REGIONAL ROUNDUP : San Jose State Breezes, 52-13

San Jose State limited its own mistakes and capitalized mightily on those by New Mexico State to record its first victory of the season, 52-13, at Las Cruces, N.M.

San Jose State had only one fumble and recovered two by the Aggies and intercepted five passes, resulting in 35 points.

“We got every conceivable bounce of the football today,” said San Jose State Coach John Ralston.

Quarterback Jeff Garcia threw for four touchdowns to lead the Spartans, 1-5 overall and 1-0 in the Big West. They built a 17-0 lead after the first quarter and went on to dominate the Aggies (3-3, 2-1).

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LeShon Johnson, the nation’s leading rusher, ran for 224 yards and one touchdown in 42 carries to lead Northern Illinois (4-3, 3-1) to a 21-16 victory over Pacific (1-5, 0-1) in a Big West game at DeKalb, Ill. Pacific went up 10-0 in the first quarter, but the Huskies came back with 11 second-quarter points and never trailed after that. . . . Senior quarterback Eric Fish completed 27 of 48 passes for 332 yards for two touchdowns and scored on a one-yard dive with 14 seconds to play to give Evansville (4-2, 1-1) a 27-21 victory over San Diego (3-3, 0-3) in a Pioneer Football League game at Evansville, Ind.

EAST

No. 24 Syracuse 24, Pittsburgh 21--The Orangemen barely beat the Panthers, a 22 1/2-point underdog, at Pittsburgh as Marvin Graves threw two touchdowns passes to Marvin Harrison and Syracuse stopped Pitt on a potential game-winning fourth-down play with 2:24 remaining.