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1980 State rout paves 4 VS. wJi to bowl bid miles away from Veterans Stadium. Its not New Year Uay Penn State struggled, in fact, but it's next best thing C3 trailed Temple 7-0 in the first quar- ter. At half, the Nittany Lions were statistics ps up, but by only five points, 12-7. First downs 19 ii Then, the turnaround-17 points in Rushing yardage 198 160 passing yardage 195 9i the third period and 21 in the final 3 period and a score more suited for a 132 10'34 ninth-ranked team against a 4-5 Yards 49 team that is a notch or two away By JOHN KUNDA from the major-major classi- Executive Sports Editor Scorewise, it was impressive for PHILADELPHIA Strange that the bowl people.

Several hours after the Penn State football season the game Penn State received should wind down the same way it an(j accepted a bid to play either began with the "Great Quarter- Ohio State or Michigan in the Fiesta back Experiment." Bowl the day after Christmas in It seemed that Joe Paterno had Tempe, Ariz. the experiment bottled, capped and Blackledge, who did so well quar- locked up for good. Thanks to Todd terbacking Penn State to six Blackledge and his gutty per- straight wins, couldn't do the job formance back on Oct. 4 against yesterday and Paterno didn't waste Missouri. time going to the bench.

But yesterday, "Bowl Day" for Blackledge has been having prob- the nationally-ranked teams, it was iems with the snap from center and September all over again with yesterday, fumbled away a Penn Blackledge, Jeff Hostetler and State touchdown at the 2. "I can't Frank Rocco taking turns at the understand it," he said, "I have the controls. concentration that is required to Hostetler was the master this handle the snaps. I don't know time and because of him, Penn State what's wrong. I have to work on it buried Temple 50-7.

He was brilliant and I plan to do it on Monday." as Blackledge replacement as ear- when Hostetler, a sophomore, ly as the second quarter, putting zip into an offense that appeared to be Please See Penn State Page C1 0 iiiiliillliiP Wjy5 OUTDOORS Marino resigns as coach By TED MEIXELL Call-Chronicle Sports Writer Frank Marino and his staff gave the Mulenberg football team its final pre-game instructions yester- I day and tried to send it onto the field for the 29th game. Marino But the players stayed. Co-captains Jamie Smith and Art Scavone asked their coaches to leave. And in the brief players' meeting that followed, the Mules dedicated the game to their head coach. They had ample reason because, at a team meeting Friday night, Marino had informed his stunned players that he was resigning at the end of the Moravian contest in order to devote all his energies to his new job as the school's associate dir.ec- tor of development.

"The team was totally surprised by his announcement," Smith said shortly after his dramatic 30-yard touchdown run with an interception sparked the Mules to a dramatic, come-from-behind win over the Greyhounds. "The only thing is, all of us are trying to figure out why. I'm from the area Dieruff so I wasn 't heavily recruited. But he recruited a lot of the guys from New Jersey himself. They were all very impressed with Mr.

Marino's sincerity. Most of, them came here just because of him. I'm sure this game ball went to him." Marino made his decision early in the season. "Even as the season progressed," he said, "as I got into the new job, I realized that in order to do it properly, I'd have to devote an awful lot of my time to it. And the coaching is equally demanding on your time.

"It was mutually decided by myself and the school administration that I could be of more value in the development office. But I'll tell you something else: More than ever before, I would turn around, look at our bench and see a bunch of kids I knew didn't have much of a chance to get in the game. That was getting to me, too, so I thought maybe it was time to get out. "Let me make this clear, though: I loved every minute with the kids both those on our side and those on, the other side of the field. Since the season began, per- Please See Marino Page C4 i 1M as -s, 1 Photography by DICK MANTZ Muhlenberg's Brian Bodine blocks Scott Johnson (80) as Gary Greb scrambles Mules hold off Moravian way A preseason scouting trip can pay dividends when buck season arrives says Tom i-egeiy in his Inside i A ti-.

r. 1 STATISTICS First downs Rushing Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized MU 13 123 54 8-23 4 7-36 1 97 Mo 18 90 232 22-50 5 6-27 3 90 the final gun that Marino had designed and will move into an administrative post next year in the college's development office. "Whew," he said while slumped over on a bench in the locker room, "what a way to go out." Marino said he expected a close game. He noted that has been the case most of this superb 8-1 season. "Do you realize we won seven games by a total of 15 points?" he asked.

"Our kids have shown their poise all season, and don't forget to mention Moravian played a great game as I thought they would." There was no question that the gritty Greyhounds did play a superb game while wrapping up their first winning season in four years with a 5-4 record. However, it was heartbreaking for the seniors, who never experienced the satisfaction of whipping their neighbors from Allentown. Coach Ed Little also has not yet had the satisfaction of beating Muhlenberg. He took command in 1977 and Muhlenberg has trimmed his teams every time since then. The overall series finds Moravian still in front by a 16-13 margin.

Moravian looked like it was going to bury the jinx early in the game when the Greyhounds jumped into a 10-0 lead. Muhlenberg battled back brilliantly to knot the score at 10-10 by halftime. The Mules then went ahead early in the third quarter only to see Moravian catch up at 17-17 later in the period. 'Berg then scored what proved to be the winning points when safety Jamie Smith intercepted a to 8th wictoiry statistics victories at the final gun. So what happened in yesterday's passing 207 6i 42-19 win over visiting North- Ps i 15-31 6-14 Passes intercepted by.

-0 3 eastern Punts 5-32 2-34 2 42 After tying 7-7 early in the game; Lehigh took a 21-7 lead at inter- "i-mini iAirv mission. The clubs traded touch-By JUHN JAY hUX downs in the third quarter and Call-Chronicle Sports Writer Lehigh outscored Northeastern 14-6 Lehigh is working on an un- in the last 15 minutes, defeated season, and no one has Why? "We've done it all year, figured out if the Engineers think We're afraid of making mistakes, too much or too little of blemishing afraid of messing up, "explained that unbeaten mark. Engineer Coach John Whitehead. Throughout the season, the Engi- "We start slow, and after we score, neers seemingly have toyed with we Duild the confidence and get opponents, playing them equal in moving. Overall, I felt we would the first and third periods.

come back and play." But they explode in the second Whitehead, who frowns on the and fourth sessions to take leads into the locker room at halftime and Please See LEHIGH Page C8 By JACK LAPOS Call-Chronicle Sports Writer Take your Lehigh-Lafayette, Army-Navy, Penn Pitt, Texas-Arkansas and Notre Dame-Southern Cal rivalries. As far as Muhlenberg and Moravian players and fans are concerned, nothing beats their annual game for excitement and color. Yesterday's 24-23 Muhlenberg victory was a glaring example of all that is great about college football. Not since the ancient series started way back in 1899 has one point been the difference. The capacity crowd of 2,500 was in a frenzy near the end when the underdog Greyhounds tried dramatically to pull out a win by going for two points after a touchdown pass.

Alas for Moravian, outside linebacker Chris Horton raced into the Greyhound backfield to get a hold of quarterback Jack Bradley and tossed him to the ground before he could uncork a pass. The clock showed only 2:08 to play and the Mules held on doggedly the rest of the way. The tremendous finish was almost too much for Muhlenberg's Frank Marino to take, and a half hour later he said all of it still had not sunk in. It was announced at Please See Muhlenberg Page C4 Stroudsburg and Fleetwood came home yesterday with state championships in field hockey and soccer, MW wn jWWBWWBWBy' I i Wilbert Montgomery (left) and Mike Hogan could be backfield mates for the first time since 1978 for the Eagles today. A I .1 1 4 ''WSJ..