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rr rr Sunday. October 25, 1992 C12d. THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, -I College Feotbal 1 Erincetoir; dumps ri j- 7 1 WW; if A How the AP Top 25 fared Rank Team Record This Week Next Week 1. Miami 7-0-0 beat Va. Tech, 43-23 vs.

W. Virginia I.Washington 7-0-0 beat Pacific, 31-7 vs. Stanford 3. Michigan 6-0-1 beat Minnesota, 63-13 at Purdue 4. Alabama 8-0-0 beat Mississippi, 31-10 Bye 5.

7-0-0 beat Baylor, 19-13 atSMU 6. Florida St. 6-1-0 was idle at Virginia 7. Georgia 7-1-0 beat Kentucky, 40-7 at Florida 8. Nebraska 5-1-0 beat Missouri, 34-24 vs.

Colorado 9. Colorado 6-0-1 beat Kansas 54-7 at Nebraska 10. Notre Dame 5-1-1 beat BYU, 42-16 vs. Navy 1 1 Boston Col. 6-0-1 beat Tulane, 1 7-1 3 vs.

Temple 12. Syracuse 6-1-0 beat Temple, 38-7 vs. Pittsburgh 13. Wash. St.

6-1 -0 lost to USC, 3 1 -2 1 vs. Oregon 14. Penn State 6-2-0 beat West Va 40-26 at BYU 15. Southern Cal 4-1-1 beat Wash. 31-21 at Arizona St.

16. Stanford 5-2-0 beat Oregon 27-2 1 at Washington 17. Tennessee 5-2-0 was idle at Carolina 18. Clemson 4-3-0 lost to N.C. State, 20-6 at Wake Forest 19.

Georgia Tech 4-3-0 lost to N.C., 26-14 vs. Duke 20. Florida 4-2-0 beat Louisville, 31-17 vs. Georgia 21. Arizona 4-2-1 beat 24-17 vs.

N. Mexico St. 22. Kansas 6-1-0 beat Oklahoma, 27-10 vs. Oklahoma St.

23. N.C. State 6-2-1 beat Clemson, 20-6 at Virginia 24. Virginia 6-2-0 beat 33-7 vs. Florida St.

25. Mississippi St. 5-2-0 beat Arkansas 56-6 at Kentucky Yesterday's top performances 1 L-J s. jtv 1 Assocwud Prast STEVE SYDLOWSKI Brown's Brett Brown tumbles under a tackle by Penn's Jim Flannery (center) and Corbin Rheault. Quakers' 38-0 steamroller keeps Browns in the cellar 4 1 Harvard-' Keith Elias rushed for 155 yards, helping the no, Tigers take sole possession of first place v.

with a 21-6 victory. lill By Shawn Naunton INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT PRINCETON He was hurV. fiut that didn't seem to matter yesterday. Princeton running back Keith Elias, slowed by a sprained 'ankle, that limited him to two carries in the' Tigers' loss at Holy Cross last rebounded with a performance that" brightened a rainy, dreary after-' -noon. Behind a solid offensive line, Elias torched Harvard at Palmer Stadium.

,1 yesterday, rushing 31 times for 15S, yards and two touchdowns as thev Tigers rolled past the Crimson, 21-6. Princeton's victory, coupled with 4 Dartmouth's 26-16 loss at Corneir, put the "(5-1 overall, 3-0 league) in sole possession of first place iii the Ivy League Elias' scoring runs, coupled with Michael Lerch's 82-yard punt return -for a touchdown, provided all the offense Princeton would need on a day the Tigers' defense shined. Princeton's defensive line domi- nated Harvard (1:5, 1-2) all day long, the Crimson backfieldc to just 6 yards rushing and sacking 1 quarterback Mike Giardi nine times. When Giardi wasn't on the ground, he was usually under heavy pressure and forced to hurry his passes'. "It was a very frustrating day lor coach Joe Rustic said.

