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colleges Sunday, Nov. 15, 1987 11-D Notre Da ounds Alab ama. 376 mep Brown Quakers bow to Harvard Penn falls to 3-6 with 31-14 loss iff xW ft" JAtJ aJ 'i: WmUiWiW. Associated Press Michigan State quarterback Bobby McAllister gets a lift after the Spartans beat Indiana to clinch a Rose Bowl bid. The howl picture is developing opponent for the Big 8 champ is third-ranked Miami.

Fiesta. Fourth-ranked Florida State probably will spend New Year's Day in Tempe, against the loser of the Oklahoma-Nebraska showdown. Citrus. Clemson defeated Maryland to earn its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference title. Clemson, 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the ACC, has won a record 10 conference titles outright and tied for another.

Clemson probably will be in this bowl against Penn State or the Alabama-Auburn loser. Aloha. Florida (64) could wind up in Honolulu on Christmas Day against Oklahoma State, Arizona State or the Southern California-UCLA loser. Holiday. Wyoming probably will play at San Diego against Indiana, Iowa or Texas ently will accept a berth against the winner of the Southwest Conference.

After yesterday's play, Texas and Texas each had a 4-1 records in the SWC. "That sounds like the people who predict the elections before the polls close," Cotton Bowl official John Scovcll said of reports that the Irish would be in Dallas on New Year's Day. Sugar. Undefeated and sixth-ranked Syracuse rallied from a 17-0 deficit to beat Boston College, 45-17. and probably will be the team to face the Southeastern Conference champion.

Auburn moved closer to the berth by beating Georgia. The Tigers are 8-1-1 and 4-0-1 in the SEC, and they need a victory over Alabama on Nov. 27 to clinch the conference joutright. Orange. The winner of Saturday's Oklahoma-Nebraska game will head for Miami as the No.

1 team in the nation. The most likely From Inquirer Wire Service's With its victory yesterday, Michigan State became the first team to officially clinch a bowl berth. The Spartans beat Indiana, 27-3, to win the Big 10 Conference championship and a spot in the Rose Bowl, their first berth in the New Year's Day bowl in 22 years. Michigan State's likely opponent will be UCLA. With a victory over cross-town rival Southern Cal on Saturday, UCLA can become the first team since the Pac-10 expanded to 10 teams to go through conference play with a perfect record.

A victory or tie against USC will send the Bruins to the Rose Bowl. Bowl bids are officially announced after Saturday's games, and most of the potential matchups in the minor ones are still difficult to discern. But here's the way some of the bowls shape up at this point: Cotton. Seventh-ranked Notre Dame crushed Alabama, 37-6, yesterday and appar and Kice lead romp Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. Sophomore quarterback Tony Rice ran 12 yards for a touchdown to put Notre Dame ahead and lobbed a 3-yard, fourth-down touchdown pass to tight end Andy Heck later in the second quarter, leading the seventh-ranked Irish to a 37-6 victory yesterday over Alabama (No.

11 AP, No. 10 UPI). It was the most lopsided loss for Alabama in 16 years. "Had we responded at our very best, I doubt seriously we'd have beaten this Notre Dame team today," Alabama coach Bill Curry said. "There's only one thing I can say we were beaten by a vastly superior football team.

They're by far the best football team we've played. "When they put in the reserves, I didn't see a change in size, speed or anything." Senior flanker Tim Brown caught four passes for 114 yards and became Notre Dame's career leader in reception yardage, with 2,371 yards. Brown, forecast in most football circles to be the Heisman Trophy winner, helped set up field goals of 49, 21 and 22 yards by Ted Gradel with an 18-yard kickoff return, a 34-yard punt return and a 54-yard pass reception. "I didn't even know I was close, said Brown, who entered the game 26 yards short of Tom Gatewood's record of 2,283 yards. "Right now, I have two or three more games to play.

