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Austin American-Statesman Sports Extra: National Report Sunday, November 19, 2000 D5 dtops aodks boottwoiift mate tee insgifiiSi Ft the Ducks won two and lost to Wisconsin. Rose Bowl or not, the Beavers finished their best season ever, topping their 9-1-1 mark in 1939. It was just last year that they stopped an NCAA-record streak of 28 straight losing seasons. In his second season, Coach Dennis Erickson might have pulled off the biggest achievement of his career, taking a woeful program to a possible berth in a BCS bowl. "These seniors, they've been through a lot, went through some agony," Erickson said.

"When you go 10-1 at a school that has never been 10-1 and was atrockbottomafewyearsago.itdoesn't get any better than that." Meanwhile, Oregon flopped in the most eagerly awaited Civil War in 36 years. "We're shocked right now," corner-back Rashad Bauman said. "We knew what was at stake. We knew as soon as the clock hit double-zero that the Rose Bowl hopes were gone." Oregon quarterback Joey Harrington couldn't seem to find his receivers, falling into his habit of overthrowing them and trying to guide passes into double coverage. Harrington, who had been 13-1 as the Ducks' starting quarterback, completed 24 of 46 passes for 333 yards.

He entered the game with just seven interceptions. Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. With almost cruel quickness, Oregon State crushed its intrastate rival's Rose Bowl hopes. Then, the Beavers watched as their own dreams of Pas-PflC-10 adena came to an end. Jonathan Smith threw two first-quarter touchdown passes to Robert Prescott, and Jake Cookus had three of his team's five interceptions as No.

8 Oregon State reached 10 victories for the first time in school history by dominating No. 5 Oregon 23-13 on Saturday in the 104th Civil War. "I never would have thought that we'd be 10-1," said Oregon State receiver Chad Johnson. "But a season is like climbing a mountain, and we only stumbled once on our way up." That one setback cost the Beavers (10-1 overall, 7-1 Pac-10) their first trip to the Rose Bowl since the 1964 season. Washington, which beat Oregon State 33-30 in Seattle on Oct.

7, clinched the berth by defeating Washington State 51-3 on Saturday night. Washington (10-1, 7-1) ended up in a three-way tie with Oregon State and Oregon (9-2, 7-1), and even though the Huskies lost to Oregon, they won the tiebreaker based on nonconference records. Washington went 3-0, while Harrington had led the Ducks back from fourth-quarter deficits the previous three games, but Oregon State's defense was too strong. Oregon got to the Beavers' 10 midway through the fourth, but Harrington was hit from behind by Sefa O'Reilly, and DeLawrence Grant recovered. "We had a chance to do what we dreamed to do," Harrington said.

"We didn't do it." The Ducks committed 12 penalties for a season-high 132 yards. Two pass-interference calls against the defense both on third and long kept drives going for the Beavers and led to 10 first-half points. Oregon State's Ken Simonton, the top rusher in the Pac-10 at 136.1 yards per game, gained 113, and his 20-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter extended the Beavers' lead to 23-7. Stanford 36, California 30 (OT): Fullback Casey Moore caught a 25-yard touchdown pass on his team's second play in overtime as the Cardinal (5-6, 4-4) beat the Bears (3-8, 2-6) at Berkeley, in the 103rd Big Game. Randy Fasani threw three TD passes as Stanford beat its oldest rival for the sixth straight time, tying the longest winning streak in series history.

The final play, which Stanford hadn't even called since last season, worked to perfection. Fasani found Moore wide open across the middle, and he scored without a defender in sight. "We've been preparing all this year for the right place and the right time to run this play," said Stanford Coach Tyrone Willingham, who hasn't lost in six Big Games. "It's not a bad idea every once in a while to go in the stadium, shut the doors and work on something like that." Stanford trumped the Golden Bears yet again when Moore, who hadn't caught a pass all day, became the Cardinal's primary option on second down in overtime. The play called for Moore to fake a run into the middle of the line, then pop out in the secondary.

"It felt like it was sitting up there all day," Moore said. "I was just trying to look it into my hands, because I knew I was all alone out there." USC 38, UCLA 35: The Trojans (5-6, 2-6) overcame their own mistakes and several big plays by the Bruins (6-5, 3-5) to win on David Bell's 36-yard field goal with nine seconds left in Pasadena, Calif. Bell, a senior, had missed his previous three attempts, including a 24-yarder earlier in the fourth quarter. Carson Palmer, who passed for 350 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, guided the Trojans from their 35 to the UCLA 18 with the help of a pass interference penalty before Bell nailed the game-winning kick. Jack SmittVAP Oregon State receiver Robert Prescott pulls away from defender Ryan Mitchell for a touchdown.

