European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. November 28, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Arizona state s Mario Bates cuts upfield As Arizona s Brant Boyer appears to Block teammate Shawn Jarrett wildcats get offensive Arizona eyes fiesta after beating Asu Bymel Reisner Tempe Ariz. A for once Arizona s offence did t take a Back seat and that puts the wildcats inthe Driver s seat for the fiesta bowl. The no. 19 wildcats the nation s top defensive Tea before the regular season finale cranked up the of sense for 446 Yards Friday to keep their new year s Day bowl Hopes alive. Arizona is the leading candidate fiesta bowl executive director John Junker said after congratulating Arizona on its 34-20 Victory Over Arizona state. We have to wait until sunday when the polls come out. But obviously it was a great  the fiesta bowl had hoped for a mythical National championship game but that appears unlikely with both Florida state and notre Dame having a loss. The Orange bowl now May stage a title game while one of the former top ranked teams could come to Tempe to face the wildcats on Jan. 1. Arizona 9-2 finished 6-2 in the Pac-10, tying Ucland Southern California for the Best record in the con Ference. Urcla won the title on a tiebreaker and will go to the Rose bowl. The Sun devils 6-5, 4-4 tied California for fourth place and must Hope the Alamo bowl takes them in Stead of the Golden bears. Coach Dick Tomey of Arizona said the Mettle of the wildcats showed after All America nose guard Rob Waldrop sprained his knee in the second Quarter an could not return to the game. We played with so Many Guys banged up today Tomey said. They really wanted this one. More than anything we wanted to beat  Arizona an underdog despite its National ranking improved to 38-28-1 in the series. Quarterback Dan White broke open a tight game with 31 and 51-Yard scoring passes to Dickey in the fourth Quarter when Arizona gained 243 Yards. The wildcats tacked on a third to in the Quarter after a 71-Yard drive when lament Lovett recovered teammate s Fumble in the end zone. Billy Johnson had 126 Yards in 16 carries for arizon and Onti Waun Carter gained 101 Yards on 13 carries. White who hit 14 of 18 passes put the wildcats ahead to stay in the third Quarter with a 13-Yard to to Richard Dice that made it 14-10. The Lead grew to 27 10 before Arizona state scored again. The Sun devils got their Points on a 1-Yard run by Mario Bates. Jon Baker s 20 and 37-Yard Field goals and a 20-Yard pass from Jake Plummer to Parnell Charles. They played a great second half and we just did Trise to the occasion Plummer said. The Sun devils had Given up Only three Points in the previous 10 quarters and extended the Streak to 11 in the first period allowing Arizona just 17 Yards. Tar heels clip Blue devils for 10th Victory by David Droschak Chapel Hill  four years after coach Mack Brown s second straight 1-10 season North Carolina reached 10 victories for Only the fifth team in school history. Leon Johnson rushed for 142 Yards and scored four touchdowns to break the Atlantic coast conference single season freshman scoring record As the tar heels beat Duke 38-24 Friday. It was Barry Wilson s last game As coach of the Blue devils. We went from one of the worst seasons in Nort Carolina history to one of the five Best possibly with an Lith win we can be the Best offensive lineman Shawn Hocke said. North Carolina 10-2, 6-2 acc finished second in the conference for the first time since 1986. The biggest thing i think was teamwork Comra Dariean the closeness we built from that 1-10 season said Cockcr a Redshirt in 1989.North Carolina May go to the fiesta sugar or Gator bowls. Duke finished 3-8, including 2-6 in the acc Wilson who announced nov. 1 he would resign completed his four years at Duke with a 13-30-1 record including 0-4 against North Carolina. Johnson who rushed 24 times scored on a 29-Yardpass in the first Quarter and on runs of 9, 10 and s Yards. His last two touchdowns came in the third Quarter after Duke had pulled to 21-14 at halftime. His 16 touchdowns and 100 Points broke the previous acc freshman scoring Mark of 84 Points set by North Carolina state s Ted Brown in 1975. It also was the Sec Ond time this season that Johnson matched Brown s single game record with four scores. Johnson s Rushing total pushed him Over 1,000 Yard for the season joining fellow tailback Curtis Johnson. It was the 23rd 1,000-Yard Rushing performance for North Carolina tops in Mcaa history. Duke came out Strong following its upset of North car Olina state and 20-Day Layoff driving 82 Yards on the first Possession. Spence Fischer found Steve Spurrier or. On an8-Yard play for his first career scoring pass. Fischer threw for 130 Yards in the first Quarter before North Carolina started to pressure him and play five defensive backs. The tar heels then began to control the clock scoring on drives of 79, so and 71 Yards to take a 21-7 Lead Midway through the second Quarter. North Carolina could have blown open the game jus before halftime but a pair of interceptions by Zaid Abdul Aleem deep in Duke territory prevented scores. Two plays after Abdul Alec s first interception in the end zone Fischer found Jon Jensen in full stride Down the left sideline for an 80-Yard scoring pass with 2 45 left closing to 21-14. Rce rides turnovers to rout of Houston Houston a Rice s Bert Emanuel and Josh Larocca each threw two touchdown passes As the owls took advantage of eight Houston turnovers for a 37-7 Victory Friday completing their second straight winning season. The owls 6-5, 3-4 in Southwest conference games had Back to Back winning seasons for the first time since 1960-61. Houston 1-9-1,1-5-1 closed out its sea son with six losses and a tie. Houston scored on the game s first drive on a 14 Yard run by Siandre Sanders before the owls responded with 37 straight Points. Larocca took Over after Emanuel was injured. Graves leads Syracuse past Rutgers East Rutherford . A Marvin Graves threw two touchdowns and added three single season school passing records As disappointing Syracuse avoided its first non winning season since1986 by defeating Rutgers 31-18 Friday. Syracuse 6-4-1, 3-4 in the big East conference still has an outside shot Ai a postseason bowl. It was the fifth straight loss for Rutgers 4-7,1-6. The orangemen failed on five crack sat the end zone after getting a first and goal from the 1-Yard line leading 14-0. Al Woolen eventually put the Gam away with touchdown runs of 27 and 1 Yards in the final 7 50, with Graves set Ting up the last one with a 32-Yard scam per on a  finished 15-of-19 for 275 Yards including scoring passes of 9 Yards Tomarcus Lee and 13 Yards to Marvin har Rison on the orangemen s first two series. Graves who holds almost All of Syra Cuse s passing records hit his first five passes in leading the orangemen on scor ing drives of 52 and 56 Yards. He added single season records for passing Yards attempts and total offence. His to passes also gave him 48, break ing the school career Mark he had shared with Don Mcpherson. Boy Sand girls Send in your Christina wish lists in Pel a personalized reply from Santa. Children s names will also appear in the stares and stripes. 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