I can't think about that." Tailback Mark Green ran 74 yards for a touchdown early in the final period, and backup Ricky Watters raced 75 yards eight minutes later to wrap up the scoring. Brown, who began the game No. 2 nationally in all-purpose yardage, with an average of 176.9 yards a game, accounted for 225 total yards. He handled the ball 14 times. The victory gave Notre Dame an 8-1 record this season and a 5-1 lead in the series between the two schools.

The Irish last won eight games in 1980. "I definitely think we deserve the right to play for a national championship," Brown said. "If you look at the schedule we have, and if we go 10-1, I think there's no doubt about it." Notre Dame reportedly is headed for the Cotton Bowl. Alabama is 7-3 in Curry's first season. It was the Crimson Tide's biggest pounding since a 38-6 loss to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl at the close of the 1971 season.

The Irish spotted Alabama a 3-0 icau uu lining fujit a jrjfai goal less than three minutes into the-game, then took command with i. nf an .4 en They led at halftime, 20-6. Alabama Notre Dame 3 3 0 0 6 3 17 3 14 37 Ala-FG Doyle 34 ND-FG Gradel 49 ND Rice 12 run (Gradel kick) NO Heck 3 pass from Rice (Gradel kick) ND-FG Gradel 21 Ala FG Doyle 28 NO FG Gradel 22 ND Green 74 run (Gradel kick) ND Watters 75 run (Gradel kick) A 59.075. Ala NO First downs 10 17 Rushes-yards 34-135 52-348 Passing 50 Return Yards 2 Comp-Attlnt 9-29-1 Punts 8-44 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8 70 Possession 26:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Alabama, Humphrey 117 75 5-9-0 3-50 2-2 7-70 33:12 14-94, K.Goode 5-11, P.Goode 1-11. Notre Dame.

Green 18-149. Watters 4-81, Rice 9-30, Brooks 3-30. Banks 6-16. PASSING Alabama, Dunn 3-14-0-17. Sutton 0- 3-0-0 Ray 6-12-1-33.

Notre Dame, Rice 5-8-0-117, K.Graham 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING-Alabama. Cross 3-35, Humphrey 3-9. Whitehurst 1-8. Allen 1-1, K.Goode 1-(mmus 31.

Notre Dame. T.Brown 4-114, Heck 1- 3 and taking to the air after halftime. Quarterback Jason Garrett threw for 241 yards in the second half and helped the Tigers score two more times in the fourth quarter, but the game was already under Ryan's belt. "It was as well as we've played as a team," Cozza said. "I see this team rnnsinntlv tmnrnvino Vale Princeton 0 13 14 7 34 0 0 0 1919 Yale-FG Derby 22 Yale Stewart 1 run (Derby kick) Yale- FG Derby 26 Yale- Shoop 32 pass from Ryan (Derby kick) Yale Athanasia 23 pass from Ryan (Derby kick) Pn Judd Garrett 1 run (pass failed) Yale-Athanasia 21 pass from Ryan (Walton kick) Pn Baker 11 pass from Jason Garrett (Goodwin kick) Pn Jason Garrett 6 run (pass failed) Yale Pri First downs 2J Rushes vards 49-160 39-119 Passing 329 Return vards 9 254 2 Comp atl-mi 20 35 0 Punts 3 27 23-35 0 4- 35 4 2 5- 35 25:04 Fumbles-lost 3-1 Penalties yards 4-34 Time of possession 34 56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Yale, Stewart 22 77.

Brice 20-66. Upton 2 7. Princeton, Judd Garrett 19-73, Jason Garrett 12-15. John Garrett 1-10. PASSING Yale, Ryan 20 31 0 329.

Verduzco 0 3-0-0 Stewart 0-1-0-0. Princeton, Jason Garrett 23 35-0-254 RECEIVING Yale, Athanasia 7-159, Shoop 4-7 1 Stewart 3 39. Szuba 3-38 Princeton, John Garroit 9-104 Baker 7-94, Judd Garrett 4-31, By Gwen Knapp inquirer Staff Writer CAMBRIDGE; Mass. In the course of three hours yesterday afternoon, Penn lost a football game, a starting quarterback and a shot at a .500 record. The 31-14 loss to Harvard left the Quakers, the Ivy League's defending champions, with a 3-6 overall record (2-4 Ivy League) and scaled their first losing record since 1981.

