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K16 TrWBOSTON SUNDAY GLORE SEPTEMBER 19, 1999 College football I Past glory can't save AOnutemen DELAWARE, 2940 ranked opponent in school history. "They have an excellent team, but one of the things they're going to find out is that it's hard to win every single year, especially when you're the hunted," said Talley. UMass quarterback Todd Bank-head completed 25 of 38 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown to set the school's career touchdown mark, but he was intercepted twice and downed for a safety with 14:21 left in the third quarter, one play after Minuteman Jerard White had intercepted Villano-va's Chris Boden. UMass wide receiver Adrian Zullo tied a school record with 11 catches (for 125 yards), but he was the team's only consistent deep threat UMass running back Marcel Shipp had 22 carries for 105 yards and a touchdown for his 14th consecutive 100-yard game, but he had just 23 yards in the first half, when UMass trailed by as much as 21-0 its largest deficit under second-year coach Mark Whipple. The biggest thing is that you can't hand people who are ready to play turnovers that aren't forced," said Whipple, whose team must regroup for Division 1-A Toledo Saturday.

"The interception by David Heck-ard with 3:43 left in the first half was rallied to close to 23-14 on a 7-yard run by Shipp, capping a 15-play, 89-yard drive. Shannon kicked a career-best 46-yard field goal to put the Wildcats ahead by 12, but UMass brought it to 26-21 with 2:03 left on a 39-yard pass from Bankhead to Shipp. UMass got the ball back and reached the Villanova 34 with 11 seconds left, but on first down, center Maikel Miret's snap sailed over the head of Bankhead. Bankhead managed to track down the ball and, under a heavy rush, completed a 14-yard pass to Shipp with three seconds left. But rather than throw to the end zone on the last play, Bankhead attempted a short pass to wide receiver Sean Higgins, who was at the 12-yard line.

Villanova linebacker Aaron Weems batted it away, and the Wildcats stormed the field in celebration. "On the last play, I thought they were going to drop back in the zone, and they did," said Bankhead. "I thought I'd hit Sean across the middle, and maybe he could run it in. I was just a little late on the throw." "We had a chance at the end, but that kind of would have been highway robbery," Whipple said. "Those guys deserved to win.

They played harder. They played better." By Joe Burris GLOBE STAFF I VILLANOVA, Pa. The University of Massachusetts' run HI. to an unlikely Division 1-AA national championship last season was so compelling, so dramatic, it overshadowed the fact that in many of the Minute-men's games, a thin line separated triumph from defeat. UMass outscrapped, outhustled, and outschemed its foes, and often one amazing play, one stroke of fortune, or one lapse by the adversary led the Minutemen to victory.

They had better return to that approach soon. Consider the reputation of the second-ranked Minutemen in the wake of yesterday's 26-21 Atlantic 10 defeat to 22d-ranked Villanova, and you know that what Wildcats coach Andy Talley said is being echoed by each of UMass's upcoming foes. "Mass. was the national champion last year," said Talley, "but that was last year." Ducarmel Augustin had 13 carries for 122 yards and a touchdown, Casey Shannon booted three field goals, and the Villanova defense registered a safety, four turnovers, and seven sacks as the Wildcats beat the highest- V1I1AN0VA, 26-21 at VKaeove, Pa. i IMI 7 7 21 12-11 1 II I 21 VU Casey Harmon 21 held goal.

VU Harmon 41 held goal. VU Cameron Cross 4 past from Chris Boden (Joe Kevenaugh pau). VU Ducar Augustin 44 run (Hannon kick). UM Todd Bankhead 1 run (Jason Cherry kick). VU Selety.

