November 23, 1998 - SportsMonday - The Michigan Daily - 58 Quotable: "This is the most important win we've had in a long time." - Ohio State coach John Cooper on the victory over Michigan. 1 1 1 1 r By the way ... Ohio State's David Boston's 217 yards receiving was the most ever against a Michigan team. Boston broke the previous record set by Northwestern's John Harvey (208). Boston is also the only Buckeye to have caught 70 passes in a season and has 74 in 1998. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ohio State 31 Michigan 16 Tennessee dismantles Kentucky; Kansas State, UCLA keep pace KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tee Martin passed for one touchdown and for another and Shawn Bryson ran two scores, including a 58-yarder in a 24-point second period, as No. I Tennessee overwhelmed emotionally- drained Kentucky 59-21 at Neyland Stadium. The Vols (7-0 SEC, 10-0 overall) should remain in the top spot in the BCS standings that will determine which two teams play for the national champi- onship in the Fiesta Bowl. Tennessee can nplete a perfect season with a win next Saturday at Vanderbilt and a victo- ry in the SEC title game on Dec. 5 against either Arkansas or Mississippi State. "We said after the Florida game, it's not just the win but what we do after the win,' Vols coach Phillip Fulmer said, referring to the 20-17 overtime win over the Gators on Sept. 19. "And we've got- ten it done." Tennessee hasn't had an undefeated *m since 1956, or a team that's this close to being in the national champi- onship mix since 1951. "We're excited about being a part of all of that;' Fulmer added. Kentucky (4-4, 7-4), playing for the first time since last week's truck crash that killed two men, including one play- er, and severely injured another player, was unable generate any offense in the ft half as Tennessee scored on seven secutive possessions to take a 38-7 halftime lead. "I could tell you after the first few series - we were flat," Wildcats coach Hal Mumme said. "You could just see it in their eyes. The truth of the matter is you can't go play against great athletes as a basically emotionless team." Tim Couch, a pallbearer at his friend Scott Brock's funeral on Wednesday, was 35-of-56 for 337 yards and two TDs for Kentucky. No. 2 Kansas State 31, No. 19 Missouri 25: The second-ranked Wildcats (8-0 Big 12, 11-0 overall), who are one spot behind UCLA in the BCS standings, got one touchdown pass and one TD run from Michael Bishop to complete the first undefeated regular season in school history with a 31-25 win at No. 19 Missouri. "I can't tell you whether we're the No. I team in the nation or the No. 2 team,' Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. "I haven't watched Tennessee play. I haven't watched UCLA play." Missouri (5-3, 7-4) has lost 35 straight games to Top 10 opponents over the last 17 years and has lost six straight to Kansas State, but made this one close. Missouri was at the Kansas State 42 when Corby Jones overthrew John Dausman at the 10 with 1:19 to go.- No. 3 UCLA 34, Southern California 17: The third-ranked Bruins (8-0 Pac 10, 10-0 overall) beat error- prone Southern California (5-3, 74) 34- 17 to win their 20th straight game behind 109 yards rushing and four touchdowns from DeShaun Foster. "Our team's good enough to win 20 games in a row, our team's good enough to win the Pac-10 championship, our team's good enough to compete with anyone in the country," coach Bob Toledo said. "If we beat Miami, we should go to the Fiesta Bowl. That's my opinion." Mississippi State 22, No. 9 Arkansas 21: Brian Hazelwood kicked a 27-yard field goal with seven seconds left as Mississippi State upset No. 9 Arkansas, 22-21, to take control of the SEC West race. Mississippi State (5-2 SEC, 7-3 over- all) wins the SEC West title if it can win at Mississippi on Thursday night, or if Arkansas (5-2, 8-2) losses at Louisiana State the following day. No. 10 Notre Dame 39, LOUISIANA STATE 36: Jarious Jackson passed for 276 yards, ran for 80 more and engineered the winning touch- down drive as No. 10 Notre Dame (9-1) beat Lousiana State (2-5 SEC, 4-6) to keep alive its hopes for a BCS appear- ance. No. 12 Tulane 48, Houston 20: Shaun King threw a career-high five touchdown passes as No. 12 Tulane remained unbeaten and won the Conference USA championship. The Green Wave (6-0 Conference USA, 10- 0 overall) accepted the automatic bid to the Liberty Bowl if they are not invited to the BCS. No. 14 Georgia 24, Mississippi 17: Olandis Gary ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 14 Georgia (6-2 SEC, 8-2 overall) stopped Mississippi (4-4, 5-3) twice at the 1-yard line. Oregon St. 44, No. 15 Oregon 41, 20T: Ken Simonton ran for a 16-yard touchdown in the second overtime to stun No. 15 Oregon (5-3 Pac-10, 8-3 overall) in one of the wildest of the 102 Civil War games. UCLA maintained its case for a shot at the National title Saturday by routing