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C6 www.philly.com THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Sunday, November 18. 2001 Penn rips Cornell but fails to get share of Ivy title ii i iii i mi uumm -iuj. a I 1 i s. 1 1 "1 7 By Kevin Tatum INQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Penn football team did its 3 jy AKIRA SUWA Inquirer Staff Photographer Kris Ryan scores a touchdown on a 7-yard run in the second quarter. Ryan gained 1 52 yards to become Penn's career rushing leader.

28-21 decision from the Quakers. "We were all disappointed about the Harvard game, but, ultimately, we responded," Penn coach Al Bagnoli said. "I wanted these seniors to go out in style. They won two Ivy League championships. You remember that last game you play, and I just wanted them to go out in a way that befitted them." With no title to share after yesterday's action was over, Penn was left to celebrate senior tailback Kris Ryan, who became the Quakers' career rushing leader.

Ryan, who rushed for 152 yards on 33 carries yesterday to give him 3,212 yards overall at Perm, broke the old mark of 3,137 set by Brian Keys (1987-89). Ryan, who scored twice, needed three touchdowns to tie Keys' career mark of 34. Ryan was one of eight Quakers offensive starters who played their part yesterday to claim a share of the Ivy League title by shutting out Cornell for the last three periods of a 38-14 victory before 8,806 fans at Franklin Field. In New Haven, howev- a er, visiting Harvard did not co-operate. The Crimson defeated Vale, 35-23, to become the 2001 league champions with a 9-0 overall record and a 7-0 mark in the league.

It was the last Ivy League football weekend of the season. i Penn, the defending champ, fin- ished 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the league, and by defeating Cornell (2-7, 2-4) at home for the first time since 1995, the Quakers remained undefeated this season at Franklin Field. Last week, Penn fell out of a te for first place with Harvard when the host Crimson took a las was blocked as time ran out and the teams left the field at intermission with the score still knotted. Before the half was over, Penn took the ball away from Cornell again by recovering a fumble at the Big Red's 37-yard line with 31 seconds to go. After moving to the 19, a 37-yard field goal by the Quakers' Roman Ga- Penn 38, Cornell 14 Kevin Tatum's e-mail address is ktatumphillynews.com.

First downs Rushes-yards 14 0 0-14 14 14 10 Cur 21 28-77 271 24-51-0 7 44 4-29 26:32 21 44-166 264 20-30-1 10 4-358 1-1 11-59 33:28 Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 'V Flntqwrtsr Cor-Kellner 19 pass from Rahne (Iverson kick), 10:45. Cor-Rahne1 run (Iverson kick), 1:54. Second quarter Peniv-Milanese 34 pass from Hoffman (Galas kick), 12:25. Penn-Ryan 7run (Galas kick), 3:43.

InMauarter Penn-Smlth 5 pass from Hoffman (Galas kick), 9: 1 6, Penn-Faulk 68 blocked field-goal return (Galas kick), 1:23. Fourth iniarter Penn-FG Veldman 20, 8:41 Penn-flyan 3 run (Veldman kick), 1 :34. 8.806. IN DM DUM. STATISTICS RuiNitc Cornell, Simmons 11-45, Rahne 13-32, N.

Archer 3-7, Nice 1-(minus 7). Penn, Ryan 33-152, Perskie 3-26, Hoffman 8-(minus 10). Pitting: Cornell, Rahne 24-50-0-271, Ferguson 0-1-(M). Penn, Hoffman 20-30-1-264. RtceMflg: Cornell, Kellner 5-81 Nice 5-33, Hermann 4-46, Yanz 3-37, Simmons 2-28, Dunleavy 2-28, Ferguson 2-11, Wise 1-7.

Penn, Milanese 7-102, Smith 6-79. Joe Phillips 2-30, Michaleski 2-21 Ryan 2-19, Holahan 1-13. MIsMd flaM foals: Cornell, Iverson 42. Penn, Galas 37,39. last college games, including quarterback Gavin Hoffman (20 for 30 passing, 264 yards, two touchdowns) and flanker Rob Milanese (seven catches for 102 yards, one score).

On defense, eight Quakers put on the uniform for the last time. "It means that the Lord has really blessed me and put me around people who made it possible," Ryan said about establishing his school record. "I'm very thankful for my career here, to have a very good culmination." Ryan broke the rushing record when he ran three times for 15 yards as Penn drove 47 yards to- its third touchdown. The Quakers went up, 21-14, on a 5-yard pass from Hoffman to wide receiver Colin Smith with 9 minutes, 16 seconds remaining in the third period. The Quakers tacked on seven more points when Stephen Faulk picked up a blocked field-goal attempt and went 68 yards for a score with 1:23 remaining in the quarter.

It was 31-14 after a 20-yard field goal by Penn's Peter Veldman with 8:41 left to play. "We were beaten by a real fine football team today," Cornell coach Tim Pendergast said. "That team was us." Cornell came out running the ball against Penn, which entered the contest atop Division I-AA in rush defense. The Big Red moved down the field with precision on their opening drive, using their ground game and splicing in a few pass plays. A sack of quarterback Ricky Rahne by Penn's Andrew Alt-man cost the Big Red 11 yards and sent the team back to its own 40.

The Big Red recovered to take a 7-0 lead with less than five minutes gone when Rahne found wide receiver John Kell-ner open in the end zone for a 19-yard touchdown. The play culminated a 10-play, 74-yard drive. After forcing Penn to punt, Cornell had a similar drive going before linebacker Stever Lhotak stripped Kellner of the ball after a 39-yard gain. The fumble was recovered by Penn linebacker Travis Belden at the Quakers 14-yard line. Penn gave the ball right back, however, when Hoffman overthrew wide receiver Joe Phillips and was picked off by Cornell's Neil Morrissey.

What was worse was that the next time Penn got possession, the Big Red forced a fumble and took over at the Quakers 14. A 1-yard run by Rahne four plays later made it 14-0 with 1:54 remaining in the opening period. "I was a little disappointed with the way we came out," Bagnoli said. "We were fortunate that despite the problems we were having, at least we were able to get it tied at halftone." Penn made it 14-7 at the 12:25 mark of the second period when Hoffman hit Milanese with a 34-yard touchdown pass. The Quakers pulled even on a 7-yard run by Ryan that completed a seven-play, 69-yard drive.

makes tk 1 I- I frh Inyo s. Penn quarterback Gavin Hoffman is brought down by Cornell's George Paraskevopoulos. Hoffman threw two TD passes. Cecil Martin, 38 CECILS READING GAME PLAN ALL MEN'S BASKET at The Historic 3fr Week 7: Are Your Rookies Getting Enough Practice? 3 In football, struggling rookies can improve their skills and gain confidence with lots of practice. You can help your reading rookie turn into an "all-pro" reader by encouraging herhim to get lots of independent reading experience with books that are fun, relaxing and fascinating.

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