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C4 THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 Oumakeirs come out qua ickly HOW THEY SCORED The Play: Rob Milanese 18 yard pass from Hoffman (Galas kick). The Drive: 68 yards, 7 plays. FOURTH QUARTER Penn 27, Lafayette 0 left) The Play: Kris Ryan 6-yard run (Galas kick). The Drive: 55 yards, 11 plays. Penn 30, Lafayette 0 left) The Play: Galas 18-yard FG.

The Drive: Keyed by a fumble recovery. Penn 17, Lafayette 0 (1:20 left) The Play: Brian Adams 12-yard pass from Jack Phillips (Galas kick). The Drive: Keyed by an Interception return. Penn 37, Lafayette 0 FIRST QUARTER Penn Lafayette 0 (9:14 left) The Play: Ryan Murray 18-yard pass from Gavin Hoffman (run failed after bad snap). The Drive: Working without a huddle, Penn needed just 59 seconds to go 62 yards.

SECOND QUARTER Penn 13, Lafayette 0 (10:24 left). The Play: Colin Smith 4-yard pass from Hoffman (Roman Galas kick). The Drive: Adam Keslosky's 11 -yard run on a fake punt for a first down at the Penn 47. Penn 20, Lafayette 0 (:3 left) If Penn blanks Lafayette, 37-0, in its season opener as Ryan rushes for 1 51 yards, one TD. By JEFF SCHULER Of The Morning Call If there was one advantage that Lafayette coach Frank Tavani felt his team had over the University of Pennsylvania heading into Saturday's non-league game, it was that the Quakers had yet to play a game.

But it would be hard to convince the 7,128 who were at Fisher Field that the defending Ivy League champions aren't already in midseason form. Behind returning Ivy MVP Gavin Hoffman and Kris Ryan, the Quakers rolled up 304 yards in the first half alone while blanking the Leopards for the first time in 29 games in an impressive 37-0 victory. "I thought we had that one little advantage on them, and it didn't really turn out to be much," said Tavani, whose offense managed only 178 yards and has yet to score a touchdown this year. Tavani and the Leopards (0-2) needed every edge they could find against a team which is favored to repeat as Ivy champ with 18 returning starters. PETE SHAHEEN The Morning Call Lafayette's Nick Boccagno tackles Penn's Kris Ryan (41) during first quarter action Saturday in Easton.

At far right is Lafayette's Darnell Azeez. But Lafayette squandered an early opportunity when Matt Bourdon picked off a Hoffman pass at the Quaker 26 (Martin Brecht missed a 34-yard field goal), and had another goal-line interception by Bourdon negated by an offsides penalty. Hoffman threw the second of his three touchdown passes on the next play. Hoffman later threw his third touchdown pass one play after Lafayette's Darnell Azeez who had one interception in the end zone couldn't hang on to what would have been another at the Leopard 20. "We need to make plays when we get the opportunities," said Tavani, who was also disappointed in his team's attitude.

"We've always promoted a never-give-up attitude, but I think some of the kids, even some of the seniors, lost some of the fight in the dog late in the game," he said. Penn coach Al Bagnoli had little to be disappointed about, although he did his best to find something afterward. "They don't give style points if they did, I don't know how we would have done today," Bagnoli said after his team Lafayette's rushing game was less successful the Leopards had only 40 net yards on 24 carries and Tavani said the offense has to start picking it up. "The defense is playing way too many snaps," he said. 37 First downs 26 12 Rushes-yards 52-233 24-40 Passing 238 138 Comp-Att-Itt 42-23-2 50-22-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-yards 6-45 6-29 produced its first opening-day shutout in 20 years.

"We had 37 practices without playing against anybody, and I knew we'd have some ups and downs." "The entire game felt like a struggle," added Hoffman, a senior who was 22-of-40 for 226 yards. Hoffman had plenty of help from Ryan, who cruised for 151 yards becoming the sixth player in Penn history to reach 2,000 for his career and averaged 6.3 yards a carry. Prosser produces; KU clips Millersville Tar Heels jolt 'Noles; Florida St. suffers third ACC loss in 74 BOB JORDAN Associated Press North Carolina linebacker David Thornton celebrates with fans at Kenan Stadium after UNC upset No. 6 Florida State, 41-9 Saturday.

