4B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday -- Monday, September 9, 1996
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Clement
leads
Miami to
52- 6Win
MIAMI (AP) - The Miami
Hurricanes looked both efficient and
explosive Saturday, and that was with
their top rusher and receiver watching
from the bench.
Ryan Clement threw four touch-
down passes in the first half and Dyral
McMillan ran for 156 yards to lead
11th-ranked Miami past The Citadel
52-6.
Miami (2-0), shorthanded for the
second consecutive game because of
off-season troubles, played without
five suspended starters. The missing
included two stars expected back for
Thursday's game at Rutgers - run-
ning back Danyell Ferguson and
receiver Yatil Green.
"We're going to have a reloaded
gun," Clement said.
"When we get Yatil and Danyell
back, I like the direction we're head-
ed," coach Butch Davis said. "We
haven't scratched the surface of the
things we can do."
Clement completed his first 10
passes and finished 13-of-14 for 196
yards. All five possessions he led
resulted in touchdowns on drives of
8', 80, 6, 80 and 26 yards against the
Division I-AA Bulldogs (0-1).
"Today was about playing mistake-
free football and feeling good about
that," Clement said. "I think we
accomplished that"
McMillan, a sophomore filling in
for Ferguson, carried 19 times and
scored on second-half runs of 1 and 3
yards.
"He ran instinctively," Davis said.
"He ran where the holes were. And our
offensive line mashed them at the
point of attack."
Sophomore Magic Benton scored
twice for the second consecutive
game, this time on receptions of 34
and 17 yards.
Clement hit Chris Jones for a 10-
yard score and was credited with his
fourth touchdown pass when Mondriel
Fulcher scored after recovering
Benton's fumble.
"We came out and showed we're a
great team," Benton said. "Even
though we didn't have a real good
challenge, we came out and did the
things we needed to do"
The Bulldogs' loss came in Don
Powers' first game as a head coach.
He took over last month for Charlie
Taaffe, who was suspended for the
season following his second drunken
driving arrest in three years.
"All in all, you've got to be proud of
these guys," Powers said. "It hasn't
been easy. They have to keep going
forward."
The Citadel averted a shutout only
because Corey Harris scored on the
first punt return of his career, sprint-
ing 80 yards untouched up the middle
in the second period.
Miami's special teams set up a score
when Eugene Ridgley blocked a punt
and Booker Pickett recovered at the
Citadel 6.
Following a penalty, Clement threw
his prettiest pass of the day, lofting the
ball over safety Anquan Gist to hit
Benton deep in the end zone with a
17-yard strike for a 21-0 lead.
"I saw Magic out there against a
smaller guy," Clement said. "I took the
ball and said, 'Hey, go get it for me.'
And he did."
Backup quarterback Scott
Covington entered the game midway
through the second quarter and direct-
ed two series that failed to produce a
first down.
Clement returned and threw his
fourth touchdown pass 37 seconds
before halftime. Benton made a 23-
yard reception, and when he fumbled
at the 2-yard line, Fulcher scooped up
the ball and scored for 28-6 lead.
Benton had six receptions for 113
yards despite limited playing time.
The Hurricanes finished with 27 first
downs to eight for The Citadel.
"After we got into the third quarter,"
Powers said, "it was a little bit over-
whelming."
Syracuse tarred
and feathered
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Junior
college transfer Chris Keldorf, cool
under the oppressive heat of the
Carrier Dome, completed 22 of 32
passes for 238 yards and two touch-
downs Saturday night as No. 24 North
Carolina upset ninth-ranked Syracuse
27-10.
Great things were expected of
Syracuse (0-1), but that will have to
wait for another week as the Tar Heels
(2-0) reversed a season-opening loss to
the Orange in 1995 in the first-ever
meeting between the teams.
And it was the 6-foot-5 Keldorf who
outshone his more highly publicized
Syracuse counterpart, Donovan
McNabb.
