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PAGE D8 THE HCBIE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mazur, Modrano How the TOP 25 fared Monmbuth -C power THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Erik Mazur and Mike Modrano combined for 118 yards and three touchdowns to lead past St. Francis, Pa. 46-17 yesterday in the first ever Northeast Conference football game. William Holder added to the host Monmouth (1-1, 1-0) attack with a 29-yard touch- NEW JERSEY own a mbbh 79-yard kickoff return. Monmouth jumped out to a 19-3 first-half lead.

The Hawks then posted 20 unanswered points in the third quarter to make the score 39,3. The Red Flash (1-1, 0-1) posted 14 points in the fourth quarter with the help of a 2-yard run by Brian Pit-tman and a 24-yard touchdown catch by Brian Bell from Matt Shontofski. Monmouth held St. Francis to 284 total yards. COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY 17, SALISBURY ST.

14: In Salisbury Md. Pete Harteveld's 5-yard touchdown pass to Tino Russo with 32 seconds to play lifted the College of New Jersey to a win over Salisbury State. Harteveld's scoring pass ended a 10-play, 45-yard drive for the Lions, who took possession with 4:46 to play. Harteveld completed 24-of-41 passes for 190 yards. New Jersey (1-0) limited Salisbury State (1-1) to one first down in the second half, and minus 16 yards of net offense.

Quarterback Kris Kershaw completed a 60-yard scoring pass to Steve Boyd and a 78-yard scoring pass to Mike Muldoon to give Salisbury State a 14-7 lead in the second quarter. Dan Sperco hit a 28yard field goal with 1:33 left in the third quarter to start the New Jersey comeback. ROWAN 43, NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE 7: In Glassboro, Greg Lister passed for three touchdowns to lead Rowan over Newport News Apprentice. Rowan (1-0) has now won seven straight games against Newport News (1-1). Virginia Tech's Cornell Brown (58) and Tony Morrison, right, celebrate after stopping Boston on a fourth and goal in the second quarter.

CKlaiirDrDrimDrnrQ No. 1 Nebraska (1-0) did not play. Next: at No. 18 Arizona State, Saturday. No.

2 Tennessee (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 4 Florida, Saturday. No.

3 Florida State (1-0) did not play. Next: at North Carolina State, Saturday. No. 4 Florida (2-0) did not play. Next: at No.

2 Tennessee, Saturday. No. 5 Colorado (2-1) lost to No. 11 Michigan (2-0)20-13. Next: at No.

25 Texas Sept. 28. No. 6 Penn State (3-0) beat Northern Illinois 49-0 as Chafie Fields ran for two touchdowns. Next: at Temple, Saturday.

No. 7 Texas (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 Notre Dame, Saturday.

No. 8 Ohio State (1-0) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh, Saturday. No.

9 Notre Dame (2-0) beat Purdue 35-0 as Autry Denson ran for two TDs. Next: at No. 7 Texas, Saturday. No. 10 Miami (2-0) beat Rutgers 33-0 last Thursday.

Next: vs. Pittsburgh, Sept. 28. No. 11 Michigan (2-0) beat No.

5 Colorado (2-1) 20-13 as a desperation pass into the end zone fell incomplete. Next: vs. Boston College, Saturday. No. 12 North Carolina (2-0) did not play.

Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday. No. 13 Alabama (3-0) beat Van-derbilt 36-26. Next: at Arkansas, Saturday.

No. 14 Brigham Young (2-1) lost to Washington 29-17 as Rashaan Shehee ran for two first-half TDs. Next: vs. New Mexico, Saturday. No.

15 Auburn (3-0) beat Mississippi 45-28. Next: vs. No. 20 LSU, Saturday. No.

16 Southern Cal (2-1) beat Oregon State 46-17. Next: at Houston, Saturday. No. 17 Kansas State (3-0) beat Cincinnati 35-0 as Marlon Charles and Mike Lawrence scored two TDs apiece. Next: at Rice, Saturday.

