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Page 12d Sunday, September 17, 2000 The Sun 00 College Football Read, Towson take Morgan apart, 31-7 Navy's tricks fail to surprise Tech, which rolls, 40-13 Next for Towson Opponent Holy Cross Fitton Field, Worcester, Mass. When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Record: 2-0 Yesterday: Beat Harvard, 27-25 ft ft "They're down 28-7 and they're still talking." Towson had 259 yards rushing. Morgan State had 131 offensive yards, total, with its star tailback, Ali Culpepper, held to 54 yards on 18 carries, including a 3-yard touchdown that gave his team one of its few glimmers of hope. Even then, at 12:34 of the second quarter, Morgan was only beginning to dig itself out of a hole.

Blake had thrown scoring passes to Adam Overbey and Jon Grubb, which combined with a safety to give Towson a 15-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. "(The players liked to think they could turn it on anytime they wanted," said Morgan coach Stanley Mitchell, who was ejected from the game in the early part of the third quarter for stepping onto the field to protest what he saw as roughing of his punter, Eddie Henry. "But Towson never let us get back into the game. They turned it on us." Towson's defense, which still hasn't given up a second-half touchdown, sacked Morgan quarterback Custavious Patterson seven times and had nine sacks overall. Morgan State lowion I IS Hnt quarter Overbey 7 pass from Blake (Kulic kick), 7:45.

Team safety, 6:43. Crubb 4 pass from Blake (Troiani run failed), 1:21. Second quarter MS Culpepper 3 run (Ashton kick), 12:34. Third quarter T-fG Kulic 23, fourth quarter Head 9 run (Kulic luck), 9:00. TfG Kulic 32, 1:18.

4.817. KIM HA1R8TON! SUN STAFF Headache time: Morgan's Micah Ramseur 1 1 uses head to keep Towson's Jamal White from getting grip on ball. MS I irst downs 1 1 29 Rushes-yards 31-9 67-259 Passing 122 148 CompAttlnt 27-10-1 35-133 Return Yards 230 19 Punts-Avg. 934.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 32 Penalties-Yards 17-184 5-56 Tune of Possession 24:04 35:56 "He's going to make mistakes. This will probably be the best secondary we face all year." Blake, who finished with 148 yards on 13-for-35 passing, wasn't helped by his receivers, who twice dropped balls in the end zone.

The penalties, the eight combined turnovers and the late hits at the end of every other play might have been a sign of a hard-fought football game, but even the winners agreed that it made for less than pleasurable watching. "Not from our point of view," Towson offensive lineman John Junior rushes for 152; Bears own worst enemies with penalties, turnovers By Christian Ewell SUN STAFF Noah Read was great, but the game 4,817 watched at Minnegan Stadium was a mess as Towson handed Morgan State a straight-up, old-fashioned drubbing yesterday, 31-7. Read gained 152 yards on 29 carries and 55 more on five receptions. He became the first Tiger since Tony Vinson in 1993 to have three straight 100-yard rushing games. His lone touchdown, with nine minutes remaining, put the finishing touches on the victory.

"I really wanted to come out strong this week, because the past few weeks we'd been sluggish," said Read, whose first carry his longest of the day went for 27 yards. "I was making sure that I came out in the first quarter, and I thought our line did a great job today." As for the mess, where to begin? It's a mystery as to where Morgan State can find another penalty to commit. Seventeen penalties for 184 yards everything except roughing the kicker didn't just boggle the mind. They also pre-empted Morgan's drives and lengthened Towson's, accounting for a large part of the lopsided score. Bears free safety Melvin Coleman acknowledged the effect having seen an illegal block eliminate his 75-yard return of a fumble for a touchdown.

But he questioned some of the causes. "Some calls seemed legitimate, but there were a lot of ghost calls," said Coleman, who was about as heroic as one can imagine a player being when on the wrong side of a blowout. He made 15 tackles (12 unassisted) and intercepted two passes. Of course, it could have been more lopsided. Towson's Kris Blake, smooth in a 19-for-28, 276-yard performance last week, looked like a quarterback who was making his third start.

