European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 26 the stars and stripes monday november 21, 1938 Southwest conference Miami Routs leu to play ,. Houston nips. _ Texas tech huskers in Orange bowl on late pass by the associated press Lubbock Texas Jason Phillips caught a 3-Yard pass from Andre Ware with less than three minutes to play lift ing nth ranked Houston to a 30-29 Vic tory Over Texas tech saturday in a Southwest conference game. The Victory amid blowing Snow an freezing temperatures gave Houston a b 2 Overall record and a trip to the Aloha bowl with a 4-2 conference Mark the cougars can claim second place in the league with a Victory next week override. Tech fell to 5-5 and 4-3. Trailing 29-24 with less than three minutes remaining. Houston put together a Short scoring drive after a punt into stiff winds by Texas tech s Chris Burn carried Only 15 Yards o the tech 22. Phillips the nation top receiver caught 6 of his 11 pass receptions for 157yards during Houston s fourth Quarter comeback. Tech s offence led by quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver s 363 Yards and two touchdowns racked up 496 Yards tech fullback Ervin Farris scored three ads and gained i Yards of total offence. In other Sec games saturday Texas am 18, Tuo College station Tern Texas am playing without trouble coach Jackie Sherrill Defeated Texas Christian behind the passing of Bucky Richartson. Sherrill did not coach after a former player said the coach had paid him to keep quid about alleged Mcaa violations. Sherrill said the decision not to coach was to minimize the pressure on the team see sports wire on Page 27. Richardson passed to Mike Jones for a touchdown and set up a Field goal with a completion to Rod Harris. The Victory for am 6-4 and 5-1 in the Southwest conference extended its winning Streak Over thu to 16 games. Thu finished with a season record of 4-7and an Sec Mark of 2-5. Baylor 17, Texas 14 Waco Texas Eldwin Raphe boiled 50 Yards for a fourth period touchdown to rally Baylor to a Victory Over Texas. Baylor ended its season witha 6-5 re Cord and 2-5 in so play. Texas which has a game left on thanksgiving night against Texas am is 5-5 and 2-4. Baton Rouge la. A Steve Walsh passed for 220 Yards and two touchdowns As third ranked Miami jumped in front Early and routed no. 11 Louisiana state 44 3 saturday night. To was the fourth straight Victory for the hurricanes 8-1, who accepted an invitation before the game to meet Nebraska in the Orange bowl the defending National champions added to their impressive Road re Walsh Cord going to 24-2 away from Home i their five years under coach Jimmy Johnson. It was heir 40th Victory in their lust 41 regular season games. Walsh was credited with on 18-Yard touchdown pass in the first Quarter when Cleveland Gary fumbled into the end zone after a reception and teammate Randal Hill recovered for the score. Walsh who hit on 15 of 29 passes and had one interception completed a 7-Yardtouchdown pass it Gary in the final Quarter giving him a school record 28 to passes Tor the year. He had been tie with Vinny Testaverde at 26, set iwo years ago. Leu 7-3, had its five game winning Streak snapped but the tigers had plenty of chances to make it close in a game played at times in a driving rain. The tigers got inside the Miami 20 four times Between the Middle of Fth Sec Ond Quarter and the first six minutes of the third but managed Only one Field god a 27-Yardcr by David Browndyke one second before halftime. Gary scored on a 31-Yard ran on the first play of the second Quarter and car los Kuria kicked Field goals of 37, 21 and 22 Yards. Miami s defense scored twice in the final four minutes on Roland Smith s 47 Yard return of an interception and ale Johnson s 16-Yard run following a Fum ble recovery. Leu which has clinched a tie for the Southeastern conference championship will face either Florida stale in the sugar bowl or Syracuse in the Hall of fam bowl. Eighth ranked Auburn can share the Sec Crown with a Victory Over Ala Bama Friday. Sanders scores 4 ads in Oklahoma St. Win Ames Iowa a Heisman trophy candidate Barry Sanders rushed for 293 Yards and four touchdowns and Mike Gundy threw an j 1-Yard pass for the winning score with less than seven min utes to play As no. 13 Oklahoma state rallied for a 49-28 comeback Victory Over Iowa state saturday. The cowboys came Back after trailing 28-21 Early in the fourth Quarter to secure third place in the big eight Confer ence at 5-2 and raise its season record to8-2. Oklahoma state will meet Wyoming in the Holiday bowl on dec. 30 in Sandiego. Sanders who became the big eight s single season Rushing Leader sprinted 80 Yards for a touchdown to tie the score at28 with 14 04 left. David Bailey s interception of Bret Oburg s pass at the okla homa state 35 then set up the drive thai produced the go ahead touchdown. The cowboys covered the 65 Yards in 10 plays. Sanders gained 5 Yards on third and a at the Iowa state 29 and three plays later at the 11, Gundy fired a pass to Hartlee Dykes who eluded Iowa state s Adam Beck just inside the s and bolted into the end zone with 6 44 left. Oklahoma stale then broke the game open with Sanders 11-Yard touchdown run which came three plays after Stacey Walt White recovered an Oburg Fumble at the Iowa state 34, and Garrett