European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports saturday november 26,1994 by Brent Kallestad Tallahassee Fla. A Florida state has averaged More than 47 Points the last three times it has played Florida at Home game on an radio at 6njn. On an to at 8jo but it seems unlikely saturday that either of the High powered offences will be Able to Muster that kind of production when the pair of 9-1 teams come into the game with crack defensive teams. My no. 1 concern is their front four Florida state coach Bobby Bowden said. If they can beat you with their front four they Don t need anybody else. You Hope they can  the fourth ranked gators and Bowden s seventh ranked seminoles have each allowed just More than 15ppintsa game. Florida state s defense led by end Derrick Alexan Der has been particularly Tough in the last five games giving up a total of 49 Points and slightly More than 200 Yards game. It la be a big Challenge to see if we can move the Ball somewhat said Florida coach Steve Spurrier. We did t do it very Well last  since Danny Wuerffel took Over for Terry Dean at quarterback following a mid season loss to Auburn the gators have maintained a 45-Points-per-game scoring average. Wuerffel has completed 65 percent of his passes for 1,223 Yards and 13 touchdowns. Danny Kanell in his first season As Florida state s successor to Heisman trophy Winner Charlie Ward has completed 57 percent of his throws for 2,360 Yards and 16 touchdowns. Kanell has thrown a dozen interceptions but none in the last two games. What they re doing offensively now is probably More suited to his offensive style of play said Spur Rier. -. ,. Warrick Dunn who combined with Ward on a 79-Yard scoring pass in the fourth Quarter to Seal the Seminole Vic tory a year ago needs 22 Yards to become just the fifth Back to gain 1,000 Yards in a season at Florida state. Florida s defensive end Kevin Carter will be out to Stop Seminole Back Warrick Dunn in big game in the swamp. Florida freshman Fred Taylor who was feverishly recruited by Bowden leads the gators with 791 Yard Rushing. The seminoles Hope to avoid an intrastate sweep this season. Their tone loss came in Early october a Miami. Florida state has t lost at Home to Florida since1986, winning the last three times by scores of 52-17, 45-30 and 45-24 the last two among the worst de feats suffered by the gators under Spurrier. It can always happen if somebody makes a lot of big plays said Bowden who would extend his record number of seasons with at least 10 victories to eight straight. Bowden is particularly worried about the gators defensive front led by 6-6,270-Pound defensive end Kevin Carter the second top Tallahassee defender to Slipway from the seminoles in recent years. In Florida s Only win since 1986, tackle Brad Culpep wants to questions on Streak per of Tallahassee led the gators to a 14-9 win in 1991. Last year Ward passed for 446 Yards As Florida state ended Florida s 23-game winning Streak at Home with a33-21 Victory. Spurrier said last year s loss at Home could work tothe gators advantage this time around. In years past we used to think our Field was so advantageous for us he explained. Maybe we thought the other Field was a lot of advantage for the  the seminoles have been Defeated Only one time in their last33 games at Home since 1989, winning 16 loo8 a memorable 17-16 setback to Miami in y x. A. We re As ready As we re Gonna be and we re ready to go up there and see what happens said Spurrier who is1-3 against Florida state. I certainly think we re a lot bet Ter team than we were at the Middle of the season. Well go up there very close to full  los Angeles a John Robin son in t quizzed about Southern Cal s 11-game losing Streak to notre Dame All the time everywhere. Yeah on Maui we were out snorkel ing and did t come in All Day and non of the fish said anything about it the us coach joked. The subject of notre Dame s recent domination of the rivalry has been difficult for Robinson and the trojans to escape. They can end All that saturday night when they play the Irish at the Losangeles coliseum. No. 17 us 7-3 seems to have its Best Chance in years to beat notre Dames 5-4. Both teams have had their ups and owns but the trojans have been More consistent than the Irish. The last time us won a game in these Ries was 1982, a 17-13 Victory that also was the final game of Robinson s first stint As trojans coach he left to coach the los an Gelci rams then returned to Southern Cal before the Start of last season. So although the trojans Haven t beaten the Irish in 11 years Robinson is responsible for just one of those defeats a 31-13 loss last year at notre Dame. He has fared Well against notre Dame in fact with a 6-2 record against the Irish. His trojans teams had won the last five meetings before he took the rams Job. The streaks us s during the late 70sand Early 80s and notre Dame s for the past 11 years Aren t any great mystery Robinson noted. We had better players than they did during the trojans win Streak. They had some Good teams but we had better players. For the last period of time it was similar Only notre Dame has had the better  the trojans feature the passing of Rob Johnson to Keyshawn Johnson and the running of several tailbacks including Shawn Walters and Leonard Green. Rob Johnson who missed two game Sand parts of two others with a sprained ankle has completed 155 of 228 this year with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions. Keyshawn Johnson has 52 receptions for 1,026 Yards and six touchdowns and has More than 100 Yards receiving in each of the trojans last six , sidelined with a thumb injury saw limited duty in a 31-19 loss to Urcla last week. He is expected to play More against the Irish. Walters has 852 Yards on 170 carries this year including two games of More than 200 Yards. Green has carried 48 times for 255 Yards. The Irish feature Sophomore quarterback Ron Powlus who has completed106 of 200 for 1,614 Yards with 18 touch Downs and nine interceptions. Derrick ayes with 42 catches for 777 Yards and 11 ads has been Powlus favorite target. Notre Dame s running game has improved with the return of tailback Lee Becton and fullback Ray Zellars from in juries. To state College a. A even though Penn state has More to play for Michigan state May be More fired up in its last regular season game under George Perles. They re going to come in herewith a lot of emotion and play hard Penn state quarterback Kerry Collins said. By far it s going to be our  b the spartans 5-5,4-3 big ten willbe eligible for a bowl game if they upset no. 2 Penn state 10-0, 7-0 on saturday. They re also seeking to avenge last year s loss when the Nitta by Lions rallied from a 20-Point third Quarter deficit to win 38-37 and Knock the spartans out of the Citrus  state is headed to the Rose bowl against Oregon and the spar tans would love to Knock the nit tank Lions out of the National championship race in Perles last game after12 years As head coach. Penn state certainly has gotten bet Ter this season and Collins Points to last year s Victory Over Michigan stat for some of the Success this year. ?? the ame that kind of kicked things off As far As real izing the potential of this  col Lins said. Perles said he has been too con est game corned with Penn state to dwell on Wisla Strame. Penn state is an excellent football team Perles said. Their offence must have three or four first team a amen cans and a few More second steamers. I Don t know if anyone else in the country can say  Collins and tailback i Jana Carter were selected to the football Newhall America first team. Guard Jeff Hartings and receiver Bobby Engram were on the second team. The Ameri can football coaches association named Carter and tight end Kyle Brady first team All America selections last week. Penn state has the nation s top scor ing offence averaging 46.7 Points and a in on s. Top rated passer in , Collins expects Michigan state to give the Kittany Lions trouble.  re the Best pass defense inthe big ten he said. They have really talented defensive backs and they play some Tough looks which i m sure we re going to see on  .ftp1enn. State s defense has Given  Points a game and has been particularly vulnerable to the run the past few weeks. Northwestern freshman Darnell Autry ran for 171 Yards against the Kittany Lions last week