European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 24, 1994 sports the of ars and stripes Page 29 i Virginia wide receiver Demetrius Alan snares a pass As North Carolina defender Reggie love makes the tackle. Cay pliers Roll past tar heels Charlotte Svile a. A Virginia on of the top Rushing defences in division i a y gave up season High 169 Yards on the ground saturday and still won by 24 Points. That says a lot about the character of the people on this team defensive tackle Ryan Kuehl said after the 25th-ranked Cavaliers rolled to a 34-10 Victory Over no. 15 North Carolina. We be got other ways to get i done on defense and our offence just keeps getting better every North Carolina coach Mack Brown was t about to argue after the Cavaliers extended their Mastery Over his tar heels. Virginia quarterback Mike Groh starting the second consecutive game while Simmion Willis recovers froma pulled hamstring had 256 Yards and two touchdowns on 15-of-21 passing As Virginia 6-1, 4-1 Atlantic coast conference won its sixth consecutive game. Groh helped Virginia to a Quick 17-Point Lead and the Cavaliers went on to defeat North Carolina 5-2, 2-2 for the seventh time in eight games. Virginia is 7-0 at Home against the tar heels under Welsh and 9-3-1 Overall in his 13 seasons. Virginia which came in allowing an average of 53.5rushing Yards saw that figure More than triple against the tar heels who own the acc s Best Rushing of sense. -. But the Cavaliers made life miserable for Jason Sta Nicek the league s no. 2-rated passer. Stanicek was hurried nine times had three passes batted Down at theline and two were intercepted. Barker sets record tide stays unbeaten by Paul Nev Berry Tuscaloosa Ala. A Jay Barker was like the Eye in the Center of a storm saturday. Neither a 10-0 deficit nor a severe lightning storm could fluster Barker who calmly rallied no. 8 Alabama to a 21-10 Victory Over Mississippi a must win situation for the Crimson tide to remain a factoring the National championship race. In the process Barker became the winning est quarterback in Al Obama history improving his re Cord to 31-1-1 in four years As the starter. Vyv it feels really Good to finally get the record said Barker who scored the go ahead touchdown on a 2-Yard run Midway through the fourth Quarter i thank god nto be surrounded by a Good Barker the game was halted for 25 minutes in the second Quarter because of the lightning. Barker is often overlooked because he does t Post big numbers but there s hardly anyone you would rather have in a close game and with this Alabama team that has be come a Way of life. The tide s seven victories Over i teams have been by a total of 43 Points. As usual the tide 8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Confer ence struggled to beat an out manned opponent. Of miss 2-5, 1-5after losing the previous week to a Kansas 31-7, led 10-0 at halftime. But As usual Alabama found a Way to win with a big helping hand from rebels defensive Back Alund Sbrice. Trailing 10-7, Alabama was penalized 25 Yards for holding and committing a personal foul on the first play of the fourth Quarter. Facing second-and-35 and it sown 36, Barker attempted to hit Curtis Brown with a Kentucky 34-30 Lexington by. A Georgia s Eric Zeier fired touchdown passes of 55 and 28 Yards to Hason Graham and Carlos Varicy came up with an interception in the final minute As the bulldogs held off Kentucky 34-30 on saturday night. ". A / Kentucky 1-6, 6-5 Southeastern conference losing its fifth straight game rallied from a 27-16deficit in the fourth Quarter to go up 30-27. Michael Woodfork scored on Ai Yard run with 9 20 to go two plays after Georgia fumbled at its. 6, and Van Hiles picked off a pass by Eicr at the Kentucky 39 and returned it for a to at 6 30. Georgia 5-3, 3-3 came Back on the pinpoint passing of Eicr who tied his school record by completing 36 passes in 51 attempts for 420 Yards. ,. ,. He connected with Graham on a crossing Pat Tern for the winning touchdown with 4 08 to go. Duke rips deacons to go 7-0 1 by David Droschak Winston Salem no. A so Fred Gold Smith in t quite a Genius after All. It appeared the first year Duke coach had pulled a great coaching move saturday when Wake Forest won the Coin toss deferred to the second half and the Blue devils elected to place their stingy defense on the Field first. That resulted in three Fumble recoveries and 21 Points in the first six minutes As the 20th-ranked Blue devils rolled to a 51-26 win Over the Demon deacons. But Goldsmith fessed up after the game. We had a Little boo boo there. I d father not talk about it right now said Goldsmith whose captains were supposed to take the Ball first