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PAGE C4 Home News Tribune SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2000 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOSTON COLLEGE 20, SYRACUSE 13 AROUND THE NATION Eagles pick off Orangemen N.J. ROUNDUP Princeton freshman passes test for Pat Woodcock. He returned the interception 29 yards for a touchdown 1:30 into the second quar ter. Shafer's 27-yard field goal made it 13-6 at half-time, but BC went ahead 20-6 on a 6-yard run by William Green, who rushed for 104 yards, with 9:37 gone in the third Nunes' 20-yard completion to Aaron Lewis, cutting the lead to 20-13 with 56 seconds left in the third quarter. The Orangemen had four more possessions, but BC held them to two first downs and Mike Shafer's missed 34-yard field-goal attempt.

Syracuse got 155 yards rushing from James Mun-gro and 105 from Dee Brown, who passed Jim Brown's total of 2,091 yards rushing to move into 11th place in school history with 2,125. But Nunes, who entered the game third in the nation in passing efficiency, couldn't match his previous two performances in wins over Brig- ham Young and Pittsburgh when he completed 30 of 40 passes for 507 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. On Saturday, he threw interceptions on three of Syracuse's last four series of the first half and the first series of the second. He completed 9 of 22 passes for 134 yards. BC beat Syracuse for the second straight year after losing four in a row.

Since 1987, the team that won each annual matchup has gone to a bowl game. The Eagles were leading 6-3 when Walls, playing right cornerback, read Nunes perfectly and stepped in front of a pass quarter. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON Lenny Walls scored on one of four interceptions thrown by Syracuse's Troy Nunes, and Boston College's defense stopped a second-half comeback attempt for a 20-13 win yesterday. It was a critical victory for Boston College (4-2, 1-2 Big East) because it had been winless in the conference. The Eagles also showed they could beat a solid team.

Their first three wins came against teams with a combined 2-14 record Army, Navy and Connecticut. Syracuse (3-3, 1-1) got its only touchdown on Each team had a big run on its first possession but settled for field goals. BC's Mike Sutphin kicked a 19-yarder after a 65-yard run by Green, and Shafer connected from 24 yards after a 70-yard gain by Mungro. Ralph Parent had two interceptions for BC and Sean Guthrie had one. TOP 25 ROUNDUP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If the significance of being the first freshman quarterback to start a game in 132 years of Princeton football put pressure on Dave Splithoff it never showed.

"It's something cool to say you did, but when you get out there, to me there is no age difference," said Splithoff, who completed 13 of 17 passes for 289 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers 55-28 victory over Brown yesterday. "You're a team and you're going out there to play football. You're going to line up against the other team and show what you can do." Splithoff will get another chance against Harvard next Saturday, regardless of whether Jon Blevins is recovered from a sprained ankle suffered last week against Colgate. Splithoff showed the ability to escape trouble and find open receivers on the run as Princeton scored five touchdowns on plays of 47 yards or more. Princeton (2-3, 2-0 Ivy League) had 514 yards of offense and recorded its highest point total since a 59-37 win over Brown in 1991.

The Tigers held Brown (3-2, 0-2), who led the Ivy League in total offense, to 68 rushing yards and also forced five turnovers. Splithoff began the season as the third-string quarterback, but was forced to start when Blevins' ankle did not heal. First-stringer Tommy Crenshaw is out for the season with a broken wrist. Princeton expanded a 10-point halftime lead in the third quarter on a 47-yard touchdown run by Cameron Atkinson and a 40-yard field goal by Taylor Northrop to make it 34-14. Brown cut it to 34-21 when quarterback Kyle Rowley, who took over for Ivv Dassine leader Eric EAST: Rashad Bartholomew rushed 27 times for 1 85 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner, as Yale rallied to beat Fordham 24-17.

Bartholomew's 3-yard scoring run at 4:30 of the fourth quarter gave Yale the lead for good, 21-17. Mike Murawczyk's 31 -yard field goal with just over three minutes remaining completed the scoring. Bartholomew also scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter, while Peter Lee connected on 1 8 of 31 passes for 218 yards and one touchdown for the Bulldogs (4-1), who won their third straight Nchendia Pajong capped a 16-play drive with a 4-yard scoring run with 4:24 remaining, leading Rhode Island to its first win of the season, 7-6 over James Madison. Gavin Hoffman passed for three touchdowns and reserve tailback Mike Verille scored twice and rushed for 98 yards as Penn defeated Columbia 43-25. Hoffman, who now has thrown for 1 1 touchdowns this season, completed 19 of 26 for 236 yards.

