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Sunday, October 5, 1997 CIO THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER FOOTBALL Mountaineers pound hapless Knights, 48-0 ASSOCIATED PRF.SS MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Rutgers suffered its eighth straight loss and remained winless this season as West Virginia's Marc Bulger threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in a 48-0 thumping of the Scarlet Knights yesterday. Amos Zereoue, the Big East's leading rusher, ran for 103 yards for the Mountaineers (4-1 overall, 2-1 conference). Rutgers (0-5, 0-3) has lost five straight games to start a season for the first time since 1954. Bulger threw touchdown passes of 8 yards to tight end Anthony Becht and 57 yards to Khori Ivy and added a 2-yard touchdown run as West Virginia built a 31-0 halftime lead.

Bulger's throwing hand was bruised as he was sacked in the final moments of the first half, and he didn't return. He is expected to play next week. Zereoue's 43-yard run set up Becht's touchdown, and Zereoue scored from 8 yards on the Mountaineers' next possession to give them a 14-0 lead. Zereoue, a sophomore, has 751 yards for the season, an average of 150 per game. He has outgained the opposition in 11 of his 16 career games.

Rutgers' defense, ranked last in the conference, continued to give up quick-strike points. None of West Virginia's five first-half scoring drives took more than four plays or 51 yards. Two of the drives were set up by Nate Terry's punt returns of 54 and 28 yards. It got no better in the second half for Rutgers, which has been out-scored in the third quarter by 72-0 this season. Boo Sensabaugh returned an in hi Vv 1 'ill ball as he's brought down by Ernest Temple's Kevin Harvey clutches the ubilant Owls hold off Pittsburgh terception 64 yards to give the Mountaineers a 41-0 lead in the third quarter, and fullback Anthony Green capped the scoring with a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Jay Taylor kicked field goals of 40 and 44 yards. Rutgers' offense, ranked last in the conference, managed just 170 yards, including 53 on the ground. Junior Brendon Edmonds, mak ing his second start, completed 10 of 21 passes for 58 yards with one in-. terception before he was pulled for freshman Mike McManon alter the first half. Rutgers West Virginia 0 0 0 0 14 17 10 748 First quarter WVU Becht 8 pass from Bulger (Taylor kick) 4:21 WVU Zereoue 7 run (Taylor kick), 0:06 Second quarter WVU FG Taylor 40, 12:54 WVU Ivy 57 pass from Bulger (Taylor kick) 10:24 WVU Bulger 2 run (Taylor kick), 5:25 i Third quarter WVU FG Taylor .44, 9:15 WVU Sensabaugh 64 interception return (Tay lor kick), 4:04 Fourth quarter WVU A.Green 10 run (Taylor kick), 7:59 A 51.737.

RU WVU First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 9 34-53 117 16-34-2 27 1-1 3-34 30:10 41-1801 Z5CTS 16-28-1? 315-" 5-49 3-2, 9-68 29:60 5s Rushing: Rutgers, Robinson 9-37, Diggs Crooks 12-12, Fauntleroy 2-2, bdmonds -(minus 8), McMahon 4-(minus 20). West Virginia, Zereoue 14-103, Keaton 7-35, A.Green 2-23 mull o-1 1 ridina t- iu, vv i hid c-u, wuia i-u. Seider 6-(minus 4), Bulger 4-(minus 18). 1 a.

Passing: Rutgers, Edmonds 10-21-1-58, McM. hon 6-13-1-59. West Virginia, Bulger 11-18-1' 190, Seider 5-10-0-60. Receiving: Rutgers, Fletcher 3-23, Holland 3-14, Harper 3-13. Powell 2-31, Crooks 2-17.

Diggs 9, Hutton 1-7, Fauntteroy 1-3. West Virgin Foreman 5-66, Becht 3-50, Ivy 2-62, Zereoue jjj 32, Porter 2-25, Greene 1-9, Osegueda 1-6. lor then scored a touchdown on a yard dash around left end. Nakielny passed for a two-point conversion Philip Wendler for a 14-7 lead. Princeton 3 18 0 02 Holy Cross 7 0 0 0 7, First quarter Prin FG Sierk 31, 9:25.

