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A lection of the San Fnncuco Sunday Examine? and Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Sunday, September 8. 1991 D-9 "IHU IFtoridla's aoratods it fi mm aura Ms to mwm -Wul'Li Quarterback ties school record with 5 scoring passes FROM EXAMINER STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS GAINESVILLE, Fla. Florida 'quarterback Shane Matthews threw a school-record tying five touchdowns in the first 2'a quarters as sixth-ranked Florida cruised to a 59-21 victory over San Jose State Sat- mmmmmm 22 and 37 yards from Matthews, the 1990 Southestern Conference player of the year. Despite a proficient passing game by Florida, San Jose State was hurt by numerous errors. The Spartans turned the ball over four times, on three fumbles and an interception, had a punt blocked, miscommunicated on three kickoff returns and were whistled for 13 penalties for 94 yards.

"I was disappointed in our decision-making early in the game. We didn't show a lot of maturity, specifically in our kicking game We can't play that said San Jose State coach Terry Shea. "I felt like we were moving the ball. I didn't realize Florida would dominate play. Our defense was battling a very short field.

Every time they got the ball back, it was a very short field. Maybe the game would have been the same result since they were so dominant offensively." Still, San Jose State was behind only 17-14 with 9:31 left in the first half following a 1-yard run by fullback Leon Hawthorne. But Florida scored touchdowns on its last four possessions of the second quarter to take a 45-14 half-time lead. Matthews threw for two touchdowns, 14 yards to Houston, who finished with four catches for 78 yards and three touchdowns, and 24 yards to Willie Jackson. Inside linebacker Carlton Miles intercepted a Matt Veatch pass and took it into the end zone from 11 yards.

Florida finished with 506 yard offensively. Veatch had a big day passing. -He completed 24 for 41 for a personal best of 388 yards and two touchdowns. Tight end Bryce Bur- nett had the first and third touchdowns on plays of 44 and 21 yards. "To be honest, we could have done more.

A split second here or there would have made a big difference. I'm surprised because they're a very talented team," said Veatch, who directed San Jose State to 471 yards of total offense. "Our coaches No. 6 Florida are: able to putt away from pass to Aubrey Hill. The first-half statistics were not nearly as lopsided as Florida's 45-14 lead would indicate.

The Gators held a 293-248 advantage in yardage, but San Jose State controlled the ball for 17 seconds to Florida's 12:52 and nearly matched Matthews' passing total (186 yards) with 184 yards. PAC-I0 iijJI.J.i MM I i' Mmer sets mark, by UCLA prevails I -i' Ohio State's Butler By'not'e is pursued by Arizona's Daryl Morrison (27) Running back Errict Rhett (33) and came up with a great game plan (offensively). They didn't show anything we weren't expecting." Matthews, who tied John Reaves' single-game school record of five TD passes, left the game midway through the third quarter after tossing a 17-yarder to Willie McClendon. His replacement, Brian Fox, threw a 54-yard scoring I.N I. M.I I l.L.l J- I-I 1.11.1.11111,11, III APHARRY E.

WALKER Sean Harris (49) on 52-yard carry. tion's longest losing streak to 13 games in Lubbock, Texas. Tech used a balanced ground and air attack in rolling up 371 yards of offense against the out-manned Titans (0-2), whose last victory came against Division II Sonoma State in its opener last year. Tulsa 13, Oklahoma St. 7: Ron Jackson rushed for 149 yards in a ball-control offense that carried host Tulsa to victory.

T.J. Rubley threw a 12-yard touchdown to Brian Thompson and Eric Lange kicked field goals of 34 and 45 yards for the Golden Hurricane (2-0). Baylor 27, UTEP 7: Fullback Robert Strait scored on runs of 30 and 47 yards and rushed for 112 yards as Baylor overpowered Texas-El Paso in rainy Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. The Bears delighted a soaked crowd of 35,127 with a solid ground game in their season opener with the Miners (1-1). 13.

