Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 2

TAYLOR 17, ST. AMBROSE 14 TOP BIG 1mm topples STANDINGS TTT Conf All Ohio St. 10 5 0 Michigan 1 0 4 0 Michigan St. 10 4 0 PennSt. 10 4 0 Wisconsin 1 0 4 1 Purdue 10 3 1 Iowa 114.1.

Minnesota 0 1 2 3 Northwestern 0 1 2 3 Indiana 0 2 1 4" Illinois 0 2 0 5 if A. she i I (36) and Tony Funderburk (4) break up a pass. Bees open with loss in Mid-States By Dearrel Bates QUAD-CITY TIMES St. Ambrose University coach Todd Sturdy was running out of adjectives to describe how he felt about the play of his football team Saturday They weren't nice descriptions. "Disappointing.

Terrible. Brutal. Awful. Pathetic. Unbelievable." Still, the Bees nearly won the Mid-States Football Association league opener against Taylor (Ind.) University on a warm homecoming afternoon at Davenport's Brady Street Stadium.

Thanks to a second chance on a penalty call against St. Ambrose, the Trojans tallied a touchdown with 18.9 seconds remaining to pull out a 17-14 victory That means St. Ambrose falls to 1-3 on the season. The three losses have been by a combined 10 points. Even the one victory the Bees have managed was close by one point.

After eating up over five minutes on a last-ditch drive, Taylor trailing 14-10 faced a fourth-and-goal situation from the 3-yard line with 30 seconds showing on the clock. Following a time out, Taylor coach Steve Wilt called quarterback Jonathan Jenkins' number. Jenkins, who had raised havoc all day with his option and scrambling runs, tried to sprint out, but St. Ambrose linebacker Matt Black-more broke through and nailed him for a loss. But an official threw a flag.

The call was for a facemask penalty on Blackmore, although from afar it appeared there was no infraction. "The official said he had a hold of the mask," said an irate Sturdy following the game, although he was choosing his words carefully "He didn't grab his face mask. The guy's head came down. It was no penalty." Wilt admitted he couldn't see the play "No, I didn't see it, but one of my coaches was yelling that his face mask had been grabbed," Wilt said. "All I know was that it gave us another chance." This time, with the ball now at the 1-yard line with 26 seconds left, Wilt changed his ballcarrier.

Quinn Hirschy, who had carried the ball nine other times for 41 of the 53 yards on the drive, slanted off the left side for a touchdown. "At that point, we felt we were getting leverage from our offensive line, and Hirschy could stick it in the end zone," Wilt said. "He was able to get under our line and get it in for the touchdown." St. Ambrose fell on the skidding kickoff following Hirschy's touchdown. Quarterback Chad Duffin, who had thrown for both of the Bees' scores in the first half, let fly with a long pass, but it was picked off by Andy Krider Duffin's fourth interception of the game.

MIDWEST ROUNDUP Augustana 21, Wheaton 16 WHEATON, III. (AP) Zack Bartels, Jim Tumilty and Joe Schmulbach scored touchdowns as Augustana gained 295 yards, all on the ground, In a 21-16 win over Wheaton in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin opener Saturday. Augustana (2-1) took a 21-0 lead In the third quarter before Wheaton (0-3) mounted a comeback bid. Wheaton had the ball on fourth down on the Vikings' 2 with 24 seconds left but quarterback Tim Hardy fumbled at the goal-line and Augustana recovered. Hardy was 15-6f-29 passing for 171 yards and two TDs.

Western Illinois 45, Southern Utah 6 CEDAR CITY, Utah Jeff Hecklinskl passed for four touchdowns, two each to Jim Farrell and Thedo Griffin, as Western Illinois beat Southern Utah. Hecklinski finished hitting 25-of-37 in the air for 286 yards for the Leathernecks (4-1). Farrell had seven receptions for 71 yards. Griffin had 71 yards, too, on five catches. Southern Utah (4-2), which had been averaging 340 yards per game rushing with its triple-option offense, managed just 1 90 and no touchdowns against WIU's smothering defense.

Matt Rhea's two field goals, of 27 and 40 yards, accounted for the Thunderbirds' only points, and an early 6-0 lead. Hecklinski drilled two second-quarter TD aerials, an 18-yarder to Thedo Griffin and a 9-yarder to Farrell, to make it 14-6 at halftime. It was 21-6 after three quarters, following Aaron Stecker's 1-yard run, and then the Leathernecks scored 24 points in the final period. Bowling Green 35, Northern Illinois 10 BOWLING GREEN, Ohio Bob Niemet threw three touchdown passes, including two to Terry Loville, as Bowling Green beat Northern Illinois on Saturday. Loville caught only two passes, but both were for scores on plays covering 23 and 31 yards.

