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felO THS HARTFORD COURANT: Sunday, NovwrttW 17, 1996 3 Assembly honors its teacher Eventful day for Showerda ByTOMYANTZ Courant Staff Writer juut it 1 -i NEW HAVEN For the first time in school histo- Ties TD record but streak end in New Haven victory over AICs Staff and wire reports WiM ft if A ft V. "Coach taught us how to play football and about life," Hill said. "He encouraged you to seek knowledge and to express yourself. "It didn't matter if we won an Ivy League title or lost a game. Coach acted the same.

He cared about each one of us, how we were doing, then and now." Of the 750 who attended a testimonial dinner for Cozza at the Yale Commons Saturday night, about 500 were former players. Rudy Green (1974 captain) traveled from Austin, Texas, with his wife, Joyce, and son Andrew. "Yale was a major influence on my life," said Green, an attorney. "I wanted my wife and son to be here, to see Yale and Carm, to see why." Brian Dowling (1968), the most famous of Yale quarterbacks, strolled behind the bench in the first quarter. "Men who have played here were on the field because they wanted to be, not because they had to be," he said.

"Coach recognized that. He made you feel important." Said nose tackle David Laidley, Cozza's first captain in 1965: "It never mattered if you were fifth-string or a star. Coach respected everybody and made us all feel valuable parts of the team." Cozza could have moved up to Division 1 15 years ago, but decided to stay at Yale. "The spring after we tied for the Ivy title with Dartmouth in '81, he told me an ACC team wanted him to be its coach," said Fred Leone (1981 captain). "He said, 'What do you I said, 'You've accomplished person's name was painted on the Yale Bowl turf.

COZZA. Coach Carm Cozza tro'ted over his surname painted at midfield before his final home game Saturday. He veered to his right and into tne end zone. Everyone in tBe receiving line of past captains during his career was So was Cozza, who hugged each former flayer. "It was great to see all of them, very emotional," $aid Cozza, 66, who is retiring after this season.

r- Said Tim Tumpane, captain in 1979: "It was sad being his last home game and the end of an era. The joy was playing for him and knowing him. Just look at tJseryone who came back." Thirty-one of 32 captains participated in the tribute and watched Yale lose to Princeton, 17-13. Robert Greenlee (1966) was unable to attend because he was JUt of the country. His son, Robert also a former Yale r3ayer represented him.

"Hurricane, earthquake nothing would have kept me away," said Andy Coe (1969), who traveled from his home in Palo Alto, Calif. Other former Yale players watched Cozza pace the home sideline the final time. Three of the greatest ryming backs in school history Rich Diana, John pagliaro and Calvin Hill were among the crowd of Cloe Poisson The Hartford Courant Coach Carm Cozza embraces David Laidley, his first Yale captain in 1965, before the game. everything you can at Yale, with Ivy titles and coach of the year awards. You should take "He told me and I've always remembered this: 'I could never leave the kids.

I could never leave Yale. Yale gave me the chance to Cozza was downcast Saturday after losing his final game. After leaving the field for the last time, he said, "I can't tell you how sad I was." Hill said it probably will take awhile for Cozza to weigh the emotions of his final home game. "I know him, and he'll be back in the Bowl when it's empty and look around," said Hill, scanning the concrete coliseum. "This place was his office.

He'll remember. We all will remember what he did here." Turns out to be a long day for Yale, Cozza Jesse Showerda tied a school record with his 3tsf touchdown pass of the season as New Haven defeated, American International 20-12 Saturday in West Haven, Showerda completed 1 1 of 24 passes for 168 yards, but was intercepted three times, ending at 280. Jus NCAA all-divisions record for consecutive passes out an interception. New Haven (7-3) led 13-12 in the fourth quarter when Showerda connected with Tyrone Seabrooks for, a 55-yard touchdown. Seabrooks finished with $ys catches for 99 yards.

New Haven took a 10-6 lead in the second quarter on a 74-yard interception return for a touchdowrl bj Brian Oliver. AIC (6-4) answered with an 11 -yard run by Kavin Gailliard, but John Cerra's second field goaj gave New Haven a 13-12 halftime lead. Monmouth 33, Central 27: Ralph O'Neil scored or) a 1-yard run with 6 minutes, 45 seconds remaining-ia break a 27-27 tie and lead Monmouth (7-2, 3-1) past Central Connecticut (3-7, 2-2) in West Long Branch; N.J. With the victory, Monmouth clinched a share of the Northeast Conference championship. i O'Neil's run capped a 68-yard, 10-play drive.

