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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1994 THE DETROIT NEWS 31 College football a 'J I i V77VM i rr Tc qiYG 1 ii UM3 Albion beats St. John's, makes Division III final 's 1 i Robert Taylor (97) leads a happy crew of Albion defenders after the Britons recovered a St. John's fumble, one of six turnovers they picked up in a 19-16 victory in the NCAA Division HI semifinals. Associated Press This is the second straight year that St. John's has been knocked out in the semifinals, having fallen last year to Mt.

Union of Ohio. Army 22, Navy 20: At Philadelphia, Kurt Heiss' 52-yard field goal with 6:19 left gave Army (4-7) its fourth victory over Navy (3-8) in the last five years. Detroit News staff and wire services. Tom Gage Covers All The Bases. Baseball coverage in Sports.

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John's (Minn.) in Saturday's NCAA Division III playoff game. "-'It's the first time Albion has advanced to the championship game, and the Britons' first postseason win on the road. i 'Albion will face Washington Jefferson (Pa.) next Saturday at the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Salem, for the championship. Washington Jefferson (11-1) defeated Ithaca (N.Y.) 23-19 in the other semifinal match. us to go through and to beat Augustana, Mt.

Union, St. John's and now we've got Washington Jefferson that's the Who's Who of Division III you've got to play ttVery football game like it's your last," Albion Coach Pete Schmidt said. Klein set up his touchdown with a 59-yard pass to Chris Barnett, tfho was stopped at the St. John's 3. After the ensuing kickoff, Albion stopped St.

John's on downs, then ran out the clock. "I just knew I couldn't run fast enough, that's all," said Barnett, ho caught eight passes for 166 yards. "I was just hoping they wouldn't catch me. I remember a couple moments in it, that's all running through a couple people, poking back and seeing a big line-rjian chasing me." "Chris felt he could beat the defender, and then he made some rjeople miss," Schmidt said. "He just wasn't fast enough to make the touchdown.

That was one of the great individual efforts of the year." Barnett scored Albion's first touchdown on a 24-yard pass from Klein at 8:52 of the second quarter. Mike Zacca kicked field goals of 40 and 27 yards for Albion. Jeff Robinson led Albion (12-0) in rushing with 59 yards on 19 carries, but he failed to score for the fjrst time in 21 games. Six turnovers frustrated the usually potent St. John's offense, with Albion intercepting Kurt Ramler's passes four times three times by David Lafere.

The Britons now Ijave 37 interceptions for the year, and Lafere has 12 half in pos RHN 1 0 fiMDB Prestone SUPER PLUSH mm mtm i Mt'. i I i I nil i i i 1 iifcwn SEW EACH id3 tjjllb imsAteiUfixjjj Motorcraft EilflHi) THE) UKgCi tseason play. Albion also had five sacks and turned the ball over just dhce. can't say enough good things atiout the defense," Schmidt said. 'It was a great, great effort." "A lot of it is the coaching," Eafere said.

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Alabama (11-1) will )wye to settle for the Citrus Bowl against Ohio State. i-iThe Crimson Tide had gone ahead when freshman Dwayne Riidd picked off a Wuerffel pass and Returned it 23 yards for a touchdown to put Alabama ahead 22-17 with 8:56 remaining, i "I thought we were going to win trie game," Alabama Coach Gene Stallings said. 'I But Stallings sent Michael Procter on to kick the extra point rather than going for the two-point conversion which could have given the Tide a seven-point lead. "We thought about going for to he said. "If you go for two and njake it, they would have had to score and make two to (win).

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