"He's a talented quarterback. He'll get the ball to somebody if we give him the time." Giardi never had the time when it mattered. He completed just one pass in the first half, and Harvard man--aged just three first downs. By4he; time Giardi got the offense moving' in the fourth quarter, Princeton held a comfortable 21-0 lead. i Elias, the leading rusher in Divi-' sion I-AA, scored on a 1-yard plunge early in the first quarter to put 1 Tigers ahead, 7-0.

Previous runs of 15 and 26 yards by Elias set up his scoring dive. "Keith obviously didn't have' that -little extra step today," Princeton coach Steve Tosches said, referring to the speed that would nortlally have put Elias in the end zone on the earlier Jttins. "But he gave us whaf hd I thought it was a fantastic ei 'j i Princeton made it 14-0 on tb.e, play of the second quarter, when; Lcrch gathered in a punt by liar-; vard's David Morgan on his own, 18 ran right and split two defenders before racing the rest of the way the touchdown. "Lercte return was a backbreaker for Harvard," said Tosches. "It'tdok them ouVof the game early.

Quarterback Joel Foote led'-'the'." drive thaf gave the Tigers a 21-0 lead in theiifiurth quarter. Foote, who completed 7 of 1 1 passeS for 99 yards, twice connected, pri third-down passes to continue tha drive. Elias added, his second touch; i down of the game from 1-yard out to' finish the visitors. Harvard responded with a touch-" down on its next possession, was too little too late. Harvard 0 0 0 6-" 6 Princeton 7 7 0 7 2 Pri Elias 1 run (Hogg kick) Pri Lerch 82 punt return (Hogg kick) Pri Elias 1 run (Hogg kick) i Har Taylor 1 1 run (kick blocked) Prin First downs 12 16 J- Rushes-yards 37-94 69-254 Passing 168 --99 Return Yards 18 105 Comp-Att-Int 10-19-0 "7-11-0 Punts 7-34 7 r4-39 Fumbles-Lost 6-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-41 9-105' Time of Possess.

25:38 34:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 'v Rushing: Harvard, Joyce 7-17, Hill 3-14, Hirsch 7-12. Taylor 1-11. Princeton, Elias 31155, Bailey 17-71, Hamilton 5-14. Passing: Harvard, Giardi 10-19-0-168. Princeton, Foote 7-11-0-99.

Receiving: Harvard, Joyce 2-48, Taylor 232, Begert 2-23, Hirsch 2-20. Princeton, Tufillaee 5-' 75. 1 The turnovers mounted. Sundiata Rush was everywhere. Look who's back in the Ivy title race.

By Joe Juliano INQUIRER STAFF WHITER PROVIDENCE, R.I. Through the first half of his rookie season as Penn coach, Al Bagnoli has shown himself to be a no-nonsense guy, intolerant of mistakes and particular down to the very last detail. But even Bagnoli had to step back, pinch himself and utter a "wow" or two yesterday after watching the Quakers dismantle winless Brown, 38-0, at Brown Stadium. "I thought that was about as well as maybe we're capable of playing, to be honest," Bagnoli said. "I'm just as surprised by the final score as anyone.

I thought we'd do OK, but I certainly didn't think it would be a 38-0 game by any stretch of the imagination." Sundiata Rush paced the Quakers by cutting and slicing for 178 yards his second career high in two weeks and scoring three touchdowns. Rush had 123 of his yards in the first half when the Quakers rolled up 295 total yards, scored on their first four possessions and led 24-0. Defensively, the Quakers came up with five turnovers, including three interceptions after the reserves took over and preserved Penn's second shutout of the season. The win improved the Quakers' record to 4-2 and 2-1 in the Ivy League, a race they officially re-entered yesterday when Cornell defeated Dartmouth and left Princeton as the Ivy's only unbeaten team. Penn plays the Tigers on Nov.

7 at Palmer Stadium. Few would suggest that back-to-back wins over Columbia and Brown (0-6, 0-3) the Ivy's front- and back-porch doormats make Penn an instant contender. But the Quakers were impressive yesterday, with a rushing attack that gained 262 yards and set up an effective 17-of-27 passing day by quarterbacks Jim McGee-han and Mike Barthlow. "When we run the ball like that, it takes a burden off your shoulders," said McGeehan. who went 12 for 15 in the first half.

