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FIRST THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 i 997 C3 Stoeiroeir's Safe TD pass Arkansas past TMb 23-7. It was Notre Dame's second loss in as many weeks, dropping the Irish to 1-2. It hasn't been under .500 since 1986, when Lou Holtz's first team went 1-4 on the way to a 5-6 finish. That was also the last time Michigan State (3-0) beat 0 a points off two fumble recoveries deep in Maryland territory to go up 17-7 early in the third quarter. Ca-tasauqua grad Jon Linton tallied one of those TDs for the Heels.

No. 8 Michigan 38, Baylor 3 There was no letdown for No. 8 Michigan and no letup by its defense. The Wolverines didn't allow a touchdown for the second straight week and the offense gained 532 yards en route to a 38-3 victory over Baylor on Saturday. It was the second week in a row that Michigan (2-0), a Big Ten team, manhandled a Big 12 team.

They beat Colorado 27-3 a week earlier. No. 9 Ohio St. 28, Arizona 20 Andy Katzenmoyer picked off a shovel pass and returned it 20 yards as ninth-ranked Ohio State scored 14 points in 14 seconds of the second quarter on the way to a 28-20 victory over Arizona on Saturday. Ohio State, 3-0 for the seventh year in a row, had to recover an on-side kick and pick up a first down on a third-down running play with 1:30 left to lock up the victory.

Arizona (1-2), which beat Alabama-Birmingham 24-10 last week, hasn't won consecutive games in 22 months. But the Wildcats, 17V2-point underdogs, scored 20 points in the final period to make it interesting. No. 13 Iowa 63, Iowa St 20 Tim Dwight re-emerged as a force in Iowa's offense and the Hawkeyes once again had their way with Iowa State. Dwight, overshadowed in the Hawkeyes' first two games by running back Tavian Banks, caught three touchdown passes Saturday and made five other catches as No.

13 Iowa recorded its third straight rout, beating Iowa State 63-20. No. 17 Michigan St. 23, Notre Dame 7 Michigan State coach Nick Saban found out how good his team can be. Notre Dame coach Bob Davie discovered he's got more problems than he thought.

Marc Renaud rushed for 112 yards and Sedrick Irvin for 106, and the two combined for 381 all-purpose yards Saturday as No. 17 Michigan State beat Notre Dame Arkansas 17, No. 11 Alabama 16 Clint Stoerner hit a wide-open Anthony Eubanks for a 29-yard touchdown with 1:45 left Saturday, giving Arkansas a 17-16 upset over No. 11 Alabama. It was the second straight time the Razorbacks beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and it came in similar fashion.

Trailing by six with 3:34 left, Stoerner led Arkansas on a 58-yard scoring drive, one yard more than the fourth-quarter drive the Razor-backs used to pull out a stunning 20-19 win in 1995. Arkansas (2-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) stopped Alabama (2-1, 1-1) on four plays on the next drive, then ran the clock down to six seconds before turning the ball over on downs deep in Alabama's territory. Freddie Kitchens' desperation pass fell incomplete and, as was the case when Barry Lunney hit J.J. Meadors for the game-winner in 1995, the Crimson Tide crowd filed to the exit in shock. No.

5 Florida St. 35, No. 16 Clemson 28 Peter Warrick scored three long touchdowns, including a Deion Sanders-style 90-yard punt return, as fifth-ranked Florida State squeezed past No. 16 Clemson 35-28 Saturday and gave Bobby Bowden his 200th win as Seminoles coach. The Seminoles (3-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 21-17 a minute into the fourth quarter when Warrick chased a punt deep over his shoulder, slithered right and broke free for the first Death Valley return since Neon Deion did it for Florida State in a 1988 victory.

Warrick, a sophomore starter for the pass-crazy Seminoles, finished with eight catches for 249 yards. Florida State's Thad Busby had a career-high 332 yards passing. No. 6 N. Carolina 40, Maryland 14 Oscar Davenport passed for 281 yards and two touchdowns in his first start of the season, and No.

