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D8 Sunday. September 25. 1988 The Pittsburgh Press FOOTBALL Penn State, Geneva rolls to 36-23 win By Chris Bates rom page Dl Freshman QB under wraps UNIVERSITY PARK -What did Penn State quarterback Tony Sacca have to say after coming up 3 yards short of the winning touchdown against Rutgers yesterday? Ask his roommate. Coach Joe Paterno wouldn't let Sacca, a freshman, talk to reporters after the Scarlet Knights' 21-16 upset victory. "I thought Tony did a good job," Paterno said.

"That was an awful lot of pressure to put on a kid coming into a football game. "If you guys would just let him alone for a couple of weeks he feels low." Sacca entered the game with 1:27 left in the third quarter after Tom Bill injured his kneecap. He was chosen because senior Lance Loner-gan has damaged ligaments in his right thumb and can't throw. "He could have gone in to take some handoffs in an emergency," Paterno said. "If we'd had a lead, we might have put Lance in." Mike DeCourcy goal, leaping over the middle of the Rutgers defense.

The Lions tried a two-point conversion to put themselves within a field goal of tying the game, but Sacca's pass was incomplete. "I hate to look at a football game as somebody lost it," Paterno said. "Somebody comes up here, makes up their minds they're going to beat you and they do it, they ought to get. credit for it." For The Pittsburgh Press WAYXESBURG Geneva College had a lot of numbers in its favor going into its game yesterday against Waynesburg. The Golden Tornadoes were 3-0 and ranked sixth in NAIA Division II.

Against the run, they were yielding just 22 yards per game, second best in the nation. Opponents were managing fewer than 165 yards and three points per game. Waynesburg was headed in the other direction. With a passing game that has gained more than 100 yards just once in its past 23 games and an offense that had scored a mere 21 points in the first three games (none in the second half), the Yellow Jackets were 0-3. Waynesburg made some of its numbers look more respectable against Geneva, but the one number that counted went to the Golden Tornadoes: another game in the victory column, thanks to a 36-23 offensive show.

The victory was Geneva's 11th in a row during the regular season, the longest winning streak in the NAIA. "The only statistic I care about is the number of wins," Geneva Coach Gene Sullivan said. "Those other numbers don't concern us one bit. We are ranked where we are because of. what last year's team did.

The only ranking we care about is the one at the end of the season." Led by quarterbacks Kevin Chaney and Dale Kruse, Geneva picked the Waynesburg secondary apart. The two combined for five touchdowns and 189 yards on 10-of-20 passing. Chaney, a freshman making his first start, threw for 163 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game late in the first half with an injury. Waynesburg quarterback Jim Eley also turned in a fine performance. Going against a team that had surrendered 66 yards rushing in three games, Eley ran for 106 on 10 carries, including touchdown runs of 65 and 2 yards.

Fullback Tim Miller had 86 yards on 20 attempts as the Yellow Jackets racked up 244 rushing yards. They also scored nine points in the second half, but the passing game was held to 63 yards (57 on their first series of the game). "Until today, our defense had been playing well," Waynesburg Coach Ty Clarke said. "We knew they could run the ball, but we also expected them to throw it. We had some blown assignments in the secondary and it cost us touchdowns." I Associated Press Penn State's David Daniels, above, reaches high to make a 37-yard touchdown catch over John Blanton, but Rutgers gets the last laugh.

Bernarr Battle, left, and Ronald Bugg celebrate 21-16 victory. to-man coverage. "It was a mistake." One of many by Penn State. A facemask penalty and personal foul gave Rutgers more than half the yardage necessary for their second touchdown, which came on fullback Mike Botti's 11-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. Penn State had led, 10-7, at half time but suddenly was down, 14-10.

And, just as suddenly, 21-10. Rutgers ran for only 141 yards, but 57 of that was on Botti's second touchdown run, which came with 4:34 left in the third period. Penn State, lethargic in the first half, trailed for all but 2 45 of the game. It got a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter to make it 7-3 Ray Tarasi missed from 29 yards in the second quarter and scrambled for a score to go ahead in the final seconds of the half. With 1:29 left, Young made a fair-catch of a Penn State punt while standing at his own 2.

