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Michigan 3J1 Indiana 11 Oklahoma 38 Iowa Slate 0 Texas 27 SMU 21 fridge water 30 Wcstfitld St. 13 Ma.ss. Maritime 23 Worcester State 3 Tufts 35 Amherst 23 IVinerton 1 Harvard 3 35 Maine 19 Richmond 28 Rhode Island 11 Pittsburgh f0 Navy 11 Syracuse 27 Temple 21 Rutgers 35 Army 7 Penn 21 Yale 6 Cornell 10 Dartmouth 7 20 Nebraska 10 I liMa VV 25 Holy Cross 22 Ilrown 7 New Hampshire 21 Northeastern 21 She Boston (Slobc SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26. i NeiVS Section Scoreboard 83 Schools 52 1940 Ci-oa slops Nine-year Mountaineer curse is lifted on a day to remembei V. By Michael Vega Contributing Reporter MORGANTOWN, W.Va.

A year from now, certain Boston College football players will look back upon yesterday's 19-10 victory over West. Virginia and mark It on their calendars as a red-letter day. Troy Stradford will remember it as the day he set the BC career rushing record, rushing 96 yards to run his total to 2,812 53 more than the career mark run up by Mike Esposito from 1972 to '74. "Going into the game," Stradford said, "I definitely wanted to get It (the record). I only needed 43 yards, so I knew if I didn't get it then I was In for a bad day." i.

liebraska 1 son had a baby girl." The team surrounded Nickeson and chanted, "Nick. Nick. Nickeson. though, had little time to dole out "It's a Girl!" cigars to his teammates. He quickly was whisked away from Mountaineer Field by West Virginia state polled, who escorted him to the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport so he could rush back to Boston to be with his fam- iiy.

When did he hear? "The fourth quarter," Nickeson said. "I heard It in the fourth quarter when we were up by two points." BC, Page 78 A. wt '1 7 a OCii' eel SO year defensive end Rick Nickeson, although side-lined by a shoulder sprain, will commemorate the victory every year with another special celebration his daughter's birthday. Yesterday afternoon, Nlcke-son's wife, Kelly, gave birth to their first child. And after the game, Nickeson's new addition understandably took priority over good fortune.

When the players spilled into the locker room for a tumultuous celebration, receivers coach Barry Gallup jumped onto a table and brought order to the scene. In a hearse voice, Gallup shouted, "Men, great game. Don't forget Army next week. And Rick Nicke -f Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. Resorting to a little reverse psychology, Colorado coach Bill McCartney, who had hyped his team's rivalry with Nebraska the previous four years, downplayed the game this week, saying it didn't really qualify as a rivalry because of the discrepancy between the two programs.

It qualifies now. Thousands of Colorado students stormed the field and tore down bothgoal posts yesterday as the Buffa-Ines upset the No. 3 Cornhuskers, 20-10. It represented the first Colorado win over Nebraska since before many of the students were born, and the first Colorado win over the Huskers In Boulder since the Eisenhower administration. Jeff Campbell dashed 39 yards on a reverse for a touchdown and halfback O.C.

Oliver fired a 52-yard pass to Lance Carl for another as Colorado used trick plays and an aroused defense to chalk up the Big Eight victory. "This is a moment in our program we'll always cherish," said McCartney. "Up to this point 1 don't COLORADO. Page 80 1988 t.tl, Lv 1. A vx- is if k- as an Eagle (top), as a General i.

t' i I i 1 I He's signed up with the NFL, but Doug Flutie is there By Scan O'SuIlivan Contributing Reporter AKE FOREST. III. It Is La gray locker room. Not wall gray or floor gray or locker gray, but athlete gray. Everyone Is wearing Cray sweatshirts and gray sweats, the real athlete's uniform.

AH their Sunday best -the pads and the helmets are Just formal wear, the tuxedos of their profession. The real work Is done In gray. Especially on the Chicago Bears. Dong Flutie is not wearing gray today. In fact, it is as if someone were playing a deliberate Joke on him; his locker.

Is the first 'one yott -see as you come In, and he Is dressed in a bright red polo shirt and blue' cans. One of these pictures doesn't belong, as the old "Sesame Street" song goes. At least It doesn't belong yet. Welcome to Flutie '85 -'tlvs portion of 1986. anyway.

Like the "Airport" movies, he has a different edition every year. Flutie, the guy who barely got a collegiate scholarship. Flutie, the guy on the verge of national attention. Flutie, the guy throwing the pass In Miami and winning the Helsman. Flu-lie, the guy signing with the US Football League.

Flutie. the guy waiting for another chance to prove himself. And who wouldn't want to prove himself with the world champions, right? "If I were In Green Bay." Flutie says. "1 'would probably be happy with (he situation. But one player ran't turn a team around.

