European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 20, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 37 wins on Huntington . A Youngstown state started slowly against Marshall in the past two Mcaa division i a championship games barely winning in 1991 and barely losing last year. The penguins got off to a Quick Start this time scoring 17 Points in the first Quarter and leaving no doubt about this years championship with a 17-5 win saturday. On the second play from scrimmage Darnell Clark ran through Tuan Reynolds tackle and went 50 Yards for a score putting the penguins ahead 7-0. Youngstown states special teams set up the next score. Jermaine Hopkins tackled punter Travis Colquitt at the Marshall 6 after the penguins defense stopped the Herd on three plays. Tamron Smith the penguins career Rushing Leader burst through the Middle on the next play making it 14-0. The penguins scored again in the first Quarter on a sustained drive. A pass from Mark Brungard to Trent Boykin was the biggest play on this series. The 151-Pound Boykin took the pass just beyond the line of weekly fires Lutes to 50-20 naia Triumph by Bob Baum Portland Ore. A Marc weekly ended his collegiate career with a botched drop kick conversion attempt. The rest of the afternoon he was unstoppable. The Pacific lutheran senior passed for 441 Yards and four touchdowns As the Lutes won the naia division ii football championship with a 50-20 Victory saturday Over Westminster of Pennsylvania. Weekly also ran for two scores accounting for All but one of his teams touchdowns As the gambling wide open Lutes �12-0-1 of Tacoma wash., took the Lead on their first Possession and never lost it. A a we re a big play team and we be got a big play quarterback a Pacific lutheran coach frosty westering said. Weekly who finished with an naia record 46 touchdown passes this season completed 25 of 37 passes against the titans 10-3who Haa not Given up a Point in their last two games and had allowed just 33 in their previous six. Pacific lutheran ranked no. 1 if the filial naia division ii poll won the title for the third time. The Lutes won it in 1980 and shared it in 1987. Gavin Stanley and Aaron Tang caught two touch do in passes apiece for Pacific lutheran. Stanley caught 11 passes for 152 Yards and Tang caught eight for 177. The Lutes sacked Westminster a Sean pm Shea seven times and the titans turned the Ball Over five times. Pacific lutherans Jason Thiel was named the games outstanding defensive player after sacking o Shea twice and recovering a Fumble. The Lutes led 21-0 before West rain Stern a Aldridge Jones returned a kick off 92 Yards Down the left sideline for the titans Only score of the first half. Weekly a 66-Yard bomb to Tang on the third play of the second half put Pacific lutheran ahead 28-7. Weekly and Tang also connected on a 35-Yard touchdown play on a fourth and one situation in the first Quarter. Scrim Jage and ran through 194-Pound defensive Back Roger Johnson to gain 9 Yards on third Anc 7 from Marshall a 34. Jeff Wilkins 19-Yard Field goal capped the 17-play drive and put the penguins up 17-0 with 1 53 left in the Quarter a big Start for a team that managed just 3 first half Points in two previous title games. Youngstown states defense dominated in the first half holding the Herd to minus-21 Rushing and to 42 Yards of offence. The herds Chris Parker who gained 1,703 Yards this season had Only 5 Yards in the first two quarters and finished with 47 Yards on 17 carries. Marshall 11-4 scored with 3 34 left in the third Quarter on David Merrick a 27-Yard Field goal. But the penguins snuffed the herds Hopes with a goal line stand with less than five minutes left. Youngstown state gave up a safety late in the game rather than give Marshall a Chance for a to on a blocked punt. Smith finished with 109 Yards on 24 carries and Clark had 88 Yards on 11 carries. Notre Dame aide to j by Joe Kay Cincinnati a Rick Minter notre Dames defensive coordinator the last two seasons was named football coach at Cincinnati on saturday. Minter 39, switches from one of the most renowned football programs in the county to one trying to build upon its first winning season in ii years. He Rei places Tim Murphy who left dec. 6 to become Harvard a coach. Notre Dame will be without its top defensive coach heading into a Cotton bowl matchup with Texas a amp a. A was of right now my Obliga lion is at the University of Cincinnati a Minter said. A to my knowledge i will not be coaching the bowl  Minter a association with notre Dame was one of the factors that led Minter bearcats Cincinnati to offer a five year contract. For the past decade Cincinnati football has been recognized nationally for just two things Mcaa rules violations and frequent  director Rick Taylor likes the prestige of having a coach affiliated with notre Dame and coach Lou Holtz. A a it a a program that is recognized for academic Ana athletic Success a Taylor said. Cincinnati did no to have Many positive Points five years ago when Taylor hired Lurphy out of Maine. The bearcats stayed in their downward spiral going 9-34-1 in Murphy s first four years. V but the bearcats softened the schedule this year and went 8-3, making the Cincinnati Job a lot More appealing. The school had trouble finding qualified candidates five years ago Taylor said it had 34 formal applications this time. Minter a football background is exclusively in defense. Before going to notre Dame he was defensive coordinator at  for seven years and also was an assistant at new Mexico state North Carolina state Louisiana tech and Arkansas. 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