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FIRST Dimia oini JiroaD moiniytiesl -H PITTSBURGH (AP) Pitt's second-ranked Panthers came about a foot away from losing their chance at a perfect season. And West Virginia's 14th-ranked Mountaineers yesterday came about a foot away from ending seven seasons of frustration against their arch- rivals from i The Mountaineers' standout sophomore placekicker, Paul Woodside, just missed a 52-yard field goal attempt with seven seconds remaining that would have given West Virginia a 16-16 tie after the Mountaineers, now 3-1; blew the 13-0 lead they held going into the last quarter. The miss was the first in 12 attempts this season by Woodside, and ended a string of 15 consecutive field goal conversions, just one short of the NCAA "The kick just scraped the bottom of the cross bar," said Pitt safety Tom Flynn, who was standing under the goal post. "I heard it squeak. I jumped but I was afraid I was going to tip it over." "His range is about 50 yards and he just missed it," West Virginia Coach Don Nehlen said of Woodside, who came to West Virginia last season.

Pitt's players said they had no doubt they were capable of coming back against the Mountaineers, whom they beat last season 17-0. "Our running game was there late in the game, and that's what won it for us," said Pitt quarterback Dan Marino, who completed 20 of 41 passing attempts for 211 yards and a touchdown. "That -opened up the passing for us." "We had the confidence that our offense would come together and it did," Flynn said. "We were down 13-0, but we were still standing there and screaming, We ain't going said Pitt offensive guard Rom Sams. "We knew we were going to jell.

We knew that if we didn't beat West Virginia, Pitt Panthers would be a farce. If we lost the game, we would have looked bad to the whole country. Coach (Foge) Fazio would have looked bad." r. 'I couldn't picture us losing that game' said Pitt offensive tackle Jimbo Covert. "I don't think anybody could." v.

And the Panthers had praise for the Moun- taineers. "I knew it was going to be down to the wire," i Flynn said. "I knew that as soon as we started watching film on Sunday. I think Jeff Hostetler is the second best quarterback in the nation right after Danny Marino I take my hat off to him and the rest of their team." West Virginia's players were disappointed with the loss, but said Pitt deserved credit for its fourth quarter comeback. "They are a very, very physical team," said linebacker Darryl Talley.

"They were a good enough team to come back." Hostetler, who was 19 of 39 for 214 yards, had ice packs on both of his elbows after the game and was unable to talk to reporters. The Mountaineer training staff said Hostetler was suffering from exhaus-tion. SUNDAY CALL-CHRONICLE SPORTS SCORES 8206550 DEATHS OUTDOORS TELEVISION SECTION OCTOBER 3, 1982 I MtsiGn 1 Late FG does in ILeapanrdls irol to neers Engi 31 woo VAX By MARK WILL-WEBER Call-Chronicle Sports Writer With the score 19-17 in favor of winless Lehigh and the clock ticking down the fourth quarter, partially-broiled Blue Hen ala Taylor Stadium must have looked like nothing short of a Beggar's Banquet. But, what sport is nourished more by cruel jokes if not football? And, so Delaware permitted victory-starved Lehigh to sit down at the table, only to yank away the succulent cuisine in the final second with a 24-yard K.C. Knobloch field goal producing a 20-19 win.

"Fortune smiled on us," exalted visiting chef Harold "Tubby" Raymond afterwards. Which, generally means fortune was diligently ignoring the other guys. "Hell, you could almost SMELL a win," lamented head Engineer John Whitehead afterwards. "It was a helluva way to lose." Delaware's final scoring drive began from their own two after Mike O'Hagen's 40-yard punt found the "coffin corner" this with just 1:30 left. But Hen QB Rick Scully teamed with split end Paul Hammond for a series of five catches that carried Delaware to the Lehigh seven with just nine seconds left.

Lehigh's secondary apparently skittish with the game on the line commited two holding calls that fueled the winning drive. The refs call such plays pass interference if the ball is deemed catch-able, holding if not. Both penalties appeared unnecessary, as the ball was twice overthrown (and would have been had Harold Carmichael been out there) leaving Whitehead to note; "Those dead-ball fouls killed us." Still, Lehigh nearly survived. The second penalty put the ball on the seven first down, 0:09 remaining and Tubby Co. figured it was time to kick the three, bolt over South Mountain and not come back for two years.