After the O'Neil score, Central drove 47 yards to the Mon mouth 21 -yard line. But running back Stan House (33 carries, 199 yards) was stopped on fourth-and-3 wjtxi 2:54 left. Stony Brook 31, Southern 28: Neil Monte kicked a 19-yard field goal with 6 seconds remaining td'lif Stony Brook over Southern Connecticut in New Haven Stony Brook (5-4) began the drive from its 31 with 3:25 left. The field goal was set up by a 36-yard run by Ralph Thomas. Stony Brook quarterback Scott Meyer completed 27 of 41 for 303 yards and two TDs, both to Glenn Saenz, who also scored on an 8-yard run.

Southern (7-4) tied the score at 28 on a 15-yard pas from Tom Kleine to Phil Plummer and Rashaan Dumasl 5-yard run. Kleine set single-season school recordsfof completions (134) and total yards Western SO, Norwich 34: Miguel Pickering had 22 carries for 257 yards and three touchdowns as Western1 (6-4, 3-3) defeated Norwich (2-8, 1-5) in a Freedom Football Conference game in Danbury. Pickering set a single-game school record for rushing yards by a freshman. Eric Baribeau (26 carries, 91 yards, tM TD) set a single-season school record with 1,151 yards Pace 35, Sacred Heart Quarterback Kevin Conner completed 14 of 19 for 214 yards and one toih down to lead Pace (6-4) over Sacred Heart (4-6Hn Pleasantville, N.Y. Bill Smith (13 carries, 46 yardsj scored on two 1-yard runs.

By BRUCE BERLET Courant Staff Writer by the show of affection, which included his name painted on the turf at mid-field. The dinner, attended by 750, "would be an agonizing end to a day that began with Cozza giving a eulogy at a memorial service for Nick Adamo, a former guard and 1995 Yale graduate killed in a plane crash Oct. 2. Cozza spent a few minutes shaking hands and hugging his former captains, who were lined up in the end zone, then took part in the coin toss. But the game proved forgettable for Cozza, who announced Sept.

7 he'd retire after the season. The Elis had only three first downs and 74 yards in the first half, when they trailed 7-0 on Clifford's 2-yard run with 50 seconds left. On the Tigers' first possession of the second half, Yale linebacker Bryan Whalen recovered Gerald Giurato's fumble at the Princeton 18. After Ma sella gained 3 yards on fourth-and-1, Jabbar Craigwell ran 6 yards for a touchdown to get Yale to 7-6. After Alex Sierk kicked a 43-yard field goal, Yale drove to the Princeton 5 before Kris Barber was sacked for a 2 1-yard loss.

Blake Kendall replaced Barber and was intercepted by Jimmy Archie at the Princeton 1. A roughing the kicker penalty gave the Elis a first down at the Princeton 45. On the first play, Kendall passed to Clint Rodriguez for a touchdown that gave Yale a 13-10 lead with 12:19 left. But eight minutes later, Clifford ran in from the 1. "I hate to spoil the fun for them, but we tried to bring our own party," said Tosches, who grew up in Stamford.

"I was honored to coach against Carm in his final home game, and fortunately we were able to put together a drive at the end, something we haven't been able to do a lot this year." Cozza then looked back to his first game, a 13-6 loss to UConn. "It's about as embarrassing as that," Cozza said. "We're not a very good team, that's pretty obvious, but I thought we'd play a little better. This is my last game in the Bowl, so it'll stay with me all my life." Princeton fullback Mike Clifford's 1-yard run with 4 minutes, 8 seconds left made a dinner honoring Cozza barely palatable for the man who finished 1 Idee-1 at Yale Bowl. It was the fifth consecutive loss for Yale (2-7, 1-5 Ivy League) and gave Cozza a 179-118-5 record entering his final game Saturday at Harvard.

