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THE NEWS JOURNAL JC7. Bluie Hee woederie: Are we that WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1993 Delaware No. 3 in I-AA rankings into a shootout, it's going to be (looked upon as) our fault." WILLIAMS HONORABLE MENTION: Delaware halfback Pat Williams, who scored four touchdowns and gained 149 yards in seven offensive plays in the Blue Hens' romp, was named honorable mention in the weekly All-Yankee Conference honor roll. Maine tailback Robert Tubbs was the offensive player of the week, rushing for 89 yards and one touchdown the Black Bears' 30-27 victory over Buffalo.

BIG SCORING: Delaware's 62 points against Lehigh stands tied for ninth in Delaware history. The 1899 Delaware team set the existing scoring record in a 76-0 victory over Tome Institute, a mark tied by the 1984 Hens in a 76-0 victory over Morgan State. Hens seeking 500th victory NEWARK The University of Delaware will go after its 500th victory Saturday against William Mary in Delaware Stadium. Only nine Division I-AA teams have won more 500 or more games. Yale leads the.

list with 770, followed by Harvard and Princeton (698), Pennsylvania (684), Dartmouth (584), Lafayette (559), Cornell (544), Holy Cross (519), and Lehigh (502). In 102 football seasons, Delaware is 499-34342, .588. The Blue Hens are 27-10 in the 1990s. thusiastic about the Blue Hen defense late Saturday, based on Lehigh's 424 passing yards, but he was encouraged after reviewing the game films. "My initial reaction was that (Lehigh) completed an awful lot of passes for an awful lot of yardage," Raymond said of the Engineers, who completed 40 of 68 attempts.

"But when you consider that we had five interceptions in 14 possessions. You can't sustain any offense just throwing the ball, which they did." Certainly, the defense was a significant concern coming out of a lackluster preseason. Delaware began the later-summer session with only one returning starter in the secondary and two in the defensive front. End Domenic Bot-to's knee injury further complicated the rebuilding project. Just as concerned about the defense was Scott Acker, the team co-captain and lone returning starter in the secondary.

Acker said that he was more nervous Friday night than he had been in his freshman year and he said he became even more nervous after the Blue Hens scored less than two minutes into the game. "I'm thinking, 'Well, Lehigh is going to come out throwing the ball and the score is going to be Acker said. "Our. offense is expected to score, and if we get By TOM TOMASHEK Staff reporter NEWARK Nearly 48 hours after Saturday's 62-21 victory over Lehigh, the University of Delaware coaches and players still lacked perspective. They prepared to begin a week of preparation for William Mary uncertain whether Delaware was that good or the Engineers were that bad in what was the season opener for both Division I-AA teams.

"I assume that they're not very good in comparison to William Mary and the rest of the Yankee Conference," Delaware Coach Tubby Raymond said of Lehigh, based on Sunday's weekly film session. "We're really, in some measure, untested. "But the game meant a lot toward our progress in that the people we expected to play well played well, and we had a chance to play everybody." Raymond expected a great deal from the Blue Hen offense and was not disappointed. With Dale Fry replacing four-year starter Bill Vergantino at quarterback, Delaware scored on the third play of the game and rolled up 609 total yards and the most points since the 1982 Blue Hens scored 62 against William Mary. Raymond wasn't extremely en By TOM TOMASHEK Staff reporter The University of Delaware, which opened the season with a 62-21 triumph Saturday over Lehigh, jumped two spots to No.

3 in this week's Sports Network I-AA poll finishing behind only Marshall and Youngstown State. Marshall (1-0), the defending NCAA Division I-AA cham-. pion, retained its No. 1 standing with a 56-0 victory over Morehead State. The Thundering Herd received 43 of 62 first-place votes cast by athletic directors, sports information directors, coaches and media.

Youngstown was idle, but moved from third to No. 2 and received seven first-place votes, s. Delaware climbed past Mid-5 die-Tennessee and Northern Iowa (0-1), which opened with a 27-10 loss to McNeese State (1-0), but failed to attract any first-place votes. Three other Yankee Conference schools were ranked: No. 11 William Mary, No.

14 Richmond, and wo. 13 Villanova. The Citadel, which posted one of last season's biggest upsets with a 10-3 victory over Division I-A Arkansas, were upset victims in this year's opener, with the previously-ranked No. 13 Bulldogs beaten by Division II Wofford, 20-6. I-AA poll HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.

Th top 25 teams In Division I-AA with first-place votes In parentheses, records, total points and last wee nvvung: Record 1-0 1-0 1-8 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Pis 1408 1320 1244 1232 1210 1052 1049 958 770 741 70s 704 Prv 11 12 15 14 a 1. Marshall (43) 2. Youngstown State (7) 3. DELAWARE 4. McNeese State (3) Idaho (3) 6.

NE Louisiana (1) 7. Middle Term. Stale (1) 8. Georgia Southern 9. Troy State 10.

Northern Iowa 11. William Mary 12. Samford 13. Western Caroline (1) 14. Richmond 15.

Alcorn State 16. SW Missouri State 17. North Carolina MT 18. Eastern Kentucky 19. Villanova 20.

Jackson State 21. Montana 22. Furman 23. Central Florida 24. Citadel 25.

Uberty 663 604 19 537 20 495 17 474 0-1 460 457 325 301 297 224 190 173 0- 0 1- 0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 scoring drive, and early in the fourth quarter, he scored on a 9-yard run to push the Hornets' lead to 28-12. "Mac came on the field and started yelling and got us going," said Anderson, who scored three touchdowns. ANDERSON CO-PLAYER OF WEEK: Hornets running back Phil Anderson and Florida kicker Tim Camron were named MEAC Co-Offensive Players of the Week Tuesday. Anderson, a 6-0, 190-pound junior, rushed for 146 yards on 14 carries and scored three touchdowns in the win over Fayetteville State. Camron kicked three field goals in the Rattlers' 22-15 win over Tennessee State.

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