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SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1976 Bl I 0 (7rrrnC I Sports Business Stocks Garden Real estate a 1 SV': V' HM kH In SM Cm Rutgers' Jon Walling (94) takes pass from Bert Kosup for 32 yard gain and Jim Hughes (15) attempts to block pass by Bucknell's Kerry Snow in first period. Ru tgers beats Bucknell for ninth straight victory Walling of East Brunswick. N.J..

who caught three passes for 49 yards. "He made two outstanding catches." said Burns, "I was very pleased with the wav Walling caught the ball." as high for this game as we were last week against Navy." said Rutgers Coach Frank Burns, "but we were ready to play I thought Bucknell was very well-prepared and I think they Worked a long time (in the other titiht end-had a ball thrown to them The Scarlet amassed a total of 287 yards 1 141 rushing and 128 passing) as Fisher rolled for 71 yards on 12 carries while Greczyn plrked up 70 on 16 attempts. Kosup. meanwhile, completed nine of 13. scored on a keeper.

"I don't think we were quite Rutgers 7 10 0 219 Bucknell 01 0 0 7- 7 Rut fisher 1 run Startzell kick Rut Fisher 1 run Startzell kick Rut FG 36 Startzell Rut Safety centerl snap went out of end zone Buck Snow 1 run Horning kick practice) for us. Against Navy in the opeiw. Burns was happy with the neither Walling nor Mark pass-catching of tight end Jon Debes of Martinsville, 17-0 the next time they got the ball on a 36-yard field goal by Startzell the first of his short varsity career. Starting from midfield, Rutgers combined the running of Greczyn and Fisher with the passing of Kosup to gain FG range. On a third-and-10 situation, Rutgers tight end Jon Walling came up with a nifty grab of a Kosup pass for a first down at the Bucknell 27.

On the next play, Kosup tossed to Lassiter at the left sideline for a 13-yard gain to the 14. But the drive stalled there and Startzell came on for his first FG a 36-yarder with 34 seconds left before half-time. "Two bad plays," Bucknell Coach Bob Curtis moaned in the quiet locker room. "We gave them field position and touchdowns both times on those interceptions. That could have been the whole difference.

But I'm most interested that our, kids did not call it quits when we were down 17-0 at halftime. The score could have been 40-0 if we had quit then and that's the sign I've been looking for," said the soft-spoken second-year coach of the Bisons who had carried a four-game winning streak into their opening game of the season. He added, "WeVe got to stop our mistakes. We just can't afford to defeat ourselves but Rutgers is really the toughest team on our schedule. I honestly believe they can go undefeated." Until the closing seconds, Bucknell's best scoring threat had come late in the third quarter when Bison defensive end Clyde Stroman sacked Kosup, knocking the ball loose from his grasp and Jim Nesbitt, the other defensive end, recovered on the Rutgers 8.

Here, the Scarlet defense strutted its stuff with a brilliant stand. First, tailback Joel Boyd was stopped at the line. After Snow passed to Boyd for a five-yard gain to the 3, freshman tailback Allen Simmons was thrown for a one-yard loss by the Scarlet's Denny Eckels and Nate Toran. On fourth down at the 4, Rutgers defensive tackle Dan Gray batted down a Snow pass and the threat was over; "That goal line stand helped us a lot," said Toran, "but we didn't seem to have that momentous feeling today that we had last week against Navy We knew we had them beat and we may have let down a little bit." With 5:39 left in the game, the Scarlet scored two points on a safety when a bad snap from center sailed over the end zone on an attempted punt from the Bucknell 15. increasing the margin to 19-0.

The Bisons averted a shutout by scoring their lone TD against the Scarlet second unit with only 23 seconds left. That was an 80-yard march in 10 plays that was set up a 15-yard penalty against Rutgers for a personal foul that gave the Bisons a first down at the Scarlet 37 and a Snow-to-Larry Brunt pass to the 1. On the next play, Snow Rutgers 14 First downs Bucknell 10 38-69 126 -9 59-141 126 45 9-13-J) 6-43 2-1 6-72 Rushes-yds Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-vds 10-21-2 7-381 0-0 2-15 By KEN O'BRIEN Home News sports writer LEWISBURG, Pa. Turning a pair of first-half interceptions into touchdowns, Rutgers yesterday extended its winning streak to nine games by defeating a stubborn Bucknell club, 19-7, before a Homecoming Day crowd of 8,500 in Memorial Stadium. The Scarlet Knights, now 2-0 this season scored thris first TD.

with 4:14 left in the opening period after junior defensive end Len Davis tipped a pass by Bucknell's Kerry Snow and tackle Dan Gray snared the ball for a 12-yard runback to the Bison 33. It took the Scarlet only three plays to gain the early lead. Quarterback Bert Kosup fired to split end Mark Twitty who made a sparkling, leaping grab at the 5 on the opening play. Halfback Mark Lassiter then crashed up the middle to the 1 before halfback Mike Fisher took a handoff through the left side for the TD. Freshman Kennan Startzell's kick made it 7-0.

