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colleges 4 Sunday, Oct. 4, 1987 I i Quakers 4 overcome I early scare Hurricanes rebound to defeat FSU South fdt I -J, 'J -1 i Hi- 34th in row, 230 By Joe Juliano NEW YORK Penn was glad to be on hand yesterday at Wcin Stadium to help Columbia continue its march into college football history. What the Quakers didn't count on was the possibility of making a little history J- themselves. Three times in the first 21 minutes of the Ivy League game, the Lions penetrated inside the Quakers' 20 twice continuing on inside the 10. V' With Penn's defense reeling and its offense sputtering, was this the day Columbia would break its four-year, 3 33-game losing streak? C'.

Uh, no. The Penn defense yielded i no points on those three incursions deep into its territory, and senior Jy running back Chris Flynn picked up the offense with a career-high 189 yards and two touchdowns to give Penn a 23-0 victory over Columbia, 1. its first win of the year. With the defeat on this gray, wind-'fr swept day, the Lions (0-3) equaled the NCAA record for consecutive j. losses, set by Northwestern between t' 1979 and 1982.

They can pick up No. 35 next week at Princeton. Hut it was scary here yesterday for a while. The Quakers, who came in as 31-point favorites, were playing even with the Lions throughout the first half, as they were plagued by seven penalties, two turnovers and a flurry of missed assignments on offense. Improvement Still.

Penn led by 6-0 at the half, boosted its advantage to 9-0 in the third quarter on Jim Grass' third field goal ol the name, a 33-yarder, and finally found its oflensive game ('- in a dominant fourth quarter. And although a performance such -as this might have been fatal against an upper-echelon Ivy team, Penn coach Ed Zubrow was pleased to see some improvement, both on the field and on the sideline. "One of the things that really pleased me was that it was a tough game and the kids didn't start panicking or finger-pointing," Zubrow said. "At halftime, the veteran kids on defense pumped up the offense. There were some good things that developed, like the leadership and the way the kids held their poise.

"Obviously, the losing streak and the record was a factor, but our kids did a great job of putting it out of their minds." It looked like just another ho-hum day when Grass kicked a 43-yard field goal on Plum's first possession. But the Lions took the kickoff and marched to the Penn S. giving those in the crowd of 4.150 a chance to exercise their lungs other than to yell. "Pass me another beer!" Hut two runs lost 8 yards, and on third and goal from the 13, quarterback Matt Less fumbled as lie was 1 sucked by linebacker Parker Rohde, and Penn tackle Mike Lista recovered at the 18 as the first quarter ended. No field goal The Quakers were penalized twice, putting them back on the 5, and on their second play, Flynn fumbled and rover Mike Holt recovered on the 16.

The Lions moved to the 7, where they had a fourth and inches, but coach Larry McFlrcavy disdained the field-goal attempt and sent Dure Savini into the line for no gain. The Penn defense really cracked down in the second half, holding Columbia to 25 total yards (the Lions finished the game with only 126 yards). Penn Columbia 3 3 3 1423 0 Penn FG Grass 43 Penn FG Grass 42 Penn FG Grass 33 Penn Flynn 3 run (Grass kick) Penn Flynn 6 run (Grass kick) A 4.150. Penn Col First downs 16 15 Rushes-yards 56-284 46-70 Passing 47 56 Return Yards 48 38 Comp-Atl-Int 4-15-2 4-20-3 Punts 5 39 5 41 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 15-145 2-15 Time of Possession 31:15 28 45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS HUSHING -Penn. Flynn 30-189.

Brum 9-32. Waller 5-2 7. Columbia. Konovalcik 1 1 -4B. Delia Pietra 14 34.

PASSING-Penn, Glover 4-15-2-47. Columbia, Less 4-18-2-56, Putelo 0-1-1-0, Delia Pietra 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING Penn, Whaley 2-29. Novoselsky 1-9. Miklus 1-9.