HOW THEY SCORED Kutztown 20, Millersville 18 FIRST QUARTER Kutztown 7, Millersville 0 (7:25) The play: RB Yorell Prosser 2-yard dive into the end zone (Marcel Kottke kick). The drive: Seven plays, 66 yards, keyed by QB Josh Warren's 32-yard keeper to the 13-yard line. Kutztown 7, Millersville 6 (3:10) The play: WR Andy Neupauer 4-yard pass from QB Chuck Andrew (kick blocked). The drive: Five plays, 15 yards. Kutztown 13, Millersville (2:49) The play: RB Prosser 68-yard run (kick blocked).

The drive: one play, 68 yards. SECOND QUARTER Kutztown 13, Millersville 12 (10:00) The play: TE Brian Mielnik 33-yard pass from QB Chuck Andrew (kick failed). The drive: Nine plays, 95 yards. THIRD QUARTER Kutztown 20, Millersville 12 (6:32) The play: WR Phil Washington 28-yard reception from Warren (Kottke kick). The drive: Seven plays.

68 yards. FOURTH QUARTER Kutztown 20, Millersville It (3:32) The play: WR Dan Kovalchik (Liberty) 11-yard pass off deflection from Andrews (pass failed). The drive: 11 plays, 70 yards. season with a knee injury and the first two games of this season because of a suspension for violating a team and school alcohol-related rule, completed 11 of 22 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown. "It took the pressure off me a little bit, knowing that we had good running game going and we didn't have to get into bad situations with third-and-longs," Warren said.

Prosser's career game didn't necessarily erase some of the memories of his two first-half fumbles. "I just think sometimes Yorel is so relentless as a runner that he's fighting for extra yards and there's a point where getting that extra yard and the potential of losing the ball is not worth the gamble," Keeny said. "But I thought he ran hard." So did the men who blocked for Prosser. "It's great, good satisfaction." said starting left tackle Jasen Esposito. "I'm just dead right now." Reporter Andre D.

Williams 610-82U-6529 andre.williamsn mcall.com His 244 rushing yards, 2TDs, help Golden Bears post a 20-1 8 PSAC win. By ANDRE D. WILLIAMS Of The Morning Call The wait to gain over 200 yards rushing is now over for Kutztown senior tailback Yorel Prosser. Maybe, after spending time soaking in a jacuzzi or just simply resting, Prosser can look back gleefully on the 244 yards he gained on 29 carries in Kutz-town's 20-18 victory over Millersville Saturday afternoon in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division matchup at University Field. Prosser became the first Kutztown back since Darrien Peoples in 1996 to gain over 200 yards, and if it wasn't for sportsmanship at the end of the game, Prosser might have run himself into the Golden Bears record books.

Instead of giving Prosser one final handoff after taking over at the Millersville (0-4, 0-1) 26 yard line with nine seconds remaining, Kutztown coach Dave Keeny decided to have quarterback Josh Warren take a knee. That decision left Prosser three yards short of tying Phil Anthony's 31-year-old single-game rushing mark of 247 yards. "There was no point in running the ball, like disrespecting them," said Prosser, who never ran for 200 yards at any level. "We already had the lead and the game, so we let it go. As long as we win, that's what is important." There was nothing soft about the way Prosser ran the ball.

Outside of a 68-yard touchdown run with 2:49 left in the second quarter, most of Prosser's runs were grueling gains up the middle where he either plowed over defenders, bounced off them or stiff-armed them out of his way in helping Kutztown improve to 3-0 for the first time ever. Led by Prosser, Kutztown amassed 486 total yards to Millers-ville's 315. Prosser's performance helped ease the pressure on junior quarterback Josh Warren, who played his first game since last year's season-opener. Warren, who missed all of last Sam Perryman had 9.5 tackles for Lehigh. Abdul Byron and Mike Taggart each added seven.

Splithoff completed 31-of-39 passes for 228 yards. Princeton's Chisom Opara had nine receptions for 81 yards. Pleasant had Lehigh's second-best rushing total, nine carries for 39 yards. HOW THEY Lehigh 34, Princeton 10 SECOND QUARTER Princeton Lehigh (M left) The play: Taylor Nondrop made a 37-yard field goal. The drive: 12 plays.

41 vards. THIRD QUARTER Lehigh 7, Princeton (Ml left) The play: QB Brant Hall ran one yard (Brian Kelley kick). The drive: Six plays. 57 yards. Hall connected with WR Josh Snyder for receptions of 16 and 17 yards.

