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Mustangs. However, the Mustangs’
quickness helped them dominate
the midfield and get behind Notre
Dame’s defense for shots on goal.
SMU outshot Notre Dame, 16-2.
The Mustangs (11-2-6) will play
St. Louis (18-3-2), the top-ranked
team in the Midwest Region and
Dallas offensive guard Crawford Ker said, “You
can’t get any lower than this right now. It wasn’t
Kevin’sfault. He just never-had a chance."
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By HERSCHEL NISSENSON
AP Football Writer
For the second time in three
years, the Fiesta Bowl has lined up
what it hopes will be a national
championship game.
On Jan. 2, No. 1 Notre Dame will
play No. 4 West Virginia at Sun
Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
“It’s done,” a high-ranking
member of the Fiesta Bowl selec-
tion committee told the Associated
Press.
He also said there are no condi-
tional deals, which means the
Fiesta Bowl could wind up with a
couple of also-rans if Notre Dame
loses either of its last two regular-
season games against Penn State
and undefeated second-ranked
Southern California and West Vir-
ginia drops its finale to once-beaten
No. 15 Syracuse.
That scenario, of course, is just
what the other bowls are hoping for.
Like the Rose Bowl, which will
have the winner of next Saturday’s
Pac-10 showdown between South-
ern Cal and No. 6 UCLA against No.
By DENNE H. FREEMAN
AP Sports Writer
IRVING, Texas — Kevin Sweeney was wel-
comed to the “real” NFL on Sunday night by the
Minnesota Vikings who inflicted the fourth worst
loss in history on the Dallas Cowboys.
Minnesota cashed seven turnovers into a 43-3
rout and stayed alive in the NFC Central Division
with a 7-4 record.
Dallas suffered its seventh consecutive loss and
dropped to 2-9.
The Vikings intercepted Sweeney four times,
sacked him five times, and recovered two of his
fumbles in an experience he called “humiliating to
say the least.”
Sweeney was the hero of two strike replacement
game victories last year and earned his first start-
ing berth in a regular game last Sunday with three
scoring passes against the New York Giants in the
game plan was to pressure Sweeney into mistakes.
“I was chasing him hard all day,” Doleman said.
/‘Eventhough he threw some interceptionsand
made his mistakes, I think they might nave some-
thing in him. We did what we wanted to do and that
was keep him off-balance. ”
Wilson hit 12 of 27 passes for 240 yards but
praised his defense.
"Our defense is what won the game,” Wilson
said. “They put pressure on Sweeney. When we
play like this we can play with anybody in the
league.”
Dallas coach Tom Landry didn’t blame Sweeney
for the loss.
“Sweeney just didn’t have a chance,” Landry
said. “They just unloaded on him after they got an
early lead. He tried as hard as he could but he just
didn’t have a chance. He got worked over because
he had no protection. ’ ’
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Area playoff
match slated
The Gainesville Leopards con-
tinue their bid towards a State Class
3A football championship Friday
night in Mesquite against the Wills
Point Tigers. The Register will
have its usual pre-game analysis in
Thursday’s edition.
The Area playoff will begin at 8:00
in Memorial Stadium, another fa-
cility which features an artificial
surface, much like the one in Plano
Friday where the Leopards ran
roughshod over the Bonham War-
riors, 24-0.
To get to Memorial Stadium, take
either Highway 75 or 1-35 South.
Take 635 (East) and then exit on
Scyene. Continue to the right on
Scyene, and Memorial Stadium will
be on the left side with the lights
clearly visible from a distance.
Tickets for the game will go on
sale Wednesday and will be
available from Gainesville High
School, Watts Brothers Pharmacy
and Tom Thumb Page Super-
market. Tickets are $ for students
and $5 for adults. All tickets at the
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second half.
Wade Wilson threw three touchdown passes.
Hassan Jones caught; scoring passes of 26 and 64
yards and Steve Jordan, shagged a 3-yarder as the
Vikings put a damper on the crowd of 57,830 fans in
Texas Stadium.
The Vikings held Sweeney to only 10 of 28 com-
pletions for 93 yards. They sacked him for a safety
and one of his fumbles was picked up by Henry
Thomas who ran 3-yards for a touchdown.
“I wish I had a yo-yo string on some of my
passes,” Sweeney said. r“I did some stupid things
but Minnesota has a great defense. I’ve been hit
hard a lot of times but this ranks with the best. ’ ’
Minnesota coach Jerry Burns said he was con-
cerned about Sweeney.
“It was a tough deal for Sweeney going in like
that with the pass rush we put on,” Burns said.
“Our people really swarmed him but I feel he will
be a good quarterback. ’ ’
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By KEN RAPPOPORT
AP Hockey Writer
The Edmonton Oilers are
proving that there is life after
Wayne Gretzky, particularly
where Esa Tikkanen is con-
cerned.
Tikkanen, largely over-
shadowed while playing on
Gretzky’s line for five years, is
coming into his own now that
The Great One has gone to Los
Angeles.
/ Tikkanen had three goals
Saturday night, then scored the
game-winner in overtime Sun-
day as Edmonton edged the Bu-
ffalo Sabres 5-4.
“We still miss Wayne
Gretzky, but we have to forget
him,” said Tikkanen, who is
trying to do just that with 13
goals so far—exactly the num-
ber that Gretzky has scored for
the Kings.
On Saturday, Tikkanen’s hat
trick in Toronto included an
NHL-record two shorthanded
goals in a 12-second span.
In other action Sunday, it was
Detroit 5, New York Rangers 3;
Winnipeg 7, Montreal 3;
Quebec 5, Chicago 5, and Pit-
tsburgh 4, Vancouver 2.
