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Late TD Lifts UConn To Win Over Louisville

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A Tribune wire report

Published: October 20, 2007

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Andre Dixon dragged defenders on a 5-yard touchdown run with 1:32 left, and Connecticut overcame a late 10-point deficit to beat Louisville 21-17 on Friday night. The win keeps UConn (6-1, 2-0) in first place in the Big East.

Dixon ran 22 times for 115 yards. His TD capped a nine-play, 71-yard drive that began after Louisville (4-4, 1-2), leading 17-14, had a pass knocked away on fourth-and-3 from the UConn 29.

Connecticut linebacker Danny Lansanah picked off Brian Brohm's pass at the UConn 20 to secure the win in the waning seconds. It was UConn's third interception.

Playing much of the game in a driving rain and with wind gusting to more than 20 mph, Brohm completed 29 of 41 passes for 228 yards.

UConn scored its first points on Larry Taylor's controversial 74-yard punt return. With the Huskies down 7-0 with 13 minutes left in the third quarter, Taylor settled under a 45-yard punt and appeared to call for a fair catch at his 26. Replays showed Taylor putting up his right hand, and Louisville players stopped their pursuit as soon as he caught the ball. But Taylor sprinted left, then down the sideline, and the officials didn't stop the play.

Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe called timeout before the extra point in an effort to get the officials to take another look, but after a consultation, they said a fair-catch signal isn't reviewable.

NORTHWESTERN 26, E. MICHIGAN 14: C.J. Bacher ran and threw for fourth-quarter touchdowns for visiting Northwestern (5-3). Bacher was 25-for-42 for 363 yards, and Omar Conteh ran for 122 yards and a touchdown. Eastern Michigan (2-6) had three turnovers inside the Northwestern 10.

USC: Quarterback Mark Sanchez will start today at Notre Dame as John David Booty gets another week to rest his broken right middle finger.

•The plane carrying the Trojans to South Bend, Ind., plummeted during a severe thunderstorm, forcing the pilot to abort his first landing attempt. About 125 people, including 82 players, were on the chartered flight Thursday night. Some passengers were thrown from their seats by turbulence as lightning crackled around the plane.

LEGAL: Former Louisiana-Lafayette coach Jerry Baldwin won a $2 million judgment in a lawsuit claiming the school fired him because of his race, not his 6-27 record. Jurors found race wasn't the only reason he lost the job, but they decided university officials broke his contract and inflicted emotional distress through negligence.

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