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1A Tfc Gannett Westchester Newspapers foolbtlll Sunday November 6 1983 LWlltgt No 3 Auburn dumps Maryland AUBURN Ala (AP) Tommie Agee raced for 219 yards including touchdown bursts of 61 and 44 yards as No 3 Auburn ground out a 35 23 victory over seventh ranked Maryland in a top intersectio nal matchup Saturday Maryland quarterback Boomer Esiason threw three touchdown passes scoring strikes of 10 yards to Sean Sullivan and 14 yards to Greg Hill in a third quarter rally and a 40 yard bomb to Russell Davis in the fourth quarter But Bo Jackson bulled over from the 5 for one fourth quarter score giving the lead back to the Tigers at 21 17 And then Agee sprinted 44 yards for what proved to be the clincher with five minutes left Auburn defensive tackle Donnie Humphrey fell on an Esiason fumble in the end zone for final score with 9 seconds remaining in the game The victory raised record to 8 1 as it heads into its final Southeastern Conference show downs against No 4 Georgia and No 19 Alabama Maryland which upset then No 3 North Caroli na in a critical Atlantic Coast Conference game last week dropped to 7 2 on the year in the game before 75600 mostly Auburn fans Georgia 10 lorida 9 JACKSONVILLE la (AP) Barry Young scored on a 1 yard plunge early in the fourth quarter as fourth ranked Georgia continued its mastery of lorida with a 10 9 Southeastern Conference victory over the ninth ranked Gators Saturday scoring run with 13:18 to play capped a 99 yard drive for a sputtering Bulldog attack that had netted only 96 yards for almost three quarters The Gators losing to Georgia for the sixth year in a row had dominated the game until the winning drive lorida drove inside the Georgia 25 yard line six times but had to settle for a trio of field goals by Bobby Raymond that covered 21 25 and 32 yards The triumph was 23rd in a row in the SEC and set up a championship battle with third ranked Auburn in Athens Ga next week Georgia is 8 0 1 overall and 5 0 in the conference Auburn has a 4 0 SEC record with a later date with Alabama still remaining after the Georgia game West Virginia 27 Temple 9 MORGANTOWN WVa (AP) Quarterback Jeff Hostetler tossed two first half touchdown passes to Rich Hollins and West Virginia scored on four of its first six possessions Saturday as the 17th ranked Mountaineers bounced back from a two game losing streak to beat Temple 27 9 West Virginia 7 2 kept its bowl hopes alive as Hostetler completed 14 of 23 passes for 175 yards including scoring passes of 5 and 44 yards to Hollins a senior split end The Mountaineer running attack held to only two net yards a week ago in a loss to Miami managed 146 yards in 46 carries but only 31 yards in the sloppily played second half ullback Ron Wolfley led West Virginia with 52 yards on 12 carries The day was dreary with periodic heavy rain prompting the first use for a football game of the new Mountaineer ield lights which were installed in September Alabama 32 LSU26 BATON ROUGE La (AP) Scrambling Wal ter Lewis threw for a pair of touchdowns Saturday and No 19 Alabama survived a fourth quarter scare for a 32 26 Southeastern Conference victory over Louisiana State Alabama ran its record to 6 2 overall and 4 1 in the nationally televised thriller despite a record 344 yard passing game by LSU sophomore Jeff Wickersham The loss dropped LSU to 0 4 in the SEC and 3 6 overall Leading 17 10 entering the final quarter Lewis threw a 7 yard scoring pass to Joey Jones with 10:42 to play to give the Tide a 24 10 lead But in the next nine minutes 24 more points were scored and LSU twice pulled within a touchdown of tying Alabama The clincher for Alabama came on a 62 yard drive caped by a one yard scoring plunge by Kerry Goode with 6:02 to play The Tide followed that up with a two point conversion on a short run by Ricky Moore Wickersham who hit on 22 of 37 connected with tight end Mitch Andrews with 2:57 to play and then took a two point