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Sunday, September 26, 2004 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER www.philly.com D17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL villanova holds off late rally by Penn 200-pound running back, lost the ball to a tooth-loosening hit by Butler. McDermott picked up the ball, vainly looked around for an open lane and, finding none, simply ran out of the end zone to give Villanova a safety. Villanova scored its second touchdown in the third quarter, marching 80 yards on a 12-play drive, finished off by a 7-yard TD run by Burroughs. It wasn't all good for Villanova. Raymond Vetrone, the Wildcats' free safety, suffered an injured right leg and was taken off the field on a gurney in the third quarter in visible pain.

He returned to the sideline in the fourth quarter on crutches and with his leg in a cast. He will have surgery today. By Ron Reid INQUIRER STAFF WRITER A superb performance by its defense and a sudden burst of confidence from its offense gave Villanova a 16-13 victory over Penn last night before 16,572 bemused fans at Franklin Field. The Wildcats' victory ended the Quakers' 17-game winning streak, which had been the longest in Division I-AA, and squared Penn's record at 1-1. It marked the third Villanova victory over Penn in their last three meetings.

Villanova (3-1) held Penn scoreless through the first 53 minutes, 49 seconds. But the Quakers avoided their first shutout loss at home since 1989 when Dan Castles caught a 13-yard pass from Pat McDermott for a Penn touchdown. And the Quakers made the last 90 seconds a thrill show after McDermott connected with Matt Makovsky for a 29-yard TD. "I think they're a really good team," Villanova coach Andy Talley said. "They know how to win, and they know how to come back." Penn coach Al Bagnoli was disappointed.

"I'm somewhat disappointed that we had some opportunities we couldn't take advantage of," said Bagnoli, whose team out-gained 'Nova, 243-239. "We could have easily won the game and could have easily won the game by more that a touchdown. To their credit, we didn't. They made plays and we didn't." The game actually ended twice. With Penn desperately trying to throw downfield, McDermott was chased from behind and got rid of the ball to the sideline.

The sideline official ruled the play a forward pass, but the clock kept ticking down, and the game ended. Bagnoli later said they had to get two officials back out from the locker room. Talley was doing a post-game TV interview when Bagnoli got together with the referee, who ruled that three seconds should be put back on the clock. Bagnoli called the whole thing "a debacle." On the last play, Penn completed a pass and attempted two laterals, but the last one hit the ground and a Villanova player fell on the ball. Villanova's chief contributor to the win was Jamil Butler, the 250-pound senior defensive end who had four solo tackles (one behind the line of scrimmage), two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one sack, and two blocked passes.

Save for the late heroics, Penn's performance in the rarely contested rivalry should be written in lowercase, because the Quakers couldn't capitalize on anything they did right or Villanova did wrong. Villanova got in trouble early on by snapping the ball over its punter's head twice, but the Wildcats came back from those horrendous first-quarter mistakes to score their first touchdown after 42 minutes of play in the second quarter. Terry Butler, the 205-pound senior running back, scored on a 1-yard slash through the middle of the Quakers' defensive line. Butler's short scoring jaunt was set up by a 45-yard pass, the longest of the season for Villanova, from quarterback Marvin Burroughs to Chris Polite. The reception gave the Wildcats enviable field position first and goal on the Quakers' 2-yard line and two plays later, they had the lead.

Penn added to the Villanova lead 10 seconds later when Sam Mathews, the Quakers' Contact staff writer Ron Reid at 21 5-854-4469 or rreidphillynews.com. Villanova 16, Penn 13 Villanova 0 9 7 0 16 Penn 0 0 0 13 13 Second quarter 1 run (James kick), 10:36. Vil Safety, McDermott ran out of end zone, 1 0:26. Third quarter Vil-Burroughs7 run (James kick), 8:53. Fourth quarter Penn-Castles 1 3 pass from McDermott (pass failed), 6:11.

Penn-Makovsky 29 pass from McDermott (Nolan kick), 1:32. 16,572. Vil Penn First downs 17 12 Rushes-yards 48-73 29-76 Passing 1 66 1 67 Comp-Att-Int 15-26-1 11-32-0 Return Yards 39 27 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 6-62 7-57 Time of Possession 35:10 24:50 VICKI VALERIO Inquirer Staff Photographer Penn's Seth Fisher (19) intercepts a pass intended for Villanova's Noble Champen (left) as Terry Butler and J.J. Outlaw of the Wildcats move in.

