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YORK SUNDAY NEWS NOVEMBER 20 1988 C7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Strong ground game lifts Tulsa past Owls Virginia puts end to years of agony FROM WIRE REPORTS CHARLOTTESVILLE Va -Quarterback Shawn Moore threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Virginia erased 16 years of frustration against Maryland with a 24-23 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over the Terrapins yesterday Virginia which had lost 16 straight games to Maryland dating to 1972 did not lock up the triumph SOUTH SOUTHWEST ch was to minimize the pressure on the team The victory for 6-4 and 5-1 in the Southwest Conference extended its winning streak ovei-TCU to 16 games TCU finished with a season record of 4-7 It is 2-5 in the SWC North Texas 33 Rice 17 HOUSTON North Texas quarterback Scott Davis ran for two touchdowns and completed two touchdown passes leading the Eagles to a victory over Rice The Eagles extended losing streak to 17 games the longest in the nation The Owls dropped to an 0-10 record and the Eagles now are 8-3 for the season Baylor 17 Texas 14 WACO Texas Eldwin Raphel bolted 50 yards for a fourth period touchdown to rally the Baylor Bears to a victory over the Texas Longhorns in a windblown Southwest Conference game Baylor ended its season with a winning 6-5 record and 2-5 in SWC play Texas which has a game left on Thanksgiving night against Texas is 5-5 and 2-4 Texas-El Paso 31 Air Force 24 EL PASO Texas Texas-El Paso marked up its winningest season in history and earned an Independence Bowl bid with a victory over Air Force It was the 10th win of the season against only two losses The most victories they had recorded before was when they went 9-2 in 1956 Air Force dropped to a 5-6 mark with one game to play The Falcons will travel to Hawaii next week FROM WIRE REPORTS TULSA Okla The University of Tulsa depended on its defense and a good rushing game to beat Temple 15-10 yesterday defense which allowed its previous nine opponents more than 400 offensive yards per game capitalized on five fumbles by Temple and held the Owls to 194 yards Sophomore Brett Adams ran for 170 yards and a touchdown to lead Tulsa to the victory It was only the second time this season a Tulsa player has rushed for 100 yards or more in a game and the first time rushing game took control The Hurricane known for a strong passing game headed by sophomore TJ Rubley finished with 222 rushing yards and only 41 passing Both teams floundered on the slippery field as a cold steady rain persisted and a brisk north wind gusted at 25 mph The only touchdown came on the second play of the fourth quarter on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Matt Baker to Nelson Herrera Tulsa improved to 3-7 with the victory while Temple fell to 3-7 The nasty weather also made it difficult for players to hold on to the slippery ball Temple fumbled six times recovering only one of its losses while Tulsa recovered all three of its fumbles Baker a graduate of Central High School finished with 98 yards on 10 of 22 pass completions He was intercepted once Texas 18 Texas Christian 0 COLLEGE STATION Texas -Texas playing without troubled Coach Jackie Sherrill defeated Texas Christian behind the passing of Bucky Richardson Sherrill did not coach after a former player said the coach had paid him to keep quiet about alleged NCAA violations Sherrill said the decision not to coa- Worthen is brought down by a pair of Pitt players yesterday until the Terrapins failed on a two-point attempt with 1:09 to play The Cavaliers winning their last five games for the second year in a row wound up 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the ACC Moore a redshirt sophomore rallied the Cavaliers from a pair of deficits and set a new Virginia single-season record for total offense with 2526 yards breaking the mark of 2356 set a year ago by his predecessor Scott Secules Maryland which lost its last three games finished 5-6 and 4-3 A 25-yard field goal by Dan Plocki with 12:31 to play gave the Terrapins their final lead at 16-14 Moore who earlier had thrown a 49-yard scoring pass to Johnnie Wilson directed the Cavaliers on an 80-yard 12-play march that he finished off with a 2-yard touchdown run at the 6:19 mark Moore passed to John Ford for the two-point conversion After each team swapped possessions the Terrapins got the ball on their own 20-yard line with 3:20 remaining Maryland moved down-field aided by a personal foul penalty against Virginia that moved the ball to the Cavalier 30 just inside the two-minute mark On the next play quarterback Neil went down with a leg injury and was replaced by Scott Zolak who threw two incompletions before hitting wide receiver Barry