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78 THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE SEPTEMBER 27, 1987 CJEL'J ENGLAND 1.00 PW eWJB.A aw mm 1 fi ineastera tesi '9 rd tj oasses nor i 27-24 JUL I 1 "mi 9 4 1 ft JUSTS' If I I i By Kevin Paul Dupont Globe Staff CAMBRIDGE Whatever you call it, be It multi-flex, or multifaeeted, or multiconfusing, the Harvard offense typically operates best under one condition. "When we're aggressive," said Crimson coach Joe Restic. "We get things done when we go after people, if not we have some problems." Harvard had both yesterday at the Stadium, a blend of aggressiveness and some frustration, but walked that precarious line deftly enough to escape with a 27-24 victory over Northeastern in only the third meeting ever between the two teams. After falling behind, 10-0, in the first quarter, and faced with an NU defense that allowed only 55 yards rushing all day, Harvard improved its record to 2-0 behind the throwing of Tom Yohe and the catching of Brian Barringer, the senior split end from West Roxbury and Boston Latin. Yohe, the junior quarterback, had the eighth-best passing day in Crimson history, totaling 265 yards on 1 5 completions good for three touchdowns.

And Barringer, who ran in last April's Boston Marathon, was at the other end of seven of Yohe's completions, netting 1 1 2 yards and what turned out to be the winning TD with 5:38 to play. "He's got really good hands," was Yohe's praise for Barringer, who only last year moved into a starting role for the Crimson, when he played In four games and caught 3 passes for 35 yards. "All our receivers (had good hands), for the most part." Yohe's other TD passes went to Bob Glatz (Tops-field and St. John's Prep) and Kent Lucas. Combined, Glatz and Lucas totaled 5 catches for 98 yards, while Tony Hinz and Neil Phillips totaled 3 more for 55 yards.

"Northeastern picked up the primary receivers a lot." said Yohe, as two of his TD strikes nearly were picked off by the NU defense in the end zone. "They gave us the outside all day, though, the sprint stuff, and that's what we did." But the Crimson did nothing until the Huntington Hounds, losers to Harvard in 1970 and '71 (Restlc's first win), moved out to the 10-0 lead. With 5:22 gone in the first quarter, NU took a 3-0 lead on Lance Gordon's 40-yard field goal. And less than five minutes later, six plays after they intercepted a Yohe pass, the Hounds made it 10-0 when quarterback Jim O'Leary (Salem High School), carried i from the 10-yard line. From there, though, even with their stellar defense, the day crumbled for NU.

"Mistakes." said Northeastern coach Paul "We allowed some penalties, got a bad pitch, and we can't be happy with our effort in the secondary. I don't want to take anything away from Harvard they took advantage of some things. But the bottom line is, we responded later and got a tying touchdown, and they came back and jammed it right down our throats." Harvard began its comeback at the start of the second quarter, moving within 3 points on Yohe's 17-yard strike to Lucas. Then came the bad pitch. O'Leary.

looking for halfback Larry Smith on the wishbone option, threw wildly and the Crimson took over at the NU 15. Three plays later, on a broken play. Yohe found Glatz on a 23-yard toss into the end zone. "We lined up and the formation was wrong from the start," confessed Yohe. "The split end was on the left, and he should have been on the right.

WThen 1 saw (Glatz) in the end zone, I just tried to get it to Globe staff pholoTom Herde Harvard's Brian Barringer got a lift from teammate Maurice Frilot after a touchdown. Harvard, 27-24 at Cambrldg I 'A ,11 Harvard 0 17 010-27 Northeastern 10 0 0 14 24 Lance Gordon 40 FG Jim O'Uear 10 run (Gordon Kick) Kent Lucas 17 pass Irom Tom Yohe (Bruce Jacob kick) Bob Glatz 23 pass from Yohe (Jacob kick) Jacob 40 FG Ray Gee 2 run (Gordon kick) Jacob 32 FG Barringer 29 pass Irom Yohe (Jacob kick) Brooks Estadt 8 pass Irom O'Leary (Gordon kick) Attendance 15.900 Return yards 4 0 Passes 12-25-0 15-32-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 10-65 7-65 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Ruthlng Att. Yds. Avg. LG While, NU 23 99 4 3 23 Hinz, 14 59 4.2 15 Gee.

