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C8 Sunday, October 18, 1998 THR PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER FOOTBALL 1 I 11 1 I A A .1 ii 11 11 i Y0yr Life i sy I A A uiVrfr i i zz -ii AKIRA SUWA Inquirer Stall Photographer Penn tailback Jim Finn, getting tackled by Columbia's Paul Roland, and quarterback Matt Rader (right) were responsible for most of the Quakers' offense. The defense achieved its first shutout in four years. Quakers keep Columbia quiet Poor Tailback Jim Finn threw one touchdown pass and ailing QB Matt Rader another in a rare shutout. 1 (f0? A 1 ppajP WHRMUIU If AiliD VV )1 Xi ry 4- Jul x. By Joe Juliuno INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Things were a little strange at Franklin Field yesterday.

Jim Finn, Penn's all-Ivy tailback, completed both Columbia 0 passes he threw, Penn 20 one for a touch-" down to Doug O'Neill and the other to Matt Rader, a quarterback who played with a 40-stitch laceration in his right biceps that was protected by a thick pad. Finn also ran for a touchdown, Rader threw for a score, and the Penn defense spun its first shutout in four years as the Quakers blanked Columbia, 20-0, in an Ivy League game played in sunny weather before a crowd of 8,108. After it ended, the Quakers (4-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy) were ribbing Finn about his passing and congratulating Rader for making the kind of tough catch more typical of an NFL tight end. "He threw me a spiral well, a half-spiral, anyway," said the 6-foot- i I 4, 235-pound Rader, whose 21-yard catch of Finn's pass in the fourth quarter set up Penn's second tou-chadown, a 2-yard strike from the quarterback to tight end Ben Quakers safety Joe Piela upends Columbia's Kirby Mack. The defense played without starters Jim Hisgen and Mike Germino.

aceph2 rporaiion for A6n6 Parent IL. I 'So what your passing percent age now?" Penn coach Al Bagnoli asked Finn. "One thousand percent," Finn re plied. "Gee, your quarterback rating is back draw, but the best was yet to come. Rader pitched right to Finn.

Again, Finn sold the run, then raised up and fired, although this time it was a wobbly duck that, Rader somehow caught. That put the ball on the Columbia 16. After a pass-interference penalty to the 4, Rader found Zagorski for the touchdown at 2 minutes, 8 sec-onds into the fourth quarter. going to be astronomical," Bagnoli said. Finn went 2 for 2 for 42 yards, in cluding a 21-yard pass to O'Neill that served as the Quakers' lone touchdown for the first three quarters.

Columbia Penn 0 0 0 00 0 7 0 1320 He also rushed 27 times for 77 yards against a Lions defense that entered the game ranked third against the run in NCAA Division I-AA. In posting their first shutout since a 33-0 blanking of Harvard in play of Rader, who did not practice during the week and did not even throw a football until Friday because of the freak injury he suffered in last week's game against Fordham. Rader, a graduate of Pennsbury High, completed 17 of 25 passes for 169 yards. He wasn't sacked once. In fact, he wasn't hit hard at all except for the pass he caught.

"I could feel the stitches, but besides that, I didn't feel a tweak or anything," Rader said. "There's always a concern of opening the stitches), but the trainers did a good job protecting it. I was 100 percent sure I was safe out there." Rader almost had a touchdown pass in the second quarter, but the usually sure-handed O'Neill dropped the ball. Two plays later, after a personal-foul penalty against the Lions moved the ball to the Columbia 21, O'Neill made amends, with an assist from Finn. Finn took a pitch to the right and sold the run.

But once O'Neill sped by the cornerback, Finn raised up and threw a perfect pass that O'Neill snared in the end zone. The Quakers' second touchdown came after Joe Piela and Darren Macdonald stopped Johnathan Reese on a fourth-down play at the Penn 27. Rader showed some moxie by running 12 yards on a quarter 1994, the Quakers played well when needed. The Lions (2-3, 1-1) drove into the red zone four times but came up empty on each occasion. Twice, Columbia suffered missed field-goal attempts (35 and 38 yards) by freshman Sam Warren, who was filling in for the injured Neal Kra- Second quarter Penn; Do.

O'Neill 21 pass from Finn (Feinberg kick). 7:03 Fourth quarter Penn: Zagorski 2 pass from Rader (run failed), 12:52. Penn: Finn 5 run (Feinberg kick), 2:13 8,108. Col Penn First downs 18 18 Rushes-yards 47-111 33-108 Passing 197 21 1 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-2 19-27-0 Return Yards 6 49 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 10-72 9-76 Time of Possession 32:27 27:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Columbia, Hayes 12-54, Mack 9-39, Reese 13-22, Schroeder 13-(minus 4).

