European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 Safe football the stars and stripes sunday october 8,1989 Ramstein takes division title Bubuc Syfox suit writer Ramstein a West Germany the ram Stem rams earned a new name saturday. Call them the Rhein division champions after their 27-l4triumphovcrscmbach. The decision left the rams at 8-1 and the tigers at 6-3with one week left in the Continental sports conference regular season. Both teams had already clinched playoff spots but this game assured Ramstein the Home Field in the first round which Iricks Offort. 21. We re peaking at the right time said cornerback Randy Clyburn who had two of Ramstein s five interceptions. The rams coach Larry bold said of his first division title our goal was to focus on three championships. This is the first one. Now we want the Csc championship.". ,"1 want Safe said Ramstein quarterback Chuck Herron who completed 9 of 25 passes for 144 Yards. Four years of sweat. I want to take something Back. Herron sent Simbach Back with memories of a late touchdown. His 29-Yard pass to . Richardson came with 25 seconds left capping the entertainment for an overflow crowd. What a contrast from week 2, when Sembach ripped Ramstein 33-13 at Home. Sweet revenge said linebacker Elroy Cormier who had eight Solo tackles three assists a sack and two interceptions. They caught us off guard Early in the year. It s More than revenge said Ramstein free safety David Willis. It s More proving we re no. 1.Willis grabbed his Lith interception of the season. When his secondary was through smothering sem Bach s receivers it was hard to remember the tigers made a mockery of those ram defenders seven weeks ago. This time we re the team we should be been then said Willis. Said Herron we proved we could beat Sembach. With a third string running Back no less. The first time these teams met Johnnie Wright was Ramstein s big Back. He went Down with a knee injury two weeks later. Tony Phillips took Over and sped to the top of the Csc Rushing Chart. But last week he broke a rib leading to a collapsed lung and he just got out of the  . Johnson. He Rode Ramstein s massive line to 140 Yards in 30 carries. He also scored Consec warriors nip Hahn for 1 St win we Brucken a West Germany the Walls closed in on the Hahn Hawks As the Owci Bruckn warriors triumphed 7-0 saturday for their first win of the Continental sports conference season. The Victory snapped  s 10-game losing Streak dating Back to 1988. One of the Walls was Wei Bruckn running Back Bruce who ran 45 Yards behind blocks from tackles Cornelius Davis and Willie Simpson for a second Quarter to and the game s Only  other Wall was a Rock solid Owci Brincken de sense which held the Hawks to 116 Yards on 41 rushes and 73 Yards on 7 of 21  by end Troy Wilcox in tackle Ken tart and linebacker . Foster the warriors defense also came up with five turnovers during the Whitewash. Wilcox in and tart each recovered tumbles and the warriors secondary came up with three interceptions on a frustrating Day for the Hawks who fell to 4-5. In improving to 1-8,  rolled to 221 Yards on the ground behind a 9-for-106-Yard Effort by Walls who also had a 64-Yard to run called Back for illegal procedure and 21 for 76 Yards by Terry mad Dox. The warriors added 170 More Yards through the air on 13 of 30 by Barry auge who also tossed two interceptions. Utile touchdowns of 5, 2 and 1 Yard. The last one Gav Ramstein a 20-7 Lead with 12 21 left. I be been there All the time said Johnson. Indeed this floridian gained 127 Yards in Ramstein s opening game Victory Over Wei Bruckn. He even played for Simbach Back in 1981 and 82. A fun reunion Sam Bach was t giving us anything he said. We d Pun Chat pm punch at pm punch at pm. Sembach is Proba Bly the hardest hitting team in the league Dennis Hueston led the tigers with 10 Solo tackles two assists and a sack. But this time he did t control the rams like he did in August. We were Reading him All Day said Boldin. Hues ton Flat out beat us last time. Today we tried to run right at him. When it counted we got it done. We ran our touchdowns to his  the Day s first touchdown belonged to the tigers. They recovered a live Ball which had bounced off Avis victorian s helmet on a punt at the Ramstein 9-Yard line. On the next snap de Jones hit Joe Brown with and pass. Sembach quickly looked ready to double its 7-0 Lead. Ramstein s Alex Ballard fumbled away the Nickoli and Jones 13-Yard pass to Brown pushed the tigers to the 2. But on first Down. Tiger tailback Victor Manon fumbled and nose guard Willie Mccray recovered. Sembach was on the Way to losing four fumbles along with throwing its five interceptions. Ramstein also lost four fumbles but had no passes picked off. You can t win with 12 turnovers said Sembach coach Ken fears embellishing his turnover problem. And we had plenty of Breaks to capitalize on. We made no headway at All. If we Don t Cut the turnovers Well have a problem in the playoffs. Simbach s main weapon was Brown. The tight end caught eight passes for 56 Yards. The Rookie Tiger said coach asked us to sell our soul. I sold  the tigers wanted More mileage from Wason Miles. A week after gaining 126 Yards he was held to 27 Yard sin 17 carries. After starting at fullback he tried Tail Back with Little Success. They keyed on me said Miles one of the youngest Guys in the