Ji HC Milton 13 (pass trom Boland (Fiatarone kick), 7:10. Second quarter Prin FG Sierk 24, 13:13. Prin Taylor 3 run (Wendler pass from Na? kielny), 9:52. Prin Faulkner 12 pass from Nakielny (Sierk kick), 5:06. A 4,500.

i IV, Prin HC First downs 15 10 Rushes-yards 46-133 26-( minus 4 Passing 176 195 Punt Returns 3-53 5-30. Kickoft Returns 2-54 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 15-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 5-33 Punts 1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-62 57. Time of Possession 36 16 23:44 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Princeton, Taylor 18-64, Giurato 22 -54! Clifford 4-13, Nakielny 2-2. Holy Cross, Milton 10, Thompson 4-8, Stapp 1-(minus 6), Boland 14-(minus 16).

Passing: Princeton. Nakielny 16-28-0-176. Holy' Cross, Boland 13 31-1-176. Collar Stapp 1-2-0-6. Receiving: Princeton, Canole 3-31, Giurato Clifford 3-19, Wendler 2-26, Crowley 2-21, Glow bach 1-42, Faulkner 1-12, Erb 1-(-1).

Holy Milton 4-37, Cerngone 3-64, Laboranti 3-40, Egle 2-27, Hopkins 1 -1 1 Oquendo 1 -6, Andrews-1-5, Aloisi 1-5. The victory was their second of the season in the Big East Conference. For them, that's unprecedented. Princeton tops Holy Cross COLLEGE Coakiey. Harvey and Pat Bonner offensive game of the season, with Bonner (12 for 21, 178 yards) and sophomore Kevin Harvey alternating at quarterback.

Harvey threw only one pass but, running an option package, rushed for 72 yards on 14 carries. Stacey Mack and Elmarko Jackson, the Owls' bread-and-butter tailbacks, combined for 135 yards on 37 carries, and wide receiver Kevin Walker caught five passes for 74 yards. The Owls, who had beaten Boston College earlier in the season, converted 9 of 12 third downs. And after Ferencik's second field goal of the day ended the scoring with 2 minutes, 26 seconds left, they made two first downs on second-down plays to eat up the remaining time on the clock and cause Pittsburgh to spend its remaining time-outs. Harvey was in the game at the end, and in the stands were about 200 fans from his hometown of Paulsboro, all wearing red T-shirts with "Temple" on the front and Harvey's name and No.

3 on the back. "I had a good rhythm, because that was my kind of offense," said Harvey, who ran an option attack while leading Paulsboro High to 43 straight victories in four years. "I was comfortable with it." "We finally have a package for Kevin," said Dickerson, who played Harvey sparingly last week after he missed a team meeting. The alternating of quarterbacks, Dickerson added, "was planned. We wanted to keep Pitt off-guard." On its first possession, Temple went 52 yards and scored on a 4-yard run by Jackson for a 7-0 lead.

It was 7-3 after Ferencik kicked and win score on a big run," Bagnoli said. "We finally got one." In the second quarter, a 31-yard pass from Radar to Doug O'Neil set up an 11-yard scoring run by Jim F'inn, who again was doing double duty as a defensive back and part-time running back. Penn had taken its first lead of the season on its first possession of the game, getting a 38-yard field goal from Jeremiah Greathouse. It helped the Quakers that halfback Jason McGee was back and ran 23 times for 76 yards. McGee had been a starter in preseason camp, but a pulled left hamstring had kept him out of the first two games.

Towson 0 0 0 1414 Penn 10 7 0 926 First quarter Grealhouse 38 FG, 10:12 Bonanno 21 pass from Rader (Greathouse kick), 4:31 Second quarter -Finn 11 run (Grealhouse Fourth quarter Piela 24 interception return (Greathouse kick) 13:08 Corle 3 run (2-poinl conversion), 5:26 Piela 83 fumble return A 6.806. Philadelphia Inquirer PABLO ALCALA alternated at quarterback. his first field goal, also a 37-yarder, with 2:18 left in the opening period, and the Panthers went up by 10-7 on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Gonzalez to Murphy at the 8:43 mark of the second period. Then Temple, with Bonner completing 4 of 6 passes, traveled 69 yards, and Jackson went into the end zone from the 1 about 3Va minutes before the break. After Dave Nicholl added a 37-yard field goal, it was up to the Owls' defense.

