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Penn rally ea By Lesley Visser 7 if 1 vit iv Harvard, 28-17 PMltdrtpMi Harratd 7 0 7-28 Penn 14 3 0 0 17 Globe Staff PHILADELPHIA It has become Proposition 4. The Ivy League, which has ranged from the lyric to the crazy this year, now has four teams eligible to share the conference title. The budget has been trimmed to Yale (5-1) alone, or Yale. Harvard (4-2). Dartmouth (4-2) and Cornell (4-2).

And Harvard's wild 28-17 win over Pennsylvania here yesterday means a ticket to next week's Harvard-Yale showdown will be tougher to get than funds for the MBTA. "Ws needed this win," said Harvard coach Joe Restic. "and the one thing I said before the game was not to let Harvard get in the hole." Sim Ruti 2 fun (John Dwysr kick) John Montosanti 55 pan from Gary Vura (Dwyer kick) Jin Canrtan 13 past from Brian Buckky (Dave Cody kick) Dwyer 29 FG Paul Connors run (Cody kick) Tom Beatrice 1 run (Cody kick) Chuck Marshal 41 past from Buck lay (Cody kick) Attendance 5,917 Ham Pan First downs 22 14 Rushes-yards 254 148 Passing yards 174 134 Return yards -1 0 Passes 12-23-3 8-21-2 Punts Ml 8 Fumbwsost 2-2 3-1 Penalties-yards 6-76 4-24 INOtVfOUAL LEADERS Rushing Player (School) An. Yds. Avg.

LG Jim CaUman (H) 16 81 5 7 IS Tom Beatrice (H) 18 67 3.7 12 1 Jim Acheson (HI 13 57 4.4 13' Rick Beauvais(P) 46 4.2 13' Restic must have barely finished the sentence before Penn (1-8) jumped to a 14-0 lead. In the first with Acheson. Tom Beatrice and Jim Callinan carrying. On third and 5 from the 13, Buckley found leading receiver Callinan in the end zone, and Harvard was on the board. Penn did not throw away its lead, building the margin to 10 when John Dwyer kicked a 29-yard field goal with 10:46 left in the first half.

Harvard came back though, first on a 5-yard touchdown run by Paul Connors with 4:23 left in the second period, then a 1-yard burst by Beatrice with a second remainingon the scoreboard. That left Penn coach Harry Gamble slapping his hands in disgust. With 59 seconds left in the first half. Buckley hit Ron Cuccia, making his first appearance since being Injured against Dartmouth, for an 8-yard gain. Buckley's eighth straight completion.

Beatrice then ran the ball to the 3-yard line. With 18 seconds on the clock, Buckley was trapped behind the line of scrimmage and threw the ball away. The official ruled that Buckley had been sacked first. Gamble thought it was intentional grounding. On the next play, third and goal from the 10.

Penn was penalized for pass Interference, setting up Beatrice's score from the 1 on the following play. In the second half, Penn's Mike Murphy intercepted his third Buckley pass, but Penn couldn't score any more points. Buckley found Chuck Marshall in the middle of the field and hit him for a 41 -yard touchdown pass, ending a nine-play, 87-yard march. The only negative In the Crimson's fourth quarter was a knee injury to defensive tackle Chuck Durst. "He's irreplaceable," said Restic of the senior captain.

"We just hope Chuck's ready for Yale." ight minutes of this affair before 5917 fans, there 1 were two fumbles, one interception, one pass interference and two Quaker touchdowns. lik Com. AM. Yds. TD kit.

Brian Buckley (H) .12 23 174 2 3 Gary Vura (P) 6 9 102 1 1 RBChrio0 No. Yds. TO Ron Cuccia (H) 3 37 0 Tom Beatrice (H) 3 22 0 Chuck Marshal (H) 2 71 1 i John Montesanti jP) 2 65 1 A minute into the game, quarterback Brian Buckley threw his sixth interception In two weeks (though he finished hitting 12 of 23 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns). But Penn returned the ball five plays later on a fumble. Tony Liberatore then recovered a Harvard fumble on the 7.

setting up Penn's first score. Steve Rubin's 2-yard plunge. Penn jumped ahead, 14-0, when quarterback Gary Vura hit running back John Montesanti 30 yards downfield and the senior carried the ball 25 yards to the end zone. Penn had scored 14 points in five plays. Restic called for ball control, put In junior halfback Jim Acheson and ran the ball nine of 1 1 plays.

