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1 68 BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE SEPTEMBER 20. 1981 Diana provides spark as Yale burns Brown a i i i Yate. ,.0 714 7- 28 .0 0 0 0- 0 Bream'. ft Steve Jordan 29 pass from Hank Landers (Brook Reft Diana 18 run (Jonas kick) Ti-w Diana 3S run (Jones kick) John Rogan 1 run (Jonaa kick) Diana 80 run (Whitman kick) Attendance "I went to the right, broke against the grain, took a hit and went straight ahead." As they walked of the field at intermission. DJanJi and Cozza talked briefly.

"I liked the way a particular play was working and said we should use it more," said Diana. "It was an off-tackle. The coach said, 'Just let it I ran harder. I just let go of myself." Indeed. For touchdown ruijs of 35 and 80 yards, the fourth-longest in Yale history.

On the first, Diana ran off tackle left. "I spun off a tackle," he said. "I had to beat the halfback. The safely Bream 12 38-89 ll Yala Final downt 18 Rushes-yards 54-273 fr 1 ta sty 169 157 9-23-0 12-33-1 Pasaing yards Passat By Joe Concannon Globe Staff NEW HAVEN They were doing theiF Job, stacking up Rich Diana and keeping the Yale offense in check. "Their defensive philosophy was said Yale coach Carm Cozza.

"but he kept plugging away, plugging away. He's durable. He's strong. You make one mistake with him and he's going to break one on you." Precisely. Because Rich Diana ran for more yards (196) than anybody in Yale's long gridiron history on an overcast afternoon in the Bowl and scored three touchdowns, the Ells began a run at a third straight Ivy League championship yesterday with a 28-7 victory over Brown, a rival that hasn't won a football game in this city in 18 years.

If you check the Yale brochure, Albie Booth is listed with the top single-game rushing effort (223) in a 1929 game against Army. During the summer, however, a check of the game accounts indicated Booth's totals included punt and kickoff returns. Step aside, Albie Booth, Dick Jauron (194 vs. UConn, 1972) and John Pagliaro (193 vs. Lehigh, 1976), and make room for Rich Diana.

"I felt we did a pretty good job defensively," said 2-2 8-57 Fumblet-lost 0-0 Penalties-yards -5S Brown coach John Anderson. "We played an inspired first half. If you look at Yale, one guy killed us. He breaks tackles. What can you say? I never saw Calvin Hill in his senior year, but since I've been in the league, he's the best running back I've seen.

No question." After a scoreless first period, Brown jumped into a 7-0 lead when Hank Landers sprung tight end Steve Jordan on a 29-yard scoring play. The play that turned it in Yale's favor was a holding penalty against Brown that angered Anderson and was promptly followed by an 18-yard Diana touchdown run that evened the score, 7-7, at halftime. On a third-and-12 situation at the Brown 28, Yale quarterback John Rogan was hit and fumbled the football. Holding. Yale faced a third and 2 at the Brown 18.

"They said our kid grabbed him." said Anderson. "He swears he hit him with a cross-body block. The worst thing is that the guy along the sideline didn't call it. The guy downfield did." On the next play, Diana scooted through a hole opened by right guard Paul Lata and ran away from everyone else for his first touchdown. "It was student body right," said Diana, who finished second in the nation in all-purpose yardage a year ago.

mutu. L'. MCMYrDUAl. LEADERS Meat? converged, and I had a step on them. Yale 14, Brown 7.

After Vince Stephens fumbled away a Yale punt An. Yds. Ava. LG Oiena. Yak) 27 196 7.3 80 VmceStvnt.Bnm.il 50 4.5 21 John Rogers, Vale ...6 38 6.0 13 aak Lndrs.

Bwn .15 21 1.4 13 J- Com. Art. Yds. TO hit a Lr nm ic i tRoan. Yale 8 20 142 0 0 Pat Ruwe recovered on the 20, Diana picked up 15 yards in two carries and Rogan went in from the 1.

Diana's curtain call came in the fourth quarter when he seemed to be stopped at the line, spun off his man and ran away from Brown defenders 80 yardS'fof the final touchdown. "It was the same play," he said. "It had a spin in it. I don't know where those guys were, but they weren't around." Receiving No. Yds.

