European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes monday september 10,1990college prom Page 21 season gave up 332 Yards in the first half while the hurricanes1 offence gained Only 134 Yards. In other games saturday no. 3 Florida St. 45, e. Carolina 24 Tallahassee Fla. A Brad Johnson threw three touchdown passes and Edgar Bennett scored three times As third ranked Florida state opened its season with a Victory Over East Carolina. Bennett caught two Short scoring passes and added a 10-Yard to run As the seminoles extended to 11 games the longest current winning Streak in Mcaa division i. No 3 Auburn 38, Fullerton St. 17 Auburn Ala. A Stan White threw for 324 Yards and tied a school record with four touchdown passes in his College debut As no. 3 Auburn survived a lacklustre second half and Defeated Cal state Fullerton 38-17. White a Redshirt freshman who won a three Man Battle to succeed Reggie Slack threw three of his touchdown passes in the first half As Auburn built a 31-3 Lead. White completed 21 of 35 passes. No. 8 Tennessee 40, Mississippi St 7 Starkville miss. A tailback Tony Thompson rushed for 248 Yards including a pair of Long touchdowns and no. 8 Tennessee reached into its trick bag for another touchdown in route to a Southeastern conference Victory Over Mississippi state. Tennessee 2-0-1 also got four Field goals from Greg Burke. Thompson filling in for All Sec Back Chuck Webb lost for the season with a knee injury a week ago rambled 69 Yards for a first Quarter touchdown that gave the vols a 9-7 Lead and his 80-Yard run on a fake reverse made it 16-7 Early in the second Quarter. Thompson who carried Only 12 times tied for no. 2 on Tennessee s single game Rushing list. Webb had 294 against Mississippi in 1988 and Johnnie Jones had 248 against Vanderbilt in 1983. No. 14 Virginia 20, no. 9 Clemson 7 Charlottesville a. A Terry Kirby ran for a third Quarter touchdown and Jason Wallace set up another with a 79-Yard punt return and no. 14 Virginia ended the longest Active string of futility in division i a with a Victory Over ninth ranked Clemson. Virginia had lost All previous 29 games against its Atlantic coast conference foe in a series that began in 1955. Virginia which trailed 7-6 at halftime broke it open with a pair of touchdowns Early in the third Quarter. No. 10 Nebraska 60, n. Illinois 14 Lincoln neb. A Nebraska quarterback Mickey Joseph threw for one touchdown and ran for another in his first College Start leading the 10th-ranked co huskers to a Blowout of Northern Illinois. I Back Leodis Flowers ran for 124 of Nebraska a 424 Yards gained on the ground. Arizona 28, no. 11 Illinois 16 Tucson Ariz. A Arizona converted Illinois turnovers into two Early touchdowns and Art Greathouse a 1-Yard run ended a late comeback bid As the wildcats beat the 11 the ranked Zillini. Jason Verduzco a Sophomore making his first College Start in place of top nil draft pick Jeff George threw a 12-Yard scoring pass to Elbert Turner to Cut Arizona s Lead to 21-10 at the half. S. Miss. 27, no. 13 Alabama 24 Birmingham Ala. A Jim Taylor kicked a 52-Yard Field goal with 3 35 left As Southern Mississippi Defeated no. 13 Alabama and ruined Gene Stallings debut As the Crimson tides coach. No. 17 Pitt 29, Boston College 6 Pittsburgh a Pittsburgh a defense forced seven turnovers including Doug Hetzler a pass interception for a touchdown and Curvin Richards ran for 117 Yards and a touchdown As the 17th-ranked panthers beat Boston College. Vernon Lewis blocked a punt for a safety and added an interception and Louis Riddick had two of the panthers school record tying six interceptions As Pittsburgh capitalized on Boston College mistakes for the second year in a Row. No. 18 Ohio St. 17, Texas tech 10 Columbus Ohio a Jeff grahams 50-Yard punt return provided the winning touchdown As no. 18 Ohio state beat Texas tech. Robert Smith who started the game As the third string tailback came off the Bench in the second half to ignite the Ohio state offence. On a Day when defences ruled and turnovers nine total were everywhere Smith was easily the Bright spot for the winners. He returned the opening Kickoff the Ball Falls off the fingertips of Auburn a Pedro Cherty As Fullerton a Dan Seymour dives. 