European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes sports monday october 17,1994 it Sal dam b offs rip Oil a homa by John Mossman Boulder Colo. Apr Rashaan Salaam ran for 161 Yards and four first half touchdowns and no. 4 Colorado overwhelmed no. 22 Oklahoma 45-7 saturday night for its 10th straight Victory. Salaam moved ahead of Washington a Napoleon Kaufman into the National Rushing Lead at 175./ Yards per game and also solidified his position As the nations leading scorer increasing his total to 16 touchdowns. A i feel real blessed to be up for the Heisman a Salaam said. A but in be got other goals. 1 want to help this team be 11-0 come jan.-1, and i want us to be National champs. If the Heisman comes that a Colorado 6-0, 2-0 big eight posted its highest Point total Ever against the soon cars 3-3, 1-1who averted a shutout with 23 seconds left on Garrick Mcgee a 9-Yard to pass to . Mills. Quot a r the buffaloes scored on four straight first half possessions with Salaam capping each series with a scoring run a the first three from 7 Yards out. Salaam a 36-Yard run set up his to around left end As Colorado went up 7-0 Midway through the first period. Late in the Quarter he ran 7 Yards off the right Side to culminate a 4lyard drive that followed Oklahoma a inability to move beyond its own 5. Quarterback Kordell Stewart kept that drive alive scrambling for a 9-Yard gain on third-and-8. The buffs turned two second Quarter turnovers into ads. Mcgee fumbled at the sooner so 18 and Colorado linebacker Matt Russel recovered setting up Salaam a third straight 7-Yard dash this time up the Middle. Three minutes later safety Donnell Leomiti intercepted Mcgee a pass at the Colorado 39. Wide receiver Michael Westbrook ran 40 Yards on a reverse and Salaam romped 9 Yards up the Middle for a 28-0 Lead. The first half outcome might have been worse except for two fumbles by Colorado punt returner Chris Hudson. The first following a 54-Yard return turned the Ball Back to Oklahoma at its 4. The second Fumble at the Colorado 28, gave Oklahoma its Only serious scoring threat of the half but Hudson atoned with an end zone interception four plays later. Oklahoma had Only 11 Yards in the first Quarter and 64 at the half compared to 251 for Colorado. The sooner victimized by five turnovers and a sputtering offence mounted a desperation drive in the closing minutes and Mills made a sliding catch on fourth Down to avoid Oklahoma a first shutout in 126 games. Aggie overwhelm bears stretch Sec skein to 25 by Denne h. Freeman College station Texas apr a Texas a amp mrs a wrecking Crew defense usually wins games at Kyle Field. On this saturday however it was the no. 7 ranked aggie so offence that demolished the Baylor bears 41-21. Corey Pullig threw two touchdown passes and kept Baylor off balance Alt Day with his play calling As a amp a notched its 25th consecutive Southwest conference Victory. V a the offence won the game Lor us today a a amp a defensive coordinator Tommy tuber Villa said. A the defense was mighty proud of the offence the aggie 5-0, 3-0 Sec extended the nations longest Home winning Streak to 24 before70,11 l fans while Baylor which Hasni to Defeated a amp a since 1985, dropped to 5-2 and 2-1. / the aggie scored on every Possession in the second half except the last to overwhelm the bears. It was the most Points a amp a had scored against Baylor since a 48-0 Victory in 1941. A Corey did a great Job of putting us in the right play a offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger said. A. A a a Quot a Pullig completed 15-of-27 passes for 269 Yards Rodney Thomas gained 108 Yards on 14 carries and Leeland Mcelroy got 105 on 22 carries. A it was a Long afternoon for our defense a Baylor coach Chuck Reedy said. The aggie led by Only three Points at halftime. But on their first Possession of the third Quarter Pullig made a Good play action fake and found wide receiver Chris Sanders 10 Yards behind the Baylor defence for a 75-Yard scoring play. Then Pullig put together a 75-Yard scoring drive helped by a 12-Yard pass to Sanders to the Baylor 4. Thomas bulled across on the next play. Pullig took the aggie 81 Yards on the next Possession with fullback Detron Smith scoring untouched on an 8-Yard run up the Middle. Kyle Bryant kicked a 35-Yard