6 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, September 19, 1994 BIG TEN ROUNDUP Colorado buffaloes Wisconsin; Notre Dame slides by Michigan State Associated Press Fearing difficulty against the first of three straight ranked opponents, the Colorado Buffaloes didn't stumble. They stampeded. Rashaan Salaam ran for four touch- downs and Colorado converted four first-half interceptions into 17 points, leading the seventh-ranked Buffaloes to a 55-17 stomping of No. 10 Wiscon- sin Saturday night. "This is a tremendous way to open up against three strong opponents," coach Bill McCartney said, referring to games the next two weeks against No. 4 Michigan and No. 17 Texas. "One down, two to go. We don't have to say that this game puts us in the national titlepicture, because our schedule gives us a chance to prove it." Kordell Stewart threw two TD passes and accounted for 301 yards as Colorado (2-0) posted its sixth straight victory. Wisconsin (1-1) couldn't over- come the early giveaways or Colorado's big-play offense, trailing 27-10 at the half and 48-17 after three quarters. Salaam, who has seven touchdowns in two games, finished with 85 yards on 26 carries. The 55 points represented the most Colorado has ever scored against a ranked opponent and the most allowed by Wisconsin since 1988. "I'm still in shock over the score," Salaam said. "I really thought it was going to be a tight game, but those turnovers made the difference early. Michigan was watching this game and probably got pumped up." Stewart called it "the best we have ever performed" and said "if our of- ferise is focused and concentrating, we can do anything we want." "We were beaten very soundly in every phase of the game by an out- standing football team," Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez said. "We were taken right out of our game plan by some early turnovers. "I said before the game that the one thing that made Colorado special was their quarterback. We'll see teams with good running backs and receivers, but I doubt that we have anyone on our schedule with as good a quarterback." The Buffs scored on five of their first six possessions in the first half. No.9 Notre Dame 21, Michigan St. 20 Ron Powlus shrugged off a shaky first half Saturday, bringing No.8 Notre Dame from a 20-7 halftime deficit to a 21-20 victory over Michigan State. It was the 16th consecutive road victory for Notre Dame (2-1), breaking the school record of 15 set in 1929-31. Knute Rockne's 1929 team played and won all nine of its games on the road while Notre Dame Stadium was being built. Powlus,theheraldedredshirtfresh- man, completed just 10-of-30 passes for 161 yards with four interceptions, but he was on target when he had to be in the second half. His 13-yard pass to Mike Miller from a third-and-nine situation kept a Fighting Irish drive alive early in the third quarter. Two plays later Lee Becton broke at least four tackles on a 37-yard touchdown run that closed the gap to 20-14. Late in the third quarter, the Irish launched an 84-yard, 10-play drive for the go-ahead touchdown which came on a 15-yard TD flip from Powlus to Robert Farmer with 12:12 left in the fourth quarter. Michigan State (0-2) came up with two more interceptions after that, but the Irish defense countered by sacking Spartans' quarterback Tony Banks three more times. Banks, a junior college transfer making his second start, completed 15- of-27 for 190 yards without an inter- ception. Powlus tossed a 29-yard TD pass to Derrick Mayes in the second quarter. Mill Coleman scored on a 30-yard run, Banks on a 3-yard run, and Chris Gardner kicked field goals of 31 and 24 yards for Michigan State. The Irish, who lost three fumbles in a 26-24 loss to Michigan last week, turned the ball over three times in the first half alone against Michigan State. The Spartans converted all three misplays into scores. Early in the first quarter, Miller called for a fair catch on a Michigan State punt. But the ball bounced out of his arms and was recovered at the Irish 20 yard line by the Spartans' Shon Hart. Four snaps later, Gardner gave the Spartans a 3-0 lead. Banks hooked up with NigeaCarter on a47-yard pass late in the quarterthat keyed an 80-yard, four-play drive that ended with Coleman's touchdown on an end-around. Coleman took the handoff from tailback Duane Goulbourne and swept around left end for the score on the first snap of the second quarter. Notre Dame closed to 10-7 on the scoring pass to Mayes on its next pos- session. Powlus connected on 3-of-4 for 55 yards in the 72-yard, five-play drive. Then things fell apart for the Irish. Powlus was picked off by Robert Shurelds at the Michigan State 29. The Spartans, aided by apass interference penalty