European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 b the stars and stripes monday september 23, 1991 College football Oklahoma smothers Utah state Oklahoma tailback Earnest Williams runs away from Utah state free safety Damon Smith during sooner so 55-21 rout of the aggie. Norman okla. Up a 28-Yard interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Joe Bowden highlighted a 28-Point second Quarter saturday and helped carry the seventh ranked Oklahoma sooner to a 55-21 Romp Over the Utah state aggie. The sooner piled up 424 Rushing Yards and held onto the Ball for 40 minutes in winning their second straight game Over lightly regarded opposition. Bowdens touchdown came on one of four interceptions claimed by the soon cars who averaged 6.6 Yards per play. The game was tied at 7-7 after one period but Earnest Williams opened the second Quarter with a 6-Yard touchdown run for Oklahoma. Mike Gaddis then ran 5 Yards for a score Bowden produced his interception return and Dewell Brewer scored on an 8-Yard run with 1 42 left in the half. Brewer scored the game s first touchdown on a 4-Yard run and also scored in the fourth period on a 9-yarder. Oklahoma a other second half touchdowns came on a 1-Yard run by Mike Mckinley and an 8-Yard throw from Steve Collins to tink Collins with just 11 seconds remaining in the game. Tracey Jenkins caught two touchdown passes for the aggie one of them a 49-yarder that tied the game in the first period and another of 15 Yards Midway through the fourth Quarter. Brewer gained 145 Yards to go with his three touchdowns while Williams gained 109 Yards on 10 carries. Utah state s Ron Lopez threw for 314 Yards but was intercepted four times. Jenkins caught eight passes for 132 Yards to go along with his two touchdowns and Rod Moore added seven catches for 118 Yards and a state hands us 32-25 defeat los Angeles a George Montgomery rushed for 136 cards and two touchdowns saturday As Arizona state built a 22-Poini Lead and held on for a 32-25 Victory Over no. 22 Southern Cal. Arizona state 2-0 mounted a 32-10 Lead in the third Quarter then withstood a fourth Quarter rally by the trojans 1-2which came up Short in their Pacific-10 conference opener. Montgomery a red shirt Sophomore who missed the final eight games Iasi season with Shin splints carried 22 times against Southern Cal scoring on runs of eight and 43 Yards. Mazio Royster scored twice for the trojans in the final Quarter the last touchdown on a 9-Yard run with 2 18 remaining. Southern Cal got the Ball Back on Downs but Kevin Minnifield s interception of a Reggie Perry pass As time ran out preserved the win. Royster had scored on a 2-Yard run earlier in the fourth Quarter and the trojans added a two Point conversion on Perry a pass to Raoul Spears. Brel Powers completed seven of 14 passes for 149 Yards including a 16-Yard touchdown pass to Eric Gullord. Who had four receptions for 104 Yards. I he trojans Perry like Powers a relatively inexperienced Sophomore. Completed 13 of 28 for 136 cards with two interceptions. Penn state shackles by 33-7 University Park a up Richie Anderson ran for two touchdowns and Penn states defense sacked to Detmer six times saturday night leading the 12th-ranked Kittany Lions to a 33-7 Victory Over Brigham Young. Penn states defense held Brigham Young to Zero Yards Rushing and limited Detmer last years Heisman trophy Winner to just eight completions for 158 Yards. Before a Beaver stadium record crowd of 96,304, Penn state amassed 292 Yards Rushing and held the Ball for 42 01 while limiting Brigham Young to nine first Downs. The Kittany Lions improved to 21 while the cougars fell to 0-3. Detmer who finished 8 of 26 and was intercepted once tossed a 17-Yard to pass in the second Quarter. On the play Detmer surpassed Boston colleges Doug Flutie As the no aah Sall time total offence Leader. Flutie had held the previous record with 11,317 Yards. Craig Fayak a 38-Yard Field goal capped a 12-play, 58-Yard drive that gave Penn state a 3-0 Lead with 8 02 left in the first period. Gerry Collins rushed four times for 23 Yards on the drive. The Lions increased their Lead to 10-0 in the second Quarter when Tony Sacca threw a 12-Yard touchdown pass to Terry Smith. Sacca completed 12 of 24 for 187 Yards and one interception. Joe boosts Baylor Over Missouri 47-21 Waco Texas a . Joe directed five touchdown drives and Keith Caldwell intercepted two passes As the 4th-ranked Baylor bears routed the Missouri tigers 47-21 saturday night. It was the second consecutive Victory Over a big eight conference opponent for the Southwest conference bears 30who stunned Colorado 16-14 last week. Missouri la downed Illinois 2319 in its opener. Joe hit 13 of 23 passes for 300 Yards including a 75-Yard scoring pass to Melvin Bonner in the third period. Bonner had 149 Yards receiving. Joe also ran 2 Yards for a touchdown. Baylor struck for a touchdown less than three minutes into the game. After a Short punt Baylor went 27 Yards in five plays with the touchdown coming on a 6-Yard run by David Mims after a perfect pitch from Joe. Caldwell a interception of Phil Johnson at the Missouri 34 set up another touch Down drive in eight plays. Mims gained 8 Yards on a fourth and one from the Tiger 13, and on the next play Creig Stephens scored from 5 Yards out to make it 14-0. A 53-Yard pass from Joe to Lee Miles positioned the bears for Robert Straits 2-Yard touchdown run to make it 21-0. Strait also scored on a 23-Yard run finishing with 17 carries for 126 Yards. Baylor ran the score to 24-0 on Jeff Ireland a 36-Yard Field goal after Curtis Hafford recovered a Fumble. Verduzco Illinois dismantle Houston Champaign Iii. Up Jason Verduzco threw three touchdown passes to Gus Palma and Illinois racked up More than 600 Yards total offence saturday posting a shocking 51-10 rout of no. 19 Houston. Verduzco a 5-foot-9 Junior finished with 16 completions in 22 attempts for 340 Yards. Kameno Bell ran for a pair of 1-Yard touchdowns while Clinton Lynch added a 50-Yard to run and fullback Joe Muti a 57-Yard to dash for the fighting Lollini 2-1. Palma caught five passes for 118 Yards. Houston 1-2, suffered its second straight Blowout after opening the season with a 73-3 Romp of Louisiana tech. The cougars lost 40-10 to no. 3 Miami last week. David Klingler completed 30 of 58 passes for 332 Yards with one touchdown and four interceptions his first kickoffs of the season. Illinois rushed for 304 Yards led by Lynch s 107 Yards on 14 carries. Bell rushed for 70 cards on 17 carries. Houston coach John Jenkins had promised a a new look for the game and the cougars opened using Klingler in a Shotgun formation for the first time. But it was the Lollini who lost 23-19 at Missouri last saturday that fired first on their opening Possession of the game when Verduzco hit Palma on a 37-Yard to pass for a 7-0 advantage. Houston answered with a 23-Yard Field goal from roman Anderson and Illinois took control from there