TD Jordan, Brown 5 67 1 I Curtis Grieve. Yale 4 82 0 Tom Kokotka. Yale 3 33 0 Gorriaran. Brown 2 38 0 RICH DIANA A school record i Mate Campbell. Brown 2 36 0 UM 3 ass9 late rally Cuccia sparks Harvard crosses up HG D.

PECEVICH 2 TD passes r. By Bob Monahan Globe Staff AMHERST Dean Pecevlch tossed a 20-yard scoring pass to seldom-used tight end Asa Hil-liard with just 50 seconds remaining as the University of Massachusetts overtook stubborn Holy Cross. 13-10. yesterday before 9960 fans at Alumni Stadium. It was Hilliard's first career touchdown and his first reception this year.

Last year he had only one reception. UMass, a heavy favorite which made plenty of mistakes in its season opener, took possession with 3:53 left in the game on its 11 -yard pne. Pecevlch, named the game's most valuable player, tossed a 25-yard pass to Ron Mangarelli and followed that with, a 39-yard pass to Jim Rya to the Holy Cross 30. A running play was The Holy Cross defense was tougher than expected, and the UMass offense kept sputtering. An upset seemed to be in the making.

Then came the Hollywood finish. Pecevich was not unfamiliar with the spotlight. Last year against HC. he filled in for the injured Tim Fontaine, tossed two scoring passes and also was named MVP. "We didn't panic at the end," said Pecevich.

"The line played well, and I still had confidence, plus some great receivers. It sure was a great game to win." UMass coach Bob Pickett said, "I know the team stats and Dean's stats are not all that impressive, but the bottom line is that we won. "Yes, Holy Cross played fine on defense. So did we. I was a bit disappointed in our offense because we made too many mistakes, but 1 feel that's something we can correct." If UMass' offense had been up to snuff, it would have scored 20 points in the first half.

But HC was tough, forcing some of those Min-utemen mistakes. Murphy played a very strong game for HC and proved that he can run with the ball as well as throw it. Pecevich turned in a Jekyll-and-Hyde performance. When he was bad, he was awful, but when he was good, he was excellent. By Jack Craig Globe Staff NEW YORK The smallest player on the field easily was the biggest hero at Baker Field yesterday as Harvard opened its season with a 22-6 victory over Columbia.

Diminutive (5-foot-8) quarterback Ron Cuccia passed and lateraled but most of all ran all the gridiron, and in the process, he offered a dual promise for Crimson football this fall. Not only should they be successful, they should provide great fun. But for.all of Cuccia's multiple contributions, the single play that remained most prominent for three periods occurred when Columbia coach Bob Naso opted for a field goal from the Harvard 1-yard line after his young team had banged out 85 tough yards the first time it had the ball. The kick failed, and the Lions would never threaten again until Tom Holoka made a circus catch in the end zone on the game's final play. The decision by Naso, which openly disappointed the band of Columbia loyalists and even some of his players, loomed very large until Harvard's Jim Callinan a horse all day-plunged in from the 1 on the second play of the final period.

That gave Harvard a 13-0 lead, following up field goals of 40 and 29 yards by Jim Villanueva, who later kicked a third of 28 yards and also converted two extra points in his varsity debut. The other Harvard touchdown came on a 58-yard pass interception by All-Ivy defensive back Rocky Delgadillo, who also picked off a pass to set up Harvard's first touchdown. Yet Cuccia was the main man, compiling 89 yards running, completing 5 of 13 passes for 65 yards and several JjtSdd for 4 yards, and swift Garry Pearson "taught a 6-yarder for a first down on the 20. A xi3 I I i running play failed, but then Pecevich unloaded the winner. Pecevlch hit on 9 of 18 passes and suffered twfc Interceptions, but he came through In the cliitch.

UMass led, 6-0, at halftime thanks to a 24-yard scoring pass from Pecevich to Pearson in the left corner of the end zone. The extra-point try by Herb Newland was blocked. cHoly Cross dominated the third quater, scoring all of its points. iThe Crusaders appeared to be on their way to touchdown when the UMass defense stiffened. HC settled for a 44-yard field goal by Tony Melink, a freshman from Moeller High in Cincinnati, The Cross went up, 10-6, with 22 seconds left in he third when freshman Dave Orr from Philadelphia caught a 2-yard scoring pass from Dave Murphy, who started in place of Dave MOMDUAL LEADERS Harvard's Stan Martin (left) and Kevin McHugh bring down Reggio after a short gain for a first down.

ap htfik? Att. Yds. Avg. 48 3.4 42 3.8 31 2.8 21 3.0 Pearson. UM 14 Tom Murray.

