European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday october 17,198b College football notre Dame stuns top ranked Miami from Page 21 in the country and i believe Hal right now Holt said they re a great foot Ball team but i be never been prouder Ofa football team than ours. They competed they Hung in there they made a Tot of big plays. Usually when you have a game with this much hype where everybody has been looking Forward to it it disappoints you. This was a great football notre Dame had been waiting for three years to make up for an Embarrass ing 38-7 loss to Miami in Gerry Faust s final game As head coach. The Irish first sought revenge last year but lost 24-0. They were not to be denied this Lime As Rice ran 7 Yards for the game s first touchdown in the opening period and threw a 9-Yard pass o fullback Braxston Banks to snap a 7-7 tie in the second Quarter. The Victory gave notre Dame a 6-0record. Miami is 4-1. The momentum seemed to be swing ing Miami s Way Early in the third Quarter. First free safety Bubba Mcdowell intercepted a pass by Rice at the Hurri canes 42. Conley fumbled right Back Onich next play but Miami s Derrick Golden blocked a 43-Yard Field goal attempt by Billy Hackett. The game swung Back notre Dame Sway when Miami went once Loo often to a Fate kick one of its most successful plays in inc past. On fourth and i from its 47, Mike pig a snapped the Ball to up Hack mail Button but notre Dame s Steve Belles read inc play perfectly and slopped Brit ton for a i Yard loss. Rice who passed for a career High 195 Yards promptly Flung a 44-Yard pass to Wingback Ricky wallers at the Miami 2. The Irish then lined up in a Wishbone and Eilers look a pitch out around right end for the go ahead touchdown Only the fifth carry of his career. An interception by defensive tackle Jeff aim at the notre Dame 24 halted another Miami drive and 10 plays later to kicked the Field goal for what prove to be the decisive Points. Miami had a 481-331 advantage i total Yards but the turnovers plus some big plays by Rice were too much to Over come. In other games saturday no. 2 Urcla 38, California 21 Berkeley Calif. Urcla s Tro Aikman with 16 touchdown passes this season threw s2 Yards to Paul Richard son in the first Quarter and 40 Yards to Reggie Moore in the second Quarter for touchdowns. The Bruins 6-0 Overall and 3-0 in the Pacific to equated the fast Start of the 1980 Urcla squad. Cal dropped to 3-3 Overall and 0-3 in the league. Aikman completed 21 of 32 passes tor322 Yards Cal s Troy Taylor completed 21 of 31 for 248 Yards and a touchdown bul was intercepted once and sacked even limes. No. 3 us 28. No. 16 in Shirlon 27 los Angeles Southern califor Nia remained unbeaten by withstanding the same threat As did notre Dame. Washington was within 28-27 with 1 21 to go when Cary Conklin s two Point conversion pass was Loo Low for Vince Weathersby. Rodney pc c ran for one touchdown and threw for another and Scott lock Wood rushed for 133 Yards for us. 6-0overall and 4-0 in the Pac-10. Conklin ran for inc first touchdown for washing Ion 4-2 and 1-2, and then threw three touchdown passes to Brian Slater after us had built a 21-7 advantage. No. 5 Florida St. 45, e. Carolina it Tallahassee a. Chris Parker scored two touchdowns and rushed for 138 Yards and Chip Ferguson threw to scoring passes for fifth ranked Florida stale 6-1. The so minolts broke a 14-14 lie Midway through the second period on Ferguson s 17-Yard to pass to Ronald Lewis. Parker a 216-Pound Redshirt freshman who began the season As Flor Ida state s fifth team tailback made his first collegiate Start because of injuries Losa Mic Smith and Keith Ross. No 7 Nebraska 63, no. 10 okla. St. 42 Lincoln neb. The top scoring teams in College football lived up o their Billing with no 2 getting the better of no. 1. Nebraska averaging 45 Points a game was led by quarterback Steve Taylor who a n for three scores and passed for two. Tailback Ken Clark contributed 256 Yards and three scores. Oklahoma stale averaging 50 Points a game got three touchdowns and 189 Rushing Yards from Barry Sanders the National Leader in Rushing