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The Manhattan Mercury SECTION Sunday, October 5, 1997 B3 FSU blanks Miami; Buckeyes stop Banks K-State (4) Continued from Page Bl" Washington in 1991. In its 29 straight wins over K-State, Nebraska has out-scored K-State Only three of those games have been decided by fewer than 10 points. Nebraska's string of 29 straight wins over K-State is bet-tered only by Notre Dame's streak of33 consecutive wins over Navy in an uninterrupted series. NU has now won 39 home games in a row and sold out 217 consecutive games. Saturday's attendance was 75,856.

NU's Ahman Green had 193 yards and fourTDs. Itmarkedthefirsttimeaplayer rushed for four TDs against the 'Cats sinceTommie Frazier did so in 1992 in the KSU-NU game played in Tokyo. In the last nine games, NU has rushed for an average of328 yards compared to KSU's 48. Those games have been decided by an average score of 43-17. In attendance were bowl scouts from the Orange and Fiesta.

At kickoff at 6 p.m., conditions were 83-degrees with winds out of the southwest at 14-16. Big 12 Standings North early in the second half, as No. 6 Michigan beat Indiana 37-0. Michigan (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) attacked Indiana's vulnerable defense with four 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. 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.

No. 7 Ohio St. 23, No. 11 Iowa 7 COLUMBUS, Ohio Andy Katzenmoyer intercepted a fourth-quarter pass and No. 7 Ohio State shut down Tavian Banks and No.

11 Iowa's high-powered offense for a 23-7 victory. Katzenmoyer even switched from linebacker to fullback to throw a big block on Michael Wiley's 1-yard TD run. Wiley scored twice for the Buckeyes (5-0) in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Iowa (4-1) came into the game averaging 568 yards, 310 rushing, and 55.3 points. But with Katzenmoyer piling up nine solo tackles, the Hawkeyes mustered just 106 yards rushing and 308 overall.

Iowa didn't top 250 yards until going to a hurry-up offense in the waning minutes with the game out of reach. Banks, leading the nation in rushing (209 yards a game) and scoring with 13 touchdowns in four games, never got untracked. He came in averaging 9.1 yards a carry but finished with 84 on 22 carries. Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State handed Miami its worst loss since World War II, routing the Hurricanes 47-0 Saturday as freshman Travis Minor scored Jwo touchdowns and Thad Busby passed for two more.

Miami, which won four national titles between 1983 and 1991, has lost four straight for the first time since 1977. The Hurricanes (1-4) have lost three straight to No. 4 Florida State (4-0) and it was their worst loss since a 70-14 defeat in 1944 to Texas Miami's offense was almost invisible against a swarming Florida State defense thatturned in its first shutout against the Hurricanes in 33 years. The shutout was preserved in the final two minutes when Samari Rolle intercepted Scott Covington's pass inside the Florida State 10. Rolle, who had an interception earlier in the game, has picked off passes against the Hurricanes for three consecutive years.

The Seminoles defense, ranked second nationally, allowed only eight first downs and 131 yards. No. 1 Florida 56, Arkansas 7 GAINESVILLE, Fla. No. 1 Florida finally got a complete defensive performance, and Doug Johnson threw for three touchdowns in a 56-7 victory over Arkansas.

The Gators (5-0, 3-0 SEC) had this one wrapped up when Bo Carroll returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown and the defense held Arkansas to only one first down until its final possesion of the first half. Clint Stoerner gave Arkansas Kansas 2-0 4-1 Nebraska 1-0 4-0 Missouri 1-1 3-2 Kansas State 0-1 3-1 Colorado 0-1 2-2 Iowa State 0-2 0-5 South Oklahoma State 2-0 54 Texas 1-0 4-0 Texas Tech 1-0 2-2 Texas 0-1 2-2 Oklahoma 0-1 2-3 Baylor 0-1 1-3 Seattle avoids sweep; Associated Press by a host of Ohio State defenders. Penn State (4-0), playing for the first time since being supplanted at the top of the AP poll by Florida, ran its winning streak to nine games, longest in Division I-A. Illinois (0-5, 0-2) suffered its 11th consecutive defeat. The Illi-ni last won on Oct.

5, 1996. No. 6 Michigan 37, Indiana 0 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Brian Griese passed for 204 yards and one touchdown, before leaving Yanks take Indians to the brink of elimination. Fittingly, a Jacobs Field-record crowd of 45,274 was on hand to watch Cleveland's old nemesis turn the place into "The House That Paul Boomer Built." David Wells pitched a five-hitter to win a duel of contrasting pitching styles and personalities, and Paul O'Neill provided the bombing with the first Yankees postseason grand slam in 33 years.

The Indians must now win two straight games against the team that is 16-5 at Jacobs Field since Huskers L) Continued from Page Bl i 'Game over. After the Cornhuskers opened with a 10-play, 80-yard drive cappedbyGreen's25-yardburstup the middle for a score, K-State answered with an Eric Hickson 3ive into the end zone, however, is when the 'Cats went haywire, specifically with special teams that were anything but special. Overall, Snyder said of the special teams, "It was a pretty shoddy performance." Point-after holder Garcia bob-bled the snap. NU7.KSU6. kA roughing the kicker penalty against Keith Black kept alive an NU drive that resulted in a 31-yard Kris Brown field goal.

