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I COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 6 A' Sunday veer 2920C2 The Herald Air Force wins thriller as usual Arizona State routs Stanford T'i STATISTICS How they scored Georgetown 2 0 0 0 -2 F1U 6 21 0 0 -27 FIRST QUARTER Georgetown: Safety tall snapped out of end zone Time left: 1308 Georgetown 2 FIU 0 FIU: Adam Gorman 17-yard pass from Jamie Burke (kick blocked) Drive: 11 plays 59 yards 4 55 Time left: 234 Key play: Cory McKinney hauls in 11-yard pass on third down and 5 at Georgetown 29 FIU 6 Georgetown 2 SECOND QUARTER FIU: Joe Struyf 38 pass from Burke (Adam Moss kick) Drive: 4 plays 73 yards 1:58 Time left: 13:04 Key play: Rashod Smith 21- yard run to the Georgetown 38 FIU 13 Georgetown 2 FIU: Smith 28 run (Moss kick) Drive: 5 plays 38 yards 3:10 Time left: 7:23 Key play: Lagrant Perry 35-yard punt return to Georgetown 38 FIU 20 Georgetown 2 FIU: McKinney 39 pass from David Tabor (Moss kick) Drive: 6 plays 58 yards 2:20 Time left: :38 Key play: Jerrid Lundstedt runs for 2 on third down and FIU 27 Georgetown 2 Attendance: 6084 Team statistics ELSEWHERE Ime Akpan had a 2-yard touchdown run in double overtime and finished with 251 yards on 37 carries to lead the Eagles (1-3) against the Salukis (2-3) at Ypsilanti Mich Northern Illinois 13 Kent State 6: Michael Turner rushed for 203 yards to power the Huskies (2-3 1-0) past the Golden Flashes (2-3 0-2) at Dekalb I1L Miami of Ohio 48 Akron 31: Luke Clemens rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns and Ben Roethlisberger threw for two more as the RedHawks (3-2 2-0) beat the Zips (0-5 0-2) at Akron Ohio Ohio 34 Buffalo 32: Ohio (1-4 1-0) snapped a 10-game losing streak winning on Kevin 37-yard field goal with 10 seconds left to beat the Bulls (1-4 0-1) at Athens Ohio SUNBELT Arkansas State 30 Ten-nessee-Martin 10: Elliot Jacobs threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead the Indians (3-3) past Division I-AA UT-Martin (2-3) at Jonesboro Ark INDEPENDENTS Ball State 24 Connecticut 21: Mike Langford kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime to lift Ball State (2-2) over the Huskies (2-3) at Storrs Conn IVY LEAGUE RICHARD PATTERSON FOR THE HERALD HE SCORES! FIU running back Rashod Smith fights through the tackle of Georgetown's Matt Fronczke to score on a 28-yard run in the second quarter Smith sprained his left ankle on the play and left the game hot-house effect Golden Panthers wilt Georgetown 27-2 at home Frorr remcs A re Services Chance Harridge threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Don Clark with 17 seconds remaining to lift Air Force over Utah 30-26 on Saturday at Salt Lake City The Falcons (4-0 2-0 Mountain West) who entered the game as the nation's worst passing team scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to pull out another close win: Their past three victories have come in overtime or the final minute of regulation The Utes (2-3 0-1) lost their third straight game I UCLA 43 San Diego State 7: Cory Paus threw two touchdown passes and San Diego State mistakes led to the first 23 points as the Bruins (3-1) rolled at San Diego San Diego State (0-5) under first-year coach Tom Craft is off to the worst start in school history CONFERENCE USA Southern Mississippi 27 Army 6: Chris Johnson caught nine passes for 92 yards and a touchdown and Army quarterback Matt Silva threw six interceptions as the Golden Eagles (4-L 2-0) beat the Black Knights (0-4 0-2) at West Point NY Derrick Nix added 87 yards rushing and a touchdown for Southern Miss I Alabama-Birmingham 31 Memphis 17: In his first start freshman quarterback Darrell Hackney ran for a touchdown and completed 13 of 22 passes as the host Blazers (2-3 1-0) beat the Tigers (2-3 1-2) PAC-10 Yards lost aft pass 12 20 Passes attempted 22 20 Passes completed 9 13 Individual statistics Georgetown Hoyas BY MANNY NAVARRO mnavarroheraldcom Florida International quarterback David Tabor glanced at sideline Saturday afternoon The bench was Filled with players gasping for air and slamming empty cups to the ground It was only the second quarter By then the Golden Panthers were well on their way to a 27-2 win in front of 6084 fans at FIU Community Stadium The victory was their third in a row at home where the first-year team is undefeated and has not allowed a touchdown were tired at the FIU coach Don Strock said of Georgetown "They left a lot of juice out The Hoyas (1-3) the only