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College Football 15G The Charlotte (Dbsemr Sunday September 17 1995 TOP 25 Rounduppage 16G 1 Florida State (3-0-0) Defeated NC State 77-17 Next Vs Central Florida (Sat) use rolls to victory 2 Nebraska (3-0-0) Defeated Arizona State 77-28 Next Vs Pacific (Sat) Florida swamps By STAN OLSON Staff Writer COLUMBIA South Carolina football coach Brad Scott had just stepped to the podium when he saw wife Daryle sitting in the back of the Williams-Brice Stadium interview room can smile this week 3 Texas (2-0-0) Defeated Tulsa 52-9 Next At No 9 Colorado (Sat) 4 Florida (3-0-0) Defeated No 8 Tennessee 62-37 Next Vs Mississippi (Sept 30) 5 Auburn (2-1-0) Lost to Louisiana St 12-6 Next At Kentucky (Sept 30) 0 Southern Cal (1 -0-0) Vs Houston late Next At No 17 Arizona (Sat) 7 Penn State (2-0-0) Defeated Temple 66-14 Next At Rutgers (Sat) 0 Tennessee (2-1-0) Lost to No 4 Florida 62-37 Next Vs Mississippi St (Sat) 0 Colorado (3-0-0) Defeated NE Louisiana 66-14 Next Vs No 3 Texas (Sat) 10 Ohio State (2-0-0) Defeated No 18 Washington 30-20 Next At Pittsburgh (Sat) 11 Michigan (4-0-0) Defeated Boston College 23-13 Next Vs Miami Ohio (Sat) Gators rally with 48 straight points he said and then Scott offered a wide grin of his own His Gamecocks had just found the perfect cure for their football miseries Saturday night Take two aspirin and one Louisiana Tech The Game Tanneyhill cocks who had been clobbered by SEC opponents in their first two games stepped out of the conference for their home opener Then they stepped on the Bulldogs pounding them 68-21 In the process South Carolina set a school record with 679 yards 12 UCLA (2-1-0) Lost to No 20 Oregon 38-31 Next At Washington St (Sat) 13 Alabama (2-1-0) Lost to Arkansas 20-19 Next At No 23 Georgia (Sept 30) 14 Oklahoma (2-0-0) Defeated So Methodist 24-10 Next Vs Texas (Sat) 15 Texas (2-0-0) Defeated Pittsburgh 38-27 Next at No 24 Notre Dame (Sat) 16 Virginia (3-1-0) Defeated Georgia Tech 41-14 Next At Clemson (Sat) 17 Arizona (2-1-0) Lost to Illinois 9-7 Next Vs No 6 Southern Cal (Sat) By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press GAINESVILLE Fla Florida has scored plenty of points since coach Steve Spurrier arrived in 1990 but nothing to match the offensive show Danny Wuerffel and Co put on Saturday Wuerffel threw for six touchdowns and also ran for a score as the fourth-ranked Gators scored 48 straight points to stun eighth-ranked Tennessee 62-37 It was magnificent to watch unless you were one of the 10000 fans who made the trip from Tennessee Wuerffel completed 29 of 39 passes for 381 yards Terry Jackson ran for 119 yards and Ike Hilliard caught four touchdown passes tying a school record and finished with nine receptions for 1 12 yards felt we could score every time we got said Spurrier architect of the offense we came awfully The Gators taking a major step toward their third straight SEC title and fourth in five years had trailed 3Q-14 late in the first half after Raymond Austin returned a fumble 46 yards for a touchdown The Florida Field crowd of 85105 was sitting in stunned silence After all the Gators (3-0 2-0) hardly ever lose at Swamp" only twice in five-plus years as coach Tennessee (2-1 1-1) looked like it would finally end domination of the SEC Eastern Division but the Volunteers fell apart despite sophomore Peyton 326 yards passing Jay Graham had two back-breaking fumbles and Jeff Hall missed a 22-yard field goal and had an extra point blocked got our ears pinned back in second said Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer whose team was outscored 41-7 in the final two quarters Wuerffel who has 49 touchdown passes despite starting only 17 games in his college career was nearly perfect especially in the second half when he completed 13 of 15 for 181 yards really got on fire in the second he said was one of my biggest games To get out there and play like that was The momentum was totally in favor after an amazing sequence in the second quarter Joey Kent fumbled on a vicious hit by Lawrence Wright to give Florida the ball at the Vols 47 but Wuerffel fumbled the ball right back while trying to scramble out of the pocket Austin scooped it up and ran for a touchdown to give Tennessee a 16-point lead Florida had been down by