The second touchdown came on a tourth-and-4 play early in the fourth quarter. Niemet also threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Damron Hamilton. Bowling Green (3-3, 3-0 Mid-American) also scored on runs of 7 yards by Robbie Hollis and 2 yards by Adam Lige. Deon Mitchell scored on a 92-yard kickoff return and Brian Clark kicked a 47-yard field for Northern Illinois (0-5, 0-3), which has lost 12 in a row over two seasons. (4) Florida State 47, Miami 0 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

(AP) Miami's once-proud Hurricanes, owners of four national championships since 1983, hit rock bottom Saturday. No. 4 Florida State (4-0) handed Miami its worst loss since World War II, routing the Hurricanes as freshman Travis Minor scored two touchdowns and Thad Busby passed for two. "Miami is down right now," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. "They just do not have the maturity and depth they usually have.

We had a lot of advantages." Miami, which won its last national championship in 1991, has lost four straight games for the first time since 1977. The Hurricanes (1-4) also have lost three straight to Florida State and it was their worst loss since a 70-14 defeat in 1944 to Texas (8) Auburn 23, South Carolina 6 COLUMBIA, S.C. When Auburn coach Terry Bowden saw his offense bog down, he knew the only halftime adjustment to make. i "Let's get the ball in Dameyune Craig's hand," Bowden ordered. "If that's not the best option, then it's a pretty good one." It turned out to be the winning move for the eighth-ranked Tigers, as Craig passed for two touchdowns and 321 yards in a victory over South Carolina.

Craig's third straight 300-yard game matched the school record. (9) Tennessee 31, Mississippi 17 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Peyton Manning passed for two touchdowns and 324 yards and freshman tailback Jamal Lewis ran for 155 yards and scored once as No. 9 Tennessee defeated Mississippi. Manning was 25-of-44 with one interception in his fourth consecutive 300-yard game and Lewis, with 22 carries, gave the Volunteers (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) their first 100-yard performance by a back this season.

(13) LSU 7, Vanderbilt 6 NASHVILLE, Mixon blocked John Markham's 30-yard extra point kick with 12 seconds to play Saturday and No. 13 LSU, which lost league rushing leader Cecil Collins to a broken leg, escaped with a victory over Vanderbilt. Damian Allen hit Tavarus Hogans with a 12-yard touchdown pass with 12 seconds left and Vanderbilt (2-3, 0-3 Southeastern Conference) elected to gamble on victory by going for a 2-point conversion. Consecutive delay-of-game penalties ended that idea and the Commodores finally lined up for Markham's ill-fated extra-point try. Vanderbilt had one last chance, but Clhristopher Green recovered Markham's onside kick and LSU (4-1, 2-1) ran out the clock.

Miami, Ohio 24, (14) Virginia Tech 17 BLACKSBURG, Va. Sam Ricketts threw for 190 yards and Miami of Ohio had six sacks, forced two fumbles and scored on a trick play to defeat No. 14 Virginia Tech 24-1 7, snapping the Hokies' 12-game winning streak at home. Once they fell behind, the Hokies (4-1) began to fall apart while the Miami (4-1) remained poised behind their senior quarterback and a defense that shut down a high-powered offense for the second week in a row. (15) Washington St.

24, Oregon 13 EUGENE, Ore. Michael Black scored two touchdowns and Ftian Lindell kicked a game-clinching 28-yard field goal with less than four minutes left as 15th-ranked Washington State remained unbeaten with a victory over Oregon. The Cougars (5-0 overall, 3-0 Pac-10), who haven't been to the Rose Bowl since 1931, had a surprisingly tough time moving the ball against an Oregon defense that had given up 98 points and 1,050 yards in its two previous games. (18) Georgia 47, Mississippi State ATHENS, Ga. Robert Edwards, recovered from a severely sprained ankle, slipped back Into Georgia's offense with style, catching the first of Mike Bobo's three touchdown passes and running for two more scores as the No.

18 Bulldogs rolled over Mississippi State. Edwards, back in the starting lineup after getting hurt on his first carry of his senior season, finished with 102 yards on 14 carries and 64 yards on five receptions. (19) Stanford 33, Notre Dame 15 STANFORD, Calif. Notre Dame couldn't stop Mike Mitchell or Anthony Bookman and therefore couldn't stop its slide. Bookman ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns and Mitchell rushed for 135 yards and two scores as No.