"There's not too much pressure. You drop back, and people are open by 20 yards. It's nice to have a line that can blow people away. Then you have Sundiata, who can run people over and has enough speed to get outside." Rush, a 5-foot-ll, 210-pound graduate of Philadelphia's Central High, weaved inside and outside with equal efficiency behind the Quakers' improving offensive line. "It seemed like the holes were wide open," said Rush, who has had 330 yards in the last two games.

"We're a lot more comfortable with the system, week by week. I'm never going to say it was easy, but it seemed like it was easier than last week. The offense is playing well as a unit." Rush's backf ield partners sophomore Terrence Stokes (78 yards in nine carries) and senior Ako Mott scored a touchdown each. The Quakers drove 68 and 87 yards for first-quarter touchdowns. Fullback Steve Freeman had a hand in both, leading the way for Rush from 1 yard out and for Stokes from 13 with his blocking as Penn took a 14-0 lead.

Rush gained 53 yards the next time Penn had the ball, but that drive stalled, and Marc Horowitz kicked a 37-yard field goal. After Brown ran three plays and punted, the Quakers took over and scored again behind Rush, who ran seven times in eight plays, including the last foot for the touchdown. The Quakers' final two touchdowns, in the third quarter, had a little luck behind them. A bad snap that Brown punter Rick Britton handled poorly resulted in a blocked punt by Penn's James Daniels at the Bears 2. Mott went over on the next play to make it 31-0.

On the Quakers' next possession, Rob Sims' punt was blocked by Brown's Steve Townely. But in the plays later, Johnson went over from 31 yards out. Johnson, a junior halfback, broke the 17-year-old school record for receiving yards by a running back, set by Tom James against Virginia Military Institute. He also rushed for 42 yards on three carries. Junior Steve Leo kicked field goals of 30, 37 and 54 yards in the first half.

The 54-yarder broke the record of 53 yards he set last season against Rich-' mond. Delaware Navy 10 13 7 737 0 0 14 721 Del L.Johnson 31 run (Leo kick) Del FG Leo 30 Del FG Leo 37 Del Cooper 32 pass from Vergantino (Leo kick) Del FG Leo 54 iee -Hull nm fNii Bears' haste to recover, the football hit a Brown player after it crossed the line of scrimmage, and Michael Silvey alertly grabbed the ball for Penn at the Quakers' 34. Ten plays later, Rush dashed off the left side for 28 yards and the Quakers' final tnnrhdnwn. "That's the best example that this wasn't our day," Brown coach Mickey Kwiatkowski said of the blocked punt. "When that happens, instead of hanging your head, you just laugh and hug the kids and tell them we'll get'em next time." Though the Bears threatened to score late with some big plays, the Quakers' reserves hung tough.

Jerel Hopkins had two interceptions and Corbin Rheault one. Still, Bagnoli's examination of the films today won't be completely rose-colored. The Quakers piled up penalties once again (11 for 80 yards). And they had both an extra point and a punt blocked. But Bagnoli was satisfied that Penn played with more consistency than it had showed.

And the players were satisfied to be back in the chase for the Ivy title. "Everybody feels great," defensive end David Betten said. "Everybody's excited and feeling a lot better. We know we can win. Our destiny is in our hands." Pnn Brown 14 10 14 038 0 0 0 00 Penn Rush 1 run (kick failed) Penn Stokes 13 run (Knapp pass from McGeehan) Penn FG Horowitz 37 Penn Rush 1 run (Horowitz kick) Penn Mott 2 run (Horowitz kick) Penn Rush 28 run (Horowitz kick) Penn Brown First downs 24 12 Rushes-yards 53-263 33-57 Passing 178 169 Return Yards 37 10 Comp-Att-Int 17-27-0 11-31-4 Punts 5-171 5-125 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 11-80 6-50 Time of Possess.

