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mm mm rry mTinnnryyyyTyi i rnrr mmmmmwpw ww College Football D2 Sunday September 15 1996 Richmond Tlmes-Dispatcti a io ooo r-ia Firtf Quarter RKh FQ Slate 20 0:10 hwckmm slack attack keys loss to The Touchdown with 44 seconds left overcomes Bichmond drew Slater attempted a 55-yard field goal His kick fell short by 20 yards Citadel In his first extensive collegiate Shannon handled himself He lost two fumbles Lack of offense isn't a new headache for UR Going back to the second half of the 95 season the Spiders have scored 13 or fewer points in seven of their past eight games The production problem places a burden on their defense which was on the field for all but 13 plays of the fourth period last night opixxtunity we get to get out there we love said UR linebacker Justin Oravetz who was instrumental in both of the Spiders' goal-line stands just another chance tf step it up on defense" The Citadel reported with a school-record 10-game losing streak and suffered its worst defeat in 18 years last wreck when it lost 58-3 at Clemson But the Bulldogs gained 301 rushing yards against defense with their option actum adequately the first on an opening-quarter fumble That turnover began a 42-yard Citadel scoring drive Two snort field goals were all the Bulldogs could manage in the first half UR also got a field goal a 29-yarder from Slater in the first quarter and completed a fourth-down pass from The Citadel 4 for its first-half touchdown Tight end Rahmaan Strcater drifted into the end zone after Shannon faked a handotf up the middle Richmond's fourth-down gamble worked: Streater was all alone for the TD reception that gave UR a 10-6 halftime lead moved the ball pretty well in the first half but we just couldn't get anything going in the second lialf" said Reid couldn't get the field position" In two games Richmond quarterbacks have completed 15 of 31 passes for 150 yards yards (one completion) faced a third-and-14 from UR's 21 with 1:27 left Bulldogs quarterback Stanley Myers rolled right and threw for Romon Webb UR comcrback Chris Anderson looked as though he reached over Webb's shoulder and made a fine diving deflection with his hand There was minimal contact but Anderson was called for interference giving The Citadel a first down at 15 Two plays later Myers dived in from the 1 for the winning score Richmond coach Jim Reid called play on Webb and said "It's tough to have a game taken away in that In the last 44 seconds the Spiders moved to The 38 On the game's final play UR freshman An Richmond's defense posted its first shutout in 13 years a week ago against Colgate and last night stopped The Citadel on fourth and goal from the 2 and fourth and 1 from the 3 Both stands came in the last 11 minutes But UR's offense which passed for 109 yards on nine completions failed to put together a drive that would have used the clock and changed field position significantly tough when you're pinned down said Richmond's Mat Shannon the redshirt sophomore who 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Associated Press lake CHARLES La Willie Gonzalez threw three touchdown passes to 1 Marty Brooks and James Madison beat McNeese State 24-10 last night dealing the ninth-ranked Division I-AA ran: JMU 24 straight MCNEESE 10 loss at home The victory improved James Madison to 2-0 McNeese which lost at home in the 1995 I-AA semifinals fell to 0-2 after losing its opener to Southwest Missouri State After McNeese scored the first touchdown of the game only six minutes into tiie first quarter James Madison came back to outscore the Pokes 24-3 the rest of the way Gonzalez and Brooks combined for I all three of the James touchdowns connecting on tosses of 12 33 and 5 yards The Dukes also got a 29-yard field goal from John Coursey in the fourth quarter 1 The three touchdown receptions by Brooks tied a James Madison school record He finished with eight catches for 90 yards 0 11 24 0 10 McN Dam 14 past from Lis (UFVini kick) 5:13 JM Brooks 12 paas from Gonatar (kick Med) 14:42 lhM Ouartar McN FG LaFrani 32 0:48 JM- Brooks 33 paaatamGonataKZomay kick) 12:49 JM FG Zouriey 29 2:46 JM Brooks 5 pan Pom Gonzalez (Jstar run) The associated Press lynch Buna Lawrence Worthington ran for 228 yards and three touchdowns and scored a fourth TD on a pass reception as Liberty defeated Delaware State 27-7 yesterday Wor- tkigon UBERTY 27 DELAWARE ST 7 times sowed on runs of 2 4 and 6 yards The 228 yards left Worthington 31 yards shy of all-time career rushing record of 2617 yards Delaware State scored on a 24-yard field goal by Teddy Johnson and on a pair of safeties when two Liberty punt snaps sailed out of the end zone The Flames (1-2) built a 13-0 lead on two Worthington touchdowns but the Hornets (1-2) put all their scores back-to-back to pull within 13-7 20 seconds before the half ended Ben Anderson hit Worthington with a 21-yard scoring strike at the 7:08 mark of the third period and Worthington ran in from the 6 with :54 remaining to finish the scoring The Flames limited the Hornets to r- half: at 14-14 on tailback Thomas 25-yard burst off left tackle with 8:46 remaining in the third period and at 21-21 on 25-yard option pass to Griffin with 3:34 remaining in the third period Then the vision of an upset vanished as quickly as it materialized Brian Shallcross kicked a 31-yard field goal chi the third play erf the fourth period to give the Tribe a 24-21 lead first play following the kickoff an apparently innocent foray into the line by Haskins produced a disaster a fumble that was recovered by safety Darren Sharper cm the VMI 40 Soon thereafter Cook found Conklin streaking toward the end zone on a post pattern A1 Lester VMI's starting quarterback missed the second period with an injury described as a "contusion of the clavicle" He returned to play the third period and most of the fourth 0 14 o-ai 1 toy 14 19-40 VMM Common 7 pom tom Cook lSheAcne luck) 11:22 VMM Wtotar 1 tut (Statonae Nek) 12:13 GnMm 35 pai tom Eton (Hurl kick) 2:02 Hakim 25 nin (Hwm Mck) 6:20 Whppte 21 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