6 North Carolina pulled away from Maryland in the second half for a 40-14 victory Saturday. The Tar Heels (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 7-0 in the second quarter, but scored 10 Michigan State running back Sedrick Irvin sprints through a hole line during the first quarter of the Spartans' win over the Irish in Notre Dame. No. 18 Virginia Tech 23, Temple 13 Ken Oxendine ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns and Temple twice fumbled away scoring chances in the fourth quarter, allowing No. 18 Virginia Tech to survive a scare and defeat the Owls 23-13 on Saturday night.

The tailback was a bright spot in an otherwise sputtering attack for Virginia Tech (3-0. 3-0 Big East), which averaged 415 yards a game in victories over Rutgers and Syracuse. Temple (1-3, 1-1) stayed within a touchdown and threatened twice in the fourth quarter with the Hokies leading 20-13. On the first, tailback Elmarko Jackson fumbled at the Virginia Tech 22 and on the second, fullback Stacey Mack fumbled at the Tech 7. No.

19 Washington State 35, Illinois 22 Ryan Leaf threw four touchdown passes as No. 19 Washington State rallied past win-less Illinois 35-22 Saturday. Despite Leafs three interceptions and the Cougars' 18 penalties, Washington State (3-0) overcame Illinois' 14-7 lead early in the second half. The go-ahead touchdown drive took just two plays and 25 seconds. No.

21 Stanford 27, Oregon St. 24 Greg Cornelia bulled over from 2 yards out for a touchdown with 27 seconds to play to give No. 21 Stanford a tough 27-24 victory over upstart Oregon State Saturday in their Pac-10 opener. Trailing 24-20, the Cardinal (2-1) drove 78 yards in 15 plays for the game-winning touchdown, using up 4 minutes and 18 seconds in the process. The Beavers, looking to upset Stanford in Corvallis for the second year in a row, moved ahead on field goals of 45 and 33 yards by junior-college transfer Jose Cortez in the second half.

No. 25 Georgia 42, Northeast Louisiana 3 No. 25 Geor- 7 21 of 36 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown. New Haven 53, Millersville 10 Junior Adam Roman caught seven passes for 154 yards and one touchdown, while returning three punts for 55 yards and one kickoff for 28, as New Haven defeated Millersville 53-10. Senior quarterback Cazzie Kosciolek, a Panther Valley graduate, completed 12 of 18 for 172 yards despite not playing the fourth quarter.

Albright 31, Lebanon Val. 7 Matt Santoro ran for 165 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries Saturday to lead Albright to a 31-7 win over Lebanon Valley. Santoro scored on runs of 1, 14 and 73 yards as the Lebanon Valley defense was totally outmanned, allowing Albright (2-0 overall, 1-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) 477 total yards on offense. Albright quarterback Bryan scored on us with," noted Bison's head coach Tom Gadd, referring to Lafayette quarterback Mike Palos' 9-yard TD toss to flanker Tom Fal-zone in the second period. "When you have a 6-3 receiver Rockett working against a 5-9 or 5-10 defensive back the 'Pards' Brian Hannon, who is actually listed as a 6-footer, you have a good chance to make the connection." John is one head of Bucknell's two-headed quarterback (sophomore Don McDowell is the other), but Gadd admitted John may have separated himself from McDowell, especially with his cool-as-a-cucum-ber direction of the winning drive.

STATISTICS First downs 17 17 Rushing yardage 68 148 Passing yardage 245 214 Passes 18-38 15-29 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 7-35 7-35 Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalized 36 59 Bucknell 10 0 7 23 Lafayette 14 0 7 21 FG, Coleman, 31. Rockett 22 pass from John (Coleman kick). Falzone 9 pass from Palos (Menecola kick). Terry 2 pass from Palos (Menecola kick). Peer 2 run (Coleman kick).