as many as 17 points on its home field and rallied to win but never as impressively as the Gators did on this day 10 Washington (1-1-0) Lost to No 10 Ohio State 30-20 Next: Vs Army (Sat) 10 Miami (1-1-0) Did not play Next At Virginia Tech (Sat) 20 Oregon (3-0-0) Defeated No 12 UCLA 38-31 Next Vs Stanford (Sat) 21 Air Force (2-1-0) Lost to Colorado St 27-20 Next At No 25 Northwestern (Sat) 22 Kansas St (2-0-0) Did not play Next Vs Akron (Sat) 23 Georgia (2-1-0) Defeated New Mexico St 40-13 Next At Mississippi (Sat) 24 Notre Dame (2-1-0) Defeated Vanderbilt 41-0 Next Vs No 15 Texas (Sat) 25 Northwestern(1 -1 -0) Lost to Miami Ohio 30-28 Next Vs No 21 Air Force (Sat) of total offense They did it by returning to the no-huddle fast-breaking offense that Scott had helped popularize when he was offensive coordinator at Florida State In the first two games the Gamecocks had gotten away from their quick-strike throw-and-go air show trying to find a more balanced attack It working a fact that center Luther Dixon pointed out to Scott last Sunday Arkansas on our first touchdown drive we ran right down the field and we did it because we were going Dixon said guys got tired what we do our offense is the same as Florida And I just asked coach why we doing that Coach thought about it And reconsidered we reflected back on our earlier ball games I thought maybe we should get back to doing what this offense does said Scott a throwing and catching football team right now that can run the football but obviously the plays that we make are when (quarterback) Steve Taneyhill has the ball in his hands and is throwing to some fine receivers" we wanted to go back to our old style of pressing the defense Although it took us a quarter to get warmed Then after struggling to a 3-0 first quarter lead the Gamecocks caught fire In that second quarter he completed 15 of 22 passes for 222 yards and four touchdowns And South Carolina scored 30 points Louisiana Tech was overwhelmed dropping its 15th straight game to an SEC opponent Taneyhill finished with 24 completions in 41 attempts for 389 yards and five touchdowns in three work The second-quarter barrage eventually turned into six straight scoring drives for the Gamecocks And in the fourth period even after the starters were long gone the points kept piling up Eventually the point total reach its highest mark since a 73-0 romp over Wichita State in 1980 All that offense took the pressure off of the struggling defense The unit still gave up 434 total yards but it kept the Bulldogs from scoring consistently still made mistakes but happy to come away with a Scott said can take a big breath again" BRIAN CLEARY (top) and STEVE SIMONEAUAssociated Press HEISMAN WATCH The tide turns: As the SEC showdown began (23) But then offense ignited and Tennessee leaped out to a 30-14 lead and had scored 48 straight points including Ike Hil-things going its way like DeRon liard's high-stepping touchdown (above) to roll (18 top photo) second quarter interception to a 62-37 victory Saturday at Gainesville Fla which he celebrated with Shawn Summers Defending on Hilliard's touchdown is Jenkins Steve Davis RB Auburn: Davis who averaged 63 yards a carry in the Tigers' first two games gained 76 yards on 14 carries in an SEC loss at Louisiana State Peyton Manning QB Tennessee: Completed 23 of 36 passes for 326 yards and two scores with no interceptions in a loss to Florida Simeon Rice LB Illinois: The only highlight of the first half of upset of No 17 Arizona was Rice who became the Big career sack leader He finished the game with four sacks increasing his career total to 40 SAY WHAT? was our game to win and we just didn't do Gene Stallings Alabama coach by then the damage had been done The Vols had four fumbles in all ruining another big day by their sophomore quarterback Manning who set a career high with 349 yards the week before against Georgia completed 23 of 36 passes but was only 10 of 20 for 1 10 yards in the second half really came out fired up Everything was kind of Manning said a matter of them stopping us It was a matter of us stopping ourselves" Summary page 16G remaining By that time a driving rain was pelting the field turning it into a swamp literally and the Gators felt right at home you going to tell me Steve turned that Fulmer joked