urn Brick s 4-Yard scoring run Wilh 2 20 remaining. Sanders who carried 32 limes also scored on runs of 4 and 25 Yards in extending his Mcaa season touchdown re Cord to 35. He also set a National record for All purpose yardage and moved to within 47 Yards of breaking the Mcaa one season Rushing record. For the season Sanders has run for2,296 Yards and a total of 2,897 Yards Rushing returning kicks and catching passes to break the National All purpose record of 2,633 Yards set by Temple s Paul Palmer. Sanders also broke the big eight s sea son Rushing record of 2,148 Yards by Nebraska s Mike Rozier in 1983. The 5 foot-8, 197-Pound Junior has one More game in which to break Marcus Allen inc a Rushing record of 2,342 Yards. Oklahoma stale concludes the regular season against Texas tech in Japan on dec.4 Oklahoma state s Cary Blanchard kicked seven extra Points without a miss giving him an Mcaa record 61 straight this season. Oklahoma s Tim Lascar held the old record of 60 straight. Trojans from Page a -. Enough for our players to hear Mel d have had to be on my death be not to play in this game. Anytime you beat Urcla it s special. When you beat Urcla to go to he Rose bowl it s a. " Urcla linebacker. Chance Johnson said the game was typical of Southern Cal us Lajames. La seemed like we always got in third Down situations with Rodney Johnson said. And he always converted in the end dial broke our backs. I Don t know what to say about the measles we knew he was going to play from Day one. Just know i m going to go Back and get my Many of the Bruins were inoculated in the Rose bowl dressing room after the game. R the sixth ranked Bruins who Eom pieced their regular season Wilh � 9-2 re Cord and went 6-2 in the Pac-10, meet loth ranked Arkansas in the Cotton bowl on Jan 2, Urcla will be bidding to become the first team in Mcaa history to win bowl games following seven re obviously very disappointed Urcla coach Terry Donahue said. "1thought the team played hard. Give us played Well and did t turn the Ball Over. In the first half we were Able to move the Baji Well and we were playing Good defense. In the second half we did t play As Well on either Side of the Urcla senior Troy Aikman also considered a top contender for the Heisman hit on 32 of his 48 throws for 317 Yards with two touchdowns and one interception. He was also sacked twice. Aikman s 32 completions set a single game Urcla school record but his Effort was t enough as1 the Bruins lost to the trojans for the ninth straight time when the teams met with the Winner going to the Rose bowl game. A Southern Cal has a 141 advantage when both teams were playing with Ashot at the Rose bowl and a 33-19-6 Lead in the series Between the schools. The game was played before a crowd of 100,741 at the Rose bowl. Thompson Star As hoosiers rip Purdue 52-7 West Lafayette ind. A Junior Antho in Thompson broke Indiana s career Rushing record sat urday running 25 times for 167yards and three touchdowns As the hoosiers crushed error plagued Pur due 52-7 in their traditional big ten conference finale. U was Indiana s highest Point total against Purdue and its biggest margin of Victory in the series that began in 1891. The hoosiers. 5-3 in the Hig ten and 71 Overall received a bid Leface South Carolina in the Liberty bowl dec. 28. Purdue finished 3-5 and 4-7. Thompson raised his career total to 3,366 Yards breaking the Indiana record of 3,257 set by Mike Harkrader in War so. He also increased his own school Ca reer scoring record to 246 Point Sand his own season Rushing record to 1,546 Yards. Indiana turned five of six Pur due turnovers in inc first half Inlo Points. Boilermaker freshman quarterback Brian Fox had three passes intercepted. Cougars top huskies accept Alpha bowl bid Pullman Wash. A Quarter Back Tirom Rosenbach scored on fourth Down 5-Yard run with 9 06 left saturday night to give no. 19 washing ton state a 32-31 Victory Over washing ton in a regular season ending pacify 10 conference game played in Snow flurries. After the game the cougars 8-3, accepted a formal invitation to play hous ton in the Aloha bowl in Honolulu on Christmas Day. The cougars rallied to win their Tetra Staie Apple cup with Washington. 6-5,in 34-degree weather after trailing 28-16 at halftime it snowed off and on during the game. -.-. With Washington ahead 31-26, Washington stale �01 the Ball on the washing ton 13 when Shawn Landown blocked aunt by Eric Canton with 10 42 left and Jay Languein fell on he Ball. Washing ton was punting from its own 32. The cougars scored four plays later when Rosenbach a Junior who led the nation in passing going into the game ran up the Middle on a fourth and two play. Rosenbach attempted to run in a two Point conversion but failed. Washington slate which will go to its first bowl since the 1981 Holiday bowl in san Diego came from behind second half with a pair of touchdowns and a Field goal after committing four turnovers in the first half. The huskies converted three of the turnovers into touchdowns. V Rich Swinton who rushed for 155 Yards on 31 carries scored on at Yard run and Jason Hanson kicked a 32-Yard held goal. In the third Quarter for the cougars. the Only Washington Points in the second half came on a 25-Yard Field goal by John Mccallum with 45 seconds gone in the fourth Quarter
