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50 BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE October 1, 1978 eats IIMa at ow mil sit ame Power I frustrates Minutemen iig I SECOND QUARTER No Scoring THIRD QUARTER No Scoring FOURTH QUARTER Harvard 10, Massachusetts 0 Tight end Paul Sablock catches jump pass from Quarterback Brown over middle and runs 34 yards for touchdown at 1:36. (PAT: Gary Bosnic, kick). Drive of 49 yards in five plays took 1:36. Key plays: Ralph Polillio and Wayne Moore grind out 15 yards on ground to UMass 34 before TD pass. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Player (School) Aft.

Yds. Avg. LG Ralph Polillio (H) 12 91 7.6 22 Hank Sareault 68 4 9 14 Dennis Dent (M) 10 64 6.4 14 Wayne Moore (H) 11 37 3.4 17 Malt Granger (H) 7 36 5.1 27 Paul Connors (H) 15 31 2.1 8 Cliff Pedrow (M) 11 19 1.7 4 Passing Comp. Att.Yds. TD Int.

Larry Brown (H) 8 14 116 1 0 Mike McEvilly (M) 8 19 79 0 0 Tim Fontaine (M) 0 1 0 0-1 Receiving No.Yds. TO Rich Horner (H) 2 31 0 Paul Sablock (H) 1 34 1 Wayne Moore (H) 2 26 0 Marty Paglione (M) 2 23 0 Dennis Dent (M) 2 12 0 Kevin O'Connor (M) 2 22 0 Chris Kurtz (M) 2 22 0 at Harvard TEAM STATISTICS UM FIRST DOWNS: Total 17 17 Rushing Passing Penalties RUSHING; Attempts 54 52 Net yards gained 210 164 PASSING: Yards 116 79 Attempted 1 4 20 Completed 6 8 Had intercepted 0 1 Sacks yards lost TOTAL OFFENSE: 264 216 Plays passing rushing 68 72 Average gam per 3 9 3.0 PUNTING: No. of 4 5 Average 35.5 34.4 Returned-yards 18 0 KICKOFFS: Returned-yds. PENALTIES: Yards 2-20 3-25 FUMBLES: Lost 4-2 1-1 THIRD Downs 7-15 7-17 Scores by Quarters Harvard (1-1) 3 0 0 7-10 UMass (1-2) 0 0 0-0 FIRST QUARTER Harvard 3, Massachusetts 0 Gary Bosnic kicks a 32-yard field goal at 5:48. Drive of 68 yards in 12 plays took 4:14.

Key plays: 19 yard screen pass Irom Larry Brown to Wayne Moore to UMass 29 and 13 yard sweep by Moore to 13. But Paul Connors fumbles pitchout back to UMass 16, Brown recovering, and Harvard has to settle for Bosnic's third field goal of season. 'J. 4T ft. i i Jf." By Ernie Roberts Globe Staff Harvard Stadium was a house of surprises yesterday.

The previously maligned Harvard defensive team pitched the only shutout in Boston against a big, burly Massachusetts eleven which had been averaging over 30 points a game. And the celebrated Crimson multiflex offense evolved for most of the afternoon into a simple but effective Power I attack, sufficient to produce one field goal, one touchdown and one 10-0 upset over the favored Yankee Conference visitors. "We beat them at their own game," said Harvard captain Steve Potysman. Indeed, for most of the contest it appeared the squads had switched uniforms as Harvard produced the ball control, field position and kicking game which usually characterizes UMass. Early in the battle, senior Gary Bosnic kicked a 32-yard field goal.

Late in the going classmate Paul Sablock caught UMass napping over the middle on a little jump pass and went 34 yards for his tcuchdown. In between, UMass was frustrated in many, varied ways. In order, the Minutemen fumbled on Harvard's 25 in the first quarter, barely missed a 48-yard field goal and then had a pass intercepted at the Harvard 24 in the second period, and were held for downs at the same point in the third frame. The fact that Harvard punter Alan MacMurray, a late-surfacing senior, managed to kick 50- and 48-yard ground balls into the brisk southerly wind and dump another out of bounds against the breeze at the UMass 15 added to the visitors' problems. When UMass coach Bob Pickett tried to take advantage of that wind punting on third down on the final play of the third quarter the ploy backfired.

