ur" inn ni pressure on Virginia Tim Sherman, who completed only 9-of-28 passes.

"They put pressure on us all day," said Sherman, who left the Field twice during the game after taking wicked hits from the Florida State defense. "I give them all the credit," Sherman said. "They lived up to their ranking." Welsh said Florida State's offense ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia cornerback Joe Rowe (18) can't stop Florida State's Wayne Messam (89) from catching a 48-yard touchdown pass. A Blocked punt lifts Miami to victory Buffaloes hold off Longhorns BOULDER, Colo. Texas knocked out Koy Detmer but couldn't solve John Hessler's rope- a-dope shenanigans.

Hessler replaced MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Tre-maine Mack blocked Brian West's punt with 29 seconds left and Nathaniel Brooks returned it 20 yards for a touchdown as No. 25 Miami stunned 12th-ranked and previously unbeaten West Virginia 10-7 Saturday night. Miami (5-2, 3-0 Big East) seemingly was only sec the injured Detmer and engineered two second-half scoring drives The Jayhawks were without star tailback June Henley, who was suspended earlier in the week after being charged with drunken driving. Kansas (3-4, 1-2 Big 12) scored in the second period on a 77-yard pass from Matt Johner to Isaac Byrd.

Frost completed ll-of-15 for 220 yards in the first half and finished 12-of-16 for 254 yards. His previous best passing game was 8-of-15 for 178 yards against Baylor two weeks ago. Michigan 44 Minnesota 10 MINNEAPOLIS It's time to rename the trophy awarded to the winner in one of college football's oldest rivalries. It's time to call it Colorado Miami overcoming a boneheaded play in the process and safety Steve Rosga made a key interception with 1:35 left, allowing No. 8 Colorado to hold off Texas 28-24 on Saturday.

Hessler, who rallied the Buffaloes to comeback wins in five games last season after Detmer weni aown wun a Knee lmurv. scored the clinching touchdown on the Little Blue Jug. Chris Howard ran for two touchdowns, including an 86-yarder as No. a 1-yard sneak with 3:10 left. "John Hessler is going to go down in Colorado football history the Comeback Kid," Buffaloes again, he rose to the occasion." weuneisei iouna Kina woras ior onds away from a third straight loss and a likely fall out of the top 25.

Instead, West Virginia (7-1, 3-1) lost for the first time in nine games and surrendered its lead in the race for the conference's berth in one of the alliance bowls. Miami took advantage of West Virginia's one glaring weakness this season, the kicking game. Amazingly, the Mountaineers have had five punts blocked this season. The Hurricanes looked like a battered prize fighter before the blocked kick, with starting running back Danyell Ferguson in a Morgantown hospital with a dislocated hip and quarterback Ryan Clement playing despite a shoulder separation to his non-throwing arm. West Virginia held Miami to just 58 yards rushing and 104 yards passing, and got its only TD after Mike Logan's 32-yard interception return to the Miami 3 early in the third quarter.

Nebraska 63 Kansas 7 LINCOLN, Neb. Scott Frost threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores to lead No. 5 Nebraska to a 63-7 victory over Kan Hfiss fir. nut mnmpnts par ipr gave his backup quarterback a rnnHUH-iHsn int? nn rnp sinRiiriR inr a w.1 lL-1 1 A 1 1 piay unu ajjpeareu iu nave uuumea 10 Michigan repeatedly burned Minnesota for big plays in a 44-10 victory Saturday, claiming the Little Brown Jug for the 10th straight year. The Wolverines (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten), whose 10-game winning streak is the longest in the 103-year-old rivalry, also got three sacks from David Bowens as they won the jug for the 27th time in 29 years.

North Carolina 42 Houston 14 HOUSTON Chris Keldorf completed 25 of 36 passes for 322 yards and four touchdowns and Leon Johnson set career marks for i A if i in rha mnrth niiatnor tirhan Uocc irr inexplicably pitched the ball to no one. and defensive end Grav Mo- sier recovered at the Colorado 16. But Texas' Ricky Williams fum- hlpri twn nlavs latpr whpn hit hv 1 i ASSOCIATED PRESS iviikm rn inu -i ri i hiiuii rwmmron at the 10. Hessler then drove the Buffs 90 Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer is dragged down from behind by Texas defensive back Gray Mosier after a short run. touchdowns and all-purpose yardage Saturday as No.

