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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday October 25 1992 9D COLLEGE FOOTBALL Terps pull stunning win out of Blue Devils clouds By REID SPENCER Special Correspondent Stadium With Maryland (2-6 1-4) trailing 25-21 with four seconds left in the game Kaleo took the snap from the Duke 38 and lofted a soft high pass toward the right corner of the end zone Badgett stepped in front of Blue Devils defender Jamal Ellis and made a leaping catch for the winning touchdown That play was the culmination of a four-play drive that covered 89 yards in the final 24 seconds On the previous play Badgett had made an even more spectacular 5 1 -yard catch of a tipped ball to set up the winning score ball looked like it went up and touched the Badgett said of the final pass looked so of the remaining time before surrendering the ball to Maryland on a Tim Davis punt Kaleo began the final drive at the 11 and threw two incomplete passes before connecting with Badgett on the 51-yard play ball was tipped around a little bit" Badgett said "I grabbed it and got out-of-bounds as quick as 1 could I knew there wasn't much time left" In catching nine passes for 218 yards Badgett established two Maryland season records: for most catches in a season (61 this year) and most receiving yardage in a season (1016 thus far) left appeared to have assured the Blue Devils of their first ACC victory this year were running their nohuddle in the first half they were a lot quicker than we thought they were and we reacting quickly enough But the second half had to be as good as played" "We play perfect all day but we put ourselves in position to win" said Cuthbert whose 101-yard rushing performance was critical to comeback still believe how it happened just shocked" After interception at 3:48 Duke used all but 24 seconds back and 1 knew if I threw it high he could go up and get it was a miracle play a backyard play" The heroics of Kaleo and Badgett negated a second-half comeback that saw Duke (2-5 0-4) rally to take a 25-21 lead on a 2-yard plunge by running back Randy Cuthbert with six minutes 45 seconds left in the game After giving up three touchdowns in the first half the Blue defense dominated the prolific Terrapins offense until the final few seconds second half it had to be some of the best defense we played all year" said Duke linebacker Scott Berdan whose interception of a Kaleo pass with 3:48 small and it seemed like it was taking forever to come down The D-back (Ellis) was excited too and 1 think he tried to jump too early and fell" Ellis said he felt a shove in the back but no penalty was called "Actually I ran the wrong route" Badgett said had worked on this kind of play a little in practice on Thursday and 1 was supposed to go down the middle and tip the ball But 1 thought 1 might be able to get single coverage on the outside and John (Kaleo) saw me" "After we completed the first pass they knew what we were going to Kaleo said looked over to the right and saw Marcus just him and that little corner- Passing game helps Tide roll by Rebels SEC standings DURHAM Maryland quarterback John Kaleo called it a Wide receiver Marcus Badgett admitted he ran the wrong pattern What resulted was a 38-yard touchdown on a Hail Mary pass with no time remaining that enabled the Terrapins to salvage a 27-25 ACC football victory over Wallace Wade Kaleo Duke Saturday at South Carolina 21 Vanderbilt 17 The stars: Despite five sacks USC quarterback Steve Taneyhill kept his composure completing 1 1 of 17 passes for 218 yards no interceptions and a TD Taneyhill left the game late with a bruised forearm but should be OK for Tennessee next Saturday USC running back Rob DeBoer rushed for 89 yards on eight carries 56 of those coming on