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0 The Southern Illinoisan, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2000 Page 3B College Football GATEWAY Illinois State upsets Western I vy-" "ir; OlJyJ 'Sl -if, -3 ii cV lh( (555, s. -i V. i' A. for 321 yards and three touchdowns as Northern Iowa beat Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. Michael Gerrell added three touchdowns and 107 yards rushing as Northern Iowa (6-3) held off a late rally from Cal Poly-SLO.

Gerrell's 3-yard touchdown with 6:25 to play put UNI up 43-29, but the Mustangs (3-6) scored two touchdowns in the game's final minutes. YOUNGSTOWN ST. 42, HOFSTRA 35: At Youngstown, Ohio, Jeff Ryan threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Pe-draza on the first play of double overtime as Youngstown State beat Hofstra. The Associated Press MACOMB Tim Beshel picked up a Western Illinois fumble and ran 49 yards for a touchdown with 3:27 left as Illinois State surprised the Leathernecks 25-18 Saturday. Defender David Bull stripped the ball away from quarterback Sam Clemons as Western was driving for the go-ahead TD.

The loss snapped Western's eight-game win-streak and prevented the Leathernecks (8-2, 4-1 Gateway) from clinching the conference title. NORTHERN IOWA 43, CAL-POLY 41: At San Luis Obispo, Ryan Helming threw Kittner sneaks mini past Indiana Southern Illinoisan photo by JOE JINES Right behind you! SlUC's Tom Koutsos follows his offensive line to gain some yardage Saturday afternoon against Indiana State. Ssdiikis hit i p2J rock bottom SIUC falls to previously winless Indiana State The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN Kurt Kittner survived a quarterback duel with Antwan Randle El, scoring on a 1-yard sneak with 25 seconds left to give Illinois a 42-35 victory over Indiana on Saturday. Randle El ran for 209 yards and four touchdowns, and Kittner threw for 277 yards and three TDs. Randle El took a last swing with a 51-yard bomb that Illinois' Walter Young batted down in the end zone as time ran out.

The Illini 2-4 Big Ten) couldn't stop Randle El, or any other Indiana runner. The Hoo-siers rushed for 447 yards, including 161 by Levron Williams. NORTHWESTERN (21) 54, MICHIGAN (12) 51: At Evanston, Sam Simmons caught a 12-yard crossing pass over the middle with 20 seconds left as Northwestern outlasted Michigan in a frenzied game that was destined to come right down to the end. The Wolverines had a chance to win it at the last second as Hayden Epstein attempted a 57-yard field goal, but the ball went tlirough the hands of the holder. Northwestern (7-2, 5-1 Big Ten) shares the Big Ten lead with Purdue, which was off Saturday.

OHIO ST. (16) 27, MICHIGAN ST. 13: At Columbus, Ohio, Derek Combs ran for 153 yards and a touchdown and Ohio BIG TEN State's defense shut down Michigan State in the second half. Michael Doss raced 73 yards with a fumble return to get the Buckeyes back in the game after they fell behind 13-3 in the first 13 minutes. Ohio State's defense forced four turnovers and registering seven sacks.

The Buckeyes (7-2, 4-2), after giving up 115 yards in the first quarter, permitted only 96 yards in the final three periods. IOWA 26, PENN STATE 23: At State College, Pa, Nate Kaeding kicked a 26-yard field goal in the second overtime, and Ryan Hansen intercepted a pass to give Iowa a victory over Perm State. Rashard Casey's pass on the first play of Perm State's possession was intended for tight end Tony Stewart. The ball hit Stewart, but Hansen dove to catch the ball and end the game. Casey had a 6-yard touchdown run to give Penn State (4-6, 3-3 Big Ten) a 23-16 lead in the first overtime.

Iowa (2-8, 2-4) answered with an 11-yard touchdown run by Ladell Betts. WISCONSIN 41, MINNESOTA 20: At Madison, Wisconsin recovered from a slow start, scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to beat the Gophers. The Badgers (64, 3-4 Big Ten) snapped a three-game home losing streak, their longest since 1990, thanks to the play of OTHERS Deon Parker rushed for 172 yards and one touchdown for Millikin's Big Blue (9-0, 6-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), who rolled up 338 yards on the ground. Brylka was 16-of-27 passing. Parker set a school record with 114 points this season.

