European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday septembers 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 Nebraska linebacker Broderick Thomas slops Utah state quarterback Bertl Snyder saturday during makers 63-13 win. Huskers Roll past Utah St. Lincoln neb. A quarterback Sieve Taylor ran for two touchdowns and passed for another saturday to Lead second ranked Nebraska past Utah stale 63-13. Taylor ran for scores of 21 and i5 Yards in the first half and hit Richard Bell on an 11-Yard pass to Cap a 56-Sccond, 74-Yard scoring drive late in the first hair. Fullback Sam Schmidt added a 6-Yard to run following an 18-Yard Taylor sprint in the first Quarter for Nebraska 2-0. Taylor s 37-Yard pass to Bell on the first drive of the second half set up a 7 Yard Ken Clark touchdown run before Utah stale a scored its first Points on a i Yard to pass from Brent Snyder to Patrick Newman. Terry Rodg Cra added another Husker touchdown in the third period with a 2 Yard run for a 42-7 Nebraska Lead. On the first play of the fourth Quarter Reserve quarterback Gerry Gdowski hit Brad Devall for a 6-Yard Nebraska scor ing pass on fourth and four then third string quarterback Mickey Joseph ran s Yards for another Husker score with 13 24 to play Gdowski added his second touchdown with a to Yard run less than seven min utes later. Snyder teamed up with Kendall Smith on a 15-Yard scoring pass for the aggie other score. Urcla tops aztecs in 59-6 rout Pasadena Calif. A Darryl Henley resumed a punt 89 Yards for a touchdown after just 3 25 of play and Troy air Nan Ihrck three first half scoring passes saturday night As fifth ranked Urcla overpowered san Diego state 59-6 in the season opener for both teams. Henley who resumed a punt 74 Yards for a touchdown in Urcla s 47-14 season opening Victory Over san Diego stale last season broke two tackles and sidestepped sever Al other aztecs in getting the Bruins off to a fast Stan. Aikman who ranked second in the country in passing efficiency last season threw a 43-Yard touch Down pass to Laurence Burkly and a 15-Yard scoring pass to Reg Gie Moore to give the Bruins a 21 0 Lead before the second Quarter was two minutes old. Aikman completed 13 of 17 passes for 155 Yards without being intercepted before coming out of the game after the first series of the third Quarter. Urcla led 38-0 at the Lime. Eric Ball another Urcla senior was the game s leading rusher with 122 Yards on 17 carries. He also left Early in the third Quarter. Aikman s 2-Yard touchdown pass to Mark Elwick with 3 47 remaining in the second Quarter and Alfredo Vilasco s 32-Yard Field goal with 58 seconds left be fore halftime made it 31-0, Georgia beats vols 28-17 Athens a. A Sophomore Rodney Hampton said 12lh-Rankcd Georgia was t expecting to Surprise no. 18 Tennessee saturday night. We weren t trying to hide anything Hampton said after Rushing for 196 Yards and two touchdowns As the Bull dogs downed Tennessee 28-17 in a Southeastern conference game. Tennessee knew we were going to run the and run it Georgia did for 414 Yards on 63 carries. Tim Worley returning after silting out the 1987 season because of academic problems also scored twice and rambled for 144 Yards. Their running game did not Surprise me because knew How explosive they could be Tennessee coach Johnny majors said. I am disappointed in our Lack Ling Hampton scored on a 43-Yard run Early in the first Quarter and went 2 Yards on fourth Down with 6 35 remain ing to give the bulldogs an 11 Point Lead. Worley s scores in the season opener for both teams came in the second half a 3-Yard run following a Fumble recovery and a 15-Yard scamper that was set up by Hampton s 56-Yard run. Since i be been away so Long i was hungry Worley said. I just wanted to hit. If our offensive line blocks like they did tonight we will do some the ground assault enabled Georgia to Start coach Vince Dooley s 2ith season with a Victory leaving him seven shy of becoming the i oth coach in Mcaa Divi Sion i a history to reach the 200 plateau. We gambled a bit on fourth Down twice successfully but 1 Felt like if it was a Yard or less we should be Able to make it Dooley said. Our running backs helped make that decision a lot the bulldogs had to overcome the pin Point passing of Jeff Francis who be came Tennessee s All time Leader in pass ing yardage. Francis Hil 25 of 39 passes for 354 Yards lifting his career total 10 3,989 and breaking the record of 3,823 set by Alan Cockrell from 1981-83. Francis scored one touchdown on a 6 Yard scramble and the other vols touch Down came on a 20-Yard run by Reggie Cobb. Chip Mccallum kicked a 24-Yard Field goal for the vols. S. Carolina slaps tar heels 31-10 Columbia . A for North Carolina coach Mack Brown the season opener with South Carolina boiled Down to a few big plays and a couple of big play makers for the no. 19 gamecocks Harold Green an Todd Ellis. Defensively we had them third and 15 three different times in the Ball game and they picked up a first Down each Lime Brown said after his tar heels lost 31 -10 to South Carolina. We missed some assignments and gave up the big Green who rushed for 100 Yards and scored two touchdown and Ellis who threw 38 times for 23 completions and 290 Yards were the keys. Harold Green made a number of big plays Brown said. We thought we had him and he reversed held and picks up a big gain. Todd Ellis is great too Joe Morrison who lost to North Caro Lina in his first Outing As South Carolina s coach in 1983. Thought the game Cocks did a Good Job of controlling the Ball against North Carolina. That was a Good win for us said Morrison. We held our turnovers to a Green a Junior tailback who snared five of Ellis passes for 68 Yards ignited the gamecocks in the second half before suffering a bruised leg with 5 52 remain ing in the game and was carried off the Field. His longest run of the game was 28 Yards and his longest pass reception went for 33 Yards setting up his second touch Down and putting the game on ice for the gamecocks. South Carolina which finished its 1987 season with an 8-4 record saw us Rushing attack sputter much of the game but came up with big pass plays to keep drives going. The gamecocks climbed to a 10-0 Lead in the first Quarter before the tar heels charged Back in the second period on a 43-Yard, end around touchdown run by flanker Randy Marriott. South Carolina s first Points came on its second drive when Collin Mackic kicked hit a 29-Yard Field goal. The gamecocks first touchdown was scored on a 48-Yard pass from Ellis to Light end Carl plan who battled North Carolina s Dan Vooletich for the Ball at the 15-Yard line and then charged into the end zone. The deciding Points scored on Green s 2-Yard plunge came with 35 seconds left in the first half
