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Chicago Tribune, Sunday, October 20. 1991 Section 3 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Kansas shuts out Iowa St. eBh. gfm. Satm Baa Vm fjflfi mtSBm gill fH TTTIi Ol UltttsO JJcllllcl 1(1 vwAiii Iff mxIi Top 25 From Chicago Tribune wires Tony Sands set a school career touchdown record Saturday in Lawrence, as Kansas pounded mistake-prone Iowa State 41-0, the Jayhawks' first shutout in a decade and their most lopsided Big Eight victory since 1952.

The day started miserably and got worse for Iowa State (2-4, 0-2). The Cyclones fumbled the opening kickoff, had a punt blocked for a touchdown on their first possession and lost quarterback Chris Pedersen to injury on their second possession. AP Laserphoto Florida State's Edgar Bennet (22) gets a jolt from Middle Tennessee State's Jamie Redmond Saturday. How AP's Top 25 fared No. Team Reg ResuH Neirt Saturday 1.

Florida State 7-0 beat Middle Term. St. 39-10 at Louisiana St. 2. Miami 7-0 beat Long Beach State 55-0 at Arizona 3.

Washington 6-0 beat California 24-17 Oregon A Michigan 5-1 beat Indiana 24-16 at Minnesota 5. Notre Dame 6-1 beat Air Force 28-15 Southern Cal 6. Florida 6-1 beat Northern Illinois 41-10 at Auburn 112 7. California 5-1 lost to Washington 24-17 San Jose St. 6.

Tennessee 4-2 lost to Alabama 24-19 Memphis St. 112 9 Nebraska 5-1 beat Kansas State 39-31 Missouri 10. Penn State 6-2 beat Rutgers 37-17 West Virginia 11. N. Carolina St.

60 beat Marshall 15-14 at Clemson 12. Oklahoma 4-2 lost to Colorado 34-17 Kansas 13. Illinois 4-2 lost to Iowa 24-21 at Northwestern 14. Alabama 6-1 beat Tennessee 24-19 Mississippi St. 112 15.

Iowa 5-1 beat Illinois 24-21 at Purdue 16. Baylor 5-2 lost to Texas ASM 34-12 Texas Christian 17. Georgia 5-2 tost to Vanderbilt 27-25 Kentucky 18. Ohio State 5-1 beat Northwestern 34-3 Michigan St. 19.

Texas ASM 3-1 beat Baylor 34-12 Houston 20. Pittsburgh 5-2 tost to Syracuse 31-27 at East Carolina 21. Clemson 3-1-1 did not play North Carolina St. 22. Colorado 4-2 beat Oklahoma 34-17 at Kansas St.

23. East Carolina 5-1 did not play Pittsburgh 24. Syracuse 5-2 beat Pittsburgh 31-27 vs. Rutgers 25. Arizona State 4-2 tost to Washington St.

17-3 UCLA From Chicago Tribune wires Freshman quarterback Jay Barker admitted being a bit nervous as he entered the game for Alabama in the second half. It didn't show in his play or on the scoreboard. The inexperienced Barker quickly fained control of the offense as the 4th-ranked Crimson Tide scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns and went on to the 24-19 Southeastern Conference victory over No. 8 Tennessee in Birmingham, Ala. was the Vols' sixth straight loss to the Tide and its second SEC road defeat in as many weeks.

Alabama's Siran Stacy had two short scoring runs in the Barker-led spree, and Derrick Lassie added the third. The first half, like last year's game at Knoxvillc, was all defense and field goals. Coach Gene Stallings called on Barker midway through the third quarter, with the Tide down 6-3, after starter Danny Woodson went out with a pulled hamstring. "I had the jitters when I first went in," Barker said. "When we came to the sidelines after my first series, I told the offensive line, 'I have confidence in you.

