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C14 THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE OCTOBER 10, 1999 College Football Atlantic 10 roundup Crimsoi heartbroken Spiders edge URIonlate Kirchner kick CORNELL, 24-23 7 7 0-23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Doug Kirchner kicked a 30-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining yesterday to give Richmond a 41-38 victory over visiting Rhode Island. Richmond quarterback Jimmie Miles ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns and threw for 180 yards and a touchdown. The Spiders had 421 yards of total offense. Kirchner had missed two extra points before kicking the winning field goal. Richmond (3-3, 2-3 Atlantic 10) was slowed by four turnovers, including three fumbles that the Rams (0-5, 0-3) turned into 17 nailed the extra point for the lead, leaving Harvard with just 26 seconds to rally.

To its credit, Harvard didn't quit. Quarterback Brad Wilford (17 of 30, 183 yards) drove the Crimson to the 30, where, with four seconds left, Giampaolo, who had booted field goals of 20, 32, and 39 yards, tried what would have been a winner from 40 yards, but it was blocked. "I've really never been involved in a game like this before," said Murphy. "I cant remember in 21 years of coaching and 13 years as a head coach something like this happening. "Cornell deserved to win.

They deserved to win not necessarily because they were the better team, but when they absolutely had to make the plays, they made them." 1 The crushing loss overshadowed a brilliant Harvard ground attack that included Chris Menick (115 yards) and Chuck Nwokocha (110 yards) becoming the first two Crimson players to gain 100 or more yards in the same game since Eion Hu and Kweli Thompson against Colgate in 1995. 1 Harvard got rushing touchdowns from Nwokocha (11 yards) and Wilford (3), along with Giampaolo's three field goals, to take a 23-10 lead before Rahne and Cornell came storming back. "How do you top this?" asked Cornell coach Pete Mangurian. "This is even a little bit better than last week's come-from-be-hind 33-28 win at Brown. I had trouble expressing that win, so you can imagine what it's like this week.

We hung in there the whole game and did what we had to do when we had to do it. Right now, it doesn't get any better than this." Or, in Harvard's case, any worse. Rahne guides Cornell in the final minute ByJohnVellante GLOBE STAFF BfflfnTTn ITHACA, N.Y. For near-I sjmi ly 59 minutes yesterday, LaUlslUksJ Harvard's defense gave highly-touted Cornell quarterback Ricky Rahne all he could handle. Unfortunately for the Crimson, football games last 60 minutes, and Rahne, in the waning seconds, proved he's every bit as good as advertised.

Rahne took Cornell 58 yards in six plays with no timeouts, culminating the march with an 18-yard scoring strike to Keith Ferguson with just 26 seconds to play, to lift the undefeated Ivy League leaders (4-0) to a pulsating 24-23 win at Schoellkopf Field. This is one Harvard (2-2, 1-1 Ivy) thought it had in the win column and, coming on the heels of last week's final-play, 24-22 loss to Colgate, left the Crimson reeling. "It's somewhat devastating," said deject ed Harvard coach Tim Murphy. "From an emotional standpoint, let's face it, our kids played so hard. At times we played extremely well and it looked like we were in control.

This one really hurts." Rahne, beaten and bruised by Willie Al-ford, Ben Green, and. Isaiah KacyvensW in particular, completed 27 of 49 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns. He's now thrown for 1,298 yards and 11 touchdowns in four games. But yesterday, he saved his best for last. Harvard led, 23-17, when Cornell got its AIC, 56-14 WESTERN I TuWflifi Conf.

All W-L W-L James Madison 4-0 4-1 Connecticut 2-0 3-2 Delaware 2-1 4-1 Massachusetts 2-1 2-3 William Mary 2-1 2-3 Villanova 2-2 3-3 Maine 1-1 2-3 Richmond 2-3 3-3 New Hampshire 1-3 2-3 Northeastern 0-3 1-4 Rhode Island 0-3 0-5 points. The Rams' David Jamison ran for four touchdowns. His 2-yard run tied the game at 38 with 2:04 remaining. For the Spiders, Paris Lenon returned a blocked extra point for 2 points and Cordell Roane had a 68-yard punt return for a TD. Rhode Island quarterback Ken Mastrole was 19 of 37 for 230 yards.

