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F17- Yankee Conf erenceivy League ame THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE NOVEMBER 3, 1996 NORTHEASTERN, 31-7 stales UMass "air i-k. Harvard freshman defensive back GLOBE STAFF PHOTO MARK WILSON dive to stop Dartmouth's Ambrose Garcia from turning the corner. foot lose Aron Natale makes a desperation lumbia's loss to Princeton yesterday, and squares off with the Lions next weekend. Meanwhile, the Crimson (3-4, 1-3) could only summon skeletons from its recent history. Just 14 games earlier in Ithaca, N.Y., the Crimson saw Ryan Lund's last-minute kick hit the right upright as Cornell survived with a 28-27 victory.

That game was the beginning of a forgettable stretch for Harvard football. The Crimson are 4-11 since then, 2r8 in Ivy play. They have lost 12 straight in Harvard Stadium and 17 of their last 18 home games. Tim Murphy, in his fourth season as head coach, is 0-9 in Ivy home games. Yesterday's loss snapped a modest two-game winning streak and left Harvard scrambling to sal-.

vage its first winning season since 1987. "For the 100th Harvard-Dartmouth game, I think it was very appropriate that it was a great college football game," said Murphy. "I was very, very proud of the great effort our kids gave in the end. We just couldn't come up with The Play. I was absolutely convinced when it came off his foot, it was good.

If anything, I thought it was going to be toward the left upright. Ironically we had a great game at Cornell last year and it was the exact same thing. This can be devastating when 71 a DARTMOUTH, 6-3 17-01 0 0 0-6 13-4) 3 0 0 0-3 Harv-FG Korinke 37, 14:38 Dart-FGRegula 31, 12:02 Dart-FGRegula43, 13:42 Dart Hanr First downs 11 20 Rushes-yards 42-116 43-115 Passing 109 133 Punt Returns 2-4 3-31 Kickoff Returns 2-27 3-46 Interceptions Ret 1-10 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 10-17-0 19-31-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 3-23 Punts 6-39 5-34 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 9-58 3-15 Possession 28:11 31:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dartmouth, Smith 16-59, Aljancic 14-15, Garcia 6-16. Harvard, Hu 30-94, Linden 10-10. PASSING Dartmouth, Aljancic 10-17-0-109.

Harvard, Linden 19-31-1-133. RECEIVING -Dartmouth, Morton 3-25, Ellis 2-42, Harper 2-21. Harvard, Skelton 9-62, Chupaila 4-22. I you're a young football team like we are." Korinke, who earlier had missed field goal attempts of 37 and 44 yards and accounted for the only Crimson points with a 37-yard kick for a 3-0 lead at 14:38 of the first quarter, entered the game within reach of Brinkley's record of 13 field goals set in 1912. Korinke made a swift exit after the game and was not available for comment.

This was a bizarre game, played out somewhat sluggishly in front of a crowd of 17,100 that included Massachusetts senator and Crimson alum Ted Kennedy. Korinke's first bid went right, and the Big Green's By JoeConcannon GLOBE STAFF I.PT.rffffliThe accounts of 'r iifl tween Harvard and Dartmouth, played 114 years ago in Cambridge, seemingly were enough to indicate the sport of football had no future in the hills of Hanover, N.H. But the schools lined up against each other for the 100th time yesterday in the beguiling breezes of Harvard Stadium, and the ending was enough to summon the ghosts of games past and proved the game is alive and well in the Upper Valley. With just three seconds left on the scoreboard clock, Crimson sophomore Ryan Korinke, who was approaching a record held by the legendary Charlie Brickley (Class of 1915), lined up for a field goal that would have sent the game into overtime and kept alive hopes of a stunning upset for the home forces. The kick from 39 yards had the distance it needed, but hit the right upright as the clock ran down to zero.

