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No. 2 Vols Hold Off Ucla; Southern Cal Whips Illini

Associated Press

Pac-10

The final big play of the game belonged to Peyton Manning, and his 53-yard touchdown pass to Joey Kent with 6:30 left gave the No. 2 Volunteers a 35-20 victory over UCLA on Saturday night at Knoxville, Tenn.

Manning, who threw for two TDs and ran for two more, fought off a relentless pass rush and finished off the Bruins with a play fake that new coach Bob Toledo won’t soon forget. Manning was 16 of 28 for 288 yards.

With the Vols clinging to a 28-20 lead after Cade McNown’s 88-yard touchdown pass to Danny Farmer with 9:41 left in the game, Manning finally hooked up with Kent, his favorite receiver.

A Neyland Stadium record crowd of 106,297 was looking for a game of big plays from the Vols, but the Bruins produced a few of their own.

UCLA, in its first game for Toledo after 20 years under Terry Donahue, stayed close with two long scores.

Tennessee 35, UCLA 20

UCLA 3 7 3 7 - 20

Tennessee 7 14 0 14 - 35

UCLAFG Merten 50 TENNManning 1 run (Hall kick) TENNLane 6 pass from Manning (Hall kick) UCLAMcCullough 51 interception (Merten kick) TENNManning 1 run (Hall kick) UCLAFG Merten 26 TENNFair 86 punt return (Hall kick) UCLAFarmer 88 pass from McNown (Merten kick) TENNKent 53 pass from Manning (Hall kick) A-106,297

UCLA TENN First downs 16 15 Rushes-yards 36-69 36-69 Passing 241 288 Comp-Att-Int 18-30-0 16-28-1 Return Yards 81 83 Punts-Avg. 6-41.8 5-39.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2 Penalties-Yards 6-47 5-45 Time of Possession 33:04 26:56 Individual statistics RUSHINGUCLA, Hicks 12-45, Roques 5-26, McNown 12-(minus 6), Price 5-1, McElroy 1-(minus 1), Buck 1-4. Tennessee, Graham 25-56, Manning 5-(minus 4), Ford 3-10, Lane 2-7, Levine 1-0.

PASSINGUCLA, McNown 16-24-0-230, Buck 2-6-0-11. Tennessee, Manning 16-28-1-288.

RECEIVINGUCLA, Farmer 5-115, Grieb 5-44, McElroy 2-36, Hicks 2-29, Hyers 2-7, Lee 1-6, Massey 1-4. Tennessee, Kent 7-114, Nash 4-135, Moore 2-9, McCullough 1-13, Kyler 1-11, Lane 1-6.

(19) Southern Cal 55, Illinois 3

At Champaign, Ill., LaVale Woods ran for two touchdowns, and Southern Cal kept Illinois out of the end zone.

The Trojans (1-1) scored on long passes, short runs, field goals and a blocked punt on the way to giving the Illini (0-2) their worst loss in the 1990s.

Southern Cal corrected the pass protection problems that contributed to a season-opening loss to Penn State and exploited a multitude of miscues from a young and overworked Illini defense.

Trojans quarterbacks Brad Otten and Matt Koffler were 15 of 23 with no interceptions and 428 yards for the game, the most against Illinois since 1985, when Purdue had 464 yards in the air.

Illinois also failed to score a TD in a 20-8 loss at Michigan a week earlier.

Chris Miller set the tone for the game on the first play from scrimmage, catching a 25-yard pass under the Illini secondary. The Trojans exploited this Illini weak spot throughout the game, including an 84-yard TD pass from Otten to Miller in the first quarter and a 13-yard scoring shot to Marvin Powell in the second quarter.

Adding insult to injury, second-string quarterback Koffler threw a 97-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Jay Soward with 5:41 left in the game. It was the longest pass play ever against Illinois at Memorial Stadium.