34 Yards to serve notice and added another Kickoff return for 27 Yards. Smith was the leading rusher in the game with 86 Yards on 17 carries All in the second half. He also had two receptions for 41 Yards. No. 23 Oklahoma 34, no. 19 Urcla 14 Pasadena Calif. A Tony Levy recovered two fumbled punts deep in Urcla territory setting up a pair of first half touchdowns As 23rd-ranked Oklahoma beat the 19th-ranked Bruins. Mike Mckinley ran 10 Yards to score on the first play after Levy recovered Reggie Moore a Fumble breaking a 14-14 tie and giving Oklahoma a 21-14 Lead with 7 19 left before halftime. The sooner led the rest of the Way in winning the season opener for both teams. The game was played in stifling conditions a the temperature on the Rose bowl Field was measured As High As 120 degrees. Levy had recovered a Fumble by Sean Lachapelle at the Urcla 6-Yard line late in the first Quarter to set up a 1-Yard touchdown run by Kenyon Rasheed. Oklahoma quarterback Steve Collins scored two touchdowns. He rushed for 85 Yards on 12 carries while Rasheed gained 87 Yards on 15 carries. Texas 17, no. 21 Penn state 13 state College pay Adrian walkers 88-Yard Kickoff return set up a go ahead touchdown in the third Quarter and Michael Poliak kicked three Field goals As Texas upset no. 21 Penn state spoiling coach Joe Pate Mon a 25th season opener. Walker took the second half s opening Kickoff at his 6, ran straight up the Field to the Penn state 45, veered right and was bumped out of Bounds by Willie Thomas at the 6. Chris Samuels scored on first Down and the longhorns completed a 2-Point conversion pass to go ahead 14-7. Texas 1-0attempting to rebound from consecutive losing seasons for the first time in 50 years boosted the Lead to 17-7 with 2 40 left in the third on poliakas 20-Yard Field  outlets Burrell Lewis in 100nips Lewis by .01, hands Burrell Only his second loss this year Rieti Italy up a Mark Witherspoon stole the glory from the new world no. 1 Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis the reigning olympic Champion and world record Holder with a Surprise Victory in the menus 100 meters at the Rieti International track and Field meet sunday. Witherspoon out sprinted his two Santa Monica track club teammates handing Burrell the new grand prix Champion his second defeat of the season. The americans took the first three positions in the grand prix final in Athens on Friday night when Burrell edged Witherspoon and Lewis in 10.04 seconds. This time Witherspoon was first to the line in 10.13 seconds with Lewis second in 10.14 and Burrell a 23-year-old communications student and the Surprise of the season third on 10.25. Going into the meet at Rieti which is situated North of Rome Burrell had been beaten at the distance Only once this year by nigerian Ola Pade Adenike in a non grand prix event. John Regis who won the european 200-meter title in Yugoslavia last week scored a rare Victory Over his american rivals when he won the half Lap race in 20.43 seconds ahead of Floyd heard 20.64 and Thomas Jefferson 20.71. Michael Johnson another Young american who has had an outstanding track season scored a convincing win in the 400 meters. Johnson came Home in 44.21 seconds with compatriot and olympic Bronze medallist Danny Everett in second in 44.49 and cuban Roberto Hernandez third. Britain a Tom Mckean who won the european 800-meter title had to concede to Poland a Piotr Piekarski sunday. Mckean who took the Gold in split to the poles Bronze was beaten on the run in and finished in 1 45.68, just strides behind Piekarski who clocked 1 45.20. Newly crowned women a grand prix Champion Merlene Ottey of Jamaica lived up to her title beating former olympic Champion and world record Holder american Evelyn Ashford in the 100. Ottey was timed in 10.85 seconds with Ashford breaking second in 11.07. American Michelle finn 11.17 was third. Ottey surged into an Early Lead and won going away with a margin of two meters at the finish on Ashford. Gennaro Dinapoli set an italian record with a Victory in the menus 1,500 meters. He finished in 3 minutes 32.78, breaking his own Standard of 3 32.98 set in july 1989. Promising algerian Middle distance Hope Nour Redine Morcelia took second in 3 33.16. East Germany a Heike drechsler who retained her european championship title in split Yugoslavia last week and competing in one of her last meets before the reunification of East and West Germany next month edged american Jackie Joyner Kersee in the women a Long jump. Drechsler who took the Silver medal behind Joyner Kersee at the Seoul olympics two years ago this month cleared 7.17 meters while Joyner Kersee could Only manage 7.12. The american who also won the olympic heptathlon title in Seoul came Home third in the 100 meters hurdles behind european championship Silver medallist Gloria Siebert of East Germany and Ali ska Lopez of Cuba