conversion pass from running back Dalton Hilliard to pull LSU to 32 26 Va Tech 26 Tulane 10 NEW ORLEANS (AP) Quarterback Mark Cox sprinted two yards for a first quarter touch down and threw a 55 yard pass for a fourth quarter score to lead Virginia Tech to a 26 10 college football victory over Tulane Saturday Virginia Tech led all the way taking a 6 0 lead off first score and adding a 26 yard field goal by Don Wade to widen the lead to 9 0 before Tulane got on the boards After Tulane narrowed the gap to 16 10 early in the fourth quarter Cox put it out of reach with his 55 yard scoring toss to Steve Ellsworth Virginia Tech is now 7 2 with games remaining against Vanderbilt and Virginia Tulane fell to 4 6 and closes out its season against Louisiana State University on Thanksgiv ing Day la St 45 Carolina 30 TALLAHASSEE la (AP) Tailback Roose velt Snipes rushed for 106 yards and scored two of four unanswered touchdowns for lorida State as the Seminoles came from behind to dump South Carolina 45 30 Saturday night Eric Riley sparked lorida State's defense by recovering a blocked punt for a touchdown in the first quarter and blocking a field goal attempt that proved to be the turning point in the SU comeback The Seminoles hiked their record to 6 3 and kept their slim bowl hopes alive while the Game cocks dropped to 4 5 before 52542 fans Miss 27 Louisville 3 LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Robert Ducksworth threw a pair of touchdown passes to Louis Lipps in the second half Saturday to rally Southern Missis sippi to a 27 3 college football victory over Louis ville Southern Mississippi 7 2 was held to a pair of Bruce Clark field goals in the first half and led only 6 3 midway through the third period after a 29 yard field goal by Phil Ellis Louisville losing its fifth straight fell to 3 6 on the year and ensured the school's fifth consecutive losing season Associatea Press Steve Smith (16) rolls out and in for a first quarter touchdown A jmuaMWg mt 1 SI 1 tk I Wila wag rfjwi No 6 Illinois mauls Minnesota 50 23 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Illinois quarterback Jack Trudeau tossed three touchdowns as sixth ranked Illinois took another whiff of the roses by handing Minnesota its 15th straight Big Ten defeat 50 23 Saturday night The victory kept Big Ten record unble mished at 7 0 If the Illini can beat Indiana and Northwestern the next two weeks be going to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1964 Minnesota meanwhile dropped its 16th of the last 17 games But for most of the game it was by no means a blowout Minnesota freshman quarterback Brett Sadek stunned the 35514 fans at the half filled Metrodome by completing 17 of 24 passes including three touch downs Midway through the fourth quarter the for mer Rosemount Minn prep star suffered a separated shoulder Trudeau who threw for more than 300 yards for the first time in his 2 year Big Ten career hit Williams again for a 1 7 yard scoring pass with three minutes left to make it 43 23 Defensive back David Edwards scored the icer when he picked off a Murphy pass and ran it back 35 yards Michigan 42 Purdue 10 ANN ARBOR Mich (AP) Michigan quarterback Steve Smith set a school record with four touchdown passes and ran for another score Saturday as the 13th ranked Wolverines romped to a 42 10 Big Ten college football victory over Purdue Smith who played less than three quarters com pleted 11 of 13 passes for 159 yards and kept the ball on 12 option plays for an additional 126 yards for 285 total yards his third best day as a collegian The triumph improved record to 7 2 for the season 6 1 in conference play The Boilermak ers slipped to 2 6 1 overall and 2 4 1 in the Big Ten Iowa 34 Wisconsin 14 MADISON Wis (AP) Chuck Long passed for 231 yards and four touchdowns and Eddie Phillips ran for 162 yards as 15th ranked Iowa rolled to a 34 14 Big Ten victory over Wisconsin Saturday At least eight Bowl representatives were at Camp Randall Stadium to