William Mary 45, Villanova 10 At Williamsburg, David Corley threw four touchdown passes to lead the Tribe to an easy win. Corley, a redshirt freshman, has started only two games for the Tribe (2-3, 2-1) but has thrown four touchdowns in each game. Jimmy Cerminaro's 13-yard interception return put the Tribe up, 28-10, with 8:04 remaining in the second quarter. Chris Boden was 20 of 36 with a touchdown and two interceptions for Villanova (3-3, 2-2). The Wildcats ran for only 89 yards on 32 carries.

tl!) RICHMOND, 41-38 Rhode War 11 18-11 RMMMrt 11 14 0 lt-41 First Quarter Rich -FG Kirchner 25, 10:38 URI Mastrolt 1 run (kick blocked), 3:48 Rich Lenon 97 txtrapolnt return, 3:48 Rich Roant 68 punt return (kick (ailed), 1:01 tecend Quarter URI -Jamison 1 run (SMiesnlak run), 13:02 Rich Miles 1 run (Kirchner kick), 7:58 Rich Miles 1 run (Kirchner kick), 3:01 URI-FG Siciesniak 38 Third Quarter URI -Jamison 10 run (pass failed), 5:46 Fourth Quarter URI Jamison 3 run (Birk.tt pass), 12.56 Rich-Moora 55 pass from Miles (Kirchner kick lalled), 8:41 Rich -Miles 1 run (Kirchner kick), 3:51 URI -Jamison 2 run (Szczesnlak kick), 2:04 Rich FG Kirchner 30, :07 -5'179 um Rtoh First downs 18 23 Rushes-yards 33-101 49-241 Passing 230 180 Comp-Att-Int 19-37-1 10-21-1 Return Yards 0 104 Punts-Avg 8-41 2-40 Fumbles-Iost 1-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 8-86 12-92 Time of Possession 31:29 28:31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -Rhode Island, Jamison 18-68, Letts, 1-19, Williams 6-12, Birkett, 1-2, Mastrole, 7-0. Richmond, Miles 27-152, Turner 12-64, Patterson 6-23, Fulton 3-4, Roane 1-(minus 2). PASSING Rhode Island, Mastrole 19-37-1-230. Richmond, Miles 10-21-1-180. RECEIVING Rhode Island, Birkett 7-75, Ray 4-17, Jamison 2-65, Wellington 2-47, Ta-jong 2-18, Eberheim 1-10, Williams l-lmlnus 2).

Richmond, Moore 4-84, Jones 4-76, Turner 1-16. VManova 3 7 0 0-10 William I Mm? 21 14 3 7-4S First Quarter 18 pass from Corley (Sterba kick), 12:13 74 pass from Corley (Sterba kick), 9:21 VU-FGHannon43, 5:18 14 run (Sterba kick), 3:16 Second Quarter VU Ward 4 pass from Boden (Hannon kick), 10:20 13 Interception return (Sterba kick), 8:04 Rosier 45 pass from Corley (Sterba kick), 2:19 Third Quarter Sterba 38, 1:20 Fourth Quarter -Osborne 29 pass from Corley (Sterba kick), 11:51 A WM First downs 16 23 Hushes-yards 32-89 43-209 Passing 232 273 Comp-Att-Int 21-40-3 14-19-1 Return Yards 36 53 Punts-Avg 5-50 4-48 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 6-71 8-61 Time of Possession 26:57 33:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -Villanova, Cross 12-29, Harriott 7-23, Johnson 4-21, Sango 1-15, Boden 5-7, Jones 1-0, Gordon 2-(minus 6). William Mary, Ali 16-74, Lonergan 8-59, Howard 4-33, Corley 8-18, Nesmith 5-17, Rosier 1-16, Carty 1- (minus 8). PASSING -Villanova, Boden 20-36-2-193, Gordon 1-4-1-39. William Mary, Corley 13-18-1-258, Carty 1-1-0-15.

RECEIVING -Villanova, Sango 6-88, Ward 5-46, Johnson 4-20, Cross 2-19, Jones 2- 12, Brown 1-39, Kavanaugh 1-8. William Mary, Rosier 5-93, Conklin 3-90, Osborne 2-40, Ali 2-29, Willetts 1-15. AP PHOTO UMass's Marcel Shipp (5) celebrates one of his four TDs with teammate Sean Higgins. pose yards. The rout was highlighted by Shipp's four touchdowns and Todd Bankhead's two TD passes to Adrian Zullo.