Lehigh 14, Prnceton 1 (U left) The play: RB Phil Pleasant ran 11 yards (Kelley kick). The drive: Two plays. 14 yards. LB Jared Breidinger forced Princeton to fumble on the kickoff return, and John Buckley recovered to give Lehigh 1st-and-10 at the Princeton 14-vard line. Lehign 17, Princeton (141 toft) The play: Kelley kicked a 28-yard field goal The drive: Seven plays.

32 yards. Mike Associated Press Florida State took a major hit in its bid to return to a fourth straight national title game, turning the ball over five times in a 41-9 loss to North Carolina on Saturday at Chapel Hill, N.C. The Tar Heels, 0-3 and a 17-point underdog, used a 34-point second half to stun Bobby Bowden's No. 6 Seminoles (2-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Backup quarterback Darian Durant threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Tar Heels (1-3, 1-1) and Jeff Reed had two field goals as North Carolina took command in the third period of John Bunting's home debut.

It was just Florida State's third ACC loss in nine-plus seasons a span of 74 games. Florida State didn't turn the ball over in season-opening wins against Duke and Alabama-Birmingham, but freshman quarterback Chris Rix fumbled twice and threw an interception. Ronald Curry, benched in favor of Durant to start the second half, capped off the stunner when he found Kory Bailey on a 53-yard scoring pass with 13:12 left that put the Tar Heels up by 18. No. 2 Florida 44, Kentucky 10: At Lexington, Rex Grossman threw for 302 yards and four touchdowns as Florida beat Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference opener for both schools.

Grossman completed 22 of 36 passes, including 52-, 29-, 6- and 4-yard TD passes, for the Gators (3-0). Earnest Graham added 86 yards on 11 carries, including a 50-yard scoring run. Reche Caldwell finished with five catches for 105 yards, including a 64-yard TD reception, and Jabar Gaffhey added six catches for 80 yards as the Gators racked up 397 passing yards. No. 9 Virginia Tech 50, Rutgers 0: At Piscataway, N.J., Grant Noel threw four touchdown passes and Virginia Tech forced six turnovers to spoil Rutgers coach Greg Schiano's home debut.

Keith Burnell also scored on a 1-yard run as the Hokies (3-0, 1-0 Big East) recorded their second straight shutout this season, and their ninth straight win over the Scarlet Knights (1-2, 0-2). Noel was 17-of-22 for 164 yards, HOW THE TOP No. 1 Miami (2-0) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh. Saturday.

No. 2 Florida (3-0) beat Kentucky 44-10. Next: vs. No. 17 Mississippi Saturday.

No. 3 Oklahoma (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 12 Kansas State, Saturday.

No. 4 Nebraska (4-0) beat Rice 48-3, Thursday. Next: at Missouri. Saturday. No.

5 Texas (2-0) at Houston. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday. No. 6 Florida State (2-1) lost to North Carolina 41-9.

Next: vs. Wake Forest, Saturday. No. 7 Oregon (2-0) vs. Southern California.

Next: at Utah State. Saturday. No. 8 Tennessee (2-0) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 15 LSU. Saturday. No. 9 Virginia Tech (3-0) beat Rutgers 50-0.

Next: vs. Central Florida, Saturday. No. 10 Georgia Tech (3-0) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 19 Clemson, Saturday. No. 11 Fresno State (4-0) beat Tulsa 37-18. Next: vs.

Louisiana Tech. Saturday. No. 12 Kansas Slate (2-0) beat New Mexico State 64-0. Next: at No.

3 Oklahoma, Saturday. 7 a to to No. 14 not TOP 25 including TD passes of 5, 16, 6 and yards. Carter Warley added field goals of 38 and 37 yards for the Hokies, who limited Rutgers to 102 yards in total offense. No.

11 Fresno St. 37, Tulsa 18: At Tulsa, David Carr passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns as Fresno State beat Tulsa in the Western Athletic Conference opener for both teams. Bernard Berrian, whose 96-yard kickoff return helped Fresno State beat Wisconsin two weeks ago, had 169 receiving yards and two touchdowns for the Bulldogs (4-0, 1-0). Josh Levi rushed for 107 yards. No.

