Ucla Buries Hurricanes 31-8 In Davis’ Debut

Pac-10

Butch Davis’ debut as head coach at Miami was a disaster Saturday night as Karim Abdul-Jabbar rushed for 180 yards on 29 carries to lead No. 15 UCLA past the 12th-ranked Hurricanes 31-8 in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.

The loss was only the fourth in the last 50 regular-season games for the Hurricanes, who entered the 1995 season with a 126-19 record, including bowl games, since 1983.

Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Sharmon Shah, scored twice - on a 9-yard run in the third quarter and a 6-yarder with 11:15 left in the game that extended UCLA’s lead to 24-0.

Paul Guidry set up both of Abdul-Jabbar’s TDs with long punt returns.

UCLA blew the game open by scoring two touchdowns in a span of 5:25 of the third quarter to go ahead 17-0.

Miami had only itself to blame for the first TD.

After reaching the Hurricanes’ 42-yard line following the second-half kickoff, UCLA was forced to punt.

Earl Little bobbled Chris Sailer’s kick after it had hit the ground inside the Miami 5, and it rolled into the end zone, where Abdul McCullough fell on it.

A few minutes later, Guidry returned a punt 32 yards to the Miami 40. The Bruins needed only seven plays to score again, this time on Abdul-Jabbar’s first TD run.

Guidry returned a punt 43 yards to the Miami 24 early in the final period to up AbdulJabbar’s other score.

UCLA 31, Miami 8

Miami 0 0 0 8 - 8 UCLA 3 0 14 14 - 31

UCLA-FG Merten 24 UCLA-McCullough recovered fumble in end zone (Merten kick) UCLA-Abdul-Jabbar 9 run (Merten kick) UCLA-Abdul-Jabbar 6 run (Merten kick)

Mia-Tucker 10 pass from Collins (German pass from Collins) UCLA-Milliner 1 run (Merten kick)

A-60,091.

Mia UCLA First downs 16 20 Rushes-yards 29-950 51-256 Passing 188 89 Return Yards 05 80 Comp-Att-Int 17-33-1 12-19-0 Punts 7-42 5-40 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-36 6-40 Time of Possession 23:42 36:18

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGMiami, Ferguson 16-63, Collins 11-19, T.Jones 2-13. UCLA, Abdul-Jabbar 29-180, Milliner 12-63, Ayers 1-18, Fien 8-(minus 2), R.Walker 1-(minus 3).

PASSING-Miami, Collins 17-33-1-188. UCLA, Fien 10-17-0-74, McKnown 2-2-0-15.

RECEIVING-Miami, German 4-47, Ferguson 3-43, Tucker 2-19, Joseph 2-17, Daphnis 1-17, Chris Jones 1-12, T.Jones 1-12, Green 1-10, Rolle 1-7, Harris 1-4. UCLA, Jordan 3-31, Abdul-Jabbar 3-18, E.Scott 2-12, Milliner 2-10, Richards 1-9, Ayers 1-9.

Stanford 47, San Jose St. 33

Mark Butterfield threw for two touchdowns in his first career start and the Cardinal beat the host Spartans to make Tyronne Willingham a winner in his head-coaching debut. Damon Dunn also returned a kickoff 91 yards for a score in the Cardinal’s first season-opening win in nine years.

Stanford 21 9 7 10 - 47 San Jose St. 3 14 16 0 - 33

SJ-FG Furlow 25

Sta-Dunn 91 kickoff return (Abrams kick)

Sta-Mitchell 6 run (Abrams kick)

Sta-Manning 54 pass from Butterfield (Abrams kick)

SJ-Lundy 19 pass from Dean (Furlow kick)

SJ-Polk recovers blocked kick in end zone (Furlow kick)

Sta-Harris 49 pass from Butterfield (kick failed)

Sta-FG Abrams 19

SJ-FG Furlow 33

Sta-Comella 2 run (Abrams kick)

SJ-Hayes 10 pass from Abrew (Furlow kick)

SJ-Walsh 5 run (Furlow kick)

Sta-Bookman 6 run (Abrams kick)

Sta-FG Abrams 41

A-28,467

Stan SJS First downs 16 21 Rushes-yards 44-228 36-84 Passing 188 336 Return Yards 63 39 Comp-Att-Int 13-23-1 27-55-2 Punts 7-35 8-32 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-46 5-45 Time of Possession 28:19 31:41

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Stanford, Bookman 18-133, Mitchell 9-58, Comella 9-32, Salina 3-4, Jacobs 2-6, Butterfield 3-(minus 5). San Jose St., Lindsey 16-39, Walsh 10-34, Lomax 1-19, Abrew 6-1, Dean 1-(minus 1), Chapple 1-(minus 3), Meeks 1-(minus 5).

PASSING-Stanford, Butterfield 13-23-1-188. San Jose St., Abrew 18-42-1-243, Dean 8-12-1-105, Lindsey 1-1-0-(minus 12).

