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C8 Sunday, October 27, 1996" THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER FOOTBALL Quakers losll sihii at HQ mmm a up ftmn after a rally T. I renn remained winiess in me ivy League uespue a -two-touchdown comeback in the fourth quarter. A controversial penalty hurt. Brown won, 27-21. Richmond's Matt Snider is hauled down by Villanova's Shannon Riley Richmond Stadium.

Villanova coach Andy Talley gave the game ball Villanova defense stymies Richmond The Wildcats registered sacks. The 20-3 win guaranteed them a winning season. I By Arthur Mills FOR THE INQUIRER RICHMOND, Va. Whenever Villanova quarterback Clint Park opened his eyes last week, he found himself on the ground with a large map from William and Mary draped around him. It was like a bad dream.

Yesterday, Richmond quarterback Joe Elrod knew how Park felt. The Villanova defense sacked him 11 -times in the Wildcats' 20-3 Yankee Conference victory at University of Richmond Stadium. "We gave the game ball to our defense and our defensive coordinator, Dan MacNeill," Villanova coach Andy Talley said through a haze of cigar smoke. "We knew we would have a very tough game offensively, that we'd have to squeak it out, because they're a very, very good defense. It was important for our defense to go play them hard." The Wildcats' defense was elastic but stingy, keeping Richmond (2-6, l-5(iYankee) out of the end zone.

'Nova registered a 28-0 shutout last year and has now kept Richmond out: of the end zone for eight straight quarters. Despite giving up 22 first downs and 330 yards to a Richmond team that averages just 259.3 yards per game, Villanova got a measure of prjde back after watching William and Mary's defense bully its way to 10 sacks last week. "The defensive line opened up the holes for me and basically it was one-on-one with the quarterback, so I give all credit to the defensive line," freshman linebacker Shaun Nation By Joe Juliano INQUIRER STAFF WRITER PROVIDENCE, R.I. Unlike past weeks, when he endured Penn's losses stoically, Al Bagnoli couldn't hide his frustration and anger yesterday after a Quakers comeback was negated, largely because of an official's fluttering flag. The Quakers rallied from a 21-7 deficit to tie the game on two touchdowns within a five-minute span of the fourth quarter, but saw their effort go to waste when a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jason McCul-lough to Sean Morey with 33 seconds remaining gave Brown a 27-21 Ivy League victory.

Penn (24 overall, 0-3 league) was defeated for the third straight week, the longest losing streak in Bagno-li's five-year tenure. It's also the first time a Bagnoli team has lost three games in the Ivy League. Penn tied the game on Tom Mac Leod's third touchdown pass of the game, a 4-yard strike to Mark Fa-bish, and Jasen Scott's run for the two-point conversion with 4 minutes, 31 seconds left to play. The Bears (3-3, 2-1) took over at their own 26 and made one first down before the Quakers' defense pushed them back and forced a third and 15 from the Brown 47. McCullough, who accounted for 305 yards of Brown's 454 yards of total offense, faded back, found no one open and did his best Fran Tar-kenton Imitation.

He retreated nearly 20 yards and scrambled to his left before heaving a desperation pass 50 yards downfield. Brown's Marquis Jessie and Penn's Joe Piela went for the football at the Quakers 20. Jessie went down. A flag flew. Piela was called for pass interference.

Under college rules, the officials marked off 15 yards from the line of scrimmage, giving the Bears a first down at the Penn 38 with 2:17 left instead of a fourth-down punt. Brown scored four plays later. "From my angle, it's no call," Bagnoli said with disgust. "Unless your kid blatantly knocks down the other kid It's a broken play, the ball is underthrown, it's wobbling in the air, kids are running all over the field in a breakdown situation. It's the classic no-call.

"It's just a rotten shame it gets decided by that call, a flat-out rotten shame." With MacLeod making his first start at quarterback, the Quakers got off to a typically poor start. On both sides of the ball, they played much of the first half as if they would rather be watching the brilliant New England foliage than running around a football field. Brown capitalized and went up, 14-0. McCullough exploited the holes in the Penn secondary, going 4 for 4 for 61 yards on the first TD drive and hitting Albert Lairson with a 5-yard pass for the second score. With the 171-pound Scott running tough between the tackles, the Quakers managed their first score on a 22-yard pass from MacLeod to Brian Bonanno with 2:24 left before halftime.