NU10.KSU6. An Eric Warfield interception set up a 32-yard field goal by Brown. NU13.KSU6. 'Bobby Newcombe returned a punt 28 yards setting up a 43-yard drive. Scott Frost converted a 4th anld 2 play with a six-yard run and eventually scored from the four on a QB option.

NU20.KSU6. The 'Cats survived another dropped punt that the 'Huskers recovered, but could not turn into points at the close of the first half. i After K-State went 61 yards on its initial series, the Wildcats netted just 24 more yards the rest of the half on 17 snaps. For the game, K-State bruised the 'Cats for 473 yards 379 rushing and 94 passing while K-State gained 260 with 93 of those coming hi the fourth quarter. To Snyder, that was important "Not so much the scoring points," Snyder said, "but the competing and finding the character of this football team." Back on Tuesday, Wildcat players were talking how a "perfect gajne" would be needed to end Streak." jC-State was anything but perfect asV'The Streak" hit 29 Nebraska wftis in a row." till, Osborne had praise for the "Cts: "They are going to win a lot oftgames and may not lose very mjnyjmore.

This is a nice hurdle to hare behind us." flow, K-State can do only as Snyder said earlier in the week: "You better look forward and not back." Jiutwhile Snyder said seldom do young people remember "yesterday," this loss is sure to stick with thmforawhile. Sooners pull upset in five JJORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma outlasted the Kansas State volleyball team in a two-hour, 50-nunute marathon Saturday niht, pulling off the upset in five games, 15-10, 13-15, 15-12, 13-15, 113, Jhe Sooners' success was in pyt due to senior outside hitter Psrtrice Arrington, who set Big 12 rejords with 40 kills and also had 27tiigs. JCansas State was plagued by its faflure to maintain big leads. Alter tying the match at one game apiece, the Wildcats opened the third game with a lead, but seven consecutive points put Oklahoma 12-11.

The Sooners won that gane 15-12. At times we played very good volleyball; we just couldn't sus-tafti it," Kansas State head coach Jii McLaughlin said. "It's not gobd enough to get ahead we have to finish games. I though we played hard the whole time, I just don't think we played real consistent." the Wildcats set a new school record with 115 digs. The previous hih of 113 digs had been against Wichita State on Oct.

24, 1989. Kansas State is 9-6 overall, but jut 1-3 in the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma is 8-6 and 2-2 in the conference. The Wildcats will return to action on Friday when they host BloratAhearnFieldhouse. (2) Continued from Page Bl third innings.

But he didn't allow a runner to reach from the fourth through the eighth, shutting down a team that had scored 18 runs in winning twice at the Kingdome. After Geronimo Berroa walked leading off the ninth, Heathcliff Slocumb relieved and Rafael Palmeiro singled. Cal Ripken popped out, J. Surhoff grounded out and Hammonds followed with his double, bringing the tying run to the plate. But pinch-hitter Harold Baines popped to short Huskers' defense snuffs out Wildcats' Iowa's Tavian Banks is wrapped up (3-2, 1-1) its only points with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Hubert Loudermilk.

The drive was set up when Travis McGriff fumbled a punt return. No. 2 Penn State 41, Illinois 6 CHAMPAIGN, 111. Mike McQueary passed for three touchdowns and Curtis Enis had his first 100-yard rushing game this year as No. 2 Penn State opened its Big Ten season by beating winless Illinois 41-6.

stop, ending Baltimore's comeback bid. Fassero's dominance took pressure off a bullpen that during the regular season had six of its 27 blown saves with him on the mound. That same bullpen had a 10.80 ERA in the first two games of the series. Yankees 6, Indians 1 CLEVELAND As usual, the Yankees gave Charles Nagy fits. As usual, the Bronx Bombers bombed the Cleveland Indians in Jacobs Field.

With a 6-1 victory in Game 3, the Yankees took a 2-1 lead in the AL division series and pushed the ception, five plays and punt and finally three-and-punt twice in the first half. The totals were 25 snaps for 85 yards, with 65 of those coming on the first drive. More first half numbers. On first down, the 'Cats moved 16 yards on nine snaps, and only two yards on nine second down chances. "Our first thing to do was stop the run, and when we did that, it opened the game up," Nebraska defensive back Eric Warfield said.

The second half wasn't any better, although the 'Cats piled on some yards when the Husker Waterboys got to see some action. When the first-stringBlackshirts were still in, Bishop was flushed Florida 56. Arkansas 7 Florida St. 47. Miami 0 Georgia 47, Mississippi St.O Georgia Southern 49, VM1 0 Guilford 25.

Davidson 22 Hampton U. 18. Florida 15 Kentucky 40. Alabama 34, OT LSU7, Vanderbilte Liberty41.Elon9 Maryland 16. Duke 10 McNeese St.

