Syracuse Herald Journal (Newspaper) - October 20, 1985, Syracuse, New York D4 Syracuse Herald October 1985 COLLEGE The Top 20 Iowa beats Michigan on final play 29-yard field goal gives Hawkeyes narrow victory IOWA Iowa Rob Houghtlin kicked a 29-yard field his fourth of the final play Saturday to give No. I Iowa a 12-10 victory over was his successful field goal in 14 attempts and made him a hero instead of a possible He was short on a 44-yard at- tempt with It was the 19th meeting of No. 1 and No. 2 teams The triumph gave the Iowa Hawkeyes a 6-0 record for the first time since 1960 and nullified another strong effort by Michigan's defensive which held the without a touchdown for the fifth time in six Houghtlin kicked a 35-yard field goal at of the second period and drilled a 27-yarder on the final play of the first Those field goals were sandwiched around a 6-yard pass from Michigan quarter- back Jim Harbaugh to fullback Gerald White for the only touchdown with left in the Houghtlin added a 36-yard field goal 40 seconds into the final period for a 9-7 Iowa but gan's Mike Gillette kicked a 40-yarder less than 3V6 minutes later and it seemed as though that might be for the The before a record Kinnick Stadium crowd of and representatives of seven bowl left Iowa and unranked Minnesota atop the Big Ten with 3-0 Unranked Hurricanes trip up the Oklahoma 27-14 Okla. Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the unranked Hurricanes beat No. 3 in an in- a had touchdown passes of 56 and 35 yards on his way to a passing He also scored on a 4-yard bootleg run that gave Miami a 14-7 halftime The scored their other points en field goals of 20 and 36 yards by Greg Miami's offense had few problems against Oklahoma's rigid which came into the game ranked first in total The Hurricanes finished with 375 yards in total of- fense about 250 more than the Sooners had allowed their previous three The Oklahoma offense suffered a major setback in the second quarter when quarterback Troy Aikman broke his left Aikman had com- six of seven passes for 131 yards and a touchdown before the Texas gets kick out of beating the footless 15-13 Ark. Jeff his Arkansas Greg missed three as the Longhorns beat the Razorbacks 15- 13 in a Southwest Conference Safety John Hagy preserved the victory when he intercepted Mark pass at the Texas 22 with seconds Ward's field goals were from a 55 and 34 In his first two years at Ward made 27 of 35 and Longhorn Coach Fred Akers once said he didn't know of a kicker in the country he'd rather have than who had made only 58 percent of his 50 career missed from 40 and 33. QB Bell passes Florida Gators over SW Louisiana Fla. Florida's Kerwin snapping out of a passing threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Gators to a 45-0 rout of Southwestern The TD including one covering 70 yards to Neal Anderson and another of 55 yards to Ray were the more first since Sept. 28 when Bell threw three against Mississippi State to give him 10 in Florida's first three Eric Hodges also hauled in a 12-yard TD pass from and Anderson scored a 1-yard run in the second quarter when he became the career touchdown second in the nation in passing completed 15 of 22 passes before leaving the game late in the third quarter with Florida ing 38-0. His Rodney with Hodges on a 66-yard scoring play on his first pass Nebraska's Klein kicks seven field goals in 28-20 victory Mo. Dale demoted to second team just two weeks tied an NCAA record with seven field goals and lifted ranked Nebraska to a 28-20 Big Eight victory over Klein had only six career field goals coming into the but set an NCAA record with five 3-pointers in the first taking the Huskers into intermission with a 15-7 The sophomore walk-on became the only kicker in NCAA history to go 7-for-7 in a game when he booted a 43-yarder with The seven total field goals tied the NCAA record and shattered the Big Eight mark of His with 23 seconds left in the third came after the 28-point underdog Tigers had closed to within 15-13 on a 13-yard run by quarterback Warren Doug following a fourth-quarter souri scampered 22 yards for Nebraska's touchdown and a 25-13 Dubose wound up with 194 yards on 26 After 13-yard scoring run in the third the Tigers attempted a two-point sion but the ball was fumbled on the snap from Nebraska raised its record tc 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Big Missouri dropped to 0-6 and 0-2. UPl Iowa's Rob Houghtlin leaves little doubt his field goal is A P's Top 20 at a g 1 a nee week's schedule 1. Iowa defeated 12-10. 