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OCTOBER 28, 2001 Boston Sunday Globe Sports C17 College football Crimson get message, deliver Green sets record in grand style Yv- Harvard roars back to stop Dartmouth By Marvin Pave GLOBE STAFF i7etwfrragri versilv nas HMil played 1,149 football games since 1874, but it never came back from a larger deficit to win than yesterday afternoon, when the Crimson erased a 21-0 halftime deficit and preserved their undefeated season. Harvard's 31-21 victory at home was very much in doubt after Dartmouth took it to the Crimson physically and emotionally, but when it came to emotion, no play was bigger for Harvard than flanker Carl Morris's option pass to Sam Taylor that got the Crimson on the board and set off a three-touchdown barrage in a 3:49 span of the third quarter that drew the Crimson (6-0, 4-0 Ivy League) even. Harvard, scoring on four consecutive possessions, went ahead to stay on Anders Blewett's 30-yard field goal on the opening play of the fourth quarter, his first of the season. They came ready to play and we weren't. But then we came back to play with tremendous character and we made some big, poised plays in the clutch," said Harvard coach Tim Murphy, whose halftime message to his team, he said, "you couldnt print" Harvard got the message and quickly.

It held Dartmouth to 27 yards of offense in the second half and made every big play in the process. Ryan Fitzpatrick, playing in place of Neil Rose and making his first start, won the battle of freshman quarterbacks subbing for injured starters. He threw for 262 yards and Harvard's second score to Morris, whose 11 catches for 153 yards put him second on Harvard's all-time receiving list with 132 catches. The perfectly timed 32-yarder to Morris came right after Dartmouth's Steve Jensen was hit by Xavier Goss on the kickoff return following Harvard's first score. Shawn Parker recovered and, said Murphy, "that sequence was crucial because we needed the football and the momentum." A Fitzpatrick-to-Morris 40-yard pass set up Harvard's third touchdown when a hobbled Nick Palazzo, who didn't play in the first half, bulled over from the 1 on Ivy League roundup (36) helps bring down Harvard iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii HARVARD 3L DARTMOUTH 21 (I-S) 14 a (6-0) 21 1 31 0 Casey Cramer 14 pass from Evan Love (Tyler Lavln kick) 12:28.

Love 1 run (Lavin kick) 2:00. Love 1 run (Lavin kick) 0:40. Sam Taylor 35 pass from Carl Morris (Anders Blewett kick) 8:51. Morris 32 pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Blewett kick) 8:34. Nick Palazzo 1 run (Blewett kick) 5:02.

FG Blewett 30. 14:57. Palazzo 2 run (Blewett kick) 1:16. A 12324. First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int -Return Yards Punts-Avg.

12 83 64 19 43-129 297 21-32-1 15 1-0 8-65 30:10 Penalties-Yards Possession 2-15 29:50 IHOrVrOUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dartmouth, Michael Gratch 22.91, Casey Cramer 7-30, Pat Risha 3-9, Joseph Kinder 2-(minus 4), Love 9-(mi-nus 22). Harvard. Fitzpatrick 17-58, Palazzo 15-41. Rodney Thomas 8-24, Morris 1-4, Kevin Reeves 1-0, Team 1-2. PASSING Dartmouth, Love 15-6-2-60, Kinder 4-3-0-23.

Harvard, Fitzpatrick 31-20-1-262, Morris 1-1-0-35. RECEIVING-Dartmouth, Cramer 5-72. Bob Murphy 1-8, Damlen Roomets 1-4, Scott Wedum 1-3, Gratch Mminus 4). Harvard, Morris 11-153, Taylor 4-63, Dan Farley 3-34, Sean Meeker 1-32, Rodney Byrnes 1-8, Adam Jenkins 1-7. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII watch as Dartmouth punched in its final touchdown on fourth and WILLIAM GREEN Over 1,000 again stretches to the 1997 season when the Irish scored a 23-22 victory at Hawaii Irish quarterback Car-lyle Holiday, making the fifth start of his career, recorded the first two touchdown passes of his career BC quarterback Brian St.

