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16C SUNDAY NOVFMBFR 14 2004 I) mTTFGE FOOTBALL THE CHARI OTTE OBSFRVER I www charlotte com MIAMI 31 VIRGINIA 21 MICHIGAN STATE 49 NO 4 WISCONSIN 14 (Mseafero Wisamsioi) Ms Hurricanes snap 2-game losing sldd gan bowl hopes alive The Badgers entered the game ranked fifth in the Bowl Championship Series standings primarily because of a dominating defense that had allowed 9d points a game lowest in the nation But Michigan State rolled up 551 yards including 430 on the ground Jehuu Caulcrick had 146 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries for the Spartans Jason Teague had 112 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries He also caught a 30-yard scoring pass on a trick play in the first half with the ball thrown by wide receiver Aaron Alexander Davis led Wisconsin with 128 yards on 21 carries including a touchdown But he and the Badgers were cascaded with chants of early in the third quarter from more than 76000 fans at Spartan Stadium When it was over Wisconsin quarterback John Stocco looked lost at midfield as Michigan players fans and band members swarmed in clusters around him not going to win them Stocco said either get worse or you get better Personally I feel I took a step back Stocco completed 20 of 38 passes for 178 yards tans But two Michigan State players met him head-on to stop him just short a pivotal play in a game that wound up a lopsided 49-14 Spartans victory was a big momentum Davis said something like that happens you really have to pull together as a team and get the momentum back some how some way We do The Spartans (5-5 4-3) handed the fourth-ranked Badgers their first loss and knocked Wisconsin (9-1 6-1) into a second-place tie with Iowa in the Big Ten behind Michigan The win keeps Michi Badgers the nation's top scoring defense dismantled by Spartans By Tim Martin Associated Press EAST LANSING Mich dream of an unbeaten season might have ended just before halftime Saturday at Michigan State when Anthony Davis went airborne toward the goal line on fourth-and-inches expecting to score the tying touchdown against the upstart Spar PIONEER LEAGUE defense shuts down Davidson amazing comeback was in the offing But Brock Berlin hit Talib Humphrey for 44 yards on a third-and-5 from the Miami 35 and Berlin hit Parrish for the clinching TD on the next play Alvin Pearman who played at Charlotte Country Day finished with 106 yards on 21 carries GEORGIA TECH 30 CONNECTICUT 10 Yellow Jackets snag crucial win ATLANTA Djay Jones already had fulfilled the dream of every special teams player scooping up a blocked punt and returning it for a touchdown He done Jones also blocked a punt of his own capping a brilliant performance by the freshman in Georgia crucial 30-10 victory against Connecticut think I was going to get a touchdown and a Jones said was happy after the The Yellow Jackets (6-3) clinched a winning regular season which means be eligible for their eighth straight bowl bid With games remaining against No 10 Virginia and eighth-ranked Georgia it was vital that Georgia Tech beat the Huskies (5-4) who remain one win short of bowl consideration a big center Andy Tidwell-Neal said "We want to keep that streak alive No one wants to be on the team that make a bowL something that people have on their AP Virginia can't stop speedy Miami wideout By Hank Kurz Jr Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Roscoe Parrish returned a punt for a touchdown and caught a clinching late touchdown pass Saturday as Miami got back into the ACC title race by beating No 10 Virginia 