No. 18 Arizona State (1-0) played North Texas last night. Next: vs. No. 1 Nebraska, Saturday.

No. 19 Virginia Tech (2-0) beat Boston College 45-7. Next: vs. Rutgers, Saturday. No.

20 LSU (1-0) did not play. Next: at No. 15 Auburn, Saturday. No. 21 Iowa (2-0) beat Iowa State 38-13.

Next: at Tulsa, Saturday. No. 22 Virginia (2-0) beat Maryland 21-3. Next: at Wake Forest, Saturday. No.

23 Syracuse (0-1) did not play. Next: at Minnesota, Saturday. No. 24 Kansas (1-0) at Texas Christian last night. Next: at Utah, Sept.

28. No. 25 Texas (0-2) lost to SW Louisiana 28-22. Next: vs. 'Nova shuts out Delaware; UConn edges Northeastern Rowan scored 37 unanswered points until Newport News' John Carey rushed in from two yards out Lister completed six passes in 0 attempts for 124 yards, most of them coming on a 56-yard scoring pass to Shannon Green.

James Renninger gained 63 yarqs on 14 carries for the Builders. Eugene Foster added 52 rushir yards for the Profs. BROCKPORT 10, JERSEY CITY ST. 0: -Brockport State's defense held Jersey City State to 106 total offensive yards to blank the Gothic Knights. Linebackers Rob Howell and Jqe Susco led the defensive attack for visiting Brockport (1-0), allowing only eight Jersey City first downs.

Susco also blocked a Jersey City punt at the Gothic Knight 10 yard-line, setting up the game's only touchdown three plays later. Mike Sloan kicked a 20-yard field goal in the first quarter for Brockport to make the score 3-0. After a scoreless second and third quarter, Anthony Brandefine found John DeFazio in, the end zone for a 17-yard scoring pass with 4:02 left in the fourth quarter. Adam Roger added 84 yards "on the ground for the Golden Eagles. CORTLAND ST.

13, MONTCLAIR ST. 10: In Upper Montclair, Brian Anthony kicked a game-winning 35-yard fiejd goal to give Cortland State a victory over Montclair State. With the score tied at 10-all in the fourth quarter, Montclair (0-1) stopped Cortland (1-1) on third and nine with just over 11 minutes remaining. Cortland's Matt Vaccarefla punted, but Jeff Bargel flew into him and was flagged for a roughing the kicker penalty. Three plays later, Anthony hit his second field goal of the game.

I Montclair had 275 total offensive yards, while yielding 283. Ellis Allen had 118 yards receiving and one touchdown for Montclair. I James Gambino added 87 yards receiving and one touchdown for Cortland. Ron Brockinton gained 108 yards and Frank Alessio 103. 4 WAGNER 27, K)NA 0: In New Ro-chelle, N.Y.

Jason Miletic threw for 230 yards and two touchdown and Wagner scored all its points in the first half in a victory over Iona. Rick Sarille opened the scoring with an 18-yard run at 8:46 of the first period and finished with 135 yards on 20 carries. LEHIGH 20, F0RDHAM 14: In hem, Pa. Lehigh quarterback Aaron Brown threw for two touchdowns and 288 yards, and also ran for a score, as the Engineers beat Ford-ham. Brown, who finished 16-for-30, put Lehigh (1-1) on the board first with a 6-yard touchdown run that ended a 78-yard drive in the first quarter.

DUQUESNE 30, MARIST 17: Dave Loya threw three touchdown passes to Mark Neely to lead Duquesne to a victory over visiting Marist in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conferende opener for both teams. Loya, who completed 13 of 28 passes for 208 yards, connected with Neely on scoring passes of 56 and 3 yards in the first half, and 9 yards in the second half. Neely caught eight passes for 154 yards. MAINE 45, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 8: Bob Jameson scored three touchdowns and ran for 153 yards an'd Andre Pam scored twice and rushed for 122 yards to give host Maine victory over Boston University. Jameson's 3-yard touchdown run, Chris Binder's 22-yard field goal and Pam's 47-yard touchdown put Maine up 16-0 in the first quarter.

