European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and Stripe thursday january 3,190t Jacksonville Fri. A Elvis Grbac threw a career High four touchdown passes including two Long scoring throws to Desmond Howard As Michigan rolled up a Gator Bow i re Cord 715 Yards tuesday in a 35-3 rout of Mississippi the 12th-ranked wolverines scored their final three touchdowns in the third period the last one coming on Grbac s 31-Yard scoring pass to Derrick Alexander. Michigan totalled 563 Yards in the first three quarters. Howard caught touchdown passes covering 67 Yards and 50 Yards from Grbac who also threw seven a firms to Jarrod Bunch for another score. Bunch scored of a 5-Yard run in the third Quarter. Howard a Sophomore caught six passes for 167 Yards. A Michigan 9-3which traditionally favors the run had 324 passing Yards As Grbac completed 16 of 25 for 296 Yards before he was taken out in the fourth Quarter. Ole miss 9-3 scored with eight minutes left in the half when Brian Lee kicked a Gator bowl record 51 Yard Field. Goal Lee missed seven straight tries coming into the Gartie. A a. Mississippi shooting for its first 10-Victory season drove to the Michigan 4 with 4 50 left before Russ shows pass into the Quot end zone w As intercepted. The to convert several scoring opportunities because of penalties and turnovers including a Fumble by Ricky Powers at the Mississippi 1 Early in the final Quarter. Jon Vaughn gained 128 Yards and Povy cars added 112 for the wolverines who finished with six straight victories. And i Loward for 167 Yards receiving set Clemson wins Hof Over 1 to j \ Reggie Parrott a tackle comes too late to Stop Michigan a Jerrod lunch from scoring. Michigan howl record surpassing Anthony Carters 141 Yards in a 1979 Gator bowl loss to North Carolina. The wolverines rushed for 391 Yards and totalled a Gator bowl record 35 first Downs. Both clubs were hampered by turnovers. Mississippi lost the Ball six times and Michigan three tunes the wolverines also lost a scoring Chance on their opening drive of the second half. After reaching the 21, the wolverines were called for holding on a trap play when Bunche a 21-Yard scoring run a was called Back. Tampa Fla apr Dechane Cameron ran an efficient Ball control offence and Clemson a defense scored one touchdown and set up another tuesday in the 14th-ranked tigers 30-0 rout of Illinois in the Hall of Fame bowl. Cameron threw for 141 Yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for 76 Yards on 17 attempts As Clemson run Crup to Georgia tech in the Atlantic coast conference finished with a 10-2 record for the fourth consecutive season. Illinois 8-4 averaged 26.6 Points during the regular season but was no match for the nations top ranked defense. I he 16th-ranked Zillini finished with 247 Yards total offence but score on three Possession s that ended inside the Clem-son35. A a Chris Gardocki kicked Field goals of it26 and 43 Yards and Cameron threw for touchdowns of 14 Yards to Doug Thomas and 17 Yards to Howard flail a the latter Only the third to reception by a tigers fullback in 18 years. John Johnson recovered Howard Griffith a Fumble on the Illinois 14 to set up Clemson a first touchdown. Arlington Nunn intercepted Jason Verdu Czor a pass and returned it 34 Yards for a second Quarter to that gave the tigers a 24-0 halftime Lead a. Cameron who completed 14 of 20 passes and was voted the games most valuable player sat out the fourth Quarter. But clams on a defense never took a rest. The tigers stopped Illinois on Downs at the Clemson 20 with six minutes remaining then Quot survived Steve Feagins 21-Yard run to the 29 to preserve the shutout in . 7, Quot to spartans nip Southern Cal in Hancock Elpaso Texas apr Southern Cal figured its Hopes of defeating Michigan state in the John Hancock bowl would rest on the Arm of quarterback Todd Marinovich. A but in the end it was the spartans ability 10 shake the Ball out of Marinovich sarm before he extended it across the goal line that helped mus to a 17-16 Victory monday. On fourth and goal from the spartans�?T.1 Midway through the second Quarter Marinovich lost the Ball and a Chance to give the trojans a commanding 140 Lead. Coaches from no. 22 Michigan stale 8-3-1 and 21st-ranked us 8-4-1 agree the Fumble was the turning Point in the game. But Marinovich says he stuck the