Miller was the leading receiver, catching seven passes. LAKELAND 51, EUREKA 0: At Eureka, Chris Zablocki caught four touchdown passes as Lakeland defeated Eureka Zablocki grabbed two scoring aerials each from Kevin Cox and Brent Luebke as Lakeland (2-6, 2-4) piled up 35 points in the second quarter. Luebke was 28-of43 for 3 10 yards. Eureka (2-7, 1-5) was held to 63 yards rushing on 22 attempts. Hofstra (7-3) got the ball back with a chance to tie, but a clipping penalty pushed the ball back to the Youngstown State 30-yard line.

Tim Johnson intercepted Rocky Butler's fourth-down pass four plays later to end the game. SW MISSOURI ST. 52, 6: At Springfield, Austin Moherman passed for 212 yards and three touchdowns to lead Southwest Missouri State to a win over Tennessee-Martin. Moherman's 10-yard scoring pass to Jeff Hewitt, after a 77-yard kickoff return by Donte King, gave the Bears (4-5) a 38-0 lead on the first play of the second half. A (i -J AP photo OB's TD: Illinois' Kurt Kittner (15) gets up from the pile after scoring'the winning touchdown against Indiana on a quarterback sneak from the 1-yard line Saturday in Champaign.

Brooks Bollinger, who threw for 204 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a career-high 127 yards and a score. The Gophers (5-5, 3-4) lost their third straight and must beat Iowa in their final regular-season game to become bowl eligible in consecutive years for the first time since 1960-61. TOLEDO 38, N. ILLINOIS 24: At Dekalb, Chester Taylor ran for 230 yards and two touchdowns as Toledo beat Northern Illinois. Taylor's second touchdown, a 73-yard romp just before halftime gave the Rockets (8-1, 4-1) the lead for good at 28-24.

The Huskies 3-2) had rallied from a 2 1-7 deficit. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 24, NORTH CENTRAL 0: At Na-perville, Max lilinkovich had a 20-yard touchdown run to spark Illinois Wesleyan to a win over North Central. After a scoreless first half, Mi-linkovich put the Titans (8-1, 5-1) on the board right after halftime. Creighton Drescher and Ryan Eyer both returned interceptions for TDs in the fourth quarter. 5t 1 0 Kris Stockton tied a school record with five field goals as Texas beat Texas Tech.

Texas (7-2, 5-1 Big 12) struggled to get the ball in the end zone in the first half, keeping the pass-happy Red Raiders (6-4, 2-1) in the game. TEXAS (24) 21, OKLAHOMA ST. 16: At Stillwater, Mark Farris threw for 246 yards and a touchdown, and Texas stopped Oklahoma State at the 15 in the final minute to win. The Aggies (7-2, 5-1 Big 12) won their fourth straight to stay in the thick of the Big 12 South Division race. I mv iji wps" 35 7" -if if Eastern pounds SEMO, 38-9 i i By Steve Cunningham steve.cunninghamsouthernillinoisan.com CARBONDALE Bad for Southern Illinois University Car-i bondale's football team was los-Aing four of its first six games this Tall.

Worse came in back-to-back Lweeks when the Salukis coughed up second-half leads at Southwest Missouri and Illinois State and wound up dropping those contests, as well. But for all of its problems, em-barassing had yet to enter SlUC's 2000 picture. That is, until Saturday. The Salukis spotted previously-winless Indiana State an third-quarter lead, ral-Lf lied to regain the advantage then allowed a team averaging only points a contest to easily -Jlrive 68 yards for the wmning r-score. 'v The result? An unexplainable -'K23-22 loss to the Sycamores be-V'-fore a sparse crowd of 1,000 at -McAndre Stadium.

Thus, SIUC, now 2-7 overall and 1-4 in the Gateway is guaranteed a last-place conference finish for the third straight year unless it wins at Youngstown State next week. Saluki coach Jan Quarless has 1- watched his team kill itself with penalties and mental and physical mistakes all season long so he didn't belabor another 60 min- utes of the same. Instead, he complemented Indiana State for showing fire de-' spite its horrible season to date. "I respect (Sycamores' coach) Tim (McGuire) verv rnuch and I knew he'd do something to get them to play well," Quarless said. "I anticipated that We told our football team they'd come in hungry so you have to give credit to Tim and his staff.

