Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 12, 1992 TAG: 9201120199
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C10 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: HONOLULU LENGTH: Medium
WEST RALLIES TO WIN HULA BOWL
Fresno State's Mark Barsotti hit California's Brian Treggs with a 77-yard scoring pass with 3:24 left to rally the West all-star team to a 27-20 football victory over the East in the Hula Bowl on Saturday.Barsotti then passed to UCLA running back Kevin Smith for the two-point conversion.
Derrick Moore of Northeastern State in Oklahoma scored on runs of 1 and 18 yards and Hawaii linebacker Manly Williams returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown to give the West a 19-3 first-quarter lead.
Moore was voted the game's offensive most valuable player and Israel won the defensive honor.
Virginia quarterback Matt Blundin hit Notre Dame's Derek Brown with a 24-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the second quarter and Louisville's Klaus Wilmsmeyer kicked a 43-yard field goal as the half ended to pull the East to 19-13 at halftime.
The East went ahead 20-19 on a 1-yard run by Indiana's Vaughn Dunbar with 6:03 to play in the third quarter.
The West scored the first time it had the ball, with Moore capping a 13-play, 75-yard drive with a 1-run run at 5:19.
Baylor defensive tackle Santana Dotson sacked Blundin on the next series, forcing a fumble that Missouri's Mario Johnson recovered on the East 18.
Moore fumbled the handoff, then picked up the ball and dashed around right end on the next play to make it 12-3 with four minutes left in the period.
On the next series, Blundin, who set an NCAA record by not being intercepted during the season, threw the ball right to Williams, who ran untouched for the first touchdown of his career.
Blundin brought the East back on the next series, moving 70 yards in five plays and hitting Brown at the 14:51 mark.
Barsotti completed 12 of 29 passes for 183 yards, and Blundin was 12-of-21 for 172.