Tim Fontaine kicked a low liner of 40 yards to Harvard's Potysman, who returned it six yards to the UMass 49 and established position for Sablock's clinching touchdown. Quarterback Larry Brown alternated halfbacks Ralph Polillio and Wayne Moore for three successive five yard gains and a first down at the UMass 34. After linebacker Joe McLaughlin almost intercepted a toss to Sablock, Brown faked a handoff to sophomore Paul Connors and threw a quick jump pass to his big tight end over the middle. "Both middle linebackers went for the fake, leaving Paul clear. He broke one tackle (by a defensive back) and was gone," explained the senior quarterback.

That made it 10-0 less than two minutes into the final quarter and after that UMass could never get across midfield against the wind and the inspired Harvard defense. Harvard dominated the first quarter, driving 68 yards mostly with power I sweeps for Bosnic's three-pointer on its first possession, and moving from its 24 to the UMass 17 via the same method late in the period. But on the first play of the second period the Crimson changed tactics, going to its double slot spread and getting fancy with a double reverse to tight end Chuck Marshall. He was hit by end Steve Telander and fumbled over to Duncan Gillan at the 19. It appeared this break would change the tenor of the His legs enveloped by UMass tacklers, Harvard quarterback Larry Brown (1) has nowhere to but down.

Harvard won, 10 0. (Globe photo by David L.Ryan) Crimson deception: Perfection game. UMass, which had managed only nine plays and 24 yards in the opening quarter, drove 50 yards to the Harvard 30 with quarterback Mike McEvilly hitting three straight passes. But then lefthanded McEvilly lost his aerial accuracy and left-footed transfer Sandro Vitiello barely missed a 48-yard field goal on a kick with distance but two yards to the left of the upright. And another 70-yard drive, starting after MacMurray had punted 50 yards to the UMass one, collapsed when Harvard tackle Bob Murray nailed McEvilly for a six-yard loss on a quarterback draw play and a fake punt and pass by Fontaine on fourth down was intercepted by Potysman at his own 24.

down was intercepted by Potysman at his own 24. "Their game plan was a little different than usual," said UMass coach Pickett later. "They lined up and ran the ball at us rather than trying a lot of stuff off the multiflex. And controlling the ball as they did against the wind on those punts is a big factor in the stadium." Last week in the Columbia defeat the Harvard offense managed only 55 plays compared to 75 for the Lions. Yesterday the Crimson ran off 68 for 349 yards.

"This meant we didn't have to be on the field as much," said cornerback Potysman. "We could play them tough up front, pinch down against their big fullback. All the guys played well with Matt Sabetti (Cambridge junior) stepping in at linebacker when Craig (Boling) got hurt." Injuries did cloud the Crimson victory celebration last night. Boling, the star linebacker, is out indefinitely with some knee ligament damage and speedy halfback Wayne Moore is done for the season with a broken ankle suffered in the fourth quarter. Harvard, now 1-1, entertains Colgate here next Saturday while UMass, 1-2, hosts Morgan State at Amherst.

17-0 to repay the UMass team for the 17-0 loss last year," he said. But, actually the big play wasn't what Harvard had in mind, after using the big plays and coming up short in last week's loss to Columbia, Harvard wanted to become a ball-control team this time. And the game, which at times rivaled the Hatfields and the McCoys, with the antics of the looney tune Harvard Band thrown in, was pretty much an example of that transition. "When we got up to the line, the first time on offense the UMass defensive players were saying to run at them. And that's what did," Brown said.

"We used the basic Power I and the spread once or twice. We wanted to control the ball," said Brown, 8 for 14 for 116 yards and one touchdown. only touchdown for the Crimson yesterday. "UMass had an aggressive defense so we used the play to draw them in with the fake. Paul, was open over the midcjle and he made a fine run," Brown said.

For Sablock it was the third touchdown his carrer and the first this season. But it had special meaning as well for the home-grown economics major from Clinton. wanted to do well today because the quarterback for UMass, Mike McEvilly and me are from the same town," said Sablock, who also said the Harvard squad worked on the tight-end pass during the week in expectation of the UMass defensive tactics. "After I caught the pass I saw the goal line. And when you see the goal line you speed up," hs said.

"We were hoping we could make the score By Walter Haynes Globe Staff Larry "White Shoes" Brown summed it up yesterday right after the Harvard UMass game. "We have the capability of producing the big play. And that was a big play," said Brown, the senior quarterback for Harvard who guided the Crimson to an impressive 10-0 victory over the Minutemen from UMass. The big play Brown was referring to came in the fourth quarter with Harvard leading, 3-0, with a second down and 10 on the UMass 34-yard line. Brown faked sending a halfback in the middle of the line and then threw a quick look-in to tight end Paul Sablock.