31-2L Frank Gore matched ACC-leading running game with 195 yards and a touchdown and Parrish sealed the victory for the No 18 Hurricanes He took a punt at his own 38 with just over 7 minutes left cut across the field and then down the sideline to make it 24-14 He then grabbed pass in the right comer of the end zone with 51 seconds left The Hurricanes (7-2 4-2) ended a two-game losing streak and put themselves back in position to win the league title and its Bowl Championship Series bid with victories in their last two games They play Wake Forest next weekend and Virginia Tech on Dec 4 both in Miami The Cavaliers (7-2 4-2) started the day tied with No 16 Virginia Tech for first in the ACC and in control of their destiny but fell back for the second time after losing to a team from Florida in a big game Almost a month ago they lost 36-3 at Florida State A 47-yard run by Marques Hagans highlighted a four-play 79-yard drive to get the Cavaliers within 24-21 with 3:19 left giving a record crowd of 63701 at Scott Stadium hope that an ACC Scoreboard Standings JEFF SINER-STAFF PHOTO Tar Heels quarterback Darian Durant (4) puts a move on Wake Forest linebacker Jonathan Abbate (40) on his way to the end zone in the third quarter Heels need 1 more win to go bowling and set up the first touchdown with a 27-yard run to the Davidson! Freshman quarterback Beaux Jones son of former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Bert Jones started for Davidson and threw three interceptions the last of which led to the second touchdown Around the league DUQUESNE 36 M0REHEAD STATE 33 (0T): At Pittsburgh Niel Loe-big threw for 301 yards and five touchdowns including a 2-yard scoring pass to Alex Roberson in overtime to lead Duquesne (7-2) over Morehead State (6-5) COASTAL CAROLINA 48 JACKSONVILLE 23: At Conway SC Patrick Hall ran 19 times for 157 yards as Coastal Carolina (9-1) beat Jacksonville (3-7) VALPARAISO 34 AURORA 0: At Valparaiso Ind Ryan Doerffler and Rob Giancola hooked up for two scoring touchdowns and Valparaiso (5-6) held Aurora (6-4) to 12 yards passing DRAKE-39 WALDORF 7: Des Moines Iowa freshman Scott Phaydavong ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns and Drake (9-2) held Waldorf (2-8) to 60 total yards ST (IND) 34 BUTLER 0: At Indianapolis Demar Campbell rushed for 85 yards and three touchdowns as St (6-4) shut out Butler (1-10) STILLMAN 24 AUSTIN PEAY 17: At Tuscaloosa Abu Brian Witherspoon returned a kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown to spark Division II Stillman (5-5) OBSERVER NEWS SERVICES Wildcats throw 5 interceptions By Reid Spencer Special Correspondent DAVIDSON Davidson running back John Leverett closed out his career as the leading rusher in Davidson history but the Wildcats had little else to cheer about in a 23-0 loss to Georgetown on Saturday at Richardson Field Leverett broke Ray record of 3085 yards with a 7-yard pickup on his first carry Leverett a 205-pound senior from Atlanta finished with 83 yards on 25 carries to bring his career total to 3165 yards Leverett also holds school records for touchdowns (40) rushing touchdowns (34) and points (240) With its quarterbacks under pressure all afternoon Davidson (2-7) was unable to move the ball Not until late in the fourth quarter did the Wildcats advance inside the 30 And five interceptions thrown by three Davidson quarterbacks help Eric 34-yard field goal with 5 minutes 27 seconds left in the first opened the scoring for Georgetown (3-7) Running back Emir Davis scored from 1 yard out with L37 left in the period and the Hoyas maintained a 10-0 advantage