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iCi NOVEMBER 3, 2002 BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE C17 College football Morris, Crimson iiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiii B.E. standings, summaries mm- can't be caught mr 0 i i Pat Dillingham attempts a shovel pass, but BC's Josh Ott would grab it and run it back for aTD. linebacker Ott was in all right places .4 I -1 3 1 3 4 -)C inconsistent. We had opportunities to make plays, but we just didnt make enough of them. We had to play a perfect game today to have a chance to win." Harvard responded to Dartmouth's touchdown by putting together another clock-eating drive of 11 plays and 66 yards, which was capped by a Byrnes 4-yard run to put the (Crimson up, 31-19, with 3:49 left.

But Dartmouth did not quit. Once again Mann a Canton, native drove his team 82 yards in a little more than minutes, finding Barnard in the left corner of the end zone for an 11-yard score. But the Big Green could not get the big score they needed to put them over the top. Morris passed the kudos on to his coaches. "We have a lot of faith in our coaching staff, and we know we have a solid scheme week to week.

They just find the areas that we can attack," said Morris. "Going into the huddle I just have the confidence that every play we have, if we just go out and execute it, will be successful. I just felt we were playing our regular game out there, looking for soft spots in the defense." Morris also had praise for Rose and the offensive line, who "just kept finding ways to execute the plays the way they were supposed to be. We just tried to play our game." According to Cramer, Dartmouth came out of the game with plenty of confidence, despite suffering its fourth straight loss. "Mann is able to find us when we're open and make really accurate passes," said Cramer.

"And Jay also works well. If I'm covered, he gets open, and if he's covered, 111 be open. One of us will find a way." Dartmouth travels to Cornell Saturday; Harvard is at Penn. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii HARVARD 3L DAIffMOlJTH26 at Hanover, NX Harvard (5-2) 12 6 6 7 -31 Dartmouth (3-4) 7 13 26 Harv Rodney Byrnes 2 run (kick failed). 621.

Dart Jay Barnard 13 pass from Brian Mann (Tyler Lavin kick), 3:45. Harv Carl Morris 3 pass from Neil Rose (pass failed), 0:21. Harv Morris 9 pass from Rose (run failed). 10:32. Dart Casey Cramer 4 pass from Mann (run failed), 2:28.

Harv Byrnes 12 pass from Rose (run failed). 5:09. Dart Cramer 35 pass from Mann (pass failed), 8:00. Harv Byrnes 4 run (Anders Blewett kick), 3:49. Dart Barnard 11 pass from Mann (Lavin kick).

0:16. A 8,102. Harv Dart rr Conf. W-L 4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 All W-L 8-0 7- 2 8- 1 6-3 3-6 3-6 5-3 1-8 PF 344 226 283 306 270 186 206 PA 141 145 114 205 274 269 156 291 Miami Pitt va.Tech. westva.

Syracuse Temple 1-3 BC 0-3 Rutgers 0-5 136 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS BC14 Dame 7 Miami 42. Pitt 28 Syracuse 38..... W.Virginia 46.. Rutgers 17 Tech 21 Florida 35 20 SYRACUSE 38, C. FLORIDA 35 tOrUndcFla.

Syracui(3- 37 14 14-38 Central Florida (3-5) 14 7 8-35 UCF Haynes 4 run (Prater kick), 12:28. UCF Curry 2 run (Prater kick), 7:30. Syr FG Barber 35, 0:17. UCF Gabriel 1 run (Prater kick), 7:00. Syr Tyree 40 pass from Nunes (Barber kick), 2:21.

Syr Reyes 38 run (kick failed), 12:16. Syr Jones 12 pass from Nunes (Reyes run). 5:58. UCF Prater 34 FG, 1:37. Syr Reyes 4 run (Shafer kick).

1336. Syr Reyes 5 run (Shafer kick), 9:50. UCF Gaudion 4 pass from Schneider (Capers pass from Schneider), 8:52. A 24,043. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Reyes 27-130, Rhodes 9-39, Nunes 7-15; CF, Haynes 17-98, Schneider 8-3.

PASSING S. Nunes 13-18-0-199. Anderson 0-1-0-0; CF, Schneider 28-47-0-440. RECEIVING Morant 3-63. Jones 3-33; CF, Gabriel 12-206.

