European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 14, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21college football Hurricane linebacker Michael Barrow climbs aboard Penn state quarterback Tony Sacca for a sack saturday in the Orange bowl canes tune in quickly by Rick Warner Miami apr second ranked Miami put on a spectacular third Quarter show against no. 9 Penn state on saturday but most of the country missed it. While 75,723 fans at the Orange bowl saw Horace Copeland catch an. 80-Yard touchdown pass and Kevin Williams score on a school record 91-Yard punt return most of the nation watched supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas testify before the Senate judiciary committee. Most of Miami a 26-20 Victory was seen by a National to audience on Abc. But the key touchdowns by Copeland and Williams which occurred during a 2-minute, 19-second Span were not shown outside Florida because the network switched to live coverage of the Thomas hearing. A when you be got Guys with Speed and Talent like that you re going to have a couple of big plays in the game a Penn state quarterback Tony Sacca said. The game the first Between the schools since Penn state beat Miami for the National championship in the 1987 fiesta bowl Wasny tas dramatic As the Thomas hearing. But it did feature exciting plays and a confusing ending. Trailing 26-20, Penn state 5-2 drove to the Miami 44 with just Over a minute left and had one final Chance to snap the hurricanes 40-game Home winning Streak. But on fourth and 10, Saccas pass was intercepted by Darryl Williams near gators rip vols Gainesville fla. A Shane Matthews threw for 245 Yards and two touchdowns and l the ranked Florida forced five turnovers and blocked a punt to key a crucial 35-18 Southeastern conference Victory saturday Over no. 4 Tennessee. Derrict Rhett scored on runs of 3 and 4 Yards As Florida remained unbeaten at Home under Steve Spurrier and took control of the race for the  championship that Tennessee 4-1, 2-1 has won the past two years. The Victory also avenged last seasons humiliating 45-3 loss to Tennessee which finished behind Florida 5-1, 4-0 in the 1990 standings but still wore the Crown and represented the league in the sugar bowl because the gators were on Mcaa probation and ineligible to win the title. Florida 9-0 at Home the past two seasons scored twice after fumbles by Tennessee Sandy Kelly. The gators also intercepted three of the Tennessee quarterbacks passes intended for Carl Pickens the volunteers explosive wide receiver. Pickens finished with seven receptions for 145 Yards but Florida kept him out of the end zone. The goal line and Miami 5-0 ran out the clock. After making the interception Williams ran around in the end zone for a few seconds. He then started to run it out and stepped just Over the goal line before returning to the end zone and going out of Bounds. The officials gave Miami the Ball on its own 1, apparently ruling that the Ball did no to Cross the goal line when William Michigan from wire reports East Lansing Mich. Michigan a revenge is now Complete a and of so Sweet. The no. 5 wolverines have Defeated All three teams that upset them last year by a total of six Points a notre Dame Iowa and Michigan state. Elvis Gobae threw three touchdown passes two to Desmond Howard As the wolverines Defeated the spartans 45-28 before 80,157 fans the third largest crowd in the history of spartan stadium. Jesse Johnson scored on runs of 17 and 29 Yards Tyrone Wheatley had a 3-Yard to run and . Carlson kicked a 26-Yard Field goal for the wolverines. Grbac completed 14 of 22 for 161 Yards Howard caught a season High eight for 101 Yards and Ricky Powers carried 21 times for 148 Yards for the wolverines. Jim Miller completed 30 of 39 passes for 302 Yards with two interceptions for Michigan state 0-5, 0-2including to tosses of 7 and 9 Yards to Courtney Hawkins and 10 to Mill Coleman. At one stretch Miller had 13 consecutive completions for 113 Yards. In other top 25 games saturday no. 7 notre Dame 42, no. 12 Pitt 7 South Bend ind. A Reggie Brooks blocked a Pitt punt and downed the Ball in the end zone 63 seconds after notre Dame converted a fumbled punt into a touchdown helping the Irish end Pitts unbeaten . 20 Illinois 10, no. 11 Ohio St. 7 Champaign Iii. A freshman Chris Richardson kicked a 41-Yard Field goal with 36 seconds to play boosting Illinois 4-1 Over Ohio state 4-1. Stepped Back onto the Field of play. Had the Ball crossed the line it would have been a safety. Official John Nealon issued a Brief statement after the game but it did t clarity the Issue. Penn state coach Joe Paterno did no to Challenge the Call in his pos game interview saying he did no to see the play Well enough to comment. However he did get a Good View of the Long to plays by Copeland and Kevin no. 13 California 45, Oregon 7 Berkeley Calif. Mike Pawlawski threw two touchdown passes and California improved to 5-0, scoring 17 Points off three first Hall Oregon . 14 Nebraska 49, okla. St. 15 Stillwater okla. Nebraska 4-i used the passing of Keithen Mccant and the running of Derek Brown to continue its domination of the big eight series with Oklahoma state. Mccant completed 17 of 19 for a career High 231 Yards and three . Carolina 23, no. 15 Syracuse 20 Syracuse n y. The orangemen 4-2 lost for the second straight week while Jeff Blake threw for 324 Yards to guide the pirates to their fifth straight win. East Carolina scored on three of its first four possessions in the second half after falling behind 20-10. East Carolina had pulled to 20-16 Down with 2 49 left in the third Quarter on the third of Anthony Brenners three Field goals a 51-yarder. The pirates were driving again on their next Possession when Blake was forced to step up in the pocket. Seeing open Field ahead Blake broke Down the left sideline for the . 17 Iowa 10, Wisconsin 6 Madison wis. A Iowa 4-1 passed up a Field goal for the tie and Matt Rodgers hit Mike Saunders with a 14-Yard touchdown pass on fourth Down with 44 seconds left for the Victory. Rodgers had thrown four interceptions earlier. Williams that helped the hurricanes win their 1 Ith straight game. Penn state gained 11 More first Downs than Miami and held the hurricanes to 363 total Yards far under their 510-Yard average. But they were burned by three big second half plays the touchdowns by Copeland and Williams and a 42-Yard scoring pass from quarterback Gino Tor Retta to Lamar Thomas that gave Miami a 26-13 Lead Early in the fourth  20, no. 18 Clemson 20 t , . Nelson Welch kicked a 40-Yard Field goal with 46 seconds left redeeming himself from three earlier misses allowing the tigers 3-1-1 to Salvage a 20-20 tie with . 19 Alabama 62, Tulane 0 Tuscaloosa Ala. A freshman David Palmer had touchdowns on a 69-Yard punt return and two pass receptions As Alabama 5-i scored the first six times it got the . 22 Georgia 37, no. 23"miss. 17 Oxford miss. A Larry Ware rumbled for 169 Yards and two touchdowns to Lead Georgia past Mississippi. Freshman quarterback Eric Zeier a former Star at Heidelberg Germany High school completed 18 of 30 passes for 216 Yards in his first Start he also scored on a 1-Yard . 24 Auburn 24, Vanderbilt 22 Nashville Tenn. A Auburn 4-2 snapped a two game losing Streak when Jim von Wyle who had missed a Field goal three minutes earlier connected from 27 Yards with 1 27 to play. Vandy 1-5 came Back from a 21-10 deficit to Lead 22-21 on two second half i d runs by quarterback Marcus . 25 Colorado 55, Missouri 7 Boulder Colo. Darian Hagan passed for two touchdowns and ran for 101 Yards freshman Lamont Warren rushed for 110 Yards and Colorado a defense smothered Missouri. The buffs Are 3-2. Throttles spartans among ranked teams