European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 4, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 College football no. 1 seminoles rip cards Louisville by. A backup quarterback Brad Johnson threw for 190 Yards and a touchdown and Sophomore walk on Gerry Thomas kicked four Field goals As no. 1 Florida state beat Louisville 40-15 saturday night. Johnson who started six games for the seminoles last year before losing the Job to Casey Weldon completed 16 of 26 passes in his first Start in More than a year. Weldon injured a knee last week against leu. Louisville a Erik Watts who injured his non throwing hand on the Cardi Nalsy Only touchdown pass but continued to play threw a school record six interceptions. Trailing 27-9, Louisville 2-7 came close to giving the seminoles pause when the second half opened. Florida state 9-0  Kickoff but three plays later Ray Buchanan picked off his second pass of the game and sixth of the season and returned it 18 Yards to the seminoles 38. Three plays later Herb Henry rambled into the end zone from 28 Yards out to Cut Florida states Lead to 27-15. Louisville stopped the seminoles cold on the next series and Derek Hawthorne returned a punt to the Seminole 38. Terrell Buckley ended the comeback when he intercepted a pass in the end zone and returned it 29 Yards. It was Buckley a second interception of the game eighth of the season and school record 17th of his career. Thomas kicked two Field goals in the fourth Quarter and Chris Cowart returned an interception 10 Yards for a touchdown to wrap up the scoring. Thomas kicked the first two Field goals of his career in the second Quarter to give the seminoles a 13-3 advantage and Paul Moore a 3-Yard touchdown run made it 20-3 five minutes before intermission. Buckley a first pass interception of the game set up that scoring drive. Louisville Cut it to 20-9 on Watts 45-Yard pass to Randy Wyatt but the seminoles used a Long pass of their own to push the margin to 27-9 at intermission. Johnson a 60-Yard completion to Eric Terral set up Johnson a 5-Yard to throw to William Floyd. Vanderbilt turns Back army 41-10 West Point . A Marcus Wilson ran for three touchdowns and passed for one and Corey Harris rushed for a career High 180 Yards As Vanderbilt Defeated army 41-10 saturday. It did no to take Long for Vanderbilt 4-5 after its third straight Victory to establish control. The cadets 3-5 lost fumbles inside their own 30 the first two times they had the Ball and trailed 14-0 before the game was four minutes old. Myreon Williams who led the cadets with 106 Yards Rushing scored army a Lone touchdown on a 10-Yard run Early in the fourth Quarter. Army ranked second nationally in Rushing with a 333-Yard average managed Only 80 in the first half and 235 for the game to Vandyn a 353. Mirer passes Irish by Navy Lobos upset air Force Albuquerque a new Mexico coach Mike Sheppard had a simple halftime message saturday for players who had almost forgotten How to win. With new Mexico holding a 21-17 Lead Over air Force Sheppard a halftime Pep talk did no to ignore the Lobosc infamous past. A i told then to do something different a said Sheppard. A i told them a lets go play to win. A new Mexico which has won Only eight games in nearly five seasons under Sheppard did just that with a 34-32 upset of air Force. Freshman quarterback Stoney Case produced three touchdowns and a school record and David Margolis booted the winning 30-Yard Field goal with a minute left. Case completed 25 of 39 passes for 393 Yards including touchdown throws of 37 Yards to Zack Wesley and 18 to Carl Winston As new Mexico 2-8, 1-5 snapped an 11-game losing Streak in Western athletic conference play. The loss crippled air forces chances to catch wac Leader Brigham Young. The Falcons 7-3, 5-2 in the wac lost despite running for 525 Yards against a new Mexico defense that ranks 105th against the run. Case Given the starting Iob three weeks ago set a school record for most passing Yards by a freshman breaking the 390 Yards by senior Jeremy Leach in 1988. South Bend ind. A Rick Mirer set a notre Dame record for touchdown passes throwing for three scores and a career Best 303 Yards saturday As the no. 5 Irish Defeated wingless Navy 38-0. The Irish 8-1 took command in the first half on Mirer a 2-Yard to pass to Derek Brown Craig Hentrich a 35-Yard Field goal and a score with 12 seconds left on Mirer a 9-Yard pass to Jerome Bettis. Mirer set the record when he threw his 17th touchdown a 13-Yard pass to Tony Smith at 6 56 in third Quarter. The former Mark was set Bob Williams in 1949 and matched by John Huarte in 1964 and Joe Theismann in 1970. Navy Fo-8 lost for the 28th straight time to the Irish and matched its worst Ever Start of 1948, when the midshipmen went 0-8-1 before winning. Navy quarterback Jason Van Matre who won Back his starting Job from James Kubiak was benched in the fourth Quarter for senior Joe Spencer who had never played a Down. Spencer quickly led Navy a deepest drive moving 69 Yards to the notre Dame 11 before under throwing Tom Pritchard on fourth-and-8 with 6 18 remaining. Van Matre who waited until 3 08 in the half to throw his first pass and threw his first completion for nine Yards to Duke Ingraham late in the third Quarter finished with four completions and 17 Yards. The midshipmen a deepest first half drive stalled on the notre Dame 19 at 14 16 in the second Quarter when Van Matre ran on fourth and 7 and missed a first Down by 6 inches. Bettis scored his second touchdown on a 1-Yard run with 12 04 left capping a 72-Yard drive notre Dames Devon Mcdonald pulls Down Navy quarterback Jason Van Matre. Florida drops Auburn 31-10 Auburn Ala. A while no. 6 Florida is moving closer to a trip to new Orleans Auburn looks like it will be stuck at Home for the holidays. Florida rolled Over the tigers for the second year in a Row winning 31-10 on saturday behind a suffocating defense and the dynamic passing combination of Shane Matthews and Willie Jackson. Matthews threw for 264 Yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score. Twelve of his passes went to Jackson who had a touchdown and accounted for 157 receiving Yards. The gators 7-1 Overall 5-0 Sec who had the Best record in the Sec last year but were ineligible for the title because of probation would earn their first official championship and an automatic trip to the sugar bowl by winning their final two conference games against Georgia and Kentucky. Auburn 4-4, 2-3 on the other hand has lost three straight Home games. Nevada triumphs with record comeback Reno Nev. Map a Nevada made the biggest comeback in Mcaa football history overcoming a 35-Point deficit in the third Quarter and rallying to beat Weber state 55-49 saturday on Eric Smiths 3-Yard touchdown run with 1 02 left. Nevada ranked no. 1 in division i a trailed 42-14 at halftime and fell behind 49-14 with 12 16 left in the third Quarter. But the Wolf pack scored the final 41 Points to improve to 9-0 Overall and 6-0 in the big sky conference. The previous biggest rally in the Mcaa was by Morehead state which came Back from a 32-Point margin to beat Wichita state 36-35 on sept. 20,1986. Smith scored the games final three touchdowns. His last two scores came 31 seconds apart. Nevada a comeback was led by backup quarterback Chris Vargas and wide receiver Chris Singleton. Vargas completed 22 of 38 passes for 346 Yards and two touchdowns in just Over two quarters while Singleton had eight receptions for 225 Yards. Singletons total was the second highest in school history