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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 30, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Mississippi stops air Force Memphis Tenn a Mississippi dumped the air Force 42-29 in the lib erty bowl thursday night As Randy Baldwin rushed for 177 Yards and two touchdowns and John Darnell gave the Falcons a lesson in Aerial assault. Darnell completed 19 of 33 passes for 261 Yards and one touchdown. He led the rebels 8-4 on drives of 70 and 67 Liberty bowl i T Yards on their first two possessions As Mississippi built a 14-3 Lead Over the Falcons 8-4-1. Darnell peppered the slower Falcons defensive Backfield with passes to Willie Green and Reid hints opening up the line of scrimmage for Bald in s slashing runs. With Darnell and Baldwin drawing the bulk of the Falcons attention flanker pal Coltman turned in two scoring runs that scaled the Victory Coltman scored on a 58-Yard punt re turn in the second Quarter and added an 11-Yard touchdown on a reverse that catapulted Mississippi into a 35-15 Lead after three quarters. Baldwin whose status had been questionable before the game set a rebel bowl game Mark with his Rushing total and became the first rebels Rusner to gain More than 100 Yards in a game this season. He had scoring runs of 23 and 21 Yards among his 14 carries. The Mississippi defense limited air Force quarterback dec Dowis to 178 Yards total offence. Dowis hit seven of 16passes for 86 Yards including two interceptions and ran 18 times for 92 Yards and one touchdown. It took the rebels five plays to cover 70 Yards on the game s a pining drive with Darnell connecting with mines for a 32-Yard scoring pass 1 07 into the first Quarter. After air Force countered with a 37 Yard Field goal by Joe Woods the rebels Ppd their Edge to 14-3. Darnell took the rebels from their 33 to the Falcons 23 with three completions. On fourth-and-2 from the air Force my Crew ,. A -. A Mississippi s Reid i lines makes a first Quarter catch despite the do Wensiu Effort of the air Force s Robert  like right. 23, Baldwin got his first touchdown when he ran around his right end and out raced a defender to the end one. Dowis then guided the Falcons 66 Yards to their Only first half touchdown rebels 21 on third-and-5. Dowis capped rebels Lead. The March with a run around his right end from the 2. Jeff Carter intercepted Dowis two Point conversion pass in the end zone to varus id  a Iii him ii ii iuuviiuu1i. A i  i .,." ,. Steve Senn kept the drive alive with a Mark the beginning of the self distr us diving catch for a 12-Yard gain at the lion of the Falcons and preserve a Ion the Falcons next Poss Sion. C Artur intercepted Dowis again this time at the air Force 43. After a 22-Yard reception by Rich Ibbia. Baldwin slipped a pair of Lackl cars at the line and scored for a 21 -9 Lead. An s lineup television saturday John Hancock bowl Pittsburgh is. Texas am 6 30 . Sunday Gator bowl Clemson is. Wesl Virginia 2 . Pfc wild card game los Angeles rams at Philadelphia 6 30 . Acc wild card game Pittsburgh at Houston to . Monday Copper bowl North Carolina state is. Arizona 2 . Cotton bowl Arkansas is. Tennessee 7 30 . Fiesta bowl Florida state is. Nebraska 10 30 . Tuesday Orange bowl Colorado is. Notre Dame 2 . Radio saturday peach bowl Georgia is. Syracuse 10 30 . Sunday Gator bowl Clemson is. West Virginia 2 am. Pfc wild card game los Angeles rams at Philadelphia 6 30 . Acc wild card game Pittsburgh at Houston 10 . Monday Citrus bowl Illinois is. Vir Ginia 7 30 . Rose bowl Michigan is. Southern California 11 . Tuesday sugar bowl Alabama is. Miami 2 an. Texas tech rips Duke in All american bowl Gray runs for 280 Yards Birmingham. Ala. A James Gray major College football s fifth leading rusher this season ran for a record 280 Yards and scored four touchdowns thursday night leading Texas tech to a 49-21 Victory Over Duke in the All american bowl. The decision gave tech a 9-3 record while Duke fell to 8-4 in what could be coach Steve Spurrier s final game with the Blue devils. He has said he will announce within a few Days whether he will take the coaching Job at Florida where he won the Heisman trophy in 1966. Gray who gained 1,509 Yards for the 24lh-Rankcd red raiders scored from 2, 54, 18 and 16 Yards. His 280 Yards on 33 carries was a personal High eclipsing 234 Yards against Arizona in the raiders opening game. He also surpassed the All american bowl record of 276 by Texas am s Curtis Dickey against Iowa state in 1978. Gray s first three touchdowns and a 36-Yard pass from Jamie Gill to Travis Price gave tech a 28-0 Lead before Dave Brown threw two scoring passes for no. 20 Duke. Brown passed 30 Yards to Bud Zuberer and 25 Yards to Dave Colonna to make it 28-14 at half time. Tech s Brian Dubiski intercepted Billy Ray s pass at his 31 on Duke s first Possession and tech moved 69vards to Gray s 2-Yard fourth Down to run. Gill passed 36 Yards to Price and Gray gained the other Yards on nine carries. Gill set up his scoring pass to Price with completions of 19 Yards to Anthony Lynn and 17 to Price. Early in the second period tech s Stephen Weatherspoon knocked the Ball away from Chris Brown. Dubiski recovered at the Duke 46 and Gray ran 54 Yards off right tackle on the next play. Tech went 55 Yards on its next Possession including 3 38-Yard screen pass to Lynn and Gray skirted left end for the  struck quickly on its next two possessions. The Blue devils moved 70 Yards on a 25-Yard pass from Brown to Walter Jones a 15-Yard penalty and Zuber or s scoring catch. The next drive for 67 Yards took three passes 14 and 28 Yards to Clarkston Hines and 25 to Colonna in the end zone. Tech stayed with its ground game in the second half scoring on i Yard runs by Lynn and Gill and Gray s 32-yardcr.Colonna caught a 16-Yard pass from Brown for Duke s Only score of the second half  
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