European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 c the stars and stripes monday september 2, 1991college football Auburn rallies to win Auburn Ala. A no. 17 Auburn woke up in the second Hull rallying from a 17-0 deficit As Stan White threw for 236 Yards and two touchdowns in a 32-17 Victory Over division i a Power Georgia Southern on saturday night a the eagles,-4wo-1irne�?defending division Laa champions appeared on track for their first Victory Ever Over a division Laa team. They stunned Auburn and More than 79,000 fans by building a 17-3 Lead at the half in the season opener for Hoth teams. But Auburn As it did four limes in 1990, rallied for Victory in the second half. The tigers scored two touchdowns in both the third and fourth quarters while the defense was limiting Georgia Southern to just 58 Yards. White tossed a 23-Yard scoring pass Over the Middle to Herbert Casey with 10 53 left in the third Quarter to Cap a six play 88-Yard drive that turned the momentum in Auburn a favor. Reid Mcmillon a 18-Yard run got the tigers out of a Hole and White got them in scoring position with a 40-Yard completion to Pedro Cherry. On Auburn s next Possession the tigers went 79 Yards in 15 plays. Redshirt freshman Joe Frazier ran up the Middle for a 2-Yard touchdown with 1 01 left in the third but Jim von Wyl missed the extra Point to leave Georgia Southern ahead going to the final period. The out manned outsize eagles  Stem the Auburn tide however. White eluded two rushers Tor his second touchdown pass a 10-Yardcr to a wide open Fred Baxter with 12 24 left. Mcmillon sealed the Victory with a 32-Yard touchdown run with 41/ minutes remaining. The first half was a shocker. Georgia Southern had Only 125 Yards but kept Auburn off balance with the run oriented option offence. Auburn managed 187 Yards but had two fumbles an interception and two missed Field goals. The fumbles led to 1 1 Eagle Points. White completed 14 of 27 passes while Mcmillon 87 Yards and Frazier 86 Yards led the Auburn running game. The tigers wound up with a 465-183 advantage in total Yards. Torretta lifts Miami i. Over Arkansas 31 -3 Little Rock Ark. A Gino Torretta the latest in a Long line of celebrated Miami quarterbacks threw touchdown passes of 99 and 42 Yards and made the big plays in an 80-Yard scoring drive As the third ranked hurricanes beat Arkansas 31-3 saturday. Torretta a 99-yarder to Horace Copeland was the first score of the game and his 42-yarder to Martin Patton made it 21 -3_ alter a Kansas Hung close for most of three quarters Torretta a Junior who won the starting Job after a preseason Battle with Sophomore Bryan Fortay completed 17 of 33 passes for 297 Yards. Fortay quit the team and transferred to Rutgers after Torretta was named the starter. Miami object of an Mcaa no taunting Rule after a showboating 46-3 rout of Texas in the Cotton bowl dispatched the Razorbacks without incident. Miami coach Dennis Erickson stressed the new Rule throughout Spring practice. The to pass to Copeland came after a punt was downed at the Miami 1. Copeland who was wide open Down the left sideline caught the Ball on his own 35 and outraged cornerback Michael James to the end zone. The play broke school records for Arkansas and Miami. The longest previous pass by Miami was 88 Yards and the longest Ever allowed by Arkansas was also 88. The hurricanes started slowly getting Only one first Down on their first five possessions in fact after Todd Wright s Arkansas Freddie Bradley looks for running room around Miami a Michael Barrow. Field goal Cut the Miami Lead to 7-3, Arkansas held an 8-1 advantage in first Downs. But Miami then drove 80 Yards in 12 plays and scored on an 11-Yard run by Stephen Mcguire. Torretta completed five of seven passes for 59 Yards during the drive including a clutch third Down pass to Darryl Spencer that gave the hurricanes a first Down at their own 44. Torretta also completed an 11-Yard screen to Patton and a 15-Yard pass to Copeland to dig Miami out of a first-and-20 Hole during the drive. Miami had a Chance to open a big Lead late in the half after Kevin Williams 20-Yard punt return to the Arkansas 45. But James broke up a third Down pass and Torretta s fourth Down throw was out of Bounds. Wright missed a 40-Yard Field goal attempt on the