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The Daily Advertiser from Lafayette, Louisiana • 22

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B-4 Advertiser, Lafayette, Nov. 1, 1992 Washington, Nebraska demolish league foes Huskies make statement in rout I Huskers win 11 I i. lis IL i Boston College 45 SEATTLE AP) A week after losing the No. 1 ranking, the Washington Huskies played their best game of the year Saturday. Mark Brunell threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, James Clifford scored on a 42-yard interception return and second-ranked Washington got seven sacks in a 41-7 rout of No.

15 Temple ..6 BOSTON (AP) Chuckie Dukes rushed for 184 yards and three touchdowns and Boston College held Temple to 141 yards as the llth-ranked Eagles defeated Temple 45- Saturday. a big one LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Calvin Jones ran for three first-half touchdowns and freshman quarterback Tommie Frazier threw two second-half touchdown passes to lead Nebraska past Colorado 52-7, putting to rest the label that the Corn-huskers can't win a big game. Dukes, who gained more than 100 yards for the seventh straight game, scored on runs of 70, 43 and 1 11 The victory over Bill alsh's team was 8 Washington's 22nd in a row overall and 1 ninth straight over In beating a team with which it shared the No. 8 national ranking, Nebraska (6-1, 3-0 Big Eight) beat a top 10 team for the first time since a 7-3 victory over Oklahoma in 1988.

Since then, the Cornhuskers had lost seven in a row Stanford (6-3, 3-2 Pac-10). The Huskies (8-0, 0t ff" 5-0) hope the win will I 3 impress voters who I dropped the Huskies yards as he brought his season total to 1,024 yards on 172 carries. Dwight Shirley added a 5-yard touchdown run, Justice Smith had a 1-yard scoring run and Glenn Foley threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Clarence Cannon for Boston College (7-0-1). David Gordon had a 28-yard field goal for the Eagles. Temple (1-7) scored on Lew Lawhorn's 94-yard return of the second-half kickoff the first points Boston College had given up at home since early September.

The Owls are 0-4 in the Big East, while the Eagles are 2-0-1 in conference play. With officials from the Fiesta, Peach, Hancock and Hall of Fame bowls watching, Boston College manhandled the Owls- Oregon 34 Washington St 17 PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -Danny O'Neil hit Sean Burwell for two second-half touchdowns as Oregon upset No. 19 Washington State 34-17 on Saturday. below Miami in last week's Associated Press poll.

Brunell scrambled to set up both TD passes a 3-yarder to Leif Johnson in the first quarter and a 40-yarder to freshman Jason Shelley in the third period. He also scored on a 1-yard sneak that put Washington ahead for good 14-7 early in the second quarter on a cold, rainy day at Husky Stadium. Brunell, starting his third game since replacing Billy Joe Hobert as the Huskies' No. 1 quarterback, completed 12 of 19 passes for 161 yards with two interceptions. Hobert capped the Huskies' scoring with a 50-yard TD run with 11:11 left in the game.

Washington shredded a nationally ranked Stanford defense that was giving up only 15 points and 245 yards per game. The Huskies gained 467 yards and had their highest-scoring output of the season, topping their 35 points against California. Washington held Stanford to 42 yards rushing, limiting star runner Glyn Milburn to 39 on 10 carries. The Huskies also held the Cardinal 16 points under their scoring average and knocked starting quarterback Steve Stenstrom out of the game in the second quarter. Stenstrom, who sprained his left wrist when hit by Jama Foun-taine, completed five of 11 passes for 93 yards.

Washington got off to a shaky start when Darrien Gordon intercepted a pass by Brunell on the Huskies' opening possession. Stanford then drove 37 yards in six plays and scored on a 31-yard pass from Stenstrom to Justin Armour, The Ducks Pac-10) forced Washington State (6-2, 3-2) to operate from deep in its own territorv Colorado (6-1-1, 2-1-1) had three passes intercepted, lost a fumble and managed only 144 yards as its 25-game Big Eight unbeaten streak ended. Jones, who had 21 carries for 101 yards, scored on runs of 3, 47 and 1 yards, the latter set up by a 16-yard "fumblerooski" run by 305-pound guard Will Shields to the Colorado 5. Nebraska kept the pressure on Colorado freshman quarterback Koy Detmer and kept the Buffaloes out of Cornhuskers territory until the final six minutes of the half. That's when the Buffaloes went to a no-huddle offense and marched in for James Hill's 3-yard touchdown run.