Leading 23-19 at the half, Penn (3-2, 2-0) dominated the third period, scoring on its first two possessions and rolling up 173-19 edge on total offense Brant Hall threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns and Lehigh took advantage of three first-half fumble recoveries to beat Harvard. Lehigh (6-0) turned the fumbles into 17 points and scored two touchdowns in just over three minutes late in the second quarter to take a 24-6 halftime lead. Brian Endler caught 1 1 passes for 168 yards for Lehigh, including a 58-yard touchdown. Neil Rose threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns for Harvard (2-3), who blew a 28-0 lead in last week's loss to Cornell. Sam Taylor had seven catches for 106 yards and a touchdown for the Crimson Brian Mann threw four touchdown passes in the first half and Dartmouth upset Holy Cross 31 -1 4 for its first victory.

Mann completed 23-of 37 passes for 260 yards for Dartmouth (1-4). Holy Cross (4-2) scored in the second period when Vernell Shaw blocked a punt and scooped up the ball at the 25 and ran into the end zone Nick Daniel's 5-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter rallied unbeaten Robert Morris to a 17-13 victory over Dayton. Robert Morris (5-0) overcame a 10-point deficit with the help of several Dayton special teams mistakes Chris Price and Alfredo Ruillano combined for 249 rushing yards as Marist beat lona 27-7 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Lucas Phillips passed for a career-high 287 yards and two touchdowns and Jabu Powell ran for 94 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Bucknell topped Lafayette 42-30. MIDWEST: Dylen Smith threw one for a touchdown and ran for another as Kansas beat Missouri 38-1 7 to snap a 1 4-game conference road losing streak. It was coach Terry Allen's first conference win on the road in his four years at Kansas (3-3, 1-2 Big 12), and the first win for the road team in the last six games of the nation's second oldest series Missouri (2-4, 1 -2 Big 12) has allowed an average 382.5 yards this season Dontrell Jackson threw for a touchdown and three Ohio players ran for touchdowns as the Bobcats beat Kent State 44-7.

Jackson completed 9-of-1 1 passes for 1 36 yards and Kevin Kerr kicked field goals of 41 31 and 21 yards Mike Bath passed for 210 yards and ran for two second-half touchdowns as Miami of Ohio beat Bowling Green 24-10. Miami (4-3, 3-2 Mid-American) trailed 7-0 before Bath finally got the offense rolling. He scrambled 27 yards for a touchdown that tied it with 2:37 left in the third quarter Anthony Jones ran for 72 yards and two touchdowns as Ball State beat Eastern Michigan 33-14, the Cardinals' second straight victory after 21 losses. SOUTH: Mark Farris threw for 31 1 yards and a touchdown as Texas AIM beat Baylor 24-0 and handed the Bears their second straight shutout. Texas A (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), bouncing back from a loss a week ago to then-winless Colorado, took a 10-0 first-half lead en route to its 10th straight win over the Bears (2-4, 0-3).

WEST: Mike Thiessen ran for four touchdowns and threw for another as Air Force beat Wyoming 51-34. Thiessen scored on runs of 2, 25, 1 7 and 6 yards the most TD runs by an Air Force player since Beau Morgan had four against Colorado State in 1996. Thiessen also completed 8 of 13 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown. Air Force (5-1, 3-1 Mountain West) gained 625 total yards, including 432 rushing, against Wyoming (1-6, 0-3). Entering the game, the Falcons were averaging 413.2 yards Darnell Arceneaux threw three touchdown passes as Utah beat San Diego State 21-7.

Arceneaux connected with Steve Smith for touchdowns of 74 and 69 yards, and also threw a 1 6-yarder to Cliff Russell. The 74-yarder to Smith and Russell's touchdown came on the Utes' first two possessions of the game. Utah (2-4, 1-1 Mountain West) limited San Diego State (1-5, 1-1) to 250 yards of total offense. BIG TEN: Backup Jim Sorgi threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Lee Evans with 29 seconds left as Wisconsin beat Michigan State 17-10 and ended a three-game losing streak. The Badgers (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) kept the Spartans (3-3, 0-3) from winning their first conference game for new coach Bobby Williams.