Moore 28 run (Menecola kick). Rockett 4 pass from John (kick failed). He started it with a 13-yard strike to wideout Ardie Kissinger at the Leopards' 43. Then, after an incompletion, he rolled away from a strong rush and found reserve tailback Jim Weidle, a Mahanoy Area grad, along the right sideline for 25 yards to the 18. And then he hooked up with Kissinger for 14 yards to the 4.

Lafayette coach Bill Russo thought the hookup with Weidle was critical for the Bison. "Yeah," said a disconsolate Russo. "That's the one that got them in range. Those are the things that happen I just don't think we got a very good rush on John. He had way too much time, even after he pulled it down and scrambled." 7 sr4 in Lafayette's loss to Bucknell 79 seconds too long gia protected its first ranking in two years, coasting past Northeast Louisiana 42-3 Saturday as Mike Bobo had three touchdown passes and the Bulldogs broke loose for three plays longer than 60 yards.

Georgia is 3-0 for the first time since 1988, when Vince Dooley retired after 25 years as coach to conclude the most successful era in Bulldogs history. Over the past four seasons, the Bulldogs were a mediocre 22-22-1. Widener 27, FDU-Madison 14 Leon Payne ran for 188 yards and two touchdowns to lead Widener to a 27-14 victory over FDU-Madison Saturday. Payne, who finished his second straight game with 100 or more rushing yards and a team high of four catches, put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter with touchdown runs of 68 and 71 yards to put Widener (2-0) up 27-7. For FDU (0-2), freshman quarterback Mark Pollifrone completed The Bison score the winning TD after getting the ball with 1:19 left.

By TED MEIXELL Of The Morning Call Sometimes, Lafayette found out Saturday, simply playing better from one week to the next isn't enough. With 7,428 looking on at Fisher Field, defending Patriot League champion Bucknell saddled the heartbroken Leopards with a 23-21 defeat, their third straight, when outstanding junior wideout Ronnie Rockett gathered in Jim John's 4-yard fade pass at the left edge of the end zone with 33 seconds left in the game. Lafayette (0-3, 0-2) was clinging desperately to a 21-17 lead when Erich Muzi returned Ryan Cimo's last punt of the afternoon six yards to his own 44-yard line with one minute, 19 seconds left. But Rockett's touchdown catch, his second of the game, climaxed a precise six-play, 56-yard drive that consumed only 46 of the 79 seconds the Bison (2-0, 1-0) had to work with. And it drove a stake into the hearts of the Leopards who had, for 58-plus minutes, played much better football than they had in their first two losses.

The TD toss came on second-and-goal. John threw a fade in Rockett's direction on first down, too, but it fell incomplete, largely because a Lafayette defender had a firm grip on Rockett's jersey but got away with it. "I was coming right back with the fade no matter what," the junior signal caller said. "Even if you stop it once, Ronnie will make the catch on you four times in a row." "It was the same pattern they r-ij Associated Press the Notre Dame defensive South Bend. Snyder, a Nazareth graduate, broke two conference records in the game, holding the MAC record for career attempts (1,044) and completions (606).

Snyder surpasses the -mark previously held by Lycoming's Ed Dougherty (1988-91). Monmouth, N.J. 42, La Salle 20 Dan Sabella passed for three first-half touchdowns to lead Monmouth to a 42-20 win over La Salle in the Hawks' home opener. Villanova 34, Maine 14 Chris Boden threw for 323 yards and two touchdowns and Ducarmel Augustin scored three times to lead Villanova over Maine 34-14 Saturday. Dartmouth 23, Penn 15 Kickers often score a lot of points, but Dartmouth's Dave Regula had an exceptional day in a 23-15 victory over Penn Saturday.

Primarily because their long-dormant offense came to life midway through the second quarter, the Leopards twice fought from behind. The Bison went ahead 10-0 on Ross Coleman's 31-yard field goal. But Palos warmed up and drove the 'Pards to two second-quarter TDs and a 14-10 halftime lead. The 9-yard fade to Falzone was the first, a two-yard flip to Jerry Terry the second. Palos was 13-for-18 for 202 yards in the first half.