Rushing scoring and All purpose yardage Nebraska is Fil its Only loss to no. 2 Urcla. Oklahoma stale dropped to 4-1. Georgia tech 34, no. 8 s. Carolina 0 Atlanta Andre Thomas intercepted two passes returning one 51 Yards for a touchdown and inc other 1c Yards to set up Lefen Section s Short scoring run. As Georgia tech ended a 5 game losing Streak against division i opposition. The yellow jackets had t won since beating Duke 34-6 Laic in1986. Tech defying its underdog Lalus ripped to a 31-0 Lead and coasted. The shutout loss was the first in 71 games for South Carolina which unceremoniously dropped to 6-1. Georgia tech is 2-4. No. 9 Oklahoma 70, Kansas is. 24 Norman okla. Oklahoma ran for an Mcaa record 768 Yards including 123 by quarterback. Charles Thomp Miami s so tag Walsh fumbles when notre Dame s Frank slams grubs his Arm. Son who scored three touchdowns and passed for another All in the firs period. The old record of 718 Rushing Yard was set by Oklahoma against Colorado in i9ho. Reserve halfback Eric Mitch added 161 Yards and two touchdowns unjust six carries As Oklahoma ran up 829 total Yards. Oklahoma is 3-1 Overall and 2-0 in the big eight. Kansas stale s 18thstraight loss to the soon cars Eft the wild cats Al 0-6 and 0-2. No. 11clemson49,duke17 Clemson . Fullback Tracy Johnson scored twice and quarterback Rodney Williams accounted for two other scores for Clemson. 5-1, Duke los ing for the first time in seven games got Only 209 passing Yards from quarterback Anthony Dilweg who was held below 300 Yards for the first time this season. No. 12 Auburn 41, Akron 0 Auburn Ala. Stacy Danley rushed for two touchdowns and James Joseph added a 73-Yard scoring run As Auburn improved to 5-1. Akron 2-5,was on the schedule Only because Florida state mistakenly scheduled both Auburn and East Carolina on the same stale kept East Carolina and a Burn found Akron a willing if not Able replacement. No. 14 Wyoming san a Mexico 7 Laramie Wyo. Dabby Dawson gained 179 Yards and defensive end Dave Eden resumed an interception 78 Yards for a score As Wyoming the class of inc Western athletic conference ran its record to 7-0 Overall and 4-0 in in league. It was the 16lh consecutive regu Lar season Victory for the cowboys. No. 15 Michigan 17. Iowa 17 Iowa City Iowa Iowa defensive end Joe Molt wrestled the Ball fro Michigan s Tracy Williams Al the Haw Keyes i Yard line with 1 21 left to pre Seo College on Page 27 Falcons out slug Utah 56-49 army triumphs hmm a Rock n i fro press dispatches Salt Lake City Utah quarterback Scott Mitchell passed for a Western athletic conference re Cord 620 Yards and five touchdowns but air Force countered with 640 Rushing Yards and outscored the Eulas 56-49 on saturday. In another service Academy game. Army beat la Fayette 24-17, Navy was Idle. Air Force quarterback dec Dowis directed the run Ning game for the Falcons 5-2 Overall and 3-2 in the want Utah slipped to 1-2 in the wac and 2-t Overall. Milch Al surpassed the previous wac record of 585yards by Brigham Young s Robbie Bosco in 1985 and fell one Yard Short of the Mcaa record set in 1980 by Dave Wilson of Illinois. Academies Roundup Dowis and a 43-Yard pass from Dowis to 14, Lafayette 17 West Point , army was Loo for Wishbone Smith picked up 213 Yards ,. Tlj11.t Downs Anthony Roberson rushed for 186 Yards and Albert Booker finished with 109 Yards. The Falcons broke open a close game with three touchdowns in the third period and Utah had to play catch up the rest of the Way. The Ulics scored their final touchdown on the last play of the game a 16-Yard pass from Mitchell to curl Jones. Air Force s Oiher scores came on a 16-Yard run by Booker a 13-Yard run by Roberson a pair of runs by _., team which lost for the first Lime after five victories. Army won before a capacity crowd of 40,570 at Michie stadium with Lafayette s final seven Point coming in the last minute of play. In was the fifth Victory in six games for the cadets. Ben Banc to the fullback broke the Lafayette de sense with 159 Rushing Yards and two touchdowns. His Best game said Jim Young the army coach. Army s Rushing total came to 450 Yards
