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8-D Sunday. Oct. 7. 1979 Philadelphia Inquirer 4 Failure to make 'big play dooms Quakers, 12-7 ByChuck Newman NEW They owned the second half established squatter's rights in Columbia territory. They ran 50 offensive plays in the second half, an amazing 24 starting on' Columbia turf.

They struck as deep as the Lions' 21-yard line in the' third period and twice penetrated inside the 30 to the final quarter. The statistics are insignificant now. The one that counts after the game in the 103d year of Penn football history is, the loss by.a 12-7 score yesterday that leaves the Quakers 0-3 for the season. "We just couldn't seem to get that one big play," Penn Coach Harry Gamble said, emphasizing the statement with a slap of his hands. The Big Play.

Penn just missed it several times. One was a Doug Marzo-nie pass that flicked off the fingertips of wide receiver Nelson Johnson at the back line of the end zone with just 8:11 to play. It came after the Quakers had moved to the Columbia With a little more than three minutes to go, Marzonie had a pass intended for Johnson just tipped away with Penn at Columbia's 30. And with 1:47 left, Marzonie overthrew tight end Jerry Smith into an interception to end the Quakers' hopes. Marzonie, a 6-foot, 2-inch sopho more starting his first game, did little wrong.

The statistics show him 9-for-23 throwing, but that's misleading. He had at least four other cat-chable passes dropped. And he ran the option effectively. It appeared from the outset that Penn was en route to its third plastering of the season. Columbia took the ball 71 yards in seven plays after the opening kickof to open a 6-0 lead.

The Quakers ran four plays, then appeared on the way to further trouble before Penn roverback Mike Murphy aborted a Columbia drive with the first of his two interceptions. Columbia, however, did make it 12-0 with 3:50 remaining until halftime, driving 71 yards in 14 plays, exploiting what has been Penn's main shortcoming all season the middle of the defensive line. Running back Joe Cabrera, who staggered the Quakers' middle with 138 yards on the day, scored that second touchdown on a three-yard blast up the gut An intended pass for the two-point conversion was incomplete. Penn finally got it going offensively after the Lions' score. The Quakers went 59 yards in 10 plays, helped by a face mask penalty against Columbia.

Fullback Tim Mullowney crashed into the end zone with 38 seconds to go, and John Dwyer's conversion made it 12-7. The drive was a harbinger of things to come in the second half. The passing of Marzonie and the running of sophomore Paul Brodsky, who ended with 72 yards, kept the Columbia defense reeling. Only the knockout punch was missing. "And they (the missed opportunities) came on individual matchup plays that we had worked on all week," Gamble lamented.

Columbia Coach Bill Campbell cited the Lions' running game as the difference. "We're getting better each week," he said after his team rolled up 294 yards on the ground, more than its total in its two losses to Harvard and Lafayette. "We play Princeton next, and I hope we continue to improve." The Penn coach was no less optimistic. "We're getting better," Gamble said, repeating what he had said after a loss to Lehigh a week earlier, "At the beginning of practice, we couldn't throw the ball end-over-end." And he had special praise for Marzonie, who was to be his quarterback at the beginning of the season until a knee problem intervened. "Not too bad for somebody with only seven quarters of college experience," he said.

It wasn't bad. Neither was Penn's offense most of the day. The bad part for the Quakers comes at the bottom line, which reads 0-3. Carbone, Villella lead Brown over Princeton Flanker Kurt Staeudle closed Brown's second 76-yard drive with a 9-yard run into the end zone. Villella again did the honors on two more touchdowns with runs of six and three yards.

Kicker Bob Granfors booted a 17-yard field goal in the first quarter. Both Princeton scores were set up by Brown miscues. The first came after Princeton blocked a Tom Thurow punt in the second quarter, and recovered on Brown's 12-yard line. Quarterback Steve Reynolds hit Vince Battaglia seven plays later for the score. A conversion attempt failed.

Another Brown mistake, a fumble by Moran, gave Princeton the ball on Brown's 12-yard line. Larry Van Pelt carried it in on the next play, but again the conversion attempt failed. PROVIDENCE, R.I. Quarterback Larry Carbone passed for 156 yards and Rick Villella chalked up 114 yards on the ground as Brown trounced Princeton, 31-12, yesterday in Ivy League football at Brown Stadium. Despite Carbone's air attack.

Brown relied on a relentless ground game for all its scoring. The victory gave Brown a 2-1 record and dropped Princeton to 1-2, with both teams 1-1 in Ivy play. All Brown's scores were set up by long drives with tailback Villella doing most of the legwork. Fullback Marty Moran put Brown on the scoreboard first with a dive into the end zone from the 1-yard line, capping a 14-play, 80-yard march. mY' mp EXPERT 2 tMEREtNCT INROAD SERVICE INSPECTION TRUCi I ITS COSTLY OQWNTIE! NITE DAY INSPECTION SERVICE vJ ff ri Delaware vaney Largest GMC Truck Dealer Complete service department Certified Cummins Detroit Diesel mechanics A large stock of genuine GMC Bring your truck to Asplundh GMC for a complete inspection by highly skilled GM truck mechanics.

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I read the receiver. When they went back to it, I just stepped in front of-him and took the ball. It was a matter of timing." Linebacker K.C. Keeler had the timing in the closing minutes of the first period when he broke up Lehigh's first bonafide drive with an interception at the Delaware 33. Seven plays later, quarterback Scott Brunner fired a perfect 10-yard pass to halfback Lou Mariani, who was running a left-to-right pattern in the end zone.

On defense, the Hens were punishing the Engineers, particularly Andres. The Delaware defensive line got to Andres six times for 36 yards in losses. Three of those sacks were by Gregg Larson, a 6-foot, 1-inch, 195-pound defensive end. Despite 283 yards of total offense, the Hens had more than their share of problems moving the ball. Brunner was having one of those "just miss" days when his passes weren't finding receivers.

Brunner found the mark only eight times in 21 attempts for 111 yards. His lone interception (by Jeff Dunn) thwarted an early Hen drive. Sustained Delaware drives were few and far between. Only twice in the second half did the Hens move with any authority. And both drives were critical.

After Lehigh cut the gap to 14-7 on a 10-yard end-zone pass from Andres to Mark Yeager, the pressure was on Delaware's offense, which responded with a shocking ground attack by Bo Dennis. The 6-foot, 3-inch, 220-pound fullback carried eight straight times and chewed up 64 yards to the Lehigh three, using a 36-yard ramble on the way. On the ninth play, Brunner handed off to Lou Mariani on a sweep right. Mariani fumbled when nailed at the one. The ball bounced into the end zone, where halfback Ed Wood By Bill Simmons IHilrrSlofl Writer NEWARK, Del.

In the stop and go that is the heart of the game of foot-iJall, stop was the big winner yesterday. Lehigh University's Engineers came into Delaware Stadium with a 3-1 record and gaudy offensive statistics they were averaging 175 yards rushing and 170 yards passing, for instance. I Delaware was unimpressed. Its defense proceeded to shut down the Engineers at virtually every turn, the final score was 21-14, but it really Mf asn't that close. don't mean to take anything aVay from Lehigh they played a real gutsy game," Delaware Coach tubby Raymond said after his Blue Hens had raised their record to 4-1 before a crowd of 20,636, "but the store didn't have to be that close.

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