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THE HARTFORD COURANT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 20M The 'Off' In Offense Ivy League Standings Quinn's Four TDs Give Irish 3rd Win AD Conf By TOMMY HINE COURANT STAFF WRITER Yale Struggles; Cornell Finally Wins I Pf PA Harvard 1 0 2 0 70 34 Cornell 10 11 28 22 Princeton 0 0 1 0 is Perm 0 0 1 1 74 34 Columbia 0 0 0 2 27 59 Brown 0 1 1 1 69 42 Yale Olll 31 36 Dartmouth 0 0 0 2 39 62 ITHACA, N.Y. For the second week in a row, Yale football coach Jack Siedlecki didn't like what he saw from the offense in the first half. It only got worse. The vaunted Bulldogs offense man aged only 58 yards and two first downs in the final CGRHELL 19 YALE 7 two quarters Sat- When we play like we know how to play, we're pretty good." But the offense hasn't shown that this year. For the second week in a row, Yale's defense kept it close.

And the defense managed that after losing one of its leaders in the second quarter when linebacker Ken Estrera, the second-leading tackier last year, broke his left leg. "We let the defense down," Cowan said. "The defense played well enough to keep us in the game." In the first half, Cornell was inside the Yale 10-yard line three times twice with a first down inside the 5 and scored only nine points on three field goals by Trevor MacMeekin. Andre Hardaway's 1-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run broke it open as the overworked Yale defense began to tire. "The loss is my fault," Yale captain and offensive tackle Rory Hennessey said.

"I didn't do my job getting everybody ready to play. We're going to do something about it We have 554 hours to think about it on the bus." Unlike last week, when Yale mounted a fourth-quarter drive to overcome Dayton, the Bulldogs never threatened. "The last series exemplified the whole game," Siedlecki said. "We dropped three passes in a row. These are some of the best players in the Ivy League, but they have to step up." Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Notre Dame's West Coast offense clicked against a West Coast defense. Brady Quinn took control in the first hai completing 15 of 23 passes for 196 yards and tying a Notre KOTKf BASSE 3ft' Dame record with four touch- WASKiflCTCN downs to lead Notre Dame to a 38-3 victory over Washington on Saturday. The Fighting Irish led 31-3 at halftime. "We hadn't had a quick start all year, so it was really important for us to do so in this ballgame," Irish coach Ty Willingham sa id. Quinn was unstoppable in the first half.

Matt Shelton and Anthony Fasano each caught two TDs as Quinn matched a record done eight times previously. "It should have been more," said Quinn, who finished 17-for-32 for 266 yards and an inter; ception. "It's a good feeling, but I'm still unhappy with the play in the second half." Quinn completed only two passes in the second half, one for S3 yards that set up the final score for Notre Dame (3-1), but it didn't matter. "Unfortunately, we couldn't get any pressure on Quinn," Washington coach Keith Gilbertsoq said. "He made the plays when he needed to, and we struggled to stop him." Washington (0-3), which hasn't had a losing season since 1976, is off to its worst start since 1969.

The Huskies lost their first nine games that year before beating Washington State in the sea-son finale. plays. We gave them every opportunity to control the balL "I don't know if it was them establishing a running game as much as it was our being inept on offense. I have no idea why, but we'd better regroup in a hurry." Yale's offense had no rhythm, no continuity, no flow. "It was more execution than anything else," wide receiver Ralph Plumb said.

"The only reason we were in the game was because the defense played their butt off all day. We didn't hold up our end of the bargain. "Our offensive skill players haven't been making plays. It's us. We know it." Plumb had seven catches for 99 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown from Alvin Cowan for Yale's only score.

No other Yale receiver had more than 22 yards, and tailback Robert Carr carried 15 times for 41 yards. "Tm not throwing the ball well, and we didn't have much of a running game 35 net yards," Cowan said. "Things came so easy last year, and there were a lot of expectations. "When things don't go perfectly, the guys are pressing a little bit. Saturday Harvard 35, Brawn 34: Clifton Dawson's third touchdown capped Harvard comeback in Providence.

Dawson (23 carries. 142 yards) scored on a 1-yard run with to put Harvard ahead 35-31 after yards on 34 carries and scored twice tor Brown. The Bears cut it to 3S-34 on Steve Morgan's 28-yard field goal with 5:15 left Dawson also had touchdown runs of 80 and 3 yards for Harvard. Harvard scored 18 unanswered points in the third Quarter. Ryan Fitzpatrick hit Corey Mazza with a 35-yard TD pass and Matt Schindel added a22-yardf ield goal before Dawson's 80-yard run closed it to 31-28.

