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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 12,19b8 the stars and stripes Page 23 College football Clemson tops Furman 23-3 Clemson . A tailback Terry Allen scored two touchdowns and freshman Chris Gardocki kicked three Field goals As no. 3clemson Defeated Furman 23-3 saturday Clemson 2-0, struggled an an overcast afternoon to a Cecal the i a paladins 1-1, who entered the game 3-1-1 since i982againsl Atlan Lic coast conference learns. The tigers who have won the past two acc lilies scored their first to after recovering a Fumble at the Furman 3-Yard line and did t have a single scoring drive of More than 52 Yards. Furman did t look like a team playing against its highest ranked foe Ever before it largest crowd Ever. The 80,300 spectators easily eclipsed the 56,244 that saw the paladins beat South Carolina at Williams Brice stadium in 1982. Clemson which May have been looking ahead to no. 10 Florida state next week led 13-3 at the half. The tigers upped their Lead to 20-3 when Allen scored on a 7-Yard ran to Cap a five play 43-Yard drive set up by James loll s 23 Yard punt return. The tigers then recovered a Fumble no the Furman 38 and looked to be headed for the clinching score. But Wesley Mcfadden fumbled four plays later to give the Ball Back to Furman. After holding Furman without a first Down Cic Mson drove 41 Yards in 13 plays to make it 23-3 on Gardocki s 31-Yard Field goal with 9 19 remaining in the final period. Seminoles blast Southern miss. Tallahassee Fla. A Chip Ferguson ended any quarterback controversy at Florida stale for the time being at least by throwing for 239 Yards and three touchdowns in leading the i Din ranged seminoles to a 49-13 Victory Over Southern Mississippi saturday  6-foot-2, 200-Pound senior from Charlotte. N.c., hooked up with Lawrence Dawsey on a 93-Yard scoring play i Don t know Why people Are Down on him Flor Ida state coach Bobby Bowden said. Chip did a Good Job Ferguson who left after the first series of the second half with Florida stale leading 35-10, completed 12 of 17 passes. But he was intercepted twice his third and fourth of the season. A quarterback is like a baseball Pitcher Bowden said. He won t gel everything Over the Corners "1 feel i can do a Tot belter said Ferguson who has completed 22 of 33 passes in his first two games. I Oncea to concentrate a Little  Bowden praised Ferguson for checking off at the line of scrimmage to free himself from the pass Rush. We realize every team on Down the line will Blitz us now after the Miami game Ferguson said. Florida stale which came into the season As the nation s lop ranked team was routed 31-0 last week by defending National Champion Miami which used thai thumping to move into the no. 1 spot. Irish trip wolverines South Bend ind. A Reggie to notre Dame s 135-Pound Haritan place kicker made the first four Field goal attempts of his career saturday night including a i6-Yardcr with 1 13 remaining that gave the 13 a ranked Irish a 19-17 Victory Over no. 9 Michigan in the season opener for both teams. To a s-foot-5 Junior who tied the school single game record by also connecting from 31, 38 and 26 Yards capped a 10-play, 71-Yard drive after Mike Gil Lette s 49-Yard Field goal had Given Michigan a 17-16 Lead with 5 39 to play. Gillette missed a 48-Yardcr on the last play of the game and to Schembechler suffered a second consecutive opening game loss for the first time in his 20 year coaching career at Michigan. Notre Dame beat the wolverines 26-7 in last years opener. An 81-Yard punt return by Ricky wallers and to s first two Field goals gave notre Dame a 13-0 Lead less than 15 i minutes into the game. Michigan took a 14-13 Lead on 1-Yard runs by Leroy Hoard in the second period and quarterback Michael Taylor in the third Quarter. The scores came after drives of Only 38 and 14 Yards the first following Tony Boles 59-Yard Kickoff return and the second after Wal ters muffed a punt. However to kicked the first of his two fourth Quarter Field goals on the second play of the period capping a 12-play, 78-Yard drive that gave notre Dame 1ft-14 bad. After Gillette gave Michigan a 17-16 Lead notre Dame freshman Raghib Ismail returned the Kickoff 16 Yards to his 20. Michigan was penalized i5 Yards when com crack David key was charged with pass interference and quarterback Tony Rice ran 21 Yards to the wolverines 44. After a 1-Yard gain by Tony Brooks Rice passed o Brooks for in Yards. It was Only his third completion in 12 attempts. Two rushes by Mark Green and one by Rice gave notre Dame a first Down at the 15 with 2 42 remain ing. To kicked his game winning Field on fourth Down and 4. Wallers punt return just 4 49 into the game was notre Dame s longest since Joe Heap returned one 94 Yards against Southern California in 19s3. Wallers succeeded Heisman trophy Winner Tim Brown As notre Dame s flanker and punt returner and it was the first time he touched the Ball this season. Sooner Down tar heels Chapel Hill . A fourth ranked okla homa directed by its speedy quarterback tandem  Holieway and Charles Thompson racked up nearly 400 Rushing Yards saturday in opening its sea son with a 2s-0 Victory