Monday, September 8, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Penn State, Florida score big in victories
FSU, Tennessee survive close shaves
The Associated Press
When Steve Spurrier roars, his Florida Gators respond.
When Joe Paterno mulls, his quarterback answers with two Penn State passing records.
They are coaches with different approaches, but both produced similar results on Saturday eye-opening victories by the top two teams in the nation.
Doug Johnson tied a school record with seven first-half touchdown passes, and No. 2 Florida set a modern-day school mark for points in an 82-6 thumping of Central Michigan.
"You've got to get in the habit of going up and down the field and scoring points," Spurrier said after spending the week ridiculing his offense after a 21-6 win against Southern Mississippi last week.
Mike McQuay, the Nittany Lions' fifth-year senior starting his first game, set school records with 366 yards passing and 370 total yards as No.1 Penn State beat Pittsburgh no.34.1.
Others had their hands full, especially No.4 Tennessee and No.5 Florida State.
Peyton Manning and his Volunteers got a huge scare from UCLA before holding on for a 30-24 win.
The Vols (2-0) led 27-6 entering the final quarter, but the Bruins rallied behind Cade McNown (27-43 for 400 yards). With a chance to take the lead, the Bruins (0-2) fell short when McNown threw a fourth-incompletion at the Vols' 20 with 27 seconds left.
At Los Angeles, Thad Busby hit five of eight passes for 94 yards, including a 46-yarder to E.G. Green, during a 97-yard march. Dee Feaster capped it with a 2-yard TD run as Florida State beat No. 23 Southern California 14-7 in the first meeting between the two prominent schools.
Volleyball team wins one, loses two
Kansan staff report
The Kansas volleyball team played in its second tournament Friday and Saturday and posted a 1-2 record for the second time this season.
The Jayhawks defeated Virginia Tech in the final match Saturday. Kansas had lost a match against Northwestern Friday and against No. 2 Florida Saturday morning.
Sophomore middle blocker Amanda Reves and junior outside hitter Moira Donovan each had 15 kills during the tournament. Senior right-side hitter Kendra Kahler had 13 kills and 4 blocks.
In the Northwestern match Fri
The Jayhawks then lost against No. 2 Florida in straight games, 15-8, 15-8, 15-5, but defeated Virginia Tech in five games.
day, Kansas lost in three games by the scores of 15-8. 16-13. 17-15.
After defeating the Hokies 15-7 and 15-1 in the first two games, Kansas lost the next two games 11-15 and 6-15. The Jayhawks then won the decisive fifth game 15-8.
"I was a little disappointed in the effort overall," said coach Karen Schonewise. "We won the first two games heavily, didn't fight well in the next two but came back to win in the fifth. I was overall pleased with the day, especially that we played strong against the No. 2 team in the nation."
AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1. Penn St. (22) 1-0 1,620 1
2. Florida (15) 1-0 1,590 2
3. Washington (14) 1-0 1,580 4
4. Tennessee (6) 1-0 1,518 3
5. Florida St. (4) 1-0 1,442 5
6. Nebraska (4) 1-0 1,433 6
7. N. Carolina (2) 1-0 1,342 7
8. Colorado (3) 1-0 1,331 8
9. Ohio St. 1-0 1,144 9
10. Louisiana St. 1-0 1,127 10
11. Texas 1-0 1,054 12
12. Notre Dame 1-0 911 11
13. Miami 1-0 904 13
14. Michigan 0-0 838 14
15. Alabama 1-0 812 15
16. Auburn 1-0 688
17. Stanford 1-0 587 17
18. Iowa 1-0 527 20
19. Clemson 1-0 402 18
20. Kansas St. 1-0 377 21
21. Michigan St. 1-0 305 25
22. Virginia Tech 1-0 213 —
23. Southern Cal 0-1 182 23
24. Arizona St. 1-0 150 —
25. Colorado St. 1-1 127 24
Other receiving votes: Texas AAM 118, N. Carolina St. 113, Brigham Young St. 75, West Virginia St. 74, Washington St. 64, Southern Miss. 26, Georgia 25, Wake Forest 12, South Carolina 10, Mississippi St. 6, Northwest 5, Virginia 4, Wyoming 3, Georgia Tach 2, Oregon 2, Uahl St. 2, Arkansas 1, Hawaii 1, San Diego St. 1.
USA Today/ESPN
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1. Florida (25) 2-0 1,437 1
2. Penn St. (12) 1-0 1,431 2
3. Washington (13) 1-0 1,403 4
4. Tennessee (5) 1-0 1,348 3
5. Nebraska (2) 1-0 1,275 6
6. Florida St. (3) 1-0 1,255 5
7. Colorado (1) 1-0 1,160 7
8. N. Carolina (1) 1-0 1,102 8
9. Ohio St. 1-0 1,070 9
10. Texas 1-0 961 10
11. Louisiana St. 1-0 956 11
12. Miami 1-0 820 12
13. Michigan 0-0 762 14
14. Alabama 1-0 744 15
15. Notre Dame 1-0 687 13
16. Auburn 1-0 521 18
17. Iowa 1-0 514 19
18. Stanford 1-0 464 17
19. Virginia Tech 1-0 382 25
20. Kansas St. 1-0 341 23
21. Clemson 1-0 304 20
22. Southern Col 0-1 178 21
23. Michigan St. 1-0 160 —
24. West Virginia 2-0 131 —
25. N. Carolina St. 2-0 124 —
Other recipients voting. Texas A&M 123, BUV 109; Arizona St 94, Washington St 85, Colorado St 40, South中山 Miss. 25, Georgia 21, Syracuse 20, San Diego St 18, Georgia 16, Northwestern 13; Mississippi St 8, Wake Forest 6, Oregon 5, South Carolina 4, Oklahoma 3, Virginia 3, California 2, Oklahoma State 2, Utah 1.
KU WATERPOLO CLUB
Informational meeting at 7:30 on Tuesday, September 9 outside the doors of the main pool in Robinson Gymnasium.