AP PHOTO Harvard's Jim Acheson slips past Pcnn's Gary Winemaster for a short gain. IVY LEAGUE Conf. Dartmouth comes bad Yale earns title tie All W-L-T 7-2-0 7-2-0 4-5-0 4- 5-0 5- 4-0 4-4-0 1-8-0 1-8-0 Yale 5-1-0 Harvard 4-2-0 Dartmouth 4-2-0 Cornell 4-2-0 Princeton 3-3-0 Brown 3-3-0 Penn 1-5-0 Columbia 0-6-0 Yale, 25-13 Dartmouth, 28-24 at PfOvMence Dartmouth 0 0 7 21 28 Brown 10 0 7 7 24 Grantors 32 FG Rick Villella 4 run (Grantors kick) Lavery 85 kJckoff return (Geibel kick) Villella 1 run (Grantors kick) Campbell 7 past from Carbone (Grantors kick) Sean Maher 11 run (Shula past from Jeff Kemp) 0 Shula 8 past from Kemp (kick tailed) Maher 9 run (Geibel kick) Attendance 14.250 a First downs 24 Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards 28 60-222 239 0 20-32-0 5-400 1-0 8-64 -40-147 228 24 17-32-1 2-1 6-45 By Joe Concannon Globe Staff NEW HAVEN They were all out there waiting in the wings, stacked up five deep behind Yale in this frenetic Ivy League race. Once Yale had proved so vulnerable a week ago in its defeat to Cornell and the door was kicked ajar, they started to envision all sorts of ties for the title. Well, some sort of a multiple tie does remain a lively possibility with one week to go.

But on a cold and overcast afternoon in the Bowl, the Yale team that was so inept and badly outplayed Just one week earlier showed that reports of its demise may be exaggerated. Playing before the largest crowd (36.000) of the New England intercollegiate season and buoyed by the typically dominating efforts of tailback Rich Diana, Yale (7-2 overall, 5-1 Ivy) took out its frustration on Princeton (5-4, 3-3) yesterday, beating its ancient rival for the 14th straight time, 25-13. "We had a total overhaul," said Diana, who ran for 165 yards and had 243 yards in all-purpose running. "The coach (Carm Coz-za) came down on us to get our attention back on the game. We needed it.

We accepted it. We had to start playing with some enthusiasm." The victory clinched at least a tie for the Ivy title, Yale's fourth in the past five years and eighth in the last 14. The Elis can lock it up outright with a win or a tie next week in Harvard Stadium. Harvard sits one game back in a 4-2 tie with Dartmouth and Cornell. Princeton had won five straight coming into the Bowl, but its kicking game was its albatross yesterday.

After a Tony Jones punt rolled dead at the 3 and Princeton failed to get the ball out past the 23. Yale moved 44 yards in seven plays for a 7-0 lead as fullback John Nittl ran 17 yards to the 1 on a draw and carried it in on the next play at 12:57 of the first quarter. But Yale is vulnerable to the pass, and Mark Lockenmeyer (18 for 36, 236 yards) completed four passes for 73 yards (including one of 41 to Cris Crissy) at the top of the second quarter, tossing for the final 1 1 yards to Lew Leone for a 7-7 tie. Yale proceeded to pounce on the Tigers for 1 1 points within 1 :56 of the second quarter. Jones kicked a 36-yard field goal at 11:53.

Three Princeton players watched the ensuing kickoff bounce around at the goal line, and after Roland Warren managed to get it out to the 4, Lockenmeyer was nailed by Serge Mihaly for a safety at 12:49. Just one minute later, following the free kick, John Rogan threw to a wide-open Curt Grieve for the final 10 yards of a five-play, 57-yard drive to make it 18-7 at intermission. Diana, whose J. 82.4 average for all-purpose running should put him back near the No. 1 spot in the nation, carried eight times for 50 yards in the first drive of the second half, taking an option pitch and rambling the final 18 yards for a 25-7 lead at 6:29 of the third quarter.

