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A MCbon of tiff Sm Fimcuco Sunday EuniiMi and QiookW SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Sunday, September 2, 1990 C-S HI IKOICWHRAWl Cleiin -rains ftlten's nfebm By Rick Scoppe I ASSOCIATE!) PRESS 1 again." The loss was the worst in Long Beach State history, surpassing 53-point losses to Hawaii last year and to UCLA in 1988. The victory provided Ken Hatfield a successful debut at Clemson as the replacement for Danny Ford, who was forced to resign earlier in the year amid reports of wrongdoing in the program. The 59-point victory was the most lopsided for Clemson since the Tigers beat Presbyterian 66-0 in 1957. The victory before 72,500 at Death Valley may ease some of the skepticism by some Tiger fans whose loyalties were with Ford. But Hatfield was just happy to win his opening game, after failing to do so with Arkansas and Air Force.

"We couldnt have asked for a program going," Allen said The 49ers got no closer to the goal line than the Clemson 42-yard line and were held to 57 yards total offense, including minus-16 yards rushing. The Tigers had 418 yards, 330 on the ground. The Tiger offense was sluggish early, but the defense turned offensive when rover Arlington Nunn intercepted a pass by Todd Studer and raced 55 yards untouched for a 7-0 lead with 6:14 left in the opening quarter. The offense got into the act in the next series behind fullback Howard Hall. The 6-foot-l, 232-pound sophomore gained 40 yards in the 66-yard drive capped by Rodney Blunt's 3-yard touchdown run with 3:10 left.

better opening game," Hatfield said "I've been baptized now and it was a good baptism." Nothing Allen could pull out of his playbook worked ia his first 1 college game since 1956, when he coached at Whittier. The Tigers simply had too much talent for the 49ers. Two-i thirds of the 59 players who made ithe trip from Long Beach were playing against their first Division I-A opponent, and 21 (had never played in a college game. "Coach Hatfield told me after the game that we were outmanned but we knew that coming in," Allen said. "We didn't have to play to know that." i The 49ers played Clemson for Jhe money $250,000.

"We played this game to keep the IfiP clobber IWIIIlipil! Pacific mmm 3 -point opening gmmmmmsmmf'm quarter sets tone P2tfiv" mmmitmOm for No. 8 Tennessee WrS'WSftf W'. EXAMINER NEWS SERVICES Louisville quarterback Browning Nagle hands off to Curtis Lipsey but is ruled to be in grasp of San Jose State's Lyneil Mayo and the play is dead. ieipisvoltej play to silaiinidi CLEMSON, S.C. At 72, it doesn't seem like George Allen could have any new experiences, but the drubbing his Long Beach State team took at the hands of No.

10 Clemson was a first. "This is a new experience for me," said Allen, who never had a losing record in 14 years as a head coach in professional football. "I dont recall a loss like this. I hope I don't have to recall many more of them." All of Allen's mystique and knowledge was useless against the Tigers, which routed Long Beach State 59-0 on Saturday to ruin the coach's return to college football. "This is my first trip to Clemson," he said.

"I doubt if IU be back SOUTH Duke throttled in opener EXAMINER NEWS SERVICES COLUMBIA, S.C. Transfer Bobby Fuller threw for two scores in his South Carolina debut and the Gamecock defense throttled Duke's air attack in a 21-10 victory Saturday. Fuller had touchdown passes of 9 and 11 yards in the first half of the schools' season-opener. On a sweltering night, the Blue Devils had only 177 yards of offense, 121 of it through the air. The Blue Devils, co-champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1989, averaged 323 passing yards last season.

Kentucky 20, C. Michigan 17 LEXINGTON, Ky. Doug Pelfrey kicked a 32-yarder for his second field goal of the half Saturday to lift Kentucky to a comeback triumph in Bill Curry's coaching debut with the Wildcats, a victory over Central Michigan. Pelfrey hit from 50 yards midway through the third period to make the score 17-14, and with 12:23 to play again broke a tie. N.C.

St. 67, W. Carolina 0 RALEIGH, N.C. Tyrone Jackson and Aubrey Shaw led a punishing ground attack and North Carolina State's defense held Western Carolina without a first down to tie a national record as the Wolfpack rolled to a season-opening victory. The Wolfpack offense gained 400 yards on the ground to fall nine yards short of a school record.

On defense, Western Carolina never crossed midfield and didnt record a first down. Grambling 42, Alcorn St. 13 SHREVEPORT, La. Shawn Burras passed for three touchdowns and fullback Walter Dean ran for three more as Grambling State crushed Alcorn State, 42-13. Grambling built a 35-6 halftime lead and coasted, in the opening game for both teams.

