Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey • Page 121

PAGE Hll I ASBURY PARK PRESS ft Ml" 1, 1 1 if Despite all their efforts the Scarlet Knights and QB Mike Stephans couldn't keep their feet vs. the Hokies and Cornell Brown. Hokies have to work to bury Rutgers COLLEGE FOOTBALL Virginia Tech opened the game in impressive fashion as senior quarterback Jim Druck-enmiller marched the Hokies down the field for touchdowns on the first two series taking his team 59 yards in 11 plays on the first series and 64 yards on 10 plays on the next. But a funny thing happened on the way to the rout: The Rutgers offense finally came alive. After Druckenmiller had a perfectly thrown third-and-long 60-yard pass dropped in the end zone by flanker Angelo Harrison, Rutgers took over on it's 20 and went to work.

Quarterback Mike Stephans started with a 36-yard completion to senior halfback Chad Bosch, who led Rutgers with 51 yards on 11 carries. As Stephans moved the sticks with two more completions, he got his hand stepped on and had to leave the series that sophomore quarterback Corey Valentine capped with a 1-yard dive into the end zone. The score broke a 10-quarter touchdown drought for the offense. After getting treatment for his hand, Stephans returned to action and went on to tie the game on a gutsy play-action pass to senior tight end Rob Seeger. RU had fourth-and-1 on Virginian Tech's 10-yard line, and the soft toss up the middle with Tech thinking run set off an eerie sound of silence.

"That's one thing I love about this team that way we face adversity," said Stephans who completed 13 of 29 passes for 190 yards. "We're down 14-0 in somebody else's backyard, the offensive line can barely hear me yelling, and we march right back and tie the ballgame. That shows signs of a good football team." Virginia Tech put up 516 total yards on offense with Druckenmiller completing 24 of 37 passes 282 yards. Rutgers will have a week off before traveling to Syracuse on Oct. 5.

Virginia Tech will make the trip to the Carrier Dome this Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff against the 23rd-ranked Orangemen. Pace to be just Where's the 'moral' BLACKSBURG, Va. utgers senior linebacker Thomas Kelly was fed up. He didn't want to 1 hear it any more.

"I am tired of people telling us how hard we played for three quarters," Kelly said. I more sick of it than you can possibly fathom." Kelly bowed his head and gathered his thoughts. It had been a long afternoon. Virginia Tech had worn down Rutgers for a 30-14 victory and another game had been JL. MICHAEL AMSEL 1 Associated Press Columbia punt returner Roy Hanks is better off keeping his eyes closed with Harvard's Andrew Laurence (right) and Joe Weidle converging.

Princeton loses in first Ivy OT game THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUARTERBACK BRIAN Opre scored from 1 yard out to give Cornell a 33-27 victory over visiting Princeton yesterday in the first overtime football game in Ivy League history. Opre's dive through the middle ended the second overtime scoring attempt for the Big Red (1-0), who tied the IVY LEAGUE same in regulation, 20-20, by reeling off 13 points in the fourth quarter. Tailback Chad Levitt scored on a 19-yard run, and John Rodin added two field goals from 30 and 45 yards out. In overtime, Cornell was awarded the first attempt to score from 25 yards and succeeded, as Opre passed 14 yards to wideout Steve Busch. However, the Big Red was assessed a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct for excessive celebration after Busch was mobbed by teammates.

Princeton got the ball on the Cornell 12, allowing running back Marc Washington to score easily. On the Tigers' next overtime possession, Cornell intercepted a pass, giving Opre the opportunity for his game-breaking run. Levitt led the Cornell rushing attack, racking up 178 yards on 40 carries and scoring twice. Opre completed 16 of 28 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown while alternating with Scott Carroll at quarterback. Carroll was 9 of 14 for 118 yards.

Princeton quarterback Brett Budzinski completed 14 of 29 passes for 221 yards and one TD. Washington carried 20 times for 104 yards and one TD and fullback Nathan McGlothin rushed for 94 yards and two TDs on 13 carries. COLUMBIA 20, HARVARD 13: Bobby Thom-ason's second touchdown pass of the game and Roy Hanks' interception in overtime carried host Columbia. Marcellus Wiley blocked a field-goal attempt by Harvard's Ryan Korinke with 1:15 remaining in the fourth quarter to preserve a 13-13 tie created when Matt Linit kicked a 28-yard field goal for Columbia with 8:43 to play. DARTMOUTH 24, PENN 22: Scrambling quarterback Jon Aljancic connected with Eric Morton on an 8-yard scoring pass with 19 seconds remaining to lift host Dartmouth.