He was just 1-for-10 for 16 yards in the second, but Bucknell's added concentration on pass defense opened up Lafayette's ground game. So, even though Bucknell opened the second half with a 68-yard TD drive to go ahead 17-14, the Leopards were able to answer with tailback Leonard Moore. Moore, who rushed 15 times for 97 yards, burst through a gaping hole and romped 28 yards to score and put the 'Pards ahead again with 7:15 left. On the drive, Moore ran three times for 45 yards, and Palos chipped in with his only second-half completion, a 16-yarder to fullback Todd Stahlnecker. Then, when Derik Mesquita intercepted John at the Lafayette 15 with 3:51 left, it looked like the Leopards' first win was imminent a feeling that grew when Palos scrambled for a first down three plays and two Bison timeouts later.

Unfortunately, on the play, Palos aggravated an ankle injury sustained a week earlier at Army. He had to be replaced by Todd Greenbaum for one play, and that proved costly when Greenbaum fumbled the snap. Although he recovered it himself, the wasted play and subsequent punt forced Lafayette to give up the ball with 79 seconds left. It was 44 too many. FAR WEST Colorado Col.

31, Nebraska Weslyn 30 Fort Lewis 30, Fort Hays St. 23 Humboldt St. 33, W. Montana 20 Mary 53, Rocky Mountain 48 Montana 35, St. Mary's, Cal.

14 Montana Tech 31, Whitworth 7 N.Mex.Highlands 33, Adams St. 7. Nebraska 27, Washington 14 Oregon 43, Fresno St. 40, OT Pac. Lutheran 46, W.

Washington 44 Stanford 27, Oregon St. 24 Western St.Xolo. 46, Panhandle St. 0 Wyoming 30, San Jose St. 10 Saturday's Games Late Games Not Included Detroit 4, Toronto 3 New Jersey 2, Philadelphia 0 Washington 8, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago at Dallas (n) Calgary at Phoenix (n) N.Y.

Rangers at Vancouver (n) Edmonton at Anaheim (n) Colorado vs. Los Angeles at Las Vegas (n) Sunday's Games Boston at Montreal, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Calgary vs. Phoenix at Tucson, p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. -mm- i 1 I Tfc ft- 1 4 PETE SHAHEEN The Morning Call Lafayette linebacker Michael Dierks (43) is in hot pursuit of Bucknell running back Chris Peer during action in the first quarter of the Bison win over the Leopards at Fisher Field. NW Missouri St.

Mo. Southern 26 Nebraska-Omaha 27, N. Dakota St. 21 North Dakota 28, S. Dakota St.

7 Ohio St. 28, Arizona 20 Ohio U. 50, Buffalo 0 Olivet 30, Anderson 13 Otterbein 50, Hiram Col. 28 Purdue 28, Ball St. 14 Rice 40, Northwestern 34 Simpson, Iowa 61, Luther 6 Sioux Falls 56, Midland Lutheran 21 St.

Ambrose 21, 20 St. Cloud St. 16, Momlngside 13 St. Norbert 41, Monmouth, Ml. 14 St.

Thomas, Minn. 14, Hamline 0 Taylor 14, Trl-State 13 Thiel 33, Bluffton 27 Tiffin 27, Gannon 6 Truman St. 31, Mo. Western 17 Upper Iowa 17, Lores 14 Wabash 19, Albion 14 Washburn 25, SW Baptist 7 Washington St. 35, Illinois 22 Washington, Mo.

37, Case Western 32 West Liberty 47, St. Joseph's, Ind. 37 Claire 44, Winona St. 20 Wisconsin 36, San Diego St. 10 Wooster 45, Denison 22 SOUTHWEST Cent.

Oklahoma 28, Abilene Christian 0 Grambllng St. 20, Langston 0 Hardin-Simmons 35, Sul Ross St. 14 Missouri 42, Tulsa 21 S. Utah 34, Arkansas St. 24 Texas 66, SW Louisiana 0 Livingstone 4U, Benedict 16 Louisiana Tech 56, Cent.