9 North Carolina overwhelmed at i VfjitiN mi iiik I inn sitiith. oXatolin "Tl.n a one-yard run with 6:04 left in the game as No. 24 Southern Mississip Neuheisel said, "but John knows sas on Saturday. Nebraska (6-1, 3-0 Big 12 Conference) got off to a slow start as Octayius McFarlin fumbled he cannot pitch to air." pi avoided an upset and defeated Tulane, 31-28, in a Conference USA game Saturday Dy tne tree-spiritea Hessler, ad- Tri iTTPfl rn "rnoiwino rn Hncc or mnrp thnn a annH ctonlr Vint touchdown. Backed up in his end zone, Tulane's Brad Hill fielded an errant snap and rushed a 35-yard punt.

Kendrick Lee fielded the ball at the Green Wave 43 and returned to the 14. Three plays later Booth scored from one-yard out. Tulane's Jeff Liggon returned three kickoffs for a school-record 171 yards, pushing his career kick-off return yardage to 2,675. That broke the NCAA Division I-A record of 2,642 yards set by Southwestern Louisiana's Joe Redding from 1985-88. added.

"I'm nnt snrp hp pvpn lia- blessed that I can keep things under control and find ways to pull it out in the end." The Buffaloes (6-1 overall, 4-0 Big 12) spotted Texas 10-0 and 17-7 first-half leads before rallying behind Hessler, who entered the game late in the first half when Detmer suffered a second-degree concussion as he was thrown to the turf on a sack by Mosier. Southern Miss 31 Tulane 28 NEW ORLEANS Eric Booth scered the winning touchdown on Houston 42-14. The Tar Heels (6-1), allowing just 199 yards a game as the nation's stingiest defense, gave up 226 while taking their third straight victory. Houston (4-4) had been averaging 414 yards and 31 points a game. The Cougars defense, however, has been almost a mirror image, allowing 27 points and 414 yards a game.

Keldorf took early advantage of Houston's porous secondary as the Tar Heels, who finished with 479 yards of offense, grabbed a 21-0 halftime lead. From Associated Press reports ik ill riiM nM ifiK ir imi umi y. roll off his back. He has so much away a punt on what would have been the Cornhuskers' initial possession. But Frost hit Sheldon Jackson with an 8-yard TD pass to give the Huskers a 7-0 lead with 2:56 left in the first period and Nebraska scored on its next six possessions.

It was Nebraska's 34th consecutive home victory, breaking a school record that had stood for 90 years. heart and so much character, he finds wavs to make nlavs night in the Super-dome. The Golden Eagles (7-1, 3-0) won their sixth straight game and remained undefeated in the conference, while Tulane (2-5, 1-2) dropped its third straight. Southern Miss had to drive just 14 yards to score the winning Hessler said he felt "more ner- IUU3 tUllll 11ILU LIIIM 1I1IK IIIHI1 111 his debut last season in relief of From Associated Press reports Northwestern rallies again, wins 13th straight in Big Ten EVANSTON, 111. Adrian Au-try, starting for injured Darnell Autry, scored on a 1-yard run with 1:02 left Saturday and No.

11 North The Buckeyes (7-0 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) spotted Iowa (5-2, 3-1) an early field goal, tied it with one of their own and then scored three touch 1 Kansas State 42 Oklahoma 35 MANHATTAN, Kan. Brian Kavanagh threw four touchdown passes to tie a Kansas State record and the 16th-ranked Wildcats held off fast-closing Ok ROUNDUP1 western continued its string of remarkable last-minute finishes, rallying past Illinois and led 20-10 at the break. But the Nittany Lions (7-2, 3-2) stopped the Hoosiers cold the rest of the way and scored more than twice as many points in the second half as in their first four conference games combined. Utah 45 Tulsa 19 SALT LAKE CITY Juan Johnson ran for three touchdowns and caught a TD pass as No. 21 Utah rolled to a 45-19 victory over Tulsa itfesternj downs during an error-filled, five-minute span to grab a big lead for the second straight year.