Keldorf, a transfer from tiny
Palomar Junior College outside San
Diego, led the Tar Heels to a 17-0 half-
time lead.
Then he quieted the raucous home-
town crowd with some key comple-
tions in the fourth quarter after a furi-
ous Syracuse rally cut the lead to 17-
10.
Keldorf's 18-yard touchdown pass
to Freddie Jones sealed the
Orangemen's fate with 9:10 left.
No.8 TEXAS 41, NEW MEXIco ST. 7
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Ric
Williams ran for 132 yards and two
touchdowns as No. 8 Texas took advan-
tage of early turnovers and rolled to a 41-
7 victory over New Mexico State on
Saturday.
The Longhorns (2-0), off next week-
end before facing Notre Dame at home
on Sept. 21, led 31-7 at halftime and
emptied their bench in the second half.
Texas has won nine straight home games
dating back to 1994.
New Mexico State (0-2) closed to 10
7 early in the second quarter, but couldn't
contain Williams, who ran for 122 yards
on 11 carries in the first half and had a
97-yard TD run called back for holding.
Williams, who racked up 132 yards on
just 12 carries, helped break the game
open in the second quarter with a 32-yard
TD run in which he blasted up the mid-
dle and then darted left before picking up
a crucial block from receiver Curte
Jackson on his way into the end zone.
The score put Texas up 21-7 with 8:41
left in the second quarter, and the
Longhorns added a 21-yard field goal by
Phil Dawson and a 10-yard TD run by
Williams before intermission.
AP PHOTO
North Carolina tallback Maurice McGregor vaults into the end zone over two Syracuse defenders for the Tarheels' first score
in their 27-10 upset of ninth-ranked Syracuse in the Carrier Dome.
Gators put the bite on
Georgia Southern;
Seminoles spear Duke
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Danny Wuerffel
answered coach Steve Spurrier's criticism with
near perfection Saturday night, missing on just one
pass in leading No. 4 Florida to a 62-14 victory
over Georgia Southern.
Wuerffel was 15-of-16 for 267 yards and two
touchdowns for the Gators (2-0), a far cry from
last week when he missed open receivers and drew
the brunt of Spurrier's criticism.
Georgia Southern (1-1), a Division I-AA
school, flustered Florida with its flexbone option
attack that took chunks of time off the clock and
the kept the score from really getting out of hand.
The longest of Florida's eight touchdown drives
lasted three minutes, 45 seconds and featured five
running plays. The Gators never punted until 8:42
was left in the game.
Wuerffel completed his first I I passes and fin-
ished the first half 14-of-15 for 239 yards. He
played one series of the second half and threw one
pass, a 28-yard touchdown to Jacquez Green for a
42-7 lead.
Wuerffel had a pass efficiency rating of 275.2.
His 94 percent completion percentage was the
highest in school history, and his 11 straight com-
pletions was the best at Florida since Terry Dean
completed 11 straight in 1993 against Arkansas
State.
Brian Schottenheimer completed all five of his
passes for 90 yards and scored on a 1-yard run for
the Gators, who were 23-of-28 for 394 yards.
Redshirt freshman Eugene McCaslin, suspend-
ed last week for breaking team rules, had a mem-
orable debut by carrying eight times for 116 yards
and two touchdowns, including a 63-yard score
with 2:46 left.
Elijah Williams ran for 75 yards and a touch-
down, and Terry Jackson rushed for 60 yards and
two scores.
Wuerffel was so efficient in the first half that the
Eagles had the ball twice as long. But then, none
of Florida's first four touchdowns took longer than
2:43.
The first one lasted all of 51 seconds - Elijah
Williams for 2 yards, Williams for 20 yards and
Wuerffel's 32-yard touchdown pass to Reidel
Anthony on a post pattern.
The defense, which scored four touchdowns last
week, got another one when Cameron Davis
caught a fumble by Roderick Russell in the air and
returned it 40 yards. The five touchdowns for the
year is a school record. Florida had only one
defensive score in 13 games last year.