Johnson on fourth and 10 for a 24-yard gain to the Virginia 6 Two plays later Ricky Johnson made it 24-23 on a 2-yard run with 1:09 to go Zolak tried to pass to the tailback for the two-point conversion but the pass was broken up by the Jason Wallace and Keith McMeans Carolina St 14 Pittsburgh 3 RALEIGH NC Mai Crite and Todd Varn capped two long scoring drives with short touchdown runs and North Carolina State secured its berth in the Peach Bowl yesterday with a victory over Pittsburgh The victory ended NC season at 7-3-1 snapped a three-game winless streak and helped the Wolfpack earn its second bowl trip in three seasons under coach Dick Sheridan In 1986 more quarterback Frankie DeBusk ran for a touchdown and passed for 141 yards and a second score to lead Furman to a victory over The Citadel and a share of the Southern Conference Championship Furman ranked No 5 in Division I-AA finished its regular season with a 9-2 record and 6-1 in the conference The Citadel ranked No 9 finished with an 8-3 record and a 5-2 conference slate Richmond 24' William Mary 19 RICHMOND Curtis Jefferson a wide receiver turned quarterback ran 84 yards for a touchdown on his first collegiate carry and completed his first college pass for a 60-yard touchdown to rally Richmond to a victory over William Mary Richmond finished 4-7 William Mary fell to 6-4-1 Jefferson who had been a high school quarterback but not played the position in college rushed for 118 yards on 17 carries Sam Yaffa who scored the other Richmond touchdown on a 61-yard run off a fake punt had 123 yards on 19 carries Appalachian St 34 Wake Forest 34 tie WINSTON-SALEM NC Bobby fourth touchdown pass a 25-yarder to Ritchie Melchor with 1:54 left and Bjorn extrapoint lifted Appalachian State into a tie with Wake Forest Both teams ended the season 6-4-1 Memphis St 28 Vanderbilt 9 MEMPHIS Tenn Rusty Trail threw for one touchdown and ran for another and Damon Young returned a pass interception 62 yards for a score as Memphis State downed Vanderbilt to bring the school its first winning season in five years The victory allowed Memphis State a football independent to close its season at 6-5 the Tigers best record since the 1983 Stanford California tie in the 'Big Game' North Carolina State's Nasrallah the Wolfpack went to the Peach Bowl where it lost to Virginia Tech Pittsburgh fell to 6-4 and had a four-game winning streak broken The Panthers were in line for a Gator Bowl bid behind Michigan State if they could beat the Wolfpack and the Spartans lost to Wisconsin Tennessee 28 Kentucky 24 KNOXVILLE Tenn Jeff Francis threw four touchdown passes to tie a school record and lead Tennessee to a 28-24 victory yesterday over Southeastern Conference rival Kentucky Francis threw scoring strikes of 14 and 6 yards to Thomas Woods who caught 11 passes for 91 yards He threw scoring passes of 12 and 19 yards to Alvin Harper as Tennessee won its fourth straight game to better its record to 4-6 2-4 in the SEC Kentucky finished its season' 5-6 2-5 Virginia Tech 27 James Madison 6 BLACKSBURG Va Will Fur-rer hit Myron Richardson with a 44-yard touchdown pass to put Virginia Tech ahead in the third period and the Hokies went on to defeat Division I-AA James Madison to wind up the season for both teams The Ho- kies finished at 3-8 James Madison fell to 5-6 in losing to its Division I-A foe that now leads the series 2-0 Delaware State 28 Howard University 21 WASHINGTON Delaware State quarterback Darren Felton ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score as the Hornets clowned Howard University to clinch the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title The loss dropped the Bison to 7-4 overall and 3-3 in conference play while Delaware State improved to 6-4 and 5-1 Furman 30 Citadel 17 GREENVILLE SC Sopho DIVISION II Texas to a victory over Mississippi College NC Central 31 Winston-Salem 16 DURHAM NC Earl Harvey ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third score as North Carolina Central celebrated its first appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs with a victory over Winston-Salem State Tenn -Martin 23 Butler 6 MARTIN Tenn The Leon Reed threw for 240 yards and one touchdown to lead Ten-nessee-Martin to a victory over Butler Jacksonville State 63 West Chester 24 JACKSONVILLE Fla David Gulledge rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another and Jacksonville State set a record with 566 yards on the ground as the seventh-ranked Gamecocks shocked No 2 West Chester Portland St 34 Bowie St 17 PORTLAND Ore Fullback Burnell Harvin scored two touchdowns and quarterback Chris Crawford passed for two more as Portland State defeated Bowie State of Maryland Sacramento St 35 Cal-Davis 14 DAVIS Calif Tony Trosin threw for two