UM 11 Andy Cvvto, HC 11 Dave Shmshck, HC 7 auer ine game. Ana teams ao nc UMass, 13-10 at Amherst Holy Cross 0 010 0- 10 UMass .6 0 0 7- 13 Garry Pearson 24 pat Iran Dean Pecevich (kick blocked) Tony Melink 44 F0 Dave Orr 3 pats tram Dave Murphy (Melink kick) Asa HHliard 11 pass from Pecevlch (Herb Newland kick) Attendance 9960 HC UMsee First downs 15. 13 Rushes-yards 45-92 47-55 Passing yards 135 149 Return-yards 5 38 Passes 18-9-2 18-11-1 Punts 5-138 6-237 Fumbles-lost 5-1 3-2 Penalties-yards 3-25 7-51 concentrate on Cuccia, he goings hurt them. fSst times dropping off blind laterals on the end of his end sprints that opened up more yardage for the Crimson. "The defenses began to come up on Cuccia, but that opened up other things," said Harvard coach Joe Restic The Lions attempted to comoensati Com.

Att. Yds. TD Int. Murphy. HC 11 18 149 1 1 Pecevich.

UM 9 18 135 2 2 Receiving No. Yds. TD Brian Ketley, HC 3 67 0 Mike Redding. HC 6 64 0 Pearson. UM 3 34 1 Tim Ryan, UM 1 40 0 Boisture, sidelined by a knee injury.

In the third quarter, UMass was held to one first down, and that was the result of two consecutive 5-yard penalties. with ah air game triggered by prorfiis ing sophomore quarterback John Wit koski. He and backup Pete Rappi tossed 45 passes and completed 34 fa 281 yards. But except for a 16-yardT0 pass on the game's final play, all of fha yardage was made between the 20-yar lines. i Callinan piled up 103 yards run nlng, forming an inside-outside ptrncli with Cuccia.

The latter twice broke off 25-yard springs, the second one afte he faked a tackier to the groundSii UConn plows past NU jSpecial to The Globe tied toward the goal line before STORRS, Conn. There were several ques tackled on the 1. When Calttfjj tions answered after the battle of the urban Huskies and the Samoyed Huskies ended in a banged in tor the game first TDRi Harvard, 23-6 at New York City Harvard (1-0) 0 3 3 17- 23 Columbia (0-1) 0 0 0 06 Jim Villanueva 40 FG Villanueva 29 FG Jim Callinan 1 run (Villanueva kick) Villanueva 28 FG Rocky Delgadillo 58 interception return (pass failed) Tom Holoka 16 pass from Greg Rappa (pass failed) Attendance 4745 Harvard Colum. First downs 17 19 Rushes-yards 57-299 21-70 Passing yards 66 281 Return yards 86 1 Passes 6-14-0 24-45-1 Punts 6-35 7 Fumbles-lost 1-0 04) Penalties-yards 16-118 4-35 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds.

Avg. LG Callinan. .....20 103 3.5 19 Ron Cuccia. 10 89 8.9 24 Jim Acheson, 17 72 4.2 15 JimMcHale, 5 28 5.6 12 Pasaing Com. Art Yds.

TD Int. John Wtkwskl, .19 33 196 0 2 Cuccia, 5 13 65 0 0 Receiving No. Yds. TD Keith Cockren. 5 70 0 DaveRoweM, 5 37 0 Dirk Kitten, 2 28 0 tic could relax with a 13-0 lead.

And convincing 31-3 victorv for the TJniversitv of a sense, so could Naso, now free. Connecticut yesterday. the second guess on the failed field For openers, Walt Nadzak UConn canines try. established themselves as one of the favorites Wnr ttlA Vanlrrw Pnnfdrenna tta ant ftclrl It- r. An earlier apparent Harvard touch down was nullified when Cuccia waj ruled beyond the line of scrimmage afr ter hurling a 17-yard pass to the enfl zone to Dirk Allen.