You just have confidence in me." We knew their defense was tired." -Alabama (6-1, 3-1) and Tennessee (4-2, 2-2) had played seven quarters, back to 1990, without a touchdown when Stacy scored from the 1 and the 2 and Lassie from the 1. Tennessee then found the goal line as well, with Aaron Hayden scoring on runs of 1 and 8 yards. The win in the newly expanded Legion Field came before the largest crowd (86,293) to see a football game in Alabama. Colorado 34, Oklahoma 17: Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs was concerned about Colorado's passing game, and Darian Hagan showed why. iHagan, a premier option quarterback, completed 10 of 15 passes for 15,1 yards and threw three first-quar-tpr touchdown passes in leading No.

22 Colorado past the 12th-ranked Sdoncrs in Norman, Okla. 1t was Colorado's third straight victory over Oklahoma. Other than Nebraska, the last Big Eight team to do that was Kansas State (1925-27). Most people don't think we can throw the ball. That's where they rhake their mistake," said Hagan, who came in as the conference's top-rated passer.

"His play really was the dificr-ehce," Gibbs said. Hagan twice led the Buffaloes (4- Texas 34, Baylor 12: In Waco, Texas, No. 19 Texas (4-1, 2-0) rolled to a 27-point halftime lead behind quarterback Bucky Richardson and coasted to the Southwest Conference victory over 16th-ranked Baylor. Richardson's passing, running and receiving was too much for the Bears (5-2, 2-2). He ran for two touchdowns, passed for 182 yards and caught a pass that put the Aggies in position for another touchdown.

He had 42 yards rushing on seven carries. The defense sacked Baylor quarterback JJ. Joe six times. Vanderbilt 27, Georgia 25: Vanderbilt tailback Corey Harris picked up a teammate's fumble and raced 51 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and Georgia's Kanon Parkman missed two late field goals as Vanderbilt (2-5, 1-3) pulled off the SEC upset of the 17th-ranked Bulldogs (5-2, 3-2) in Nashville. Harris, who gained 169 yards on 24 carries, picked up a fumble by quarterback Marcus Wilson in the Commodores backfield and raced for the left sideline.

He cut back against the pursuit at the Georgia 40 and outraced safety Mike Jones to the end zone, erasing a 17-13 Georgia lead with 4:43 left in the third quarter. Syracuse 31, Pitt 27: David Walker's 1-yard scoring run with nine seconds to play, his fourth touchdown of the game, helped No. 24 Syracuse overcome six turnovers and an early 13-point deficit to beat host Pittsburgh. Alex Van Pelt threw for two touchdowns, including a 8-yarder to Eric Seaman, as 20th-ranked Pitt (5-2) opened up a 27-17 lead in the fourth quarter. But Syracuse (5-2) rallied with two Walker touchdown runs in the final 5:59.

North Carolina State (6-0) erased a nine-point deficit in the final three minutes in Raleigh, N.C. The winning strike was made possible when Damon Hartman's on-side kick was recovered by Sebastian Savage at the Marshall 48 "with one minute left. Bender threw four in-completions but got a reprieve when Marshall was called for being offside on fourth down. Bender hit Ledel George at the 34 for the first down and then found Davenport in the end zone. The catch ended Marshall's bid to beat the highest-ranked team it had ever faced.

"I'm lower than a well digger," coach Jim Donnan said. The Division I-AA Thundering Herd dropped to 4-2. 2, 2-0) on 99-yard touchdown drives as they won their 17th straight conference game and dislodged the Sooners (4-2, 1-1), who lost their second straight, as favorites to win the league title. Fla. St.

39, Mid. Term. 10: Casey Weldon (20 of 33) passed for 294 yards and two touchdowns, both to Shannon Baker, for top-ranked Florida State, which struggled early in Tallahassee, Fla. The Scminoles (7-0) extended the nation's longest winning streak to 13 games and kept coach Bobby Bowden's homecoming record perfect at 16-0. Middle Tennessee (4-2), ranked seventh in NCAA Division I-AA, held the Seminoles to a 20-10 halftime lead.

Middle Tennessee freshman Kelly Holcomb completed 20 of 28 passes (including a school-record 12 straight in one stretch) for 188 yards without an interception. Miami 55, Long Beach Punt returner Kevin Williams was all the offense second-ranked Miami needed on Saturday. Williams broke consecutive returns of 63 yards for a touchdown and 44 yards to the 1-foot line during a 28-point second quarter that helped the host Hurricanes hammer Long Beach State (1-6). Miami (6-0) scored four touchdowns in a seven-minute span without earning a first down. At halftime the Hurricanes had six first downs, five touchdowns and a 35-0 lead.