With 2:34 remaining, Dartmouth forced a punt and took over at its 45. Aljancic hit four passes for 29 yards to reach the 8, and then sidestepped defenders and threw to Morton at the 6. Morton whirled and barreled into the end zone. YALE 30, BROWN 0: Blake Kendall threw three touchdown passes as Yale defeated host Brown. Life on road will be tough WEST LONG BRANCH Now the road becomes more difficult, literally, for Monmouth.

The Hawks (2-1), who completed a three-game homestand yesterday, take to the road for four of their next five games, beginning Saturday at 1 p.m. at C.W. Post (2-0). which yesterday knocked off Monmouth's Northeast Conference rival Wagner, 23-6. "We're trying to get into mid-season form," said Monmouth junior defensive end Jason Gmitter.

Monmouth also visits Mercyhurst (0-3) and Wagner (1-1) before returning home Oct. 19 to face Towson State (1-2). The Hawks then go to Robert Morris (3-0). When the Hawks visit C.W. Post it will mark the 17th different team Monmouth has played in its four years.

Monmouth punt return specialist Ken Ftores was suspended for yesterday's game for "violation of a team rule." according to coach Kevin Callahan. Callahan said no decision had been made on whether Ftores, a sophomore from Bnck Township who returned a punt 54 yards for a TD in last week fr17 victory over St. Francis of Pennsylvania, would play at Post Tony Graham By STAFF It PACE a five victory Field. largest for John point Last "I By GENE RACZ STAFF WRITER BLACKSBURG, Va. You would have had to scour the rolling hills of Blacksburg long and hard yesterday to find somebody who thought Rutg- VIRGINIA TECH 30 erLs had a fighting RUTGERS 14 chance against lHaB 18th-ranked Virginia Tech.

But as the third quarter unfolded, the 28V2-point favorite Hokies found themselves in a 14-14 tie and the pumped-up partisan crowd of 47,204 at Lane Stadium was getting the uneasy feeling that the home opener was turning into anybody's ballgame. As it has all season, the Rutgers defense set the tone. It bent without breaking early on, making big plays and keeping things close after surrendering a two-touchdown lead. But as it had done previously in losses to Navy and Miami, RU's offense sputtered over the long haul and the Scarlet Knights wore down as the game wore on. Virginia Tech eventually pulled away with three field goals by freshman kicker Shayne Graham and a late touchdown by senior fullback Brian Edmonds for a 30-14 victory.

The Hokies improved to 3-0 with their school-record 13th straight victory while Rutgers slipped to 1-3 with its third straight loss. Afterward, Rutgers coach Terry Shea had an angry glare of intolerance in his eyes and declared that the words "moral victory" will be struck from Rutgers lexicon. Yesterday, his team was supposed to have no business being there. After yesterday's game, Shea said he thinks his team is capable of being in business anywhere. "We cannot be gratified that we kept teams or the score close," Shea said.

"I will say that this team plays, and it plays damn, tough football. Maybe we came up a little bit short today, but we're going to keep 3i Associated Press in 'moral team to win. Nearby, Rutgers quarterback Mike Step; hans was resting, recovering from a vicious pounding at the hands of the Hokies. Like Kelly, his clock is ticking. He is running out" of time.

He is a fifth-year senior who madti A the team as walk-on and he desperately wants to break through, win a big game. So, when somebody asked Stephans about playing Virginia Tech close, he shot back: 1't this point, moral victories get old real fastTf Against Miami, we all knew the game wasiji as one-sided as the score (33-0) made it look. So we took a little comfort in that. But we can't look at things that way anymore. We1 have to win one of these games." Perhaps they will.

Perhaps things aren't bad at Rutgers as all the negativists would, have you believe. Perhaps Shea is building something. "We're getting better, really we are," said Stephans, a real sense of conviction in his voice. "Today, our offense finally looked like an offense. We did a lot of positives out there.

This was easily our best all-around game, by far." Stephans was asked what it would take to; beat a Top 25 team like Virginia Tech. "We have to find that drive in the fourth- -quarter," Stephans answered. "We have t3' feel like we can take that ball and drive it down their throats. We have to go into the fourth quarter believing we can bury people," That means the Knights have to undergo an attitude adjustment. That's why Shea spoke about cancer yesterday instead of patting his players on the back.

