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THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, SrPTFMRrR 77 1987 C5 Lsrfayette deaDs 33cdl loss Dim gotm to ColoainnilbQa Ha eaerui arf against Penn next Saturday; if the Quakers win, the Lions will travel to Princeton Oct 10 and attempt to avoid the record it'll have to call its very own. It wasn't so much the pressure of trying to avoid the notoriety of becoming the first team in four years to lose to Columbia that had Lafayette riled up yesterday. Rather, it was the perception making its way Westward from The Big Apple that the Leopards represented Columbia's best chance to win this year. "Yes," Russo said evenly, "that upset us very much. We were very much aware of it It bothered me, after coming here and building a program that's bad six straight winning seasons, that anybody would compare our program to Columbia's.

Right now, there's just no comparison between our program and theirs. We considered it a slap in the face to be looked upon as a soft touch for Columbia. "During the last week, it was -hard to be really up-front (in his public statements), for fear of putting more pressure on our kids. But the fact is we've got a much better football team than they do. I fully expect to beat Columbia every time we play them.

That's (the 38-7 final score) just about how much better we are." If the New York media figured the Lafayette date was the one for the Lions to circle in red, the same surely couldn't be said of McEl- reavy. "I think that was everyone's opinion except mine," he said with a sigh during a press grilling in which his patience and composure were, given the sad circumstances, By TED MEIXELL Of The Morning Call Yesterday, Lafayette was under the gun. As of today, the onus is on the Penn Quakers. Coach Bill Russo and his Leopards were in a nasty mood yesterday when Columbia came to Fisher Field, dragging a 32-game losing streak behind in its wake. And, very much to the delight of a Parents' Day crowd of 9,100 that included more than a few curiosity seekers, the Leopards dominated Larry McElreavy's toothless Lions on both sides of the ball.

They rolled up 434 yards in total offense, forced five Columbia turnovers and clawed the Lions 38-7. STATISTICS Flritdowni II 71 Ruihing yardage 132 174 Patting yardage 76 260 Pattet 9-21 22-41 Pattet Intercepted by 3 2 Puntt 9-36 4-2 Fumbles lost 3 1 Vardt penaliied 29 100 Columbia 7 7 Lafayette 7 1 H- 1 Bowman 3 run (Hod ton kick). Caldwell 27 pau from Beur (Jim Johnson run). Delia Pletra 46 run (Pollard kick). Winters 2 pass from Beur (kick failed).

FG, Hodson, 32. Caldwell 27 pass from Beur (Hodson kick). Joseph 63 Interception return (Hodson kick). The victory was Lafayette's second in three outings, something which was of far greater consequence to the Leopards than the Lions' more-publicized losing streak. But numbers are numbers, and they spelled a 33rd consecutive Columbia defeat just one shy of Northwest-em's major college record of 34.

The Lions' last chance to avoid the record books will be at home Morse's very first pass and returned it 63 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown. The theft was the 17th of Joseph's career, tying him with Bob Mahr as the Leopards' all-time leader. As mentioned, Bowman led all rushers with 105 yards on 25 totes, while Delia Pietra managed 77 on 12 carries. Baur completed 20 of 35 heaves for 234 yards and three scores two to Caldwell and one to Masters. Caldwell caught six for 111 yards, Bowman four for 48 and Phil Ng and Jim Johnson three each.

Less went 5-for-15 for 54 yards for the Lions. Linebacker Horace Davis led Lafayette with 10 tackles. Beasley recovered two fumbles and Lou Valoze one. In addition to Joseph, Walt Johnson also intercepted a pass. For Columbia, Matt Sodl, a senior nose guard out of Whitehall High School, Slayed a very strong game, register-lg seven tackles and one of two sacks of Baur.

Can Columbia win a game this year? "I don't know," Russo said. "If they do, it'll have to be within the Ivy League. And it'll have to be against one of the weaker teams at that" McElreavy was asked what effect a win should it ever come have on him. "It'd cut the amount of Mylanta I take in half," he said. "One thing that would worry me, though, if we did win, is that the kids might say, 'Well, okay.

We got a win, now we can "On second thought though, I'd sure like to experience that problem and see how I'd handle it" Four plays after the ensuing kickoff, Lafayette was back lnbusi-ness when defensive end Greg Beas-ley pounced on a fumble by sophomore Columbia quarterback Matt Less at the Lions 45. Four plays later, on the first snap in the second quarter, Baur and Caldwell teamed up for a 27-yard touchdown strike. The pass was actually intended for split end Jim Johnson but when he and defender Walter Haynie went up for the ball, they tipped it into the air. Caldwell, who was just happening by after completing his own route, snared It in full stride. When Johnson ran the conversion In, the Leopards led 15-0.