That's the meat and potatoes of the debacle. "We didn't come out ready to play," said Gallup, who was dazed and confused. "We lost confidence. We played scared." For Northeastern, this goes as the worst loss in its 64-year history of playing football. The worst defeat before yesterday was a 56-0 drubbing by Eastern Michigan in 1969.

Offensively, the Huskies never threatened. They moved the ball over midfield only once to the 46-yard line in 16 possessions. They fumbled the ball away twice and threw six interceptions for a school-record eight turnovers. Garbage time began early. UMass pulled Bankhead (14 for 19, 194 yards, 2 interceptions) early in the second half, and Shipp (24 carries, 110 yards) followed after passing the century mark rushing.

"It was a chance for us to get a lot of guys, especially a lot of young guys, some playing time," said Whipple. One of those who made the most of his unexpected playing time was Shipp's understudy, sophomore Kevin Quinlan of Somer-ville, who rushed 24 times for 136 yards and a touchdown. "I was just happy to get into the game," said the former Maiden Catholic star. "I tried to make the most of my opportunity." There were plenty of opportunities for UMass yesterday. Trim UMASS, 77-0 Northeaster (1-41 0 0 0 0-0 UMass 12-31 ..14 35 21 7 77 Marcel Shipp 1 run (Jason Cherry kick).

Todd Bankhead 1 run (Doug White kick). Adrian Zullo 18 pass from Bankhead (Cherry kick). M-Zullo 15 pass from Bankhead (White kick). Kevin Quintan 19 run (Cherry kick). M- Shipp 3 run (White kick).

Shipp 1 run (Cherry kick). M-Shipp 27 run (White kick). Quinlan 1 run (Cherry kick). Corey Potter 37 interception (White kick). Tre Brady 18 run (Cherry kick).

Attendance: 15,747. Corned 10 0 14-24 Flret Quarter Har-FG Mlka Giampaolo 20, 5:31 Cor- FG John McCombs 23, 10.40 Cor -Vincent Bates 73 punt return (McCombs kick), 13:03 SeeMHl Quarter Har- Chuck Nwokocha 11 run (Giampaolo kick), 6:54 Third Quarter Har- Brad Wilford 3 run (Glampalo kick), 5:18 Fourth Quarter Har-FG Giampaolo 32, 5:01 Har-FG Giampaolo 39, 7:35 Cor -Joe Splendorlo 2 pass from Ricky Rahne (McCombs kick); 12:07 Cor Keith Ferguson 1 8 pass from Rahne (McCombs kick), 14:34 Har Cor First downs 20 21 Rushes-yards 41-236 23-83 Passing 183 297 Comp-Att-Int 17-30-0 27-49-3 Return Vards 76 120 Punts-Avg Fumbles-Iost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-84 9-70 Time of Possession 31:10 28:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Har Chris Menlck 22-115, Nwokocha 14-110, Willord 4-13, team 1 -(minus 2). Cor Brian Ul-bricht 7-42, Rahne 8-25, Oeon Harris 7-16, Justin Bush 1-0. PASSING -Har Willord 17-30-0-183, Cor Rahne 27-49-3-297. RECEIVING -Har T.

Patterson 6-77, Carl Morris 3-29, Andy Fried 3-17, Menick 2-32, Chris Eitzmann 2-18, Kyle Cremarosa 1-10. Cor Splendorio 8-83, Justin Dun leavy 7-74, Ferguson 5-82, Mike Parris 3-26, Kevin Far-ese 1-12, Edgar Romney 1-10, Bush 1-7. hands on the ball off a Mike Giampaolo punt with 1:14 on the clock. In a drive that would have made John Elway proud, the poised sophomore hit Joe Splendorio for 17 yards to the Harvard 41 and Ferguson for 11 yards to the 30. Then he connected with Kevin Farese over the middle for 12 yards to the 18.

On the next play, he floated a pass to Ferguson, who grabbed it at the 4, dipsy-doodled around Green, and waltzed into the end zone to tie it at 23-23. John McCombs TUFTS, 38-13 at Medlord Bowdoki (0-3) 0 0 7 6 13 TutU (3-01 14 7 3 14 38 T-Jon Troy 22 pass from Chris Fahy (Howie Rock kick). T- Brett Cicchillo 15 pass from Fahy (Rock kick). T-Renato DePaolis 1 run (Rock kick). T-Rock 25 field goal.

