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College Football 4 Auto Racing 6 High Schools 8 Scoreboard 13 Temple off mi hits RU Penn cracks Tigers The Home NewsWalt Radomsky 1 11 Owls get the final hoot By BOB KNOBELMAN Home News sports writer PRINCETON BOROUGH There are two kinds of penalties, according to Pennsylvania head coach Ed Zubrow. Some can be chalked up to concentration and some can be attribu- ion in ovwmnnn 3 Urvif' V.I 6 4 ,,.,,1 Offsides and illegal procedures might fall into the former category and unsportsmanlike conduct and holding would fall into the latter. Both Zubrow and head coach Steve Tosches of Princeton agreed that there were plenty of both yesterday at Palmer Stadium. The Quakers set an Ivy League record with 21 penalties for 168 yards and the Tigers chipped in with 11 of their own for 82 yards. But despite the sloppy play, Perm remained undefeated and on top of the Ivy League with a 31-23 victory before 24,500 spectators.

"We came in with a game plan to mix the run and pass and to try big plays," said Zubrow. "And Glover (quarterback Malcolm) had a career day." Glover was the Quakers' most potent offensive weapon with 14 completions and 289 yards in 22 throws. His 31-yard touchdown toss to Dolph Tokarczyk early in the second quarter brought Perm back from a 7-3 deficit And his 29-yard pass to Scott Sandler with 47 seconds left in the first half put the Quakers ahead to stay. "Malcolm had time to find his receivers," said Zubrow. "Our offensive line played well." Meanwhile, quarterback Jason Garrett of Princeton had some problems.

Although he was accurate 25 times in 42 passes for 244 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Garrett was intercepted twice. By JOHN BRUNS Home News sports writer PISCATAWAY Displaying an uncanny ability to counter every scoring thrust by Rutgers with one of its own, Temple spoiled the Scar- let Knights' Temple 35 Homecom-Rutgers30 before a Rutgers Stadium record crowd of 31,219 yesterday. Reaching individual and team heights that had previously eluded them in this trouble-marred season, the Owls, 2-5, snapped a three-game losing streak by scoring 14 points in the final period to pull out a 35-30 victory over Rutgers, 4-4, which for the second straight week was upset by an underdog "I think to put it simply we got outplayed today," Rutgers coach Dick Anderson said afterwards. "They took advantage of their field position and made some big plays, and Rutgers was not able to." After losing to Army a week earlier, "I think our team rebounded well during the week, but we just didn't get it done today," he added. Temple coach Bruce Arians said, "I know we have a good team.

We've lost games this year because of mental mistakes by inexperienced players. We've grown in confidence the last couple of weeks. (Quarterback) Matt Baker made some great plays and ran an excellent game plan." The Owls, who hadnt scored more than 21 points in any game this season, started out using the wishbone formation, an offense they had been getting weaned away from in recent weeks. But that was the least of the Owls' surprises. Baker twice bettered his career long pass of 63 yards which he set a week earlier against California.

The sophomore quarterback hooked up with end Rich Drayton on a 67-yard touchdown pass in the opening minute of the second period to wipe out a 3-0 Rutgers lead. Baker came back to Drayton with a 74-yard scoring toss early in the third period and to grab back the lead, 21-17, for the Owls. Baker completed 17 of 29 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns. The yards ties a school record. Drayton caught six passes for a school record 184 yards.

Meanwhile, workhorse halfback Todd McNair was carrying the ball 32 times for 81 yards as the Owls See RUTGERS, Page F7 Brett Mersola breaks away from Anthony Sapnas on a 49-yard scoring reception to give Rutgers a 24-21 third quarter lead. Now the time for a conference When Tom Charters picked off his toss at midneld in the second quarter, it was the first time this year that Garrett had been intercepted. The second pickoff, deep in Perm territory during the third period, stopped a drive that might have narrowed a 24-10 deficit Garrett had set a pair of NCAA Division 1-AA records for most passes attempted without a pickoff. He had thrown 179 straight 176 in 1988 for the career and season marks. PISCATAWAY A close game, arecord crowd and perfect football weather.

It's difficult to imagine a better setting for what could have been a very big day for Rutgers University football But according to Temple Athletic Director Charlie Theokas, there is one simple way to insure that every Rutgers-Temple Po'tr Game grid contest for raii VacUHS KST811 0 Brian VanderBeek enough to generate huge fan interest. The idea, not new, is the Eastern Conference. A simple idea, sure. But some complex problems and personalities are standing in the way of linking the Great Eastern Independents. "If there were an Eastern Conference, this would have been a very big conference game," said Theokas, a North Brunswick resident There's little doubting that With a conference involving Rutgers, Temple, West Virginia, Syracuse, Penn State, Pitt and Boston College, the Scarlet would have entered yesterday's game with a 2-1 conference mark, only one game behind conference leader Syracuse.

Plus, if the Temple-West Virginia game would have been played this year as originally planned (the Owls requested out of the game when a home date with Alabama became available) a perfect conference schedule would have been played, with each of the seven teams playing six conference games. In other alliances look at the Southeastern, for example some teams go a decade or more without meeting a particular conference And this year's Eastern Conference slate would have set up a Nov. 19 conference showdown between Syracuse and West Virginia for the title and an automatic bowl bid. "We would have to be tied into a major bowl," said Theokas, "our second place team would be invited to a major bowl somewhere and our third-place team would get a good Third-place team. This year, he easily could have been talking about Rutgers, even after yesterday's loss.