34:58 25:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Penn, Rush 25-178. Stokes 9-78. Brown, B.Brown 19-49, Foreman 3-10. Passing: Penn, McGeehan 14-22-0-18, Barthlow 3-5-0-30. Brown, Camp 5-13-1-69, Gardi 6-18-3-110.

Receiving: Penn, Miller 5-41, Hoiman 3-41, Velancey 2-26. Brown, Ovalle 3-39, Nakane 2-54, Buckley 2-49. 37-21 Navy Smith 10 run (Rogers kick) Navy Ingraham 1 run (Rogers kick) Del Vergantino 1 run (Leo kick) Navy Ingraham 1 run (Rogers kick) Del L.Johnson 8 run (Leo kick) Del Navy First downs 13 22 Rushes-yards 43-232 60-293 Passing 172 051 Return Yards 26 11 Comp-Att-Int 10-17-0 07-17-2 Punts 5-40 5-38 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-60 3-15 Time of Possess. 26:22 33:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Delaware, Vergantino 17-75, Brown Johnson 3-42, Lewis 4-27, Ventresca 3-11, Organ 1-2. Navy, Van Matre 26-128, Ingraham 23-105.

Smith 11-60. Passing: Delaware, Vergantino 9-16-0-183, L.Johnson 1-1-0-H1). Navy, Van Matre 7-17-2-51. Receiving: Delaware, L. Johnson 5-117, Cooper 2-50, Ventresca 1-7, Lewis 1-4, Organ 1 -(minus 6).

Navy, Smith 3-7, Ingraham 2-15, Pritchard 1-25, Jefferson 1-4. Smith rushed 20 times for 91 yards and one touchdown. Zullo gained 111 yards on 27 carries and scored two touchdowns. Upsala quarterback Leroy Williams completed 25 of 52 passes for 395 yards and three touchdowns. Swarthntore 26, Dickinson 26 Matt Poe kicked a 30-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to give Swarthmore (3-3-1, 2-2-1) a tie with Dickinson (5-1-.

1, 2-1-1) in a Centennial Conference game in Carlisle, Pa. Franklin and Marshall 41, Western Maryland 27 Bill Meekings threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another as Franklin and Marshall (4-3, 2-2) handed Western Maryland (5-2, 4-1) its first league loss in a Centennial Conference game in Lancaster. The victory was the 500th in Franklin and Marshall's 105-year football history. Franklin and Marshall became the fourth Division III team to reach the 500-victory mark, joining Wittenberg, Widener and Washington and Jefferson. Its all-time record is 500-35647.

Associated Press LENNOX McLENDON Minnesota's John Lewis breaks away for an 88-yard kickoff return for one of his two touchdowns against Michigan. RUSHING Indiana State's Don Wright: 24 carries, 225 yards, 1 TD. Penn's Sundiata Rush: 25 carries, 178 yards, 3 TDs. W.Michigan's Jim Vackaro: 19 carries, 176 yards, 1 TD. Michigan's Tyrone Wheatley: 24 carries, 148 yards, 2 TDs.

Duke's Randy Cuthbert: 27 carries, 107 yards, 3 TDs. PASSING Richmond's Greg Lilly: 12 of 18 passes for 227 yards, 3 TDs. Miami's Gino Torretta: 1 7 of 28 passes for 249 yards, 3 TDs. Michigan's Elvis Grbac: 14 of 19 passes for 208 yards, 4 TDs. Louisville's Jeff Brohm: 24 of 36 passes for 245 yards, 1 TD.

Florida's Shane Matthews: 32 of 46 passes for 317 yards, 3 TDs. Lehigh's Scott Semptimphelter: 25 of 37 passes for 270 yards, 1 TD. Lafayette's Tom Kirchhoff: 14 of 24 passes for 297 yards, 3 TDs. Pittsburgh's Alex Van Pelt: 29 of 47 passes for 367 yards, 2 TDs. San Jose State's Jeff Garcia: 20 of 3 1 passes for 235 yards, 2 TDs.