instead of giving it to Wake Forest. It worked out very very Well. We wanted the football but we scored on the first play so i guess that is of he laughed. The Blue devils 7-0, 4-0 Atlantic coast conference used an opportunistic defense and the running of Rob Ert Baldwin to keep Pace with two time defending acc Champion Florida state which beat Clemson 17-0 and plays hos to Duke this saturday. Duke with its Best record since the 1941 team went 9-0, has put together one of the nation s Best turn around seasons but it has been against teams with a combined Mark of 13-30. The Demon deacons 2-6, 0-5 have lost 28 straight against ranked opponents. Five Wake Forest turnovers led to 34 Points for Duke which last scored 50 Points in a 57-20 Victory Over Wake Forest in 1990. Baldwin gained 104 of his 157 Yards by halftime. Pass Well Short of the first Down Marker. Brick tripped Brown before the pass arrived however resulting m a pass interference Call and an automatic first Down. Then after the tide drove inside the Ole miss 1, Michael Proctor kicked a 20-Yard Field to tie the game. But Brice collided with Proctor for a personal foul that gave the tide a new set of Downs at the 1. Two plays later Barker rolled out to his right an fought his Way into the end zone to give the tide a 14-10 Lead. There was still 8 13 remaining but you had the feel ing they could play until Midnight and old miss would score. The rebels had Only 50 Yards in the second half Sherman Williams who scored Alabama s first touchdown on 2-Yard run in the third Quarter added a 3-Yard scoring run with 16 seconds remaining after Ole miss quarterback Josh Nelson had fumbled the Callaway at his own 6 with about two minutes to go. Williams rushed 32 times for 118 Yards his sixth Gam of More than 100 Yards. On the Slick Field Alabama stuck to its ground game. Barker completed seven of 14 passes for 120 Yards but he extended his school record string of passes without an interception to 147. Barker eclipsed the record of 30 wins set by Harry Ginier from 1944-47. Barker already had the Best win Ning percentage in school history it now stands at .955. The rebels jumped ahead on their second Possession of the game driving 59 Yards on 10 plays with Don in Iocent running eight times for 47 and scoring from the 2. A spectacular lightning display prompted referee Bill Goss to Send the teams to the locker room with about13 minutes left in the first half. Old miss linebacker coach Mike Grant sustained minor Burn on his Side when an electrical current came through the ground and reached the transmitter attached to his Belt. Abc cameraman Barry Prago and his sideline Driver Bill Browning also were injured by the lightning. Browning was taken to a nearby Hospital with an irregular heartbeat but was later released. Big ten 111 Ini Celebration yith Long return Champaign 111. A Aman Toomer returned punt 72 Yards for a touchdown and Remy Hamilton kicked four Field goals saturday As no. 11 Michigan beat Illinois 19-14. The loss ruined the Zillini s 70lli anniversary Cele bration of red Grange s six touchdown 212-Yard performance against Michigan. The wolverines made sure there was no second coming of the Gallop ing ghost led by linebacker Steve Morrison they held Illinois to 40 Rushing Yards this Lime. Illinois 4-3, 2-2 big ten was ranked second nation ally on defense and had t allowed a third Quarter Point this season until Michigan 5-2, 3-1 scored 10 i that period to take a 19-7 Lead. The Zillini scored on Scott Weaver s 8-Yard pass to Jason Dulick with 4 42 to play. But with Todd Collins completing two third Down passes to Jay Rich Roersma the wolverines maintained Possession the rest of the Way. Collins was 17-of-25 for 177 s game breaking punt return came 2 28 into the second half. He caught the Ball near the right hash Mark on his 28 and got running room thanks to Wood Row Hankins Block of Tyrone Washington. Illinois coach Lou Tepper argued with officials that Hankins hit was from the Back not the Side and should have resulted in a clipping saturday Toomer had returned nine punts for 20 Yards a 2.2-Yard , Michigan s Only scoring came on Hamil ton s Field goals of 35, 32, 26 and 27 Yards. He also hit the upright on a 41-Yard attempt. Ohio state 48, Purdue 14 Columbus Ohio a Bob Hoying a lire for four touchdown passes and a career High 290 Yards in just the first half As 24th-ranked Ohio state threw deep and often to beat Purdue saturday. Hoying who finished with 304 Yards tied John Bor ton s 42-year-old Ohio state record with his fifth touch Down pass on the first series of the second half. Hoying completed 9-of-23 passes in the first half and hit his Only attempt after intermission. I
