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FIRST Whitehall routs Dieruff Small-game season opens Tighe Scott going bigtime (See Page C-4) (See Page C-10) (See Page C-11) Hockey Football ALLENTOWN, PA. ui Bowling Outdoors SECTION in SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1976 su DAY GALLIC State beats back Temple gamble v. v. 4 Hardin. "It's a judgement call and they said we weren't interfered with." Penn State Coach Joe Paterno expressed admiration for Hardin's decision.

"A tie would have been a great game for Hardin's program," said Paterno. "But I don't think kids like a tie. They're disappointed now, but they'll remember they played Penn State a great game." Wide-open football was the name of the game both teams played and it started with a bang. On the third play of the game, Fusina hit Scott Fitzkee with a 66-yard scoring bomb, and that set the tempo immediately. Six of the eight touchdowns scored, came on pass plays.

Temple wasn't upset in the least by that Fusina-Fitzkee score and came right back with two TDs of its own all in a matter of about two minutes. Both were passes a 10-yarder to Hober and a 48-yarder to Williams. Both teams scored twice in the first quarter in what was hardly a feel-'em-out kind of thing. Obviously, both clubs felt that they could pass on each other. Gregory was the more dynamic thrower, completing 19 tosses for 290 yards.

Fusina wasn't far off with 11-for-19 and 219 yards. To show just how close the game was. even though Penn State appeared to have a lock with nine minutes left, is pointed out in total yards. Penn State had the edge, by just two yards 426 to 424 While passing was the name of the game most of the day. Penn State Matt Suhey turned in the finest touchdown run.

a 27-yarder in the second quarter that gave the Nittany Lions a lead they never gave up. Bethlehem Catholic's Mike Guman. who carried eight times for 30 yards, was a pivitol player in Penn State touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, the one that gave his team the 31-17 lead with 9:29 left. Guman. coming out of thebackfield.

grabbed a Fusina pass for seven yards and a first down that kept the drive alive. Two plays after that. Donovan was on the receiving end of Fusina's 23-yard scoring strike. Please See Page C-2, Column 6 30 Although the statistics don't reveal it. the Mules were totally dominant as they posted their fifth victory compared with a tie and clung to first place in the Southern Division of the Middle Atlantic Conference With the exception of a breakdown on a kickoff and a bad snap from center on a punting situation, they probably would have had a shutout The kickoff return by freshman speedster Jell Riley came just moments after a fantastic 87 -yard punt return by Muhlenberg John Stiles, and unquestionably caught the Mules relaxing The bad snap resulted in a safety with 3 32 remaining in the quarter and created a very uncomfortable feeling as the fired-up Garnet trailed by only 14 10 But there was little cause for concern A great defensive play on the part Please See Page C-10, Column 1 31 Associated Press Laserphoto Sure-footed tackle Temple's Sam Skelding wraps his arms around the tackle in the second half of the their contest at ankles of Penn State's Mike Guman to make a Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

The Penn State defense was bothered badly by the slick Gregory, who just last week was promoted to a starting berth. Gregory kept the Nittany Lion defense baffled with draw plays, draw pass-plays and reverses. The secondary was stung by the big pass play a 48-yard connection and a 36-yard connection. And, at other times, Gregory had receivers wide open only to miss his target. The 36-yard scoring pass from Gregory to split end Ken Williams with 4:45 left, perhaps, gave Temple the boost it needed in the upset attempt and it was a dandy but the final series when the Owls marched 80 yards in 1 :51 had professionalism written all over it.

Gregory passed quickly to his talented halfback Anthony Anderson for 26 yards. Two plays later, reserve halfback Wiley Pitts'ripped off 17 yards that completely fooled the Penn State defense. Suddenly, the Owls were on the Penn State 33 and pumped up sky-high. Temple capitalized on the biggest break of the alternoon on a third-and-six from the PSU 33. Gregory threw a pass intended for Williams, a 6-5 senior with sure hands.

The pass was well out of Williams's reach, but Penn State's Neil Hutton was nailed on a pass interference call, even though it appeared that Williams leaped over the much-shorter Hutton in an attempt to. reach the wayward ball. Temple got the ball on the Penn State 5. and three plays later, from the 1, Gregory hit Flanker Mike Hober in the corner of theendzone. The Temple partisans went wild with the thought that the two-point conversion would give the Owls a most stunning upset victory.

Hardin was asked if he considered going for the tie. "No, I never play anything for a tie." he snapped. "1 like to win. We didn't come here to tie. I thought we had a shot." While Temple got its final touchdown with the help of an interference call.

Hardin thought that there was pass interference on the conversion attempt. "We called the same play as on the first pass interference," said in tf. Double-teamed r- 'if 'Avj -'r' COLLEGE STATISTICS PS First downs 24 27 Rushinyyardage 207 134 Passing yardage 219 290 Passes 11-19 19-35 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 3-34 4-40 Fumbles lost 1 2 Yardspenalized 97 65 By JOHN KUNDA Executive Sports Editor PHILADELPHIA Penn State quarterback Chuck Fusina had just completed a 23-yard scoring pass to his flanker Tom Donovan. The clock at Veterans Stadium showed 9:29 left in the Saturday afternoon contest, and the scoreboard read: Penn State 31, Temple 17. Penn State was headed for another ho-hum victory over a ho-hum opponent.

