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IVV LEAGUEVANLinG eMFGREMSE held off arvard gts by Delaware past Columbia 7 AP photo for a collision with Delaware's 1 By Marvin Pave Globe Staff KINGSTON. R.I. The Univer-3' sity of Rhode Island had held Dela-Jtware fullback Daryl Brantley to 2 56 yards on 13 carries going into the fourth quarter yesterday at "Meade Stadium. The result was a tight (14-12, 0 Delaware) game, since Brantley, who had racked up 165 yards in an opening victory at Boston University the week before, is the main man in Tubby Raymond's "Vun-orientpd offense. But the home team's defensive euphoria ended with just under 1 1 minutes to play when freshman quarterback Bill Vergantino opted for a short pass on third and 8 at the Delaware 40 and Brantley, on the receiving end, had the open 0 field that had been denied him all fday.

By the time he was dragged down, the Junior had gone 53 'yards to the Rams' 7. Two plays later, Brantley scored from the 3, and Delaware held on from there for a 21-12 victory. The Rams (1-1) had shots at a 1 fantastic finish in the final but two deep drives were stopped. With 4:05 to play, on third and "goal from the 5, John Newson's r'dive for the flag was stopped by Delaware cornerback Marc Syn-" dor, and a fourth-down pass from Maiden's Steve Monaco intended for Mike Rogers fell short under heavy pressure. The second sortie got as far as the Delaware 5 but foundered on the 16 as the game ended.

Delaware came away with its second victory in as many starts and its first in three years against 'URI, which won its opener last 'week at Richmond. "We knew it would take thing we had to beat URI, because they're a good football team," said "Raymond. "We weren't as consistent as we'd like to be, but we 7 made the big plays when we had to." Delaware, the preseason media pick to win the Yankee Conference, walked off at halftime with a 14-12 lead and all the stats, but easily could have been behind by a touchdown or two. URI scored Just 1:40 into the game after Vergantino was rocked at the Delaware 40 on the second play of the game by Ram corner-back Ricky Ford, and Chris Fulton recovered the fumble. Chris Poirier raced 26 yards on the next play, and two plays later, Rogers worked the reverse to perfection, going in untouched.

The Rams' extra point was blocked, and Delaware didn't stay in mourning very long. Its next drive was aided by a face-mask penalty after Mike McCoy's 17-yard run put the ball on the URI 28. Vergantino needed just five plays to punch one home. The Rams had a great chance when Vergantino fumbled at mid-field on the opening play of the second quarter, working their way into a third-and-1 situation at Delaware's 18. But Tony Lowe was stacked up by standout tackle Mike Renna.

When URI tried the reverse again, Rogers wound up losing 12 yards and URI blew one of three golden opportunities that would come back to haunt it. Delaware took a 14-7 lead with 4:36 to go in the half when Mike McCoy logged his longest TD run ever (43 yards), but the Rams came back on three plays: Poirier returned the kickoff to the Delaware 41, Monaco hit Rogers for 35 yards and Poirier ran the right side for the score. The Rams went for 2 points to tie, but Monaco's pass was inches past Rogers' fingertips. URI had one more chance to go ahead in the half when Kevin Smith took a Delaware punt 36 yards to the Blue Hen 41. Tony Lowe picked up 12 more, but the drive stalled at the 29.

that it was a little tougher than the score indicated." It was, but only because Harvard spent the first three quarters running in circles. As Crimson quarterback Tim Perry said, "We could've really lost a big opportunity here." Perry, a senior starting his second career game, was 10 of 14 for 135 yards. The Crimson ground game was solid, with Myers (15 carries, 81 yards) and James Reidy (19-143) eating up big chunks on the soggy turf. Harvard amassed 460 yards of total offense, but it was Columbia. Harvard's not supposed to lose to Columbia.

"I think there's definitely a stigma if you Ipse," Perry said. "This Is a game you don't look forward to because it's almost a no-win situation." "We're happy walking out of here with a win," Restic said. "But I'm sure they're. not sitting there right now thinking they're champions of the Ivy League." The Crimson took a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter when senior fullback Art McMahon ran 10 yards on an option play. The score was set up by a 34-yard completion from Perry to Mark Bianchi on the left sideline.