Columbia, Konovalcik 2-12, Delia Pietra 1-27. Savini 1-17. United Press International Richmond QB Chad Grier is tackled by Connecticut's Aaron Sanders, a defensive end. Boston College upsets Pitt; Wake Forest dumps Army From Inquirer Wire Services Miami's Bubba McDowell knocked down a two-point conversion pass attempt by Danny McManus with 42 seconds to play to secure a 26-25 victory for the No. 3 Hurricanes over No.

4 Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. Miami (3-0) had forged a 26-19 lead when Steve Walsh hit Michael Irvin with a 73-yard touchdown pass with 2:22 left. Florida State (4-1) responded by driving 73 yards in 1:40 and set up the two-point conversion try when McManus found Ronald Lewis in the left corner of the end zone from 18 yards out. On the conversion attempt, McManus was going for tight end Pat Carter in the right side of the Miami end zone, but he was well covered by Hurricane defenders. Auburn 20, North Carolina 10 Jeff Burger fired two third-quarter touchdown passes to rally No.

6 Auburn over North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Burger, who had minus-2 yards total offense in the first half, threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Freddy Weygand to move the Tigers into a 10-10 tie with 5:17 remaining in the third quarter. Linebacker Kurt Crain then picked off his second Mark Maye pass to give the Tigers (3-0-1) possession at the Tar Heels' 41-yard line. Five plays later, Burger, connected with fullback Vincent Harris on a 2-yard touchdown flip. LSU 13, Florida 10 Sam Martin scampered 16 and 23 yards on two key carries in a late drive that ended on David Browndyke's 24-yard field goal with 5:34 remaining as Louisiana State (No.

7 AP, No. 8 UPI) trimmed Florida (No. 19 AP, No. 18 UPI) in a Southeastern Conference game in Baton Rouge, La. Browndyke's field goal capped a 59-yard, eight-play drive as LSU (4-0-1) overcame a 10-3 fourth-quarter deficit.

Emmitt Smith went over the 100-yard mark for the fourth game in a row for the Gators (3-2), tying a school record set by Jimmy DuBose in 1975. He finished with 182 yards on 31 carries. Tennessee 38, California 12 Freshman Reggie Cobb rushed for 94 yards and scored three first-half touchdowns to lead No. 10 Tennessee over California in Knoxville, Tenn. The Volunteers (4-0-1) scored on their first five possessions to build a 31-0 cushion.

The Bears (1-4) had only one serious scoring opportunity in the first half, but a 38-yard field-goal attempt near the end of the half was blocked by Charles McRae. Alabama 38, Southwestern Louisiana 10 Vince Sutton, making his first start since 1984, threw two touchdown passes to Pierre Goode and ran for another as Alabama (tied for No. 17 AP, tied for No. 19 UPI) defeated Southwestern Louisiana in Birmingham, Ala. The junior quarterback, replacing injured starter David Smith, completed 7 of 15 passes for 166 yards with one interception to spark Alabama (4-1).

Sutton's first scoring pass to Goode, a 40-yarder, came with 3:25 left in the first quarter after a fumble by Southwestern Louisiana (1-4). Georgia 31, Mississippi 14 Freshman Rodney Hampton, filling in for the injured Lars Tate, rushed for 227 yards to lead Georgia (No. 20 AP, No. 15 UPI) over Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Hampton, making his first start in place of Tate, also caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from James Jackson.

Jackson passed for two TDs and ran for a third. Hampton rushed 34 times. Georgia (4-1 had 436 yards in total offense, compared with 311 for the Rebels (1-4). Mississippi State 9, Memphis State 6 Freshman kicker Joel Logan How the AP top 20 fared capped a 57-yard drive with his third field goal as Mississippi State took a non-conference victory over Memphis State in Starkville, Miss. The Bulldogs (3-2) led 6-0 at the half after Logan field goals of 43 yards in the first quarter and 39 yards in the second.