However, before you could say Wayne Hardin is a gambler, explosive Temple tacked on two more touchdowns in the final six minutes, and those in the crowd of 42,005 who wanted to beat the traffic to the Schuylkill Expressway did a quick turnabout. They saw an ending that shouldn't have been missed. Temple, pushed around by opponents Penn State had handled easily, scored dramatically as time ran out. Now, the scoreboard showed: Penn State 31, Temple 30. A Temple eon-version, via the kick route, would have been a tie.

A Temple conversion, via the pass or run route, would have been a victory. There was no hesitation on Hardin's part. Temple was going for the two points and the victory. "It would have been an insult to our kids if we wouldn't have tried for the win," Hardin said later. The Temple pass-play failed.

It failed because Penn State was ready for it in the secondary, and it failed because defensive end Bill Banks put Temple quarterback Terry Gregory, a cool customer all afternoon, in a pressure cooker with a tremendous rush from the blind side. It was a tainted victory for the Nittany Lions, who in their last three games appeared to have solved some of the problems that bothered them in three straight defeats Strangely enough, the Lions faltered on defense, usually their strong suit Lehigh coasts 56-15 STATISTICS 13 210 51 7 22 0 936 0 25 I 21 2'? 15 2S 2 346 Firit downs Rulhiny yardage Passing yardage Patsm Passes intercepted oy Punts Fumbles tost Yards penatiied By TERRY LARRIMER Call-Chronicle Sports Writer Lenny Daniels doesn't get to handle the football very much, partly because he's just one of many talented running backs Lehigh has. but mostly because he's one of the best blin king backs Lehigh has He saw the ball just 10 times yesterday but made them count as he wound up with 144 yards in total offense and three touchdowns as Iehigh blasted Gettysburg 56-15 before a Freshman Parents Day crowd of 9.500 in Taylor Stadium. I'high Coach John Whitehead took advantage of an opportunity to give seven different running back's a crack at showing their stuff and all were impressive as Lehigh had almost 600 total yards But Daniels, whom Whitehead said "has put together two beautiful games" in the past two weeks got a chance to do more than just lead the way for Rod Gardner and Dave April I and protect quarterback Mike Rieker He wasn't running, blocking or receiving wh-n he put U'high in the scoreboard for the first time yesterday, but typically was in the right plat at the right time Gardner caught a pass from Rieker just inside Gettysburg 10-yard line, but the ball popped loose when he was hit and a mad scramble for possession ensued in the end zone Three or four players had a shot at it, but before it rolled out of the end zone Daniels grabbed it and Iehigh was on its way to its fifth and easiest win in eight starts Daniels was one of the main reasons I-ehigh got its ground game going against Maine last week, but it was in (he role of a blocker since Gardner and Pleane See Page C-Z, Column I i a. Mules avenge embarrassment i fir s.

7 121 9 3 13 I 1 SI First downs Kusbing yardatje Passing yardage Pnssos Passes intercepted by Pun's urr ties lost Vardspenaiiied By COl'LT AUBREY Call-Chronicle Sports Writer The blush of embarrassment is gone. It has been replaced by the flush of pleasure Muhlenberg, a national object of derision a year ago when it lost to Swarthmore and thus ended the nation's longest losing streak, wiped away for all time that indignation yesterday in literally destroying the Little Quakers 52-10 before an ec static Homecoming Day crowd of 4.000 at Muhlenberg Field And except for a couple of mistakes, it might have been even worse Orrico stars if If L'V. 'A JZu: hAi i Photography by Ken Clauser 4 I 1 1 1 rH J. .1 Lafayette 17-7 Jib'- STATISTICS 14 210 IS 12 26 2 7 7 trst rfciwns iishnvj yard.vje yA'dwje interr pptnd by Punts n''b4' Inst Va'lts nrna'irert 2t 44 patchwork defense th.it was more than effective for the most part, put together pair of first-quarter touchdowns and never looked back as Lafayette beat the Bisons lor the lirst time since 17 and collected only its second victory in seven games this year. All season Coach Neil Putnam has been saying his club was just a couple of steps from being a lot belter in the won lost column.

That point was made clear on Saturday And it was Orrico who drove it home On a fotirthdown play at the Bui knell 30 in the first period. Orrico got open in the middle of the Bison secondary am) took a pass from Rob Stewart for a 15-yard gain On the next play. Orrico took a pilch from Stewart and turned on the speed, beating Bucknell to the corner Plee See Page C-i, Column I By PAUL RF.INIIARI) Call-Chronicle Sports Writer LKWISBl'RG Happiness for an offensive running hack is getting into the secondary and finding yoursell one-on-one against a linebacker or defensive back John Orrico was ecstatic on Saturday The 180 pound junior tailback, who has spent most of the season st: uggling against overwhelming odds, had a chance to express himself for a change, and he responded with a pair of touchdown runs as I jfayette blasted its wav out of a slump bv whipping Hut knell 17-7 The offense, taking a cue from a Muhlenberg's Joe Kelleher (behind Swarthmore's lay Clark) blocks a pass from quarterback Phil Weber (12) and deflects into the arms of Muhlen- berg teammate Bob Shaffer (66) for an interception at the Swarthmore four-yard line. The Mules scored two plays later..