But Wuerffel made it clear early on that the Fun
'N' Gun would not be outdone this week.
Although he was sacked three times in the first
half, all of them on blitzes, he mixed up his passes
to the receivers, tight ends and running backs in
moving down the field.
The Eagles weren't as big or fast as Florida, but
they frustrated them early with a nice mix of run-
ning and throwing.
Russell's 5-yard touchdown run in the first
quarter capped an 11-play, 80-yard drive that took
7:24 off the clock. The Eagles' other touchdown, a
6-yard run by Bennie Cunningham on fourth-and-
goal, finished off a 62-yard drive that lasted 6:24.
Kenny Robinson completed all seven of his
passes for 60 yards. A week ago against South
Carolina State, Robinson was 6-of-7 for 87 yards.
No.3 FLOIDA ST. 44, DUKE 7
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State's
offense didn't do much Saturday. Florida State's
defense didn't let Duke do anything.
Led by defensive ends Peter Boulware and
Reinard Wilson, the Florida State defense set up
three touchdowns and a field goal as the third-
ranked Seminoles defeated Duke 44-7 in the sea-
son opener for both teams.
Boulware had 2 1/2 sacks and Wilson totaled
11 tackles as they kept pressure all afternoon on
Duke quarterbacks Dave Green and Matt Rader.
A fumble by Florida State reserve quarterback
Dan Kendra at his own 7 late in the third quarter
set up Duke's lone score. Lamarr Marshall scored
three plays later on a 1-yard run.
Otherwise, the Blue Devils managed only 91
yards offense, and just 13 rushing yards on 47
attempts while fumbling five times.
Florida State's offense - annually among the
nation's best - didn't fare a lot better, totaling
only 221 yards.
Junior quarterback Thad Busby, bothered by a
sore throwing arm in recent days, passed for only
75 yards, and tailback Warrick Dunn was limited
to 70 yards.
Busby passed for two first-half touchdowns
and Dee Feaster returned a punt 59 yards for a
touchdown as the Seminoles took a 27-0 halftime
lead. A_ year ago, Florida State scored 56 points in
the first half against Duke and won the game 70-
26 while amassing 797 yards offense.
But Florida State's defense and special teams
were too much for the Blue Devils. Duke fumbles
set up 17 Florida State points, while the
Seminoles' special teams led to 14 more.
Peter Warrick ran back the game's opening
kickoff 48 yards, and the Seminoles needed only
2:03 to get their first points of the season on a 20-
yard touchdown pass from Busby to Andre
Cooper.
Scott Bentley produced the next two scores on
field goals of 23 and 39 yards before Busby con-
nected with E.G. Green on a 12-yard touchdown
pass as Florida State moved into a 20-0 lead four
minutes into the second quarter.
Kendra, a highly touted redshirt freshman,
scored his first touchdown early in the fourth
quarter after Corey Simon tackled Duke's punter
at the 1.
Bentley added a third field goal, this time from
41 yards, in the fourth quarter to complete
Florida State's scoring.
The Seminoles are off until Sept. 19 when they
play at North Carolina State in a nationally tele-
vised Thursday night game, while Duke plays
host to Northwestern next Saturday.
AP PHOTO
Tobias Steverson could do little to prevent Florida defensive end Cameron Davis from returning a first-
half fumble recovery for a touchdown in the Gators' 62-14 stomping of Georgia Southern.
A~PtHOTO
Andre Cooper hauls in one of Thad Busby's two touchdown passes in a 44-7 Seminole victory over Duke
in both teams' season opener.
f. 4 Colorado, Tennessee convincing in wins
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Koy Detmer
nassed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and
No. 2 TENNESSEE 35, UCLA 20
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -The final big play of
A Neyland Stadium record crowd of 106,297 was
looking for a game of big plays from the Vols, but the
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