Ball in the end zone. _ a ,. �?o1 reached out to Cross the goal line and right when i crossed it the Guy knocked it Loose a Marinovich said. A that s where a replay would have kind of helped a Michigan stale a Alan Leailer recovered the Fumble in the end zone and the spartans then marched 80-Yards to tie the score 7-7. A Quot a Lealler said Marinovich clearly lost the Ball before crossing the goal line. A 7 a r a the fumbled a Haller said. A the tried to hand it off to the fullback Raoul Spears then tried to run with it and the Ball came i 2 _ when Michigan state coach George Perlis was told us. Coaches and players thought Marinovich Hud scored Perles replied a god bless them. 1 done to get into those kinds of . By v 7 v 7 �?��1�?� .-1 a a. Us coach Larry Smith said his team never recon ered from the costly turnover. -. A the Revere a lot of turning Points Quot Smith said Quot but the turnovers and missed scoring opportunities Hurt us most Quot &Quot&Quot.7�?T1. With the spartans potent ground attack sputtering a. W Ide receiver Courtney 1 Lawkins emerged with his Best game of the season for Michigan state. A. Hawkins caught six passes for 106yards,-including a touchdown and an acrobatic 41-yarder on third Down to keep alive a scoring drive in the third Quarter. Was my first National television game since being Hurt,7 said Hawkins who dislocated a shoulder in the third game of the season. A it feels great to be Back Quot Southern Cal lost even though it stopped Michigan state running backs Tico Duckett and Hyland Hickson. Duckett who gained .1,376 Yards during the regular season and was voted the big ten offensive player of the year w Lis held to just 18 Yards Only four in the second half. I Dickson gained just 68 Yards w Ith one touchdown. A they arc real talkers a Southern Cal linebacker Scott Ross said. A they talked All week. They talked All through the game a. But they backed it up game got physical and Eric Moten michigan1 states All big ten offensive lineman was ejected Early in the second Quarter for deliberately pushing a South can Cal defender after play had stopped. A the spartans took a 1.7-10 Lead in the third Quarter. Before Southern Ca closed to a Point on two Field goals by Quin Rodriguez the last with 3 07 left s Michigan state1 then ran clock converting a. Third Down play with 1 04 remaining. I a Tucson Ariz. A Wyoming coach Paul Roach did t want a tie in mondays Copper bowl and his Gamble resulted in a loss. Mike Pawlawski passed for a. Touch Down and Greg Zomalt ran for another monday us California withstood Wyoming a comeback to win its first postseason game in 53 years 17-15, Jay Daffern a l 1-Yard touchdown run capped an 83-Yard drive with 5 53 left As Wyoming 9-4 pulled kit 17-9, and Robert Rivers 70-Yard punt return for a touchdown with 49 seconds remaining made it 17-15. Ing 17-15 in Copper Tom Coront Lotf whose 2-Point conversion pass after Daffern a touchdown failed was sacked by Joel Dixon while scrambling to find a receiver on the 2-Point try after Rivers run Haek. Zomalt scored on a 4-Yard run with 13 38 remaining to Cap an 11-play drive that gave California a 17-3 Lead Pawlawski threw a 25-Yard Toueh own pass to Brian Treggs in the second Quarter and Rowhie keen kicked a 46-Yard Field goal in the third Quarter for California 7-4-1. Anthony Wallace rushed 17 times for 76 Yards for cd Al which won its first bowl game since a 13-0 View Oisin the 1938 Rose bowl Over Alabama. Wyoming held rats Seif White to is Yards in 14 carries. White and Wallace cached gained .1,000yards during the regular season a on its second Possession Cal moved to the Wyoming 41, but Efrem Maymort intercepted pass at the 6. The cowboys however were unable la move beyond their 31. And the teams exchanged punts three times before Robbie keen of California missed a 48-Yard As the first Quarter ended. California Mark tinier on fourth-Aifd-1 at the cowboys 38, and. Three plays later Pawlawski found Treggs for a to. With 2 08 left in the half Corontzos completed passes of 28 Yards to Shawn Wiggins and 12 Yards to Greg Brown in driving the cowboys 60 Yards to Cal s c setting up Shawn Fleming a 26-Yard die id goal. A. A t y Zomalt a touchdown which made the score 17-3, was set up when Michael Davis of California intercepted a pass by Corontzos at the Golden bears 22 and return edit 35 Yards
