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FIRST SPORTS SCORES 8206550 DEATHS OUTDOORS TELEVISION SUNDAY CALL-CHRONICLE i SECTION NOVEMBER 21, 1982 j-ALrl 1 Collegiate bowl games y. imps 111 ROSE Jan. 1 Pasadena, CA Leopards in charge all the way in 34-6 walloping Michigan vs Unnamed By MARC MARKOWITZ Call Sports Writer OIUITJGE Jan. 1 Miami, FL vs Unnamed Unnamed real estate and 37 points against Princeton two weeks ago. The defense, led by sophomore defensive end Brian Guttman (five sacks for 60 yards), was masterful "We owed it to everybody," said Green.

"We put them in a position where they had to pass and the pass rush jelled. When they started double and triple teaming people, we sent other people. And 'Guts' (Guttman) was all over them." 'Tve never seen our secondary play a better game, except maybe last year against Lehigh," added Gatehouse. The game was won by the Leopards during the final 10:39 of the second period when thejrdidn't run a single play on offense, yet came away with 14 points. It followed a 23-yard first-period field goal by Mark Petty and the 13-yard TD toss to Gatehouse in the second quarter after Jim Serratelli had tipped the ball.

The Engineers, with Tony Semler gaining 28 yards on See LAFAYETTE Page C4 two seasons. And now, guys like Gatehouse and Tony Green were wishing this was the beginning rather than the end of their careers at Lafayette. "There was always next year to look forward to, but now I'm just going to be able to come back as a fan, and maybe even get a chance to tear a goalpost down," said Green, the monstrous middle guard. Long before the goalposts were being carried from Fisher Field, this game was decided. And uncharacteristically, it was the Leopards on Easy Street Credit Gatehouse (five catches for 115 yards), who made a spectacular grab of a Frank Novak pass that had been tipped for the first touchdown.

Credit Craig Williams, who had his finest day in a Lafayette uniform 132 yards on 12 carries, inluding a 79-yard TD scamper on a simple draw play. And credit the offensive line, which gave Novak and Co. all the protection needed. But don't forget a defensive unit that has been playing with a vengeance since allowing huge chunks of Jack Gatehouse was standing inside Kirby Field House, basking in the glory of the Most Valuable Player award and a 34-6 shellacking of Lehigh before 18,000 fans at Fisher Field. "This program has made a complete U-turn," said Gatehouse, who caught a season-record 50 passes for 850 yards.

He then pointed a finger towards the other side of the gym. "And that little guy's the reason the why." That "little guy" happened to be Coach Bill Russo, who had just finished guiding Lafayette to its most convincing triumph in the 118th meeting with Lehigh since 1955 (35-6). It also had completed the most successful back-to-back seasons since the 1940 and '41 Leopard teams had gone 14-4, and relegated the Engineers to their first losing season since 1972. Lafayette finished this season with five straight wins for a 7-3 record, giving the 'Pards a 16-5 mark for the past SUGAR Jan. 1 New Orleans, LA Georgia vs Penn State COTTOIJ Jan.

1 Oallas, TX vs Pitt SMU iff- Jan. 1 Tempe, AZ Unnamed vs Unnamed INDEPENDENCE Dec. 1 1 Shreveport, LA Wisconsin vs Kansas St. HOLIDAY Dec. 17 San Diego, CA r-M j- 53 1 ''hy- If) BYU vs Ohio State CALIFORNIA Dec.

18 Fresno, CA Unnamed vs Unnamed TANGERINE Dec. 18 Orlando, FL Boston College vs Auburn SUN Dec. 25 El North Carolina vs Texas Call-Chronicle photo Chuck Zovko Lehigh's Ed Godbolt (35) is stopped by Lafayette's Bob Mahr (left) and Eric Kiehnle (right). ALOHA Dec. 25 Honolulu.

HA Maryland vs Unnamed Can Eagles pick up where they left off? Dec. 29 Memphis, TN By COULT AUBREY Call-Chronicle Sports Writer Alabama Illinois vs GATOR Dec. 30 Jacksonville, FL West Virginia vs Unnamed TODAY'S GAMES Baltimore at New York Jets, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Los Angeles Rams at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Minnesota vs. Green Bay at Milwaukee, 1 p.m.

New England at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Houston, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Oallas, 1 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

Seattle at Denver, 4 p.m. Washington at New York Giants, 4 p.m. TOMORROW'S GAME HALL OF FAME Dec. 31 Birmingham, AL Luckily they suffered repairable damage. Tentative agreement was reached Tuesday night only hours before a management-set deadline and the season, albeit much-reduced, was until Tuesday's ratification vote at least saved.