55. Arkansas Tech 7 Miami. Ohio 24. Virginia Tech 17-Middle Tenn 27. Jacksonville St.

16 Murray St 45, Tenn Martin 7 Carolina Tennessee St. 37 NichollsSl Richmond 17, Maine 14 S. Carolina St 34. Morgan St 27, OT South Florida 33, Morehead St 17 Southern Miss. 42, 24 Southern U.

27, Alabama St. 16 Tennessee31, Mississippi 17 Tennessee Tech 36, Austin Peay3 Tulane41, ArmyO Virginia 21, Wake Forest 13 W. Carolina 17. Furman 16 MIDWEST Akron 53. Cent Michigan 14 Bowling Green 35.

N. Illinois 10 Cent Florida 59. Kent 43 Cincinnati 20. Memphis 17 Dayton 42, Butlcr7 Drake 35, Wayne. Neb 17 E.

Illinois 32. SE Missouri 7 2-1 lead the place opened in 1994. Orel Hershiser, hit hard in the Game 1 loss at Yankee Stadium, takes the mound Sunday for Cleveland. Hershiser's opponent will be Dwight Gooden, 50 in five career starts against the Indians. The two squared off in Game 1 of the 1988 NL championship series when Hershiser was with the Dodgers, Gooden with the Mets and both were in their primes.

Wells was in complete command of the Indians. After beating them in Game 1 of the division series with Baltimore last year, Wells was masterful again. bly took a big step forward defensively," Husker coach Tom Osborne said. "When they throw it 24 times and complete only eight, you can't say they had a great day throwing the ball." K-State didn't have a great night running or passing the ball against Nebraska. Again.

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QB Scott Frost added 98 rushing yards and another 94 through the air. "We're having fun right now," said Frost "I think we're as good a te am as there is out there Bishop simply said, "They're a great ball team. They do what they need to do." As for Bishop, the Cornhuskers left impressed. "He's a great athlete with a tremendous future," said NU's Jason Peter. "He can run as well as any quarterback we've seen." While down, the Wildcats promise that they're not out "We've been here before," Weiner said.

"We know we can go out and play better in the following weeks." That starts next week when the Wildcats roll the dice against the Missouri Tigers in an 1150 kickoff at KSU Stadium. No Denattv for this delay! FIX3 HUM from the pocket on a regular basis, and at one point, threw six straight incompletions. Bishop finished the night eight-of-24 passing for 162 yards and two interceptions. As has been the case in previous K-State-Nebraska encounters, the 'Cats padded the stat sheet in the fourth quarter, scoring two touchdowns. But a sign of how non-existent the rushing attack was is that up until 90 seconds remained, Nebraska had more rushing yards on its first drive (80) than K-State did for the game (76).

Through three quarters, the 'Cats had rushed 30 times for 30 yards. "Our defense played well other than the first drive, and we proba Kansas 20. Oklahoma 17 Michigan 37. Indiana 0 Michigan St. 31, Minnesota 10 Missouri 45.

Iowa St. 21 N. Iowa 50. Illinois St 34 Nebraska 56. Kansas St 26 Ohio St 23, Iowa 7 Ohio 47, E.Michigan 7 Penn St 41, lllinois6 SW Missouri St 36.

Illinois 35 San Diego 55. Evansville20 W. Michigan 21. Ball St. 13 Wisconsin 26.

Northwestern 25 Youngslown S'. 31. Indiana St. 0 SOITIIWEST Ark -Pine Blufl 20. Alcorn St.

10 Oklahoma St 42, Texas 16 Rice 42. Tulsa 24 SW Louisiana 41. Arkansas St. 38 Texas Tech 35. Bavlnr 14 FAR WEST Air Force 17, Citadel 3 Colorado St 63.

Hawaii 0 Idaho 30. North Texas 17 Montana St 17. Washington 7 Oregon St 26. San Jose St 12 Stanford 33, Notre Dame 15 Texas 16. Colorado 10 VCl.A 66.

Houston 10 Illinois 45. (Hah 6 Washington 26. Arizona St 14 Washington St 24. Oregon 13 Wyoming 28. Montana 13 (3) Continued from Page Bl the field to open the game, K-State drove 65 yards in eight plays to make it 7-6.

The big plays were 19 and 46-yard passes from Bishop to Everett Burnett. The second set up Hickson's one-yard score. "We came out playing good," K-State's Todd Weiner said. "But we just didn't play well in any quarter." Following that drive, however, it was business as usual, as the Huskers' defense created havoc up front, allowing them to consequently cause havoc in the back-field. Following the opening drive, K-State went three-and-out, inter EAST Bentley45, LaSalleO Brown 45.

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Pa 13 New Hampshire 28, Massachusetts 10 New Haven 49, Monmouth, NJ.3 Northeastern 33, William Mary 12 Penn 14 Princeton 21, HolyCrossT Robert Morris 21, WagnerO St. John's, NY 35, St. Peters 14 Syracuse 56. East Carolina 0 Temple 17, Pittsburgh 13 Villanova 49, James Madison 17 West Virginia 48, Rutgers 0 SOUTH Ala -Birmingham 20, W. Kentucky 16 Auburn 23, South Carolina 6 Chattanooga 20, WofTord 17 Clemson 39, Texas El Paso 7 Delaware St.

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