until midway through the fourth quarter Diminutive running back Kim Sarin (5-foot-7 155 pounds) gained 94 yards for Georgetown DGsconsfrom i5c fire through the afternoon converting a fake field goal into a first down that set up their first touchdown and in the final five minutes using a fake punt to keep a drive alive After forcing a punt North Carolina took over at its own 44 with 53 seconds left in the tied game Three plays produced a first down at the 45 leading Durant to call in the huddle as the final minute melted off the clock When primary receiver Wallace Wright was covered Durant rolled to his right toward the Deacons sideline Holley who earlier had a pass bounce off his shoulder pads and returned 21 yards for a touchdown by Wake Marcus McGruder was being shadowed by Gattis who was expecting something he get read the wrong Gattis said jumped the out route Once (Durant) throw the out I knew it was a big Holley saw Gattis peek at Durant and knew he had the defender beat knew it was the biggest play I had to make all said Holley who had hurt his leg when he landed awkwardly on the earlier interceptioa With overtime looming suddenly North Carolina was seconds away from a victory heart North Carolina center Jason Brown said I blinked a couple of times just to make sure (it As exhilarating as the victory was for the Tar Heels it was perhaps equally devastating to the Deacons who had their postseason goals It was their fifth loss in the final minute this season loss is tougher because further down the said Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe who got a 138-yard rushing effort from George Barclay was a 9-1 season no question about it We have no excuses We play well enough to Notes North Carolina tailback Jacque Lewis suffered a broken left foot during the game Receiver Jarwarski Pollock left the game with a concussion in the first half and did not return McGruder set an ACC record with his third interception return for a touchdown this season Notes Texas running back Cedric Benson scored a touchdown in a game for the 36th time breaking the NCAA record The record of 35 games with a touchdown was shared by Travis Prentice of Miami of Ohio (1996-99) and Brock Forsey of Boise State (1999-2002) Penn State stopped Indiana four times from the 1 in the final two minutes preserving a 22-18 victory and ending a six-game losing streak Michigan set an NCAA record this season by averaging 111025 fans per game Braylon Edwards became the first Big Ten player with three 1000-yard receiving seasons OBSERVER NEWS SERVICES Gameballs Bowling Omar Jacobs passed for 389 yards and five touchdowns in a 56-35 victory against Marshall Vince Young ran for a score and threw for one with 11 seconds left rallying Texas from a 10-point deficit in the final five minutes against Kansas Young accounted for 409 yards 0NS Inside College Football Minnesota teammates reach 1000 yards again Georgia Tech 30 Connecticut 10 Miami Virginia Brumett 2 24 Scott 2-13 Mason 2 8 Hedgecock 1-9 Phillips 1-2 Wake Forest Morton 5-40 Barclay 2-7 Selmon 1-23 Davis 1-16 Marion 1-15 Tereshinskl 1-5 Anderson 1-3 DUKE 16 CLEMSON 13 Clemson 3 3 0 7 13 Duke 6 0 0 10 16 FIRST QUARTER CLEM-FG Dean 20 9 10 DUKE-FG Brooks 27 4 10 DUKE-FG Brooks 21 239 SECOND QUARTER CLEM-FG Dean 32 13 04 FOURTH QUARTER CLEM-Merriweather 3 run (Dean kick) 12 57 DUKE-Drummer 4 pass from Schneider (Brooks kick) 121 DUKE-FG Brooks 53 0 00 Att-24714(at Duke) CLEM DUKE First downs 13 14 Rushes yards 35-133 38 21 Passing 117 213 Comp Att Int 12-27-2 20-32-1 Return Yards 9 22 Punts 6-40 9 35 