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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 12-E S.mHav rw. fl 1M1 The Philadelphia Inquirer jj Behind Bourassa, New Hampshire i By Bruce Johnson peaai la Vu Inquirer NEWARK, Del. Barry Bourassa scored three touchdowns and racked up 341 all-purpose yards yesterday to lead New Hampshire, ranked 20th in Division I-AA, to a 4S28 upset of No. 5 Delaware in a Yankee Conference game. Before a homecoming crowd of 23,390 at Delaware Stadium, Bourassa rushed for 173 yards on 25 carries, scoring on runs of 32 and 34 yards, as the Wildcats improved their record to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

But one of the key plays in the game was his 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the third quarter. The Blue Hens (4-1, 2-1) were domi nated in the first half, trailing by 24-7 and managing just 110 yards of total offense. But they came out firing in the second half, marching 66 yards on eight plays after the kick-off. Quarterback Bill Vergantino capped the drive with a 13-yard touchdown run as Delaware closed to within 24-14. However, Bourassa took the ensuing kickoff at his own 5, veered left, avoided two tackles, and darted down the sideline untouched for a touchdown that restored the Wildcats' 17-point lead.

"We felt they had momentum after scoring on their opening drive," said Bourassa, who totaled 162 yards on four kickoff returns. "The runback got the crowd out of it and them out of it, so the timing was key." The Blue Hens, who were off to their best start since 1974, hurt themselves with eight turnovers five fumbles and three interceptions. Four turnovers resulted in UNH scores, two ended key drives deep in Wildcats territory, and one fumble occurred late in the game when the Hens still had a chance to pull it out. "Obviously, we're not pleased with the ball game and we just turned the ball over too many times to be competitive," Delaware coach Tubby Raymond said. "Yet, there still were a lot of good things invovled with the game, and despite all the prob lems, we never quit." The Hens' only lead came early in the first quarter, when Anthony Ventresca answered a Wildcats field goal with an 87-yard kickoff return that made it 7-3.

But UNH intercepted Vergantino twice and scored three times in the last nine minutes of the first half. Bourassa scored from 32 yards out and quarterback Matt Griffin threw scoring passes of 9 yards to John Perry and 23 yards to David Gamble. The Blue Hens' offense got unpacked in the second half, gaining 275 yards and scoring on Vergan-tino's 8-yard pass to Keita Malloy and Jim Lazarski's 4-yard run. But it wasn't enough to overcome the Wild cats, who won their fourth straight game. Although the loss knocked Delaware out of a share of the conference lead, which is now held by Villanova and New Hampshire, Raymond remained optimistic.

"We still have six games left in the season, and no Yankee Conference championship has been won with a team without at least one loss," he said. "We're still in it." NH Bourassa 95 kickoff return (Hielte kick) UD Malloy 8 ps from Vergantino (Drozic NH Bourassa 34 run (Hielte kick) UD Lazarski 4 run (Drozic kick) NH Green 2 run (Hielte kick) A 23 390 NH UO First downs Rushes-yards 43-206 33-137 Passing 20 '08 Return Yards 38 43 Comp-Att-Int 18-37-2 10-27-3 Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties- Yards 12-124 7-35 Time of possession Jo: 23.11 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: New Hampshire. Bourassa. 25-173. McClinton.

7-25, Green 5-7. Delaware, Lazarski. 9-70, Malloy 1-23. Vergantino. 11-14.

-r. Passing: New Hampshire, Griffin, 16-33-2-183, Green 2-4-0-25. Delaware, Vergantino, 10-27-3-138 Receiving: New Hampshire. Gamble 6-103, Perry 5-69. Bourassa 3-6.

Delaware. Malloy B-86. Cooper 2-18, Johnson 1-21. New Hampshira Delaware 3 21 7 1445 7 0 14 728 NH FG Hielte 27 UD Ventresca 87 kickoff return (Drozic kick) NH Perry 9 pass from Griffin (Hielte kick) NH Bourassa 32 run (Hjelte kick) NH Gamble 23 pass from Griffm (Hielte kick) UD Vergantino 13 run (Drozic kick) upsets Delaware Princeton turns back Colgate Revis' two scores lead Indiana (Pa.) to 54-10 victory Small colleges I li 'IS 'V JrV. ST all" I 1 1 ifTH 4 i v- The Philadelphia Inquirer JERRY LODRIGUSS By Johnathan D.

