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oitilim uuiuneu Oklahoma defense smothers Texas in 14-7 victory DALLAS (AP) Even without Ail-American nose guard Tony Casillas, second-ranked Oklahoma's defense overwhelmed 17th-ranked Texas Saturday like it hadn't been stopped since 1939. The swarming Sooners allowed Texas only four first downs and none in the second half en route to a 14-7 victory. Not since Texas 1939 national champions allowed the Longhorns three first downs had it been such a frustrating offensive day for Texcs. "It's the best defensive effort I've seen at Oklahoma in 20 years," said Sooners coach Barry Switzer. "And we did it without the best player at his position in America in Casillas.

"It was just a great overall defensive effort. The pass rush was just great. Brian Bosworth was fantastic at linebacker." Oklahoma lost Casillas for the game with a knee sprain in the first quarter. Patrick Collins, a sophomore making his eighth carry of the season, dashed 45 yards in the fourth quarter for the game-winning touchdown. "It was just a footrace between me and the Texas safety and he lost," Collins said.

"We figured all we had to do was just get a field goal in the second half and we would win the game the way our defense was playing. "Texas just couldn't move at all. That's the way it has been all year. Oklo 14 66-220 67 14 4-9-0 8-48 4-2 3-20 35:16 OKLAHOMA VS. TEXAS GAME IN STATS Tex First downs 4 Rushes-yards 35-17 Passing yards 53 Return yards 34 Passes 4-15-3 Punts 12-44 Fumbles-lost 1-0 Penalties-yards 5-30 Time ol Possession 24:44 Individual Statistics Norris 5-17.

Oklahoma, Corr 23-80, Collins 4-61, Perry 11-34. Dodge 4-13-2-53, Stafford 0-2-1-0. Oklahoma, Aikman 4-9-0-67. Gay 2-29-0-49. Oklahoma, Jackson 2-49.

Scoring Summary Texas Oklahoma 077 7 fumble return (Ward kick) 1 run (lashar kick) 45 run (Lasher kick) The only way a team can score on us is if the offense turns the ball over." Switzer, asked if he was unhappy with his offensive production, said, "No. I'll take 14 points against Texas anytime. They can play defense, too, and don't forget that." Texas coach Fred Akers also praised the Sooners' defense. "Oklahoma was mighty tough on defense," Akers said. "They did a great job." Texas quarterback Todd Dodge, hounded hard all day, said, "I knew they were a great defensive team but not that great.

We had a lot of confidence going into the game. We thought we could move the ball on them but they were just great." Oklahoma now is 3-0 for the season, while Texas dropped to 3-1. Texas leads the all-time series 4729-4. The seven-point underdog Longhorns shocked the Sooners late in the first quarter when senior defensive end Kip Cooper caught a fumble in the air and staggered seven yards for a touchdown. Thomas Aldridge applied the tackle that forced the Sooners' Lydell Can- to fumble.

It didn't take long for the Sooners to tie the score 7-7, smashing 80 yards in nine plays in the second period, with Carr charging across from the 1. A 43-yard pass from Troy Aikman to tight end Keith Jackson put the drive in motion. Dodge was sacked six times by the fierce Sooners' rush. The Sooners, leading the nation in allowing only 39 yards per game rushing, held Texas to 17 yards on 35 rushes. The Longhorns got only 53 yards passing.

Texas' total offense of 70 yards was far under Oklahoma's nation- leading average of 146.5. The four first downs were the fewest by Texas since accumulating only three against Texas in 1939. The Texas rushing total of 17 yards was its poorest since 1976 against Baylor. Oklahoma gained 151 yards rushing in the second half, while Texas was held to minus-34, with some of the yardage lost while Dodge tried to pass. Texas defensive end Kit Cooper scoops up an Oklahoma fumble and returns it seven yards for the Longhorns 1 lone touchdown.