They perform live once again at 1 p.m. today in Veterans Stadium against Super Bowl XVI runnerup Cincinnati Will they be greeted by 70,000 eager fans? Yes, if enthusiasm to the strike's end is accurate. Can the fans expect to see a decent game after such a lengthy layoff? Yes, in the words of Coach Dick Vermeil. "I see a representative game with Cincinnati," Vermeil said Wednesday night after conducting his first post-strike practice. "Not what you'd normally have 11 weeks into the season, but maybe like a final preseason game.

"Our game plan may be a little different because of the strike you mature a lot on offense and defense in eight weeks but not a great deal. If you go into a game with a limited offense, you may end up getting shut down. You may get your butt kicked. "I think you'll see a top-flight game," said Jaworski, who did a lot of throwing to Harold Carmichael, Spagnola, Wilbert Montgomery and a few others during the layoff. "Football is no longer a six-month job the way it was.

People stay in shape all year now. I think our guys returned in good shape." Unnamed vs Unnamed PHILADELPHIA When last the Philadelphia Eagles gave a live performance 64 days ago in beautiful downtown Cleveland, Ron Jaworski conducted a feathery and winning symphony. Using his rifle right arm in place of a baton, he directed in 30 seconds a masterpiece in perfection equivalent to the "Minute Waltz," pulling the Eagles out a nosedive and taking them to a perfect landing. There were but 52 seconds on the Cleveland Stadium clock when Jaworski got the ball after the Browns had forged a 21-17 lead, but in the next half-minute he was in perfect synchronization with three different receivers in a 24-21 victory march culminated by Leroy Harris's two-yard scoring run. Seldom if ever had there been such a finish especially a successful finish in the Eagles' golden 50-year history.

Seldom had they flown so far so fast into the wind of a football death march. Seldom were they so high. "This is the greatest comeback I've ever been involved in," said Bethlehem tight end John Spagnola at the time. "This is a lot like the time we came from way back to beat Southern Cal when I was at UCLA," added kick returner-wide receiver Wally Henry. Then came the long and terribly frustrating eight-week strike, the loss of irretrievable salaries, the near- PEACH Dec.

31 Atlanta, GA Iowa vs Tennessee San Diego at Los Angeles Raiders, 9 p.m. BLUEBONNET Dec. 31 Houston, TX loss of an entire season. The Eagles plummeted to the ground, hitting with a thud. Unnamed Arkansas Please See EAGLES Page C5 Penn State-Georgia a title matchup? I 1 'Cf accepting the call yesterday to "go west young men" to bring back the Pennsylvania Conference title.

What appeared to be a lost cause for the Warriors as late as the final five minutes of the game turned into one of the most electrifying chapters in ESSC football history and earned the East its first crown in five years. But the Warriors, the last Eastern team to win the conference title, needed nearly a miracle to pull it off. By far, the the most thrilling State Game ever, ESSC battled back repeadedly to finally emerge with a 24-22 win over Edinboro on the Fighting Scots home field. Quarterback Andy Baranek, named the MVP of the game, rallied the Warriors for the last time after the Western Both Penn State and Georgia were idle yesterday. Georgia, which qualified last week for the Sugar Bowl as the Southeast Conference champion, plays Georgia Tech in its regular-season finale next Saturday.

Jim Flower of the Sugar Bowl Selection Committee was on the Penn State campus yesterday and formally invited Penn State. The Penn State decision was a simple one. For a chance to be the best, it has to play the best, so, yesterday when the Sugar Bowl officially invited the Nittany Lions to be the visiting team on New Year's Night against top-ranked and undefeated Georgia, Coach Joe Paterno said, in a paraphrase, "thanks a lot, we'll be there." However, before Paterno and Penn State can look upon the Sugar Bowl as a national championship game there is this matter of closing out the regular season Friday afternoon against Pitt, which warmed up its offensive weapons yesterday with a 52-6 rout of Rutgers. "We can't think aboutthe national championship right now," Paterno said in a telephone interview. "We have to get ready for a really great football team (Pitt), and if we win that one, we have Georgia." By RUDY BEDNAR Call-Chronicle Sports Writer EDINBORO Snake-bitten by a rash of penalties, East Stroudsburg State wondered whether there was any justice in Please See ESSC Page C6 Please See STATE Page C6.