Pierre, who had thrown just four interceptions in his first seven games, threw two in the first half. Barnette was introduced before the start of the second quarter. Homecoming Two Massachusetts players made their first trip of the season with Notre Dame: freshman center Zachary Giles from Marsh-field, and junior walk-on offensive linemantight end Chris Ma-honey of Bishop Guertin High BC offensive line coach David Ma-gazu was reunited with several coaching colleagues on Notre Dame's staff. Magazu was at Navy (1987-89) with ND defensive coordinator Greg Mattlson (then Navy's defensive line coach) and offensive coordinator Kevin Rogers (then Navy's running backs coach). Magazu spent time at Kentucky from 1995-96 as co-offensive coordinator and worked alongside ND's receivers coach Joker Phillips, then receivers coach for the Wildcats.

Magazu also coached at Memphis as co-offensive coordinator from 1997-98 with ND comerbacks coach David Lockwood, who was the Tigers' secondary coach BC offensive coordinator Dana Bible and fourth-year ND offensive line coach Dave Borberly served on the same staff at Stanford from 1995-97 The Eagles not only earned their sixth victory, but also wrapped up October with a winning record (3-1 Under fifth-year coach Tom O'Brien, the Eagles have gone 9-12 in October. O'Brien went 0-for-October in his first two seasons at the Heights, losing eight straight games. BC snapped its October slump with a 33-22 victory over Northeastern Oct 2, 1999. Meanwhile, the Irish had a 16-game October winning streak snapped. Notre Dame is 17-3 in October under fifth-year coach Bob Davie BC has won seven straight at Alumni Stadium, dating to a 31-28 loss to Miami Oct 23, 1999.

Big East standings, summaries Conf. All W-L W-L PF PA -4-0 7-2 245 144 Syracuse Miami 3-0 6-0 269 65 66 Va-Tech BC 3-1 3-1 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-4 6-1 262 6-2 244 147 2-5 135 196 2-5 125 217 2-5 111 197 2-5 95 217 Pittsburgh Temple W.Virginia Rutgers YESTERDAY'S RESULTS BC 21 Notre Dame 17 Pittsburgh 33 Temple 7 Syracuse 22- -Va. Tech 14 PITTSBURGH at Philadelphia Pittsburgh (2-5) 14 3 11-33 Tempi (2-5) IK 7-7 First quarter Bryant 6 pass from Priestley (Lotz kick). 12:51. Polite 5 pass from Priestley (Lotz kick).

1:34. Second quarter P-FG Lotz 26, 12:27. P-FG Lotz 27, 8:43. TMrd quarter P-FG Lotz 37, 7:22. Fourth quarter P-FG Lotz 23, 12:34.

Guzek 80 fumble recovery (Lotz kick), 7:06. Trammer 3 run (Poklemba kick), 3:33. -A -12359. Pitt -14 Tem First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards 18 30-(-36) .204 240 18-31-0 122 27-52-0 20 6-30J 3-3 9-47 3151 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards 9-93 Possession 25:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Pitt Furman 6-33.

Kirkley 10-25, Rutherford 3-19, Je-mison 5-19, Priestley 5-(-9). Tern, Sharps 12-36, Trammer 5-24, Jackson 1-1, McKie 1-1, Fenton 1-0, McGann 9-(-59). PASSING Pitt, Priestley 18-28-0-204, Rutherford 0-3-0-0. Tem, McGann 27-52-0-240. RECEIVING Pitt Bryant 5-38, English 4-88, Polite 4-43, Slade 3-21.

Furman 1-9, Wilson 1-5. Tem, Dillard 9-72. Lewis 7-69, Lacey 5-46. Trammer 2-15. Coleman 1-15, Butler 1-13, Carpenter l-7Jackson 1-3.