Butler scored Villanova's first touchdown last night. College Football Scores Notre Dame routs Washington Yesterday's results STEVE MILLER Associated Pres Cornell Brockington of Connecticut races through a hole in the Army defense during UConn's 40-3 win over the Cadets. Connecticut improved its record to 3-1 with the victory in East Hartford, Conn. touchdowns, including a 22-yard run in the fourth quarter, to lead Lafayette past Richmond, 21-16, in Richmond, Va. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: Villanova, T.Butler 20-74, DiGiacomo 5-27, Gibson 6-16, Dieser 1-10, Outlaw 1-4, Ventrone 1-2, James 2-(minus 23), Burroughs 12-(minus 37).

Penn, Mathews 13-36, McDermott 11-20, Pisarri 1-18, K.Ambrogi3-2, Bryant 1-0. Passing: Villanova, Burroughs 15-26-1-166. Penn, McDermott 1 0-31 -0-1 40, Marabella 1 -1 -0-27. Receiving: Villanova, Champen 4-30, Dieser 3-33, Polite 2-43, DiGiacomo 2-27, Outlaw 2-13, Wright 1-12, T.Butler 1-8. Penn, Castles 3-60, Mathews 2-21, Makovsky 1-29, McDermott 1-27, Carre 1-18, McDonald 1-12, Kwiecinski 1-5, Marabella 1 -(minus 4), PatelO-(minusl).

Tenness UAB35, Louisiana Tech 17 Memphis 28 Virginia 31, Syracuse 10 W. Kentucky at Fla. International, ppd. Wake Forest 1 7, Boston College 1 4 Westminster, Pa. 23, Thomas More 1 3 William 6 Wofford 56, Johnson Smith 0 MIDWEST Adrian 30, Bluffton 3 Albion 31, Millikin 26 Baldwin-Wallace 31 Wilmington, Ohio 7 Ball St.

41, W. Michigan 14 Bemidji St. 47, Concordia, St.P. 27 Bethel, Minn. 21, Hamline 6 Blackburn 21 Maranatha Baptist 1 8 Buena Vista 26, Cornell, Iowa 1 4 Carroll 49, Lawrence 1 2 Central 24, Loras21 Concordia, Moor.

40, Carleton 1 5 Concordia, Wis. 28, Mac Murray 24 Dana 20, DoanelO Dickinson St. 30, Black Hills St. 10 Drake 42, MoreheadSt. 12 E.

Illinois 31, E. Michigan 28 Emporia St. 38, Truman St. 21 Eureka 22, Concordia, III. 7 Illinois College 37, Grinnell 26 Illinois Wesleyan 31, Chicago 13 Indiana St.

41 Tenn. -Martin 24 Jamestown 46, Mayville St. 22 Martin Luther 27, Westminster, Mo. 26 Mary 32, S. Dakota Tech 8 Michigan 30, Iowa 17 Michigan St.

30, Indiana 20 Minnesota 43, Northwestern 17 Missouri Southern 23, Missouri Western 21 Monmouth, III. 45, Beloit 23 NW Missouri St. 49, Washburn 21 Nebraska-Kearney 42, N.M Highlands 6 Nebraska-Omaha 20, South Dakota 13 Northwest College 26, Crown 20 Notre Dame 38, Washington 3 Ohio 34, Buffalo 0 Ohio Northern 31 Muskingum 1 1 Olivet 49, Manchester 13 Purdue 38, Illinois 30 Rockford 73, Principia 1 4 Rose-Hulman 40, Oberlin 1 4 SE Missouri 51 Samford 48, 20T Saginaw Valley St. 35, Hillsdale 14 Simpson, Iowa 31 Dubuque 1 3 Sioux Falls 30, Concordia, Neb. 1 3 St.

Francis, Ind. 62, Iowa Wesleyan 8 St. John's, Minn. 42, Gustavus 1 4 St. Norbert59, KnoxO St.