A few moments later, Columbia picked up its only score of the game. Strong safety Mike Bissinger swiped a Baur toss at the Lafayette 46 and, on the very next play, running back Chris Delia Pietra hit left tackle, broke one arm tackle and outraced the Lafayette secondary to the end zone. That was, however, Columbia's last hurrah. The Leopards took the ensuing kickoff back to their own 24 and, 6:33 before halftime, Baur capped a 10-play, 76-yard drive with a little, two-yard dinker over the middle to wide open tight end Matt Winters. Lafayette tacked on a 32-yard Jim Hodson field goal with 36 seconds left In the third quarter and another 27-yard Baur-to-Caldwell bullseye that made the score 31-7 with 13:13 left In the game.

Moments later, senior strong safety Mike Joseph capped the scoring and put his name into the Lafayette record book on the same play; Diagnosing the play perfectly, the former Parkland star raced in front of a Lion receiver, picked off sub quarterback Mike PETE SHAHEEN The Morning Call leaps over Columbia's John (42) for yardage. Baur felt the need to pass only twice on the march once for four yards to fullback Rich Rizzo and once for 31 yards and a first down at the Lions' 30 to flanker Maurice Caldwell. Junior tailback Kurt Bowman took care of the rest gaining 50 of his eventual game-high 105 yards on eight bangs off tackle including a three-yard bolt for the 'it r-4 -i Lafayette's Kurt Bowman (31 Alex (left) and Mark Zielinski Apprised of McElreavy's comment, Russo said, "That wouldn't surprise me. The coaches know the strengths of the different At any rate, it didn't take long for the outcome on the field to become a foregone conclusion. A 10-play, 91-yard touchdown drive directed by Leopard quarterback Frank Baur late in the first quarter demonsrated the talent disparity in a hurry.

"Heydlauf played a great game in there," Kirchenheiter said. "He just got into the starting lineup this year, and has come on real hard. "Everybody played so well but it just didn't work out We've got a lot of character, and will pick up on it again." The most disheartending thing from a Muhlenberg standpoint is the opportunities it had in the first half, when F. M. lost four fumbles and Quinn and Brian Corrigan were intercepted three times, and it came up with only 10 points.

Although Kirchenheiter felt this was the key to the game, he looked at it realistically. "I don't know if that's a discretit ft Advantage 17A All-Season Steel-Belted Radial Whitewalls P17570R13 1 READY ALL COME edges Mules 1 7-1 0 in battle of turnovers ing back to 1979. Rogers had a long third down Rass to Concordia in his hands at the luhlenberg 45, but he lost the ball. That forced a Mule punt and Cavallo returned Mike Kovalski's kick to the 29, giving the Diplomats a 16-yard advantage in field position. One play later Quinn rolled to his right and found Mike Kennedy behind his defender for an easy touchdown.

"It was an exciting game to coach in," Kirchenheiter said, probably echoing counterpart Tom Gil-burg, who gained his 85th victory compared with only 28 defeats and one tie in 13 years since leaving Lehigh. "We did all we needed to do, but it didn't work out." to us," he said, "or a credit to them." A little of both, probably. While the Mules ran effectively enough to control the ball, they never did it with authority because of the Diplomats' aggressive and swarming defense. And when Elser threw the ball he did so with a minimum of success because of the home team's coverage. F.

M. was especially effective against wide receiver Bobby Mann of Bethlehem, blanking him for the day. Two of the Diplomats' four interceptions were on passes intended for Mann, including Elser's first attempt of the day. That was a freak play and pretty well set the tone for the day. Elser COULT AUBREY Of The Morning Call LANCASTER There were nine lost fumbles and five intercepted passes in the battle of 1986 Centennial League cochampions Franklin and Marshall and Muhlenberg yesterday afternoon, and if you think that adds up to sloppy football, you're wrong.

With only one exception, those turnovers were earned. They were earned with vicious but clean hitting and extremely tight pass coverage, and when the 60-minute battle for football survival came to an end, the host Diplomats literally had stolen a 17-10 victory from the Mules to the delight of a big Parents' Weekend crowd in Williamson Field. Stolen is the precise word to describe the Diplomats third win without defeat because, on Muhlenberg's second series of the second half, Joe Procida took the ball from freshman fullback Rob Praessler at the end of a seven-yard gain and they converted that turnover into a short 20-yard drive and 10-10 tie with 10:46 left in the third quarter. But it was safety John Rogers who sealed Muhlenberg's doom when he literally took the ball from Mule wide receiver Tony Concordia, who seemingly had made a 30-yard reception from quarterback Chris Elser at the Franklin and Marshall 40 with 3:19 to play. Although the Mules stopped that drive and got one more chance to tie or win the game, it came with only 26 seconds showing on the clock and Elser's final pass was picked off by Andy Zuch as time expired.

