European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 3, 1994 i sports the stars and stripes Page 35 n k s s. I is be it a a Bama Cal Clemson a. Tech Nab victories fridays bowl games by the associated press can one game change the complexion of a whole season sure says Alabama. No Way says North Carolina. A year after winning the National championship Alabama figured to be too banged up and too indifferent to turn in a Good performance in the Gator bowl at Jacksonville Fla. Coach Gene Stallings talked about things like Pride and tradition but it All sounded hollow considering his team had lost three of its last four games and was missing several key players. So what happened Friday night no. 18 Alabama finally looked like the team that routed Miami in the sugar bowl last season wearing Down 12th-ranked North Carolina for a 24-10 Victory. The Crimson tide ran for 164 Yards passed for 166 and controlled the Ball for nearly 35 minutes. A this was by far our Best game of the year and my Best game of the year also a said quarterback Brian Burgdorf the games map after throwing two touchdown passes and running 33 Yards for another score. The tide 9-3-1 beat a team with a winning record for the first time All season and in the. Process eased the disappointment of failing to repeat As National and Sec champions. Alabama came out on its first Possession of the second half and ran the Ball 11 straight times before Burgdorf threw an eight Yard touchdown pass to Tarrant Lynch to break a 10-10 tie. In the fourth bal Egdorf sealed it with a 10-Yard scoring toss to Chad key but it really did no to matter considering the tar heels amassed Only 40 Yards in the final two quarters. The tar heels 10-3 had a season Low 42 Yards on the ground a including minus-19 in the second half. North Carolinas Johnson amp Johnson tandem of 1,000-Yard tailbacks was left to wonder what might have been if they had gotten the Ball More. Curtis Johnson 1,070 Yards rushed for 27 Yards on six car Ries. Leon Johnson 1,043 Yards got the Ball Only twice running for 24 Yards. California 37, Iowa 3 at san Antonio Dave Barr threw three touchdown passes and Terrott Willard had three sacks and returned an interception 61 Yards for a score As California routed Iowa in the inaugural Alamo bowl. Barr led the Golden bears on time consuming drives and repeatedly picked Iowa apart on third Down. Willard and his band of blitzing defenders mean a a a a while held Iowa 16-6 to 20 Yards on 21 rushes. The bears 9-4 scored on four of their first five possessions including Field goals by Doug Brien of 37, 20 and 30 Yards and led 23-0 at intermission. Barr who was 21-of-28 for 266 Yards also hit Mike Caldwell with a 6-Yard touchdown pass in the first half. Clemson 14, Kentucky 13 at Atlanta Patrick Sappy a second Chance 21-Yard touchdown pass to Terry Smith and Nelson Welches extra Point with 20 seconds remaining gave no. 24 Clemson a Victory Over Kentucky in the peach bowl making Tommy West a Winner in his coaching debut with the tigers. Sappy a pass had been intercepted three plays earlier by Marty Moore who fumbled on the return with Brent la Jeune claiming it for Clemson 9-3 on the Kentucky 21. After two incompletion Sapp scrambled to the right Side and found Smith alone in the end zone. Clemson a defense twice had stopped Kentucky at the Tiger 1, and the wildcats 6-6 also squandered Good Field position twice in the second half before striking for 10 fourth Quarter Points. Kentucky took a 13-7 Lead on a 5-Yard pass from cookie Jones to Mark Chatmon and a 26-Yard Field goal by Nicky Nickels. West became Clemson a coach on nov. 29 after Ken Hatfield resigned. Virginia tech 45, Indiana 20 at Shreveport la., Virginia tech safely Antonio Alabama a Michael Rogers sacks no. Carolina quarterback Jason Stanicci in fridays Gator bowl game. Banks recovered a Fumble intercepted a pass and returned a partially blocked Field goal 80 Yards for a touchdown As the 22nd-Rankcd Homics beat no. 21 Indiana in the Independence bowl. Banks was voted top defensive player in a game that featured defense. Virginia tech 9-3 forced four turnovers setting up one touchdown and scoring two on its own a both in the last 23 seconds of the first half. Indiana 8-4 trailed Only 14-13 before the Homics defense broke open the game on two freakish ads a Lawrence Lewis 20-Yard Fumble return and Banks Long run after the blocked Field goal on the last play of the first half. As by the associated press Miami a John Vanbiesbrouc continued his Stellar goal ending making 24 of his 37 saves in the final period As surging Florida beat the Anaheim mighty ducks 4-2 saturday putting the panthers above .500 for the first time. The panthers 16-15-6 swept the two game season series against their expansion Brethren and Are 7-1-1 against the four most recent Man Hail expansion teams. A  the ducks 14-24-2 Are 0-8 against the same Competition. Vanbiesbrouc is 5-1-3 Over his last nine games and 13-10-5 Overall. He was chosen the games first Star for the ninth time this season. After Paul Laus scored on a rebound to make it 3-0 at the Start of the final period the ducks responded with two goals by Terry Yake and Bobby Corkum. Stu Barnes Jessie Belanger and Jody Hull also scored for Florida 7-1-3 in its last 11 games. In other games saturday whalers 4, islanders 3 Uniondale . Geoff Sanderson scored two Power play goals and Andrew Cassels added a goal and two assists As Hartford got Back to its winning ways. Sean Burke starting for the 10th time in Hartford a last 11 games faced 54 shots new Yorkus season High total. Sanderson broke a 3-3 tie at 7 13 of the final period. The Victory was the first for Hartford at Nassau coliseum in seven tries going 0-5-1 since March 6,1990. New York which lost its third straight game after winning its previous six got goals from Derek King Pat Flatley and Benoit Hogue. Pat Verbeek had the stops 37 pass .500 other Hartford goal. Capitals 5, lightning 5 Landover my. A Tampa Bay got two goals from Petr Klima to match its Best offensive output this season and Washington got two from Mike Ridley while stretching its unbeaten Streak to four games. Ridley also had an assist for the capitals 2-0-2 in their last four games a All at Home. Ridley got the games final goal with 3 59 left in the second period. Brian Bradley Mikael Andersson and roman hamrlik also scored for Tampa Bay. Peter Bondra Dale Hunter and Kelly Miller had the other Washington goals. Devils 7, senators 1 Ottawa a Bernie Nic Fichs working his Way through a troubled season scored three goals to Lead new Jersey Over Ottawa. Nicholls still recovering from the nov. 19 death of his infant son Jake to spinal meningitis Hadnot scored since nov. 3 and has seven goals in 22 games. Corey Millen Stephane Richer Bill Guerin and Tom Chorske also scored As the devils moved into a tie with Toronto for second place Overall in the nil with 48 Points seven behind the new York rangers. Kings 7, Leafs 4 Toronto a John Druce and Tomas Sandstrom scored two goals each As los Angeles upheld a franchise tradition by pounding Toronto. The Kings have won their last six new years Day games. 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