NU 12 51 4.3 15 Glatz. 12 41 3 4 12 Passing Com. Att. Yds. TD Int.

Yohe. 15 32 265 3 2 O'Leary. NU ..12 25 156 1 0 Receiving No. Yds TD Barringer, 7 112 1 Walker, NU 3 49 0 Lucas. 3 45 1 Gee, NU 3 26 0 NU Harvard F.rst downs 19 17 Rushes-yards 64-192 47-55 Passing yards 156 265 him." After popping the ball up in the air first, Glatz dove into the right corner and recovered his own tip.

Harvard. 14-10. Before the half ended, the Crimson took a 17-10 lead on Bruce Jacob's 40-yard field goal, and after a scoreless third quarter, the Huskies came back to tie. Ray Gee banged in off tackle from the 2 to finish an 1 1 -play, 60-yard drive to make it 17-17. Within the next seven minutes, though, the Crimson put it away.

Jacob kicked his second field goal, this one from 32 yards, with 6:31 gone. And after O'Leary couldn't move NU on the next drive, Yohe quickly moved downfield for his third strike, this one to Barringer. The key play in the drive was a 15-yard pass to Barringer, on second and 12 at the Crimson 47, and two plays later, Barringer showed up free In the center of the end zone for the winning score. J. Glolie staff Tom Herdc There was an opening for Jim OXeary and Northeastern yesterday, but Peter Allen and the Crimson chased down the Huskies and closed the door, 27-24.

C's WUey (7 TD passes) 11 Ryan leads Yale past UConn, 30-27 overwhelms Lehigh, 63-6 Brown, 17-15 at Provfdsnce Brown 7 3 7 0- 17 Rhode island 0 7 0 8 15 8 John Shapno 31 pass fron WiVtt Donovan (Kos kteto Ri B'tan Forslf 9 oas 'om Pjji Gh-ianl (Ceniore kick) Kos 30 FG Lane Wood I (Kos kco Hi Sntety Kos runs out en Rt Crisis Point 5 run (fliiedi Attendance 13.500 URI BROWN First downs 2 12 Rushes-yards 43-210 48-1S9 Passing yards 169 116 Return vads 36 8 Passes 19-45-3 6-if-1 Punts 3-0 0 FumNes-lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 7-90 7-65 I Ryan completed 25 of 36 passes for 274 yards and tailback Mike Stewart added 118 yards on the ground to offset Boothe's performance. In addition to Stewart's running, Troy Jenkins added 42 yards and Kevin Brice another 17 to balance Yale's attack. Yale netted 470 yards compared to 349 for UConn. "They couldn't resort to just trying to stop Kelly's throwing," Yale coach Carm Cozza said. "With Stewart.

Troy and Kevin, we ran the ball well today." The Huskies led, 14-10. at half-time and stopped the Ells twice from within 15 yards late In the second quarter. Boothe, a sophomore tailback starting In place of Injured Jeff Gallaher. accounted for both of UConn's opening-half touchdowns. The first came on a goal-line dive with 7:34 remaining In the first quarter and the second from 2 yards with 8:04 remaining In the half.

Associated Press NEW HAVEN Kelly Ryan had a vision of victory. Then the senior quarterback made it a reality by throwing his fourth touchdown pass of the game with 18 seconds left to lift Yale to a 30-27 win over Connecticut yesterday. UConn's George Boothe, who ran for 161 yards and three touchdowns, fumbled with 1:30 left to give Yale a final chance from its own 46. Ryan then marched Yale 54 plays in nine plays, rolling out on the last one for an 11 -yard strike to Tom Szuba. "In order for things to happen, you have to see them happen first, visualize it.

