European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 28, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 21 College football notre Dame holds off us by Thomas p. Wyman South Bend ind a Jerome Bettis says most defenders have his number but it does t seem to matter. A a lot of people seem to think a big Guy does t have a lot of Speed a a Bettis said after Rushing for two touchdowns in fifth ranked notre Dame s 24-20 Victory Over Southern Cal. A i Don t have too much Speed a the 511, 247-Pound Back said. A but it s deceptive notre Dame 7-1 withstood a late score and an onside kick to capture its ninth consecutive Victory Over Southern Cal 3-4. The injury riddled Irish defense held off two Trojan scoring threats. A we wanted to win this one very much a said us quarterback Reggie Perry. A not just for ourselves but for the seniors who have never beaten notre Raoul Spears rushed 4 Yards for a Southern Cal touchdown with 1 50 to play but Perry a two Point conversion Kass sailed past the fingertips of Johnnie 1 Orton to leave notre Dame with a 2420 Lead. The trojans failed to recover an on Side kick and a Southern Cal penalty gave notre Dame the Ball at the us 35 with 1 40 left. A it was a crazy game a game with great notre Dame coach Lou Holt said. Craig Hentrich kicked a 3s-Yard Field goal with 4 50 remaining for notre Dames final score after Southern Cal had pulled a touchdown behind. Deon Strother and Maio Royster scored on runs of 20 and 14 Yards in Quick Trojan drives in the second half cutting the notre Dame Lead to 21-14 with 7 3s remaining. Two other drives were halted inside the notre Dame 10, one on a failed fourth Down attempt and the other by a Fumble. The Irish defense stung by the loss of starting tackles Eric Jones and Bryant Young to ankle injuries held the trojans scoreless until Strother s touchdown at 6 20 in the third Quarter. A at halftime i told them All to execute a us coach Larry Smith said a to tackle on defense and on offence to quit playing top ducks notre Dames Demetrius do Bose pulls Down Southern Caleb Reggie Perry on saturday. Seattle a Billy Joe Hubert passed for three touchdowns including two to Mario Bailey and Travis Hanson kicked three Field goals As the third ranked Washington huskies beat the stubborn Oregon ducks 29-7 saturday. Washington rolled up 467 Yards on offence but the huskies Hurt themselves by committing 13 penalties for losses of 110 Yards. Hobart completed 23 of 36 passes for 256 Yards including touchdown passes of in Yards to Bailey in the first Quarter. 26 Yards to Bailey in the second Quarter and 16 Yards to Orlando Mckay in the final Quarter. Ilobert was intercepted twice. Hanson booted Field goals of 44, 28 and 33 Yards. Washington 7-0 took another step toward Back to Back Rose bowl appearance with its fourth Pacific-10 conference Victory. They have Pac-10 games left against Arizona state Southern California Oregon state and Washington state. White Cal rebound 41 -20 Berkeley Calif. Apr Russell White slowed by walking pneumonia the past three weeks hoped to be running saturday. That he did. He scored four touchdowns and rushed for a season High 166 Yards to carry no. 10 California to a 41-20 Victory Over san Jose state. A i probably Haven to Felt this Good since last year a said White one of two Cal backs to gain More than 1,000 Yards in 1990. White scored twice in the fourth Quarter. He first broke free for an 80-Yard touchdown run with 10 58 remaining and toward the end became so fatigued that a i hoped someone w Ould tackle less than four minutes later following a Fumble by Shon Ellerbee and recovery by Cal safety David Wilson at the san Jose state 28, White ran 14 Yards for another score to put Cal on top 34-13. White averaged 5.18 Yards on his 32 carries helping California 6-1 to its Best Start since the 1650 team won its first nine. Nebraska pummels Missouri 63-6 Lincoln neb. Apr Keithen Mccant continues to show there is More to ninth ranked Nebraska than a nation leading running game. Mccant warmed up for next week s big eight showdown at Colorado with three touchdown passes in a 636 whipping of Missouri on saturday. Mccavit also ran for a touchdown in a Victory that assured Nebraska 6-1 Overall 3-0 big eight of its 30th consecutive winning season. With four regular season games left the Cor huskers extended their own Mcaa record that dates Back to a 3-6-1 season in 1961. Mccants 124 Yards Rushing and 144 passing on nine completions in 13 attempts marked the second consecutive game the Cor Husker senior has run and passed for Over 100 Yards in each category. He had 100 Yards Rushing and 107 passing against Kansas state a week ago in a 38-31 Victory. Running Back Derek Brown joined Mccant with 100 Yards Rushing As he topped the triple figure Mark for the seventh straight game with 118 Yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. Nebraska used 109 players in the rout. Northwestern upends Illinois Evanston Iii. Up Len Williams and Rodney Ray scored touchdowns and Northwestern intercepted Jason Verduzco twice and made a goal line stand at the end of the first half saturday to Post a 1711 upset Over no. 17 Illinois. Williams completed 10 of 19 passes for for 141 Yards to Lead the wildcats 2-5 Overall and 1-3 in the big ten. Verduzco hit on just 14 of 33 attempts for 153 Yards As Illinois dropped to 4-3 and 2-2 in the conference. With Illinois trailing 14-3, the fighting Zillini scored with 10 08 left to play. Verduzco then hit Elbert Turner for the two Point conversion to Cut the Lead to 14-11. Northwestern then drove to the Illinois seven and faked a Field goal on fourth Down but Holder Greg Fisher s pass to an uncovered Mark Benson fell Short. Illinois took Over and instead of punting on fourth and 2, sent Feagin around left end but he was stopped by Jason Cunningham at the 16. The Zillini held the wildcats on Downs but Brian Leahy responded with a 35-Yard Field goal with 4 15 left to play for a 17-11 St. Rolls state College a. A Tony Sacca passed for three touchdowns and ran for one As eighth ranked Penn state scored the first four times it had the Ball on the Way to a 51-6 Romp Over West Virginia on saturday. The Lions 7-2 also finally found some help for an ailing running game with Richie Anderson became the first Penn state Back to Rush for 100 Yards this season. Except for one touchdown drive the Lions blunted almost every Mountaineer offensive move. West Virginia 5-3 gained Only 131 Yards and most of that with the game out of hand. Sacca completed nine of 15 passes for 172 Yards increasing his career total to 5,358, 24 Short of Chuck Fusina a school record of 5,382 set in 1978. The Lions boosted their series Lead to 47-6-2, and beat the mountaineers for the 19th straight time at Home since 1954. With Penn state starting its big ten schedule in 1993, this was West Virginia a last visit to Beaver stadium until the late 1990s.pirates upset Pitt Greenville . Apr Jeff Blake scored on a 2-Yard run and then ran for the conversion with 46 seconds to play giving 20th-ranked East Carolina a 24-23 Victory Over no. 23 Pittsburgh on saturday. East Carolina 6-1 took Possession with 3 22 left trailing 23-16 after Scott Kaplan kicked a 35-Yard Field goal for the panthers 5-3. With the pirates on the Brink of defeat after five straight victories Blake completed three passes that curried with the help of a 15-Yard face mask penalty to the Pitt 1. Blake then ran it and ran in the winning 2-Point conversion