Penn State stopped the Knights in three downs and stopped the clock with three timeouts, setting up Bill's 38-yard touchdown pass to sophomore split end Dave Daniels. Penn State struggled to run against the Knights' defense: only 173 yards against a team permitting 286 on the average. Passing was worse, and there were casualties. Bill, who completed 11 of 24 for 127 yards, injured his kneecap on a sack by linebacker Pat Udovich. Sacca completed 5 of 15 passes for 95 yards and rushed for 23 on a couple of carries.

He had some difficulty on the final drive usually Penn State lets the quarterback call the plays in a two-minute drill; Sacca needed help but completed two fourth-down passes to keep it alive. He was superb on the Lions' last successful possession, although the Lions did get two apparent gifts from the officials. At least they earned the last 4 yards. Brown scored the touchdown on third-and- Mir; rAj Clarion's streak in jeopardy after Slippery Rock win, 38-14 COLLEGE Mallory. They also combined on a 5-yard pass play for Wooster's first touchdown.

Grove City stopped Wooster on a fourth-and-1 play at the Grove City 12 in the fourth quarter. Then Jeff Cass drove the Wolverines to Hart's fourth field goal. Cass led Grove City with 18 carries for 83 yards and 19 completions in 30 attempts for 180 yards. Wash-Jeff 20 John Carroll 13 CLEVELAND Washington Jefferson's defense held John Carroll to 3 yards rushing, had six sacks, intercepted three passes and recovered two fumbles, but it couldn't stop John Carroll's passing game, which gained 300 yards. As a result, needed field goals of 51 and 27 yards by John Ivory and a 290-yard interception return by Bret Frum to offset its own unimpressive offense and win the Presidents Conference game.

accumulated only 187 yards, 119 on the ground. Mark Craig gained 75 yards on 26 carries, but only offensive score came on a 22-yard pass from Pat Aigner to Andy Pacak. Bridgewater 20 St. Francis 14 BRIDGEWATER, Va. Junior fullback Anthony Lawrence rushed 46 times for a school-record 226 yards and three touchdowns in a driving rainstorm Bridgewater (1-2-1) came from 14-0 behind to beat St.

Francis for the second year in a row. Rody Knapp passed 21 yards to Steve Cahill and scored on a 5-yard keeper for St. Francis (0-3). Allegheny 31 Oberlin 8 OBERLIN, Ohio John Logue passed for 203 yards and a touchdown and David Brown ran for two short scores as Allegheny (2-1) won the North Coast Athletic Conference game. Logue, one of five passers used by Allegheny, completed 11 of 22 passes, one a 10-yard touchdown to John Ploeger.

The only touchdown for Oberlin (1-2, 0-1) came on a 19-yard pass from Don Richardson to J.J. Walsh. Hiram 31 Thiel 21 GREENVILLE Bobby Starks gained 152 yards on 29 carries, including touchdown runs of 1 and 10 yards, as Hiram (2-1, 1-0) won the Presidents Conference offensive show. Freshman Jeff Sorensen completed 14 of 33 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns for Thiel, but had two intercepted. His scoring tosses were 9 yards to Greg Houck and 4 and 5 yards to Mark Mc-Ginnis.

Thiel (0-3, 0-1) also had four turnovers, two fumbles on punt returns. after 5 P.M. and Weekends.) MM, 5 i i ill It 4t 1 1 1 DISTRICT chia's 7-yard pass to Dave Foley in the second period proved to be decisive. Buffalo fell to 1-2. California 29 Lock Haven 28 CALIFORNIA Sam Mannery hit Terry O'Shea with a 10-yard touchdown pass to give California (2-1, 1-0) the Pennsylvania Conference decision, but it was up to the defense to nail it down.