Bo breaks loose against Seminoles College football By The Associated Press The final score wasn't close Saturday as 12th-ranked Auburn pounded No. 4 Florida State 59-27, but Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden figured his team might have won with one extra player. That player: Auburn senior tailback Bo Jackson. "Bo Jackson was the difference in the game," Bowden said. "He's one of the greats of all time.

"I think if we would have had him, we probably would have won the game. The teams were fairly even. He's the difference." Jackson reeled off touchdown runs of 53 and 35 yards, helping Auburn ease ahead in the third quarter, then the Tigers' defense turned the game into a rout in the final period, running back two interceptions for touchdowns. Jackson, who came into the game leading the nation with a per-game average of 203.7 yards rushing, gained 176 yards on 30 carries. The victory by Auburn, which posted 28 points in the final quarter with the help of the two interceptions and a fumble, left each team with a 4-1 record.

Jackson put Auburn ahead 7-0 with his 53-yard burst less than two minutes into the game, then gave the Tigers a 31-17 advantage in the third quarter with his 35- yard TD dash. IOWA 23, WISCONSIN 13 At Madison, Chuck Long passed for one touchdown and Ronnie Harmon ran for another, leading top-ranked Iowa over Wisconsin in a Big Ten Conference game. The Badgers trailed 10-0 at the half, then scored on a three-yard pass from backup quarterback Bud Keyes to fullback Joe Armentrout. Iowa came back with a 40-yard Houghtlin field goal for a 13-7 lead. MICHIGAN 31, MICHIGAN ST.

0 At East Lansing, Michigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh threw a touchdown pass and defensive back Ed Hood scored after a blocked punt within the first 4:01 of the game as the third-ranked Wolverines beat rival Michigan State. Michigan State quarterback Bobby McAllister fumbled the snap on the second play of the game and Michigan recovered. Three plays later, Harbaugh flipped a nine-yard TD pass to tight end Eric Kattus. Harbaugh hit Kattus with a 14- yard TD strike at 10:18 of the final period and Phil Webb ran four yards for a touchdown with 3:30 remaining. FLORIDA 17, TENNESSEE 10 At Gainesville, Neal Anderson rambled for two touchdowns as seventh-ranked Florida defeated No.

14 Tennessee in a Southeastern Conference game. Anderson's scoring runs of nine yards and one yard came in the third quarter on drives of 49 and Iowa's Scott Helverson finds the goal post a tough defender on this pass play. 38 yards, following punts of only 32 and 31 yards by Tennessee's Bob Garmon. Florida had a 17-3 lead, before the Vols scored early in the final quarter and had one more shot before stalling midway through the period. ARKANSAS 30, TEXAS TECH 7 At Lubbock, Texas, Arkansas halfback James Rouse raced 34 yards for one touchown and set up another with two big runs as the sixth-ranked Razorbacks hammered Texas Tech in a Southwest Conference game.

Rouse got his touchdown in the opening moments of the second half and later contributed runs of 23 and 18 yards to set up a TD by quarterback Greg Thomas. PENN STATE 17 State College, Massimo Manca's four field goals triggered Penn State over Alabama in a defensive struggle. Manca kicked field goals of 38, 44, 50 and 20 yards to give unbeat- end and 8th-ranked Penn State its fifth win of the season. Tenth-rated Alabama, 4-1, held the lead just once, in the first period on a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mike Shula to flanker Al Bell. BYU 28, SAN DIEGO ST.

0 At Provo, Utah, Robbie Bosco threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third as llth-ranked Brig- ham Young rolled over San Diego State in a Western Athletic Conference game. Bosco thrilled a homecoming crowd of 65,407 by throwing scoring passes of 13 and 20 yards and completed 25 of 37 passes for 257 yards as the Cougars boosted their season record to 5-1, 2-0 in the WAG. Bosco's first touchdown pass, 13 yards to tight end Trevor Molini, came on BYU's first series and capped an 80-yard drive. AIR FORCE 24, NAVY 7 At Annapolis, quarterback Bart Weiss set up two touchdowns with passes of 60 and 53 yards and engineered a 44-yard scoring drive on the ground as unbeaten and 13th-ranked Air Force defeated Navy. The Midshipmen held the Falcons' potent wishbone attack to their lowest point total of the year, but the offense managed only a third-quarter touchdown on a 15-yard pass from quarterback Bill Byrne to tight end John Sniffen.