He threw three interceptions, balanced against two touchdown passes. "He's only in his third start," Towson coach Gordy Combs said. Next for Morgan Opponent Howard Site Greene Memorial Stadium, Washington When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Record: 0-3 Yesterday: Lost to Maine, 38-21 Nation Yale becomes Pittsburgh sends Penn St. packing with 12-0 victory FROM WIRE REPORTS i When the College Football Hall of Fame In South Bend, opens tomorrow, the game ball from Yale's 800th victory will be on display.

"We're part of history forever," wide receiver Eric Johnson said after the Elis' 42-6 victory over Dayton (2-1) yesterday in New Haven, Conn. In addition to the ball to honor the first school to reach 800, coach Jack Siedlecki said each player's name will be on a plaque in the Hall. Msummaiies Allegheny 31, Frostburg State 13 Frostburg State Allegheny 13 31 Flnt quarter FS Wood 94 kickoff return (McElhenny failed) Second quarter A-Smith 32 FG A Ream 56 run (Smith kick) A Ram 14 run (Smith kick) Third quarter A Thurman 72 pass from Cowart (Smith kick) Fourth quarter FS-McKenny 4 run (Greenfield kick) A Ream 1 run (Smith kick) Salisbury Methodist FS Al 10 18 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kiokoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Alt-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards -Time of Possession 37-93 55-291 94 154 7-38 5-139 0-0 11 260 0- 0 1- 1 6-48 26:09 531 2-20 0- 0 9-21-0 1 11 1- 0 11-98 33:51 (Rushing Frostburg State, cKenny 14-43, Jackson 2- 189, 9-18, Jones Passing 26-110. Receiving Dinbokowitz 1-5.

3- 31, McNeily Methodist Salisbury First quarter SS Ellis Second McDonald McDonald Fourth SS Boyce Keever -NA. First downs Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Interceptions Punts Time Of -Morgan State. Culpepper 18-54, Patterson 10 nnus 14, Pena 2 minus 14, lean), 1-minus If. low-son. Read 152.

lewis 8-52. Hams 8 27. liebel 5 20, Threadgili 319, Wilson 15, Blake 3 minus 16. Pawing--Morgan State, Patterson 9-24-1-122, Pena 1-3-0 0. Towson, Blake 13-35 3-148.

locohdng-Morgan State, Colkns 5 70, Lester 2-26, Walters 1-22. Stallmgs 1-4, Vinson 10. Towson, Read 5 55, Overbey 3 33, White 2-29, Hayes 1-16, Cunningham 1-11, Grubb 1-4. State Four fumbles contribute to Midshipmen's undoing By Sam Borden SPECIAL TO THE BUN ATLANTA Georgia Tech may have been surprised by Navy's tactics yesterday starting with an onside kick to begin the game but it was not beaten by them, ultimately routing the Midshipmen, 40-13. Navy coach Charlie Weatherbie was attempting to hold the Midshipmen's heads above water with laterals, shovel passes and an occasional no-huddle offense.

But his undersized team struggled vainly to keep Georgia Tech off balance at sold-out Bobby Dodd Stadium. And while the tactics worked for much of the first half (the margin was 13-6 at the break), the Yellow Jackets asserted themselves in the second half, piling 27 points on a wilted Navy defense. After the Midshipmen began the second half with a three-and-out punt, Georgia Tech quarterback George Godsey threw a 50-yard pass Tech's longest play from scrimmage this year to Kelly Campbell to give the Yellow Jackets a 20-6 lead. "I felt like we had an opportunity coming out in the second half," said Weatherbie, who watched his team unravel in the second half. "We were in the ballgame, but we didn't make it happen." Georgia Tech, on the other hand, seemed to remember that it nearly knocked off No.

2 Florida State a week ago and played that way in the second half. Navy, in contrast, resembled the squad that lost its season opener to Temple two weeks ago. "We had the chances to make big plays today, but the bottom line is that we didn't," said fullback Raheem Lambert, who rushed for 122 yards. Early on, Navy ran its traditional option offense to near-perfection, as junior quarterback Brian Broadwater mixed pitches and keepers to lead the Midshipmen on a opening drive. Ten plays after the Midshipmen's a 7-0 Hopkins lead with 4:31 left In the first quarter.