Frogs' Tomlinson tears up UTEP Trinity advances in playoffs Washington win puts Huskies in Rose Bowl rv 'Af fl' 'te TCU back's 305 yards, 3 TDs help shut up Miners Associated Press FORT WORTH While this wasn't even LaDainian Tomlinson's best game against Texas-El Paso, it was the nii.iT 1 1 most satisfym8- Tomlinson ran for a season-high 305 yards and three touchdowns as No. 15 Texas Christian (9-1, 6-1 WAC) won 47-14 Saturday, ending UTEP's seven-game winning streak and providing a huge response to the trash talking heard all week. "What this was was dragging them into the backyard," said Tomlinson, who set a NCAA Division I-A record with 406 yards against UTEP last year. "It just amazes me that as good a team as we are, people still say things about us." The Miners (8-3, 7-1), had talked about winning outright Western Athletic Conference title and then celebrating by tearing down TCU's goal posts and hoisting the trophy at midfield. And they said there was no way that Tomlinson was going to have another record-setting day.

They were wrong on all accounts. While Tomlinson didn't equal his NCAA record of a year ago and scored only half as many touchdowns, he became the WAC's career rushing leader and only the ninth runner in NCAA history to go over 5,000 career yards. Now UTEP has to wait to see if it will have to share its first WAC title and to which bowl it will be going. TCU would have to lose Friday at SMU for the Miners to win the title outright. The Miners scored first, when Rocky Perez threw a 3-yard TD pass to Lee Mays midway through the first quarter, six plays after a a.

3. '-III 4 Donna McWilliamAP LaDainian Tomlinson, left, breaks away from defensive back Derek Walker (48) on his way to a 68-yard touchdown in the first quarter. career yards and has more than 100 yards in 12 straight games, a streak that began with the record game against UTEP last November. "That kid is an excellent player, there's no question about it," UTEP Coach Larry Nord said. fumble by TCU quarterback Casey Printers was recovered by Trey Merkens at the Frogs' 20.

After that, it was all Tomlinson and TCU, which had 529 total yards. Tomlinson had 33 carries, and increased his NCAA-leading rushing total to 1,984 yards. He has 5,089 Associated Press SAN ANTONIO Jeremy Boyce rushed 16 times for 134 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown, as Trinity defeated Wesley (Del.) College 21-3 Saturday in a first-round NCAA Division III game. Boyce's run gave the Tigers (9-2) a 14-3 lead in the opening seconds of the second half. Trinity plays Bridgewater, on Saturday.

Bridgewater, Va. 59, Washington Jefferson 42: Jason Lutz accounted for five touchdowns two runs, two passes and a TD catch as the Eagles (10-1) beat the Presidents (9-2) at Washington, Pa-Ohio Northern 47, Millikin 21: Shane Franzer passed for 331 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for another 124 yards, getting 455 of his team's 500 offensive yards, to lead the Polar Bears past the Big Blue at Ada, Ohio. Other games: In other Division III playoff games, Hanover, beat Hope, 20-3; Springfield, Mass. beat Montclair State, N.J., 31-29; Widener, beat Union, N.Y., 33-26; Hobart, N.Y., beat Bridgewater, Mass. 25-0; Western Maryland beat Emory Henry 38-14; Central, Iowa beat St.

Norb-ert, 29-14; Pacific Lutheran, beat Bethel, 41-13; and St. John's, Wisconsin-Stout 26-19. Division II North Dakota State 31, NW Missouri State 17: Ryan Johnson passed for two touchdowns and the Bison (11-1) rushed for 282 yards to upset the two-time defending national champion Bearcats (11-1) at Maryville, Mo. Mesa State 40, NE Oklahoma 21: Andy Coryell ran for 1 15 yards and a touchdown and threw for 173 yards and a pair of scores as the Mavericks (10-2) defeated the Redmen (9-2) at Tahlequah. Okla.

Other games: In other Division II playoff games, Northwood, beat Indiana, 28-0; Blooms-burg, beat Saginaw Valley State, 46-32; Catawba, N.C., beat West Georgia 28-24; Nebraska-Omaha beat Pittsburg State, 14-3; Delta State, beat Valdosta State, 49-12; and UC Davis beat Chadron State, 48-10. Ward helps Fresno State knock off Mustangs Continued from Dl back-to-back seasons since Sonny Sixkiller in 1971-72. "We're definitely excited," Tu-iasosopo said of the Rose Bowl trip. "Our goal was to keep winning games and to get Washington back in that game. We did that, and now we have to win." Tuiasosopo hit Justin Robbins on scoring passes of 6 and 34 yards.

Wilbur Hooks Jr. scored on a 19-yard pass from the Washington senior quarterback. Washington racked up 526 yards of offense to the Cougars' 210 in cold Martin Stadium, with temperatures in the 20s. Tailbacks Rich Alexis and Braxton Cleman contributed to a strong rushing effort that netted 336 yards. Alexis carried 11 times for 122 yards and a 1-yard touchdown.