OHIO STATE 48, INDIANA 7 At Columbus, Ohio, tailback John Wooldridge scored four first- half touchdowns as ISth-ranked Ohio State defeated Indiana, handing the Hooslers their first loss of the season. Wooldridge gained 104 yards on 20 carries and ran for scores of one, four and seven yards as the Buckeyes moved to 4-1 on the year. The 5-11, 197-yard junior also caught three passes for 35 yards and another TD. BAYLOR 21, S.MU 14 At Irving, Texas, quarterback Tom Muecke's two-yard touchdown dive capped an 80-yard, fourth- quarter march that lifted 19th- ranked Baylor over 16th-ranked Southern Methodist. Terry Syler's field goals of 38 and 22 yards and Muecke's 26- yard TD pass to halfback Ralph Stockemer accounted for Baylor's other points.

UCLA 34, STANFORD At Stanford, scoring touchdowns on three big plays a blocked punt, quarterback David Norrie's 51-yard bomb to Willie Anderson and James Primus' 40- yard run UCLA romped over Stanford. Primus, who also ran three yards for UCLA's final TD with 3:33 left, broke open the game with a 40-yard TD run that gave UCLA a 27-9 lead with 4:40 left in the third quarter. 48, VANDERBILT 7 At Nashville, Tom, tailback Garry James scon three touchdowns and rambled or 63 yards to become the No. 5 rusher in LSU history as he led the No. 20 Tigers over Vanderbllt in a Southeastern Conference game.

Husker QB passes test STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) McCathorn Clayton has been trying to tell people he can throw the football, and he proved it Saturday night. Clayton, Nebraska's sophomore quarterback, completed 8 of 16 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown as the ninth-ranked Corn- huskers beat No. 5 Oklahoma State, 34-24. Clayton also showed his deftness in the running game, rushing for 35 yards and two touchdowns as Nebraska improved to 4-1, 1-0 in the Big Eight Conference.

Oklahoma State lost for the 24th straight time to Nebraska and is now 4-1 overall, 0-1 in the league. "Clayton gives them a dimension that I don't think they've had since Turner Gill left," said Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones. "Obviously he threw the ball well enough with telling effect like Gill and some of those other quarterbacks that they've had in the past have done." Clayton got help from tailback Doug DuBose, who rushed for 139 yards on 16 carries. "Both sides of the ball played awfully well," said Nebraska coach Tom Osborne. "We were really pleased we were able to move the ball." Clayton scored on runs and 7 yards, and had a 38-yard TD pass to Robb Schnitzler.

The Cornhuskers grabbed a 20-3 third-quarter lead and then held on as Oklahoma State scored 14 straight third-quarter points to make the score 20-17. A pivotal play came early in the fourth quarter when Nebraska linebacker Marc Munford intercepted a Ronnie Williams pass at the Oklahoma State 7-yard line. Three plays later, fullback Tom Rathman scored from the 4 and the Corn- huskers led 27-17. NEBRASKA VS. OKLAHOMA STATE GAME IN STATS NEB OSU First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession 19 58-256 161 21 8-16-0 5-44 1-2 6-53 34:18 22 31-57 363 0 27-44-2 5-39 2-3 3-20 25:42 Individual Statistics Nebraska, DuBose 16-139, Rathman 9-50, Miles 9-20, Clayton 3-16, Sheppard 2-15, Kelly 3-9, Kaelin 4-7, Schnltiler 1-1, Jones l-(-l).

Oklahoma State, Thomas 22-71, Williams 8-(. 18), Miller 1-4. Nebraska, Clayton 8-16-0. Oklo- homo State, Williams 27-44-2. Nebraska, Schnitzler 4-119, A.Smith 2-23, Sheppard 2-19.

