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D12 Sunday, October 8, 1989 The Pittsburgh Press COLLEGE FOOTBALL Virginia Tech's 12-10 victory crashes West Virginia's party i. iiwnw i a mi im i.i i in ii in i II 'I By Kelly Carter "I honestly think we did a better job of containing him (Major Harris) than anyone has done." Coach Frank Beamer minutes, 38 seconds remained in the third quarter when Brad Carroll's 37-yard field goal cut Virginia Tech's lead to 9-3. It was the second time this season that the Mountaineers were shut out in the first half, but they came back from a 10-0 halftime deficit Sept. 9 to defeat Maryland, 14-10. After a 31-yard punt gave the Mountaineers the ball at their 44, Harris completed an 11-yard pass to tight end Adrian Moss, then had runs of 14 yards and 1 yard, moving it to the Virginia Tech 30.

On second-and-9, running back Garrett Ford had an open field, but stepped out of bounds as he tiptoed along the sideline. Three plays later, Harris passed 14 yards to Charlie Fedorco on the right side of the end zone and Carroll's extra point gave West Virginia its only lead, 10-9, with 6:27 left In the third quarter. Mickey Thomas kicked his fourth field goal of the game, a 24-yarder with 8:28 left, to make it 12-10. West Virginia, starting at its 31, could not get past midfield. Virginia Tech took over at its 14 with 5:21 remaining and ran 11 plays before punting from its 49 with seven seconds remaining.

Tim Williams lost four yards on the return as the game ended. "What makes this so enjoyable," Beamer said, "is that we beat a great football team." The Pittsburgh Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Homecoming should be a happy time, a chance for alumni, family and friends to get together. It's highlighted by a football game, which the home team is supposed to win. But homecoming at West Virginia University yesterday was anything but pleasant for the crowd of 62,563 because unranked Virginia Tech, a 16-point underdog, upset the ninth-ranked Mountaineers, 12-10.

"We were flat and didn't play," said Coach Don Nehlen, whose only previous homecoming loss at West Virginia was to Miami in 1986. "We didn't block and didn't tackle "Anytime a team thinks they can just throw their helmets on the field and think they can win, they're in trouble." Quarterback Major Harris had his worst performance of the season for West Virginia (4-1-1), completing 10 of 20 passes for 101 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown to Charlie Fedorco. He was intercepted twice, both resulting in Virginia Tech scores. He rushed 11 times for 22 yards. "We just couldn't get our rhythm," Harris said.

"We had guys open. I just didn't get the ball there." The 10 points were the fewest for the Mountaineers since they scored three in games in 1987 against Ohio State and Pitt. The Hokies (3-1-1), who have the third-ranked defense in the nation, held West Virginia to 185 yards, 284 under its average. The Mountaineers did not make it past Virginia Tech's 30 in the first half. The Mountaineers put together two scoring drives in the second half, but on their other possessions they stalled at their 43, 35, 5 and at midfield.

"Our defense did a heck of a job all day," said Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer. "I honestly think we did a better job of containing him (Harris) than anyone has done." The Mountaineers played as though they were still smarting from last week's 31-31 tie with Pitt. They didn't score until 10 AuociaMd PrM Tech's Cam Young dodges Renaldo Turnbull, Scott Summits Defeat forces Mountaineers to adjust goals By Kelly Carter a.ytt., 1 MimimirowiMififr nHrrmitrr The Pittsburgh Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. In August, every football team in the nation has a goal of winning the national championship. For some, it's pretty far-fetched.

For others, it's at least in the realm of possibility. Ninth-ranked West Virginia was in the latter group until yesterday's 12-10 loss to unranked Virginia Tech (3-1-1). "We won't be the national champions this year," quarterback Major Harris said. "Hopefully we can go to one of the top bowls and go on and win." Last year, the Mountaineers went 11-0 in the regular season before losing in the Fiesta Bowl to Notre Dame, 34-21, in a game that decided the national champion. "I thought we had a pretty good chance when we first started out," receiver Reggie Rembert said of the Mountaineers' national championship hopes.