8 Tim Lawson 2 run (Alex Tatum kick). T-Troy 6 pass from Fahy (Rock kick). Brett Bowen 19 pass from Kyle Quinn (rush failed). Derek Thompson 42 run (Rock kick). Attendance: 2,500.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING B-Tony Small 7-38, Law-son 6-32; T-DePaolis 21-74, Thompson 1-42. PASSING B-Quinn 17-39-161-3; T-Fahy 15-24-220-2. RECEIVING -B-Seth Paradis 3-30, Peter Hahn 3-23; T-Troy 9-123, Cicchillo 4-57. CURRY, 15-14 at Milton Nichols (3-1) 7 0 7 0 14 Curry 3-2) 3 6 6 0 15 Bill Lovendale 28 field goal. Matt Fox 2 run (Daniel Herrero kick).

Tony Giannetti 8 run (kick blocked). N-Levar Gary 44 interception (Herrero kick). Steve Santos 9 run (pass failed). Attendance: 1,075. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Fox 25-64, Justin Ryan 2-1: Brian Mclnerny 18-66, Tony Giannetti 15-34, Santos 14-15, Matt Jeanotte 3-12, Alble Maggio 3-0.

PASSING-N, Stawiecki 3-18-1-40; Steve Santos 10-22-2-129. RECEIVING Nick Parker 2-26, David Higgs 1-14; Giannetti 3-36, Greg Jacobs 3-35, Jeff Lang 2-46, Paul Dunderdale 1-7, Mclnerny 1-5. MIT, 30-29 10T1 at North Dartmouth MIT 12-31 0 0 15 8 7 30 UM-Dartmouth 11-31 10 7 6 0 6 29 UMD Brian West 29 field goal. UMO Mike Armandi 69 pass from Matt McLaughlin (West kick). UMO Frank Meranda 3 run (West kick).

UMO Shane Harris 1 run (kick blocked). MIT-Yoshi Nakanishi 88 defensive extra point MIT Chuck Toye 44 pass from Dave Skor-dal (kick failed). MIT -Jang Kim 36 pass from Skordal (Enrique Villavlcencio run). MIT Keith Battoechi 1 pass from Skordal (Kevin Ferguson kick). MIT -Skordal 10 run (Ferguson kick).

UMD Meranda 12 run (kick blocked). Attendance; 973. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -UMD, Meranda 29-142, Harris 8-54; MIT, Villavicencio 18-107, Skordal 19-46. PASSING -UMO, McLaughlin 12-19-0-192; MIT, Skordal 11-26-0-177. RECEIVING -UMD, Armandi 5-117; MIT Toye 1-44.

SOUTHERN 29-17 at North Andovw South Conn. (5-0) 8 0 15 29 Merrimack 14-1) ..........0 11 6 0-17 SC Safety. SC Raheem Duncan 8 pass from Kevin Dickinson (kick failed), MC- Jason Priester 1 run (Raul Brown rush). MC-RJ. Noto 33 field goal.

SC Rashaan Dumas 3 run (kick failed). MC-Calvin Bryant 63 run (kick failed). SC Dumas 3 run (Bertram! DeHoe pass). SC Rob Eggerling 9 run (Matt scott kick). Attendance: 751.

BRYANT, 44-39 at SrntthtWd, R.I. Barrlhry 12-4) 0 26 0 13 39 Bryant (3-11 10 14 7 13 44 Br -Austin Martin 1 run (Peter DiMartino kick). Br DiMartino 31 field goal. Be Jesse Campanaro 62 punt return (Eric Boutwell kick). Be -Mark DeBrito 27 pass from Ted Lar-kin (Boutwell kick).

Be -DeBrito 80 pass from Larkin (kick tailed). Br-B. Dillingham 54 pass from Tony Granieri (DiMartino kick). Br Larry Bynum 54 punt return (DiMartino kick). Be -DeBrito 21 pass from Larkin (pass failed).