Memphis State (1-3) saw its scoring opportunities killed by mistakes and an alert Mississippi State defense. Southern Mississippi 65, Louisville 6 Shelton Gandy rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns, and freshman quarterback Brett Favre passed for three TDs to lead Southern Mississippi to victory in Louisville, Ky. Louisville (2-2-1) suffered its worst defeat in 34 years to the day. Florida State defeated the Cardinals, 59-0, on Oct. 3, 1953.

Yesterday's loss was Howard Schnellenbergcr's most lopsided in his college coaching career. The Cardinals were behind 65-0 early in the fourth quarter when the Golden Eagles (2-2) fumbled and Arthur Alexander recovered at the 5. On the next play, senior Rodney Knighton ran around left end for Louisville's only touchdown, with 13:26 remaining. North Carolina State 17, Georgia Tech 0 Quarterback Preston Poag passed for a touchdown, and tailback Todd Varn ran for another score to lead North Carolina State to an Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Georgia Tech in Raleigh, N.C. It was the second straight victory for N.C.

State (2-3 and 2-1 in the ACC). Georgia Tech dropped its third straight game and is 1-3 and 0-3 in the conference. William Mary 28, Lehigh 27 John Brosnahan hit Harry Mehre with three touchdown passes, but it was a 3-yard run by tailback Reggie Hodnett with two minutes left that lifted William Mary over Lehigh in Williamsburg, Va. The Indians (2-2) trailed 27-14 after Lee Blum rushed for his second touchdown for the Engineers (2-2) with 6:30 remaining. But two plays after the ensuing kickoff, Brosnahan hit Mehre from 36 yards out to cut the lead to 27-21.

Virginia Tech 31, Navy 11 Freshman Jon Jeffries ran for 128 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown, to lead Virginia Tech over Navy in Blacksburg, Va. Jeffries broke free for his long run on Virginia Tech's first possession of the second half to give the Hokies (1-3) a 21-3 lead over Navy (04). Kentucky 28, Ohio University 0 Mark Higgs rambled for 169 yards and three touchdowns to carry Kentucky over Ohio University in Lexington, Ky. Higgs squirted past four Bobcats tacklers in a 45-yard scamper for his third touchdown, with 7:54 to play. He also scored from 10 and 3 yards.

Virginia 30, VMI 0 Marcus Wilson ran for two touchdowns, and Virginia, scoring on three of its first four possessions, cruised to victory over Virginia Military Institute in Charlottesville, Va. Mark Inderlied also kicked three field goals as Virginia, a Division I-A member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, won its third straight game and improved its record to 3-2. VMI (2-2) did not penetrate past midfield in the first half and did not reach Virginia territory until there was 1:31 remaining in the game. Tulane 27, Vanderbilt 17 Ter-rence Jones ran for 76 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 148 yards to lead Tulane over Vanderbilt in New Orleans. Tulane is 3-2, the best start for the Green Wave since 1979.

Tulane coach Mack Brown got his second victory in a row over his brother, Vanderbilt couch Watson Brown. Vanderbilt fell to 1-3. as Cornell rallied from a 10-point deficit to defeat Lafayette in the first night game played at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y. Massachusetts 42, Rhode Island 7 Dave Palazzi passed for 218 yards and two touchdowns, leading Massachusetts to a rout of Rhode Island in a Yankee Conference matchup in Amherst, Mass. Kevin Murphy added a pair of 1-yard plunges for the Minutemen (1-3).

Rhode Island (1-4) suffered eight jacks and managed only 54 yards rushing in 49 attempts. Harvard 33, Bucknell 14 Tom Yohe passed for 265" yards and two touchdowns to lead Harvard over Bucknell in Cambridge, Mass. The Crimson (3-0) limited the Bison runing game to 18 yards and sacked quarterbacks Jim Given and Scott Auchenbach a total of eight times. Bucknell dropped to (2-2). Dartmouth 38, Davidson 7 Junior quarterback Chris Rorke completed 10 of 12 passes for 215 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown to junior wide receiver Craig Morton, as Dartmouth routed Davidson in Hanover, N.H.

