The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 53

-V -jl -sAS -J LilfcrfU 1 x- -baJ SECTION SUNDAY NOVEMBER 131994 mu muiy Ebe Herald UM pitfkllj Panthers push Miami to last drive "iifl i 14 'V A if I A By A 1 Hi Rf NEBRASKA (11-0) BEAT IOWA STATE 28-12 PENN STATE (9-0) BEAT ILLINOIS 35-31 AUBURN (9-0-1) TIED GEORGIA 23-23 FLORIDA (8-1) BEAT SCAROLINA 48-17 MIAMI (8-1) BEAT PITT 17-12 ALABAMA (10-0) BEAT MISSISSIPPI ST 29-25 COLORADO (9-1) BEAT KANSAS 51 -26 FLORIDA STATE (8-1) BEAT NOTRE DAME 23-16 TEXAS (9-0-1) BEAT LOUISVILLE 26-10 COLORADO ST (9-1) BEAT ARKANSAS ST 48-3 El 3J- ute -5'' A- fv AW A 1af 1 I 'Nv JL UM OFFENSE SPUTTERS 10D TRENT JONES STARS 11D STATS NOTES IIP By AMY NIEDZIELKA Herald Sports Writer The University of Miami left the Orange Bowl Saturday night in two primary states: soaked and unsatisfied After the 17-12 rain-delayed victory over Pitt in front of 50058 some players seemed more eager to apologize than celebrate The essence of the game is captured in this fact: UM wide receiver Chris Jones was nervous standing on the sideline during last possession which ended on 30 with 59 seconds remaining after an unsuccessful fourth-down attempt the skin of our teeth we won that UM defensive tackle Dwayne Johnson said Said Jones growing increasingly disgusted as he spoke: came out flat We have come out flat We should have come out Miami came out with an interception That happened on the second play of the game when quarterback Frank Costa threw high to tight end Gerard Daph-nis Much like the weather which began with sunshine play worsened Costa threw a pair of interceptions backup Ryan Collins added another and running back James Stewart fumbled The defense allowed Pitt running back Billy West the only 1000-yard runner in the Big East to gain 160 yards UM cornerback Chad Wilson said take the game The Hurricanes were 33-point favorites They entered the game 7-1 with a five-game winning streak against the Panthers who were 2-7 Of so little interest nationally the game was the first not televised live since UM opened against I-AA Georgia Southern A 17-minute lightning delay that extended halftime added a mystifying touch The halftime show was canceled lightning streaked above the stadium rain poured down soaked cheerleaders encouraged the thinning crowd to do the wave and the Hurricanes knew Pitt was giving them a game Some players said the rain heavy for about a full quarter was problematic PLEASESEE UM 10D Associated Press THE RUNNING MAN: Lawrence Phillips runs for some of his 183 yards rf4 UPSET! LsJ AUBURN TIES The longest winning streak ended at 20 when Matt Hawkins missed a 44-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining leaving the No 3-ranked Tigers in a 23-23 tie with Georgia 4D STATE SCHOOLS UCF FALLS BY 3 East Carolina freshman Tabari Wallace intercepted a Darin Hinshaw pass with 47 seconds left in the fourth quarter to preserve a 23-20 victory over Central Florida 4D DAVID BERGMAN Herald Staff POINT OF ATTACK: Kenny Holmes (90) Warren Sapp (top right) and James Burgess converge on Pitt QB John Ryan Saturday UM good enough to win playing bad ELSEWHERE SALAAM GETS 232 When rain came down like solid dishwater and performance matched that color Saturday night a few old-timers among the drenched remnants of the crowd of 50058 remembered 1961 and shuddered anew It rained so hard for that opener 33 years ago that crowd even see Paul Martha mudding 80 yards for the touchdown that beat sophomore George Mira and his UM teammates 10-7 These Hurricanes were luckier than those These won 17-12 though after halftime look around and there are a lot of people playing people tough around this And the winners are still the winners with maybe a few years taken off their lives Actually it was quite late when the seriousness of position literally sank in For one typhoonish moment late in the second quarter it seemed that the weather and offense had broken loose simultaneously PLEASE SEE POPE 11D hardly like 33-point favorites and not at all like college fifth-ranked team One of the the leakiest defenses shut out Miami in the second half and offense almost made famous defense cry at the end Almost Not quite Like Penn State and Alabama in even scarier scenes Miami survived As assistant offensive line coach Art Kehoe told Dave Heffernan during a 17-minute lightning delay EDWIN POPE SPORTS EDITOR Rashaan Salaam a Heis-man Trophy contender ran for 232 yards and three touchdowns in the 51-26 Victory over Kansas 3D Penn State overcame a 2 1-point deficit to outlast Illinois 35-31 and clinch its first Big Ten Title 3D Brook Berringer