You have to have confidence you can do It," Ryan explained afterward. "Everybody busted their butts on that last drive." It was Yale's first win over Its intrastate rival since 1981. The Bulldogs evened their record at 1-1 while UConn fell to 1-2. Yale, 30-27 at Yal Vaie 7 3 7 13 30 UConn 7 7 7 6 21 Boothe 1 run iCaMpr kick1 Snoop 44 puss from Ryan (Ori kickj Dftrtiv 22 FG Boothe 2 run Carter kick Sleart 3 pass Irom Ran k'kl Antrum 32 pass from P-Gtnnaro (Carter kick! Boothe 11 nn CK toiiodj Atianasia 5 pjss Rvan ip.ks failed; Sruta 11 rom Ryan uH'hv k-cM Attendance 34.66 UCOMN YALE First downs 20 i'H RushMS-yflrds 46-1 Wi Passing yards 13J 274 RfilU'n yards 4 Ifi Pasgps 10-16-0 25-37-0 Punt 4-39 Fumbies-iost 3-1 0-0 Penalties yards 6-64 7-70 JEFF WILEY Aerial fireworks Holy Cross, 63-6 at Bethlehem. Pa.

Holy Cross 14 28 7 14 63 Lemgh 0 6 0 0 6 hC Waiiy Dembowski 20 pass Irom Jell WHey (Seen Kama kick) HC Rick Lane past Irom Wiley (Kama kickl HC Oordie Lockbaum 18 pats Irom Wiley (Kama kickl HC Lee Hull 19 pass Irom WHey (Kama kick HC Dembowski pais Irom Wiley (Kama kick) Lee Blum It pass Irom Mark McGowan Ikick toned) HC Lockbaum 6 pass from Wiley (Kama kickl HC Willie Bradford 16 pan Irom Wiley (Kama kick i HC A Nleman 1 run (Kama kickl HC Tim Donovan 97 run (Kama kick) Attendance 12.SO0 Bv John Powers Globe Staff BETHLEHEM. Pa. Yeah, yeah, we'll get to Gordle In a minute. This story Is about Junior quarterback Jeff Wiley's seven touchdown passes and a Holy Cross team that Is probably going to go unbeaten and unchallenged this autumn. The Crusaders humiliated Lehigh.

63-6, before 1 2.500 at Taylor Stadium yesterday and it was beyond doubt three minutes Into the second quarter. By then. Wiley already had thrown four touchdown passes to four people. By hall'tlme, when the Cross led, 42-6. he already had broken Pete Vaas' school record for most in a game with six.

When the day was done, Wiley had completed 27 of 39 passes for a school-record 414 yards, breaking the mark (387) "set by Dave Bolsture against Columbia seven years ago. And he didn't play In the fourth quarter. It was 28 0 before Lehigh -which had whacked Navy ai Annapolis only a week earlier even managed a first down. By half-time, the Crusaders had held the ball for one second shy of 19 minutes and rolled up 435 yards of offense. Only two Crusader teams hnd ever scored more points In one day the 1983 varsity (77 against Columbia) and the i920 squad (75-0 against the US Sub Base team that may have been coached by Captain Nemo).

And this was with Gordle Lockbauni having two touchdowns called back. "We're far from being where we want to he," said a straight-faced Crusader coach Mark Duri'ner. who had third-string quarterback Chris Sullivan throwing deep with a 57-polnt lead. "That mnv sound stupid, but It's the truth." Yet Holy Cross was close rnoug.i that Lockbaum, who caught two touchdown passes In the first half, could have stayed home atop Mount St. James and brushed up on an economics text.