The win was the first non-Ivy League conference victory for Dartmouth's (1-2) since 1977, breaking an 0-23-1 skein. It also was coach Buddy Teevens' first win at Dartmouth. Davidson, from North Carolina, is now 0-5 and has lost its last 16 games. Towson State 17, Maine 14 Freshman tailback Dave Meggett ran for 128 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead visiting Towson State to an upset of previously unbeaten Maine. Connecticut 21, Richmond 14 Matt DeGennaro completed 18 of 27 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns to lead Connecticut to a Yankee Conference victory in Richmond, Va.

From Inquirer Wire Services Mike Power scooted around left end and dove into the end zone on a fourth-and-1 bootleg play with 6 minutes, 59 seconds to play as Boston College, throttled most of the game by a blitzing defense, rallied to beat the favored Panthers, 13-10, last night in Pittsburgh. Jim Hell carried 29 times for 139 yards, including 39 yards during Boston College's decisive 62-yard scoring drive, as the Eagles (3-2) ended a two-game losing streak. Pitt (3-2), keyed by 260-pound tailback Craig Heyward's 111 rushing yards, took a 10-6 lead on Jeff Van-llorne's 41-yard field goal with 12:37 remaining. Boston College, held off the scoreboard after two first-quarter Brian Lowe field goals, then began its winning drive with Bell runs of 17, 7 and 11 yards. Power kept the drive going by scrambling for 9 yards and a first down to the Pitt 5 on a third-and-7 play.

Four plays later, and with Pitt's defense stacked up against the line of scrimmage on fourth down, Power faked a handoff to a diving Bell, then scrambled to his left and leaped across the goal line. With the fake, Bell took several Pitt defenders with him and left a running lane open for Power, who had been contained most of the night by Pitt's pressure defense. Pitt sacked Power eight times for 54 yards in losses, including 4'2 sacks by linebacker Zekc Gadson, but lost at home for the second time in three weeks and fell to 3-2. Lowe kicked field goals of 35 and 36 yards in the first eight minutes of play after the Eagles intercepted Pitt quarterback Sal Genilla's first two passes. Wake Forest 17, Army 13 Rickey Proehl caught his second touchdown pass of the game with 2:46 to play, rallying Wake Forest over Army in "We had talked about the game coming down to one play all week, and we had this one planned.

We wanted Baker onc-on-one with their cornerback," Tigers coach Steve Tosches said. The Tigers also had two key second-half fumbles, and Garrett had a number of his pusses dropped, not to mention a 56-yurd touchdown pass to his brother John in the second quarter that was called back because of a holding penalty. "We definitely made some mistakes. I think we beat ourselves. We weren't really sharp," said Jason Garrett.

East West Point, N.Y. The Demon Deacons improved to 4-0, their best start since 1947. Army fell to 2-2. The winning drive was a nine-play, 80-yard march that consumed 2:47 immediately following a touchdown that had given Army a 13-10 advantage with 5:33 left. West Virginia 49, East Carolina 0 Freshman Major Harris threw two touchdown passes and ran 17 yards for a score, and tailback Undra Johnson ran for two touchdowns to spark West Virginia to a rout of East Carolina in Morgantown, W.Va.

Bo Orlando returned an interception 84 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter for West Virginia (2-3), which snapped a three-game losing streak. East Carolina (2-3) suffered its worst defeat since a 56-0 loss to North Carolina in 1981. The Pirates, winless in six games against the Mountaineers, trailed 21-0 at halftime. Holy Cross 49, Colgate 7 Jeff Wiley passed for 354 yards and three touchdowns to lead undefeated Holy Cross to a Colonial League thrashing of visiting Colgate. Holy Cross (4-0) scored on its first possession for the fourth consecutive week when Willie Bradford turned a screen pass from Wiley into an 18-yard touchdown play.

