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COUGARS Continued from page 3b Silvan's sprint with t 34 left in the third quarter gave Ten nessee (2-3) a 7-fi lend His run was the first TO Washington State (3- J) had given up in 16 quarters going back to the sec ond quarter in last season's final game. Washington State retook a 9-7 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter on Tony Truant's 32-yard field goal, his third of the game. Hut the V'ols responded with a drive to the Cougars 10. and lohn Becksvoort kicked a 27 yard field goal with 10 15 left for tlie winning points Tennessee began the winning drive nt its 35. On a fourth-and 1 nt the Vols 44. quarterback Peyton Manning kept on a sneak and managed the first down by inches. Three plays later, Manning hit Kendric k (ones for 4 1 yards to the Cougars 12 to set up Becksvoort 's game-winning kirk The Cougars had the hall three times after that, hut the closest they could get was the Ten nessee 39. The ensuing series was t\ pioal of the difficulties the Cougars had on offense Saturday. Frank Madu. who finished with 133 yards on 23 carries, was stopped for no gain. Chad Davis dropped the snap and lost 3 yards, the Cougars were penalized 3 yards for illegal procedure — the 10th of their 11 penalties — and Davis was sacked on third-and long. The Cougars came into the game having allowed 12 points, all on field goals They kept it up in the first half, leading fi-0 at the break on Truant's field goals of 30 and 43 yards The first was set up by Ron Childs' recovery of a fumble at the Tennessee 34 The second ended a 37-yard drive featuring a 29-yard run by Madu. The Cougars had 2H0 yards but the 11 fienalties for 95 yards were damaging Davis complet ed 17-of-27 passes for 134 yards but was sacked six times The Cougars defense, best in the nation against the rush, held Tennessee to 149 yards in 38 carries. Manning, a freshman making his first start liecause of injuries to two other quarterhat ks. c om pleted 7-of-!4 passes for 79 yards. California 55, San Jose Slate 0 BERKELEY. Calif (AF) Mall Cli/be turned a bungled punt into a 62-\ard touchdown run as part of a 28-point first quarter and California wont on to rout San (use Statu 5 5-0 Sat urday. Tin* Spartans (C-i). who g.i\ e up 15 first-quarter points in a 54-20 loss to li.i \ I or last month, had one breakdown after anoth er in their worst loss ever to Cad in a 33-game series dating to 1809. The defeat surpassed San Jose State’s 52-3 loss to Cal in 1977. The Golden Hears (2-2) have won seven straight against the Spartans, and have won the last four by a combined 188-49 It went bad from the outset for the Spartans, who couldn't take advantage of a staggering penal ty rate by Cal. flagged 16 times for 178 yards. Jacobin Williams fumbled the opening kii koff and Bobby Shaw recovered at the San Jose State 5. Nine seconds into the game. Tyrone Edwards run in for the touchdown from 2 yards out Top NFL contenders fall in week 5 (AP) Time to regroup. San t raru.iM <i Hack to reality. Dave Brown Three of the NFL's top con tenders — San Frnneisc o. Buffa lo and the New York Giants — came crashing to earth Sunday, shocked by teams with unim pressive»redentmls The 4'»ers' revamped defense will need to vamp itself yet again following a 40-8 thrashing by the Philadelphia Kagles, who got great games from Randall Cunningham and Charlie Car ner "Not in mv wildest dreams did I think this could hapjittn." San Francisco safety Tim Mi Donald said What happened today was we used our talent like we never used it before." said dunning ham, 20-of i29 for 24ft yards and two I'Ds "This game should give us respect and it should tie a n*al ( onfidem e booster " Not for the -t'iers It vs as the worst regular sea son loss for San Francisco in coach George Seifert s sis sea sons and the worst overall defeat still e .1 VI t playoff loss to the Giants in 1‘iHii The previously undefeated (•iants suffered an embarrass men! themselves falling '17-VI to the lowly Now Orleans Saints Brown. Now York's poised young quarterback, got sat ked seven times by a rojuve tinted Now Orleans defense Then there were the Hills, who had trouble moving the Kill all afternoon against Chic ago "I know we're a lot better team." said Inn Kelly w ho com pleted 1‘) of 1 1 passes for 1 lti vards and two interceptions "Offensively, we stunk In other games Sunday. Dallas routed Washington t4-7, Chinn go heat Buffalo 20-13, Arizona defeated Minnesota 17-7. Atlanta heat the Los Angeles Kants 8-5, Indianapolis defeat od Seattle 17-15, Cleveland boat tht' New York lets 27-7, Tampa Bay beat Detroit 7-114 and New Kngland edged Green Bay 17-16 l-ater. it was Miami at Cam in nati On Monday night, Houston visits Pittsburgh San Dingo, Denver, Kansas (•tty and the I.os Angeles Raiders are off this w eek Turn to NFL, Pacje 6b TiO>Jl}D UP /DUft rPJElJDI ;Ai JD i-UGirl TAIL if Efl'SrlT OUT Or DODOS! I • ofthe .• - •DAILY EMERALD for your IS3 t You’ll find everything you WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT H£)W TO RIDE THE BUS* * \ HIGH HO SJILVEH AY/A/! ‘Term fare paid by student incidental f»s .viZf&e m W»y G&J 687-5555 (VOICE) OR 687-4265 (TTY) i___