Southern Cal, 34-17. Simonton, who had 157 yards rush- ing and four touchdowns, broke through the line on second-and-1, ran right and barely made it into the end zone, and the crowd stormed the field for the second time of the game. The Beavers (2-6, 5-6) thought they won in the first overtime, when Simonton scored his third touchdown and they appeared to stop Oregon on downs. Thousands of fans stormed the field, but a flag was thrown for pass interference giving the Ducks a first down. Four plays later Oregon tied the game. No. 20 Air Force 22, Rice 16: Mike Tyler returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown with 8:23 remaining, as the Falcons claimed a berth in the WAC championship game. No. 20 Air Force (10-1, 7-1 WAC) clinched the WAC's Mountain Division title and will meet Pacific champion Brigham Young for the league title on Wisconsin smelling roses; 'Noles rumble past Gators MADISON (AP) - So much for a cupcake schedule. So much for losing at Michigan and not playing Ohio State. The Wisconsin Badgers are making travel plans for the Rose Bowl. The 13th-ranked Badgers rode remarkable spe- cial teams play and a stout defense to a 24-3 vic- tory over No. 16 Penn State on Saturday, hours after No. 7 Ohio State beat No. I11 Michigan 31- 16. That left the Buckeyes, Wolverines and Badgers all at 7-1 in the Big Ten, and Wisconsin (10-1) won the tiebreaker, all but guaranteeing the Badgers another trip to Pasadena, where they beat UCLA in the 1994 Rose Bowl. The only snag could be if the Buckeyes mirac- ulously climb back into one of the top two spots in the Bowl Championship Series ratings and get a shot at the national title. In that case, the Rose Bowl would not be con- tractually bound to take Wisconsin as co-champi- on and could select an at-large team. But the pre- vailing sentiment from Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is the bowl committee would take the Badgers even under those circumstances. Coach Barry Alvarez didn't need an invitation to begin his party. "I don't need anything official," he said. "A win is good enough for me. I've coached in national championship games, played in them and coached in every other bowl game. There's nothing like taking the field at the Rose Bowl." As the crowd of 78,964 celebrated from the stands - avoiding a repeat of the crush that injured scores of people in 1993, the last time the Badgers won a share of the league crown - fire- works filled the skies over Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers gathered in celebration at midfield. Then, they filed through the tunnel, red roses clenched in their teeth, as the Wisconsin band began its traditional "Fifth Quarter" performance that had the stadium rocking and rolling. "1 couldn't wait to smell those roses," said defensive end Tom Burke, whose four sacks increased his national lead to 21, a Big Ten record. "I grew up on a farm, so I know what hay smells like." Florida State 23, Florida 12: It was a classic matchup, Florida's State's top-ranked defense against archrival Florida's "Fun & Gun" offense. And it was No. 5 Florida State's defense that had more fun Saturday, intercepting Doug Johnson three times and holding the Gators to 64 yards and two first downs in the second half in a 23-12 victory. "They flat-out clobbered us," Florida coach Steve Spurrier said. "Their defense played our offense about as good as anyone has. We squan- dered our early scoring chances and they came back and dominated us." Florida State (Il-1) went to a three-man rush in many situations, in effect leaving it with seven pass defenders. Game progression "t Quarter Michigan's defen OSU - 14: holds Ohio State to thren - only one of two OSU - 12:20 times inthega 7, M 0 Michael Wiley - - breaksfree for a 5-yardTO M - 11:17 Punter Jason Vinson fumbles punt, kicks for musiyards O0U - 9:44 Dee Millercatch OSU 14, M 0 es 1&yard To ~ad Boston catches a 0yard pass, fumbles - OSU -1:40 Tommy Hendricks recovers and runs 33 yards 2nd Quarter ay Feely kicks M - 14:15 27-yard eld ga - - -------- Vinson's punt is M - 2:13 blockedby Derek Ross and recov- ered byJatha Wellsonthe M20 - - OSU - 3:15 Soston sampA 30 yardsfor a TD OSU 1,2MN3 Tai Streetsucates M - 0:25 a 3-yard T 0SU21.IM10 3rd Quarter Tom Brady pass M - 11:05 intercepted by Jerry lRudzinski Feely makes 34 M 4:47 yard field goal OSU 28, NI13 Dan Stultz hits 39- yard field goal + OSUI- 1:36 4th Quarter OSU 31, NI13 Feely hits 30-yard M - 14:47 field goat On fourth down, OSU 31, M 16 Brad's passnto M-I: .0 Di~lo Jhnson falls incomplete -- - - OSU crowd rushes the field:goaul posts survive 0:23 FINALSCORE OSU-31,-I16 The Former Top 25 How the top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college foot- ball poll fared this week: No. 1 Tennessee (10.0) beat Kentucky 59-21. No. 2 Kansas State (11-0) beat No. 19 Missouri 31-25. No. 3 UCLA (10-0) beat Southern California 34-17. No. 4 Florida (9-2) lost to No. 5 