witness the explosive offense and hard hitting defense of the Hawkeyes 7 2 overall and 5 2 in conference play The Hawkeyes came out flying and scored on four of their first five possessions Long was especially brilliant completing his first 11 passes and 13 of 15 in the first half for 179 yards Ohio St 56 Indiana 17 BLOOMINGTON Ind (AP) Tailback Keith Byars rushed for 169 yards and four touchdowns Saturday leading 14th ranked Ohio State to a 56 17 Big Ten Conference football victory over Indiana and extending the unbeaten string against the Hoosiers to 28 games first two touchdowns came as Ohio State raced to a comfortable 28 3 halftime lead The Hoosiers unable to move on the ground had to rely on the passing of quarterback Steve Bradley But the Indiana sophomore was intercepted three times each one leading to a touchdown run by Byars Ohio State got its first touchdown three minutes into the game on a 44 yard pass from quarterback Mike Tomczak to Thad Jemison Indiana then had the ball less than a minute before Orlando Lowry's interception gave the Buckeyes the ball at the Hoosier 26 Byars ran three times scoring from the 2 His second touchdown a 24 yard run midway through the second period came seven plays after Spencer Nelms picked off a Bradley pass at midfield Byars appeared to be stopped at the 15 but broke loose from safety Chris Sigler and ran in for the score third touchdown a 1 yard run came five plays after Garcia Lane returned an intercepted pass 13 yards to the Hoosier 21 in the third quarter last touchdown another 1 yarder with 5:43 to play capped a 20 play 96 yard drive Indiana's only points of the first half came a 35 yard field goal by Doug Smith The Hoosiers added a third quarter touchdown on a 12 yard pass from Bradley to Len Kenebrew and a 33 yard pass from reserve Cam Cameron to Stephan Benson as time ran out in the final period The victory lifted Ohio State to 5 2 in the Big Ten and 7 2 for all games Indiana which last beat the Buckeyes in 1951 fell to 2 5 and 3 6 Pitt 21 Notre Dame 16 SOUTH BEND Ind (AP) Tailback Joe McCall scored two touchdowns and John Congemi hit Bill Wallace with a 44 yard pass for another TD Saturday to lead unranked Pitt to a 21 16 victory over 18th ranked Notre Dame The Panthers struck for two quick scores in the first period on the Congemi Wallace pass and a 10 yard run by McCall following a fumble recovery They wrapped it up in the fourth quarter when McCall scored on a 1 yard plunge that he had set up with a 31 yard run The victory was the fifth straight for the Panthers who boosted their record to 7 2 in front of representa tives from seven bowls including the Sugar Orange and Cotton The loss a serious blow to Irish bowl hopes ended Notre five game winning streak and dropped the Irish to 6 3 for the season Michigan State 9 Northwest ern 3 EVANSTON Ill (AP) Aaron Roberts ran for a touchdown and Michigan defense held North western to 55 total offensive yards Saturday as the Spartans earned a 9 3 Big Ten college football win The victory improved the Spartans to 4 4 1 overall and 2 4 1 in the Big Ten Northwestern fell to 2 5 in the league 2 7 overall Washington nips Arizona 23 22 No 5 Miami (la) shades Carolina MIAMI (AP) Quarterback Bernie Kosar lunged in from the 1 yard line with 1:04 to play Saturday to lift No 5 Miami to a 12 7 college football victory over upstart East Carolina Kosar set up his touchdown sneak with a 52 yard strike to wide receiver Ed Brown giving the Hurricanes a first down at the 13 The touchdown six plays later gave the Hurri canes a school record ninth straight victory after an opening loss while East Carolina dropped to 6 3 all three losses to lorida teams Clemson 16 Carolina 3 CHAPEL HILL NC (AP) Bob Paulling kicked three field goals and Mike Eppley tossed a third quarter touchdown pass to guide Clemson to a 16 3 victory over lOth ranked North Carolina in an Atlantic Coast Conference football game Satur day kicks covered 27 29 and 28 yards He has hit 