Cleman rushed for 105 yards on 15 carries and also scored on a 3-yard run. Pat Conniff and Sean Sweat also had touchdown runs, and John Anderson added a 41-yard field goal for the Huskies. "We threw the ball well. We ran the ball well and we were able to take advantage of some things they did with pressure," Neu-heisel said. "The running backs did a great job of hitting their holes and the defense was very opportunistic, holding a very talented offensive team to three points." Washington State (4-7, 2-6) frequently started drives deep in its own territory and was hurt by penalties.

The Cougars were flagged 15 times for 108 yards, often after long plays. "I said going into the game the team that made the least mistakes would win the game, and we made a whole bunch of them," Cougars Coach Mike Price said. "They were going to come out and run the ball against us and they ran it and got after it and knocked us off the ball and did a nice job." Washington State's Matt Kegel, making only his second start, was battered by the Huskies. He completed 12 of 28 passesor 122 yards and one interception. He was sacked twice.

Dave Minnich carried 19 times for 113 yards for the Cougars. Drew Dunning kicked a 33-yard field goal late in the third period for Washington State's score. It was the second time in his career that Tuiasosopo threw three touchdown passes in a game. He also threw for three scores last season against Oregon. By the time the result of the Oregon State-Oregon game was announced in the first quarter, the Huskies held a 13-0 lead and took a 27-0 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Tuiasosopo left the game after the third quarter, with the Huskies up 37-3. Backup Cody Pickett took over in the fourth quarter. The 48-point margin of victory was the largest for either team in a 93-game series and the worst home loss for the Cougars since UCLA beat them 55-0 in 1955. beat the Aztecs (3-7, 3-3) at Air Force Academy, Colo. The bowl-eligible Falcons finished their regular season with three straight victories and snapped San Diego State's four-game road winning streak in conference play.

With Colorado State having clinched the Mountain West Conference title and an automatic Liberty Bowl berth, Air Force will go to either the Las Vegas Bowl or the new Silicon Valley Classic the other two bowls that have guaranteed MWC berths. BYU 37, New Mexico 13: Luke Staley ran for a pair of 2-yard touchdowns and Owen Pochman kicked three field goals, including a school-record 56-yarder, as the Cougars (5-6, 3-3 Mountain West) beat the Lobos (5-7, 3-4) at Provo, Utah. Neill passed for 236 yards and a touchdown and Del Bates intercepted a pass with five seconds left as the Wolf Pack (2-9, 1-5) beat the Owls (3-8, 2-6) to get its first win ever in the WAC. After an offensive interference call nullified Ben Wulf 26-yard pass to Sean White at Nevada's 30 with 16 seconds left, Bates picked off the next attempt to thwart the Owls' comeback attempt. Marquis Starks ran for 58 yards and two touchdowns for Nevada, which completes its first year in the WAC on Saturday at Tulsa.

The win snapped the Wolf Pack's seven-game losing streak, their longest since 1964. Air Force 45, San Diego State 24: Qualario Brown rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns, and the wishbone of the Falcons (8-3, 5-2 Mountain West) generated 540 yards of total offense to McCown had the Mustangs deep in Fresno State territory again in the third quarter with a first-and-goal at the 2. But Kris Briggs fumbled on second down, and Fresno State recovered. Tulsa 28, San Jose State 17: Eric Richardson ran for 194 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Golden Hurricane (7-4, 34 WAC) past the Spartans (7-4, 5-2) at Tulsa, Okla. The loss knocks San Jose State out of possible tie for the conference crown.

The defeat also ended a three-game road winning streak in conference play. Tulsa racked up 465 yards in total offense against "the Spartans' porous defense, ranked last overall nationally. San Jose's Deonce Whitaker, the nation's third-leading rusher coming into the game, had 170 on the ground, but scored only once against a Tulsa defense ranked next to last against the run. Nevada 34, Rice 28: David Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. Derrick Ward scored on a 53-yard run as Fresno State beat Southern Methodist 14-7 Saturday night.

Ward, sidelinedformostofthis season by injuries after leading the Bulldogs in rushing last year, also had a 1-yard scoring run and finished with 79 yards rushing. Ward gained 875 yards last season, but had just 71 yards rushing for the year entering the game. Fresno State (6-4, 4-2 WAC) had to hold off a late SMU rally to extend its home winning streak to 15 games. Ward gave the Bulldogs the early lead, scoring on the 53-yard run on Fresno's third offensive play of the game. SMU (3-8, 2-5) drove inside Fresno State's 20 on the following possession, but saw a 35-yard field-goal attempt get blocked.

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