Florida State 23-12. No. 5 Florida State (11-1) beat No. 4 Florida 23-12. No. 6 Texas A&M (10-1) did not play. No. 7 Ohio State (10-1) beat No. 11 Michigan 31-16. No. 8 Arizona (10-1) did not play. No. 9 Arkansas (8-2) lost to Mississippi State 22-21. No. 10 Notre Dame (9-1) beat Louisiana State 39-36. No. 11 Michigan (8-3) lost to No. 7 Ohio State 31-16. No. 12 Tulane (10-0) beat-Houston 48-20. No. 13 Wisconsin (10-1) beat No. 16 Penn State 24-3. No. 14 Georgia (8-2) beat Mississippi 24-17. No. 15 Oregon (&3) lost to regon State 4441, 20T. No. 16 Penn State (7-3) los to N.13 Wiseonsn 243. No. 17 Nebraska (3) did notplay. No. 18 Virginia (8-2) did not play. No. 19 Missouri (7-4) lost to No. 2 Kasas State31-25. No 20 Air Force (1 1) beat Rice 22-16. No. 21 Georgia Tech (8-2) beat Wake Forest 63-35. No. 22 Miami (7-2) beat:. Pittsburgh 38-10. No. 23 Virginia Tech (&2) beat Rutgers 47-7, Thursday. No. 24 Syracuse (7 3) beat Temple 38-7 No. 25 Texas (7-3) did not play. The schedule Date Team Sept. 5 at Notre Dame (36-20, ND) Sept. 12 Syracuse (38-28, Syr.) Sept. 19 Eastern Michigan (59-20, M) Sept.26 Michigan State (29-17, M) Oct. 3 at Iowa (12-9, M) Oct.17 at Northwestem (12-6, M) Oct.24 Indiana(21-10,M) Oct. 31 at Minnesota (15-10, M) Nov. 7 Penn State (27-0, M) Nov. 14 Wisconsin (27-10, M) Nov. 21 atOhio State (31-16, OSU) Nov.28 at Hawaii Despite a weak schedule and a loss to Michigan, Wisconsin is headed to Pasadena for New Year's Day after defeating Penn State, 24-3. The win makes the Badgers Big Ten tri-champions, along with Ohlgan and Ohio State. Penn State lost to all three teams. Brees breaks three conference records as Boilers crush Indiana 'orthwestern travels to islands, rocks winless Hawai'i WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) - Drew Brees claimed three more Big Ten records on Saturday and became the most prolific passer in one sea- son in conference history. The Purdue sophomore passed for 237 yards and four touchdowns as the Boilermakers finished the regular son with a 52-7 victory over Idiana. Brees already had set a Big Ten season record fot touchdown passes, and he raised that mark to 36 with two to Tim Stratton and one apiece to Isaac Jones and Gabe Cox - all in the first C' half. For the game, he was 20-33, setting Big Ten season records for completions (336), attempts (516) yardage (3,753). The former records were 3,738 yards by Chuck Hartlieb of Iowa in 1988, 322 completions by Illinois' Jack Trudeau in 1985, and 505 attempts by Illinois' Tony Eason in 1982. Minnesota 49, Iowa 7: If this was Hayden Fry's last game, he'll want to forget it as soon as possible. The same goes for the entire season, too. Minnesota scored 21 points in a 6:24 span of the second quarter and 21 more in the first 7:25 of the third to rout Iowa 49-7 in the last game of Fry's 20th - and possibly final - season with the Hawkeyes. The victory was Minnesota's biggest in the Big Ten since a 55-7 victory over Iowa in 1949. It was the Hawkeyes' worst loss in the confer- ence since Illinois beat them 49-3 in 1993. Fry, whose ON E RENCE 420 career games are fourth-most on the Division I career list, said last week he probably will make an announcement about his future this week. If he does retire, he will leave with the most wins in Iowa history (143) and the fourth-most in Big Ten history (96). But he also will leave after a five- game losing streak, the worst since 1994 for the Hawkeyes (3-8, 2-6), and with the worst season of his Iowa tenure. His 1980 team had been his worst at 4-7. Northwestern 47, Hawai'i 21: Gavin Hoffman passed three touch- downs and ran for one and Brian Gowins kicked four field goals as Northwestern ended an eight-game losing streak with a solid, 47-21 whipping of the winless, hapless Rainbows. The only failing of the Wildcats (3-9) was the failure of wide receiver D'Wayne Bates to set a Big Ten Conference record for all-time The rainbows receiving yards. flew in for a g He picked up 146 yards on nine receptions - two going for touch- downs - but the total was 23 yards short of the mark. UpI The crowd of 18,028 booed lusti- Wino: Hawu ly when Northwestern coach Gary Conferenct Barnett kept Bates in the game with the outcome settled, not knowing that Where: Mi the receiver was close to the stan- will be tee dard. Otherwise, it was an all- Series: Mi Northwestern night as the Wildcats sent Hawaii to its 11ith straight Hawai'i isi defeat this season. games, inc It won't get any easier for the Northwest Rainbows, who face Michigan in their season finale. got their first taste of the Big Ten thIs season when Northwestern game. Michigan plays Hawaii this Saturday. aiii (0-8) Western Athletic e,0-11 overal') jhga Stadium, noon. The game evised on ESPN. ti chigan leads, 10. The game, not surprisingly, was in Honolulu. not ranked in the AP poi. The Rainbows have lost their last eleven luding eight in the WAC. In their last outing, they lost to ern, 47-21. I S