NEW HAMPSHIRE 35, RHODE ISLAND 26: Chris Bresnahan passed for 288 yards and four touchdowns as the University of New Hampshire defeated the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference. Jerry Azumah had 21 carries for 96 yards and a touchdown for visiting New Hampshire (1-0), while Calvin Jones had 10 catches for 147 yards and a touchdown. BUFFALO 36, COLGATE 16: Mark Taylor completed 16-of-26 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns, both to Jamie Gasparre, to lead Buffalo to a victory over Colgate. 'J rfk Tech manhandles "We came out thinking that we had something to prove. People were saying, 'oh, they Were good for a couple of years, now they are sliding We wanted to show that wasn't the case." Tlicre wasred sense that this was an Virginia Xech coach prank Beamer said.

and us were both picked in the middle of the pack, and one of us was going to come out of it." ''We had a rough week with everyone criticizing. There were a lot of people who doubted us," said Virginia Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller. "Today, we came out with our guns loaded. I don't know what you (media) guys think about us now, but we're awful confident of our ability." That certainly was apparent at the outset as the Hokies scored on their first three offensive possessions' of the first quarter. They never gave Boston College a chance, jumping out to a 21-7 lead and thoroughly dominated the Eagles in every phase of the game.

Boston College had an opportunity to get back in the game when defensive back Shalom Tolefree streaked in to block John Thomas' punt, giving the Eagles possession on the Hokies' 7-yard line. But Virginia Tech's defense stiffened, making a splendid four-play, goal-line stand, and that seemed to take the heart out of the Eagles (1-1). MICHIGAN Continued from page Dl "I should have scrambled around and killed time." Dreisbach threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jerame Tuman late in the third quarter as Michigan (2-0) took control, scoring 10 points while Colorado's offense could manage only 11 yards on 10 plays. Colorado then turned the ball over on downs twice in the final period. Midway through the third period, Dreisbach completed three passes, including a 17-yarder to Tai Streets, to set up Remy Hamilton's 42-yard field goal, producing a 13-13 tie.

A holding penalty and David Bo-wens' sack of Detmer then forced Colorado (2-1) to punt from its 6-yard line, and Andy Mitchell got off only a 26-yarder. Michigan went the 32 yards in seven plays. Streets caught a 14-yard pass which he tipped twice before grabbing, and Dreisbach hit the wide-open Tuman in the right corner of the end zone for a 20-13 lead with 59 seconds left in the period. In the final quarter, Colorado surrendered the ball on downs at the y- t. i i4vi i 1 The Associated Press Boston College "We blocked a kick (in the first quarter) and scored a Beamer said.

"And they blocked a kick and got nothing. That's a tribute to our defense. "We talk about our defense being relentless on every play because you "never know when one plays jnight swing the game. And that's what happened on that fourth-and-goal." Remarkably, Virginia has now won nine straight games away from home. This road prowess has helped propel them to a 12-game winning streak second best in the nation behind Nebraska.

With Rutgers up next, there is no reason to believe the streak is in any jeopardy of being snapped. "Really, it (the streak) doesn't have significance to us," Beamer said. "We don't talk about it and I haven't heard the players mention it in their conversions. We just focus on our next opponent That's how you prevent over-confidence." The good news for Rutgers is it won't be playing host to the Road Warriors, who thrive on foreign surfaces. The bads news is Beamer believes his team has just scratched the surface of its potential.

"I like a lot of things I saw today, but we can get much better," Beamer said. "We're still in the growing stage. There are a lot of areas where we can show improvement." Michigan 41 and 9. Lendon Henry was dumped for a 2-yard loss by Bowens to end the first possession, and then Detmer threw incomplete. Before Detmer's incomplete pass, the Buffs appeared to have scored the tying touchdown on his 46-yard pass to James Kidd, but Colorado was whistled for illegal motion.