touchdowns and 264 yards to lead California State University Sacramento to a victory over the University of team finished The loss left Varfderbilt a member of the Southeastern Conference with a 3-7 record VMI 24 Carolina 20 LEXINGTON Va Dave Brown threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Mark Stock with 3:23 left in the game to lift Virginia Military Institute to a Southern Conference victory over Western Catamounts Both team finished the season at 2-9 overall and 1-5 in the Southern Conference Liberty 20 Towson St 14 TOWSON Md Liberty University jumped out to a 20-7 halftime lead and held off a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Towson State University ending both regular season play Saturday The Flames are 8-3 while Towson State is 5-5 Tulane 27 Mississippi St 22 NEW ORLEANS Terrence Jones passed for 144 yards and two touchdowns before he was injured in the first half and Tulane held on to beat Mississippi State The victory evened record at 5-5 heading into next regular season finale at nationally ranked Louisiana State Mississippi ninth consecutive loss left the Bulldogs at 1-9 entering their last game of the season next Saturday against arch rival Mississippi Duke 35 North Carolina 29 DURHAM NC Roger Boone who rushed for 157 yards on 23 carries bulled up the middle for a 6-yard score with 23 seconds left to lift Duke to an Atlantic Coast Conference victory over North Carolina The Blue Devils finished the season at 7-3-1 and 3-3-1 marking the first time since 1962 that Duke has finished with more than six victories DIVISION III fending national champion Wagner Wagner finished 8-2 Ithaca is 10-1 Wittenberg 35 Dayton 28 (2 OT) DAYTON Ohio Quarterback Tim Green scored on a 1-yard run in the second overtime to give Wittenberg a 35-28 victory over Dayton Dayton which was ranked first in the North Region finished 9-2 Wittenberg is also 9-2 Augustana 25 Adrian 7 ROCK ISLAND 111 Fullback Erik Burgwald rushed for a pair of touchdowns in leading Augustana to a win over Adrian It was the 100th career win for Augustana coach Bob Reade whose Vikings are 9-1 season ended with a 7-3 mark Ferrum 34 Rhodes 10 FERRUM Va Chris Warren rushed for 235 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead Panthers to a victory over Lynx Rhodes which finished at 8-2 The Panthers are 10-0 Wis -Whitewater 29 Simpson 27 WEST DES MOINES Iowa -Travis Talton scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 18-yard run and Wisconsin-Whitewater stopped Simpson on a two-point conversion try after time ran out to escape with a victory Central Iowa 7 Concordia 0 DULUTH Minn Central Iowa defeated Concordia in a defensive struggle Central Iotfa is now 9-1 Moravian tops Widener for second time this year Hadfield's field goal lifts Millersville to win FROM WIRE REPORTS BERKELEY Calif Stanford cornerback Tuan Van Le blocked Robbie 20-yard attempt for a school-record fifth field goal with no time remaining to preserve a 19-19 tie with California in the 91st Big Game yesterday The season-ending tie left the two archrivals deadlocked for last place in the Pacific-10 California missing out on a chance for its first winning season since 1982 wound up 5-5-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the conference Stanford wound up 3-6-2 and 1-5-2 Keen had connected on 13 straight field goals before missing a 46-yarder in the third quarter Cal while plagued by penalties and dropped passes controlled the first half in piling up 229 yards in the first half to only 86 for Stanford The Bears wound up with a 391-208 advantage in total yardage limiting Stanford tailback to 56 yards on 23 carries San Diego State 18 New Mexico 10 ALBUQUERQUE NM Paul Hewitt ran for 140 yards and a touchdown and Tyler Ackerson kicked three field goals as San Diego State won its final game under fired Coach Denny Stolz beating New Mexico The Western Athletic Conference victory gives the Aztecs a final record of 3-5 in the conference and 3-8 overall A crowd of 7923 second-smallest in University 28-year history saw the Lobos finish the season 1-7 and 2-10 Oregon St 21 Oregon 10 CORVALLIS Ore Pat Chaf-fey ran for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns as Oregon State came from behind to beat Oregon the first football victory over the Ducks in 14 years Oregon which finishes its season at Hawaii in two weeks lost its fourth straight FAR WEST to drop to 6-5 overall and 3-5 in the Pac-10 Oregon State finished the season at 2-5-1 in the conference and 4-6-1 overall Fullerton St23 Utah St 13 SANTA ANA Calif Dan Speltz completed 15 of 28 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Fullerton State Titans to a victory over Utah State and at least a share of second place in the Big West Conference Fullerton