league at 18. They assigned Darrell Scott to follow me All Over the place. It was hard to run. Scott led the rams with ii Solo tackles but Boldin said his linebacker was t assigned to Miles. But we did go in trying to Stop  they have a division title to prove it. �ti1ini t i ii Lyell a Malm i a Dowis f Senn Lead air Force past Navy Virginia tech suns 9fh-Rcmked w. Virginia 12-10_.an i ,.a Lorn Thriton Urtin. La inc loft la oct 1 qty Roll Locq to by the associated press Annapolis my. Three key passes from quarterback Dee Dowis to Steve scan two of them for touchdowns ignited undefeated and 20th-ranked air Force to a 35-7 Victory Over Navy on saturday. The midshipmen 1-4 trailed by a touchdown late in the first half and had contained the air Force running game which entered the game As Best m the nation with 478 Yards per game. Outwith just 51 seconds left in the half scan got be Hind two Navy de fenders and hauled in a Dowis pass fora 27-Yard touch Down. Dowis and Senn teamed for a 26 Yard touchdown and a 28-7 Lead late straight game Over Navy and wound up with a Victory in the first game this year among the three service academies. Virginia tech 12, w. Virginia 10 Morgantown . Fresh Man Mickey Thomas kicked four Field goals and Virginia tech upset no. 9 West Virginia As the mountaineers lost their first regular season game since 1987. Cam Young completed 15 of 22 passes for 167 Yard for Virginia tech 3-1-1. It was the first Start for Young who re placed starting quarterback will Furrer two weeks ago after Furrer injured a knee. Senn in the third Quarter. A 23-Yard.Dowis-to scan pass to the Navy 3 line in the Sec Ond Quarter set up the second air Force  came into the game the nation s leading rusher averaging 145.8 Yards. Navy held him to just 74 Yards on nine carries but Dowis and Senn teamed up for 116 Yards on six passes. Navy quarterback Alton Grizzard scored the midshipmen s Only touch Down on a 63-Yard run his longest at the  Falcons 6-0 won their seventh West Virginia dropped to 4-1-1 with the loss. The mountaineers had t lost in the regular season since bowing 32-31 to Syracuse in the final game of their 1987 season. The homies defense ranked third in the nation coming into the game held the mountaineers to 98 Yards Rushing. Mountaineer quarterback major har Ris completed 10 of 20 passes for 101yards and one touchdown with two interceptions. Harris who was sacked three times was the mountaineers leading rusher with 22 Yards. Thomas one of Only two straight on kickers in division 1-a, kicked three Field goals in the first half giving the homies a 9-0 half Lime Lead. Florida St. 41, Syracuse 10 Syracuse . Terrell Buckley returned a punt 70 Yards for a touch Down and Leroy Butler scored on an 88-Yard interception return three min utes later As no. 22 Florida state ended 17th-ranked Syracuse s 16-game Home winning Streak. The seminoles one of College foot Ball s top Road teams during the past 14years, improved their record to 3-2, while the orangemen 2-2 lost for the second straight time. It was Syracuse s most lopsided loss in the Carrier dome since losing to Mary land 26-3 in 1982. Florida state also used its Superior Speed on defense to control Syracuse sacking the orangemen s quarterbacks 10 times and holding Syracuse to 32 Yards Rushing in the first half. Syracuse quarterbacks were sacked eight times in a 30-23 loss to Pittsburgh two weeks ago. Buckley a freshman gave the seminoles a 27-3 Lead in the third Quarter with his punt return. Buckley caught the Ball at the 30-Yard line and Husti Tatad As if he had just made a fair catch. He then burst up the Middle of the Field past the Syracuse defenders. Three minutes later Butler stole a Bill Scharr pass for the second time in the game then sprinted Down the left Side line for a 34-3 Florida state Lead. Michael Owens who rushed for 120 Yards on 22 carries scored on a 26-Yard run for Syracuse in the third Quarter. Texas tech 27, Texas am 24 Lubbock Texas Jamie Gill threw a 35-Yard touchdown pass to tra vis Price with 50 seconds left and Texas tech Down by 10 Points with six my utes left upset 19th-Rankcd Texas am. The red raiders 4-1 and 1-1 in the Southwest conference trailed 24-14 when James Gray caught a 22-Yard touchdown pass from Gill with 5 44 to play. A two Point conversion pass failed and tech trailed 24-20.tech held am on its next posses Sion and when scan Wilson s High punt travelled Only 7 Yards the red raiders took Over on their own 28 instead of deep in their own territory with 3 32 left Gill who had been sacked twice in a Row by linebacker William Thomas ended the drive when he tossed Price who was about two Steps ahead of defensive Back Derrick richly in the left end zone. It marked the first time tech led in the  Lewis rushed for 81 Yards and three touchdowns for am 3-2 and 1-1 in the Southwest conference Gill finished with 19 completions on 30 attempts for 237 Yards and three touchdowns without an interception am s Lance Pavlas completed 18 of 28with two interceptions and no touch Downs. The game was marred by a third Quarter Brawl in which a non existent aggie player was ejected. The fight began after aggie linebacker Anthony Williams tackled Gray near the tech Bench area. There were n9 serious punches thrown but referees ejected a Gies player no. 36.the aggie however have no 36, and no real players wound up being thrown out