He wants to, the stop the insidious spread before it takes' hold and ruins the entire season. "What it comes down to is developing a chip on our shoulders," Kelly said. "And carr rying it around for 13 days until we play Syracuse (Oct. 5). "We cannot allow ourselves to be satisfied in any way for what we did today.

Playing hard, getting close I don't want to hear it anymore. I just want to win." Michael Amsel is a staff writer for the Asbury Park Press. PETER ACKERMAN.Stafl loped off of Kelly career. The young guys they could stick around and perhaps see the program blossom. Not Kelly.

His clock was ticking. "Really, you have no idea how much this (losing) bothers me," Kelly said. "How much I want to see this team get over the hump. What will it take? A lot of things. Sixty minutes of football.

Making the big play in the fourth quarter. Having the right attitude." Ah, attitude. That's a subject coach Terry Shea addressed after the Knights succumbed to Virginia Tech and saw their record fall to 1-3. Shea sensed some of his players were pleased that they had played the No. 18 Hokies to a 14-14 tie before wilting down the stretch.

And that made him mad. Real mad. "You cannot be satisfied with playing a good team close. You cannot feel gratified about it," Shea said. "That's a form of cancer and you cannot allow it to set in.

You have got to feel losing is so disgusting that you absolutely cannot wait to play again." When Kelly heard Shea tear into the Knights after their gutsy effort vs. Virginia Tech, he felt better. Encouraged. More upbeat about the remainder of his career. "The feeling amongst the players was more negative than positive," Kelly said.

"And that's the way it should be. We need to be nasty, mad, tired of coming close." "I'm tired of losing and so are a high percentage of our players," Shea said. "I have a very strong will and I am going to will this right Monmouth finds in a pair of rushing scores as Monmouth racked up 487 yards of total offense. Pace junior quarterback Kevin Connor lost fumbles on the Setters' first three possessions. Monmouth turned two of them into touchdowns on a 1-yard run by O'Neil and a 3-yard plunge by Varick.

Sabella finished a seven-play, 61-yard drive with his TD to Kelliher and Monmouth made it 27-0 at the half when O'Neil powered over from the 2 after the blown punt attempt. "Monmouth is simply in a different class," said Pace coach Greg Lusardi, whose team (0-3) has been outscored by the Hawks 109-0 in three games. Junior defensive end Jason Gmitter, who led the Hawks with eight tackles, including a pair of sacks, said the defense "just wanted to make sure we kept the streak going. We didn't want to let them score." Against the Monmouth backups Pace moved to the Hawks 17 late in the fourth quarter, but a fourth-down pass failed. lahan said.

"Early on the defense forced some turnovers, which got the ball to our offense in good field position. Any time you can do that and you don't have to drive that far to score, it's good." "It's important for us to capitalize on them when we get those opportunities," Monmouth quarterback Dan Sabella said. "I thought we did a pretty good job of that." Before he left early in the third quarter, Sabella completed 15-of-23 passes for 208 yards, including touchdown strikes of 38 and 30 yards to Bill Kelliher and Rick Finer. Sabella and backup Rich Bargloski spread the ball among 12 receivers. "We have a bunch of receivers who have nice hands," Sabella said.

"We've got a bunch of backs who catch the ball out of the backfield. Our tight ends do a great job." Freshman Mike Medrano ran for 119 yirds and senior fullback Jim Va-rick scored twice, once on an 81 -yard burst up the middle late in the game. Senior fullback Ralph O'Neil chipped TONY GRAHAM WRITER WEST LONG BRANCH When opportunity knocked yesterday, Monmouth did more than merely answer. broke down the door and then chop- ped it into little MONMOUTH 48 Pies- The Hawks MBiMM turned six fumble recoveries, botched punt attempt and an Anthony Berke pass interception into touchdowns en route to a 48-0 over outclassed Pace before a season-high 4,346 fans at Kessler The home attendance was the fifth in Monmouth's four seasons. The Hawks (2-1) set a team record points in a game when freshman Higgerson booted his third extra of the game to make it 48-0.

season Monmouth beat St. John's 47-0. think we executed well in all phases," Monmouth coach Kevin Cal Julius Smith can't find much room to run as Monmouth's Stacy' Dixon (9), Dave Monro (87) and Robert Ridley (behind) tackle hirt..