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Sunday, October 11, 2009 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER www.philly.com E3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Pierce stars as Owls win 3d straight Temple 24, Ball State 19 The freshman running back gained 125 yards and scored two TDs as Temple knocked off Ball State to remain undefeated in league play. Quakers reach into their bag of tricks Penn used a couple of gadget plays, including a TD pass by a running back, to beat Bucknell. Ball St. Temple 0 0 13 6 19 10 0 7 7 24 First quarter Tem-FG McManus 27, 7:12. Tern-Nixon 28 pass from Charlton (McManus kick), 4:47.

Third quarter BSU-Gibson 50 pass from K.Page (McGarvey kick), 10:59. BSU-Williams recovered fumble in end zone (kick failed), 8:47. Tern-Pierce 2 run (McManus kick), 4:48. Fourth quarter Tern-Pierce 3 run (McManus kick), 3:29. BSU-lfft2 passfrom K.Page, :00.

Attendance: 13,420. yards and five touchdowns this season. "So I came in knowing that I was trying to be good." Jarrett, a junior free safety, was equally good on defense. He finished with two interceptions, a team-high nine tackles, and a fumble recovery. His second interception, which came at the Ball State 46-yard line with 6:32 remaining, set up Pierce's second touchdown.

Temple defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio "put me in the right place," Jarrett said. "It's not just me out there. There are a whole 10 other players out there who were in the right place, and made it a little easier for me to make a play." to carry it, and he's getting stronger as the game goes on. He's giving us a glimpse of obviously what he can do." The former Glen Mills star's 2-yard touchdown run with 4 minutes, 48 seconds left in the third quarter gave the Owls the lead for good. Temple had a 17-13 advantage after Brandon McManus' extra-point kick.

Ball State had taken the lead on the Owls' previous possession after recovering a fumble in the end zone. A bad snap sailed over Temple punter Jeff Wathne's head and bounced over the goal line. Pierce's 3-yard TD run gave his team a 24-13 cushion with 3:29 remaining. "I expected to make an impact this season, but I couldn't tell how big of an impact it was going to be," said Pierce, who has run for 489 Ball St. Temple 15 23 23-53 50-106 237 186 22-37-2 17-30-0 0 33 3-3 5-1 8-67 10-85 22:44 37:16 By Keith Pompey INQUIRER STAFF WRITER After opening the season with two setbacks, Al Gold-en's Temple Owls are starting to live up to expectations.

Temple defeated Ball State, 24-19, in a Mid-American Conference game yesterday before a Lincoln Financial Field pink-out crowd of 13,420. The victory on Temple's Breast Cancer Awareness Day gave the Owls (3-2 overall, 3-0 league) their first three-game winning streak since 2007. The win over Ball State (0-6, 0-2) also marked Temple's first winning record through five games since it started 3-2 in 2000. "This is fun and all, but we Talley upset with effort in Villanova loss have goals," said Temple linebacker Peanut Joseph, who is not satisfied with his team's start. "Until we reach those goals, we are going to do the best we can.

And we are far away from accomplishing those goals." Joseph said those goals were a secret. Whatever they are, Bernard Pierce and Jai-quawn Jarrett kept them in reach yesterday. Pierce, a freshman running back, rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries. The 6-foot, 210-pound-er became the first Temple freshman to rush for 100 or more yards in three consecutive games. "He's starting to feel it," Golden said.

"He's starting New Hamp. 28, 'Nova 24 Villanova New Hampshire 7 16 0 -6 First quarter UNH-Kackert 12 run (Manning kick), 10:45. UNH-FG Manning 27, 5:24. UNH-Sicko 32 pass from Toman (kick failed), 2:06. Second quarter UNH-Toman 1 run (pass failed), 12:35.

Vill-Szczur 26 pass from Whitney (Yako kick), 10:12. Vill-FGYako37, :00. Third quarter Vill-Szczur58 run (Yako kick), 10:58. Fourth quarter UNH-FG Manning 35, 11:49. UNH-FG Manning 22, 4:11.

Attendance: 14,811. Villanova New Hamp. First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 21 16 49-181 41-76 171 292 17-34-1 15-28-1 10 5 1-0 1-0 4-35 5-48 34:17 25:43 By Jonathan Tannenwald FOR THE INQUIRER Al Bagnoli says his Penn football team has faced just about every offense in the playbook so far this season. So it might have been fitting that the Quakers finished their nonleague schedule yesterday against Bucknell's triple option.

Bagnoli had a few tricks up his sleeve, too, and Penn pulled away for a 21-3 victory over the Bison at Franklin Field. On the Quakers' first scoring drive, backup running back Matt Hamscher threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to fullback Luke DeLuca. Hamscher thus became Penn's sixth quarterback of the season. Fourth-stringer John Hurley started the game, and wide receiver Kyle Derham threw a forward pass on the play before the touchdown. "We're not bored, let's put it that way," Bagnoli quipped when asked about the quarterback situation.

