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12C SUNDAY PFCFMBFR 4 200S COLLEGE FOOTBALL THF CHARI OTTF OBSFRVFR I www charlmte com DIVISION l-AA PLAYOFFS 2005-06 Bowl Schedule IojEsos take bait vs Subject to Change All Times EST adi Williams passes for 367 yards vs So Illinois half that came in the fourth when Southern Illinois scored two meaningless touchdowns in the final 3 minutes Southern Illinois had closed to within 31-17 but failed to recover the onside kick Williams then faked an option run left and dropped back to throw The Salukis were snookered again and Williams hit wide-open Dexter Jackson for a 40-yard score seen a lot of teams that throw it especially using the sets we do" Appalachian State coach Jerry Moore Other playoffs NAIA: Tyler Emmert passed for 368 yards and five touchdowns in 55-0 win against Sioux Falls Adam Denning scored three touchdowns and St Francis (Ind) beat Morningside 42-14 The final is Dec 17 DIVISION II: Josh Lamberson threw a touchdown pass to Raphael Robinson with 23 seconds left in Northwest Missouri 25-24 win at North Alabama Brandon Langston scored three times in the first quarter for Grand Valley State in a 55-20 win against East Stroudsburg The final is Saturday in Florence Ala ASSOCIATED PRESS ern Illinois on a hitch and go for a 44-yard gain to the 1 to set up the first touchdown Kevin Richardson ran the same route for a 41-yard score early in the second quarter and Appalachian State (10-3) led 17-0 were real aggressive with their Williams said saw it on film and we just tried to play off that" The Salukis should have known better season high had been 272 yards but he had topped 400 yards four times in a five-game stretch in 2004 Joel Sambursky was intercepted twice inside the Appalachian State 15 in the first half Justin Wozeah returned his interception 78 yards to the Southern Illinois 11 and TJ Courman scored on a reverse on the next play to give the Mountaineers a 24-3 halftime lead Southern Illinois had a 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Craig Turner to open the second half but running back Arkee Whitlock a Rock Hill High graduate provided the only other offense for the Salukis while the game was in doubt He finished the game with 95 yards but Sambursky struggled against the Appalachian State pass defense He threw for 220 yards but By Kevin Cary kcarycharlotteobserver com BOONE Appalachian 38-24 win Saturday in the Division I-AA quarterfinals happened because the Mountaineers unlike Southern Illinois knew when to pounce Three Mountaineers touchdowns came after Southern Illinois bit on short routes or play action to set up big passing plays and two Appalachian State interceptions came after defenders stepped in front of slant routes Appalachian State will host the winner of Fur-man-Richmond game Saturday in the Division I-AA semifinals Quarterback Richie Williams led the way He lit up the Southern Illinois secondary for 367 yards Williams took advantage whenever the Salukis tried to be aggressive and finished with four touchdowns three passing Southern Illinois (9-4) entered the game 110th in the nation in pass defense and showed early they were susceptible Hans Batichon burned South PIONEER BOWL TUSKEGEE AP Top 25 28 BOWIE STATE 26 No 1 Southern Cal (12-0) beat No 11 UCLA 66-19 No 2 Texas (12-0) beat Colorado 70-3 No 3 LSU (10-2) lost to No 13 Georgia 34-14 No 4 Penn State (10-1) did not play No 5 Va Tech (10-1) vs Florida State ACC championship late No 6 Ohio State (9-2) did not play No 7 Notre Dame (9-2) did not play No 8 Oregon (10-1) did not play No 9 Auburn (9-2) did not play No 10 Miami (9-2) did not play No 11 UCLA (9-2) lost to No 1 Southern Cal 66-19 No 12 West Virginia (9-1) at South Florida late No 13 Georgia (10-2) beat No 3 LSU 