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6B Macon Telegraph News Sun Nov 29 1987 ootball Appalachian State wins 27 3 sets up showdown with Southern 10 nlav and Stacey McGee added a 62 yard pass tucky Westem Kentucky tirst round ActAzinlal Drocc fniHA4rQ 1 A 3 lAAd MnkalLtl' Innina Madison 12 4 lat at nn Saturday game llwll 3 4 Jfc 10 64 28:00 UT 26 56 323 94 10 9 16 1 3 38 i ta 11 29 93 114 28 12 21 0 2 10 29:56 ASU 14 40 161 127 6 13 26 1 M3 4 2 7 52 28:21 Colo 14 44 147 79 24 5 14 2 irst Downs Rushes Yords Passing Yords Return Yards Posses Punts umbles Lost Penolties Yards Time of Possession irst downs Rushes yords Passing Return Yards Comp Att Int Punts umbles Lost Penallies Yords Time of Possession irst downs Rushes yards Posslng Return Yards Comp Ah inf Punts um Wes Lost Penalties Yords Time of Possession 7 63 21:13 Weber State 59 Idaho 30 MOSCOW Idaho Tailback Sean Sanders scored a playoff record six touchdowns as Weber State pounced on Big Sky Conference champion Idaho 59 30 in the first round of the Division I AA playoffs Saturday in the Kibbie Dome The Wildcats 10 2 take on 8 4 Marshall in Huntington Va next Saturday in sec ond round action Idaho which defeated Weber State earlier in the year on the road to the Big Sky crown finishes 8 3 Sanders scored three of Weber's four third quarter touchdowns as his team exploded to a 52 25 lead heading into the final period Sanders snapped the playoff record of five touchdowns tn a game set last year by Georgia Southern's Gerald Harris playeo later on oaiuiuay North Texas finished its season 7 5 Houston 45 Rice 2 1 I HOUSTON David I Dacus passed for a Southwest Confer I ence record 450 yards and Jason Phil I lips the leading receiver I caught 12 passes leading the Cougars to a 45 21 victory over cross town rival Rice Saturday I The underdog Owls trailed 28 21 when they lined up for a field goal with 10: 38 left in the game But the kick was blocked into the air by Houston's Keith Jenkins and Johnny Jackson returned it 75 yards for his fourth touchdown of the sea son Dacus completed 34 of 58 passes for 450 yards and two touchdowns He broke the single game record of 422 yards set by Texas Billy Joe Tolliver against Texas Christian in 1985 SW La 37 SMiss 30 LAAYETTE La Brian Mit chell passed for three touchdowns and ran tor another Saturday but it was I PD 2 yard touchdown run in the fourth period that enabled Southwestern Louisiana to beat Southern Mississippi 37 30 The outcome gave each school a 6 5 season second in a row under second year coach Nelson Stokely and the first back to back winning season 'or the Caiuns since i 1 Marshall James huiuimhi i HUNTINGTON WVa Tony Petersen passed for 387 yards and four touchdowns as Marshall University rolled to a 41 12 victory over James Madison Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Division I AA playoffs The Thundering Herd 7 4 in the regular season and ranked No 11 in the division to James No 5 ranking rolled up 499 yards in offense behind Petersen a 6 1 200 pound sophomore quarterback He threw two scoring passes to Sean Doctor who had nine receptions for 117 yards plus an 84 yarder to Mike Baxter and a 20 yarder to Mike Bar ber Marshall limited the fifth ranked Dukes 9 3 to 281 yards in offense and recovered four fumbles James Madison the top rated independent in the division didn't manage a first down until midway through the second quarter and score until backup quarterback Greg Lancas ter entered the game after fourth touchdown Saturday's game was first appearance in a postseason game in 40 j'ears Arkansas St 35 Jackson St 32 JACKSON Miss Lineman Kenneth Nel son ran 30 yards on a trick reverse with 2:44 to punt and lorida recovered at the Seminoles 9 to set up 4 yard TD Smith whose 1341 yards rushing in 1987 is a single season record for lorida gained 82 yards in the first quarter He managed just 18 the rest of the way and the lorida State offense was at least partly responsible While the defense held lorida to just 207 yards total offense the lorida State offense controlled the ball for 11:53 of the second quarter and continued its domination after halftime Third in the nation in total offense lorida State finished with 411 yards McManus completed nine of 16 passes for 132 yards with one interception 23 yard field goal trimmed lead to 14 6 with 2:44 left in the second quarter and he added the 53 yarder as time expired in the half lorida State marched 61 yards in 10 plays to move within 14 12 on 37 yard field goal 4:01 into the second half Sammie Smith set up the points with a 39 yard run on his first carry of the second half Williams who has 15 touchdowns scored on drives