Rockoff Special la The Inquirer PRINCETON Running back Keith Elias of Princeton was just about unstoppable yesterday against the Red Raiders of Colgate. Elias pounded out 200 yards on the ground and scored three downs to lead the Tigers past Col- gate, 30-21, at Palmer Stadium. Two plays after Rick Brown had missed a 45-yard field-goal attempt that would have given Colgate a one-point lead with less than four minutes remaining, Elias raced 69 yards for a touchdown to put the game out of reach. The Tigers (3-0) scored on their first two possessions en route: to their best start since 1975. ''We're for real," said Princeton coach Steve Tosches.

"We're not impostors; we're for real." 1 Elias, a sophomore tailback, hit the hole hard and plowed through the Red Raiders' defense like a locomotive before outrunning the defensive backs en route to the deciding touchdown. His was the first 200-yard gaJhe against Colgate (14) since Gil Fen-erty, now a running back with the New Orleans Saints, ran for 230 yards against the Red Raiders six years ago while playing for Holy Cross. "Let's face it," Tosches said, "Keith Elias is an outstanding back. Not only does he break tackles, he outruns everybody." Elias opened the game catching a short screen pass, which he took 55 yards along the sideline and into the end zone after breaking three tack- les. He averaged nearly 9 yards on'23 rushes, including his first touchdown run of 40 yards early in the fourth quarter.

"I was in the secondary all day, and if the line gets me in the secondary, big things should happen," Said Elias, from Lacey Township, N.J. Not only did Elias break out, but this game showed the promising outlines of a Princeton attack that will face Ivy League opponents in six of its seven remaining games. Elias was just one prong in a jelling Princeton offense centered around his smash-mouth running, Chad Roghair's pinpoint passing, and speedy Michael Lerch's nifty receiving. Roghair, Princeton's big, strong-armed quarterback, completed 12. of 18 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns.

His second on the Tigers' second possession was a 13-yarder over the middle to Lerch. "I think there are some big things that are going to happen here," Roghair predicted. The swarming defense, spearheaded by the defensive line's strong pass rush, bent but did not break. Colgate quarterback Jim Russell, who passed for, 308 yards and one touchdown, rolled left and rolled right in guiding the Red Raiders up and down the field. One play after Princeton punter Jason Scott had run with a bad snap but failed' to reach a first down, Russell connected with George Delaney on a 17-yard touchdown strike.

But overall, the Red Raiders failed to convert their scoring opportunities twice when they were inside the Princeton 5 and, most important, when the game was on the Trailing by two points with seven minutes left, Colgate began a nine-play drive from its own 34. After Delaney took a reverse 17 yards to the Princeton 35, the Red Raiders were another first down away from a makeable, game-winning field goal. They did not get the first down.On a fourth-and-3 play at the Princelon 28, Brown, the Colgate kicker, misjed wide. Following a 2-yard plunge, Elias charged up the middle again, then cut to the outside and raced tot his third touchdown, sealing the Princeton win. Colgate Princeton 0 7 7 721 14 0 3 1330 ll()linil 1UI Lerch 13 pass from Roghair (Ertischek kick) Russell 3 run (Brown kick) FG Ertischek 40 Whaling 20 pass from Russell (Brown kick) Elias 40 run (kick fail) Delaney 17 pass from Russell (Browk kick) Elias 69 run (Ertischek kick) A 10,842.

Colgate Prince First downs 20 17 Rushes-yards 41-116 '47-213 Passing 308 220 Return Yards 39 08 Comp-Att-Int 12-39-2 12-18-1 Punts 5-42 6-36 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 I 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-61 7-70 Time of Possession 32' 10 I 27-50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Colgate, Norton 12-60, Sparacio 14-27. Russell 13-34, Delaney 1-17, Napoli 1-6 Princeton, Elias 23-202, Hamilton 14-36 Rudolph 3-8, Roghair 6-2, Scott 1-0. Passing: Colgate, Russell, 18-38-2-308 Lane 0- 1-0-0. Princeton, Roghair 12-18-1-220 Receiving: Colgate, Paredes 4-40, Napoli 3-2 1 Delaney 3-50, Newbert 2-23, Colistra 2-32 Sparacio 1-26, Whaling 1-20, Norton M5' Angevme 1-31. Princeton, Lerch 5-79, Elias 2-64, McCloskey 2-32, Rudolph 2-28, Hamilton 1- 19.

Under pressure from Lafayette's Scott Naughton, Quakers QB Jim McGeehan prepares to pass. Third loss is the hardest! Penn falls to Lafayette Associated Press Tailback Cliff Revis scored twice and gained 62 yards to lead unbeaten Indiana University of Pennsylvania (No. 1 Division II) to a 54-10 rout of Towson State last night in Towson, Md. 54 points were a season high for Indiana, which improved to 5-0. Towson State dropped to 0-4.

