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C4 News Record Sunday November 12 2000 College ootball East Carolina has no problem getting past Houston statement of the future intentions it came through loud and clear wanted to make a state ment in these last three games that not a team going to lay down and die when things go our nose tackle Mbayo Ahmadu said In the two weeks since the UAB loss which put hopes of a Conference USA title in severe jeopardy coach Steve Logan said he had every single kid on our football team in my office kept trying to get them to understand that so so so much to play he said the kids understood what I was The victory in front of 33339 at Dowdy icklen Stadium clinches a winning season for the Pirates and makes them bowl eligible ECU (4 2 USA 6 3) also re mains mathematically in the hunt for the USA title The Pirates finish the season at West Virginia and Southern Miss needed a breakout game where we came out and put points on the quarterback David Garrard said can build on this game all still out there waiting for The breakout began with an electrifying punt return by Keith Stokes With the game scoreless late in the first quarter Stokes fielded a punt at the ECU 41 and began heading up the left sideline When he saw nothing but red jer GREENVILLE As entertainment East 62 20 win over Houston Saturday was not exactly riveting After ECU erupted for 28 points in a 10 minute span in the first half the game was essentially over Houston coach Dana Dimel seemed to admit as much bench ing record setting senior quarter back Jason McKinley in favor of redshirt freshman Bubba Teague But as a tonic for been bugging the Pirates the past two weeks a hangover from a costly upset loss to UAB the blowout was the perfect remedy And as a By Ed Miller Landmark News Service Tailback Leonard Henry fin ished with 167 yards on 26 carries ECU had 430 total yards and broke the 60 point barrier for the first time since 1981 been able to sleep since we lost that last Lo gan said may sleep a bit to Houston 0 0 0 East Carolina 14 24 10 1 Stokes 59 punt return (Miller kick) ECU Harris 69 pass from Garrard (Miller kick) ECU Copper 20 pass from Garrard (Miller kick) gue came in on the second series The quarterbacks alternated se ries then McKinley left for good on the first play of the second quarter with the score just 14 0 Teague was harassed all day but threw three touchdown passes seys he reversed field and looped toward the right sideline where a wall of blockers waited to escort him to the end zone East Carolina rolled from there Just 58 seconds after punt return Garrard hit Marcellus Harris with a 69 vard touchdown pass After a missed field goal by in a garbage time fourth quarter Kevin Miller the Pirates scored on their next five possessions to go up 45 0 with 11:25 left in the third quarter Keith got the return I knew it would start fall ing into place and it Gar rard said Houston (2 4 3 7) waved the white flag early McKinley made his 40th consecutive start the longest streak in Division I A but it was merely symbolic Tea irst downs Rushes yards Passing Return Yards Comp Att Int Punts umbles Lost Penalties Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Houston Penn 16 48 Robinson 4 29m Reynolds 2 27 Terrell 1 3 McKinley 24 Teague 9 (mi nus 3) Team (minus 4) East Carolina Henry 26 167 Brown 16 83 Garrard 9 14 Team 3 (minus 17) Houston Teague 14 28 1 224 McKinley 1 5 0 14 East Carolina Garrard 12 27 0 183 Houston Robinson 8 95 Broadus 3 77 Bell 2 35 Hopkins 1 18 rancis 1 13 East Caro rtt lino Copper 3 45 Harris 2 76 Burns 2 23 A Harris 2 20 Henry 1 8 Yates 1 7 Stokes 1 4 Garrard 16 run (Miller kick) Henry 8 run (Miller kick) ECU Miller 37 Bums 14 pass from Garrard (Miller kick) ECU Miller 32 UH Broadus 40 pass from Teague (pass failed) 7 Robinson 6 pass from Teague (Teague rush) Henry 3 run (Miller kick) Hopkins 18 pass from Teague (pass failed) Henry 33 run (Miller kick) 33339 i Carolina 62 Houston 20 UH ECU 16 24 35 100 54 247 238 183 244 199 15 33 1 12 27 0' 10 