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latolpfita Inquirer "HI; colleges Sunday, Nov. 8, 1981 9-E Delaware routs Penn to keep playoff hopes alive Quakers' offense ineffective as Blue Hens breeze, 404 ''1 1 fcpetr I' i V' li By Bill Simmons Inquirer Stall Writer i If it was, as Delaware coach Tubby Raymond said, the kind of game his Blue Hens needed, it was just the opposite for Jerry Berndt and his Penn Quakers. Delaware, playing at Franklin Field yesterday for the first time since suffering consecutive losses of 89-0. 35-0 and 89-0 to Penn some six decades ago, rolled to a 40-6 victory to raise its record to 6-2 and keep alive its hopes of making the Division 1-AA playoffs. Penn (1-6) did very little right on this cold and blustery afternoon, which sent a constant chill through the crowd of 10,117.

"We just got whipped," said Berndt. "I thought our defense played fairly well at times, but this was, if not the worst, then the second-worst offensive performance of the year. We couldn't run, we couldn't pass and we couldn't catch. Sometimes people look for excuses. But I don't think you could find any today if you tried." Much of what happened, especially in the first half, could only be described as an exercise in futility.

Consider the first play; Quarterback Doug Marzonie threw a pass to halfback-John Shirk, who dropped it. Two plays later, Marzonie passed to flanker Rich Syrek, and he also dropped the ball. Ed Gramigna's punt followed, and Delaware receiver Kevin Phelan was jostled after signaling for a fair catch. The result was a 15-yard penalty, and Delaware -started its first offensive series at the Penn 37, The Hens didn't need that kind of. help, but when they got it, they showed their appreciation by scoring in three plays, with fullback Bob Dougherty getting the final seven yards on what almost looked like a leisurely The first of K.C.

Knobloch's five placements gave the Hens all the points they would need. Penn got its initial first down on the next series, but the first of six sacks that the Hens put on Marzonie (for minus 52 yards) left the Quakers at their 27, the original line of scrimmage. And when the wind caught Gramigna's ensuing punt, Delaware started this time from the Penn 40, and, seven plays later, Phelan skirted left end for the final nine yards. After only 8V2 minutes, Delaware was up, 14-0, and the ingredients for" a major rout were clearly there. It didn't look much better for the Quakers in the final minute of the opening period, when Delaware's Jim Newfrock broke through to block Gramigna's punt out of the end zone for a safety and a 16-0 lead.

Penn's defense stiffened in the second quarter, sending Delaware away with nothing after the Hens had driven 43 yards to the Quakers' 20. But three plays later, the offense gave the ball back when Marzonie Philadelphia Inquirer VICKI VAL6RI0 6 elaware's JWark Carlson leaps to catch a pass near goal line as teammate John Cason moves to hold off Penn's John Waterfield o. 2 Clemson holds off UNC, 10-8 made a bad pitch to Steve Rubin, and the ball bounced into the waiting arms of Delaware's Joe Valentine at the Penn 13. Three plays later, Dougherty scored his second touchdown on a three-yard run for a 23-0 half-time lead. "We made a point of going over every offensive mistake during half- time," Berndt said.

So what did the Quakers do to start the third period? They picked up where they left off. The defense stopped the Hens in their territory, forcing a Rick Titus punt against the wind. But the ball hit the helmet of Penn's Matt Finn, and Bill Maley's recovery gave Delaware the ball on the Penn 27. On the second play. Cliff Clement broke up the middle 27 yards on the way to a 30-0 lead.

Late in the third period, after Gary Vura had replaced Marzonie at quarterback, the Penn offense got moving. With 3:50 left in the quarter, the Quakers crossed midfield for the first time in the game. They drove to the Delaware 17 before being thrown back to the 23 and turning the ball over on downs. The Henstticn mounted their est drive of the day, moving 77 yards in 13 plays, with Villanova transfer John Cason gaining the final yard early in the fourth quarter. Knob- loch scored Delaware's final points on a 28-yard field goal with 5:11 to Play.

Vura started Penn's offense moving again after the kickoff, on which a clipping penalty put the Quakers back on their nine-yard line. The Quakers went the 91 yards in 10 plays, with Vura passing 14 yards for the touchdown with just 38 seconds i to play. Then, according to Berndt, things got nasty. After Delaware recovered an onside kickoff at its 49, sub quar- i terback John Davies fired a 29-yard pass to Cason. Another pass fell in- complete before John Gudak went up the middle for three yards on the final play of the game.

"Obviously, they were trying to put more points on the board," Berndt said. Raymond denied any attempt to roll up the score. "Davies called his own plays on that series," said 'Raymond, whose Hens have won nine straight games over Division 1-A opponents since losing to Temple early in the 1979-season. "If we, wanted to score more, we would have called time out. Of course, we could have run quarterback sneaks.