Fumbles Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties Yards 4-41 3-25 Time of 2329 36 31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Clemson Merriweather 18 76 Coleman 7 35 Whitehurst 6-21 Currie 1-9 Stuckey 1 5 Miller l-( 1) Team l-( 12) Duke Dargan 19-25 Drummer 4 7 Boyle 4 5 Dapolito2 2 Schneider 9-( 18) PASSING-Clemson Whitehurst 12 26 2-117 Stuckey 0 100 Duke Schneider 20 31-0-213 Dargan 0 110 RECEIVING-Clemson Currie 6 75 Stuckey 2 23 Coleman 1-9 Collins 1 8 Hall 1 7 Merriweather l-( 5) Duke Drummer 5-40 Wright 4-66 Roland4 38 Patrick3-42 Thompson 2 12 Elliott 1 15 Boyle 1 0 GEORGIA TECH 16 CONNECTICUT 13 UConn 3 3 0 7 13 GaTfech 6 0 0 10 16 FIRST QUARTER GT-Dixon 4 pass from Bali (Bell kick) 11 59 FG Nuzie 51 847 SECOND QUARTER GT-FG Bell 27 3 02 GT-Jones 5 return of blocked punt (Bell kick) 2 13 GT-FG Bell 34 0 15 THIRD QUARTER GT-FG Bell 29 1 51 FOURTH QUARTER GT-Eziemefe 3 pass from Ball (Bell kick) 6 15 UC-Bellamyl run (Nuzie kick) 0 00 Att-43577 (at GaTech) RESULTS North Carolina 31 Wake Forest 24 Duke 16 Clemson 13 Summaries No 18 MIAMI 31 No 10 VIRGINIA 21 Miami 7 7 3 14 31 Virginia 0 7 7 7 -21 FIRST QUARTER Mia-Gore 1 1 run (Peattle kick) :36 SECOND QUARTER Va-Miller 3 pass from Hagans (Hughes kick) 10 10 Mia-Humphrey 3 pass from Berlin (Peattie kick) 3 20 THIRD QUARTER Va-Pearman 34 run (Hughes kick) 355 Mta-FG 43 Peattie 43 FOURTH QUARTER Mia-Parrish 62 punt return (Peattie kick) 7 03 Va-lundy 3 run (Hughes kick) 3 19 Mla-Parrish 25 pass from Berlin (Peattie kick) 51 63701 (at Virginia) Mia Va First downs 20 19 Rushes yards 40-203 36 22 1 Passing 177 94 Comp Att Int 18 33 0 10-25-2 Return Yards 3 Punts 5-32 7-36 Fumbles Lost 0 0 0 0 Penalties Yards 10 70 2 30 Time of Possession 3315 2645 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Miami Gore 28 195 Moss 5-11 Hill 2 5 Parrish 1 4 team l-(mmus 4) Berlm 3 (minus 8) Virginia Pearman 21 106 Hagans 9 85 Lundy 6-30 PASSING-Miami Berlin 18 33-0-177 Virginia Hagans 10 25-2-94 Miami Parrish 4 50 Humphrey 3-49 Hill 3-19 Jenkins 2 19 Everett 2 15 Moss 2 10 Olsen 1 11 Gore 1-4 Virginia Pearman 5 48 Miller 3-45 Williams 1-4 Santi Hmmus 3) CAROLINA 31 WAKE FOREST 24 UNC 0 10 14 7 31 Wake Forest 0 3 7 14 24 SECOND QUARTER NC-FG Barth 33 9 08 WF-FG Piackemeier 19 537 NC-Scott 9 run (Barth kick) 1 03 THIRD QUARTER WF-McGruder 21 Interception return (Piackemeier kick) 12 03 NC-Durant 3 run (Barth kick) 7 38 NC-Philhps 2 pass from Durant (Barth kick) 1 56 FOURTH QUARTER WF-Barclay 1 run (Piackemeier kick) 14 57 WF-Barclay 1 run (Piackemeier kick) 7 20 NC-Holley 45 pass from Durant (Barth kick) 0 36 37623 (at Wake Forest) Top 25 No Team WL Opponent Next Game So Calif (9-0) late Arizona Notre Dame Nov 27 Entering the game the Trojans needed one victory to clinch the Pac-10 title 2 Oklahoma (9-0) late Nebraska at Baylor Sat Nebraska entered as a 30-point underdog in this storied rivalry 3 Auburn (10-0) 24-6 8 Georgia at Alabama Sat AU's Carnell Williams 101 rush yds and a TD 20 receiving yds 1 passing TD 4 Wisconsin (91) 49 14 at Michigan St at Iowa Sat Michigan State rolled up 551 yds of total offense including 430 on the ground 5 California (8-1) 42 12 at Washington Stanford Sat JJ Amngton 121 rush yds has at least 100 in every game this year 6 Texas (9-1) 27-23 at Kansas Texas Nov 26 UT rallies from 10 pt deficit Vince Young throws TD with 11 seconds left 7 Utah (9-0) late at Wyoming BYU Sat Entering game Alex Smith led the country in passing efficiency (179 8) Georgia (8-2) 24-3 at 3 Auburn Georgia Tech Nov 27 Bulldogs held to 279 yds no points until late in 4th quarter 9 Michigan (9-1) 42 20 Northwestern at