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-v Sunday, November 7, 1999 The Sunday Rutland Herald College Football The Sunday Timed Argus Springfield delivers an early knockout for struggling Cadets New England Roundup Not so Happy Valley Minnesotas field goal on final play beats Penn State Ki By JOE LAPOINTE The New York Times STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Penn States visions of a national championship may have ended Saturday when the Minnesota Golden Gophers handed them a stunning 24-23 defeat before 967763 crestfallen fans. Minnesota won the game on the final play When Dan Nystrom kicked a 32-yard field goal into the wind as time expired. The postgame scene was surreal, with Penn State players sprawled, face down, on the field and Minnesota players dancing around them. The fans on this brisk, sunny day stood in the grandstands in a hush as the Penn State band took the field in a dejected, disorganized manner.

The Nittany Lions came into the game ranked second in all the polls, behind only Florida State. The top two teams in the country, according to the blended rankings of the Bowl Championship Series, will meet in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship. Now Penn State is 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten. Even a Rose Bowl appearance is no sure thing at thiB point. Minnesota is 3-3 in the conference and 6-3 overall.

The key play for the Golden Gophers on their winning drive was a pass by quarterback Billy Cockerham to Arland Bruce on fourth down and 16 yards to go that took the ball to Penn States 13-yard line with 78 seconds From Wire Services Springfield 28, Norwich 7 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Bob Sedlor rushed for 107 yards on six carries and scored two touchdowns to lead Springfield over Norwich 28-7 Saturday. Sedlor had touchdown runs of 36 and 57 yards and Joe Califano added a 4-yard touchdown run to give Springfield (4-5, 4-2) a 21-0 first quarter lead. Demetrius Dunns 17-yard touchdown run gave Springfield a 28-0 advantage at the half. Matt Nelsons 1-yard touchdown run put Norwich (4-5, 1-4) on the board in the third quarter.

Todd Martineau completed 16 of 28 passes for 118 yards for Norwich. Middlebury 27, Hamilton 23 Middlebury staged a furius fourth-quarter rally to stun Hamilton College, 27-23. The Paqthers scored three touchdowns in the last quarter, the final with 40 seconds to go in the game, for the victory. A 1- yard touchdown run from Mark Davis was the winning score. Columbia 21, Dartmouth 14 NEW YORK Quentin Unsworth blocked two punts and Joe Cook recovered a fumble in the final minute as Columbia defeated Dartmouth 21-14 Saturday.

Cook's fumble recovery on an errant pitch by Dartmouths Brian Mann at the Lions 27 enabled Columbia (3-5, 1-4) to run out the final 58 seconds. Dartmouth 1-7, 1 -4) had a chance to tie or win after Dan Piening intercepted a pass by Columbias Mike Glynn and returned it 40 yards to the Lions 25, but Manns pitch to tailback Reggie Belhomme bounced loose and Cook recovered. Columbia built a 21-0 lead midway through the third quarter, including twoTDs set up by llnsworths blocked punts. After Jeff McCalls 77-yard pass to Justin Meadlin gave the Lions a 7-0 lead in the second quarter, Unsworth blocked Wayne Schlobohm's punt and Columbia recovered at the Dartmouth 4. Three plays later, Glynn passed 3 yards to Armand Dawkins to make it 14-0.

In the third quarter, Unsworth again blocked Schlobohm's punt and Andy Boli returned it to the Dartmouth 6. Alter Columbia was called for holding, Johnathan Reese ran 14 yards up the middle to give the Lions a 21-0 lead with 12:43 remaining. Dartmouth scored twice in a span of 6:01 in the third quarter on Mann's 11-yard pas's to Bqb Bunn and Belhomme's 9-yard run. Columbias win was its first over Dartmouth in New York since 1971 and gave the Lions two straight victories over Dartmouth for the first time since 1946. AP Photo Minnesota freshman kicker Dan Nystrom celebrates with holder Ryan Rindels after kicking the game-winning field goal against Penn State with two seconds left in the game Saturday in State College, Pa.

Minnesota upset second-ranked Penn State 24-23. They play host to Michigan next week and visit Michigan State on Nov. 20 in the season final. The stature of the Penn State defense was acknowledged before the game with the announcement that two Nittany Lions, linebacker LaVar Arrington and defensive end Courtney Brown, are among the four candidates for the 1999 Lombardi Award, for the college foetball lineman of the year. The other two finalists are Corey Moore, a defensive end for Virginia Tech, and Corey Simon, a nose guard for Florida State.

remaining. The play went for 27 yards. The ball caromed off Ron Johnson and was caught by Bruce amid a crowd of defenders. Four plays later, the winning kick began with two seconds left on the clock. -It was Minnesotas third lead of the game.

Earlier, Minnesota went ahead for the second time when Cockerham "hooked up with running back Thomas Hamner for a 49-yard pass-and-run play that made the score 21-20 for the Gophers, with 11 minutes 25 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. But the attempt for a two-point conversion ended in a quarterback sack, one of several crucial plays that went Penn States way. On the next drive, the Nittany Lions got a 44-yard field goal by Travis Forney to take a lead of 23-21. It was Forneys third field goal. Minnesota made the plays, said Joe Ratemo, Penn States coach.