By Ernie Roberts Globe Staff PROVIDENCE Dartmouth's football team, responding with the greatest comeback in coach Joe Yukica's experience, rallied from a 17-point deficit with only eight minutes remaining for a 28-24 triumph over Brown yesterday. Sophomore Sean Maher, who had fumbled away Dartmouth's only first-half opportunity, scored two of the Big Green's three touchdowns in these electrifying final minutes, including the winner on a 9-yard end sweep. Senior cocaptain Dave Shula kept his Big Green team alive in the Ivy League race with a 9-yard touchdown catch and one of his patented toe-dance catches for a two-point conversion. Shula also was the principal in the game's key play, a pass Interference call on fourth and 8 from near midfield on Dartmouth's winning touchdown drive. On this controversial play, Dartmouth quarterback Jeff Kemp's short flip left toward Shula was batted down by Brown linebacker John Prassas.

At the same time, split end Shula was being hit from behind by defensive back Tony Mancini. The question of whether the hit occurred before the ball was batted down, necessary for pass interference to prevail, was debated at length. "The official (linesman George Kane) was adamant that I was hit first," reported Don Shula's oldest son, who caught eight passes for 1 1 1 yards on the afternoon. "The linesman shouldn't be making that call anyway," was Brown coach John Anderson's opinion. "The ball wasn't close to being a completion, and Shula wasn't hit until he was going for the deflection." The call stood up.

however, for a Dartmouth first down at Brown's 37. Kemp quickly hit Shula twice more with sideline passes to the Brown 9. and then Maher, a 202-pound tailback, took a short-side sweep over the goal line. This was possibly the best Ivy contest of the season, keeping Dartmouth (4-2 league record) in contention for a first-place tie If Harvard upsets Yale (5-1) next Saturday. It also maintained Yukica's perfect record (3-0) against his former assistant, Anderson, although few would have bet on a Dartmouth victory at halftime.

Still, Brown drew away, 24-7. toward an apparent easy victory. Villella bucking over behind tackle Jon McCabe for one TD and 9B Larry Carbone throwing 7 yards to split end Mike Campbell for the other. Then came a 53-yard Dartmouth scoring drive. Including four more Kemp completions, concluding with the 9-yarder to Shula for the TD.

and the scene was set for the wild finish. "The biggest comeback I've ever been associated with," said Yukica. "It looked pretty grim when we were behind by 17 with only eight minutes left. But you can take nothing for granted in college football." Punts Fumbles-tost Penaltiet-yards Princeton (5-4) .0 7 6 0 13 Yale (7-2) 7 11 7 0- 25 John Nittl 1 run (Tony Jones kick) Lew Leone 11 pass from Mark Lockenmeyer (Rick Wise kick) Jones 36 FG Safety, Lockenmeyer tackled in and zone Curt Grieve 10 pass from John Rogan (rush failed) Rick Diana 18 pass from Rogan (Jones kick) Mike Neary 18 pass from Lockenmeyer (pass failed) Attendance 36,000 Vale Prin. First downs 21 17 Rushes-yards 67-239 22-23 Passing yards 127 206 Return yards 52 1 Passat 7-14-1 20-40-2 Punts Fumbles-tost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 11-103 5-62 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Player (School) An.

Yds. Avg. LG Rich Diana (Y) 34 165 4.9 18 John Nittl (Y) 12 51 4.3 7 Larry Van Pelt (P) 9 32 3.6 7 Mike Neary (P) 7 10 1.4 6 Paaslnfj Com. An. Yds.

TO Int. Lockenmeyer (P) .18 36 236 1 2 John Rogan (Y) 6 11 101 1 1 Bob Holly (P) 2 4 30 0 0 Phil Manley (Y) 1 3 26 0 1 Receiving No. Yds. TD Chris Crissy(P) 9 123 0 Lew Leone (P) .6 68 1 Curt Grieve (Y) 3 67 1 Mike Neary (P) 3 27 1 MfMVIOUAL LEADERS Rumtunf Player (school) An. Yds.