That was to be expected, though, since Harvard (now 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the league) entered the game as one of the Ivy leaders. The Harvard victory and Yale's 34-19 win over Princeton set up a championship game next weekend in New Haven, between the Bulldogs (7-2, 5-1) and the Crimson. While Penn's heir is being decided, the Quakers will play their season finale against Dartmouth without John Keller. With 3 minutes, 25 seconds left in the first period yesterday, the Penn quarterback completed a 26-yard pass to Scott Sandler at the Harvard 49, pushing the Quakers past midfield for the first time in the game. As soon as Keller released the pass, he was hit by two Harvard defenders, absorbing a blow to the midsection that left him with a lacerated liver.

Surgery Keller left the field on a stretcher, and he was immediately taken to Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he underwent surgery last night and was listed in stable condition. After the game, team doctor Fred Balduini said that the junior never lost consciousness. Balduini planned to stay in Boston to be with Keller last night, and the player's parents were planning fo fly from their home in Kansas to Boston today. Dan McNally, a senior who had taken just three snaps all season, replaced Keller and did a respectable job, completing 6 of 11 passes for 79 yards. "This was something I dreamed about coming back up here to play," said McNally, who hails from Randolph, Mass.

"When I realized I was going to get in, I just started smiling, certainly not because John went down, but I'm from the Boston area, so my family could see me play." By the time McNally took over, Harvard had built a 14-0 lead on the arm of Tom Yohe (18 of 37 for 218 yards and one TD), a mobile junior quarterback. On Harvard's first two scoring drives both nine-play, 60-yard marches the scrambling Yohe completed 8 of 9 pass attempts for 91 yards. A third 60-yard drive ended with a 6-yard TD run by Yohe, giving Harvard a 21-0 lead with 7:52 left in the first half, and the game appeared to be over. Not so special But an atrocious performance by the Crimson special teams almost made the game competitive. Near the end of the half, Harvard punter Alan Hall watched a high snap sail over his head at his own 43.

By the time he chased the ball down and tried to get off a kick, Penn's Brad Hippenstiel was in position to block it. Penn recovered at the 34-yard line, and the Quakers had 43 seconds to reach the end zone. Sophomore running back Bryan Keys did most of the work on the five-play drive, going 25 yards on a third and 3 at the 26 and then scoring on a 1-yard run with just a second left on the first-half clock. Another misadventure for the Crimson punter almost gave the Quakers the opening they needed to get back into the game. Karly in the third quarter, Hall fumbled a snap at his own 36.

Again, he pursued the ball and tried to kick it. This time, the ball deflected off a player, and as it hit the ground Ppnn's Mark Liens kicked it all the way to the 1. where it was recovered by a Harvard player. The officials ruled that Ligos had intentionally kicked the ball and gave the Crimson a first down, plus 15 yards on the penalty. So instead of having possession at the 1, the Quakers had to send their defense out to meet Harvard at their own 49.

Penn Harvard 7 7 0-7 10 0- -14 -31 Har Hinz 2 run (kick failed) Har Bunninfl 17 pass from Yohe (Hinz run) Har Yohe 6 run (Kotz kick) Penn Keys 1 run (Grass kick) Har Hinz 40 run (Kotz kick) Penn Keys 3 run (Grass kick) Har FG Kotz 25 How the AP top 20 fared 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 for second), last week's ranking, this week's result and next week's opponent: Rank Team Record Points Prey. This Week Next Weak 1. Oklahoma (36) 10-0-0 1,164 1 beat Missouri, 17-13 at Nebraska 2. Nebraska (15) 9 0-0 1,137 2 did not play Oklahoma 3. Miami (Ha 19) 8-0-0 1,111 3 heat Va 27-13 Toledo 4.

