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C8 www.phillv.com THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Sunday. September 30, 2001 Vniarxva31( Richmond 30 Cats roar back, win on last-second FG ing strike from Gordon, cutting the deficit to 23-13. Gordon then hit Matt Chila with a two-point conversion pass and the Cats entered the final period trailing, 23-15. Richmond scored its final touchdown just 21 seconds into the last quarter, when Gustus ran in from 5 yards out, capping a 76-yard drive. Kirchner's kick made it 30-15, setting the stage for the 'Nova comeback.

Richmond had 27 first downs to Villanova's 18 and led in time of possession, 39:49 to 20:11. and 35 yards to Cameron Cross in the last eight minutes to set up Harmon's field goal. Richmond (0-3, 0-1) had led, 30-15, with 11 minutes, 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter, on TD runs by David Edwards, Boyd Ouden and Sean Gustus. The Spiders rushed for 335 yards, but failed on a fourth-and-2 attempt at Villanova's 25-yard line, their first failure in seven fourth-down attempts. The Wildcats' Brown caught nine passes for 123 yards and 7 It SI 7 IS 7 St First Mrtar UR-Edwards 2 run (Krtfnec kick), 3:34.

$4C4iMl ayjartar VU-Sango 6 pass from Gordon (Harmon kick), 14:21 UrVfG Kirchner 32, 6:33. TMrtturtar UR-Edwards 4 run (Kirchner kick), 7:07. VU-Brown 24 pass from Gordon (Chila pass), 3:20. UR-Gustus5run (Kirchner kick), 11:39. VU-Brown 8 pass from Gordon, 7:56.

VU-Oross 35 pass tram Gordon (Harmon kick), 4:06. VU-FG Harmon 30, 0:01. 12,200. Rrst downs Rushes-yards 18 15-50 376 27-434 0 5-37 OO 1M1 20:11 27 70-335 114 11-15-1 4 2-29 2-2 4-24 39:49 CompAfi-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbies-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession MDMDUM.

STATISTICS RnMig: Villanova, Cross 4-29, Westbrook 9-19, Gordon 2-2, Richmond, Gustus 23-81, Ouden 1-74, Roane 949, Diggs 12-38, Pumell 9-28, Edwards 6-20, Fulton 7-1 8, Alkebu-Lan 3-7. Passlnr; Villanova, Gordon 27-430-376. Richmond, Gustus 11-15-1-1 14. RectMRg Villanova. Brown 9-123, Westbrook 7-128, Sango 5-28, Cross 3-80, Ridley 2-10, Stopper 1-7.

Richmond, Roane 6-55, McNalr 3-23, Edwards 1-20, Ouden 1-16. Penn 21, Dartmouth 20 21 20 Flntqurtar Dart-Cramer 14 pass from G. Smith (Lavin kick), 9:49. Penn-Ryan 1 run (Arguello kick), 4:1 4. Dart-OeLellis 14 pass from G.

Smith (Lavin kick), 14:14. Penn-Ryan 2 run (Arguello kick), 1 2:02. Penn-Ryan 2 run (Arguello kick), 9:16. Dart-Gratah 2 run (kick blocked), 1 :38. A Dart 16 25-39 275 24-41-1 0 7-43 1-1 13-73 26:44 First downs Rushes-yards 19 45-126 155 17-31-1 24 7-37 0-0 11-99 33:16 Comp-AtHnt Return Yards Punts-Avg.

Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RmNaf: Penn. Ryan 34-134, Milanese 1-7, Hoffman 8-(minus 11). Dartmouth, Gratch 19-46, Anderson 3-5, G. Smith 2-(minus 1), Barnard 1 -(minus 11). Ptulir Penn, Hoffman 17-31-1.