When the ball bounced into the end zone, the Big Green (7-0, 4-0 Ivy League) escaped with a harrowing 6-3 victory and hopes for its first unblemished season in 26 years intact. Dartmouth took over first place in the league, thanks to Co resulting drive ended when Pete Oberle's fumble was recovered at the Crimson 34 by Brendan Bibro, The Crimson scored their only points on their next possession. The Big Green did all their scor- ing in the second quarter, on Dave' Regula field goals of 31 (12:02) an'a 43 yards (13:42) for a 6-3 halftime lead. After Chris Menick returned the kickoff following Dartmouth's first 3-pointer 17 yards to the 24, he stayed in to relieve Crimson starter, Eion Hu (30 rushes, 94 yards) and fumbled, on the first play frojji -scrimmage. Dartmouth's Zach Walz- recovered at the 26.

After the Big' Green failed to go anywhere, Rfrj-. gula kicked the winning field goal. The fourth quarter belonged the Crimson. Freshman quarter- back Rich Linden moved the team from its 26 following a blocked field goal by Troy Jones to the Dart- mouth 16, but Hu was caught 7-yard loss by Brian Schmidt The Crimson lost 5 more on a delay-of-game penalty and Korinke's 44-yard bid drifted wide to the left. The Crimson held and took over -70 yards from the goal line with 1:43 left.

The key plays on a time-con-, suming drive were Linden's run to the 49 and his desperate dash on fourth and 2 for a 9-yard gain the 22 with 0:03 left. The rest be- came painful history. 14-51 7 7 31 16-31 0 7 7 NU Jim Murphy 1 run (Brandon Hanes kick) NU Hams 30 FG NU Pavid Edmundson 1 run (Hanes kick) JMU Macey Brooks 72 past from Greg Maddox (John Coursey kick NU Matt Quinn 29 interception return (Hanes kick) NU Zach Falconer 46 interception return (Hanes kick) Attendance 10,000 NU JMU First downs 23 10 Rushes-yards 68-333 24-78 Passing ...43 145 Return yards 0 145 Passes 9-11-0 9-24-4 Punts 6-180 4-172 Fumbles-lost 3-1 4-2 Penalties-yards 5-40 5-35 Possession 42:46 17:14 MHVWUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -NU, Edmundson 32-149, Brian Vaughan 17-127, Ike Wilkins 7-28; JMU, Kelvin Jeter 11-53, Dee Townes 6-31, John 1-0. PASSING NU, Murphy 9-11-0-43; JMU, Maddox 9-23-4-145, OeFilippo 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING-NU, Jason Gaiidet 2-16.

David Sofran 1-13; Wilkins 1-8; JMU, Jay Jones 4-42, Brooks 2-79, Danny Steeper 2-15. MAINE, 22-14 'MaelC-3) 3 3 10-22 Ulan (5-4) I 7 7 t-14 Main Jameson 30 run (kick failed) Main FG Binder 32 Mass Jordan 1 run (Murphy kick) 1 Main FG Binder 30 Mass Holston 23 run (Murphy kick) 1 Main-FG Binder 35 Main Brown 63 punt return (Binder "kick) -K-r A-M51. A Hm first downs 12 16 Rushes-yards 31-90 53-185 Passing 136 116 Punt Returns 3-118 1-10 'Kickoff Returns 2-48 5-90 Interceptions Ret 1-0 1-3 -temp-Att-Int 10-27-1 9-26-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-49 1-6 Punts nmbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 10-64 12-100 -Possession 26:09 33:51 WOMOUN. STATISTICS RUSHING Maine. Jameson 22-66, Fein 5-14, Pam 4-10; UMass, Brockington 11-84, Holston 6-50, Pizano 3-34, Alessio 10-27, Jordan 7-10.

PASSING -Maine. Fein 10-27-1-136; UMass, Carterton 6-18-1-87, Smith 3 8-0-29. 1 RECEIVING-Maine, Tennett 4-61, Wright 3-47, Patteway, 1-26, Jameson 1-5; UMass, Clark 3-71, Quinn 2-25, Brockington 2-16, Healy, 1-4. UCONN, 45-10 1 VCeaal5-4 17 7 7-4S mi 11-81 7 3-10 I Conn -Martin 5 pass from Stafford (Cohen kick). 8:35 Conn-Taylor 19 run (Cohen kick), 13:17 Conn Bond 35 pass from Stafford (Co- hen kick).

