European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday september 9,1985 oilers rally to upset dolphins Houston a Houston s Mike Rozicer scored his first two National foot Ball league touchdowns the second with 25 seconds left in the game to rally the oilers to a 26-23 Victory Over super bowl finalist Miami in sunday. Rozicer s game Winner came on a i Yard dive after backup Miami quarterback Don Strock replaced Dan Marino in the fourth Quarter and threw a 67-Yard touchdown pass to Mark duper to give the dolphins a 19-16 Lead with 8 43 to play. Houston quarterback Warren Moon hit Drew Hill with a 48-Yard pass to Start the winning drive. The oilers faced fourth Down at the Miami 9 and Moon s pass sailed incomplete in the end zone hitting Dolphin Fulton Walker in the Back. Walker was called for pass interference giving the oilers the Ball on the 1. On the next play Rozicer ran in for the winning score. Strock entered the game on the first play after Brown had recovered a Fumble by Rozier at the Dolphin 33. He found duper Over the Middle and the Fleet receiver Cut to the sidelines and scored with 8 43 to play. Marino who ended a 37-Day contract hold out Early last week started against the oilers and directed the dolphins to a 16-9 Lead in the third Quarter on Field goals of 33, 36 and 23 Yards by Fuad Reveiz and William Judson s61-Yard interception return. After the oilers returned from intermission trailing 16-9, Tony Zendejas kicked a 46-Yard of iced goal and Rozicer playing in his first nil game after two seasons in the United states football league ran three Yards on the first play of the fourth Quarter for a go ahead touchdown. In the second Quarter Butch Woolfolk circled out of the Backfield caught a pan from Moon and raced 80 Yards for an Oiler touchdown. Penn state holds on to Edge terms College Park my. A Massimo Manca s 46-Yard Field goal put Penn state ahead in the third Quarter and the19th-ranked Nitten Lions held on in oppressive heat to Edge no. 7 Maryland 20-18on saturday and beat he terms for the 21st straight terms overcame a 17-Poinl deficit to go ahead in the 100-degree heat. But the failed to come Back for a second time when Ramon Paredes missed two fourth Quarter Field goal attempts of 34 and is Yards and Alvin Blount fumbled away a pass recep Tion on the Penn state 30 with 38 second remaining. Penn state quickly turned two pass interceptions into a 10-0 Lead and extended its margin to 17-0 Eaily in the second Quarter before the terms rebounded. Michael Zordich intercepted a Stan gel Baugh pats on the second play of the game and resumed it 32 Yards for a 7-0 pen state Lead after just so seconds. Another interception by Pete Giftopoulos at the Lions 11 blunted a Maryland drive and led to a 28-Yard Field goal by Manca late in the first Penn state s next Possession a 50 Yard pass from John Shaffer to Michae Timpson launched an 80-Yard drive which culminated with a 2-Yard scoring pass from Shaffer to tight end Bob Williams and a 17-0 , which scored its Only series Victory in 1961, scored on a 22-Yard Fiel goal by Paredes. When Blair Thomas Fum bled the ensuing Kickoff Danny Swingl recovered for the terms on the Penn state 30. Five plays later Rick Badanjek scored Jackson lifts Auburn Over so Louisiana Auburn Ala. A to Jackson raced to four touchdowns and piled up 290 Yards Rushing on 23 carries saturday Arno. 2 Auburn unveiled its new 1-formation with a 49-7 pounding of southwestern Louisiana. Jackson the 222-Pound senior tailback who was a 1983 All american but injured half of last season galloped on touchdown runs of 7, 47, and 76 Yards to put Auburn up 21-0 in the first Quarter. He added a 12-Yard scoring burst in the third Quarter to make it 42-0. Auburn switching to the i in the tigers season opener after four years of the wish Bone under coach Pat Dye dominated thou tanned Ragin cajuns before some 60,000 on a hot steamy Day. Along with Jackson s four scores quarterback Pat Washington hit Kyle Collins with a a Yard touchdown pass. Bobby Wai Den connected with Jeff Parks on a 15-Yard scoring toss and Brent Fullwood the Back up to Jackson at tailback streaked 70 Yards for the final to. The Ragin cajuns who were trounced37-6 by Memphis state in their opener last saturday scored after Clarence Glen picked off his second Auburn pass of the Day and ran it to the Auburn 15. Running Back Dwayne Williams took pitch out from quarterback Thomas King and then threw Back to King for the 15-Yard touchdown pass. A Poi Auburn s to Jackson. 