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yvyfr i in 'I jf wnwioiq- eiaer I'Tiwyy1' wi i 4 The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Sunday, Oct. 21. 1990 3D Fifth-ranked Auburn defeats FSU on late field goal SEC STANDINGS "Si.7-- jv i ur "Tm, 1 Dist All Auburn 2-4-1 5-0-1 Florida 3-1 6-1 Tennessee 2-1-1 4-1-2 Ole Miss 2-1 6-1 Georgia 2-2 4-3 LSU 2-2 4-2 Alabama 2-2 3-3 Kentucky 1-2 2-5 Vanderbilt 1-3 1-5 Mississippi St. 0-3 3-3 '4 JT 4k Jt at t4 1, Si Wi "ItYISCIla toss" 4 -r of; Oi yards to Ernie Mills and 10 yards to Kirk Kirkpatrick to help Florida built a 31-0 halftime lead. McClendon scored on a 15-yard reception, Kirkpatrick took a pass from wide receiver Terence Barber and finished a 53-yard TD play, and Errict Rhett scored twice on 2-yard runs for the Gators.

No. 18 Mississippi 42 Arkansas St. 13 OXFORD, Miss. Randy Baldwin scored four touchdowns in the first 19 minutes as No. 18 Mississippi captured its fifth straight victory with a decision over Arkansas State.

The Rebels (6-1) rolled up 495 yards, one shy of their season high, in securing its second straight winning season, the first time Ole Miss has accomplished that since 1970-71. Baldwin, a junior who has scored 10 touchdowns in the last four games, took advantage of a block by quarterback Tom Luke to end the Rebels' opening seven-play, 60-yard possession with a 4-yard TD run. After rushing for just 80 yards on 27 carries in the first three games, Baldwin has since run for 504 yards and eight touchdowns on 56 attempts. He had 73 yards on nine carries Saturday. LSU 30, Kentucky 20 BATON ROUGE, La.

Harvey Williams ran 60 yards for one touchdown and caught a pass for another and Pedro Suarez kicked three field goals to lead Louisiana State to a Southeastern Conference victory over Kentucky. Williams rushed for a career-high 213 yards on 28 carries. The victory moved LSU to 4-2 for the season and 2-2 in the SEC. Kentucky fell to 2-5 and 1-2. Williams caught a 4-yard pass from Chad Loup for another score, that gave the Tigers built a 24-13 halftime lead.

Loup, a redshirt freshman, also threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Todd stormed through, got a grasp of Weldon and sent him stumbling backwards. Weldon fell down at his own 41. Weldon had replaced Florida State starting quarterback Brad Johnson in the late in first quarter and finished the game. He directed the Seminoles to 17 points on three straight possessions, providing a 17-7 halftime lead. The Seminoles offense never got untracked in the second half.

They wasted two turnovers and hurt themselves with penalties and numerous other mistakes. No. 17 Florida 59, Akron GAINESVILLE, Fla. Shane Matthews threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns and Willie McClendon rushed for 105 yards and caught a TD pass in No. 17 Florida's rout of Akron.

Matthews, bouncing back from last week's 45-3 loss at Tennessee, paced a 595-yard offensive assault with 20 completions in 32 attempts. Meanwhile, Akron gained only 87 yards and didn't make a first down in the second half. The victory before a homecoming crowd of 74,558 improved Florida's record to 6-1. Akron, losing its fourth straight to fall to 3-4-1, has been out-scored 153-9 by Southeastern Conference teams in the last three years. Matthews threw for touchdowns of 35 sskUUMsMaMMtMaUMaVsWIM Associated Press Florida's Willie McClendon (5) is brought win Saturday.

McClendon finished with a down a pair of Akron defenders, including game-high 105 yards rushing to pace No. 17 Ozzie Jackson (22) during the Gators' 59-0 Florida, which improved to 6-1 overall. Kentucky's Al Baker ran 30 yards for one touchdown and set up a field goal on a 51-yard run. Georgia 39, Vanderfailt 28 ATLANTA Andre Hastings told Joe Dupree at halftime that the middle of the field was open for a long pass. Hastings was right.

past Tennessee Vols unable to escape upset loss to Alabama Doyle has come through in pressure situations for the Tide before, but never one much more stressful than Saturday's final play. "I never saw it go through. The first thing I saw was a Tennessee jersey," Doyle said. "The next I knew, my teammates were rolling all over me. It was the biggest kick of my life." Four plays and 1:35 earlier, Volunteer kicker Greg Burke had his chance to put UT in the lead with a 50-yard attempt.