Florida State 9-10 1,021 4 beat Furman, 41-10 at Florida 5. UCLA 8-1-0 943 7 heat Washington, 47-14 at USC 6. Syracuse 10-0-0 902 8 beat Bost, 45-17 Virginia 7. Notre Dame 8 1-0 856 9 beat Alabama, 37-6 at Penn State 8. Georgia 7-2-0 964 10 lost to Auburn, 27-1 1 at Georgia Tech 9.

Clemson 9 1-0 646 10 beat Maryland. 45-16 at South Carolina 10. Louisiana Stale 7-1-1 632 5 beat Miss. 34-14 at Tulane 1 1. Alabama 7-3-0 617 13 lost to Notre Dame, 37-6 Auburn 12.

Auburn 8-1-1 567 6 beat Georgia, 27-1 1 at Alabama 13. Michigan State 7-2-1 460 15 beat Indiana, 27-3 at Wisconsin 14. South Carolina 7-2-0 450 13 beat Wake Forest, 30-0 Clemson 15. Penn State 7 2-0 328 16 lost to Pitt, 10-0 Notre Dame 16. Indiana 7-3 0 301 18 lost to Mich.

27-3 Purdue 17. Oklahoma State 7-2 0 258 12 beat Kansas. 49-17 Iowa State 18. Tennessee 7-2-1 166 19 beat Mississippi, 55-13 at Kentucky 19. Texas 7-2 0 114 20 beat Arkansas 14-0 at TCU 20.

Arkansas 7-3 0 58 lost to Texas 14-0 idle over Princeton, 34-19 beats 'Nova pass, 38-35 unanswered points to start the third quarter. Talley elected to gamble late in the third quarter by going for it on fourth-and-2 from Richmond's 16. Schulz hit Greg Downs for a touchdown, Withka made the conversion and Villanova was up again, 28-21. That set the stage for the fourth-quarter showdown. "Villanova was everything I expected," Dal Shealy said.

"Schulz is probably the best quarterback we've faced, and that is definitely the best offense." Villanova saw its meeting with Richmond as something of a "message" game. Richmond, which tied Maine for the regular-season Yankee Conference title, will represent the league in the Division I-AA playoffs since it beat Maine, 17-7. Next season, Villanova will be eligible for the title. Said Talley: "Everyone now recognizes we're for real. This was really a tough one; we had it all done, I thought.

One play," Villanova wraps up its season Thursday night with a game at Villanova Stadium against top-ranked Holy Cross (10-0 in Division I-AA). The game will be televised nationally by FSI'N-TV. Richmond 3 11 10 14-38 Vill -Schulz 1 run (Withka kick) Rich- FG Courier 39 Vill Karoly 2 run (Withka kick) Rich FG Courier 28 Vill Pascoe 19 pass from Schul? (Withka kick) Rich Gner 1 run (Matthews pass from Grier) Rich FG Courier 30 Rich Matthews 5 run (Courier kick) Vill Downs 16 pass from Schulz (Withka kick) Rich Hargrove 10 run (Courter kick) Vill Schuiz 1 run (Withka kick) Rich Shealy 16 pass from Grier (Courier kick) A 17,868 Vill Rich First downs 24 25 Rushes-yards 41-236 48 201 Passing yards 224 Return yards 15 215 49 Passes 20-33 0 Punts 2 34 Fumbles lost 1-0 Penalties yards 6 43 16 21 1 2 34 3 0 7 44 Time of Possession 28 27 31:33 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Villanova, Karoly 1 7-87. Sency 7-82, Lombard) 13 50 Richmond. Matthews 34-155.

Moigan 7 37, Hargrove 1-10 PASSING Villanova, Schulz 20 33-0 224. Richmond, Grier 16 21 1 215 RECEIVING Villanova, Sency 5-40, Thompson 4 62, Brady 4-42, Lombardi 4 31. Downs 2-30. Pasco 1-19. Richmond.

Ealev 5 87, Shealy 4-49. Hargrove 4 26, Jefterson 2-3', Morgan 1 22. Richmond on late TD By Mike Harris Speudl to The Inquirer RICHMOND, Va. Villanova was done in not by the strategy of the Richmond coach but rather by a play called by the coach's son. Lance Shealy, a junior receiver whose father is Richmond coach Dal Shealy, made a leaping catch of a Chad Grier pass with 23 seconds left in the game yesterday to lift the Spiders to a 38-35 victory over Villa-nova.