"Cuccia told me he didn't cros5thi scrimmage line," Restic would tef say. On this day, who would douhht gazelle, did not have a great day statistically, although several of his first-half passes were dropped. Nevertheless, he gained 87 yards on the ground and constantly kept the NU defense guessing on the much-used option play. Sophomore fullback Mike Harkins, one of the clones at Sweitzer's disposal in the UConn backfield, drove in the final nail at the outset of the final quarter. His 2-yard burst completed a brilliantly executed and devastatingly quick eight-play drive.

It was 31-3, which did not exactly represent total domination on the part of UConn. In the second half, though, UConn's defense stiffened, giving Sweitzer plenty of time to move the football. UConn finished with a very impressive ground attack, led by Joe Markus (14 carries, 126 yards). All told, the Huskies rolled up 455 yards of total offense in 80 plays. Sweitzer, who accounted for both first-half scores, etched his name in the UConn record books, setting the total offense career mark (3984) yards on a dismal meteorological day in Storrs.

UConn, 31-3 Harvard's Rock Delfadillo gets flipped by Jim McHale after third-quarter interception. upi photo little quarterback? W. U.invV W1UV1 LI IV. UIIU 1 1 to iiviu general, senior Ken Sweitzer. displayed the type Jof gridiron savvy that great college quarter-jbacks carry as standard equipment.

Yes. Sweitzer is one of the great athletes in JjNew England, and Northeastern University, un-Sder brand new head coach Paul Pawlak, is hardly a pushover for any opponent in Division While UConn spoiled Pawlak's coaching de-Sbut with a relentless second-half ground attack, Jthe Storrs Huskies (2-0), who have outscored their rivals 58-10, came away from Memorial field with respect for a Northeastern team that ras never beaten them. "They were much better than the year we barely beat them, 21-19 (1978)," said Nadzak. 3 Dartmouth clubs Princeton when Rarrv Pizor. the Green Dunter.

fell on blocked Brad Urschel kick in the end zone. X.hJ whose club actuallv trailpii. 3-0. parlv whpn Rri- pushed the halftime score to 20-7. in Snow ripped a school-record-breaking 16th On the other side of the coin, the Dartmout career field goal, from 31 yards out.

There is no INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. LG Joe Markus. Conn: 14 126 9.0 69 Sweitzer, Conn 18 87 4.8 25 Rob Trivella, Conn.

3 21 7.0 19 punting game, triggered by Pizor, twice burii ijqoestion that they will win their share of foot Princeton deep in its own end. The only scorin of the third quarter came when linebacker Ro! ball games this season, added Nadzak. uJonn protected a 14-3 haittime advantage at Storrs, Conn. Connecticut 0 1410 7 31 Northeastern 3 0 0 0 3 NU Brian Snow 31 FCi Ken Sweitzer 9 run (Domingo Carlos kick) Swatzer 1 run (Carlos kick) Joe Addison 1 run (Carlos kick) Carlos 29 FG Mike Markins 2 run (Carlos kick) Attendance 4950. UCenn NU First downs 22 10 Rushes-yards 60-290 47-143 Passing yards 165 80 Return yards 37 33 Passes 9-20 9-16 Punts FumDies-lost 4-3 3-1 Penalties-yards 5-39 4-31 Com.

Alt Yds. TD Int. Sweitzer; Conn 7 17 146 0 1 Kirk McMhn, NU ...7 13 75 0 0 and actually put the game out of reach when senior halfback Joe Addison hurdled in from 1 iard out early in the second half. Domingos Car Dartmouth, 32-13 at Hanover, N.H. Princeton (0-1) 7 0 0 6 13 Dartmouth (1-0) 614 2 10 32 Larry Van Pelt 20 run (Rick Wise kick) Sean Maher 18 run (kick tailed) Maher 22 run (pass tailed) Barry Pizor recovered blocked punt in end zone (John Olejmczak from Rick Stafford) Rob Carroll tackled Bob Holly for safety Shaun Teeens 37 pass from Stafford (Tim Geibel kick) Mike Neary 1 run (run failed) Geibel 26 FG Deri.

Prln. First downs 25 16 Rushes-yards 57-240 37-56 Passing yards 160 213 Return yards 112 108 Passes 10-20-1 19-31-1 Punts 3-105 3-55 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 7-65 6-68 los hit the extra point, and the host Huskies led, E4-3. with Just 3:52 left in the third quarter. Receiving No. Yds.