"After the game, the kids gave Coach McCrone the game ball, and he cut it up into 11 pieces," Dicker-son said. "We could have folded our tents. I was proud." Pittsburgh 3-13 317 Temple First quarter Tem Jackson 4 run (Nicholl kick), 11:13 Pit FG Ferencik 37, 2:18 Second quarter Pit Murphy 15 pass from Gonzalez (Ferencik kick), 8:43 Tem Jackson 1 run (Nicholl kick), 3:34 Fourth quarter Tem FG Nicholl 37, 8:06 Pit FG Ferencik 37, 2:26 A 10,334. Pit Tem First downs 18 22 Rushes-yards 30-74 56-225 Passing 205 178 Comp-Att-Int 19-30-1 12-22-1 Return Yards 97 114 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-1 Penalties-Yards 4-45 5-35 Time ol Possession 27:03 32:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Pittsburgh, Schulters 11-40, West 10-51, Schneider 1-8, Gonzalez 8-(-25).

Temple, Jackson 19-79, Magk 18-56, Harvey 14-72, Bonner 4-14, McBnde 1-4. Passing: Pittsburgh, Gonzalez 19-30-1 205. Temple. Bonner 12-21-1 178, Harvey 0-1-0 0. Receiving: Pittsburgh, Murphy 10-138, Schulters 2-11, Holfart 4-33, Schneider 2-13, West 1-10.

Temple, Walker 5-74, Gilliard 1-22, Kersey 2-33, Carter 1-10, Davis 1-12, Mack 1-13, McBride By Kevin Tatum INtJl'IREH STAFF WRITER A Temple quarterback knelt with the ball as the final seconds ticked off the clock. Ron Dickerson, the Owls' head coach, and Ron McCrone, assistant head coach and defensive coordinator, received Gatorade showers. And the Temple fans behind the Owls' bench at Veterans Stadium stood, clapping and cheering and high-fiving. Yesterday, for the first time since joining the Big East five years ago, Temple won a second league game in the same season and, incredibly, mtfyed into a tie for second place in the conference standings. '3 haven't had enough of these," said Dickerson, whose team improved to 2-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big East with its 17-13 victory over Pittsburgh.

"It was a great feeling to see the jubilation and excitement on the kids' faces. That's what pleases me most." A week after one of its frequent heartbreaking losses a 24-21 defeat by Maryland that was helped along by a bad exchange late in the game between the Owls' center and quarterback Temple came out vesterday with an intensity that Pittsburgh coach Walt Harris said was the difference in the game. "We played against a team today that was very motivated," said Harris, whose Panthers fell to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big East. "This was a team that we thought we had a ASSOCIATED PRESS WORCESTER, Mass. Princeton quarterback Harry Nakielny completed 16 of 28 passes for 176 yards and one touchdown as the Tigers posted a 21-7 win over Holy Cross yesterday.

Princeton (2-1) capitalized on Holy Cross' mistakes and controlled the line of scrimmage throughout, limiting the Crusaders (1-3) to mi-nus-4 yards rushing for the game. Princeton opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when kicker Alex Sierk capped a 12-play, 58-yard drive with a 31-yard field goal. Holy Cross then took a brief 7-3 lead after Keith Sharp recovered Gerry Giurato's fumble at the Tigers' 25. Holy Cross quarterback Dan Boland then completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Trey Milton for the go-ahead touchdown. The Tigers sealed the outcome with 18 second-quarter points.

Damani Leech got Princeton going when he returned a Joe Repshi punt 43 yards to set up Sierk's second field goal, a 24-yarder. Repshi's next punt was only 9 yards to the Crusaders' 48. Nakielny completed a key 42-yarder to tight end Jason Glotzbach. Damian Tay- Quakers halt rally Small Colleges Ursinus stifles Swarthmore's offense chance to play well against, but they got it done. Everybody got hyped about what we'd done previously, but it could have been a smoke screen." While a win is a win, Temple again didn't make things easy on itself.