34-14 No 14 Alabama (9-2) did not play No 15 Texas Christian (10-1) did not play No 16 Louisville (8-2) at Connecticut late No 17 Florida (8-3) did not play No 18 Texas Tech (9-2) did not play No 19 Boston College (8-3) did not play No 20 Michigan (7-4) did not play No 21 Wisconsin (9-3) did not play No 22 Clemson (7-4) did not play No 23 Fresno State (8-4) lost to Louisiana Tech 40-28 FJi No 24 Georgia Tech (7-4) did not play No 25 Iowa (7-4) did not play Summaries No SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 66 No 11 UCLA 19 ucu use 13 14 1 FIRST QUARTER FG Danelo 35 9:12 USC-Jarrett 8 pass from Lemart (Danelo kick) 3:03 SECOND QUARTER USC-White 19 run (Danelo kick) 1302 USC-Bush 13 run (Danelo kick) 10:57 FG Medlock 43 8:09 FG Medlock 43 4:00 USC-Bush 10 run (Danelo kick) 1-33 THIRD QUARTER USC-Davis 15 pass from teinart (Danelo kick) 6:31 USC-Wyatt 38 fumble return (Danelo kick) 618 USC-White 24 pass from Lemart (Danelo kick) :55 FOURTH QUARTER White 8 run (Danelo kick) 11:28 UCLA-Drew 15 run (Medlock kick) 3 33 USC-Kirtman 2 run (Danelo kick) 3:23 UCLA-Willis 13 pass from Olson (kick failed) ill 92000 (at USC) UCU USC First downs 19 35 Rushes-yards 33-129 51-430 Passing 146 249 Comp-Att-Int 14-32-0 23-44-1 Return Yanis Punts 11 -6-397 5-3 1-15 34 0-00 5-52 33:59 Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS UCLA Drew 14-84 Markey 6-22 Bell 4-20 Olson 9-3 USC Bush 24-260 White 14-154 Kirtman 3-6 Griffin 104 Lemart 6-3 Smith 1-3 Booty 1-2 UCLA Olson 14-32-0-146 USC Lemart 21-40-0-233 Booty 1-3-1-5 Jarrett 1-1-0-11 UCU lewis 3-30 Everett 3-28 Markey 2-19 Cowan 2-15 Baumgartner 1-25 Drew 1-14 Willis M3 Moya 1-2 USC Jarrett 6-83 Byrd 5-56 Smith 3-28 Kirtman 3-16 Davis M5 Leinart 1-11 Thompson 1-5 Big 12 Championship No 2 TEXAS 70 COLORADO 3 Itexas Colorado 14 FIRST QUARTER Tex-Melton 1 run (Pino kick) 9 44 Tex-Charies 3 pass from Young (Pino kick) 5 59 SECOND QUARTER Col-FG Crosby 25 14:48 Ttex-V Young 2 run (Pino kick) 12:00 Ttex-Sweed 31 pass from VYoung (Pino kick) 11:37 Tex-Thomas 8 pass from VYoung (Pino kick) 7:20 Tpx-Charles 2 run (Pino kick) 0:25 THIRD QUARTER Tex-S Young 4 run (Pino kick) 11:26 Ttex-Foster 0 blocked punt return (Pino kick) 1021 Charles 26 run (Pmo kick) 959 Melton 1 run (Pino kick) 7:36 71107 (at Colorado) Tex First downs 26 Col 12 26-82 109 15-3M 24 7-33 4-3 8-74 23:54 57-268 Passing Comp-Att-Int 16-19-1 Return Yards 53 Punts Fumbles-Lost 0-0 Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Texas Charles 7-62 VYoung 8-57 Young 3-42 Taylor 14-41 Melton 13-34 McCoy 3-11 Ogbonnaya 5-11 Nordgren 2-9 Myers 2-1 Colorado Charles 12-36 Klatt 4-26 Robinson 1-9 Cox 2-6 Ellis 5-3 Vickers 2-2 PASSING-Texas VYoung 14-17-1-193 Nordgren 2-2-0-25 Colorado Klatt 14-24-MOO Cox 1-8-0-9 RECEIVING-Texas Sweed 5-102 Cosby 4-52 Thomas 3-31 Walker 1-22 SYoung 1-5 Ogbonnaya 1-3 Charles 1-3 Colorado Klopfensteln 4-23 Sypniewski 2-15 Barnett 2-14 Charles 2-5 Judge 1-24 Sprague 1-22 Williams 1-5 Vickers 1-2 Ellis l-(minus 1) Conference USA Championship TULSA 44 CENTRAL FLORIDA 27 Rushes-yards- 14 7 3 UCF FIRST QUARTER UCF-Thomton 43 pass from Moffett (Prater kick) 1058 THa-Adams 15 pass from PSmith (DeVautt kick) 6:30 Ttsa-Adams 6 run (DeVault kick) 1:10 SECOND QUARTER Tlsa-Parrish 2 run (DeVault kick) 1447 KeSmith 31 run (Prater kick) 12:30 FG Prater 46 8 45 UCF-Burnett68punt return (Prater kick) 702 Tlsa-FG DeVault 29 3:53 Mills 29 pass from PSmith (DeVault kick) 2 06 UCF-FG Prater 40 :00 THIRD QUARTER DeVautt 18 852 Tlsa-Adams 25 run (DeVault kick) 617 FOURTH QUARTER Tlsa-FG Evans 26 224 -51978 (at UCF) CHRIS KEANE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO Tuskegee quarterback Kevin Huff (4) breaks a tackle against Bowie Terrence Stafford (31) during the first half of the Pioneer