passed for a touchdown and set up the clinching score as No 1-ranked Nebraska clinched a berth in the Orange Bowl with a 28-12 victory over Iowa State 8D History repeat Seminoles dump Notre Dame 23-16 tWEEKtllt 23-16 triumph before a Citrus Bowl-record crowd of 72868 But no way should it have come down to that even less to a rally from what would have been a 1 7-1 6 deficit had Notre Dame walk-on Scott Cengia not clanked a go-ahead extra point off the left upright with 5:17 remaining For most of 60 minutes FSU appeared to have borrowed Notre playbook and almost beat them into a coma Coach Lou Holtz whose struggling Irish slipped to 5-4 in a season going nowhere graciously conceded FSU played Nebraska Penn State or Alabama all unbeaten have to figure they have a 50-50 chance to PLEASE SEE FSU 8D BIG BLOCKING 9D IRISH ARE HURTING 9D COMPLETE STATISTICS 9D By GARY LONG Herald Sports Writer ORLANDO A reversal of fortunes a reversal of tactics and a reverse that work this time added up to turnabout and payback Saturday afternoon for Florida State Everything that failed for the Seminoles against Notre Dame in South Bend Ind a year ago succeeded beyond wildest imagination in a punchout short on artistry but long on drama Warrick Dunn sliced five yards off left tackle with 2:53 remaining to break a 16-16 tie and lift No 8-ranked FSU to a FAMU pulls Classic upset 21755 watch Rattlers stop Grambling 13-0 FAMU COACH STILL ANGRY 12D SHOWS POISE 12D By RANA CASH Herald Sports Writer This the way it was supposed to be Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson was supposed to be one step closer to his 400th career victory His undefeated team was expected to run circles around Florida secondary Coming in with a 5-4 record FAMU by all accounts should have been next in the line of teams Grambling (9-1) would make dizzy with its average of 49 points per game But fairy-tale season was turned into a nightmare FAMU completely shut down Grambling 13-0 in the 62nd Orange Blossom Classic with a Joe Robbie Stadium crowd of 21755 watching The Tigers were ranked third in the Division 1-AA poll and have been first all year in the Sheridan Broadcasting Network poll Saturday their stock plummeted dramatically With a defensive effort led by Miami natives Primus Burley and Keino Taylor at defensive back and Earl Holmes and Antonio Barnal at linebacker FAMU pulled off a massive upset was a FAMU Coach Billy Joe said was the biggest victory in my It was first shutout since 1987 and Grambling been held scoreless OH THE AIR GAMES Bears at Dolphins (1 pm Chs 7 29): Dick Stockton and Matt Millen Jets at Packers (4 pm Chs 4 5): Charlie Jones and Randy Cross Cowboys at 49ers (4 pm Ch 29): Pat Summerall and John Madden Buccaneers at Lions (8 pm ESPN): Mike Patrick and JoeTheismann DOLPHINS INSIDE The beat goes on: The offense will be fine with Irving Spikes and James Saxon in the back-field says Armando Sal-guero 7D so vain: CB Troy Vincent studies films of himself to improve his play 7D Crossed out: DE Jeff Cross (ankle) is inactive for Bears game 6D Gators roll to SEC East title CW GRIFFIN Herald Staff END OVER END: Sha-meil Simpkins (28) goes over the top since 1984' Joe had beaten Grambling in 1987 as the head coach at Central State (Ohio) 37-21 But this the same type of Grambling team Joe went back to that game to help pull the Rattlers over used the old film from the Central State Joe said were well prepared We stuck to our game plan and it The controversy over the exchanging of film had clouded this game all week Joe threatened to report Robinson to the NCAA for scouting and Robinson ques- PLEASESEE FAMU 12D 48-17 victory over SEC foe South Carolina before 85028 at Florida Field Saturday was so routine many key players even stick around to talk about it One in particular left after barely uttering a sentence Wide receiver Jack Jackson was the man everybody wanted to talk to Last Saturday the junior was benched for a half for disciplinary reasons A day later he criticized Spurrier in print leading many to believe that their relationship had reached an impasse PLEASESEE GATORS 5D ALABAMA WINS THE WEST 29-25 4D By STEVE WYCHE Herald Sports Writer GAINESVILLE The mood inside the University of Florida locker room was almost somber even though the Gators had just clinched their third consecutive Southeastern Conference Eastern Division championship and a berth in the Dec 3 SEC title game against Alabama There were few screams of joy or pats on the back There was no bucket of water dumped on Coach Steve Spurrier no players escorting him into the locker room on their shoulders.