The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 48

wvm -----1 rr p--ir -y 'iTTni-r-ri (ri rg-ij THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1994 I ft COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ftatisvyvyy'ywi Grambling beats not stops QB McNair AREA Heritage Classic MATCHUP! (0-1) VB Southard I Southern which finished last season ranked second nationally in total defense allowed the mons just 156 total yards 90 of those in the fourth quarter Northwestern penetrated Southern's 10-yard fine twice in the second half but had a 23-yard field goal blocked and failed on a fourth down attempt late- in the game from the 6-yard line Henry to Reggie Barlow SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 20 NORHTWESTERN STATE (LA) I at Natchitoches La Southern's defense shackled Northwestern State setting up touchdowns by Denny Donaldson and Melvin williams Southern entered the game ranked 20th in the preseason NCAA Division 1-AA and Williams scooped up the loose ball The Hornets defense protected the lead UAB led 24-13 late in the third quarter after a blocked punt led to a 2-yard touchdown run by Robert Davis The Hornets with 340 yards of offense cut it to 24-20 early in the fourth quarter on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Savastin eTd i ve satisfyilSMS 1 -H From Our Ptom 8orvtooo Grambling State's Kendrick Nord outdueled Alcorn State's Steve McNair passing for 485 yards and seven touchdowns as the Tigers escaped 56 victory Saturday Grambling La The two teams combined for 1318 yards total offense Grambling rolled up 612 Alcorn massed 706 In an incredible offensive display the two teams combined for 70 points in the first two quarters dueling to a 35-35 half-time stamT 1 standoff A record Robinson Stadium crowd of 25347 watched as McNair completed 27-of-52 yards for 534 yards and five touchdowns He also rushed for 99 yards as his 633 yards total offense i fell just 10 Short the Division 1-AA record for total offense But in a change of fortunes for McNair he couldn't produce the final-second magic that had made him 34 against Eddie Tigers Known for his last-second heroics McNair had one final Shot at rallying his team With fourth and 10 at the Grambling 11 with four seconds remaining in the game McNair scrambled right and fired a pass that knocked down by freshman Christopher Sampson in the end zone as time In other games: TENNESSEE-MARTIN 35 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 26 at Car-bondale DL Senior Charles Gamble tied a school-rec- ord with five touchdown passes as the Pacers rallied to beat the Salukis Gamble threw three scoring passes in the third quarter to lead the Pacers back from a 17-14 halftime deficit before a crowd of 11800 Gamble hooked up with Maurice Blakemore for an 86-yard touchdown on the Pacers' first of the second half able also found Deumalne Reeder for a 36-yard score and followed that with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Katarii Donald Gamble who completed 12-of-26 for 289 yards tied the Pacer record set in 1990 by Leonard Williams against Lane College STU's first-half touchdowns came off a Pacer fumble at their own 22 and a blocked punt MIDDLE TENNESSEE 45 TEN-ESTATE II at Nashville-rushed 21 times 1 and two touchdowns 1 the Blue Raiders past the foryuand to lead the Blue Tigers Bay less al touchdown also threw a 7-yard with 142 felt in the third quarter for Middle Tennessee in the season and Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams The Blue Raiders rushed for 211 yards compared to 76 for Tennessee State The Tigers were penalized 16 times for 144 yards and Middle Tennessee four times for 40 yards Tennessee Brian Pruitt kicked a 21-yard field goal with 12:02 left in the second to put the jwss that gave the Lynx a 140 i in the second quarter Jon Barry Cox threw two touchdown passes as he went 12-of-27 for 121 yards But Lynx interceptions by Michael Oakes Blake Vardell Jeff Davis and Daniel Newton helped keep Maryville in check the game kept going on our defense played Clary said Rhodes overcame 15 penalties for 122 yards Maryville had sev-enpenalties for 65 yards Tlie Lynx were 3-7 in 1993 and lost to Maryville 16-12 pjn at Utoarty Bowl Manorial 81a-dlum Tigers on the board With 17 seconds left in the fourth quarter Clarence Jones of Tennessee State passed to Robey Williams for a touchdown to close out scoring HOWARD 27 MISSISSIPPI VALr LEY 25 at St Louis Three "ImpH extra-point attempts and a blocked field goal proved cost ly for the Delta Devils as they fcl fell to the Bison in the Gateway Classic at Busch Stadium the opener for both teams Despite the mlscues the Delta Devils had a chance to pull out a win in the closing minutes after recovering a fumble at the Bison 34 But on third down at the Howard 27 Bison defensive end Jose White sacked quarterback Hon-oree Britton for a 12-yard loss and the drive stalled Howard (1-0) has now won 14 straight regular season games James Cunningham picked up 191 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Howard ALABAMA STATE 27 ALA-BAMA-BIRMINGHAM 24 at Mont-Ala Michael Wil-1 picked up a fumbled punt snap and ran 39 yards for the winning touchdown as the Hornets defeated the Blazers With UAB leading 24-20 with 9:11 left to play Blazers punter BTsfuml Jason Powers fumbled the snap 1 DoaMt Dmt ftfdwck (ap ta MO) I ft Mtar Mdi nqr Cwpaa 1 120 Baton 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I See itore for details I I 443224424R the Ho at mabta tread tor ttw or tor ai cwaSabta at itorM Soma tra tai and MVM217 TO MV04M1 Em TIMM AMD AUTO CENTER) Jggg MICHELIN MBFCoodrich GOODYEAR i 4 1 4 ft 9 ity I I ft ft it I a a a a I I i 1 s- MARYVILLE Tenn Three Jimmie Glorioso 1 touchdown passes and Kenny 80- yard touchdown run powered Rhodes 1 to a 27-14 season-opening victory over Maryville Saturday afternoon Four interceptions by the Lynx helped stymie the Fighting Scots and break three-game losing streak against Maryville Glorioso out of Chalmette La hit on 9-of-20 passes for 147 yards including two TD strikes to Justin Ross (6 and 13 yards) and one to Don Purvis (72 yards) Ross fed Rhodes with seven receptions for 63 yards Rhodes fed 14-7 at the half then got the big scoring run from McGhee a sophomore from Whitehaven High with 12:44 left in the third quarter The play came on a third-and-16 from the Rhodes 20 McGhee gained 105 yards in 10 carries run by McGhee was a well-executed play and our offensive line blocked extremely Rhodes head coach Mike Clary said was real big because it made them question whether or not they wanted to with their gone plan1 72-yard strike to Hokies roll past Indians By David Reed The Associated Praae BLACKSBURG Va No 21 Virginia Tech wanted to prove it deserved its first preseason ranking in school history and that quarterback Maurice DeShazo deserved being promoted as a Heisman Trophy candidate and DeShazo The Hokies and DeShazo succeeded for the first quarter at least by mowing over Arkansas State 34-7 on Saturday DeShazo threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third score during the first 15 minutes utVirginia Tech seemed to sputter after against a team last in the Big and rated No 104 oat of 107 schools in Division 1-A by a national sports was disappointed in the way our offense functioned after the first quarter but Arkansas State had some tough Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said But he pointed out that Virginia Tech got to play a lot of reserves Including quarterback serves including quarterback j' Jim Drunkenmiuer for a frill luarter and had no major injur- Arkansas State coach John Bobo thought coming into the game that Virginia Tech was better than its ranking and he said the Hokies proved that told the kids last night be watching this team play on New Bobo said of the Hokies "That is football tail I- 3 JO FH I Bn I A i NHh i.