European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 2, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 Peri a photo Auburn s to Jackson is stopped at the line of scrimmage by Alabama s Joe Godwin 90larry Roberts and Kermit Kendrick 27 final play Fig wins for tide Bama sinks Auburn 25-23 Birmingham Ala. A Van Tif Fin kicked a 52-Yard Field goal his fourth of the Day into the wind on the final play saturday to give Alabama a 25-23 South Eastern conference Victory Over seventh ranked  appeared Auburn had taken the Deci Sion when Reggie Ware scored from the i with less than a minute left. Alabama quarterback Mike Shula moved the Crimson tide close enough for Tiffin s kick which gave Alabama an 8-2-1 record going into the Aloha bowl dec. 28 against Southern California. Auburn 8-3, will face 9-2 Texas am in the Cotton bowl on new year s  look a 16-10 halftime Lead on a 1-Yard run by Craig Turner and three Field goals by Tiffin from 26, 32 and 42 Yards. Auburn got its Points on a 7-Yard run by to Jackson and a 49-Yard Field goal by Chris Johnson on the final play of the half. After a scoreless third period. Auburn my cd 80 Yards mainly on Jackson s runs to score on a 1-Yard dive by the senior Tail Back. Johnson s kick made it 17-16 a  plays later freshman Gene Julks raced 74 Yards to put Alabama ahead 22 17. With a pass attempt for two. Xii nos fail  took the Kickoff to the 30. Pat Washington passed to Freddy Wygand for 21 Yards and Jackson got most of the rest before Ware scored. A two Point conversion pass attempt was knocked Down. Julks ran for 192 Yards on 18 carries As Alabama moved to a 30-19-1 Lead in the series and scored its second straight mild upset of Auburn. Jackson whose running helped defeat Alabama his first two years led Auburn s runners with 142 Yards on 31 carries. Shula who began the year by leading Alabama to a last minute Victory Over Georgia picked the Auburn defense for 195 Yards in completing half of his 28 passes. Shula connected on six passes for 80 Yards As Alabama moved 94 Yards to open the scoring on Turner s run. On the next play Alabama tactic Jon hand blindsided Washington and Tommy Cole recovered the Fumble at the Auburn 13, setting up Tiffin s first Field goal. Greg Richardson returned a punt 62 Yards to put Alabam a in position for the next Field goal. Sports sooner shut out cowboys . Olda. Novem Ber ended on a bitterly cold note saturday night but Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer will have fond memories of the month. In the month of november no team has scored on our defense Switzer said sat urday after his no. 3 sooner shut on no. 17 Oklahoma state 13-0. "1 think 3-0 would have won tonight obviously but i was glad we grit the other Points Switzer said. Tim Lashar kicked two Field goals and halfback Spencer Tillman ran for a touch Down As the soon cars beat Oklahoma state for the ninth straight year. The game was played on a Field covered by a Glaze of ice with temperatures in the Low ?0s and the wind chill near Zero. In 25 years of coaching i have never played under these types of  soil scr said. The Field neutralizes each other s offence. We played about As Well As we could As conservatively As we  Lashar had a 27-Yard Field goal Early in the second Quarter then added a 30-Yardcr with 5 44 icel in the fourth Quarter. That gave him 11 straight Field goals and his 15 for the yer broke the school record of 14 previously held by Uwe von Schamann. We protected the Field goals and protected he punts. And if you Don t think that was t key. It really was said soil scr. Oklahoma held the cowboys to four first Downs and 64 Yards total offence in grab Bing a 10-0 halftime Lead but Oklahoma state coach Pat Jones remained hopeful. At inc half we fell if a can come out and score a couple times and shut them out. We could win Jones said. I think we really Felt like somehow we d gel a break and win the Ball  Jones credited inc Oklahoma defense but said it was difficult for either offence to move the Ball in the miserable conditions. You know in this Type of weather it is usually going to boil Down to Field position and it did t Ever really seem like we had any until right Down there late and we could t take advantage of  Oklahoma state was hampered by poor Field position throughout the game starting tour drives at or inside the 10-Yard line. Oklahoma had to Settle for Lashar s first Field goal after fumbling on second Down at the Oklahoma state 3, then losing 4 Yards on the next play. The soon cars had another impressive first half drive squelched when defensive end Hirry Roberts intercepted a Jamille Holieway pass at the Cowboy 7. Oklahoma 9-1 Overall completed its big eight season with a 7-0 record Oklahoma state fell to 8-3 Overall and 4-3 in the big eight. Miami clobbers Irish to Cap Faust Era Miami a Vinny Testaverde passed for 356 Yard and two touchdowns saturday As fourth ranked a to turned Gerry Fust s final game at notre Dame into a o Ria Iier with a 5c-7 Victory Over the Irish. The loss was the worst in Faust s five year at Soi h Bend and the 58 Point were the most Ever scored against an Irish team coached by Faust. Only three times in notre Dame s Long football Futory have the Irish suffered worse losses. The previous worst loss in Faust s tenure was the 36-6 she lacking by Penn Sute two weeks  a me finished the season at 5-6. The second los ing season in Faust s stint at i a school. His teams were30-26-1, the most career losses r any Irish coach. The hurricanes 10-1 and headed for a sugar bowl matchup with Tennessee scored on their first four posses Lions to take most of the suspense out of Faust s final fling. Miami s fifth Possession ended when time ran out at halftime but the hurricanes then scored the first four times they got the Ball in the second half. The hurricanes scored on Field goals of 39,47 and 48 Yards by Greg Cox runs of 6 Yards by Warren Williams and 1 Yard by Testaverde. The standout Junior quarterback also passed for touchdowns of 7 Yards to Melvin Bratton and 15 Yards to Michael Irvin. The Maveric s backup Geoff Torr la hit Andre Brown for a 17-Yard touchdown late in the game. Miami also picked up two gift touchdowns. Defensive Back Beanie Blades stepped in front of a swing pass by Steve Beuerlein and raced 61 Yards with the interception for a touchdown Early in the second period. The Hurri canes capped the debacle when Bubba Mcdowell blocked a punt and Bill Hawkins fell on it in the end zone for a touchdown with 4 44 left. Notre Dame s touchdown came on a 3-Yard run by Allen Pinkitt in the second Quarter. Testaverde hit 22 of 32 passes without an interception before leaving the game Early in the final period. The hurricanes started impressively moving to cos s 39-yarder with a methodical 15-play. 68-Yard drive. The nest time Miami got the Ball it needed just five plays to produce a touchdown. Alonzo Highsmith started it by turning a screen pass into a 35-Yard gain. Four plays later Williams went practically untouched on his 6-Yard touchdown run up the Middle. Cox kicked his 47-Yardcr with 47 seconds left in the first Quarter. Notre Dame trailed 13-0 after running Only six plays at that Point. The Irish finally got a first Down on their next drive but then Blades made his interception to give Miami a 20-0 see Miami on Page 26