Oklahoma Stole, Rlley 5-131. Beck 4-72, Dillard 5-64, Dykes 3-39, Werner 3-9, Thomas 4-21, Luper 2-5, Brown 1-1. Scoring Summary Nebraska 0 17 3 Oklahoma St. 03)4 OSU O'Donnell 28 FG NEB Clayton 1 Run (Klein kick) NEB Schnitzler 38 pass from Clayton (Klein kick) NEB Klein 40 FG NEB Klein 40 FG OSU Dillard 5 pass from Williams (O'Donnell kick) OSU Thomas 2 run (O'Donnell kick) NEB Rathman 4 run (Klein kick) NEB Clayton 7 run (Klein kick) OSU Beck 22 pass from Williams (O'Donnell kick) 50,400 Clayton later scored from seven yards out to cap a four-play, 55- yard drive with 6:50 to play in the game. Oklahoma State had gotten back into the game by scoring on consecutive possessions.

Williams, who completed 27 of 44 passes for a school-record 363 yards, hit tight end J.R. Dillard with a 5-yard scoring pass, and tailback Thurman Thomas scored on a 2-yard run. Thomas, the nation's second-leading rusher, was held to 71 yards on 22 carries. Nebraska used big plays in the second quarter on its way to a 17-3 halftime lead. Nebraska finished with 417 yards of offense.

Oklahoma State had 420 total yards, only 57 of it on the ground. Buffs turn tables on Tigers BOULDER, Colo. (AP) His Colorado team had just achieved a dramatic 76-point reversal on Missouri, and that fact wasn't lost on coach Bill McCartney. "One year ago, Missouri beat us 52-7," McCartney said after his Buffaloes revenged that thrashing with a 38-7 victory over the Tigers Saturday in the Big Eight football opener for both teams. "After that game they said we were paper-thin, and we were.

If you saw that game, you would have said we were five years away from beating Missouri. "But in a chronological year, you can accomplish significant things. And in a year working with the team concept, you can also make great accomplishments." Colorado quarterback Mark Hatcher rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another score, leading a 505-yard wishbone offense that Included 390 yards rushing. Missouri fell to 0-6, its worst start in 30 years. "Just when we thought we had our offense in gear, we couldn't get anything done," said Missouri's first-year coach'Woody Wldenhofer.

"Our offense has been the backbone of this football team. Today the hot- MISSOURI VS. COLORADO GAME IN STATS MU CU First downi 15 25 Rushes-yards 38-134 68-390 Railing yards 153 115 Return yardi 3 JQJ a 15-34-1 4-9-1 cu rumblci-loit j.j g.j Penaltlyi.yardi 11.74 8 70 Time of Poiietilon 23:58 36:02 Individual Statlitlct RUSHING-MlHourl, Wallac. 14-9S, Boyd 623, Adler 4.16 Colorado, Hotch.r 2J-151, Marquei 12-72, Weathenpoon 9-51 n' rado Helton 0-1-0-0, Wheeler O-l-l-O, Keenan l-l-O-S. Th.tford 5-41, il 00 3 32 Coloro Marqu" 239, Smith 1-7I, Sandtn 1-5.

Scoring Summary Mliiourl 6 0 7 0- 7 Colorado 7 17 7 7 38 CU-Hatcher 3 run (Eckel kickj lr Holchtr CU-FG Eckel 44 CU-Hatchtr 4 run (Eckel kick) CU-Holthtf run (Eckel kick MU-Draln 2 run (Whellhon kick) CU-Collln. 27 run (Eckel kick) 38,604 torn fell out." Colorado exploded for 17 points in the first four minutes of the second quarter to take a 24-0 advantage. On the first play of the quarter, Hatcher passed four yards to halfback Mike Marquez for the TD. The Buffs were successful with an on- sides kick on the ensuing kickoff, recovering at the Missouri 44, and Larry Eckel kicked a 44-yard field goal several plays later..