Br- Mike Card 66 pass from Granied (DiMartino kick). Be -Mike Lundell 12 pass from Larkin (pass failed). Br Bynum 37 Interception return (DiMartino kick). Be-Mike Lundell 4 pass from Larkin (Boutwell kick). Br Markeith Carr 80 pass from Granied (rush failed).

Attendance: 1,226. MIDDLEBURY, 14-13 at' 12-11 6 6 0 14 14 1(1-21 7 6 6 0 13 A -Okay Ugwonall 33 run (Mike Proman luck). A-Derrell Wright 50 pass from Peter Honig (kick failed). Devon O'Neil 12 pass from John Wen-ner INilHs Hegstad kick). Anthony LoSauro 14 pass from Wen-ner (Hegstad kick).

Attendance: 1.050. NU UMass First downs 6 28 Rushes-yards 17-H1) 61-320 Passing yards 83 225 Passes 13-32-6 19-25-2 Kickofl returns 8-169 1-38 Punt returns 0-0 8-100 Punts Fumbles-Iost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-yards 8-67 12-103 Possession 21:04 38:56 INOrvUHJU. STATISTICS RUSHING NU, L.J. McKanas 6-15, Jason Quinlan 3-12, Tim Gale 1-3. Kern Nwosu l-(-2), Fred Valett 1-1-13), Adam Browne 5-1-26); UM, K.

Quinlan 24-127, Shipp 24-110, Tre Brady 7-38, Zullo 1-27, Jimmie Howard 1-24, Kelly Seibert 2-(-3), Bankhead 2-(-3). PASSING NU, J. Quinlan 7-19-3-45, Browne 4-8-1-27, Valett 2-5-2-11: UM, Bankhead 14-19-2-194, Seibert 5-6-0-31. RECEIVING NU, Andy Alsup 4-18. Dave Klemic 3-27, Pete Cegerenko 2-17, Michael Mack 2-11, Matt Cornelia 2-10; UM, Zullo 7-115, K.

Quinlan 3-26, Eric Brass 2-30, Shipp 2-23, Steve Ley 1-16, Sean Higgins 1-7, Jason Morgan 1-4, Pete Cariello 1-3, Howard 1-1. Minutemen rout Huskies 1 New England roundup Merrimack Ms short ASSOCIATED PRESS Southern Connecticut won the battle of Eastern Football Conference unbeatens yesterday with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns for a 29-17 decision over Merrimack at North Andover. Senior running back Rashaan Dumas rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries to set a New England Division 2 record for career touchdowns with 67. UMass-Lowell 26, Stonehill 21 Toby Roy-Oden ran for two touchdowns, including a 20-yard score with 6:53 remaining at Easton, as the River Hawks won their first game. Bryant 44, Bentley 39 Tony Granieri and freshman Markeith Carr hooked up on an 80-yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds remaining as Bryant rallied in Smithfield, R.I.

Freedom Plymouth St. 49, Kings Point 27 Freshman quarterback Matt Simpson of Auburn, Maine, completed 19 of 33 passes for 344 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Panthers (3-2) at Plymouth, N.H. Western Conn. 56, Springfield 48 Matt LeFever's air attack overcame the ground game of Kevin Cahill and Jay Miller as the Colonials hung on in a wild affair at Dan-bury, Conn. N.E.

Conference I MIT 30, UMass-Dartmouth 29 Sophomore quarterback Dave Skordal threw three second-half touchdown passes as the Engineers rallied from a 23-0 deficit at North Dartmouth and scored an overtime victory. I Bridgewater St. 48, Maine Maritime 16 J-Seto Barry ran for a season-high 189 yards and four touchdowns, and Dan Maurer passed for 189 yards in Bridgewater to keep the Bears (5-0) undefeated. Mass. Maritime 44, FHchburg St.

23 Dan Reading caught scoring passes of 32, 16, and 23 yards, and returned a kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown to lead the Buccaneers (5-0) at Buzzards Bay. Curry 15, Nichols 14 Quarterback Steve Santos ran 9 yards for the winning touchdown late in the third quarter at Milton as the Colonels handed Nichols its first loss. 1 WNEC 31, UMass-Boston 15 Junior tailback John Hyatt rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown as Western New England ran up 330 yards on the ground to top the Beacons in Springfield. NESCAC I Tufts 38, Bowdoin 12 Junior Chris Fahy completed 15 of 24 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns as the Jumbos moved to 3-0 by dominating the Polar Bears (0-3) in Medford. Middlebury 14, Amherst 13 John Wenner found Anthony LoSauro in the end zone for a 14-yard scoring pass with l.Ol remainiiig as the Panthers rallied from a 13-0 fourth-quarter deficit in Amherst Colby 13, Wesleyan 7 Jon Murray scored a pair of short-yardage touchdowns and the White Mules stopped a last-minute Wesleyan drive inside the 10 to preserve the victory at Middletown, Conn.