two tries in USC's final TD drive USC linebacker Eric Brown was in on 12 tackles Quote: "In the past people would jump on us early and we wouldn't take it to Today we had the same situation but we believed It was a great day to be a Gamecock" Linebacker Eric Brown Worth mentioning: This was USC's first road win on artificial turf since the Gamecocks won at Michigan in 1980 Injuries: USC lost third-string quarterback Kurt Frederick for the season with torn ligaments in his right knee He faces surgery today Minor injuries were suffered by FS Norman Greene (lower back strain) WR Terrell Harris (knee sprain) and CB Frank Adams (knee sprain) What's next: South Carolina plays host to Tennessee Saturday at 12:40 pm Vanderbilt has the weekend off Stan Olson South Carolina 0 7 7 Vanderbilt 14 3 0 0-17 Banks 56 run Chura kick) Drive: 7 plays 60 yards Key play: The TD reverse oil the option 1 Wilson 4 run (Chura kick) Drive: 9 plays 82 yards Key pley: On fourth and 2 at the Vandy 43 Vanderbilt laked punt ant upback Love carried lor 5 1 Chaney 55 pass from Taneyhil (Simpson kick) kick) Drive: 6 plays 79 yards Key pley: The TD as Taneyhill dodged the blitz and threw a wobbler to Chaney at the 22 FG Chura 37 Drive: 7 plays 54 yards Key pley: On second and 4 from the Vandy 33 Wilson hit Weir lor 20 yards i Bennett 2 run (Simpson kick) Drive: 4 plays 34 yards Key pley: On third and 1 1 at Vandy 35 Taneyhill scrambled and hit Reddick lor 33 i Williamson 6 run (Simpson kick) Drive: 6 plays 71 yards Key play: On first and 10 from USC 29 DeBoer broke off right tatkle for 39 yards Att-40900 (at Vanderbilt) sc First downs 13 I 19 Rushes-Yards 39-113 59301 Passing 218 500 Return yards 12 '35 Comp-Att-Int 11-17-0 3-15-1 Punts 8-47 7-35 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-53 1-12 Time ol possession 2721 3239 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS South Carolina: Williamson 1-6 Taneyhill 7-mlnus 24 Wilburn 1-minus 2 DeBoer 8-89 Bennett 20-48 Chaney 2-mmus 24 Vanderbilt: Wilson 25-77 Wilham 2-6 Banks 2-76 Payne 1-3 Jackson 15-92 Deese 8-47 Thomas 1-3 Love 4-10 Lawrence 1-mi-nus 13 South Carolina: Taneyhill 11-17-0-218 Vanderbilt Wilson 3-15-1-50 South Carolina Robinson 3-44 Cates 1-20 Reddick 2-36 Bennett 2-52 Campbell 1-6 Foster 1-5 Chaney 1-55 Vanderbilt: Banks 1-15 Payne 1-15 Weir 1-20 Note: Tenn LSU Ark idle Associated Press Hauling it in: South Carolina wide receiver Don Chaney catches a 55-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of the 21-17 comeback victory over Vanderbilt Saturday Observer News Services TUSCALOOSA Ala No 4 Alabama one of the best rushing teams showed it could pass Saturday with Jay Barker throwing for one touchdown and setting up three in a 31-10 victory over Mississippi Barker completed a career-best 25 of 39 passes as Alabama (8-0 5-0 Southeastern Conference) won its 18th in a row and moved within one victory of clinching at least a tie for the Western Division title Ole Miss (4-3 3-3) was eliminated from contention with its seventh loss in the last eight games against Alabama The Tide 11th nationally with 241 rushing yards a game was held to 83 yards But Barker a sophomore who is undefeated in 12 college starts more than made up for any shortcomings on the ground with his career day Barker threw a 22-yard scoring pass to David Palmer and accounted for most of the yardage on three other Alabama scoring drives previous career bests were 14 completions 27 attempts and 192 yards Mississippi 0 7 0 Alabama 0 17 0 Palmer 22 pass from Barker (Proctor kick) Lassie 2 run (Proctor kick) Small 53 pass from Shows (Lee kick) FG Proctor 28 Williams 1 run (Proctor kick) M-FG Lee 32 Williams 4 run (Proctor kick) 70123 (at Alabama) A First downs 10 22 Rushes-yards 29-109 41-83 Passing 102 285 Return yards 39 47 