Capers 7-61, Fryzel 6-150. W. VIRGINIA 46, TEMPLE 20 at Philadelphia West VkgMa (6-3) 21 12 7 6-46 Temple (3-6) (7 13 -26 WVa Cobourne 2 run (James kick), 9:1 1. WVa Cobourne 1 run (James kick), 7:49. WVa 0- Wilson 4 run (James kick).

1:41. WVa -FGJames41, 13:24. WVa Safety, Klein intentional grounding in end zone, 8:25. WVa Marshall 28 run (James kick). 5:22.

WVa Marshall 0 recovered fumble in end zone (James kick), 11:11, Tern Lewis 4 pass from McGann (Pok-lemba kick), 3:25. Tern Stubbs 21 pass from McGann (Pok-lemba kick), 12:22. Tern Szarka 24 pass from McGann (kick failed), 6:47. WVa 0. Wilson 13 run (kick failed).

:18. A INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING WV, Marshall 11-98, Cobourne 29-94: Sharps 17-30. Wade 1-24. PASSING WV. Marshall 10-18-0 74.

McGann 13-32-3 180, Frost 1-2-1 2. RECEIVING WV, Henderson 6-54; Szarka 3-64, Stubbs 3-52, Sharps 3-17. Big East roundup W.Virginia gains ground ASSOCIATED PRESS Avon Cobourne ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Rasheed Mar shall added 98 yards rushing and two scores as West Virginia (6-3, 3-1 Big East) defeated Temple, 46-20, yesterday in Philadelphia. Mike McGann led the Owls (3-6, 1-3) with three touch down passes and 180 yards, but he completed just 13 of 32 passes, and all of his scores came in the second half. Tanardo Sharps, Temple's leading rusher at 1 14 yards per game, had just 30.

Syracuse 38, C. Florida 35 At Orlando, Walter Reyes rushed for a career-high 130 yards and three touchdowns, including the go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter, as the Orangemen (3-6) rallied to beat Central Florida. Troy Nunes, making his second start of the year, completed 13 of 18 passes for 199 yards andtwoTDs. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 II 1 1 1 III II I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 III By Tony Chamberlain GLOBE STAFF HANOVER, N.H. Harvard wide re ceiver Carl Morris pulled in 21 passes from quarterback Neil Rose yesterday, setting a string of school records as the Crimson beat Dartmouth, 31-26.

Morris, a 6-foot-3-inch, 205- pounder from Sterling, broke the school marks for receptions, receiving yards (257), season receptions (73), and season reception yards But despite the performances of Morris and Rose (36 of 50, 443 yards), Harvard (5-2, 4-0 Ivy League) found itself with just a 6-point lead midway through the fourth quarter. "We knew they were a very good football team when we came in here," said Harvard coach Tim Murphy. "I cant say enough about Dartmouth. They're a very young, very aggressive football team. We never felt we had put them away, and we're feeling very fortunate that we got out of here with a win." With snow covering the field and the wind howling, a boisterous homecoming crowd was treated to some immediate action as Harvard worked the ball down-field with a 19-yard strike from Rose to Morris, setting up a first down at the Dartmouth 11.

Sophomore tailback Rodney Byrnes finished the drive, slashing off right tackle 2 yards for the game's first score. But then Dartmouth's prolific trio quarterback Brian Mann and receivers Casey Cramer (10 catches, 196 yards) and Jay Barnard (10-124) sparked a convincing eight-play, 79-yard drive for the Big Green, who scored on a 13-yard Mann-to-Barnard pass. Whenever it looked as though Harvard might put the game away, Dartmouth (3-4, 2-2) rallied, largely on the arm of Mann, who completed 25 of 50 attempts for 382 yards and all four Dartmouth touchdowns. The teams combined for 1,020 yards of offense. Dartmouth had its chances but Harvard opened the second half by stopping three Big Green possessions that started near midfield.