1 9 Stanford overpowered Notre Dame, sending the Irish to their fourth straight loss. It's the first time since 1963 that Notre Dame has lost four in a row in a season. For the third straight game, Bookman and Mitchell each had at least 100 yards rushing for Stanford, which snapped a three-game home losing streak to Notre Dame. (23) Air Force 17, Citadel 3 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Pipes set up a touchdown with a 45-yard interception return and forced a fumble to prevent another score Saturday as No. 23 Air Force remained unbeaten with a victory over The Citadel.

Air Force (6-0) overcame a career day by Citadel tailback Antonio Smith, who ran for 185 yards but fumbled twice, the second time at the Falcons 2 with 3:24 left in the game. The Citadel (2-3) outgained Air Force yards to 302 but lost itji.1 5th straight road game dating to 1994. Saturday's results Penn State 41, Illinois 6 Michigan 37, Indiana 0 Michigan State 31, Minnesota 10 Ohio State 23, Iowa 7 Wisconsin at Northwestern ROUNDUP (6) Michigan 37, Indiana 0 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Michigan's defense played to form. So did Indiana's.

Brian Griese passed for 204 yards and one touchdown as the No. 6 Wolverines beat the Hoosiers on Saturday, but it was the Michigan defense that dominated. "We just go out to play aggressive football," said cornerback Charles Woodson, whose interception set up one Michigan touchdown. "Our defensive line gets a lot of pressure on the quarterback. They were in the backfield all day, and that helps us out in the secondary.

"We don't have to cover as long and those guys played a heck of a game," said Woodson, who also played offense," -had one reception for 21 yards and -returned two punts for 16 yards. Michigan (4-0, 1 -0 Big Ten) attacked -Indiana's vulnerable defense with touchdowns in the second quarter and kept the Hoosiers (1-4, 0-2) away from the Wolverines' end zone except for one brief threat in the first quarter. "We came out with that killer instinct. We knew we were the better team," Woodson said. Michigan, second in the nation In scoring defense with only 20 points allowed all season, let Indiana inside the 20 only once, when passes of 24 yards to De'Wayne Hogan and 23 yards to Chris Gall put Indiana at the 19 midway through the first period.

Quarterback Jay Rodgers tripped and fumbled the snap on the next play, and Glen Steele recovered for the Wolverines. The demoralized Hoosiers never recov-ered. Indiana managed only one first down and 10 yards offense the rest of the half 1 and finished with 1 57 yards 1 6 on the ground. "We have got to be able to come back after we make a mistake and regroup, and have somebody make a play," 1 Indiana coach Cam Cameron said. But nobody did.

The Hoosiers, who have allowed 113 points the past three games, gave up TDs-' on each of Michigan's four second-quar- ter possessions. One was set up by a failed fourth-down play by the Hoosiers, and another followed an interception by Woodson at the Indiana 14. "I knew they were good, and they've been good for a long time. They look like. that team they had in the mid '80s," said Cameron, an assistant at Michigan for 10 years and quarterbacks coach the past three years for the NFL Washington Redskins.

"We have to look across the field and say that's what we want to be," he said. I It was Michigan's first shutout victory -since 1995, against Purdue, and its first shutout on the road since 1991, at "We knew once we got points on the board our defense would play well and support us," Griese said. Indiana had minus-6 yards rushing the first half, and Hogan's team-high 32 yards for the game was nearly offset by four sacks and losses of 29 yards by Rodgers. (12) Michigan St. 31, Minnesota 10 EAST LANSING, Mich.

The plan Is simple but effective: Jump out to a big lead and turn things over to the defense. It worked again for Michigan State. Todd Schultz matched a career high with three touchdown passes as the 12th-ranked Spartans grabbed a 28-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 31-10 victory over Minnesota. It marked the first time Michigan State (4-0, 1 -0 Big Ten) has won its first four games since the storied 1966 season the Spartans finished 9-0-1 after-the famous 10-10 tie with Notre Dame. "I think our offense is very explosive," Schultz said.

"In the past few games, we've been able to jump out to a quick' lead, and that helps our defense a lot. And we have a great defense." The defense held Minnesota (2-3, 0-1) to minus-3 yards on its first two posses sions. The Golden Gophers trailed 14-0 before they were on the plus side of the yardage chart. That's the way Michigan State beats" people," Minnesota quarterback Cory Sauter said. They get a big lead early, think they deserve their national ranking, Their personnel pretty much outmatched us today.

They were big guys." r. Michigan State finished with 445 yards, while holding the Gophers to 246, Sauter completed 9-of-19 passes for 54, yards and had two passes intercepted. before being replaced by Billy Cockerham late in the game. "Obviously, when you go in and your chances of winning aren't as good simply because you're playing a superior footbalL team, you worry about your players giving up," Minnesota coach Glen Mason said. don't think that was the case today." Schultz, who completed 19-of-31 passes for 304 yards with one interception, threw TD passes to Octavis Long, Sedrick Irvin and Brad Rainko.

