European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports sunday november 27,1994 thu hands Texas 24-17 loss fort Worth Texas a Max Knake fired two touchdown passes to flanker Jimmy Oliver and Texas Christian got a late fourth Quarter score Friday to upset Cotton bowl bound Texas tech 24-17. Thu tailback Andre Davis the Southwest Confer ence Rushing Champion contributed 63 Yards of a 69 Yard scoring rive with 3 52 left sealing the Victory with a 9-Yard run and then bulling Over for the two Point conversion. The Victory earned the horned frogs a share of the Sec championship for the first time since 1959 an gave them the inside track to the Independence bowl. Thu and co champions Baylor and Texas wound up with 7-4 records while tech As the Mobil Cotton bowl Host finished at 6-5. Tech thu Baylor and Texas pos Ted 4-3 Sec records. Rice 4-6,3-3 went after a 5-Way tie saturday when it took on Houston. Texas tech clinched its first Cotton bowl appear Ance since 1939 when Texas beat Baylor 63-35 on thursday. The red raiders after missing two Field goals Over came a 16-14 thu Lead with 6 23 left in the fourth period when Tony Rogers kicked a 41-Yard Field goal. But thu struck right Back with Davis ripping of runs of 12, 28,14 and 9 Yards As Knake drove the frogs in for the winning touchdown. On the Day Davis car ried 23 times for 107 Yards. Tech got the Ball Back for the final time with 1 18left, but could t get past the thu 45. Oliver set a school record with 206 Yards on seven receptions. The raiders held a 14-1.0 Lead in the third period after a 19-Yard to pass from Zebbie Lethridge to Jay son Lavender and a 15-Yard scoring run by Byron Hanspard a record thu tech crowd of 43,219 and a regional television audience watched Knake throw for touch Downs of 89 and 62 Yards to Oliver in the second an third quarters. The first gave the frogs a 10-0 Lead the second a 16-44 Edge. And it was a 38-Yard pass from Knake to Oliver that set up thu s second Quarter 40-Yard Field goal by Michael Meeder. Reeder s extra Point kick was blocked after the seconded. 2 v . State freshman tailback Tremayne Stephens 20 and Virginia defensive Back Ronde Barber spar Friday. Charlottesville a. A freshman tre Mayne Stephens burned the nation s top Rushing de sense Friday for 133 Yards including an 84-Yard score that rallied North Carolina state from its fourth deficit to a 30-27 Victory Over no. 13 Virginia. V the fourth Quarter touchdown by Stephens the first rusher this year to gain 100 Yards against Virginia capped a wild game that further clouded the Atlantic coast conference s already confusing bowl picture. Playing in front of scouts from the sugar fiesta peach and Independence bowls the Wolf pack 8-3, 6-2 acc clinched second place in the league behind Florida state. . State also All but guaranteed the acc will Send a team with Only eight victories to a top tier bowl. Virginia 8-3, 5-3 was a two touchdown favorite to defeat the Wolf pack wrap up second place in the league and go to the sugar fiesta or Cotton bowls. In Stead the Cavaliers had four turnovers and their de sense gave up uncharacteristic big plays. The net result was that Virginia wound up in a third place tie in the acc with Duke and North Carolina an probably played itself out of the major bowl picture. . State trailed 6-0,19-7 and 2524, but kept com ing Back against a defense that came in allowing 56 Rushing Yards per game tops in division i a and set an acc record with 27 interceptions this season. The final Lead change came with 8 22 left when the Wolf pack caught Virginia in a Blitz creating a Hole through the Middle of the line for Stephens. He went untouched through the  veered to the right for the score that gave . State a 30-25 Edge. Quarterback Geoff Bender s conversion pass was intercepted by Joe Crocker who returned it 104 Yards for the final margin. Fig Tucson Ariz. A once again afield goal ruined Arizona state s sea son ending ques against archrival Arizona. This