European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes monday december 9,1991 College football Dayton wins Nevada upset by the associated press the Dayton flyers have soared to the Mcaa division 111 championship game for the third time in five years. William Peterson and Keith Miller scored a touchdown each and Dayton took advantage of 10 turnovers by St. Johns of Minnesota for a 19-7 Victory saturday. Dayton 13-0which won the 1989 championship and was runner up in 1987, will meet Ithaca 11-1 in the Amos Alonzo Stagg bowl saturday in Bradenton Fla. Ithaca routed Susquehanna 49-13 in the other semifinal. In Mcaa division i a quarterfinals Youngstown state beat Nevada 30-28, Samford edged James Madison 24-21, Marshall beat Northern Iowa 41-13 and Eastern Kentucky downed Middle Tennessee state 23-13. Jacksonville state 12-0 beat Indiana pa., 27-20 and Pittsburg state 12-1-1 routed Portland state 53-21 in the Mcaa division ii semifinals. They will play for the championship next saturday in Florence Ala. In naia division i defending Champion Central state u-1 and Central Arkansas 8-2-2 advanced to the title game. Central state beat Western state 20-13 and Central Arkansas Defeated Moorhead state 38-18. Georgetown ky., Peru state Dickinson state and Pacific lutheran were winners in the naia division ii quarterfinals. Georgetown beat Findlay 37-19, Peru state edged midwestern state 28-24, Dickinson state Down Kea Hastings 42-10 and Pacific lutheran blanked Linfield 23-0.ncaa division Laa Youngstown 30, Nevada 28 Reno Nev. A Rick Schwendinger missed a 27-Yard Field goal As time expired giving Youngstown state 103 an upset Oyer top ranked Nevada. Nevada. A 20 on a 33-Yard i d is _ Reeves and a 35-Yard held goal by Schwendinger. A -28 and the Wolf pack had a final Chance to win the game after driving to the Youngstown 10 with one second remaining. But Schwen dingers kick was wide  24, James Madison 21 Harrisonburg a. A David Primus scored the go ahead touchdown for Samford on a 67-Yard punt return in the third Quarter. Primus punt return gave Samford a 21-14 Lead with 10 06 left in the third period and Michael of Neal increased the Lead to 24-14 on a 38-Yard Field goal with 7 18 remaining in the period. Eriq Williams of James Madison 9-4 threw a 9-Yard to pass to Dion Foxx with 3 50 remaining to make it 24 12-1 trailed 17-3 at halftime but Cut it to 2313-Yard to pass from Chris Vargas to Bryan id a 35-Yard held goal by a safety by Nevada made it 30-playoffs 21. But Trey Weis missed a ,25-Yard Field goal attempt with 49 seconds left that would have tied the  41, Northern Iowa 13 Huntington w. A. Michael Payton threw for 198 Yards and two touchdowns in the first Quarter As Marshall routed Northern Iowa 11-2. Payton who set a playoff record for single game passing efficiency threw a 49-Yard to pass to Brian Dowler on Marshall s second play from scrimmage. It was the first of three to receptions for Dowler who finished with seven receptions for 186 Yards. Payton completed 21 of 27 passes for 344 Yards and three  Kentucky 23, Middle Tennessee 13 Richmond by. Flanker Vincent Ware threw a 38-Yard touchdown pass and Tim Lester ran for 149 Yards and another score to Lead Eastern Kentucky. Eastern went ahead 13-0 with 21 seconds left in the first half when quarterback Joey Crenshaw handed the Ball to Ware for the pass to Kenny Mccollum. The colonels scored two More times in the third Quarter on Lester a 5-Yard run and a 22-Yard Field goal by Todd Duffy. Kelly Holcomb threw two to passes for Middle Tennessee 9-4 Mcaa division ii Jacksonville St. 27, Indiana a. 20 Jacksonville Ala. A Nickey Edmondson accounted for three touchdowns and 264 Yards As Jacksonville state advanced to the division ii title game for the second time. Edmondson completed five of seven passes for 155 Yards and one touchdown. He also rushed 28 times for 109 Yards and two  St 53, Portland St. 21 Portland Ore. A Darren Dawson rushed for 213 Yards and Ronald Moore added 175 As Pittsburg state reached its first championship game. The gorillas dominated the game with their powerful veer offence scoring eight of the first nine times they had the Ball and accumulating 636 Yards 510 on the ground. Dawson and Moore scored three touchdowns  division Iii Dayton 19, St. John s 7 Dayton Ohio a St. Johns 11-1 took a 7-0 Lead on  Mayhew a 10-Yard pass to Tim Ramboldt in the first Quarter. But Dayton tied it on Peterson a 45-Yard touchdown run later in the period and took the Lead for Good at 10-7 on Brad bums 27-Yard Field goal in the Sec Ond Quarter. Mayhew the top rated passer in division Iii completed 8 of 21 passes for 157  49, Susquehanna 13 Selinsgrove