TD Keith Hugger, Conn 2 77 0 joe Markus. Conn 1 20 0 Mike Harkins, NU 2 20 0 BU LaFreniere. NU 3 57 0 Quarterback Sweitzer. the man with the gifted slingshot right arm who runs like a By Bob Reinert Special to The Globe HANOVER. N.H.

Junior running back Sean Maher scored a pair of first-half touchdowns and an aroused Dartmouth defense stifled Princeton as the Green rolled to a 32-13 season-opening triumph yesterday. The win avenged two consecutive defeats Dartmouth suffered at the Tigers' hands in the past two seasons, and tied the overall series record between the two Ivy schools at 29-29-3. On a day when the weather appeared more conducive to a low-scoring defensive affair, neither team was inclined to play conservatively. Princeton threw an early scare into the highly partisan crowd of 6981 at Memorial Stadium, piecing together a 72-yard drive which culminated in the game's first points a 20-yard run by workhorse fullback Larry Van Pelt at 6:52 of the first quarter. Dartmouth countered with only four seconds remaining on the first-quarter clock, springing Maher for an 18-yard touchdown gallop.

Tim Geibel's conversion attempt sailed wide. A deceptive 24-yard screen pass from Dartmouth quarterback Rick Stafford to Dennis Runck set the stage for Maher's second-quarter touchdown, which he tallied on a 22-vard sprint at 11:11. Dartmouth's persistent harassment of the Princeton punting game finally paid dividends Carroll tackled Tiger quarterback Bob Holty ir the end zone for a safety courtesy of ode of Pizor's coffin-corner offerings. i The beginning of the second half saw'th rains become torrential as Holly and Prindtor were forced to try the airways to erase a 22-7 deficit. A stiffening Dartmouth defense allojwepj a variety of short passes but stiffened deep in its own territory.

The situation only worsened when Staffortf found flanker Shaun Teevens for a 37-3rd scoring strike on the first play of the fourth quarter. Dartmouth rolled up an impressive40O yards in total offense and posted a commarJSLfJjl 25-16 margin in first downs. 4 Holly (19 for 31) managed 213 yards ing. but the Jittery Princeton punting squSt averaged a paltry 18 yards per kick and backfield could churn out only 56 yards on ground. tj Outside the quiet visitors locker roomp Princeton coach Frank Navarro concluded.

"l4 Penn stuns Cornell INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Associated Press Rushing Att Yds. Avg. LG 7 71 101 22 14 65 4.7 19 12 53 44 20 18 61 3 7 12 PHILADELPHIA Penn split Maher. Lena. 0 Van Pelt.

Runck. Penn, 29-22 Cornell 0 13 0-22 i 7 15-29 FG Rubinstein 47 FG Rubinstein 46 Zittei 1 run (Rubinstein kick) Ha) 84 pass from Vura (Shulman kick) Safety, punt blocked out of end zone Harmon run (Rubinstein kick Rubin 8 pass from AAar-zonie (Shufman kick) Han 93 pass from Vura (Vura run) Han 40 pass from Vura (Shulman kick) A 15.871 Cor. Penn. First downs 27 14 Rushes-yards 79-303 32-100 Passing yards 325 Passes M3-0 14-32-1 Cornell drove to the Penn 1 with three seconds left, but Big Red quarterback Chris Metz was stopped inches short of the end zone as time expired. The win was the first for rookie coach Jerry Berndt and equaled Penn's victory total for the last two seasons.

Penn was 1-9 last year and 0-9 In 1979. pnd Karl Hall caught three touchdown bombs from quarterback bary Vura, including a school-re-fcord 93-yarder, as the Quakers ral- lied and then held off a last-second Cornell bid to beat the Big Red. 29-. 22. yesterday in the Ivy League wiener for both teams.

Passing Com. Att Yds TO kit Holly 19 31 213 0 1 Siatford. 0 20 '9 160 1 1 Receiving No Yds TD Guthrie. 8 106 0 Oottoyk. 5 48 0 Teevens.

4 Si 1 1 wasn't a good day for us. We had some injuriea and had to make some adjustments. rm'.