Early in the second period, junior defensive back Bob Davis deflected another Bucknell pass for the Scarlet and this time junior linebacker Tim Blanchard grabbed the ball for a first down at the Bison 33. This time, it took the Scarlet seven plays to get on the board. Staying on the ground for the entire series, the Scarlet picked up one first down at the 23 following a sneak by Kosup, and then fullback Jeff Greczyn cracked through the right side for 13 yards and another first down at the 10. Greczyn picked up nine more yards on the next two carries before Fisher again got the call from the 1 for his second TD of the game arid Startzell's kick increased the lead to 14-0 at 6:25. The Scarlet Knights made it Tigers 'boot' Cornell pi -a id Individual Statistics RUTGERS Rushing: Fisher, 12 carries for 71 yards, two touchdowns; Greczyn.

16 for 70 yards; Lassiter, 7 for 11 yards; Kehler. 4 for 6 yards; Santarpio, 4 for 7 yards; J. Washington. 3 for 6 yards; Mele, 2 for 2 yards; Kosup. 11 for minus 32 yards.

Passing: Kosup. 9 of 13 for 126 yards. Receptions: Walling, 3 for 49 yards; Twitty, 1 for 28; Greczyn. 1 for 6: Lassiter, 1 for 13; Fisher 1 for 16; Debes, 1 for 22; Santarpio, 1 for minus 8. Punting: Moss, 6 for 43.0 average.

BUCKNELL Rushing: Boyd. 14 carries for 53 yards; Devonshuk, 8 for 22; Woody, 2 for 13; Simmons, 5 for zero; Snow, 9 for minus 19. Passing: Snow, 10 of 21 for 126 yards, 2 interceptions. Receptions: Brunt. 2 for 54 yards; Boyd.

4 for 25; Hall. 2 for 24; Mover, 1 for 12; Woody. 1 for 11. 4 Punting: Coffelt. 7 for 38 1 average.

managed to penetrate its 32-vard-line after intermission. The Big Red had a total of 137 yards in the game. Princeton returns to Palmer Stadium Saturday to face undefeated Rutgers. Princeton 0 0 9 3-3 Cornell 0 0 0 0-0 Prin Howe FG 11 Princeton Cornell ball touched a Cornell returner and was recovered by Mike Sherwood on the Cornell 11-yard line. Princeton moved to the Big Red two-yard line where the Tigers were faced with a fourth-and-one situation.

After Princeton was penalized for illegal procedure costing the Tigers five yards, Stein split the uprights from the 13-yard-line giving the Tigers the victory. Princeton had two other major scoring opportunities in the final 10:41 but lost the ball on downs on the Cornell one and two yard lines. Cornell, which netted just 45 vards in the second half, never ITHACA, N.Y.- Chris Howe's 23-yard field goal with 10:41 remaining in the game broke a scoreless tie enabling Princeton to edge Cornell, 3-0, in the opening game of the season for both schools. Princeton started the winning drive when Paul McKeon intercepted a pass on the Tigers' 45-yard line. However, Princeton was penalized 15 yards on the play for clipping.

Coach Bob Casciola's team managed to get one first down, but the Tigers were then forced to kick from the C-38. Punter Mike Stein then angled the ball towards the corner of the end zone. However, the 15 61-238 55 22 5-12-2 7-33 1-0 5-54 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penal ties-vds 40-115 22 27 3-12-2 6-34 1-1 2-30 terdav as guard John Buccl I3i opens the hulr COMING THROUGH Running back Mike Fisher of Rutgers picks up six yards in second period action against Bucknell e- -71 z73 QQMOTC fr. hi in 76ttOHTEGOM WAGON White, 9-passenger, V-8, auto, Air, PS, PB, WW radial tires, luggage carrier, tinted glass, remote mirror. Stock 6717.

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