State finished the season at 5-6 overall and 5-2 in the Big West Utah State winless in all six road games ended at 4-7 and 4-3 Idaho 26 Boise St 20 BOISE Idaho Junior quarterback John Friesz threw two second-quarter touchdown passes and Idaho held off a furious second-half comeback by Boise State for a victory and its second straight Big Sky Conference championship With the victory second-ranked Idaho captured an automatic berth in the opening round of next NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs Idaho finishes the regular season at 7-1 in the conference and 9-1 overall Boise State fell to 5-3 in the Big Sky and 8-3 for the season San Jose St 42 UNLV 0 LAS VEGAS Nev Senior Ken Lutz threw five touchdown passes and junior tailback Johnny Johnson broke Gerald single-season rushing record as the San Jose State Spartans crushed Nevada-Las Vegas in a Big West Conference game Lutz completed 28 of 39 passes for 372 yards for the Spartans who finished the season 4-8 overall and 4-3 in the conference The Rebels are 3-7 and 2-4 NAIA Austin QB Dean Gilbert Jr was intercepted three times as the visiting Kangaroos finished 9-2 In other first-round NAIA Division II playoff games the scores were: Bluffton Ohio 30 Cumberland Ky 14 Westminster Pa 34 Austin College Texas 12 Northwestern Iowa 14 Sioux Falls SD 9 Wisconsin-La Crosse 31 Valley City St ND 6 Evangel Mo 45 Nebraska Wesleyan 14 Bethany Kan 21 Baker Kan 19 Carroll Mont 28 Central Washington 7 Oregon Tech 56 Pacific Lutheran 35 FROM WIRE REPORTS BETHLEHEM Pa Moravian junior quarterback Rob Light threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Moravian defeated Widener 17-7 in an NCAA- Division III football playoff game yesterday Light completed 12 of 23 passes for 167 yards including a 25-yard scoring pass to junior flanker Bill Fitzell in the first quarter On the ensuing kickoff Alan Robinson returned the ball 79 yards for a touchdown and only score Scott Perry added a 22-yard field goal in the second period to make the score 10-7 Moravian Light ran for a second touchdown in the third quarter for Moravian which faces Ferrum College Nov 26 in Virginia Moravian and Widener had identical 9-1 overall and 7-1 Middle Atlantic Conference records in the regular season Moravian defeated Widener 19-2 earlier this season Widener had seven turnovers in the game Cortland State 32 Hofstra 27 CORTLAND NY Senior fullback Gareth Grayson ran for a career-high 221 yards on 29 carries and scored the go-ahead touchdown to lead unbeaten Cortland State to a victory over Hofstra It was the first playoff appearance and win for Cortland 11-0 which is enjoying the best season in school history The loss was the third straight in postseason play for the Flying Dutchmen who finish the season at 9-2 Ithaca 34 Wagner 31 OT NEW YORK Matt Sullivan kicked a 24-yard field goal to give Ithaca an overtime victory over de FROM WIRE REPORTS INDIANA Pa Luke Had-field kicked a 34-yard field goal with 42 seconds remaining as Millersville turned two first-period interception return touchdowns into a 17-0 lead then rallied for a 27-24 victory over Indiana Pa in an NCAA Division II first-round playoff game Darren Ryals returned interceptions of 53 and 60 yards for touchdowns before turnover-plagued IUP rallied for a 24-17 lead but Bret Stover hit Roger Smith on a 22-yard touchdown pass for a 24-24 tie with 5:59 to play On next possession Andrew Hill fumbled after making a 14-yard reception with Delone Catholic graduate Eric Staub recovering Millersville 10-1 then put together its game-winning field goal drive Indiana 8-3 lost despite out-gaining the Marauders 424-248 The Scott Highley had 18 carries for 103 yards and Stover was 6 of 11 for 71 yards and no interceptions IUP pulled to within 1744 at halftime on a 1-yard and a 19-yard scoring catch A one-yard TD run on initial second-half drive gave the Indians their first lead 21-17 with 11:15 left in the third period Millersville plays Saturday at top-ranked North Dakota State a 49-7 first-round winner over Augustana College Texas 39 Mississippi College 15 KINGSVILLE TEXAS Tailback Johnny Bailey rushed for 231 yards and two touchdowns to lead i Top-ranked Westminster rolls past Austin College FR6M WIRE REPORTS NEW WILMINGTON Pa -Brad Tokar ran for 167 yards and three touchdowns and Joe Micchia threw for two scores yesterday as top-ranked and unbeaten Westminster beat Austin College 34-12 in a first-round NAIA Division II playoff game Westminster 11-0 and trying for its fourth NAIA title since 1970 will entertain Bluffton College in a quarterfinal game Saturday at 1 pm Micchia completed 7 of 19 passes for 111 yards and no interceptions and Joe DeGruttola carried 17 times for 78 yards as the Titans led 432-226 in total j'ardage.