Colgate (3-2) tied the score early in the second quarter when Greg Man-usky blocked a Crusaders punt at the 2-yard line, and Doug Bovell recovered in the end zone for the Red Raiders. Cornell 17, Lafayette 12 Junior fullback Scott Malaga scored on a 24-yard run in the third quarter, and moments later senior cornerback Mike Raich ran a punt back 82 yards, The Tigers outplayed the Bruins in the first half, but the only scoring they could manage was a 7-yard touchdown run by Jerry Santillo midway through the second quarter. Brown pulled to within 7-3 on a 44-yard field goal in the second period. On the opening second-half drive, Brown drove down all the way to the Princeton 1-yard line. And although Brown tailback Kirk Little fumbled and the Tigers (2-1, 1-1) recovered, the drive, according to Brown coach John Rosenberg, gave the Bruins confidence.

"I think we felt physically stronger going in. In the course of the game, we thought that would take its toll," The top 20 teams in the Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points received 20 points for a first place vote, 19 points tor second), last week's ranking, this week's result and next week's opponent with record: Missed chances cost Frinceton in loss to Brown Rank Team Record Point! Previous This Week Next WiMk 1. Oklahoma (44 4-0-0 1,181 1 beat Iowa 56-3 at Tenas 2. Nebraska (12) 4-0-0 1,136 2 beat S. Carolina.

30-21 Kansas 3. Miami (Fla) (4) 3-0-0 1,088 5 beat Fla. 26-25 Maryland 4. Florida State 4-1-0 965 6 lost to Miami, 26-25 at Sou. Miss.

5. Notre Dame 3-0-0 890 8 idle at Pittsburgh 6. Auburn 3-0-1 859V 3 beat Carolina. 20-10 Vanderbilt 7. LSU 4-0-1 821'? 4 beat Florida.

13-10 at Georgia 8. Clemson 4-0-0 810 9 idle Virginia 9. Ohio State 2-0-1 775'? 7 beat Illinois. 10-6 Indiana 10. Tennessee 4-0-1 636 11 beat California.

38-12 at Alabama 1 1. UCLA 4-1-0 564 13 beat Stanford. 49-0 idle 12. Michigan 4-1-0 452 14 beat Wisconsin, 49-0 at Michigan St, 13. Arizona State 2-1-0 446 12 beat UTEP, 35-16 at Washington 14.

Penn State 4-1-0 372 15 beat Temple, 27-13 Rutgers 15. Texas 3-2-0 320 16 lost to Tex. Tech. 27-2 1 Houston 16. Washington 3-2-0 225 18 lost to Oregon.

29-22 Arizona State 17. Alabama 4-1-0 221 17 beat SW La 38-10 at Memphis State 17. Iowa 3-2-0 221 19 lost to Mich 19-14 at Wisconsin 19. Florida 3-2-0 218 nr lost to LSU. 13-10 Fullenon State 20.

Georgia 4-1-0 179 20 beat Mississippi, 31-14 LSU Rosenberg said. Brown (3-0, 2-0) scored its first touchdown early in the fourth quarter as Little, who carried 27 times for 109 yards on the day, barrelled in from the 5. Princeton Brown 0 7 0 07 0 3 0 1013 Pri Santillo 7 run (Goodwin kick) Brwn FG Kos 45 Brwn Little 5 run (Kos kick) Brwn FG Koss 33. A 7,100 PRI BRWN First downs 16 13 Rushes-yards 37-119 60-153 Passing yards -188 85 Return yards 42 4 Passes 16-29-0 9-18-1 Punts 8-32 7-39 Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 1-5 5-30 Time of Possession 28:49 31:1 1 By David Grumhaus Jr. Special to 7Vie Inquirer The game came down to one final play, but as had been the case all day.

the Princeton offense came up with nothing but hard luck. Trailing 13-7, the Tigers faced a fourth and goal from the Brown 3-yard line with just under a minute to go. Quarterback Jason Garrett dropped back looking for receiver Jeff Baker in the right corner of the end zone, but Baker got tangled up with Brown defensive back Scott McCaleb, slipped, and the pass sailed harmlessly out of bounds, ending Princeton's chance at victory. 'r.