TEXAS (0-1) lost to Mississippi State 13-6. Next: vs. No. 18 Auburn, Saturday, Sept. 21.

14. NEBRASKA (1-0) beat Utah State, 59-28. Next: vs. Colorado State, Saturday. 13.

IOWA (1-0) beat Hawaii, 53-10. Next: at Iowa State, Saturday. 16. SOUTHERN CAL (0-1) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 5 Penn State, Saturday. 17. GEORGIA TECH (0-1) did not play. Next: at Boston College, Saturday.

18. AUBURN (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. Mississippi. Saturday.

19. MICHIGAN STATE (0-0) did not play. Next: vs. Central Michigan, Saturday. 20.

ALABAMA (1-0) beat Temple, 41-3. Next: at No. 6 Florida, Saturday. 21. TEXAS (0-0) did not play.

Next: vs LSU, Saturday. 22. OHIO STATE (1-0) beat Arizona, 38-14. Next: vs. Louisville, Saturday.

23. UCLA (1-0) beat No. 25 Brigham Young, 27-23. Next: at No. 11 Tennessee, Saturday.

24. SYRACUSE (1-0) beat Vander-bilt, 37-10. Next: at Maryland, Saturday, 25. BYU (0-2) lost to No. 23 UCLA, 27-23.

Next: at No. 5 Penn State, Saturday, Sept. 21. SOUTHWEST Arkansas capitalizes on SIV2U turnovers urday. The Gators, playing' before 83,067 fans, the Saturday' cor largest crowd ever to see an outdoor sporting event in the state and by more than the largest ever to watch a San Jose State game, scored the 'first two times they had the ball.

'Wide receiver Harrison Houston, who had only four receptions last year scored twice in the first four minutes of the game on passes of FAR WEST Hagan ignites Colorado Quarterback helps whip Wyoming on punt return, passing ASSOCIATED PRESS BOULDER, Colo. Darian Hagan jump-started a sputtering offense by unusual means the pass and the punt return to help No. 12 Polorado open defense of its national championship with a 30-13 victory over Wyoming Saturday night. Colorado was clinging to a precarious 16-13 lead when Hagan, three-season veteran quarterback returning punts for the first time in his college career, had runs of 37 and 30 yards in the fourth quarter. The second return set up Hagan's 17-yard scoring pass to wingback Mark Henry with 6:52 to play.

Moments later, Wyoming quarterback Tom Corontzos, who was sacked nine times, fumbled when hit behind the line of scrimmage by linebacker Chad Brown, and Brown recovered at the Wyoming 32. Hagan passed 21 yards to Rico Smith, and freshman tailback Kent covered the final 11 yards in two rushing plays. Fresno State 55, Northern Illinois 7: Mark Barsotti threw for three touchdowns and rushed for two to lead host Fresno State. The victory extended Fresno State's home unbeaten streak to 24 games and avenged a 73-18 loss at Northern Illinois last season. Air Force 31, Colorado State 26: Rob Perez, the Air Force's senior quarterback, threw only seven times and completed but two of them.

But both completions went for touchdowns in the third quarter as the Falcons rallied from a halftime deficit to down Colorado State in a Western Athletic Conference game in Fort Collins, Colo. The victory was Air Force's second of the year and the Falcons' first in WAC play. Nevada 50, UNLV8: Joe King tied a school record with three touchdown catches to lead the University of Nevada to its 15th straight home victory, a 50-8 rout ofUNLV. Fred Gatlin threw for 293 yards and the three TDs to King as Nevada, due to join its intrastate rival in the Big West Conference next year, outgained UNLV, 543-118, including 412-72 in the air. Chris Vargas relieved Gatlin with seven minutes left in the third quarter and threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to former Oceana High of Pacifica star Wade Hampton.

Vargas added a 10-yard touchdown with seven minutes left in the game to give Nevada a 50-0 lead. The attendance, 24,123 at Mackay Stadium, was the largest ever at a game hosted by a Big Sky Conference team. APCHRIS O'MEARA Dee Grayer and San Jose State. The opening-day crowd broke the school home attendance record of 75,459 set against Auburn last year. It also shattered the previous state mark of 82,91 1 established by Clemspn and West Virginia in the' 1989 Gator Bowl.