Sablock broke one tackle and carried two UMass defenders on his back as he scored the crushes 4 5.4 IM 4 Dartmouth few 1" ii -V i -J t-V it IF a- By Roy Mumpton Globe Correspondent WORCESTER Holy Cross' maturing football forces, taking full advantage of little Peter Colombo's sharp passing and a fiery defense, sacked Dartmouth, 35-0, yesterday for their most decisive victory in the 46 meetings of this classic 75-year-old rivalry. A crowd of 22,024, Fitton Field's largest in five seasons, watched the purposeful Crusaders score the first time they got their hands on the ball and then dominate a struggle in which the Big Green made several menacing marches but was unable to cross the goal line. Colombo, the 5-foot-7, 173-pound senior quarterback from Brockton, picked Dartmouth's secondary apart once he concluded the visitors' rugged defense was shutting off the Purple's patented outside running game. Little Peter hit with 14 of his 19 pitches for 191 yards and climaxed his finest afternoon by contacting tight end Chuck Mullen for the game's final two touchdowns. The Crusaders had counted their first two scores on drives of 18 and 74 yards.

They used "the big play," typical of each of their four victories this season, for the middle touchdown. Then Dana Cresta blocked Chris Sawch's attempted field goal from the HC 25 in the final seconds of the first half. Defender Chuck Hourihan, a senior from Roslindale, scooped up the loose ball and sprinted 68 yards into the end zone. "That was a big turning point against us," said Joe Yukica, the dejected Dartmouth coach, "had we scored it, we would have trailed by only 11 points at the half instead of 21." Yukica admitted a disappointment with his attack, which lost senior quarterback Gene Teevens (concussion) late in the first quarter but still amassed a total offense of 296 yards. Neil Wheelwright, who now has six straight successes in his resuscitation of HC football, was pleased with the victory and the play of his Crusaders.

"I feel we played a strong game, probably the best since I've coached here. But it is difficult to evaluate teams at this stage of the season. It was hard for Dartmouth to lose such a gifted quarterback as Teevens. I thought his substitute, Larry Margerum (a junior from West Lafayette, who played in only one game, briefly, last year) did a fine job. He got better as the game progressed.

"I don't want to single out individuals. It was another team effort. But Colombo, who called his own plays and threw so well, had a big afternoon," Wheelwright added. While HC dominated thw scoring and statistics Crocky Nangle, Elmars Reks, Colombo. Larry Ewald and Brian Doherty ran for 193 yards to compliment the 191 yards in the air Dartmouth made several big drives.

The most potent of these came near the end when Margerum directed a 64-yard drive that the HC defenses finally stemmed on their one-foot line. Margerum's passes and the running of Mark Akey, a surprising sophomore from Metuchen, N.J., kept the game from being as one-sided as the final score. "I would like to have got that touchdown at the end," sighed Yukica. Northeastern quarterback Allen Deary 14) did sweep by BU's Sam Stepney, but that's not why he's sticking out his tongue. (Globe photo by George Rizer) By Harry Eisenb.erg Globe Correspondent For the longest time yesterday it looked as though Boston University's recently inflated bubble was about to burst.

There were the 2-0 Terriers having run but one offensive play and trailing crosstown rival Northeastern, 14-0. And after three quarters, BU still trailed the under-, dog Huskies, 24-13. "We knew we had to bring out our pride for the third week in a row," said BU tailback Mai Najarian. And a little bit of good luck, he might have added. They were both needed in the final period as Najarian scored two touchdowns, BU recovered a Northeastern fumble on the BU one and the Terriers slipped away with a 25-24 victory and the Beanpot Trophy for the third straight year.

"We were lucky, no question about it," said BU coach Rick Taylor. They could have put it out of reach if they had scored from the one. Obviously, that was the turning point in the game." The situation had the Huskies with a third down at the BU one early in the fourth quarter and holding a 24-13 lead. Freshman halfback Clint Mitchell was belted by defensive end Sam Stepney as he tried to go right. The ball squirted into the end zone and was recovered by Greg Jones for a touchback.

"We had the golden opportunity," said Northeastern coach Bo Lyons, "but we fumbled. The kid went a little wide of the hole and lost control of the ball. But he's young, he'll be all right." Six plays later Najarian, who finished with 196 yards, swept right, got a clearing block from fullback Sean Weeks and went 22 yards for his second touchdown of the day, making the score 24-19. Two plays later, BU got another break when Mitchell fumbled again and Neil McGrath recovered on the NU 25. The Terriers returned the favor almost immediately, however, when Bob Corsetti picked off an Art Smedberg third-down pass at the 15.