"We still have a pretty good chance to at least go to a decent bowl, but I think the championship is faded away a little bit like Major said." "I don't know why he (Harris) would say that," said senior Mike Fox, a defensive tackle. "There still six more games in the season and a lot could happen You always have to keep a big goal in mind. I would never take that goal out of mind." Neither would outside linebacker Renaldo Turnbull. "As of now I can't say if it's out of our reach or not. The only thing I can say is we have to go from here and jump all over any team that basically steps in our way from this point "I'm going to do everything in my power and I refuse to have this team lose again." Tight end Adrian Moss said, "We still have some hopes and goals our team made in the winter.

We're going to go out and try to accomplish those still." "It definitely hurts," said tailback Eugene Napoleon, a senior. "I don't think people will have the same respect for us now that they had two or three weeks ago. But more importantly we have to have a good season. That national championship stuff has to be put behind us." "We just better get our act together for the remainder of our season and get back to the basics and play football the way we used to play the game," Fox said. The Mountaineers have next week off before a home game against Cincinnati Oct.

21. "I'm pretty happy with having this week off," Napoleon said. "I think the whole team feels that way. Right now we need a week off to regroup. "There's a lot of guys walking around the locker room just mesmerized.

They can't believe that we lost I can't believe it" NOTES Turnbull's one sack gave him 19, tying him with Darryl Talley on the school's career sack list He needs two to break the record, held by Steve Hathaway Virginia Tech hadn't won at Mountaineer Field since 1967 (20-7) Hokies quarterback Cam Young, making his first start of the season, completed 15 of 22 passes for 167 yards but has yet to throw for a touchdown in 95 attempts at Virginia Tech It was the first time this season the West Virginia defense prevented an opponent from scoring a touchdown Junior Charlie Fedorco's 14-yard touchdown pass from Harris was the first of his career Harris' 22 rushing yards led the team Carl Hayes totaled 111 yards on five returns Linebacker Chris Haering led the Mountaineer defense with 14 Robin RombachThe Pittsburgh Prass Westminster's Michael Beggy loses ball as he is overrun by Geneva's defense Westminster floors Geneva, 31-26 By Ed Kracz Temple slight inspires Tuten By Scott Newman The Pittsburgh Press PHILADELPHIA Two seconds into introductions, everyone at Veterans Stadium knew receiver Henry -Tuten was from the Philadelphia area. A group of nearly 100 students from Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, NJ, cheered his every step. "Man, that was nice," Tuten said. "It made me remember where I came from." Perhaps someone should have reminded Temple five years ago. An honorable mention all-state receiver and highly touted basketball player at a high school located 30 minutes from Temple, Tuten received one inquiry from the Owls.

And that came from basketball Coach John Chaney. "No, they didn't (recruit me), Tuten said with a smile. "I dont know But Temple probably knows it made a mistake when Tuten caught three passes for 89 yards, including a diving 44-yard touchdown pass yesterday to help Pitt to a 27-3 victory. "I had a good game in front of the home fans and it was nice to have them all here, but I can't answer why Temple didn't come after me." It certainly wasn't because Temple had a plethora of good receivers. Tuten's four touchdown passes are four more than Temple has this season.

His four touchdowns are the same total that Temple has scored all year. Tuten's 456 receiving yards are 375 less than Temple's entire team. Tuten's 22 receptions are five more than Temple's leader, Maurice Johnson. And if that is not enough fodder for Tuten to throw Temple's way, he moved past Chuck Scales into ninth place on Pitt's all-time receiving list with 1,239 yards. He needs only 28 to pass Benjie Pryor and could conceivably be the Panthers' third all-time leading receiver by season's end.

Tuten is Pitt's leader in receptions, yardage (456) and touchdown passes. He caught six passes for 142 yards last Saturday in a 31-31 tie at West Virginia. "He's had a great year and keeps coming up with clutch receptions," Coach Mike Gottfried said. I can't say enough about him." Life is great at both places that Tuten will call his alma mater. Woodrow Wilson is undefeated and rated No.