final play of the half Klingler slings 9 to shots Houston apr for one Quarter David Klingler was a ticking Lime bomb. Then he exploded. After a Rusty first period the Houston quarterback threw nine touchdown passes including an Mcaa record six in the second Quarter As the 12th-ranked cougars clobbered Louisiana tech 73-3 saturday night. Houston s defense shut tech Down giving Klingler a run and shoot offence plenty of chances to score. A with the defense holding it was just a matter of time before they got run Down and worn out a a Klingler said. Klingler who set or tied 33 Mcaa Marks last season broke the record of five to passes in a Quarter set by Houston Sandre Ware and Florida states Peter Tom Willis in 1989. Despite sitting out the fourth Quarter Klingler completed 36 of 57 passes for 510 Yards with no interceptions. Freddie Gilbert in his first game with the cougars after transferring from Urcla caught ii passes for 180 Yards. Marcus Grant caught eight for 173. Last season Houston coach John Jenkins was accused of running up the score against out manned opponents. But tech coach Raymond peace did t complain about the lopsided margin. A i have been friends with John a Long time a peace said. A a that a not his fault it s  Klingler said he continued to play in the third Quarter because he wanted to work with his new offensive line. A i needed to work with Freddie and our offensive line under game situations a Klingler said. A it Wasny to a matter of getting More Yards or scoring More  the senior quarterback did t throw a to pass in the first Quarter but went wild in the second period with scoring tosses of 15 and 16 Yards to John Brown Iii 60 Yards to Gilbert six Yards to ver lond Brown and five and seven Yards to Tracy Good. Klingler s final to pass of the Quarter went to Good with 59 seconds remaining. Good and John Brown each caught three to passes in the game. Klingler threw three More touchdown passes in the third Quarter before being replaced by his younger brother Jimmy who completed a 50-yarder to Sherman Smith on his first College pass. Tech which lost to Houston 60-0 in 1988, held the cougars to a 3-3 tie in the first Quarter. But Klingler put Houston ahead with his first to pass of the season a 15-yarder to John Brown with 12 47 remaining in the second Quarter. Two of the cougars scores followed Tumble recoveries by Daniel Johnson and Tyrone Davis. Louisiana tech has lost 13 straight games to Southwest conference  outrun Weber state 48-31 air Force Academy Colo. A Given the Way air Force runs the Ball it s hardly necessary to worry about a passing attack. On the other hand coach Fisher Deberry s team had a lot of trouble trying to Stop an Aerial bombardment. Rob Perez ran for two scores and threw 60 Yards to Obasi Onuoha for air Force s first to pass in Over a year As the Falcons beat Weber state 48-31 on saturday. Although air Force clearly out manned Weber stale a division Laa team the Falcons had trouble containing Jamie Martin the wildcats quarterback. Martin last year s division Laa Leader in passing Yards and total of sense completed 23of 42 passes for 356yards. A i m sure glad we Don t have to face Jamie Marlin again Deberry said Quot lie was every bit As Good As i thought he would  Perez a senior was just As Elte chive operating the air Force Wishbone offence running 10 and 71 Yards for touchdowns in gaining 148 Yards in 15 carries. He also completed 4 of 8 passes Tor 106 Yards seven More than he threw for All last season when the Falcons ranked last among 106 major colleges with Only 32 Yards a game. It was air Force s first scoring pass since the 1989 Liberty bowl Weber state a division Laa team has lost 24 of 25 games against major College teams but had the Consolation of out gaining the Falcons 621 Yards to 610. I in proud of our defense because they stopped them three times on fourth Down a Deberry said. A a in a very disappointed however that we did t Force a defensive turnover in the Ball  Perez went 10 Yards to give air Force a first Quarter Lead but the wildcats kept Pace for a time on Geoff Mitchells 7-Yard run. Antoine Banks ran 37 Yards for the go ahead score and Perez then unleashed his two bolts of lightning to put the Falcons in charge 28-7. Joe Woods 42-Yard Field goal made it 31-7 at the half