"You have to be a little bit imaginative at this point." Penn's three other quarterbacks Keiffer Garton, Kyle Olson, and Billy Ragone missed the game because of injuries. DeLuca's touchdown and Andrew Samson's PAT kick stood as the only points of the first half. After a scoreless third quarter, Bucknell's Drew Orth got the Bison (3-3) on the scoreboard with a 32-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. In the second and third quarters combined, the teams totaled four punts, two interceptions, and two failed fourth-down conversions. "We wasted a lot of good field position and squandered some opportunities," Bagnoli said.

"We knew this wasn't going to be a pretty game." Penn (2-2) got its second touchdown midway through the fourth quarter. With the ball on Bucknell's 4-yard line, tailback Bradford Blackmon took a direct snap to the right side and leaped over the goal-line scrum. "It's really just like a traditional run play," Blackmon said of the direct-snap formation. "You still get your blockers in front of you, so it's not all that different from getting a handoff from your quarterback." Freshman running back Lyle Marsh finished the scoring by taking a pitchout 3 yards for his first career touchdown with 1 minute, 52 seconds to play. Penn 21, Bucknell 3 Bucknell Penn 0 0 0 3 -3 7 0 0 14 21 First quarter Penn-DeLuca 5 pass from Hamscher (Samson kick), 7:23.

Fourth quarter Buck-FGOrth 32,13:15. Penn-Blackmon 4 run (Samson kick), 7:35. Penn-Marsh 3 run (Samson kick), 1 :52. Attendance: 2,540. KEVIN RIPOLI Associated Press Syracuse's Ryan Nassib looks to pass in the third quarter against West Virginia.

The Malvern Prep product replaced the benched Greg Paulus, who passed for 30 yards in the first half. Around the Nation Tennessee routs Georgia; Rutgers gets 600th victory First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Ball Lewis 9-54, Williams 4-6, Sykes 1- 4, K.Page 9-(minus 11). Temple, Pierce 26-125, Griffin 1 2-27, Harper 2-20, Charlton 6-8, Wathne 1 -(minus 21), Team 3-(minus 53). Passing: Ball K.Page 22-37-2-237.

Temple, Charlton 17-30-0-186. Receiving: Ball Orsbon 10-82, Gibson 5-110, Lewis 3-6, Ifft 2-16, Fakes 1-17, Trempe 1-6. Temple, Campbell 4-35, J.Jones 3-27, D.Green 2- 38, Nixon 2-37, Rodriguez 2-11, Griffin 1-21, Harper 1 -8, Maneri 1 -7, Pierce 1 -2. Case Keenum's four touchdown passes lifted Houston to a victory over Mississippi State, 31-24, in Starkville, Miss. Led by its defense, Marshall topped Tulane, 31-10, in New Orleans.

Lee Campbell intercepted a pass and blocked a field goal to set up touchdowns for Minnesota in a 35-20 home victory over mistake-prone Purdue. Keith Nichol threw for 179 yards in his first start to lead Michigan State to a 24-14 win over host Illinois. Quarterback Mike Kafka scored twice in Northwestern's 16-6 win over Miami (Ohio) in Evanston, 111. Mikell Simpson ran for four touchdowns as Virginia embarrassed Indiana, 47-7, in Charlottesville, Va. North Carolina forced six turnovers and got three rushing TDs from Ryan Houston in a 42-12 shellacking of Georgia Southern at home.

Thad Lewis threw for 459 yards and five touchdowns as Duke raced past North Carolina State, 49-28, in Raleigh, N.C. Riley Skinner shattered the Wake Forest record for career passing yards in a high-flying 42-32 victory over Maryland in Winston-Salem, N.C. Jacquizz Rodgers upstaged Toby Gerhart with 189 yards and four rushing TDs as Oregon State handed Stanford its first Pac-10 loss, 38-28, in Cor-vallis, Ore. Arizona State turned the football over six times and yielded a 99-yard touchdown pass but still defeated host Washington State, 27-14. New Mexico's football team was escorted to Laramie, by two snow-plows, then got plowed under by Wyoming, 37-13.

Contact staff writer Keith Pompey at 610-313-8029 or kpompeyphillynews.com Glassboro product George Johnson had two sacks for Rutgers. Thoroughly overmatched, Texas Southern finished with minus-25 yards rushing. West Virginia 34, Syracuse 13 Quarterback Greg Paulus was yanked in favor of Malvern Prep product Ryan Nassib as the Orange (2-4, 0-2 Big East) were battered by the Mountaineers (4-1, 1-0) in Syracuse, N.Y Nassib, who entered the game behind by 27-0, finished 7 for 16 for 120 yards. Ryan Clarke ran for two TDs to bolster West Virginia. Elsewhere: Navy exploded for nine rushing touchdowns in routing Rice, 63-14, in Houston; quarterback Ricky Dobbs had four of the scores, and backup Kriss Proctor three.