Southern Cal 14 10 17 14 55

Illinois 3 0 0 0 3

Ill-FG Schuclein 32, 11:58 USCMiller 84 pass from Otton (Abrams kick), 13:57 USCHill 19 punt return (Abrams kick), 14:29 USCPowell 13 pass from Otton (Abrams kick), 8:29 USCFG Abrams 39, 14:09 USCWoods 1 run (Abrams kick), 2:41 USCWoods 1 run (Abrams kick), 11:27 USCFG Abrams 21, 13:32 USC-Soward 97 pass from Koffler (Abrams kick), 10:19 USCMorton 2 run (Rendon kick), 14:31 A-56,504.

USC Ill First downs 20 16 Rushes-yards 41-154 29-88 Passing 428 198 Comp-Att-Int 15-22-0 25-41-3 Return Yards 103 8 Punts-Avg. 2-53.5 5-28.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 7-51 4-29 Time of Possession 29:24 30:36 Individual statistics RUSHINGSouthern Cal, Woods 20-67, Sermons 9-53, Morton 9-28, Iacenea 3-6. Illinois, Holcombe 14-46, Smith 3-28, Douthard 5-10, Weaver 7-4.

PASSINGSouthern Cal, Otton 12-18-0-301, Koffler 2-3-0-103, Woods 1-1-0-24. Illinois, Weaver 25-40-3-198, Hoeasera 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVINGSouthern Cal, C. Miller 3-155, B. Miller 3-67, Sermons 3-19, Allred 2-31, Soward 1-97, Iacenea 1-24, Hall 1-22, Powell 1-13. Illinois, Mosely 4-44, Cushing 4-39, Majoy 4-39, Douthard 3-32, Dulick 3-27, Holcombe 3-0, Byrd 2-10, McDonald-Ashford 2-7.

(22) Iowa 21, Arizona 20

At Iowa City, Iowa, Sedrick Shaw ran for 115 yards and a touchdown, and the Hawkeyes used an opportunistic defense to win their season opener.

Arizona (1-1) had just one turnover in last week’s win over Texas-El Paso, but the Wildcats self-destructed against the Hawkeyes, with four lost fumbles, an interception and five sacks.

The Hawkeyes scored all of their points off turnovers then chewed up the last 6 minutes with a 15-play drive.

Arizona 7 0 10 3 20

Iowa 0 14 7 0 21

AZ-Lucky 1 pass from Smith (Peyton kick), 14:17 IA-Rollins fumble recovery in end zone (Bromert kick), 8:02 IA-Gibson 18 pass from Sherman (Bromert kick), 8:25 IA-Shaw 1 run (Bromert kick), 2:59 AZ-FG 50 Peyton, 7:11 AZ-Smith 20 run (Peyton kick), 9:04 AZ-FG 39 Peyton, 0:03 A-68,267.

AZ IA First downs 12 15 Rushes-yards 35-75 48-123 Passing 181 81 Comp-Att-Int 14-23-1 10-17-0 Return Yards 60 46 Punts-Avg. 4-46.8 7-42.3 Fumbles-Lost 5-4 3-2 Penalties-Yards 5-26 5-24 Time of Possession 30:52 29:08 Individual statistics RUSHINGArizona, Schmidtke 6-24, Taylor 9-23, Smith 7-22, Sprotte 2-8, Batten 10-4, Myles 1-(minus 6). Iowa, Shaw 23-115, Banks 12-45, Burger 4-11, Sherman 9-(minus 48).

PASSINGArizona, Batten 5-8-0-92, Smith 9-15-1-89. Iowa, Sherman 10-17-0-81.

RECEIVINGArizona, Dice 4-41, Sprotte 4-23, Metzler 2-66, Lucky 2-22, Holmes 1-23, Myles 1-6. Iowa, Dwight 4-15, Shaw 2-15, Knipper 1-19, Gibson 1-18, Odems 1-9, Banks 1-5.

Cal 45, San Jose State 25

At San Jose, Calif., Pat Barnes threw four touchdown passes, and the Bears overcame a slew of penalties to beat San Jose State and give first-year coach Steve Mariucci a victory in his debut.