5648 at anbury, Com. SrjrmgfMd 11-41 7 14 7 20 48 Western Cam. (5-0) ....14 24 3 IS 56 WC Brent Bardellini 36 pass from Matt LeFever (Adam Kennett kick). SC Jay Miller 1 run (Rob Dickson kick). WC-Ed Wilcher 53 pass from LeFever (Kennett kick).

SC- Kevin Cahill 19 run'(Dickson kick). WC Bardellini 4 pass from Tim Uhl (Kennett kick). WC Ben LaBelle 3 run (Kennett kick). SC-Cahill 70 run (Dickson kick). WC-Kennett 34 field goal.

WC Bardellini 22 pass from LeFever (Kennett kick). WC-Kennett 30 field goal. SC Demetrius Dunn 70 pass from Cahill (Dickson kick). SC Miller 3 run (Dickson kick). WC-Bardellini 53 pass from LeFever (Ed Wilcher pass from Uhl).

SC- Miller 12 run (Dickson kick). WC-Miguel Pickering 8 run (Kennett kick). SC Cahill 3 run (Pass failed). Attendance: 800. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -WC, LaBelle 14-46, Chris McPhail 5-35, Pickering 7-25, Oarrion Williams 4-16: SC, Cahill 32-213, Miller 22-112, Bob Sedlor 5-63, Dunn 4-54 PASSING WC, LeFever 14-23-0-357, Uhl 2-2-0-30, Bardellini 1-1-0-12; SC, Cahill 4-15-0-105, Dunn 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING -WC, Bardellini 9-215, Wilcher 3-71, Michael Forest 2-66; SC, Dunn 2-95, Tim Hanley 1-11. BRIDGEWATER 48-16 at Bridgewater Maine Maritime (2-2) 0 0 0 16 16 Bridgewater St. (6-01 14 13 14 7-48 BS-Seto Berry 8 run (Chris Carr kick). BS-Andy Maca'lone 9 pass from Dan Maurer (Carr kick). BS-TIm O'Shea 22 pass from Maurer (kick failed).

BS Berry 17 run (Carr kick). BS Berry 4 run (Carr kick). BS Berry 3 run (Carr kick). MM -Steve Tardrl 13 run (Pelletier from Cameron Giroux). BS-Okinyi Otieno 55 run (Can- kick).

MM Giroux 1 run (Rushmore from Giroux). Attendance: 475. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -MM, Tardit 19-110, Giroux 8-17, Baker 5-30; BS, Berry 24-187, Otieno 3-55, Imlach 8-41, Young 7-33. PASSING MM, Giroux 17-41-3-173; BS, Maurer 12-18-1-189, Young 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING -MM, Tardit 4-50, Rush-more 4-38, Weigert 3-30, Pellitier 2-23, Baker 4-22; BS, Macaione 5-83, O'Shea 3-50, O'Brien 2-28, Young 1-15, Merrill 1-13.

WNEC, 31-15 at SfdnffleM UMass-Boston (2-2) 0 7 0 8 IS WNEC (1-31 19 6 0 6 31 Derek Boyd 1 run (kick failed). John Hyatt 63 run (pass failed). W-Scott Gould 1 run (Jim McDonough kick). M-Frank Campo 10 run (Mike Blssanti kick). Marvin Langley 6 run (kick blocked).

W-Boyd 3 run (kick failed). Eddie Beauchamp 17 run (Ryan Murphy pass from Mike Rich). Attendance: 519. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -M, Beauchamp 23-68, Campo 11-60; Hyatt 10-121, Langley 13-94, Gould 8-42, Nick Evans 6-31, Boyd 7-18, Sean Ring 2-10, Tom Dubay 2-9, Mike Qulnn 1-5. PASSING Rich 6-18-1-185, Boyd 8-14-2-59.