Army improved to 3-3 with a 16-13 overtime win vs. Vander-bilt in West Point, N.Y. Pittsburgh overcame a 15-point deficit at home and then beat Connecticut, 24-21, with an 18-yard field goal by Dan Hutchins on the last play. Steven Sheffield, making his first start in place of the injured Taylor Potts, threw seven TD passes as Texas Tech manhandled Kansas State, 66-14, at home in Lubbock. completed 22-of-36 passes for 313 yards and 3 touchdowns, leading the Lions (4-1, 3-1 NJAC) over the Golden Eagles (1-3, 2-3) in Ewing.

James became CNJ's career-leader with 5,451 passing yards. Elsewhere: Dontay Wilson became the 10th player for Kutz-town to rush for over 2,000 career yards but the Golden Bears (3-4, 1-3, PSAC East) lost by 26-22 to host Shippens-burg (5-2, 3-1). John Harrison threw for 305 yards and two scores as Franklin and Marshall (4-1, 2-1 Centennial) gained a 21-14 victory over host Ursinus (2-3, 2-2). Brandon Austin's 55-yard pass to Anthony Wilson in the first half gave host Lincoln (3-4) its only points in a 35-6 loss to Virginia Union (4-3). INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Villanova, Szczur 5-66, Ball 1 4-57, A.

Young 9-39, Whitney 19-33, Doss 1-4, Team 1-(minus 18). New Hampshire, Kackert 26-67, Jellison 6-27, Team 1 -(minus 2), Toman 8-(minus 1 6). Passing: Villanova, Whitney 10-18-1-109, A.Young 7-15-0-62, Team 0-1-0-0. New Hampshire, Toman 1 5-28-1 -292. Receiving: Villanova, Szczur 8-83, Harvey 6-69, Wells 2-13, White 1-6.

New Hampshire, Sicko 3-135, Kackert 3-27, Negron 2-46, Orlando 2-28, Wright 2-26, Jeannot 2-22, Mason 1 -8. early in the third quarter, it missed out on a golden opportunity provided by a Tamai Young blocked punt that gave the offense the ball at New Hampshire's 11-yard line. Three plays later, Yako missed a 23-yard field-goal attempt. New Hampshire's Tom Manning kicked the go-ahead 35-yard field goal with 11:49 to go and added a second from 22 yards out with just over four minutes remaining. Villanova could not get into New Hampshire territory on its final two drives.

On Saturday, Villanova will travel to take on another ranked Division I-AA opponent in James Madison, which lost to top-ranked Richmond, 21-17, yesterday. "We have to bounce back; we don't have a choice," said Villanova linebacker Osayi Os-unde, who had a career-high 10 tackles, including 112 sacks. "Our backs are against the wall now and people are starting to doubt us. We can't have that. We're a good team and we have to prove it." The No.

2 Wildcats faltered down the stretch and fell to No. 5 New Hampshire. By Matt Schooley FOR THE INQUIRER DURHAM, N.H. Villanova passed its last top-five test in the Football Championship Subdivision with relative ease. The grades for this week's exam were not as favorable.

After knocking off No. 5 William and Mary last week, the second-ranked Wildcats (5-1, 1-1 CAA) lost yesterday to No. 5 New Hampshire, 28-24, even though they took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter of the Colonial Athletic Association game. "We have shown at this point in time in the season that we do not have the ability to go on the road and win a tough game," Villanova head coach Andy Talley said. "Until we do that, we're not a serious football team.

I'm very upset with this football team because we had a great opportunity for ourselves and we didn't get off the bus ready to play." Villanova's Matt Szczur amassed 66 yards rushing and 83 yards receiving. He scored two touchdowns, including one on a 58-yard run with 10 minutes, 58 seconds remaining in the third quarter that gave Villanova its first lead of the game, 24-22. However, Talley's offense was unable to crack the scoreboard again after that play. New Hampshire (5-0, 2-0) jumped out to a 10-0 lead, but Wildcats backup quarterback Antwon Young trimmed the score to 10-7 with an 18-yard run. The home team pushed its edge to 22-7 in the second quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by quarterback R.J.