Nebraska 38, State 31: Derek Brown scored three touchdowns, but No. 9 Nebraska needed a goal-line stand in the final minute to escape with the Big Eight victory in Lincoln, Neb. It was the most points ever scored by Kansas State against Nebraska (5-1, 2-0), which entered its homecoming game favored by 35 points. The Wildcats (4-2, 1-1) played near-perfect football as quarterback Paul Watson hit 26 of 46 passes for 340 yards without an interception. But his final three pass attempts from the Nebraska 11 in the final minute went incomplete.

Brown gained 145 yards on 28 carries, his sixth straight 100-yard game. Perm St. 37, Rutgers 17: In State College, Tony Sacca threw for more than 200 yards for the fourth straight game and ran 20 but Florida led only 28-3 early in the fourth quarter. Shane Matthews threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns to pace the victory before a homecoming crowd of 83,708 at Florida Field. Touchdown runs by Errict Rhett and Willie McClendon gave Florida (6-1) a 14-0 lead five minutes into the game, but the Gators didn't score again until Matthews completed 4 of 5 passes during a second-quarter drive that produced Harrison Houston's 18-yard TD reception.

Willie Jackson's 32-yard catch upped the lead to 28-0 just before halftime. Despite finishing with 604 yards, the Florida offense sputtered much of the afternoon. "I know we threw for a lot of Illinois schools point was blocked and the Salukis went ahead 14-13 on a 59-yard run by Anthony Perry (160 yards on 22 carries) and John Bookout's extra-point kick. Then after Hart's TD run with 2:10 to go in the quarter, Chuck Fox ran for the two-point conversion to make it 21-14. E.

Illinois 37, Illinois St. 28 Jamie Jones rushed for 154 yards and one touchdown while Edson Castillo ran for 116 yards and two TDs in Charleston. Illinois State (4-3, 1-3 in the Gateway) got three touchdowns from Toby Davis (197 yards on 38 carries) on runs of 15 and 2 yards and a 15-yard pass from Adrian Wilson. Castillo put Eastern (3-4, 1-2) ahead 23-21 on a 5-yard run midway through the third quarter. On the first play after the touchdown, Tony Farrell recovered a fumble by Illinois State's Clarence Miller.

Two plays later, Jeff Thorne (16 of 25 for 230 yards) hit Martin Ellens on a 43-yard scoring pass to yards for a touchdown for No. 10 Penn State. O.J. McDuftle scored on a 55-yard punt return and caught a 55-yard pass to set up the go-ahead TD. Sacca completed only 13 of 28 for 220 yards but the passing game set up almost everything for Perm State (6-2), which snapped Rutgers' four-game winning streak and dropped the Scarlet Knights to 5-2.

The game was slowed by 31 penalties for 314 yards. Penn State was assessed 15 times for 151 yards and Rutgers 16 for 163. N.C. State 15, Marshall 14: Charles Davenport ran under a 34-yard touchdown pass from Geoff Bender in the back of the end zone with 24 seconds left as No. 11 yards 471, but this NIU team isn't very talented," Spurrier said.

"Overall, it was not a good performance." Meanwhile, Northern (1-6) had more success against the Florida defense than anyone imagined it would. Willy Roy's 42-yard field goal ruined the Gators' shutout with 14:04 left in the fourth quarter. Nine minutes later, the Huskies added a touchdown on Rob Rugai's 4-yard pass to Raymond Roberts. Adam Dach rushed for 74 yards on 21 carries for NIU, which gained 155 yards on the ground. "It was nice to have some success against one of the better run defenses in the country," Sadler said.

"Our guys have nothing to be ashamed of." Floods tStnilss but yfu jjs NIU Sixth-ranked Gators embarrass Spurrier with effort 4-B By then, it was 10-0 and Kansas 1-1) was on its way to its Midwest first shutout since beating Colorado 27-0 in 1981. The margin was the largest over a Big Eight opponent since a 43-0 conquest of Iowa State in 1952. Sands made it 17-0 with a 16-yard run. It was his 22nd career TD, surpassing the 21 by Laverne Smith in the mid-1970s. Missouri 41, Oklahoma St.