"We were fortunate to take some of the wind out of their sails at that point," said Murphy. "But even at that it didnt seem like we could quite put them away." Indeed, near the end of the third quarter, Harvard had upped its lead to 24-13, and Dartmouth had stalled on two more possessions. But then Mann found Cramer for a 35-yard score as the junior tight end caught the ball at the 10 and steamrolled his way through traffic for the touchdown that brought the Big Green to within 5 points. "We really thought we had a chance then," said Dartmouth coach John Lyons, "but we were 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 III 1 1 1 1 II III 1 1 1 1 1 a. By Michael Vega GLOBE STAFF SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Josh Ott was beaming from ear to ear after Boston College's 14-7 triumph over fourth-ranked Notre Dame yesterday. "It's a great feeling," he said. "It's a great feeling winning in front of 80,000 people at Notre Dame, at their place, 8-0. Things are clicking for us and our defensive coaches are putting us in the perfect places." Ott, though, seemed to be everywhere yesterday. "I didnt feel that way," he said, smiling.

"But maybe I was." Ott recorded 12 tackles, had a fumble recovery (that set up BC's first touchdown), defensed a pair of passes. But his biggest play came when he scored the first touchdown of his career on a 71-yard interception return that gave the Eagles a 14-0 lead with 4:03 left before intermission. It was BC's first defensive touchdown since Scott Bradley's 27-yard interception return in a 31-10 victory over Army last Sept 29. "I was definitely blessed," Ott said. "But you didnt think about it, you didnt think about how many tackles, it's a team effort.

It doesnt happen because of me." Ott came up with the interception when senior corner Trevor White pressured Pat Dillingham which led to the backup quarterback throwing a poor pass. Ott stepped in and made the pick. "It was like he served it to me E3 BC NOTEBOOK GLOBE STAFF PHOTOBARRY CHIN many Golden Domers probably relived during and after yesterday's game BC's Brian St. Pierre completed 9 of 20 passes for 77 yards and leapfrogged two spots to No. 4 on BC's all-time passing list with 4,567 yards.

St. Pierre moved ahead of Matt Has-selbeck (4,548 yards) and Frank Harris (4,555 yards) on the list BC's offense mustered just 184 yards total offense, with junior running back Derrick Knight accounting for the bulk of it with his 148 all purpose yards (129 rushing, 19 receiving) St Pierre's two-point conversion to tight end Sean Ryan that gave BC a 14-0 lead was the second for the Eagles after sophomore holder Mike Fas-sel scored on a botched snap in BCs 46-21 romp over Navy Oct. 19 Senior linebacker Vinny Ciurciu led the Eagles with 13 tackles, a forced fumble, a pass deflection, and a sack, the first of his season The game likely had important recruiting ramifications, with both schools in pursuit of John Sullivan, an athletic 6-foot-4-inch, 280-pound offensive lineman from Greenwich, Conn. A highly-touted prospect, Sullivan has listed Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami, North Carolina, and BC as his favorites From the Where Are They Now files: Remember David Gordon? People around South Bend still do. The former BC kicker, after all, ruined Notre Dame's bid for an undefeated season and a national championship with his 41-yard field goal in 1993.

Gordon is now living in Jacksonville, with his wife Connie and first-born son, Tyler, and works as a service manager for Pulte Homes in St Augustine, Fla. belief lucky streak. They've gotten a lot of breaks. They're not Supermen. They're riding a big wave now, but I dont think they're this big, unbeatable team." If Knight had any doubts whether the Notre Dame team had seen his comments, they were answered when he stepped up to the line of scrimmage and heard, "Hey, Superman." "Yeah," said Knight, grinning.

"There were some comments." Yet it was Knight who had the final say. After Notre Dame finally got on the board in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, BC regained possession at its 28 with 2:16 left The Eagles were staring at a second and 6 from their 31 when Knight burst up the middle for 9 yards to earn another first down, and four more precious downs to help kill time. "You hate to eat your words," said Knight, who finished with 129 yards on 26 carries. "We played well. We showed we dont always turn the ball over.

We took advantage of our opportunities. We kept our poise." As the sun disappeared behind the stadium full of miserable Notre Dame fans, the BC players celebrated on the hallowed turf of the Fighting Irish, who are no longer undefeated, and suddenly looked very beatable, and very, very green. With envy, of course. -ST bn -Vi 701 is floe Si -SI 0i 3.1, 9, 1 fsrj. i'm (J on a silver platter," Ott said.

"I dont think he saw me there. I just got lucky and got in the right place. It's the best feeling in the world right now." Willingham thwarted Notre Dame coach Ty Willingham was thwarted in his bid to join Ara Parseghian as the only coaches in school history to start their careers 9-0. Parseghian went 9-0 in 1964 before suffering a 20-17 loss to Southern California in the season finale Coincidental-ly, the last time Notre Dame went 9-0 was in 1993. That, of course, was when the Irish won their first 10 games before suffering a 41-39 loss to Boston College.