Olaf 59, Macalester7 St. Thomas, Minn. 28, Augsburg 21 Texas Tech 31 Kansas 30 Tiffin 59, Alma 21 Toledo 45, Temple 17 Trinity, III. 23, Walsh 22 Trinity, Texas 29, DePauw 28 Valparaiso 54, Jacksonville 38 W. Illinois 38, Quincy31 Wabash 46, Earl ham 0 Wartburg 16, Luther 7 Wayne, Mich.

24, Indianapolis 21 OT Wheaton, III. 45, Hope 28 Winona St. 34, Southwest St, Minn. 1 7 Wisconsin 16, Penn St. 3 Wittenberg 48, Huntingdon 27 Wooster49, Case Reserve 7 Youngstown St.

27, Liberty 1 7 SOUTHWEST Ark. -Pine Bluff 24, Alabama 10 Arkansas 27, Alabama 1 0 Baylor 37, North Texas 14 Hardin-Simmons 49, Mississippi College 19 Nicholls St. 21 Texas Southern 6 SMU 36, San Jose St. 13 South Florida 45, TCU 44, 20T Stephen F.Austin 24, S. Utah 21 Texas 35, Rice 1 3 Tulsa 49, SW Missouri St.

7 FAR WEST Adams St. 24, Fort Hays St. 1 7 Carroll, Mont. 35, Rocky Mountain 9 Colorado Mines 40, Chadron St. 39 Colorado St.

39, Montana St. 1 4 E. Washington 47, Idaho St. 22 Humboldt St. 34, W.Oregon 7 Montana 27, N.

Colorado 1 6 Montana Tech 24, E. Oregon 1 4 New Mexico 38, New Mexico St. 3 N.Arizona 55, Weber St. 27 Oregon 48, Idaho 10 Portland St. 35, McNeese St.

1 4 Princeton 24, San Diego 1 7 San Diego St. 27, Nevada 10 Southern Cal 31 Stanford 28 UC Davis 58, Sacramento St. 23 Utah 49, Air Force 35 Washington St. 20, Arizona 19 Wyoming 37, Mississippi 32 Oregon St. at Arizona St.

UtahSt.atUNLV Albany, N.Y. 23, Sacred Heart 6 Albright 49, Lycoming 32 Amherst 44, Hamilton 7 Bentley 32, Assumption 8 Bloomsburg 34, Indiana, Pa. 24 Bridgewater, Mass. 54, Framingham St. 0 Bucknell 42, Columbia 13 C.W.

Carnegie-Mellon 31 Franklin Marshall 1 4 Cent. Connecticut St. 28, Wagner 21 20T Clarion 35, California, Pa. 34 Colgate 33, Georgetown, D.C 0 College of N.J. 61, S.

Virginia 0 Connecticut 40, Army 3 Cornell 19, Yale 7 Cortland St. 28, Buffalo St. 14 Delaware 21 Massachusetts 7 Delaware Valley 46, Susquehanna 39 Denison 35, Gettysburg 23 East Stroudsburg 54, Millersville 17 Ferris St. 31, Mercyhurst28 Ford ham 41 Duquesne 34 GlenvilleSt. 21, Concord 14 Harvard 35, Brown 34 Hofstra 62, Rhode Island 43 Kutztown 45, Mansfield 1 0 Maine Maritime 32, Mass.

Maritime 27 Marist 41 lona 14 Mass. -Dartmouth 1 8, Curry 1 3 Middlebury 31 Bowdoin 1 7 Moravian 27, Lebanon Valley 20 Muhlenberg 27, Grove City 3 Navy 29, Vanderbilt 26 New Hampshire 45, Dartmouth 24 Nichols 36, Salve Regina18 Northeastern 27, Towson 3 Norwich 20, Plymouth St. 9 Pittsburgh 41 Furman 38, OT Robert Morris 28, St. Francis, Pa. 1 0 Shepherd 40, Fairmont St.

24 Shippensburg 1 7, Edinboro 1 0 Slippery Rock 31, Lock Haven 3 Springfield 38, Alfred 20 St. John Fisher 45, Ithaca 38, 20T St. Lawrence 34, Coast Guard 33 Stony Brook 27, Monmouth, N.J. 0 Trinity, Conn. 49, Bates 0 Union, N.Y.

