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tSitam- Sumter SC i COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY September 17 199S PaoeSB Top 25 use From page 1 Illinois 9 (17) Arizona 7 CHAMPAIGN- 111 (AP) -Linebacker David Janies scooped up a fumble and ran S3 yardstfor a touchdown Saturday as Illinois upset No 17 Arizona 9-7 in a game doininated'by defense The "Wildcats (2-1) were ahead 7-3 with less 'then six minutes to' (24) Notre Dame 41 Vanderbilt 0 SOUTH BEND Ind -(AP) Credit Notre Dame coach tou Holtz with 41-0 victor rover Vanderbilt even though he was nowhere near -Notre Dame Stadium' 4 The Irish (2-1) dominated the 1 ghme from the start scoring bn every possession to take a 27-0 play yvhefi Kevin Schmidtke caught a third-down pass and lost the ball after a hit by safety Tyrone Washington James grabbed the ball on the bounce and to the end zone lead at halftime Fullback Marc Edwards added two 1-yard touch-'" down runs 'in the second half Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 -0 Noire Dame 7 20 7 7 -41 Arizona 0 0 0 7-7 Illinois 0 0 0 9-9 ND-Kinder 6 run (Kopka kick) ND-FG Kopka 38 ND-Denson 5 run (Kopka kick) ND-Edison 5 tumble relurn (Kopka kick) ND-FG Kopka 22 ND-Edwards 1 run (Kopka kick) ND-Edwards 1 run (Kopka kick) A-59075 lll-FG Scheuplem 47 Anz-R Williams 17 pass Irom While (Prasuhn kick) Ill-James 53 tumble return (kick blocked) i A-57134 Anz III Van ND Jason Martin knocking the ball looSe Defensive tackle Eric Sullivan recovered at the LT 25-yard line The Gamecocks were in the end zone three plays later Taneyhill throwing' a nine-yard scoring to Means to give U'SC a 33-14 halftime lead been needing (to' get pressure ther "quarterback That was a big play that Selvesta Scott said just wanted to do spnve things that would spark the defense I think we made some improvements and things will continue to come around" defense further asserted itself in the second half with a couple of strong stands Carolina led 40-14 when a Taneyhill interception gave Tech the ball at the Gamecock 33 USC turned the Bulldogs who came into the game at 2-0 away on downs at the 16 Tech started at the USC 35 on its next possession following a 35-yard punt return by Dean Jackson LT moved to first-and-goal at the seven but it could pick up only one yard on the next four plays again turning the ball over on downs were big confidence said linebacker Hank Campbell stepped up and made some plays tonight We doing that the first two games still got time to turn this thing around" While the defense had been receiving most of the blame for the woes the offense been setting the world on fire It scorched the Tech defense USC scored nine touchdowns five going for 36 yards or more Also the Gamecocks had two touchdowns called back because of penalties knew we were ready to explode at some Scott said irOVKXJAL STATISTICS KEITH GEDAMKE The ITEM South Mike Reddick protects the ball as Louisiana Shannon Jenkins makes the tackle during the 68-21 win at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia Saturday IMHVDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Arizona Taylor 24-113 Schmidtke 7-21 Illinois Holcombe 28 83 Douthard 2 3 PASSING-Arizona White 17 34 1 195 Illinois Johnson 6-180-56 Weaver 1 3-0-19 RECEIVING-Anzona Williams 9-128 Dice 3 32 Taylor 3-24 Schmidtke 2 1 1 Illinois Dulick 2 35 McDonald 2 25 Colorado State 27 (21 Air Force 20 AIR FORCE ACADEMY Colo (AP) EJ Watson ran for two second-half touchdowns and safety Greg Myers thwarted a late Air Force rally with an interception as Colorado State beat the No 21 Falcons 27-20 Saturday Daren Wilkinson threw two TD passes to Paul Turner as the Rams opened defense of their Western Athletic Conference title with their fourth straight win over Air Force a throwing-and-catching football team that can run the he said knows we can move the ball when Taneyhill has the ball in his hands throwing to our fine receivers We missed some deep passes early but they kept telling us get it get The highlight of the night was a 93-yard scoring pass on which Taneyhill hit Means on the dead run to put USC up 47-14 with 14:46 left in the game Taneyhill so sure of the pass when it left his hand RUSHING-Vanderbilt Johnson 13 38 Deese 4-6 Marinangel 1 6 Dunnavant 2 5 Notre Dame Kinder 17 110 Farmer 14-58 