When Columbia got the wind in the second quarter, Concord, N.H., native Bruce Mayhew got hot at quarterback. The junior completed four of five passes on a 76-yard drive that ended In a field goal. The key play was a 15-yard shovel pass to Peabody native Chris Konovalchlk on third and 6 from the Crimson 32. Mayhew was almost in the grasp when he got rid of the ball. Harvard added 2 points for 9-3 lead when Kevin Collins blocked a punt into the Columbia end zone.

But the Crimson missed an opportunity for 6 when the ball squirted away from three Harvard players and out of the end zone. Special to the Globe NEW YORK Was it really only two years ago that Harvard won the Ivy League title? Was it really last season's opener in which Harvard squashed the backward-streaking Columbia Lions by 34 points? Harvard beat Columbia yesterday at Wien Stadium, 26-10, but Columbia, which has won two of its last 51 games, could have stolen this rain- and wind-swept contest. This was a 2-point game until Harvard's Silas Myers scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. "We have a lot of work to do," said Crimson coach Joe Restic. "We did some good things and we also floundered.

We have to get better if we want to compete in this league." A full accounting of the Crimson mistakes would take up too much space, so here's a partial list: 7 fumbles, 4 lost; 1 1 penalties for 95 yards, including an unsportsmanlike conduct foul that led to Columbia's touchdown, and a holding call that wiped out an interception when it was still a 12-10 game; and a missed 28-yard field goal. "When we came in at the half trailing, 10-9, I saw the scoreboard and I was very concerned," Restic said. "You do that make mistakes often enough and you're going to lose. And you should lose. It didn't work out like that because we generated some offense in the fourth and took some control." Harvard took its 12-10 lead when Brian Kotz nailed a 29-yard field goal.

Myers' two touchdowns, on runs of 2 and 7 yards, made the f'nal score a bit deceptive, although Harvard did dominate the fourth quarter. "Our goal was to get to the fourth with the game on the line," said Lions coach Ray Tellier, the fourth head coach Columbia has had in six years. "I'd like to think Gabrielll tried to scoop the ball but slipped on the wet turf, giving Lehigh a safety and making the score 14-9, UMass. Lehigh took its second lead when Torain went in from the 1 with 2:33 left in the half. Torain, a Junior, scored three touchdowns as Lehigh had 518 total yards.

UMass struck quickly following the Torain run, driving 60 yards in five plays to score with 53 seconds left In the half. Baldacci connected with wideout Chip Mitchell from 18 yards. Despite four interceptions, Brunner was 35 of 56 for 426 yards. Senior flanker Rob Varano caught 12 passes for 174 yards. Harvard, 26-10 at New York Harvard 7 2 3 14 26 Columbia 0 10 0 0 10 Art McMahon 10 run (Brian Kotz kick) Matt Pollard 28 FQ Safety, punt blacked out of end zone.

Matt Less 9 pass from Bruce Mayhew (Pollard kick) Kotz 29 FQ Silas Myers 2 run (Kotz kick) Myers 7 run (Kotz kick) Attendance 4,750. First downs 22 13 Rushes-yards 62-339 30-93 Passing yards 10-135 17-151 Return yards 20 7 Passes 14 43 Punts Fumbles-lost 7-4 1-0 Penalties-yards 11-95 10-100 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Alt. Yds. Avg. LO James Rekty, 19 143 7.5 29 Silas Myers, 15 81 5.4 13 Ralph Maxy, 15 37 2.5 10 Bruce Mayhew, 5 23 4.6 11 Com'wt.

Yds. TD Int. Tim Perry, 10 14 135 0 0 Mayhew, 16 37 149 1 0 Receiving No. Yds. TD Matt Blanch), 5 88 0 Matt Less, 6 78 1 Konovalchlk, 4 28 0 Rhode Island's Tony Lowe braces Jay Mirabella.