Martorana dived into the end zone from 8 yards out with 3:09 left in the second quarter for a 14-0 halftlme advantage. Heleniak completed two more touchdown passes in the second half, and Martorana added a 12-yard touchdown run at the 12:10 mark of the third quarter to ensure the win over the Garnet Tide Western Maryland 45, Gettysburg 27: Teron Powell scored three second-quarter touchdowns to lead the host Green Terror (2-1, 1-2) past the Bullets (0-3, 0-1) in Centennial Conference action. Joe Kendorski rushed for 176 yards on 28 carries while Jamie Harris threw for three touchdowns and rushed 14 times for 99 yards for the Green Terror. Gettysburg quarterback Dennis Flaherty was 20 of 39 for 276 yards and one touchdown. Methodist 17, Salisbury State 14: Phillip Keever kicked a 35-yard field goal with 54 seconds left to lift the host Monarchs (3-0) over the Sea Gulls (1-2) Keever's field goal capped a 15-play, 44-yard drive that ate up more than six minutes of the fourth quarter.

Reggie Boyce rushed for 124 yards and Tony Ellis gained 1 14 for Salisbury State. Ellis scored on a 33-yard run in the first quarter. Allegheny 31, Frostburg State 13: Shane Ream ran for 183 yards and three touchdowns to power the host Gators (1-2) past the Bobcats (0-1). The Gators amassed 425 total yards (271 rushing), and the Bobcats, who were playing without sophomore starting right tackle Jason Bauer (Havre de Grace), struggled for the second straight week, gaining 161 yards and 10 first downs. ASSOCIATED PRESS! 1 Taking the high road: Midshipmen quarterback Brian Broadwater hurdles Georgia Tech defenders during first-half action.

uriu, i fin ci i Next for Navy Opponent Boston College Site: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill Mass. When: Saturday, noon Record: l-i Yesterday: idle. successful onside kick to begin the game, kicker David Hills gave Navy its first field goal (from 36 yards) and first lead (3-0) of the 2000 season. It was one of the few highlights--of Navy's afternoon. The Midship- men committed four turnovers, all fumbles, three of which led to Yel- low Jackets scores.

At the end of I the day, Navy ran for more yards, passed for more yards and held the ball longer than Georgia Tech. But? Navy got trounced. "I think that's probably the best overall that the defense has played," said Tech linebacker Ri-" cardo Wimbush, who had 13 tack les. "They got a lot of yards, but when it came time to put points on the scoreboard, we mostly stopped them." What the game lacked in it made up for in originality. Thert were several bizarre plays, includ -V ing a kickoff return for a touch- down that didn't count by Navy's Dominic Bailey.

On that play, with 4 8:22 left in the second quarter. Bat- ley caught what was judged to be a3 forward lateral from Josh Bock. 1 But the gem in Weatherbie's bag of tricks was a Broadwater-to-Billy Hubbard-to-Gene Reese toucht! down pass in the third quarter. Af ter taking the snap at the Tertr 34-yard line, Broadwater stepped! back and shot a quick lateral toJ Hubbard, who was standing just inside the right sideline. The senior receiver turned and lofted a passJJ to a streaking Reese in the endM zone, bringing the Midshipmen, within 27-13 and giving them aj dash of hope in what would be at otherwise disastrous second "We put the play in before the Notre Dame game last year, and we practiced it the last two weeks," i said Hubbard.

"I played quarter- back in high school, so I threw passes then, but I had never done it in college." It wasn't close to enough for Navy. "You can't play anybody with four turnovers and expect to be in the ballgame," said Weatherbie. "I felt like our kids fought hard, but just did not play with good funda- mentals." Navy Georgia Tec 11 40 Flnt quarter N1G Hills 36, 10:32 Second quarter Gli-G Mangel 26. 8:22 GT Glover 1 1 pass from Godsey (Mangel kick), 0:57 NFG Hills 41, 0:11 Third quarter Gl Campbell 50 pass from Godsey (Mangel kick), 12:16 GT Gathers 6 fumble return (Manget kick), 9:21 N-Heese 34 pass from Hubbard (Hills kick). 3:16 Fourth quarter Gl Glove 10 pass from Godsey (Manget kick), 1 1:57 GT Ford 1 run Ikick failed), 1 Martorana leads Hopkins over Swarthmore, 35-0 first to notch victory No.