following lorida punts Smith who set a SU single season rushing record of 1230 yards ran 8 yards to the Gators 1 to set up the second TD lorida which upset lorida State 17 13 a year ago leads the series 22 7 1 SU lorida Schmidt 26 ESmttfiSrun (McGinlykick) Smith 4 run (McGinty Kick) Schmidt 23 4 Schmidt 53 Schmidt 37 Williams I run (Bennett run) Williams 1 run (Gainer pass from McManus) 74613 interception for a touchdown Saturday to rally Arkansas State to a 35 32 victory over Jackson State in opening round game of the NCAA Division I AA playoffs Arkansas State 8 3 1 advances to the second round against Northern Iowa or Youngstown State next Saturday Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Jackson State losing its sixth straight first round game finished 8 3 1 Held to only five first down and trailing 10 0 at halftime Arkansas State an independent used its wishbone offense and two big trick plays to twice rally from 10 point deficits Trailing 24 14 the Indians scored a touch down on a 12 yard flanker reverse by red Bamett with 8:35 to play and then after a 1 4 yard Jackson State punt went 62 yards in three plays for the go ahead touchdown NE La 30 Texas State 9 MONROE La ommy Minville ran for 85 yards and a touchdown Saturday to lead Northeast Louisiana to a 309 victory over North Texas State in an opening round game of the Division I AA playoffs Northeast is 10 2 and playing in the postsea son for the first time since becoming a four year school in 1951 The Indians advance to meet the winner of the Eastern Ken the game "1 did a lot of talking to our kids last night and this morning about Bowden said won every game early this year except for Miami Our team really faced being down" lorida which got 100 yards rushing from fresh man Emmitt Smith finished the regular season with a 6 5 record for the second straight year The Gators will play UCLA in the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day Smith who carried 20 times scored touchdowns on runs of 5 and 4 yards within a 2:26 span of the first half as lorida took advantage of an inter ception and Huey Richardson's blocked punt to take a 14 3 lead five seconds into the second period lorida State took charge in the second quarter though abandoning the pass for a powerful run ning game that produced 279 yards and two 100 yard runners Sammie Smith finished with 116 yards on 17 carries and backup tailback Dexter Carter gained 111 on 19 attempts for the Semin oles hoped they would keep throwing the football but they lorida Coach Galen Hall said started hammering away and hammering away and started to control the ball on the ground That was one of our fears" Kerwin Bell needed only 79 yards pass ing to become the Southeastern all time yardage leader' He surpassed John record in the final minute completing 12 of 20 attempts for 114 yards that left him with a career total of 7585 yards Besides the three field goals he kicked during lorida comeback Schmidt booted a 26 yarder for a 3 0 SU lead early in the first quar ter He missed on attempts of 38 and 46 yards lorida built its 14 3 lead with the help of Ricky interception of McManus and Richard block of a Rich Tuten punt both in the first quarter The Gators drove 37 yards in eight plays after the interception to take a 7 3 lead on Emmitt Smith's 5 yard TD burst with 2:21 left in the period Richardson a freshman linebacker broke through on lorida next series to block taineers a iv ieau Another fumbled punt snap later in the same quarter gave the Mountaineers the ball at the Richmond 8 yard line but the defense held and forced a 27 yard field goal by Nittmo 1 yard plunge in the fourth quarter closed the scoring Erwin Matthews led Richmond 8 4 with 93 yards rushing Nebraska 24 Colorado 7 BOULDER Colo Keith Jones rushed for a career high 248 yards including touchdown runs of 50 and 44 yards and fifth ranked Nebraska ground out a 24 7 Big Eight victory over Colorado in a regular season finale Saturday The Comhuskers rebounding from last 17 7 loss to Oklahoma and avenging a 20 10 upset to Colorado last year raised their overall record to 10 1 and conference mark to 6 1 with a iesta Bowl date remaining against third ranked lorida State They fin ished the regular season in second place in the Big Eight behind top ranked Oklahoma Colorado concluded its season at 7 4 overall and 4 3 in the conference good for fourth place Ntbrosko 10 Cotortxto 0 0 7 Tovlor 5 run (Drennan kick) Neb Drennan 50 Jones $0 run (Drennan kick) Hemingway 4 pass from Hatcher (DeLine kick) Jones 44 run (Drennan kick) 52026 Troy State 45 Salem 14 TROY Ala Tony Jackson ran 93 yards including a dash for a touchdown from