Delaware, 21-12 Kingston, R.I. Delaware (2-0) 7 7 0 7 21 URI(1-1( 6 6 0 012 Rl Mike Rogers 12 run (Kick failed) Bill Vergantino 2 run (Don O'Brien kick) Mike McCoy 43 run (O'Brien kick) Rl Chris Poirier 6 run (pass failed) Daryl Brantley 3 run (O'Brien kick) TEAM STATISTICS Del. URI First Downs 17 20 Rushes-Yards 47-185 42-145 Passing 13-8-0 33-13-0 Yards 325 262 Return yards. 19 42 Fumbles-lost 4-2 3-1 Penalties-Yards 7-48 7-60 Punting INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No. Yds.

Avg. TD Mike McCoy, 5 72 14.4 1 Daryl Brantley, 16 60 3.8 1 Chris Poirier, Rl 11 58 5.4 1 John Newson, Rl 9 59 6.6 0 Passing Att.Com. Yds. Int. TD Steve Monaco, Rl .32 13 117 0 0 Bill Vergantino, 13 8 140 0 0 Receiving NO.

Yds. TD Mike Rogers, Rl 5 62 0 Brantley, 2 62 0 John Oilman, 2 49 0 victory goal line. "Early in the third quarter, we got some turnovers on our side of the 50 and I think that was the key," UMass coach Jim Reid said. Bledsoe, who was switched from defensive back to tailback during preseason, showed why he deserved the shot, running for an 85-yard touchdown the second time he touched the ball. "I said earlier in the week that I thought this may be the day Jerome Bledsoe shows people why we moved him to tailback," Reid said.

"I wanted to prove to coach Reid that I was worthy of being the tailback," Bledsoe said. Lehigh was penalized 10 times UMass picks off a at Lehigh, 42-23 By Mike Albright Special to the Globe BETHLEHEM. Pa. The University of Massachusetts converted three Lehigh turnovers into scores in the third period yester- day, turning a close game into a -42-23 victory and spoiling festivities for the Engineers. Lehigh (1-1) turned the ball lover five times, all in the second "half.

f. UMass (1-0-1), sparked by the Tushing of Jerome Bledsoe and the passing of Roger Baldacci, racked 'up 525 yards of total offense. Bled- soe ran for 209 yards on 19 for 75 yards, and several holding calls wiped out substantial gains. UMass' opening drive stalled at the 1-yard line as Lehigh held on fourth and goal, pushing fullback Allen Williams back to the 6. The Engineers then drove 94 yards to open the scoring.

Tall-back Erick Torain went over from 4 yards out, capping the 15-play drive. Bledsoe's 85-yard run came on the first play following the ensuing kickoff. About the only mistake the Minutemen made was a bad snap on a punt midway through the second quarter. A high snap sailed over punter Marco Gabrielli's head and rolled into the end zone. IVYYAISStEE ROUNDUP Garrett plows Dartmouth Princeton back piles up 167 yards to trample Green, 20-14 UMass, 42-23 at Bethlehem, Pa.

UMass 7 14 21 0-42 Lehigh 10 0 6- 23 Brick Torain 4 run (Brlk Bird kick) Jerome Bledsoe 85 run (Gabrieili kick) Bledsoe 3 run (Gabrielll kick) Safety, Interception In end zone Torain 1 run (Vance Cassell from Todd Brunner) Chip Mitchell 22 pass from Roger Baldacci (Gabrielll kick) Bin Durkin 3 from Baldacci (kick blocked) Mike Tobin 25 pass from Baldacci (Gabrieili kick) Baldacci 17 run (Ron Blauvett run) Torain 1 ran (rush failed) I INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Alt. Yds. Avg. LG Bledsoe, 19 209 11.1 85 Torain, 14 63 4.5 25 Pastorick, 14 52 3.7 13 D. Mitchell, 8 51 6.3 26 CosteHo, 7 26 3.7 14 Williams.

4 18 4.5 16 Blauvett, 1 5 5.0 5 Yds. TD Int. Brunner, 35 56 426 0 4 Baldacci, 17 29 199 3 0 Receiving No. Yds. TD Varano, 174 0 Costelk), 8 75 0 7 67 0 Tobin, 4 59 1 C.