Scott gained 41 of his 120 yards on the drive. COLLEGE Elrod on third and 5, sprinting up the middle to sack the quarterback for a 9-yard loss. On fourth and 14, Lyons did the same thing, sacking Elrod for an 11-yard loss. Richmond had another possession that ended with Wildcats senior cor-nerback Brian Barajas juggling the ball down the sideline during a 78-yard interception return that gave Villanova its 20-3 margin. Park completed 11 of 27 passes for 170 yards with one interception.

Curtis Sifford had 131 yards, two shy of his career high, on 23 carries for the Wildcats. The victory guarantees Villanova (4-1, 6-2) a winning season, which is something that made Talley's post-game cigar taste a little better. "As far as I'm concerned, Andy Talley is the coach of the year in the Yankee Conference," Richmond coach Jim Reid said, taking note of the fact that Talley has caught some heat for the Wildcats' 3-8, 5-6 and 3-8 showings in the previous three seasons. "Now he gets the opportunity to have a couple of big wins. He ought Saturday's Best Damian Poalucci threw 7 TD passes as East Stroudsburg beat winless Cheyney, 78-32.

Poalucci completed 23 of 39 passes for 494 yards. It was the second time this season Poalucci threw 7 TD passes in a game. Mike Mancuso caught 7 passes for 213 yards and 3 TDs. Beau Morgan accounted for 323 yards and 3 TDs as Air Force beat Hawaii, 34-7. Morgan ran for 192 yards and 2 TDs and passed for 131 yards and another TD as he moved closer to becoming the first NCAA Division I player to run for 1 ,000 yards and pass for 1 ,000 for a second straight season.

Morgan has rushed for 933 yards and passed for 741 in seven games. Thad Busby completed 25 of 36 for 31 6 yards and 2 TDs as Florida State beat Virginia, 31-24. Steve Sarkisian was 20 for 26 for 313 yards and 3 TDs as Brigham Young ripped Texas Christian, 45-21 Juan Johnson ran for 197 yards and 3 TDs and caught a pass for another score in Utah's 45-19 victory over Tulsa. Damon Moore intercepted 3 passes as Ohio State defeated Iowa, 38-26. Brian Kavanagti threw 4 TD passes to tie a Kansas State record as the 1 6th-ranked Wildcats held off Oklahoma, 42-35.

Kavanagh completed 27 of 38 passes for 342 yards. K-State's Kevin Lockett caught 12 passes for 157 yards and a TD. past Drake, 19-16. Jake Small-field's two TD receptions helped Youngstown State beat Northwestern (La.) State, 24-14. Northern Iowa (7- 1) clobbered Southern Illinois, 33-7, as Jeff Stovall rushed for 248 yards.

Southwest Texas Tech 13, Texas 10 Zebbie I.ethridge threw an 81-yard touchdown pass to freshman Sammy Morris with 6:20 left as Texas Tech rallied past the Aggies in College Station, Texas. Byron Hanspard rushed for 198 yards to lead Tech (5-3, 4-2 Big Twelve). Dante Hall had 184 yards rushing for the Aggies (3-5, 14). Elsewhere: Jerod Douglas ran for 154 yards and two scores, helping Baylor cruise to a 49-21 Big Twelve victory over Iowa State. Donte Womack scored three TDs in Southern Methodist's 52-31 triumph over New Mexico.

Chad Nelson scored on a 56-yard run for his third touchdown as Rice rocked Texas-El Paso, 48-21. Syracuse storms to 4th straight win ,1 But Penn's secondary couldn't''; stop McCullough, and the Bears re gained their twp-touchdown margin-' on a 44-yard bomb to Morey, who behind John Bishop and Bruce Ros signol. Somehow, though, the Quakers tied it up. "1 felt I got my rhythm in the sec-i ond half when we were down touchdowns," MacLeod said after; completing 9 of 14 passes for 94 yards in the fourth quarter. "Maybe that was too late, but I felt we came together on offense toward the end." Helped by a personal-foul penalty against Brown, Penn narrowed the gap on MacLeod's 13-yard pass to bish, who made a nice catch in deep left corner of the end fcojhegll Jeremiah Greathouse missed the ex-tra point, and it was 21-13 with remaining.

iSi Brown ran four plays, and then e. opportunity knocked for the Quak-ers. A handoff to Morey on a reverse was botched, and Penn's Bishop" picked up the loose ball and it 35 yards to the Brown 5. Penn needed all four downs to cash in, but did so on MacLeod's buWr let to Fabish. The Bears were called for- pass interference on thes.p.layi, moving the conversion try to the 1 '2-yard line.