Tikkanen scored his game-
winner at 3:25 of overtime to
improve the Oilers’ record to
11-5-2 and move them just a
point behind the Smythe
Division-leading Calgary
Flames.
Buffalo’s Dave Andreychuk
sent the game into overtime by
scoring with eight seconds re-
maining in regulation time. But
Tikkanen beat Buffalo goalie
Daren Puppa with a 20-foot
wrist shot.
The victory was the Oilers’
third overtime triumph this
season and second in three
games. They are 3-0-2 in overt-
ime games.
mh fourth-ranked team in the nation,
2.0 Saturday or Sunday in St. Louis.
" Hyndman said he would ask today
for a Sunday game so the playoffs
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eless tie on Oct. 23 in Dallas.
Former Gainesville High School standout athlete David Moore is Handling Notre Dame’s size was
making a name for himself at the collegiate level for the South- a concern for Hyndman because of
eastern Oklahoma State Savages. Moore, a freshman free, has rnstrnahprgbsemus. tPhnjuustannge
earned a starting position as a free safety and is ranked in the Top started freshman John Howard in
Ten nationally with six interceptions, including one returned for a goal for regular Matt Frederick,
touchdown. Moore had two interceptions last week against South- who has a wrist injury.
ern Arkansas, a game the Savages won 23-20. Howard, whose only other start
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Dave Barr scored the tie-
breaking goal with 6:44
remaining as the Red Wings
won their fourth straight game.
Barr broke a 3-3 tie when he
banged in the rebound of a shot
from the point by Gerard Gal-
lant to give the Red Wings only
their second victory in Madison
Square Garden in their last 11
visits. Tim Higgins scored the
clinching goal with 3:08 left.
“We’ve had a very poor start
this season, but now we’re win-
ning on the road and that’s im-
portant,” said Detroit Coach
Jacques Demers, whose team
started out 0-2-2. “We’ve shown
a lot of character and pride. ’ ’
Jets 7, Canadiens3
Andrew McBain scored two
of Winnipeg’s three second-
period power-play goals as the
Jets beat Montreal.
Dale Hawerchuk had the
other power-play goal as the
Jets broke open a 1-1 game with
five goals in the second period.
Fredrik Olausson, Brent
Ashton, Dave Hunter and
Randy Gilhen also scored for
Winnipeg.,
Bobby Smith, Brian
Skrudland and Winnipeg native
Mike Keane scored for the
Canadians.
Nordiques 5, Blackhawks 5
Rookie Joe Sakic’s second
power-play goal of the game,
with 20 seconds remaining in
regulation time, gave Quebec a
tie in Chicago.
Sakic’s 45-foot slapshot at
6:30 of the final period beat
Chicago goaltender Darren
Pang to cut the Nordiques’
deficit to 5-4. With Chicago de-
fenseman Doug Wilson in the
penalty box, Sakic wristed
Michel Goulet’s pass past Pang
to tie the game.
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Dallas running back Herschel Walker called the
loss “embarrassing. Nobody can blame Kevin for
-happened.”
The Vikings remained two games behind the
Chicago Bears in the NFC Central and in the race
for a wildcard spot.
“It was great beating the Cowboys even if they
are 2-9,” said Minnesota wide receiver Anthony
Carter. “You always want to keep a team down
when they’re down. ”
Strong safety Joey Browner said the Vikings are
making their championship run.
“We are playing at our peak right now,” he said..
“The whole team played a complete game against
theCowboys. We just shut them down.”
Sweeney agreed, saying “I gave it my best and it
hurts.”
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By The Associated Press was a 4-0 victory over TCU on Nov.
DALLAS — Larry McPhail, a 4, handled only one save to help
forward on the Southern Methodist SMU tie a school record for shutouts
soccer team, struggled all season in a season with 12.
, “You got to be nervous with a
to his third-team All-America bill- freshman goalkeeper,” Hyndman
ing from a year ago. said. ‘ ‘But it’s obvious he’s a good
Sunday, McPhail scored a goal goalkeeper. He didn’t get rattled
when he was hit pretty hard. ’ ’
The Mustangs were also playing
first round of the NCAA soccer without regular defender Paul
tournament. Davidson. Earlier in the week,
p< 7 “I thought we played with inten- Hyndman suspended Davidson for
sity and we were playing the remainder of the season for vio-
89 aggressively on the field,” SMU lating team rules. Patrick Krejs
V coach Schellas Hyndman said. started m his place.
F “They’re a good team physically, krejs helped set up the Mustangs’
N . । but I thought we were a better soc- first goal by chipping a pass to
9 | cer team. Larry has been on the last MCPhail, who headed the ball past
V . few weeks. He’s dangerous when he Notre Dame goalkeeper Danny
— touches the ball and creates head- Lyons to David Carlson. Carlson
aches for the other team.” had a clear shot at the net to give
SMU held the Irish to just two SMU a 1-0 lead at the six-minute
shots on goal. mark of the game.
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said. “We had a few near misses,
and we finally got a break. It was a
perfect layout and Larry put it right
there for me. I just had to try to get
it in.”
The Mustangs’ defense kept No-
tre Dame (17-4-2) off the ball and
didn’t allow the Fighting Irish to
form plays that would allow Notre
Dame to get the ball in the air and
use its height advantage.
Notre Dame had only one corner
kick and one shot on goal in the half.
On free kick situations, SMU used a
trap play that had the defenders run
away from the ball, often forcing
Notre Dame offsides.
McPhail gave the Mustangs an
insurance goal at the 70:13 mark
when he took a centering pass from
Bill Pettigrew out of the air and
drilled it past Lyons in the upper
right corner of the net.
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