Barnes completed 19 of 23 passes for 248 yards, and Tarik Smith ran for 186 yards on 36 carries in Cal’s season-opening triumph. The Bears earned their ninth straight victory over the Spartans (0-2).

California 7 7 21 10 45

San Jose St. 0 14 11 0 25

Cal-Bullard 23 pass from Gottlieb (Longwell kick), 8:13 SJSMeeks 5 run (Furlow kick), 6:56 Cal-Willis 27 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick), 9:41 SJSWalsh 1 run (Furlow kick), 14:15 Cal-Shaw 5 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick), 1:47 SJSFG Furlow 33, 7:20 Cal-T. Smith 1 run (Longwell kick), 9:52 SJSWalsh 1 run (Hayes pass from Dean), 11:53 Cal-Vera 6 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick), 14:39 Cal-FG Longwell 32, 5:01 Cal-Shaw 2 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick), 6:10 A-22,647.

Cal SJS First downs 24 29 Rushes-yards 39-278 46-247 Passing 271 203 Comp-Att-Int 20-24-0 16-30-1 Return Yards 138 76 Punts-Avg. 2-49.5 3-39.3 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 21-202 7-50 Time of Possession 29:37 30:23 Individual statistics RUSHINGCal, T. Smith 26-183, Willis 8-72, Shaw 1-16, Barnes 4-7. SJS, Hodgins 16-97, Walsh 18-61, Dean 5-31, Vuniwai 1-18, Canon 1-17, O’Dell 1-15, Meeks 3-10, Bowers 1-(minus 2).

PASSINGCal, Barnes 19-23-0-248, Gottlieb 1-1-0-23. SJS, Dean 14-24-1-186, O’Dell 2-6-0-17.

RECEIVINGCal, Shaw 4-76, Bullard 4-50, Smith 4-14, Vera 3-20, Benjamin 1-34, Willis 1-27, Gonzalez 1-26, Malili 1-14, Douglas 1-10. SJS, Hayes 4-90, Canon 3-38, Walsh 3-24, Doyle 2-18, Bowers 1-12, Knapp 1-9.

Utah 17, Stanford 10

At Stanford, Calif., Mike Fouts passed for 222 yards and Utah’s defensive pressure ruined the debut of Stanford quarterback Chad Hutchinson.

Fouts was 18 for 32, including a 28-yard scoring pass to C.J. Johnson, and Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala added a 3-yard touchdown run as Utah (1-1) took a 17-0 lead.

Hutchinson, a first-round draft pick as a pitcher by the Atlanta Braves who has little football experience, was 23 for 40 for 265 yards. He threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Troy Walters. Stanford is 0-1.

Utah 7 7 3 0 - 17

Stanford 0 0 0 10 - 10

Utah-Fuamatu-Ma’afala 3 run (Pulsipher kick) Utah-C. Johnson 28 pass from Fouts (Pulsipher kick) Utah-FG Pulsipher 23 Stan-Walters 9 pass from Hutchinson (Miller kick) Stan-FG Miller 22 A-34,587.

Utah Stan First downs 21 17 Rushes-yards 48-184 21-60 Passing 222 265 Comp-Att-Int 18-32-0 23-40-1 Return Yards 21 18 Punts-Avg. 5-39.4 6-45.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-54 7-64 Time of Possession 39:38 20:22 Individual statistics RUSHINGUtah, J. Johnson 24-114, Fuamatu-Ma’afala 21-64, Henry 1-5, Fouts 2-1. Stanford, Bookman 7-37, Mitchell 12-32, Hutchinson 2-(minus 9).

PASSINGUtah, Fouts 18-32-222-1. Stanford, Hutchinson 23-40-265-1.

RECEIVINGUtah, Henry 8-68, Dyson 6-75, C. Johnson, 2-59, Keehan 1-15, Fuamatu-Ma’afala 1-5. Stanford, Manning 6-92, Dunn 4-56, Walters 3-29, Mitchell 3-22, Clark 2-36, Evans 2-14, Salina 1-9, Bookman 1-5, Kirwan 1-2.