Dartmouth, G. Smith 23-40-1, Efem 1-1-0. RectMac Penn, Milanese 5-42, C. Smith 3-40, Holahan 2-22, Keslosky 2-13, Phillips 2-1 1 Robinson 1-11, Ryan 1-10, Murray 1-6. Dartmouth, DeLellis 5-81 Murphy 5-59, Cramer 4-65, Roomets 4-40, Gratch 3-13, Barnard 2-16, Anderson 1-1.

GRAND OPENING ACCUPRESSURE THERAPY CENTER 151 S. Woodbourne Rd. Langhorne, PA (215) 943-7165 Open 7 Days VISA MASTERCARD wm.onlinepills.com ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND, Va. A 30-yard field goal by Casey Harmon with one second left in the game capped a 16-point rally in the fourth quarter and gave Villano-va a 31-30 win over Richmond yesterday. Brett Gordon threw for 376 yards and four touchdowns for the 14th-ranked Wildcats, who raised their record to 3-0 overall, 2-0 in the Atlantic Ten.

Gordon threw touchdown passes of 8 yards to Shaz Brown Quakers hold on to win by one Perm's offense got off to a flying start, then sputtered as Dartmouth just missed an upset. ByJoeJuIiano INQUIRER STAFF WRITER HANOVER, N.H. This wasn't the way Perm's Ivy League opener was supposed to play out. The Quakers were mired in quicksand on offense yesterday after scoring three early touchdowns. They couldn't kick a field goal.

They couldn't avoid penalties. Meanwhile, Dartmouth grew in confidence, getting ready to spring the first big upset of the Ivy season. The Big Green had a chance to push the preseason favorites to overtime after Michael Gratch scored from 2 yards out with 1 minute, 38 seconds to play. But Perm's Kyle Chaffin, a seldom-used defensive end, put an end to the upset bid at Memorial Field. He blocked the extra-point try by freshman Tyler Lavin to preserve the Quakers' 21-20 victory on a sunny autumn day on which the visitors did not look like the better team.

Then, again, it's never easy when the Quakers (2-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy) visit the Ivy's northernmost outpost. In two of Perm's Ivy League championship years under coach Al Bagnoli, it has won at Dartmouth by two points (1994) and three points (1998). "I've been here four times, with some pretty good football teams," Bagnoli said. "We've never been able to get out of here and say, 'Well, we won by two You're talking about teams that went on to win 24 in a row. "I knew exactly what we were getting into.

I told our kids that all week. It's not going to be easy. It never is." What a crowd of 5,929 thought it was going to see was a shootout. After the first four possessions of the game, the score was 14-14, and it appeared as if 50 points would not be enough to win. But it didn't work that way.

The Quakers scored their third touchdown Kris Ryan's third of the game, following a fumble recovery by Chris Pennington less than six minutes into the second quarter and never scored again. Freshman Bryan Arguello missed field-goal attempts of 28 37 yards. The first failure came after the Quakers tried to pass on third and goal from the 1 and Gavin Hoffman was sacked for a 9-yard loss. After Arguello's second miss, La Salle 20, Catholic 12 CrthoHc USaHt 0 0 12 0 14 20 Firtt quarter Cat-Richard 10 pass from McGee (Stokes kick failed). 5:04 Las-Crimmel 30 run (Salomone pass from Szydlik), 10:12 Las-Salomone 3 pass from Travers (Pollard kick failed).

0:03 Food quarter Las-Crimmel 10 run (Pollard kick failed), 14:20 Cat-Bublavi 18 pass from McGee (Stokes rush failed). 8:00 2,278 ctu US Rrstdowns 17 16 flushes-yards 33-29 43-152 Passing 254 186 Comp-Att-Int 26-54-2 1442-2 Return Yards 21 40 Punts-Avg. 7-37 0 8-358 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 7-65 4-45 Time of Possession 30:27 29:33 MDMOUAL STATISTICS ItniMiir Catholic. Ulnch 8-16. Boyle 9-7.

Larkin 2-6, McGee 13-3. BuWm 1 (minus 3). La Salle. Crimmel 19-99, Small 12-67, Petty 1-3. Murnane 1-0.

