The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 79

BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE Ocfoher 31, 1976 79 Blocked punt sparks Rutgers to victory over UMass, 24-7 Minutemen hit by a 'Bullet' UMASS 10 16 TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS: Total. Rushing 9 6 RUSHING: Net yards PASSING: Yards Attempted Completed 1 52 155 179 17 10 0 334 69 4.8 8 38 52 2 2 31 58 131 21 7 2 449 189 52 3.6 10 41 58 5-61 43 1-0 1-13 EfW ALPINE N) If 5 CROSS COUNTRY i 3 "THE SKI" PACKASE LOVETT M.PII1E SSI PSCMSE I Kt "THE SKI" LOVETT GUI Skis 1 -high performance recreational ski loam core, glass wrapped construction. rrrr raichle jet flow boot 11 7 OUUll DUUi fulTy insulateit "TUC hu futly adjustable hackles TH.PULE If MM TYBOLIA 150 BINDING I I 1 (DinCMlU QlUnilir offers high return to center force Sill iANb SCQTT DOWNHILL ANODIZED POLE 11 1 PRESEASON FRESEASQMi 29 'i SPECIAL FREE MOUNTING SPECIAL FBEEOONTO Had Intercepted Sacks yards TOTAL OFFENSE: Yards Plays passing Average gain per PUNTING: No. of punts Average Returned-yards KICKOFFS: Returned-yards. PENALTIES: Yards Rulgere 14, UMes 7Dino Mangiero recovered blocked punt in UMass end zone at 4:18.

PAT: kick by Startzell. UMass pinned on its own 11 -yard line on good bunt by Jo Moss; unable to move after quick first down. Defensive back Earl Williams blocked punt by John Ronboll on 10. THIRD PERIOD Rutgers 21, UMess 7 Mike Fisher around right end for on yard 8:55. PAT: kick by Startzell.

Drive covered 42 yards In six plays following 15-yard punt return by Henry Jenkins. Key play: Kosup hits tight end Jon Walling on slant across middle for 14 yards on second down play to put ball on UMass one. FOURTH PERIOD Rutgers 24, UMess 7 Startzell kicks 37-yard field goal at 8:18, climaxing 9-play, 80-yard drive that took 3:59. Key play: Glen Kekler runs 18 yards on third down to put ball on UM 46. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Player (School) Att.

Yds. Avg.wLG Coleman (UMass) 14 44 3.1 9 Jessamy (U.Mass) 7 28 4.0 11 Lassiter 10 86 8.6 29 Kehler (Rutgers) 16 82 5.1 18 Passing Comp. Att.Yds. TD Int. McNally (UMass) 7 18 132 0 2 77 FUMBLES: Lost 2-1 THIRD DOWNS: Efficiency 6-16 Fallon (UMass) 3 0 0 Kosup 9162 Attendance: Score by Quarters Rutgers (8-0) 0 14 7 3-24 Massachusetts (4-3) 7 0 0 0 7 SCORING BY QUARTERS FIRST PERIOD UMass 7, Rutgers 0 Rich Jessamy on 11-yard sweep around right end at 8:50 after a pitch out by Brian McNally.

PAT: Kick by Dave Crossdale. Drive went 53 yards In 6 plays. Key plays: Passe of 17 and 18 yards by McNally to John Gladchuck and Kevin Cummings. SECOND PERIOD Mark Lasslstar off left tackle for three yards at 14:56. PAT: kick by Kennan Startzell.

Drive went 97 yards in 6 plays, with elapsed time of 2:10. Key play: Bert Kosup hits Mark Twitty on 63-yard pass play on third and five situation to put ball on UMass 3. Resholz (Rutgers). 1 1 17 Heceivmp No. Jessamy (UMass) 1 Gladchuck (UMass) 1 Zawada (UMass) 3 Dent (UMass) 1 Twitty (Rutgers) 7 Walling (Rutgers) 2 Debes (Rutgers) ..1 TD 0 0 0 0 63 14 17 Yds.

10 19 41 43 135 27 17 By Larry Whiteside Globe Staff NEW BRUNSWICK N.J. They call sophomore defensive back Earl Williams "The Human Bullet." For he is best known around Rutgers for his exploits on the suicide squads the specialty teams. So it was no surprise yesterday that the man who turned the tide for the Scarlet Knight and made the key play in their 24-7 victory over the University of Massachusetts was Williams. He flew through the air, with the greatest of ease, blocked a punt by John Ro-mobli, and a few seconds later Rutgers was on its way to its 15th straight victory. "Nobody touched me," he said.