It also opened Eddie Robinson's 48th season as Grambling's head coach. Robinson, who has won more games than any other college coach in history, improved his record to 359-125-15. Maryland 20, Va. Tech 13 COLLEGE PARK, Md. -Scott Zolak, a senior in his debut as a starter, threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Gene Thomas with 61 seconds left en route to a Maryland record for completions in a game and a victory over Virginia Tech in the opener for both teams.

Ark. St 24, Memphis St 24 MEMPHIS, Tenn. Larry Porter ran for 206 yards and three touchdowns to help Memphis State overcome seven turnovers and gain a tie with Arkansas State. Porter scored on runs of 53, 55 and 4 yards the last one tying the game with 4 minutes remaining. Memphis State rushed for 340 yards and threw for 125 more, but the Tigers suffered four interceptions and three fumbles.

N. Caro. 34, Miami (Ohio) 0 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Sophomore flanker Randall Felton returned a punt 54 yards for a touchdown and North Carolina took advantage of six Miami of Ohio turnovers to trounce the Redskins ASSOCIATED PRESS has a discouraging debut 59-0 loss. AREA SCHOOLS KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

Ten- nessee has probably played intras- quad scrimmages that were more competitive than Saturday night's 55-7 runaway against Pacific. "I am happy we won," Tennes- See coach Johnny Majors said. "It was obvious that we were the superior football team." After opening with a 31-31 tie against Colorado a week ago, the eighth-ranked Volunteers (1-0-1) got a breather in their home opener against Pacific (0-1). Tailback Chuck Webb's 8-yard touchdown run less than two min- utes into the game ignited a 31-point first period. That's matches the school record for points in an opening quarter.

Webb's opening score capped a 74-yard, four-play drive that took only 1 minute, 37 seconds. A few minutes later, Webb left the game with an injured right knee, having collected 25 yards on three carries. Santa Clara 21, Chico 19 CHICO Santa Clara's Jered Wagner batted away a potential -game-tying two-point conversion with no time left to preserve the Broncos' victory over Cal State Chico. Wildcats quarterback Rob Tomlinson hit Chad Olson with a 47-yard touchdown pass with one second left to bring Chico within 21-19. On the Wildcats' first two-point conversion attempt, Santa Clara was called for interference, moving Chico within a yard of the goal.

But Wagner stuck his hand out to knock down the second attempt. Hayward 35, Humboldt 20 HAYWARD Hayward State's Jeff Meese completed 17 of 21 passes for 189 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Pioneers past Humboldt State in the season and conference opener for both schools. Meese threw three first-half touchdown passes covering 19 and 62 yards to Damon Nails and 17 yards to Jesse Lopez. Meese connected with tight end James Jones on a two yard scoring pass with 5:33 left in the third quarter. Sac St.

22, W. Texas St. 9 SACRAMENTO Linebacker Anthony Anderson and safety Kei-lan Mathews combined to break up nine passes to lead Sacramento State to a victory over West Texas State. Anderson broke up five passes and intercepted a pass, leading an outstanding effort by the Hornets defense, which gave up 412 yards but held the Buffaloes six times on fourth down. Fullerton 38, Sonoma 24 SANTA ANA Reserve Reggie Yarbrough ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns to lead Cal State Fullerton to its first season- opening win sue years.

Long Beach State coacft George Allen ASSOCIATED PRESS senior from Monterey Peninsula College who did not play football last season) had much rhythm at that point." While San Jose's main objective in this game and next Saturday's at Washington is respect as a worthwhile Division I school, Louisivlle's goals are much loftier. Thus Schnellenberger, so splendid prior to the game, met the media outside his locker room with his tie undone, his jacket wilting, his face florid and his mood somber. "Blocking the field goal," he said, "took some of the terrible sting out of this tie game. Our offense probably played the most disjointed, sputtering attack we have had in a long, long time. San Jose's front seven continually befuddled and confused our attempt to protect the quarterback (Ail-American candidate, according to all that press stuff, Browning Nagle).

They just ran over us." Indeed, San Jose netted 315 yards to Louisville's 206 and San Jose's Ralph Martini more than held his own in the quarterback competition with 13-for-28 for 138 yards to Nagle's 12-for-24 for 138. wide open, high scoring offenses, it was pass interceptions by Washington State's Michael Wright and Chris Moton that buried the Horned Frogs in the final period. Wright stole a Leon Clay pass at his own 43 and returned it 48 yards to the TCU 9. Rich Swinton scored from a yard out four plays later. With TCU of the Southwest Conference holding a 3-0 lead on Jeff Wilkinson's 43-yard field goal, the Cougars turned an interception into a quick touchdown that started Washington State toward its fifth straight season-opening victory.