1:44 BU Sanders 25 pass from Barnett (Nycz kick), 3:38 Conn FG Cohen 27, 7:35 Conn -Bond recovered blocked punt In enij rone (Cohen kick), 14:35 Conn -Taylor 1 run (Cohen kick) 4:16 Conn Newton 4 pass from Stafford kick), 6:24 1 BU FG Nya 34, 13:03 A Con Ml first downs 23 9 -Rushes-yards 58-231 25-29 Passing 218 114 Punt Returns 5-74 1-0 Kickoff Returns 2-65 7-181 Interceptions Ret 0-00 1-7 Comp-Att-Int 15-22-1 11-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-30 3-13 4 6-44 9-41 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-3 Penalties-Yards 10-115 7-60 WurVWUM. STATISTICS RUSHING UConn, Taylor 24-82. Mears 7-40, McKinney 4-37, Faison 9-36. BU, Dicker l'5-27, Barnett 8-26. Harriott 11-25, Sanders 1-3.

I PASSING -UConn, Stafford 15-220-1- '218. BU, Barnett 11-25-0-114. RECEIVING UConn, Newton 7-97, Bond -3-66. McKinney 2-IS. Cleary 1-24.

BU, Johnson 3-24, Sanders 2-34, Mickel 2-29, Dedman "4-13. fJ irn' UNH, 14-13 (2-71 7 3 3-13 VHH 16-21 7 0 7-M UNH Jones 3 pats from Bresnahan (Cur-'r kick), 12:05 Rich-Elrod 1 run (Slater kick), 11:20 y-a Rich -FG Slater 34, 8:12 Rich-FG Slater 29, 2:37 UNH Barrow 11 pass from Bresnahan jCurry kick), 14:07 I mtk First downs i 20 Rushes-yards 68-299 Passing 1 46 1 Comp-Att-Int 4-8-0 i Return Yards 16 Punts-Avg I Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-29 i Possession 37:12 UNH 14 30-81 184 14-22-1 68 2-2 3-38 22:48 I MMVfDUAL STATISTICS i RUSHING Richmond, Rodgers 37-216, Snider 13-42. Elrod 18-41. UNH, Aiumah 21- 86, Scottron 3-6, Curran 1-5. I PASSING Richmond, Elrod 4-8-0-46.

I UNH, Bresnahan 14-22-1-184. RECEIVING Richmond, Haught 2-31, I Moore 1-8, Snider 1-7. UNH, Jones 8-87, Bar- I row 4-66, Azumah 1-22, Tripp 1-9. V1U.AN0VA, 34-16 14 0 2-1 (-21 10 7 3-34 Finneran 42 pass from Park (Kieter kick) V-FGKiefer46 V-Sifford 1 run (Kieter kick) R-Talley 15 pass from Hxson (Walker kick) V-Finneran 6 pass from Park (Kieter kick) Sifford 21 run (Kiefer kick) i V-FG Kiefer 30 R-Safety A- 7 648 I UM First downs 16 Rushes-yards 38-157 Passing 163 21 42-136 337 2-33 1- 00 19-28-1 2- 12 i 7-61 28:12 Kickoff Returns 4-74 Interceptions Ret 1-11 Como-AH-Int 17-31-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-25 Punts 6-34 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 Penalties-Yards 3-25 Possession 31:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 1 RUSHING -URI, Jenkins 29-141, Hixson 7-15, Bradshaw 2-1. Villanova, Sifford 20-128.

Cowsette 7-26, Gotemi 5-0, Park 10-(-18). PASSING -URI, Hixson 17-31-1-163. Villanova. Park 19-28-1-337. RECEIVING -URI, Talley 5-75.

Kibby 3-37, Wilson 3-21, Gibson 2-12, Jenkins 2-10, Kelley 2-8. Villanova, Brian Finneran 9-229, Brad Finneran 4-44, Cowsette 3 38. Sifford 3-26. WILUAM MARY, 10-7 (7-2) 0 7 0- 7 Urvr7-2l 7 1-10 WM Whipple 1 1 pass from Cook (ShaK-cross kick), 3:14 UD Conti 32 pass from Hamlett (Leach kick), 2:41 WM FG Shallcross 42 i-H 177 UO First downs 22 Rushes-yards 1-46 Passing 236 Comp-Att-Int 22-42-4 Return Yards 27 Punts-Avg Fumbles-Lost 4-2 Penalties-Yards 3-16 Possession 30:08 MM 13 0-190 128 12-24-2 106 0-0 4-40 29:52 MDMDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Delaware, Thompson 18-61, Coleman 11-31. Conway 1-1, Key 2-1, Hamlett 14-(minus 18).