the 7 as Troy wish bone attack gen DlV II rlayOttS erated 391 rushing yards enroute to a 45 1 4 victory over Winston Salem in an opening round NCAA Division II football playoff game played in the rain Saturday Gulf South Conference champion roy State 13 1 1 built a 100 first quarter lead on a 35 yard field goal by Ted Clem and Phil 75 yard return of an intercepted Bobby Junior pass Portland St 27 Mankato St 21 PORTLAND Ore Joe Rodgers picked off two passes to set up 10 Portland State points Saturday and the Vikings held off a wild Man kato State rally for a 27 21 victory in the first round of the NCAA Division II football playoffs Portland State 10 1 1 will play host to Northern Michigan in the semifinals next Sat urday in Portland No nooses lorida Stale breaks lorida drought and saves Bowden's neck The Associated Press BOONE NC Doug Beaty rushed for 94 yards and one touchdown and Bjorn Nittmo kicked two field goals to lead AA Playoffs Appalachian State to a 27 3 victory over Richmond Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Division I AA playoffs It was the eighth straight victory for Appala chian State 10 2 and marked the first time the school has ever won 10 games in a season The Mountaineers will host defending I AA cham pion Georgia Southern in the second round next Saturday at 1 :30 pm The Mountaineers took advantage of one blocked punt and two fumbled punt snaps for 13 first half points Mickey Ray blocked an Austin Neuhoff punt early in the first quarter setting up a 32 yard field goal by Nittmo Rob Courier kicked a 41 yard field goal with 1:59 left in the period to tie the score at 3 3 The Mountaineers took the lead for good midway through the second quarter after a fumbled punt snap gave Appalachian the ball at the Richmond 30 yard line Three plays later Tim Sanders ran it in from the 5 yard line and Nittmo's extra point gave the Moun Coston 20 Coston 51 Williams 59 run (Zendekts kick I Washington 53 run (Greathouse run) Zendelas 40 UA Coston 30 70839 VU 22 54 235 187 36 12 18 1 2 38 2 2 3 15 30:04 (xi nuAi ru a i CTATITICS I rw (z 1 RUSHING Vanderbilt Crawford 18 77 Jones 19 54 McCarroll 10 42 Tennessee Cobb 27 140 Davis 10 91 Howard 7 42 Wilson 6 31 rancis 6 19 Vanderbilt Jones 12 18 1 187 Tennessee fRECEV1 Vanderbilt Crowford 5 62 Mitchell 3 51 Parker 2 61 Tennessee Cleveland 4 43 Harper 2 24 Woods 1 13 Arizona St 24 zlrizona 24 TEMPE Ariz Gary third field goal of the game a 30 yarder with two seconds remaining gave Arizona a 24 24 tie with Ari zona State Saturday in the regu lar season finale for both Pacific 10 Conference football teams The Sun Devils who beaten the Wildcats since 1981 took a 24 21 lead on Alan 40 yard field goal with 2:45 remaining But Arizona State punter Mike Schuh fumbled a snap with 13 seconds left and Arizona recovered at the Sun Devil 13 yard line Coston made his field goal two plays later before a stunned stand ing room only crowd of 70839 at Sun Devil Stadium and a national televi sion audience Arizona State finished the regular season at 6 4 1 overall and 3 3 1 in the Pac 10 The defending league and Rose Bowl champions are headed to the Dec 30 reedom Bowl Arizona under first year Coach Dick Tomey wound up 4 4 3 overall and 2 3 3 in Pac 10 play avoiding the first losing season since 1980 when the Wildcats went 5 6 It was the first ever tie in the series that started in 1899 and Arizona leads 34 26 1 It also was the fifth time in the last 10 meetings that a field goal in the last minute or last second had decided the game Ariiona hjl AriioiwSI 0 1 Williams 2 run (ZenOeios kick) Co 3 pass from ord (Zendeios kick) Veal 2 run (Coston kick) UA 20 58 244 112 53 8 22 2 743 4 1 3 35 31:39 lunivtAllll VTATHTiCS Arizona Washington 11 105 Greathouse 14 50 Veal 21 41 McGill 6 29 Arizona St Williams 12 106 Harris 10 37 Arizona Veal 8 22 2 112 Arizona St ord 13 26 1 127 Arizona Hill 349 McGill 2 33 Arizona St Cox 542 Garrett 2 22 Arkansas 43 Mexico 25 LITTLE ROCK Ark James Rouse sidelined in the first quarter with a stomach disorder came back in the second half to score three touchdowns and spark Arkansas to a 43 25 victory over New Mexico Satur j3V I The Associated Press Rouse who had a 42 yard touch GAINESVILLE la Six years without a down on one of his three carries in the I victory over an archrival seems I ike an eternity to opening minutes wound up with 19 I a college football coach and lorida States Bobby carries for 219 yards the third best Bowden felt the added pressure of being a heavy in UA history I favorite against lorida Arkansas 8 3 finishes the regular I think they would have had the real nooses up season against Hawaii next Saturday I this