On the play before the surprising finish, Wisconsin running back Michael Bennett leaped over a pile of players for a first down on a fourth-and-1 Bennett gained 59 yards on 23 carries and was a yard shy from becoming the first Badger to reach 1 ,000 yards rushing in less than seven games Kurt Kittner threw for 248 yards and three touchdowns as Illinois bounced back after two losses with a 31-0 victory over Iowa. The lllini (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten), who allowed 35 points to Michigan and 44 to Minnesota in its losses, dominated the Hawkeyes by forcing four turnovers and recording five sacks in posting their first shutout since 1995. ACC: George Godsey passed for 333 yards and four first-half touchdowns as Georgia Tech scored on its first four pos-essions and beat winless Wake Forest 52-20. Tech (4-2, 2-2 ACC) also got a strong running performance from Sidney Ford, who had 1 1 1 yards on 1 4 carries and scored the first touchdown on an 18-yard run. The Demon Deacons fell to 0-6, 0-4 Backup tailback Cotra Jackson scored two touchdowns in the final period as North Carolina State snapped a seven-game losing streak against North Carolina with a 38-20 victory.

The Wolfpack (5-1 2-1 Atlantic Coast) moved closer to bowl contention under first-year coach Chuck Amato, while the Tar Heels (3-3, 1-3) dropped their second straight home game with No. 5 Clemson coming to town next weekend. ATLANTIC 10: Brian Westbrook scored two touchdowns and rushed for 188 yards, leading Villanova to a 34-20 victory over Northeastern. Brett Gordon scored one touchdown and passed to Brian White for two others for Villanova (4-2, 2-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Gordon completed 20 of 37 passes for 256 yards.

Northeastern (3-4, 0-4) jumped ahead 14-0 on Logan Galli's 49-yard touchdown pass to Kito Delgado and a 26-yard scoring pass to Dave Klemic Kelly Seibert passed for two touchdowns and scored a third, ail in the first half, leading Massachusetts past Maine 33-10. UMass (4-2, 3-1 Atlantic 1 0) led 21-3 at halftime and got its only touchdown in the second half when Nate Long scored on a 14-yard interception return with nine seconds left in the game J.R. Purnell ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns as Richmond piled up 286 yards on the ground and beat New Hampshire 31-10. Purnell first score on a 10-yard run gave the Spiders (4-2, 2-1 Atlantic 10) a 17-0 lead at half-time Matt Nagy threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns and Delaware remained unbeaten with a 28-1 7 victory at William Mary. The Blue Hens (7-0, 4-0 Atlantic 10) trailed 6-0 after Brett Sterba kicked field goals of 53 and 31 yards for the Tribe (3-4, 2-2), but Nagy put fourth-ranked Delaware in front with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Craig Cummings early in the second quarter.

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE: Justin Holtfreter passed for 303 yards and two touchdowns as Sacred Heart beat Stony Brook 23-6 for its season-opening sixth straight victory. Holtfreter completed 28 of 44 passes for Sacred Heart (6-0, 4-0 NEC). DeVaren Johnson caught an 80-yard TD pass from Holtfreter early in the second quarter and finished with 1 14 yards on seven receptions. After Stony Brook (2-4, 0-4) was called for a safety for intentionally grounding the ball in the end zone, Holtfreter combined with Doug Geoffrey on an 8- yard scoring pass in the third to make it 1 6-9 Sophomore Phil Davis returned the opening kickoff 83 yards and sophomore quarterback Aaron Smith threw a pair of touchdown passes to lead Wagner to a 24-7 win over Central Connecticut State. Wagner (4-2, 4-0 Northeast Conference) led 9- 0 in the first 2:30 of the game, thanks to the Davis kickoff return and a safety after a bad snap on a Central punt.

Central (2-4, 1 -3 Northeast Conference) played the game without starting quarterback Brian Shubin, who was injured last The Associated Press Webber late in the third Tellis Rodman (32) and his Minnesota teammates pushed away David Mitchell and Ohio State. quarter, scored on a 1-yard run. Webber, who was 27-for-44 for 236 vards and two touchdowns, was relieved after throwing fid-hot MMDfflia his second interception. Princeton quickly re sponded to Rowley's touchdown when SdH- thoff, while being chased from the Docket, found cl off 1 Marty Cheatham with a 72-yard touchdown pass. MONMOUTH 41, ST.

