European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes saturday november 30,1991 aggie claim Sec Crown with 31-14 rout of Texas College station Texas a Texas a amp mrs Kevin Smith returned a punt 73 Yards to break open a fierce defensive Duel and Lead the loth ranked and Cotton bowl bound aggie to a 3114 Victory thursday night Over Texas. The aggie who clinched the Sec title with a 65-6 Victory a week earlier against Southern methodist will play no. 3 Florida state in Cotton bowl on new years Day. Texas a amp a improved to 10-1, including 80 in the Southwest conference. Texas a amp mrs defense ranked first in the nation held Texas 5-6,4-4 in Check in the first half and eased to a 10-7 Lead. The aggie extended it to 17-7 on the first drive of the third period on Greg Hills 2-Yard run. Smith gave the aggie breathing room with 5 59 left in the third period when he fielded a punt made a move to his right and darted 73 Yards for the touchdown. He also had a it 71-Yard punt return for a to earlier this season. The longhorns capitalized on an 18-Yard interception return by Grady Cav Ness with a 3-Yard touchdown run by Rodrick Walker with 8 44 to play. Hill got his second touchdown on a 2-Yard fun with 3 03 to play. The aggie Quick starters All season outscoring the opposition 262-37 in the first half. But they had to struggle for their halftime Lead against the longhorn defense ranked fourth in the nation. Linebacker Marcus Buckley fuelled the aggie so top Ranke defense in the first half with a 19-Yard touchdown interception return two sacks and a Fumble recovery. Texas a amp mrs first score came on Texas first offensive play when Buckley blitzed through and caught a pass by Gardere in the Texas Backfield. He ran untouched to score with 12 44 to. Go in the first period. The aggie drove 44 Yards in the second Quarter to a 26-Yard Field goal by Terry Venetoulias and appeared headed for a 10-0 halftime Lead until Richardson was chased out of the pocket and intercepted by Boone Powell with 1 51 to go in the half. Powell returned the Ball 22 Yards to the aggie so 20-Yard line. The longhorns scored in six plays on a 2-Yard run by Rodrick Walker with 13 seconds left in the half. The Texas defense held the a amp a offence to 55 first half Yards. The aggie so offence came in game ranked no. 10 nationally and averaging 459 Yards per game. Longhorns Bubba Jacques 25 and Boone Powell work Over Texas a amp map is Doug Carter. Husker rally belts sooner by Tom Vint Lincoln neb. A freshman i Back Calvin Jones ran 15 Yards for the go ahead touchdown with 2 57 left boosting no. 11 Nebraska Over no. 19 Oklahoma 19-14 Friday and sending the Cor huskers to the Orange bowl against no. 1 Miami. The Cor huskers who had t won a game against a top 20 team in More than three seasons battled Back from a 14-3 first half deficit with its grind it out offence in the second half to finally win the big one. The Victor it gave coach Tom Osborne his 19th consecutive nine win season 91-1 and gave the Llu skers a share of the big eight title with no. 15 Colorado at 60-1. The Orange howl will take the huskers on the basis of their higher National ranking. Colorado goes to the blockbuster Bow 1 to meet no. S Alabama and Oklahoma 8-3 Overall and 5 2 in the big l ight takes on no 2d Virginia in the Matoi bowl. Nebraska a come from behind Victory marked the 22nd time in the last 28 meetings Between Oklahoma and Nebraska that the Winner rallied. The huskers pushed aside a mistake plagued first half with its nation leading Rushing attack taking charge in the second half. With Derek Brown carrying eight times for 42 Yards Nebraska drove 70 Yards in 10 plays to open the third Quarter with quarterback Sci than Mccant scrambling the final 5 Yards for the score. Light end Johnny Mitchell who set a Nebraska tight end record with seven catches for 137 Yards made a 2s-Yard reception against double coverage to set up a 33-Yard Field goal by Byron Bennett making it 14-13 with 12 20 left. Tin the next Possession Osborne passed up a potential 36-Yard Field goal attempt to go for Foiirth-and-1 at the sooner 19. Jones a freshman gained 4 Yards. The carry also put Jones Over the 100-Yard Mark making him the first 100-Yard rusher against Oklahoma in 13 Eames Lones u to Imi shed w Ith 118 Yards then broke through the Soone defense which was fifth in the nation against the Rush to score on the next play. The Strong second half wiped out a disastrous Start for the huskers. Nebraska which had one turnover in its previous four games lost two fumbles and an interception in the first 12 minutes of Thi game played in a steady rain and 32-de Gree temperature. Brown who finished with 98 Yards of 24 carries had trouble picking up Thi opening Kickoff putting Nebraska at it 2-Yard line and a 28-Yard punt into an 1 Mph wind three plays later set up Thi sooner so first score. Oklahoma scale Gundy coming of hernia surgery two weeks ago scored on 1-Yard quarterback keeper a a five Pla drive less than four minutes into the game. The Victory sends the huskers to Thi Orange bowl for the third time to Mec Miami. I he 1983 Cor huskers Paukei no. 1, lost 31-30, As Miami took Over Thi no. 1 spot while the 19sn team lost to the 11ii11  23-3. Nil flames blues Triumph by the associated press Calgary Alberta a Theo Ren Fleury scored a goal and added three assists As the Calgary flames beat los Angeles 5-3 thursday night handing the Kings their first loss in five games. A. Paul Ranheim Gary Roberts Robert Reichel and Mark Hab Scheid also scored for the flames 2-3-2 Over the last seven games. Habscheid and Reichel both scored on the Power play. Tony Granato scored two goals and Jari Kerri had a Power play goal for the Kings who out shot Calgary 26-23. Wayne Gretzky picked up three assists. Before the game started a moment of silence was held in memory of Bob Johnson the former flame coach who died tuesday of brain cancer. Los Angeles played its first game without coach Tom Webster who was suspended for 12 games wednesday for throwing a stick at referee Kerry Fraser on nov. 16. In thursdays other game blues 5, Nordques 2 St. Louis a Brett Hull scored his 19th goal to pull into a tie with Quebec a Owen Nolan for the league Lead As St. Louis Defeated Quebec in. Front of a thanksgiving night sellout crowd of 17,960. The blues finally got tired of playing catch up taking the Lead for the first time in 11 games and taking a four goal Lead before the Nordques scored. Hull also assisted on a 2-on-0 breakaway goal by Dave Christian with 1 33 to go passing up a Chance to score. Brendan Shanahan added a goal and an assist for the blues. Penguins Roll by the associated press Philadelphia a Kevin Stevens had four goals three in the first period Ashe Pittsburgh penguins Defeated Philadelphia 9-3 Friday extending the flyers win less Streak to five. Stevens four goal performance was the first in the nil this season. He leads the league in goals 20 and Points 40. Stevens has 17 goals and 13 assists in his last 13 games. In another Early game Friday Bruins 5, canadians 4, of Boston a Bob Carpenter scored his second Coal of the game with six seconds left in overtime lifting Boston to a 5-4 Victory Over Montreal. Boston 10-10-4 moved into second place in the Adams division with 24 Points one Point ahead of Hartford which was Idle. Montreal leads the division with 36 Points. Carpenters 10th goal of the season set up by Barry Pederson a pass came after Montreal a Kirk Muller erased a 4-1 deficit with three goals in the third period. Muller converted rebounds of shots by Mathieu Schneider at 3 27, Stephan  at 15 08 and Erie Desjardins at 16 56. Muller has 17 goals this season and 202 in his career