Northeastern, which had 169 yards total offense in the first half but only 89 in the second, ran four plays, then punted out of bounds at the BU 13 with 8:40 to play. From there it was Najarian, running'mostly behind right guard John Cochran and tackle Bob Speight. In 14 plays he carried 13 times, gaining 66 yards, the final yard coming on a touchdown dive over right tackle with 2Vi minutes to play, giving BU its margin of victory. "We knew there was the possibility of an emotional letdown (after last week's victory over New Hampshire)," said Taylor, "but I thought we were ready to play. I think Northeastern just came out and took it to us.

I think we all underestimated them. It was not fluke." BU came back with a long march in the second quarter, making it 14-7. A blocked punt led to a 27-vard field goal by Ray Snow, giving NU a 17-7 lead. Art Smedberg threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Neil Boten with 2:43 to go in the half, making it 17-13, but a 35-yard interception return by Mark Anderson gave the" Huskies one more chance to get on the scoreboard before A 13-yard pass from Deary (14 of 21 for 158 yards) to Dan Ross (8 catches. 93 yards) set up O'DonnelFs third touchdown of the half and sent Northeastern into the dressing room with a 24-13 lead.

YANKEE CONFERENCE All W-L-T W-L-T BU 2-0-0 3-0-0 UMass 1-0-0 1-2-0 UConn 0-0-0 2-2-0 URI 0-0-0 2-1-0 UNH 0-1-0 2-2-0 0-2-0 1-3-0 Northeastern 17, BU 7 Snow kicks 27-yard tisld goai at 9:40. Key play: Defensive end Kip Sternberg blocks Soan Week's punt, which rolls out ol bounds at the BU 9. Northeastern 17, BU 13 Art Smedberg throws 48-yard touchdown pass to Neil Boren at 12: It tkick blocked) Drive covered 80 yards in six plays and took 2:31. Kay play: 20-yard pass to Boren. moving ball to BU 40.

Northeastern 24, BU 13 O'Donnell dives over from the one at 13.52. (PAT: Snow kick.) Drive covered 4 1 ya'ds r. five plays and took 58 seconds. Key play: 35-yard interception return by Mark Anderson to the BU 41. THIRD QUARTER No scoring.

FOURTH QUARTER Northeastern 24, BU 19 Najarian sweeps 22 yards around right end. getting key block from Sean Weeks, at 3:07. (Pass failed.) Drive covered SO yards in six plays. Key plays- 22 and 11-yard passes. Smedberg to tight end Pete BU 25, Northeastern 24 Naianan dives over right side from the one at 12:30 (Pass f3iled .) Dnve covered 87 yards in 14 plays and took 610.

Najanar carries 13 times in drive tor 66 yards INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Plaver (Schoc-i Att. Yds Avo. LG Mai Najarian .34 196 5 8 22 Mark Nrias INUI. .6 57 9 5 24 Clmt MucheH 16 55 35 14 Passing Cor p. Att Yds.

TO Int. Alien Dea-V iNIJI 21 15 2 Art Smedt-erg IBU 6 13 137 1 2 Receiving No.Yds. TO Dan Ross (NU) 6 9.3 NeK Boren 2 6S 1 Pete Smolensk! (BU) 2 36 0 Jim Sturqa (Bu 2 33 0 Ctmt MitcnetliNU) 2. 33 0 at BU TEAM STATISTICS NU BU FIRST DOWNS: Total 18 20 Rushing 9 12 Passing 8 6 Penalties 1 2 RUSHING: Attempts 48 52 Net yards gained 120 223 PASSING: Yards 150 137 Attempted 21 13 Completed 14 6 Had intercepted 2 2 Sacks yards lost TOTAL OFFFNSJ: 278 360 Plpys passing rushing 69 65 Average gam per 4.0 5 5 PUNTING: No. Ot punts 4 4 Average 39.7 25.7 flumed-yards 36 18 KICKOFFS: Flenirned-yds.

79 60 PENALTIES: Yards 532 FUMBLES: Lest. 4-3 3-3 THIRD Downs Attendance. 4852 Scores by Quarters Northeastern 11-3) 14 10 0 024 Bcston University (3-0) 0 13 0 1225 FIRST QUARTER Northeastern 7, BU Curt 0 Donneii goes one yard off riant tackle at 7:51. (PAT. Ray Snow kick.) Drive covered 69 yards in 16 plays, took 7:45.

