MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
Aggies upset Sooners Wildcats blast Cyclones
The Associated Press
No.4 Texas 41, Baylor 0
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas wide receiver Roy Williams is healthy and catching everything thrown his way, which is bad news for Longhorns opponents.
Slowed by a hamstring pull earlier in the season, Williams enjoyed his second straight big game Saturday with eight catches for 172 yards — including a 73-yard TD on the second play — to lead No. 4 Texas to a 41-0 win over Baylor.
Williams had 13 catches for 161 yards in a 27-24 win at Nebraska a week earlier and has now caught a pass in 32 consecutive names.
Texas: 9-1,5-1 Big 12 Conference. Baylor: 3-7,1-5.
No.17 Colorado 42, Missouri 35, OT
COLUMBIA, Mo. — It took every one of Chris Brown's 211 yards to keep No. 17 Colorado on track for the Big 12 championship game.
The nation's leading rusher scored his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime as the Buffaloes survived a second-half Missouri comeback to win 42-35 Saturday.
Brown also scored on a 10- yard run in the first quarter and a 15-yarder in the fourth, giving him 17 rushing TDs this season.
He had 35 carries on his seventh consecutive 100-yard day, and Bobby Purify also hit the century mark for the first time this season with 119 yards on 19 carries.
Colorado: 7-3, 5-1 Big 12.
Missouri: 4-6, 1-5.
Texas Tech 49. Oklahoma St. 24
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech came into Saturday's game against Oklahoma State hoping to become bowl eligible.
After a 49-24 win and Texas A&M's 30-26 upset of No. 1 Oklahoma, the Red Raiders find themselves still alive for the Big 12 championship game.
Tech needs to beat No. 4 Texas and the Sooners in the next two weeks to possibly gain a three-way tie in the Big 12 South.Tech would win the tie breaker based on head-to-head wins.
Tech quarterback Kliff Kingsbury completed 38 of 49 passes for 425 yards and four touchdowns against the Cowboys.
Texas Tech: 7-4, 4-2 Big 12
Oklahoma State: 4-5, 2-3.
Texas A&M 30. No.4 Oklahoma 26
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Oklahoma escaped Kyle Field two years ago, clearing the way for the Sooners to win the national title.
They couldn't pull off another victory against Texas A&M on
Saturday, losing 30-26 to drop from No.1.
Freshman quarterback Reggie McNeal came off the bench to throw for 191 yards and four touchdowns. He had scoring passes on three straight possessions to give Texas A&M its first lead. His fourth TD, a 40-yarder to Terrence Murphy with 1:51 left in the third quarter, put the Aggies ahead 27-23 before the teams traded field goals in the fourth quarter.
Terrence Kiel, who was burned for an earlier touchdown, intercepted Nate Hybl's pass with 1:12 left to seal the victory.
Oklahoma: 8-1,4-1 Big 12.
Texas A&M: 6-4,3-3.
No.11 Kansas St. 58, Iowa St. 7
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Cornerback Bobby Walker intercepted two Seneca Wallace passes and returned them for touchdowns 23 seconds apart as No. 12 Kansas State routed Iowa State 58-7 Saturday night.
"I told Bobby he's the only defensive player in the history of college football to score on consecutive downs," coach Bill Snyder said.
"We'll labor under that assumption until somebody proves otherwise."
Kansas State: 8-2,4-2 Big 12.
Iowa State: 7-4,4-3.
Despite fumbles, Rams top Chargers
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Rams put the ball on the carpet again and again but recovered just in time to pull out a dramatic victory over the San Diego Chargers
The Rams lost four fumbles — two of which were returned for touchdowns — but used two touchdowns and a successful onside kick to defeat San Diego 28-24 yesterday and win their fourth straight game.
St. Louis (4-5) was led by Marc Bulger's 453 yards passing — the fourth-most in franchise history — and Isaac Bruce, who lost two of
the fumbles but caught three touchdown passes, including the 7-yard game-winner with 1:14 left.
Bruce, who had 10 receptions for 163 yards, also caught TD passes of 27 and 34 yards, the latter an acrobatic grab that cut the Chargers' lead to 24-21 with 5:06 to go.
Having burned all three timeouts in the third quarter, the Rams were forced to try an onside kick, and Dre' Bly recovered at the St. Louis 46 to set up the winning score.
The Rams staged their frenzied comeback without Marshall Faulk, who left with an injured left
The Chargers (6-3) had more than a minute to work with after Bruce's go-ahead TD, and Ronney Jenkins returned the kickoff 52 yards to the St. Louis 46. The Chargers advanced to the 30, but the threat ended when Drew Brees' pass was intercepted by Dexter McCleon in the end zone with 11 seconds left.
ankle during the fourth quarter. He was held to 72 yards and had a costly fumble at the Chargers 3 at the end of the first half.