Bowl on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tulsa Parrish 23-100 Adams 12-84 PSmith 9-22 Davis 2-(minus 4) Moss 2-(minus 6) UCF KeSmith 15-108 Wilcox 6-36 Peters 6-15 Moffett 8-(mmus 10) Tulsa PSmith 13-20-0-205 UCF Moffett 13-27-2-190 Tulsa Mills 8-152 Adams 2-29 Davis 2-10 Nichols 1-14 UCF Marshall 7-109 DarJohnson 2-15 Thornton 143 Ross M3 Joachim 1-7 KeSmith 1-3 Division I-AA Playoffs APPALACHIAN ST 38 SO ILLINOIS 24 Illinois 3 7 14 24 Appalachian St 10 14 7 7 38 FIRST QUARTER App-FG Rauch 32 11:32 App-R Williams 1 run (Rauch kick) 513 SECOND QUARTER App-Richardson 41 pass from Williams (Rauch kick) 11:50 Courman 11 run (Rauch kick) 820 SIH-FG Coffin 24 :51 THIRD QUARTER SIM-CTurner 93 kickoff return (Coffin kick) 14:47 App-Mayfield 54 pass from Williams (Rauch kick) 1404 FOURTH QUARTER SIH-KAIIen 4 pass from Sambursky (Coffin kick) 3:19 DJackson 40 pass from RWilliams (Rauch kick) 258 SiH-KAIIen 8 pass from Sambursky (Coffin kick) 1:00 Att-11108 (at AppaiachianSt) SO App First downs 22 24 42-117 38-133 Passing 220 367 Comp-Att-Int 19-38-2 20-28-0 Return Yards 15 136 Punts 7-39 4 4-37 8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3 Penaltips-Varrfc 7-4) 775 ime of Possession 34:29 25:3 1 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-S Illinois Whitlock 20-95 AJackson 6-12 Payne Ml Sambursky 13-7 Team Hmmus 3) Thomas l-(minus 5) Appalachian St Richardson 16-99 Williams 14-36 Courman 2-16 BTurner 3-10 Hennessee 1-3 Team 2(minus 31) PASSING-S Illinois Sambursky 19-38-2-220 Appalachian St Williams 20-28-0-367 Illinois KAIIen 5-76 Payne 5-43 BLittle 2 37 Whitlock 2-11 AJackson 1-15 ATurner M4 MTumer M3 Thomas 1-9 Kupec 1-2 Appalachian St BTurner 4-104 Mayfield 4-90 Richardson 4-61 Batichon 4-46 ZJohnson 2-21 DJackson 1-40 Bettis 1-5 NO IOWA 24 NEW HAMPSHIRE 21 Northern Iowa 7 14 3-24 Hampshire 14 7 21 FIRST QUARTER Nl-Horne 40 run (Wlngert kick) 1014 SECOND QUARTER Nl-Horne 32 pass from Sanders (Wmgert kick) 9:36 Nl-Freeney 1 run (Wmgert kick) 7 03 NH-Ball 20 pass from Santos (McCormick kick) 149 NH-Ball 8 pass from Santos (McCormick kick) :40 THIRD QUARTER NH-Ball 29 pass from Santos (McCormick kick) 139 FOURTH QUARTER Wingert 22 FG 1150 8448 (at NewHampshire) 16 42-166 185 15-25-1 0 6-38 0-0 2-10 29:34 First downs Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts Fumbles-Lost Time of Possession 30 54-286 345 27-42-0 20 1-5 4 3 3-25 30:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Northern Iowa Horne 28-144 Feeney 4-10 Breeland 3-7 Sanders 7-5 New Hampshire McCoy 26-157 Santos 21-108 Ward 2-11 LdVan 2-7 Brown 2-3 Ball 1-2 Northern Iowa Sanders 15-25-12-185 New Hampshire Santos 27-42-0-345 RECEIVING-Northem Iowa Surrency 4-45 Horne 3-36 Lindgren 2-26 Goodwin 1-30 Breeland M9 Cutright 1-9 Garrett 1-7 Bradley 1-7 New Hampshire Ball 10-188 Williams 5-47 LeVan 4-33 Brown 429 McCoy 3-41 Santos 1-7 TEXAS STATE 14 CAL POLY-SLO 7 Cal Poly -SLO I I 7T 7 Texas St 7 1-14 First Quarter TXSt-Nealy 17 run (SJones kick) 1:30 Third Quarter TXSt-Sherman 5 run (SJones kick) 2:23 Fourth Quarter Ctch-Noble 8 run (Coromelas kick) 4:11 Att-15411 First downs 15 Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int 9-20-1 Return Yards Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cal Poly-SLO A George 5-55 Brennan 10-3 Texas St Sherman 18-125 Nealy 18-53 Jolly 9-32 Wasson 3-19 Brothers 5-10 Session 3-S Team l-(minus2) PASSING-Cal Poly-SLO Brennan 9-20-1-120 Texas St Nealy 18-33-2-211 Wasson 1-2-0-14 RECEIVING-Cal Poly-SLO Russell 3-44 Tolver 2 42 Barden 2-28 Holmes 1-4 AGeorge 1-2 Texas St White 8-76 Wasson 3-56 Scott 3-36 JWilliams 2-17 Williams 1-19 Cook 1-14 Sherman 1-7 Pioneer Bowl TUSKEGEE 28 BOWIE STATE 26 Diskegee 14 14-28 Bowie State 6 8 12 26 SECOND QUARTER T-Kenneth Henderson 28 