Princeton is 3-6, 2-4. Yale captain Rob Masella said he felt badly for his coach. "This is a very, very low moment," Masella said. Cozza, 66, the winningest coach in Ivy League history, said he was touched VNEW HAVEN At 3:14 p.m. Saturday, Carm Cozza shook hands with Princeton coach Steve Tosches, then trudged alone across Yale Bowl and down the tunnel for the final time.

There had been no storybook ending, and Cozza, who always has taken losing hard, felt as badly as he did his first me as Yale coach Sept. 25, 1965. "I can't tell you just how sad I was leaving the field," Cozza said after a 17-13. loss to Princeton before 29,469, Jvyhich included 31 of his 32 captains ftrKi former stars Calvin Hill, Gary Fen-ik, Rich Diana and John Pagliaro. cI'When I saw all my captains, I felt jreally good to see all those fine people, put I'm embarrassed for all of them.

"It's been a very hectic and very emo-tt50nal week, and I'm as down as I've ver been. We just played terrible, and I idame myself." UMass takes it away from UConn Overcomes 19-point deficit in final Stafford injured late Princeton 17, Yale 13 State schedules, results Stony Brook 31, Southern Connecticut 28 Central Connecticut (3-7) 0 1031 -0 14-28 7 14 14 0 Stony Brook (54) Southern (74) TEAM STATISTICS By DESMOND CONNER Courant Staff Writer Sept 7: at Albany 21, Central 16 Sept 14: at Central 42, Fairfield 19 Sept 21: at Frostburg St. 24, Central 6 Sept 28: Robert Morris 35, at Central 13 Oct 5: at Towson State 49, Central 28 Oct 12: Stony Brook 52, at Central 7 Oct 19: Off Oct 26: at Central 49, Wagner 41 Nov. 2: at Central 28, St. Francis (Pa.) 14 Nov.

9: at Southern 56, Central 14 Saturday: at Monmouth 33, Central 27 Oct 26: at Pace 13, Western 7 Nov. 2: at Western 55, WPI 0 Nov. 9: at Western 33, King's Point 26 Saturday: at Western 50, Norwich 34 Yale (2-7) Sept 21: Yale 30, at Brown 0 Sept 28: UConn 42, at Yale 6 Oct 5: at Army 39, Yale 13 Oct 12: at Yale 23, Bucknell 21 Oct 19: at Dartmouth 40, Yale 6 Oct 26: Columbia 13, at Yale 10 Nov. 2: at Pennsylvania 20, Yale 3 Nov. 9: Cornell 28, at Yale 20 Saturday: Princeton 17, at Yale 13 Nov.

23: at Harvard, 12:30 p.m. Massachusetts 39, Connecticut 38 Princeton 0 7 3 717 Yale 0 0 6 713 TEAM STATISTICS Pri YU First downs 14 11 Rushes-yards 40-98 40-138 Passing 147 119 Comp-Att-Int 13-27-2 10-24-3 Return Yards 7 11 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-36 7-65 Time of Possession 30:53 29:07 SCORING SUMMARY SB 24 50-223 303 89 3-111 1-1 3-25 43-172W 191 6-239 -1-1 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Punts-yards Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Coast Guard (8-2) SCORING SUMMARY Connecticut 7 14 10 738 Massachusetts 12 0 7 20-39 TEAM STATISTICS Sept 14: RPI 38. at Coast Guard 34 Sept 21: at Coast Guard 42, Mass. Maritime 21 Sept 28: at Springfield 34, Coast Guard 24 Oct 5: Coast Guard 35, at Norwich 9 Oct 12: Coast Guard 55, at Westfiekf St.

6 Oct 19: at Coast Guard 14, Western 13 Oct 26: Coast Guard 31, at Union 6 Nov. 2: at Coast Guard 35, Plymouth State 28 Nov. 9: Coast Guard 52, at WPI 27 Saturday: Coast Guard 23, at King's Point 13 University of Connecticut (5-6) Conn 23 35-124 289 3-74 6136 3-18 14-34-0 1-9 6-37 3-3 10-95 24:14 Mass 32 51-261 206 3-62 6-102 04 1840-3 2-20 6-34 32 9-95 35:46 First downs Rushwyards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession Second quarter Pri Clifford 2 run (Sierk kick), 14:10. Third quarter YU Craigwell 6 run (kick failed), 3:33.