Michigan 28 Marshall 48, W. Illinois 7 Miles 20, Tuskegee 17 Morehead St. 56, Valparaiso 24 Morgan St. 24, Texas Southern 17 N. Carolina St.

41, N. Illinois 14 North Carolina 40, Maryland 14 Richmond 56, VMI 3 Rose-Hulman 37, Millsaps 17 Shepherd 45, Lenolr-Rhyne 16 South Carolina 26, East Carolina 0 Southern Miss. 35, Nevada 19 Tennessee Tech 14, Samford 7 Thomas More 40, Wilmington, Ohio 17 Valdosta St. 31, Arkansas Tech 14 W. Carolina 45, Citadel 25 West Georgia 27, N.C.

Central 0 Winston-Salem 13, Virginia Union 6, OT MIDWEST Adrian 28, Defiance 7 Alma 39, Olivet Nazarene 36 Ashland 24, Northwood, Mich. 7 Aurora 32, Wheaton, III. 25 10, Elmhurst 7 Bethel, Minn. 62, Carleton 14 Bowling Green 31, Akron 28 Buena Vista 29, William Penn 6 Capital 28, Marietta 18 Cent. Iowa 35, Wartburg 6 Cent.

Missouri 44, Missourl-Rolla 14 Chadron St. 20, Mesa, Colo. 18 Chicago 26, Concordia, III. 6 Cincinnati 34, Kansas 7 Coe 70, Lawrence 7 Concordia, Moor. 38, St.

Oiaf 0 Geneva 49, W. Virginia Tech 31 Glenville St. 51, Clarion 0 Grove City 26, Carnegie-Mellon 7 Harvard 45, Columbia 7 Hobart 38, St. John Fisher 7 Holy Cross 25, Georgetown, D.C. 21 Ithaca 42, Mansfield 17 Jersey City St.

14, W. Connecticut 13 Kings Point 42, Springfield 28 Lycoming 42, Kings, Pa. 1 Maris! 3), lona 12 42, Norwich 13 Merrimack 33, Assumption 7 Middlebury 43, Bowdoin 0 Monmouth, N.J. 42, La Salle 20 Montclalr St. 14, Wesley 7 New Hampshire 24, William Mary 22 New Haven 53, Millersville 10 Northeastern 41, Rhode Island 13 RPI 45, Rochester 0 Rowan 54, Ferrum 6 Slippery Rock 42, Fairmont St.

14 Stony Brook 38, Pace 7 Susquehanna 47, Wilkes 14 Syracuse 30, Tulane 19 Trinity, Conn. 31, Bates 6 Union, N.Y. 27, Worcester Tech 20 Villanova 34, Maine 14 Virginia Tech 23, Temple 13 W. Maryland 55, Gettysburg 1 W. New England 25, MIT 10 Wagner 13, C.W.

Post 12 Wesleyan, Conn. 51, Tufti 33 Widener 27, FDU-Madison 14 Williams 26, Colby 6 Wittenberg 29, Allegheny 17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL EAST Penn St. 57, Louisville 21 Bucknell 23, Lafayette 21 Lehigh 16, Towson 14 Delaware Val. 14, Salisbury St. 12 Dickinson 21, Muhlenberg 14 Moravian 29, Juniata 28, OT Shippensburg 21, Kutztown 14 Eton 41, East Stroudsburg 34 Albany, N.Y.

49, St. Lawrence 0 Albright 31, Lebanon Val. 7 American Intl. 26, Stonehill 24 Amherst 38, Hamilton 0 Boston College 35, Rutgers 21 Bridgewater.Mass. 28, Maine Maritime 27 Brockport St.

10, Plymouth St. 9 Brown 52, Yale 14 Buffalo St. 16, Wash. Jeff. 7 Butler 38, St.