"Believe it or not, Lance called that play," Dal Shealy said. "He came over and said, 'Dad, the reverse Iroutel is there. Kurt So we did." Villanova (6-3) had taken a 35-31 lead less than five minutes earlier when quarterback Kirk Schulz led the Wildcats on a drive that culminated in Ron Scncy's 1-yard run. Richmond (7-3) had taken a 31-28 lead in the seesaw game about three minutes before that, when Marvin Hargrove scored from 10 yards out on an end-around. After the Wildcats' TD, they kicked off hoping to avoid Richmond's return man F.rwin Matthews.

But Brian Jordan foiled the strategy by returning the kick 29 yards to Richmond's 48. Five plays later, Richmond was on the Viliaiiuvu 8-iiu liuu. A fumbled snap that Richmond recovered, a jarring tackle by Josef Allen on Matthews for no gain and a gang-tackle sack put Richmond back on the 16. The Spiders took a timeout to set up the fourth-down play. Shealy broke for the corner of the end zone and caught the ball just inside the end line.

"Our defensive backs bumped into each other," Villanova coach Andy Tallcy said. "Instead of just backped-aling knowing Richmond has to go into the end zone, they bump." On its last possession, Villanova tried three long passes that didn't connect before time ran out. Villanova scored on three of its first four possessions and would have been perfect had freshman kicker Tjim Withka not missed a 23-yard field goal. Richmond closed to within 21-14 at the half then took the lead with 10 Yale romps By David Grumhaus Jr. Spcilnl to The Innuuer PRINCETON.

N.J. A crowd of over 26,000, including Secretary of State George P. Shultz, converged on Palmer Stadium yesterday, but Yale quarterback Kelly Ryan sent the home fans away disappointed by throwing for 329 vards and three touchdowns in a 34-19 romp over Princeton. "Kelly Ryan put on a performance that, in my seven, eight years of experience in the Fast, I haven't seen," said Princeton coach Steve Toschcs, whose squad fell to 5-4 overall and 3-3 in the Ivy League. The win by the Bulldogs, their sixth straight, puts the Ivy League title on the line Saturday, when they face Harvard at the Yale Bowl, Both teams are 7-2 overall and have 5-1 league records.

"1 think it's going lo be a whale of a football game," said Yale coach Carm Cozza, who beat Princeton for the 19th time in 23 tries. Although Princeton managed to hold Yale scoreless in the first quarter, the Bulldogs scored three times in the second. Dave Derby kicked a pair of field goals, and tailback Mike Stewart scored from 1 yard out, fol lowing a 58-yard pass from Kyan to tight end Dean Athanasia, to give Yale a 13-0 lead at the half. Yule put the game out of reach in the third quarter, 27-0, when Ryan engineered long drives on the Bulldogs' first two possessions. On the first drive.

Ryan found split end Bob Shoop all alone in the end zone for 32 yards and the touchdown. On the next series, Ryan finished off a 55-yard drive by finding his favorite target, Athanasia, down the middle for 23 yards and another score. "In the first half, the breaks went our way," Cozza said. "Their defense bent, but it didn't break. We got two quick ones in the second half, and I think that's when we had the game under control." The Tigers finally scored early in the fourth quarter, when tailback Judd Garrett leaped in from 1 yard out.

But Yale came right back, as Ryan led the Bulldogs down the field and found Athanasia in the end zone for another six points. On the day. Ryan hooked up with Athanasia seven times lor 159 yards and two touchdowns. As in past weeks, the Tigers spent the first half trying to set up their running game before facing the facts A 14,900 Penn Har First downs 11 25 Rushes-yards 44-106 45-101 Passing yards 147 218 Return yards 1 9 Passes 10-22-0 18-37-1 Punts 7-32 3 32 Fumbles-lost 2 2 2 0 Penalties-yards 6-53 8-48 Tme of possession 25.52 34:08.