Pri-FG Sierk 43 FG, 8:22. Fourth quarter YU Rodriguez 45 pass from Kendall (Laf-ferty kick), 2:41. Pri Clifford 1 run (Sierk kick), 10:52. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Princeton: Giurato 2544, Clif-ford 6-16, Erb 2-3, Budzinskl 7-1-8), Yale: Craigwell 25-107, Masella 2-3. D.

Freccaro 1-1. Barber 94-10). Kendall 3-(-25). PASSING Princeton: Budzinski 13-27-147-2, Yale: Kendall 8-17-95-2, Barber 2-7-24 1. RECEIVING Princeton: House 5-55.

Duffy, 3-56, Clifford 3-20, Giurato Ml, Kamura 1-5. Yale: Rodriguez 440, Ackley 344. Craigwell 2-7, Marschner 1-8. Western Connecticut 50, Norwich 34 First quarter SCSU Chris Ortiz 38 pass from Tom Kleine. (Frank Biancamano kick) SB Glenn Saenz 3 pass from Scott MeveM (Neil Monte kick) SCSU Rashaan Dumas 1 run (Biancarha'n'o'' kick) Second quarter SB Meyer 8 run (kick failed) SB Bobby Kane 1 run (Brady pass from? Meyer) Fourth quarter SB Saenz 5 pass from Meyer (Monte kick)" SCSU Phil Plummer 15 pass from Kleine (Biancamano kick) SCSU Dumas 5 run (Biancamano kick) SB Monte 19 FG INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Stony Brook: Thomas 20-107 Meyer 13-54; Kane 1441; Ellrich Williams 3-1.

Southern Connecticut: Rashaan Dumas-34-189; Kleine 44; John Potkay 1-2; Reuet Parks 3-6; Biancamano 129). PASSING Stony Brook: Meyer Southern Connecticut: Kleine RECEIVING Stony Brook: Saenz 10-1291 1 Brady 8-88; Dan Fkves 441; Ralph Thomati 2-23; Matt Larsen 1-12; Bobby Kane il Robert Horst 1-5. Southern Connecticut: Or- tiz 7-150; Plummer 2-21; Matt Hitchcock I'll; Kevin Rembert 1-6; Siggy Traverso l-3 Sept 7: UConn 20, at Buffalo 3 Sept 14: at UConn 21, Northeastern 19 Sept 21: at New Hampshire 21, UConn 13 Sept 28: UConn 42, at Yale 6 Oct 5: Villanova 38, at UConn 27 Oct 12: Maine 17, at UConn 16 Oct 19: Rhode Island, forfeit, win Oct 26: Hofstra 24, at UConn 16 Nov. 2: UConn 45, at Boston University 10 Nov. 9: James Madison 14, at UConn 6 Saturday: at Massachusetts 39, UConn 38 SCORING SUMMARY less.

The preseason New England Division favorites finished fourth. And Stafford, who miraculously avoided injury through 10 ames behind a weak offensive line, didn't make it through No. 11. Stafford, who completed 14 of 30 passes for 289 yards and tied a UConn record with four TD passes two each to Carl Bond and Dak Newton injured his left ankle and knee when he was sacked with a little more than seven minutes left and the Huskies ahead, 38-25. "It really hurt me not to be in the game at the end," said Stafford, on crutches and in a cast after the game.

When Stafford went down, "I thought, uh-oh, we're in a little trouble now," said Newton, who caught six passes for 157 yards and scored a third TD on an 80-yard punt return to put UConn ahead 38-19 with 12:36 left. Enter redshirt freshman Steve Bowman, who hadn't thrown a pass this season. It didn't appear that he would have to against the Minute-men until the Huskies failed to move the ball on that possession and Blackwell returned the ensuing punt for a TD with 6:04 leftto cut the Huskies' lead to 38-32. After UMass' go-ahead score, Bowman had 31 seconds from his 36 to produce a miracle. He threw three incomplete passes and rushed for 16 yards as time expired.