The Spartans know they've got a lot left to do before next Saturday's game at Minnesota. in the second half to gain 105 yards on seven carries, including a 39-yard touchdown before the largest crowd in Ohio Stadium history. "We knew coming into their backyard it was going to be tough," Arizona coach Dick Tomey said. "You could make a million excuses, but I'd rather give them credit. 1 here were some big cracks in the line.

They had some good runs, and some (holes) that anyone could have run through." Arizona had drawn to 17-14 midway through the third quarter, then took possession at the Buckeyes 38 after a punt. But on first down, quarterback George Malau-ulu fumbled and Ohio State's Mark Williams recovered. The Buckeyes then scored the next 21 points to put the game out of reach. Ohio Stadium, built in 1922, was expanded by almost 5,000 seats in the south grandstand this summer. The crowd of 92,743 eclipsed the previous mark of 90,970 set in 1988 against Purdue.

Utah 22, Oregon State 10: Frank Dolce passed for one touchdown and Keith Williams ran for another to lead visiting Utah past mistake-prone Oregon State in Corvallis. Dolce completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards and threw two interceptions for the Utes (2-0). Chris Yergensen kicked three field goals for Utah. The loss spoiled the debut of Oregon State coach Jerry Petti-bone. Oregon State couldn't get Petti-bone's wishbone-style spread option offense untracked.

The Beavers fumbled 11 times, losing five. Utah led 12-7 at halftime and Yergensen's 47-yard field goal made it 15-7 with 8:51 to play in the third quarter. Oregon State pulled to within 15-10 on Jamie Burke's 47-yard field goal with 2:41 left in the quarter. Utah salted the game away on Williams' 2-yard run with 7:19 to play. Oregon 40, Washington St.

14: Sean Burwell rushed for a career-high 189 yards and the Oregon defense harassed quarterback Drew Bledsoe all afternoon as the Ducks opened their season with a win in Eugene, Ore. Freshman Danny O'Neil threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Oregon won its 10th straight home game. The Ducks intercepted three of Bledsoe's passes and sacked the 6-foot-5 sophomore six times. Eric Castle had two interceptions in the Ducks' 21-point third quarter, returning one 39 yards for a touchdown and setting up another Oregon score with a 30-yard return to the Washington State 3. Washington State, which lost its fifth in a row dating back to last season, scored first on a 22-yard pass from Bledsoe to a wide-open y1 1 1 ft uavis oareiy lour minutes into the game.

I Jl JU TCU 60, New Mexico 7: Leon Clay passed for 253 yards and four touchdowns as Texas Christian breezed past New Mexico in a season-opening victory at Fort Worth. Clay, at the controls of the Horned Frogs' triple-shoot offense, burned New Mexico (0-2) with scoring passes of 30 and 26 yards to Kyle McPherson as TCU took a 38-0 halftime lead. Clay, a junior, was 18-for-28 with no interceptions. He connected on nine straight passes before departing with the Horned Frogs leading, 51-0. Texas Tech 41, CS-Fullerton 7: Jamie Gill threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another score as Texas Tech defeated Cal State Fullerton to extend the na How the top 26 teams in the Associated Press' college football poll fared Saturday: 1.

FLORIDA STATE (2-0) beat Tulane, 38-1 1. Next: vs. Western Michigan, Saturday. 2. MICHIGAN (1-0) beat Boston College, 35-13.

Next: vs. No. 7 Notre Dame, Saturday. 3. MIAMI (1-0) did not play.

Next: vs No. 10 Houston, Thursday. 4. WASHINGTON (1-0) beat Stanford, 42-7. Next: at No.