Running backs Michael Mann, Charles Peoples and Jay Murray also 'ran for one touchdown each. Mann led the Indians' rushing attack, gain-11 ing 129 yards on 21 carries. 1 Indiana scored on its opening drive, reaching the Towson State 8-" yard line before settling for a field goal by John Jaworski. Towson State the score with a field goal of its own later in the first quarter, but never took the lead. Indiana added 10 more points in the first half and broke the game open by outscoring Towson State, 21- 7, in the third quarter.

Indiana finished with 482 total while holding Towson State to Towson State's only touchdown came on a 4-yard pass by freshman Dan Crowley to tight end Sean Patterson with 43 seconds left in the Cl third quarter. Shippensburg 24, Slippery Rock 20 Bill Pettyjohn's 1-yard touchdown with 2 minutes, 54 seconds left in the concluded a 68-yard drive as unbeaten Shippensburg (No. 15 Division ID rallied for the victory over Slippery Rock in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game in 1 Shippensburg. Brian Gilbert guided the Raiders 68 yards in 12 plays for the winning score. Until then, Shippensburg (5-0 overall, 2-0 conference) had not had a second-half first down and had blown a 17-0 third-quarter lead.

John Linhart led Slippery Rock (3-: as the Rockets rallied for three touchdowns. i Linhart scored on a 1-yard run to i conclude a 63-yard drive and passed 1 19 yards to Duane Hitchcock for an-T'other score, which followed a fumbled punt at the Shippensburg 20. r' Hitchcock set up the next by blocking a punt, which "'wound up at the Shippensburg 28, "'and Roosevelt Carson scored five later, from the 4, to give Slip-'i'pery Rock a 20-17 lead. After Shippensburg regained the lead, Slippery Rock drove to the Ship-pensburg 37, but Jeff Fickes on fourth down to seal the '(victory. The interception was the 14th of his career and broke the "'school record, set by Brian Clement "in 1979.

Edinboro 17, Clarion 9 Derrick Russell rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown, and quarterback Jody Dickerson ran for another score, rielping Edinboro (No. 19 Division II) defeat Clarion in another PSAC 'game, in Clarion. Russell rushed 24 times, including a 2-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that gave Edinboro (4-1 a 17-3 lead. Dickerson opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 2-yard 1 touchdown run. The Scots also got a 30-yard field goal from Scott Rupert.

Quarterback Tim Myers of Clarion (2-3) threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Tim Smith in the fourth quarter but struggled most of the afternoon, ''completing only 15 of 44 passes for f'229 yards. Paul Cramer kicked a 27-yard field goal for Clarion on the last play of the first half. Kutztown 67, Bloomsburg 19 'Andy Breault broke a record with "'seven touchdown passes, targeting ''Mark Steinmeyer for four and William James for a 67-yarder, as Kutz- town (2-2, 1-1) routed Bloomsburg (0-" 4, 0-1) in a PSAC game in Kutztown. i Breault's seven touchdown passes set a conference record. The old rec-ord was six, held by five other quar-' terbaiks.

Breault completed 25 of 33 passes for 359 yards and touchdowns of 67, "5, 5, 8, 39, 6 and 5 yards. He threw for five touchdowns in the first half, two i to Steinmeyer, one to James and one to Mike Donnelly. East Stroudsburg 26, Mansfield 10 Rick Sterner ran for two including a 70-yarder in the final period, as East Stroudsburg (4-1, defeated Mansfield (1-3-1, 0-2) in a PSAC game in East Stroudsburg. Sterner, who ended the game with "211 yards on 27 carries, scored in the first quarter on an 11-yard run to tie -the game at 7-7. His 70-yard scoring "run came with a minute left in the ame.

East Stroudsburg finished the first half with a 14-7 lead after quarterback Bret Comp scored on a 23-yard double-reverse pass from Doug Leonzi with 29 seconds left on the clock. Mansfield, on the scoreboard first on a 14-yard pass from Bill Bair to Jason Miller, came within three points in the third quarter on a 23-yard field goal by Matt Stehman. California (Pa.) 33, Cheyney 8 Quarterback Len Jones threw two touchdown passes to Duane DuPont, and Mike Mastrean rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown, helping California (14) hand Cheyney (0-5) its 19th straight loss in a PSAC game in California. Jones, a redshirted freshman starting his first game, threw scoring passes of 9 and 8 yards to DuPont as California built a 26-0 lead through three quarters. Mastrean rushed 20 times, and had a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

Ed Kelley added a 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for California. Cheyney scored when Charles Bradley caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Charles Cole in the fourth quarter. Cheyney's last victory was in October 1989. Northeastern 34, Lock Haven 0 Fullback Kevin Williams scored two touchdowns in leading Northeastern (3-1) to a rout of Lock Haven (1-4) in Boston. Susquehanna 21, Lebanon Valley 20 Cornerback Corey Mabry intercepted a conversion pass late in the fourth quarter to preserve Susquehanna's (4-0, 3-0) victory over Lebanon Valley (1-1-1, 1-2) in a Middle Atlantic Conference game in Selins-grove, Pa.