RECEIVING -M, Mike Blssanti 6-85; McDonough 3-15, Jody Lemoi 1-12, Langley 1-14, Aaron Sahr 1-14, Mike Carbonneau 1-4. MASS MARITIME, 44-23 at Buzzards Bay ntchburi St 13-21 0 IS 0 23 Mass. Marram. (5-01 13 12 6 13 44 MM Dan Reeding 32 pass from O'Malley (Brad Lehman kick). FS-Gene demons 70 pass from Rich Boardman (D'Andra freeman rush).

MM Reading 84 kickotf return (pass failed). MM Justin Cullman 21 pass from O'Malley (pass failed). MM Reading 16 pass from O'Malley (kick failed). MM Reading 23 pass from O'Malley (kick failed). FS D'Andra Freeman 59 run (Kevin Carlo pass from Boardman).

FS demons 10 pass Irom Boardman (Carlo kick). MM David Burrlll 6 run (pass failed). MM William Linke 28 Interception retuen (Jay Miller kick). Attendance: 1,014. FS MM First downs 16 19 Rushet-yerds 41-188 51-150 Passing yards 110 185 Passes 6-24-5 11181 Kickofl returns 7-111 3-109 Punt returns 1-1 2-10 Punts Fumbles-tost 4-1 2-1 Penalties-yard 11-90 10-85 MTJMOUAL STATISTICS RUSHING FS-Freeman 30-180, Carlo 7-28; MM-BurnH 28-78, O'Malley 11-28, Kevin Barre4-25.

PASSING FS-Boardman 6-24-110-5; MM-O'Malley 10-17-164-1, Burrtll 1-1-21-0. RECEIVING FS-Ciemons 3-95, Tanner Grove 2-20: MM-Reading 5-117, Barre 3-52, Cullinan 1-21. at Springfield 114) 7 7 0 14 AIC 14-21 21 28 7 0 66 AIC Dan Grant 17 pass from Rick He-bert (Brian Frederick kick). AIC Marc Silvestri 5 blocked punt return (Brian Frederick kick). AIC Grant 12 pass from Hebert (Brian Frederick kick).

AS Kevin Cllve 2 run (Tim Longden kick). AIC Kavln Gailliard 12 run (Frederick kick). AS Cllve 3 run (Longden kick). AIC Gailliard 57 run (Frederick kick). AIC Grant 47 pass from Hebert (Frederick kick).

AIC -Joe Grasso 1 pass from Hebert (Frederick kick). AIC Gailliard 75 run (Frederick kick). Attendance: 1,047. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING AS-Clive 26-107, N. Whitworth 5-5, Dwain Lewis 2-3; AIC--Gailliard 17-235, Silvestri 9-61, Hebert 2-31.

PASSING-AS-Chad Carges 13-28-130-1, Matt Leitzel 0-1-0-0; AlC-Hebert 16- 20-203-0, Gailliard 0-1-0-0, Keith Romanshyn 0-0-0-0. RECEIVING AS-Cllve 5-20, Ernie Adams 4-26, Jason Calla 2-37; AIC--Grant 9-146, Mike feterson 3-20. UMASS-LOWELL, 26-21 at East on UMna-loweH 11-4) ....13 0 0 13 26 StoneMU 10-51 0 14 7 0 21 UML Toby Roy-Oden 2 run (Piro In-triago kick). UML -Jamie Holston 12 run (kick failed). SC Luke Potrzeba 8 fumble retuen (Randy Beatrice kick).

SC Darren Shaughnessy 30 Interception return (Beatrice kick). SC-Chad Dwyer 7 pass from John Darak (Beatrice kick). UML -Scot Ruggles 1 run (pass failed). UML -Roy-Oden 20 run (Intriago kick). Attendance: 713.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -UL-Holston 27-157, Roy-Oden 17-115, Ruggles 14-43; SC-Tyrone Jefferson 12-83, John Darak 17- 48, Craig Berriault 4-18. PASSING UL-Ruggles 6-14-80-2, Blair Doucette 2-5-21-1, Billy Harrison 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING UL-Glenn Opie 3-45, Holston 1-9, Jason Mclntyre 1-6; SC-Bryan Landry 2-20, Dwyer 2-17, Chris Chrisholm 2-52. PACE, 34-15 at PktasarrtvHki, N.Y. Pace 14-21 6 0 0 IS St.