12 Kansas St. 64, New Mexico St. 0: At Manhattan, Josh Scobey ran for four touchdowns, one short of the Kansas State record, and the Wildcats rolled up a 50-0 halftime lead. With the offensive line overwhelming New Mexico State's defensive front, Scobey had 112 yards on 16 carries and scored on runs of 3, 6, 9 and 14 yards. Aaron Lockett had a 13-yard TD reception and returned the second-half kickoff 97 yards for another score for the Wildcats (2-0).

No. 13 Washington 53, Idaho 3: At Seattle, Roc Alexander ran a kickoff back 95 yards for a TD and Washington also scored on blocked field goal and punt return. Larry Tripplett blocked a 36-yard field-goal attempt by Brian Pope, and cornerback Chris Massey scooped up the ball and ran 69 yards into the end zone as the first quarter expired. Freshman Charles Frederick started the second quarter with an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown. In his second career start, Cody Pickett completed 15 of 20 passes for 158 yards and one interception.

He also had a 25-yard scoring run. No. 14 UCLA 13, No. 21 Ohio St. 6: At Pasadena, Cory Paus threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Smith on UCLA's opening drive.

UCLA (3-0) held Ohio State (1-1) eight first downs and 166 total yards. The Bruins had 18 first downs and 323 yards of offense, but mistakes kept them from scoring more. 25 FARED No. 13 Washington (2-0) beat Idaho 53-3. Next: at California, Saturday.

No. 14 UCLA (3-0) beat No. 21 Ohio State 13-6. Next: at No. 22 Oregon State, Saturday.

No. 15 LSU (2-0) did not play. Next: at No. 8 Tennessee, Saturday. No.

16 Northwestern (1-0) at Duke. Next: vs. Michigan State. Saturday. No.

17 Mississippi State (1-1) lost No. 18 South Carolina 16-14, Thursday. Next: at No. 2 Florida, Saturday. No.

18 South Carolina (3-0) beat 17 Mississippi State 16-14. Thursday. Next: vs. Alabama. Saturday.

No. 19 Clemson (2-0) vs. Virginia. Next: at No. 10 Georgia Tech, Saturday.

No. 20 Michigan (2-1) beat Western Michigan 38-21. Next: vs. Illinois, Saturday. No.

21 Ohio Stats (1-1) lost to No. UCLA 13-6. Next: at Indiana, Saturday. No. 22 Oregon State (1-1) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 14 UCLA. Saturday. No.

23 Notre Dame (0-2) lost to Michigan State 17-10. Next: at Texas ASM. Saturday. No. 24 Brigham Young (3-0) did play.

Next: at UNLV, Saturday. No. 25 Louisville (3-1) lost to Illinois 34-10. Next: vs. Memphis, Saturday.

touchdowns, ran for a career-high 112 yards and caught five passes for 66 yards as Michigan beat Western Michigan. John Navarre completed 16 of 28 passes for 240 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for the Wolverines (2-1). Calvin Bell caught four passes for 86 yards. Jeff Welsh set Western Michigan (1-2) records for completions and attempts, going 36-of-58 for 374 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Michigan St.

17, No. 23 Notre Dame 10: At South Bend, Ryan Van Dyke threw two TD passes to lead Michigan State to its fifth straight victory over Notre Dame. With the game tied at 10 and the Irish (0-2) blitzing on third-and-6, Van Dyke threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Charles Rogers. Rogers spun out of cornerback Vontez Duffs attempted tackle and raced down the sideline and dove into the end zone. Van Dyke also threw a 6-yard scoring pass to Chris Baker in the second quarter to put the Spartans ahead 10-3.

Van Dyke was 9-of-15 passing for 149 yards. Illinois 34, No. 25 Louisville 10: At Champaign, 111, Christian Morton intercepted two passes, returning one for a touchdown, as Illinois forced five turnovers. Illinois (3-0) repeatedly pressured Dave Ragone into making poor throws, sacking him three times and picking off three passes. Ragone finished 22-for-39 with 309 yards and one touchdown.

Morton's first interception came midway in the second quarter with Illinois leading 10-7. The sophomore intercepted a tipped pass and returned it untouched 33 yards for the score. Illinois' Kurt Kittner was 18-for-39 for 301 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Princeton fumbled on the ensuing kickoff and, less than a minute later, senior running back Phil Pleasant ran for Lehigh's second touchdown. Sophomore defensive back Lawrence Williams finished the afternoon with a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown.