But Alabama's Stacy Harrison had other ideas, rushing in from the middle to block the attempt and send it rolling all the way to the Vol 37. "I think it went farther back than any one I've ever seen blocked," Majors said. Fisher of Milan. "We may have taken them lightly, I don't know." If that was the case, it certainly shouldn't have been. Alabama has now beaten Tennessee five straight years and UT's national-best 12-game unbeaten streak is history.

The Vols' record falls to 4-1-2, 2-1-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama, meanwhile, has now taken a giant step toward reversing a 2-3 start (1-2 SEC) that had some asking for the ouster of new Coach Gene Stallings. The Tide owes much of it to Doyle, a senior all-America candidate who connected on three of four field-goal attempts. Saturday, Doyle hit from 30, 26 and 47 yards to pass former Louisiana State running back Dal-ton Hilliard for fifth on the all-time SEC scoring list. From Wire Reports AUBURN, Ala.

-Often criticized for his conservatism, Auburn coach Pat Dye turned daring Saturday night and it produced dramatic results. Jim Von Wyl kicked a 38-yard field goal with six seconds left following a fourth-down conversion pass and gave the fifth-ranked Tigers a 20-17 victory against No. 7 Florida State. The noise eruption, which shook jam-packed Jordan Hare Stadium, revealed the perfection of Wyl's kick and the appreciation's for Dye's strategy. The Tigers (5-0-1) benefited from a 22-yard, fourth-down quarterback sack of the Seminoles' Casey Weldon, gained control on the Seminoles' 41 with 1:04 left and drove into position for the winning points.

A fourth-down, 19-yard completion Auburn freshman quarter-; back Stan White to Herbert Casey at the 19 was the pivotal set-up play. It was a loss the Seminoles won't easily absorb. They blew a 17-7 lead 'in the second half and can blame themselves for penalties and questionable play-calling. The defeat also thwarted Florida State coach Bobby Bowden's second attempt at a 200th win. In this game, Dye's coaching 'strategy proved decisive.

FirstDyeelectedtokicktheextra point after Stacy Danley's two-yard touchdown run to tie the game with 3:47 left. It paid off when Bowden elected to try for the first down on a fourth-and-five from the Auburn 37 with .1:11 left. linebacker Ricky Sutton Tide rolls From 1D the insertion of No. 2 quarterback Sterling Henton late in the third quarter to replace the misfiring Andy Kelly. Henton's presence on the field seemed to provide the Vols with somewhat of a spark, but his stats were little better than Kelly's.

Hen-ton completed three of 11 passes for 22 yards, while Kelly completed six of 14 for 29 yards. Henton rushed for 13 yards and Kelly 15. Alabama's defense came in with a solid reputation, but UT was ill- prepared for just how well the Tide "would play. don't have an Auburn defensive line, but they have a good, solid front," said Vol center John Higgins' Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, 111. Doug Higgins' fifth field goal of the game, a 48-yarder with 42 seconds to play, lifted eighth-ranked Illinois to a 15-13 Big Ten victory over No.

24 Michigan State on Saturday. A 26-yard pass from Jason Ver-, duzco to Steven Mueller helped set up the winning kick 59 seconds after fJohn Langeloh gave Michigan State a 13-12 lead with a 35-yard field Higgins opened the game with a career-long 55-yard field goal and also converted on kicks of 28, 36 and 27 yards. The victory enabled Illinois (5-1, 3-0) to retain its share of first place in the Big Ten race with Iowa and Minnesota. Michigan State fell to 2-3-1 and 1-2, and with the loss went the Spartans' Rose Bowl hopes. Illinois held a 9-3 lead before Michigan State drove 84 yards in 12 plays for a touchdown, with Dan Enos bootlegging the final yard for score.

It appeared the Illini had stoppd the drive when Mel Agee sacked Enos at the 15, but a face mask penalty put the ball on the 5 and Enos finally scored on fourth down for a 10-9 lead. Illinois came back in the fourth period and regained the lead on Higgins' 27-yard field goal with 7:27 left. But the Spartans, their strong running game headed by tailback Tico Duckett, pounded to the Illini 17-yard line before Langeloh kicked a35-yarderforal3-121ead. Iowa St 33 No. 16 Oklahoma 31 Chris Pederson baffled Oklahoma all day with his scrambling ability and scored from the 1-yard line with 35 seconds left for Iowa State, which rallied from 144) and 28-14 deficits.

