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Sunday, November 9, 1997 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER C5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Rutgers falls to 0-10 as Wake Forest tons mistakes into points Penn ices Princeton with late field goal Jeremiah Greathouse's kick gave the Quakers a 20-17 win and kept them in the hunt for the Ivy crown. On Rutgers' next play from scrimmage, cornerback D'Angelo Solomon intercepted a questionable deep pass down the middle by McMahon and returned it 39 yards. Three plays later, Lewis scored from 15 yards out, tiptoeing the last 5 yards down the sideline. "it jt A mm 028 014 14 3 11 0 14 0 Wake Forest Rutgers ASSOCIATED PRESS PISCATAWAY, N.J. Herman Lewis rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns and Wake Forest pushed Rutgers to the brink of a season without a victory by defeating the Scarlet Knights, 28-14, yesterday.

Quarterback Ben Sankey ran for a touchdown and a two-point conversion and Wake Forest (5-5) turned three mistakes by Rutgers' freshman quarterback, Mike McMahon, into 17 points in sending the Scarlet Knights (0-10) to their 13th straight loss. The 10 losses are the most in a season by Rutgers, which played in the first college football game in 1869. The only way the Scarlet Knights could avoid a winless season would be to beat Miami on the road next weekend. McMahon threw touchdown passes of 12 yards to Andy Holland and 37 yards to Walter King in the final 3 minutes, 50 seconds of the second quarter to cut Wake Forest's lead to 17-14 at the half. Rutgers was still within three' points late in the third quarter when Sankey hit Desmond Clark on a 43-yard play-action pass to the Rutgers 11.

It set up Matthew Bur-dick's second field goal, a 22-yarder, which gave Wake Forest a 20-14 lead. back on my senior year as a failure. I have something positive." The Tigers (44, 14) received a spark off the bench from their backup quarterback, John Burnham, who played the entire second half after starter Harry Nakielny suffered a rib injury. Burnham passed for 166 yards, scored Princeton's lone touchdown on a 13-yard run, and threw for a two-point conversion. "I thought I hurt us on our first two drives, but then I settled down," Burnham said.

"I calmed down a little bit after that. We knew we could drive the ball on them, and that's what we did." From 14 down, the Tigers started chipping away a Sierk field goal set up by three Burnham completions, Burnham's TD run two plays after he hit Ryan Crowley with a 60-' yard pass, and a conversion pass to Gerald Giurato that made it 17-14. Then Tom Ludwig's 20-yard punt return into Penn territory set up Sierk's tying field goal with 6:57 remaining, a 43-yarder into the wind that cleared with 10 yards to spare. That's why, when Sierk lined up the potential game-winner into the same wind from 46 yards, few doubted he could do the job, until Bishop came up with the play that handed Sierk First quarter WF Lewis 16 run (Burdick kick), 7:45. WF Sankey 1 run (Burdick kick), :36.

Second quarter WF FG Burdick 32, 10:54. Rut Holland 12 pass from McMahon (McDonald kick), 3:50. Rut King 37 pass from McMahon (McDonald kick), :08. Third quarter WF FG Burdick 22, 1:16. WF Lewis 15 run (Sankey run), :21.

A 11,717. WF Rut First downs 19 9 Rushes-yards 62-188 20-48 Passing 158 192 Comp-Att-Int 14-20-0 17-34-3 Return Yards 96 .2 Punts-Avg. 3-45 7-43 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-48 1073 Time of Possession 38:08 21:52 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Wake Forest, Lewis 36-129, Kane 8-51, Savage 3-7, Shaw 1-3, Sankey 13-3, Gary 1-(minus 5). Rutgers, Crooks 10-37, Fauntleroy 4-2, Robinson 1-(minus 3), McMahon 5-( minus 3). Passing: Wake Forest, Sankey 14-20-0-158.

Rutgers, McMahon 17-34-3-192. Receiving: Wake Forest, Davis 5-48, Clark 3-66, Kane 3-9, Deese 2-34, Merritt 1-1. Rutgers, Crooks 4-18, King 3-71, Powell 3-46, Holland 2-27, Hutton 2-17, Diggs 2-10, Luna 1-3. Associated Press DAN LOH Penn's Jim Finn struggles to shake free of a Princeton tackier. Finn rushed for 146 yards and' one touchdown on 33 carries.

winning field goal, and the other guy made his." As a result, the Quakers will visit Harvard (5-0 Ivy) next week with a chance to tie the Crimson in: the league race. his first miss of the year. "You don't ever want to hear that double thump," Sierk said, speaking of the kick and the block, "It's just real urifortunate. The rain and wind were no factor. I missed the game- By Joe Juliano i' INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Before kicking his biggest field goal of the season yesterday at damp and misty Franklin Field, Jeremiah Greathouse had to wait out three nerye-racking 1 time-outs, during which he yo-yoed between the Penn sideline and the field.

The last two time-outs were called by Princeton, seeking to ice the Quakers' senior kicker. However, instead of icing him, the time-outs helped him warm up. "I was freezing on the sidelines," Greathouse said. "It was kind of nice to get some extra kicks into the net to warm up. My foot had felt like ice." Greathouse squarely nailed the 34-yard field goal with four seconds to play to give the Quakers a 20-17 victory and keep them alive in the Ivy League championship race.

The 89th meeting of these archri-vals came down to the kickers: Princeton's Alex Sierk, who had made all 11 of his attempts coming into the game, and Greathouse, who had made less than half his 13 tries. But the Quakers (5-3 overall, 4-1 Ivy) made the game's biggest play against Sierk, who earlier kicked field goals of 33, 24 and 43 yards, when John Bishop blocked his 46-yard attempt and fell on the ball at the Princeton 47 with 2 minutes, 38 seconds remaining. "I saw an opening there between the wing and the tight end and got lucky enough to squeeze through," said Bishop, Penn's captain and strong safety. "Plays like that don't come along very often. It was real special." The blocked kick spurred the slumbering Penn offense.

Until then, the Quakers had made just one first down and 27 total yards quarterback Matt Rader left the game with a concussion. He was injured on a S-yard touchdown run that gave the Quakers a 17-3 lead with 6:31 left in the third quarter, Now there was new life. Jim Finn (146 yards on 33 carries) ran five straight times for 29 yards, getting Penn to the Princeton 18 with 8 sec-' onds left to set up Greathouse. "We were just going to. wind it down and put Jeremiah in a situation where he can kick it," Penn coach Al Bagnoli said.

"Either we're going to overtime or we're going to win the game." Greathouse had hit from 44 yards and missed from 38. "I was in a good situation because I couldn't lose the game," he said. "This year I've had some problems kicking, so I feel a little bit of redemption. Now I won't have to look 1 Pit Team USA Apparel Accessories Visit our web site a www.pitteamapparel.com or call for a FREE catalog 1 -888-Pit-2799 Officially licensed merchandise by: fa TSs DCS' AmeriG4S All Season Radial Buy Any 4 General Tires and get a FREE OIL, LUBE FILTER Most Cars. Not To Be Used With Any Other Offer Month Tread Wearout Limited Waranty Meets or exceeds the most demanding domestic and foreign vehicle manufacturers 6 1117 7 320 Princeton Penn standards quarter Pen FG Greathouse 44, 4:29 Second quarter Pen--Finn 1 run (Greathouse kick) 10:14 40,000 MIL! ALL-SEASON WHITIWALL ITKL RADIAL 6:31 P17570R13BLK $49 P18570R14BLK $59 P19570R14BLK P18575R14NW $61 P19575R14NW $62 P20565R15BLK $67 P20570R19NIW $67 P21570R15NW $79 P20575R15NW $70 P22575R15NW $73 yV Vvt evacuate water "lvAAi "sl( Wtl 01 hydroplaning ll season jjji i i iVr performance I unynii' levels of wet lnuipni6ni snow tradition Ml' ml See l(ealer I terms, condi-' tionsandown- ers' obligations P15580R13 P16580R13 P17580R13 P18580R13 Third quarter -j PrHr-FG Sjerk 33, 8:52 Pen Racier 5 run (Greathouse kick), Pri FG Sierk 24, 2:53 Fourth quarter Pri Burnham 13 run (Giurato pass) Pri FG Sierk 43, 6:57 Pen FG Greathouse 34, 0:04 "A 4 5,847.

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