14 of 16 attempts this season Eppley capped a 44 yard scoring drive with a 6 yard scoring pass to tight end KD Dunn with 6:01 left in the period Paulling added the extra point his 63rd straight successful kick and the 99th of his career to tie the Clemson record Eppley completed 10 of 14 passes for 97 yards and had one interception Tailback Stacey Driver riddled the Tar Heel defense for 98 yards on 18 carries much of that yardage coming on draw plays Clemson raised its record to 7 1 1 Although the game does not count in ACC standings because of probation the Tigers have beaten 18 straight ACC rivals Also Clemson has not lost to North Carolina in Chapel Hill since 1971 Duke 31 Wake orest 21 WINSTON SALEM NC (AP) Tailback Mike Grayson rushed for 152 yards and two second half touchdowns as Duke rallied to defeat Wake orest 31 21 Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference football game Grayson scored on runs of two and one yards as the Blue Devils rallied from a 21 7 deficit early in the third period enroute to their second victory in nine games Duke is 2 2 in the ACC Grayson's first TD capped a 15 play 80 yard drive in which he carried on 10 plays for 49 yards Grayson carried 39 times including 30 in the second half as Duke rushed for 197 yards Memphis St 30 Miss St 13 STARKVILLE Miss (AP) Sophomore quar terback Danny Sparkman passed to Derrick Craw ford for two touchdowns and Don Glosson kicked three field goals as the Memphis State Tigers defeated Mississippi State 30 13 Saturday for the seventh straight football loss Sparkman hitting 10 of 18 passes for 198 yards teamed with Crawford on a 50 yard scoring play in the third quarter then rifled a 3 yarder to the wide receiver for the clinching touchdown in the fourth period Boston 17 UConn 7 BOSTON (AP) Terrier tailback Paul Lewis scored his 14th touchdown of the season and rushed for 112 yards as Boston University earned the Yankee Conference berth in the Division I AA playoffs with a 17 7 football win over Connecticut BU lifted its record to 6 3 overall 4 1 in the Yankee Conference to earn the automatic playoff under the tie breaker rule UConn 4 5 suffered its first Yankee Confer ence loss after three wins but can still tie for the league championship by beating Rhode Island on Nov 12 Bucknell 50 Davidson 7 LEWISBURG Pa (AP) ullback Jacques Peay ran for 153 yards and scored two touch downs and quarterback Bob Gibbon threw three touchdown passes while setting a school comple tion record to lead Bucknell to a 50 7 college football victory over Davidson Saturday Bucknell 3 4 1 rolled up 450 yards total offense breaking a five game winless streak while holding Davidson 1 8 to 171 yards Peay who carried 15 times scored on a 45 yard run in the first quarter and caught a 23 yard pass from Gibbon in the third Gibbon 12 18 183 also threw scoring passes of 37 yards to Dave Kucera on the first series and 31 yards to Brian Callahan in the second giving him 141 completions for the year a school record Wesleyan 32 Williams 27 MIDDLETOWN Conn (AP) Split end Bob Barringer caught touchdown passes of 85 44 and 62 yards Saturday as Wesleyan quarterback Dave Ross outpassed his Williams opponent for a 32 27 Little Three college football victory Barringer a senior came within eight yards of a New England record for yards receiving in a game with 253 in only six catches Ross finished the day completing eight of 18 passes for 283 yards and three touchdowns while BJ Connolly hit 19 of 39 tosses for 283 yards and two TDs Wesleyan climbed to 4 3 with the victory while Williams fell to 2 4 1 TUCSON Ariz (AP) Cornerback Vestee Jackson broke up a two point conversion shorting out a stunning 19 point Arizona comeback as the 20th ranked Washington Huskies survived 23 22 Saturday night in a key Pacific 10 Conference football contest Arizona quarterback Tom Tunnicliffe hit tailback Vance Johnson on a 34 yard touchdown pass with 2:53 remaining to bring the within one point But Tunnicliffe was