Colorado's next possession ended when linebacker Travis Hill stripped Detmer of the ball and carried it to the Colorado 27, setting the stage for the TD that provided a 17-point half time edge. Frazier then hit Gerald Armstrong with a 5-yard TD pass and William Washington with a 1-yard-er, set up by a 48-yarder to Corey Dixon. Fullback Lance Lewis also had a 34-yard TD run as Nebraska went ahead 45-7. Detmer was pulled late in the third quarter after hitting nine of 26 passes for 119 yards with three interceptions. Kansas 26 Oklahoma State 18 LAWRENCE, Kan.

(AP) -Dan Eichloff kicked four field goals and set a school record for consecutive extra points as No. 18 Kansas beat Oklahoma State 26-18, its first victory over the Cowboys at home in 24 years. much of the game, and limited Drew Bledsoe to 165 passing yards, well below his 276-yard average. Oregon also sacked Bledsoe six times for 48 yards and intercepted two of his passes to set up Ducks scores. Burwell caught touchdown passes of 3 and 5 yards after half-time and combined with Ricky Whittle and Juan Shedrick to pound out 154 rushing yards.

Burwell had 55 yards on 13 carries to complement the passing of O'Neil. ASSOCIATED PRESSLaserphoto Nebraska's Tommy Frazier is stopped by Colorado's Ronnie Bradford (11) Irish, i aii gemen ciai runaways EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Navy rolled the dice early against No. 10 Notre Dame, and the Middies paid when the numbers came up wrong. Chip Hilleary, who last week became the second Big Eight quarterback ever to pass for 4,000 yards 18 who got loose on a post pattern.

Michigan 24 Purdue 17 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) No. 3 Michigan trailed at half time for the first time this season, but came back with two quick touchdowns to defeat Purdue 24-17 and record its 18th consective Big Ten win. mm scored from 5 yards out for his third touchdown of the year. Mirer kept the drive alive with an 18-yard pass to Lake Dawson on third and 10 from the Navy 49.

Syracuse 41 Pittsburgh 10 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Returns by Qadry Ismail and Shelby Hill set up two early scores and the Syracuse defense held the nation's second-most productive offense in check as the 12th-ranked Orangemen rolled over Pittsburgh 41-10 on Saturday. Reggie Brooks ran for a touchdown and caught one of Rick Mirer's two scoring passes in a 24-point second quarter as Notre Dame defeat The Boilermakers led 17-7 at half time -the biggest deficit faced by a Michigan team since the 1989 Syracuse (7-1) continued its Rose Bowl when they trailed dominance of Big East opponents, winning its fourth straight league game this season and ninth since the confer Southern Cal 14-3. and run for 1,000, gave Kansas (7-1, 4-0 Big Eight) a 7-0 lead on the sixth play of the game with a 37-yard run. Eichloff, an all-Big Eight selection last year as a sophomore, connected from 28 yards in the first quarter, 43 in the second and 23 and 34 in the fourth as Kansas continued its best start since its last Big Eight championship season of 1968.

Eichloff 's extra point following Maurice Douglas' 1-yard touchdown run in the third period was his 54th straight, breaking a nine-year-old school record. Eichloff has hit 14 of 16 field goal attempts this year. His only two misses were blocked. Oklahoma State (4-4, 2-2) missed three scoring opportunities in the first half and got a 47-yard field goal in the third period from Lawson Vaughn, who missed earlier from 38 and 42. On fourth and five from the 8 with less than three minutes left in the game, Gary Porter hit Shannon Culver with a touchdown pass.

ed winless Navy 38-7 Saturday for their 29th consecutive victories over the Midshipmen. The Fighting Irish (6-1-1) scored on five of their six possessions, converted 10 of 12 third-down plays and piled up 315 yards in offense in building a 31-0 half time lead. Navy (0-7) didn't get on the scoreboard until Jason Van Matre hit Tom Pritchard on a 22-yard TD pass with 4:55 to play. The score, which allowed the Middies to avoid their fourth shutout of the season, came one play after defensive lineman Dave Shaw intercepted Kevin McDougal's screen pass. The Middies, who came into the game as 38-point underdogs, tried to make something happen on the opening series of the game.

With fourth and inches at its own 49, coach George Chaump elected to go for the first down. Fullback Cleavon Smith got the call on a blast up the middle out of the wishbone but lost inches as tackle Bryant Young plugged the hole. Notre Dame took over and eight plays later went ahead as Jeff Burris, a safety who plays tailback in goal line formations, But the Wolverines (7-0-1, 5-0 Big Ten) responded with a 92-yard, 10-play touchdown drive following the second-half kickoff with Elvis Grbac passing 10 yards to tight end Tony McGee for the score. Purdue (3-5, 2-3) was stopped on three plays, and following a punt, Michigan blended the running of Jesse Johnson with two Grbac completions to move for the go-ahead score on a 76-yard, nine-play drive. Johnson, who picked up 49 yards going right on the drive's second play, plunged up the middle for the final three yards.

ence was established last year. Pitt fell to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the Big East by losing for the fourth time in five games. The game was billed as a showdown between two of the nation's top quarterbacks, but Syracuse quarterback Marvin Graves won the faceoff with the Panthers' Alex Van Pelt by default when Pitt's quarterback was forced out of the game with an injury. With minutes left in the second quarter, Van Pelt left after being sacked by linebackers Glen Young and Garland Hawkins. Van Pelt, seventh nationally in passing efficiency and the total offense leader at 312 yards a game, completed just four of nine passes for 49 yards.