800 Tierney said. Tlerney was also upset that Blake was sacked for the first time this season. 'The offensive line is very disappointed," he said. "We wanted to protect him at all Unlike the first two games of this series' renewal, the scoreboard didn't lie. The team that won this game was the one that pushed the other around, frustrating it to the point of irrational lapses.

"They never stopped running their mouths," Towson defensive lineman Andrew Holling-sworth said of the Morgan team. between the intrastate rivals, the host Panthers (3-0) relied on John Turman's 272 yards passing and one touchdown, Nick Lotz's pair of field goals and a defense that held the Nittany Lions to 64 yards rushing to secure the victory. It was Pittsburgh's first win over Penn State (1-3) since a 14-7 win in State College in 1988. The Nittany Lions, who opened with losses to Southern California and Toledo, believed it had turned the corner after beating Louisiana Tech, 67-7, a week ago. "I thought we started well," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said.

"But then it just got away from us. Everyone was looking around, waiting for something to happea" Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Rel. Comp Att-lnl Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 6-192 5-86 00 fr22 3 4 29 6 32.0 00 7-57 26:48 Senior tailback Rashad Bartholomew rushed for three touchdowns and a career-high 201 yards the third-highest total in Yale history. And junior quarterback Peter Lee, starting his first game, completed 19 of 23 passes for 193 yards. "We didn't face much adversity," Siedlecki said.

"It was the best any of my teams have played in my coaching career." After the game, Bartholomew was smiling because Yale (1-0) got No. 800 before Michigan, which remains at 798 after losing to UCLA yesterday. "We were the first," he said. "Not Michigan or anyone else." Pittsburgh 12, Penn State 0: In the last scheduled game of the series Western Maryland wins; Methodist edges Salisbury FROM STAFF REPORTS Senior running back Scott Martorana rushed for a career-best 226 yards and scored three touchdowns two rushing and one receiving to power visiting Johns Hopkins past Swarthmore, 35-0, In a Centennial Conference football game yesterday. Junior quarterback Rob Hel-eniak connected on 15 of 21 attempts for 121 yards and three touchdowns for the Blue Jays (1-1, 1-0).

Heleniak threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Martorana for 4-109 1-0 3-40 15 22 0 2-15 4 27.2 3 1 4-31 33:12 Pojanowskl 46 pass from Flaherty (run failed), 7:37 WM-FGSandrock 22, 11:40 WM Wingeart 33 interception return (Sandrock kick), 14:46 Fourth quarter Nicholas 4 run (Evanko kick), :24 WM Jackson 18 pass from Harris (Sandrock kick). 3:05 G-Smith 1 run (Evanko kick), 4:56 2.480. Perkins 5-22, Wood 2-5, Hale 6-7, 9-16, Swann 10. Allegheny, Ream Cowart 13-66, Shear 2-12, Snyder 3-6. Frostburg State, Jackson Allegheny, Cowart 21-9-0.

Frostburg State, Brown 4-48, 4-29, McKenny 2-12, Seward Allegheny, Thurman 5-122, Snyder 1-1. 17, State 14 Rushing Salisbury State, Boyce 17-124, tlhs 17-117, Harrison, 1-0, Rhoades 1-0, Mollet 9-23. Methodist, Brumbies 11-26, Corea 4-17. McDonald 14-21, Wilkerson 1-5, Daniels 7-6, Mebane 8 4. Passing Salisbury State, Mollet 6-3-2.

Methodist, Daniels 30-16-2, Rodriguez 1-0-0. Receiving Salisbury State, Stark 2 20, Ellis 1-11. Methodist, Marion 9-104, Powe 2 43, Brown 2 21, Wilkerson 2 19. Kearney 1-(-6). Missed FG Salisbury State, Pusey 20 (blocked).