"We had an all-out rush and five men up on the line. The guard was there, but he didn't come close. I just raced in and touched it with my Then (Dino) Mangiero fell on it. That gave us the momentum we needed to win." There are people all over the country snickering because Rutgers the State University of New Jersey as they like to call it has the nation's longest unbeat- en streak. The Minutemen didn't underrate Rutgers, but weren't in particular awe, either, Not until the second period, when the blocked punt broke a 7-7 tie, did they even bend But once behind, they never had a chance and they knew it.

"Don't take anything away from Rutgers," said UMass Coach Dick McPherson. "They're the best we've faced this season, and yes, that includes Harvard. They're a solid football team." Before UMass suffered a shocking defeat by UConn last week this loomed as a tough test for Rutgers, a growing football power with big time ambitions. It especially looked attractive when UMass, behind the passing of Brian McNally struck first in the opening period and took a 7-0 lead on an 11-yard touchdown run by Ron Jessamy. But this was only an illusion.

For while Rutgers may or not yet be ready to challenge the eastern biggies Penn State, Pittsburgh, Maryland or Boston College it is a very good football team. Certainly a cut above the Minutemen who didn't do much after the open flurry. All Coach Frank Burns did, when confronted by the larger UMass defensive line, was turn loose his passing combination of quarterback Bert Kosup and split end Markt Twitty, and presto! The Scarlet Knights were back. Twitty caugh seven passes for 135 yards. Kosup hit nine of 16 for 162 yards, most of which were just behind the UMass defense, primed to shut off Rutgers' running game.

"We knew they liked to do that," said Kosup. "So we dumped it in behind them. We weren't passing early in the season, mainly because I didn't have a lot of con-: fidence in it myself. But as I compleded more passes, I felt better. And it keeps teams from stacking up against us." SPECTACULAR CROSS OOHTRY VALUES NMUCC I CRCC IM NT MR IIIUU MILL lilUUHIIIIU PACKAGES INCLUDE SKIS, BOOTS, BOIIIIA 2000 TOURING SKI (MY FISHEREUROPfl GLAS LOVETT MOHAIR SKI UMass was stacked up in the second period when it led, 7-0, but Rutgers countered with a 63-yard play that allowed the Knights to move from their own eight and eventually to a 98-yard scoring march.

UMass was in command until this point and moved to the Rutgers 22 yard line late in the period, thanks to a 43-yard punt return by Dave Crossdale. But McNally was intercepted on the first play by Jim Teaton and the 63-yard bomb let the Knights out of the hole. UMass never returned. The blocked punt made it 14-7, and Rutgers marched 42 yards for a clinching touchdown in the third period. "We were afraid of UMass," said Burns.

"They're big and strong, and are the best we've seen all year. They caught us in the wrong coverage early and got that score. But we got momentum from the blocked punt. Actually, it was the interception that got us started. We didn't do a lot of adjusting after that.

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The UNH offense, hobbled by injuries, totaled 358 yards. UNH's outstanding junior halfback Bill Burnham of Dorchester went into the game with two bad ankles and rein-jured both during the game. However, he still managed to rush 21 times for 107 yards to increase his season's total to 961 yards on the ground in seven games. The Wildcats, ranked third in the latest Lambert Cup balloting, had good success in the air as junior Jeff Allen completed nine of 12 for 113 yards and a touchdown. However, senior flanker Paul wax needed taken to a local hospital late in the second quarter after he suffered a fractured right ankle while making a key third UNH, 27-10 down catch.

unh(6-2) 10 7 7 3-27 The Golden Rams of West Chester gfaaW0-10 came into the game averaging 26 points StnVStmfl as they WOn four of their first six games, but UNH completely shut down their rtwc-oon woif 28 field goat passing attack as they gained just 27 yards through the air. Junior fullback UNH-checovich 23 field goal Attendance: 4000 (est) Bill Blystone accounted for the majority of the Rams offense with 97 yards on UNH wc some tough inside running. ZSfiPtZZZZ: 44-17? Huther and Logue combined for 5r3 "9)ds 27 tackles to lead the UNH defense. Huther 13-91 9-4-3 made 11 tackles and assisted on two fKiZZ 4'i 5'3 others while Logue had 12 primary io-7e 6-70 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS tackles and assisted on another. Rushing A 28-yard field goal by West Ches- WnNH.) V07 tor's Don Wolf cut UNH's edge to a single g.M?' 11 touchdown (17-10) midway through the bhi Hagen (nh 4 39 9.8 19 third quarter, but Allen Hooked up with Pcomp.AttYds td int split end Dennis Ouellette for a 20-yard gfiqSETZZ Vlr 0 3 scoring strike to put the Wildcats safely Receiving in front, 24-10, with six minutes left in leePopaiNH) .4 64 0 the third quarter.

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