time the Sun devils fell award Short of Victory the distance by which Jon Baker s47-Yard Field goal was wide right with 28 seconds remain ing allowing no. 16white Arizona to eke out a 28-27 comeback Victory Friday. Dan White engineered two late scoring drives to overcome Arizona s 12-Point, 27-15 fourth Quarter deficit. The wildcats 8-3, 6-2 Pac-10 tied Southern Cal for second place in the a Cific-10 conference. Arizona state 3-8,2-6 finished its worst season since going 2-7-2 in 1946. It was a game stopping neck injury to Arizona s career Rushing Leader Onti Waun Carter that inspired his teammates especially backup Gary Taylor and tight end Laramar. Harris. Both score fourth Quarter touchdowns. Taylor rushed for 46 Yards and caught three passes for 33 in the fourth Quarter alone. His 6-Yard touchdown run pulled the wildcats Back to 27-22. Twice before since 1983, Arizona beat Asu with late Field goals and another time a late kick pulled the wildcats Back to a tie. This time Arizona placekicker Steve Mclaughlin kicked a 48-yarder with 7 seconds left in the half after Tedy Brus Chi recovered Chris Hopkins Fumble atthe Sun devils 31. Arizona Cut it to 20-15 Early in the third Quarter on Mclaughlin s 25-Yardfield goal. White injured Early brought the wild cats right Back on the 60-Yard drive capped by Harris 4-Yard scoring catch. Arizona missed on a two Point conver Sion attempt. After the wildcats went ahead Jak Plummer moved Arizona state 22 Yards to the 49, then picked up a crucial firs Down on fourth-and-3 when an incomplete pass was wiped out by an Arizona roughing penalty. Arizona state got to the Arizona 30before stalling and settling for Baker s ill fated kick. Carter rushed 12 times for 25 Yards be fore his injury finishing the regular sea son with 1,163 Yards. He has 3,457 career Rushing Yards. Arizona state s defense worst in the Pac-10, triggered a 20-Point first half rally after Arizona had jumped ahead 9 Charles Myles 1-Yard dive put Arizona ahead on the game s opening Possession. The wildcats then cashed in with a safety when a bad punt snap soared Over the head of punter Lance a Iderson who kicked it Over the Back line to prevent a touchdown. Injured Zeier says hell be ready for bowl Battle Athens a. A Eric Zeier wasted no time assuring any bowl com Mittee that might be wondering about his injury status. I m going to be ready for the Bow game Zeier said Friday after leaving Georgia s 48-10 rout of Georgia tech in the second Quarter with sprained Liga ments in his right knee. I thought it was Hurt a lot worse than it was Zeier said. It s going to be  la be Back in a couple of weeks. It s not that serious. It s not that  Zeier passed for 115 Yards and two touchdowns before he went Down with 7 34 left in the second Quarter. He had completed a Short pass when tech s Elliott Fortune rolled into his right knee. He was helped from the Field and later rolled to the locker room on a cart. Georgia 6-4-1 qualified for a Bow game by winning its finale handing tech its ninth loss in a Row in a 1-10 season. Zeier completed his career no. 3 on the Mcaa pass yardage list with 11,153, trailing two stars from the Western ath Letic conference Brigham Young s to Detmer with 15,031 and san Diego state s Todd Santos with 11,425. His scoring passes of 7 Yards to Brice Hunter and 19 Yards to Juan Daniels in creased Zeier s career total to 67. Once again turnovers plagued the yellow jackets with Georgia converting five into four touchdowns and a Fiel goal. Redshirt freshman Mike Bobo re placed Zeier and he also threw a touch Down pass to Daniels covering 30 Yards to give the bulldogs a 27-10 Lead 1 16 be fore halftime. Bobo completed 13 of 16 passes for 206 Yards. Zeier was injured on a 37-Yard drive that led to Parkman s 40-Yard Field goal. In addition to his scoring pass to Daniels Bobo set up Davis first touchdown at the end of a 97-Yard drive completing a 50-Yard pass to Hason Graham and a 31-yarder to Hunter at the 1