UM Marcel Shipp 7 run (Doug White kick). VU Hannon 46 held goal. UM Shipp 39 pass from Bankhead (Cherry kick), UMaes Vet First downs 22 17 Rushes-yards 36-104 35-173 Passing yards 261 168 Passes 25-40-2 18-40-2 Kickoff returns 3-57 5-88 Punt return 3-31 2-1-4) Punts Fumbles-lost 4-2 1-0 Penalties-yards 3-20 9-83 Possession 25:45 34:15 MDMMIAl STATISTICS RUSHING -UM, Shipp 22-102, Kevin Quinlan 2-12, Bankhead 12-1-10): VU. Augustin 13-122. Roger Harriott 14-49, Cameron Cross 3-9, Chris Boden 5-(-7) PASSING UM, Bankhead 25-38-1-261, Eddie Bowman 0-1-0-0, Kelly Selbert 0-1-1-0: VU, Boden 18-40-2-168.

RECEIVIN6-UM, Adrian Zullo 11-125, Shipp 8-70, Sean Higglns 4-47, Pete Carlello 2-19: VU, Joe Kavanaugh 5-58, Murle Sango 4-37, Brian White 4-34, Cross 3-19, Shu Brown 1-11, Steve Ward 1-9. a good play, but you can't fumble the ball, and you can't fumble snaps, and you can't snap the ball over the head on offense, and on defense you have to make some plays," said Whipple. Despite being outplayed for most of the game, UMass still had a chance to win late. Trailing, 23-7, with 14:21 remaining in the third quarter, UMass UNH lets one slip through its fingers James Madison capitalizes on fumbles BROWN, 25-24 mm 1141 I 7 IS 2S Yah 10-11 14 7 8-24 First Quarter V-Murawcryk 22 held goal. Second Quarter Y-Bartholomew 1 run (Murawciyk kick).

B-Jemon 31 field goal. Y-Bartholomew 12 run (Murawciyk kick). Third Quarter B-PoweH 12 pau from Perry (Jensen kick). Y-Fuller 10 pass from Walland (Murawciyk kick). Foartk Quarter B-Campbell 17 pau from Perry (Jenson kick).

B-Brookman 7 pau from Perry (Sertoli run). rem Yek Flrst downs 28 14 Rushes-yards 26-60 32 73 Passing 379 182 Comp-Att-Int 38-57-2-0 12-22-0 Return Yards 28 (-1) Punts-Avg 3-39 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-165 9-84 Time of Possession 32:20 27:40 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Brown, Coyne 39, Powell 18, Borgonzi 12. Camp 7, Rackley 7, Brown 5. Perry minus 7, Malan minus 6, Jenson minus 13. Yale, Bartholomew 42, Walland 32, Lee minus 1.

PASSING-Brown, Perry 57-38-2-379, Yale, Walland 22-12-0-182. RECEIVING-Brown, Campbell 6-107, Brookman 7-100, Gessner 8-65, Rackley 7-50, Borgonzi 531, Malan 1-13, Powell 3-9, Coyne 1-4. Yale, Fuller 4-61, MecNamara 4-57, Johnson 3-57. PENN, 17-6 Dartmouth (0-11 8 PeMlWI 7 7-17 First naarter Penn-FG Feinberg 25, 1:11 Penrr-Ryan 48 run (Feinberg kick), 10:12 FoertJi gvartar Penn-Zagorski 17 pau from Hoffman (Feinberg kick), 5:56 Dart -Roach 18 pass from Smith (pass failed), :28 A Dart Pom First downs 11 17 Rushes-yards 35-79 34-126 Passing 84 196 Comp-Att-Int 14-28-2 23-36-2 Return Yards 16 99 Punts-Avg Fumbles-Lost 5-2 3-3. Penalties-Yards 6-43 4-30 Possession 25:43 34:17.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dartmouth, Belhomme 18-59, Smith 5-16, Dunning 2-10, Mann 10-(minus 6). Penn, Ryan 1599, Thomas 7-34, Vehlle 7-7, Cosmello 1-4, Hoffman 4-(minus 18). PASSING -Dartmouth, Mann 12-22-2 57, Smith 2-6-0 27. Penn, Hoffman 23-36-2 1. RECEIVING -Dartmouth.