Ameua 12-3) 7 7 7 13 34 P-Tom Chisholm 48 pass from A. Gazzillo (Richard White kick). Jeff Farragher 84 pass from Kyle Van De Giesen (kick failed). P-Chisholm 5 pass from Gazzillo (White kick). Kevin L'Ecuyer 36 pass from Van De Giesen (pass failed).

Erol Senel 34 field goal. P-Gazzillo 1 run (White kick). P-L. Piediscalzo 90 run (White kick). Plediscalzo 25 pass from Gazzillo (kick failed).

Attendance: 600. individual statistics RUSHING -S, Van De Giesen 8-35, Jon Turner 10-25, Robert Pike 7-12, Keith Comeau 1-11, Jeremy Forest 3-7; Piediscalzo 12-134, Robert Nugent 10-48, Frank Cirminello 9-21, Gazzillo 7-12. PASSING -S, Van De Giesen 21-42-3-245, Comeau 2-7-1-18, Pike 1-1-0-10; Gazzillo 8-17-2-169, Reed 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING -S, Mike Verronneau 8-46, Kevin L'Ecuyer 3-60, Brian Johnson 3-30, Farragher 2-93, Forest 2-9, Justin Silva 1-2, Turner 1-10, Mark Stevens 1-9, Jason Case 1-9, Travis Pelletier 1-1, Pike 1-1-6); Chisholm 6-124, Piedsl-calzo 1-25, Craig Fleisher 1-20. PLYMOUTH 49-27 at Plymouth, N.H.

Urdumt Marine (2-41 0 14 7 6 -27 PtynKHrUi St (3-21 6 16 21 49 PS-Charlie Schubert 22 pass from Matt Simpson (kick blocked). MM-Jon Paul D'Orazio 2 pass from Jeff Turpen (Matt Warren kick). PS-Schubert 8 pass from Simpson (pass failed). MM-Brian Aldridge 10 interception return (Warren kick). PS-Schubert 65 pass from Simpson (Russ Massahos pass).

MM-Tori Fredericks 8 run (Warren kick). PS-Massahos 5 run (Dan DeMuth pass). PS-Massahos 5 run (Todd Waldrop kick). PS-Bill Scott 15 pass from Simpson (Waldrop kick). MM-Shawn Johnson 15 fumble recovery (kick blocked).

PS-Phil Pagan 4 run (Waldrop kick). Attendance: 509. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING MM-Frederlcks 21-78, Turpen 12-30, Warren 6-8; PS-Massahos 17-59, Phil Pagan 7-31, DeMuth 5-19. PASSING MM-Turpen 10-18-158-1, Shawn Roberts 3-8-45-0; PS-Simpson 19-33-344-1. RECEIVING -MM-Julien Maurel 4-67, Mark Bromley 2-21, Fredericks 2-13; Schubert 10-206, Scott 4-95.

UMASS Continued from Page CI "We have no excuses," said Gallup. "I thought we were ready to play. But we didn't do anything to deserve to win. I take full blame. From the first play to the last play, we didn't play well." NU's first play from scrimmage was supposed to be a naked bootleg by quarterback Jason Quinlan from the shotgun formation.

While faking a handoff, Quinlan had the ball jarred loose and the fumble was recovered by UMass's Dan Schneider on the 15-yard line. Six plays later, Marcel Shipp plowed over from the 1-yard line and the rout was on. It quickly went from the ridiculous to the sublime. It was 14-0 after one quarter, 49-0 at the half, 70-0 after three quarters. By the time the game ended on an interception thrown by NU's third quarterback, Adam Brown several records were tied or broken in one of the all-time lopsided games in New England football history.

In first downs (28-6), net rushing yards (320 to minus-11), passing yards (225-83), offensive plays (86-49), and time of possession (38:56 to it was all UMass. Consider the milestones: The 77 points tied a UMass record set in 1931 when the Minutemen shut out Wagner. The 49-0 halftime score was the most points in a half at McGuirk Stadium and the most NU has allowed in a half. The 11 PATs were a school record. It was UMass's first shutout since beating Holy Cross, 51-0, Sept.

16, 1995. Shipp moved up to second on the all-time UMass rushing list with 3,966 yards; he also passed the barrier in all-pur (,.