"I know you can't count your chickens before they hatch, but after we scored on that punt return, I just couldn't see how they could come back," Newton said. UMass (6-5, 4-4) finished third in the Yankee Conference. Holtz said the Huskies, who were outgained 467-413, failed to take advantage of opportunities on offense, defense and special teams. For example, quarterback Shane Stafford lost a fumble on first-and-goal at the 1 and UMass leading 12-7 in the first quarter. Although the defense created turnovers (three interceptions, two fumbles), it couldn't come up with a big stop in the final minutes.

And Mike Morelli missed a 21-yard field goal with 14:57 left with UConn ahead, 31-19. When senior cornerback Kevin Bannister intercepted Smith on a late UMass drive, it appeared UConn was going to overcome it all. Bannister made a great, one-handed interception, but fumbled the ball back to the Minutemen on the return. Matt Alegi's recovery gave UMass a first down at midfield with four minutes left, setting up the go-ahead score. Bannister said he didn't think of just falling to the ground.

"When I got the interception, I was trying to get some positive yards up field. I didn't really see the guy coming, and he just hit me and got a helmet on the ball, and it came out," Bannister said. "And the ball was sitting right there. I just couldn't get to it." For a lot of reasons, this loss was probably the most painful Holtz has experienced in three years at UConn. The reasons that stand out the most? It was the fifth time the Huskies (5-6, 3-5) lost by a TD or AMHERST, Mass.

Chances are there wasn't one UConn football player standing on the sideline biting his fingernails when the Huskies held a 19-point lead in the fdQrth quarter. KThat probably changed in the final-nine minutes. The Huskies, no strangers to cjge games, found themselves in atiother one with the usual result. hJUMass scored 20 unanswered points in the final 8 minutes, 36 seconds to defeat UConn 39-38 Saturday before 7,216 in the season finale for both teams at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. the comeback, UMass Bryan Healy caught a 1-yard touchdown pajss from freshman quarterback jM Smith (18 of 39, 206 yards two tDs), Kory Blackwell returned a pynt 67 yards for a TD and Smith finished a 10-play, 50-yard TD drive with a 20-yard pass to tight end Erik Henry on fourth-and-19 with31 seconds left.

Matt Murphy's kick provided the winning point. "This has kind of been symbolic of our season," UConn coach Skip Holtz said. "We've been in close games, played hard, competed and made quite a few mistakes." UMass coach Mike Hodges was ecstatic. frit's late in the game, and things ai- starting to happen your way. YiMi're looking at the clock saying, 'We're still in this Hodges said.

"I'm so proud of this team. They never gave up." Til Fairfield (1-8) 13 1434 6 1650 Norwich (2-8) Western (64) TEAM STATISTICS Sept 14: Central 42, at Fairfield 19 Sept 21: Georgetown 59, at Fairfield 14 Sept 27: at St. John's 43, Fairfield 22 Oct St. Peter's 17, at Fairfield 13 Oct 12: at Marist 34, Fairfield 3 Oct 19: Canisius 21, at Fairfield 0 Oct 26: at Siena 45, Fairfield 7 Nov. 2: at Duquesne 52, Fairfield 7 Nov.

9: at Fairfield 27, lona 0 Nor 21 17-277 136 177 7-242 4-1 WCSU 11 8-348 113 126 6-201 1-0 3-25 First quarter Conn Newton 48 pass from Stafford (Morelli kick), 7:02. Mass Clark 14 from Smith (failed kick), 10:05. Mass Brockington 10 run (pass failed), 11:24. Second quarter Conn Bond 6 pass from Stafford (Morelli kick), 11:07. Conn Bond 15 pass from Stafford (Morelli kick).

14:24. Third quarter Mass Brockington 19 run (Murphy kick), 6:18. ConnFG Morelli 36, 9:38. Conn Newton 22 pass from Stafford (Morelli kick), 11:56. Fourth quarter Conn Newton 80 punt return (Morelli kick), 2:24.

