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News Nuggets, 10.11.04
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C-USA standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV

(Through games of Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004)

              Conference     Overall
TEAM          W  L  Pct.   W  L  Pct.   Pts  Opp
Southern Miss 3  0 1.000   4  0 1.000   115   80
Louisville    2  0 1.000   4  0 1.000   173   28
UAB           2  0 1.000   4  1  .800   155  116
Memphis       1  1  .500   4  1  .800   141   83
TCU           1  1  .500   3  2  .600   192  177
South Florida 1  1  .500   2  2  .500    89  112
Cincinnati    1  2  .333   2  4  .333   138  169
Houston       1  2  .333   1  5  .167   111  208
East Carolina 1  2  .333   1  4  .200    93  195
Army          1  3  .250   1  4  .200   110  177
Tulane        0  2  .000   1  3  .250    85  106

THURSDAY, OCT. 7:
Southern Miss 35, Houston 29 OT [ESPN2]

SATURDAY, OCT. 9:
Army 48, Cincinnati 29
East Carolina 27, Tulane 25
UAB 27, Mississippi State 13

THURSDAY, OCT. 14:
Louisville at Miami (FL) 7:30 PM [ESPN]

FRIDAY, OCT. 15:
TCU at UAB 7:00 PM [ESPN]

SATURDAY, OCT. 16:
Tulane at Memphis 1:00 PM
Southern Miss at Alabama 2:00 PM
Army at South Florida 8:00 PM

Compiled from data from Conference USA.

Associated Press college football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

[Conference USA team, including future members, and Carolinas teams in bold. ECU opponents in red.]

Record Pts Pvs
 1. Southern Cal (41) (5-0) 1601 1
 2. Oklahoma (23) (5-0) 1582 2
 3. Miami (FL) (4-0) 1464 4
 4. Auburn (6-0) 1450 6
 5. Purdue (5-0) 1241 9
 6. Virginia (5-0) 1219 10
 7. Florida State (4-1) 1188 8
 8. California (3-1) 1094 7
 9. Texas (4-1) 1010 5
10. Wisconsin (6-0) 993 15
11. Utah (5-0) 979 11
12. Georgia (4-1) 963 3
13. Tennessee (4-1) 947 17
14. Michigan (5-1) 813 14
15. Arizona State (5-0) 631 19
16. Oklahoma State (5-0) 590 22
17. West Virginia (4-1) 574 16
18. Louisville (4-0) 546 20
19. Minnesota (5-1) 482 13
20. Louisiana State (4-2) 450 24
21. Boise State (5-0) 413 21
22. Florida (3-2) 342 12
23. Texas A&M (4-1) 106 33
24. Southern Miss (4-0) 97 26
25. Ohio State (3-2) 90 18

Others Receiving Votes:

Missouri 62, Virginia Tech 62, UCLA 50, Navy 41, Texas Tech 18, Notre Dame 13, Boston College 10, Maryland 2, Northern Illinois 1, Wyoming 1.

College football weekend: stars & storylines

STARS

 —  Tielor Robinson, Army, scored five touchdowns to help the Black Knights snap the longest losing streak in the nation at 19 with a 48-29 victory over Cincinnati.

 —  Sonny Cumbie, Texas Tech, threw for 436 yards and five touchdowns in the Red Raiders' 70-10 victory over Nebraska.

 —  Marcus Randall, LSU, came off the bench and threw two touchdown passes, including a 10-yarder with 27 seconds to play, to help No. 24 LSU upset No. 12 Florida 24-21.

 —  Jerome Mathis, Hampton, caught seven passes for 234 yards and three long touchdowns, helping Hampton rally past Gardner-Webb 48-25.

GOOD KNIGHTS

Army snapped the nation's longest losing streak at 19 with a 48-29 victory over Cincinnati. The Black Knights' last victory came on Nov. 16, 2002, against Tulane, and their last home win was Oct. 27, 2001, also against Tulane.

CREAMED CORN

Texas Tech beat Nebraska 70-10, the worst lost in the Cornhuskers' storied 114-year history. Before Saturday, the most points scored against Nebraska came in a 62-36 loss to Colorado in 2001. Nebraska's largest previous margin of defeat was 54, set in a 54-0 loss to Minnesota in 1943 and matched in a 54-0 loss to Indiana in 1944 and a 61-7 loss to Minnesota in 1945.

HEAVYWEIGHTS

No. 1 Southern California's 23-17 win over No. 7 California was the first time in 52 years the Golden Bears and Trojans met with both teams ranked in the top 10. ... No. 14 Michigan's 27-24 win over No. 13 Minnesota was the first time both teams were ranked for a game in Ann Arbor since 1949.

800 NUMBER

Notre Dame became just the second Division I-A team to win 800 games with a 23-15 win over Stanford. Michigan has 838 victories following its win over Minnesota.

DRAWING A BLANK

Texas lost to Oklahoma 12-0, getting shut out for the first time in 282 games and ending the longest streak in the country. The Sooners limited the Longhorns' rushing attack, which entered the game as the nation's best at 353.5 yards per game, to 154 yards.

SHUTOUT

VMI was blanked by Georgetown 21-0, the Keydets' first shutout since a 34-0 loss to William & Mary in 2001.

SNAPPED

East Carolina ended a nine-game home losing streak with 27-25 win over Tulane. It also marked the first home win for second-year coach John Thompson. ... No. 3 Georgia snapped its 17-game winning home streak  —  the second-longest in school history  —  with a 19-14 loss to No. 17 Tennessee. The Volunteers snapped a four-game losing streak to the Bulldogs, beating them for the first time since 1999. ... No. 23 Maryland snapped a 13-game home winning streak with a 20-7 loss to Georgia Tech. The Terrapins were undefeated at home since September 2002 and 21-1 at Byrd Stadium since coach Ralph Friedgen took over the program in 2001. ... Texas Tech recorded its first victory in eight tries against Nebraska, dismantling the Cornhuskers 70-10. ... Kansas snapped an 11-year losing streak to Kansas State with a 31-28 victory.

STREAKING

Southern California extended its winning streak to 14 games with a 23-17 win over California. ... Oklahoma's 12-0 victory over Texas stretched its winning streak in the storied rivalry to five straight. ... No. 6 Auburn beat Louisiana Tech 52-7 and is 6-0 for the first time since the 1997 season. ... Wisconsin is 6-0 for the first time since 1998 following a 24-13 win over Ohio State.

SLUMPING

Illinois' 38-25 loss to Michigan State was the Illini's 11th consecutive Big Ten loss. ... Temple dropped its final Big East opener and lost in conference play for the ninth straight time, 27-22 to Pittsburgh. ... VMI has lost seven straight games after a 21-0 loss to Georgetown.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Aaron Rodgers tied an NCAA record by completing his first 23 passes for California in a 23-17 loss to Southern California. ... Gino Guidugli threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns in Cincinnati's 48-29 loss to Army. ... Jerious Norwood ran for 201 yards in Mississippi State's 27-13 loss to UAB.

MOUNT DOOM

Mount Union won its 99th straight regular-season game, 49-7 over Wilmington. The Division III Purple Raiders have won 89 straight in the Ohio Conference and haven't lost an OAC or regular-season game since 1994.

SPEAKING

``This is the most disappointing loss of my life. We're probably the laughingstock of the nation.''  —  Cincinnati quarterback Gino Guidugli, on the Bearcats' 48-29 loss to Army that snapped the Black Knights' 19-game losing streak.

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