European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 21. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 to i at i in Iny oif Ohar to he is in Ter m-6r Miami defender Twan Russell brings Down Temple receiver pm. Cook after a catch Costa big East from wire report Philadelphia Miami quarterback Frank Costa was As interested i what happened in the stands As he was with what happened on the Field in the fifth ranked hurricanes 38-14 Victory Over Temple  Brawl broke out during the third Quarter the activity entered around the Section where Costa s friends and family were seated. I really did t know what was going on and i had a lot of family up there said Costa who grew up three blocks from veterans stadium. I did t want my family to get Hurt and i did t wan the other Guys to get  several fans were treated for scrapes bumps and bruises As were four Security guards according to a stadium Security official. There was no report that any of Costa s family members were  Melee dampened Costa s Home coming which otherwise was a rousing Success. He finished 19-of-36 for 249 Yards before being removed in the third Quarter with the hurricanes up 38-7. The run was the preferred Mode offend brie entry for the hurricanes 9-1who clinched the big East conference title with the Victory. Miami is 6-0 in the conference and closes out the season saturday against Boston College. James Stewart Alfred Shipman an Larry Jones combined for 234 Rushing Yards and four of the five Rushing touch Downs Miami scored. Temple 2-9, 0-7 finished its season with its eighth straight loss and 25th straight conference loss. West Virginia 21, bc2a Morgantown . West Virginia continued an impressive comeback from a dismal Early season beating Boston College on saturday to improve its record to 6-5 and brighten it bowl Hopes. Sophomore quarterback Chad Johnston zipped a 19-Yard touchdown pass to 2&ch Abraham a their second touchdown connection with 4 minutes 8 seconds remaining in the game and the West Virginia defense held on. Boston College s passing game sparked two touchdown drives in the second half. But with the eagles facing a fourth Dowland less than a Yard on the Mountaineer 35 with 1 21 left Oman Walker was stopped behind the line of scrimmage by linebacker Matt  6 3-1 gained Only 5 Yards on the ground but quarterback Mark Hartsell 24 of 34 for 320 Yards kept the eagles close. Still hopeful flu. V. ,.acc by the associated press Raleigh . It s Nice to dream and that s about All Florida state can pin trying to win another National championship. We Only have two Hopes left in regard to the National championship Seminole coach Bobby Bowden said following a 34 3 beating of no. 25 North Caro Lina state on sat urday night. These moles won the 1993 title with a Victory Over Nebraska inthe Orange bowl but Are a. Long shot to repeat. \ no. 1, we would have to beat Florida to have any Hope he said referring to this weekend s regular season finale. No. 2, somebody would have to Knock Miami off so that we would be the no. 1 coalition team and get to play whoever plays in the Orange bowl. Odds Are not in our  the seminoles completed their third straight unbeaten Atlantic coast Confer ence run using two touchdowns by Rock Preston to run up another lopsided win Over the  Kanell although not particularly Sharp tossed two touchdown passes forthe seminoles 9-1, 8-0 acc. Florida state stretched its record winning streaking the conference to 24 games and wrap Ped up another championship to Guaran tee another major bowl bid. The Victory came with a heavy toll  least nine Florida state players had to leave the game with injuries including two players with torn knee ligaments and another with a broken leg. Four Are put for the rest of the season. We had so Many go Down that i m not sure i could name them All Bowden said. Thais a real cd Poncem going int next  with Terry Harvey on the Bench with separated left shoulder . State 7-3, 5-2 acc went to Reserve Geoff Bendrat quarterback. After a Good opening . State fell apart committing five turnovers. Last year it had six turnovers in losing 62-3 at Tallahassee  top of thai. Bender went Down with a pinched nerve in his left shoulder in the fourth Quarter forcing Harvey Back into. The Wolf pack pushed the Ball Dow the Field on its first