7 In Columbia, Phil Johnson threw four touchdown passes in the first half and Missouri beat Oklahoma State for the first time in eight games. Johnson tied a school record for TD throws and completed 17 of 31 for 260 yards with one interception. He also ran for 90 yards. The start is the worst for Oklahoma State since the Cowboys compiled the same 0-6 record 1963. They are 0-2 in the Big Eight.

Missouri (3-2-1, 1-1) piled up 487 total yards. Miami of Ohio 34, Ohio 0 Freshman Neil Dougherty (9 of. 16 for 135 yards) threw three TD passes in his first start in Oxford, Ohio. Dougherty threw a 42-yard TD pass to Bob Clark to put Miami (5-1-1, 3-0-1 in the MidAmerican Conference) in motion in the first quarter. Dougherty added a 5-yard TD pass to Jeremy Patterson in the second quarter, and completed the scoring with a 2-yard pass to James Patton.

Bowling Green 24, Toledo 21 Erik White (16 of 29 for 208 yards) hit Ryan McElroy on a 2-yard TD pass with 1:58 left in Bowling Green, Ohio. Toledo (2-3-1, 2-1-1 in the MAC) had the ball and a 21-16 lead with 3:03 left after Darren Anderson intercepted a White pass. But a clipping penalty gave the Rockets the ball at their own 6. They netted one yard on three plays, and their punt went only 13 yards as Bowling Green (6-1, 4-0) took over at the Toledo 20 with 2:26 left. Cent.

Michigan 23, Kent St. 7 Billy Smith ran for 111 yards and Jeff Bender passed for 213 for Central Michigan (4-1-3, 1-1-3 in the MAC) in Kent, Ohio. Kent State fell to 0-7, 0-4. Akron 28, Arkansas St. 23 Harold Robinson returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown and quarterback Jeff Sweitzer turned a fourth-quarter option play into 55-yard touchdown run for host Akron (3-4).

Roy Johnson passed for 173 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 107 yards and two TDs for Arkansas State (0-8). SW Missouri 68, Indiana St. 19 Eight Bears scored touchdowns for Southwest Missouri, which set a record for points scored in a Gateway Conference game and raised its record to in Springfield, Mo. Butler 22, Valparaiso 2 Butler (6-0), ranked fifth in Division II, got 207 yards on 41 carries and two TDs from Kevin Kimble in Valparaiso, Ind. scrimmage.

However, Chicago missed both extra points. Case-Western is 4-2, 2-1. Olivet Nazarene 48, IBC 19 Ranier Caldwell rushed for 234 yards and scored on runs of 34, 33 and 56 yards for Olivet (3-1-1) in Kankakee. Eureka 28, Lakeland 7 Derrick Harris had 132 yards on 23 carries and two TDs for Eureka (7-0, 4-0 in the Illini-Badger-Hawkeye Conference) in Sheboygan, Wis. Concordia.

Wis. 24, Concordia, 111. 5 In River Forest, Herb Pud-sack threw a 68-yard TD pass to Tim Lea and Gary Griffin had an 80-yard punt return for a TD for Concordia of Wisconsin (4-2, 3-1 in the Illini-Badger). Wartburg 41, Lake Forest 14 Bill Brown caught 14 passes for 177 yards in a losing cause in Waverly, Iowa. Greenville 77, Blackburn 0 In Carlinville, 111., Anthony Dodson's eight touchdown runs tied an NAIA Division II record held by three other players.

Dodson's longest run vas 50 yards. a i t'l'ium 1 -IT- AP Laserphoto fumbles Saturday after getting hit Thomas. Florida recovered. 1 fV'J 4 ii I Special to the Tribune GAINESVILLE, Fla. Northern Illinois coach Charlie Sadler was all smiles.