Roach 4-40, Roomets 2-27, Poncy 3-22, Dunning 1-1, DeLellis 2-0, Davis 2-(minus 6). Perm, Carson 6-67, Verille 4-42, Zagorski 3-32, Battling 3- 19, Smith 3-18, Bolinder 1-7, Thomas 1-7, Cosmello 1-2, Milanese 1-2. CORNELL, 20-3 Cornell 0 10 0 10 20 Prtacetoa 0 3 8-3 Second Quarter Cor-Romney 5 pass from Rahne (McCombs kick), 13:24. Cor-FG McCombs45. 7:13.

Third Quarter Pn-FGNorthrup37, :57. Feertk Quarter Cor-Parris 31 pass from Rahne (McCombs kick), 13:27. Cor-FG McCombs 18, 2:10. A i Cor Pria First downs 18 14 Rushes-yards 41-132 31-147 Passing 307 171H, Return Yards 10 32 Comp-Att-Int 19-33-1 1526-1 Punts 6-34 6-39. Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2' Penalties-Yards 7-47 5-41 Time of Possession 35:10 24:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -Cornell, Harris 30-113, Busk -6-11, Ulbricht 2-6, Rahne 2-3, Ferguson 1-, minus 1.

Princeton, Brandt 13-74, Crenshaw. 5-48, Theisen 9-39, Blevins 4-minus 14. PASSING -Cornell, Rahne 19-33-1-307. Princeton, Blevins 11-18-0-150, Crenshaw 4-8-1-21. RECEIVING -Cornell, Splendorio 7-101.

Romney 4-55. Ferguson 3-93, Bush 2-21, Dunleavy 2-6, Parris 1-31. Princeton, Wendler 7-85, Brian 3-51, Citovlc 2-18, Brandt 2-12. BRAD WILFORD 12 of 22 for Harvard Ivy League roundup Brown stuns Yale as block? works out ASSOCIATED PRESS Yale's Ben Blake blocked a Brown extra-point attempt with 14 seconds remaining, but Brown's Rob Scholl ran the ball into the end zone for 2 points to give the Bears a 25-24 victory over the host Bulldogs yesterday. Tight end David Brookman had caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from James Perry to complete an 80-yard drive and set up the tying extra-point attempt.

Perry ended the game with 38 completions, a Brown record. Cornell 20, Princeton 3 Sophomore Ricky Rahne threw two touchdowns in his first start, and Deon Harris rushed for 113 yards as the Big Red defeated the host Tigers. John McCombs added field goals of 45 and 18 yards, and the Big Red defense forced three turnovers to avenge last year's season-opening loss. Penn 17, Dartmouth 6 Gavin Hoffman threw for 196 yards and a touchdown, and Kris Ryan ran 48 yards for another score to give the Quakers a win over the Big Green in Phxdelphia. BununuunununannununuaueF'i' 1 1'' 18 i tar WCU-FGSchKhtr 21, 10:16.

Smm4 Quarter UD VeKh 46 pass from Nay (run failed). 12:01 UD-Watkms 34 blocktd punt return (Pressey run), 3:21. Thud QoartM WCU-Wilkerson 14 pau Irom Mi-trot (Schacher kick). 1233 UO-FG Slremore37. 8:13 UD Cummings run (kick blocked), 2 04.