team drained Saturday The Golden Panthers (3-2) had several players leave with injuries including quarterback Jamie Burke and running back Rashod Smith Burke who completed 8 of 11 passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns left with a separated left shoulder late in the first half Smith who came into the game with bruised ribs exited with a left ankle sprain after scoring on a 28-yard run with 7:23 to play in the second quarter Burke was taken to student health center at halftime for X-rays which showed no further damage A magnetic resonance imaging exam was performed Saturday night results are expected today Running back Tori Robinson also play because of a nagging ankle injury and Bill Grant left with a bruised knee in the second half had so many guys hurt at running back that I thought about putting coach Bruce Hardy in Strock said The injuries have come at a better time Fortunately for FIU the team is off next week before playing at Fronczke at the 1 for the score got a little nervous coming open over the said Gorman who got the ball for the first time this season on that play linebacker stepped up and I caught it off to the side of him I made a little spinning move and all I saw was daylight I wasn't going to be stopped" FIU be stopped after that scoring on its next three possessions Burke hit a wide-open Struyf to extend the lead to 13-2 with 13:04 remaining in the second quarter Smith followed with his 28-yard touchdown run On next possession Burke left the game after injuring his shoulder while sliding after a 9-yard run But Tabor came in and completed final drive of the half by connecting with McKinney on a 10-yard slant that ended up being a 39-yard touchdown with 38 seconds remaining in the half Georgetown got its only points courtesy of long-snapper James Knapp whose first snap of the game sailed over punter Doug Jones and through the end zone with 13:14 remaining in the first quarter offensive line which gave up 12 sacks to Bethune-Cookman last week pushed defensive line around and allowed three sacks FIU finished with 210 yards rushing and 194 passing attendance is wilting as well after having 17314 for its inaugural game and 9110 in the second game discouraged about the FIU athletic director Rick Mello said way I look at it this school has only been around for 30 years I think were doing pretty good fans out here going to happen with a flick of a switch going to take time You can throw money at anything But never in my 24 years of athletics have I yet to see money buy Arizona State 65 Stanford 24: Andrew Walter passed for 414 yards and five touchdowns in his first start this season leading the Sun Devils (4-L 1-0) past Stanford (1-2 0-1) at Tempe Ariz I Arizona 14 North Texas 9: Mike Bell ran 14 yards for a touchdown and Gary Love returned a blocked field goal 65 yards for another TD as the Wildcats (3-1) held off the Eagles (1-4) at Tucson Ariz WAC Fresno State 31 Rice 28: Paul Pinegar threw a 77-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Jamison with 3:12 to play rallying the Bulldogs (2-3 1-0) past the Owls (0-4 0-2) at Houstoa Boise State 63 Utah State 38: BJ Rhode threw for 376 yards and five touchdowns as the host Broncos (3-1) beat Utah State (1-4) MAC Eastern Michigan 48 Southern Illinois 45 (2 OTs): PUNTING Harvard 26 Brown 24: Ryan Fitzpatrick came off the bench to replace injured starting quarterback Neil Rose and rally Harvard (2-0 1-0) past Brown (0-2 0-1) to the win at Providence RI Yale 50 Cornell 23: At Ithaca NY Robert Carr had four touchdowns and ran for a school-record 235 yards on 28 carries as the Bulldogs (2-0) beat the Big Red (0-2) Colgate 38 Columbia 6: defense forced four first-half turnovers as the Raiders (2-2) beat the Lions (1-1) at Hamilton NY New Hampshire 29 Dartmouth 26: At Hanover NH Michael Taylor grabbed an 8-yard touchdown pass on his knees with 2:54 left to lift New Hampshire (1-4) over Dartmouth (0-2) Penn 24 Lehigh 21: At Philadelphia Rob Milanese became all-time leader in receiving yards as the Quakers (2-0) ended the Mountain 26-game regular-season winning streak Lehigh is 3-L Princeton 34 Lafayette 19: Cameron Atkinson rushed for 121 yards and three TDs to lead the Tigers (1-1) past Lafayette (2-2) at Princeton NJ STATE ROUNDUP Central Florida 48 Liberty 17: Ryan Schneider threw for a career-high 397 yards and four touchdowns as the Golden Knights won their home opener at Orlando Doug Gabriel caught six passes for 140 yards