By Michael Vega GLOBE STAFF William Green I entered last night's i game against Notre JJ Dame needing 31 ti nrt yards to become the notebook first running back in Boston College history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons. The 6-foot-l-inch, 215-pound junior did it in grand style by rushing for a 71-yard touchdown on his fifth carry of the game, tying the score, 7-7, with 1:24 left in the first quarter. i'. Green, who earned a share of Big East Offensive Player of the Week honors last week after rushing 29 times for 182 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-7 romp Over conference foe Pittsburgh, topped that performance with 195 yards on 28 carries. He added a 70-yard touchdown reception.

Green rushed for 1,164 yards last season as a backup to Ced-ric Washington and has run for 100 yards 1 1 times in his career, with last night the seventh time he reached the mark in eight games this season. He failed to hit the century mark in a 34-20 loss at Virginia Tech Oct 13 when the Hokies' vaunted defense, ranked No. 1 nationally, held Green to 74 yards on 21 carries. 1 Green, who began the season No. 21 on BCs all-time rushing list, had shot up to sixth (426 carries for 2,384 yards) entering the game.

His 71-yard jaunt moved him past Omarl Walker (2,471 yards, 1994-97) for fifth place, and he later supplanted Keith Barnette (2,500 yards, 1973-75). I By halftJme, Green had 13 carries for 152 yards. At night's end, ie had 1,164 for the season and 2,579 for his career. Colombo KO'd BCs offensive line took a huge hit on its first possession when Starting right tackle Marc Colombo injured the medial collateral ligament of his right knee and limped off with 7:04 remaining in the first quarter. Junior Dan Murphy, a 6-6, 279-pounder from Dedham, replaced Colombo Notre Dame is winless in its last seven night games, a streak that Priestley propels Panthers ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA-David Priestley was i8 for 24 for 204 yards and two touchdowns and Nick Lotz matched a school record by kicking four field goals as Pittsburgh beat Temple, 33-7, yesterday.

The Panthers (2-5, 1-3 Big East) won for the first time since their season-opening 31-0 victory over East Tennessee State. Temple (2-5, 1-3) has lost five of its last six. Priestley threw both TD passes in the first quarter, connecting with Antonio Bryant from 6 yards on the game's first drive and Lou-saka Polite on a 5-yarder. 1," The Panthers' first touchdown was set up by RJ. English's 46-yard reception to the 28 on the first play from scrimmage.

Raymond Kirkley gained 16 yards on a run that put the ball at the 6 and Bryant scored two plays later. The second touchdown pass came on play action as Priestley faked to Kirkley, rolled right, and hit Polite with a short pass into the end zone. Lotz had field goals of 26 and 27 yards in the second quarter to give the Panthers a 20-0 halftime lead. He kicked a 37-yarder in the third quarter after Jay Junko blocked a punt that gave the Panthers the ball on Temple's 26. Pittsburgh's Brian Guzek stripped the ball from Tanardo Sharps and ran it back 80 yards with 7:06 left in the fourth quarter to make the score 33-0.

1 Temple's Mike McGann was 27-for-52 passing, one attempt shy of the school record, for 240 yards. Ufhe Owls rushed ff minus-36 yards on 30 carries. eVT Dartmouth safety Ken Phelan a third-down play. "In the second half, they forced us into passing situations and really teed off on us defensively," said Dartmouth coach John Lyons, whose team fell to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the Ivy League. That scenario proved the undoing of Big Green quarterback Evan Love, who after seeing his team fall behind, was picked off by Dante Balestracci, whose touchdown was negated by penalties.

Then, with Dartmouth at the Harvard 24, linebacker Marc La-bo rsky sacked Love and Niall Murphy recovered Love's fumble for the Crimson, who got a late score from Palazzo after Dartmouth couldnt convert on fourth down deep in its territory with time running out Fitzpatrick, in addition to his clutch passing, carried the ball 17 times for 58 yards to lead Harvard in both categories. "They were keying on our tailbacks," said Murphy, "so we had to go to Ryan more on the run." Fitzpatrick, who was intercepted by Kevin Hogan then had to ran for another TD as the Lions surprised the Bulldogs in New York. Yale (3-3, 1-3 Ivy) closed to 21-14 on Peter Lee's touchdown pass to Billy Brown. But on the subsequent possession McCall connected on his second scoring pass to Peck. McCall finished with 241 yards passing and Peck had career highs with nine receptions and 186 yards for the Lions (2-4, 2-2), who won for the second straight week after operung the season with four losses.