356 5 366 3 1 1 0 8 84 2 15 29:04 30:56 Davidson wins again The Associated Press Graham Elmore returned a blocked punt 31 yards for a touchdown as Davidson scored the first 1 5 points and beat Austin Peay 22 7 Saturday in Clarksville Tenn STATEAREA Ryan Hutto blocked JP punt and Elmore picked up the ball for the touchdown The next drive went almost as bad for Austin Peay (2 8) as Sam raun dorf sacked John Shepard in the end zone knocking the ball out of the end zone for a safety Davidson (9 0) finally got its offense on the field and went up 15 0 on a 2 yard run by Paul Nichols Austin Peay pulled within 15 7 on Bran don 1 yard run at the 2:55 mark of the first quarter Bryan ish added a 1 yard TD run in the third quarter and Davidson sealed the victory by intercepting Shepard for the third time in the fourth quarter TRIAD: Winston Salem State forced four turnovers and blocked a punt to hold off Virginia Union 31 28 in Durham for its second consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship The Rams (9 2) rallied from a 14 0 first quarter deficit for their 10th straight win against the Panthers (8 3) dating back to 1990 Winston Salem State also beat Virginia Union 34 19 on Sept 23 Winston Salem State will play Tuskegee in the Pioneer Bowl in Atlanta on Dec 16 "I say enough about how these guys responded" said Rams coach Kermit Blount whose team had just 38 yards of offense in the first half but led 21 20 been playing from behind all sea son so it just shows what kind of team we have this year" 4 Virginia Union trailed 31 28 after Andre Braxton scored his second touchdown of the game on a 22 yard run with 13:02 left in the game Braxton rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries He finished his career just 1 1 yards short of 5000 Virginia Union twice drove into Rams territory in the fourth quarter but was stopped on downs both times Braxton came up six inches short on a fourth and 4 play from the 29 with 2:05 left "Those were two crucial situations there that negated our continuity to move the said Virginia Union coach Williard Bailey were about four inches short on that last one and that meant the game" Winston Salem State had just 161 yards of offense but scored four times after Panthers turnovers Virginia Union had 325 total yards Virginia Union led 14 0 with 8:11 left in the first quarter after two quick scores STATE: Mitch Ellis came off the bench to lead the game winning drive as Catawba beat host Lenoir Rhyne 19 14 to win its first outright South Atlantic Conference title Caleb Stover threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns as Tusculum beat host Mars Hill 20 7 Dustin Daniels threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns as Methodist beat Apprentice 30 8 in the 51 st Oyster Bowl in Hampton Va Jay Holmes kicked a 19 yard field goal with 10 sec onds left as host Tennessee Martin edged Wingate 31 30 for a victory in the Sky season finale Andy Andrews caught a 27 yard touchdown pass from Jeremy Martin with 22 seconds remaining to give Gardner Webb a 38 35 win over host New Hampshire SOUTHERN: Joey Gibson tied a school record by completing 26 passes and Teray rost caught three for touchdowns as host Virginia Military Institute beat The Citadel 41 21 ending the 32 game Southern Conference losing streak Todd Wells tossed two touchdown passes and East Tennessee State held off host Chat tanooga 24 22 MEAC: Rahsaa Matthews ran for one late touchdown and threw for another as Delaware State rallied for a 31 28 road victory against Norfolk State Backup quarterback Allen Suber completed 1 1 of 21 passes for 212 yards and three touch downs to help Bethune Cookman snap its four game losing streak with a 35 0 win over host Howard Stanley Stephens scored four touchdowns as host South Carolina State beat Morgan State 57 37 ESTATE JEWELRY The Largest and inest Collection of Antique and Period Jewelry "fIne JWEIRVJPX Greensboro NC Mon ri 10 9 RIENDLY CENTER 7 Sat IM (336)294 2724 Sunday 1 6 (OUTSIDE 336) 1 800 294 3054 1 A 1 4 nWr fill I' my