Mitchell, 4 53 1 wishbone, control with 17 completions In 32 attempts. Brown had 66 total rushing yards. MAINE 47, VILLANOVA 14 -Mike Buck threw three touchdown passes at Orono, Maine, to lead the Black Bears to their third straight victory. The senior quarterback completed 23 of 31 passes for 303 yards and threw the 52d scoring pass of his college career, placing him second on the Yankee Conference all-time list. Maine opened the scoring in the first quarter when Jamal Williamson intercepted a pass and sprinted 72 yards for a touchdown.

Carl Smith, who gained 140 yards for Maine, plunged In from 1 yard out with 6:13 left in the opening period to give the Black Bears a 14-0 lead. Buck then hit jMark Dupree with a 13-yard scoring pass to make it 20-0. -f JAMES MADISON 31, RICHMOND 0 Greg Medley became the fifth James Madison player to rush for 2.000 career yards as the Dukes shut out Richmond at Harrisonburg, Va. Medley ran for 133 yards on 18 carries. The only scoring came on Roger Waters' 61-yard pass to Mike Ragin with 14:47 leu.

Leading. 21-17, at halftime, UMass turned up the heat, intercepting Todd Brunner twice in the third quarter. Following the first pickoff. the Mihutemen drove 75 yards in 14 plays, capping the drive with a 3-yard pass from Baldacci to tight end Bill Durkin. Later in the period, following another interception, Baldacci found flanker Mike Tobin open in the left corner of the end zone for a 25-yard score.

On the day, Baldacci was 17 of 29 for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns. Capping the third-quarter scoring spree was a 17-yard option run by Baldacci, who split the defenders and found the pylon at the Princeton, 20-14 at Hanover, N.H. Princeton (1-0) 0 10 7 3- 20 Dartmouth (0-1) 0 7 0 7 14 David Clark 6 pass from Mark Johnson (Carl Romero kick) Chris Lutz 24 FG Judd Garrett 6 run (Lutz kick) Tommy Haan 52 pass from Joel Sharp (Lutz kick) Lutz 32 FQ Clark 18 run Attendance 6,916. PRIN. DART.

First downs 15 20 Rushes-yards 56-242 32-69 Passing yards 94 157 Return yards 45 -2 Passes 8-13-0 17-32-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-0 Pensltles-yards 7-56 2-7 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing An. Yds. Avg. LG Judd Garrett, 37 167 4.5 34 David Clerk, 14 66 4.7 12, Joel Sharp, 7 42 6.0 25 11 38 3.5 12 Passing Com. Att.

Yds. TD Int. Mark Johnson, 17 32 157 1 0 Sharp, 8 13 94 1 0 Receiving No. Yds. TD Tommy Haan, 6 77 1 Tom Parker, 8 73 0 Nick Stanham, 4 33 0 Clark, 3 23 1 Fittingly, Garrett took it the final 6 yards to put Princeton on top, 10-7, with Just 17 seconds left on the clock.

As the third period began, the Dartmouth defense seemed to stiffen, holding Garrett to just 12 yards in the opening two series. But wide receiver Tommy Haan got behind free safety Brad Preble on a post pattern and Tiger quarterback Joel Sharp found him for a 52-yard scoring toss and a 17-7 lead with 2:28 left in the Maine, 47-14 at Ortmo, Maine Maine 20 3 17 7 47 Vlllenova 0 14 0 0 14 Williamson 72 Interception return (McClelsh kick) Smith 2 run (McClash kick) Dupree 13 pass from Buck (kick failed) Johnson 5 pass from Schultz (Wlthka kick) Johnson 29 run (Wlthka kick) McClelsh 39 FG Ruth 5 pass from Buck (McClelsh kick) McClelsh 23 FG SIrmans 1 run (McClelsh kick) Dupree 20 pass from Buck (McClelsh kick) Attendance 8,650 Maine VIII. First downs 26 14 Rushes-yards 52-242 32-141 Passing yards 324 166 Return yards 105 30 Passes 25-33-0 18-30-4 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds. Avg.

LG Smith, 26 144 5.5 20 SIrmans, 14 39 2.7 10 Karoty, 15 55 3.8 7 Johnson, 2 33 16.6 29 Passing Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Buck 33 38 303 3 0 Schutz 17 27 164 1 2 Receiving No.