They did a nice job." SIUC should have known it was in trouble right away. The Associated Press Mami two from the Indiana State 40 early in the fourth quarter, forcing SIUC to punt. Everhart's kick pinned the Sycamores at their own 4. Then, after Indiana State punted the ball back to the Salukis who took over at the Sycamores' 30 thanks to a nice return by Davidson SIUC fullback Donnie Reeves fumbled the ball back at the Indiana State 32. "Our guys didn't make the plays they needed to," said Quarless.

Indiana State took advantage. The Salukis were wliistled for a face-masking penalty, giving the Sycamores one first down. On third-and-one from the SIUC 46, Jared Sessum rumbled 28 yards. Guy scampered for 17 yards on the next play and Sessum was dropped for a one-yard loss on the next, putting the ball at the 2. Dishroom snuck into the end zone from there, putting Indiana State up, 23-22.

SIUC was hit with a delay-of-game penalty on third-and-four the next time it had the ball, and eventually punted. When the Salukis got the ball back again, they started at their own 12 with 2:30 to play. Poteete hit Davidson for one first down, but three incomple-tions and a sack gave Indiana State the ball back at the 18 with 1:47 remaining. The Salukis outgained Indiana State, 289-189. Poteete was 10-of-18 for 111 yards while Kobe was 9-of-17 for 71 yards.

Tom Koutsos added 101 yards on the ground for SIUC. The final two games of the season for the Salukis are on the road against nationally-ranked foes. They travel to Youngstown State Saturday and Western Kentucky on Nov. 18. 25 FLORIDA (6) 43, VAN-DERBILT 20: At Nashville, Rex Grossman survived some early mistakes to throw for a career-high 334 yards and two touchdowns as Florida beat Van-derbilt Florida (8-1, 6-1) also intercepted five passes to clinch its 10th straight victory over Vander-bilt (2-7, 0-6).

The Gators will play No. 22 South Carolina next week for the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division title. OREGON (7) 27, WASHINGTON ST. 24:. At Pullman, Josh Frankel kicked a career-best 47-yard field goal in overtime as Oregon beat Washington State.

It was the third overtime loss this season for the Cougars (3-6, 1- 5 Pacific-10 Conference), who also lost starting quarterback Jason Gesser to a broken left leg. WASHINGTON (8) 35, ARIZONA 32: At Seattle, Marques Tuiasosopo scored on a 2-yard run with 1:10 left to give Washington an emotional victory over Arizona. The Huskies won the game with some of their attention focused on Curtis Williams, their fallen teammate. Williams injured his spinal cord last week i Virginia Quarless started sophomore Kevin Kobe in place of senior Sherard Poteete at quarterback and Indiana State ranked No. 122 out of 122 Division I-AA teams nationally in defense forced the Salukis to punt Indiana State's Robin Johnson blocked Scott Everhart's attempt and the Sycamores recovered at the SIUC 18.

Mike Megysei booted a 36-yard field goal to give Indiana State an early 3-0 lead. The Salukis tied the game on Everhart's 25-yard field goal but Indiana State drove 85 yards in six plays, taking a 10-3 advantage on Shane Guy's touchdown run. Another Everhart field goal, this time from 36 yards, made it a 10-6 game at halftime. The Sycamores took the second-half kickoff and moved 65 yards in eight plays, grabbing a 17-6 lead on Jamie Dishroom's 16- yard touchdown pass to Robert Boltinghouse. Dishroom completed only 2-of-13 passes on the day for 23 yards.

Finally, the Salukis woke up. JerMarsh Robinson returned the ensuing kickoff a school-record 100 yards for a touchdown, cutting the Sycamores' lead to 17- 12. A two-point conversion attempt failed. SIUC forced an Indiana State punt and got within two on Everhart's 2S-yard field goal. Another defensive stop gave the Salukis the ball again and Poteete who entered the game late in the first half connected with Ster-on Davidson on a 20-yard touchdown pass to make it 22-17 with 5:07 left in the third quarter.

The rest of the contest showed why SIUC hasn't been successful this season. With a pair of chances to put the reeling Sycamores away, the Salukis couldn't seal the deal. First, a wide-open Nick Waf-ford dropped a pass on third-and- TOP ock FLORIDA ST. (4) 54, CLEMSON (10) 7: At Tallahassee, Chris Weinke threw for 521 yards, and Bobby Bowden kept his starters on the field well into the fourth quarter, as Florida State beat No. 10 Clemson 54-7 in Bow den Bowl II.