2. lost 10 3. Oklahoma lost to 27-14. 4. Arkansas lost to 15-13. 5. Florida defeated Southwest 45-0. 6. Pmn State defeated 24-20. 7. Nebraska defeated 28-20. 8. Auburn defeated Georgia 17-14. 9. Brigham Young defeated New 45-23. 10. Air defeated 35-19. 11. Ohio defeated 41-27. 12. Oklahoma State was 13. Florida State defeated 76-14. 14. Baylor defeated Texas 20-15. 15. Alabama lost to 16-14. 16. Georgia tied 13-13. 17. Louisiana State defeated 10-0. 18. defeated Washington 31-30. 19. Army lost to Notre 24-10. 20. Tennessee defeated 16-14. 1. lowa at 2. 3. Oklahoma vs. lowa 4. Arkansas vs. 5. Florida vs. Virginia Tech. 6. Penn State vs. West 7. Nebraska vs. 8. Auburn vs. 9. Brigham Young vs. 10. Air Force vs. 11. Ohio State at 12. Oklahoma State at 13. Florida State at North 14. Baylor vs. Texas 15. Alabama at Memphis 16. Georgia vs. 17. LSU is 18. UCLA vs. 19. Army vs. 20. Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech. Auburn's Bo Jackson rambles as the Tigers nip Georgia Tech ATLANTA Auburn's Bo en route to his fourth 200-yard rushing game of the exploded for a 76-yard touchdown run in the final period to boost the Tigers to a 17-14 victory over Georgia Tech. had to rely on its defense in the fourth period to protect the victory over the Yellow 4-2. The defense twice stopped Georgia Tech in the final period on ations inside Auburn's 35-yard Bosco throws for 585 yards as BYU raSHes for win Quarterback Robbie Bosco threw for a Western Athletic Con- ference 585 yards and four touchdowns as No. 9 Brigham Young rallied in the second half to subdue New 45-23. Bosco completed 11 straight passes and guided the defending national pions to two quick second half touchdowns that keyed the rally in the game that saw the two teams throw 105 Bosco completed 42 of 61 passes in breaking the previous yardage mark of 571 yards set by Marc Wilson against Utah in 1977. the Heisman Trophy threw three TD passes in the second half when BYU broke the game Colorado St. can't stop unbeaten Air Force FORT Colo. Quarterback Bart Weiss awoke his sluggish team by directing two fourth-quarter touchdown and free safety Scott Thomas added an- other score on a 36-yard inter- ception return as Air Force held off Colorado State 35-19 in Western Athletic Conference The which raised the overall record to 7-0 and WAC mark to spoiled a workhorse effort by CSU fullback Steve who rushed 47 times for 207 yards and scored Byars return at tailback lifts Ohio State over 41-27 Ohio Ohio State tailback Keith appearing in his first game of the 1985 scored two touchdowns in the last as the eyes outlasted Big Ten foe 41-27. Ohio State moved to 5-1 over- all and 2-1 in the Big while Purdue fell to 3-3 and 1-2. Byars picked up 106 yards on 23 carries in his debut after missing the first five games since breaking his foot during a Labor Day It was the 1-yard touchdown dive with remaining that broke a 27-27 deadlock and provided the winning late heroics overcame a the passing of Purdue quarterback Jim who completed 35 of 55 passes for two touchdowns and 497 But the last two Boilermaker drives came to a halt when Everett had passes picked off by Ohio State linebackers Byron Lee and Chris After the first Byars added a 9- yard clinching score with Ohio State rolled to a 17-0 lead in the first Purdue gave the ball away on its first session when tight end Jon Hayes fumbled after a 21-yard completion from Florida St. rolls up the score in an easy 76-14 win over Tulsa Fla. Eric Thomas passed for Uvo touchdowns and backup quarter- back Chip Ferguson tossed three more as 13th- ranked Florida State mauled Tulsa 76-14 and set several school Thomas passed 21 yards to Pat Carter and 34 yards to Hassan Jones for half Ferguson came in in the third period and hurled TD strikes of 20 yards to and 15 and 9 yards to Phillip The victory was the most lopsided in Florida State surpassing a 59-point victory over Louisville in 1953. It also marked the highest Seminole point total in games recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic The old mark was 66 against Memphis State in 1979. Southwest Baylor tops Texas 20-15 Texas Ralph plunge into the end zone from a yard out with to play carried the Southwest Con- Baylor Bears to a 20-15 victory over Texas The 14th-ranked who arc rid 4-0 iii play G-I 75 yards in 16 plays for the The Aggies dropped to 2-1 in the league race and 4-2 The Bears beat back a last-ditch drive wnen Kon intercepted a pass on the lor 20 to seal the Kip 40-yard interception return fora touchdown and Eric Franklin's 41-yard field goal had given a 15-14 lead early in the fourth Crucial interception helps Tennessee upend 16-14 Ala. Carlos Reveiz kicked three field goals and Dale Jones came up with a crucial interception after star quarterback Tony Robinson was knocked out of the game as 20th-ranked Tennessee edged No. 15 bama 16-14 in a Southeastern Conference third field goal of the a came with left in the game and gave the Vols a 16-7 lead just two plays after Robinson left fioM with an injured right Mike Shula then completed four passes for 57 yards in a 61-yard Crimson Tide drive that ended with Shula's 19-yard scoring toss to Bobby Humphrey with to Tennessee hammered out one first down on a 27-yard run by Keith but a clipping alty later forced a and Shula appeared to have the Tide on the roll Shula quickly hit on three passes for 38 yards before on a picked off the pass just as Shula released giving the Vols the ball at their own 47. Vanderbilt misses a winning field ties 13-13 Tenn. Vanderbilt kicker Alan Herline missed a 44-yard field goal attempt as time ran leaving the Commodores with a 13-13 tie against 16th- ranked and heavily favored Georgia in a Southeastern Con- ference who had booted 3-pointers of 18 and 46 yards earlier in the saw his attempt at a fall off to the right of the goal leaving a homecoming crowd of pointed despite seeing the 21-point underdog Commodores hold Georgia's offense scoreless in the second The tie leaves Georgia with a 4-1-1 overall ord and a 1-1-1 SEC while Vanderbilt now stands 2-4-1 and 0-2-1. i. lie cornerback Kermit Sykes snuffed out Georgia's final offensive drive of the day with an interception of a James Jackson pass at the Vandy 24-yard line with Kentucky falls in final quarter as LSU rallies for 10-0 triumph BATON La. quarterback Doug Powell directed the sputtering offense of 17th-ranked Louisiana State to two fourth-quarter scores and a 10-0 victory over Kentucky in a Southeastern Conference Powell drove LSU 28 yards on a rain-soaked setting up a 43-yard field goal by Ron who had missed two previous The LSU touchdown came on a 10-yard run by Dalton Billiard with 37 seconds left in the Linebacker Michael Brooks intercepted a Kevin Dooley pass at the Kentucky 25 and ran it to the 10-yard line to set up the UCLA spoils conversion pass to preserve win over Wash. St. Wash. UCLA tackle Frank Batchkoff batted away a conversion pass by Washington State quarterback Mark Rypien to preserve a behind victory for the 18th- ranked Bruins in Con- ference The Cougars went for two points following ning back Rueben 2-yard touchdown run with to Washington State faced from tbp line straight plete but a pass interference call on UCLA cornerback Chuckie Miller gave the Cougars a from the 2. Mayes scored on the next Irish avoid their third straight loss with win over 24-10 SOUTH Ind. Steve Beuerlein passed for one touchdown and set up two others to lead Notre Dame over 19th-ranked and pre- undefeated 24- 10. The averting a third straight defeat amid reports that embattled Coach Gerry Faust's job was on the recovered an Army fumble on the second play of the went in for a touchdown and never looked Beuerlein set it up with a 17-yard pass 10 Alvin Miller and Pernell Taylor went over from the 1-yard line for the The next time the Irish gained Beuerlein hit Tim Brown with a 19-yard down pass for a 14-0 Army cut the margin to 14-10 on a 4-yard touchdown run by Lampley and a 22-yard field goal by Craig But Notre Dame came right back with 82-yard touchdown march that ended with Allen 1-yard Beuerlein completed four passes in the drive for 46 The Irish put it out of reach on a 21-yard field goal by John Carney with left in the con- test. tit