Johns Hopkins 35, Swarthmore 0 State 7 -I Rushing Swarthmore, Clark 28-133, Murray 3-2. Johns Hopkins, Marotrana 27-226, Stache 3 24, Davis 5-20, Lightfoot 2-6, Johnson 3-6, Heleniak 6-12. Passing Swarthmore, Murray 22-9 3. Johns Hopkins, Heleniak 21-15-0, Baylin 1-0-0. Receiving Swarthmore, Andres 2 25, McManimen 2-14, Schembs 1-15, Wilkams 1-12, Atkins 18, Ntoso 13, Clark 1-(-2).

Johns Hopkins, Baylin 8 60, Tucker 2-15, Martorana 2-8, Baker 1-24, Johnson 1-9, Baskett 15. Western Maryland 45, Gettysburg 27 WM First downs 19 22 Rushes-yards 35-47 64-292 Passing 276 104 Comp-Att-Int 20-39-1 8-15-1 Return Yards 145 185 Punls-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 5-55 6-54 Time of Possession 27:33 32:27 Johns Hopkins Swarthmore 33 run (Pusey kick) quarter 1 run (Keever kick) 2 run (Keever kick) quarter 1 1 run (Pusey kick) 35 FG II 61 First downs 25 18 Rushes-yards 52-165 40-139 Passing 199 166 Comp-Alt-Int 24-40-0 10-190 Return Yards 89 67 PuntsAvg. 4-36 545 Fumbles-lost 6 4 3-1 Penalties Yards 6 39 5 45 Time of Possession 35:27 24:33 7 -t Gettysburg Western Md. i First quarter JH Martorana 6 pass from Heleniak (Andradekick) Second quarter JH Martorana 8 run (Andrade kick) JH Baylin 16 pass from Heleniak (Andradekick) Third quarter JH Martorana 12 run (Andrade kick) Fourth quarter JH Baskett 5 pass from Heleniak (Andrade kick) R-655.

Rushing Gettysburg. Smith 12-67, Poja-nowski 3-19, Nicholas 5-8, Tossano 6 7, Boyd 1-minus 7, Flaherty 8-minus 47. WMaryland, Kendorski 28-169, Harris 14-89, Brown 7-18, Powell 2-12, Zimmerman 1-5, Crowell 2 nanus 1 Passlng-Gettysurg, Flaherty 20 39 1-276. WMaryland, Harris 8 15-1-104. Receiving Gettysburg, Pojanowski 6-95, Smith 6-32.

Nicholas 3-31, Jordan 2-38, Toscano 2-8, Boyd 1-66, Nocar 1-6. WMaryland, Powell 4 64, Jackson 2-28, Je-gede Ml, Kendorski 1-1. 4 1 45 SS 15 17 Rushes-yards 45-264 45-79 31 181 00 14 Returns 4-78 2-42 Ret. 2-23 2-7 Comp-Att-Int 3-6-2 16-31-2 Sacked-Yards tost 1-1 2-6 Fumbles-Lost 6-3 1-1 Penalties-Yards 13 89 10-90 Possession 27:47 32:13 Huahlng -Navy. Lambert 19-118, Coleman 4-29, Bock 5-lb, Reese 4 6, Haines 2-4, Broadwater 18 (minus 1 18).

Georgia lech, Burns 11-58, Ford 14 56, Gregory i 8 19, Glover 17, Godsey 3 6, Mall 3 (minus 7). Pauing -Navy, Broadwaler 23 38 0 165, Hubbard 1 1 0 34, learn 010-0. Georgia lech, Godsey 10 19 0 166. Receiving -Navy, Reese 7-69, Rampani 6 57. Bock 6 40, Bailey 2-11.

Hubbard 1-9. Wilkams 1-6, 1-4, lambed 12. Georgia lech, Campbell 4-78, Glovatl 3 32, Burns 2 46. Muyres 1 10. Second quarter WM-Powell 5 run (Sandrock kick).

1:47 WM-Powell 32 pass from Harris (Sandrock kick), 7:22 WM Powell 5 pass from Harris (Sandrock kick), 13:56 Third quarter Get Moore 41 interception return Evanko kick), 1:11 WM Harris 4 run (Sandrock kick), 5:00 JH 11 25 31 135 46-291 75 121 First downs Rushes-yards Passing.