Feurtk quarter UD-Ricco 6 run (pass lallad), 12:08 WCU UD First downs 16 21 Rushas-yards 27-63 53-269 Passing 149 124 Comp-AtWnt 15-30-3 10-19-1 RMum Vards 48 54 Punts-Avg 6-24 3 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-20 6-60 Tima of Possasskm 25:25 34:35 MMVUMML STATISTICS RUSHING WCU-Muchlef 9-34, DaFllipo 4-23. Reed 5-6, Mitros 8-0, Bradley Rkco 12-81. O'Neal 13-75, Prassey 7-74, Cummings 10-39, Conway 2 6, Patrick. 2-H), Nagy 1 -minus 2, Glnn 6-1-3) PASSING WCU-Mitros -Nagy 4-7-1-79, Glnn 6-12-0-45 RECEIVING -WCU-Lowe 4-40, Trultt 3-28, Reed 3-21, DeFillpo 2-35, Wilkerson 2-21, Muchler 1-4, UD -Cummings 4-43, Veach 3-66, Elliott 2-17. FURMAN, 52-6 Funaea) 21 3 7 21 52 WtttuHuAMary 13 First Quarter FUR-Russell 14 run (Wells kick), 12:05 FUR-Hill 11 run (Wells kick), 7:44 Sterba 40, 2:05 FUR-Kitchlngs 51 run (Wells kick), 1:42 Second Quarter FUR-FG Wells 26, 9:38 Sterba 23, :00 Thud Quarter FUR- Ivory 35 run (Wells kick), 5:23 Fourth Quarter FUR-Krtchings 34 run (Wells kick), 13:43 FUR-Napier 15 run (Wells kick), 11:52 FUR-Russell 3 run (Wells kick), 4:28 Fur First downs 27 21 Rushes-yards 54-509 42-193 Passing 33 214 Comp-Att-Int 3-10-0 20-34-1 Return Yards 13 0 Punts-Avg 2-36 3-36 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 7-45 7-89 Time of Possession 28:58 31:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-FUR, Ivory 17-151, Kitch-Ings 5-117, Hill 13-94, Sanders 3-57, Rent 7-43, Russell 6-28.

Napier 3-19. Corley 6-53, Ali 12-46, Lonergan 10-45, Nesmith 6-27. Pope 5-17, Kushin 1-4. Carry 2-1. PASSING-FUR, Hill 2-9-0-24.

Napier 1- 1-0-9. Corley 16-29-1-176, Pope 2-3-0-15, Carty 2-2-0-23. RECEIVING-FUR, Sansbury 1-12, Kitchings 1-12, Rinehart 1-9. Conklin 6-73, Leach 3-46, Rosier 3-45, OiNunzio 2-22, Osborne 2-15, Lonergan 2- 4, Cameron 1-9. HOFSTRA, 28-13 at Kingston, R.I.

Holttra (34) 14 0 7 7 28 Rhode Maud 10-2) 0 7 13 HU-Steve Jackson 15 pass tram Giovanni Carmazzi (Chad Johnson kick). HU-Jimmy Jones 51 run (Johnson kick). Rl-Matt Birkett 5 pass from Ken Mastrole (Ryan Szczesniak kick). HU-Kahmal Roy 4 pass from Carmazzi (Johnson kick). Rl-Birkett 8 pass from Mastrole (kick tailed).

HU-Carmazzi 1 run (Johnson kick). Hot urn First downs 20 19 Rushes-yards 27-147 43-131 Passing yards 239 157 Passes 27-41-2 18-33-0 Kickoff returns 2-8 3-47 Punt returns 4-16 2-3 Punts Fumbles-lost 4-0 3-3 Penalties-yards 10-90 4-58 Possession 27:45 32:15 INDMuuM. STATISTICS RUSHING -Hof, Jones 8-94, Vaughn Sanders 11-69, Jason Maxwell 1-1-71. Carmazzi 69); URI, David Jamison 14-42, Sa-lim Wellington 1-29. John Williams 6-27, Mastrole 16-22, Moses Tajong 4-9, Karim Gibson 1-8.

Birkett H-6). PASSING -Hof, Carmazzi 27-41-2 239; URI, Mastrole 18-33-0-157. RECEIVING -Hof, Steve Jackson 9-91, Maxwell 7-55, Kahmal Roy 6-51, Charlie Adams 2-30, Jones 2-12, Sanders 1-0: URI, Gibson 4-30, Birkett 3-33, Justin Henry 3-29, Mike Grasso 3-15, Damon Ray 2-16, Wellington 2-11, Cameron Eberheim 1-23. MAINE, 21-14 111-21 3 3 6 0- 14 (1-21 0 14 0 I 21 UR-Ooug Kirchner 35 field goal. UR-Kirchner 27 field goal.

