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TV The Tribune Sunday October 8 2000 C7 College Football Sooners trample Longhorns 63-14 DALLAS The most anticipated Oklahoma and Texas football game in more than 15 years didn't match its hype but it did make a strong statement about the Sooners' resurgence under second-year coach Bob Stoops Tenth-ranked OU annihilated llth-ranked Texas 63-14 on Saturday at the Cotton BowL The margin of victory was the second largest in this fierce rivalry dating back to 1900 OU raced to a 42-0 lead behind the soft touch of quarterback Josh Heupel and a dominating defense that forced five punts and one turnover on first six possessions OU outgained Texas 534-154 The Longhorns were held to minus-7 rushing yards while the Sooners rushed for 245 OU running back Quentin Griffin set a school record with six rushing touchdowns So humiliating was the defeat a stunned Texas coach Mack Brown struggled after the game to explain his performance and apologized to Longhorn supporters "I even know what to tell the Brown said one never forget as a Sooner fans certainly forget it The 95th Red River Shootout marked their biggest win over their hated rivals since a 50-0 win in 1908 OU (5-0 2-0 Big 12) and Itexas (3-2 1-1) dueled as top-15 teams for the first time since 1984 OU run up the score It just ran its high-powered offense "We here to set any said Stoops who replaced a fired John Blake in 1998 just wanted to keep playing well and see what happened in the end" Early on the Cotton 75587 fans must have thought the matchup resembled last game in which Oklahoma sprinted out to a 17-0 lead before losing 38-28 Not this time Not this OU team Tha Associated Press Members of the Oklahoma football team and coaches celebrate after beating Texas 63-14 in Dallas Saturday Tha Associated Press Clemson's Travis Zachery (8) drives forward as North Carolina State's Shane Riggs (92) tries to stop him during the first half Saturday in Clemson SC Clemson discovers OU allowed (me sack for a three-yard loss while the Sooners sacked quarterback tandem of Major Applewhite and Chris Simms four times for minus-30 yards Texas appeared to slow OU on the third possession when cornerback Quentin Jammer intercepted a Huepel pass in the end zone But he was flagged for pass interferenece that gave OU the ball at the Texas 2 That set up second touchdown for a 21-0 lead "They had the surge and they kept Brown said "We tackle We do anything to stop any of Heupel opened the scoring by hitting flanker Andre Woolfolk for a 29-yard touchdown strike on OU's first possession Then he found tight end Matt Anderson for a diving and juggling catch at the Texas 8 to set up a one-yard touchdown run by Griffin hot hand was only heating up en route to completing 17 of 27 passes for 275 yards and one touchdown The son from South Dakota praised his teammates "Quentin did a great job rushing the ball Heupel said of Griffin who finished with a game-high 87 yards on 23 carries "And the offensive line did a great job of blocking" some new weapons Kansas State clobbers Kansas TH AM OCIATBP PWH CLEMSON SC Clemson's not all Woody Dantzler The Tigers showed that Saturday Dantzler has been No 5 Clem-1 son's dazzling breakout star this season but it took receiver Rod Gardner tailback TVavis Zachery and the defense to finally put away North Carolina State in a 34-1 27 victory was good for us" said Dantzler who rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another as Clemson continued its best start in 13 years "We hadn't had to play a fourth-quarter all year Now we know how to do day was nearly upstaged by North Carolina Philip Rivers the 18-yearold quar- terback who has led three come-from-behind victories and came close to another at Death Valley But with Gardner catching 10 passes for 137 yards including several key receptions Zachery rushing for 147 yards and two touchdowns and Clemson's defense choking off Rivers' late rally the Tigers (6-0 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) held on "You should have seen how excited they were in the locker room" Clemson offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez said "I was getting all upset with our mistakes and they were acting like something good happened 1 I i i Beasley has thrown 86 passes without an interception "I'm just trying to get better each said Beasley 17-1 as a starting quarterback "I'm able to get things going I'm able to make adjustments in the second half It's just a matter of going out and His fourth touchdown on a 2-yard run with 4:04 left in the third quarter put the Wildcats on top 45-6 en route to their 35th victory in 36 regular-season games "Beasley makes the calls and adjusts to our defense He does that really Kansas nose tackle Nate Dwyer said "It seemed like he was one step ahead of The Wildcats assured them--selves of an eighth straight victory over Kansas (2-3 0-2) by scoring five touchdowns and a field goal to take a 384) halftime lead They were aided by a fumble an interception a muffed kick and a 13-yard Kansas punt IMS ASSOCIATE) HISSS LAWRENCE Kan Jonathan Beasley runs Jonathan Beasley throws Most of all Jonathan Beasley