European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22  the stars and stripes monday november 18, 1991college football bound Irish state College a. A Noire Dame s worst defeat in four seasons wont Stop the sugar bowl from taking the fighting Irish Over Penn state. Wide receiver . Mcduffie caught two touchdown passes and ran 37 Yards on a reverse for another to As the eighth ranked Kittany Lions beat no. 12 notre Dame 35-13 saturday. The Kittany Lions arc going to the fiesta bowl to play Tennessee and Penn state players  understand Why the sugar bowl did no to wait until after saturdays games to pick its teams. A we definitely took it As an insult a a Mcduffie said. A they got beat last week and we Felt they would try to Man Euver into a bowl. We thought that we should have gone to the sugar bowl. But if its the fiesta we re Happy. We wanted a new years Day bowl game and got one. We re  Richie Anderson ran for 136 Yards on 26 carries and scored twice As the Kittany Lions 9-2 handed notre Dame its worst defeat since the 1988 Cotton bowl. Tony Sacra completed 14 of 20 passes for 151 Yards and two touchdowns and became Penn state s season passing yardage Leader with 2,326 in 11 games. Penn state coach Joe Paterno said he was disappointed at the sugar bowl s decision. Bowls were not supposed to make deals until sunday. A i was dubious As to whether people would stick to that a Paterno said. A but i m not unhappy with what a going to happen to us  the Irish who averaged 37 Points and 286 Rushing Yards a game were limited to 86 Yards on the ground. Notre Dame s Rick Mirer completed 16 of 37 for 198 Yards and one touchdown. The Irish Rushing twins Jerome Bettis and Tony Brooks combined for just 74 Yards on 20 carries. The Irish who play Southeastern conference Champion Florida in the sugar bowl had t lost two in a Row since dropping the last two games of the 1987 regular season. The Irish then lost 35-10 to Texas a am in the Cotton bowl. A i thought going into the game that Penn state was the Best team wed play and i feel the same Way going out Quot notre Dame coach Lou Holtz said a be lore the game i told my wife a this could Penn states Richie Anderson leaps Over the notre Dame line including Brian Ratigan 46for a first Quarter 3-Yard touchdown. Be  All things pointed in that  Penn state took an 8-7-1 Lead in the series which tentatively ends next year when the teams meet at South Bend ind Penn slate bolted to a 21-0 first period Lead. Anderson capped an 11-play, 73-Yard drive with a 3-Yard run raced 57 Yards to the notre Dame 11 to set up a 7-Yard to pass from Sacca to Mcduffie and crashed 4 Yards to end a 10-play, 53-Yard scoring assault. On the first drive Sacca completed four passes for 49 Yards to move past Chuck Fusina s record of 2,221 Yards set in 1987. The key plays were a 14-Yard pass to Scott Brady to the Irish 21 and an 18-yarder to Mcduffie to the 3. In the first period the Kittany Lions gained 199 Yards to 17 for the Irish with Anderson picking up 93 on 12 carries. The Lions were the first team to score in the first period on notre Dame since they did it last year in a 24-21 Victory Over the then no. 1 Irish. Nutre Dame playing As if last week s gut wrenching 35-34 loss to Tennessee had t worn off finally got its offence in tracked in the second period. The Irish went 65 Yards in 13 plays with bet Lis who gained 41 Yards on seven carries in the drive smashing across from the 2. It was Bettis 18th to of the season tying a school record. Notre Dames first offensive series of the second half ended on the second play when Lou Bonfatti intercepted Mirer a pass and returned it to the 37. On the next play Mcduffie scored on a reverse to make it 28-7 with 1151 left in the Quarter. State boosted it to 35-7 in the fourth period when Sacca threw 45 Yards to Mcduffie in the Corner of the end zone. Notre Dames other to came at the end of a six play 74-Yard drive capped by Mirer a 38-Yard screen pass to William Tollard with 8 45 left in the game. White leads Cal Over Asu Berkeley Calif. Up1 a Russell White ran for 125 Yards and a touchdown and Doug Brien kicked four Field goals saturday to lift no. 6 California to a 256 Victory Over Arizona state in a Pac-10 game. California 9-1 Overall and 6-1 in the conference won nine games for the first time since 1950 and appears headed to the Citrus bowl against Clemson. Arizona state fell to 5-5 and 3-4. California held the Sun devils to their season Low with 227 Yards in total Altense forced four turnovers and sacked Asu quarterbacks eight times. The Sun devils ruined the shutout with 59 seconds left when Kelvin Fisher scored on a i Yard run. White improved his season Rushing total to 1,016 Yards two fewer than his 1990 total. He is the Only rusher in school history to gain 1.000 Yards in consecutive seasons. California s Mike Pawlawski completed 15 of 30 passes Tor 180 Yards and a touchdown but threw three interceptions. Briens Field goals were from 22, 44, 33 and 37 Yards. Tide holds on to beat Memphis St. Memphis Lenn. Apr John Copeland caused and recovered a Fumble with 3 3�?~j to play to halt a Memphis state drive deep into Alabama territory and preserve the seventh ranked Crimson tides 10-7 Victory Over the it igers on saturday. Alabama 6-1 struggled throughout against a Memphis state defense which allowed Only one truly big play a a 75-Vard touchdown pass from Jay Barker to Kevin Lee with 5 24 left in the first Quarter those were to he the last Points Alabama would score As the tide watched the tigers 5-n botch two Field goal attempts in the final 30 minutes. Copeland turned in the key play when he caught quarterback Keith Benton in the Backfield spun him around and knocked the Hall Loose and Tell on it at the Alabama 27. The tigers who trailed 10-7 at the half were Able to move the Ball but could t come up with the clutch Plav or kick when needed. A a Memphis stale kicker Joe Allison did no to get a Chance to hit irom 40 Yards away with 3 23 left in the third Quarter because the snap from Center rolled Back to the Holder and his hurried Effort was thanked to the left. Allison got a second Chance with 7 38 remaining in the game but his 23-Yard Effort from the left hash Mark sailed wide to the  appeared Allison might be destined Tor a third attempt until Copeland came a with his Tumble recovery Hawk eyes defeat Northwestern 24-10 Evanston Iii. Apr Mike Saunders scored the go ahead touchdown on a 7-Yard run in the third Quarter As no. 9 Iowa beat Northwestern 24-10 saturday clinching second place in the big ten and a berth in the Holiday bowl. Saunders rushed for 167 Yards including 93 in the third Quarter As the Hawk eyes 9-1, 6-1 broke ahead from a 10-10 halftime tie. Northwestern 3-7, 2-5 wats held to minus-5 Yards in the third Quarter. Lew Montgomery scored on a 1-Yard run with 16 seconds remaining in the third Quarter As the i  took a two touchdown Lead. Iowa took the second half Kickoff and marched 88 Yards for a 17-10 Lead. The Hawk eyes dive to Northwestern a i before the wildcats stopped the next drive. Iowa then scored the game s Linal touchdown on a 49-Yard, five play drive. Both teams turned the Ball Over on fumbles and interceptions in the final Quarter. Ten Williams completed 21 of 32 passes for -�?0 Yards for the wildcats. Iowa had the halt for Only two possessions in the first Quarter but managed a 3-0 Lead on Jeff skillets 25-Yard Field goal