Denson 12 38 Thorne 2 34 Edwards 7 32 Stokes 4 14 Barry 2 11 PASSING-Vanderbilt Allen 3 12 0-38 Gordon 0-2 1 0 Notre Dame Powlus 13 18 0 200 Krug 0-0 0 0 RECEIVING-Vanderbilt Simmons 1 24 Tomichek 1 10 Deese 1 4 Notre Dame Mayes 3 56 Edwards 3-46 Wallace 2 41 Mosley 2 28 Chryplewicz 2 25 Miami Ohio 30 (25) Northwestern 28 EVANSTON 111 (AP) -Northwestern made its No 25 ranking and opening victory over Notre Dame look like flukes blowing a 21-point fourth-quarter lead Saturday and losing 30-28 to Miami of Ohio on Chad 20-yard field goal at the final gun The winning score was set up when punter Paul Burton gather in Larry low snap The ball rolled 36 yards down to 1-yard line before Burton recovered with 43 seconds left made some improvement on both sides of the ball USC went almost strictly to its no-huddle offense throughout the game and it appeared to spark the team After averaging 58 yards rushing the first two games the Gamecocks ran for 270 against Tech Duce Staley led the way with 85 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries Scott credits the return to throwing the ball for the offensive success you reflect back on our games last year everyone knows thought I overthrew him but Monty had a little bit of extra speed on that Taneyhill said About the only bad points of the night for USC were injuries to linebacker Aubrey Brooks and defensive end Robert Smith both from Sumter Brooks sprained his left ankle late in the second quarter He was on crutches and in dress clothes on the sidelines in the second half Smith suffered a lower back sprain late in the second half Neither injury appeared to Je serious Colorado St 0 7 14 6-27 Air Force 7 0 7 6-20 The Citadel falls to Richmond A AFA-Hendricks 19 pass from Morgan (Roberts kick) CSU-Turner 28 pass Irom Wilkinson (McDougal kick) CSU-Watson 5 run (McDougal kick) AFA-Campbell 3 run (Roberts kick) CSU-Turner 4 pass from Wilkinson (McDougal kick) CSU-Watson 18 run (kick failed) AFA-Morgan 10 run (kick failed) A-45578 Miami Ohio 0 7 0 23-30 Northwestern 14 7 7 0-28 State Roundup North -Bales 27 pass from Schnur (Valemsi kick) North-D Autry 12 pass from Schnur (Valemsi kick) North-Bales 36 pass from Schnur (Valemsi kick) Miami-Osborne 10 blocked punt return (Seilz kick) North-Ray 20 interception return (Valemsi kick) Miami-Hall 3 pass from Ricketts (Seitz kick) Miami-Adkins 9 pass from Ricketts (Seitz kicx) Miami-Kmg 2 run (pass failed) Miami-FG Seitz 2Q A-26 352 IfOVIDUAL STATISTICS IMMXIAL STATISTICS RICHMOND Va (AP) The Citadel turned the ball over five times and Antoine Lee swept around the end and ran 18 yards for a touchdown that put Richmond ahead to stay en route to a 17-13 victory Saturday Richmond (3-0) covered a fumble by Citadel quarterback Stanley Myers on the Richmond 34 to set up tailback Minoso 9-run touchdown run off right tackle less than five minutes into the game The Citadel (2-1) tied the game on Jason 1-yard touchdown run with 37 seconds left in the first quarter and led a 10-7 at halftime after Jeff 23-yard field goal Winston October set up go-ahead touchdown early in the third quarter when he returned a Bulldog punt 74 yards Trihn cut lead to 14-13 with a 22-yard field goal late in the third quarter but the Spiders countered with a 23-yard field goal by Grayson Masters with 9:40 left The victory made Jim Reid only the second Richmond coach to win his first three games SC State 36 Chas Southern 8 ORANGEBURG (AP) Sophomore tailback Michael Hicks rushed for a career-high 258 yards and three touchdowns to lift South Carolina State to a 36-8 victory over winless Charleston Southern on Saturday night Hicks who came into the game with 3041 rushing yards ran his career total to 3299 That moves him into third place on the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference all-time rushing list He had touchdown runs of 14 1 and 82 yards and caught a 37-yard pass from Antwaine Smith for a fourth touchdown Coach Willie Bulldogs (2-1) ran their home winning streak to 13 games Charleston Southern dropped its 18th straight contest and dipped to 0-3 on the season Hicks put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard with 9:53 left in the first period with a 14-yard run Cedric kick made the score 7-0 The Bucs took an 8-7 lead when tight end Matt Sims recovered teammate