Susquehanna halfback Frank Lane dove in from 1 yard with 4:31 to play to provide the winning touchdown. Moravian 23, Wilkes 10 Kicker Jim Davis accounted for 13 points as Moravian (3-1, 2-1) defeated Wilkes (04, 0-3) in another MAC game, in Wilkes-Barre. Davis kicked field goals of 38, 22 and 32 yards as well as two extra points. Juniata 13, Widener 0 Senior Jason Miller ran 2 yards for a touchdown and connected with Kevin Fayette on a 66-yard touchdown pass to give Juniata (1-3, 1-1) the victory over Widener (1-3, 0-2) in a MAC contest in Chester. Juniata limited Widener to just five first downs all by passing.

Albright 14, Delaware Valley 13 Mike Futrick threw two touchdown passes and Delaware Valley missed an extra point as Albright (3-1, 2-1) defeated the Aggies (1-3, 1-2) for the first time in 13 years, in a MAC game in Reading. Western Maryland 34, Muhlenberg 6 Eric Frees ran 22 times for 120 yards, three touchdowns and a record as Western Maryland (3-1, 3-0) defeated Muhlenberg (04, 0-3) in a Centennial Conference game in Al-lentown. By the end of the game, the senior became the state of Maryland's rushing leader with 4,248 yards, breaking the record of 4,179, set by Napolean McCallum of Navy in 1985. Gettysburg 20, Johns Hopkins 19 Jamie Steier threw two touchdown passes in the final 2V2 minutes to give Gettysburg (2-2, 2-1) the victory over Johns Hopkins (2-1-1, 1-1) in a Centennial Conference game in Gettysburg, Pa. Steier, who completed 23 of 44 passes for 216 yards, ended a 90-yard, 13-play drive with a 21-yard pass to halfback John Conte with 2:34 left in the game.

Moments later, Gettysburg defensive back John Mansfield recovered a fumble at Johns Hopkins' 38. Seven plays later, Steier hit tight end Bryant Hill in the end zone with a 5-yard touchdown pass to tie the game. Tod Creneti kicked the extra point to give Gettysburg the victory. Ursinus 28, Swarthmore 7 Anthony Barber, Bill Sedgwick and Dave Billitto each rushed for a touchdown as Ursinus (2-2, 1 2) defeated Swarthmore (1-3, 0-3) in a Centennial game in Collegeville, Pa. Upsala 25, Jersey City State 0 Ed Lowe ran for two touchdowns and threw for one more, and Mike Doctor scored on a blocked punt, helping Upsala (2-2) shut out Jersey City State (0-3-1) in Jersey City, N.J.

William Paterson 26, Kean 17 Brian Leary ran for a touchdown and passed for another as William Paterson (3-0-1) defeated Kean (1-3) in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game in Union. N.J. was Penn's first touchdown since it scored in the first quarter against Dartmouth three weeks ago. Steele didn't hesitate to go for two. But Mott again had trouble gathering McKinnon 's pitch, and was buried 10 yards short of the end zone.

Why did Lafayette's Kirchhoff, who moved his team to a quick first down on the next series, suddenly go to the air, missing on two straight passes that stopped the clock? Why ask why? On a third-and-10 play, the Lafayette quarterback hit split end John Carter for 32 yards, setting up McLaughlin's 27-yard field goal that made the score 17-12. McLaughlin, who had been 0 for 4 on field goals coming into the game, nailed down the victory a series later with a 32-yard field goal after defensive tackle Ed Sasso recovered another fumble by Mott. "We just can't seem to avoid those major breakdowns over the course of the game," said Penn nose guard Dan Dedic, who had 10 tackles. "Like that long drive Lafayette had no team should be able to run 15 plays off on our defense. "Hey, it doesn't feel real good to be 0-3.

