European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 11, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 College football air Force blasts army 25-0 air Force Academy Colo. Apr Wishbone quarterback Rob Perez rushed for 110 Yards and a touchdown and Joe Wood was perfect on four Field goal attempts a three from Over 40 Yards a As air Force clinched a Liberty bowl berth by blanking Arch rival army 25-0  Falcons 8-3who beat Navy 46-6 earlier this season became the first service Academy to capture the commander in chiefs trophy three consecutive years. The Liberty bowl has a tie in with the trophy Winner with certain restrictions. Although bowl matchup can to be announced for another week Liberty bowl executive director Bud Dudley when asked on saturday if air Force would be a lock for that bowl with a Victory said a i would say it has great  Perez became the eighth rusher in air Force history to Rush for 1,000 Yards. His total on saturday pushed him to 1,078 with one game remaining. Wood hit on Field goals of 19, 42, 43 and 47 Yards making him 16 of 20 for the season. Army 3-6which never got closer than the air Force 25-Yard line on just three penetrations beyond Midfield had its school record string of consecutive scoring games snapped at 93, army suffered three fumbles and three interceptions along with a thanked punt and air Force converted the miscues into 22 of its Points. In a Battle of Wishbone offences and prolific running teams a Afa ranked first in the nation and army third a the Falcons were dominant. Air Force scored on its first two possessions to take a 10-0 Lead less than 10 minutes into the game. On the game s fourth play from scrimmage army fullback Callian Thomas fumbled a Handoff and Afa s Shanyn Yates recovered at the army 29. The Falcons reached the army 3 but had to Settle for Woods 19-Yard Field goal. Then army punter Todd Hawkins thanked a punt that travelled Only 6 Yards giving air Force Possession at the army 33, and fullback Chris Gray scored six plays later on a 10-Yard run. Army threatened on its next series thanks to a 24-Yard run by quarterback Myreon Williams but the drive stalled at the Afa 25 when Falcon defenders Carlton Mcdonald and Mike Black stopped halfback Chad Davis on fourth-and-2. Late in the half Afa padded its Lead to 13-0 on a 42-Yard Wood Field goal. Perez a 18-Yard run on fourth and a and his 17-Yard pass to Scott Huford set up the score. Another army turnover Midway through the third Quarick enabled air Force to take a 19-0 advantage halfback Edrian Oliver could t handle an errant pitch out and Afa recovered at the cadets 30. Helped by a personal foul penalty against army Perez scored on a a Vard plunge. Following Alex Armour s interception the Falcons put together their longest drive of the game a 59 Yards a that produced Wood s 43 yarder Early in the final Quarter. The Falcons overcame three penalties on the drive As Perez ran for a 34-Yard gain and threw 24 Yards to Clarence Hopkins. Mcdonald s interception near Midfield set up the fourth Wood Field goal from 47 Yards with 5 28  overwhelms Northwestern 59-14 Ann Arbor Mich. Up Desmond Howard caught a touchdown pass in his 11th consecutive game and Ricky Powers ran for three touchdowns saturday to Lead no. 4 Michigan to a 59-14 rout of Northwestern. Howard who had 201 All purpose Yards triggered the rout on Michigan a first offensive play when he caught a pass from Elvis Grbac in the left Flat and raced 64 Yards for the touchdown. Grbac completed nine of 16 passes for 239 Yards and one touchdown for the wolverines 8-1 Overall and 6-0 in the big ten. Howard finished with four catches for 102 Yards. It took the wolverines two plays to make the score 14-0 on their second Possession. Powers raced 36 Yards on the first play after a partially blocked punt and went in from the two on the next play. A Fumble recovery by Michigan line Backer Brian Townsend set up Powers 6-Yard scoring burst with 10 07 left in the first Quarter. Northwestern 3-6 and 2-4 in the conference moved within 21-7 after Tom Christian recovered Howard a fumbled punt at the Michigan 37. Four plays later Len Williams hit Lee Gissendaner with a 12-Yard touchdown pass. Michigan s . Carlson closed out the first Quarter