4 ads 290 Yards trojans Humble Zillini 20-10 Champaign 111. A sixth ranked Southern California turned three first period Illinois turnovers into 17 Points including a pair of touchdown passes by Sean Salisbury and deflated tie error prone no. 11 Zillini 20-10 saturday. Cornerback Matt Johnson s interception of a poorly thrown Jack Trudeau pass and nine Yard return to the Illinois is set up Salisbury s three Yard scoring pass to Hank Norman at 6.09. It was the first of six Illi Nois giveaways four interceptions and two fumbles. The trojans made it 14-0 barely 3tt min utes later on Salisbury s 46-Yard pats to Randy Tanner. It came on the first play after us tackle Matt Koart recovered a fumbled pit about by Redshirt freshman Keith Jones. Tanner beat safety de White at the five Yard line and cruised into the end zone. The Zillini were As cold As they could be inthe steamy 89-degree weather and they promptly made it three turnovers in a Many possessions on a strange play. Tru Deau unleashed a bomb from his 33 which Junior Thurman intercepted at the South Ern Cal 24 and returned in to the 33, where he fumbled. The Ball was recovered by Illinois Ray Wilson but the Zillini were penalized for clipping while on defense during the interception return and Southern Cal retained Possession at its 43. Six plays later on the opening play of the second period Don Sharer kicked a 46-Yard Field goal to give Southern Cal a 17-0 half time Lead. The trojans defending Pac-10 Confer ence champions threatened to score again driving from their 39 to the Illinois 22. But Salisbury was sacked by end Ray Hairston for a 13-Yard loss on third and five and this time Shafer s 46-Yard Field goal attempt was wide. On an 8-Yard run pulling Maryland to with in 17-10. An interception by Chuck Faucett on the third play of the second half led to another Badanjek to this one from 5 Yards out and a 2-Point pass conversion from bolder Dan Henning to Chris Knight put Mary land ahead 18-17. The Kittany Lions came right Back wit the final score Manca booting he longest Field goal of his career after Shaffer completed three passes for 54 Yards. Thomas leads okla. St. Past huskies 31-17 Seattle a if you Don t put Thurman Thomas on your Heisman trophy list you re missing the boat Oklahoma state coach Pat Jones told reporters after the cowboys upset the Washington huskies saturday night. Jones had a lot of 19-year-old Sophomore tailback rushed for 237 Yards and a touchdown on40 carries and passed for another score As the 16th-Rankcd cowboys came from be Hind to beat no. 12-rated Washington 31-. He May not win the Heisman this year but he sure could next year said washing ton coach Don s so Quick that if you run at him too hard hell throw a move on you washing ton defensive tackle Reggie Rogers Stokl All we could do was Arm tackle was the opener of the College football season for both did t think we d run that much admitted Thomas. I be Learned to Duck an Dodge because of my Thomas said he would leave the trophy talk to his coach. I Don t want to Start thinking about the Heisman trophy yet be said. Right now i just concerned about , a 5-foot-ll, 186-Pound Light Ning Bolt from Missouri City Texas who was most valuable player in the Gator bowl As a freshman snapped a 17-17 to with11 22 left in the game when he fired a perfect 6-Yard scoring strike to Bobby cowboys broke the contest open wit 5 14 remaining when safety Mark Moon intercepted a Hugh Millen pass and ran to Back 49 Yards for a touchdown. Bell s 4 to passes carry Florida past Miami 35-23 Miami a fifth ranked Florida took to the air saturday night to whip intrastate rival Miami 35-23 and extend it College football winning Streak to 10 games now the longest in the nation. I like to Rise to the Challenge and be theman with the Ball gators quarterback Kerwin Bell said after throwing for 248yards and four touchdowns. It s great to get the passing game clicking. With great receivers like ours it makes my Job a lot Bell s performance included fourth Quarter scoring strikes of 16 Yards to Ricky Nattiel and 8 Yards to Frankie Neal that enabled the gators to bold off a Miami team that had overcome a 13-Point halftime deficit to take a 21-20 Lead. The season opening Victory before a Orange bowl crowd of 80.227 was Florida s 10th straight and hiked its unbeaten Streak to 11 games tops in the country after Brigham Young lost to Urcla saturday. The Triumph also avenged the gators Only loss of last season and improved coach Galen Hall s record to 9-0 since Tak ing Over for Charley Pell during the latter stages of a Mcaa investigation that cos the school the 1984 Southeastern Confer ence championship. Obviously we Are extremely please with the outcome of the football game and to get a win Over a great football team like Miami Hall said. We still have some things to improve on. We were Sloppy. But it is nothing that can t be & t