1 in South Jersey and Pitt (4-0-1) is among the Top 10 in most national polls. But Tuten will not accomplish perhaps his greatest goal, being the greatest football player in the history of Woodrow Wilson. That honor belongs to Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, who plays for the Houston Oilers. "I don't know if I can top him," Tuten said jokingly. NOTES Once again, it was not the best of days for lA's.

The second team defense was inserted for one play. And out they went after ventres Stevenson's 15-yard gain. "They are supposed to make things happen and they didn't," Gottfried said. The lA's, as a unit, have played 12 plays in the past two games. Curvin Richards, bothered by a groin injury, gained only 45 yards on 15 carries, but Gottfried said Richards should be available next week.

Starting fullba-k Ronald Redmon missed the with a bruised shoulder, but, he tu, should be back next week. Redmon's absence allowed freshman Jimmer Bundy to be showcased in front of his family, from nearby Woodbury, N.J. playing most of the fourth quarter, fained 7 yards on four carries. emple's sack of Alex Van Pelt u. the third quarter was the first sack of Van Pelt in three games.

Temple Coach Jerry Berndt extended his winless streak to 25, currently the longest of any Division I-A coach. Add Temple: After managing only a field goal against Pitt, the Owls have one touchdown in their 20 quarters. pass you have a chance to win or vice versa. Westminster can do both and that puts a strain on the defense." Brad Tokar scored on the Titans' third offensive play with a 52-yard burst up the middle. He scored again in the second quarter on a 31-yard run.

A 6-0, 170-pound junior, Tokar gained 182 yards on 26 carries. Tokar's long rushes were set up by the accurate passing of senior Joe Micchia. He was 12 of 21 for 125 yards. Early in the fourth quarter, Micchia broke the all-time passing yardage mark of 3,281 yards set in 1983 by Rich Edder. "I didn't even know about the record until last week," Micchia said.

"I'm more concerned about the wins. I think having Brad in the backfield helps me a lot. He opens up my passing game because the linebackers have to respect the run." Geneva stayed close throughout the game, closing the gap to 18-12 on freshman Frank Buffington. Earlier Schmitt, who finished with 14 completions on 29 attempts for 170 yards, connected with Benny Haddox from the 20 to make the score 10-6. When Schmitt hit Buffington for a touchdown, only 40 seconds remained in the first half.

It appeared Geneva would go into the locker room trailing by only six and with all the momentum on its side. But a 25-yard kickoff return by Mark Aiken and a 15-yard personal foul penalty against Geneva gave Westminster the bail at its own 48. Micchia connected with Chris Osborne on two consecutive passes that moved the ball to the Geneva 32. On a first-and-10 with 15 seconds remaining, Micchia found Mike Beggy open in the end zone from the 19. Rob Dancu's ensuing extra point gave the Titans a 25-12 halftime edge.

"That was a big turning point in the game," Sullivan said. "It put us two touchdowns behind instead of just one. We For The Pittsburgh Press NEW WILMINGTON Westminster showed it has a better 1-2 punch than Muhammad Ali in his prime. For four quarters the Titans exchanged punches with Geneva, but when the final gun sounded yesterday, Westminster had a 31-26 victory. Westminster (5-0), the defending NAIA Division II champion, had the sixth-best scoring offense in the division, averaging 37 points per game.

Geneva (3-2) entered the game with the second-best defense in the division, allowing an average of three points a game. Something had to give. "You have to play this game on merit, not statistics," said Geneva Coach Gene Sullivan. "We haven't faced anyone that can throw and run the ball equally well. It wasn't like going against some teams Quarterback Scott Schmitt's second touch-own pass of the first half, a 5-yarder to UUHU IUlM VJ.

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Conway's return set up Edinboro's first touchdown, a 4-yard pass from Hal Galupi to Ernest Priester. Clarion (0-6, 0-3) led 7-6 on a 9-yard pass from Mike Carter to Ron Urbansky in the second quarter. With time running out in the half, Clarion had a bad snap on a field goal attempt from the Scots' 3. Matt Koehle's 2-yard run gave Edinboro the lead, 12-7, in the third quarter. With 8:00 left, Clarion fum- bled on third-and-goal at the 1 and Edinboro ran out the clock.