Mass Healy 1 pass from Smith (failed pass), 6:24. Mass Blackwell 67 punt return (Murphy kick), 8:56. Mass Henry 20 pass from Smith (Murphy kick), 14:29. A 7,216 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Punts-yards Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards New Haven (7-3) New Haven 20, American International 020 AIC (64) New Haven (7-3) 6 6 0 3 10 7 SCORING SUMMARY TEAM STATISTICS Sept 7: West Chester 24, at New Haven 17 Sept 14: at New Haven 59, East Strouds-burg56 Sept 21: New Haven 22, at Millersville 8 Sept 28: at Indiana (Pa.) 14, New Haven 6 Oct 5: Off Oct 12: at New Haven 66, Virginia Union 0 Oct 19: New Haven 48, at Elizabeth City State 0 Oct 26: at New Haven 37, Southern Connecticut 27 Nov. 2: New Haven 48, at Charleston Southern 7 Nov.

9: at Buffalo 24, New Haven 20 Saturday: at New Haven 20, AIC 12 NH 9 30-71 168 71 6-228 3-2 10-70 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Punts-yards Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards "Ml 102 4-33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SCORING SUMMARY Sacred Heart (4-5) First quarter WCSU Miguel Pickering 62 run (Ian Dug-gan kick) WCSU Dan Loewenberg 52 pass from Andy Kunz (Duggan kick) WCSU Bill Martin 72 punt return (Duggan kick) Second quarter Nor Shane Abrams 1 run (Andrew Wheeler kick) WCSU Pickering 11 run (Duggan kick) Third quarter Nor Alex Bryant 29 pass from Dustin Brasel (Wheeler kick) WCSU Loewenberg 30 pass from Kunz (kick failed) Nor Bryan 40 pass from Brasel (kick failed) Fourth quarter WCSU Eric Baribeau 1 run (Duggan kick) Nor Abrams 6 run (Grabriel Boatwright pass from Brasel) WCSU Pickering 63 run (Duggan kick) Nor Nate Seitz 1 run (kick failed) Eoast Guard makes postseason bid RUSHING Connecticut: Faison 24-111, McKinney 5-11, Bowman 2-9, Stafford 4-(minus 7). Massachusetts: Brockington 18-138, Jordan 12-60, Holston 1148, Smith 9-15. PASSING-Connectkut: Stafford 14-30-0-289, Bowman 04-0-0. Massachusetts: Smith 18-39-2-206, Jordan 0-1-1-0. RECEIVING Connecticut: Newton 6-157, Bond 5-76, Fitzsimmons 1-29, Walker 1-21, McKinney 1-6.

Massachusetts: Henry 7-112, Clark 6-58, Healy 2-18, Brockington 1-18, Holston 1-11, Smith 1 -(minus 11). First quarter NH John Cerra 31 FG AIC Matt Charron 46 pass from Matt SorWC (pass failed) Second quarter NH Brian Oliver 74 Interception return -J (Cerra kick) AIC Kavin Galllard 11 run (run failed) NH-Cerra38FG Third quarter NH Tyrone Seabrooks 55 pass from less Showerda (Cerra kick) Sept 14: St. John's 24, Sacred Heart 0 Sept 21: Sacred Heart 7, at Western 'New England 3 Sept 28: UMass-Lowell 19, at Sacred Heart 14 Oct 5: at Stony Brook 26, Sacred Heart 9 Oct 12: at Sacred Heart 16, Assumption 13 Oct 19: Sacred Heart 33, at Nichols 0 Oct 26: at Bentley 24, Sacred Heart 6 Nov. 2: Stonehill 42, at Sacred Heart 10 Nov. 9: at Sacred Heart 20, Merrimack 3 Saturday, at Pace 35, Sacred Heart 0 Coast Guard 23, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Point 13 I Kings Southern Connecticut (74) Coast Guard Klnjj Point 7 7 2 723 6 7 0 0-13 TEAM STATISTICS CG KP 14 14 43-152 37-126 Sept 7: Southern 27, at Monmouth 0 Sept 14: at Southern 54, Mansfield 14 Sept 21: at East Stroudsburg 54, Southern 28 Sept 28: Southern 24, at Kutztown 21 Oct 4: at Southern 37, AIC 14 Oct 12: Southern 34, at Rowan 6 Oct 19: at Southern 21, Buffalo State 7 Oct 26: at New Haven 37, Southern 27 Nov.