Delaware's Bill Vergantino: 9 of 1'6 passes for 183 yards, 1 TD. RECEIVING Lafayette's Jamal Jordan: 7 catches for 206 yards, 2 TDs. Miami's Coleman Bell: 6 catches for 117 yards, 1 TD. Lehigh's Dave Cecchini: 8 catches for 100 yards. Lehigh's Jason Cristino: 7 catches for 100 yards.

Pittsburgh's Dietrich Jells: 5 catches for 112 yards, 1 TD. Maryland's Marcus Badgett: 9 catches for 218 yards, 2 TDs. Penn State's Troy Drayton: 4 catches for 95 yards, 1 TD. West Virginia's Jay Kearney: 5 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD. San Jose State's Brian Lundy: 8 catches, 161 yards, 2 TDs.

ALL-ROUND Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier: 9 of 20 for 157 yards passing; 14 carries for 77 yards and 3 TDs rushing. W. Illinois QB Don Simmons: 29 of 33 for 401 yards passing, 2 TDs; 14 carries for 18 1 TD rushing, Minnesota FL John Lewis: caught 2 passes for 96 yards, 1 TD; returned a kickoff 88 yards for another TD. Delaware kicker Steve Leo: booted three field goals, including a record 53-yarder; was 4 for 4 in extra-points. FIELD GOALS Virginia's Michael Husted: 25, 25, 48 and 20 yards.

Furman's Jim Richter: 27, 45, and 42 yards. Auburn's Alonzo Etheridge: 43, 38, 20 and 30 yards. Colorado's Mitch Berger: 25, 23, 24 and 29 yards. DEFENSIVE STANDOUTS North Carolina State's Damien Covington, an Overbrook (N.J.) High graduate, made a fumble recovery in the end zone for a touchdown as the Wolfpack beat Clemson, 20-6. Penn State's Phil Yeboah-Kodie had a 23-yard interception return for a touchdown during the Lions' 40-26 win over West Virginia.

Delaware defeats Navy, Local Colleges Indiana (Pa.) overcomes turnovers to beat Slippery Rock, 34-17 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANNAPOLIS, Md. Lanue Johnson ran for two touchdowns and caught five passes for 117 yards yesterday as Delaware rolled past winless Navy, 37-21. The victory was the fourth straight for Delaware (6-1) and its seventh in 10 games against Division I-A opponents since 1984. Navy (0-6) has now dropped 17 of its last 18 decisions and nine straight at home. Delaware, a Division I-AA school, put the game away in the first half, taking a 23-0 lead.

Neshaminy's Bill Vergantino connected with Johnson on a 41-yard pass play to the Navy 37-yard line on the second play of the game. Three Kutztown 48, Lock Haven 13 Andy Breault threw four touchdown passes, and Shawn Jones and John Mobley each returned an interception for a TD as host Kutztown (3-3-1) defeated Lock Haven (2-6). Breault, who was 12 of 17 for 202 yards, tied the Division II record with 609 career completions. The record was set by Earl Harvey of North Carolina Central, from 1985 to 1988. Susquehanna 35, Widener 21 Frank Lane rushed for 166 yards and scored three touchdowns one on a reception as Susquehanna (7-0, 5-0) beat Widener (2-5, 2-3) in a Middle Atlantic Conference game in Selins-grove, Pa.

With his team down, 14-7, Lane bolted 8 yards for a TD with 13 seconds left in the third quarter to spark Susquehanna's offense. Lane, who carried nine times, added a 48-yard TD run in the final quarter. Delaware Valley 17, Lebanon Valley 14 Todd Van Orden kicked a 25-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter as Delaware Valley (2-5, 24) beat Lebanon Valley (4-3, 3-3) in a Middle Atlantic Conference game in Doylestown. Gettysburg 18, Muhlenberg Dwayne Marcus ran for 206 yards 'and a touchdown, leading Gettys-. 'burg (5-2.