in about his only moment of levity after the collapse Tennessee have to punt until early in the fourth quarter and piled up 460 yards Graham though fumbled on consecutive possessions both leading to Florida touchdowns which transformed a 30-28 lead into a 41-30 deficit Graham was benched but our offense gets Hilliard said only people stopping us are ourselves This is the kind of thing you dream about We have such confidence in ourselves" Wuerffel picked himself up after the fumble and led a 12-play 70-yard drive that culminated with an 11 -yard scoring toss to Hilliard with nine seconds left in the half cutting margin to 30-21 at the break Florida was unstoppable in the second half scoring on six straight drives to make it 62-30 with five minutes 30 seconds Summarypage 17G Appalachian State holds off rally was just kind of an avalanche never been in an avalanche but that was kind of the feeling You have a sense of Bruce Snyder Arizona State coach "I feel bad for our students and our fans because we created a bandwagon and everybody jumped on Now things seem to be teflon-coated and sliding right off got work to do We lost our focus This is about as low as it gets" Gary Barnett Northwestern coach matter" he said goes down as an for them and a for us and all we care The Apps jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead getting a 20-yard touchdown pass from Satterfield to Lance and a 2-yard TD run by Scott The drives covered 81 and 89 yards The Aggies scored on a 14-yard pass from Bolin to tight end Carlos Baldwin to make it 14-7 early in the second period Scott scored from a yard out on possession and kicker Jay Sutton added a 26-yard field goal to account for the first half scoring game was good for us in getting us ready for the said Moore has an excellent football team If we have played well we would have gotten the handoff on fourth-and-2 from the 24 and was hit in the backfield by ASU linebacker Dexter Coakley for a loss of 2 was expecting it to go the other way to the strong said Coakley a junior All-American coach always says to play it honest and what I The Apps took over on the 21 and Lance would redeem himself four plays later by scoring from the 7 to make it 38-24 with 2:27 to go got the ball back and Bolin was intercepted by ASU safety Clarence Sutton But an interference penalty nullified the play and on the next snap Bolin hit receiver Cedric Combo for a 55-yard touchdown with 1:37 left making it 38-31 The Aggies had the ball with 15 seconds left at midfield but Bolin was sacked to end the game Coakley expressed little concern over the Aggies near-comeback After stripping the ball from ASU quarterback Scott Satterfield Collins recovered the ball at the 22 Six plays later Aggie quarterback Maseo Bolin a former West Mecklenburg star dove over from a yard out and Melton Shaw carried it in for the two-point conversion making it 31-24 with 1 1:02 left The drive appeared stopped when pass attempt on fourth-and-7 was batted down by linebacker Marvin Hodge but Hodge was flagged for interference thought penalties were a big key in the second said ASU coach Jerry Moore whose team was cited 11 times for 105 yards kept telling every official that could hear me that we must be pretty The Mountaineers moved to the 17 on their next possession but fullback Aid-win Lance fumbled and defensive end Troy Pelshak recovered But capitalize Shaw took By JERRY SNOW Special Correspondent GREENSBORO Appalachian State used a dominant ground game and held off a NC A rally for a 38-31 win at Aggie Stadium Saturday The Mountaineers ranked No 2 in Division I-AA are 3-0 and off to their best start since 1986 ASU got a career-high 2 1 8 yards and three touchdowns from junior tailback Damon Scott who pace a ground attack that piled up 366 yards (2-1) was held to 1 15 The Apps led 31-13 with five minutes 13 seconds left in the third quarter when Scott scored his third touchdown on a draw play from 8 yards out But the Aggies reeled off 11 straight points getting a 34-yard field goal from Luther Leak and then a key sack from safety Chuck Collins "Generally I can come up with something positive to sell Today there wasn't anything positive It may have been the worst whipping I've ever received as a player coach or Ron Dickerson Temple coach Summarypage 19G.