RECEIVING-Stanford, Manning 5-79, Harris 2-67, Mitchell 2-10, Hanson 1-3, Salina 1-12, Bookman 1-14, Kirwan 1-3. San Jose St., Lundy 10-145, Roche 6-73, Hayes 3-38, D. Williams 3-28, Walsh 2-28, Paugh 2-36, Lindsey 1-(minus 12).

(19) Arizona 41, Pacific 9

Dan White exploded the idea of the Wildcats as a run-oriented team, throwing four touchdown passes in the first three quarters of a season-opening victory at Tucson, Ariz.

In the second period, senior Jonathan Prasuhn, who had attempted just two field goals in his career, tied a school record and delivered a 20-3 halftime lead with a 57-yard field goal as time expired.

Pacific 3 0 0 6 - 9 Arizona 14 6 14 7 - 41

Pac-FG Fleenor 31

Ari-Metzler 4 pass from White (Prasuhn kick)

Ari-Dice 89 pass from White (Prasuhn kick)

Ari-FG Prasuhn 42

Ari-FG Prasuhn 57

Ari-Dice 9 pass from White (Prasuhn kick)

Ari-Williams 12 pass from White (Prasuhn kick)

Ari-Sprotte 1 run (Prasuhn kick)

Pac-Blakney 2 pass from Sellers (pass failed)

A-48,434.

Pac Ari First downs 12 23 Rushes-yards 27-61 46-221 Passing 152 254 Return Yards 23 96 Comp-Att-Int 18-38-1 15-27-1 Punts 9-45 4-34 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-54 5-55 Time of Possession 26:02 33:58

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Pacific, Abdullah 22-63, Sellers 1-9, Fotheringham 4-(minus 11). Arizona, G.Taylor 11-96, Sprotte 8-55, Schmidtke 11-31, C.Taylor 1-23, Myles 6-15, Hooper 2-10, Branch 1-2, Batten 1-1, White 5-(minus 12).

PASSING-Pacific, Fotheringham 12-28-1-84, Sellers 6-10-0-68. Arizona, White 15-24-1-254, Batten 0-3-0-0.

RECEIVING-Pacific, Bowers 4-32, Abdullah 4-25, Smith 2-31, Weston 2-25, Blakney 2-18, Morales 2-15, Watley 2-6. Arizona, G.Taylor 6-86, Williams 3-37, Dice 2-98, C.Taylor 2-22, Schmidtke 1-7, Metzler 1-4.

Oregon 27, Utah 20

Ricky Whittle scored two touchdowns, the second a game-winning fourth-quarter run from 15 yards out, as the Ducks rallied to beat the Utes at Salt Lake City in a season-opener.

Whittle, who broke around the right end to score unmolested with 10:58 remaining to cap a 73-yard, 14-play drive, also scored in the first period on a 5-yard pass from Tony Graziani.

The victory, the first for new Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti, avenged two straight Ducks losses to the Utes. Last year, Utah upset the eventual Pac-10 champs 34-16 in Eugene.

Oregon 7 10 3 7 - 27 Utah 17 3 0 0 - 20

ORE-Whittle 5 pass from Graziani (Belden kick) UTAH-Pulsipher 71 run (Pulsipher kick) UTAH-Pulsipher FG 26 UTAH-Dart 97 interception return (Pulsipher kick) ORE-Belden FG 20 ORE-Wilcox 15 pass from Graziani (Belden kick) UTAH-Pulsipher 48 FG ORE-Bidwell 42 FG ORE-Whittle 15 run (Bidwell kick)

A-30,701.

ORE UTAH First downs 30 12 Rushes-yards 44-208 32-134 Passing 322 97 Return Yards 135 144 Comp-Att-Int 28-49-1 9-27-1 Punts 4-35 6-45 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 11-106 5-45 Time of Possession 38:07 21:53

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGOREGON, Whittle 30-160, Parker 5-24, Graziani 5-16, Malepeai 2-3, Jelks 1-3, Johnson 1-2; UTAH, Pulsipher 1-71, Johnson 17-66, Ethridge 4-20, Bacon 2-6, Dyson 1-3, Ma’afala 1-2, Jones 5-(minus) 19.

PASSING-OREGON, Graziani 28-49-1 322; UTAH, Jones 9-26-0 97, Fouts 0-1-1 0.

RECEIVING-OREGON, Spence 3-83, Wilcox 6-79, McLemore 4-64, Whittle 6-26, Ricketts 3-19, Griffin 2-19, Johnson 1-18, Parker 2-12, Malepeai 1-2; UTAH, Dyson 4-55, H. Lusk 1-20, Tucker 1-10, Henry 1-5, Keehan 1-4, Johnson 1-3.

San Diego St. 33, California 9

George Jones rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns in leading the host Aztecs to a victory over the Golden Bears in the season opener for both teams.

Jones, who carried 24 times and scored each of his TDs on 1-yard runs, set national junior college records last season with six touchdowns in one game and 34 in one season while playing for Bakersfield (Calif.) College.

The Aztecs also upset California last season, winning a 22-20 decision on a 32-yard field goal by Peter Holt on the game’s final play.