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IMC tWJ51U! 5UIVUAT ULUfclE. Sfc.Fl tMBtK 4V. IB LEAGUE arvard jolts Columbia, 35-0 1 t-y v' By John Powers Globe Staff NEW YORK So what did you expect? Another season opener, another year of Harvard playing Lucy to Columbia's Charlie Brown. Just when the Lions thought they might connect and come out of a Saturday with a victory, their old tormentors from Cambridge pulled the football out from under them yet again. It was Harvard 35, Columbia 0, yesterday before 6,449 of the curious at Wien Stadium, extending the Lions' losing streak to 32, only two short of Northwestern's landmark for futility set in 1982.

"I'm sure glad that one's over," Crimson coach Joe Restic said generously, after his people had bopped Columbia for the ninth straight year. "Columbia's much improved. You may look at it and say, well, 35-0, but they're improved. They're going to beat some teams. If they can just make it happen on offense, get their defense off the field, get some breaks, some bounces Some breaks went against the Lions yesterday.

Sophomore Matt Pollard watched Harvard linebacker Kris Thabit block Pollard's fourth punt and defensive end Mike Hirshland run it in 5 yards for one touchdown. And an interception gave Harvard the ball on the Columbia 21 and set up another score. Yet it was an afternoon without a glimmer of suspense, from the moment the Lions kicked off out of bounds. Harvard scored on its fifth play, a 29-yard run by fullback Dave Bunning. By half-time.

Harvard led, 28-0. and had rolled up 202 yards of offense to Columbia's 38. The rest was irrelevant. "This is funny to say, because the score was almost the same as last year (when it was 34-0)," said Lions coach Larry McElreavy. "But it was a different 35 points.

That may sound simplistic, but there are different 35s." When your team hasn't won a game in a stadium that was opened three years ago, fine distinctions prevail. Yet there was fresh optimism at the corner of Broadway and 218th this autumn. Columbia had 13 starters back and help from a good freshman team. Harvard returned only two offensive starters from its weakest team in 36 years. So yesterday might have been the day for the harmonic convergence.

But the Lions never got inside the Crimson 34. And with veteran quarterback Tom Yohe (10 of 21 for 145 yards and two touchdowns) at the controls. Harvard was able to punch the ball in for scores whenever it had to. The Crimson got everything they needed on their first drive, when Bunning went 29 yards down the left side for a touchdown. Before the half ended, Yohe had tossed a 4-yard scoring pass to leaping end Neil Phillips, Hirshland had scooped up the blocked punt for a third touchdown and halfback Tony Hinz had rumbled in from 4 yards for a fourth score 55 seconds before intermission.

When it was finished, McElreavy came into the interview room and plunked down a can of diet Coke. "There's brandy in that," he cracked. Brighter days have to be ahead for the Lions, who are putting better athletes on the field than they used to. Last year's freshman team beat Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth, and the university is committed to beefing up the recruiting budget. But that may not be enough to keep the Lions from breaking Northwestern's record.

Lafayette, next Saturday's foe, may be slower than Harvard, but its offensive line, McElreavy concedes, is "humungous." Then comes defending Ivy champion Pennsylvania, followed by a date with Princeton, whom the Lions haven't beaten since 1945. "I don't have to remind them about the streak," McElreavy said. "You folks do that for me. I don't talk about it and I don't think they talk about it. Their attitude is that we're building a football team here, streak or no streak.

And the bottom line is that we get better." Tigers i roar i Garrett brothers fire up Princeton By Ernie Roberts Special to the Globe HANOVER. N.H. The Brothers Garrett have transformed Princeton from a 2-8 team last year to an Ivy League title threat in '87. Quarterback Jason, tailback Judd and two-way player John Garrett all coming to Princeton after an interlude at Columbia -led these revitalized Tigers to a surprising 34-3 upset of Dartmouth yesterday. These former Ohio schoolboy stars had followed their father, Jim Garrett, to Columbia during his ill-fated one-year coaching stint there in 1 985.

When Jim (now a Dallas Cow boy scout) left, so did they, head: ing for the Princeton campus. Z'l Yesterday, Jason, despite unnerving experience of his first varsity pass intercepted, completed 14 of his 18 aerials for 219 yards and two touchdowns, both to talented split end Jeff Ba-' ker. Younger brother Judd was the leading rusher with 134 yards and the game's longest romp, a 33-. yard sweep down the right sidel" line to close out the scoring. Brother John did his GordieJ Lockbaum imitation, catching two passes as a split end on of- fense, and running back punts and kickoffs and making one in- terception as a defensive back to set the scene for Princeton's 87-1 yard scoring drive and 27-3 lead in the fourth quarter.

