Monday, September 13, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
Football
Chicago's new offense gives Chiefs a shock
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — The beginning was impressive. The middle was ugly. And the end? It doesn't get much better than that.
"My favorite offensive formation is taking a knee. I love that formation," said Dick Jauron, who won the battle of rookie coaches Sunday when his Chicago Bears hung on for a 20-17 victory against the Kansas City Chiefs.
These aren't the same Bears that Chicago has come to dread the last few years. Forget that boring, predictable NFC Central offense. Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton has the Bears looking like Western Athletes. Co-founder
a western Athletic team, with a wide-open offense
Shane Matthews threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns in his first NFL start. Curtis Ennis somersaulted into the end zone for his first career touchdown and gained
133 yards of total offense. Nine receivers caught balls as the Bears threw for 322 yards. Chicago scored on all four of its first-half possessions.
133 yards of total offense.
"I think we proved some people wrong today," Matthews said. "It's a long season and we've got a long way to go, but we've got the weapons."
But this wouldn't be a true Bears game without a serious breakdown. Elvis Grbac hit Derrick Alexander with an 86-yard touchdown reception to cut the Bears lead to 20-10 with 5:01 left in the third quarter.
Glyn Melbourne gave the Chiefs another chance, fumbling the kickoff return. Robert Williams recovered it, and Kansas City had the ball at the Chicago 23. But Grbac threw to Andre Risen in the end zone even though Alexander was open, and Tom Carter broke up what would have been a touchdown.
The Bears got to the Kansas City 6 on their next possession, but as Matthews went back to throw, the ball slipped out of his hand, and Ronnie Edwards picked it up. He
rumbled 79 yards for the touchdown, cutting the Bears lead to 2017 with 12:24 left.
Chicago took advantage of the new instant replay, which returned to the NFL this season after an eight-year absence, claiming Matthews' arm was already going forward and it should have been an incomplete pass. Referees let the touchdown stand after reviewing the play. The play was later changed to an official sack.
The Chiefs got to the Chicago 41 and 47 on their next two posses
punt and ran out of downs. They were pinned to the 4-yard line on Todd Sauerbrun's 47-
yard punt on their last possession.
Grbac, who was 20-of-42 for 283 yards,
missed his last eight passes.
“It’s disappointing. That’s the only word I can put on it,” Grbac said. “We just didn’t make the play when we had to. When it came to crunch time, we couldn't get it done intensively.”
Matthews was 25-of-38 for 245 yards. Enis, playing in his first game since ripping up his knee last November, caught five passes for 69 yards, and rushed for another 64 yards.
"We believed in ourselves and our team, and that's all that matters." Enis said. "We're going to surprise people."
The Bears' high-octane offense has been a big topic of discussion ever since Jauron hired Crowton, the former Louisiana Tech coach, as his offensive coordinator.
"They play razzle-dazzle football," said Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham, who also interviewed for the Bears' job. "But after you get used to it, once you see it on film, once a game's played like this, now you know what they're all about. It's not confusing."
Quarterback leads Ohio State to win
COLUMBUS. Ohio — There won't be a quarterback controversy at Ohio State this week.
The Associated Press
Steve Bellisari came off the bench and threw two touchdown passes. Also, he was on the field for five of Ohio State's six touchdowns as the 13th-ranked Buckeyes bounced back for a 42-20 victory against No. 14 UCLA on Saturday night.
Bellisari also was the Buckeyes' second-leading rusher with 50 yards on three third-down scrambles.
"No question he was the best quarterback on the field tonight," Ohio State coach John Cooper said. "I would imagine he'll be the starting quarterback after we look at the films."
Austin Moherman started for the Buckeyes (1-1) and played
well, but Bellisarl — awful in Ohio State's 23-12 loss to Miami two weeks ago — stole the show.
"I thought Bellisari hurt us running the football, and he threw a couple of deep balls that got us as well," UCLA coach Bob Toledo said.
Bellisari wasn't Ohio
Bellisari wasn't ON
State's only weapo
Michael Wiley rushed
for 119 yards and two
touchdowns and Ken-
Yon Rambo caught two
touchdown passes —
both from Bellisari.
Bellisari was 11-of-16 for 159 yards without an interception, while Moherman was 10-of-19 for 107 vards with one interception.
UCLA was playing without nine starters and four backups who received two-game suspensions for illegally obtaining and using handicapped-parking placards.
"No question not having our full team had an effect," Toledo said. "Our guys got tired and worn down at the end."
Both teams experimented with a quarterback platoon. Ohio State's worked and UCLA's didn't.
Moherman led the Buckeyes into Bruins territory on three straight
possessions. He completed three of five passes — one was dropped — for 51 yards on an 81-yard drive capped by Wiley's 3-yard sprint
around the right end.
After a UCLA punt, Cooper inserted Bellisari, who connected on three consecutive passes for 44 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown toss to Rambo.
Meanwhile, UCLA's offense sputtered after its quick start.
Toledo pulled Bennett after he wore "0f for 117 yards and UCLA had built a 10-1 lead on Chris Griffith's 35-yard field goal early in the second quarter. Bennett's replacement, Cory Paus, misfired on four of his six attempts and the Bruins were forced to punt on their next two possessions.
"We sat down with Drew and Cory before the game and they knew what the plan was." Toledo said. "Our plan was to do that in the first half and then see what happened at halftime and make the decision from there."
Bennett was reinserted and led UCLA to a touchdown at the outset of the third quarter with Freddie Mitchell going 33 yards on an endaround, which set up DeShaun Foster's 7-vard scoring run.