Avg. LG Steve Curtin (B) 15 86 5.9 19 Rick ViHeHa (B) 16 51 4.4 9 Larry Carbone(B) 12 47 3.11 10 MarkAkey(D) 11 41 3.8 9 Dermy Runck (D) 30 6.0 9 Seen Maher (D) 4 28 7.0 11 Jeff Dufreana (D) 8 24 3.0 6 Como. AM. Yds. TD bit 38 228 1 1 31 219 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 20 0 0 Jeff Kemp (D) 17 Larry Carbone (B) 19 Jeff Dufreene (O) ..0 Rick Villella (B) 1 No.

Yds. 111 Dave Shula (D) TD 1 0 0 0 Steve Jordan (B) 7 95 Mitch Men (B) 7 71 Mark Abey (0) 3 61 i oung. 41-20 Cornell, 24-0 N.E. CONFERENCE CarMfl 7 I 7-24 Cahimbia III Cornell tops Columbia CorrvGoodjenet pass from Ryan (Rekta kick) CorrvFG Rejda 24 Com-Vago 1 run (Rejda kick) Corn-Tenuta 1 run (Reja luck) Mass. 10-7 at Buzzards Bay Mast.

Maritime (6-3) 0 3 0 7- 10 BridgewaterSL (5-3-1)0 7 0 07 BS Kevin Cobban 5 run (Dave Hickey kick) MM Chris Welch 37 FG MM Kevin Doherty 80 past form Chris Yenen (Welch kick) Attendance 8900 Maine Mar OTHER EAST GAMES A-U50 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumblevlost Penarhes-yards Car Cat 71 12 44-750 4J-164 140 IU 41 14 ll-W-0 7-21-4 537.4 3-2 3-1 7-45 4-25 First downs 11 Rushes-yards 54-102 Passing yards 130 Return yards 110 at Youngstown, Ohio AIC (8-2) 0 6 0 14 20 Young. St. (2-7-1) ..14 7 13 7 41 Robby Robson 1 run (Paul McFadden kick) Robson 1 run (McFadden kick) Jeff Johnston 1 run (McFadden kick) A Fred Papale 13 pass from Rod Pena (kick failed) Les Pakakiis 1 run (kick failed) Vic Ceglie 1 run (McFadden kick) A Bob Bramble 4 run (rush failed) Paris Wicks 4 run (McFadden kick) A Bramble 29 pass from Pena (Bramble pass from Pena) Attendance 1839 AIC YSU First downs 19 23 Rushes-yards 40-225 64-343 Passing yards 180 70 Return yards 91 87 Passes 12-27-2 7-14-1 Punts Fumbles-tost 2-2 2-1 Penalties-yards 11-89 12-112 B8 9 47-123 104 89 6-18-2 3-1 1V18 adds icin; 8-16-0 1-1 6-65 Punts Fumbles-iost Penalties-yards Hofstra, 26-16 at New London, Conn. Hofstra (8-2) 14 3 0 9 26 Coast Guard (2-8) 0 3 13 0 16 John Morris 8 pass form Geroge Multer (Gary Bennett kick) Jim Watson 45 run (Bennett kick) CG Chris HaH 31 FG Bennett 26 FG CG McClellan 25 run (Had kick) CG Beckman 17 run (kick tailed) Frank Bianchini 4 run (Bennett kick) Safety. Tom DiMassmo tackled Ryba in end zone Attendance 1012 CQ First downs 21 17 Rushes-yards 48-250 54-217 Passing yards 250 79 Return yards 8-67 11-109 Passes 12-23-3 9-21-1 Punts 5-24 6 Fumbles-tost 2-2 3-1 Penalties-yards 6-65 4-11 S.