Toman. Szczur hauled in a 26-yard TD pass from starting signal-caller Chris Whitney with 10:12 left until halftime. Nick Yako drilled a 37-yard field goal as the clock ran out on the first half, and 'Nova entered the locker room down by 22-17. After Villanova took a 24-22 advantage on Szczur's long run FROM INQUIRER WIRE SERVICES Delaware posted a 43-27 victory over No. 12 Massachusetts last night in a Colonial Athletic Association game in Newark as Pat Devlin completed 19 of 26 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns for the Blue Hens (4-2, 2-2).

Delaware rolled to a 20-3 lead over the Minutemen (3-2, 1-1) in the first quarter. Devlin found Mark Mackey in the end zone for a 15-yard TD and then teamed up with Mark Duncan on a 22-yard scoring pass. Marcus Burley returned a fumble 42 yards for a score. Jon Striefsky kicked three field goals for the Blue Hens, setting a school record with 33 in his career. West Chester 34, C.W.

Post 26 Joe Wright passed for four Area Colleges Devlin, COMPILED BY THE INQUIRER STAFF Jonathan Crompton threw four touchdown passes, and the Volunteers' defense kept the Bulldogs' offense out of the red zone all afternoon as Tennessee crushed Georgia, 45-19, at home in Knoxville. "They outexecuted us, out-coached us, and outplayed us, bottom line," Bulldogs defensive coordinator Willie Martinez said. Crompton threw for 310 yards for the Vols (3-3, 1-2 SEC), who earned Lane Kiffin his first conference win. The only touchdowns for Georgia (3-3, 2-2) came on a kickoff return and an interception return. Rutgers 42, Texas Southern 0 Joe Martinek scored on runs of 9 and 15 yards as the Scarlet Knights (4-1) won their 600th game with a shutout of the Tigers (1-4) at home in Piscatway, N.J.

The Scarlet Knights, who played the first college game against Princeton, in 1869, are 600-591-42. Cardinal O'Hara graduate Tom Savage, back in the starting lineup after missing Rutgers' last game with a concussion, threw a 34-yard TD pass to Tim Brown. The freshman was 14 of 21 for 150 yards. King's 35, Widener 24 Corey Lavin threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Justin Dal-ton and a 20-yard scoring strike to Mike Verbitski in the second half to rally the Mon-archs (2-3, 1-1 Middle Atlantic Conference) over the Pride (3-2, 1-1) in Chester. Millersville 47, Cheyney 36 The Marauders (2-5, PSAC East) prevailed despite quarterback Angel Rodriguez's career effort for the Wolves (0-6, 0-3) on homecoming day.

Rodriguez rushed for 207 yards and four touchdowns, including one run of 76 yards. Rodriguez also passed for 188 yards, throwing a 67-yard scoring strike to Adam Madden in the fourth quarter. College of New Jersey 48, Brockport 34 Chris James Bucknell Penn 11 14 37-104 32-100 92 164 13-34-2 18-33-3 9 52 2-2 1-0 5-60 6-30 28:53 31:07 Delaware storm past UMass, 43-27 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Bucknell, R.Smith 1 3-51 Hopson 1 0-21 Kizekai 7-18, T.Smith 6-15, Team 1-(minus 1). Penn, Marsh 1 7-39, Blackmon 5-23, Derham 2-1 4, Hurley 2-1 4, Hamscher 1-4, Brog 1-3, DeLuca 1-3, DiMaggio3-0.

Passing: Bucknell, Hopson 13-34-2-92. Penn, Hurley 14-27-2-148, Derham 3-5-1-11, Hamscher 1- 1-0-5. Receiving: Bucknell, Woods 4-22, B.Simmons 2- 1 6, Kizekai 2-1 5, R.Smith 2-1 0, Pasternak 1 -1 2, Pulgrano 1-11, Cadman 1-6. Penn, Wurst 3-34, Tuten 3-15, Lawrence 2-40, Marsh 2-22, Nawrocki 2-20, DeLuca 2-14, Blackmon 2-2, Fisher 1-14, DiMaggio1-3. touchdowns and rushed for one as the Golden Rams (4-3, 3-1) edged the Pioneers (2-5, 2-2) in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East game in Brookville, N.Y.

Delaware Valley 41, Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham 17 Mike Isgro completed 18-of-23 passes for 203 yards with three touchdowns to lead the host Aggies (4-1, 2-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) over the Devils (1-4, 0-2) in Doylestown. Rowan 72, Western Connecticut 14 Frank Wilczynski completed 12 of 18 passes for 216 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 141 yards and three more scores to lead the Profs (4-1, 3-1 New Jersey Athletic Conference) over the host Colonials (0-5, 0-4) in Danbury. NFL NCAA MLB NBA NASCAR NHL Officially Licensed Merchandise DISTRIBUTOR WANTED Honest person to service local Officially Licensed NASCAR, Collegiate Professional Sports Merchandise route. The best one-person business ever. No Selling.

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