While this was a triumphant, debut for 31 -year-old Princeton! coach Steve Tosches (who as- sumed the post after Ron Roger- son's sudden death on Aug. 8), it was disheartening for Dart- mouth's rookie mentor. Buddy Teevens. I "I'm looking hard for a bright spot," Teevens admitted played with more jn- tensity and beat us across the board. When we did get an oppbr- tunity, we couldn't make the big play." Had the Tigers dedicated this! game to the memory of coach Ro-; gerson? "Not as a team," said Ja- son Garrett, "but I think everyone did it privately." "The players were so calm and I quiet all this week, I was a little' concerned," said Tosches.

"But then they just exploded with emo-i tion. Yes, the Garrett brothers cer-1 tainly are helpful but we have many other skilled players like Baker, (defensive end) Rick Emery (eight tackles, two sacks) and Dean Cain." Cain, a senior defensive back. tied the Princeton career record for interceptions (12) when he' picked off Dartmouth's Chris? Rorke in the end zone in the third quarter. "It was a big thrill for me be-cause I made my first varsity in-J terception in that same spot up here as a sophomore three years ago," he said. I The game was tied at 3-3 when Cain recovered a fumble at mid- field.

Then Jason G. threw down the middle to Baker and he went all the way when defender Andy; Russell stumbled on a tackle at-: tempt at the 18. The Garrett brothers engi-i neered a 58-yard scoring drive in the second quarter, completed by fullback Jerry Santillo's 4-yard; plunge for a 17-3 margin. And the Tiger machine picked up momen-i turn in the second half while Dart-, mouth's young offensive unit sputtered. I if I i UPI photo THINGS ARE LOOKING UP Action got under way in the Ivy League yesterday, and the tables were turned as Cornell thanks in part to this interception by Jeff DeLamielleure ended Penn's 18-game league winning streak.

takes it I to be costly as Yale stumbles, 17-7 Harvard, 35-0 al New York Harvard 7 21 7 0 35 Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Bunning 29 run (Bruce Jacob kick) Neil Phillips 4 pass from Tom Yohe (Jacob kick) Mike Hirshland 5 blocked punt (Jacob kick) Tony Hinz 4 run (Jacob kick) Bob Glatz 14 pass from Yohe (Jacob 1 kick) Attendance 6.449 Harv. Col. First downs 18 8 Rushes-yards 45-139 50-45 Passing yards 157 84 Return yards 42 34 Passes 11-26-1 7-28-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-0 4-2 Penalties-yards 9-99 7-60 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds. Avg.

LG Bunning, 11 80 7.3 29 Chris Delia Pietra. ...21 64 3.0 20 Hinz. 8 22 2.8 4 Brad Bedard, 5 17 3.4 10 Chris Konovalchik, 5 15 3.0 5 Passing Com. Att. Yds.

TD Int. Yohe. 10 21 145 2 1 Matt Less. 7 28 84 0 2 Receiving No. Yds.

TD r. Kent Lucas 4 77 0 Matt Fox. 3 24 0 1 Ron Kaiyan, 2 46 0 Mark Blasetti 2 26 0 rown Turnovers prove By Joe Concannon Globe Staff NEW HAVEN The great Yale giveaway program was on display yesterday in Yale Bowl, and a senior-dominated Brown team took full advantage to win, 17-7, in an Ivy League opener. don't think our offense is satisfied," said Brown quarterback Mark Donovan. "We got down too many times without scoring a touchdown." The Elis lost four fumbles, and quarterback Kelly Ryan was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter to end any comeback hopes.

"Our defense did a pretty good job," said Yale coach Carm Cozza. "They played a good enough game to win. The turnovers killed us. We'll work on it all week, but you can't catch the ball for them." The troubles actually started when punter Todd Cowan threw a pass on fourth down that was batted down, and the Bruins took over on their first possession at the Yale 39. They emerged with just three points on a 44-yard field goal by Alex Kos 3:15 into the game.

Kos kicked a second field goal 1 1 :21 into the game following the first of Yale's four lost fumbles. Buddy Zackary attempted to field a Kos punt, but was unable to hold it and Brown's Mark Segar recovered at the Yale 35. This drive bogged down at the 5, and following a penalty for an illegal forward pass, Brown settled for a 32-yard field goal and a 6-0 lead entering a second quarter that would be played almost entirely in Yale territory. The Bruins started their next scoring drive following Mike I -r S-i fy awav stripped Stewart of the ball at the Yale 37. "The ball was just sitting there," said Wolfram.