Then Scott burst over 1 left tackle to tie the game. The Quakers walked off the field; with still more questions about their porous secondary, leading to Bagnoli's simple summation: don't have any more answers, be- cause I don't have any more kids." But they may have found their quarterback in MacLeod. "I thought he played well enough for us to win," Bagnoli said. "I appreciate the chance they; gave me," MacLeod said. "I thought there were some pretty positive things I can take from it.

But no matter how I feel, it all goes out the door when you don win. Penn Brown 0 7 0 1421 7 7 7 627 First quarter Wall 1 run (Routt kick), 9:10 Second quarter Lairson 5 pass from McCullougtMR.nitl kick), 9:23 aij Bonanno 22 pass from MacLeod rale house kick), 12:36 if Third quarter nCflfC Morey 44 pass from McCullough (Rou.lt Fourth quarter Fabish 13 pass from MacLeod 5:55 Fabish 4 pass from MacLeod (Scott rush), 10:29 -i Morey 19 pass from McCullough (kick failed), 14:27 A 6,125 i Penn Brown'' First downs 20 23 Rushes-yards 36-121 39-206'. Passing 213 Punt Returns 3-13 1-7 Kickoft Returns 3-52 3-43 Interceptions Ret. 1-13 1-2 Comp-Att-Int 20-39-1 18-31-1 i Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 Punts 5-42 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 12-100 9-99 Time of Possession 29 38 30 22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Penn, Scott 24-120, MacLeod 3-5," Abye 3-(minus 2), Granata 6-(minus 2), Brown, Jessie 20-95, McCullough 8-57, Wall 10-55, Morie 1-(minus1). Passing: Penn, MacLeod 20-38-1-213, Scott 0- 1-0-0.

Brown, McCullough 18-31-1-248. Receiving: Penn, Fabish 9-97, Bonanno Abye 2-16, Thompson 1-4, Arbo-gast 1-7, Scott 1-4. Brown, Morey 9-171, Cho-quette 3-30, Wall 2-28, Lairson 2-13, Nangmenyi 1-8, Jessie 1-(minus 2). jjrj straight loss iJIA tidA Yanknff rut nr-rnss tn mnlio tho In terception and headed for the righf sideline. The safety then reversed indirection, weaved through traffic at midfield and beat Budzinski, the fi-nal defender, into the end zone.

5 Harvard Princeton 0 7 0 1724 1 0 0 0 0 Second quarter HU Yankoft 63 interception return kick). 11:58. Fourth quarter HU Orakos 16 nflBS from inrtoo kick), 6:23 HU FG Korinke 36, 9:46 HU Menick 1 run (Korinke kick), 14:28, 'iirtrn pU HU First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 19 io 21-29-f 17-41-2. 60-li-K O-ftwiX in 8-47 23:14 :w.i I 'll IV- 54-138 136 12-19-0 188 4-2 2-21 36:46 Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Harvard.

Hu 32-127, Menick 10-38, 'i'' Snowden 2-3, Linden 10-minus 30. Washington 15-33, Duffy 1-6, Clifford 1-5, B'iO- zinski 2-(minus 15). Passing: Harvard. Linden 12-17-0-136, Snowdei 0-2-0-0. Princeton, Budzinski 17-41-2-166." Receiving: Harvard, Skelton 4-65, Chupaila 3 Laurence 2-6, Drakos 1-16, Menick 1-12, Hu 1-9.

Princeton, Clilford 6-45, Washington House 4-57, Kamara 1-4, Gill 1-13. Associated Press MARK GORMUS in the first half at University of to the Wildcats' defense. to be able to kick those heels up and have a cigar, because he deserves it." Villanova Richmond 7 0 7 620 0 0 3 03 First quarter Vill Dolbin 25 pass from Park (Kiefer kick), 5:18. Third quarter Rich FG Slater 29, 3:56. Vill Brian Finneran 10 pass from Park (Kiefer kick), 6:27.

Fourth quarter Vill Barajas 72 interception return (kick failed), 13:53. A 8,841. Vill Rich First downs 15 22 Rushes-yards 29-104 63-134 Passing 170 196 Comp-Att-Int 11-29-1 14-24-2 Return Yards 87 12 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-68 8-75 Time of Possession 23:56 36:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Villanova, Silford 23-131, Cowsette 1-5, Park 5-(minus 32). Richmond, Rodgers 23-78, Snider 8-25, Elrod 27-25, Pendergrass 3-8, Shannon 1-3, Moore 1-(minus 5).