Yds. TD Dupree, 7 107 2 Roth. 6 61 1 Johnson, 6 42 1 Brady, 4 76 0 Yale, 12-3 el New Haven Brown 3 0 0 0 3 Yale 3 6 3 0 12 Lifts 37 FG Partis 27 FG Kouri 1 run (pass failed) Parka 32 FG Attendance 11,252. Vale Brown First downs 19 9 Rushes-yards 70-267 20-87 Passing yards 109 144 Return yards 4 14 Passes 9-14-1 17-32-1 Punts Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-1 MDIVKMJAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds.

Avg. LG Kehter, 27 118 4.3 23 11 105 S.5 43 Callahan, 20 73 3.6 8 Yds. TD Int. Clark, 17 32 144 0 1 Kehler.Y 8 14 109 0 1 Receiving No. Yds.

TD Cooper, 8 45 0 WenzeLY 3 36 0 7 With the Yale is in Associated Press Junior quarterback Darin Kehler ran for 1 12 yards, 87 in the first half, to lead Yale to a season-opening 12-3 victory over Ivy League rival Brown yesterday at New Haven. Kehler also completed 9 of 14 passes for 109 yards as Yale unveiled a wishbone offense to mark Carmen Cozza's 25th year as head coach. Tailback Kevin Callahan was Yale's second-leading rusher with 67 yards as the Elis rushed for 236 yards and held the ball for more than 40 minutes. The use of the wishbone offense was a surpise. Yale didn't use it in any of its preseason games, and none of Cozza's teams have Used it for an entire game.

Cozza said he decided to go with the wishbone because he had two quarterbacks who "weren't exactly world leaders in passing." "I thought Darin played about as well as he could play," said Cozza, who also complimented his young offensive line. Yale returned only one starting offensive lineman from last year's team. Brown didn't convert a third-down opportunity until the last series of the third quarter. Nick Badalato led Brown with 63 yards rushing, while quarterback Danny Clark passed for 144 yards ByBobReinert Special to the Globe HANOVER, N.H. Judd Garrett provided the textbook definition of "workhorse back," power-- ing Princeton to a 20-14 win over Dartmouth In the season opener for both teams yesterday.

Garrett, a senior halfback who should be Princeton's all-time leading rusher when he picks up his degree next spring, carried 37 times for 167 yards and a touchdown. r- "He's a heck of a ballplayer, and he's just a tough guy to bring down," said Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens. Garrett punched the time clock early in this one, ripping off 128 first-half yards as Princeton came from behind to assume a 10-7 lead heading into the locker room. On the series after Dartmouth quarterback Mark Johnson found David Clark in the corner of the end zone for a 6-yard scoring I strike that made it 7-0 at the start Jof the second quarter, Garrett re-ported for work. His 34-yard Jaunt on third and it 2 from the Dartmouth 49 set up the Tigers' first score, a 24-yard field goal by All-America kicker 'Chris Lutz with 8:28 left in the half.

Now in high gear, Garrett put the Princeton offense on his back and carried it in the team's final possession of the first half. He ran for 53 yards on i 1 carries in a 69-yard drive that consumed 7 "It came so open that I had to take it," said Sharp, who had a mind to run. "It's just a matter of reading it. To me, it looked like a breakdown in their secondary." "We had a pretty good defense called, and we just didn't cover a man," said Teevens. Dartmouth had third-period opportunities of its own.

Sean Gordon's fumble recovery gave Dartmouth the ball at the Princeton 49, but Gary Kempin-ski's sack of Johnson on the first play put the Green in an immediate hole. But Dartmouth's best scoring chance of the quarter came just before the Princeton touchdown, when kicker Carl Romero's 44-yard field goal try into the wind fell just short of the crossbar. Princeton extended its lead to 20-7 on Lutz' second field goal, a 32-yarder, to start the fourth period. But the score appeared to finally arouse Dartmouth. Johnson moved the Green effectively, and Clark, dormant since catching the early touchdown, carried the final 18 yards of the 69-yard drive on a draw play for his second score.

Dartmouth continued to move the ball well the rest of the way. but Johnson was sacked on each of the final two series to end the threats. "Against a good quarterback like that, you can't just sit back and say. 'Let's bend' and not said Princeton coach Steve Tosches. "He'll kill you.".