Key plays: 16 -yard pass. AUn Deary to 0 DonTel? to the BU 36: six-yard third-and-goal oess from Deary to Dan ribse at the one. Norrf eastern u. BU O'Lfcwiel! dives one yard at 8-36. ISnomr nick.t Drive covereo 16 thrse plays ir.d took 1 42 Key P'avs Russ reco-ery oi Mai Naiann fumt tre EU 18.

setting ao tre toes') 22-vard cass to Ross, bnngmg the ben to Ihe one. SECOND QUARTER 1 Northeastern 1, BU 7 2 ya'ds otf nght facKie at 4.23. i-Jefi Peno'kicu Drive 84 1 plays, too 4:29 Key plays: 'ims ct and 23 yoiris Dy Natar'an: fouah-and lo offside penalty against rlheasrem at tie 3. 15:00. (PAT: Michaud kick.) Linebacker Dana Cresta blocked Chris Sawch's attempted field goal from HC 25-yard line on last play of half.

Hourihan picked up loose ball and outdistanced all pursuit. THIRD QUARTER Holy Cross 28, Dartmouth Mullen caugnt deflected pass from Colombo in end zone at 5:58. (PAT: Michaud kick Scoring pass bounced off hands of intended receiver Reks and Dartmouth defender Cody Press at end of HC drive which covered 72 yards 12 pltys in 5 58. Key plays: Two first-down runs by Reks; 16-yard pass from Colombo to Larrv Ewald FOURTH QUARTER Holy Cross 35, Dartmouth 0 Mullen caught 29-yard pass from Colombo in end zone at 6:20. (PAT: Michaud kick.) HC went 92 yards in 9 plays.

Key plays: Two Colombo to Cerretani passes for 21 yards and 16-yard run by Crocky Nangle INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Player (School) Att. Yds. Avg. LG Crocky Nangle (HC) 10 48 4 8 16 Elmars Reks HC 8 47 5 9 12 Gres Henry (Dl 12 41 3 4 8 Mark Akey ID) 9 32 3 6 14 Pete Colombo (HC) 8 28 3.5 10 Brian Donerty iHCi 6 28 4 7 14 Greg Jenkins (D) 4 27 6 8 21 Larrv Ewald (HC) 8 26 3 3 7 Passing Corno Att.Yds. TD Int.

Pete Colombo (HC) 14 19 19t 2 1 Larry MargerumlD1 14 32 143 0 2 Buddy Teevens (D) ...2 7 32 0 0 Receiving No.Yds. TD Chuck Mullen (HCl 6 102 2 Craig Cerrelaru IHC) 6 66 Phil Olson (Dl 340 0 DaveShulaiD) 3 34 0 Enc CUer (Dl 2 13 Jim Eden (Dl 2 26 0 Larry Ewald i HCi 1 15 0 Lenny Robinson (Q 1 15 0 at HOLY CROSS TEAM STATISTICS Dart. HC FIRST DOWNS: Total 19 23 Rushing 8 13 Passing 1 1 9 Penalties 0 1 RUSHING: Attempts 46 52 Net yards gained 121 193 PASSING: Yards 175 191 Attempted 39 19 Completed 16 14 Had intercepted 2 1 Sacks vards lost 3-31 1-12 TOTAL OFFENSE: 296 384 Plays passing rushing 35 71 Average gain per 3-5 5-4 PUNTING: No. of punts 4 3 Average 398 22.3 Returned-yards 0-0 4-48 KICKOFFS Returned-yds. 5-72 1-26 PENALTIES: Yards 4-33 2-20 FUMBLES: Lost 1-0 2-2 THIRD Downs 7-23 10-16 Attendance 20 224 SCORES BY QUARTERS Dartmouth (1-1) 0 0 0 00 Holy Cross (4-0) 7 14 7 7-35 FIRST QUARTER Holy Cross 7, Dartmouth 0 Bnan Doherty swept right end for three vards at 3 06 (PAT: Matt Michaud krek.) HC went 18 yards six plavs 1:02 after Glenn Verrette was roughed on 15-yard punt return and Dartmouth was penai'zed 15 yards for personal fout.

Key play Lar-y Fwaid power pt'jpge to first down at 5-va'd line. SECOND OUARTER Hcly Cross 14, Dartmouth 0 Etrr.a'S Reks powered 12 yards off his left tackle at 1 1:57. 1 PAT: Vtcfiaud kick. HC drove 74 yaros in nine piavs 2 26. Key piays: Peter Cokwibo two passes to Craig Cerretani (10 yards) and Cnuck Mu sn (26 yards) and 12-yard keeper run by Cciorrbo.

Holy Cross 21, Dartmouth Cr-oriie Hounnan ran 63 ya'ds after recovering blocked coal kick at I.