The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 4, 1999 - 3 ToP 25 Jackson leads Irish to second victory .. SOUTH BEND (AP) - Against Oklahoma, Jarious Jackson finally gave the Fighting Irish the heart to win. Hethrew for two touchdowns and ran for one ito lead Notre Dame's biggest come- back win in 13 years. "I said we've got to get this victory," .J eson said. "I said if I have to put an IV in my arm after the game, we're going to get this victory." Notre Dame looked disorganized and unemotional inopening the season 1-3, and Jackson didn't look like his old self. Expected to lead the team as its lone. cap- tain and a fifth-year senior, he was errat- ic. He threw four interceptions in his first four games, matching his total for all of last season, and no longer looked like a erous threat to run. o when Josh Heupel hit Brandon Daniels for a 15-yard touchdown pass to give Oklahoma (3-1) a 30-14 lead with 10:01 left in the third quarter, the Irish looked whipped once again. Until Jackson took over. He hit Jabari Holloway for a 15-yard touchdown with 7:20 left in the third to begin the come- back. After Lee Lafayette intercepted Heupel's pass at the Irish 44, Jackson led lre Dame down to the 1, where Tony Driver punched it in to pull the Irish within 30-28 with 2:37 left in the quarter. No 10 GEORGIA 23, LOUISIANA STATE 22: The Tigers never considered going for a tie, and thanks to a clutch leaping deflection by Will Witherspoon, Georgia remained unbeaten. "We did not want to get into an extended game with them," Tigers coach Gerry DiNardo said of his deci- sion to gamble on victory rather than a possible overtime with a conversion kick with 18 seconds remaining. "it was the right call because we strug- gled on offense today"Tigers cornerback Fred Booker said. "We had to go for the jugular." No. 13 KANSAS STATE 35, No. 15 TEXAS 17: Kansas State turned Texas' revenge game into a personal nightmare for Major Applewhite. The Wildcats' David Allen returned a punt for a record-tying touchdown and also ran for a score as Kansas State cap- italized on six turnovers by the Longhorns quarterback for a 35-17 vic- tory over No. 15 Texas on Saturday. Texas players had looked to this game as payback for a 48-7 beating last year in Applewhite's first collegiate start. No. 16 MISSISSIPPI STATE 42, VANDERBILT 14: Ellis Wyms had two of Mississippi State's six sacks, and the Bulldogs forced three turnovers in beat- ing Vanderbilt 42-14. Victory in its road game this season gave Mississippi State (5-0 overall, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) its best record since 1944. Vanderbilt (3-2, 1-2) came in averag- ing 363 yards a game, but Mississippi State countered with the SEC's stingiest defense and the sixth-best nationally and limited the Commodores to 158 yards. No. 17 MARSHALL 32, MIAMI, OHIO 14: Marshall coach Bob Pruett saw the Thundering Herd's victory coming. "I told (former Marshall coach) Sonny Randle before the game that if we don't turn the ball over, we'll blow them out," Pruett said. His prophecy was fulfilled as No. 1 7 Marshall's running backs didn't lose a fumble and quarterback Chad Pennington threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Pennington, who was 18-of-35 passing, has thrown for 1,569 yards and 14 TDs with only five interceptions this season. KENTUCKY 31, No. 20 ARKA'SAS 20: Criticized as soft, Kentucky's man-to- man pass defense, so vulnerable in loss- es to Louisville and Florida, turned sti- fling and the defense forced three Arkansas turnovers Saturday, keying the Wildcats' biggest victory over a top 25 opponent since 1993. "We have had a tendency to come out and not play hard," linebacker Marlon McCree said. "For this game, we came out and got the ball." No. 22 SYRACUSE 47, TULANE 17: Madei Williams hit Pat Woodcock with a 22-yard touchdown pass, and Nate Trout kicked a 37-yard field goal in the final minute of the first half to break open a tight game. The defense then held the high-powered Green Wave (2-2) score- less in the second half as Syracuse rolled. The Syracuse defense intercepted five passes, turning three into 13 points early in the game against sophomore quarter- back Patrick Ramsey, who had thrown only four interceptions in 128 attempts in the three previous games. "Every time we made a mistake Syracuse capitalized," Tulane coach Chris Scelfo said. No. 19 EAST CAROLINA 33, ARMY 14: Fighting public perception and the Cadets' wishbone offense, the Pirates responded to their doubters emphatically. "We heard people say it was inevitable we'd lose because of the big win last week, but we came out ready to play," said David Garrard, who threw for 300 yards and a touchdown "The guys responded and we just proved everybody wrong. We had a lot of fun out there." WASHINGTON 34, No.25 OREGON 20: Marques Tuiasosopo threw three touch- down passes and the Washington H-luskies won Saturday night.. Willie Hurst, Washington's No. I tail- back, rushed for 161 yards on 30 carries, including a 4-yard touchdown run, and fullback Pat Conniff had a 9-yard scoring run in the third quarter. Tuiasosopo had seven turnovers in his previous two starts, but he didn't have a pass interception nor a fumble as the Huskies played mistake- free football before a crowd of 72,581. In the fourth night game in history at Husky Stadium, the junior quarterback completed 17-of-21 passes for 211 yards, including a 24-yarder to Gerald Harris for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter that put the Huskies (2-2) ahead 27-13. JOIN DAILY SPORTS. CALL 647-3336. "_. , , \. a Notre Dame's Jarlous Jackson finally ran the Irish to a much- needed victory against Oklahoma. 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