Ohio State Sat UM's Mike Hart 151 rush yds 3 TDs Michigan scores 35 in 2nd half 10 Virginia (7-2) 31 21 18 Miami at Georgia Tech Sat Frank Gore 195 rush yds Miami ends 2 game losing streak 1L Florida State (8 2) 17-10 Thu North Carolina Florida Nov 20 FSU scores 17 straight earning Bobby Bowden his 350th career victory 12 Louisville (7-1) 55-28 TCU Wed at Houston Nov 20 Louisville led 24 0 with 2 minutes left in the 1st quarter 13 Virginia (8-2) 36-17 2L Bos Col Sat at Pittsburgh Nov 25 WVU could have clinched 1st BCS bid and tie for 2nd straight conference title 14 Boise St (9-0) 56-49 20T at San Jose St Louisiana Tech Sat Jon Helmandollar scores 3rd TD in 2nd OT Broncos win-streak now 20 15 Tennessee (7-2) Idle at Vanderbilt Nov 20 16 Virginia Tech (7-2) Idle Maryland Nov 18 17 LSU (6-2) late Alabama Mississippi Sat Alabama (6-3) already qualified for its 1st bowl since 200L 18 Miami (7-2) 31-21 at 10 Virginia Wake Forest Sat Roscoe Pamsh returned a punt for a TD and caught a clinching late TD 19 Iowa (8-2) 29-27 at Minnesota Wisconsin Sat Game-tying 51 yd FG misses with 28 seconds left Iowa wins 6th straight 20 Anzona St (7-2) late Wash St at Arizona Nov 26 Entenng game Andrew Walter already held Pac-10 record for TDs (80) 2L Boston Coll (7-2) 36-17 atl3WVa at Temple Sat Paul Peterson threw 2 1st half TDs and BC returned 2 punts for TDs 22 Texas (7-3) L32-250T Texas Tech at Texas Nov 26 Courtney Lewis scored a 25 yd TD on 1st play of OT 23 UTEP (6-2) late Rice So Methodist Sat only losses are to unbeaten Boise State and Na 20 Arizona State 24 Notre Dame (6-4) 41-38 Pittsburgh at So Calif Nov 27 Tyler Palko 1st QB to throw 5 TDs vs Insh Pitt makes FG with 1 second left 25 Ola State (7-3) 42 21 Baylor at Texas Tech Nov 27 OSLEs Seymore Shaw 172 rush yds in place of injured Vemand Morencyi MINNEAPOLIS Marion Barber HI surpassed 1000 yards rushing for the second straight season joining Laurence Maroney as the first pair of teammates to accomplish that in NCAA history Barber has 1082 yards this season Maroney has L243 yards Barber a junior and Maroney a sophomore became the 31st duo from the same team to each rush for 1000 yards during a season in 2003 Barber had U96 yards to 1J2L -ASSOCIATED PRESS Another Hail Mary finish for Colorado BOULDER Cola Joel Klatt threw a 64-yard touchdown to Ron Monteilh with five seconds left Saturday to make Colorado bowl eligible with a crazy 38-31 victory against Kansas State Monteilh found himself wide open and ran 20 yards for the score the first of his career Ten years ago this season Michael Westbrook made a 64-yard Hail Mary on the last play at Michigan for a 27-26 victory AP INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHlNG-UConn Brockington 18-43 Bellamy Team Hminus 2) Orlovsky 4 (minus 22) Georgia Tech Grant 19 73 Eziemefe 8 21 Ball 7-13 Thomas 1-10 B-ibo 1 8 Butler Hminus 3) PASSING-UConn Orlovsky 28-49-0-205 Georgia Tech Ball 22 38-0 288 RECEIVING -UConn Henry 6-65 Cutaia 5-44 Murray 4 37 Bellamy 3 15 Brockington 3 3 Anderson 2 19 McLean 2 10 Williams 2 7 Sparks 1 5 Georgia Tech Johnson 6-131 Curry 5-83 Thomas 4-31 Grant 3 20 Eziemefe 2-13 Williams 1-6 Dixon 1-4 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-North Carolina Scott 16-70 Lewis 3-56 McGill 8 33 Durant 7-14 Justice 1 3 Wright 2 2 Team Hminus 2) Wake Forest Barclay 30 138 Mauk 12-96 Morton 3 (minus 1) Marion 2-(minus 2) Randolph 2(minus 5) RASSING-North Carolina Durant 18 36-1 225 Hall M-0 9 Wake Forest Mauk 10-24 1 100 Randolph 2-4-0-9 Barclay 0-1-0-0 RECEIVWG-North Carolina Wnght 4-33 Mitchell 3-45 Holley 2-63 Hamlett 2-37 ar-ar-cr-.