William Mary, Porch 32-183. Harris 2-12, CooklO-fminus 5). PASSING -Delaware, Hamlett 22-42-4-236. William Mary, Cook 12 24 2-128. RECEIVING Delaware.

Batts 8-87. Conti 7-93, Coleman 4-39, Thompson 2-7, McGraw 1-10. William Mary. Conklin 4-61. Whipple I 3-48.

Porch 2-7, Commons 1-6, Foster 1-5, Harris 1-1. ByJoeBurris GLOBE STAFF AMHERST The tt: i A tl.FEftCl achusetts' season began with high hopes and expectations, bolstered by new coaches and an upbeat attitude not seen in recent years. Two games remain on the schedule, but the hopes and expectations are all but gone. There's little of either when the best you can do is second place. Yesterday, UMass' search for its first share of a Yankee Conference title in six seasons ended, curtailed by the type of errors that have plagued the Minutemen throughout this season.

Maine scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to erase a 2-point deficit and held on for a 22-14 win before 6,251 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. The victory assured Maine (6-3, 5-3) of only its second winning season this decade and concluded its conference schedule. The Black Bears are in second place in the New England Division behind New Hampshire (4-2), which defeated Richmond yesterday. UMass dropped to 5-4, Though both UMass and UNH have two conference games left, the Min-. utemen can't pass Maine, which would win a head-to-head tie-breaker.

In preseason, the Minutemen focused on returning the program with the most YanCon crowns (17) to the top of the heap. Now they're playing for pride. "I'm at a loss for words right now. This one was tough," said UMass coach Mike Hodges, whose team finished with 12 penalties and was 5 of 19 on third-down conversions. "We've got two games left.

I don't feel any different about this team than I have any time of the year. The way we bounced back after last week's 40-7 loss to UNH, we played with great effort and courage. That didn't prevent Us from winning the football game. "We've got to get more consistent play offensively. Defensively, we played well, but we have to stay together.

The key to these last two games is that we have to stay together. Stay together." The Minutemen played much better than last week and were in position to win until late in the contest. Trailing, 9-7, at halftime, UMass took a 14-12 lead on a 23-yard touchdown run by fullback Jamie Holston with 2:09 left in the third quarter. Maine countered with a 35-yard field goal by Chris Binder, who booted three field goals after missing the point-after on Maine's first touchdown. With 11:31 left, Maine went ahead, 22-14, on a 63-yard punt return by Darrick Brown.

UMass had three possessions after that, but squandered its opportunities. On fourth and 1 from midfield with 4:42 left in the game, UMass set up in an I-formation with three running backs, but quarterback Anthony Catterton (who came in for benched starter Jeff Smith in the third quarter) threw an incomplete pass. "That's one of the automatic plays we have; if the defensive backs are sweeping, we fake the isolation and throw the ball. I thought the receiver was interfered with," said Ho'dges. "They said it was incidental contact, no intent to impede." UMass' last drive ended with two sacks, a completion and an interception.

"From this point, we're just going to try to go out to get wins," said linebacker Khari Samuel. "I try not to worry about winning the conference or going to the playoffs, because if you win games, those things take care of themselves." Yesterday's win was another big step in turning around a Maine program that is coming off back-to-back 3-8 seasons. Coach Mike Cos-grove reflected on Yankee Conference Media Day, when several of his school's teams including football -were hit with NCAA sanctions. "It's a testament to the players," said Cosgrove, whose team finished 5-0 in the New England Division. "They've been great through this whole thing.

Tricky linebacker has nose for news sible. They give us tremendous energy on the field. Second, I saw this as a great way to de- stroy the image of Ivy of'" stuffed shirts. Most kids dnrhave enough guts to make a fool out oftheiiTselves on national teie-, vision. We'll probably put that video on our high- light sentative from the show was there and she filmed me doing my trick.