He ended the afternoon with 6 carries for 31 yards and 4 catches for 70 and the two touchdowns, and ran back the opening klckoff for 26 yards. He was on the field for 75 snaps (Including 10 on defense and 5 on special teams), all In the first three quarters. But it was all so much scrollwork. Lockbaum didn't even touch the ball on the Crusaders' first drive, when Wiley moved them 73 yards In seven plays and tossed a 20-yard touchdown pass to split end Wally Dembowski. By the time Lockbaum played a down on defense, It was 21-0.

Lockbaum has evolved Into a Hclsman-caliber decoy now, a diversion who keeps defenders occupied while Wiley flings balls to Dembowski (8 receptions for 90 yards and 2 touchdowns) and flankers Rick Lane (8 for 95 and 2 TDs) and Lee Hull (3 for 94 and 1 TD) or hands off to fullback Tom Kelleher (10 carries. 53 yards before Injuring a knee). "Jeff doesn't key on one receiver," said Lockbaum. "You can see that from his statistics. He's very open-minded when he drops back to pass.

He doesn't predetermine anything." And If Lockbaum Is double covered, ns he was for most of the day, Wiley can shoot skect. Not since Bolsture had a Crusader quarterback completed 27 passes, but Wiley, operating behind beautiful protection, made It seem casual. Nobody else wanted him out of high school In Ohio, and the offer from Worcester was only a half-scholarship. "It was either come to Holy Cross or give up football," said the man who will hold all their passing records before he's done, "And I waVcd to keep play Ing Brown holds off URI, 1745 LIHIOH Firsl cKnvne 16 Ftuehas.yArds 21.54 Passing yards 213 Return yards 17 PaaaM 17.41.J Punts C-JtO FumbiM-IOBI 0-0 HC 34 47-1M 470 10 30-46-1 3-37 3 4.0 54 Penames-yafds 3-31 INOIVIOUAL STATISTICS Rushing By Bob Monahan Globe Staff PROVIDENCE And the winner of the 17th annual Governor's Cup as the best Division 1-AA team In the state of Rhode Island Is Brown via a wild 17-15 victory over the University of Rhode Island yesterday. It was the 58th win for the Bruins In 73 meetings between the Intrastate rivals.

But It wasn't easy. URI scored with 47 seconds remaining, but a two-point conversion attempt failed. "It was some ending, that's for sure, and very few fans left early. It was a great game." said Brown coach John Rosenberg. "Both teams played well and both played to win.

I think our team did a remarkable Job." On Us second possession, Brown put together an 86-yard drive that culminated In a 31 -yard scoring pass from Mark Donovan to John Slinplro. Shnplro beat doubhyverage. Prior to the Brown touchdown, a Rhode Island drive had been stalled when linebacker Greg Kyllsh sacked quarterback Paul Ghllanl. forcing the Rams to punt. On Its next possession, URI drove yards and Ghllanl tossed a 9-yard touchdown lo All-America end Brian Forstcr.

Brown went ahead, 10-3. at of the second quarter on Alex Kos' 30-yard field goal that finished a seven-play. 61 -yard drive. Brown extended Its lead to 17-7 at ol Hie third quarter when Lang Wood plunged In from the 1. The seven-play.

63-yard drive was highlighted by a 30-yard run by Donovan. URI then scored a safely when punter Kos was forced lo run out of the end one alter a high snap from center. That set the stage for URI's Chris Polrler lo score from the 1 at 14:13. The score was set up by Ghl-Innl's 23-yard run to the Brown 15. URI was forced to go for two points, and It seemed the cut Ire Brown defensive line got to Ghllanl.

Brown had the victory. But Just barely. Avg 151 83 84 40 Alt Yds Conovkn HC 4 Tom Kiweiier, HC 10 SI Blum .10 54 Bradford. MC '0 40 LO 17 1 19 0 i 1 Passing Com Alt Yds 414 104 "2 J7 30 7 i i Wilay. HC Jim Harris.

McGowan Niemsn. HC Receiving TD 1 1 1 1 Yds 1 SO '7 Bium 0ml)oski, MC ane. MC Lockrjiiam. HC 4 Mull. HC.