Lee, who threw for four touchdowns against Columbia last year in a 41-0 Yale win, was 28 of 56 for 294 yards, while McCall completed 17 of 31 passes. Cornell 10, Princeton 7 Peter Iverson atoned for an earlier miss by kicking a 40-yard fourth-quarter field goal and Cornell avoided its worst start since 1985 by defeating host Princeton. Ricky Rahne threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Keith Ferguson, and safety Jamie Moriarty had a fumble recovery and an interception in the second half as Cornell (1-5, 1-3 Ivy) snapped a six-game losing streak. The win was the first for Big Red coach Tim Pendergast David Splithoff threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mike Chiusano for Princeton (1-5, 1-3), which lost its fourth straight Taylor Northrop nearly tied the game with 7:21 to go, but his field goal attempt hit the crossbar and bounced away. W-MllBRRRRaMMH Ivy League standings, summaries Bears can't take brunt of Quakers' defense 5 GLOBE STAFF PHOTODAVID KAMERMAN wide receiver Sean Meeker.

goal with 40 seconds remaining in the half before 12,324 fans, didn't let that setback ruin his day. "I was kind of antsy in the first half," said Fitzpatrick, "but I settled down after that Having a receiver like Morris can help settle you down." Harvard, which beat Dartmouth for the fifth consecutive year, still has some hard work ahead, said Murphy. "We've played four Ivy League games and we've been behind at halftime in three," said Murphy, whose team completed the program's greatest comeback since the Crimson rallied from a 17-0 deficit to defeat Columbia in 1985. That's if you don't count the "Harvard beats Yale" 29-29 tie in 1968, when Harvard fell behind, 22-0. They came out and dominated," said Balestracci, "but we took a hard look at ourselves in the mirror at halftime." The rest was a great reflection on Harvard's still perfect season.

CORNEL 10, PRINCETON 7 it Princeton MJ -IT J-M Secoadqurter Pri Chiusano 8 pass from Splithoff (Northrop kick), 3:58. Cor Ferguson 14 pass from Rahne (Iverson kick) as. Cor -FG Iverson 40, 13:25. A 11,685. Cor 18 -39-126 176 46 7-33 0-0 10-95 32:42 15 35-132 176 14-26-1 2 5-34 2-1 S-75 27:18 Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int.

Return Yards -Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession IWMVtOUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Cornell. Simmons 20-106, Ferguson 1-8. Archer 3-8, Ratine 14-3, Blanks 1-1. Princeton, Atkinson 14-76, Splithoff 12-33, Veach 3-13, Bowden 2-11.

Bryant 1-6, Benson 2-6. Szy-nwnski 1-minus 13. PASSING Cornell, Rahne 20-30-0-176. IWnceton, Splithoff 14-26-2-176. Morrison o-il RECEIVING Cornell, Ferguson 849.

Hermann 4-28. Archer 3-20. Yarn 2-31. Simmons 2-14. Nice 1-14.

Princeton, Sly 4-48. Schottel 2-39, Atkinson 2-14. Opara 2-9, Szymanski 1-35. Morrison 1-14, Bryant 1-9, Chiusano 1-8. PENN 27, BROWN 14 -14 0 13-27 tT 1-14 ramiO-9.

Bra Michael Malan 1 run (Sean Jensen IddO, 10:17. Penn Jonah Robinson 9 pass from Gavin Hoffman (Roman Galas kick). (U9. Perm Kris Ryan 51 pass from Hoffman (Galas kick), 1:44. Bm Chas Gessner 1 pass from Kyle Rowley (Jensen tack), MS.

Perm Ryan 2 run (Galas kick). 13:35. Penn Ryan 3 run (kick failed). 139. A First downs-.

Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-nt Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 22 236 20 24-026) 312 77-43-2 52 S-34J 11 5-4S 212 HIS -4-363 l-I 10-94 37:48 Penalties Yards Possession KOrVTOAi STATISTICS RUSHING Perm. Ryan 41-189. Jake Penkie 2-7. Rob Milanese 2-0.