a. Quarterback Todd Wilkowski ran for two touchdowns and passed for another As Ithaca routed Susquehanna 11-2. Wilkowski completed 15 of 19 passes for 172 Yards and was intercepted once. Jeff Wittman also scored two of Ithaca a seven touchdowns on runs of 5 and 11 Yards. Wilkowski scored on to runs of 3 and 5 Yards and also threw a 30-Yard scoring pass to Nick  division i Central St. 20, Western St. 13 Wilberforce Ohio a Sean Dubose caught a 9-Yard touchdown pass from Winston Delaney with 4 19 left to lift Central state of Ohio Over Western state of Colorado. Western state 10-2 went ahead 13-10 late in the third Quarter on Ryan Andersons 20-Yard Field goal but Central state tied it Early in the fourth Quarter on a 29-Yard Field goal by Juan  Arkansas 38, Moorhead St 18 Conway Ark. A Tyree Davis caught two touchdown passes and Central Arkansas gained a season High 579 Yards. Davis caught six passes for 139 Yards including scoring receptions of 41 and 54 Yards. He also gained 31 Yards on two  division ii Georgetown by. 37, Findlay 19 Findlay Ohio a Ron Railey rushed for 125 Yards and three touchdowns to Lead Georgetown. Railey scored on runs of 1,16 and 81 Yards for the  St. 42, Hastings 10 Dickinson . Jeff Peck threw four touchdown passes including three to Dave Ouelette As Dickinson state breezed past Hastings. The scoring passes accounted for 119 of pecks 141 Yards in the  St. 28, midwestern St 24 Wichita Falls Texas Mark Whitaker a 4-Yard touchdown run with 4 01 remaining sent defending Champion Peru state into the  lutheran 23, Linfield 0 Puyallup Wash. A Kevin Engman Chad Barnett and Aaron Tang each scored touchdowns As Pacific lutheran handed Linfield its first shutout loss in 10 years. Pacific a High powered offence racked up 346yards. Heisman favorite Howard runs away with Maxwell Kings Mills Ohio a Michigan a Desmond Howard won the Maxwell award As the nations top collegiate player saturday night with the most lopsided vote in the awards 55 years. Howard who led the nations receivers in touchdowns got 74 percent of the vote to beat Florida states Casey Weldon and Brigham Youngs to Detmer. The award voted by the football writers association of America College head coaches and the Maxwell club was the most prestigious of the 10 handed out saturday during a one hour television special at the College football Hall of Fame. Washington a Steve Emtman won the Jutland trophy As the nations top Interior lineman his second major award in two Days. Emtman also won the Lombardi award on thursday night. Detmer won the Davey of Brien award As the nations top quarterback Florida states Terrell Buckley won the Jim Thorpe trophy As the top defensive Back Weldon received the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award As the top graduating quarterback and Rice a Trevor Obb won the Doak Walker trophy As the top running Back. The Maxwell award could be just a prelude to a Heisman for Howard who scored 23 touchdowns this season and made the highlight reels with his sensational catches and punt returns. The Heisman will be announced dec. 14, and Howard is the overwhelming favorite. Howard got 2,402 Points in the Maxwell voting. That a four times As Many As Detmer who won last year in sweeping the Maxwell and Heisman. Emtman also was the favorite for his award. The Junior defensive tackle is the key to no. 2 Washington a defense ranked second in the nation. Emtman has 6vi sacks and 13 tackles in the Backfield. He edged Baylor a Santana Dotson and Michigan a Greg Skrepenak for the outland. A to be up there with those two Guys was something a Emtman said. A to win Over those two Guys was something  Detmer was pleased to get the of Brien for the second consecutive year in Light of Brigham Youngs 0-3 Start. Detmer a senior owns 65 Mcaa passing records and is the first player to throw for More than 15,000 Yards. Weldon who threw 22 touchdown passes this season follows miamis Craig Erickson As the Unitas award Winner edging Detmer and Penn states Tony Sacca. Buckley a 12 interceptions and reputation As one of the toughest cornerback a to beat won him the Jim Thorpe award Over finalists Dale Carter of Tennessee and Troy Vincent of Wisconsin. Cobb a Junior who was nations third leading rusher with a 154-Yard average beat Indiana a Vaughn Dunbar and Stanford a Tommy Vardell for the Doak Walker award. Coach Don James who led unbeaten Washington to the Rose bowl won the Chevrolet division i a coach of the year award. Mark Duffner of holy Cross won for division i a Frank Cignetti of Indiana a won for division ii and Dayton s Mike Kelly won in division Iii. Desmond Howard grabs Maxwell award by largest margin Ever. April