A year ago, the Buckeyes held a 56-0 halftime lead. On Saturday, it was lahoma 42-35 Saturday. Backup Eric Moore threw three of his four touch The Wildcats (7-1, 5-0) won their 13th straight Big Ten game over two seasons, a come-from-behind jansas Stj ri rtrr frmf all hi it i a va faoH a threw for 151 yards in the first quarter. Plummer threw scoring passes of 31 yards to J.R. Redmond and 17 yards to Lenzie Jackson, and Terry Battle added a 5-yard scoring run in the first quarter for the Sun Devils (8-0 overall, 5-0 Pac-10).

Brigham Young 45 Texas Christian 21 FORT WORTH, Texas Steve Sarkisian riddled Texas Christian for 313 passing yards and three touchdowns Saturday as No. 15 Brigham Young on saturaay. Utah (7-1 overall, 5-0 Western Athletic Conference) played without 23rd-ranked Huskies routed Oregon 33-14. Washington (5-2 overall, 4-1 Pac-10) took an early 21-0 lead, then blew the game open in the third quarter as the Ducks (3-5 overall) lost their fifth straight to fall to 0-5 in the Pac-10 for the first time since 1986. Air Force 34 Hawaii 7 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.

Beau Morgan accounted for 323 yards and three touchdowns to lead Air Force to a 34-7 victory over Hawaii in the Western Athletic Conference on Saturday. 't Morgan, who left the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter, ran for 192 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 131 yards and a touchdown as he continued a quest to become the first NCAA Division I player to run for a 1,000 yards and pass for 1,000 for a second straight season. Morgan has rushed for 933 yards and passed for 741 in seven The 195-pound senior scored on a 16-yard run with 5:44 left in the first quarter, then added another touchdown on a 6-yard run with 3:40 left in the half to give the Falcons (5-2 overall, 4-1 WAC) a 28-7 lead. i tlslVl II1UI UU LSUL gUUlUlllWl.U (A second straight bowl bid for the defending conference champions. Northwestern has won seven straight and the last four have all been decided in the final minutes victories over Michigan, Minne-X' sota, Wisconsin and now the Illini.

The Wildcats have won those four games by a total of 10 points. Illinois (2-5, 1-3) led 17-7 in the down passes in the fourth quarter as the Sooners (2-5, 2-2 Big 12) came up just short against Kansas State (7-1, 4-1). Chris Canty's pass interception with 1:35 to play finished the Oklahoma rally. Penn State 48 Indiana 26 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Penn State found Indiana's weakness and attacked it again and again 31-6 as the Hawkeyes, who shared the conference lead with Ohio State in turnover margin, had four passes intercepted, a punt blocked for a touchdown and a kickoff botched, all in the second quarter.

Arizona St. 41 Stanford 9 STANFORD, Calif. Jake Plum-mer threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 4 Arizona State finally had an easy game, scoring 21 first- star running bacK Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala, who was sidelined by a knee surgery. But Johnson alone proved too much for the Golden Hurricane (3-4, 1-3), rushing for a career-best 197 yards on 34 carries.

iirsi nan ana weni up tt-iu on nuu- ert Holcombe's third touchdown of the game, a 1-yard run a with 8:43 left. ana again. coasted to a 45-21 Western Athletic Conference Washington 33 Oregon 14 Joe Jurevicius scored one touchdown on a 57-vard Ohio State 38 Quarter points and i strolling to a 41-9 a win nvpr StanfnrH Iowa 26 inuA rrrv Tawq stnniov reception and set EUGENE Hfennjatat up three other tounhrinwnQ with Jackson threw two touchdown Ore. Corey Dillon gained 259 yards in 32 carries, the second-best rushing performance in Washington histo Afjzona.SU on Saturday. The Sun Devils, who needed late rallies the previous two weeks to defeat UCLA and Southern California, took control early as Plummer backed by winds gusting up to 40 mph Sarkisian threw scoring passes of 12 yards to Ben Cahoon and 13 yards to K.O.

Keala-luhi, staking the Cougars (8-1, 4-0 WAC) to a 31-7 halftime lead that doomed TCU's homecoming. big catches in the second half as the 17th-ranked Nittany Lions beat Indiana 48-26 passes ana Liamon ivioore inier- cepted three passes as No. 2 Ohio State built a big lead but hung on 4o defeat No. 20 Iowa 38-26 on ry, and scorea Indiana (2-6, 0-5 Big Ten) domi nated the first half on the ground three touchdowns Saturday as the From Associated Press reports.