A loss that GLOBE STAFF PHOTOBARRY CHIN BC's Ralph Parent intercepts this pass intended for Notre Dame's Maurice Stovall. tackles, one fumble recovery, and a 71-yard interception that he ran back for a touchdown. "He scores more than any other player in practice," said defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka. "He's all over the place in practice. He deserved what he got today.

Believe me, that's the result of a lot of heart, and a lot of hard work." BC was already a bit ornery from the hangover of losing in overtime to Pittsburgh last weekend, but when Notre Dame chose to run onto the field wearing electric green jerseys instead of the traditional blue, the Eagles immediately took notice. The reactions were varied. Some were insulted. Others, like their coach, interpreted the gimmick as a sign of respect "I think our guys saw it as BC, as far as Notre Dame is concerned, has made it," O'Brien said. Some of his players saw it quite differently.

"It hurt," said Kiwanuka. "It was like they didnt respect us. It was almost as if they were downplaying us, like they could do whatever they wanted out there, and they didnt have to prepare for us." BC had its own minor controversy. Earlier in the week, Knight was asked by an Associated Press reporter based in South Bend what he thought of Notre Dame. His answer: "They're just on a 1.

1 1 Uniform in their MacMULLAN First downs 30 25 30-110 382 25-50-1 34 7- 35 2-2 8-82 26:32 Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg 33-85 443 36-50-0 27 7-42 1-1 10-90 33:28 Penalties-Yards Possession MDIVIOUAL STATISTICS RUSHING H. Byrnes 18-39. Ryan Frizpatrick 2-21. Ryan Tyler 5-13, Ricky Williamson 2-7; Mann 12-58, Mike Giles 16-46, Scott Wedum 2-6. PASSING H.

Rose 36-50-0-443; Mann 25-50-1-382. RECEIVING H. Morris 21-257, Byrnes 7-76, James Harvey 4-74, Tyler 3-25: D. Cramer 10-196. Barnard 10-124, wedum 2-29.

Aaron Brown 1-12. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ivy League roundup Quakers make it look simple ASSOCIATED PRESS Mike Mitchell completed 28 of 34 passes for 334 yards and three touchdowns as Penn defeated Brown, 31-7, yesterday in Philadelphia to remain undefeated in the Ivy League. Rob Milanese caught eight passes for 121 yards and one touchdown for the Quakers (6-1, 4-0), who rolled up 470 total yards to Brown's 248. Chas Gessner, who was leading Division 1-AA in receptions per game, caught nine passes for 76 yards for Brown (0-7, 0-4). Yale 35, Columbia 7 At New Haven, sophomore Jeff Mroz completed 20 of 26 passes for 306 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Eli in a rout The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for Yale (4-3, 2-2).

Columbia (1-6, 0-4) lost for the sixth time in a row. Columbia's backup quarterback, Jeff Otis, scored on a 4-yard run with 1:52 to play to give the lions their only touchdown. Princeton 32, Cornell 25 Matt Verbit threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Blair Morrison in overtime as the Tigers came from behind to beat the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy League standings, summaries CVV-L WA-L PF PA PRINCETON 32, CORNELL 25 Penn 4-0 6-1 244 110 "ttcw-Y; JtI5Tn Harvard 4-0 5-2 210 166 comeia-s) mui Princeton 3-1 5-2 172 155 Cornell 3 run (MacMeekin Yale 2-2 4-3 206 138 Princeton Opara 23 run (Javarone kick). Dartmouth 3-4 180 215 Cornell Cornell.

1-3 2-5 131 228 Princeton -FGJavarone 21, 11:06. Columbia 0-4 1-6 112 215 Cornell -TM safety. 8:13. L-Oiumoia ixi id Cornell Ulbrlcht 1 run (MacMeekin kick). Brown 0-4 0-7 139 201 4:03.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS firfj'fj 6 RazMno WiuMno pass failed). 00 33. Harvard 3 1 Dartmouth 26 Princeton Verbit 6 run (Javarone kick), Ppnn 1 Brown 7 11:58. rcim ji ii Princeton Atkinson 3 run (Verbit rush). Princeton 32 25 0t Yale 35 Columbia 7 Princeton Morrison 11 pass from Verbit (Javarone kick).