Conn. St- 5-0 Lowell, 20-10 at New Haven Lowell (2-6-1) 0 0 20 0- 20 New Haven (6-3-1) 3 0 0 7 10 NH Tony Baker 33 FG Armand Sancartier 4 run (kick failed) Tim Moran 11 pass from Bill Stecchl (Jim Witkowski pass from Dave Roast) Al Linzi 49 interception return (kick failed) NH Jay Maud 4 run (Baker kick) Attendance 1000 NH come-from-behind 28-17 win over Albany State In Albany. N.Y. Albany scored 17 unanswered points In the first quarter on TD passes of 17 and 9 yards from Mike Florito to tight end Bruce Dey and a 31-yard field goal by Dario Arango. YOUNGSTOWN STATE 41, AIC 20 Youngstown State Jumped out to a 21-0 lead on the strength of Robby Robson's two first-quarter touchdowns and went on to defeat American International College.

41-20. in Youngstown, Ohio. Rob-son finished with 1 10 yards rushing, and teammate Paris Wicks ran for 125 yards and one touchdown. SOUTHERN CONN. 5.

CENTRAL CONN. Freshman Angelo Campana kicked a 35-yard fourth-quarter field goal to key Southern Connecticut to a 5-0 victory over Central Connecticut in New Haven. The win boosted Southern to a 5-4-1 record for its first winning season since 1976. Central Connecticut finishes at 3-7. HOFSTRA 26.

COAST GUARD 16 Hofstra amassed 500 total yards for a school total offense record of 3730 for the season as it downed Coast Guard. 26-16, in New London, Conn. Jim Watson collected 132 yards on 17 carries for Hofstra, which ended Its season at 8-2. Jim Beckham led Coast Guard (2-8) with 133 yards. LAFAYETTE 31, MERCHANT MARINE 12 Quarterback Hal Hocking ran for three touchdowns and passed for another to lead Lafayette to a 31-12 victory over winless Merchant Marine in Eas-ton.

Pa. From Wire Services Tailback Steve Vago ran for 127 yards and a touchdown, and defensive back Dave Kimichik had three first-half Interceptions as Cornell defeated Columbia. 24-0, yesterday in New York and remained in the chase for the Ivy League title. Cornell, now 4-2 In the league, converted one of Kimichik's Interceptions into a 26-yard field goal by Ron Rejda In the second quarter, and Vago went 1 yard to cap a 37-yard drive after a fumble recovery three minutes later to give Cornell a 17-0 halftime lead. Mike Ryan had passed 19 yards to tight end Paul Goodberlet for a first-quarter score at the end of an eight-play, 51-yard drive as Cornell handed Columbia its third straight shutout defeat.

It was the first time since 1958 that the Lions had lost three successive shutouts. Fullback Ben Tenuta completed a 69-yard Cornell drive In the fourth quarter with a 1-yard run as the Big Red raised their overall record to 4-5. Columbia is now 1-8 for the season and 0-6 in the league. Cornell could tie for the league championship should Harvard upset Yale, and if the Big Red defeat Pennsylvania next Saturday. SPRINGFIELD 28, ALBANY STATE 17 Norm English scored on runs of 1 and 20 yards in the fourth quarter to give Springfield College a First downs 21 Springfield, 28-17 at Albany.

N.Y. Springfield (7-2) 0 14 0 14 28 Albany St. (5-5) 17 0 0 0- 17 AS Bruce Day 17 pass from Mike Fkxito (Darrio Arrango kick) AS Arrango 31 FG AS Day 10 pass from Fkxito (Arrango kick) Bob Cioffi 39 run (Jeff Bennett kick) Jon Cherry 14 pass from Jim Collins (Jeff Bennett kick) Norm England 1 run (Bennett kick) England 20 run (Bennett kick) Attendance 1200 Rushes-yards -Passing yards Return yards Passes 15 29-98 195 61 17-32-3 84 5-70 45-99 153 104 15-34-1 2-1 7-74 Punts FumWes-tosI Penalties-yards at New Haven S. Conn. (5-4-1) 0 0 0 5- C.