The second coaching matchup between Bowden and his kid, Tommy, was nothing like the 17-14 victory Florida State had to fight for last year in Death Valley, where Bobby" Bowden earned his 300th career victory. NEBRASKA (5) 56, KANSAS 17: At Lincoln, Eric Crouch became the top rushing quarterback in Nebraska history and tied a school record with four TD runs as the Cornhuskers beat Kansas. Crouch, who also threw for a touchdown, ran for 127 yards on 15 carries, giving him 2,152 career rushing yards. Steve Taylor held the previous mark of 2,125. Crouch scored three touchdowns for the third time this season and became the first Nebraska quarterback to run for four since Scott Frost did it against Missouri in 1997.

kn I The Associated Press CHARLESTON J.R. Taylor ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Eastern Illinois beat Southeast Missouri, 38-9. Andre Raymond added 146 yards and a TD for Eastern's Panthers (7-2, 5-1 Ohio Valley), ranked 21st in the latest NCAA Div. I-AA poll and still hoping for a playoff spot. Tony Romo, the top rated passer in I-AA, was 13-of-19 for 231 yards.

He had scoring passes of 45-yards to Kenny Alsop and 5 yards to Frank Cutolo, who had five catches for 97 yards. MILLIKIN 48, ELM-HURST 20: At Elmhurst, Tim Brylka passed for 270 yards and four touchdowns, three to Ryan Miller, as Millikin beat Elmhurst. rm i ecu against Stanford, and is hospitalized at the Stanford Medical Center. LOUISVILLE 49, SOUTHERN MISS. (13) 28: At Hatties-burg, Dave Ragone ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more as Louisville beat turnover-plagued Southern Mississippi.

Jeff Kelly threw four interceptions as Southern Miss allowed more touchdowns in one day than it had in the entire season. OREGON ST. (14) 38, CALIFORNIA 32: At Berkeley, Ken Simonton ran for 125 yards and three touchdowns as Oregon State beat California for its first 8-1 start ever. The nation's fifth-ranked rusher going into the game, Simonton ran 64 yards on lus first carry to move to sixth on the Pacific-10 Conference's career rusliing list MISSISSIPPI ST. (18) 35, KENTUCKY 17: At Lexington, Dicenzo Miller and Dontae Walker each ran for more than 100 yards and a touchdown as Mississippi State beat Kentucky.

The Bulldogs (6-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) forced seven turnovers and returned twro for scores as they held the Wildcats (2-7, 0-6) to 386 total yards. A a r) -xv. AP photo Gaininq ground: Northwestern's Zak Kustok (10) rushes for 21-yards during the fourth quarter as Michigan's Charles Drake (24) forces him to the outside, Saturday in Evanston. MIAMI With Michael Vick barely able to walk, No. 3 Miami ttook a giant step toward playing -for the national championship.

Ken Dorsey threw three long touchdown passes and James Jackson ran for 138 yards and a Cscore as the Hurricanes beat No. 2 Virginia Tech 41-21 on Satur-day, ending the Hokies' 19-game regular-season winning streak and their bid to return to the national title game. In ending a five-game losing streak to Virginia Tech, Miami 4-0 Big East) is poised to replace Virginia Tech (8-1, 6-1) at No. 2 in the AP media poll. OKLAHOMA (1) 56, BAYLOR 7: At Waco, Texas, Josh THeupel passed for 313 yards and three touchdowns in the first half as the undefeated Sooners beat Baylor to set up a key Big 12 showdown next week at Texas With Heupel throwing against the nation's 104th-rated defense rand Curtis Fagan catching two TD passes, the Sooners led 42-0 at halftime.

Heupel also ran for a 'TD in the first quarter. KANSAS ST. (19) 56, IOWA ST. 10: At Manhattan, Josh Scobey rushed for 149 yards and four touchdowns as Kansas State beat rebuilding Iowa State, setting up a showdown next week with No. 5 Nebraska for the Big 12 North title.

Kansas State, which had lost two of its last three and tumbled 17 spots in the AP poll, scored on five of its first seven possessions against the Cyclones (6-3, 3-3), who have already clinched their first winning season since 1989. TEXAS (20) 29, TEXAS TECH 17: At Lubbock, Texas, Hodges Mitchell ran for 229 yards and two touchdowns and 4.