With the Owls leading by 17-10 and less than six minutes left, Pat Bonner threw an interception to the Panthers' Tray Crayton, who returned it 53 yards to the Temple 18. But after Pittsburgh moved to the 8-yard line, Pete Gonzalez (19 for 30, 205 yards, 1 touchdown) was sacked at the 20 by linebacker Decara Burgess and defensive end Michael Trip. The Panthers had to settle for a 37-yard field goal by Chris Ferencik that narrowed the gap to four points. "It was a matter of determination," said the 6-foot, 245-pound Burgess, who produced two sacks. "We were hollering in the huddle to see.

who would get in. This feels real good." Earlier, Temple made a big defensive play when safety Marcus Counts stripped the ball from Terry Murphy (10 receptions, 138 yards) after the wide receiver had gained 25 yards to the Owls' 24. Defensive back LaMond Adams, who also made an interception, returned the fumble 21 yards, and the Owls were still holding a four-point lead late in the third period. "He ran a good route, and I got beat," Counts said. "But I hustled and did what we practice every day." On a day when Temple limited Pittsburgh to 74 yards rushing, the Owls put together their most varied teammate's legs.

Piela picked it up and went the distance for the last two points of the night. "We wanted to make sure nobody left the stadium early," said Penn coach Al Bagnoli, who said his team's prevent defense had been too soft in giving up 10 yards at a clip. Early in the fourth quarter, a 24-yard interception return by Piela had put Penn ahead by 24-0. The Quakers, who had given up 40 first-half points while scoring just three in their first two games, were up by 17-0 at halftime. They had punted only once.

Their lead could have been bigger, but a fumbled snap prevented them from kicking a field goal in the last minute. The loss topped off a bad week for the Tigers, who earlier had found out they had to forfeit a 27-7 victory over Holy Cross because they had used a player who hadn't yet been ruled eligible by the NCAA's clearinghouse. The player also had played in Towson's last two games, losses to Lehigh and Columbia. In the first half, quarterback Dave Radar and wide receiver Brian Bon-anno got together to make Penn's biggest play a 64-yard pass play that put the Quakers up by 10-0. Bonanno stopped, wailed under Radar's throw, and caught it.

When cornerback Dwane Exeter tried to arm-tackle him, Bonanno went by him and ran into the end zone. Bonnano finished the half with four catches for 121 yards, contributing to Radar's 204 yards on 12-for-18 passing. By the end of the game, Radar was 20 for 29 for 273 yards. "Half of your offensive ability is you getting to make a big play and Penn's first victory came after it got careless with a 24-0 lead against Towson State. By Mike Jensen INQ.UIRER STAFF WHITEK This week, the Penn Quakers didn't fumble the opening kickoff or watch the opposing kicker pick up a fumble and run for the end zone.

Last night, the only drama at Franklin Field was packed into the last six minutes. The play of the game came when a Penn corner-back picked up a fumble and ran 83 yards the other way on a two-point conversion attempt by Towson. Penn got the two points to lock up a 2M4 victory its first in three gsmes this season. Some in Penn's student section had already left before Towson scored for the first time with 5 minutes, 26 seconds left in the game. By then, Penn had a 24-0 lead after dominating Towson (2-3) all night.

But after Towson tailback Jason Corle scored from 3 yards out, and the Tigers passed for a two-point conversion, recovered their own onside kick, and scored again with less than two minules left. Another successful two-point conversion would have cut the Quakers' lead to 24-16. But defensive end Qurran Rogers bulldozed into Towson quarterback Kevin Smith, forcing a fumble. The ball was bouncing diouiid when cornerback Joseph Piela saw it bounce right through a ASSOCIATED PRESS Ursinus rolled up a season-high 222 yards on the ground and Craig Messick tossed a 37-yard touchdown pass as the Bears blanked Swarth-more, 31-0, yesterday in College-ville. Ursinus (2-3 overall, 1-2 Centennial Conference) held Swarthmore (04, 0-3) to just 92 yards of total offense, including minus-1 yard rushing.

Freshman Joe Conte gained 91 yards on 10 carries for the Bears, highlighted by a 28-yard touchdown run with 1 minute, 23 seconds left in the first quarter. Dickinson 44, Carnegie-Mellon 37 Three defenders for Dickinson (2-2) stopped the scrambling Rico Parish 1 yard short of a first down on fourth and 9 to preserve the Red Devils' win over Carnegie-Mellon (3-2) in double overtime in Pittsburgh. Tied at 30 after regulation, the teams traded touchdowns on their first drives in overtime. Dickinson's Ben Catanese then scored on a 10-yard run. Slippery Rock 27, West Chester 14 Randy McKavish threw three TD passes to lead host Slippery Rock (4-1) over West Chester (1-4).