Passing: Villanova, Park 11-27-1-170, Boden 0-2-0-0. Richmond, Elrod 14-23-2-196, Shannon 0- 1- 0-0. Receiving: Villanova, Brian Finneran 5-79, Dolbin 2- 58, Cowsette 2-14, Brad Finneran 1-11, Sifford 1-8. Richmond, Haught 4-71, Rodger 3-50, Snider 3-24, Moore 2-42, Streater 2-9. Associated Press Corey Dillon of Washington gained 259 yards in 32 carries, the second-best rushing performance in school history, and scored 3 TDs, including a 74-yard run, as the Huskies routed Oregon, 33-14.

Pat Barnes of California completed 26 of 57 passes for a school-record 435 yards in a 38-29 loss to UCLA. Bryan Snyder tied his own Albright record of 5 TD passes as the Lions beat Fairleigh Dickenson, 38-3. Snyder completed 20 of 27 passes for 281 yards. Brian Ah Yat completed 32 of 50 passes for 510 yards and 4 TDs and ran for two more scores as Montana outlasted Northern Arizona, 48-32. Northern Arizona's Travis Brown was 42 for 65 for 474 yards and 2 TDs.

West UCLA 38, California 29 Skip Hicks ran for 146 yards and three touchdowns and turned a screen pass into a game-breaking 63-yard score as the Bruins beat California in Berkeley, Calif. The Bruins (34, 2-2 Pacific Ten) overcame Pat Barnes' school-record, 435-yard passing effort by SaCk-Irxr ihi Pnl cavort times. Barnes completed 26 of 57 passes, but Cal (5-2, 2-2) lost its second straight. Air Force 34, Hawaii 7 Beau Morgan ran for 192 yards and two touchdowns to propel the Falcons to a Western Athletic Conference rout of Hawaii in Air Force Academy, Colo. Air Force (5-2, 4-1) piled up 520 yards of offense.

The Rainbow Warriors slipped to 2-7, 1-5. Elsewhere: Brian Ah Yat passed for 510 yards and four TDs as Montana outlasted Northern Arizona, 48-32. Montana (7-0) is ranked second in Division I-AA. jV Lyons said in describing sacks on consecutive plays that ended a fourth-quarter threat by Richmond when the game was still in question. Lyons had 19 tackles in his first career start against William and Mary last week.

Yesterday he had three sacks in the fourth quarter and 13 tackles for the game. "He's replacing a very good football player (Jason Gattusol," Talley said of Lyons. "He's playing like a veteran We don't drop off when he's in the game. He plays with great enthusiasm He's got a rage inside of him that comes out on the football field." The rage came out at just the right time yesterday. Villanova, on Park's touchdown passes to Josh Dolbin (25 yards) and Brian Fin-neran (10 yards), was leading 14-3 with 6 minutes, 36 seconds remaining in the game.

The Spiders began a drive on their 48-yard line and in two plays were at the Villanova 18, where on second and 3, Jason Tenner stopped Elrod for a 2-yard loss on an option. Lyons then introduced himself to Logan rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns as the Wildcats responded to the firing of coach Bill Curry with a victory over Georgia in Lexington, Ky. Curry was told last Sunday that he would not return after this season. Kentucky (2-6, 14 Southeastern Conference) snapped a four-game losing streak. The Wildcats intercepted three passes and recovered a fumble to foil Georgia (34, 2-3).

Elsewhere: Chris McCoy and Omar Nelson led the second-best rushing game in Navy history, a 463-yard outburst that sent the Midshipmen to a 47-18 victory over Wake Forest. Charlie Rogers scored three touchdowns, including one on a 96-yard pass from Brandon Shaw, and Georgia Tech held off Division I-A newcomer Central Florida, 27-20. Freshman Darren Brister scored two touchdowns as Southwestern Louisiana came back to beat Memphis, 13-9 John Avery returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown as Mississippi defeated Arkansas State, 38-21 A blocked punt by Eric Og- bogu set up Maryland's go-ahead score in a 22-19 Atlantic Coast Conference triumph over winless Duke. Jackson State amassed 484 yards in a 52-0 wipeout of Grambling State. South Carolina forced four turnovers and held Vanderbilt to 82 yards in total offense on the way to a 27-0 victory.