TONYRANZE The Associated Press lorida lineman Thomas Moody dives into the end zone after catching a deflected pass from Gators quarterback Jessie Palmer lorida beat South Carolina 41 21 Gators rip Gamecocks The Associated Press SEC champions in 2000 lorida 41 Carolina s21 GAINESVILLE la The left guard caught a touchdown pass A punter glided his way to the longest run of the day A running back scored off a blocked punt So did a receiver Somewhere in all that craziness Saturday No 5 lorida earned a trip to the Southeastern Confer ence title game with a 41 21 vic tory over No 21 South Carolina But long after lorida (9 1 7 1) gets done celebrating its seventh SEC East title the Gators will remember this as one of the weirdest wackiest displays of football seen in years And fans at South Carolina (7 3 5 3) will bemoan a 21 3 lead squandered and a lost chance to continue Lou impossible journey from 0 11 last season to SouthCarolina i 21 0 0 lorida 3 28 10 0 41 Chandler 49 Pinnock 1 run (Corse kick) Spikes 14 blxked punt return (Corse kick) Watson 2 blxked punt return (Corse kick) Caldwell 6 pass from Palmer (Chandler kick) Gaffney 70 pass from Palmer (Chandler kick) Moody 6 pass from Palmer (Chandler kick) Sheppard 57 punt return (Chandler kick) Graham 6 run (Chandler kick) la Chandler 29 85718 SC la irst clowns 13 22 Rushes yards 35 81 31 152 Passing 166 356 Comp Att Int 19 28 0 27 46 0 Return Yards 157 108 Punts Avg 7 43 4 7 26 2 umbles Lost 2 1 1 0 Penalties Yards 4 30 7 30 Time of Possession 29:02 30:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS South Carolina Pinnxk 17 52 Watson 12 35 Petty 5 (minus 1) Brewer (minus 5) lorida Gillespie 14 80 Graham 10 55 Rhine 1 26 Grossman 2 0 Team Hminus 2) Palmer 3 (minus 7) South Carolina Petty 19 28 0 166 lor ida Palmer 15 27 0 250 Grossman 12 19 0 106 South Carolina Brewer 7 63 Kelly 3 41 Watson 3 14 Spikes 2 21 Pinnxk 2 14 Scott 2 13 lorida Gaffney 7 168 Caldwell 6 75 Haugabrook 3 42 Wells 2 19 Graham 2 14 Gillespie 2 14 razier 2 13 Moody 1 6 Walker 1 3 Jackson 1 2 Suggs leads Hokies to win Tic Associated Press Virginia Tech 44 Cent lorida 21 ORLANDO la Lee Suggs ran for 143 yards and five touchdowns as eighth ranked Vir ginia Tech rebounded from its only loss with a 44 21 victory over Central lorida on Saturday night With quarterback Michael Vick taking the night off with a sprained right ankle Suggs took the pressure off replacement Dave Meyer by scoring on three 1 yard runs in the first half and bursts of 13 and 4 yards in the third quarter The victory a week after the hopes of returning to the national championship game were crushed by a 20 point loss to Mi ami kept Virginia Tech in the running for an at large berth in the Bowl Championship Series Suggs went over 1000 yards rushing for the season on a 10 yard carry early in the third quar ter and his 13 yard TD run on the same drive put him over 100 for the night The 6 foot 207 yard tailback also set Big East single season records for touchdown (24) and points (144) Ryan Schneider completed 25 of 41 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns for UC But the freshman took a pounding from the Virginia Tech defense was intercepted four times and lost a fumble that Nathaniel Adibi returned 36 yards for a touch down Vick sprained his ankle two weeks ago and was ineffective in relief of Meyer against Miami He was in uniform Saturday night but the Hokies need him with Suggs running almost at will 'A AU up a greal 'decHoiiiif biliks I'nmNII pool uioi All Gandy Pool Tables 0 2000 'a an a 1 tSsjt Atlantic Spas Billiards 2110 Veasley SL Greensboro (Adjacent to our Seasons Mall) Hours: Mon ri 9 6 Sat 10 5 852 5224 Appalachian survives By David Coulson Special to the News Record CULLOWHEE In the mind of Ap palachian State de fensive end Josh Jeffries the NCAA Division I AA playoffs started last weekend for the Mountaineers Saturday before 10207 specta tors at Western Carolina Appala chian survived for another week with a tense 35 28 Southern Con ference victory in the battle for