50, Rochester36 Villanova 16, Penn 13 W. Connecticut 40, William Paterson 24 W. Va. Wesleyan 42, West Liberty 27 WVUTech 38, W.Virginia St. 14 Washington Jefferson 76, Emory Henry 28 Wesleyan, Conn.

37, Tufts 7 West Chester 70, Cheyney 0 West Virginia 45, James Madison 1 0 Widener34, King's, Pa. 31 Wilkes 53, FDU-Florham12 Williams 21, Colby 10 Worcester St. 33, MIT 0 SOUTH Alabama St. 41 Alcorn St. 8 Arkansas St.

28, Louisiana-Monroe 21 Apprentice 1 9, Chowan 6 Auburn 33, The Citadel 3 Bethune-Cookman 43, Norfolk St. 3 Carson-Newman 37, Mars Hill 24 Christopher Newport 21 Bridgewater, Va. 1 6 Cincinnati 24, East Carolina 1 9 Coastal Carolina 58, North Greenville 7 Davidson 21, Butler 14 Dayton 40, Austin PeayO Florida 20, Kentucky 3 Florida 21 Tennessee St. 1 5 Florida St. 41 Clemson 22 Fort Valley St.

38, Benedict 14 Gardner-Webb 26, W. Carolina 20, OT Georgetown, Ky. 34, Union, Ky. 13 Georgia Southern 51 Chattanooga 1 7 Hampton 49, Morgan St. 37 Howard 57, Savannah St.

7 Illinois St. at Florida Atlantic, ppd. Jackson St. 31.MVSU16 Jacksonville St. 30, E.

Kentucky 23 Kentucky St. 21 Morehouse 1 9 LSU51, Mississippi St. 0 Lafayette 21 Richmond 1 6 Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Middle Tennessee 1 7 Louisville 34, North Carolina 0 Maryland 55, Duke 21 Maryville, Tenn. 1 6, Sewanee 1 3, OT Methodist 21 N.C. Wesleyan 20 Murray St.

34, Tennessee Tech 1 5 N. Carolina 19, Elon17 N.C. State17, Virginia Tech16 Northwestern St. 40, Appalachian St. 35 Randolph-Macon 16, Catholic 13 S.

Illinois 49, Delaware St. 0 Salisbury 54, Greensboro 20 Sam Houston St. 45, SE Louisiana 1 7 Shenandoah 27, Ferrum 24, OT South Carolina 1 7, Troy 7 Southern Miss. 32, Tulane 14 Southern U. 31 S.

Dakota St. 24 COMPILED BY THE INQUIRER STAFF Brady Quinn tied a school record with four touchdown passes to lead Notre Dame to a 38-3 victory over Washington yesterday in South Bend, Ind. In the first half, Quinn completed 15 of 23 passes for 196 yards, with two TDs each to Matt Shelton and Anthony Fasano, leading Notre Dame (3-1) to its first easy win of the season. He completed only two passes in the second half, one for 53 yards that set up the Fighting Irish's final score, but it hardly mattered. The sophomore finished 17 for 32 for 266 yards with one interception.

Washington (0-3), which hasn't had a losing season since 1976, is off to its worst start since 1969. About the only disappointment for Notre Dame was that after playing their best half offensively, the Irish couldn't move the ball in the second half. It was especially disappointing because Notre Dame coaches had stressed the need to finish strong after letting Michigan State stay in the game a week earlier. Michigan State 30, Indiana 20 Michigan State quarterback Drew Stanton ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns in his starting debut to lead the Spartans (2-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) past Indiana (2-2, 0-1) in Blooming-ton, Ind. The Spartans scored 23 unanswered points in the second half to erase a 20-7 halftime deficit.

They won the Old Brass Spittoon for the third straight year and the seventh time in eight games dating to a Michigan State forfeit in 1994. For a half, Michigan State did nothing right, but Stanton, Michigan State's third starter in four games, turned things around quickly by guiding the Spartans on a 54-yard drive midway through the third quarter, finishing it with a 1-yard TD run on fourth and goal. South South Carolina 17, Troy State 7 Syvelle Newton had a 6-yard touchdown run and South Carolina (3-1) held off an upset attempt by Troy State (2-2) in the Gamecocks' victory in Columbia, S.C. Tim Frisby, South Carolina's 39-year-old wide receiver, got in for the final four plays of the game, after Troy had run out of time-outs and South Carolina was running out the clock to victory. Arkansas 27, Alabama 10 Freshman Peyton Hillis scored two touchdowns, Matt Jones ran for one score and threw for another, and Arkansas (3-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) beat Alabama (3-1, 1-1) in Fay-etteville, Ark.