Slippery Rock 28 Shippensburg 28 SHIPPENSBURG Freshman free safety Robert Culp made his interception of the game at tL? Slippery Rock 10 with 1:29 left to preserve the Rockets' tie with unbeaten Shippensburg in the meeting of Pennsylvania Conference Western Division contenders. l.m to play. Bethany stopped Oberlin (3-2) and drove to the 25 but a 42-yard field goal attempt by Scott Weiland fell short Grove City 14 Hiram 14 HIRAM, Ohio Hiram's Dave Davis blocked Rich Marshall's 40-yard field goal attempt with 2:12 remaining, spoiling Grove City's bid for its first victory in the Presidents Conference game. Grove City (0-4-1, 0-2-1) tied the game on Duke Johncour'g 26-yard pass to Tom Karenbauer early in the fourth quarter. Dan Beahm scored on a 1-yard run for Grove City in the first quarter, but Hiram (2-2-1, 2-0-1) scored the next two touchdowns on Gentry Matlock's 3-yard run and Rich Pierce's 26-yard pass to Brian Strazinsky.

Waynesburg 17 Duquesne 3 Junior fullback Tim Miller rushed for 192 yards on 42 carries, scoring two touchdowns, as Waynesburg (2-4) defeated Duquesne (4-2) at South Stadium. Mil-, ler scored on runs of 1 and 16 Wash-Jeff 33 Thlel 3 WASHINGTON, Pa. John Ivo-ry completed 13 of 16 passes for 194 yards, including scoring passes of 60 and 54 yards to Larry Pitts, and scored on an 18-yard halfback pass from Chris Babirad for Washington Jefferson (4-0, 2-0). It was the 32nd consecutive Presidents Conference victory for its 23rd in a row at home, and made John Luckhardt the winning-est coach in school history. Luckhardt with a 53-17 record in eight years.

Thiel (0-5, 0-3) was held to 139 yards, seven rushing. Frostburg 42 St. Francis 6 FROSTBURG, Md. Rory McTigue scored on runs of 6, 2 and 1 yards and Jeff Jarosz ran 10 yards for another score as unbeaten Frostburg took a 28-0 lead against St Francis (2-3) in the first half and cruised to its fifth victory. Obertln 17 Bethany 15 BETHANY.

W.Va. After Ja- tsu yaras tor Slippery Rock (3-1-1, 2- 0-1). Shippensburg (5-0, 1-0-1) began its comeback after Opalsky's second score. The Rockets fumbled a punt at their 20 and Shippensburg scored on a 5-yard run by Bill Pettyjohn. The Raiders tied it on an 18-yard pass from Rob Klock to T.J.

Santos. Allegheny 28 Case Reserve 14 CLEVELAND Jerry O'Brien scored on runs of 31 and 3 yards and Mike Collitt returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown as defending champion Allegheny (4-1, 3- 0) remained unbeaten in the North Coast Conference. O'Brien rushed for 76 yards and David Brown, who scored on a 3-yard run, gained 77 yards to lead Allegheny. Case is 2-3, 1-3. IUP 34 Howard 14 INDIANA IUP (4-1), a victor against Division I-AA Towson State earlier in the season, made it two in a row over I-AA opposition.

Howard (3-2) was No. 1 in scoring defense (4.3 points a game) in 1-AA and hadn't given up a touch- down pass all season. So IUP quarterback Tony Aliucci connected on three scoring passes 5 yards to Andrew Hill and 28 and 58 yards to Paul Kovell before Howard scored. Bill Fegley scored IUP's other two TDs on 6-yard runs. Union 28 CMU 6 SCHENECTADY, N.Y.

Union (5-0), ranked No. 1 in the Lambert Cup poll, capitalized on two Carnegie Mellon fumbles to build a 25-0 halftime lead. CMU's fumble at its 30 set up a 1-yard run by Ryan Mason for Union's first score. Brett Ruff scored Union's third TD on a 6-yard halfback pass from Jerry Walker following a CMU fumble at the Tartans' 23. Scot' a tailback from jaky, mie Hamm's 21-yard touchdown ards, snapping a 3-3 halftime tie.

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