Comp-Att-Int 8-22-1 25-39-1 Punts 6-44 5-47 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 6-49 8-59 Time of Possession 2242 3718 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Mississippi: Innocent 7-65 Philpot 8-31 Courtney 4-14 Alabama: Lassie 8-18 Anderson 8-17 Williams 6-15 Mississippi: Shows 7-19-1-93 Adams 1-3-0-9 Alabama Barker 25-39-1-285 Mississippi Small 7-101 Philpot 1-1 Alabama: Lee 8-82 Palmer 7-67 Wimbley 3-51 Brown 3-41 Georgia 40 Kentucky 7 At Lexington Ky Garrison Hearst rushed for 171 yards and one touchdown and Andre Hastings caught nine passes for 128 yards and two scores to power the seventh-ranked Bulldogs over the Wildcats (4-3 2-3) Hearst who carried the ball 22 times raced around left end from 1 1 yards out with 7:55 left to give Georgia (7-1 5-1) a 33-7 cushion It was his 16th touchdown of the season Georgia 3 17 7 13-40 Kentucky 0 0 7 FG Peterson 22 Davis 22 run (Peterson kick) Hastings 10 pass Irom Zeier (Peterson kick) FG Peterson 44 Browning 18 pass Irom Jones (Pellrey kick) Hastings 24 pass Irom Zeier (Peterson kick) Hearst 11 run (kick (ailed) Davis 23 pass Irom Jones (Peterson kick) 58200 (at Kentucky) fortunes reverse Tops Vandy for 2nd win By STAN OLSON Staff Writer NASHVILLE Less than two weeks ago South football team was 0-5 and according to many bound for a dismal 0-11 season Now the Gamecocks are on a winning streak South Carolina won its second straight SEC game Saturday afternoon coming from two touchdowns behind to top Vanderbilt 21-17 In the process the Gamecocks snapped a school-record nine-game road losing streak And when it was over while the 3500 Gamecocks fans who made the trip still whooped it up in the Vanderbilt Stadium stands South Carolina linebacker Eric Brown said winning is like a virus thing If you lose it spreads but if you win it spreads too Now with consecutive victories just a great feeling for the whole team" The Gamecocks after shocking No 15 Mississippi State a week ago trailed 14-0 after first two possessions Earlier this season such a start would have signaled a blowout Not Saturday After the Commodores took a 17-7 lead into their locker room at halftime South defense huddled in a tunnel outside its own said we were gonna make a commitment to stop them in the second Gamecocks linebacker Ernest Dixon said Then they did so shutting down the I-Bone option attack that had ground out the lead Vanderbilt managed 110 yards and no points in the final 30 minutes had a good South Carolina co-defensive coordinator Miles Aldridge said just settled down a little more" They also began sticking to their assignments stringing out the option and preventing slick Vanderbilt quarterback Marcus Wilson from turning the play upfield The 3500 of those Gamecocks fans stood and cheered until Woods reappeared for a curtain call When he walked back onto the field they cheered louder And a grinning Woods responded by waving and pointing at them for a minute or so before rejoining his team in the locker room He was still smiling 45 minutes later talking with a few reporters after his team was loaded on its buses for the trip home Someone asked him if he felt he had looked into the abyss as the pressure had built but Woods insisted he just kept doing his job control the outside Louisville' Dawkins 12-28 Fitzpatrick 4-18 Brohm 12-minus 26 Florida: Rhett 29-91 Malone 2-15 Matthews 4-minus 10 Louisville- Brohm 24-36-1-245 Florida: Matthews 32-46-1-317 Louisville Dawkins 12-90 GBrohm 4-58 Asher 3-42 Florida: WJackson 8-74 JJackson 8-60 Everett 1-29 Auburn 25 SW Louisiana 24 Auburn spotted Southwestern Louisiana (2-6) a 14-point lead and then fought back at home in the second half winning 25-24 on a 30-yard field goal by Scott Etheridge with 14 seconds left Auburn (5-3) got the ball with 1:55 