Marcus fumble in the end zone with 12:29 left in the half The kick was blocked but holder John Stephany picked up the ball and ran for the two-point conversion The Bulldogs regained the lead when Hicks scored his second touchdown from the 1 drive on its 25-yard line with 6:31 to play The Eagles moved 75 yards in eight plays scoring with 3:16 remaining The Eagles (2-1 overall 1-0 South Atlantic Conference) then held Presbyterian on two possessions to preserve the win It was eighth straight victory over the Blue Hose (2-1 0-1) The Eagles got an early 10-0 lead on a 37-yard field goal by senior Bryan Standfest and a 1-yard touchdown run by junior Damon Martin Presbyterian answered in the second quarter when senior fullback Steve Gorrie scored the first of his three touchdowns After the half Carson-Newman pulled ahead again when Pop Williams caught a 14-yard strike from Penland Penland was 12-for-19 for a career-high 208 yards The Blue Hose however took the lead with back-to-back runs by Gorrie He rushed for 151 yards on the day topping the 100-yard mark for the ninth time in his career and the third time this season Mike Clowney logged a career-high 17 tackles West Liberty 10 Newberry 7 NEWBERRY (AP) West Bruce Reinecker kicked a 35-yard field goal early in the third quarter and the Hilltoppers held on to defeat Newberry 10-7 on a rain-drenched field Saturday West Liberty (2-1) had a chance to boost the lead in the 4th but Jason Richards fumbled at the Newberry lwith about 10 minutes left to go Newberry had reached West 21-yard line with 30 seconds remaining when James Branch intercepted Hunter Spivey at the 10-yard line West defense also held Newberry twice on fourth down conversions at the West Liberty 30-yard line Richards was 10 of 20 passing for 161 yards with no interceptions Stokes rushed 20 times for 84 yards Spivey was 13 of 24 passing for 114 yards He threw two interceptions Kevin Porterfield carried the ball 19 times for 93 yards Smith passed to A1 Ford for the two-point conversion and a 15-8 lead with 10:52 left in the half Kenny 6-yard scoring run and conversion kick with 4:26 left in the second period gave SC State a 22-8 edge at intermission After a scoreless third quarter Hicks raced 82 yards for his third rushing touchdown with 9:50 remaining in the game The point-after kick made it 29-8 Hicks closed out the scoring with 2:54 left when he took a short pass from Smith and ran 37 yards The kick made the final 36-8 Furman 38 Wofford GREENVILLE (AP) Senior quarterback Philly Jones passed for 186 yards and three touchdowns to lead Furman to a 38-0 win over Wofford on Saturday night The shutout was the first since 1993 when they downed VMI 24-0 The shutout was the first against Wofford (1-2) since 1987 when Davidson beat the Terriers 10-0 The win snapped five-game losing streak The Paladins (1-2) rolled up 387 yards in total offense to 171 Sophomore tailback Mark Moore led the way with 132 yards rushing on 12 carries After a scoreless first quarter Furman put 17 points on the board with a 15-yard run by Moore a 23-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Adrick Harrison and a 37-yard field goal The Paladins put the game away in the third quarter with 21 points The first came on a 65-yard touchdown run by Moore on first play of the half The Paladins added a pair of scoresJbefore playing reserves the rest of the way Carson-Newman 24 Presbyterian 21 CLINTON (AP) Junior quarterback Matt Penland scored from 5 yards out to lift 14th-ranked Carson-Newman to a 24-21 comeback victory over Presbyterian on Saturday Carson-Newman started the game-winning RUSHING-Colorado St Watson 26 122 Washington 1161 Wilkinson 4 0 Air Force Morgan 23 126 Campbell 897 Tanner 12 33 Wilkerson 7 27 Johnson 3 26 Ruff 2 1 PASSING-Colorado St Wilkinson 17 25-1 241 Air Force Morgan 10-15 1 85 RECEIVING-Colorado St Turner 6-107 Ballard 5 78 Watson 2 18 Washington 2 14 Antoine 1 19 Cregg 1 5 Air Force Marsh 2 17 Ruff 2 14 Campbell 2 8 Hendricks 1 19 Ranger 1 13 Johnson 1 9 Wilkerson 1 5 (23) Georgia 40 New Mexico St 13 ATHENS Ga Phillip Daniels returned an interception 21 yards for a touchdown in the first 14 seconds and Mike Bobo passed for 270 yards and two touchdowns leading No 23 Georgia to a 40-13 victory over New Mexico State on Saturday The Bulldogs (2-1) built