scoring with a 50-Yard Field goal. The 24 Points were the most Ever scored by the wolverines in a first Quarter. Jesse Johnson scored on runs of 13 and 9 Yards in the second Quarter to boost Michigan s Lead to 38-7. Tyrone Wheatley added a 29-Yard touchdown run with 1 34 left in the first half to give the wolverines a 45-7 advantage at halftime. Powers capped an 80-Yard drive with a 1-Yard run with 5 21 left in the third Quarter. Willie Lindsey can to Stop Michigan a Jesse Johnson on touchdown Romp  win gives Nevada big sky Crown Missoula Mont. Apr Nevada quarterback Chris Vargas hit Chris Singleton with a 30-Yard scoring pass in the second overtime period saturday As the Wolf pack rallied to defeat Montana 35-28 and Clinch its second straight big sky conference title. Nevada top ranked among Mcaa i a schools is 7-0 in the big sky and 10-0 Overall with one game left in the regular season. Montana slipped to 5-2,6-4 As its chances for a i a playoff berth were dealt a severe blow. Montana led 28-14 going into the fourth Quarter but Nevada then scored on a 3-Yard run by Dudric Holmes. With less then two minutes left Holmes plunged Over from one Yard out and Rick Schwendinger kicked the extra Point to tie the score at 28-All. Montana had a Chance to win the game with just five seconds left in regulation play. But a 28-Yard Field goal attempt by Kirk Duce was blocked sending the game int overtime. Nevada which staged the biggest College football comeback Ever last week in beating Weber state 55-49 after trailing 49-14, had a Chance to win in the first overtime. But Montana blocked a 28-Yard Field goal attempt by Schwendinger. Hartlieb leads Iowa by Indiana Iowa City Iowa apr Jim Hartlieb making his first Start threw two touchdown passes on saturday and Mike Saunders tied a school record with four touchdowns As no. 10 Iowa beat no. 25 Indiana 38-21, giving the Hawk eyes sole Possession of second place in the big ten. The Hawk eyes 8-1 Overall 5-1 big ten moved closer to a dec. 30 Holiday bowl bid while Indiana fell to 5-3-1 Overall and 4-2 in the league. Saunders ran for three ads and caught a scoring pass from Hartlieb to become the fifth Mawk cye to score four touchdowns in a game. The others were Quinn Early against Northwestern in 1987, Dennis Mosely against Indiana in 1979, Larry Lawrence against Minnesota in 1968 and Nile Kinnick against Indiana in 1939. Hartlieb a Junior started in place of All big ten quarterback Matt Rodgers who injured his left knee in a 16-9 Victory at Ohio state last week. In Artlich s heroics were due largely to the Iowa defense a tops in the big ten a which intercepted Indiana quarterback Trent greens first three passes and helped the Hawk eyes to a 21-0 first Quarick Lead. The Hawk eyes scored touchdowns on three of their first four possessions and their worst starting Field position in the period was the Indiana 31. Coming into the game Iowa had out scored opponents 68-26 in the opening Quarter and 150-76 in the first half. Alabama survives leu threat Baton Rouge la. A David Palmer returned the game s first punt 90 Yards for a touchdown and Antonio London blocked a 28-Yard Field goal attempt that would have tied the game with 2 39 left to preserve no. 8 Alabama a 20-17 Southeastern conference Victory Over Louisiana state on saturday. Leu which rallied from a 20-7 deficit moved deep into Alabama territory following an interception before London blocked a Field goal for the third straight game. Alabama 8-1 Overall 5-1 Sec playing without suspended starting quarterback Danny Woodson controlled most of the game with a dominating running attack. Siran Stacy carried 19 times for 102 Yards including a 6-Yard touchdown in the second Quarter and Kevin Turner added 143 Yards on 19 carries including a 49-Yard run on the final play of the game. Palmer made his third punt return touchdown of the season look easy. He took Brian Griffith s 55-Yard punt broke through a Gap in the Middle of the coverage then angled across to his left and outran everyone to the end zone for a 70 Lead. Matt Wethington made it 10-0 with a 21-Yard Field Goat before leu 4-5, 3-3 Cut Alabama s Lead to 10-7 with 46 seconds gone in the second Quarter on a 15-Yard to pass from Chad Loup to Todd Kinchon