Freshman Brandon Walker rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown as East Tennessee State beat Furman, 21-19. Marshall, the top-ranked team in Division 1-AA, defeated Appalachian State, 24-10 Cincinnati forced five turnovers in a 10-7 Conference USA victory over Louisville. Thalamus Trammel's 75-yard TD run in the fourth quarter sealed Delaware State's 35-14 win over Morgan State Alvin Porch's 4-yard touchdown run with 52 seconds left lifted William and Mary past nui uiediiern, 1-14. Midwest Army 27, Miami (Ohio) 7 In Oxford, Ohio, Joe Hewitt ran for 148 yards as Army rouled the Redskins to improve to 7-0 for the first time in 46 years. Army rushed for 408 yards on 83 carries, while limiting Miami (4-5) to 53 yards on 17 carries.

Elsewhere: Brock Olivo scored on an 8-yard run in overtime as Missouri beat Oklahoma State, 35-28. Chad Lindsey scored on a 32-yard run with 2:42 left to propel Dayton Princeton suffers shelling- ASSOCIATED PRESS Donovan McNabb threw for two touchdowns and ran for another two yesterday as Syracuse won its fourth straight game, 45-17, over Boston Co'llege. The Orangemen (4-2 overall, 4-0 Big East) have scored more than 40 points in four straight games. Boston College (4-4, 1-3) went ahead by 14-7 with 5 minutes, 51 seconds left in the first half when Erik Storz returned a fumble 67 yards for a touchdown. Then the Orangemen's offense came alive, scoring 17 points in the last 1:43 of the half for a 24-14 lead.

McNabb scored on an 11-yard run and threw a 30-yard scoring pass to Quinton Spotwood before Nate Trout added a 31-yard field goal as time expired in the second period. Columbia 13, Yale 10 Matt Linit kicked a 35-yard field goal with 2:13 left to lift the Lions past Yale in New Havn, Conn. the victory kept Columbia undefeated at 6-0 (3-0 Ivy League) as it matched the best start in school history. Yale fell to 24, 1-2. Elsewhere in the East: Duquesne picked up its 15th straight victory in a 45-14 rout of lona Dave Loya passed for 295 yards to spark the Dukes (7-0).

Jon Aljancic completed 16 of 21 passes for 321 yards and two TDs as Dartmouth defeated Cornell, 38-21. New Hampshire throttled Massachusetts, 40-7, as Jerry Azumah rushed for 210 yards Doug Layman recovered a blocked punt in the end zone to produce the first TD in Bucknell's 38-7 pasting of Holy Cross. J.J. Allen ran for two second-half touchdowns to boost Marist past St. Peter's, 21-13.

Erik Michael scored on a 97-yard kickoff return as Hofstra dumped Connecticut, 24-16 Jake Newman threw for three TDs to lead Robert Morris in a 43-6 blowout of Monmouth. Colgate intercepted five passes on fayette. Mark Levine tnrew tor and four TDs as St. John's handed Canisius its first defeat, 41-28. South Virginia Tech 34, Pittsburgh 17 Shawn Scales made a fingertip grab of a 71-yard TD pass from Jim Druckenmiller to lead the Hokies past Pittsburgh in Blacksburg, Va.

Scales' second touchdown of the day gave Virginia Tech (5-1, 4-1 Big East) some breathing room against the Panthers (2-6, 1-4. Kentucky 24, Georgia 17 Derick in its fourth ASSOCIATED PRESS PRINCETON Sophomore Derek Yankoff returned an interception 63 yards for a touchdown in the first half yesterday to provide the only points Harvard needed in a 24-0 Ivy League win over Princeton. The Crimson (3-3 overall, 1-2 Ivy) defeated the Tigers (1-5, 0-3) for the first time since 1991 and sent the Tigers to their fourth straight loss. r.1r ,1. A UMU i.Ul tUUl lUUi JU Uljiii since 1986, one year before Steve Tosches became head coach.

Harvard held Princeton to 29 yards rushing and 185 yards in total offense. It was the first time Princeton has been shut out since a 46-0 loss at Holy Cross in 1989, and its first home shutout loss since a 37-0 loss to Northwestern in 1986. In a first half that featured 13 punts, the lone points came on Yan-koff's interception return. With Princeton facing third-and-9 at its 38, quarterback Brett Budzinski, with a Harvard defender hanging on him, tried to find Atyx House over the middle..