Francis, Pa. 12 California, Pa. 21, W. Va. Weslyn 16 Canlslus 10, St.

Peter's 7 Cent. Connecticut St. 37, Frostburg St. 17 Coast Guard 13, Mass. Maritime 8 Colgate 27, Fordham 14 Connecticut 35, Hofstra 31 Cornell 14, Princeton 10 Cortland St.

47, Kean 21 Dartmouth 23, Penn 15 Dayton 16, Robert Morris 13 Delaware 28, West Chester 7 Duquesne 38, Siena 14 Fairfield 34, St. John's, NY 21 Flndlay 44, Mercyhurst 14 Framlngham St. 33, Fitchburg St. 31 Frrnklln Marshall 27, Urslnus 15 Worcester St. 25, Mass.

-Dartmouth 16 Youngstown St. 28, Boston U. 7 SOUTH Ala. -Birmingham 34, Jacksonville St. 16 Alcorn St.

20, Alabama St. 6 Appalachian St. 27, E. Kentucky 23 Arkansas 17, Alabama 16 Austin Col. 21, Rhodes 13 Bethune-Cookman 14, Fayettevllle St.

0 Bowie St. 27, Chevney 6 Carson-Newman 21, Presbyterian 3 Catawba 37, Mars Hill 3 Catholic U. 34, Randolph-Macon 21 Charleston Southern 12, Tusculum 3 Clinch Valley 27, Chowan 3 Concord 24, Newport News 20 Cumberland, Tenn. 14, Cumberland, Ky. 12 Davidson 42, Sewanee 14 Delaware St.

24, Norfolk St. 21 Drake 23, South Florida 22 Duke 20, Army 17 Elizabeth City St. 12, Johnson C. Smith 10 Emory Henry 31, Brldgewater.Va. 7 Florida 33, Tennessee 20 Florida A8.M 30, Jackson St.

14 Florida St. 35, Clemson 28 Fort Valley St. 15, Morris Brown 12 Gardner-Webb 53, W. Virginia St. 28 Georgetown, Ky.

32, Lambuth 9 Georgia 42, NE Louisiana 3 Georgia Southern 22, Wofford 7 Georgia Tech 28, Wake Forest 26 Guilford 34, Washington Lee 20 Hampton U. 7, N. Carolina 2 James Madison 13, Massachusetts 10 Ky. Wesleyan 45, Maryvllle, Tenn. 24 Concordia, Wis.

48, Concordia, Neb. 43 Cemell, Iowa 28, Rlpon 14 DePauw 33, Hope 20 Dickinson St. 40, S. Dakota Tech 0 Dubuque 46, Concordia, St.P. 21 Earlham 23, Ohio Weslyn 21 Evangel 78, Culver-Stockton 9 Evansville 41, Quincy 14 Grand Valley St.

21, Ferris St. 18 Grlnnell 38, Betott 17 Gustav Adolphus 34, Macalester 3 Hanover 22, Centre 17 Heidelberg 14, Muskingum 7 Howard U. 32, Ark -Pine Bluff 21 Indlanapetli 17, Hillsdale 10 tow 63, Iowa St. 20 Iowa Weslyn 21, Mllllkm 17 Jameetawn 46, Carroll, Mont. 21 John Carroll 28, Ohio Northern 21 Kalamazoo 21, Franklin 17 Kent 41, E.

Michigan 38 Kentucky 49, Indiana 7 Kenyan 53, Oberlin 35 Knox 21, Carroll, Wis. 14 Lake Forest 46, Illinois Col. 18 Manchester 13, Mount St. Joseph 10 Mankato St. 24, South Dakota 20 Marantha Baptist 44, Principle 8 Michigan 38, Baylor 3 Michigan St.

23, Notre Dame 7 47, Martin Luther 13 22, Northwestern, Iowa 19 Moorhead St. 30, Wayne, Neb. 21 Mount Senarlo 31, North Park 15 Mount Union 56, Baldwin-Wallace 14 N. Colorado 49, 40.