Japan Bowl : East Defense Shuts Down West for a 30-7 Victory

Robert Drummond of Syracuse scored 2 touchdowns and Pete Stoyanovich of Indiana added 3 field goals as the East routed the West, 30-7, today in the Japan Bowl.

Drummond scored on runs of 41 yards and 1 yard and Duke’s Anthony Dilweg passed 10 yards to Anthony Brown of West Virginia for the East’s other touchdown in the all-star game, watched by about 30,000.

Stoyanovich added field goals of 49, 30 and 22 yards.

All-American Derrick Thomas of Alabama and Jeff Roth of Florida led the East defense, which had 3 interceptions and several key sacks to keep the West off the scoreboard after its first possession.

Drummond, named the game’s outstanding offensive player, got the East off to a spectacular start with his 41-yard touchdown run, in which he broke several tackles near the line of scrimmage.

But the West rallied on its first possession, with Eric Ball of UCLA plunging the final 3 yards to cap a 79-yard march in 12 plays. The big gain was a 21-yard pass from UCLA’s Troy Aikman that Darryl Ingram of California caught after a defender had tipped it.

The West looked set to score again after Marcus Turner of UCLA intercepted a pass by East quarterback Bobby McAllister of Michigan State. But on the next play, the East’s Shan Morris of Auburn intercepted a bomb by Aikman and returned it 49 yards to the West 39.

Six plays later, Stoyanovich tried a 40-yard field goal but the snap from center went astray. Stoyanovich tried to pass and the West’s Doug Kline of UCLA intercepted.

But Thomas, named the game’s outstanding defensive player, stopped the West by sacking Iowa quarterback Chuck Hartlieb on third down and the East then went ahead 14-7 on a 6-play, 66-yard drive that ended with the 10-yard touchdown pass from Dilweg to Brown.

Miami linebacker Rod Carter got the ball back for the East by intercepting Hartlieb and Drummond scored his second touchdown on a 1-yard plunge at the end of a 33-yard drive.

Stoyanovich’s 30-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in the half gave the East a 24-7 lead.

Stoyanovich added a 22-yard field goal midway through the third quarter and then kicked a 49-yarder midway through the fourth quarter.

The West moved to the East 40 once in the third quarter, but the drive ended when Anthony Stafford of Oklahoma failed on fourth and 1.

The West’s last chance ended when Kris Ingram of Syracuse intercepted another Hartlieb pass.