the Old Mountain Jug A win next Saturday at home against Liberty should clinch a Division I AA bid for the 14th ranked Mountaineers (7 3 6 2) who wrapped up at least a tie for second place in the conference Jeffries said he saw the Moun playoff lives flash before my as Appala chian struggled to put away the game in the second half But with Western Carolina try ing to score one more time to tie the game in the fourth quarter Appalachian linebacker Justin Seaverns forced the ball away from scrambling quarterback Da vid Rivers and safety Steve Kitch ens recovered at the WCU 32 to end the last Catamount threat made the plays at the end to win the said Jeffries who had three tackles for losses two sacks a forced fumble a fum ble recovery and two quarterback hurries during the afternoon we win next week we definitely should be in the Western Carolina (4 6 3 5) trailed 14 7 at the half but tied the game twice in the third quarter behind the strong arm of Rivers (19 of 36 for 198 yards and a touchdown passing) and the legs of freshman tailback red Boa teng (21 carries 107 yards) Unable to run the ball effec tively Appalachian had to turn to the passing game and sophomore quarterback Joe Burchette re sponded with the performance of his young career Burchette hit 25 of 37 passes for 379 yards and four touchdowns He ran for a 6 yard touchdown and a two point conversion With the game tied at 21 21 Burchette found Daniel Wilcox wide open for a 59 yard scoring strike and then hit junior tailback Jimmy Watkins for 54 yards and another TD Appalochlan St 0 14 13 Carolina 7 0 14 Williams 4 run (Jones kick) Burchette 6 run (Rxkhold kick) Albea 17 pass from Burchette (Rxkhold kick) Gary 1 run (Jones kick) Slade 34 pass from Burchette (Rockhold kick) Banks 24 pass from Rivers (Jones kick) Wilcox 59 pass from Burchette (kick blxked) Watkins 54 pass from Burchette (Burchette rush) Banks 3 run (Jones kick) A NA ASU WCU irst downs 25 19 Rushes yards 33 114 44102 Passing 379 198 Return Yards 125 195 Comp Att Int 25 37 2 19 36 0 Punts 6 392 8 369 umbles Lost 2 1 4 2 Penalties Yards 9 99 4 37 Time of Possession 2817 3143 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Appalachian St Beard 11 35 Bur chette 10 31 Hover 4 21 Albea 3 19 Watkins 2 4 Jere miah 2 2 Razzak 1 2 Carolina Boateng 21 107 Williams 5 17 Gary 4 16 Bryant 4 6 Rivers 8 (mmus20) Seward 1 (minus 27) Appalachian St Burchette 25 37 2 379 Carolina Rivers 19 36 0 198 Appalachian St Albea 8 88 Slade 5 76 Wilcox 4 102 Hayward 3 27 Beard 2 18 Watkins 1 54 Razzak 1 9 Pryor 1 3 Carolina Banks 6 74 Seward 3 74 Campana 3 21 Gary 3 3 Gordon 2 12 Bryant 1 14 Biggs 1 0 Appalachian 35 Carolina 28 Ga Southern smashes Elon The Associated Press STATES BORO Ga JR Re vere rushed for two touch downs and threw for another to lead Georgia 32 9 victory over Elon Saturday The Eagles (9 2) were without leading rusher Adrian Peterson who I''' missed his second straight game with an injured elbow Georgia Southern turned around a lackluster first half performance in the third quarter by scoring 16 unanswered points and al lowing the Phoenix (7 4) only 26 yards Elon 9 0 0 0 9 Go Southern 7 9 14 0 32 Bryan 4 run (kick failed) Myers 61 run (Bironas kick) Wegmann 32 Team safety Revere 9 run (Shelton kick) Revere 8 run (kick failed) Johnson 39 pass from Revere (Shel ton kick) GSU Shelton 31 14084 Elon GSU irstdowns 11 20 Rushes yards 51 173 52 295 Passing 37 161 Comp Att Int 1 7 0 11 21 0 Return Yards 66 83 Punts Avg 8 294 4 355 umbles Lost 2 1 2 0 Penalties Yards 5 53 10 78 Time of Possession 32:03 27:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Elon Moore 17 49 Bryan 9 35 Palmer 5 32 Singletary 6 25 Downing 9 22 Buie 2 8 Mitchell 1 2 Jones 2 0 Georgia Southern Myers 7 121 Coley 15 67 Weathers 9 57 Stewart 6 38 Revere 12 8 Owens 1 3 Walden 1 1 Team 1 0 (M Elon Moore 0 6 04 Singletary 1 1 4 37 Georgia Southern Revere 11 204 161 Weathers 0 144 Elon Banks 1 37 Georgia Southern Weathers 5 57 Johnson 2 69 Coley 2 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