Bulger's outstanding performance came in what could be his final game in relief of the injured Kurt Warner.
Miami back on top in poll; Ohio State moves to No.2
The Associated Press
Miami is back at No.1,and this time it's unanimous.
The Hurricanes regained the top spot in The Associated Press media poll yesterday, a week after a 25-point victory over Rutgers saw them drop to No. 2 behind Oklahoma.
Ohio State (11-0), the only other unbeaten major college team, moved up to No. 2 from No. 3 after its 10-6 win over Purdue. The Buckeyes totaled 1,771 points.
With the Sooners losing to Texas A&M 30-26 and Miami overpowering Tennessee 26-3 on Saturday, the Hurricanes (9-0) received all 74 first-place votes and 1,850 points from the sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel.
Miami was No.1 for a record 21 straight polls before being unseated by Oklahoma. For the first time this season, though, the Hurricanes made a clean sweep of the votes.
Washington State (9-1) made a
big jump to No. 3 from No. 5 after a 32-21 win over Oregon, while Oklahoma (8-1) and Texas (9-1) were tied at No.4 and Iowa (10-1) was No.6. The four-one loss teams are separated by just 32 points.
Miami remained No.1 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, followed by Ohio State, Texas, Washington State, Iowa and Oklahoma.
The order is not certain, but Miami and Ohio State should be first and second when the new Bowl Championship Series standings are released Monday. The Buckeyes were second and the Hurricanes third behind the Sooners last week.
The top two teams in the final BCS standings on Dec. 8 play for the BCS national title in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3.
Last week, Miami lost 27 firstplace votes to Oklahoma in the AP poll after rallying for a 42-17 win over lowly Rutgers, which led by three points in the fourth quarter.
Coupled with the Sooners' 27-
11 victory over Colorado, APvoters gave the No. 1 nod to Oklahoma.
There was no doubt about No. 1 this week as Miami looked overpowering in extending its winning streak to 31 games — the longest among major colleges in 31 years and tied for the seventh longest ever.
Georgia (9-1) remained No. 7, followed by USC, Notre Dame and Alabama.
Virginia Tech (8-2), a 50-42 triple overtime loser to Syracuse, fell to No.13 from No.8 after its second straight loss. North Carolina State (9-2) also lost for the second straight week —24-21 to Maryland — and fell to No.22 from No.14.
Dropping out of the Top 25 were Arizona State, Bowling Green and Iowa State.
Bowling Green (8-1), No. 20 last week, lost its first game of the season 26-17 to Northern Illinois.
The newcomers this week are Maryland at No. 19, Auburn at No. 24 and TCU at No. 25.
Chiefs falter against 49ers
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — When San Francisco's high-powered offense finally stumbled, its defense carried the 49ers to another victory.
Garrison Hearst and Kevan Barlow each rushed for a touchdown, and San Francisco bottled up Priest Holmes and Tony Gonzalez to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 17-13 yesterday for their sixth win in seven games.
The dull game on a wet field at Candlestick Park didn't exactly showcase two of the NFL's top four offenses. Both teams moved the ball consistently behind their star running backs in the first half but also had trouble making long-yardage plays — and both were almost completely shut down after halftime.
After averaging nearly 30 points per game in the last six weeks, the 49ers (7-2) went
scoreless in the second half. But thanks to their defense, which allowed just one field goal after halftime, it didn't matter.
After San Francisco chewed up more than five minutes with a drive late in the fourth quarter, Kansas City (4-5) got the ball back at its 11 with 2 minutes left. The Chiefs moved 52 yards with three long passes in 16 seconds, but Trent Green got sacked and threw three incomplete passes. Julian Peterson batted down a fourth-down throw to Gonzalez near the 20.
Kansas City's defense, ranked last in the NFL entering the game, had its way with San Francisco in the second half, holding the 49ers to 323 total yards — just 101 after halftime.
Terrell Owens caught seven passes for just 51 yards, never breaking away after a catch, while Jeff Garcia passed for just 175 yards.
But the 49ers, who spent all week working on ways to stop Holmes, were even more dominant than Kansas City.
The 'Niners held Holmes, the NFL rushing leader, to 51 yards rushing and one reception, though he scored his league-leading 16th touchdown on a 12-yard run in the second quarter. Gonzalez, Kansas City's All-Pro tight end, had one catch for 6 yards.
Eddie Kennison caught eight passes for 134 yards for the Chiefs. Green was 15-of-27 for 193 yards.
After the teams traded field goals in the first quarter, Hearst capped a 71-yard drive with a 5-yard TD run early in the second.
Two minutes later, Holmes set the franchise record with his 14th rushing touchdown of the season. He has scored in seven straight games, tying Marcus Allen's franchise record.