Following O'Shea's score with 53 seconds left, Lock Haven drove to the California 17. Then sacks by Mike Stephany and Odell Jones pushed Lock Haven back to the 34 and Rich Marriott missed a 52-yard field goal attempt with one second left. Mannery completed 20 of 33 passes for 261 yards and four touchdowns. The yardage and touchdowns were a career high. Bryan Greer caught six passes for 147 yards, including scoring throws of 74 and 10 yards.

Radford Mason completed 13 of 24 passes for 264 yards for Lock Haven, but had three intercepted by Joe Washiewicz. Richard Nurse caught seven for 167 yards and two touchdowns. Carnegie Mellon 42 Bethany 16 BETHANY, W.Va. With quarterback Steve Paterno of North Allegheny out with a separated shoulder, Carnegie Mellon turned to its strong running game to beat Bethany in the Presidents Conference game. Fullback Chris Hansen got 135 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries and Scott Barnyak 122 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries as the Tartans rushed for 379 yards.

Laszlo Buda replaced Paterno, who was hurt last week, and completed four of nine passes for 83 yards and scored on a 1-yard keeper. Grove City 19 Wooster 14 GROVE CITY Doug Hart tied his school record of four field goals in a game with boots of 45, 48, 37 and 36 yards as Grove City (2-1) beat Wooster (0-3). Hart's third field goal gave Grove City the lead after Wooster had gone ahead, 14-13, on a 1-yard pass from Craig Lombardi to T.J. SLIPPERY ROCK Clarion has recovered from a poor start in past seasons, but its 38-14 loss to Slippery Rock yesterday put its streak of non-losing seasons in jeopardy. Greg Paterra gained 154 yards on 27 carries his 16th 100-yard game and scored the opening touchdown on a 1-yard run as the Rockets dropped Clarion's record to 1-3, 0-1 in the Pennsylvania Conference.

Clarion has not had a losing record in 27 years. After Patterra's score, a 25-yard pass from Mike Carter to Ron Ur-bansky pulled Clarion into a tie before Slippery Rock took control. Slippery Rock broke loose for 28 points in the second period on runs of 15 yards by Scott Opalsky, 24 by Paterra and 71 by Joe Be-tarie and a 15-yard pass from Pat Strine to Oliver Gauthier. Paterra's touchdown was set up by an interception; Gauthier's by a 14-yard punt to the 15. Betarie gained 80 yards on four carries and caught six passes for 51 yards.

Strine completed only nine of 17 passes for 103 yards, but the Rockets' ground game accumulated 300 yards. IUP 27 Edinboro 7 INDIANA Sophomore quarterback Phil Kinney woke up a sluggish IUP offense in the second half as the unbeaten Indians broke away from tenacious Edinboro in the fourth quarter for its third victory, its second in the Pennsylvania Conference. Kinney completed four of four passes in a 69-yard drive that was capped by Steve Girting's 10-yard run, giving IUP a 20-7 lead. Edinboro had drawn close on a 1-yard run by Matt Koehle. Richard Stevenson supplied the clincher, returning an interception 85 yards for IUP's final touchdown.

Girting, with 74 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries, and Paul Palamara, with 59 yards on 15 carries, led IUP's offense. Elbert Cole gained 57 yards on 15 carries for Edinboro. Mercyhurst 38 Duquesne 10 Mercyhurst (3-0) and Duquesne (0-4) turned blocked punts into touchdowns at South Stadium, but the Dukes could do nothing offensively and the Lakers could. Mercyhurst's Jeff Andrejack scored from the 2 four plays after a Duquesne punt was blocked at the 6. Duquesne matched that minutes later, Rich Piccinni picking up a punt blocked by Andrew Gonzalez at the Mercyhurst 8.

But the Dukes' only other scoring came on a 47-yard field goal by Doug McAuley that bettered the school (Division III) record of 46 he set last year. Mercyhurst, led by quarterback Greg Haski with 17 carries for 79 yards and 9 of 21 passes for 116 vards. outeained Duauesne. 449-129. Mercyhurst gained 333 on the ground, Duquesne 36.

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