Then Ohio State scored twice in the span of 31/2 minutes and pulled away.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25
| team | rec | pts | pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Florida St. (49) | 2-0 | 1,725 | 1 |
| 2. Tennessee (13) | 1-0 | 1,650 | 3 |
| 3. Penn. St (6) | 3-0 | 1,619 | 2 |
| 4. Florida (11) | 2-0 | 1,446 | 4 |
| tie.Nebraska | 2-0 | 1,446 | 5 |
| 6. Michigan | 2-0 | 1,403 | 6 |
| 7.Texas A&M | 1-0 | 1,342 | 7 |
| 8. Miami(Fla.) | 2-0 | 1,267 | 8 |
| 9.Wisconsin | 2-0 | 1,184 | 9 |
| 10.Virginia Tech (1) | 2-0 | 1,046 | 11 |
| 11.Georgia | 2-0 | 996 | 12 |
| 12.Georgia Tech | 1-1 | 981 | 10 |
| 13.Ohio St. | 1-1 | 901 | 13 |
| 14.Purdue | 2-0 | 764 | 20 |
| 15.Akansas | 1-0 | 677 | 15 |
| 16.Kansas St. | 1-1 | 654 | 17 |
| 17.Southern Cal | 1-0 | 602 | 18 |
| 18.Alabama | 2-0 | 550 | 21 |
| 19.Arizona | 2-1 | 452 | 19 |
| 20.N.C. State | 3-0 | 349 | 23 |
| 21.UCLA | 1-1 | 303 | 14 |
| 22.Arizona St. | 1-0 | 234 | 25 |
| 23.Colorado State | 2-0 | 207 | 24 |
| 24.Notre Dame | 1-2 | 171 | 16 |
| 25.BYU | 1-0 | 156 | — |
Other receives invitations. Marshall St. 144, Michigan St. 63, Louisville St. 579, Syracuse St. 351, mixta St. 33, Air Force St. 20, Oklaham St. 17, Virginia. *6*, LSU 14, Southern Miss. 12, Kansas B. Clement 6, Kentucky 5, Mississippi 5, Colorado 4, West Virginia 4, Oklahoma 3, East Carolina 2, Utah 1, Wyoming 1.
The top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, 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 St. (44) 2-0 1,455 1
2. Tennesseesee (8) 1-0 1,392 3
3. Penn. St (7) 3-0 1,369 2
4. Florida 2-0 1,259 4
5. Michigan 2-0 1,225 5
6. Nebraska 2-0 1,201 6
7. Texas A&M 1-0 1,102 7
8. Wisconsin 2-0 1,058 8
9. Miami (Fla.) 2-0 997 9
10. Virginia Tech 2-0 890 11
11. Georgia 2-0 874 12
12. Ohio St. 1-1 761 14
13. Georgia Tech 1-1 702 10
14. Purdue 2-0 690 16
15. Arkansas 1-0 553 17
16. Kansas St. 1-0 538 18
17. Arizona 2-1 511 15
18. Alabama 2-0 395 22
19. USC 1-0 385 20
20. N.C. State 3-0 294 24
21. UCLA 1-1 264 13
22. Texas 2-1 250 23
23. Arizona State 1-0 234 25
24. Colorado State 2-0 137 —
25. Mashall 2-0 121
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 103, BUY 84, MISSISIPHIA State 63, Louisville 51, Michigan State 43, Southern Mississippi 43, Notre Dame 31, USL 28, Virginia 20, Missouri 12, East Carolina 9, Air Force 7, Clemson 5, Oklahoma State 5, Colorado 4, Miami (Ohio) 3, Oklahoma State 3, West Virginia 2, Texas Tech 1, Uwha 1.
Fighting Irish botch chance for goal,win
The Associated Press
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.- Communication breakdown.
Notre Dame's backfield botched a third-and-goal call from the 1-yard line as time ran out, and the 16th-ranked Irish lost to No. 20 Purdue 28-23 on Saturday, only the second time in 14 tries that the Boilermakers have beaten Notre Dame.
"Once again, we may have squandered away some opportunities," said Notre Dame coach Bob Davie, whose squad lost 26-22 last week to Michigan when a last-minute drive came up short.
After Travis Dorsch kicked two fourth-quarter field goals to give Purdue (2-0) its first lead of the game, Jarious Jackson drove the Irish (1-2) to the 2-yard line with time running out.
Joyc Goodspeed was stopped on second-and-goal on the 1, and Notre Dame called a timeout to regroup. The Irish then lined up in a modified wishbone formation, with Jackson lined up in front of fullback Goodspeed and running backs Tony Driver and Tony Fisher.
An isolation running play was called, and Jackson stepped to the
line with a planned false check to throw off the defense. Instead, it confused the Notre Dame backs.
Jackson went left, and Purdue's penetration forced him backward, where he was dropped by Mike Rose for a 9-yard loss. Time expired before Jackson could get another play off, and Purdue players and fans spilled onto the field.
Purdue's
Purdue's last stand was one of the few stellar defensive showings as the teams combined for 826 yards.
The last-minute fireworks made up for a comedy of errors on both sides in the first half.
Two of Purdue's first three plays resulted in turnovers and led to a 10-0 Notre Dame lead.
The Boilermakers followed that by jumping offsides twice — one on fourth-and-inches — from inside their 15 before Jackson scored on a 1-yard run.
The Irish had a chance to score again at the end of the half, but stalled after penalties and mistakes.
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