Hoffman 7-(mmus 15). Brown. Joe Raddey 213. Malan K. Rowley U-(mmus43.

PASSING Penn. Hoffman la 25 1 235. Brown. Rowley 27-43-2-311. RECEIVING Penn.

John Noianan 4-54. Milanese 4-3S. Robinson 3-36. Ryan 2-51. McnalesU 2-26.

Pniftos 2-24. Keslosky 1-3. Brown, T.Rowley Gessner 6-109. Brand Buchanan 3-33. David Brookman 2-19.

Malan 2-6. ASSOCIATED PRESS Kris Ryan ran for 189 yards and two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass yesterday to power Perm to a 27-14 victory over Brown yesterday in Providence. The Quakers (6-0, 4-0 Ivy League), with the top-ranked defense against the run in Division 1-AA, held Brown to mi-nus-26 yards rushing. Penn, ranked 20th in the nation, broke a 14-14 tie when Ryan dashed 2 yards up the middle for a score early in the fourth quarter. Then, after an exchange of turnovers, Ryan ran for 37 yards to the Brown 6.

Two plays later, Penn clinched its 10th consecutive victory dating to last season when Ryan scored on a 3-yard run with 1:59 remaining. The Bears (3-3, 2-2) scored on their first drive when Michael Malan ran in from the 1. Penn countered with a 71-yard drive that ended with Gavin Hoffman throwing a 9-yard TD pass to Jonathan Robinson. Hoffman, 18 of 25 for 235 yards, tossed a short pass to Ryan, who broke it 51 yards for a score late in the second quarter for a 14-7 halftime lead. Brown tied the game at 14 on a 1-yard TD pass from Kyle Rowley to Chas Gessner with 5:15 left in the third quarter.

Rowley completed on 27 of 43 passes for 312 yards. Columbia 28, Yal 14 Jeff McCall threw for two touchdowns, including a 76-yarder to Doug PeclL'in the fourth quarter, and Johnathan Reese APPHOTCt KRIS RYAN 189 rushing yards for Penn Conf. W-L 4-0 4-0 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 All W-L PF PA 6-0 185 107 6-0 184 51 3-3 1 164 2- 4 107 167 3- 3 143 144 1-5 117 195 1-5 149 197 1-5 121 153 RESULTS Harvard. Penn Brown Columbia Yale Cornell Dartmouth Princeton YESTERDAY'S Cornell 10 Harvard 31. Princeton 7 21 Penn 27- 14 Columbia28 -Yale 14 COLUMBIA 28, YALE 14 MeCM).

-t 1 14 0-4). Yale Ehlkian recovered blocked punt in end-mne(0avts kick), 721. Col Reese 2 run (Warren kick), 2:12. Col Murray 85 interception return (Davis WcM. OM.

Col Peck 12 pass from McCall (Warren kick), 4:40. Yale Brown 20 pass from Lee (Davis WckX Col Peck 76 pass from McCall (Warren luck), 4:12. A-1079. fate Cat 15 29-50 241 17-33-1 7-27 2-1 M9 25:19 23 Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-fnt Return Yards 322 S-32 1-1 14-105 34:41 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession rvooAi, STarenq RUSHING Yale.

Bydume 11-59. Schurn 12-40. Can 7-14, Reames 1-2. Kernel 1 lee Mminus 6X Columbia, Reese 21-51. Hunsberger 4-23.

Mas-troianni Hminus 7). McCall Hminus 17). PARSING Vale, lee 28-56-1-294. Cowan 1-2--28. Columbia, McCal 17 31 1-24 Hundsberger RECEIVING Yale.

Brawn 11-163. Reams S-2C Anis 4-54. Keooel 2-22. Schuu 2-12. Oilman 2-9.

Ben-iono 1-26. Wetzel 112. Bydume Hnws 2) Ca.jnv bo. Peck 9-186. Sera 3-24.

Cockbum 3-2. Lese 1-U..