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News Nuggets, 10.24.04
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Bearcats stagger heavily-favored Memphis

CINCINNATI — Gino Guidugli passed for three scores and Richard Hall scored two touchdowns to lead Cincinnati to a 49-10 rout of Memphis on Saturday night.

In handing the Tigers only their second loss of the season, the Bearcats climbed within one win of a .500 record overall.

Guidugli completed 13 of 18 passes for 182 yards with touchdowns of 22 yards to Antwan Giddens, 19 yards to Hall and 14 yards to Thomas Hanniba.

Hall also had a 3-yard TD run and rushed 20 times for 79 yards.

The Bearcats (3-4, 2-2 Conference USA) outgained the Tigers (5-2, 2-2) 424 yards to 202. Cincinnati rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns while holding Memphis to only 89 yards on the ground.

The Tigers trailed 49-3 when they scored their only touchdown on Robert Douglas' 4-yard run with 2:48 remaining.

Both of Hall's scores came in a 21-point first quarter. Butler Benton had a 1-yard touchdown run and Brad Glatthaar ran 5 yards for a score in the second quarter to help the Bearcats take a 35-3 lead at the half.

Hanniba caught his TD pass from Guidugli in the third quarter and Collin Carey had a 3-yard TD run in the fourth for Cincinnati.

College football weekend: stars & storylines

STARS

 —  Jerious Norwood, Mississippi State, rushed for 174 yards on 29 carries and two TDs, including a 37-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds remaining to lead the Bulldogs to a 38-31 upset of No. 20 Florida.

 —  Allen Webb, Kansas State, the backup quarterback rushed for 147 yards and scored four TDs, leading the Wildcats past Nebraska 45-21.

 —  Michael Hart, Michigan, rushed for 206 yards to help the No. 13 Wolverines to a 16-14 win over No. 12 Purdue.

 —  Andrew Walter, Arizona State, threw for 415 yards and six touchdown passes, two in a fourth-quarter rally, to lead No. 21 Arizona State to a 48-42 victory over UCLA.

 —  Jason White, Oklahoma, threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns and the second-ranked Sooners defeated Kansas 41-10.

 —  Josh Haldi, Northern Illinois, threw for a career-high 333 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Huskies to a 59-38 win over Western Michigan.

 —  Dennis Pitta, Brigham Young, blocked a punt and caught two touchdown passes to help BYU beat Air Force 41-24.

 —  Obozua Ehikioya, Marist, ran for 246 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Red Foxes to a 41-35 victory over La Salle.

FOURTH THOUSAND

Texas' Cedric Benson became the sixth player in NCAA Division I history to rush for 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons. Benson, who led the nation in rushing coming into the game against Texas Tech, surpassed 1,000 yards in the first quarter with an 8-yard run. Benson joined Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (1996-99); Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (1973-76); Avon Cobourne, West Virginia (1999-02); Denvis Manns, New Mexico State (1995-98) and Amos Lawrence, North Carolina (1977-80) as four-time 1,000-yard rushers.

QUICK THOUSAND

Oklahoma's freshman running back Adrian Peterson, needing 99 yards to tie Emmitt Smith and Marshall Faulk as the quickest freshmen to gain 1,000 yards, gained 126 yards on 22 carries in the second-ranked Sooners' 41-10 rout of Kansas. Peterson now has 1,027 yards in just seven games.

SWING

Boston College quarterback Paul Peterson struggled in the first half against No. 24 Notre Dame, completing just 8 of 18 passes for 96 yards. In the second half, he completed 19-of-23 for 297 yards, leading the Eagles to a 24-23 win. The Eagles outgained the Irish 319 yards to 122 yards in the second half and outscored them 17-3 after halftime.

DANGEROUS RATTLERS

Ben Dougherty accounted for six first-half touchdowns in Florida A&M's 50-14 victory over Savannah State. Dougherty — who only played the opening two quarters — completed 14 of 19 passes for 260 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for two more scores to lead the Rattlers to a 36-0 halftime lead. Florida A&M's first extra point attempt was blocked, and the Rattlers went for two-point conversions on their last five TDs of the half, but failed to score each time.

CLUTCH KICKS

Todd Pegram kicked a 19-yard field goal in overtime and Lee Foliaki recovered a fumble on the next possession, giving No. 17 Texas A&M a 29-26 victory over Colorado. Pegram made four field goals in the game. ... Jason Ricks kicked a 28-yard field goal with 55 seconds left to complete a rally as No. 22 Oklahoma State beat Missouri 20-17. Missouri led 17-0 in the first half. ... Kyle Schlicher's two first-half field goals accounted for all of No. 25 Iowa's points in a 6-4 win over Penn State. ... Xavier Beitia kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:03 to play to help No. 5 Florida State beat Wake Forest 20-17. ... E.J. Cochrane kicked a 22-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to lift Montana State to a 27-24 victory over South Dakota State.

KICK FAILED

Rice pulled within one point of Navy after a touchdown pass with 4:41 remaining, but Brennan Landry missed the point after and Navy held on to win 14-13.

SAFETY DANCE

Penn State's scored all its points on safeties in a 6-4 loss to No. 25 Iowa. The Nittany Lions took a 2-0 lead on the first possession — Penn State's first lead in a Big Ten game this season — when the snap went over Iowa punter David Bradley's head and into the end zone. Bradley kicked the ball out the back of the end zone. Iowa gave Penn State its final two points, conceding a safety instead of punting from its own end zone late in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes were also called for holding in the end zone on the play that made it 6-4.

SOUTHERN SHOOTOUT

Lester Ricard set a Tulane record with six touchdown passes and also had 417 passing yards to lead the Green Wave to a 59-55 upset of Alabama-Birmingham. The teams combined for 865 yards passing and 309 yards rushing.

FLYING BADGERS

Anthony Davis rushed for two touchdowns and No. 6 Wisconsin beat Northwestern 24-12. The Badgers are 8-0 for just the fourth time in the program's 115-year history.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Kings Point tailback Jason Hardwick rushed for 300 yards and two touchdowns on 55 carries in a 37-20 loss to RPI. Hardwick finished three carries short of the Division III record of 58, set by Bill Kaiser of Wabash in 1985.

ANGRY FLOCK

Oregon's defense recorded 10 sacks in a 16-13 win over Stanford and held the Cardinals to minus-8 yards rushing.

POWER PANTHERS

Mike Keenan broke Middlebury school records with 31 completions and 427 passing yards in a 42-31 win over Bates. Middlebury's Tom Cleaver tied a school record with 15 receptions and broke the Panthers' record with 256 yards receiving.

SNAPPED

Ohio State defeated Indiana 30-7, ending the Buckeyes' three-game losing skid. Ohio State avoided its first 0-4 record in the Big Ten since 1922. ... Iowa State ended its 13-game Big 12 losing streak with a 26-25 win at Baylor, which took over the league's longest streak of futility. Baylor has lost 11 straight Big 12 games.

STREAKING

Illinois lost its 13th straight Big Ten game 45-0 to Minnesota. The Gophers held a conference opponent scoreless for the first time since a 12-0 win over Indiana on Oct. 20, 1990. ... Penn beat Yale 17-7 extending its Ivy League winning streak to 18 games, breaking the Quakers' own mark set from 1992-95. ... Buffalo is 0-24 in Mid-American Conference road games since joining the conference in 1999 after losing to Marshall 48-14.

SPEAKING

``This is embarrassing for us. We thought we were ready to play.''  —  No. 20 Florida coach Ron Zook, after the Gators lost to unranked Mississippi State 38-31.

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