remaining and took it 51 yards mainly on a 17-yard run by James Bostic and a 22-yard pass from Stan White to Orlando Parker Auburn snapped a two-game losing streak as it narrowly avoided an embarrassing homecoming loss SW Louisiana 7 17 0 0-24 Auburn 10 0 9 6-25 Senders 7 pass Irom White (Etheridge kick) A-FG Etheridge 43 Butler 65 pass from Hayes (Cunningham kick) Williams 13 pass Irom Hayes (Cunningham kick) Butler 16 pass Irom Hayes (Cunningham kick) FG Cunningham 39 FG Etheridge 38 White 1 run (pass tailed) FG Etheridge 20 FG Etheridge 30 74327 (at Auburn) ground game ground to a halt And that gave South Carolina quarterback Steve Taneyhill time to bring the Gamecocks back Taneyhill the long-haired freshman with the quick release and quicker mouth continues to pump up his team with his limitless confidence Saturday he made the big plays for the second straight week leading two touchdown drives in the second half after throwing for a score in the second quarter knew we were gonna come Taneyhill said was just a matter of The defense gave him his chance as Frank Adams and Benji Young teamed to sack Commodores punter David Lawrence at his 34 late in the third period A neat Taneyhill-to-Mike Reddick 33-yard completion set up Brandon 2-yard touch down leap and it was 17-14 The following Gamecocks drive almost brought disaster as Taneyhill who will be able to play next Saturday had to leave the game after his right forearm was pinned between helmets and went numb with South Carolina on the Vanderbilt 15 But backup Blake Williamson scored from the 6 and the Gamecocks led 21-17 And then they held And made the big plays when Vanderbilt (2-5 1-4) drove to the Gamecocks 12 late in the final period Dixon drilled Wilson causing a fumble and Delvin Herring recovered with two minutes 26 seconds to play Someone asked running back Rob DeBoer if he could remember such a Gamecocks comeback and he said but I remember the last time we won a road game either This was a big gut-check for the entire to say all the right things the polite things about his unity and all those great Gamecocks fans But you wondered Did he ever really feel that pressure? Did he ever think that maybe an 0-11 season was building followed by another South Carolina coaching search? Maybe Maybe he felt all of it Woods readied to leave And only then some of what might be beneath that mild exterior seemed to surface feel great" he said the smile returning "Last week I felt high as a kite This week I felt as if someone cut the stronghold Woods riding high on USC winning streak By STAN OLSON Staff Writer NASHVILLE Two weeks ago South Carolina football coach Sparky job appeared to be hanging by a chin strap His team was 0-5 and being booed at home Gamecocks fans were hollering for his scalp on radio talk shows and finally his own players voted to ask him to resign So that had to make Saturday 21-17 SEC victory at Vanderbilt that much sweeter And when it was over when his team had given him a second straight league win and doused him with ice water more than SW Louisiana: Benetleld 6-57 Thomas 3-50 Francois 15-48 Auburn: Bostic 30-141 Smith 2-19 Yarbrough 2-8 SW Louisiana: Hayes 23-9-1-166 Auburn: White 38-19-1-1-193 SW Louisiana Butler 4-100 Williams 3-32 Moncla 1-19 Auburn Bostic 5-61 Sanders 3-31 Dorn 2-30 Hines 4-30 Parker 3-29 Mississippi State 56 Arkansas State 6 At Starkville Miss Karl Williamson scored three touchdowns and the 25th-ranked offense rolled up 539 yards to dominate the Division I-AA school In rebounding from a 21-6 loss a week ago to South Carolina Mississippi State (5-2) never punted and allowed Arkansas State (1-7) only six first downs and 18 yards rushing Williamson scored on runs of 3 1 and 1 yards and finished with 93 yards in 14 carries as the option attack moved