European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 3,1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 Florida St. Cuts Down Nebraska Tempe Ariz. A Peter to Willis threw for 422 Yards and five touchdowns both fiesta bowl records As fifth ranked Florida state routed no.6 Nebraska 41-17 monday. The Victory capped a 10-2 season for surging Florida state which won its final 10 games. It was the worst Overall loss for Nebraska since Oklahoma beat the Corn huskers 38-7 in 1977. Nebraska used a fiesta bowl blocked punt and a 2-Yard touchdown run by Mickey Joseph with 1 16 to play to Avert its worst bowl defeat since losing34-7 to Alabama in he 1967 sugar bowl. The Cor huskers. Who Haven t won a new year s Day game since the 1987 sugar bowl Are 0-4 in the fiesta. They lost 31-28 to the so minolts in 1988. When Danny Mcmanus threw for a then record 375 Yards and three ads. Willis named the game s most valuable player did even better. He finished 25for-40 after completing 15 of 21 passes for 250 Yards in the first half. He was 12 of 14 for 210 Yards and three touchdowns in the second Quarter Alonas the so minolts led 21 -10 at halftime. Willis a fifth year senior who threw for a school record 3,124 Yards this sea son put Florida state ahead to stay at 14-10 on a 5-Yard pass to Reggie John son with 6 55 remaining in the second Quarter. It came three plays after Chris Drinnan missed a 49-Yard Field goal. Drinnan had Given Nebraska a 10-7 Leadon a 39-yarder six minutes earlier. Willis hit Terry Anthony on a 14-Yard scoring pass 1 18 into the second Quarter and found Dexter Carter on a 10-yardcr24 seconds before halftime. Paul Moore s i Yard plunge in the third Quarter put the so minolts up 27-10 before John Davis blocked punt set up Willis 8-Yard to pass to Johnson 2 32later. College football Illinois defeats Virginia Orlando Fla a Jeff George passed for 321 Yards and three touch Downs monday As i lib ranked Illinois won its first postseason game in 26 years. 31-21 Over Virginia in the Cit Nii bowl. George who completed 26 of 38 passes hit four straight for 71 Yards to open the second half and spark an 84 Yard scoring drive. It was culminated by Howard Griffith s 3-Yard touchdown run that gave the Zillini a 24-7 Lead Illinois runner up in the big ten. Finished with a 10-2 record losing Only to top ranked Colorado and no. 3 Michi Florida state s Reggie Johnson avoids a tackle by Nebraska s Mike cruel. Citrus bowl Gan. The Victory snapped an Illinois bowl drought dating Back to a 17-7 Victory Over Washington in the 1964 Rose bowl. The Zillini had lost four straight bowl games since then. Virginia co Champion of the Atlantic coast conference along with Duke lost for the first time in three postseason appearances and finished the year 10-3. Shawn Moore threw two touchdown passes and Marcus Wilson scored on a 2-Yard run for the 15th-Rankcd Cavaliers who had a six game winning Streak snapped. The game started ominously for the Cavaliers when Wilson fumbled the opening Kickoff. Illinois Bill Hunkel re covered at the Virginia 36. George needed five plays to gel into the end one hitting Steve Williams with a 15-Yard pass for a 7-0 Lead. After Virginia tied the game 7-7. George drove the Zillini 80 Yards. His 68-Yard pass to Mike Bellamy was the big play on the drive which ended on a i Yard scoring throw to Reserve tight end Dan Donavon. Arizona defense keys Victory Over . State Tucson Ariz. A Scott Geyer s 85-Yard interception return helped Arizona usher out the decade by beating North Carolina state 17 10 in sunday night s inaugural cop per bowl game. The defences dominated Tor both teams and North Carolina state 7-5 held Arizona 8-4 to 50 Rushing Yards and 130 total Yards both season lows for the wildcats. . State gained 222 Yards passing and 88 Rushing and had the Ball almost 16 minutes Longe than Arizona. But the wildcats defense recovered two fumbles and intercepted two passes and survived three fourth Quarter drives As the Wolf pack tried in vain to tie the score. A crowd of 37,237 watched the game about 20,000 under capacity Tarizona stadium the wildcats Home Field. Arizona led 17-7 at halftime on a37-Yard pass from Ronald veal to Ola tide Ogunfiditimi Geyer s second interception of the game for the touchdown that made it 14-0 and Gary Coston s 34-Yard Field goal. Shane Montgomery hit Todd Varn Copper bowl with a 4-Yard pass with 1 55 left in the half for . State s Only touch Down. The Wolf pack also scored on Damon Hartman s 43-Yard Field goal with 4 53 left in the third Quarter after a 10-play, 62-Yard drive. The wildcats forced turnovers that Cut 9ff three state drives repeatedly coming up with the vital plays the needed. Chris Singleton forced a late game punt with a 13-Yard sack. To Parten kept state s Aubrey Shaw from converting on fourth and i at the ari/.ona26 with 3 03 to go. After Arizona punted the Wolf pack s last Chance ended when c Hris Williams dropped a pass from Shane Montgomery deep in  territory with 57 seconds left. Arizona s first to came two plays after a stale punt. Veal hit Ogunfiditimi with 1 59 left in the first Quarter the receiver s third scoring pass from veal this season on an Over the Shoul Der catch after he beat two Wolf pack defenders. Auburn pounds Ohio state 31-14 Tampa. Fla. A Reggie Slack shrugged Oil a slow Start to throw for three touchdowns and run for a fourth helping ninth ranked Auburn overcome an la Point deficit and crush no. 21 Ohio slate 31-14 monday in the Hall of Fame howl. Slack intercepted twice in the first half completed his last 12 passes including an 11-Yard touchdown to Greg Tay Lor just before halftime. He also had a 4 Yard lip to the speedy receiver that gave the tigers a 17-14 Lead five minutes into the third Quarter. The senior quarterback put the Gam away with a pair of fourth Quarter touch Downs one on a 5-Yard run that capped a 16-play, 80-Yard drive the other on a 2-Yard pass to Herbert Casey. Slack criticized Early in the season when Auburn was winning but not by lopsided margins finished 6-for-22 for 141 Yards and was voted the game s most valuable player. The Victory was the sixth straight for Auburn Flo. Which silenced critics Down the stretch and won 10 games for the third time in four seasons. Ohio state which won six of ils last seven regular season games finished 8-4. Hall of Fame bowl Slack completed his last three passes of the first half and All nine of his at tempts for 67 Yards after halftime. A Burn converted twice on third Down and once on fourth during the 80-Yard March the quarterback capped with his to run on third-and-4. The drive consumed More than eight minutes and gave Auburn a 24-17 Lead with 9 22 remaining. Stacy Dancy who rushed for 85 Yards on 20 carries set up Casey s to reception with a 17-Yard run after Ohio stale failed to pick up a first Down on a fake punt. The loss was Ohio stale s worst in a postseason game since the 1978 sugar bowl when Alabama beat the buckeyes 35-6. Carlos Snow scored on a i Yard run and Greg Frey threw a 9-Yard to pass to Brian Stablein to help the big ten s leading offence to a 14-3 Lead before a Burn s defense tops in the Southeastern conference stiffened. Ohio state threatened once in the Sec Ond half but a drive that reached the Auburn 15 stalled when Quentin Riggins intercepted Fry s pass with less than three minutes to go