"This was a great game," said Muhlenberg Coach Ralph Kirchen-heiter. "Tony had that catch, but the other guy came away with the ball. ill? gen Hess's Has Everything You Need To Keep Your Car In top Condition! SUNDAY, 10 A.M., HESS's AUTO CENTERS! IN SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY! lGoodrieh XLMHT All-Season Radial Tires P15580R13 $39 threw long down the middle to Mann, but Joe Cavallo stepped in front of him for what looked like an easy interception. He lost control, however, and the ball popped into the arms of Rogers, who returned it 26 yards to the Mules' 49. It all was wasted, however, when Heydlauf stripped Quinn on the next play and Mike Fergsuon made the recovery for Muhlenberg.

With all the turnovers, you'd think one would figure in the winning touchdown, but it didn't In fact, had there been one with 8:50 to play, as it seemed there would be, the game might have ended in a tie which would have been Muhlenberg's first in 70 games dat FEATURES: Computer-designed tread for all-weather traction Steel belts for strength and high mileage Polyester cord body for smooth ride SAVE 20! Front-Disc Brake Special Replace front disc pads In spect calipers, rotors 'Bleed, adjust $39 reg. $49 (Most cars. Semi-metallic pads extra.) "There were so many big plays, I couldn't pick one turning point out. It's hard to lose, but somebody had to and all I can say is we played a great game. We did what we had to do to Almost The Mules played remarkably well on defense, causing three turnovers in the first 10 minutes, and on offense they surprised the Diplomats by running the ball, going right at their strength.

STATISTICS F.4 M. First downs 13 16 Rushing yardage 65 87 Passing yardage 147 123 Passes 15-34 13-2 Passes intercepted by 3 4 Punts 7-33 7-35 Fumbles lost 2 5 Yards penalized 65' 40 Muhlenberg 10 0 0 0 10 Franklin and Marshall 1 0 7 7- 17 F-M FG Boardman 37 Landino 4 run. Hartman kick FG Hartman 42 F-M Ramsey 2 run, Boardman kick F-M Kennedy 29 pass from Quinn, Board-man kick. F. M.

had allowed only 54 yards rushing in earlier victories over Union and Ursinus, so it was expected that Muhlenberg would stick to its passing game. Of course, it did, throwing 34 times, but the Mules ran 30 times compared with only 11 passes in the first half, earning a 10-3 lead at intermission on a personal record 42-yard field goal by Bruce Hartman of Lehighton and a four-yard touchdown run by freshman tailback John Landino on the first play after junior tackle Werner Heydlauf stripped F. M. quarterback Paul Quinn of the ball That was the second of three fumbles caused by Heydlauf, a 225-pounder from Danboro who also picked another caused by Ryan McGuinness out of the air at the Muhlenberg 27. possession again on a fumble recovery by Ken Miller on the Marauders' 35-yard line.

But the drive stalled and punter Todd McNamee punted out of bounds on the Millersville 6 with 8:28 remaining. That's when Millersville started its way up field. The first big play was on a third down and five when halfback Gary Chidester raced to the 19. On the next play Stover passed 13 yards to tight end Roger Smith and Chidester ran off the left side for 17 to take the ball to A holding penalty against ESU put the ball on the Warriors' 41 and then Stover called his own number seven straight times. First he ran for five yards, passed for 17 to Smith moving the ball to ESU's 19.

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The Marauders had led by 17 points, 24-7, early in the third period but ESU tallied three straight touchdowns to take the lead 27-24 on a five-yard pass from quarterback Ray Gentilella to tight end Ken Hal-ler with 10:06 remaining in the game. STATISTICS ESU First downs Rushing yardage W7 W4 Passing yardage 146 203 Passes "-34 15-23 Passes intercepted by 0 3 Punts MU Fumbles lost 0 4 Yards penaliied 12-95 East Stroudsburg U. 7 7 1327 MIHersvilte 7 7 7- 31 FG Hadfield 32 Chidester 7 run (HadtleM kick) ES Kopetchny 21 run (Dukes kick) Briscoil pas from Stover (Hadfield kick) ES Kemis 53 past from Gentilella (Dukes kick) Chidester 12 run (Hadfield kick) ES McLeugMin 72 punt return (kick failed) ES Haiwr 5 pass from Gentilella (Dukes kick) Stover 1 run (Hadfield kick) Moments before the Haller TD ESU's Joe McLaughlin brought the crowd to its feet when he legged a punt back 72 yards to pull Denny Douds" team within four points at 24-20. In the first half the 6-foot defensive back ran a kickoff back 61 yards, giving the Warriors good field position. After the Warriors took the lead they almost immediately gained SAVE Monroe Gasmatic Shocks Replace your worn out shocks' Lite-time warranty.

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