2: at C.W. Post 23, Southern 20 (OT) Nov. 9: at Southern 56, Central 14 Saturday: Stony Brook 31, at Southern 28 PASSING Norwich: Dustin Brasel 11-20-136; John Regan 0-3-0. Western Connecticut: Andy Kunz 4-8-1 13. RECEIVING Norwich: Alex Bryant 5-98; Ja-red OeRoeba 214 Billy King 2-13; Gabriel Boatwright 1-7; Shane Abrams 14.

Western Connecticut: Dan Loewenberg 2-82; Eric Baribeau 1-19; Mark Gesner 1-12. RUSHING Norwich: Nate Seitz 30-131; Shane Abrams 12-59; Dustin Brasel 11-54; Alex Bryan 1-22; Billy King 1-6; John Regan 2-5. Western Connecticut: Miguel Pickering 22-257; Eric Baribeau 26-91. Monmouth 33, Central Connecticut 27 RUSHING New Haven: Donald Highsmith 24-84; Showerda 6-13. American Interna.

tional: Gailliard 19-75; Teeney 14-59; ena Quail Brown 4-6; Matt Sohns 6-16. -PASSING New Haven: Showerda 11-24-1 168; American International: Sohns 2240- 177. RECEIVING New Haven: Seabrooks 5-99; Aaron Gagnon 4-54; Diallo Freeman 2-15. American International: Galliard 8-681 1 Shawn Teeney 4-19; Charron 3-57; Fred I Marcell 3-17; Joe Gaddy 3-22; Mike Peter-son 1-4. itn 143 95 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Punts-yards Fumbies-kKt Penalties-yards 86 91 OO 00 4-30 2-30 Trinity (7-1) SCORING SUMMARY should be in.

Senior running back James Jones set a Coast Guard record with 42 carries, gaining 144 yards. He scored the final touchdown from a yard out with 1 1 minutes, 50 seconds remaining Jones, who increased his school record season rushing total to 1,369 yards and tied records for points (60) and touchdowns (10) in a season against conference rivals, said it was a defensive victory. "They finally figured Kings Point out," Jones said. "It was a field position game in the second half. They always say defense wins championships." At 5 feet 7, 195 pounds, Jones has 13 of the 23 school or conference records the Bears have set or tied this season.

Nine times he produced first downs, the most unlikely on an 18-yard pass that originally sailed through teammate Christian Lee's hands during the Bears' final touchdown drive. Lee caught touchdown passes of 3 and 45 yards from junior quarterback Dan Warren as the Bears took a 14-13 halftime lead. But it was the defense that stop-pedthe Mariners (6-3, 4-2) in the second half, allowing four first downs. It was the first time this season the Mariners had been shut out in the second half. Cornerback Bryan May intercepted two passes.

Ben Fleming blocked a punt for a safety, his fourth block of the season. Tackle Stan Sanchez had two sacks and along with tackle Ray Jebsen and end Chris Raia, harassed quarterback Bobby Brown until he was replaced by freshman Jeff Turpen late in the game. "They sent a few more players on blitzes in the second half," said Brown, who was 1 for 7 in the second half. "We didn't get it done on third downs." Jebsen said the defense beat itself in the first half, when the Mariners scored twice on 1-yard runs. One scoring drive was aided by a Coast Guard personal foul.

On the blocked punt, Fleming lined up at right defensive end instead of charging up the middle, and came in untouched tp give the Bears a 16-13 lead in the third quarter. "We didn't make many adjustments at Fleming said. "We just made plavs." i By WOODY ANDERSON Courant Staff Writer -'INGS POINT, N.Y. There is a belief shared by Coast Guard Acad-e)ijy football players this season thftt the second half belongs to them. their past seven games all victories the Bears have limited tneir opponents to an average of 5.7 points in the second half.

Saturday, Coast Guard shut out Kmgs Point in the second half of a 23-13 victory that should send the 3.ars to their first postseason game since 1988. The Bears (8-2, 5-1 Freedom Football Conference) tied Springfield for the conference championship and retained the Secretary's which has been awarded to the dinner of this rivalry for 16 years. Kmgs Point leads the series 9-7 and is'16-9 against Coast Guard overall. But none of that bothered the Bears at Tomb Field, which was thoroughly chilled by breezes off Ltmg Island Sound. Bears will learn today if they are' in the NCAA Division III tournament; pairings are announced at 2:30 p.m.