McKeown 1-0, Travers 9-(minusl7). Paulur Catholic. McGee 26-54-2-254. La Salle. Travers 14-32-2-186.

RacaMaf: Catholic. Evans 7-55, Jankiewicz 6-72, Richard 6-44. Bublavi 5-81. Ulnch 2-2. La Salle, McKeown 5-82.

Murnane 3-28. Small 2-49, Petty 2-24, 1 3. Crimmel 1 -0. drive on Edwards' 2-yard run and Doug Kirchner's conversion kick. The Wildcats tied it, 7-7, in the second period on Gordon's 6-yard TD pass to Murle Sango and Harmon's kick.

But Richmond scored 16 straight points to grab a 23-17 lead, including a 74-yard scoring run by Ouden with 5:12 left in the third period. The Wildcats stopped the run with a critical score late in that same quarter, however, when Brown grabbed a 24-yard scor Then there was the contribution of Chaffin, the 6-foot-3 junior from Penn Charter who plays in the middle of the defense on opponents' field-goal and extra-point attempts because of his height and jumping ability. The Big Green had their own problems on offense after the 14-14 start but rallied late. A 31-yard pass from Greg Smith, a graduate of Lenape High in South Jersey, to Murphy got them to the Penn 6, and they scored two plays later on Gratch's run. But Chaffin got high enough in the middle to swat down the point-after attempt.

"We call the block for me to come in from the left side of center or the right side, and the call was to the right side," Chaffin said. "I was able to see it and deflect it." The Quakers pounced on the ensuing onside kick. Then Ryan rushed twice for 12 yards and a key first down, giving him a final total of 134 yards on 34 carries, and Penn ran out the clock. In two weeks, Dartmouth has lost on a touchdown with four seconds left and a blocked extra-point try. The Quakers, who haven't experienced that kind of In one unusual note, the were no successful conversion kicks in yesterday's game.

La Salle did make a two-point conversion in the first half, when Steve Szydlik hit Salomone for an 8-6 lead. The Explorers' Brian Small rushed 12 times for 67 yards, teaming with Crimmel for a strong running game. Travers was 14 for 32 for 186 yards and a TD. Mike McKeown caught five passes for 82 yards, Small grabbed two for 49 yards, and Dave Murnane caught three for 28 yards. two touchdowns and Brian West-brook caught seven passes for 128 yards to help Villanova beat the 17th-ranked Spiders, who had suffered narrow losses against Division I-A schools Virginia and Vanderbilt.

"It really looked bleak for us, especially with the Richmond offense, and the way they drain the clock," Villanova coach Andy Talley said. "Somehow we found a way to get it done." Richmond drove 88 yards to open the scoring, capping the LEE MARRINER Associated Press get past Penn's Travis Belden. The Quakers won because of the performances of some unsung players. Ryan Lazzeri punted four times in the fourth quarter for a 42.3-yard average to make Dartmouth's comeback attempt a little tougher. Safety Kumle Williams' hit on receiver Bob Murphy on a fourth-down pass stopped the Big Green short perhaps two inches away from a first down with 5:25 remaining.

a 6-0 lead, the Explorers scored 20 straight points. Crimmel scored on runs of 30 and 10 yards the 10-yarder was the game-winner in the fourth quarter and tight end John Salomone caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from John Travers. The Explorers had been 2-0 only three times before this season. In 1934, the only undefeated season in La Salle history, the Explorers tied their third game. In both 1936 and 1941, the team lost its third game after a pair of opening victories.

il i. a. LEE MARRINER Associated Press Penn linebacker Vince Alexander looks for running room after intercepting a Dartmouth pass in the second quarter. The defense of the Quakers had some problems early in the game as each team scored on its first two possessions to create a 1 4-1 4 tie. heartbreak, left for the seven-hour bus trip back to Philadelphia weary but relieved.

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