Over North Carolina. Despite having a decided advantage in Speed against the tar heels defense Oklahoma did t break off Thelong plays for which its Wishbone offence is noted. Instead Oklahoma used three sustained drives to gel in Points and the fourth touchdown resulted when a North Carolina penalty on a sooner Field Goat at tempt Kepi a drive alive. Oklahoma rushed 71 limes for 391 Yards. Holiway and Thompson combined to Complete three of six passes for 72 Yards. The tar heels 0-2, have not scored in their last sin  an intercepted pass to gel started Leon Perry s i Yard dive late in the first Quarter capped a 71 Yard 1 0-play drive for the sooner Thompson came in for Oklahoma s third offensive series and finished an eight play 80-Yard drive with an 8-Yard to run late in the first Quarter. Anthony Stafford closed out a 79-Yard, 13-Piaymarch with a i Yard dive on fourth Down with 8 30 left before halftime Logie the sooner a 21-0 Lead. Buckeyes end Syracuse Freak Columbus Ohio a Greg Fry completed12 of 17 passes including All three attempts during two touchdown drives in a three minute Span of the second Quarter As Ohio state Defeated Syracuse 26-9 saturday to end the nation s longest unbeaten Streak at 14 games. The Victory marked the debut of John Cooper As coach of the buckeyes. Syracuse dropped to 1-1. Syracuse had t lost since nov. 15,198fi, when bos ton College beat the orangemen 27-9. Syracuse was11-0-1 last season the Only blemish a 16-16 tic against Auburn in the sugar bowl. Fry a Sophomore starting his first College game threw for 141 Yards and one touchdown with no interceptions. Ohio state took advantage of a pair of Syracuse mistakes to break open a game that was tied 3-3 Early in the second Quarter an 8-Yard punt off a Quick kick gave Ohio stale the Ball Ai the Syracuse 30 with 10 48 left in the second Quarter. Four plays later tailback Carlos Snow ran 14 Yards for a touchdown with 9 08 left. Two plays alter the Kickoff Syracuse quarterback Odd Philcox s pass was intercepted by safety David Brown who returned 12 Yards to the Syracuse 43. Frey then completed two passes for 22 Yards hitting tight end Jeff Ellis with a 2-Yard pass to make it 17-3. The rest of the game was dominated by the kickers. Kevin Greene hit Field goals of 24,45 and 38 Yards for Syracuse and Pat o Morrow countered with kicks of 27,33,41 and 30 Yards no. 18 Penn St. Routs Virginia 42-14 charlottesv1lle, a. A Gary Brown ran for two touchdowns and caught a 19-Yard pass for a third As no. In Penn stale opened its season by scoring 21 paints in the first 9 07 of the game to defeat Virginia 42-14 saturday night. Brown a Sophomore tailback filling in for Blair Thomas who is recovering from knee surgery per formed in january carried seven times for 38 Yards scoring on runs of five and 19 Yards. He caught three passes for 45 Yards. Aug running for two Penn state touchdowns was full Back Sam Gash who gained s 6 Yards on Fostir carries. Us beats Stanford 24-20 after trailing 13-0 Stanford Calif. A Quarter Back Rodney Pete threw a 10-Yard touch Down pass to hanker John Jackson with 1 19 remaining to give no. 6 Southern California a 24-20 Victory Over Stanford in a Pacific-10 conference game saturday. Pc Etc s pass to the Back of the end zone capped a 10-play, 80-Yard March in which he completed six of seven passes for 54 Yards. Puccle who completed Only one of his first five passes and had two intercepted finished with 16 completions in 24 at tempts for 187 Yards. Tailback Aaron Emanuel carried 17 times for 121 Yards and two touchdowns for the trojans 2-0 after winning thepac-10 opener for both teams. Stanford which last beat us in 1975, is 0-1. Stanford powered by the running of 5-foot-7 fullback Jon Volpe look a 13-0 Lead by scoring on All three of it first Quarter possessions. The Cardinal was driving with five minute left in the game when Quarter Back Brian Johnson was sidelined with concussion after a hard tackle at the us 20. The drive continued to the 2 before stalling and Stanford came up empty when John Hopkins Field goal at tempt was wide from 22 Yards. Stanford s last Chance ended when Redshirt freshman Jason Palumbis was intercepted and us ran out the clock. Johnson completed is of 28 passes for 176 Yards including touchdown throws to j in Price and Henry Green Stanford dominated the heavily favored trojans Early and Ted 134 after the first period and 13-7 at halftime. Volpe who carried 24 times for 98 Yards and caught seven passes for 32 Yards rushed eight times for 27 Yards and caught two passes in the 74-Yard opening drive. Johnson hit Price front 2yards out for the touchdown. After Hopkins Fidd goats of 35 and 20 Yards us tuned to Emanuel s Rushing to get Back into the game. The Junior scooted around left end Tor a 12-Yard touchdown run Midway through the second Quarter to make it 13-7, and a 20-Yard Quin Rodriguez Field goal made it 13-10.Emanuel climaxed a 59-Yard us drive with a 9-Yard touchdown run with 2 49 remaining in the third for a 17-13lead. Bui following a 42-Yard punt return by Kevin Scott Johnson put the Cardi Nal Back on top two minutes later on a 19-Yard to pass to Green  
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