injured on the pass and Jackson broke up a conversion pass thrown by replacement quar terback Alfred Jenkins Earlier Jackson intercepted two Tunnicliffe passes that accounted for 10 Washington points on a 66 yard touchdown run and another that set up one of Jeff three field goals two from 48 yards and one from 41 Arizona placekicker Max Zendejas also kicked three field goals including a school record tying 54 yarder With the win Washington now 4 1 in the Pac 10 and 7 2 overall remained in the thick of the Rose Bowl race trailing leader UCLA by one game Arizo na in dropping its third straight league game falling to 2 3 1 and 5 3 1 for the season Washington quarterback Steve Pelluer threw a 40 yard touchdown but was intercepted twice in the second half as Arizona mounted a comeback Wash St 27 Oregon St 9 CORVALLIS Ore (AP) Washington State sopho more Kerry Porter rambled for 131 yard and two touchdowns Saturday as the Cougars downed Oregon State 27 9 for their third consecutive Pacific 10 Conference football victory It was the fourth straight time Porter has gained more than 100 yards in a game The Cougars improved their record to 5 4 overall and 3 3 in the Pac 10 Oregon State which ended its 30 game Pac 10 winless streak against Stanford last weekend dropped to 1 5 in the Pac 10 and 2 7 overall Kentucky 17 Vanderbilt 8 NASHVILLE Tenn (AP) Kentucky quarterback Randy Jenkins combined with split end Rick Massie for a 67 yard touchdown pass and the Wildcats then relied on a big play defense to claim a 17 8 Southeast ern Conference victory over Vanderbilt Saturday night The victory leveled SEC record to 2 2 and overall mark to 6 2 1 Vanderbilt is now 0 5 in the conference and 2 7 overall UNLV 20 resno St 7 RESNO Calif (AP) Senior tailback Keyvan Jenkins rushed for 150 yards including an 86 yard touchdown run to lead Nevada Las Vegas to a 20 7 victory Saturday over resno State in a Pacific Coast Athletic Association game Jenkins scored on the first offensive play from their 14 yard line reshman tailback Kirk Jones scored on a 10 yard run later in the quarter and Joey DiGiovanna kicked an 18 yard field goal resno State scored in the second quarter on a one yard run by senior fullback Dave Adams DiGiovanna kicked a 29 yard field goal in the third quarter to complete Nevada Las scoring Nevada Las Vegas which rushed for 224 yards and had a total of 375 yards on offense held resno to 26 yards rushing resno had a total of 176 yards on offense Nevada Las Vegas 3 1 in the conference is 6 3 overall resno fell to 1 4 in the conference and 4 5 overall Kent St 37 Michigan 13 KENT Ohio (AP) reshman tailback Der rick Nix rushed for touchdowns of 66 and 1 yards Saturday helping Kent State end the longest current major college football losing streak with a 37 13 rout of Eastern Michigan The lashes had dropped 21 straight games over parts of the last three seasons Quarterback Stu Hughes engineered the tri umph hitting 14 of 26 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown in the Mid American Conference contest Kent State had lost eight straight games this fall and six in the league before the victory Toledo 20 Michigan 16 KALAMAZOO Mich (AP) Quarterback Jim Kelso threw a fourth quarter touchdown pass to led Toledo to a 20 16 victory over Western Michi gan and undisputed control of first place in the Mid American Conference on Saturday Toledo Nebraska and Texas were the only undefeated NCAA Division I teams in the nation going into the game CMU 19 John Carroll CLEVELAND (AP) Joe Vasalini scored two touchdowns giving him the Athletic Conference scoring championship as undefeated Carnegie Mellon closed its regular season with a 19 0 victory over John Carroll in college football Saturday Vasalini a senior running back scored on second half runs of 1 and 8 yards to set PAC records with 13 touchdowns and 78 points this season Carnegie Mellon 9 0 overall and 7 0 in the league also got a first quarter touchdown from David Zito on a 5 yard run.