FRANCIS, PA. 6: Mike Merklinaer had three touchdown runs and Mon mouth's defense registered 1 1 sacks and held St. Francis to 26 rushina vards. The Hawks' Mikn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Josh Heupel was 29-of-37 for 374 DeFalco and Cornell Key each registered tnree sacks to prevent St. Francis lfi-7 (UF, NFO yards and two touchdowns, and No.

8 Oklahoma bolted to a 17-point halftime lead yesterday and then from getting any offensive myinm. unns Manaell nit a 40-yard field goal to cap Monmouth's first scorina drive, and held on for a 41-31 victory over second-ranked Kansas State. Merklinger's three touchdowns Kansas State (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) had came in me tirst and second Quarters, oivinn thp Hawks IO-A 2-3 NEC) a 24-0 halftime lead. flattened its first six opponents, which included Ball State, North Texas and Louisiana Tech, by a combined 308-61. The Wildcats rAIKrltLD Z4, ST.

PETER'S 10: Mike Cerchio Dassed for 41 0 vards and three touch downs to lead Fairfield. Cerchio completed 29 of 49 passes and broke his own school record of hoped a home victory over Oklahoma (6-0, 3-0) would solidify their ranking and set up a 1-2 showdown with Nebraska on Nov. 11. 384 vards Dassino in a name He also tied Jim Lopusznick's Instead, Oklahoma vaulted into scnool record for completions in a game. St.

Peter's is 3-3. ROWAN 45. CORTLAND ST. in- the national championship picture. The Sooners, who beat No.

25 Texas Running backs Jason Frabasile and Kevin Sinclair each scored two touchdowns as Rowan defeated Cortland State. Sinclair and Frabasile both scored in 63-14 last week, are off next week before playing Nebraska at home Oct. 28. Kansas State is 1-18 against Top 10 teams under Bill Snyder. NO.

5 CLEMSON 35, MARYLAND 14: Woody Dantzler ran for two touch the first quarter and Nick Frade added a 30-yard field goal as Rowan went out to a 1 7-0 lead. Rowan (5-1 3-0) scored again early in the second quarter when Quarterback Mike Warkar NO. 21 PURDUE 41, NO. 17 NORTHWESTERN 28: Drew Brees threw for 239 yards and five touchdowns, and rushed for another 56 yards as Purdue (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) beat Northwestern (5-2, 3-1). Montrell Lowe rushed for 174 yards, including a career-long 50-yard run on the first series of the game.

Vinny Sutherland caught eight passes for 84 yards and two scores, and John Standeford had six catches for 74 yards and three touchdowns. NO. 18 MICHIGAN 58, INDIANA 0: Anthony Thomas ran for three touchdowns and Drew Henson threw two scoring passes to David Terrell. Thomas finished with 95 yards rushing and tied Tyrone Wheatley (1991-94) on the school's career rushing touchdowns list with 47. He scored in each of the first three quarters.

NO. 20 NOTRE DAME 45, NAVY 14: Matt LoVecchio threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns and Tony Driver scored twice on fumble returns. LoVecchio threw TD passes of 11 yards to Dan O'Leary and 32 yards to Tony Fisher, and Julius Jones rushed for 105 yards. NO. 23 OREGON STATE 38, STANFORD 6: Jonathan Smith passed for 324 yards, including a school-record 97-yard touchdown strike to Chad Johnson for No.

23 Oregon State. NO. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA 27, ARKANSAS 7: Phil Petty threw two touchdown passes as South Carolina keep alive coach Lou Holtz's remarkable streak of turning broken programs into bowl teams. NO. 25 TEXAS 28, COLORADO 14: Major Applewhite threw three touchdown passes, two of them to freshman Roy Williams.