15:00. A-NA. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PENN 3L BROWN 7 RUSHING P. Atkinson 26-119. Opara 1-23, Benson 2-11: C.

Blanks 15-38. Archer 9-24, Ul- i in.a.rfnliilii bricht 3-12, Razzano 8-9. at rmaaeipnw PASSING Verbit 20-34 0-204. Raz- Bnrrrnfff-T) a 7 -7 zano 14-31-1-116, Baumgartel 0-1-1-0, Ferguson a I 1 11 11-0-49. nMiHi RECEIVING P.Marrteon 8-107-1, Opara 5- Stephen Faulk 9 run (Peter Veldman 46.

Bryant 3-28; Ferguson 5-58, Kellner 4-74. kick). Rob Milanese 38 pass from Mike Mitchell YALE 35, COLUMBIA 7 (Veldman kick). Daniel Castles 12 pass from Mitchell at Hew Haven, Conn. (Veldman kick).

SgmbteO-t) i ,1 Jjl Ian Malepeai 4 pass from Nathan Poole (4-J) 7 (PaulChristiankick). 3 from Mroz Castles 19 pass from Mitchell (Veldman 'T- BeoSpass from MrozfTroost kick), kick). Nate Lawne 9 pass from Mroz (Troost p-Veldman 38 field goaL kick). Attendance: 14J87. Robert Carr 7 run CTroost kick).

Lawrie 6 pass from Mroz (Troost kick). C-Jeff Otis 4 run (Nick Rudd kick). First downs 21 20 Attendance: 7J62. Rushes-yards 24-30 29-136 Passingyards 251 334 Flrstdowns 21 23 Passes 36-53-2 28-34-1 Rushes-yards 31-58 42-163 Kickoff returns 5-103 2-44 Passingyards 292 306 Puntreturns 2-9 3-13 Passes-. 29-42-0 20-2JM) Punts 2-32 JS T5 ff Punt returns 1-8 l-io Fumbles-lost 7-4 rmts 5.35 a 4.2t5 Penalties-yards 3-21 8-64 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0 Possession 31-00 29:00 Penalties-yards 6-58 10-67 (DIVIDUAL STATISTICS Possession 30:07 29:53 RUSHING Joe Raddey 7-27.

Chas Gessner IHDTVWUAL STATISTICS 3-1S, Aaron Neff 3-5: P. Mich Recchuti 14-71, vt9? UIV kii--uui a 1 1 ni. uii.naca i Smith 2-18, Dan Reed 3-9: Carr 21-93, David Knox 6-49, Pat Bydume 5-17. PASSING B. Poole 27-41-2-185.

Sager 9-12- PASSING Steve Hunsberger 19-27-0-196, 0-66: P. Mitchell 28-34-1-334. Jeff Otis 10-15-0-96: Jeff Mroz 20-26-0-306. RECEIVING Gessner 9-76, Malepeai 9-50, receiving Zach Van Zant 9-96, Travis Brent Grinna 5-33: Milanese 8-121, Castles 7- Chmelka 5-87. Derek Smith 5-23; Ralph Plumb 93, Erik Bolinder 5-44.

I "Turnovers," and it read: Notre Dame 5, Boston College 1. It was a stunning turnaround to a season that has been marred by the kind of mistakes that can make a team crazy. BC made such mistakes in losses to Miami, Vir-ginia Tech, and Pittsburgh. But yesterday, the Eagles were the ones who forced Notre Dame to fumble seven times (it lost possession on three of them) and throw two interceptions. "You coach forcing turnovers 4.

every week," said Boston College coach Tom O'Brien, "but finally 5 u- our defense is getting some now. jx "I dont know what to say." Pi It was a day when BCs defense, whose two top defenders, Antonio a Garay and Doug Goodwin, are out 9Xc for the season with injuries, sty-o mied Notre Dame's battery of offensive weapons. Before the game the Irish had scored on 21 of 24 at- 1 tempts inside the 20. Since a string of devastating in-, Juries, O'Brien has loaded up his defense with underclassmen and told them to learn on the job. xir Then he asked his upperclass-men to step up and become lead-tr ers.

Junior linebacker Josh Ott took his coach's words to heart, and resolved to make a difference CJ i in this game. 4 When his day was over, Ott had four solo tackles, eiht assisted.