She liked it. She called me Wednesday and said I'd made the first cut. They sent a car over for me Thursday and I was there from 3:30 until 7:30, trying out." Four hours. Sounds grueling. But he passed the audition and the Letterman folks told him to come back Friday at 5, making no promises that MVU uicoa juu, vuaui f.LtujjujT.

Thursday night Weidle took a date to the Bay he would be on the program. All of this show biz stuff required so eration from Harvard coach TinMurphy. In order to try out for LettermanrWeidle had to miss Thursday's practice-and part of Friday's team meeting. Try to imagine putting this request to the maniacal Tom Coughlin: "Excuse me, coach, but I was wondering if I could skip practice Thursday and Friday in order to stkk a spoon up my nose on national television?" Happily, Harvard is not big-time, dead-serious college football. "I had no problem with it at all," said Murphy.

"No. 1, we want as many free spirits as pos- SHAUGHNESSY Continued from Page Fl will be remembered as the Biggest Man on the most famous Campus in the land. Time will dim the memory of field goals made and missed, but Weidle forever will be the young man who went on national TV the night before the big game, stuck the entire stem of a tablespoon up his nose, then used it to gulp some Rice Krispies. Already a god in the dining hall at Quincy House, Weidel's fame is certain to spread. Weidel's nose trick has been legend at Harvard for two years.

It started innocently enough with a Q-tip in the trainer's room. Teammates were dazzled that Joe could made the swab disappear up his nostril. They challenged him. How big? How far? He upgraded to spoons. He can stick almost 5 inches of stem up his nose, in either nostril (would this make him ambidextrous or I asked him to demonstrate, offering my Globe pen, but he said the object had to have a flat side.

Like a spoon. "A spoon is good and flat," he said. "It goes into my sinuses. I can actually taste the metal I really don't worry about the medical consequences. Most girls think it's gross, but guys love it." Weidle is a psychology major from Barns-ville, Pa.

He stands 5 feet 10 inches, weighs 190, and would like to write and illustrate children's books. Only 20 years old, he's already had his Warholian 15 minutes of fame. What a week! Tuesday afternoon, Weidle's roommate, Will Burke, told him that the folks from Letterman, in town for a Friday Boston program, were hosting "stupid human trick" tryouts at MIT. Burke suggested that Weidle could dazzle the network people with his notorious nostril stunt. "I had practice till 7, but the tryouts lasted until 8 sa wide receiver Jake Heller and I took a cab over after practice," said Weidle.

"A repre Tower Room for a black-tie formal. He didn't do, his trick for the tuxedo crowd. Decorum lives. At 5:30 p.m. Friday, he was at Boston University's Tsai Center for the "Late Show" Weidle dazzled Dave and the live audience, then returned to campus and watched the show with about 150 friends at Quincy House.

The phone started ringing as soon as the program ended. "My mom called and said she thought it was' awesome," he said. "Everybody saw it Today at breakfast, I got a lot of applause and people were" asking me to do it." The morning-after reviews: Globe: "Dreadful 'stupid human tricks' fol; lowed Joey Weidle, a college football playef7 inserted the entire stem of a tablespoon into his right nostril, sprinkled Rice Krispies into the spoon, and flipped his head so that the cereal spilled into his mouth." Herald: "The Stupid Human Pet Tricks were remarkably goofy. One Harvard student shoved 1 a spoon in his nose and used it to feed himself 'Rice Krispies." Two thumbs up, wouldn't you agree? Unfortunately, the football game didn't go as' well as "Late Show." Harvard blew several ing opportunities and lost a chance to tie it when Ryan Korinke's 39-yard field goal attempt hit the" right upright as time ran out Too bad. Korinke hit the ball right on the nose.

But it hit the upright smack on the nose. And Harvard was beaten by a nose. im' 1 JtWHUWJUW.ll.l1lu.ill..ll)llll.ltUllUllll. PHOTO COURTESY OF WBZ-TV Harvard linebacker Joe Weidle goes for It ifuring Late Night with David Lettermi. Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnisL.