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D14 iJ Sunday, October 22, 1995 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER COLLEGE FOOTBALL Temple's offense arrives too late iny loss to E. Carolina The defense was on the field too long. The host Pirates erupted in the 3d quarter in a 32-22 win. '4 SH By Stephen A. Smith INQUIRKR STAFF WHITER GREENVILLE, N.C.

Defense may win championships, but points win games. Perhaps that's why Temple has just one victory this season. After mustering just 72 yards of total offense in the first half, Temple came alive late. Too late, however, as East Carolina used a pivotal 19-point third quarter to take a 32-22 victory over the Owls yesterday in a noncon-ference game before a homecoming crowd of 31,225 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Running back Scott Harley, a freshman subbing for injured Jerris McPhail, ran for 175 yards on 38 The Philadelphia Inquirer DIRK SHADD his team, Sean Morey of Brown is hit by Mike Soyster of Penn.

Brown eventually did snag the football. and Penn roll over Brown know if it's the plays or what. Wejust can't seem to do anything rigb.tr Ex, pectations were real high for us. this year, but we're not doing it. I don't know what to say, man.

All I cart dp is blame myself." He has company. The statistics show Temple with 297 yards passing, reminiscent of last season. Burris completed 20 of 42 passes, but threw three interceptions, one coming at the goal line with 7:20 left and Temple trying to inch back into things. "I don't know what it is," Dicker-son, shaking his head, said of Burns' struggles. "I've got to take a look at the films.

He's not reading plays right. He's overthrowing wide-open receivers. He's just missing targets. I can't believe it. I'm totally shocked, I think everyone is.

"We expect a lot from Henry, because he's done so much in the past. But that might change. Maybe it's time to take a look at I backup QBl Pat Bonner see what he can do for us; We have to do something." The defense needs help, too. It has kept Temple' in every game except the blowout loss to Penn State. Yesterday was no different.

Outside linebacker Lance Johnstone, in typical form, made 16 tackles. Middle linebacker Alshermond Singleton was in on 13 tackles, and transfer linebacker Willie Brown had 11. Temple's defense, despite 19 minutes on the field in the first half, held ECU to 79 yards rushing, but got no help. The offense gained just 19 yards on the ground, made six first downs and looked totally lethargic at best, Lee's loss obviously hurt, since Temple finished with just 50 yards rushing. The Owls were behind by 25 points before they could pose a threat.

"The offense apologized to the defense in the locker room," Dickerson said. "They knew what they didn't do." So did everyone else. Note. Lee was taken to a hospital after injuring his leg with 3:29 left in the first quarter. He was diagnosed with a sprained left anklebruised lower leg.

He's questionable for next week. X4-. Iff rr- Arbogast, who ran it in. Greathouse made it 24-0 with a 27-yard field goal with 1:09 left in the quarter. At that point, the Quakers had a 1804 edge in total offense.

It didn't get much better for the Bruins despite two second-quarter TD passes by Jason McCullough, who became Brown's all-time leader in passing yardage (3,042) and completions (236). Thanks to DeRosa's TD passes to Tonelli and Miles Macik, it was 41-14 at halftime. Then McGarrity, known more for his pass-rushing skills than coverage ability, picked off McCullough on the third play of the third quarter and went straight ahead for a score. "That was a great experience," said McGarrity, of Archbishop Ryan. "I finally got my hands on the potato.

I'm surprised I caught it." The Quakers had it well enough in hand that Steve Teodecki saw significant action at quarterback. In fact, Penn dressed 91 players, and almost everyone saw action. That included 4 quarterbacks, 7 running backs and 31 players on defense who had at least one tackle. "This was a real good game for us in terms of getting some of our self-esteem back," Bagnoli said. "I thought this was vital.

This was as crucial a win as we've had this year." carries, both East Carolina freshman records. The Owls (1-6), who ended several onerous losing streaks by beating Pitt last week, lost to the Pirates (4-3) for the second time in succession. It was Temple's fifth straight loss in nonconference competition and ninth in 12 nonconference games since coach Ron Dicker-son arrived in 1993. "The defense was outstanding today," Dickerson said. "They worked so hard, held ECU, and made some key stops.

But the offense couldn't get it done, just couldn't get it done." Dickerson, now 4-25 for his Temple tenure, was clearly frustrated by the offense's struggles, which were aggravated by the loss of running back Ramod Lee, who left the game with a leg injury in the first quarter. "This has happened just a bit too much," Dickerson said. "The defense was on that field for over 100 plays, for crying out loud." By the time the second half arrived, Temple was down, 13-0, and all but done. The defense was exhausted. Temple's offense, much ballyhooed before the season, did nothing on its first three second-half plays, surrendering field position when quarterback Henry Burris was sacked at his own 2-yard line and punter John Shay got off only a 34-yard kick that was returned to the Owls' 26.

The Pirates scored six plays later on a 5-yard hookup from quarterback Marcus Crandell to Jason Nichols, and it was a 19-0 game with 10 minutes, 18 seconds left in the third quarter. Sensing urgency, Temple struck back less than two minutes later, helped by two ECU penalties before Burris hit Van Johnson with an 11-yard TD pass to pull the score to 19-7. "We started moving the ball," Johnson said, "but, as usual, we waited too long. Their defense brought it to us, and we threw very little back. We waited too long.

We're not getting off early. We're putting ourselves in holes we can't get out of. It's that simple." ECU made it look that way, marching 63 yards in six plays on its next possession. After Harley cruised through a wide-open hole in the middle for a 7-yard TD run, the Pirates led, 25-7, with 6:12 left in the third quarter. Two plays later it was 32-7.

ECU linebacker Morris Foreman scooped up a fumble by Temple backup running back Frank Carter and scampered 31 yards down the left sideline for ECU'S final touchdown. "I don't know what to say," Burris said. "I feel like it's me, but I don't Attempting to recover a fumble by DeRosa He threw for three TDs in just the first half of the Quakers' 58-21 win. Abye and Camp had 48-yard scoring runs. By Joe Juliano 1N4JUIHKR STAFF WHITER Brown coach Mark Whipple caught up with Mark DeRosa in the interview room, shook his hand, tapped him on the shoulder pads, and said: "Don't listen to all that bull.

You'll be fine." Whipple just happened to catch DeRosa on his finest day of the 1995 season. The Penn quarterback threw for three touchdowns in a 41-point first half yesterday as the Quakers cruised to a 58-21 victory over the Bruins in a soggy Ivy League contest at Franklin Field. This was not the DeRosa of the first five games of the Penn season, the pressing junior who had accounted for an alarming 17 of the Quakers' 19 turnovers. This was a flawless De-Rosa: no interceptions, no fumbles, only two incompletions in 14 attempts, and 183 yards through the air in less than three quarters of action. In other words, this was a game DeRosa needed badly.

"I think it was real important for my own personal confidence and to get the team back believing in me," he said. "It was a do-or-die game. "I think I put a lot of heat on myself coming into this game, from the standpoint of trying not to make the stupid mistakes, not to force the ball. We stuck to the game plan, stuck to the basics, and got the job done." Penn coach Al Bagnoli was pleased, not to mention relieved, that his quarterback had snapped out of the doldrums. "It was good to see Mark get a complete game under his belt," Bagnoli said.

"He took what was there, didn't force anything, used his feet to get a first down. He ran the offense very well. When people were open, he put the ball right on the money. This should do a lot for him." The Quakers (4-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) rolled up 527 yards of total offense, receiving contributions from many of DeRosa's teammates. Running backs Aman Abye, who rushed for 109 yards, and Dion Camp each chipped in a 48-yard touchdown run.

Jeremiah Greathouse kicked three field goals, including a 50-yarder that bounced off the crossbar and richocheted through. Special teams and defense also got into the act. Mark Fabish returned a Paul Fichiera of Brown is stopped in his tracks by Mike Soyster (left) and Tim Gage of Penn. Fichiera rushed for 17 yards on five carries. Brown Penn 0 14 0 721 24 17 17 058 Penn Abye 48 run (Greathouse kick) Penn Fabish 53 punt return (Greathouse kick) Penn Arbogast 28 pass from DeRosa (Great-house kick) Penn Greathouse 27 FG Brown Choquette 3 pass from McCullough (Lucke kick) Penn Tonelli 28 pass from DeRosa (Great-house kick) Penn Greathouse 20 FG Brown Morey 39 pass from McCullough (Lucke kick) Penn Macik 3 pass from DeRosa (Greathouse kick) Penn McGarrity 36 interception return (Great-house kick) Penn Greathouse 50 FG.

Penn Camp 48 run (Miller kick) Brown Morey 11 pass from Humphreys (Lucke kick) A 11,158. Pen Brn 22 20 55-301 33-192 226 183 196 197 14-20-0 16-31-2 5-145 8-261 2-0 3-2 2-10 2-18 34:39 25:21 For Arbogast, a sophomore, it was the first catch of his career. The Quakers scored early and often on the Bruins (3-3, 0-3), pushing across three touchdowns in the first 7 minutes, 11 seconds to start the rout. You got a clue that this would be Penn's day when, for the first time in four weeks, the Quakers' initial march into their opponent's territory did not end with an interception. This one ended with a touchdown: Abye's 48-yard sprint down the right sideline.

Brown ran three plays and punted. Fabish caught the kick at the 47, veered to the left, broke a tackle, got great blocks from John Bishop and Joe Piela and raced all the way. On the Bruins' first play after the kickoff, Marquis Jessie fumbled, and Dana Lyons -recovered for Penn at the Brown 37. Two plays later, De-Rosa faked to Abye, bootlegged to the left, and lofted a perfect strike to Temple E. Carolina 0 0 3 10 7 1522 19 032 ECU FG Holcomb 28 ECU Crandell 7 run (Holcomb kick) ECU FG Holcomb 29 ECU Nichols 5 pass from Crandell (pass-failed) Tem Johnson 11 pass from Burris (Michalski kick) ECU Harley 7 run (kick failed) ECU Foreman 31 fumble return (Holcomb kick) Tem Burris 9 run (Michalski kick) Tem Kersey 23 pass from Burris (Walker pass from Bonner) A 31,225.

TEM ECU First downs 23 27 Rushes-yards 23-50 50-172' Passing yards 297 Return Yards 0 275. 66 Comp-Att-Int 20-42-3 24-44-0 Punts 6-32 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-59 Time of Possession 22:56 5-95 4-1 9-65 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Temple, Burris 7-3, Carter 5-18, Cul-breath 8-23, Lee 3-6. E. Carolina, Crandell 10-7, Harley 38-175, Mabry 1-2, Galloway 1-(-3), Leu- due 1-(-9). Passing: Temple, Burris 20-42-3 297.

E. Carolina, Crandell 24-44-0 275. Receiving: Temple, Lee 1-6, Ganzater 1-10, Walker 5-78, Whiteherd 7-113, Johnson 3-59, Kersey 1-23, Culbreath 2-8. E. Carolina, Nichols 6-81, Galloway 1-17, Richards 4-47, Shannon 2-28, Smith 4-36, Harley 3-26, Batson 1-4, Janes' 3-36.

Nakielny completed 9 of 14 passes for 104 yards. Duffy, a junior split end, caught 8 passes for 119 yards and his fifth and sixth touchdowns of the season. Washington, a workhorse in the downpour, carried 30 times in ing the Harvard defense. Harvard's Vin Ferrara completed 13 of 31 passes for 185 yards, while his running game managed a mere 72 yards. Colby Skelton caught' .7.

passes for 105 yards. Princeton 7 0 7 01 ft -S Prin Duffy 4 pass from Harvey (Sierk kick) Harv FG Korinke 22 Prin Duffy 39 pass from Harvey (Sierk kick) A 16,420. Unbeaten Princeton stops Harvard, 14-3 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Penn, Scott 15-75, DeRosa 4-1, Abye 13-109, Camp 7-76, Bigby 7-12, Rossignol 5-17, Finn 3-4, McGee 1-7. Brown, Fichiera 5-17, McCullough 3-7, Gallegos 6-49, Jessie 9-47, Humphreys 3-6, Wall 6-53, Morey 1-13. Passing: Penn, DeRosa 12-14-0-183, Teodecki 2-6-0-43.

Brown, McCullough 14-27-2-198, Humphreys 2-4-0-25. Receiving: Penn, Tonelli 4-81, Arbogast 1-28, Fabish 2-39, Macik 3-31, Thompson 1-22, James 2-22, Tucker 1-3. Brown, Fichiera 1-0, Choquette 3-28, Jessie 2-6, Dummert 2-10, Smith 5-77, Morey 3-62. This article contains information from the Associated Press. Villanova Navy 7 0 0 714 0 6 8 620 Vill Cowsette 1 run (Kiefer kick) Navy Fay 1 run (kick failed) Navy Fay 1 run (Fay run) Navy Cannada 7 run (kick blocked) Vill Cnwwttp 1 run fKipfpr Irtrk) A 26,726.

punt for a touchdown for the second time in as many weeks. And defensive end Tom McGarrity picked off a pass and rumbled 36 yards for a score. "We came into this game saying we'd like to make some big plays and negate the turnovers," Bagnoli said. "We made big plays with the run, the pass and the kicking game, and we didn't turn the ball over. We've been waiting to break out for a long time." The unusual part of the game for the Penn offense was the involvement of the tight ends, who normally block and get a ball thrown to them about once a week.

Two of DeRosa's TD passes were 28-yard throws to tight ends Travis Arbogast in the first quarter, Matt Tonelli in the second. "It was incredible," said Tonelli, a senior, who tallied his first career TD. "I'm not used to being downfield that many yards. I was never that wide-open. I love the feeling." ties, and we didn't do that today." Despite all their mistakes, the Wildcats still had an opportunity to pull off the upset when cornerback Curtis Dunaway recovered a fumble by Navy fullback Irv Dingle on Vil-lanova's 19-yard line.

Sparked by two completions by Park, the Wildcats marched 81 yards in 14 plays, with tailback Anthony Cowsette bulling over from the 1. A successful conversion by Kiefer made it 20-14 with 2 minutes, 23 seconds remaining. But an onside-kick attempt failed when Astor Heaven covered the ball for Navy on the 'Nova 44. Navy was able to run out the clock for the victory. Villanova had jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the opening minutes after recovering a fumble by Navy quarterback Chris McCoy on the Midshipmen's 43-yard line.

Villanova's Cowsette carried on almost every play, completing the Three 'Nova miscues hand Navy a win ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON Brock Harvey passed to Kevin Duffy for a pair of touchdowns and Marc Washington ran for 129 yards yesterday as Princeton remained unbeaten and untied with a 14-3 victory over hapless Harvard. Princeton (6-0 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) avoided an upset in torrential rain with a hard-nosed defense that frustrated Harvard (1-5 and 0-3). It was Harvard's 10th loss in 11 home games under second-year coach Tim Murphy. Harvey put the Tigers in front to stay wnn a 4-yaru loucnuown pass to Duffy in the first period. Then the pair connected on a 39-yard pass in the third period.

Harvard averted a shutout on Ryan Korinke's 22-yard field goal early in the second period. In the second half, the Crimson were unable to score despite drives to the Princeton 34, 27, 23, 35, and, in the closing seconds, the 4. Harvey, sharing the quarterback duties with Harry Nakielny after suffering an arm injury, completed 6 of 9 passes for 84 yards as Princeton beat Harvard for a fifth consecutive year in a rivalry begun in 1877. drive with a 1-yard TD plunge. An interception by Sean Andrews, who had two on the day, at the Villanova 40 set up Navy's first score in the second quarter.

Sophomore fullback Tim Cannada, who was getting his first start in place of the injured Omar Nelson, did the brunt of the work in advancing the ball to the 'Nova 1. Backup quarterback Ben Fay scored from there on a keeper. Cannada finished the day with 23 carries for 108 yards. Jason Covarrubias' extra-point attempt sailed under the crossbar, leaving Navy trailing, 7-6, at halftime. But Navy appeared to have a different mindset in the second half.

"We just decided we wanted to play some football," said Navy coach Charlie Weatherbie. "We're not at a level we can just show up to win a game. "It wasn't pretty, but I'll take it. I've never seen an ugly win. Just like there's no bad bowl games." By Alan Goldstein FORTHKINyl'IHER ANNAPOLIS, Md.

For coach Andy Tallcy and his Villanova this was a major upset that slipped through their fingers. Given an opportunity to beat a Division I-A opponent for the first time since 1990. the Wildcats (2-5) self-destructed in losing to Navy, 20-14, before 26,726 at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium yesterday. Two interceptions thrown by reserve quarterback Clint Park and a Villanova fumble set up all three touchdowns by the Midshipmen (3-4), who trailed, 7-6, at halftime. But that wasn't what most disturbed Talley.

"Our defense played well enough to win," he said. "But we botched two field goals Iby Mark Kieferl, and our receiver turned the wrong way in the end zone on Navy's last interception. "When you are a big underdog, you need to maximize all your opportuni Vill Navy 21 21 48-152 56-185 186 84 15 56 15-37-2 7-11-0 4-40 4-40 2-2 5-3 9-93 5-37 31.07 28:53 Prin Harv 17 14 53-190 '31-72 1B8 185' 4 90, 15-24-1 13-31-2 5- 35 6-33-3-2 2-2 6- 34 3-25 36:43 23:17 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Villanova, Park 12-61, Cowsette 18-49, Golemi 8-34, Marchese 5-8, Bryant 2-2, Dennis 2-1, Helton 1-(minus 3). Navy. Cannada 23-108.

Schemm 4-39, Fay 15-24, McGrew 4-21, W.Smith 1-10, Dingle 2-1, McCoy 7-(minus 18). Passing: Villanova, Marchese 10-23-O-97, Park 5-14-2-89. Navy, McCoy 2-3-0-27, Fay 5-8-0-57. Receiving: Villanova, Finneran 5-73, Cowsette 3-44, Dolbin 2-21, Bryant 2-14, White 1-15, Golemi 1-12, Carter 1-7. Navy, Scotts4-32, Butts 1-25, Heaven 1-16, Scornavacchi 1-11.

First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Princeton, Washington 30-129, Clifford 9-30, Harvey 6-minus 1. Harvard, Hu 16-48, Thompson 11-40, Ferrara 4-minus 16. Passing: Princeton, Harvey 6-9-1-84, Nakielny 9-14-0-104. Harvard, Ferrara 13-31-2-185. Receiving: Princeton, Dutfy 8-119, Budzinski 2-17.

Harvard, Skelton 7-105, Lawrence 3-32..