"It just popped in the air. I started running with it and the next thing I heard was a whistle." This sequence ended when Kos kicked a 24-yard field goal with seven seconds left for a 17-0 half-time lead. After Kos missed a 31 -yard field goal early in the third quarter that was set up when Reggie Sel-lars' fumbled punt was recovered by John George at the Yale 21, time was running out. Yale's veteran Ryan got his offense un-tracked and directed a 73-yard drive that included a 24-yard pass to Tom Szuba, and Stewart carried it the final 4 yards 2:29 into the fourth quarter. Yale got the ball back following a 52-yard punt that rolled dead at the Brown 16, and moved to the Brown 36.

Wolfram ended this threat when he intercepted Ryan's pass that was deflected by linebacker Greg Kylish. "He tipped it," said Wolfram. "It's the old takeaway play. I just happened to be standing there." Yale's last bid ended when Scott McCaleb intercepted a Ryan pass at the Brown 20. "We purposely wanted to go in with a simple game plan," said Rosenberg.

"Our mistakes were few compared to Yale's. I felt Yale had the type of efficiency at quarterback that I wasn't sure what a safe lead was entering the fourth quarter. "We have 30 seniors and I'm really happy for them. This senior class has been a committed and hard-working group." Brown, 17-7 at Yale Brown 6 11 0 017 Yale 0 0 0 7 7 Alex Kos 44 FG Kos 32 FG Mark Donovan 4 run (Jamie Simone pass from Donovan) Kos 24 FG Mike Stewart 3 run (Dave Derby kick) Attendance 11.658 Brown Yale First downs 15 12 Rushes-yards 51-197 32-152 Passing yards 74 159 Return yards 11 27 Passes 9-20-0 14-26-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-4 Penalties-yards 6-55 7-56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Ruahlng Att. Yds.

Avg. LG Mike Stewart. 20 111 5.6 14 Greg Solomon, 20 74 3.7 13 Kirk Little, 15 57 3.8 17 Lane Wood. 7 35 5 0 15 Kevin Brlce.Y 7 27 3.9 13 Passing Com. Att.

Yds. TD Int. Kelly Ryan. 14 25 159 0 2 Mark Donovan, ....9 20 74 1 0 Receiving No. Yds.

TD Tom Szuba, 6 91 0 Jim Kurp, 3 33 0 Troy Jenkins, 3 23 0 Jamie Simone, 3 21 1 Stewart's fumble at the Yale 44. Greg Soloman picked up 13 yards when he fielded a Donovan pitch and turned the right side to the 12. On fourth and goal from the 4, Donovan went outside and raced untouched Into the end zone. "We haven't run it for two years," said Donovan, "but we practiced it this week." Brown's John Rosengerg sent in a two-point play following a timeout, and Donovan rolled outside to the right again and led Jamie Simone into the end zone for a 14-0 lead at 6:52 of the second quarter. Kos missed a 48-yard field goal, but the Bruins regained possession when Tyl' Wolfram 1 Princeton, 34-3 at Dartmouth Princeton 10 7 3 14 34 Dartmouth 3 0 0 0 3 Rob Goodwin 25 FG Carl Romero 20 FG Jeff Baker 51 pass from Jason Garrett (Goodwin kick) Jerry Santillo 4 run (Goodwin kick) Goodwin 42 FG Baker 1 1 pass from Garrett (Goodwln-klck) Judd Garrett 39 run (Goodwin kick) Attendance 8,919 Prln.

Dart. First downs 13 18 Rushes-yards 31-101 52-245 Passing yards 119 219 Return yards 35 33 Passes 11-35-4 14-18-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 7-69 10-85 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds Avg. LG Dave Clark, 8 28 3.5 13 Terry Hillis, 6 24 4.0 7 Jerry Santillo, 16 56 3.5 13 Judd Garrett, 18 141 7,8 38 Passing Com. Att.

Yds. TD Int Chris Rorke, 10 31 102 0 3 Jason Garrett, 14 18 219 2 2 Receiving No. Yds. TD Chris Keck. 0 4 41 0 Craig Morton, 3 36 0 Jeff Baker, 6 139 2 Judd Garrett, 2 28 0 AP photo After losing control of the snap, Yale punter Todd Cowan was forced to pass a choice that cost him, as Brown's Vince Badolato knocked down the throw.

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