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fo (ttblpfiia Inquirer colleges Sunday. Nov. 21.1982 HE Delaware solidifies playoff standing by running over Bucknell, 46-6 By Bill Simmons inquirer Soft Writer LEWISBURG, Pa. It was billed as the resumption of a traditional midsize college football rivalry. For the University of Delaware's Blue Hens, it was something else a game they had to win and, if possible, win big.

The Bucknell Bisons were playing their final game of the season, but tradition was supposed to make it a competitive contest, despite the fact that not one player on either team was even in high school when these two schools last played in 1974. The Blue Hens scored three of the first four times they had the ball on the way to a 46-6 romp that, believe it or not, was their lowest point total since edging Massachusetts, 14-13, on Oct. 9. They had to win to attain a berth in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs and, by winning big, the 9-1 Hens (tied for No. 2 in the polls) virtually assured themselves of a bye in next week's opening round.

The 12-team playoff field will be announced this afternoon. "They the I-AA football, selection committee) will really have to stink up the whole operation not to give us a bye now," Delaware coach Tubby Raymond said in an obvious reference to Delaware's dropping from third to fifth in the rankings after a 51-7 victory over Towson State and from third to fourth after an open date. The Hens, as in the last five weeks, were simply awesome. Over that period, they have outscored their opponents by 262-54. They now have won eight straight since a 22-0 loss to Temple and face a potential no-win situation in their regular-season finale Friday afternoon against Con necticut at home.

"I wouldn't call it a no-win situation because the Connecticut game is important to us," Raymond said. "If we lose, it could cost us the Lambert Cup. Besides, we'll use it for specific experience to strengthen the team." Reserve quarterback John Spahr isn't ready if something were to happen happen to starter Rick Scully, Raymond said; he also feels that running back Cliff Clement and tight end Tim Sager need work. Scully had another outstanding outing. He completed six of 13 passes for 111 yards and one touchdown.

That pass tied the Delaware record for career scoring passes of 38, set in 1969 by Tom DiMuzio. Scully also ran for 110 yards in 10 carries for two touchdowns, the first a 74-yard sweep around left end for the Hens' first score. Delaware's Kevin Phclan set the I-AA national record for kick returns when he took the opening kickoff. He also had a pair of punt returns to boost the record to 87. George Schmitt tied the Delaware record for single-season interceptions when he picked off an Al Locey pass midway through the second quarter.

Delaware rushed for 429 of its 555 total yards and had eight ballcarriers with double-figure yardage or better. But Bucknell, which finished at 4-6, was not without its outstanding efforts. Locey, the Bisons' senior quarterback, completed 13 of 26 passes for 255 yards, the best single-game effort of his career. It also gave him 1,595 passing yards for his career, surpassing the Bucknell record of 1,461 by Ron Giordano in 1962. East Carolina, Ingram finish Widener defeated in playoffs West Georgia captures overtime game, 31-24 2340 If cziJ Jt If ii fv I'll', NT y- i il it' emple, By Bill Livingston Inquirer Stall Writer He would sit there in his exile in Greenville, N.C., a town of 39,000 located two hours down Tobacco Road from' Raleigh.

And Kevin Ingram would dream of the day he came home. Ingram, East Carolina's junior quarterback from Dobbins High by way of the now-defunct Villanova football program, passed and ran Temple into a 23-10 defeat before 6,135 fans at Veterans Stadium yesterday. He ran for 105 yards 79 of them in the first half and two touchdowns, and he passed for 101 yards. Wheeling to the outside in East Carolina's option attack, Ingram directed an offense that kept possession of the football for an even 38 minutes. Against a Temple defense that had surrendered an average of only 111 yards per game rushing, he helped amass 394.

"I thought we'd have to be sky high," Ingram said, "because any team whose coach is leaving wants him to leave with a victory and a game ball. I thought that would build them up. But we came in fired up and just kept them from getting the ball." If this turned into a forlorn day for retiring Temple coach Wayne Hardin, it was a memorable one for Ingram and his family. "Oh, I was ready to play this game," Ingram said. "I've been thinking about this game since the beginning of the season, the chance to play before all my family and friends." Although he was recruited by Temple, Ingram chose Villanova.

Adjustment problems to being away from home "I'd never been away for more than two weeks at a time," he said limited him to only spot duty last year at ECU. Yesterday, Ingram effectively put Temple away on the Pirates' final drive of the first quarter. Jeff Heath, whose three field goals gave him a school record 16 for the season, had given ECU a 3-0 lead. A 79-yard, 11- Philadelphia Inquirer BERT FOX a second-quarter pass slip through his hands in the end zone 52-6, but season lies ahead By Gary Shelton KnightRidder News Service CARROLLTON, Ga. There will be a new king of the hill in Division III football this season.