De'Arrius Howard ran for 64 yards and Hillis had several key plays, including the go-ahead TD on a one-handed catch and two rugged 1-yard runs to keep a scoring drive alive. N.C. State 17, Virginia Tech 16 T.A. McLendon ran for 93 yards and a touchdown for North Carolina State (2-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) and kicker Brandon Pace missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt for Virginia Tech (2-2, 1-1) as time expired in Blacksburg, Va. N.C.

State solidified its reputation as one of the country's best defenses by sacking Tech quarterback Bryan Randall 10 times and holding the Hokies to 192 total yards. Wake Forest 17, Boston College 14 Cory Randolph threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Willie Idlette with just more than a minute left, giving Wake Forest (3-1) the win over Boston College (3-1) in Winston-Salem, N.C. Idlette beat Ryan Glasper, who tried to make a diving interception, for the first TD reception of his career. Elsewhere: Arkee Whitlock ran for a pair of touchdowns to help Southern Illinois rout Delaware State, 49-0, in Dover, Del. Jonathan Hurt scored two 0-1) in Ithaca, N.Y.

Elsewhere: Ricky Santos threw four touchdown passes and Baron Flenory returned an interception 87 yards for another score in New Hampshire's 45-24 victory over Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. Chris Brown threw for 219 yards and three TDs to lead Colgate to a 33-0 win over Georgetown in Hamilton, N.Y. T.J. Moriarty threw for three TDs as Stony Brook beat Monmouth, 27-0, in West Long Branch, N.J. Bobby Seek threw eight TD passes, including four in the first quarter, as Hofstra out-scored Rhode Island, 62-43, in Hempstead, N.Y.

Bucknell attempted just five passes but completed all of them for 112 yards and four TDs in a 42-13 win over Columbia in Lewisburg, Pa. West Wyoming 37, Mississippi 32 Josh Barge returned a punt 87 yards and caught a 69-yard pass, both for touchdowns, to lead Wyoming (2-1) to victory over Mississippi (1-3) in Laramie, Wyo. Washington State 20, Arizona 19 Josh Swogger, ignoring a partially torn tendon in his knee, rallied Washington State twice with fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Jason Hill as the Cougars (3-1, 1-0 Pacific Ten) scored a win over Arizona (1-3, 0-1) in Tucson, Ariz. Princeton 24, San Diego 17 Princeton (2-0) scored two defensive touchdowns in a 13-sec-ond span, on a 12-yard fumble return and a 36-yard pass return, to beat San Diego (1-3) in San Diego. East Navy 29, Vanderbilt 26 Aaron Polanco threw for 176 yards and ran for 84, including a 22-yard touchdown, as Navy (4-0) remained undefeated with victory over Vanderbilt (0-3) in Annapolis, Md.

Navy is off to its best start since opening the 1979 season with six straight wins. Tied, 14-14, at the half, Navy fell behind by 19-14 early in the third quarter on a safety and a field goal, but went ahead to stay when Frank Divils' 5-yard touchdown run capped a 10-play, 74-yard drive. Pittsburgh 41, Furman 38 Josh Cummings kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime to lift Pitt (2-1) to the win over visiting Furman (3-1) after the Panthers had rallied from a 31-17 deficit. Connecticut 40, Army 3 Dan Orlovsky threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns as Connecticut (3-1) beat Army (0-3) in East Hartford, Conn. The Huskies made it look easy early, scoring on their first two possessions.

Harvard 35, Brown 34 Clifton Dawson's third touchdown capped Harvard's second-half comeback from a 31-10 deficit as the Crimson (2-0, 1-0 Ivy League) beat Brown (1-1, 0-1) in Providence, R.I. Cornell 19, Yale 7 D.J. Busch completed 19 of 32 passes for 174 yards to lead Cornell (1-1, 1-0 Ivy League) past Yale (0-2,.