Rebounding from a humiliating 63-14 loss to Oklahoma last week, the Longhorns (4-2, Big 12) got two scoring passes from Applewhite in the second half. NO. 9 OREGON 28, USC 17: Joey Harrington picked the Southern Cal defense apart, throwing for 382 yards and four touchdowns. Harrington completed 28 of 42 attempts, including touchdown passes of 8, 23, 13 and 18 yards for Oregon (5-1, 3-0 Pacific-10). The Ducks built a 21-7 lead early in the third quarter and held on.

NO. 10 FLORIDA 38, NO. 19 AUBURN 7: Rex Grossman threw five touchdown passes as Florida scored on its first five drives. Grossman finished 14-for-23 for 232 yards for the Gators (6-1, 4-1 SEC). Freshman Jabar Gaffney caught three touchdown passes CALIFORNIA 46, NO.

13 UCLA 38 (30T): Joe Igber ran 3 yards for a touchdown in the third overtime for California. After the TD run by Igber, who caught two touchdown passes earlier in the game, Kyle Boiler hit Geoff Mc Arthur with a 2-point conversion pass to put Cal up by eight points. UCLA (4-2, 1-2 Pac-10) had a last chance, but cornerback Jameel Powell intercepted a pass by Cory Paus. NO. 14 GEORGIA 29, VANDERBILT 19: Cornerback Tim Wansley scored on a blocked extra point and a 62-yard interception return.

The Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1 SEC) struggled on offense and lost quarterback Quincy Carter to a sprained left shoulder in the fourth quarter. Carter threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Terrence Edwards, and scored on an 8-yard run. NO. 16 SOUTHERN MISS 56, TU LANE 24: Dawayne Woods ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns in Southern Miss's fifth straight victory. Tulane's Kris Coleman scored on a 1-yard run with 11:00 left in the game, the first rushing touchdown allowed by the Golden, Eagles (5-1, 2-0 Conference USA) in 36 quarters dating to last season.

downs and Alex Adley tied a Clemson record with three interceptions as the Tigers (7-0) beat Maryland. Dantzler was 10-for-19 for 186 yards, and ran for 87 yards. Travis Zach- hit Scott Lipford with an 8-yard touchdown pass. Cortland State (3-4. 3-2) dot its onlv Doints in ery had a career-high 151 yards rushing for the Tigers.

the second quarter on a 2-yard Dantzler converted third-and-1 roucnaown run by Jason Burch and a 36-yard field goal by Geora Oostmever Rowan IpH and fourth-and-1 plays on a second-quarter drive and left Maryland de 24-10 at the half. CNJ 20. SALISBURY STATE 1 fenders grabbing air on touchdown runs of 9 and 18 yards. Joe Gargione caught two touchdown Dasses from nuar- MINNESOTA 29, NO. 6 OHIO ST 17: Ron terback Steve Bellosi as the ooiiege of New Jersey defeated Salisbury State.

SalishurvM-a Johnson caught a TD pass and came up with big catches on three other scoring drives as Minnesota running back Tony Ellis had two touchdown runs for 80- and 81 -yards for the Sea Gulls scores. The Lions (2-31 have defeated the Sea Gulls in their last eight meetings. NJ. CITY 25, KEAN 7: Frank Sinclair scored two touchdowns week. CONFERENCE USA: Tony Stallings rushed for 1 22 yards and caught two touchdown passes from Dave Ragone to lead Louisville to a 38-24 victory over Cincinnati.

Ragone finished 25-of-31 for 326 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions as the Cardinals beat the Bearcats for the third straight season. The Cardinals (5-1 2-0 Conference USA) trailed 24-14 at halftime but shut down Cincinnati's offense in the second half to earn their third straight victory. The Bearcats (3-4, 2-2) never threatened to score in the second half, mustering only six first downs and 81 total yards Jegil Dugger scored on'a 24-yard run with 8:41 left as Alabama-Birmingham beat Memphis 13-9. Dugger finished with 84 yards on 1 8 carries for the Blazers (4-2, 1-2). ended a half-century of frustration.

The Buckeyes (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten), who entered the game as the conference's lone unbeaten team, pulled within six points in the fourth quarter. But Tellis Redmon ran 20 yards for a score with 4:50 left to seal the Golden Gophers' first victory over Ohio State since 181 and first win in Columbus since 1949. on a 72-yard pass and on a -yaro run to lead New Jersey City University. N.J. City broke a four-game losing streak, and Kean lost its.21 st consecutive 'i game dating back to October.