the ball almost at will against the Indians Arkansas St 6 0 0 Mnaiaaippi St 21 7 14 Harris 48 pass from Plump (Gardner kick) Williamson 3 run (Gardner kick) Prince 1 run (Gardner kick) Seymore 1 run (kick tailed) Williamson 1 run (Burke kick) Knight 60 interception return (Burke kick) Williamson 1 run (Burke kick) Brown 25 run (Burke kick) Hudson 5 run (Burke kick) Alt (at Mississippi St) Gardner-Webb ends SAC things" he said read where people were throwing things on football coaches at Oklahoma and Tennessee Emotions run high in this As they did during the player revolt of two weeks ago happened then was real unfortunate but been beat on and beat Woods said all wish that it was behind us But it certainly turned into a positive and a credit to our football team a better football coach now as far as listening to the players and the players are better at listening to our As Woods talked he continued Carson-Newman the No 1 team in a game Gardner-Webb never trailed The five-time national champion Eagles had won their 29 previous regular-season games excluding three forfeits Gardner-Webb (7-1 4-0) climbed into sole possession of first in the South Atlantic Conference Carson-Newman (6-1 4-1) dropped into a second-place tie with Elon Gardner-Webb takes a six-game winning streak to Elon next week Sophomore quarterback John Craven passed for 388 yards and three scores He completed 29 of 51 attempts and was sacked three times film when other teams got inside the 50 Carson-Newman 1-3-0-31 Georgia: Hastings 9-128 Mitchell 2-29 Hearst 2-15 Kentucky: Samuels 5-41 Harris 2-24 Florida 3 1 Louisville 1 7 At Gainesville Fla Shane Matthews threw for 317 yards and three touchdowns to become career passing leader and help the 20th-ranked Gators (4-3) to victory over the Cardinals (3-5) Matthews moved ahead of Ker-win Bell in the record book with a 7-yard completion to Errict Rhett on the last play of the third quarter and finished the day with 7605 yards in 28 regular-season games Louisville 0 3 7 Florida 7 10 7 7-31 Everett 29 pass from Matthews (Edmiston kick) FG Edmiston 27 FG Hamden 19 Jackson 22 pass Irom Matthews (Edmiston kick) Brohm 14 pass Irom Brohm (Harnden kick) Jackson 6 pass Irom Matthews (Edmiston kick) Dawkins 6 run (Harden kick) Rhett 8 run (Edmiston kick) Att -84476 (at Florida) First downs 23 26 Rushes-yards 34-29 35-96 Passing 245 317 Return Yards 50 33 By CHUCK CAVALARIS Special Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY Tenn A cluster of clean-shaven Gardner-Webb defensive players gazed at the scoreboard after 25-6 upset victory at Carson-Newman Individually and together a few yards from a goal line the Eagles never crossed they had something to shout about No 1" they yelled the nation" No one within earshot begged to differ Certainly not head coach Woody Fish who promised before the game to also shave his head "at if the sixth-ranked Bulldogs won lost to Carsqn- automatically went to the Craven said saw that over and over on film and knew the big thing was not getting sacked" Rodney Robinson exploited an inexperienced secondary a matchup Fish termed critical for 211 yards on 12 catches including scores of 22 and 7 yards He made several spectacular catches "The key was getting them to bite on short patterns and then taking off downfield" Robinson said tough to accept" said Carson-Newman coach Ken Sparks whose team was limited to 212 yards 119 on the ground "But going to get better" Arkansas St: Seymore 611 Henry 610 Dickson 68 Mississippi St: Williamson 14-93 Roberts 9-74 Plump 12-67 Prince 1657 Hudson 657 Brown 3-38 Galloway 630 TJames 2-25 Arkansas St: Covington 12-21-1-189 Mississippi St: Plump 2-5-0-75 Hudson 0-2-1-0 Arkansas St: Dickson 3-103 Griffin 2-39 Seymore 2-7 Mississippi St: WHarris 2-75 The Bulldogs manhandled i.