Conn. (3-7) 0 0 0 0- SC Angelo Campana 35 FG SC Safety Attendance 2500 CC First downs 13 SC 8 44-93 66 8-23-3 159 4-2 7-374 3-36 Rushes-yards 58-96 Passing yards 89 Return yards 5-18-2 Passes 185 Punls 9-7 Spring. 21 66-311 101 127 8-20-1 8-328 2-2 2-20 Albany St. 13 48-169 94 158 7-23-1 5-3 8-19 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 4-41 Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Maine 42-14 al Portland Maine Maritime (8-1) ..0 20 15 7 42 W. Conn St.

(0-8-1) ....0 0 0 14- 14 MM Al Harrison 21 pass from Casey MorM (Mark Carroll kick) MM Larry White 1 run (Carroll kick) MM Russ McKenna 10 run (Carroll kick) MM McKenna 10 run (Carroll kick) MM Harrison 33 run (Oan Rideout rush) MM Greg Diorio 10 pass from Doug Lorhbardt (pass faded) WC Jerry Coyne 2 pass from Lombard! (Gary Balom pass from Lombard!) Attendance 2200 MM WC First downs I 22 8 Rushes-yards 78-414 24-25 Passing yards 28 230 Return yards 46 63 Passes 2-11-2 15-33-2 Punts Fumbles-tost 5-3 4-3 Penalties-yards 9-103 3-26 Al Harrison and Larry White combined for 335 yards rushing and four touchdowns yesterday to power Maine Maritime to a 42-14 rout of Western Connecticut in Portland. Maine. Maine Maritime, which clinched the New England Conference title last week, closed its season at 8-1. Western Connecticut managed only a tie In nine games. Harrison ran for 169 yards and White added 166, including 140 in the first half, when the Mariners moved to a 20-0 lead.

Maine Maritime was held scoreless In the first period, but scored three touchdowns in the second. Harrison got the first, taking a pass and running over a tackier on a 21-yard play. White later scored on a 1-yard plunge, and reserve Russ McKenna added another 1-yard TD. In the second half, Harrison scored on runs of 34 and 16 yards and McKenna on a 10-yard scamper. MASS.

MARITIME 10. BRJDGEWATER ST. Kevin Doherty scored on an 80-yard pass from Chris Yetten with just 4:10 left In the game as Massachusetts Maritime beat Bridgewater State. 10-7, at Buzzards Bay. Mass.

Maritime wound up its season at 6-3. Bridgewater State finished at 5-3-1 Doherty was selected MVP of the second annual Cranberry Bowl. He had four catches for 97 yards, carried 23 times for 82 yards and returned four punts and one kickoff. The Yetten-Doherty TD pass broke a school record for distance. In the second quarter, Bridgewater State quarter-' back Kevin Cobban scored on a 5-yard run.

Dave HIckey kicked the extra point to make it 7-0. Later in the second quarter, Chris Welch kicked a 37-yard field goal to bring Mass. Maritime within 7-3. PLYMOUTH STATE 14, NORWICH 7 Defensive back Frank Jacques' 30-yard interception return for a touchdown proved to be the difference as Plymouth State (6-3-1) downed Norwich, 14-7, in Plymouth. N.H.

The score, with 3:46 remaining in the half, was Plymouth's second, following quarterback Tom Gravina's 7-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Ernie Genece by less than a minute. LOWELL 20, NEW HAVEN 10 Jie University of Lowell's AI Lenzi capped a 20-point scoring spree in the third quarter as he sprinted 49 yards with an interception for a touchdown to give Lowell a 20-10 victory over New Haven in West Haven. Conn. a defensive back, picked off a pass from New Haven quarterback Jay Maull and ran for the touchdown with 52 seconds remaining In the Lehigh fells Northeastern Northeastern, on the wrong end of a deceiving Lehigh, 42-19 at Lebanon, Pa. Northeastern (2-8) 0 7 6 6 19 Lehigh (8-0-2) 7 14 7 14 42 Steve Plucmski 1 run (Tad lobst kick) NU Allen Deary 6 run (Brian Snow kick) John Ashler 2 run (lobst kick) Mark Yeager 10 pass from Larry Michalski (lobst kick) NU Deary 1 run (kick failed) Pkidnski 10 run (lout kick) NU Shawn Brickman 57 pass from Oeary (pass fa'led) Ed Godbolt 10 run (lobst kick) Michalski 4 run (lobst kick) Attendance 7363 Plymouth 14-7 Norwich 0 0 9 77 Plymouth St.