They played a great football game. They played hard They played smart. His Nittany Lions, the coach said, made mistakes. Saturdays game was Patemos 400th as head coach for the Penn State. This years Nittany Lions finish the season with two difficult Big Ten opponents.

APPARLL, ACCESSORIES AND SHOES FOR WOMEN Wisconsins Dayne wins Heisman duel Essentials Bedford Concord Hanover Keene Lebanon NH Rutland. VT ANNIVERSA EVERYTHING shutout in 11 years, 37-0 Saturday. Correll Buckhalter also ran for a score and Josh Brown kicked three field goals as the Huskers overcame a sloppy first half and remained in contention for the Big 12 North Division title. Nebraska (8-1, 5-1) is a game behind Kansas State, tfhich visits Lincoln next week. No.

11 Texas 34, Oklahoma St. 21 At Stillwater, Hodges Mitchell rqp for 149 yards and scored three TDs, including an 80-yarder on the games first play, to lead the Longhorns (8-2, 5-1 Big 12). Texas scored 21 points in an eight-minute span from late in the second quarter to early in the third, building a 28-7 lead. Oklahoma State (3-5, 1-4) lost for the fifth time in six games. No.

12 Alabama 23, LSU 17 At Tuscaloosa, the Crimson Tide defense stacked up Josh Booty at the 1 on the final play of the game and survived the Tigers upset bid. Tyler Watts, starting his second game for the injured Andrew Zow, threw twoTD passes for'Baraa (7-2, 5-1 SEC). LSU fell to 2-7, 0-7. The Tide play No. 8 Mississippi State next week in an SEC West AP Photo Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne runs behind the block of Wisconsins Dague Retzlaff on Purdues Akin Ayodele, left, in the second quarter in West Lafayette, Ind.

Championship Series with its fourth straight loss in Scott Stadium. No. 9 Nebraska 37, No. 21 Texas 0 LINCOLN, Neb. Dan Alexander and Eric Crouch each ran for more than 100 yards and a touchdown, and No.

9 Nebraska recorded eight sacks to hand No. 21 Texas its first Hamilton, among the Heisman Trophy front-runners, struggled against an inspired Virginia defense in the second half and could not rally the Yellow Jackets after the Cavaliers went ahead to stay with 12:15 left in the game. Georgia Tech (6-2, 4-2) likely lost a spot as an at-large team in the Bowl NTER CAR NOW FRONT END ALIGNMENT ANNCO WINTER WIPER BLADES $1895 By STEVE HERMAN Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. One down, one to go for Wisconsins unstoppable Ron Dayne. -With 222 yards in a 28-21 victory over Purdue, including a 41-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, Dayne passed Tony Dorsett for second place in NCAA major-college career rushing, 98 yards behind Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams year-old record of 679.

He can break the record next week at home, where the No. 10 Badgers (8-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finish the regular season against Iowa. No. 17 Purdue (6-4, Pends the season at Indiana. Purdues Drew Brees passed for 350 yards and one touchdown and ran for a career-high 85 yards and two other TDs, but he had two passes intercepted by Jamar Fletcher, including one 34 yards for a clinching touchdown with 4:43 to go.

33ie Badgers first touchdown, a 3-yfcrd pass from Brooks Bolinger to DSgue Retzlaff, was set up by Fletchers first interception late in the first quarter. Wisconsin also scored on a 91-yard kickoff return by Nick Davis, giving Badgers a 14-7 lead at halftime. Brees tied the game in the third quarter with an 11 -yard TD pass to Stratton, then Brees completed si. more following a Wisconsin punt and took the Boilermakers to the Badgers 19. Receiver Vinny Sutherland tok the ball on a reverse and tried to pass to Stratton but was intercepted in the end zone by Bobby Myers on the second play of the final period.

The Badgers then moved 80 yards, iflcljuding the 41-yard scoring run by Dayne, a Big Ten-record 69th touchdown of his career. I Ip later games, it was No. 3 Virginia at West Virginia; No. 24 Notre je at No. 4 Tennessee; No.

15 BYU ajfihn Diego State; Arkansas at No. 23 Mississippi; No. 25 Southern Mississippi at Memphis. No. 1 Florida State and No.

14 Georgia did not play Saturday. No. 5 Florida 13, Vanderbilt 6 GAINESVILLE, Fla. No. 5 Florida get outside help in its quest for the national title- Saturday.

The Gators responded with a performance that made such a goal seem laughable. Florida's 13-6 victory over Vanderbilt was the kind that coloured images of two-a-days in August, not' the Sugar BJpwl in January. No. 6 Kansas St. 20, Colorado 14 At Manhattan, the Wildcats nearly blew a 20-point lead in final seven minutes before holding the Buffaloes (5-4, 4-2) to remain uHbeaten entering their Big 12 North slowdown at Nebraska next week.

JjAflen taking a 20-0 lead on a 68-TD pass by Jonathan Beasley, a 3rard run by Joe Hall and two field gpals by Jamie Rheem, K-State allowed Mjfke Moschetti to get the Buffs back iirthe game. lit- Virginia 45, No. 7 Georgia Tech 38 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. David making his first college start, ayed like a Heisman contender tuid jia Techs Joe Hamilton didnt as ttye former long snapper led Virginia to astunning 45-38 victory over the No. 7Yellow Jackets.

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