But we have to look at it like we have most of our Ivy League season ahead of it. And that we need to pick it up right now to make this a season." Lafayette Penn 6 20 612 Laf Kirchoff 1 run (McLaughlin kick) Laf Marsh 1 run (McLaughlin kickl Pen FG Lazarus 24 Pen FG Lazarus 28 Pen Rush 1 run (run failed) Laf FG McLaughlin 27 Laf FG McLaughlin 32 A 8,712. Laf Penn First downs 20 16 Rushes-yards 61-186 46-165 Passing 170 144 Return Yards 37 6 Comp-Att-Int 1 12-28-0 11-24-0 Punts 5-36 5-41 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 8-74 6-60 Time of Possession 30:46 29:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Lafayette, Flood 12-84. Kahn 13-50, Marsh 14-36, Dennis 6-22. Penn, Rush 22-113.

Mott 8-20, McKinnon 6-4. Passing: Lafayette, Kirchhoff 12-28-0-170. Penn, McGeehan 6-16-0-71, McKinnon 5-8-0-73. Receiving: Lafayette, Carter 6-116, Jordan 3-20, Kahn 1-25, Hneleski 1-8. Penn, Young 4-63, Mott 3-35.

"I don't want to take anything away from Lafayette, but this is a game we should have won," said Steele. "We had our best week of practice all season, but for some reason, we just weren't ready to play. The only solace is that it wasn't an Ivy game. But that doesn't mean crap to me. We have to find a way to win a ball game, or this is going to be a long season." For the third straight game, the Quakers put themselves in a hole early, getting down 14-0.

Lafayette got on the board with 3 minutes, 59 seconds remaining in the first period on a 1-yard sneak by quarterback Tom Kirchhoff. The play ended a 27-yard drive set up by Erik Marsh's 23-yard punt return. Kirchhoff, one of the top quarterbacks in the Patriot League, led his team on an impressive 80-yard, 14-play march in the second quarter that ended with a 1-yard TD plunge by Marsh. The big play in the drive was a 30-yard gallop by backup fullback Chris Flood. Jason McLaughlin added his second PAT of the game to make the score 14-0 with 6:45 remaining in the half.

The Quakers squeezed in a 24-yard field goal by Dave Lazarus to go into halftime trailing by 11 at 14-3. But by then, Steele had seen enough of McGeehan, the sophomore he had anointed as the starter only three days ago. McGeehan left having completed 6 of 16 passes for 71 yards. "I can't pin the whole thing on Jimmy," said Steele. "He had some jitters, as we expected, and made some shaky reads.

But our feeling was that if we didn't move the ball, we'd try to get some spark from Fitz." In his first series, McKinnon moved the Quakers down the field 63 yards before settling for a 28-yard field goal from Lazarus with 11:07 left in the third quarter that made the score 14-6. In his second, Penn again drove into Lafayette territory. But Ako Mott Jumbled a pitchout away to the Leopards' Dave DiCaprio. The Quakers would draw to 14-12, however, when Rush dove over from the 1 to complete a 13-play, 77-yard drive with 5:38 left in the game. It By M.

G. Missanelli Inquirer Staff Writer The first loss of the season for the Penn Quakers could have been chalked up to general conference competitiveness and opening-game jitters. The second could have been excused by the fact that the opponent was nationally ranked in Division I-AA and boasted a roster laden with scholarship players. But Game 3 of the 1991 football season has established a solid identity for Penn: The Quakers right now are not a very good football team and could very well experience a long season in the Ivy League. Penn lost, 20-12, yesterday to Lafayette, a team it had beaten five out of the last six years and hadn't lost to at Franklin Field since 1979.

The defeat made the Quakers 0-3, their worst start since 79, when they finished 0-9. And they have only the buffer of upcoming opponents Columbia and Lehigh before getting into the meat of the Ivy schedule. To the average fan, an eight-point defeat may not look that disastrous. But it did to Penn coach Gary Steele. Steele, who acknowledged ripping his team in the locker room at half-time and afterward said, "Being as diplomatic as we can, we stunk the place out." If there was a silver lining in this cloud, it was the fact that Penn may finally have found a running game and a quarterback.

Tailback Sundiata Rush, dormant for most of this season, rushed for 117 yards on 22 carries. And Fitz McKinnon, deposed a week ago as the Quakers' QB, relieved starter Jim McGeehan in the second half and sparked the team to its first touchdown in 12 quarters, and 207 of its 307 total offensive yards. But in the end, Penn managed to fritter the game away by first failing to make a two-point conversion that would have tied the game in the early moments of the fourth quarter, and secondly by fumbling twice in the game's final 20 minutes to destroy potential scoring drives..