Colorado, which now has lost three straight home games to ranked opponents (Kansas and Nebraska were the others last year), had 14 penalties accounting for 99 yards. Colorado committed 11 penalties in each of its first two games. "We can't survive the rest of the season with double-digit penalties, that's clear," Neuheisel said. Injuries to tight ends Matt Lepsis and Tennyson McCarty grounded the Colorado running game in the second half. Colorado had just 10 yards rushing on eight carries after intermission.

"We have to play to our strength and that, of course, is our defense," Carr said. "We knew we couldn't give up big plays to their big-play guys. We knew if we kept knocking Detmer down, it would take its toll. We faked a lot of blitzes, because you can't let a good quarterback like him stay in a comfort zone." No. 19 Virginia By MICHAEL AMSEL STAFF WRITER CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.

Virginia Tech's football team made an emphatic statement yesterday one that could be heard all the way to Rutgers University. With a resounding 45-7 victory ovgjf Boston College, the No. 19 Hokies made it clear that they are the one of the teama VIRGINIA TECH 45 to beat ini BOSTON COLLEGE 7 the Big hmbbbb East Conference. They totally outclassed the Eagles in winning a school-record 12th straight game, and looked every bit a national power in the process. And what Big East foe has the unenviable task of disrailing the Tech steamroller? Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights visit the Hokies on Saturday. When the Scarlet Knights' coaching staff studies film from the game, they'll have a lot of trouble finding flaws in Virginia Tech's attack. The Hokies (2-0) were virtually mistake-free in dismantling Boston College on its home turf, Alumni Stadium. They amassed 441 yards on offense, recorded seven quarterback sacks and converted on nine of their first 12 third-down conversions. "After last week's game against Akron, I was embarrassed," said Virginia Tech wideout Cornelius White, who riddled Boston College's secondary with five receptions for 98 yards.

At- A WALK BIKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clint Park passed for one touchdown and rushed for another and the Villanova defense forced seven turnovers as the Wildcats beat Delaware 27-0 yesterday. Villanova (2-1) broke a six-year losing streak against Delaware. The loss snapped a 12-game conference win streak for Delaware EAST and shutout Mma was Delaware's first since a 1983 loss to Holy Cross. The Wildcats defense held Delaware to 229 yards, causing four fumbles and three interceptions. Delaware got inside the Villanova 30-yard line only Villanova blocked Sean Leach's 27-yard field goal attempt.

CONNECTICUT 21, NORTHEASTERN 19: In Storrs, Conn, redshirt freshman Mike Morelli's 31-yard field goal with 1:31 left proved to be the difference as UConn edged Northeastern in a Yankee Conference game. Morelli, a last-minute replacement for injured Jon Cohen, also got the game's first score when he connected from 42 yards in the first quarter. UConn (2-0) held Northeastern to four field goals before surrendering its first touchdown of the season with 43 seconds left on a 10-yard pass from junior Jim Murphy to senior wide receiver Kevin Morrison. ARMY 37, OHIO U. 20: In West Point, N.Y.

Joe Hewitt scored twice in the first half as Army, the last of the nation's 111 major colleges to open the season, overcame a two-touchdown deficit and beat Ohio University. Hewitt, who led Army with 90 yards as the Cadets ran for 324, scored twice on 2-yard runs as the Cadets turned a 14-0 deficit into a 21-14 halftime lead. The Cadets had scoring drives of 67, 89, 78 and 84 yards in keeping the Bobcats (2-1) from their first 3-0 start in 20 years. MASSACHUSETTS 28, HOLY CROSS 10: Massachusetts' Anthony Catterton threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Minutemen overpowered Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Catterton completed 9 of 17 passes for 224 yards.

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