and a pair of TDs for Central Florida (1-3) which racked up 571 yards of offense the most since routing Liberty 63-0 last season Schneider completed 23 of 31 passes before leaving late in the third quarter Austin Peay 20 Jacksonville 16: Jay Bailey ran for 138 yards and two touchdowns for visiting Austin Peay Bailey scored on runs of 1 and 34 yards in the second quarter as Austin Peay (3-2 1-0 Pioneer Football League South) built a 17-0 halftime lead Jacksonville (1-3 0-2) scored 16 unanswered second-half points behind quarterback Mike Sturgill who was 20 of 40 for 271 yards Chad Davis rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown for the Dolphins RICHARD PATTEHSONFOR THE HERALD YES! Cory McKinney left and Harold Leath celebrate 39-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter Up next for FIU Who: Western Kentucky I When: 6:30 pm Oct 12 I Where: LT Smith Stadium Bowling Green Ky Western Kentucky on Oct 12 Strock said he hopes to have his team playing better by then did enough to win and in the second half we just kind of held Strock said Burke got the offense moving completing 6 of 7 passes on an 11-play 59-yard scoring drive that ended with 2:34 in the first quarter Burke converted three third downs with completions to tight end Joe Struyf receiver Cory McKinney and fullback Jerrid Lundstedt His last pass of the drive a short down-and-in to fullback Adam Gorman gave FIU a 6-2 lead when Gorman turned upfield at the 10-yard line and barreled over Georgetown safety Matt When Georgetown saw the FIU backup quarterback enter the game the Hoyas tried to confuse Tabor Instead it was the Hoyas who were hurt by Tabor who completed 5 of 9 passes for 97 yards passing and one touchdown in the relief effort tried everything to stop coach Don Strock said a defense with a strong corner which I had never heard of in my 42 years of Tabor looked every bit like a polished starter when he completed his second pass for a 39-yard touchdown to Cory McKinney on a slant was doing all kinds of stuff to try to distract me but they know that the type of guy who will stand in said Tabor the former Osceola district player of the year like getting hit On the touchdown pass they hit me hard enough that I bit my Hayes guides FAMU past Tennessee State Hoyas rattle backup QB From Herald Wire Services Reggie Hayes passed for 213 yards and three touchdowns and Levy Brown returned a missed field goal 96 yards for another score to lead Florida to a 37-24 victory over Tennessee State (1-4) scoring passes covered 11 and 8 yards to Marco Junious and 24 yards to Dennis Bonga Hayes completed 15 of 21 passes as the Rattlers (4-1) coasted to the victory before a crowd of 67167 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Saturday Bethune-Cookman 49 Norfolk State 7: At Daytona Beach quarterback Allen Suber ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more as the Wildcats stayed unbeaten Suber who rushed for 92 yards and completed 12 of 13 passes for 167 more directed the Wildcats (5-0 1-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) to 553 yards of total offense Erik Lash caught both of touchdown passes and also scored late in the first quarter on a 54-yard run after taking an option pitch Tabor subs for injured Burke BY PETE PELEGRIN ppelegrinheraldcom Florida International backup quarterback David Tabor is always ready to play He even volunteers to be on the kickoff teams though the coaches let him play So when starting quarterback Jamie Burke went down with a separated left shoulder with 2:08 left in the second quarter Saturday Tabor got his chance Tabor who usually gets to play one or two series a game was unfazed when the emergency situation arose I saw Jamie go down I knew he getting Tabor said prepare each and every practice like going to whole With FIU hoping to redshirt third-string quarterback Josh Padrick Strock was concerned about Tabor getting hurt been here the longest of any quarterback and he knows the said Strock a former NFL backup quarterback did a good job running the offense on short a chance Tabor could start next game which is against Western Ketucky on Oct 12 if shoulder healed Having played basketball soccer and run track at Poinci-ana High in Kissimmee Tabor knows how to adapt and is not afraid to take the reins of the offense think coach Strock looks to me for Tabor said is a big mental game and if I have to start in two weeks then be i i 1 4 A A A A A A- A A A A A A A Jfc A A --A i.