two possessions against the seminoles but Only manage Steve Videtich s 27-Yard Field goal mid Way through the first  backing the Wolf pack into a Hole Florida state took advantage an Jook the Lead for Good on Warrick Dunn s 6-Yard dash around left end on the first play of the second Quarter. Dunn gained 122 Yards on 21  Carolina 41, Duke 40 Durham . Mike Thomas combined with Octavus Barnes on a 71 Yard scoring play with 2 01 left As Nort Carolina 8-3, 5-3 acc stunned Duke the loss was devastating for for the Blue devils 8-3, 5-3who seemed to have the game won after Spence Fischer 33-of-57 for 395yards hit Corey Thomas with two scoring passes in a 4yi-minute Span late in the fourth Quarter. Mike Thomas playing for the second straight week in place of injured Jason Stamick came off the Bench Here two years ago to throw for 299 Yards in a 31 28 North Carolina Victory. He also threw4he winning to in 1992 with 2 06 left. Blacksburg a. A the Vir Ginia Cavaliers swear their 42-23 Victory saturday Over Virginia tech did t rep resent the perfect defensive performance. It s Safe to say the Homics Don twant to see what does. This was Good but we can do better linebacker Randy Neal said. The perfect game would be to hold them to about 30 Yards and no  y no. 16 Virginia intercepted five passes off Maurice Deshazo and recovered three of the 14th-ranked homies four fumbles. The Cavaliers turned 6 of 8 the turnovers into 29 Points on the Way to their highest Point total against the to Kies since a 42-0 Victory in 1952."you expect to get two or three turn overs. That s Ideal defensive tackle Ryan Kuehl said but they just kept coming and coming and coming Joe Crocker led the Cavaliers with two interceptions and Virginia which came in with the nation s top Rushing defense allowing just 58.6 Yards per game held the Homics to 33. Virginia tech s 17rushes represented its lowest total Ever. Playing in front of scouts from the fiesta Gator peach car quest and Independence bowls Virginia 8-2 kept itself in Contention for a coalition berth. Rafael Garcia kicked a school record five Field goals from 28, 43, 37,50 and 22 Yards As Virginia snapped the to Kies 11-game Home winning Streak. A by Teresa m. Walker Nashville Tenn. A no. 3 Florida has enough offensive weapons to beat a letdown and Van Derbut on the same afternoon. The gators 9-1, 7-1 Sec clinched their third straight Southeastern conference Eastern division title last week against South Carolina and face eighth ranked Florida state next week. Florida s 24-7 Victory Over Vanderbilt marked i slowest Point output of the season. The gators previous Low came in a 31-0 Victory at Tennessee in september. We did t play very Well today Florida coach Steve Spurrier said. We threw the Ball a lot better last week. But give Vandy credit for being Able to cover and for having a Good pass  Vanderbilt 5-5, 2-5 lost to the gators 52-0 last year but blitzed and stunted in sacking Danny Wuerffel four times and holding Florida to 221 Yards passing Well below its 367-Yard average. Offensively we sputtered again Spurrier said. Mit seems like Vandy defensive coordinator Carl Reese s de sense is Tough on us. We never go far throwing the Ball against  i Florida rushed 42 times for 229 Yards behind Taylor and Elijah Williams who had 15 carries for 96 Yards. The gators had averaged 167 Yards Rushing while Lead ing the Sec in total offence at 488 Yards a game. But then the gators planned to work on the running game As a tuneup for Florida state and then no. 4 Ala Bama in the Sec championship game. We made it a goal this week to get the running game Back up to Par said freshman Fred Taylor who carried 15 times for 140 Yards. It s real important so that other teams can t try to kill our  Taylor caught a 5-Yard pass for a touchdown and scored on a 12-Yard run in the third Quarter that sealed the Victory. He also caught four passes for 29 Yards Topping his pre Vious Best of 135 Yards and two ids against leu. Florida led 17-7 at halftime and let Taylor take Over in the third Quarter. He carried seven times in an eight play 64-Yard drive that he capped with a 12-Yard run that Puj Florida up 247 with 3 02 left. The gators finished with 450 Yards Overall. Vander bilt the league s top Rushing team managed 169 Yards and just 54 passing