The snap was bad. Delaware holder Bill Maley rolled right (clock ticking hitting tight end Mark Steimer with the pass but out of the end zone. Lehigh players did flips of joy on the turf the Hens started off with bowed heads, but the refs said "Hold it. One second left, second down, DU's ball." Placekicker K.C. Knobloch who was just one for three on the day said, "Thanks," booted what By TED MEIXELL -Call-Chronicle Sports Writer LEWISBURG Yesterday morning, Bucknell's cross country team clobbered Lehigh 15-50 for an NCAA record 89th con- secutive dual meet victory.

Early in the afternoon, the Bison football team created enough confusion with repeated blitzes to stay within four points (10-6) of Lafayette until half time. 1 That was the last thing a Parents Day 5 crowd of 7,100 had to cheer about. Bill Russo and his Leopard coaching staff made adjust-';" ments to handle the blitzes and quarterback Frank Novak and his relief pitcher, Scott Bailey, passed for four second-half touch- downs. Net result: a 376 Lafayette romp that -evened its record at 2-2 but did little to improve relations between the two schools' athletic departments. Novak, fresh off a banner game against Columbia seven days earlier that left him 4 ranked fourth nationally in NCAA Division l- AA passing efficiency, completed 17-of-26 aerials for 274 yards and three touches (two, for 56 and 23 yards to wideout Carmine DeSantis, and one of seven yards to freshman running back Ryan Priest).

He's a cinch to move up in the efficiency derby. Bailey, who played only Lafayette's final series (a series that lasted exactly 14 seconds) attempted only two passes. But he completed both to sub wideout Tom Quinn, and the second was a lovely 25-yarder for a score at the far left corner of the end zone. But the Leopards didn't exactly suffer a draught in overland yardage, either, as tailbacks Priest and Nick Kowgios and fullback Craig Williams rolled for 70, 66 and 59 yards, respectively, on the ground. The 'Pards amassed 466 yards of total offense.

Kowgios' 11-yard scamper up the middle accounted for Lafayette's first score just seven minutes into the game. "Yeah, we were a bit sluggish in the first half," Russo admitted later. "But they were coming after us with blitzes on just about every down. They evidently saw Rhode Is-' land do it to us with success, and I guess they figured they could too. "But the coaches made some great adjustments at halftime and, in the second half, every time they tried it, they were looking at six points." Novak agreed wholeheartedly with his coach.

"On the two TDs to Carmine (both quick look-ins)," he said, "we kept the tight end in to help pick up the blitz just hold it up long enough for the look-in to develop." But he was also quick to point out that his receivers made him look perhaps better than See LAFAYETTE Page C6 mm CHUCK ZOVKO Call-Chronicle Lehigh linebacker Jim Serratelli jumps in air at displeasure of official's ruling on a fumble. Widener whips Mules 2 By JACK LAPOS Call-Chronicle Sports Writer practice began in August. Widener looked a bit listless in its three triumphs during September. The Pioneers, in boosting the nation's longest current winning streak to 17 games, set a school record for that category. Widener 's 39 consecutive wins in regular-season play also is a school record.

On top of that, the Pioneers boast the best record in the country for the past 10 years at 99-9. Widener entered yesterday's contest ranked number one in the nation in Division 3 and it is almost a certainty the the Pioneers will CHESTER A year ago Widener whipped everybody in its path in winning the NCAA Division 3 national championship. Yesterday the Pioneers served notice they will be hard to dethrone this season as they displayed tremendous finesse both on offense and defense in dealing Muhlenberg a 31-12 spanking before a deliriously-happy Homecoming Day capacity crowd of 6,000 in Memorial Stadium. Coach Bill Manlove also was delighted with the impressive victory, pointing out it marked the first time this season that his offensive unit had shown the spark he's been searching for since See MUHLENBERG Page C4i See LEHIGH Page C6 1 ft 4. 7 i NO progress WASHINGTON (AP) Talks aimed at ending the 12-day National Football League Players strike broke of yesterday with no resumption in sight.

But the union said that if owners came to the bargaining table, the players would consider mediation. For the third consecutive day, both sides emerged from the talks angry and frustrated, and accusing each other of responsibility for prolonging the strike. Jack Donlan, chief negotiator for the owners, said flatly that he saw no way talks could continue without an outside mediator, a concept the players have consistently refused in the past. "We're at a terrible impasse," Donlan said "We've asked them every way we know how publicly and privately for mediation. We obviously need a third party." This time, union negotiator Ed Garvey stopped a bit short of refusal.

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