Field goal and Mcelroy scored on a 1-Yard run. Freshman Clifton Rubin scored twice for Baylor on Short runs and freshman quarterback Jeff Watson threw a 36-Yard touchdown pass to John Stanley. Step 47-9 ground Mcnair Alcorn state a a Steve Mcnair known As a air Mcnair for his passing Success runs for a 40-Yard score against Prairie View sat Artlay. Mcnair passed for 387 Yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 107 Yards and three More ads in Alcorns 69-24 Victory. Fort Collins Colo. Apr Colorado state coach Sonny Lubick was concerned his 13th-ranked rams would take Tcxas-e1 paso lightly while looking ahead to next weekends big showdown with no. 21 Utah. He also feared his team might come out Flat after last weekends 21-16 upset of Arizona. Lubick could have saved himself the worry. Anthoney Hill threw for two ads and . Watson scored twice on Short runs saturday As the rams beat step 47-9. The rams 7-0, 5-0 Western athletic conference racked up 585 Yards and throttled it Eph a budding ground game permitting Toraino Singleton just 27 Yards Rushing 98 less than average. A a. A we concentrated a whole Bunch this week on this team. We knew we had to beat this team to go on to the next week a said Jeremy Burkett who caught a touchdown pass from Hill and gained 51 Yards on two reverses. David Napier added three Field goals and the defense came up with two safeties including one on the opening Kickoff. Steve Standifer set the games tone when he tackled it Eph a Sam Rogers in the end zone on the opening Kickoff for a safety. Then Hill connected on 13 of 28 passes for 223 Yards and two touchdowns a a 13-Yard pass to Burkett and a 3-Yard toss to Steve Hodge both in the first half. He led the rams on first half scoring drives that produced three touchdowns a pair of Field goals and a 28-3 Lead. Walsh by Shock notre Dame South Bend ind. A the biggest Day of John Walsh a career at Brigham Young has notre Dame coach Lou Holtz looking for answers. Walsh passed for 216 Yards and one touchdown As by stopped notre Dame twice inside the 10 on the Way to beating the 17th-ranked Irish 21-14 on saturday. A nobody gave us a Chance in this game but we believed in ourselves and that Sall that matters a said Walsh who completed 17-of-30. The Irish also missed three Field goals and were held to 115 Yards Rushing by an aggressive by defense that produced four sacks recovered one Fumble had an interception and seven tackles for 21 Yards in losses. A a we be made some teams awfully Happy in the past few weeks a said Lou Holtz whose club was beaten 30-11 by Boston College last week. Brigham Young 6-1 overcame near disaster at the Start of the game to defeat the Irish 4-3who Hadnot lost so Many games this Early in a season since going 5-6 in Holtzm a first season in 1986. A please done task me for any answers. I done to have any a Holtz said. Walsh moved his team 77 Yards in 13 plays for the winning score with Jamal Willis plunging Over the Middle of the line from 2 Yards out. Walsh then hit Hema Heimuli with a conversion pass. Notre Dame moved 62 Yards in six plays following the opening Kickoff to score on Randy Kinder a 41-Yard run. Brigham Young which won a no conference Road game for the first time since 1989, scored the next 13 Points. David Lauder booted Field goals of 49 and 48 Yards to put the cougars on the Board. Powlus who was sacked twice and fumbled two snaps in the first half gave the cougars the Ball on their 45 following the second Fumble. Six plays later Walsh hit Willis on a Short toss to the 16 and he went scored by eluding Jeremy samples overcomes stubborn Hawaii Salt Lake City a Sylvester Cooperwood ran for one touchdown and set up one with a Long reception As 21si-ranked Utah broke away from Pesky Hawaii for a 14-3 Victory saturday. Cooperwood bounded 6 Yards with 13 54 left to play for the games first score. Six minutes later the Sophomore fullback took a swing pass 46 Yards to get the utes 6-0, 3-0 Western athletic conference inside Hawaii a 20-Yard line. Three plays later Mccoy lobbed an 18-Yard to pass to Curtis Marsh. Hawaii 2-5, 0-5 got its Only score on Carlton Oswalt a 37-Yard Field goal with 8 08 remaining. It came after Utah a Ernest Boyd knocked away what would have been a third Down 19-Yard to pass from John Hao to Brannon Kennedy