in the end zone, put together a 14-play drive that ended with Banks rolling left for the TD and a 17-7 lead. Another interception, by Michigan State's Demetrice Martin, gave the Spartans the ball at their 38 late in the half. Ten plays later, with 15 seconds remaining, Gardner kicked his 24- yarder for a 20-7 halftime lead. No.6 Penn St. 61, Iowa 21 Mike Archie scored three touch- downs in the first 16 minutes, and No. 6 Penn State blew out its third straight opponent with a 61-21 drubbing of Iowa Saturday. The Nittany Lions (3-0 overall, 2- 0Big Ten) took advantage ofa blocked punt, an interception, a fumble and a porous Iowa defense to build a 42-0 lead, scoring their sixth TD only 37 seconds into the second quarter when Archie got his third on a 4-yard run. Iowa (2-1, 0-1) didn't stop Penn State until coach Joe Paterno pulled starting quarterback Kerry Collins with 11:05 left in the first half. " j . #I _:> ;;; : ;.. ';' , t<1 S :<:>t': AP PHOTO Wisconsin's Terrell Fletcher gets stuffed by the Colorado defense in last night's intersectional clash in Boulder. No.24 Ohio St. 27, Pittsburgh 3 Ohio State's defense held Pittsburgh - which had a rusher gain more than 200 yards in each of its first two games - to 103 yards rushing Saturday as the Buckeyes rolled to a 27-3 victory. Ohio State (2-1)racked up 512 yards of total offense but also had five turn- overs. Pitt (1-2) was limited to 242 net yards. Buckeyedefensive end Mike Vrabel had four tackles for losses including two sacks. He had another tackle for a loss, which would have tied the Ohio State single-game record, but it was disallowed by a penalty. Illinois 34, N. Illinois 10 Johnny Johnson,relegated to No.2 quarterback after a season-opening loss, passed for two touchdowns Saturday and Illinois pulled away in the second half to beat Northern Illinois 34-10. Johnson, who completed 15-of-20 passes for 222 yards, entered the game in the second quarter after starter Scott Weaver threw two interceptions. Johnson immediately directed the I- lini (2-1) on a 69-yard drive, aided by a third-down pass interference call. Northern Illinois (0-3) closed to 14- 10 with 31 seconds left in the first half on a 31-yard field goal by Lance Lasseigne. Illinois, which had 463 total yards, got field goals of 36 and 47 yards from Chris Richardson to make it 20- 10. Then with 7:22 left, Johnson rolled out and hit tight end Matt Cushing with a 15-yard score. Three minutes later, after a 10-yard Northern punt, Robert Holcombe sprinted in for a 20-yard touchdown. Purdue 49, Ball St. 21 Mike Alstott rushed for 156 yards and four touchdowns and Corey Rogers carried for 124 yards Saturday as Pur- due beat Ball State, 49-21. It was the first time since 1983 that Purdue had two 100-yard rushers in one game, and it gave the Boilermakers their first 2-0 start since 1978. The Boilermakers survived turn- overs on their first three possessions, then dominated the Cardinals (0-2) with their most productive rushing perfor- mance since 1983. Northwestern 14, Air Force 10 Cornerback Chris Martin ran 96 yards with a fumble with 12 minutes to play and Northwestern beat Air Force 14-10 to end a 10-game victory drought. Martin's dramatic touchdown with 12:12 left in the game stopped what looked like a sure touchdown drive by Air Force. Leading 10-7, the Falcons took possession of the ball on a fumble by Northwestern quarterback Steve Schnur on the Wildcats' 15-yard line and had advanced it to the 2-yard line in two quick plays. But tackle Joe Reiff hit Falcons' halfback Jake Campbell on a dive near the goal line and the ball popped out to the 4 where Martin scooped it up and ran, escorted by ahandful of Wildcats, for the winning touchdown. Minnesota 40, San Diego St. 17 Chris Darkins, sidelined against San Diego State last year by what he felt was a cheap shot, got revenge by rush- ing for 155 yards and a touchdown in leading Minnesota to a 40-17 victory over the Aztecs. Tim Schade, mostly a reserve after playing poorly against in the Gophers' 48-17 loss to San Diego State (2-1) last season, passed for 213 yards in outplaying heralded Aztecs quarter- back Tim Gutierrez. Minnesota (2-1) also got touch- downs from its defense and. special teams, a school record-tying four field goals forthe second straight game from Mike Chalberg and 10 receptions from Chuck Rios. Indiana 59, Kentucky 29 Redshirt freshman Alex Smith ran for 221 yards and two touchdowns as Indiana amassed a school-record 650 yards in overwhelming Kentucky, 59- 29. Smith, who had touchdown runs of 63 and nine yards among his 19 carries, topped the 213 yards by LSU's Haryey Williams in 1990 for the most rushing yards against a Kentucky team. 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