Cockerham hooked up with Luke Leverson on a 75-yard touchdown pass with 7:29 remaining. The Spartans, who had an open date following a 23-7 triumph at Notre Dame on Sept. 20, scored on their first two pos- sessions for the fourth straight game. "We have a very good offense, but we have flashes of brilliance," said tight end Josh Keur, who had three receptions for i 30 yards. we were ever able to sustain that for 60 minutes, I think we could be completely unstoppable." The Spartans went 65 yards in 14 plays on their first drive.

Irvin rushed six times for 16 yards and had three receptions for 33 yardsn the drive that ended with 5-yard toss nom Schultz to Long. St. Ambrose defenders Bob Rlchter "Our offensive line didn't get the job done," Sturdy said. "Our receivers dropped balls. "We didn't pick up the blitz.

"We threw some poor balls. "We missed assignments. "On the first play from scrimmage, our defense let a simple dive play go for a 70-yard touchdown run (by Hirschy). Our defense played better after that, but we can't seem to put our offense and defense together." One big factor was time of possession. Taylor (1-0, 3-1) had the ball for 39 minutes, 7 seconds.

That left the Bees with it for 20:53. It showed in the two teams' rushing attacks. Niemet completed 1 7 of 28 passes for 275 yards, while Hamilton had six catches for 133 yards. Mitchell's kickoff return almost accounted for more yards than the Huskies' offense. Northern Illinois was limited to 89 yards rushing and 30 passing.

Monmouth, III. 17, Illinois College 14 JACKSONVILLE, III. Nathan Johnson rushed 189 yards and two touchdowns in leading Monmouth to a win over Illinois College in Midwest Conference play. The Blueboys (1-4, 0-1 Midwest) scored first on a 1-yard keeper by quarterback Dane Wear and led 7-0 at halftime. Monmouth's Fighting Scots (2-3, 1-0 league) rallied for a 10-7 lead after three quarters on a 28-yard field goal by Jason Borhart and a 3-yard run by Johnson.

Johnson scampered 54 yards in the fourth quarter to build the Scots lead to 17-7. Illinois College scored with 1:53 left and recovered an onside kick. But Monmouth held. SW Missouri St. 36, Southern Illinois 35 CARBONDALE, III.

Travis Brawner kicked a 32-yard field goal as the clock ran out Saturday as Southwest Missouri State rallied three times to beat Southern Illinois. SW Missouri (3-2 overall, 1-0 Gateway Conference) began its final drive with 1:36 left after the Salukis (1-4, 0-3) had taken the lead a 37-yard field goal by Matt Simonton. Bryan Nolbertowicz ran nine times for 122 yards, and had two touchdowns as Southern Illinois built a 19-7 lead. Matt Hoog passed for two TDs and ran for another and the Bears took 27-26 edge on a 27-yard Brawner field goal in the third quarter. Then Mike Green caught an 11 -yard scoring pass from Kent Skornia to put the Salukis up 32-27.

Corey McGriff's 2-yard run with 3:53 remaining lifted SW Missouri Into a 33-32 lead. He had 124 yards rushing on 22 carries while Maurice Daniels had 178 yards on 24 attempts. Hoog completed 18 of 36 passes for 218 yards. MacMurray 35, Eureka 21 JACKSONVILLE, III. Division III rushing leader Jamie Lee ran for 265 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in leading MacMurray to a 35-21 come-from-behind win over Eureka.

who had 37 carries, scored on runs of 5, 5 and 50 yards for the Highlanders (4-0, Greg BollQUAD-CITY TIMES yards in 32 carries. But St. Ambrose didn't let that deter it. On the second possession after that, Duffin found Tom Furlan behind the defense. He gathered the ball in at about midfield and raced to the end zone, an 82-yard trip.

After Taylor knocked a field goal through for a 10-7 lead, Duffin again spotted a receiver this time Zach Swinderman open. This touchdown toss covered 41 yards and came with 5:03 remaining before the half. Not much happened offensively for the Bees after that. Duffin, who threw just 15 interceptions in the past two-plus years, completed 12-of-25 passes for 222 yards. ground outrushing Wayne (0-5) 289-138.

Carthage 23, North Central 13 KENOSHA, Wis. Marty Schager caught a touchdown pass and kicked a field goal, both in the second quarter, as Carthage defeated North Central 23-13 Saturday in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin opener. Schager kicked a 24-yard field goal to give Carthage (2-1 a 9-6 lead with 11:07 left in the period. He then caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Eric Corbett for a 16-6 lead at halftime. North Central (1-2) tied the game 6-6 on Jake Hubert's 72-yard run with 31 seconds left In the first quarter.