3-2) to a victory over Muh lonberg (1-6, 1-5) in a Centdnnial Conference game in Allen town: Marcus gave the Bullets their first lead of the game, 12-6, in the third quarter with a 69-yard touchdown run. Gettysburg recovered a fumble in the fourth period, setting up a 30- yard tpuchdown pass from Jamie: Steir to Bryant Hill to put the game out Ursinus FDU-Madison 0 Mark Parks arid Dari Mullen scored, only two touchdowns as Ursinus-3-. 4) defeated Faifliygh ison (24) in Madison, N.J. Trenton State 54; Jersey City State 7 Mark Harmon Scored two touchdowns to lead Trenton State (2-5, i-2) to an easy victory over Jersey City, State (0-7, 04) in a New Jersey: Ath-, letic Conference in Ewing, N.J. Montclair State 21, Salisbury State 12 John Walker rushed for 456 -yards and a touchdown to lead Mont- clair State (4-2) past Salisbury State (24) in Salisbury, Md.

The victory was the first for Delaware Valley against a team with a winning record since 1985. Juniata 23, Albright 21 Wade Kursinger's 30-yard touchdown pass to Matt Baker on a fourth-and-10 play with 1:32 left capped a 16-point rally as Juniata defeated Albright in a Middle Atlantic Conference game in Huntingdon, Pa. Juniata (3-3-1, 3-1-1) trailed, 21-7, before staging the comeback that dropped Albright to 0-7, 0-5. Lycoming 27, Moravian 7 Ellio Domenick threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Lycoming (5-0-1, 4-0-1) extended its regular-season unbeaten streak to 25 games with a Middle Atlantic Conference victory over Moravian (34, 24) in Williams-port, Pa. Cory Sheridan moved past the career rushing mark with 122 yards on 25 carries, leaving him at 2,067, and caught a 4-yard TD pass from Domenick.

Wilkes 31, Upsala 20 Carmen Zullo and Jason Smith combined for 202 rushing yards and three touchdowns as Wilkes (4-3) defeated Upsala (34) in Mooslc, Pa. West Chester 34, Bloomsburg 2 Dave MacDonald threw for three touchdowns and Ed Luckey picked off two passes returning one 65 yards for a TD as West Chester (6-1, 4-0,) defeated visiting Bloomsburg (0-8, 04) in a PSAC Eastern Division game. MacDonald finished the game 14 of 24 for 309 yards. Clarion 23, Shippensburg 20 Paul Cramer kicked three field goals to lead Clarion (34, 2-1) past host Shippensburg (2-6, 04) in a PSAC West game. Cramer connected from 25, 22 and 21 yards as the Eagles ran 83 plays and rang up 405 yards in total offense.

East Stroudsburg 20, Millersville 13 Bret Comp fired a 30-yard scoring pass to Paul Bandholz in the fourth quarter to give host East Stroudsburg (6-1, 4-0) its fifth straight victory, a decision over Millersville (5-2, 2-2) in a PSAC Eastern Division game. After Millersville had taken a 13-12 lead, Comp drove his team 72 yards in seven plays for the winning score with 10 minutes, 50 seconds left to play. ASSOCIATED PRESS Scott Woods threw three touchdown passes, and Michael Mann ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns yesterday as undefeated Indiana (Pa.) overcame five early turnovers to defeat Slippery Rock, 34-17, in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division game in Slippery Rock, Pa. Indiana, No. 2 in NCAA Division II, turned the ball over on its first five possessions during a rainy first half and fell behind, 10-0, before raising its record to 7-0 overall, 4-0 in the PSAC.

Slippery Rock is 6-2, 2-1. Edinboro 33, California (Pa.) 13 Running back Larry Jackson ran for two touchdowns and caught a 40-yard pass for another to lead Edinboro past host California (Pa.) in a PSAC Western Division game. Jackson, who gained 148 yards on "17 carries, is ranked 10th nationally in Division II with an average of 130 yards per game. Edinboro, ranked No. 5 in Division is 7-0 for the first time since 1982.

The Fighting Scots are 4-0 in the conference. The loss was the fourth straight for California (2-5-1, 0-3)..