Montana 22, 0SU 15 CORVALLIS, Ore. Grady Bennett threw for two touchdowns, ran for a third and executed a perfect 65-yard quick kick as Montana beat Oregon State in the season opener for both schools. It was the first victory for the NCAA Division I-AA Grizzlies over the Division I Beavers in the 15 meetings of the two schools. 15. Hulking Louisville broke through to block.

Whistle. Holding on the defense! A second chance! De la Flor tried again as time expired, this time from 24 yards out, but 6-foot-5, 300-pound Ted Washington broke through to block again and at least save the Kentuckians from defeat 'I think after we scored in the first half," said the 44-year-old Shea, a San Jose assistant 1984-86 before joining Bruce Snyder's staff at Cal, "that's when our football team really started to believe, 'Hey, this football game can be "That was the big emotional hurdle that we had to overcome. And we did. And our team just continued to play and play and play until we had a chance to win it I think the heart of this football team is just more than words can describe right now." What happened on the two attempts at game-winning field goals? "The first kick was way too low, a line-drive kick," Shea explained. "The second kick, the timing was altered some because it was a high snap.

I dont think our kicker (a PACIFIC 10 WSU sails to victory in opener EXAMNEA NEWS SERVICES FORT WORTH, Texas -Quarterback Brad Gossen passed for 238 yards and two touchdowns as Washington State breezed to a 21-3 victory over Texas Christian in a non-conference game Saturday night Gossen staked the Pacific-10 Cougars to a 7-3 halftime lead with a 28-yard scoring pass to Clarence Williams and then made it 14-3 with a 3-yard, third-quarter touchdown toss to Shaumbe Wright-Fair. But in a contest featuring two to a program rocked by the unexpected firing of coach Claude Gilbert last spring and the selection of Shea off the Cal staff with spring practice all but completed. Louisville, on the other hand, has ambitions of playing in a postseason bowl game any bowl game and bidding eventually for the national championship. That's why Howard Schnellen-berger, former head coach of the Baltimore Colts and winner of a national title at the University of Miami, was hired six years ago. By halftime, with the score 7-7, it was apparent the lopsided Louisville victory that would impress poll voters would not happen.

The teams traded third-period field goals, a 37-yarder by San Jose's Raul De la Flor with 9:05 left in the period and a 19-yarder by Louisville's Klaus Wilsmeyer 5V4 minutes later. They traded punts for most of the final period, and it came down with 1:54 to San Jose possession on the Louisville 46 and victory still a possibility, even in the face of the pregame circumstances. With :02 to play, De la Flor lined up for a 32-yard attempt, from the 24-0 against Texas Christian in 1987. "The defense has got to be the strong point of our football team, particularly early, and they saved our bacon tonight," Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. Baylor, ninth nationally in total defense last season, held Nebraska out of the end zone until Baldwin scored on a 2-yard dive with 22 seconds left Baldwin celebrated his 21st birthday with a 92 yards on 14 carries.

Virginia 59, Kansas 10 LAW'RENCE, Kan. They knew it was going to be hot but the Cavaliers had no idea of the Mid-, western oven that awaited them in Kansas. "I'm ready to go back. This was terrible," said quarterback Shawn Moore, who threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in leading the 15th-ranked Cavaliers to a rout of Kansas. Kansas officials said temperatures on the new artificial-turf field reached 130 degrees.

Favored visitors block Spartans' last-second FG try By Merv Harris Cf THE EXAMINER STAFF SAN JOSE Louisville won the head coach's attire contest with San Jose State, a natty jacket and well-pressed slacks with power red tie to rumpled pants and a sweat flecked cotton polo shirt. Louisville won the game-week publicity barrage contest, 12 pounds Of preSS mmmmmmmmmmm guides and du Saturday's sew plicated media notices to a measly three pounds for San Jose. je- Where it counted, on the sco: board, Louisville was held to an upset, 10-10 tie Saturday night at Spartan Stadium before a crowd of 16,281. A tie was victory in a sense for new coach Terry Shea and his Spartans, trying to bring stability MIDWEST Nebraska gets past Baylor EXAMINER NEWS SERVICES LINCOLN, Neb. Gregg Barrios provided a pair of first-half field goals and Scott Baldwin ran for a last-minute touchdown as seventh-ranked Nebraska struggled past Baylor, 13-0, Saturday in a battle of two of the nation's top defenses.

Nebraska, eighth in the nation a year ago in fewest yards allowed, held Baylor to 164 yards and gave the Bears only two scoring opportunities. It was only the second time in 113 games that Baylor had been shut out The last time was.