He was intercepted once. The Panthers were averaging 28 points and 482 yards a game. Notre Dame's Ray Zellers (34) Cougars blow past stunned Penn State Far eels discover Means to survive PROVO, Utah (AP) Ryan Hancock threw for three second-quarter touchdowns and BYU's unheralded running game was in high gear as the Cougars stunned 14th-ranked Penn State 30-17 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -Natrone Means ran for 249 yards and two touchdowns, and Randall Felton got the tie-breaking score with 4: 03 left as No. 22 North Carolina ground out a 31-24 victory over Maryland on Saturday.

Texas 41 Southern Methodist 7 DALLAS (AP) Rodney Thomas rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns and Greg Hill ran for 138 yards and two scores Saturday as fifth-ranked Texas -oiled over the Southern Methouist Mustangs 41-7. Maryland opened the second half with a successful onside kick, then moved 50 yards in six plays to take a 21-14 lead. Texas 44 Texas Tech 33 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Phil Brown and Peter Gardere each rushed for two touchdowns as No. 25 Texas defeated Texas Tech 44-33 Saturday afternoon. North Carolina (7- While Hancock hit 13 of 19 passes for 220 yards, BYU's runners, averaging just 123 yards a game.

2, 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference' 14 22 playing in front of representatives from The Aggies, who won their 17th consecutive regular season game and 12th Straight Southwest racked up 241 yards against the Nittany Lions, led by Kalin Hall's 117 yards on 22 carries. I 5 1 Texas went up 22-10 and 'appeared to have the game in control, but the Red Raiders rallioH ho. 25 the Peach Bowl, amassed 349 yards rushing. Means carried 32 times and scored on runs of 76 and 27 yards. With the score 24-all, the Tar Heels moved 73 yards in 11 plays -seven of them runs by Means.

On second down from the Maryland 12, Felton took a handoff from Means on a reverse and scampered around left end for a score. Maryland (2-7, 1-5) managed only three offensive plays the rest of the way. The Terrapins are 0-6 against Top 25 teams this year. Maryland quarterback John Kaleo completed 31 passes out of a school-record 58 attempts for 257 yards and three interceptions. Frank Wycheck, an early replacement for injured running back Doug Burnett, gained 102 yards on 19 attempts and caught eight passes.

Conference contest, improved to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in league play. SMU dropped to 3-5 and 1-4. The 27-point favorite Aggies built a 21-7 halftime lead before 41 ,417 fans in the Cotton Bowl on an 83-degree day when the wind gustedto25mph. The Aggies marched 80 yards in 16 plays on their first possession with Hill gaining half of those yards. The payoff came through the air as Jeff Granger hit Ryan Mathews with a 6-yard scoring pass.

Jason Wolf's 51-yard kickoff return to the 36 positioned the Mustangs for an 11-yard scoring pass from Dan Freibuger to senior John DeVoss, the first touchdown of his career. BYU's defense also sparkled, twice turning back Penn State drives inside their 10 as the Cougars improved to 5-4. Kerry Collins, making his second start as quarterback, connected on 28 of 54 passes for 317 yards and a touchdown for the Lions (6-3). Penn State started strong, driving to the BYU 14 midway through the first quarter on Collins' passes of 14, 16 and 15 yards to Troy Drayton. Then came the Cougars' blitz.

Looking for a pass into the end zone on second down, Collins was swamped for an 8-yard loss by BYU linebackers Shad Hansen and ToddHerget. hind the pass Connection of Jason Clemmons and Lloyd Hill, who caught three touchdowns and became Tech's all-time reception leader. The Longhorns (5-2 overall, 3-0 in the Southwest Conference) put the Red Raiders (3-5, 2-2) away on two fourth-quarter touchdowns by Gardere, who finished 17 of 35 for 212 yards with two interceptions. Gardere's scores on runs of 2 and 11 yards, the second coming with 3 29 left to put Texas up 44-27. Tech scored the game's final points with 1:36 left on a 7-yard touchdown pass from Clemmons to Hill.

ASSOCIATED PRESSLaserphoto BYU defenders stop Lion QB Kerry Collins i.

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