a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and never were challenged by the Aggies who cut the lead to 38-13 on Cody 29-yard pass to Roderic Payne early in the final period only to see Georgia scored two points when Kirby Smart picked up the blocked extra point try and returned it 88 yards New Mexico St 0 7 0 6-13 Georgia 17 7 14 2-40 RUSHING-MiamiOhio McCullough 17 45 King 8 37 Ricketts 9 26 Dougherty 1 5 Northwestern Autry 35 152 A Autry 7 32 Schnur 3 10 Leary 3-8 Bates Hmmus 7) team 2-(minus 53) PASSING-Miami Ohio Dougherty 7 1 3-0-59 Ricketts 13 26-1-190 Nothwestern Schnur 13 261 187 RECEIVING-Miami Ohio Hall 676 Washington 3 26 Henderson 3 17 Adkins 2 45 Vaughn 2 14 McCullough 2 5 King 1 28 Banks 1 25 Beverly 1 13 Northwestern Bates 590 Haiti 239 Autry 2 29 Beazley 1 1 7 A Autry 1 7 Waterman 1 7 Leary 1-(minus2) LSU 12 (5) Auburn 6 BATON ROUGE La (AP) -Troy Twillie capped a big night for defense by intercepting a pass in the end zone as time expired Saturday and the Tigers upset No 5 Auburn 12-6 Saturday night LSU (2-1 overall 1-0 Southeastern Conference) limited Auburn (2-1 0-1) to 274 yards and two field goals But Auburn had one last chance with Nix moving the Tigers to the LSU 11 in 14 plays Nix stopped the clock by downing the ball with 4 seconds to play Then on fourth-and-3 Twillie intercepted in the end zone (11) Michigan 23 Boston College 13 BOSTON (AP) defense was strong from the start and its offense came alive late in the first half as the llth-ranked Wolverines improved to 4-0 with a 23-13 victory Saturday night over Boston College Tshimanga Biakabutuka rushed 32 times for 117 yards and a touchdown and the defense had four interceptions for Michigan Boston College (1-2) cut the lead to 23-13 with 4:11 left on backup Matt 5-yard pass to Todd Pollack The Eagles faced their third straight ranked team and have been outscored 61-9 Ga-P Daniels 21 interception return (Patkman kick) Ga-Ward 4 run (Parkman kick) Ga-FGParkman 26 NMSU-Sanchez 3 pass from Ledbetter (Culm kick) Ga-J Daniels 54 (Parkman kick) Ga-Reese 2 run (Parkman kick) Ga-L Brown 18 pass from Bobo (Parkman kick) NMSU-Payne 29 pass from Ledbetter (kick blocked) Ga-Smart 88 blocked extra point return A-78911 NMSU Ga- the Wake Forest 4 Greene was sacked for a 9-yard loss Out of timeouts the Tigers rushed a 31-yard field goal attempt by Jeff Sauve which was partially blocked by David Zadel There might have been more chances for the Tigers save for four turnovers and 120 yards in penalties knew even before we got up here that this was going to be a dogfight and I tried to instill that in the West said talked to them all week about this but still a young football team and sometimes that talk does not soak in3 Smith scored on runs of 1 and 2 yards in the third period and added a 3-yard dash midway through the fourth period scrambled out of the pocket and found Thabiti Davis all alone for a 25-yard touchdown with 3:22 left in the first period It not only marked the first time the Demon Deacons had led this year but it was the first time a Wake Forest team had opened the scoring in a game since the season finale against Maryland in 1993 The Tigers tied the score after Wake Bill Hollows missed a 36-yard field goal attempt with 6:43 left in the half An 80-yard march ended on 2-yard run with 3:08 left in the half and run around left end for the 2-point conversion Clemson blew a chance to gain the lead in On third-and-1 at the final minute of the half TIGERS From page 1 at the Clemson 3 and a fumble killed a late march at the Tigers 19 However Clemson fumbled the ball back to Wake Forest and Rusty LaRue hit Desmond Clark for a 33-yard touchdown pass with 1:05 left feel worse about this game than any of the Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell said should have been in this game down to the wire but we made some mistakes that Wake Forest held an 8-0 lead when LaRue IfOVEUAL STATISTICS RUSHNG-New Mexico SI Compton 11-58 Ledbetter 4-27 Montez 7-15 Georgia Ward 18 65 Kiris ey 8-38 Collins 8-29 Reese 5-21 PASSING-New Mexico SL Ledbetter 21 38 3-231 Georgia Bobo 16-23-1 270 Smith 0-4-60 RECEIVING-New Mexico SI Davis 6-67 Sanchez 4 50 Segory 3-36 Monlez 2 9 Georgia Daniels 4-1 43 L-Btow 3-49 Bow le 2 28 Ward 2 1 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