Crab Bowl anybody? It would not have been so farfetched. "Rutgers doesn't have to bring 20,000 people to a bowl game," said Theokas. "The Eastern Conference would be attractive to bowls because it has all of the major eastern television markets." So what's the holdup? First, a big question. Will this conference be just for football or encompass all sports? See EASTERN, Page F7 If Die Eastern Conference was a reality, these would be the standings after yesterday's action. West Virginia (8-0) 3 0 Syracuse (6-1) 3 0 RUTGERS (4-4) 2 2 Penn State (4-4) 2 3 Pittsburgh (4-3) 12 Boston College (2-5) 1,3 Temple (2-5) 13 Yesterday's Games Temple 35, RUTGERS 30 West Virginia 51.

Penn State 30 Upcoming Games November 5 RUTGERS at Pittsburgh November 12 Syracuse at Boston College West Virginia at RUTGERS Pittsburgh at Penn State November 19 Syracuse at West Virginia November 26 Boston College at Temple December 3 Pittsburgh at Syracuse Neither Zubrow nor his Quakers figured on such mistakes. Nor did they figure on the 21 penalties, which eclipsed the Ivy record set by Penn against Colum bia in 1986. "I would have thought that with 21 penalties we would have lost the game," said Zubrow, whose squad is 7-0 and 5-0 in the Ivy. "We gave them some gifts. "That quarterback played a hell of a football game," said Tosches, whose team fell to 4-3 and 3-2 in the league.

"We thought we had to stop their run and force them to pass. It HomeNews file photo backfired on us. We didn't have the best pass rush in the world." See TIGERS, Page F6 Silverdome a lame lair for Giants 4, South River's Jackson back with Eagles Home News wire services PHILADELPHIA Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Kenny Jackson, a former all-state performer at South River, High School, has signed a one-year contract to return to the Eagles, a team spokesman said yesterday. Eagles spokesman Jim Gallagher declined, however, to disclose the terms of the contract Gallagher said talks with Jackson began about four weeks ago. Jackson retired after the 1987 season to run a Camden, deli called "Kenny's Komer" 15 minutes from the Eagles' home at Veterans Stadium.

Gallagher said it was doutbful Jackson would suit up for the Eagles game today against the Atlanta Falcons at home. Jackson is expected to help fill in for wide receivers Mike Quick and Gregg Garrity, both of whom are sidelined with injuries. Quick suffered a broken bone in his leg three weeks ago while Garrity hurt a knee in last week's victory over dallas. Jackson was the fourth player chosen in the 1984 draft At Penn State University, he set 27 school receiving records, including career marks for yards and touchdowns. He became the first Penn State wide receiver to be named All-America.

In addition to gaining all-state honors in football and basketball at South River, he was the state cham-nmn in tho ddO-varri Hash as a senior in 1980. Also in i In what quietly has become the NFL's best division, the New Orleans Saints host the Los Angeles Rams for the top spot in the NFC West. Page 2. Who's No. Not UCLA anymore, as the Bruins were upset at home by Washington State, No.

2 Notre Dame looked sloppy in beating Navy and No. 3 USC handled Oregon State. How about unbeaten West Virginia? The No. 7 Mountaineers might get a few votes after clubbing Penn State. For details on those games and the entire college football scene, see Pages 4-5.

In the high schools, Co-No: Franklin, looking to retain its share of the top spot after Madison Central powered over East Brunswick Friday night, rolled over B-R West. Not many surprises on the 19 high school gridirons in action yesterday and for all the games, plus our exclusive Sideline Slants, see Pages 9 13. By KEN O'BRIEN Home News sports writer So here we are, entering the second half of the National Football League season, and the Giants are about to wrap up the easy rounds of their schedule the soft-touch opponents of Detroit at home (Round 7), at Atlanta (Round 8) and at Detroit (Round 9). Collectively, the Lions and Falcons have combined for three wins against 13 losses. Two of those collective 13 losses have come against the 5-3 Giants, who-are tied for first place in the NFC East Division of the NFL with the defending champion Washington Redskins who, incidentally, already have lost twice to the Giants, i So today's game at the Silverdome (CBS-TV, WNEW-Radio, 4 p.m) is another no-sweat mismatch, right? Yeah, sure, just like the last time, two weeks ago, when it took a half-time, chair-throwing tirade by veteran linebacker Harry Carson in the Giants Stadium locker room to wake up his sleeping Giants.

And Atlanta? Well, all it took to prevent the Falcons from winning their second game of the season were a couple of key interceptions by Carson and fellow linebacker Carl Banks in the dwindling minutes of the game to pull out a 23-16 victory. So the game plan for Bill Parcells today is simple: I 'f'-i vSee GIANTS, Page F8 aaVyS Bill Parcells still Is searching for the right button to push to get his that school year, Jackson led the Rams to the state Giants playing lika a Super Bowl.contender. Group II basketball championship..