It took three overtime "periods," a controversial call and a pass against the odds to do it, but unbeaten West Georgia College knocked defending champion Widener from the national playoffs yesterday, 31-24. "It was incredible," said West Georgia coach Bobby Pate, still breathing hard 20 minutes after the game. "It was the most exciting, amazing, unbelievable game I've ever been around." The Braves avenged a 10-3 loss to Widener in last year's playoffs, the only loss West Georgia has suffered since resurrecting its program two years ago. The game came down to three overtime periods, in which each team took possession on its opponent's 15-yard line for four plays. "I've never been around a game where a coach had to make more decisions than he did in this one," said Widener coach Bill Manlove.

"We played the entire day on guts." Widener forced the overtime periods with a 74-yard scoring drive in the final 3 minutes of regulation. ''It was the most beautiful drive I've seen since I've been at Widener," Manlove said. The, Pioneers, who had had only one first down in the second half, tied the game on an 11-yard pass from Bob Mangold to John Roche and Nick Pulos' extra point. "I thought about going for two," Malove said. "I decided this game was too important to ride on one play from three yards.

In overtime, you have lots of chances." Widener, which chose to play defense first in the overtimes, stopped the Braves on fourth-and-goal at the one and needed only a chip-shot field goal to win. On fourth down, however, Pulos' kick was ruled wide. "In my heart, I know it was good," said Pulos, who argued. "I'll sleep good tonight, because I know it was good. If I had missed it, I wouldn't sleep, because I would think I had let my teammates down.

But it was good." "I was at a bad angle," Manlove said. ''I won't comment on it." Again, Widener appeared to have the game won when Mangold passed to Jerry Forward for a touchdown on the first play of the second overtime. But on fourth-and-seven, West Georgia quarterback David Archer completed his only pass of the afternoon, a 12-yarder to Rusty Whaley. West Georgia's Harold Long then scored from the five in the third overtime, and Widener failed to score, Widener took an early lead, recovering a fumble at the Braves' 26 on the opening kickoff. Pulos cashed in with a 20-yard field goal.

West Georgia came back later in the period, when Trevon Daniels, who had 144 yards rushing before leaving with a muscle pull, went 71 yards on an option around right end. Widener reserve quarterback Dan Guy came in at the start of the sec-' ond period to lead the Pioneers on an 80-yard, 7'2-minute drive. Mangold, the starting quarterback, finished off the drive with a 13-yard pass to Tim Burns to make it 10-7. Lamar West ran the ensuing kick-off back 58 yards to the Widener 40, and the Braves scored in seven plays to regain the lead. West Georgia got a 31-yard field goal from Rob Rice to make it 17-10 early in the third period, but the Braves moved to the Widener 35, 15, 32, 40 and 26 in the second half without scoring.

Bishop 32, Wartburg 7 Bishop earned a shot at West Georgia in the semifinals with a win over Wartburg in Waverly, Iowa. Bishop quarterback David Parker threw for 359 yards and. touchdown passes of 16, 66, 56 and 51 yards. St. Lawrence 43, Wagner 34 Mark Ferrante threw three touchdown passes, and Leland Rogers rushed for two as St.

Lawrence (10-0) rallied for 23 points in the final period at Statcn Island, N.Y. Augustana 28, Baldwin-Wallace 22 No. 3-ranked Augustana defeated No. 1-rankcd host Baldwin-Wallace, breaking open an even game with 13 points in the final quarter. Temple's Jim Ermert watches Pitt rips Dan Marino Not celebrating yet iiiiiiSiwii Wayne Hardin Announcement came too soon play Temple drive then stalled at the one-foot line when defensive tackle Hal Stephens stopped Harold Harmon with 6 minutes left.

The visitors then went 99 yards in 11 plays, 46 of them, including the final 13, supplied by Ingram. He also completed passes of eight and 21 yards on the drive. "Sure, that took some starch out of us. Somebody goes 99.9 yards on you, it should," Hardin said. It also hurt Temple that ECU was the first option team it had played all 1 season.

And it hurt that injuries prevented the Owls from practicing in pads all week. But the biggest problem was the turmoil that surrounded Hardin's resignation, which was announced a week ago. "This game is played on emotion," said Owls captain Vinnie Mini. "If you have no emotion, any team can come out and beat you. "Coach Hardin said he made a mistake announcing he was retiring with one game left.