Penn, Finn 27-77. McGee 3-17, Rader 3-14. Passing: Columbia, Schroeder 16-27-2-187, Glynn 1-4-0-10. Penn, Rader 17-25-0-169, Finn 2-2-0-42. Receiving: Columbia, Cannan 6-81, Mack 5-40, Bondi 3-32, Dawkins 1-37, Holmes 1-5, Thompson 1-2.

Penn, Do. O'Neill 9-106. Rogers 2-31, Carson 2-16, Finn 1-24, Rader 1-21, Cosmello 1-11, Zagorski 1-2, Clay 1-2, McGee 1-(minus 2). vitz. The Lions also lost the ball on downs at the Quakers' 10 and surrendered an interception to Justin The Four Kf Gallagher after reaching the Penn Bagnoli was pleased, given the fact that the Quakers played without two injured defensive starters: linebacker Jim Hisgen and tackle Mike Germino.

CC i 1 I Offensively, the big story was the La Salle beats umble-fingered Bryant regular $5.00 zdmuon when you preren hir ad -to -the Conven-fion Cener box office By Jay Nagle FOR THE INQUIRER aunng ra age Expo hour Discount limited to one admission. Not valid with any other coupon or discount. I I PCA is proud to celebrate its 25th year serving older Philadelphia and thanks Second quarter LaS: Bramowski 1 run (Turchi kick), 14:46. LaS: FGTurchi' Fourth quarter Bry: Bryant 8 pass from Granieri (DiMartino kick), 11:35. Bry: Bryant 3 run (DiMartino kick), 6:01.

LaS: Mims 26 run (Turchi kick), 3:30 4,544. Bry LaS First downs 18 21 Rushes-yards 42-239 57-283 Passing 113 70 Comp-Att-Int 8-20-2 7-13-0 Return Yards 8 18 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 4-4 1-1 Penallies-Yards 6-50 4-36 Time of Possession 26:41 33:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Bryant, Bryant 22-190, Granieri 12-57, Williams t-6, Walker 1-3, Palms 3-1, Smith 1-1, Brown 2-(minus 19). La Salle, Small 18-131, Mims 10-64, Petty 2-40, Mcintosh 12-27, Bramowski 11-20, Boss 2-3, Crimmel 1-(minus 1), Travers 1 -(minus 1). Passing: Bryant, Granieri 8-20-2-113, Brown 0-0-0-0.

La Salle, Bramowski 6-1 1-0-55, Travers 1-2-0-15. Receiving: Bryant. Murphy 4-72, Carti 2-19, Griffin 1-14, Bryant 1-8. La Salle, Small 2-20. Sacca 2-19, pnglish 1-15, Rothenbergr 1-11, Mims 1-5.

The Explorers, who started sophomore Mike Brsmnwski at nnarter-back after replacing him with freshman John Travers during last week's 25-14 loss at Catholic, generated four touchdowns and a field goal in nine first-half possessions. La Salle finished with 353 yards in total offense, including 283 on the ground. La Salle coach Bill Manlove said he would take a win any way he could get it and whether with Bra-mowski or Travers at quarterback. The Explorers, he said, likely will make a decision on a starter for next week's game, at St. Francis, based on practice performance.

Bryant 14 0 0 1428 La Salle 14 17 0 738 First quarter LaS: Mcintosh 24 run (Turchi kick), 11:54. Byr: Murphy 34 pass form Granierl (DiMartino kick), 8:31. LaS: Small 2 run (Turchi kick), 3:15 Bty: Bryant 43 run (DiMartino kick), 2:52 mm La Salle may not have found all the answers for an inconsistent offense yesterday, but it did find reason to believe it will, eventually. Brian Small carried 18 times for 131 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and the revitalized Explorers, after struggling offensively for three weeks, finally found a rhythm in a 38-28 victory over turnover-plagued Bryant at McCarthy Stadium. The win, before a homecoming crowd of 4,544, not only snapped a four-game losing streak but ended three weeks of offensive uncertainty for the Explorers.

For a team that managed just three touchdowns in setbacks to Delaware Valley, Monmouth and Catholic, La Salle (2-4) looked like "a well-oiled machine," said Small, especially in the first half, when it stormed to a 31-14 lead. Microsoft Where do you want to go 1 Jyo r.xpo sponsors: i Faffito I nWT Blua Shield jr PECO ENERGY City of Philadelphia Comcasc Cablcvisiun KYW 3 NJ TRANSIT PATCO Pennsylvania Lottery Pfier Philadelphia Inquirer Daily 950 WTEN AM WYBE Public Television Basement Doctor, Inc Caesars Atlantic Ciry Genesis ElderCarc Jefferson Imaging Pharmacia Upjohn Senior Selections SEPI A VTVUS Inc. 1 1 1. A I IIKAHI Ml WORK j- News I I.