How would that have looked?" Delaware's playoff hopes, lessened by losses to 1-AA opponents Lehigh and Youngstown State, aren't as dim as some may think, Raymond con-Mended. "If we finish 9-2, 1 don't see how we can miss," he said. Last year, Delaware just missed the four-team tournament with a 9-2 record, and the field has been doubled this year. Garnet captures 6th in row Associated Press WESTMINSTER. Md.

The third interception of the day by Swarlh-more's Ed Greene set up the game's only touchdown as the Garnet scored a 7-3 victory over Western Maryland yesterday. The victory, Swarthmore's sixth straight, improved the Garnet's record to 7-1, breaking the school record for most victories in a season. Greene's interception came in the fourth period, with Western Maryland leading, 3-0. He snagged a pass by Green Terrors quarterback Jim Selfridge on Western Maryland's. 33-yard line.

Swarthmorc halfback Ed Meehan then scored the game-winning touchdown on a one-yard plunge. Western Maryland's only score came on a 39-yard field goal by Rich Johnson in the first quarter. Both teams squandered scoring opportunities, as each was shut down in a fourth-and-goal situation. Swarthmore kicker Phil Favellato missed on three field goal attempts before booting the extra point after By Barry Jacobs SptciaHcTht Inquirer CttAPEL HILL, C. It was like the script from old Ropald Reagan Two, top 10 football teams were meeng in a game that would probably dtecide the Atlantic poast Conference championsihip' and eliminate, one from major-bowl consideration.

the game(approached, reports surfed that the home team's star tailbick, injured more than a month earlipi'land thought to be out for the season; would come back to play in the wg one. Sur enough, when the eighth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels, tookhe field beforfc a record crowd of leading the way was Kelvin Bryailt. "I was ready to play," said Bryant, who had been a blossoming Heisman Trohpy candidate and the nation's leading scorer, with IS touchdowns, when he tore cartilage and sprained ligaments in his left knee Oct. 3. "I felt real good running out there Thee was only one thing wrong couldn't punch it in for a touchdown, and had to settle for field goals twice.

Clemson managed one touchdown, and that plus one field goal proved to be enough. The Tigers' first scoring drive came early in the second a 22-yard field goal Brooks Barwick that gave UNC a 3-0 lead. r'V' Powering inside wijh 6-fbot-3, 225-pound fullback Jeff McCall and going wide enough to keep the honest, the Tigers, used 14 playsi to move from their own 19 for the score. Quarterback Homer Jordan mixed in several passes, one to flanker Jerry Gaillard for 13 yards and one to split end Perry Tuttle for 16. It was the 29th consecutive game in which Tuttle, a senior, had caught a pass.

McCall went the last seven yards, and Bob Pauling's conversion gave Clemson a 7-3 lead with 6:54 left in the half. Carolina came back to close the margin in the waning seconds of the first half, after a 51-yard Jeff Hayes punt had pinned Clemson at its 22. tr. Georgia stops Florida oi 4 TDs by Walker? Miami tops Fla. State with the story line Clemson's second-ranked Tigers (9-0) shut down Bryant and Carolina's offense every time they needed to for a 10-8 win.

There were ho heroics for Bryant, who said he Wouldn't cut well "because I didn't have all my flexibility." He gained only 31 yards on 13 carries against the Tigers. UNC (7-2), ninth in the; NCAA with 281 yards Crushing per game, could manage only 84 yards(on the ground all afternoon. It was defense that ruled the day, and, in the end, Clemson's was just a little bit tougher. Initially peeved because ABC would not televise the game national-, ly, ACC officials must have been relieved at the lack of exposure after the two teams fumbled eight times, six in the first half. On its first five plays, Carolina fumbled twice, saw its quarterback fall down and lost seven yards on a sack.

Clemson's initial punt traveled 18 yards. Each team managed only two sustained drives. The Tar Heels, eighth in the nation in total offense, South back Jim Kelly, who passed for 273 yards, engineered two fourth-quarter scoring drives to break open a tight game and lead the 13th-ranked Hurricanes over the 14th-ranked Semi-noles in Tallahassee, Fla. The victory boosted Miami's record to 6-2. Florida State is 6-3.

S. Mississippi 7, Miss. State 6 Tailback Sammy Winder plunged a yard for a touchdown, and the 20th-ranked Golden Eagles survived a late scare to edge the 15th-ranked Bulldogs in Jackson, Miss. Southern Mississippi (7-0-1) held Mississippi State quarterback Tim Parenton inches short on a fourth-and-one play to kill the Bulldogs' last threat at the Southern Mississippi 33 with 1:26 left in the game. The Bulldogs fell to 6-3.

Winder said the victory was bigger than the Eagles' 13-13 tie with Alabama earlier this year. "Tying Alabama was big, but it's always better to win' than to tie," he said. Duke 31, Wake Forest 10 Sophomore tailback Mike Grayson rushed for 188 yards on 17 carries and fired a third-quarter touchdown pass to lead the Blue Devils over the Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C. The victory raised Duke's record to 54, 2-2 in the ACC. Wake Forest dropped to 3-7, 1-5 in the ACC.