Pederson gained 148 yards in 29 carries, most coming after he was forced to run. He also threw for 102 yards and a touchdown. No. 1 Virginia 49 Wake Forest 14 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Jake Mclnerney kicked four field goals before Shawn Moore got top-ranked Virginia's high-powered offense in gear, and the Cavaliers rolled past Wake Forest to extend the nation's longest regular-season winning streak to 13 games.

Mclnerney connected from 45, 28 and 26 yards to give Virginia (7-0 overall, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 94) lead 5 field goals lift Illinois; Sooners fall have stopped the play," Vanderbilt coach Watson Brown said. "It was a great throw and a great catch on their part." Vandy had cut Georgia's lead to 33-28 just over a minute earlier, but the Dupree to Hastings pass deflated the Commodores. Majors said. "Particulary when you're talking about Alabama. "Yes, this is disappointing, and it makes our task more difficult.

But this is still a football team that hasn't lost too many games, and we've got to get ready for the big push." Tennessee has an open date this week, faces Temple on Nov. 3 and then challenges Notre Dame. Both games are in Knoxville. "There are upsets every week, and we've got to help ourselves now," Majors said. HATTIESBURG, Miss.

-Brett Favre's passing set up a pair of touchdowns and Jim Taylor kicked three field goals Saturday to let Southern Mississippi dominate Memphis State 23-7. In winning its fourth straight, Southern Mississippi dominated on defense holding the Tigers to just 191 yards and 11 first downs. Southern improved to 6-2, while Memphis State fell to 3-3-1. In his final home game before a crowd of 24,520, senior Favre threw for 185 yards, including a 9-yarder to Greg Reed that took the ball to Tigers' 1-yardline and set up the Golden Eagles' first touchdown. Quentis Casey ran the final yard for the TD.

In the opening series of the second half, Favre's 39-yard flip pass to Tony Smith got USM out of a big hole and kept alive a 9-play, 69-yard drive. Smith went the final 12 yards for the touchdown and a 17-0 Southern lead with 11:18 left in the third quarter. Taylor kicked a 36-yard field goal in the first quarter, and added 30-and 24-yarders in Southern's 13-point third quarter. Memphis State, coming off a hard-luck 19-17 loss a week ago to Louisville, couldn't sustain a drive until the final minutes. The Tigers didn't go over 100 yards total offense until there was 1:40 left in the third quarter.

Memphis State's touchdown came with 27 seconds to play on Keith Benton's 14-yard pass to Russell Eagles topple ansa a Tigers Associated Press The two freshmen hooked up on a 68-yard touchdown pass with 7:06 remin-ing Saturday, lifting Georgia to a Southeastern Conference victory over Vanderbilt. "I told Joe to lay it up there and it was perfect," Hastings said. "We were in a coverage that should Amsler. The longest pass gained 10 yards. "We were just never in synch," Majors said.

"We never could get in rhythm. I'm just disappointed we didn't get more things done with all the opportunities we had, like have Alabama backed to its on 1-yard line a couple of times and not making something happen." "I heard the talk about how this was going to be an easy win for us, but anybody who said that was just foolish," as No. 21 Wyoming held off stubborn Weber State. No. 22 Clemson 24 N.

Carolina St 17 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Fullback Howard Hall drove in from the 1-yard line with 3:02 left and the nation's second-ranked defense did the rest as No. 22 Clemson beat Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina State. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 3-2 ACC) and N.C. State (4-4, 2-4) were deadlocked at 17-17 after three quarters.

No. 19 Texas 49, Arkansas 17 AUSTIN, Texas Quarterback Peter Gardere passed for a touchdown, ran for one and led four scoring drives as No. 19-ranked Texas beat Arkansas in the Southwest Conference. No. 13 Washington 52 Stanford 19 STANFORD, Calif.

Quarterback Mark Brunell accounted for three touchdowns and Greg Lewis ran for two more as 13th-ranked Washington crushed Stanford to stay unbeaten in the Pac-10. From 1D to redeem ourselves," said UT center John Fisher of Milan. "This is a real disappointment because we just didn't execute on offense. I really don't think Alabama's defensive line was as good as Auburn's, but we kept killing ourselves today." Tennessee was averaging 439 yards of total offense per game but managed only 175 against Alabama. The Vols' longest play from scrimmage was a 15-yard run by fullback Greg put the Buffs on top 34-10.

