European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Great expectations Northwestern topples Irish just As coaches visualized Fly Nancy Armour South Bend ind. A Northwestern coach Gary Barnett said he expected his team to beat notre Dame. He May have been the Only one who did. The wildcats pulled off one of the big gust upsets Ever stunning ninth ranked notre Dame 17-15 saturday in the opener for both teams. A i expected this to happen a said Barnett whose team was a 28-Point underdog. A a it a just got to Send a message to everybody that our a kids can play with anybody and i think we just did. Burnett a this is some thing we be visualized As a staff for four years and As a team for the last three a Barnett said. A you can to say enough about How our defense played about How quarterback Sieve Schnur played just our whole team the Way they executed. We said there were three key turnovers kicking game critical situations a i think we won All three of  pages 26-29 for More College football Northwestern ran out the clock. Northwestern players celebrated on the Field after breaking a 14-game losing Streak to notre Dame. Irish players and fans appeared stunned. A we done to Ever think about losing Here a Irish coach Lou Holtz said a they Hurt i  a a Quot it was Northwestern a first win Over notre Dame since 1962, when future Irish coach Ara Parseghian coached the wildcats. It also was notre Dames first loss in a Home opener since 1986, when Michigan won 24-23 in Holtzm a first game As Irish coach. A before we left the hotel i told the players 1 did not want to be carried off the Field a Barnett said. A i wanted them to act like we be done this  the wildcats who went 3-7-1last sea although the Irish were coming off a mediocre 6-5-1 season the magnitude of the upset was highlighted by the contrasting history of the schools. Entering the season notre Dame had the highest winning percentage of any major school .760the most National championships eight and the most Heisman trophy winners seven. Northwestern on the other hand had the fourth lowest winning percentage .418 and owns the division i a record for most consecutive losses 34 from 1979-82. A i done to think we had any respect a said Wildcat running Back Darnell Autry who rushed for 160 Yards on 33 carries. A we respected ourselves and i Hope everyone else respects us now  notre Dame pulled to 17-15 on a 2-Yard touchdown run by Randy Kinder with 6 15 left but failed on the 2-Point conversion when quarterback Ron Powlus tripped Over a teammates foot and fell while dropping Back. The Irish had one More shot but Kinder slipped on fourth-andr2 at his own 44 with about four minutes remaining and the stars and stripes september 4,1995 Page 32 son took charge after recovering Kinder a Fumble near the 5 Yard line with 11 47 to go in the first Quarter Autry a running helped Northwestern move to the notre Dame 7, where Schnur connected with Dave Beazley for the touchdown Powlus who was sacked four times and pressured throughout the game said the Early Fumble brought Back All the doubts from last season. A that really Hurt the team mentally a said Powlus who was 17-of-26 for 175 Yards and no touchdowns. A going through this experience should teach the team enough to Neva want to lose  although notre Dame out gained Northwestern 371-321, the Irish  come up with the big plays. Several of their drives were stopped just Short of a first Down and a Point after attempt by Kevin Kopka that would have tied the game at 10 with 2 35 to Goin the first half entwine right. Meanwhile Northwestern a offensive line broke open big holes for Autry and the Sophomore running Back managed to scratch extra yardage out of almost every play. Falcons end by drought air Force Academy Colo apr so overwhelming was the moment that the typically reserved cadets of the air Force Academy stormed the Field and Tore Down the goalposts. The usually loquacious Fisher Deberry found himself at a loss for words. Beau Morgan shrugging off heat exhaustion ran for one touchdown and passed for one helping air Force Romp Over Brigham Young 38-12 on saturday and end a 12-game losing Streak to the cougars. A any time anybody beats you 12 times in a Row it begins to cat at you a Deberry said the air Force Wishbone which ranked no. 2 in the country in Rushing last season generated 523 Yards including 394 on the ground compared to Byus 317 total Yards. An aggressive Falcon defense meanwhile spoiled the by Morgan a debut of highly touted Junior col lege passer Steve Sarkisian sacking him four times intercepting two of his passes and forcing a Fumble. Quot it was air forces first win Over by tit Falcon stadium in 10 tries and the Falcons first win anywhere since 1982 in the series which by leads 16-2. The Victory extended air forces Western athletic conference winning Streak to seven games. The cougars finished with minus-29 Yards on 24 rushes the f Alcons second Best defensive performance Ever. As the temperature soared into the upper 80s, Morgan left the game late in the first Quarter when he became overheated and developed a rapid heartbeat. He had directed one touchdown drive and had in arched the Falcons to the by 20 when he gave Way to Tom Brown who completed that drive and led another in the second Quarter for a 21-0 halftime Lead. Morgan returned to Start the second half and took the Falcons to scores on three straight possessions cad with 10 minutes to play. Opening a 38-6 German Nve Sanke Huber stretches into her service. Sabatini sends hinges packing new York apr ninth seeded Gabriela Sabatini dominated 14-year-old Tennis Prodigy Martina hinges 6-2, 6-4 sunday putting the Argentine into the quarterfinals of the . Open in menus third round matches sunday no 8 Michael Stich of Germany Defeated Scott Draper of Australia 6-3, 6-0, 6-3, and no. 15 Todd Martin of the United states eliminated Mauricio Hadad of Colombia 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. A Gabby played a great match a hinges said. A she moved very Well. I just a played my game and she was better  Sabatini who won Here at the . National Tennis. Center in 1990, was Content to stay on the Baseline and wait for her Young Swiss opponent to make an error. The teen Ager did committing 41 unforced errors in the match against 11 winners. Still it was Hingisz Best grand slam tournament showing. She lost in the first round at Wimbledon the second round at the australian open and the third round at the French open. Martin kept Hadad from being the first colombian player to reach the fourth round at the . Open. Jairo Velasco in 1976, was the Only other native of the South american country to reach the third round. In saturdays late matches Andre Agassi created the magical illusion of playing in slow motion his Racket ready Long before balls came toward him his shots flying past a Frozen Stefan Edberg. Agassi Shook off a Sloppy five set match in the second round of the . Open with a Brilliant 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 Romp Over the former two time Champion in the third round saturday to keep going in de see Sabatini on Page 31 v last a a 1 ,v so i 80 v Scy a to a a i \ i 11 i t s 1 i s i 3 \ w 0 24685q