Vittanov 16, Pann 13: Viilanova (2-1) led 16-0 midway through the fourth quarter before Pat McDer-mott hit Dan Castles with a 13-yard TD pass. Penn made it 16-13 with 1:32 left moving 80 yards in three plays, capped by a McOermott-to-Castles 29-yard TD pass. Penn then tried an onside kick, which was recovered by the Wildcats. New Hampshire 45, Dartmouth 24: Ricky Santos threw four touchdown passes and Baron Fienory returned an intercept ion 87 yards for another score to lift visiting New Hampshire (3-1). New Hampshire went up 1(M) on two scores in the first quarter but Dartmouth took the lead midway through the second period on Charlie Rittgers' 73-yard scoring pass to Ray Rochester and a 6-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Hall.

New Hampshire scored two touchdowns in 2:12 of the second to take the lead. Princeton 24, San Diego 17: Visiting Princeton scored two defensive TDs in 13 seconds of the second quarter a 12-yard fumble return and 36-yard interception return to defeat San Diego (1-3). BuekneH 42, Columbia 13: Bucknell (2-1) attempted five passes and completed all of them for 112 yards and four touchdowns against visiting Columbia. Next Saturday Brown at Rhode Island, noon Dartmouth at Penn, noon Colgate at Yale, 1 p.m. Harvard at Lafayette, 1 p.m.

Cornell at Towson, 1 p.m, Princeton at Columbia, 1:30 p.m. urday, making Cornell look like a defensive powerhouse in its 19-7 Ivy League victory. Cornell (1-1) ended a 10-game losing streak, tied for the longest in school history, and gave coach Jim Knowles his first victory. "For a team that had great expectations, we did absolutely nothing on offense," Siedlecki said. "For players who had unbelievable statistics last year, we didn't do anything all day.

"Our defense played their guts out. We had no answers on offense at all. It's extremely frustrating. Most of the time, we didn't seem to find a way. Excluding its 80-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter and a 33-yard drive before time ran out in the half, Yale (1-1) had only 68 yards offense on 11 series, giving the Big Red a edge in possession.

"We were three-and-out on four straight possessions in the second half," Siedlecki said. "That's only 12 1 Trinity Runs All Over Bates I. mm Finkeldey Rushes For Three Of Bantams' Seven TDs Wesleyan Goes On Zach Attack By WOODY ANDERSON COURANT STAFF WRITER I TLvSJm I I I I tu.vOOlXiLt I I 4tfi)-OX -t I I i I I 7L-SJtXr-i tasamtt I VV7m twtsms wtsiii l-a-w I 1 WlWWnl I I MV7MH -if JM75ffS I 1 xxivj yor jasau WDgfr jMrggLI mmm i a nt Staff Report SOMERVTLLE, Mass. Colgate transfer Zach Canter completed 26 of 39 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns to lead Wesleyan to a 37-7 victory over Tufts in the season opener for both teams Saturday. Phil Banks had 95 yards rushing on 28 carries for TUFTS 7 Wesleyan, with TD runs of 5, 1 and 2 yards.

Wesleyan allowed 197 yards and intercepted four passes. The 30-point victory is Wesleyan's largest in the series' 41-game history, beating out agame in 1896. Tufts' records show that score as 28-4. Wesleyan has it 28-6. Saturday, Wesleyan scored 20 unanswered points to lead 23-7 at halftime.

Banks scored from 5 yards to give Wesleyan the lead for good at 10-7 with 3:15 left in the first quarter. Canter, a sophomore making his first start for Wesleyan, threw TD passes of 7 yards to Tim McGee and 6 yards to Sam Fletcher in the second quarter. Banks added a TD run in each of the final two quarters. Fletcher had 11 catches for 112 yards. Wesleyan had 25 first downs to 11 for Tufts and finished with 476 yards of total offense.

Steve Cincotta had 68 yards rushing on 16 carries for Tufts. Wesleyanhadpossessionfor nearly 38 minutes. Ira WB SHU nt End nmcnt I a 2 cr 4 OF TSE SPECIALS ARRIVING DASLV't IIMlEFifcST FSJESf OfcwMii.mS 1 Trinity's running game began with a bolt on its second play when tailback Drew Finkeldey cracked up the middle, broke to the right sideline and breezed into the end zone on a 32-yard run Saturday. Trinity would score six more rushing touchdowns in a 40 victory over Bates in the TRINITY 49 season opener for both teams. BATES 0 Trinity has won 15 games in a row, the longest streak in Division DI, and has beaten NESCAC rival Bates 15 consecutive times.

"Trinity is very physical up front and has a lot of speed in the backfield," Bates coach Mark Harriman said. "It's a tough combination." Before 3,214 at JesseeMiller Field, Trinity unleashed a 427-yard ground attack in a 565-yard game (8.6 yards a play). Finkeldey also had scoring runs of 37 and 3 yards. Simsbury's Michael Soules, the up-back in a punting formation, took the snap and sped 48 yards for another touchdown. Sophomore transfer German) Leo, in his first game at Trinity, broke free on scoring runs of 58 and 69 yards and Carlos Baz finished the scoring with a 53-yard run.

