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SPORTS news DAILY Sunday, November 22, 1992 22 3 ru INT at :00 saves tie for Buckeyes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS. Ohio Walter Taylor intercepted a last-ditch Michigan pass at the Ohio State 16 after time had expired, ending the Wolverines" final threat as the 17th-ranked Buckeyes salvaged a 13-13 Big Ten tie. Kirk Herbstreit 5-yard touchdown pass to Greg Beat-ty and Tim Williams" extra-point kick tied the score with 4.24 left. Both teams disdained opportunities to go for the win over the closing minutes. Ohio State (8-2-1.

5-2-1 Big Ten) punted the ball away when faced with fourth and five at the Michigan 49 with 1:12 left. Michigan (8-0-3. 6-0-2) took over after the punt at its 9 with 1.03 left and allowed the clock to run on two rushing plays. The Wolverines, who had won the last four meetings in this series, ran on their first four plays of the series before backup quarterback Todd Collins threw a long incompletion and then AHEAD OF PACK: Ohio State's Robert Smith races around left end to evade Michigan defenders. ap the interception to Taylor on another desperation pass.

Tennessee 34, Kentucky 13 KNOXVILLE The No. 20 Volunteers (7-3, 4-3 SEC) gave coach Johnny Majors a victory in his final home game, crunching out 534 yards 138 of them (and a TD) from Charlie Garner. Majors, leaving as coach after 16 years because the university wouldn't renew his contract, was carried to mid-field on his players shoulders at game's end as the scoreboard flashed "Thanks Coach." Florida 41, Vanderbilt 21 NASHVILLE Shane Matthews who broke the league mark for career TDs (69), previously held by LSU's Tommy Hodson threw for three touchdowns Nos. 68, 69 and 70 and 343 yards as the No. 9 Gators (8-2, 6-2) beat Vanderbilt to set up the Southeastern Conference's first championship game (Dec.

5 against Alabama). Vanderbilt (4-6, 2-5) opened the second half with an 80-yard drive capped by Marcus Wilson's 4-yard TD dive to pull to 21-14. But Florida came back with Matthews' third touchdown of the day, a 36-yarder to Jack Jackson, for a 28-14 edge with 5.24 left in the third quarter. The Gators led 31-14 three minutes later after Judd Davis' first career field goal, a 46-yarder. North Carolina 31, Duke 28 DURHAM, N.C.

Mike Thomas hit Bucky Brooks on a 20-yard scoring pass with 2:06 left as the No. 21 Tar Heels (8-3, 5-3) rallied for the ACC victory to closing out their best regular season since 1983 and all but lock up a Peach Bowl bid. NC St. 42, Wake Forest 14 RALEIGH, N.C. Terry Jordan threw two TD passes and Greg Manior ran for two scores as the No.

13 Wolfpack matched its most successful regular season ever (9-2-1, 6-2 ACC) with a victory over No. 25 Wake Forest. N.C. State secured second place in the ACC, enhancing its chances at a game in the bowl coalition. Six bowl scouts, including those from the Orange, Fiesta and Gator, attended the game.

It was a bitter ending for Demon Deacons coach Bill Dooley, who concluded his coaching career on the same field where it began, Carter-h Finley Stadium. He fared the same as he did Jbapk.iq'1967. when his Nor.th team lost, 13-7-, ,7, Columbia's gii new tdnd of streak THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Des Werthman, Columbia's senior linebacker, rushed for 114 yards and scored three touchdowns as the Lions beat Brown, 34-28, yesterday for their first two-game winning streak since 1978. Werthman scored on a 21-yard run in the third quarter and twice in the fourth on runs of 1 and 11 yards as the Lions erased a 7-6 halftime deficit Columbia (3-7, 2-5 Ivy) finished with its best record since 1978, when it was 3-5-1. The Lions, who beat Cornell, 35-30, last week, hadn't won consecutive league games since the end of the 1972 season and the start of 1973.

Columbia quarterback Chad Andrzejewski ran 8 yards in the first quarter to give the Lions a 6-0 lead. But Brett Brpwns run. in the second quarter, gave the Bruins their halfiirnq THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chuckie Dukes rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns and Glenn Foley threw for two more TDs as No. 19 Boston College rebounded from two straight losses and beat Army, 41-24, yesterday at West Point. For the Cadets (4-6), it was their 16th loss in the last 18 games against the Eagles (8-2-1), but they made it interesting for over three quarters.

Trailing 21-7 at halftime, Akili King gave Army some life when he scored on an 18-yard run with 11:37 left in the third quarter. But the Eagles, reeling from losses to Notre Dame and Syracuse, responded with a 79-yard drive that took 4:59 and ultimately decided the game. Foley, who completed 21 of 38 passes for 311 yards, completed an 11-yard pass to tight end Pete Mitchell on third-and-5 to keep the drive alive, and Dukes capped it with' a 12 yard TD run with 'left in the third Patmon Malcom kicked a' 1 '30va id field goal with 1:57 left in the third to pull Army within 28-17, but Foley hit Ivan Boyd with a short screen pass and he ran it in from the 46 with 7:10 left. Rick Roper completed the scoring for Army with a 13-yard pass to Akili King with 3:40 left. Army got the ball right back on an onside kick, but the Cadets were called for offsides and BC recovered the next try.

Dukes scored on a 2-yard run with three seconds left for the Eagles, who are headed for the Hall of Fame Bowl. The Eagles began the game looking like the team that had lost two straight, not the one ranked No. 9 at the beginning of November. The defense held Army in check, holding the Cadets without a first down throughout the first quarter. But despite excellent field position, BC managed only one TD.

Justice Smith's 23-yard run gave the Eagles a 7-0 lead, but Army struck quickly. King's 6-yard run on the first play of the' second 'quarter" gave the Cadets their first, down. Kevin Vaughn broke free at the line on the next play and raced 54 yards for a TD to tie it. Foley took advantage of the Cadets' anemic pass rush and picked apart the secondary as BC took a 21-7 halftime lead. Rutgers 35, Temple 10 PHILADELPHIA Craig Mitter ran for two touchdowns and Rutgers kept its bowl hopes alive in Temple's 10th straight loss, Jerry Berndt's final game as coach.

Rutgers (7-4, 4-2 Big East) took control with two second-quarter touchdowns, freshman Ray Lucas driving the Scarlet Knights 62 yards through the air before Mitter scored from the 5, then scoring himself on a 5-yard keeper for a 14-0 halftime lead. The Owls (1-10, 0-6) finished their first winless season since moving to Veterans Stadium in 1976. Berndt, officially notified Wednesday that he would not return for the final season of his five-year contract, was 11-33 at Temple with only one winning season (7-4 in 1990). nciJqo fcmsdy.d iras.