UM-Chad Hayes 19 pass from Jake Eaton (Todd Jagoutz kick). UM-Dwayne Wilmot 16 pass from Jake Eaton (Jagoutz kick). UR-Jimmie Miles 1 run (Muneer Moore pass). UM-Brent Naccara 1 run (Jagoutz kick). Attendance: 5,139.

UR UM First downs 13 14 Rushes-yards 43-111 35127 Passing yards 160 120 Passes 12-26-1 10-20-1 Kickoff returns 4-68 4-55 Punt returns 5-42 2-36 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 10-93 9-57 Possession 32:14 27:46 MHVnUM. STATISTICS RUSHING UR, Miles 18-64. Ron Patterson 5-26. Scott Fulton 5-10, TyRonne Turner 6-6, J.R. Pumell 8-6.

W. Alkebu-Lan l-(-l); UM, Ben Christopher 22 87, Royston English 12-45, Brent Naccara 6-2, Jake Eaton 4-8. PASSING-UR. Miles 12-26-1-160; UM. Eaton 10-20-1-120.

RECEIVING UR, Dwaune Jones 8-81. Muneer Moore 2-55. Ryan Tcthurst 2 24; UM. Wilmot 3-25, Phil McGeoghan 2-65, Hayes 1-19, Naccara 1-9. Marqutsse Silva 1-3.

Malik Nichols 1-2. Christopher 3). UCONN, 23-0 at Starrs, Crawl. 10-21 0 0 0 0 0 11-2) 7 0 0 7 23 UC-Barry Chandler 1 run (Jeff Cammuso kick). UC-Cammuso 26 nek) goal.

UC-Taber Small 2 run (kick failed). UC-Smell 15 nm (Marc Hickc kick). Attendance: 12.547. UB DC Felt downs 11 21 Rushes-yards 1-6 49-178 Passing yards 95 155 Passes 20-31-1 14-18-1 Kickofl returns 5-115 1-28 Pure returns 3-8 3-11 Punls 5-43 6 3-42 3 FumUes-tost 2-1 1-0 Penames-yerds 3-12 4-35 23:55 36:05 LSTATBTKS RUSHING-UB- Bernard McDonald 4-19. Josh Roth 8-9, Marvui Breretan 19: UC-SmaS 18-75.

Chandler 17 57. Brian Hoffman 11-38 PASSING UB-Joe Freedy 20-3 1-1 195; UC-Bnam Hoffman 14-18-1-155. RECEIVING -UB-Orew Haddad 9-106. Roth 4-24. McDonald 3-1; UC-ftashad Drayton 3-49.

Dan Deignan 2-27. Ayo Soneds 2 9. Harvard tailback Troy Jones flies past Columbia cornerback Avery Mose-ley for a touchdown in the Crimson's season-opening victory. Crimson get it going in the right direction By Bob Monahan GLOBE STAFF DURHAM, N.H. Shooting yourself in the foot is one thing.

Shooting yourself three times is another. The University of New Hampshire allowed 13 points off three first-half fumbles and bowed to James Madison, 35-28, yesterday at sunny Cowell Stadium, spoiling the Wildcats' home opener. UNH tied it at 28 with 2:07 remaining when quarterback Ryan Day scored on a 1-yard sneak. Then the Dukes put together a marvelous 68-yard drive, capped when Curtis Kea-ton scored his third touchdown from the 2 with just 20 seconds left. James Madison is an up-and-coming unit under first-year, no-nonsense coach Mickey Matthews.

JMU started the season by getting starched by Division 1-A preseason No. 13 Virginia Tech, 47-0, but returned to form last week, beating Northeastern, 29-21. "We came here to get a job done, and we did it," said Matthews. James Madison junior quarterback Charles Berry, a transfer from the University of North Carolina, completed 15 of 30 passes for 224 yards and a touchdown. Senior tailback Keaton, the Dukes' top rusher last season with 1,064 yards, carried 32 times for 161 yards and 2 TDs and caught two passes for 33 yards and a score.