On Monday, the ECAC win announce its field and the Bears Sept 21: at Trinity 20, Bates 11 Sept 28: Trinity 14, at Williams It Oct 5: Trinity 27, at Hamilton 14 Oct 12: at Trinity 34, Tufts 20 Oct 19: Trinity 33, at Bowdoin 0 Oct 26: at Trinity 27, Middlebury 25 Nov. 2: Amherst 24, at Trinity 7 Nov. 9: Trinity 35, at Wesleyan 28 'Con-. son kick), 7:59. CCSU Brown 1 pass from O'Reilly (0 nell kick).

13:04. MU Holder 54 pass from Sabella failed), :08. Fourth auarter First quarter CG Christian Lee 3 pass from Dan Warren (Steve Deveau kick) KP Corey Marker 1 run (run failed) Second quarter KP J. Merrick Kelley 1 run (Mike O'ConneH kick) 45 pass from Lee (Deveau kick) Third quarter CG Safety, Ben Fleming blocked punt rolled through end zona Fourth quarter CG James Jones 1 run (Deveau kick) (Med' from- Westeyan (3-5) CCSU-House 5 run (Powers pass O'Reilly). 4:23.

MU-O'Neil 1 run (kick failed), 8:15. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Sept 21: Wesleyan 29, at Tufts 26 Sept 28: Hamilton 27, at Wesleyan 26 Oct 5: Wesleyan 31 at Colby 28 Oct 12: Wesleyan 37, at Bates 16 Oct 19: Amherst 18, at Wesleyan 13 Oct 26: Bowdoin 31, at Wesleyan 8 Nov. 2: at Williams 13, Wesleyan 12 Nov. 9: Trinity 35, at Wesleyan 28 Central Conn. 12 0 7 827 Monmouth 8 6 7 1233 TEAM STATISTICS CCSU MU First downs 23 22 Rushes-yards 45-259 37-173 Passing 203 267 Return Yards 0 3 Comp-Att-Int 18-27-0 20-31-1 Punts 2-36 OOO Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 429 7-50 Time of Possession 33:53 26:07 SCORING SUMMARY First quarter CCSU-House 1 run (kick failed).

6:55. MU O'Neil 1 run (Finer pass from Sabella), 11 31. CCSU House 1 run (pass failed), 14:46. Second quarter MU-0 Neil 1 run (kick failed), 13:51. Third quarter MU Holder 31 pass from Sabella (Higger- Western Connecticut (54) RUSHING-Coast Guard: Jones 42-144, Anon 1-3; Kings Point: Marker 20-64, Cor-bett 4-16, Kelley 4-11, Turpen 24, Smelling ll, Brown 6-H2).

PASSING Coast Guard: Warren 9-19-1-143. Kings Point: Bobby Brown 10-26-2-95, Jeff Turtien 04-1-0. RECEIVING Coast Guard: Lee 4-78, Thompson 1-25, Jones 2-21, O'Brien 1-13, Comoher 1-6 Kin0 Point- 3.43 PASSING Central Connecticut: O'Reuhr 17-26-0 205, Carrigan 1-1-0 (-2). Moo.ij mouth; Sabella 20-51-1 267. RECEIVING Central Connecticut: Browrf9 94, Powers 3-15.

House 3-39, Poland 2 37; Griz 1-8. Monmouth: Varick 4-26. 31, Holder 3-102, Medrano 2 29. O'Neil 1- 18. Krystopik 1-14, Mazur 1-0.

Galella 1 19., rt RUSHING Central Connecticut: House 33- 199, Powers 2-25, Stressor 5-10, 0'ReillyS- (-2). Monmouth: Medrano 13-103 O'NeH 12-42. Varick 6-21. Francis 1-3. Holder 1-1 Krystopik 1 -0.

Sabella 3-minus 3 1 Sept 6: at Springfield 16. Western 0 Sept 14: Western 14, at Bridgewater State 7 Sept 21: at Western 20, Jersey City State 16 Sept 27: Western 19, William Paterson 7 Lowe 2-20, Marker 2-14, Flanagan 1-13 Oct 5: Plymouth State 19, at Western 12 Oct 12: Off Oct 19: at Coast Guard 14, Western 13 aouteneit 1-a, corter H-3)..