"They have great coaching here," Hughes said. "They have players who play with a lot of confidence. We hope to get to that point. They were better at taking advantage of the turnovers we gave them." Lehigh, which has a 1 p.m. home game this Saturday against Central Connecticut State, improved to 2-0.

It was the first game of the season for Princeton. "I think we all feel that was a lot tougher than the score indicated," Lembo said. "I think that quarterback Princeton's David Splithoff is outstanding. "He's everything we anticipated coming in. He's got good leadership skills.

I think as long as he stays healthy, that team is going to be real competitive in the Ivy League." Notes: Snyder, a Northwestern Lehigh graduate, had a team-high six catches for 92 yards. Paus completed 16 of 25 passes for 262 yards, while Ohio State's Steve Bellisari was 5-of-23 for 45 yards with two interceptions. UCLA hadn't allowed fewer than six points since beating Texas 66-3 on Sept. 13, 1997. No.

16 Northwestern 44, Duke 7: At Durham, N.C, Damien Anderson rushed for 189 yards and tied a Northwestern record with four touchdowns. The Wildcats (2-0) scored on four of six first-half drives and had 332 total yards in building a 20-7 lead. Duke (0-3) lost its 15th straight game, extending the nation's longest losing streak and tying a school record set in 1995-97. It was the third time Anderson scored four touchdowns in a game and fifth time in school history. He also caught three passes for 61 yards before sitting out the fourth quarter.

Virginia 26, No. 19 Clem-son 24: At Clemson, S.C., Virginia's Bryson Spinner threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Billy McMullen with a second left in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. With no timeouts, the Cavaliers (2-1) drove 44 yards in 1:43. The game-winning play came with the final seconds ticking away as Spinner hustled his team to the line after a running play. Spinner, who started but shared quarterbacking duties with fellow sophomore Matt Schaub, went 15-for-25 for 186 yards, throwing for two touchdowns and running for another score.

Clemson (2-1) rallied from a 20-10 deficit with eight minutes left in the third quarter to take a 24-20 lead. No. 20 Michigan 38, W. Michigan 21: At Ann Arbor, B.J. Askew scored three LEHIGH Continued from Page C1 punter, the Engineers frequently began drives just a couple of yards away from their own end zone.

Northrop drilled four first-half punts including a 67-yard-er for an average of 53.2 yards. "We put the defense in some bad situations with turnovers," Lehigh coach Pete Lembo said. "They never complained. I'm real pleased with how the offense handled adversity." "Brant and I are two seniors, two returning starters," Lehigh wide receiver Josh Snyder said. "We worked hard over the summer, getting on the same page.

Our offensive coordinator called on us both at halftime to step up." And they answered. On Lehigh's first possession of the third quarter. Hall connected with Snyder for a 16-yard gain. After a 13-yard pass to Michael Sutton, Hall found Snyder again this time for 17 yards. Hall finished the drive with a one-yard run.

"Once we scored that touchdown," he said. "I knew we were going to start moving the ball." First downs IS 17 Rushes-yards 31-42 38-172 Pass 226 213 31-39-2 12-17-1 Punts Fumbles-lost 5-4 4-2 Penalties-yards 5-Si 2-15 Reporter Beth Hudson 610-820S501 beth.hudson mcall.com SCORED Gregorek recovered a Princeton fumble and gave Lehigh 1st-and-10 at the Princeton 43. Lehigh 24, Princeton 1 (At left) The play: Hall ran 11 yards (Kelley kick). The drive: Three plays. 58 yards.

Hall completed a 40-yard pass to WR Phil Eversley. FOURTH QUARTER Lehigh 24, Prncetoe, 19 (1:49 left) The play: 0B Dave Splithoff completed a 3-yard pass to WR Blair Morrison (Northrop kick). The drive: 10 plays. 75 yards. On fourth down.

Splithoff completed a 25-yard pass to RB Tim Bowden to give Princeton 1st-and-10 at the Lehigh 13. Lehigh 27, Princeton 14 (4:11 left) The play: Kelley kicked a 38-yard field goal. The drive: Seven plays. 58 yards. CB Ken Prtter intercepted a Splithoff pass to give Lehigh lst-and-10 at its own 21.

LeMgh 34, Princeton II (tl left) The play: DB Lawrence Williams returned an interception 45 yards (Kelley kick). The drive: One play. 45 yards..