The Bantams scored in every quarter, including a 26-yard field goal by Brett Sheridan, sophomore from Glastonbury. "The line stayed on its blocks and gave me plenty of time to read the play," said Finkeldey, a senior from Ivoryton (142 yards on 16 carries). "When you got to their second level, there was plenty of room." Trinity took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter on Finkeldey's 37-yarder. He lined up in the shot gun formation and was the only back in the backfield. "That gave us an extra lineman," he said.

"It worked pretty well" Leo had one carry for Colgate last year and left school after the first semester, mostly for reasons other than football, such as homesickness. The Everett, tailback said he chose Trinity because he thought it would be a good fit "The line sprung me," said Leo (139 yards on 10 carries). "Bates was crowding the line of scrimmage. Wepractice against the best defense in the NESCAC. It was good preparation.

We're not able to do this in practice." Trinity used two quarterbacks, junior Josh Pitcher (9-for-ll, 83 yards) and freshman Chandler Barnard (4-for-5, 55 yards), who added 29 rushing yards on six carries. Trinity coach Chuck Priore isn't sure how the I luw rvmnu wusij mm i 5CT rsTTp -t Road Hazard-Pro-Rata read hazard on tctect tirei. I I 3 it 3 3 "tueag up to nine on seiectea ores. mm mmfCtf 1 3 MSTSHM imi t9rl 171 7I I tffMM.Jl14 ItlCflSHS quarterback position will play out Junior transfer Bill Schweitzer, who hurt his left knee in preseason, should be back in two weeks. Trinity's defense, which came into the game with many new starters, limited Bates to 203 total yards (121 rushing), an average of 2.8 yards a play.

Trinity senior nose tackle Chris MacNamara (six tackles) said this game was no different than any other. "If someone wants to try to run on us, fine, let them try," MacNamara said. "Bates loves to run. The came straightforward with their counter lead power and we played assignment football and used run blitzes." Bates was missing a few players and quarterback Anthony Arger, who missed last year with shoulder surgery, was starting his first game and had little time to work. He was 6-for-12 for 40 yards.

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And he accomplished it by beating his alma mater. Masella played for Wagner and began his coaching career there in 1982. "It was a great win, no matter who we were playing," Masella said. "I owe a lot to Wagner College. It's not so much about beating Wagner as it is the way we woa" Central (3-1, 2-0 Northeast Conference) appeared headed to defeat after taking a 7-0 halftime lead.

Wagner (3-1, 1-1) scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 21-7 lead. Central fumbled six times In the first three quarters, losing four of them. And when the Blue Devils failed to convert a fake punt on fourth-arid 4 from their 28 yard line with 6:29 left in the third, Wagner quickly converted it into a 30 yard touchdown and the 21-7 lead. But Dolch, who completed 25 of 36 passes for 238 yards, hit Andre Smith for his second touchdown catch of the game with 10:30 left to make it 21-13 Central missed the extra point but the Blue Devils scored again on a 7-yard pass from Dolch to Tom Hunter with 5:10 left Then Dolch hit Smith on the two-point conversion to tie it at 21. "We were just frustrated," Dolch said.

"All the mistakes we made, we put the defense in a bind. We knew we could do it Everyone stepped up and made a play. We didn't put our heads down. We didn't give up." But the comeback appeared in vain.asTomSciarra hit his favorite target o-foot-4 receiver Chris Turner, on a 50-yard pass on third-and-26 from Wagner's 28-yard line with 51 seconds left Turner caught 12 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns. But after running two plays to set up the field goal, Czech gave Central another life.

On third-and-7 from Wagner's 8-yard line in overtime, Dolch hit Josh Roth for a touchdown. Wagner's final chance ended with Ryan Nichols intercepting Sciarra at the goal line on fourth down from Central's 10. "We've talked about being physically tough and mentally tough and executing," Masella said. "Our kids have done everything we've ask" NIK Ci'A i NEW BRITAIN Scott Dolch's instinct was to put his head down and look away. After leading Central Connecticut on a fourth-quarter comeback with two CENTRAL 23 touchdown WAGNEB 21 passes, it appeared Dolch and the Blue Devils were doomed to defeat All Wagner needed was a 32-yard field goal with one second left "I've seen it too many times," Dolch said.

"But as a senior, you had to keep your head up. You had to believe something good was going to happen to us. We needed a prayer, and we got one," Plotr Czech missed the kick, wide left Given a second chance, Dolch complete his fourth touchdown pass of the game in the first overtime, sending the Blue Devils to a 28-21 victory at Arule FMd. For the first time since 1900, Central has started a season M. "You can't be happier for these kids." Central coach Tom Masella said.

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