Our team played as hard as we have all year," he said Saturday, following the Huskies' game against sixth-ranked Florida. Flordia coach Steve Spurrier was fuming. "We looked stupid out there," said Spurrier, annoyed by 13 penal-tics. "1 told our coaches we must have looked like the worst-coached team in America. I was embarrassed to be coach of this bunch." And the winner is Florida 41, Northern Illinois 10.

What, you were expecting 80-0? Gator fans probably were, not to mention a few Huskie fans, SO- Western Illinois thwarts SIU comeback; Eastern topples ISU Stingy defense sparks Wheaton to 1st win over Augie since 1978 Northern Illinois' Stacey McKinney by Darren Mickell (left) and Harvey The Crusaders (4-1-1, 3-1-1 in, the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), who amassed 183 yards more on the ground (385) than Augie had allowed its first five opponents combined, controlled the ball in the fourth quarter for all but 48 seconds. Devin Leftwich rushed for 157 yards on 31 carries and a TD. Kermit Ellison added 2 TD runs, and quarterback Tim Tully ran for 130 yards and two scores and passed for 104 more yards. Augustana (5-1, 4-1) had shut out its last four opponents. lege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Junior Chris Bisallion caught a 14-yard TD pass, giving him 38 career TD receptions, one shy of the Division III record. North Central is 3-4, 2-4. Carroll 28Elmhurst 20 Jack Lamb completed 32 of 75 passes for 442 yards and two TDs for the Bluejays (1-5, 1-4 in the CCIW), but it wasn't enough to overcome a 4-yard TD run by Alfonso Morales and Morales' 24-yard TD catch for Carroll (3-3). Lamb hit Simeon Henderson with scoring passes of 36 and 5 yards, but threw four interceptions. Miliikin 34, Carthage 10 David Johnston carried 16 times for 97 yards and a TD for Miliikin (4-2 in CCIW) in Kenosha, Wis.

Aurora 35, North Park 14 Dan Dixon (108 yards on 16 carries) scored on runs of 5, 4, 23 and 11 yards for host Aurora (2-3-1). North Park fell to 0-6. Case-Western 16, Chicago 15 Mike Juby's quarterback sneak and kicker Larry Coyne's extra point with 7:51 left spoiled Chicago's centennial homecoming. Juby's TD capped a 61 -yard drive after Chicago (0-6, 0-3 in the University Athletic Association) had taken a 15-9 lead on a 30-yard run by Frank Baker (153 yards on 27 carries). Baker also scored on a 59-yard run orn- the first play from From Chicago Tribune wires Kevin Hart's 2-yard touchdown run put Western Illinois ahead late in the third quarter and Elzie Bar-nett's interception of a two-point conversion pass with 3 minutes 27 seconds left Saturday allowed the Leathernecks to hold on for a 21-20 victory over Southern Illinois in Macomb.

Western Illinois (5-1-1, 3-0), ranked 17th in the Division I-AA pd'll, finds itself alone atop the Ciateway Conference, while the Salukis fell to 5-3, 2-2. With Southern trailing 21-14, Brian Downey hit Justin Roebuck with a 13-yard touchdown pass to make it 21-20. The Salukis went ftr the win, but Downey's pass wis picked off in the end zone by Barnctt and Western was able to kill the clock. Powney opened the scoring with a' 20-yard pass to Jeff Johnson in the first period, but Don Simmons hit Lance Earl with a 7-yard TD pass in the second quarter as the half ended 7-7. in the third quarter, Jim Hagedorn ran 4 yards for a Leatherneck TD, but the extra Special to me Tribune The opportunity to beat Au-gustana doesn't happen very often.

For Wheaton College, it hadn't happened since 1978. So when the chance surfaced Saturday in Wheaton, with the Crusaders grabbing a 21-19 halftime lead, they weren't about to let it slip away. Wheaton held the Vikings to 16 yards and two first downs in the second half, and rolled to a surprising 42-19 victory over the third-ranked Division III team in the North Region. put Eastern up 30-21. Illinois Wesleyan 44, North Central 9 In Bloomington, 111., Maury Parker rushed for 138 yards and scored on runs of 47 and 33 yards as the Titans (5-0-1, 4-0-1) movedinto first place in the Col.