"I had good blocking all day," said Keaton. "This was another team win. We do it all as a team." UNH got solid performances from Dan Curran (29 carries, 121 yards, 2 TDs) and Day (20 of 35, 268 yards, TD). UNH got on the board first at 4:50 of the opening quarter when Curran busted up the middle for a 20-yard score. The 79-yard drive was highlighted by Day passes of 34 and 14 yards to Jermaine Washington.

The Dukes then scored 20 straight points. JMU tied it when Berry tossed a pass in the flat to Keaton, who ran Atlantic 10 roundup JAMES MADISON, 35-28 at Parkas N.H. 12-11 7 13 8 15-35 11-21 7 7 7 1 28 First Quarter UNH Curran 20 run (Carbonara kick) 1 1:10 JMU -Keaton 20 pass from Berry (Glover kick) .4:03. Second Quarter JMU -FG Glover 21 10:00 JMU Keaton 6 run (Glover kick) 8:52 JMU FG Glover 32 6:10 UNH Peterson 22 pass from Day (Carbonara kick) 3:14. Third Quarter UNH -Curran 10 run Carbonara kick) 4:32.

Four Quarter JMU -Carson 2 run (Payton pass from Berry) 7:59 UNH -Day 1 run (Carbonara kick) 2:07 JMU Keaton 3 run (Glover kick) :20 JMU UNH First downs 28 23 Rushes-yards 52-240 47-182 Passing 224 268 Comp-Att-Int 15-35-0 20-36-0 Return Yards 27 0 Punts-Avg 4-39 6-35 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 3-19 11-87 Time of Possession 31:14 ,28:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -James Madison, Keaton 32-161, Carson 14-89, Fleshman 1-12, DeFilippo 1 (minus 3), Berry 4 (minus 19), New Hampshire, Curan 29-121, Lewis 6-30, Dreider 6-22, Day 5-5, Washington 1-4. PASSING-James Madison, Berry 15-34-0-224, DeFilippo 0-1-0-0, New Hampshire, Day 20-35-0-268. Apple 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING -James Madison, Bacote 4-43, Fleshman 2-35. Griffin 2-33, Keaton 2-33, Payton 2-11, Ponds 1-25, Wakety 1-24, Wise 1-20, New Hampshire, Washington 7-77, Peterson 4-54, Curran 3-54, DePalma 2-36, Kreider 2-34, Mallette 1-7, Taylor 1-6.

across the field for a 20-yard TD. Then came the. fumbles. A Curran miscue was recovered on the Wildcats' 37 by Timm Carper, and six plays latr er Mike Glover booted a 21-yard field goal for a 10-7 lead. Three plays after another UNH fumble was recovered by Derrick Lloyd, Keaton ran it in from the 6.

The other UNH fumble led to Mike Glover's 32-yard field goal and a 20-7 second-quarter lead. The Wildcats got a lift when Day and Kamau Peterson combined on a 20-yard scoring pass as the second half was winding down. UNH went ahead, 21-20, when Curran capped a nine-play, 80-yard, third-quarter drive with a TD run from the 20. JMU answered with 8 points on a 2-yard TD run by Robert Carson and conversion pass from Berry to Ernest Payton. After Day's late 1-yard plunge, the Dukes made their clutch drive.

A gallant UNH team played a nervous first half and paid the price. Bears an upset win over the 19th-ranked Spiders in Orono, Maine. Hofstra 28, URI 13 Giovanni Carmazzi threw two TD passes and ran for another score to lead the Flying Dutchmen (3-0) past the gritty Rams in Kingston, RJ. Furnum 52, William Mary 6 Des Kitchings rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns, and the Paladins piled up 505 yards on the ground en route to the Tribe's worst loss at home since 1958. Delaware 29, West Chester 10 Matt Nagy threw a 46-yard pass to open the scoring in the Blue Hens' nonconference victory.

GLOBE STAFF PHOTO JOHN BOHN HARVARD, 24-7 at Harvard StaOuai 1 18-11 7 7 111-01 14 3 7 9-24 C-Armand Dawkins 6 pass from Mark Stoutenberg (Neal Kravitz kick). H-Troy Jones 16 run (Mike Giampaolo kick). H-Jones 5 run (Giampaolo kick). H-Giampaok) 30 field goal. H-Terence Patterson 30 run (Giampaolo kick).