pass from Kevin Huff (Roosevelt Echeveny kick) 12:41 T-Richard Fitzhugh 3 run (Echeverry kick) 601 BS-Glenn Thomas 17 pass from Lamar Mamgo (Ronald Walls kick failed) 023 THIRD QUARTER BS-Olayinka Adeboyeku 34 run (Isaac Redman run) 9 41 FOURTH QUARTER BS-Redman 3 run (Walls kick blocked) 1243 T-Henderson 48 pass from Huff (Echeverry kick) 1055 T-fitzhugh 15 run (Echeverry kick) 351 BS-Thomas 7 pass from Mamgo (pass failed) 0:18 returns passing the ball Quarterback Kevin Huff completed ll-of-21 attempts for 194 yards and one touchdown in the first half and Kenneth Henderson had sue catches for 102 yards and a score Tuskegee which led 14-6 at halftime tried to run despite rushing for 11 yards in the first half It work With 12 minutes 43 seconds left Tuskegee trailed 20-14 the running game had 34 yards in the second half and Huff was l-of-4 passing for 1 yard Bowie State (8-4) had taken the lead on a 3-yard touchdown by Isaac Redman who ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns on 35 carries we just went back to our passing said Huff who ended with 288 yards and two touchdowns on 16-of-28 passing Tarrion Adams had three touchdowns two of them rushing and defense shut UCF out in the second half as the Golden Hurricane claimed their first league title in 20 years with a 44-27 victory in the inaugural C-USA championship game on Saturday before 51978 at the Citrus Bowl It was the largest home crowd in UCF history thought they lost to a team that played better than they did said Paul Smith completed 13 of 20 passes for 205 yards and two scores Uril Parrish had 100 yards and a touchdown for the Golden Hurricane and Mills to form went back to our passing game and executed He hit Henderson for 16 yards on the first play of the next possession and two plays later hooked up with Henderson again this time for a 48-yard touchdown and a 21-20 lead On the next possession Huff completed a 20-yard pass to Henderson on third-and-14 and an 8-yard completion to Henderson (196 yards 2 TDs) to keep the drive going Four plays later Richard Fitzhugh (eight carries 30 yards two TDs) scored on a 15-yard run for a 28-20 lead Bowie State scored a touchdown with 186 seconds left to get within 28-26 but the two-point conversion pass failed Tuskegee recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock to win pushed his season yardage total to 1183 a new NCAA record for a tight end Kevin Smith ran for 108 yards and a touchdown for UCF UCF lost its last four games of the 2003 season went 0-11 last year and dropped its first two games this season a 17-game streak that was the longest in Division I-A But UCF had a stirring turnaround winning eight of its final nine regular-season games and earning the right to host the title game The win sends Tulsa (8-4) to the Liberty Bowl (Dec 31) against Fresno State UCF (8-4) is expected to play in the Hawaii Bowl on Dec 24 Bowie State comeback attempt falls short By Brett Honeycutt bhoneycuttcharlotteobserver com Tuskegee went back to what worked and weathered a comeback attempt by Bowie State to win Pioneer Bowl VIII 28-26 Saturday at Memorial Stadium The game pitted the runner-up from the Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic-Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association It was sixth appearance in the game and fourth victory winning previously in 1998 2000 and 2001 What Tuskegee (11-1) had been doing well in the first half was C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP Tulsa wins inaugural title game By Tim Reynolds Associated Press ORLANDO FU Central comeback story under George O'Leary was one of the most notable plotlines in college football this year Tulsa has a pretty good tale of its own and capped it Saturday with the Conference USA title.