McKavish found Scott Whipple for a 27-yard pass in the first, and followed it with a 21-yard toss to John Curran in the second and a 16-yard throw to Curran in the third. Morgan Anderson kicked field goals of 19 and 35 yards for the Rockets. Moravian 28, Delaware Valley 10 Wilkes 32, Lebanon Valley 0 Mike Hankins scored two TDs and the defense had a touchdown for the second consecutive week as-Wilkes (2-2) shut out Lebanon Valley (04) in Edwardsville, Pa. East Stroudsburg 45, Kutztown 20 Steward Ford and Mike Mancusd scored three touchdowns each to lead East Stroudsburg (1-3, 1-0 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) past host Kutztown (2-2, 0-1). Johns Hopkins 20, Gettysburg 12 Don Zajick and Adam Gentile combined for 291 yards rushing and two touchdowns to power Johns Hopkins (3-1, 2-0 Centennial) past host Gettysburg (2-2, 1-2).

1 Western Maryland 44, Muhlenberg 9 Ron Sermarini threw for 261 yards and four touchdowns as Western Maryland (5-0, 3-0 Centennial) blasted Muhlenberg (04, 0-3) in Al lenlown Pa Lycoming 35, FDU-Madison 19 yuarierrjack Jason Marraccini threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as Lycoming (3-0) dropped FDU-Madison (04) in Madison, N.J. Bloomsburg 68, Cheyney 6 Tailback Irvin Sigler tied his own school record with five rushing TDs and 257 yards as Bloomsburg ripped visiting Cheyney. Lock Haven 33, Clarion 32 Carlos Cleckley threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more, the last a 32-yard run giving Lock Haven-the narrow win at home over Clarion. i Rob Petrosky threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns, and freshman P.J. Jankowicz ran for 112 yards in his first collegiate start as Moravian (2-2) downed Delaware Valley in Bethlehem, Pa.

Moravian turned the ball over five times, but got two interceptions in the second half to seal the win. Widener 56, Juniata 20 Brian Greene tied a school record with five touchdown passes and Widener (4-0, 2-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) rolled up 449 yards on offense to trounce Juniata (04, 0-2) in Chester. Greene, who finished 15 of 22 for 265 yards, threw four of his touchdowns in the first half. Kean 21, William Paterson 9 Tailback Jerome Porter ran for 101 yards and defensive back Kelly Marshman returned an interception 21 yards for a TD to help Kean (14, 1-0 New Jersey Athletic Conference) snap a 10-game losing streak with the win over William Paterson (04, 0-2) in Union, N.J. Shippensburg 17, Edinboro 3 Mike Erlandson returned a punt 46 yards to set up a touchdown and Phil Galiano rambled 35 yards after an interception to give Shippensburg (2-2, 1-0 PSAC) a home victory over Edinboro (1-3, 0-1).

Montclair State 21, St. John Fisher 0 Sophomore tailback Ron Lewis rushed for 93 yards and scored two first-quarter touchdowns as Montclair State (2-2) snapped a two-game losing streak, defeating St. John Fisher (0-4) in Upper Montclair, N.J. Tow Penn 17 20 24-60 40-157 236 307 27-51-2 21-30-2 1 134 7- 42 3-38 1-0 3-3 8- 70 11-88 27:51 32:09 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Towson, Corle 15-60, Dodson 2-5, Derwin 1-9, Smith 6-(minus 14); Penn, McGee 23-76, Alexander 6-24, Rader 10-46, Finn 1-11.

Passing: Towson, Smith 27-51-2 236; Penn, Rader 20-29-2 273, MacLeod 1-1-0 34. Receiving: Towson, Corle 12-63, Fiore 4-65, Deal 5-61, Maglionico 2-15, Dodson 1-0, Overby 3-32; Penn, Eonnano 5 129. Carson 2 16, McGee 6 37, Rodgeis 3-27, O'Neil 3-49, Cosmello 1-5, Clay 1 34..