Col Han First downs 18 18 Rushes-yards 43-91 40-264 Passing yards 274 479 Passes 17-30-1 13-26-2 Kickoff returns 5-87 1-1 Punt returns 3-13 3-13 Punts Fumbles-lost 52 0-0 Penalties-yards 6-35 10-70 MDMDUA1 STATISTICS RUSHING -Col. Reese 31-83, Hayes 2-3. Stoutenberg 2-3, McCall 8-2; Hanr, Menick 18-85, Jones 10-83, Wilford 10-71, Patterson 1-30, Linden H-5). PASSING -Cot, McCall 12-20-0-141, Stoutenberg 3-51-35. Glynn 2-5-0-7; Harv, Wilford 12-22-1-190.

Linden 1-3-0-25, Menick 0-1-10. RECEIVING -Col, Hawkins 5-58, Meadlin 4-55, Cannan 3-56, Reese 3-30, Boll 1-5, Hayes l-(-l); Harv. Morris 4-89, Eltzmann 2-42, Patterson 3-27, Meeker 1-24, Fried 1-15, Cremarosa 112. Stakich 1-6. day," said Columbia coach Ray Tellier.

"We started out, had a real nice drive to score, and came up with the interception in the end zone." But after that, the Crimson went to work as linebacker Isaiah Kacy-venski picked off Mark Stoutenberg's pass at the Columbia 29 and returned it 2 yards. After Jones picked up 11 yards, he shed tacklers for the final 16 yards of the drive to create a 7-7 tie 8:44 into the first quarter. The Crimson then scored again, Jones sweeping left to pick up 40 yards to the 10. He ended the march by lugging it 5 yards for a 14-7 lead with 3:04 left in the opening quarter. Mike Giampaolo's 30-yard field goal staked the Crimson to a 17-7 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter, Jones started to his left and reversed to Patterson, who came around from the left side and ended up making a gorgeous tut-back at the 8 for a 30-yard scoring run and 24-7 lead. By JoeConcannon GLOBE STAFF Just 12 months ago, the players on Har vard's football team straggled toward the buses parked outside Columbia's Wien Stadium and filed in for the long ride home, wondering what had gone wrong. Coming off a glittering 9-1 season and its first umblemished Ivy League campaign since the circuit was formalized, the Crimson had been blown away, 24-0, in a struggle that set the tone for an inconsistent season. If yesterday's game against the Lions in Harvard Stadium is any indication, the Crimson may be on target for another run at a championship. As coach Tim Murphy was quick to point out in the wake of a 24-7 triumph, one game does not a season make.

Yet he did add, "In this league, it's critical to get that first win at home." The Crimson did it in style. There was senior quarterback Brad Wilford completing 12 of 22 passes for 190 yards, rushing 10 times for 71 yards, and executing three plays in the second half that put the icing on the cake. There was a 41-yard run behind a block by tailback Troy Jones, a reverse that went for Terence Patterson's touchdown, and a 49-yard strike to freshman Carl Morris for late breathing room. Still, the early moments provided a few flashbacks as the Lions jumped out to a 7-0 lead, and the Crimson's first scoring thrust was thwarted when tailback Chris Menick's option pass to Wilford was picked off by Chris Nugent in the end zone. Otherwise "They outplayed us.

They looked crisper and sharper on offense and ran more plays. They did a better job all UConn garners major league win ASSOCIATED PRESS Sophomore tailback Taber Small scored two touchdowns as Connecticut recorded its first-ever victory over a Division 1-A opponent, shutting out the University of Buffalo, 23-0, yesterday. UConn had lost all nine games against 1-A opponents going back to 1978, including a 45-14 loss last Saturday to Kentucky. Buffalo (0-2) is in its first season as a Division 1-A program. Maine 21, Richmond 14 Brent Nao cara's 1-yard plunge with 324 remaining broke a 14-14 tie and gave the Black.