It's a much tetter situation here." Certainly It's great to be on a winner, but as head coach Mike Ditka says, "I think the chances of him starting this year are very remote." There is that eternal dilemma between being a big fish in a little Green Bay or being a little fish in a big' Chicago lake. The other problem is that this particular lake Is populated by a xenophobic species; strangers, especially unexpected strangers, are perceived as fust causing dangerous ripples. It all came to a head in the of Dong Flutie last week when top quarterback Jim spoke out against ihe Bear powers that be, pro- testing the midseason Intrusion and interpreting Flutle's presence as an attempt to motivate or Ire him. The Bears lost to Minnesota In the following game, and they blamed their performance on the "distractions" of the midweek. The word "distractions" Is used around these parts as frequently as Ace bandages In the trainer's room, and Bears blaming anything on "distractions" seems father absurd; wasn't last year's Ditka-Buddy Ryan feud lust one long distraction? Now, the Bears say, the distraction is over.

McMa-hon's lips are sealed for the it oinent, and management surely hopes they stay that There is, everyone says, just the matter of playing the SMrolt Lions this afternoon on Soldier Field. Flutie still Is here, however, TLUT1E, Page 71 Doug Flutie's football odyssey: Juiiddle), as a Bear (bottom). Not yet Brian Lowe, a soccer goalie for BC a year ago who walked on as a sophomore kicker, also will remember BC's first victory over the Mountaineers since 1977 (28-24) when he looks down at his right foot the one he used to kick a school record four field goals, including a pair of 41-yarders, to spot the Eagles to a 12-3 lead in the third quarter. He did it with the foot he Injured Tuesday In practice. "I didn't even know if 1 was going to be able to play In this game," Lowe said.

"I had a big bruise on the inside of my big toe and it had really swelled up, but It felt good today." Most Important of all, fifth- However, four of those five losses have come by a total of Just 11 points, and In all four games the Bills were leading entering the fourth quarter. What this means to Patriot coach Raymond Berry is that the Bills can trample you if you aren't careful. "What that tells you is that they're a better football team than their, record," Berry said. "We know they are worthy of our respect." They also are worthy of at least, a little fear, because losing today hope to AT THE WIRE country at Peabody School Hank safe Will Penn State rolls, 23-3. Glolie staff photoGeorge Rizer Syracuse's Brian Ewert sprints to the finish in Big East cross Franklin Field.

Georgetown won the team title. Story, Page 79. United Press International TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Even a taskmaster like Joe Paterno had trouble finding fault with Penn State yesterday. Ray Perkins certainly couldn't.

Handing the Crimson Tide their most lopsided beating in a decade, the No. 5-ranked Nittany Lions used a superb defensive effort and three Massimo Manca field goals to trounce No. 2 Alabama, 23-3. D.J. Dozler and his heir apparent, sophomore Blair Thomas, each ran for a second-quarter touchdown, and the Penn State defense limited Alabama to Its lowest point total since 1980.

"Somebody would have to play awfully well to beat us," Paterno said. "It would take a really good football team to beat us right now. We're playing about as well as you can play. We're a good team, and we beat a good team." En route to their 18th consecutive regular-season triumph, the Nittany Lions shackled the top rushing attack in the Southeastern Conference and improved PENN STATE, Page 80 topples NBA is healthy Arlington, 32-7 and wealthy football, Pages 52-53 Bob Ryan, Page 73 Bullough's job UMass rallys past BU; with Buffalo UNH outktcks NU McDonough, Page 70 Page 74 veto these atriois By Ron Borges Globe Staff ORCHARD PARK. N.Y.

It is midterm for the New England Patriots today, and the grade they get. against the Buffalo Bills may be as important as any they have received since the season began. New England (4-3) Is facing the least enviable of situations this afternoon. It Is playing an opponent everyone believes it should dominate, because while the Bills may have Jim Kelly at quarterback, they also have a 2-5 record. would create a most difficult road for the Patriots to traverse in the second half of the season.

The New York Jets (6-1) currently lead the AFC East' by two games, and don't appear to tie in danger of having that lead diminished when they play the New Orleans Saints today at the Meadow-lands. Thus, New England must keep pace against a team everyone in football knows is on the verge of breaking out and beating someone with a reputation. "We needed the win we got last week (over Indianapolis)," Bills' coach Hank Bullough said. "We'd been playing hard and losing it at the end. When you finally win you see the fruits of all your hard work.

"Kelly wants to win right now and so do I. And we've been in games we could have won right now, but we needed a little more to get over the hump." Bullough is beginning to believe he's got It with Kelly (whose nine touchdown passes equal Buffalo's total of a year ago) and an PATRIOTS, Page 70 1.