0 14 0 9-14 PS Genece 7 pass from Gravina (Nelson kick) PS Jacques 30 run (Nelson kick) Lusardi 9 pass from Grenier (Collins kick) A 1500 NU Lehigh First downs 17 29 Rushes-yards 31-82 71-405 Passing yards 207 62 Return yards 149 156 Passes 15-30-3 6-14-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-0 5-2 Penalties -yards 4-30 5-42 tA'w. jilt i i By Bill Doherty Special to The Globe BETHLEHEM. Pa. Perhaps the Lehigh Engineers save letdowns for broken dates and poor test scores. The nation's second-ranked Division 1-AA team obviously reserves Saturdays for meticulous winning football.

If solid football Is really a reflex action, Lehigh, seemingly confused early against unintlmidated Northeastern, reacted in a fashion that produced a hard-fought 42-19 victory yesterday. That decision should wrap up the East bid to the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs for Lehigh, national finalist a year ago. Lehigh (8-0-2) survived for another week on a ground game which accounted for more than 400 yards. Engineer coach John Whitehead relied on his Xerox machine er, bench and spit out running backs like Jim Evanko (110 yards), John Ahsler (143). Steve Plucinsky (108).

Ed Godbolt and Greg Manion. They were the offensive clones who wore down the very competitive Huskies (2-8). "We know that we had to keep the ball ourselves on the ground in order to keep the ball away from (Allen) Deary. (Bill) LaFreniere and (Shawn) Brick-man." Whitehead said. score, got as close as it would when Brickman sped behind safety John O'Sullivan and raced in with a 57-yard first-down throw from Deary.

With Lehigh's lead trimmed to 28-19 early in the fourth quarter, an NU upset was clearly possible. Unfortunately for the Huskies, Lehigh quickly buttressed the cushion when Godbolt crashed in from the 16 on the ensuing series. Lehigh quarterback Larry Michalski, whose ballyhooed parlay with Mark Yeager. one of the ECAC's leading receivers, was pretty much shut off, by Mark Anderson in particular, put the game away with a TD at the fourth quarter's four-minute mark. The story of the game, however, was" written in the first half.

But Lehigh got in gear to go ahead. 14-7, driving 75 yards in 12 plays, with John Ashler scoring on a 3-yard run 1:39 before intermission. On the next series. Deary went up top immediately, and NU was victimized again. Linebacker Dave Dorrow stole a first-and-10 pass at the NU 14 to set up Lehigh's third score.

Yeager finally eluded Anderson long enough to grab Mlchalskf 6-yard bullet for a 21-7 halftime lead, and Lehigh was never headed. N.E. CONFERENCE MOtVlOUAL LEADERS Player (School) Art. Yds. Avg.

LG Ashler (L) 23 140 61 16 Evanko (L) 12 101 8 4 47 Pkicmski (L) 18 101 5 6 38 Deary (NU) 13 46 3 5 14 Uhlman (NU) 10 26 2 6 9 Mitchell (NU) 2 13 6.5 10 Conf. All W-L-T W-L-T Maine Mar. 8-1-0 8-1-0 New Hav. 6-2-1 6-3-1 Mass. Mar.

6-3-0 6-3-0 Bridg.SL 5-3-1 5-3-1 Ply.St 5-3-1 6-3-1 Bos.St 5-4-0 5-4-0 Fram.St 4-5-0 4-5-0 Nichols 3-5-1 3-5-1 W. Conn. 0-8-1 0-8-1 Curry 0-8-1 0-8-1 Com Art. Yds. TD mt Deary (NU) 26 202 1 2 Mtcnaiski (L) 13 62 1 0 JO.

TD ...4 99 Brickman (NU) ...4 86 Lafreruere (NU) Anastasio (L) Uhlman tNU) Yeager (L) 1 ALLEN DEARY 202 yards not enough a1 1 i.gp,ji liy i4tL A At nH if A a wH9 rlt rlh A Amifti il ii A li in.