I guess that was the biggest thing. "We shouldn't have lost to them. We tried to get up, but we were just flat." the third quarter before Marino and the first-string offense left the game. Marino passed 10 yards to Keith Williams for a touchdown, Thomas ran a yard for another score and Eric Schubert kicked a 28-yard field goal in the third quarter. Reserve running backs Darnell Stone and Michael Boyd ran for Panthers touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

The Scarlet Knights were plagued by mistakes and turned over the ball, on all three of their third-quarter, possessions. Troy Hill and Rick Kraynak intercepted LaPrarie passes, and a fumble recovery set up Thomas' second touchdown, a one-yard run. Pitt led, 418-76, in total yardage as the Scarlet Knights managed only 29 yards on 29 rushing plays. Associated Press from making 39-yard reception a 21-0 lead with 4 minutes, 19 seconds still remaining in the first quarter. Julius Dawkins caught a seven-yard scoring pass from Marino to cap a 48-yard drive highlighted by two 16-yard completions to Joe McCall.

Marino and McCall also connected on a 14-yard scoring pass play. Cotton Bowl scouts, wearing "Win With Pitt" buttons on their lapels, saw Yogi Jones intercept a pass by Rutgers' Jacque LaPrarie and four plays later saw Bryan Thomas run two yards for a touchdown. The loss assured Rutgers (5-6) of its second consecutive losing season. The Scarlet Knights scored on a pair of 51-yard field goals by Alex Falcin-elli, the second kick coming on the final play of the game after Rutgers recovered a Pitt fumble. The Panthers scored 17 points in play third-ranked Penn State (9-1) on Friday at.

State College. "There was no doubt we wanted to go to the Bowl," Pitt coach Foge Fazio said. Marino completed 22 of 30 attempts and directed an offense that threw a few new wrinkles at the Scarlet Knights, including a no-huddle offense. "We've been getting criticized for some of the players walking to the line of scrimmage," Fazio said. "This our players didn't have to walk to the line of scrimmage.

they were already there. "There were a number of things we wanted to do, one of which was keep them off balance right off the bat. That's why we used the no-huddle offense and play-action passes." Marino directed the Panthers to three quick touchdowns as Pitt built Rutgers, From Inquirer Wire Services PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh routed Rutgers, 52-6, yesterday and immediately accepted a bid to the Cotton Bowl, but the Panthers said they're not ready to celebrate. Pitt still must play rival Penn State before making its New Year's Day appearance in Dallas against Southwest Conference-champion SMU, and quarterback Dan Marino said the players can't forget the 48-14 drubbing by the Nittany Lions last season. The loss cost Pitt the 1981 national championship.

"I'm pleased about the Cotton Bowl bid," Marino said after burying' Rutgers with three touchdown passes and 262 passing yards in less than three quarters of play. "But we're not celebrating until we play the team coming up this week." The sixth-ranked Panthers (9-1) Dave Brown. Geoff Andrews kicked a 24-yard field goal that stretched Dartmouth's lead to 30-0 at halftime. Dartmouth opened the second-half scoring with a three-yard TD run by Weissman. On the ensuing Princeton series, Woods threw a 17-yard TD pass to flanker Kevin Guthrie.

Woods hit Guthrie with a nine-yard scoring pass early in the final period, and fullback Farris Curry ran one yard for another TD with 3:10 left to make it 36-20. Weissman ran seven yards for Dartmouth's last TD with 1:54 left. The game capped Princeton's worst defensive season ever 316 points allowed. "We've been trying to overcompen-sate and wasting a lot of energy doing it," said Princeton coach Frank Navarro, whose team finished 3-7, 3-4. Navarro said this had been "my most disappointing season ever Dartmouth's triumph gains share of Ivy title Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J.

Sophomore quarterback Mike Caraviello passed for 196 yards, including three touchdowns, and backup tailback Rich Weissman rushed for 174 yards and two TDs to lead Dartmouth College to a 43-20 victory over Princeton yesterday and a share of the Ivy League football championship. Dartmouth, which finished with a 5-5 overall record, became an Ivy League co-champion with Penn and Harvard at 5-2 as coach Joe Yukica notched his 100th career victory. Starting tailback Sean Maher scored Dartmouth's first TD on a three-yard run. Caraviello, who began the season as a third-stringer, fired seven- and 53-yard TD passes to Jack Daly for a 21-0 lead. Caraviello produced his third TD with a two-yard pass to tight end Princeton's Ken Bruce (27) hurtles in too late to prevent Daly A.