wins The senior ran for four touchdowns and passed for another Saturday lifting himself ever higher on the college football landscape and leading No 4 Kansas State to a 52-13 victory over Kansas Beasley who scored a school-record five touchdowns two weeks ago against North Texas had TD runs in the 31-point second quarter of 1 4 and 15 yards The Wildcats (64) 2-0 Big 12) have walloped their six opponents by a combined score of 318-61 and Beasley has passed for 10 touchdowns and run for 12 Beasley who came into the game with a nation-leading 1866 passer rating ran for 33 yards and hit 12-of-18 passes for 235 and one TD giving way to backup El Roberson after Kansas State's first possession of the second half Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick dives over Temple's Philip Shepard for a touchdown on a 5-yard run in the thir quarter Saturday in Blacksburg Va Tech shuts down Temple THt ASSOCIATED MIMS lead Green intercepted another ONE DAY SERVICE William Hale DMD Partial Relines and Repairs Available guess it did because they saw they could win when they play their Although it start out that way Dantzler scored on two 1-yard runs and threw a 24-yard pass to Zachery that opened a 20-7 lead with 21 minutes gone But then the offense which was averaging 48 points a game coming in sputtered enough to give the Wolfpack hope when Rivers got going He threw for 370 yards including three long touchdowns that had Clemson sweating out a game for the first time this season His last scoring pass was a 63-yarder to Koren Robinson with 12:07 to go that brought North Carolina State (4-1 1-1) to 34-27 Rivers took North Carolina State to Clemson's 18 with 3:28 left But on fourth-and-3 Rivers fade pass to Willie Wright at the end zone's front right comer was broken up by safety Charles Hafley The Tigers had one anxious moment in its final drive and Dantzler saved them On third-and-4 Dantzler spun right for 8 yards and the clinching first down with 2:11 remaining Clemson is off to best start since the 1987 team opened 6-0 The last time the Tigers won seven straight was their national championship season of 1981 yards on 19 attempts Johnson wasn't the only Tiger to take a pounding The Bulldogs hammered Auburn's receivers often jarring loose passes and kept quarterback Ben Leard under steady pressure Auburn (5-1 3-1) gained only 164 yards Miller turned out to be the running star averaging 68 yards on his 20 rushes The Bulldogs led 17-0 at the half but turnovers in the second half helped the Tigers to get back into the game Damon Duval kicked a 19-yard field goal to make the score 17-3 at 11:09 A fumbled snap on a punt by Mississippi State on its next possession gave Auburn the ball first-and-goal at the 1 This time Johnson went off tackle for the touchdown to make the score 17-10 with 8:50 left 1301 West Eau Gallie Blvd Suite 104 Melbourne FL 32935 407-259-1949 Gold Available on Dentures HOURS BY APPOINTMENT es The Associated Pnm pass in the end zone with nine minutes left to play Temple (3-3 0-2) cut the Hokies' 21-7 halftime lead when quarterback Michael Vick fumbled on the first play of the third quarter and linebacker Taylor Suman recovered for the Owls to set up Mike 26-yard TD pass to Charles Cobb Vick turned the ball over three times was sacked four times and rushed for just 55 yards He had averaged 1073 yards "Sometimes things just coming together" Vick said "The first interception was a bad read The second one I was trying to make too much happen The fumbles I know what to say about display at Fort Pierce City Marina 4 Tha Associated Pimm Mississippi State tailback Dicenzo Miller (12) runs through the grasp of Auburn defensive back Roderick Hood (36) in the seo- ond quarter Saturday in Starkville Miss BLACKSBURG Va Virginia Tech coach Frank earner told the media early last week that freshman cornerback Eric Green was the best man for the starting job Green who made his first start for the No 3 Hokies on Saturday proved his coach right Green intercepted two passes one in the end zone to help Virginia Tech beat Itemple 35-13 Green was backed up by the rest of Virginia defense which held Temple to just 116 total yards The Hokies had six sacks third-quarter interception and 41-yard return set up a touchdown that gave the Hokies (54) 34) Big East) a 28-13 10:00 ajn to 3:00 pm Boats on Mississippi State holds its ground against Auburn THS ASSOCIATES HtCSS 1 STARKVILLE Miss Dicen- 20 Miller ran for 124 yards and Mississippi State held Rudi John-ki son to just 26 yards as the No 20 Bulldogs beat No IS Auburn 17- 10 on Saturday Johnson entered the game as the Southeastern Conference's leading rusher averaging 1432 yards per game and Mississippi State (4-1 2-1 SEC) came in allow- ing just 26 yards a game rushing Coming off a game in which they held Florida to minus-78 rt yards rushing Mississippi State was even better Saturday The Bulldogs penetrated Auburn's offensive line consistently rarely giving the 230-pound Johnson a chance to pick up a head of steam i Johnson ran 18 times and took a beating from a Mississippi State i defense that missed few tackles Auburn rushed for a total of 18 fIoridamotormallcom.