time in Tallahassee the pure rope if we and then meets Georgia in the Dec 29 lost this Bowden said Liberty Bowl at Memphis Tenn New I But lorida State fans can put the rope away Mexico finished at 0 1 1 I Derek Schmidt kicked four field goals and Dayne Williams scored twice on 1 yard runs to lead the third ranked Seminoles to a 28 14 victory Satur day hardest thing about the whole thing was breaking the said Bowden whose team beaten lorida since 1980 never had a psychological thing or whatever it is attached to a series in my life Their advantage stood at six in a row and it was getting away from The victory was 100th as coach at lorida State and the Seminoles 10 1 heading into the iesta Bowl against Nebraska stayed in the race for the national championship before a crowd of 74613 at lorida ield Bowden however preferred to focus on the events of the day not what might unfold in the next few weeks in the battle for No 1 really care Bowden said of the national championship we rake care of our knitting and it happens it happens Right now 10 1 means more to The lone blemish on lorida record is a 26 25 loss to second ranked Miami which will play top ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl Bow record as Seminoles coach is 100 37 3 in 12 seasons including a 5 7 mark against lorida Schmidt the all time leading scorer in Division I kicked field goals of 23 53 and 37 yards as lorida State fought back from a 14 3 deficit Williams' first touchdown capped a 41 yard drive after a lorida punt and put the Seminoles ahead 1814 with 4:50 remaining in the third quarter Edgar two point conversion run made it 20 18 and Danny McManus completed a two point pass to Herb Gainer after Williams scored on another 1 yard run with 10:36 left in SU irst downs a 26 Rushes yords 60 279 Possing 132 Return Yords 18 Comp Att Int 9 16 1 1 Punts 2 18 umblesLosl 0 0 Penoities Yoids 8 66 Time of Possession 38:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS lorida St Smith 17 116 Carter 19 111 lorida Smith 20 100 Beil 3 (minuS 26) lorida St McManus 9 16 1 132 lorida Bell 12 21 0 114 lorida St Lewis 3 68 Carter 3 11 lorida Snead 3 24 Odom 2 31 Vandy blows big lead Tennessee wins 38 36 The Associated Press KNOXVILLE Tenn A fumbled kickoff return by Vanderbilt in the third quarter set up William Howard's 6 yard scoring run to put Tennessee ahead and the 16th ranked Volun teers overcame a 25 point deficit to edge the Commodores 38 36 in the Southeastern Conference finale for both teams Saturday The Volunteers also scored on a pass from Jeff rancis to Terence Cleveland touchdown runs by Reggie Cobb and Keith Davis and three field goals by Phil Reich as they lifted their record to 9 2 1 4 1 1 in the SEC or the Commodores who fell to 4 7 and 1 5 in the league quarterback Eric Jones scored on runs of 1 1 and 10 yards and hit on two scoring passes to flanker Carl Parker score with 9:45 left in the third period gave the Volunteers their first lead 32 28 It was set up when Vandy 's Jeff Mays fumbled a kickoff return and Chris'Treece recovered it at the Commodore 45 Vandy fumbled again on a pitch from quarterback Eric Jones to full back Andy lacenda and it was recov ered by Charles Kimbrough to set up 33 yard field goal with 6:59 left in the third period Another Reich field goal a 47 yarder with 8:13 left in the game gave Tennessee a 38 28 lead Vanderbilt answered with its final score the pass reception to Parker for 33 yards plus a 2 point pass com pletion with 3:24 to play The Commodores had a 20 0 lead at the end of the first quarter after ones made two 1 yard scoring plunges and hit a 28 yard scoring pass to Parker Reich kicked an early second quar ter field goal of 26 yards but less than four minutes later Jones ran 10 yards for a touchdown and completed a two point pass to tight end Steve Kosanovicn tor a ieau Vanderbilt Tennessee 0 Jones 1 run (Clark kick) Parker 28 pass from Jones (Clark kick) Jones 1 run (kick failed) rr ox Jones 10 run Kosanovich pass from Jones) Cleveland 9 pass from rancis (Harper pass from rancis) Cobbl run (Reich kick) Davis 20 run (Reich kick) Howard 6 run (Reich kick) Reich 33 Reich 47 VU Parker 33 pass from Jones (Mitchell pass from Jones) 93306 Neb 22 62419 3 21 1 6 1 341 2 1 744 32:00 fUniVinilAl STATISTICS Nebraska Jones 26 248 Knox 8 66 Toy tor 18 54 Colorado Klssick 13 49 Hatcher 17 39 Bien I a ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 1 14) Colorado Hatcher 4 10 1 62 Wheeler 14 1 17 I SU tight end Pat Carter plows through lorida Lit Pat Moorer in the decisive second quarter Nebrosko Jones 1 3 Colorado Corl I 240 Bieniemy 1 18 I 1 SWMfllMipMai I at a BBBMr BBBP Ir BE sll.