Kentucky 17, Vanderbilt 10 Andy Molls returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown with 5:29 to play in leading the Wildcats to a come-from-be-hind, Southeastern Conference victory in Nashville. Using its last timeout of the half, Carolina forced Clemson to punt. The snap to kicker Dale Hatcher was UNC's Danny Barlow blocked the kick, and the ball rolled through the end zone for a safety, cutting the score to 7-5. Eight minutes into the third quarter, Clemson made it 10-5, on a 39-yard field goal by Donald Igwebuike; Again, Clemson kept to the ground, with Jordan attempting only three passes in a 13-play, 50-yard drive. The Tar Heels mounted their last serious threat on the next possession, the only time all afternoon backup quarterback Scott Stanka-vage was able to lead the team to more than three consecutive first downs.

UNC pushed to the Clemson four, but Bryant ran wide right for a i five-yard loss, two passes fell incom- plete, and UNC settled for a 26-yard '( field goal. Carolina's defense thwarted three Zlemson and forced a 'umble of a punt in the last period, Dut the offense couldn't capitalize. So much for happy endings. points that Pacific received when strong safety Darryl Ragland blocked Chris Norman's punt into and beyond the South Carolina end zone. Auburn 20, N.

Texas State 0 Auburn quarterback Joe Sullivan hit Ed West on a 42-yard touchdown pass as the Tigers (54) jumped to an early 17-0 lead and prevailed in Auburn, Ala. The Auburn victory before a homecoming day crowd of some 63,000 was highlighted by Al Del Greco's school record 45th straight extra point. The Eagles fell to 1-8. Harvard 23, William Mary 14 y't Auodbred Press AfiftAmerica Herschel Walker scored four touchdowns, the last on a one-yard diye with 2 minutes, 31 secwiis remaining, as fourth-ranked Georgia overcame an early 14-point deficit and defeated Florida, 26-21, in Jacksonville, yesterday. Walker's plunge capped a 95-yard drive on which, he was the workhorse, carrying 11 times for j65 yards.

The score erased Flori-da'sP'21-20 lead, which came early in the'final quarter when Wayne Peace fired his second touchdown pass of thegame, a 10-yarder to Spencer Jackson. Walker, who ran for 190 yards on 45 carries to go over the ca-reeTmark in only 20 contests, also scojd on a four-yard run and hauled in two touchdown passes from Buck "TJhrat is the greatest that I have seesiWalker run all year and I think it jgf'obvious that he was the differ-enawn the ball game," said Florida coasS Charley Pell. "Jhink I'm playing super com-paii -to last year," Walker said. ThfiEJ ihas been some criticism that hejwasn't having as good a year as hisJreshman season because he has failgj to break any long touchdown run. Asked if Florida hit him harder than any team he has faced, Walker said: really couldn't say, but they hitreal well." The victory was the sixth straight for! Georgia, lifting its record to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the Southeastern Conference, gaining a tie for the lead with Alabama.

Florida fell to 5-4 and 2-3 in the SEC. Miami 27, Florida 19 -i. Quarter- United Press International Georgia's Herschel Walker plows through defenders in the Bulldogs 26-21 victory over Florida Harvard quarterback Ron Cuccia directed a slow-moving ground attack and threw a few key passes to lift the Crimson (4-3-1) over the Indians (3-6) in Williamsburg, Va. Tennessee 24, Wichita State 21 Freshman Fuad Reveiz kicked a 29-yard field goal with 13 seconds remaining to lift the Volunteers (5-3) over the Shockers' (4-5-1) in Tulane 14, Maryland 7 Mike McKay threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Green Wave (4-5) over the Terrapins (34-1) in New Orleans. The Wildcats are 1-3 in the SEC and 2-6 overall.

Vanderbilt slipped to 3-6 overall and 1-4 in the SEC. Richmond 4S, VM 14 Senior Barry Redden ran for three touchdowns as the Spiders (3-5) ended a string of four losses to state-rival Virginia Military (5-2-1) with a sur-, prising rout in Lexington, Va. Pacific 23, South Carolina 21 Alternating quarterbacks Harley Miller and Grayson Rogers passed for 335 yards and three touchdowns to lead Pacific (4-5) to an upset over the Gamecocks (6-4) in Columbia, S.C. But the margin of victory was two Mcehans touchdown. Swarthmore's leading rusher was Kevin Legasse, with 31 carries for 106 yards.

Quarterback Steve Massi completed 18 of 33 passes, without an interception, for 164 yards. Selfridge was the leading rusher for Western Maryland, with 15 carries for 104 yards. He completed six of 24 passes, for 64 yards and three interceptions. Swarthmore is second in the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division with a 6-1 conference record, and plays first-place Widener Saturday in its final game of the season. Western Maryland is 5-2-1 overall and 5-2 in MAC play..