14 Nebraska, Saturday, Sept. 21 5. PENN STATE (2-0) beat Cincinnati, 81-0. Next: vs. No.

16 Southern Cal, Saturday. 6. FLORIDA (1-0) beat San Jose State, 59-21. Next: vs. No.

20 Alabama, Saturday 7. NOTRE DAME (1-0) beat Indiana, 49-27. Next: at No. 2 Michigan, Saturday. 8.

CLEMSON (1-0) beat Appalachian State, 34-0. Next: vs. Temple, Saturday, Sept. 21. 9.

Oklahoma (O-O) did not play. Next: vs. North Texas, Saturday. 10. Houston (1-0) did not play.

Next: at No. 3 Miami, Thursday. 1 1. TENNESSEE (1-0) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 23 UCLA, Saturday. 12. COLORADO (0-0) beat Wyoming, 30-13. Next: vs.

Baylor, Saturday. and BYU QB breaks NCAA career passing record ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer won the statistical battle. Tommy Maddox and 23rd-ranked UCLA held off Brigham Young in the fourth quarter to win the game. Maddox passed for 263 yards and two touchdowns and oft-injured running back Kevin Williams gained a career-high 132 yards on 13 carries Saturday night as the Bruins nipped the 25th-ranked Cougars, 27-23. Detmer completed 29 of 46 passes for 377 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, breaking the NCAA career record for passing yardage.

He pushed it to 11,606 yards in surpassing the mark of 11,425 set by Todd Santos of San Diego State from 1984-87. "It's nice to have a win like that," UCLA coach Terry Donahue said. "It was a nice opening game for our team and it's certainly going to help our confidence." Maddox, a sophomore considered one of the nation's top quarterbacks, completed 16 of 24 passes with one interception for the Bruins, who are trying to rebound from the school's first consecutive losing seasons in 27 years. Williams, a junior whose career has been interrupted several times by injuries, scored the game's final touchdown on a 1-yard run with 14:14 remaining and the UCLA defense held off the Cougars after that. "It was now or never for him," Donahue said of Williams.

"He had his back to the wall. When human beings get in that situation, often they prevail." Williams expressed elation afterwards. "A lot of people counted me out, I saw that as motivation," he said. "I haven't felt this good in a long time." Ohio State 38, Arizona 14: Coach John Cooper would have taken any kind of victory, so there wasn't any quibbling with the way his team ground down Arizona in Columbus. "The understatement of the day is I'm happy to come out of there with a victory," Cooper said.

"I want to promise you, I would have taken a one-point victory coming into the ballgame." But a punishing running game and a solid defense provided a lot more. The Buckeyes rushed for 325 yards in 68 attempts, their highest one-game rushing total in two years, led by Butler By'not'e's 189 yards on 26 carries. It was the top rushing total for an Ohio State back in seven years. After By'not'e rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown in the first half, fullback Jeff Cothran came on Five interceptions help Razorbacks open with victory ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Michael James returned a punt 56 yards to set up Arkansas' first touchdown of the season and had one of the Razorbacks five interceptions in a 17-6 victory over Southern Methodist Saturday night.

The Mustangs, seeking their first Southwest Conference victory since resuming play in 1989 following two years of NCAA-enforced inactivity, reached the Arkansas 3, 14 and the 8 twice, but managed only two field goals by Russell Anderson. On the other two possessions, Mike Romo was intercepted by Curtis Banks and then Orlando Watters. SMU led, 3-0, when James fielded a third-quarter punt, got to the wall of blockers on the right side and raced down the sideline until being knocked down at the 12. Two plays later, Carlton Calvin scored from the 1 with 4:01 left for a 7-3 lead. Romo completed six straight passes for 66 yards as the Mustangs reached the Arkansas 8.

Banks hit Jason Wolf for no gain and then the Razorbacks' defense pressured Romo into throwing the ball away twice. Anderson's 25-yard field goal made it 7-6 early in the fourth quarter. Arkansas, routed 31-3 by Miami last week, then used eight straight running plays, including 13- and 19-yard gains by Tony Jeffery, to move to the Mustangs' 3. Todd Wright's 20-yard field goal made it 10-6..