Colorado (6-1-1 overall, 34) Big Eight) also got a 90-yard touchdown punt return from Dave McCloughan in winning its 11th consecutive conference game. No. 25 Texas AAM 20, Baylor 20 COLLEGE STATION, Texas Michael Moore's 11-yard touchdown run and Jeff Ireland's extra point with 8:23 left brought underdog Baylor a Southwest Conference tie with No. 25 Texas The Aggies (4-2-1 overall, 1-1-1 SWC) got a golden gift with 3:33 to play but couldn't cash it in. Moore fumbled and the Aggies' Quentin Coryatt recovered at the Baylor 36.

The Bears (3-3-1, 2-1-1) held on three running plays by Darren Lewis, and Layne Talbot hooked his 46-yard field-goal attempt to the left with 1:39 to go. No. 21 Wyoming 21 Weber State 12 LARAMIE, Wyo. Tom Corontzos threw for two touchdowns and Dwight Driver rushed for 105 yards and a score C01aE0ES with 12:14 left in the half. Moore passed for two scores late in the half to give Virginia a safe 28-14 halftime lead.

No. 4 Nebraska 31 Oklahoma St. 3 LINCOLN, Neb. A pair of kick returns by Tyrone Hughes and a recovery of a fumbled kickoff by Robert Hicks for a touchdown sparked fourth-ranked Nebraska to a Big Eight victory over Oklahoma State. Quarterback Mickey Joseph also ran for one touchdown and passed for one as Nebraska (7-0 overall, 3-0 Big Eight) dropped Oklahoma State to 2-5 and 0-3.

The victory was Tom Osborne's 175th in 18 seasons as coach at Nebraska. No. Houston 44, SMU 17 DALLAS David Klingler passed for 461 yards and five touchdowns, three to Manny Hazard, as ninth-ranked Houston breezed past over Southern Methodist. The Cougars improved to 6-0 overall and 54) in the Southwest Conference. SMU is 1-4 and 0-3.

Klingler, the nation's total offense leader, broke NCAA records with his 76 attempts and 48 completions. No. 11 Georgia Tech 13 North Carolina 13 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Scott Sisson kicked a 27-yard field goal with 61 seconds left, and unbeaten and 11th-ranked Georgia Tech settled for a tie with North Carolina. The tie ended a nine-game winning streak by Georgia Tech (50-1 overall, 3-0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

The Tar Heels (4-2-1, 1-1-1) twice stopped the Yellow Jackets inside the 10-yard line in the fourth quarter, and it was the second time that forced Sisson's kick. The tie leaves only five Division I-A teams unbeaten and untied, including ACC rival and top-ranked Virginia. No. 22 Iowa 24 No. 10 Michigan 23 ANN ARBOR, Mich.

Matt Rodgers, who passed for one touchdown and ran for another, led a brilliant drive to the winning touchdown in the closing minutes as the No. 22 Hawkeyes defeated No. 10 Michigan to remain unbeaten in the Big Ten. It was thejirst win at Michigan Stadium since 1981 for Iowa (5-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten). It marked the first time since 1967 that Michigan (3-3, 1-2)-had either lost a homecoming game or been beaten in consecutive games at home.

The Wolverines, then ranked No. 1, lost 28-27 to Michigan State last week. The Iowa defense, which leads the conference with 20 takeaways, recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and held Michigan to just three first downs in the second half. Associated Press Nebraska running back Leodis Flowers (23) (5) on his way to the end zone Saturday, evades Oklahoma State defender Joe King The 4th-ranked Cornhuskers won 31-3. Minnesota 12 No.

20 Indiana MINNEAPOLIS Brent Berglund kicked two short field goals and Minnesota's defense shut out the nation's fourth-highest scoring offense, beating No. 20 Indiana to stay tied for the Big Ten lead. Arizona 35, No. IS USC 29 LOS ANGELES Quarterback Ronald Veal came off the bench to score three touchdowns in the second half, rallying Arizona to a victory over No. 15 Southern Cal in the Pacific 10 Conference.

No. 14 Colorado 41, Kansas 10 LAWRENCE, Kan. Eric Bieniemy rushed for 174 yards and scored three touchdowns, becoming Colorado's career scoring leader and pacing the 14th-ranked Buffaloes to a rout of Kansas. Bieniemy, the nation's No. 2 rusher, scored on a 31-yard run in the first quarter and had two scoring bursts in the third a darting, weaving 41-yarder that made it 27-10 and a 10-yard run that.