North Central's Nick Yeager completed four passes on 11 attempts for 18 yards. St. Norbert 28, Lake Forest 21 DE PERE, Wis. Dan Luedtke scored three of his team's four touchdowns, all in the first half, as St. Norbert held off Lake Forest 28-21 Saturday.

St. Norbert scored all 28 of its points in the first 23:24 of the game to lead 28-0 at halftime. Jerrick Jorgensen led Lake Forest back in the third quarter with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Simon Kotlyar. Corey Honore ran for a 13-yard touchdown with 4:04 left in the third quarter to cut the deficit in half, 28-14. Lake Forest's last touchdown came with 28 second left in the game, a one-yard run by Jorgensen.

Youngstown St. 31, Indiana St. 0 TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Youngstown State's debut in the Gateway Atletic Conference was a success Saturday as the Penguins defeated Indiana State 31-0, holding the Sycamores to 93 yards total offense. Youngstown (5-0, 1-0) drove 56-yards in eight plays to score on an 1 1 -yard run by Jake Andreadis in the first quarter.

Demond Tidwell completed 9-of-13 passes for 130 yards, including touchdown tosses of 35 yards to Tim Tyrell and 3-yards to Willis Marshall. Indiana State (2-3, 1-1) didn't cross midfield until late in the fourth quarter when it moved from its 42 to the Youngstown 11. The drive ended with Nate Davis missing a 28-yard field goal with 41 seconds to play. The conference game was the first for Youngstown since 1987 when It left the Ohio Valley Conference. The victory gave Youngstoi coach Jim Tressel a 100-44-1 record in 12 seasons.

St. Ambrose, which had collected 483 yards on the ground in the first three games, finished with a net of 4 yards. Carl Cuttone, who led the league in rushing with 479 yards coming into the game, was limited to 26 yards in 14 carries. "Our defense did play well," Wilt said. "Coming into the game, we knew we had to contain Cuttone.

This was a big win for us to beat a nationally-ranked team (St. Ambrose was No. 25 despite a 1-2 record) on the road and play a solid game." As mentioned, Hirschy stung the Bees in the game's opening seconds with a 70-yard scamper. The 5-foot-9, 204-pounder wound up with 171 Including 1-0 lllini-Badger Conferebnce). Eureka (2-3, 0-2) led 14-6 at halftime.

Kurt Barth of the Red Devils, who is closing on the Div. Ill career receiving yardage record, caught an 8-yard TD pass from Matt Koeppel. Coe 20, Grinned 13 GRINNELL, Iowa Ray Neosh ran 68 yards for a touchdown as Coe improved to 5-0 with a victory over Grinnell on Saturday. Neosh led the Kohawks with 139 yards on 23 carries. Jason Juran added 103 yards rushing.

Coe did all its scoring in the second quarter, then held off the Pioneers (2-3) and quarterback Troy Dougherty, who had touchdown passes in the third and fourth quarters. Dougherty was 20-of-41 for 239 yards and touchdown passes of 11 yards to Richard Werner and 6 yards to Jacob Boyer. Troy Carlson and Seth Wallace added rushing touchdowns for Coe, which piled up 400 yards on the ground to Grinell's 137. Illinois Wesleyan 64, North Park 13 BLOOMINGTON, III. Chad Beatty passed for two touchdowns to Kyle Garifo and Illinois Wesleyan whipped North Park on Saturday.

In the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game, the Titans (3-0, 1-0 CCIW) built a 50-0 lead, then cleared their bench In the final quarter. Beatty completed nine of 1 1 passes for 142 yards and connected with Garifo on scoring tosses of 44 and 12 yards. The Vikings (0-3, 0-1) were held to 216 total yards, including only 72 on the ground. Drake 35, Wayne State 17 WAYNE, Neb. Jason Grove rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Drake remained unbeaten with a victory over Wayne State.

Grove scored on a 3-yard run early in the second quarter and on a 5-yard run in the fourth. Charlie Schimberg opened scoring for Drake on a 2-yard run in the first quarter. The Bulldogs led 14-6 halftime after Wayne mustered only 24- and 22-yard field goals from Joey Hope. Solon Bell connected on a 13-yard TD pass to Vince Giovannetti, and Noah Joseph intercepted a Jaime Jones pass in the end-zone to pad the Bulldogs' lead. Jones completed 14 of 35 passes for 174 yards.

Drake (9-0) dominated the game on the.